Inorganic Coating Material Patents (Class 427/427)
  • Patent number: 11891699
    Abstract: The nozzle for cold spray (25) used in a cold spray apparatus (2) is configured to include a tubular nozzle main body (252) and a cooling jacket (253) that surrounds the nozzle main body (252) to form a flow path (25e) for refrigerant (R) between the nozzle main body (252) and the cooling jacket (253). The cooling jacket (253) is provided with a seal retaining portion (253c) that retains an O-ring (253b) for the flow path (25e). The seal retaining portion (253c) and the nozzle main body (252) are joined in a socket-and-spigot joint fashion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahito Fujikawa, Hidenobu Matsuyama, Eiji Shiotani, Yoshitsugu Noshi, Hirohisa Shibayama, Koukichi Kamada, Naoki Okamoto, Junichi Hamasaki
  • Patent number: 11824191
    Abstract: An alkali- and/or alkaline earth-ion sulfur battery having at least one cathode containing a cathode current collector foil, optionally a conductive adhesive interlayer, a primary cathode mass layer containing a conductive dimensionally stable porous host structure, sulfur as an active material, preferably at least 20% of the sulfur present is monoclinic sulfur allotrope, and optionally conductive additives, binders and pore-forming additives; a secondary cathode mass layer containing sulfur and alkali-ion- and/or alkaline earth-ion-intercalating material, optionally a layer containing graphene oxide and/or reduced graphene oxide, heteroatom Group VIIa and/or Group Va elements co-doped graphene, and a Group VIIa and/or Group Va heteroatom-containing polymer; at least one anode and at least one separator. The resulting cells offer a wide range of economic and ecological advantages over the currently available cells, as well as allowing versatility of materials and production processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignees: BRNO UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, MORROW TECHNOLOGIES AS
    Inventors: Marie Sedlarikova, Tomas Kazda, Marek Slavik, Andrea Strakova Fedorkova
  • Patent number: 11674404
    Abstract: A seal assembly includes first, second, and third gas turbine engine components, such as vane assemblies, that are successively arranged around an axis. Each component has first and second mate faces such that the first mate face of the first component and the second mate face of the second component define a first mate face gap, and the first mate face of the second component and the second mate face of the third component to define a second mate face gap. A seal arc segment has first and second seal portions and a connector portion that joins the seal portions. The first seal portion bridges the first mate face gap to seal the first mate face gap, the second seal portion bridges the second mate face gap to seal the second mate face gap, and the connector portion spans circumferentially across the second component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Raymond Surace, Howard J. Liles
  • Patent number: 11643479
    Abstract: A method for producing an article in which a layer with a radically cross-linkable resin is selectively crosslinked at least partially. This takes place according to a selected cross section of the article to be formed by means of selective application of a radical initiator. The at least partially crosslinked material is added on layer by layer to a carrier or to previous layers bonded to the carrier. A system that is suitable for carrying out the method according to the invention has a substrate, a control unit, an application unit for applying the resin to the substrate, an application unit for applying an initiator to the resin, an energy exposure unit and a contacting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Covestro Deutschland AG
    Inventors: Dirk Achten, Thomas Büsgen, Michael Ludewig, Roland Wagner, Christoph Tomczyk, Jörg Tillack, Arnaud Guedou
  • Patent number: 11598008
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for manufacturing free-standing cladding tubes with multi-layer structures. According to the method, a cylindrical mandrel substrate defining a hollow cylindrical inner space is provided. A first cold spray powder metal is selected. The cylindrical mandrel substrate is rotated and the first cold spray powder metal is applied to an outer surface of the cylindrical mandrel substrate to form a first layer. The cylindrical mandrel substrate is removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Company LLC
    Inventors: Paolo Ferroni, Peng Xu, Michael Ickes, Hwasung Yeom, Kumar Sridharan, Benjamin R. Maier, Greg O. Johnson
  • Patent number: 11584201
    Abstract: There are provided an outer member, an inner member including a front-side vertical wall portion and a rear-side vertical wall portion, an impact bar extending from front-side attachment portions of the front-side vertical wall portion to rear-side attachment portions of the rear-side vertical wall portion, a hinge-reinforcement member reinforcing a hinge attachment portion where a hinge is attached to the front-side vertical wall portion, and a latch-reinforcement member reinforcing a latch-attachment portion where a latch device is attached to the rear-side vertical wall portion. The front-side vertical wall portion and the rear-side vertical wall portion are made of casting or high-strength resin, and the hinge-reinforcement member and the latch-reinforcement member are configured to have higher ductility than the front-side vertical wall portion and the rear-side vertical wall portion and connected to the impact bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yukihiro Moriyama
