And Cooling Patents (Class 427/374.1)
  • Publication number: 20090176027
    Abstract: A metal structure according to the present invention is unlikely to become brittle and has excellent hardness and creep resistance, characterized in that annealing has been applied at a temperature not more than the temperature at which crystals of the metal material start to become larger. This metal structure includes at least two kinds of metal material, and annealing can be applied at a temperature not more than the temperature at which crystals of the metal material start to become larger. For example, the present invention is advantageous in the manner of a microstructure for a contact probe. A fabricating method according to the present invention is a method of fabricating a metal structure unlikely to become brittle and having excellent hardness and creep resistance, characterized in that the step of applying annealing at a temperature not more than the temperature at which crystals of the metal material start to become larger is included.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2009
    Publication date: July 9, 2009
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazunori OKADA, Yoshihiro Hirata, Shinji Inazawa, Masao Sakuta, Yoshiaki Tani, Teruhisa Sakata
  • Publication number: 20090130316
    Abstract: A method for improving acoustic properties of sheets, in particular for use in automotive application, is disclosed. An anhydrous sealant composition consisting of three major components, namely a selected polymer, a benzoate plasticizer and an additive, in particular a filler, is applied is applied to the sheets which are subsequently submitted to a heat treatment at a temperature in the range of from 100-240° C. for a period of 1 minute to two hours. The preferred plasticizer for use in the method of this invention is a dibenzoate plasticizer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2006
    Publication date: May 21, 2009
    Applicant: FERRO (BELGIUM) S.P.R.L.
    Inventor: Karl M. D. B. Billast
  • Publication number: 20090114124
    Abstract: A method is described which enables antibacterial properties to be attributed to a titanium surface by applying titanium dioxide suspensions of nanometric dimensions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2007
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Applicant: COLOROBBIA ITALIA S.P.A.
    Inventors: Giovanni Baldi, Marco Bitossi, Andrea Barzanti
  • Publication number: 20090081363
    Abstract: A method for coating an inorganic substrate with an inorganic coating from low viscosity suspensions, and the articles produced thereby.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2008
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Inventors: Alexander Lobovsky, Mohammad Behi
  • Publication number: 20090023838
    Abstract: This invention is directed to a process for making solid, typically particulate, water-swellable material comprising coated water-swellable, preferably hydrogel-forming polymers, which are coated with a coating agent, which is such that it does not rupture when the polymers swell in a liquid, e.g., water or saline water. Hereto, the coating agent is extensible in wet state and comprises thereto a wet-extensible material that has a wet-elongation of at least 400%, or even more preferably at least 500%, and preferably a tensile stress at break in the wet state of at least 1 MPa. Typically, the coating agent comprises thereto an elastomeric polymeric material. The invention also relates to solid (particulate) water-swellable material obtainable by the process of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2008
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Inventors: Mattias Schmidt, Axel Meyer, Renae Dianna Fossum, Stephen Allen Goldman, Edward Joseph Urankar, Bruno Johannes Ehmsperger
  • Publication number: 20080290067
    Abstract: It is an object to provide a microstructure having cylindrical microdomains oriented in the film thickness direction and arranged in a regular pattern, for which a microphase separation phenomenon of a block copolymer is utilized. The process for producing the microstructure includes 2 steps; the first step for arranging, on a substrate (40), a polymer layer at least containing a block copolymer having a first block which constitutes a continuous phase (10) of the microstructure (30) and a second block which constitutes microdomains (20) dispersed in the continuous phase (10) and oriented in the thickness direction; and second step for thermally treating the substrate (40) at a neutral temperature (Tn), at which a first material (A) and second material (B) which constitute the respective first and second blocks have substantially the same interfacial tension with the substrate (40) surface (X).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2007
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Inventors: HIROSHI YOSHIDA, Hideki Nagano, Hirokazu Hasegawa, Mikihito Takenaka, Feng Chen
  • Patent number: 7435483
    Abstract: Disclosed are coated fiber-containing articles, including paper, paperboard, and molded fiber, and methods for preparing such articles. A preferred method comprises heating paperboard containing a polymeric binder to a temperature sufficient to remove at least some moisture from the paperboard; applying an aqueous dispersion or solution of at least one water-dispersible or water-soluble polymer to the paperboard product; heating the paperboard to at least partially cure the water-dispersible or water-soluble polymer; and cooling the paperboard to at least 160° F. to reduce the tackiness of the cured water-dispersible polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2008
    Assignee: Advanced Plastics Technologies Luxembourg S.A.
