Pretreatment Of Substrate Or Post-treatment Of Coated Substrate Patents (Class 427/532)
  • Publication number: 20130076572
    Abstract: The ink for printing an antenna pattern for a mobile phone according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a mixture of one of silver (Ag) powder, nickel (Ni) powder, copper (Cu) powder, and gold (Au) powder, liquid acrylonitrile, liquid polystyrene, liquid butadiene, and methyl ethyl ketone (MEK) as a diluent. The present invention does not include a plating process, and thus allows a significant improvement in productivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2010
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicants: MOBITECH CORP, YEN AN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Kyung-Sook Lee, Se-Yong Park, Chul-An Lim, Byoung-Nam Kim
  • Publication number: 20130078428
    Abstract: A manufacturing method includes forming one or more grooves in a component that comprises a substrate with an outer surface. The substrate has at least one interior space. Each groove extends at least partially along the substrate and has a base and a top. The manufacturing method further includes applying a structural coating on at least a portion of the substrate and processing at least a portion of the surface of the structural coating so as to plastically deform the structural coating at least in the vicinity of the top of a respective groove, such that a gap across the top of the groove is reduced. A component is also disclosed and includes a structural coating disposed on at least a portion of a substrate, where the surface of the structural coating is faceted in the vicinity of the respective groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2012
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Ronald Scott Bunker, Scott Andrew Weaver, Don Mark Lipkin, John Brian McDermott
  • Publication number: 20130075672
    Abstract: The invention relates to a kit for preparing a conductive element comprising a container A containing a liquid dispersion A?, comprising dispersed nanoparticles having a metallic surface and a ligand capable of binding to said surface; a container B—which may be the same or different as the container A containing the liquid dispersion A?—said container B containing a liquid B? comprising reducible silver ions or other reducible metal ions; and a further container C containing a liquid C? comprising a reducing agent for the metal ions of the liquid from container B.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2009
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Inventor: Simona Magdalena Rucareanu
  • Patent number: 8399064
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for improving the adhesion of carbon fibers by coating a surface of the carbon fibers with a polymer film containing functional groups capable of acting as chain transfer agents during a chain transfer polymerization of a resin curable by chain transfer polymerization to obtain coated carbon fibers. The coated carbon fibers are then contacted with the curable resin, and the chain transfer polymerization of the curable resin is induced to produce an organic matrix and forming a composite material. The functional groups of the polymer film act as chain transfer agents during the chain transfer polymerization of the curable resin and thereby improve adhesion of the carbon fibers to the organic matrix. Applications of this invention include aeronautical, aerospatial, shipbuilding, railway and motor vehicle industries, armaments industry, sports and leisure articles, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Astrium SAS
    Inventors: Jacques Schultz, Michel Nardin, Frédéric Vautard, Vincent Roucoules, Brigitte Defoort
  • Publication number: 20130064713
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments concern a microfluidic device comprising a bonding agent and two or more components. In particular disclosed embodiments, the microfluidic device is made out of the disclosed bonding agent. Also disclosed are embodiments of a method for making a microfluidic device, wherein the method includes using the disclosed bonding agent to couple two or more components together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Inventors: Myra T. Koesdjojo, Vincent T. Remcho, Jintana Nammoonnoy
  • Patent number: 8394197
    Abstract: Enhanced corrosion resistance is achieved in a coating by using a germanium-containing precursor and hollow cathode techniques to form a first layer directly on the surface of a workpiece, prior to forming an outer layer, such as a layer of diamond-like carbon (DLC). The use of a germanium or germanium-carbide precursor reduces film stress and enables an increase in the thickness of the subsequently formed DLC. Germanium incorporation also reduces the porosity of the layer. In one embodiment, a cap layer containing germanium is added after the DLC in order to further reduce the susceptibility of the coating to chemical penetration from the top.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Sub-One Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew W. Tudhope, Thomas B. Casserly, Karthik Boinapally, Deepak Upadhyaya, William J. Boardman
  • Publication number: 20130043062