  • Patent number: 11524905
    Abstract: A method of providing sustained odor control in an extended sewer line is disclosed. The method includes measuring at least one parameter of the sewer line including average wastewater volume, flow rate, and retention time and administering a blended composition which includes an immediate release compound and an extended release compound into the sewer line to control concentration of an odorous compound therein. A method of facilitating sustained odor control in an extended sewer line is also disclosed. The method includes providing the blended composition including the immediate release compound and the extended release compound and instructing a user to administer the blended composition to the sewer line control concentration of the odorous compound therein. A system for providing sustained odor control in the extended sewer line including sensors to measure sewer line parameters and a controller to instruct administration of the blended composition is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Evoqua Water Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Timothy Frank Matheis, Eric Hansen, Narahari Narasiah Kramadhati
  • Patent number: 11477876
    Abstract: A high voltage resistor arrangement has a rod-shaped supporting substrate made of electrically insulating material and a plurality of individual resistors and/or discrete capacitors spaced apart from each other in the longitudinal direction of the supporting substrate, wherein at least one conductive path extending in the longitudinal direction of the supporting substrate is formed on the supporting substrate which is galvanically connected to the individual resistors and/or discrete capacitors, and wherein the individual resistors and/or discrete capacitors are realized as SMD components soldered directly onto the supporting substrate by means of solder pads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: GEMA SWITZERLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Felix Mauchle, Michael Nagel
  • Patent number: 11413894
    Abstract: A method produces a printed product. The method includes transferring a first Fluid onto at least one section of printing stock, applying a second fluid, having a dewetting effect on the first fluid, onto a form configured as a relief printing form or embossing form, and transferring the second fluid to at least some points of the section. In this manner printed products of high quality can be produced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
    Inventor: Martin Schmitt-Lewen
  • Patent number: 11310954
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed for efficient material application. An example landscape treatment apparatus includes a main carrier tank to store a solvent, a concentrate tank to store a solute, and a first mix tank to receive the solvent and the solute as a first mixture. The example apparatus further includes a second mix tank to receive the solvent and the solute as a second mixture, where the first mix tank is to receive the solvent and the solute in alternation with the second mix tank receiving the solvent and the solute. The example apparatus also includes a boom to apply the first mixture and the second mixture to a landscape via a plurality of nozzles, where the boom is to apply the first mixture and the second mixture in alternation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Terence D. Pickett, Travis J. Davis, Brandon M. McDonald
  • Patent number: 11255432
    Abstract: A piston seal assembly for a gas turbine engine includes a seal composed of a nickel-based superalloy; a component in contact with the seal and defining a seal-counterface; and a coating on the seal at the seal-counterface, wherein the coating is a metal alloy binder phase and a hard particle phase distributed through the binder phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Pantcho P. Stoyanov, Kelly M. Harrington
  • Patent number: 11148150
    Abstract: The inventive concept relates to a liquid dispensing nozzle and an apparatus for treating a substrate. The liquid dispensing nozzle includes a first fluid channel that is formed in the nozzle and through which a processing liquid flows and a second fluid channel in communication with the first fluid channel, the second fluid channel being connected to a dispensing end of the nozzle. The second fluid channel has a larger width than the first fluid channel, and a central axis of the first fluid channel and a central axis of the second fluid channel are connected with each other in a straight line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: SEMES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byoungdoo Choi, Yangyeol Ryu, Dong Sub Oh, Hye Bin Baek
  • Patent number: 11073232
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a multilayered pipe comprising an inner basis layer (1) and an outer layer (2), the inner basis layer (1) and the outer layer (2) comprising polypropylene, and with a reinforcement layer (3, 6) reinforced with mineral fibers and located between the inner basis layer (1) and the outer layer (2), wherein at least one layer of the pipe located between the inner basis layer (1) and the outer layer (2) is a barrier layer (3) comprising polyamide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Wavin B.V.