    Inventors: Robert A. Lee, Gerald A. Hutchinson, Charles P. Klass
  • Patent number: 7427428
    Abstract: A ceramic matrix composite material is disclosed having non-oxide ceramic fibers, which are formed in a complex fiber architecture by conventional textile processes; a thin mechanically weak interphase material, which is coated on the fibers; and a non-oxide or oxide ceramic matrix, which is formed within the interstices of the interphase-coated fiber architecture. During composite fabrication or post treatment, the interphase is allowed to debond from the matrix while still adhering to the fibers, thereby providing enhanced oxidative durability and damage tolerance to the fibers and the composite material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2008
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
    Inventors: James A. DiCarlo, Ramakrishna Bhatt, Gregory N. Morscher, Hee-Mann Yun
  • Patent number: 7416761
    Abstract: The present invention discloses discloses a composite PTFE membrane comprising an expanded PTFE membrane as substrate and a sintered porous PTFE membrane on top of it. The porous PTFE membrane on top has porous structure with interconnected channels formed with a sintering process that fuses the PTFE fine powders coated on the ePTFE membrane. Furthermore, the present invention discloses a method for forming the composite PTFE membrane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2008
    Assignee: Chung Yuan Christian University
    Inventors: Da-Ming Wang, Kueir-Rarn Lee, Juin-Yih Lai, Tien-Hsiang Hsueh, Yung-Hsin Lee, Chia-Hao Lo
  • Publication number: 20080199723
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a weldable pre-sealed steel sheet with improved corrosion resistance and weldability. The pre-sealed steel sheet comprises (a) a metal base, (b) a chromium-free pre-treatment coating layer formed on at least one surface of the metal base, and (c) a pre-sealed resin coating layer formed on at least one surface Chromium-free pretreatment of the chromium-free pretreatment coating layer. Since the weldable pre-sealed steel sheet does not contains heavy metals (e.g., chromium) harmful to humans, it is environmentally friendly. In addition, the weldable pre-sealed steel sheet exhibits superior corrosion resistance, chemical resistance, processability, electrodeposition paintability and adhesiveness after processing, as well as improved weldability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2006
    Publication date: August 21, 2008
    Applicants: POSCO, BUHMWOO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH
    Inventors: Jae-Dong Cho, Yeong-Sool Jin, Jae-Ryung Lee, Jong-Woo Choi, Suk-Hwan Jin, Woon-Jong Kim
  • Publication number: 20080193791
    Abstract: Methods of forming transparent conducting oxides and devices formed by these methods are shown. Monolayers that contain zinc and monolayers that contain zirconium are deposited onto a substrate and subsequently processed to form zirconium-doped zinc oxide. The resulting transparent conducing oxide includes properties such as an amorphous or nanocrystalline microstructure. Devices that include transparent conducing oxides formed with these methods have better step coverage over substrate topography and more robust film mechanical properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2007
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Inventors: Kie Y. Ahn, Leonard Forbes
  • Publication number: 20080187769
    Abstract: A method of making metal-coated superabrasive material comprises heating components comprising: superabrasive material, a metal-containing compound that comprises a metal capable of forming at least one of a carbide, boride or nitride, and a reducing agent capable of reducing the metal-containing compound. The components are heated in an inert atmosphere to sufficient temperature and for sufficient time to form metal-coated superabrasive material. The metal-coated superabrasive material is useful in the manufacture of various superabrasive tools.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2007
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Inventors: Gary M. Huzinec, Richard M. Andrews, Christopher P. Bieniasz
  • Publication number: 20080182016
    Abstract: This application relates to a method of applying a thermally settable coating to a patterned substrate, such as an asphalt surface. The coating is applied in one or more preformed thermoplastic sheets and heated in situ to conform the thermoplastic material to the pattern formed in the underlying substrate. In one embodiment of the invention a pattern is formed in the asphalt surface using a removable template which is impressed into the asphalt when it is in a pliable state. The pre-formed sheets are then applied to the patterned surface and gradually heated. In an alternative embodiment of the invention the template is impressed into the pre-formed sheet and asphalt surface simultaneously after the sheet has been heated to a suitable temperature in situ. A bond reduction agent may be used to minimize adhesion between the template and the heated thermoplastic material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2007
    Publication date: July 31, 2008
    Applicant: INTEGRATED PAVING CONCEPTS INC.