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for forming a raised conductive image on a non-conductive or dielectric surface, the method comprising placing a metal coordination complex on a surface of the substrate, exposing the surface to electromagnetic radiation, reducing the exposed complex. removing unexposed complex leaving an elemental metal image, removing unexposed metal complex and then plating the resulting elemental metal image with a highly conductive material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2012
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Applicant: EARTHONE CIRCUIT TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventor: William Wismann
  • Patent number: 8372297
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a membrane is disclosed, to provide both hydrophilicity and hydrophobicity to predetermined positions of a surface of a single membrane. The method for fabricating a membrane includes: preparing a template with nano-scale holes formed on its outer surface; coating a polymer material on a predetermined pattern region of the outer surface of the template; attaching a hydrophilic film on the outer surface of the template; and removing the template from the hydrophilic film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Postech Academy-Industry Foundation
    Inventors: Chang-woo Lee, Dong-seob Kim, Sun Wei, Woon-bong Hwang
  • Patent number: 8372490
    Abstract: A film-formation method is a method for depositing a liquid containing a film material to form a film in a prescribed film formation area enclosed by a partition wall on a substrate. The film-formation method includes forming the partition wall using at least in part a wettability-variable material in which wettability with respect to the liquid is variable, depositing the liquid in the film formation area, varying the wettability of the wettability-variable material in the partition wall in a state in which the liquid is disposed within the film formation area so that liquid affinity of the wettability-variable material becomes higher than liquid affinity of the wettability-variable material before the liquid is deposited in the film formation area, and forming the film by solidifying the film material in the liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Toyotaro Kinoshita
  • Patent number: 8361561
    Abstract: Provided may be a method of manufacturing a silicon (Si) film by using a Si solution process. According to the method of manufacturing the Si film, the Si film may be manufactured by preparing a Si forming solution. The ultraviolet rays (UV) may be irradiated on the prepared Si forming solution. The Si forming solution may be coated on a substrate and a solvent in the Si forming solution may be coated on the substrate. An electron beam may be irradiated on the Si forming solution from which the solvent is removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jung-hyun Lee, Dong-joon Ma
  • Publication number: 20130022754
    Abstract: A printing form precursor comprises a printing surface which comprises an anodic layer which is hydrophobic and capable of being made hydrophilic by fast laser pulses but capable of becoming hydrophobic again, preferably for re-use, if desired. These changes are influenced by thickness of the anodic layer, and by alloying elements in the anodic layer. Benefit is gained also from using a darkly coloured anodic layer and by permitting the change from hydrophilic to hydrophobic to take place in a carbonaceous or siliceous atmosphere. By such means the invention achieves the goal of providing a printing form precursor which does not need a chemical developer, and which can be used multiple times, to print different images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2011
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Applicant: J P IMAGING LIMITED
    Inventors: Peter Andrew Reath Bennett, John David Adamson, Rodney Martin Potts
  • Publication number: 20130020014
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of manufacturing an electrophoretic display device, the method including the steps of forming a plurality of partition walls defining unipixel regions on a first substrate; filling an electrophoretic medium in the unipixel regions; forming an adhesive layer on a second substrate to bond the first substrate to the second substrate; forming (i) a plurality of adhesive portions for contact with the partition walls and (ii) a plurality of hardening portions for sealing the unipixel region filled with the electrophoretic medium by hardening a part of the adhesive layer; and bonding the first substrate and the second substrate to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2011
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Inventors: Sang II SHIN, Kyoung-June Jung
  • Publication number: 20130011571
    Abstract: A water repellent anti-reflective structure with a superior water repellent function and an anti-reflective function, a method of manufacturing the same, and components of vehicles comprising the water repellent anti-reflective structure (e.g., display or window panel) are taught. Numerous cone-shaped projections having a circular or polygonal bottom surface and a diameter of a circular bottom surface or a circle circumscribing with a polygonal bottom surface within a range between 50 and 380 nm are configured to be arranged at a pitch within a range between 50 and 380 nm, having an aspect ratio within a range greater than or equal to 1.5 and made from material having a contact angle with water equal to or greater than 90°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Motohiko Kuroda, Yuji Noguchi, Takayuki Fukui