    Inventors: Martin Rimal, David Krbec
  • Patent number: 10793479
    Abstract: A method of making a liquid hardening accelerator for a hydraulic composition the method comprising: (at adding sugar and lithium carbonate to water to form a dispersion of the lithium carbonate in a sugar solution; (b) adding aluminium sulphate to the dispersion to form a liquid hardening accelerator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: FINE POWDER TECHNOLOGIES PTY LTD
    Inventors: Michael Scott Archer, Paul Duncan Hywel-Evans
  • Patent number: 10731849
    Abstract: A waterwall panel welding apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes an inlet assembly, a welding assembly, an outlet assembly, and a heating system. The inlet assembly is for receiving a plurality of tubes. The welding assembly is for receiving the tubes from the inlet assembly and for allowing the tubes to be welded together to form a waterwall panel. The outlet assembly is for receiving the waterwall panel from the welding assembly. The heating system heats the tubes and operates via magnetic induction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: General Electric Technology GmbH
    Inventors: Ronald Francis Konopacki, Russell Brumfield
  • Patent number: 9646737
    Abstract: The invention discloses a bearing ring. The bearing ring, with a body, has an electrically insulating coating made up of a ceramic layer with pores and a plastic for filling the pores and coating the ceramic layer. According to the invention, the pores have a proportion between 10 and 50% in the ceramic layer. The invention furthermore defines an electrically insulating coating, made up of a ceramic layer with pores and a plastic for filling the pores and coating the ceramic layer. The invention further still discloses a method for applying an electrically insulating coating to a body of a bearing ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignees: Coatec GmbH, Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Gudrun Martin, Georg Smolorz, Markus Stefan Kirst, Jens Nikolai
  • Publication number: 20150135667
    Abstract: A skinning apparatus and a method of skinning a porous ceramic. The apparatus includes an axial skinning manifold. The axial skinning manifold includes a curved adaptive pipe to flow cement in a circumferential direction from an inlet at a first position and through an adaptive opening along an inner bend of the curve through a land channel disposed along the inner bend. The land channel emits the cement at a constant velocity from a land opening extending proximate the first position to a second position spaced apart from the first position. The land outlet emits cement at a constant velocity around the outer periphery of the porous ceramic to dispose a uniform skin thereon as the porous ceramic moves axially relative to the land outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2013
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicant: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Thomas Richard Chapman, John Paul Bir Singh, Amber Leigh Tremper, Srinivasa Rao Vaddiraju, Kevin Lee Wasson
  • Patent number: 9034435
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide techniques for preparing matte coated printing papers having high opacity and brightness as well as improved brightness variation at low basis weight with good runnability. According to the present invention, a process for preparing a matte coated printing paper having a basis weight of 60 to 90 g/m2, a brightness of 75% or more, and an opacity of 95% or more is provided, comprising applying a coating solution containing calcium carbonate by curtain coating on a base paper having a brightness of 45 to 70% made from a raw material pulp containing a total of 50% or more of deinked pulp and/or mechanical pulp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: NIPPON PAPER INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Ishizuka, Osamu Kozuka, Ryo Sotooka, Susumu Kato
  • Publication number: 20150118441
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a multi-layer thermal protection material comprising: (i) a substrate layer; (ii) a reflection layer formed on the substrate layer; and (iii) an emission layer formed on the reflection layer and effective to convert thermal energy to photonic energy. The reflection layer comprises a porous scattering media effective to reflect photonic energy away from the substrate layer. The emission layer comprises a thermally emissive dopant incorporated into a thermal matrix material. The present disclosure also provides articles such as portions of hypersonic flight vehicles and turbine component parts that include coatings comprising the multi-layer protection material of the present disclosure. The present disclosure also provides methods of making and using the multi-layer thermal protection material and associated articles described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2013
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Wen Shang, Tao DENG, Boris RUSS, Hendrik Pieter Jacobus DE BOCK, Adam RASHEED, Andrew Arthur Paul BURNS, Mohamed SAKAMI, Steven Charles ACETO, Andrey MESHKOV, Scott Michael MILLER
  • Publication number: 20150110972
    Abstract: Disclosed are a graphene-ceramic hybrid coating layer formed from a graphene-ceramic hybrid sol solution including graphene (RGO: reduced graphene oxide) and a ceramic sol, wherein the graphene content in the graphene-ceramic hybrid coating layer is about 0.001 wt % to about 1.8 wt % based on the total weight of the graphene-ceramic hybrid coating layer, and a method for preparing the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2013
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Applicants: Korea Institute of Ceramic Engineering and Technology, HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Kwang Il Chang, Chul Kyu Song, Dha Hae Kim, Seung Hun Hur
  • Publication number: 20150111793