    Inventors: Patrick Carl Wiley, Alan Juristovski
  • Publication number: 20080182032
    Abstract: There is provided a method of making a heat treated (HT) coated article to be used in shower door applications, window applications, or any other suitable applications where transparent coated articles are desired. The method may include heat treating a glass substrate coated with at least a layer of or including diamond-like carbon (DLC) or other type of carbon, with a protective film thereon. In certain example embodiments, the protective film may be of or include a layer of or including SnOx prior to HT. Optionally, a release layer of a material such as zinc oxide may be provided between the SnOx and the DLC. Following and/or during heat treatment the SnOx transforms into SnOy (y>x) so that stress is created due to the SnOx to SnOy transition. Then, during quenching, stress relief may occur which causes the layer to buckle, creating cracks which may act as liquid channels that permit the sacrificial film to be easily removed via washing or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2007
    Publication date: July 31, 2008
    Applicant: Guardian Industries Corp.
    Inventors: Alexey Krasnov, Rudolph Hugo Petrmichl, Jiangping Wang, Nestor P. Murphy, Maximo Frati, Jose Nunez-Regueiro
  • Publication number: 20080176006
    Abstract: A coating film drying method includes a coating process for applying a waterborne coating to a work and forming a coating film on the work, so that a coated member is produced from the work, a preliminary drying process for heating the coated member and preliminarily drying the coated member until a nonvolatile content of the coating film reaches a percentage ranging from 70% to 90%, a final drying process for heating and drying the coated member until the nonvolatile content of the coating film reaches a percentage of 97% or more and a cooling process for cooling the coated member until a surface temperature of the coated member is decreased to a temperature at which the coated member is touchable by hand, whereby the preliminary drying process is carried out by repeatedly heating and cooling the coated member at a predetermined frequency to preliminarily dry the coating film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2007
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Minoru Yamamoto, Kenji Io
  • Patent number: 7381397
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for preconditioning a lithium niobate or lithium tantalate crystal. At least a portion of a surface of the crystal is covered with a condensed material including one or more active chemicals. The crystal is heated in a non-oxidizing environment above an activating temperature at which the active chemicals contribute to reducing the crystal beneath the covered surface portion. The crystal is cooled from above the activating temperature to below a quenching temperature at which the active chemicals become essentially inactive for reducing the crystal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2008
    Assignee: Crystal Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Dieter Hans Jundt, Maria Claudia Custodio Kajiyama
  • Publication number: 20080102291
    Abstract: A method for coating a substrate is disclosed. The method includes applying a coating to a surface of the substrate and heating the applied coating and a first portion of the substrate. The first portion includes the surface of the substrate and less than the entire substrate. The method further includes cooling the applied coating and the first portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2006
    Publication date: May 1, 2008
    Inventors: Ashwin A. Hattiangadi, M. Brad Beardsley, Mark S. Diekevers, Michael L. Johnson, Ondrej Racek, Jason L. Sebright, Steven R. Thompson
  • Publication number: 20080038471
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for coating heated work pieces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2005
    Publication date: February 14, 2008
    Applicant: BEHR GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Snjezana Boger, Peter Englert, Frank Holzmann, Matthias Pfitzer, Ingo Trautwein
  • Publication number: 20080003357