  • Patent number: 8349203
    Abstract: A method of forming a block copolymer pattern comprises providing a substrate comprising a topographic pre-pattern comprising a ridge surface separated by a height, h, greater than 0 nanometers from a trench surface; disposing a block copolymer comprising two or more block components on the topographic pre-pattern to form a layer having a thickness of more than 0 nanometers over the ridge surface and the trench surface; and annealing the layer to form a block copolymer pattern having a periodicity of the topographic pre-pattern, the block copolymer pattern comprising microdomains of self-assembled block copolymer disposed on the ridge surface and the trench surface, wherein the microdomains disposed on the ridge surface have a different orientation compared to the microdomains disposed on the trench surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ho-Cheol Kim, Sang-min Park, Charles T. Rettner
  • Patent number: 8349341
    Abstract: The present invention relates to hair care compositions, especially those hair care compositions in the form of a hair care article that is a porous dissolvable solid substrate. The porous dissolvable solid substrate has a surface resident coating comprising the cationic surfactant conditioner active that can provide a conditioning benefit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Robert Wayne Glenn, Jr., Kathleen Mary Kaufman
  • Publication number: 20130000768
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a pipe for transporting fluids such as oil or gas, said pipe comprising an inner carrier pipe, with an inner coating and a casing characterised in that said inner coating and said casing are sealed by integration between the material of the inner coating and the material of the casing as a result of a change of the molecular state of the materials in the area which is to be integrated. Hereby a strong sealing between the casing and the inner coating is obtained, which allows for an effective encapsulation of e.g. insulation material placed in between the casing and the inner coating. The invention further relates to a method for sealing an inner coating and a casing in a pipe for transporting fluids such as oil or gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2010
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: LOGSTOR A/S
    Inventor: Kim Schacht
  • Patent number: 8343690
    Abstract: A method for the fabrication of a mesoporous metal electrode in a non-liquid crystalline phase was tested. Specifically, there was tested the efficacy of the method for the fabrication of a mesoporous metal electrode which comprises forming the mesoporous metal electrode on a substrate by chemical or electrochemical reduction of a mixture comprising a solvent, a structure-directing agent, and a source of a metal, characterized in that the mixture is maintained in a non-liquid crystal phase. Furthermore, the usefulness of the mesoporous metal electrode thus prepared from the non-liquid crystalline phase was also tested. The mesoporous metal electrode prepared from the non-liquid crystalline phase had a large surface area, and a roughness factor thereof was controlled by charges passed during electroplating. The method made it possible to fabricate the mesoporous metal electrode in the non-liquid crystalline phase, even more flexible than a liquid crystalline phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Seoul National University R&DB Foundation
    Inventors: Hee-Chan Kim, Taek Dong Chung, Sejin Park, Hankil Boo, Sunyoung Lee
  • Publication number: 20120321813
    Abstract: A thin film deposition apparatus including a vacuum chamber; a substrate arranged inside the vacuum chamber; a container unit containing a deposition material and including a discharge opening to discharge the deposition material in a vaporized state; a first heating unit configured to heat at least a portion of the container unit; and a vapor discharge tube including a first opening connected to the discharge opening, and a second opening to discharge the vaporized deposition material to an outside of the vapor discharge tube, a length of a path connecting a center of the first opening to a center of the second opening along a centerline of the vapor discharge tube being greater than a length of a straight line interconnecting the centers of the first and second openings, the thin film deposition apparatus being configured to apply an electric field to the vapor discharge tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2012
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Inventors: Geum-Jong Roh, Tae-Wook Kim
  • Publication number: 20120313055
    Abstract: By using a coating method, which is a simple method of manufacturing a transparent conductive film at low cost, a transparent conductive film formed with heating at a low temperature, in particular, lower than 300° C. with both of excellent transparency and conductivity and also with excellent film strength and a method of manufacturing this transparent conductive film are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2011
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicant: SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO.LTD.
