Void Shape Specified (e.g., Crushed, Flat, Round, Etc.) Patents (Class 428/314.2)
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Patent number: 8029890Abstract: The prevent invention discloses a structure of thermal resistive layer and the method of forming the same. The thermal resistive structures, formed on a plastic substrate, comprises a porous layer, formed on said plastic substrate, including a plurality of oxides of hollow structure, and a buffer layer, formed on said porous layer, wherein said porous layer can protect said plastic substrate from damage caused by the heat generated during manufacturing process. With the structure and method disclosed above, making a thin film transistor and forming electronic devices on the plastic substrate in the technology of Low Temperature PolySilicon, i.e. LTPS, without changing any parameters is easy to carry out.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2009Date of Patent: October 4, 2011Assignee: Industrial Technology Research InstituteInventors: Jung-Fang Chang, Te-Chi Wong, Chien-Te Hsieh, Chin-Jen Huang, Yu-Hung Chen
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Patent number: 8025963Abstract: A nanoporous filter comprises a porous support having an essentially flat surface on which is deposited a nanoporous layer having a substantially regular pore structure and uniform pore size within the range from 1 to 50 nm.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2006Date of Patent: September 27, 2011Assignee: Nanotecture LtdInventors: Mamdouh Abdelsalam, Elizabeth Tull, Philip Nigel Bartlett, Phillip Andrew Nelson
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Publication number: 20110217539Abstract: A functional, porous, interpenetrating polymer network (IPN) includes a first polymer network in the form of a porogenic support fabric (PSF) composed of linear polymers in the form of a pre-formed network comprising a fibrous composite and a second polymer network synthesized, gelated, and/or cross-linked in the presence of the first polymer network to form a system of polymers which have their respective chains held in place by means of permanent physical entanglements produced by the interweaving of the component polymer networks. The IPN is modified by dissolving and dispersing a portion of the PSF fibers, the dispersible fiber network (DFN) to form a pre-designed interconnected pore structure. The resultant porous, supported, second polymer network has convective flow, diffusive flow, and high capacity, and may include functional capture chemistries to provide an adsorptive media for chromatography and filtration of various compounds including biomolecules.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2011Publication date: September 8, 2011Inventors: Alex Garfield Bonner, Lawrence Udell, David Wells Andrews, Fu-Jya Daniel Tsai, Gaston De Los Reyes
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Patent number: 7993738Abstract: Modified porous materials are disclosed having interconnected, complexly shaped three-dimensional surfaces. The modification is accomplished by crosslinking the three-dimensional surfaces or by incorporating, in situ, an inorganic material onto or into three-dimensional surfaces. The porous materials are macro structures including at least one of nano-features, micro-features, and combinations thereof. The modifying accomplishes changing surface properties of the porous materials, changing the three-dimensional surfaces, and/or rendering the porous materials substantially stable in a predetermined environment.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2008Date of Patent: August 9, 2011Assignee: The Regents of the University of MichiganInventors: Peter X. Ma, Xiaohua Liu
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Patent number: 7993796Abstract: A thin wafer comprising through holes filled at least partially with conductive carbon nanotubes generally oriented transversally to the wafer. A fuel cell comprising, in a thin wafer, a through hole filled with an electrolyte surrounded with barriers of carbon nanotubes generally oriented transversally to the wafer.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2005Date of Patent: August 9, 2011Assignee: STMicroelectronics SAInventors: Mathieu Roy, Fabien Pierre
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Patent number: 7993740Abstract: A honeycomb structure includes a plurality of honeycomb fired bodies and an adhesive layer. The plurality of honeycomb fired body has a longitudinal direction and a plurality of cell walls extending along the longitudinal direction to define a plurality of cells. The adhesive layer is provided between the plurality of honeycomb fired bodies to connect the honeycomb fired bodies. Pore diameters of pores in the adhesive layer are about 300 ?m or less. A ratio of a total area of pores having a pore diameter of at least about 50 ?m and at most about 300 ?m and an aspect ratio of at least about 1 and at most about 1.5 in a cross-section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction to a total area of pores having a pore diameter of at least about 50 ?m and at most about 300 ?m is about 90% or more.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2008Date of Patent: August 9, 2011Assignee: Ibiden Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazushige Ohno, Masatoshi Okuda
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Publication number: 20110151240Abstract: Provided herein is a process for producing a layered sheet. The process involves preparing a cell dispersed urethane composition by a mechanical foaming method. The cell dispersed urethane composition is applied to a base material sheet and cured to produce a polyurethane foam layer of uniform thickness. A releasing sheet may be utilized to make the thickness of the polyurethane foamed layer uniform. Also, provided herein is a layered sheet produced by the above process. The polyurethane foamed layer may have spherical fine cells having an average cell diameter of 20 to 300 ?m. The polyurethane foamed layer may have a specific gravity of 0.2 to 0.5. The polyurethane foamed layer may also have a Asker C hardness of 10 to 50 degrees.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2011Publication date: June 23, 2011Applicant: Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd.Inventors: Junji HIROSE, Takeshi FUKUDA