    Abstract: A process for manufacturing an article includes the steps of applying a quantity of a refractory metal sufficient to produce a coating on a carbon based felt; processing thermally a refractory metal coated carbon based felt at a temperature and for a period of time sufficient to form a ceramic based felt; and cooling the ceramic based felt under a controlled atmosphere.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2006
    Publication date: January 3, 2008
    Inventors: Wayde R. Schmidt, Robert A. Barth
  • Publication number: 20070298160
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a thin film prepared using a mixture of nanocrystal particles and a molecular precursor. The nanocrystal is used in the thin film as a nucleus for crystal growth to minimize grain boundaries of the thin film and the molecular precursor is used to form the same crystal structure as the nanocrystal particles, thereby improving the crystallinity of the thin film. The thin film can be used effectively in a variety of electronic devices, including thin film transistors, electroluminescence devices, memory devices, and solar cells. Further disclosed is a method for preparing the thin film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2006
    Publication date: December 27, 2007
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eun Joo Jang, Hyun Dam Jeong, Shin Ae Jun, Jong Baek Seon
  • Patent number: 7303783
    Abstract: An inkjet head which is provided with a nozzle plate that is covered with a water repellent film including a Ni-PTFE film, and a plurality of nozzles that are formed through the nozzle plate to eject ink. In this structure, the nozzle plate is subjected to a heat treatment after the Ni-PTFE film is formed on the nozzle plate, and then is subjected to water cooling. The water cooling is performed using cooling water having a temperature ranging from 15° C. through 30° C. after the heat treatment is finished.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2007
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yasunori Kobayashi, Atsushi Ito
  • Patent number: 7297367
    Abstract: Inorganic solid lubricant coatings and processes for applying a solid lubricant coating to a substrate surface. A process for applying the solid lubricant coating may involve applying a precursor material to the substrate surface, and thereafter melting at least one inorganic bonding component of the precursor material to bond the solid lubricant coating to the substrate surface. The precursor material may comprise an organic polymer binder, at least one wear-resistant component, and at least one friction-reducing constituent, in addition to the at least one bonding component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2007
    Assignee: Honeywell International, Inc.
    Inventors: Reza Oboodi, James Piascik
  • Publication number: 20070196686
    Abstract: The present invention is a gas turbine engine turbine blade comprising an airfoil section having at least an exterior surface, a platform section having an exterior surface, an under platform section having an exterior surface, and a dovetail section having an exterior surface, the exterior surface of the dovetail section comprising a shank exterior surface and a serrated exterior surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2006
    Publication date: August 23, 2007
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Bangalore A. Nagaraj, Mark D. Gorman
  • Publication number: 20070141379
    Abstract: The invention relates to a powder-coated spinning wire used for a main cable of a suspension bridge and a fabrication method thereof. The powder-coated spinning wire has a shot-blasted plating layer and a powdered coat formed in their order on a core wire. The plated core wire is shot-blasted to roughen the plating layer and remove an oxide layer. Then, the core wire is first heated, sprayed with powder paint, and second heated. The plating layer is formed at an amount of 50 g/m2 to 300 g/m2, and the powdered coat has a thickness ranging from 10 ?m to 400 ?m. The powder-coated spinning wire has corrosion resistance and endurance improved. Since heated powder coating is adopted instead of electrostatic powder coating, powder coating equipment can be simplified and the productivity of the powder coating can be improved also.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2006
    Publication date: June 21, 2007
    Applicant: Kiswire, Ltd.