    Inventors: Masaya Yukinobu, Takahito Nagano, Yoshihiro Otsuka
  • Patent number: 8329049
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of fabricating a nanostructure, comprising the following steps: prestructuring a substrate (1) adapted to receive the nanostructure to form a nanorelief (2) on the substrate, the nanorelief having flanks (4) extending from a bottom (1a) of the substrate and a top face (3) extending from said flanks, and then depositing on the substrate pre-structured in this way a single layer or multilayer coating intended to form the nanostructure; and further comprising: adding to the prestructured substrate or to the coating a separation layer adapted to enable separation of the coating and the substrate by external action of mechanical, thermomechanical or vibratory type; and exerting this external action on the substrate and/or the coating to recover selectively a top portion of the coating by separating it from the top face of the nanorelief so that this top portion constitutes some or all of the nanostructure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique
    Inventors: Ursula Ebels, Bernard Dieny, Dominique Lestelle, Eric Gautier
  • Patent number: 8329299
    Abstract: A method for depositing sol-gel derived coatings on substrates to form coated substrates includes the steps of providing a first solution including at least one sol precursor and at least one solvent. A water comprising solution is added to the first solution to form a sol-gel. The sol-gel is deposited on a substrate. The sol-gel layer on the substrate is dried/cured at a temperature ?100° C. for at least 10 minutes to form a solid layer, wherein the solid layer has a thickness from 50 nm to 110 nm. The depositing and curing steps are repeated at least once until combined thickness of the solid layers forms a coating of a predetermined thickness. The resulting solid layers are low water content layers that can be evidenced by transmission measurements. The coated substrate can be an IR transmissive substrate having a recrystallization temperature <130° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignees: University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc., Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control
    Inventors: Sudipta Seal, Erik R. Brinley, Suresh Babu Krishna Moorthy, Abhilash Vincent, David Reid, Clara Rivero
  • Publication number: 20120304889
    Abstract: Low temperature processes for converting mixtures of metal inks into alloys. The alloys can be dealloyed by etching. A method comprising: depositing at least one precursor composition on at least one substrate to form at least one deposited structure, wherein the precursor composition comprises at least two metal complexes, including at least one first metal complex comprising at least one first metal and at least one second metal complex different from the first metal complex and comprising at least one second metal different from the first metal, treating the deposited structure so that the first metal and the second metal form elemental forms of the first metal and the second metal in a treated structure. Further, one can remove at least some of the first metal to leave a nanoporous material comprising at least the second metal. Precursor compositions can be formulated to be homogeneous compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2012
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Inventors: Richard D. MCCULLOUGH, John BELOT, Rebecca POTASH
  • Publication number: 20120305306
    Abstract: An ink adapted for forming conductive elements is disclosed. The ink includes a plurality of nanoparticles and a carrier. The nanoparticles comprise copper and have a diameter of less than 20 nanometers. Each nanoparticle has at least a partial coating of a surfactant configured to separate adjacent nanoparticles. Methods of creating circuit elements from copper-containing nanoparticles by spraying, tracing, stamping, burnishing, or heating are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2011
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION
    Inventor: Alfred A. Zinn
  • Publication number: 20120308738
    Abstract: Photolabile scent storage substance that are capable of photoinduced release of cyclic compounds have at least one cyclic double bond. These scent storage substances are special ketones, and enable greatly improved stability of the scent impression, in particular with a fresh character, in typical applications, for example in textile laundering, room scenting, and in the cosmetic sector. More economical utilization of the stored scents can thereby be ensured. Also described are corresponding washing or cleaning agents, scenting methods, and methods for manufacturing the special ketones.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2012
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Thomas Gerke, Christian Kropf, Ursula Huchel, Axel Griesbeck, Olga Hinze
  • Patent number: 8323751
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a production process of a roller for an electrophotography, having a surface layer the electric resistance of which has been controlled by corona discharge treatment while keeping any pinholes from coming about on the surface. A production process of a roller for an electrophotography, said roller comprising a conductive mandrel and a conductive surface layer comprising a resin and carbon black dispersed in the resin, the process having the following steps (1) to (3): (1) forming a resin layer comprising a resin and carbon black dispersed therein on the circumference of the conductive mandel; (2) attaching silica particles on the surface of the resin layer; and (3) subjecting corona discharge treatment to the surface of the resin layer on which the silica particles are attached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kunimasa Kawamura, Yuji Sakurai, Shohei Urushihara