    Abstract: A bearing surface of an oilfield component is treated by applying a surface treatment having a low coefficient of friction to the bearing surface of the oilfield component by weld fusing an overlay of a Cu—Ni—Sn alloy material to the bearing surface. Weld fusing the overlay of the Cu—Ni—Sn alloy material to the bearing surface can involve laser surface cladding the overlay of the Cu—Ni—Sn alloy material to the bearing surface, gas tungsten arc welding the overlay of the Cu—Ni—Sn alloy material to the bearing surface, or plasma tungsten arc welding the overlay of the Cu—Ni—Sn alloy material to the bearing surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Inventor: Robert P. Badrak
  • Publication number: 20150111045
    Abstract: A graphene oxide-ceramic hybrid coating layer formed from a graphene oxide-ceramic hybrid sol solution that includes graphene oxide (GO) and a ceramic sol and a method of preparing the coating layer are provided. A content of graphene oxide in the graphene oxide-ceramic hybrid coating layer is about 0.002 to about 3.0 wt % based on the total weight of the graphene oxide-ceramic hybrid coating layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2013
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Applicants: Korea Institute of Ceramic Engineering and Technology, HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Kwang Il Chang, Chul Kyu Song, Dha Hae Kim, Seung Hun Hur
  • Patent number: 9005694
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for providing organic, semi-organic, mineral, inorganic and hybrid thin layers and thin layers containing nanoparticles, by simultaneous or alternate spraying of solutions of reactive partners (that is polymer/polymer interacting by hydrogen bonding, polyelectrolyte/small oligo-ion, inorganic compounds, etc.) on the surface of a solid substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignees: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Universite de Strasbourg
    Inventors: Gabriela Popa, Gero Decher, Fouzia Boulmedais, Olivier Felix, Pierre Schaaf, Jean-Claude Voegel, Joseph Hemmerle, Peng Zhao
  • Publication number: 20150087492
    Abstract: A process for preparing a ceramic body having a surface roughness, said process comprising the step of depositing particles of a ceramic material on the surface of a ceramic basic body. The process is characterized in that separate agglomerates comprising at least two particles and a binder binding the particles together are deposited on the surface of the basic body by projecting the agglomerates towards the basic body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventor: Marc Stephan
  • Patent number: 8986829
    Abstract: A planarized fine particle layered body which has fine particles sufficiently bonded together, sufficient density, flat surface and uniform density from a deposition of fine particles formed by supplying the fine particles to a substrate by aerosol deposition method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
    Inventor: Jun Akedo
  • Publication number: 20150076422
    Abstract: In the method for producing a metal oxide film according to the present invention, a solution containing an alkyl metal is sprayed onto a substrate placed under non-vacuum. Further, when the solution is sprayed, a dopant solution containing a dopant including an inorganic compound is sprayed onto the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2012
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiro Shirahata, Hiroyuki Orita, Takahiro Hiramatsu
  • Patent number: 8980378
    Abstract: There is provided a system and method to spray viscous coating materials comprising abrasive particles, such as Silicium Carbide. Such coating materials are e.g. advanced ceramic composites formulated to protect equipment from corrosion and erosion. In particular the method and the system is able to spray and evenly coat a surface with two component materials based on modified epoxy resin and aliphatic curing agent loaded with abrasive ceramic particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Pieter Mouritsen A/S
    Inventors: Thomas Soegaard Jensen, Michael Klaesoee
  • Patent number: 8968463
    Abstract: A material capable for trapping a flammable gas such as hydrogen comprising at least one metal oxide in a cementitious matrix is disclosed. According to some aspects, the preparation of such a material and its different uses are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives
    Inventors: David Lambertin, Celine Cau Dit Coumes, Fabien Frizon, Christophe Joussot-Dubien
  • Patent number: 8962093
    Abstract: A portable, manually operable, trigger-activated pump spray applicator can be used to apply paints and coating fluids in commercial and military end use applications, especially chemical agent resistant coating (CARC) fluids. The applicator includes an impermeable, preferably rigid-walled, container capped by a manually operable spray pump with a single fluid nozzle. The assembly has capability of producing an atomized spray of viscous coating fluids. The applicator includes internal agitators suitable to redisperse solid components of the coating fluid that settle after long-term storage. The agitators include a plurality of small, heavy spheres and a single large, heavy, striker. The inside bottom wall and side wall meet with a concave radius of curvature that matches the radius of the small spheres. The striker has a characteristic dimension of about 10-500% greater than the diameter of the small spheres.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Milspray LLC
    Inventor: Matthew L. Johnston
  • Patent number: 8951595
    Abstract: A drug delivery balloon is provided, the a balloon having an outer surface, and a tunable coating disposed on at least a length of the balloon surface. The tunable coating includes a first therapeutic agent and a first excipient, and can include a second therapeutic agent and a second excipient. The first and second therapeutic agents have different dissolution rates during balloon inflation and therefore provide a coating that is tunable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc.