    Inventor: Joung-Eun Kim
  • Patent number: 7223447
    Abstract: Method of coating the seam of a welded tube with an adherent metal coating, including applying a nonadherent metal coating to the inside and outside of the welded seam, externally heating the seam area with the seam located in the lower portion of the tube to generally the melting temperature of the coating, then applying a fluid coolant to the external surface to freeze the outer coating while continuing heating to melt the coating on the inner surface and finally quenching. In one preferred embodiment, the tube is heated with an induction heater including a seam coil which first heats the seam area below the melting temperature of the coating and then heated with a full body coil. The coolant may be chilled water or other coolant which is sprayed onto the seam area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2007
    Assignee: IDOD Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Curtis R. Brown, Theodore H. Krengel
  • Patent number: 7205027
    Abstract: A powder coating method that provides enhanced finish characteristics to a powder coated object. The object to be powder coated is vibrated such that the powder readily flows on the surface of the object. The improved flow of the applied powder results in a powder coated object having enhanced, or otherwise superior finish characteristics. The method works with existing powder coating methods, systems, and materials and the vibration may be applied before, during, and/or after the powder is applied, i.e., during heating and/or curing. Additionally, the vibrations may be produced by a variety of means and/or methods including direct mechanical contact (i.e., a vibrating plate), indirect mechanical contact (i.e., a vibrating hang wire), and/or indirect non-contact (i.e., acoustic) methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2007
    Inventor: Brandyn Brosemer
  • Patent number: 7192680
    Abstract: This invention relates to a method of coating multiple layers on a support comprising a) taking a support; b) simultaneously coating on said support a chill settable layer and a non-chill settable layer; c) lowering the temperature of the layers to immobilize said layers; and d) drying said layers. It further relates to imaging elements made by this process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Hwei-Ling Yau, James L. Johnston, Yongcai Wang, John L. Pawlak, Douglas H. Axtell
  • Patent number: 7179504
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a processing method for processing a substrate, and comprises a step of coating a coating solution on a surface of the substrate while relatively moving a coating solution discharge nozzle and the substrate and discharging the coating solution from the nozzle onto the substrate. Thereafter, the substrate is exposed to a solvent atmosphere of the coating solution or the pressure is temporarily applied thereto in a container. Thereafter, the pressure inside the container in which the substrate is housed is reduced to dry the coating solution on the substrate. According to the present invention, it is possible to narrow the so-called edge cutting width, which is at a periphery part of the substrate and is not commercialized, and to maintain an in-plane uniformity of the coating film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2007
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron limited
    Inventors: Takahiro Kitano, Shinichi Sugimoto, Shinji Kobayashi, Naoya Hirakawa, Akira Fukutomi, Nobukazu Ishizaka
  • Patent number: 7153487
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for preconditioning a lithium niobate or lithium tantalate crystal. At least a portion of a surface of the crystal is covered with a condensed material including one or more active chemicals. The crystal is heated in a non-oxidizing environment above an activating temperature at which the active chemicals contribute to reducing the crystal beneath the covered surface portion. The crystal is cooled from above the activating temperature to below a quenching temperature at which the active chemicals become essentially inactive for reducing the crystal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2006
    Assignee: Crystal Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Dieter Hans Jundt, Maria Claudia Custodio Kajiyama, Jason Louis Spitzer
  • Patent number: 7147889
    Abstract: Described are imbibition compositions that incorporate kinetic enhancing additive(s) into photochromic polymeric host material. Kinetic enhancing additives include organic polyol(s), epoxy-containing compound(s) or a mixture thereof that improves the performance of organic photochromic compounds in the polymeric host as determined in the Photochromic Performance Test. Also described is a process for incorporating kinetic enhancing additives into polymeric substrates prior to, after and/or with organic photochromic compounds and the resulting photochromic articles produced by such a process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2006
    Assignee: Transition Optical, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael S. Misura, Anil Kumar
  • Patent number: 7144472
    Abstract: A production method capable of stably producing a prepreg and a copper foil with thin insulating layer using a thin backbone material capable of securing excellent laser hole-making property.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2006