  • Patent number: 8323519
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a liquid discharge head including a flow path forming member to form a flow path communicating with a discharge port for discharging liquids includes forming an organic material layer on a substrate, applying a soluble resin on the organic material layer to form a resin layer, patterning the resin layer to form a pattern with a shape of the flow path, forming a cover layer as the flow path forming member on the pattern, forming the discharge port to expose a part of the pattern from the cover layer, eluting the pattern from the discharge port to form the flow path, irradiating a substance sticking to a surface of the flow path forming member on which the discharge port is formed with ultraviolet light, wherein the substance contains at least the organic material, and removing the sticking substance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Mitsunori Toshishige, Yoshinori Tagawa, Hideo Tamura, Taichi Yonemoto
  • Publication number: 20120301669
    Abstract: A method of bonding a metal to a substrate involves forming a plurality of nano-features in a surface of the substrate, where each nano-feature is chosen from a nano-pore and/or a nano-crevice. In a molten state, the metal is over-cast onto the substrate surface, and penetrates the nano-features. Upon cooling, the metal is solidified inside the nano-features, where the solidification of the metal forms a mechanical interlock between the over-cast metal and the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2011
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Michael J. Walker, Bob R. Powell, JR., Aihua A. Luo
  • Publication number: 20120301674
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes a method for organizing a block copolymer (BCP) comprising contacting a substrate with the block copolymer, and exposing the BCP-coated substrate to a suitable energy source under conditions sufficient to induce substrate heating and organize the block copolymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2011
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Inventors: Jillian Buriak, Xiaojiang Zhang, Kenneth Harris
  • Publication number: 20120299441
    Abstract: A compound (2), and a process to polarize it, are described able to form conductive or isolating tracks. The compound comprises a substrate of solvent, and a dispersion in the substrate. The dispersion comprises (i) a polymer (M) with double covalent conjugated bond, that is to say a heterocyclic compound formed of n atoms of carbon and an atom of a different type linked in a loop structure; and (ii) functionalising elements (Q1) of the polymer, so that the state of the polymer changes from insulator to conductor and vice versa when struck by an electromagnetic field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2011
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Inventor: Fabio Cappelli
  • Patent number: 8318264
    Abstract: Process for surface functionalization of a glass reinforcement, characterized in that the said reinforcements are chemically modified by means of surface treatment by the action of a homogeneous plasma at atmospheric or sub-atmospheric pressure in a controlled, oxidizing or nitriding gas atmosphere, and in that the said surface portion is contacted with an aqueous impregnating solution of an organic or inorganic matrix, or directly with the matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain Adfors
    Inventors: Patrick Moireau, Maxime Duran, Jean-Baptiste Denis
  • Patent number: 8313805
    Abstract: An electrode assembly for a plasma reaction chamber used in semiconductor substrate processing. The assembly includes an upper showerhead electrode which includes an inner electrode mechanically attached to a backing plate by a clamp ring and an outer electrode attached to the backing plate by a series of spaced apart cam locks. A guard ring surrounds the backing plate and is movable to positions at which openings in the guard ring align with openings in the backing plate so that the cam locks can be rotated with a tool to release cam pins extending upward from the upper face of the outer electrode. To compensate for differential thermal expansion, the clamp ring can include expansion joins at spaced locations which allow the clamp ring to absorb thermal stresses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Lam Research Corporation
    Inventors: Babak Kadkhodayan, Rajinder Dhindsa, Anthony de la Llera, Michael C. Kellogg
  • Publication number: 20120288227
    Abstract: The invention relates to an optic fiber having a core in which carbon nano-structures are formed at a predetermined locus, a fiber optic chemical sensor using the optic fiber, and a method of forming the carbon nano-structure layer in the core of the optic fiber. The invention utilizes gas refractive index and the adsorption sensitivity of particles on the surface of the carbon nano-structure layer, and uses the carbon nano-structure layer in the core of the optic fiber as a sensor for particles of gas, liquid and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2012
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Applicant: RESEARCH & BUSINESS FOUNDATION SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Tae-sung KIM, Atul KULKARNI, Jaeboong CHOI, Hyeong Keun KIM, Young Jin KIM, Byung Hee HONG
  • Publication number: 20120280675