    Inventors: John Stankus, Mikael Trollsas, Syed Hossainy, Stephen Pacetti, Michael Ngo
  • Patent number: 8950928
    Abstract: A slurry quick-setting admixture comprising an alkaline earth metal carbonate, a water-soluble acidic substance, calcium aluminate, an alkali metal sulfate, and water; and a quick-setting cement concrete comprising such a slurry quick-setting admixture and cement concrete. The slurry quick-setting admixture may further contain calcium sulfate, calcium hydroxide and/or aluminum hydroxide, a retarder, etc. The spraying method comprises mixing water and a powder quick-setting admixture comprising an alkaline earth metal carbonate, a water-soluble acidic substance, calcium aluminate and an alkali metal sulfate, to form a slurry quick-setting admixture, mixing this slurry quick-setting admixture with cement concrete to form a quick-setting cement concrete, and spraying this quick-setting cement concrete.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Danki Kagaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Nakashima, Youhei Yamagishi, Shunichi Mishima, Isao Terashima
  • Publication number: 20150024094
    Abstract: A packaging material includes an antimicrobial agent adhered to a substrate. The antimicrobial agent can include copper, and the packaging material can include cellulose. The substrate can be paperboard, and the copper can be a copper salt, such as copper sulfate. The packaging material may be provided by causing adherence between the substrate and the antimicrobial agent, such as by coating the substrate with the antimicrobial agent. Then, the packaging material may be cut into sheets. The sheets may be formed into cartons or other suitable packages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2014
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: Samuel F. Keller, Alan Fontaine
  • Patent number: 8932670
    Abstract: A method of making a glass article with an anti-smudge surface includes providing a glass article with a target surface. The method includes providing a coating solution consisting essentially of a fluorosilane compound and a solvent that is miscible with the fluorosilane compound. The method includes spray-coating the target surface with the coating solution while controlling the spray-coating to form a coating layer having a thickness in a range from 1 to 20 nm on the target surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: John William Botelho, Jeffrey John Domey, Linda Frances Reynolds-Heffer, Lu Zhang
  • Publication number: 20150010699
    Abstract: Techniques and methods are disclosed for facilitating the fireproofing application process to the structural members of buildings (e.g., houses, apartment buildings, office buildings, sky-rises, etc.) and for improving the structural integrity of steel when exposed to extreme temperatures. The components of the Universal Fireproofing Patch provide a fireproofing protection product that exceeds Underwriters Laboratories fireproofing guidelines, which may be used under any circumstances (i.e., in the event the existing material to be fire-patched is either unknown or unavailable). The components of the Universal Fireproofing Patch enable a user the ability to coat a non-conforming area quickly, easily and for a fraction of the price compared to commercial patching services. Finally, the Universal Fireproofing Patch is sold as a kit that is comprised of a container, a premeasured quantity of water and fireproofing mix, a mixer, a trowel and an instrument capable of measuring liquids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2013
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Inventor: Timothy Vellrath
  • Patent number: 8927068
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for forming lithium-ion batteries and battery cell components, and more specifically, to a system and method for fabricating such batteries and battery cell components using deposition processes that form three-dimensional porous structures are provided. One method comprises texturing a conductive substrate by calendering the conductive substrate between opposing wire mesh structures, forming a first layer of cathodically active material having a first porosity on the surface of the textured conductive substrate, and forming a second layer of cathodically active material having a second porosity on the first layer, wherein the second porosity is greater than the first porosity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Karl M. Brown, Hooman Bolandi, Victor Pebenito, Josef Thomas Hoog, Connie P. Wang
  • Publication number: 20140363580