    Assignee: Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuro Sato, Noriyuki Nagashima
  • Patent number: 7097880
    Abstract: A method for impregnating porous monolith supports with catalytically active materials is disclosed. The impregnation is carried out at a temperature which substantially reduces chemisorption rates such that reactions between the monolith substrate and catalytically active materials in the catalyst solution are minimized. The process can be completed in a practical time that allows for unit selectivity of the weight ratio of catalytically active materials in the substrate to the weight ratio of catalytically active materials in the catalyst solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2006
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Steven B. Dawes, Prantik Mazumder
  • Patent number: 7070687
    Abstract: Apparatus and method for treating a surface of a substrate for electrolytic or electroless plating of metals in integrated circuit manufacturing. In one embodiment the method includes forming a barrier layer on a substrate. A metal-seed layer is then formed on the barrier layer. The method continues by performing in situ surface treatment of the metal-seed layer to form a passivation layer on the metal-seed layer. In another embodiment of a method of this invention, a substrate is provided into an electroplating tool chamber. The substrate has a barrier layer formed thereon, a metal seed layer formed on the barrier layer and a passivation layer formed over the metal seed layer. The method continues by annealing the substrate in forming gas to reduce the passivation layer. A conductive material is deposited on the substrate using an electrolytic plating or electroless plating process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2006
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Vinay B. Chikarmane, Chi-Hwa Tsang
  • Patent number: 7033645
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an absorbent article having a stable skin care composition disposed on its skin-contacting surface. The skin care composition is readily transferable to the skin via normal contact, wearer motion, and/or body heat. Importantly, the skin care composition contains at least one skin care ingredient imparting visible skin benefits to the skin upon transfer to the skin and at least one rheological agent for stabilizing the composition such that agglomeration, stratification and/or settling of the composition are minimized. The present invention also relates to a process for making the absorbent articles having a stable skin care composition disposed thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Joseph Anthony Gatto, Thomas Robert Hanser, James Anthony Staudigel, Thomas James Klofta, Ronald Dean Cramer, Donald Carroll Roe
  • Patent number: 7018674
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an optical device is disclosed. The method includes coating a substrate with a resin thin layer, wherein temperature of the resin thin layer is controlled lower than a polymerization reaction starting temperature thereof and the resin is not substantially polymerized, heating the resin thin layer to a temperature higher than polymerization reaction starting temperature and glass-transition temperature but lower than a thermal decomposition starting temperature of the resin so that the resin thin layer is polymerized on the substrate to form a resin thin film thereon, pressing a stamp having an inverted micro-asperity pattern against the resin thin film such that a micro-asperity pattern is formed on a surface of the resin thin film; cooling the resin thin film to a temperature lower than the glass-transition temperature; and separating the stamp from the resin thin film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2006
    Assignee: Omron, Corporation
    Inventors: Masaaki Ikeda, Akihiro Funamoto, Motohiko Matsushita, Shigeru Aoyama
  • Patent number: 6979474
    Abstract: When a substrate coated with a coating solution which oxidizes at high temperatures is heat-treated, an oxygen concentration of a treatment atmosphere is lowered when the temperature is low. Next, the substrate is heat-treated in the treatment atmosphere of which the oxygen concentration is lowered. Sequentially, the treatment atmosphere is returned to that with the original oxygen concentration after the passage of a predetermined time after completing the heat treatment. Thereby, the substrate can be heat-treated, with the oxidization of the coating solution being controlled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2005
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Yuji Matsuyama, Yoji Mizutani, Shinji Nagashima, Akira Yonemizu
  • Patent number: 6969538
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for heat processing a substrate. After a coating film is formed on the substrate, the substrate is baked at a predetermined high temperature. The baking step is performed by first increasing the substrate temperature from a predetermined low temperature to a predetermined intermediate temperature that is lower than a predetermined reaction temperature at which the coating film reacts. Next, a second baking step maintains the substrate at the predetermined intermediate temperature for a predetermined period of time, and is followed by a third step of increasing the temperature of the substrate to the predetermined high temperature that is higher than the predetermined reaction temperature. This results in uniform temperature within the surface of the substrate when the temperature of the substrate reaches the reaction temperature. Consequently, a chemical reaction due to heat processing of the coating film within the surface of the substrate is performed uniformly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2005