    Abstract: Described are embodiments to ensure that the equipment utilized to detect antigens is reliable and accurate. Accordingly, one embodiment of the invention includes a calibration assembly having nanoparticles, with known magnetic properties, spaced apart at known y-axis locations along the calibration assembly. In one embodiment, the calibration assembly may be used to calibrate a matched filter of the write and read circuitry. Because the calibration assembly comprises nanoparticles with known magnetic properties the read response of the read circuitry to a particular nanoparticle may be stored in the matched filter as an ideal signal for that nanoparticle. The ideal signal stored in the matched filter may then be utilized for reliably and accurately detecting antigens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2011
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: David Berman, Dylan Joseph Boday, Icko E.T. Iben, Wayne Isami Imaino, Stephen Leonard Schwartz, Anna Wanda Topol, Daniel James Winarski
  • Patent number: 8304130
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a manufacturing method a membrane electrode assembly which has a low proton conduction resistance at a boundary of an electrolyte membrane and a catalyst layer. Catalyst ink including solvent, electrolyte 23 having proton permeability, and a carbon 26 supporting platinum is applied on both sides of an electrolyte membrane 4 having proton permeability. The solvent is evaporated for forming catalyst layers 10, 14. Voltage is applied between the catalyst layers 10, 14 under hydrogen atmosphere for forming proton conduction paths at boundaries between the catalyst layers 10, 14 and the electrolyte membrane 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Tohru Morita
  • Patent number: 8292982
    Abstract: A filter, in particular for a rotary separator, is produced using an energy beam melting process, for example an electron beam, starting from powder made from the same material as a porous filtering portion to be formed, for example from a titanium alloy; on the basis of a three-dimensional model comprising a cell structure defining the porous filtering portion, subsequent layers of powder are applied and locally melted, so as to form successive sections of the porous filtering portion; at the end of the forming process, the residual powder is evacuated from the pores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Avio S.p.A.
    Inventors: Paolo Gennaro, Maurizio Romeo, Giuseppe Bene, Franco Tortarolo, Giovanni Paolo Zanon
  • Publication number: 20120262841
    Abstract: A film capacitor element is provided which has a smaller size and higher capacity while securing the sufficient withstand voltage at a high level and which can be efficiently produced. The film capacitor element including a laminated body including at least one dielectric film and at least one metal deposition film. The at least one dielectric includes at least one vapor-deposited polymer film. The at least vapor-deposited polymer film is formed by a deposition polymerization of a plurality of monomers each having a structure in which two benzene rings are linked via a linking group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2012
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: Kojima Press Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akito TERASHIMA, Kaoru Ito, Munetaka Hayakawa
  • Publication number: 20120255898
    Abstract: A polyamide membrane comprising reaction product of an anhydrous solution comprising an anhydrous solvent, at least one polyfunctional secondary amine and a pre-polymer deposition catalyst; and an anhydrous, organic solvent solution comprising a polyfunctional aromatic amine-reactive reactant comprising one ring. A composite semipermeable membrane comprising the polyamide membrane on a porous support. A method of making a composite semipermeable membrane by coating a porous support with an anhydrous solution comprising an anhydrous solvent, a polyfunctional secondary amine and a pre-polymer deposition catalyst, to form an activated pre-polymer layer on the porous support and contacting the activated pre-polymer layer with an anhydrous, organic solvent solution comprising a polyfunctional amine-reactive reactant to interfacially condense the amine-reactive reactant with the polyfunctional secondary amine, thereby forming a cross-linked, interfacial polyamide layer on the porous support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2012
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Applicant: Eltron Research & Development, Inc.
    Inventor: Wayne E. Buschmann
  • Patent number: 8281734
    Abstract: An apparatus for treating a travelling web of material in a predetermined gaseous atmosphere comprising a chamber (1) through which a moving web of material (2) is transported from an inlet at a first end of the chamber (1) to an outlet at a second end and a means for introducing and controlling gas (5) intended to provide said predetermined gaseous atmosphere within said chamber (1), wherein said inlet and outlet each comprise a sealing means (4a, 4b) designed to enable passage of said web of material (2) therethrough whilst minimising the ingress of an external gas boundary layer (3) around said web of material (2) characterised in that said apparatus also comprises one or more re-circulation channels (7, 8) adapted to re-circulate gases within said chamber (1) from the second end of the chamber to the first end of the chamber thereby negating or substantially negating any pressure difference within the chamber (1) between said inlet and outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Dow Corning Ireland, Ltd.