    Abstract: Glass-fiber-reinforced concrete compositions that may be sprayed, and methods of preparing and applying such compositions. Such compositions may include cement, reinforcing glass fibers randomly oriented and homogenously distributed throughout the concrete composition, and a particle packing aggregate. At least a portion of the particle packing aggregate may be rounded rather than crushed and include a first aggregate portion having a first particle size and a second aggregate portion having a second particle size that is smaller than the first particle size so that the aggregate is capable of particle packing. The uncured compositions can be delivered through a spray nozzle with the glass fibers already mixed into the composition. The compositions can provide uniform, non-directional strength characteristics, e.g., modulus of rupture of at least 16 MPa and a limit of proportionality of at least 7 MPa with a glass-fiber content of no more than 4% by weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2014
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Inventor: David L. Nicolson
  • Patent number: 8906450
    Abstract: A powder spray nozzle includes an inlet portion having an inlet diameter and an inlet length and an outlet portion having outlet diameter and an outlet length. The nozzle also includes an interface region between the inlet portion and the outlet portion having an interface diameter. A ratio of the inlet diameter to the inlet length is in a range of about 0.15 to 0.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Hanergy Holding Group Ltd.
    Inventors: Edward J. McInerney, Johannes Vlcek
  • Publication number: 20140356617
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods for treating metal substrates that include contacting the metal with pretreatment compositions comprising: (a) a group IIIB metal, a group IVB metal and/or a group VB metal; and (b) a rheology modifier composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2014
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Inventors: Nathan J. Silvernail, Thor G. Lingenfelter
  • Publication number: 20140356542
    Abstract: A deacidification composition for use in for treating printed cellulosic materials is provided. A method of making the composition and a method of preparing components of the composition also are provided. The composition includes zinc oxide in the form of nanoparticles and/or nanoclusters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2014
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Inventor: Richard Daniel Smith
  • Publication number: 20140338830
    Abstract: Provided is a composite laminate including an inorganic layer and a composite reinforcement layer. Further provided is a method for coating a first composite laminate with an inorganic layer including the step of applying an inorganic layer to a composite reinforcement layer of a first composite laminate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2014
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Inventor: John A. Petroski
  • Patent number: 8883253
    Abstract: Brominated butadiene polymers are recovered from solution and formed into particles by spraying the solution onto a heated, mechanically agitated bed of seed particles. The droplets contact the seed particles in the bed and form a polymer layer on the outside of the seed particles, thereby enlarging them. The solvent is removed from the droplets after they make contact with seed particles in the bed. The process allows for the simultaneous removal of solvent and formation of somewhat large particles. The process forms at most small amounts of agglomerates and fines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Douglas C. Greminger, Brian D. Scherzer
  • Patent number: 8883250
    Abstract: In various embodiments, a sputtering target initially formed by ingot metallurgy or powder metallurgy and comprising a sputtering-target material is provided, the sputtering-target material (i) comprising a metal, (ii) defining a recessed furrow therein, and (iii) having a first grain size and a first crystalline microstructure. A powder is spray-deposited within the furrow to form a layer therein, the layer (i) comprising the metal, (ii) having a second grain size finer than the first grain size, and (iii) having a second crystalline microstructure more random than the first crystalline microstructure. Spray-depositing the powder within the furrow forms a distinct boundary line between the layer and the sputtering-target material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignees: H.C. Starck Inc., H.C. Starck GmbH
    Inventors: Steven A. Miller, Prabhat Kumar, Rong-chein Richard Wu, Shuwei Sun, Stefan Zimmermann, Olaf Schmidt-Park
  • Patent number: 8852334
    Abstract: A composition for hardening concrete that has a pH of less than 10, and may have a pH of 8 or less. Thus, the hardening composition may be free of or substantially free of alkaline materials. The hardening composition is water-based and includes silica particles and an aluminum-based (e.g., alumina, etc.) stabilizer, which may be present on portions of the surfaces of the silica particles. In use, the hardening composition is applied to the surface of concrete, either alone, with curing compounds, or as part of a polishing process. Any residue that remains on the treated surface may simply be swept, blown, or sprayed away.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Arris Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Dal N. Hills, Kent Barrus