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Masatoshi Deguchi, Eiichi Sekimoto, Koichi Asaka, Yuji Matsuyama
  • Patent number: 6924003
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of processing a nanotube, comprising the steps of: causing a selective solid state reaction between a selected part of a nanotube and a reactive substance to have the selected part only become a reaction product; and separating the nanotube from the reaction product to define an end of the nanotube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2005
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Yuegang Zhang
  • Patent number: 6899914
    Abstract: A method of applying a marker element (6; 6?; 6?; 25; 25?; 26; 28) to an implant (1; 1?; 1?; 1??; 20; 20?), in particular a stent, intended for implantation in the human or animal body, comprising a main body and an opening (3; 3?; 3?; 3??; 21; 21?) provided in said main body (2; 2?; 2?; 2??; 22; 22?) for receiving the marker element (6; 6?; 6?; 25; 25?; 26; 28), wherein to form at least a part of the marker element (6; 6?; 6?; 25; 25?; 26; 28) a hardenable material or material mix is introduced into the opening and hardened therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2005
    Assignee: Biotronik Mess-und Therapiegeraete GmbH Ingeniurbuero Berlin
    Inventors: Max Schaldach, Jr., Klaus-Peter Schmitz, Jens Gobrecht, Alexander Rzany, Detlef Behrend, Max Schaldach
  • Patent number: 6893737
    Abstract: A low cost aluminide process for moderate temperature applications. A gas turbine engine component is cleaned and coated with a layer of metal, generally aluminum, containing paint. The metal containing paint layer is heated to a first temperature for a first period of time in an air environment to volatilize the solvents in the paint. The metal containing paint layer is heated to a second temperature for a second period of time in an oxygen-free atmosphere to volatilize the solvents in the paint. The now metal layer and component are heated to a third temperature for a third period of time to interdiffuse the metal and the metal of the component. The component and diffusion layer are then cooled to ambient temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2005
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: John F. Ackermann, Paul V. Arszman, Andrew J. Skoog
  • Patent number: 6884524
    Abstract: A low cost chromide and chromide/aluminide process for moderate temperature applications. A gas turbine engine component is cleaned and coated with a layer of metal, generally chromium or chromium and aluminum, containing paint. The metal containing paint layer is heated to a first temperature for a first period of time in an air environment to volatilize the solvents in the paint. The metal containing paint layer is heated to a second temperature for a second period of time in an oxygen-free atmosphere to volatilize the solvents in the paint. The now metal layer and component are heated to a third temperature for a third period of time to interdiffuse the metal and the metal of the component. The component and diffusion layer are then cooled to ambient temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2005
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: John F. Ackermann, Paul V. Arszman, Andrew J. Skoog
  • Patent number: 6878203
    Abstract: A resin application station has processing units for heating dynamo-electric machine components. In one or more of the processing units batches of components are placed in fixtures on vertically rotating support plates. The vertically rotating support plates are mounted in cabinets. Heated air is circulated in the cabinets to control the ambient temperature. The components travel through regions of the controlled temperature ambient as the support plates rotate and are heated to process temperatures. Intermittent rotation of a support plate in a unit allows loading and unloading of an individual component from the unit while the support plate is stationary. The support plate rotations in all the units are synchronized to increase the station throughput.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2005
    Assignee: Axis USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Raffaele Becherucci, Gianfranco Stratico
  • Patent number: 6875462
    Abstract: A method for making a field emission cold cathode for use in vacuum tubes. A carbon velvet material is coated with a low work function cesiated salt and bonded to a cathode surface. Alternatively, the carbon velvet material is bonded to the cathode surface before being coated with the cesiated salt. The coating may be applied by spraying the carbon velvet material with a cesiated salt solution, or by dipping the material into a crucible of molten cesiated salt. This abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract, and is intended to allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning the claims.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2005
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
    Inventor: Donald A. Shiffler, Jr.