    Inventors: John Kennedy, Richard Sibbick, Frank Swallow, Peter Dobbyn, Alan Hynes, John Brennan
  • Patent number: 8282997
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method for producing a coating on a support, in particular a glass support, wherein a thin-film metal oxide is deposited on the support, said thin film being subjected to an etching process to roughen its surface, a second coating capable of adhering to the first metal oxide film is then applied on the roughened surface. The invention is characterized in that it consists in depositing a first doped metal oxide or metal oxynitride doped with at least a second metal oxide or metal oxynitride, the second metal oxide or metal oxynitride being distributed in the deposited film. During the etching process, a plasma-activated gas is used which removes at least a second metal oxide or metal oxynitride less than the first metal oxide or metal oxynitride so as to form, after the etching process, on the surface raised irregularities consisting of at least a second metal oxide or metal oxynitride.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Saint Gobain Glass France
    Inventors: Alfred Hofrichter, Herve Montigaud, Jean-Christophe Giron
  • Publication number: 20120251766
    Abstract: A method for forming a carbon nanotube composite includes the following steps. A substrate having a surface is provided. A carbon nanotube structure is disposed on the surface of the substrate. The carbon nanotube structure includes a number of carbon nanotubes. The carbon nanotubes define a number of micro gaps. The substrate and the carbon nanotube structure are disposed in an environment filled with electromagnetic waves such that the surface of the substrate is melted and is permeated into the micro gaps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2011
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicants: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: KAI-LI JIANG, JIA-PING WANG, RUI XIE, SHOU-SHAN FAN
  • Publication number: 20120251876
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to energy storage devices, such as lead-acid batteries, and methods of improving the performance thereof, through the incorporation of one or more carbon-based additives.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: Exide Technologies
    Inventor: Sudhakar Jagannathan
  • Publication number: 20120249375
    Abstract: A material contains a curable liquid polymer containing suspended nanoparticles capable of exhibiting a magnetic property. The nanoparticles are present in a concentration sufficient to cause the curable liquid polymer to flow in response to application of a magnetic field, enabling the material to be guided into narrow regions to completely fill such regions prior to the polymer being cured. A method includes applying a filler material to at least one component, the filler material including a heat curable polymer containing nanoparticles, and applying an electromagnetic field to at least part of the filler material. The nanoparticles contain a core capable of experiencing localized heating sufficient to at least partially cure surrounding polymer. Also disclosed is an assembly for use at radio frequencies. The assembly includes a substrate and at least one component supported by the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2008
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Inventors: Markku T. Heino, Reijo K. Lehtiniemi, Markku A. Oksanen, Eira T. Seppala, Pekka Martti Tapio Ikonen, Robin H.A. Ras, Jaakko Timonen, Maija Pohjakallio, Christoffer Johans
  • Patent number: 8277904
    Abstract: A method for producing a thermoelectric material is provided. A semiconductor material powder is provided. An electroless plating process is preformed to deposit metal nano-particles on the surface of semiconductor material powder. An electrical current activated sintering process is performed to form a thermoelectric material having one and plurality grain boundaries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Wei-Sheng Su, Chia-Hung Kuo, Ya-Wen Chou, Jie-Ren Ku, Ming-Shan Jeng, Chii-Shyang Hwang, Zong-Hao Wu
  • Patent number: 8273257
    Abstract: In a method for processing a nanotube, a vapor is condensed to a solid condensate layer on a surface of the nanotube and then at least one selected region of the condensate layer is locally removed by directing a beam of energy at the selected region. The nanotube can be processed with at least a portion of the solid condensate layer maintained on the nanotube surface and thereafter the solid condensate layer removed. Nanotube processing can include, e.g., depositing a material layer on an exposed nanotube surface region where the condensate layer was removed. After forming a solid condensate layer, an electron beam can be directed at a selected region along a nanotube length corresponding to a location for cutting the nanotube, to locally remove the condensate layer at the region, and an ion beam can be directed at the selected region to cut the nanotube at the selected region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: Jene A Golovchenko, Gavin M King, Gregor M Schurmann, Daniel Branton