  • Patent number: 8852333
    Abstract: A new generation environmental friendly water-based coating composition which exhibits excellent coating film properties is disclosed. Said water-based coating composition comprises mesoporous silica nanoparticles in organosilica, water, and a film-forming catalyst, and optionally with a small amount of ethanol. Method for manufacturing said water-based coating composition and the use thereof are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Nano and Advanced Materials Institute Limited
    Inventors: Ka Wai Wong, Xinghua Li, Yee Man Ho, Wing Yee Cheng, Ka Cheong Luk
  • Patent number: 8846157
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing solid materials having an air content of ?16 vol. % in relation to the total volume of solid materials, characterised in that hydraulically setting coating agents containing at least one cationic protective colloid are applied to an undersurface by means of mechanical methods using compressed air with air quantity factors of up to 100 or by manual methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Wacker Chemie AG
    Inventor: Klaus Bonin
  • Publication number: 20140272350
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a gas barrier film, a flexible substrate including the same, and a manufacturing method thereof. More specifically, a barrier film of the present invention relates to a first polymer layer, a gas barrier film including a graphene layer formed on the first polymer layer, a flexible substrate including the same, and a manufacturing method thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Cheil Industries Inc.
    Inventors: Tae Ho Kim, Young Kwon Kim, Seung Beom Kee, Sung Kook Kim, Chang Gyu Im
  • Publication number: 20140272138
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of inhibiting corrosion of a metal surface with at least one alkyl sulfamic acid or salt thereof to the metal surface in an amount effective to inhibit corrosion of the metal surface. The alkyl sulfamic acid or salt thereof can be applied in any suitable manner to the metal surface, for example, flowing, coating, sponging, wiping, spraying, painting, showering, and/or misting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: BUCKMAN LABORATORIES INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Jesse Pokrzywinski, Marilyn Whittemore, Thomas E. McNeel
  • Publication number: 20140260478
    Abstract: A method of processing an alloy workpiece to reduce thermal cracking may comprise spraying a metallic coating material onto at least a portion of a surface of the alloy workpiece to form a surface coating metallurgically bonded to the alloy workpiece. The surface coating may be more ductile than the alloy workpiece and reduces heat loss from the alloy workpiece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: ATI PROPERTIES, INC.
    Inventors: Robin M. Forbes Jones, Richard L. Kennedy, Wei-Di Cao
  • Patent number: 8834964
    Abstract: The process of the present invention significantly increases the durability of superhydrophobic surfaces, while retaining similar optical properties to those of the original surface. The process uses velocity and heat to take freshly formed nano- and ultrafine particles and can partially embed and chemically bond them to the substrate, creating a strongly bonded nano-to-submicron textured surface. This nanotextured surface can then be modified to have desirable surface properties; for example, it can be hydrophobic, oliophobic, or hydrophilic. The high points of the coating made with this process protect the remainder of the surface from abrasion, thus greatly increasing product life in many uses. In preferred embodiments, the process is used to coat transportation vehicle windshields.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignees: nGIMAT, Co., Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayoshi Kitada, Todd Fitz, Andrew Tye Hunt, Yongdong Jiang, Jeanne Yadlyne Smalley, Marvis White
  • Patent number: 8828486
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing diamond or diamond-like carbon (DLC) by converting at least one other form of carbon such as graphite, amorphous carbon, fullerenes, glass carbon, graphene, carbon foam or a mixture of these forms. This method comprises an acceleration of particles and causing them to collide with a substrate. The particles and/or the substrate contain(s) or consist(s) of one other form of carbon. The conversion is induced by impact of the particles with the substrate, wherein cold gas spraying is used to advantage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Linde Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Hamid Assadi, Frank Gärtner, Thomas Klassen, Peter Heinrich, Heinrich Kreye, Werner Krömmer