  • Patent number: 6875466
    Abstract: The wafer coated with the resist is deliberately placed in the vapor before being transferred to an aligner that exposes the resist on the wafer, the vapor, for example, the moisture, uniformly adheres onto the resist on the wafer. As a result, the substrate can uniformly be exposed in the following exposing process, and the uniformity of the line width and the like can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2005
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Hidefumi Matsui, Junichi Kitano
  • Patent number: 6838115
    Abstract: Single wafer processing methods and systems for manufacturing films having low-k properties and low indices of refraction. The methods incorporate a processing station in which both curing and post-cure, in situ gas cooling take place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2005
    Assignee: FSI International, Inc.
    Inventors: Devendra Kumar, Jeffrey D. Womack, Vuong P. Nguyen, Jack S. Kasahara, Sokol Ibrani
  • Publication number: 20040224158
    Abstract: A process of coating a refractory turbine part with a protective coating which is ultimately diffusion bonded to the part. A slurry coating material is prepared from a mixture of a silicon alkyd paint and suspended particles of an aluminum or aluminum alloy powder. Parts may be dipped in the slurry and subsequently be heat treated in selected atmospheres and temperatures to diffuse the coating into the surface of the part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2004
    Publication date: November 11, 2004
    Inventors: Vladimir Moravek, Paul Lowden, Joseph Liburdi
  • Publication number: 20040214991
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a composite collagen film. The method includes providing a collagen film and dipping the collagen film in a solution of collagen and glycosaminoglycans (GAGs). The method further includes sequentially performing a freezing process, a vacuum freezing drying process, a condensing process, and a drying process. Finally, the method comprises using a cross-linking agent for making the collagen film cross link with the collagen and GAGs in the solution so as to produce a composite collagen film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2003
    Publication date: October 28, 2004
    Inventors: Jo-Yi Hsiao, Hsiao-Cheng Yen
  • Publication number: 20040202790
    Abstract: The surface temperature of a coating film after being applied and dried is quickly increased to a thermal treatment temperature in the range of from 60 to 100° C. in a heating zone of a thermal treatment device. Then, the surface temperature of the coating film having been heat-treated is kept at the thermal treatment temperature for a time period in the range of 1 to 60 seconds in a thermal retaining zone. Then, the surface temperature of the coating film having been thermal-retaining-treated is forcefully decreased from the thermal treatment temperature to near a room temperature in a cooling zone. By the three-phase process in the thermal treatment device, the surface of the emulsion layer is prevented from stripping during processing such as slitting, a photothermographic material excellent in photographing performance can be obtained, and productivity is improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2003
    Publication date: October 14, 2004
    Applicant: FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kenichi Ogata
  • Publication number: 20040154185
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for heating and cooling a substrate are provided. A chamber is provided that comprises a heating mechanism adapted to heat a substrate positioned proximate the heating mechanism, a cooling mechanism spaced from the heating mechanism and adapted to cool a substrate positioned proximate the cooling mechanism, and a transfer mechanism adapted to transfer a substrate between the position proximate the heating mechanism and the position proximate the cooling mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2003
    Publication date: August 12, 2004
    Applicant: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
    Inventors: Ratson Morad, Ho Seon Shin, Robin Cheung, Igor Kogan
  • Publication number: 20040115361
    Abstract: A process for depositing a layer of product on at least part of a major surface of a substrate having two sides separated by a thickness of less than about 3 mm is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2003
    Publication date: June 17, 2004
    Inventors: Michel A. Aegerter, Guillaume Guzman, Jorg Putz