  • Publication number: 20120238691
    Abstract: Provided is an ink composition capable of forming images having excellent water resistance, excellent solvent resistance and excellent adhesiveness to base materials, the ink composition including (Component A) a polymer containing a repeating unit (a1) having at least one of an aromatic ketone structure and an aliphatic 1,2-diketone structure, a repeating unit (a2) having at least one of a tertiary amine structure and a thiol structure, and a repeating unit (a3) having an ethylenically unsaturated double bond, and (Component B) a coloring material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2012
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventor: Koji HIRONAKA
  • Publication number: 20120237692
    Abstract: A method for coating a substrate with a plate type nanomaterial is provided. The method involves preparing a dispersed solution containing the plate type nanomaterial and a surface active agent, dipping the substrate into the dispersed solution, and drying the substrate after withdrawing the substrate from the dispersed solution. Also provided herein are a dipping solution used for coating the substrate, and a method of preparing a dipping solution for coating a substrate with a plate type nanomaterial.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2012
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Inventors: Jae Do NAM, Joon Suk Oh, Tae Seon Hwang
  • Publication number: 20120237745
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of producing a (shaped) ceramic or glass-ceramic article, involving the steps of: (a) providing a powder or a powder mixture comprising ceramic or glass-ceramic material, (b) depositing a layer of said powder or powder mixture on a surface, (d) heating at least one region of said layer by means of an energy beam or a plurality of energy beams to a maximum temperature such that at least a part of said ceramic or glass-ceramic material in said at least one region is melted and (e) cooling said at least one region of said layer so that at least part of the material melted in step (d) is solidified, such that the layer is joined with said surface in said at least one region. The invention also relates to ceramic or glass-ceramic articles and their use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2010
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicants: Frauhofer-Gesellschaft Zur Forderung Der Angewandten Forschung E.V., Innalox BV, Nederlandse Organisatie Voor Toegepast Natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek Tno, Bego Bremer Goldschagerei Wilh Herbst GmbH & Co KG
    Inventors: Stephan Dierkes, Anne Jans Faber, Jan Wilkes, Mark P.M. Welters, Wilhelm Meiners, Konrad Wissenbach
  • Publication number: 20120237730
    Abstract: Dry adhesives and methods for forming dry adhesives. A method of forming a dry adhesive structure on a backing material, comprises: forming a template backing layer of energy sensitive material on the backing material; forming a template layer of energy sensitive material on the template backing layer; exposing the template layer to a predetermined pattern of energy; removing a portion of the template layer related to the predetermined pattern of energy, and leaving a template structure formed from energy sensitive material and connected to the substrate via the template backing layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2012
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Inventors: Metin Sitti, Michael Murphy, Burak Aksak
  • Patent number: 8269416
    Abstract: A compressed multilayered film for a flexible functional element includes a base film, a transparent conductive layer coated on one side of the base film, and a support layer with a low adhesion layer liner on an opposite side of the base film. The support layer is separable from the base film. The base film has a thickness of 3 to 25 ?m, and the transparent conductive layer is composed mainly of conductive oxide microparticles and a binder matrix. The multilayered film is compressed to increase the filling density of the conductive microparticles in the transparent conductive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuki Murayama, Masaya Yukinobu
  • Publication number: 20120229442
    Abstract: A display includes: a display section displaying an image; and a liquid-crystal barrier section having a plurality of liquid crystal barriers each allowed to switch between a light-transmitting state and a light-blocking state. The liquid-crystal barrier section includes a liquid crystal layer, and a first substrate and a second substrate configured to sandwich the liquid crystal layer, the first substrate including a drive electrode formed at a position corresponding to each of the liquid crystal barriers, and the second substrate including a first common electrode, and a second common electrode formed between the first common electrode and the liquid crystal layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2012
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Yuichi Inoue