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Patent number: 7947365Abstract: An electroconductive porous film high in the porosity and strong in the mechanical strength is provided. A mesoporous thin film of the invention, in which a crosslinking structure having a metal phosphate (M—POx) skeleton is arranged so as to surround periodically arranged pores, is formed by use of a process that includes: a step of preparing a precursor solution containing phosphoric acid and a surfactant; a step of supplying the precursor solution to a substrate to form a precursor thin film; a step of bringing vapor containing a metal into contact with the precursor thin film obtained in the forming the thin film; a step of reacting the vapor containing a metal and phosphoric acid to form a self-organized thin film; and a step of removing the surfactant from the self-organized thin film.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2005Date of Patent: May 24, 2011Assignees: Rohm Co., Ltd., Osaka UniversityInventors: Norikazu Nishiyama, Masaki Takaoka, Akira Kamisawa
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Publication number: 20110114362Abstract: The present invention provides insulation for a wire that comprises a main body configured to cover the wire where the main body has an inner surface that abuts the wire, an outer surface opposite the inner surface, and an insulation cross-sectional area defined between the inner and outer surfaces. A plurality of foamed sections are disposed in the insulation cross-sectional area of the main body. At least one solid section is disposed in the insulation cross-sectional area of the main body, wherein the plurality of foamed sections form at least 45% of the insulation cross-sectional area.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2010Publication date: May 19, 2011Applicant: GENERAL CABLE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventors: David M. FAUSZ, Alexander P. YOUNG
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Publication number: 20110091699Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a laminate product by assembling two substrates provided with liquid coating layers by passing said substrates between two rotating guide rollers. The object of the present invention is to provide a method for manufacturing a laminate product in which the number of process steps for applying two or more liquid layers is minimised Another object of the present invention is to provide a method for manufacturing a laminate product in which the inclusion of air between the individual layers is minimised.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2009Publication date: April 21, 2011Inventor: Wilhelmus Josephus Alex Van De Wall
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Patent number: 7927693Abstract: The present invention provides a high capacity hydrogen storage material in which a plural mesopore channels and fractal networks of nanopore channels communicating therewith and connecting to the micropores are formed in a microporous material, wherein a plural metal particles are formed on the surface of the mesopore and nanopore channels and of the micropores. In another embodiment, the present invention also provides a method for making the hydrogen storage material through oxidizing the microporous material so as to form a plural mesopore channels and fractal networks of nanopore channels, both of which are connected to the micropores to form a base for the deposition of metal particles capable of decomposing hydrogen molecules into hydrogen atoms. The high capacity hydrogen storage material is capable of increasing the capacity of hydrogen storage, and besides, the oxidizing process for making the hydrogen storage material is simple and has merits of saving cost.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2008Date of Patent: April 19, 2011Assignee: Institute of Nuclear Energy Research Atomic Energy Council, Executive YuanInventors: Cheng-Si Tsao, Ming-Sheng Yu, Yi-Ren Tzeng, Cheng-Yu Wang, Hsiu-Chu Wu, Tsui-Yun Chung, Chun-Ching Chien, Li-Fu Lin
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Patent number: 7901763Abstract: Porous infusible polymer (IP) parts are made by incorporating 0.2 to 10 volume percent organic fibers, preferably with short lengths, into the particulate IP, consolidating the mixture under pressure and optionally heating, and then “burning off” the fibers. After the fibers are burned off the resulting part has porosity in which the pores are elongated, usually retaining the shape of the organic fibers. When these parts are exposed to moisture (which they usually absorb) and then suddenly heated they tend not to blister from vaporization of the water. This makes them useful as parts for aircraft (jet) and other engines and other applications where sudden temperature increase may occur.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2007Date of Patent: March 8, 2011Assignee: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventor: Thomas P. Gannett
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Publication number: 20110043925Abstract: A transparent optical component comprises two sets of cells (1) disposed in respective superposed layers (10, 20). Each cell (1) contains an optically active material, and the cells in each set are isolated from one another by separating portions (2) within the corresponding layer. The cells (1) of one layer are offset relative to the cells of the other layer so as to be located in line with the separating portions (2) pertaining to the other layer. Such optical component exhibits transparency that is improved compared with components having a single layer of cells or cells that are superposed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2007Publication date: February 24, 2011Inventors: Pierre Chavel, Jerome Ballet, Christian Bovet, Jean-Paul Cano, Paul Lefillastre
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Publication number: 20110027564Abstract: An abrasive tool having a body including an abrasive portion having abrasive grains contained within a matrix material and porosity characterized by a bimodal distribution of pores including large pores having an average large pore size (Pl) and small pores having an average small pore size (Ps), wherein Pl>Ps. The body of the abrasive tool further includes a first reinforcing member contained within the abrasive portion, and a percent thermal expansion over a temperature range for 25° C. to 450° C. of not greater than about 0.7%.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2010Publication date: February 3, 2011Applicants: SAINT-GOBAIN ABRASIVES, INC., SAINT-GOBAIN ABRASIFSInventors: Emmanuel C. Francois, Konstantin S. Zuyev, Muthu Jeevanantham, Anne M. Bonner, Michael W. Klett, Dean S. Matsumoto
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Publication number: 20100304121Abstract: The present invention provides an air-permeable porous structural body that can be used for a vent plug or the like and imposes a low environmental load in waste treatment or the like after use, and also provides a vent plug using the porous structural body. Further, the invention provides an air-permeable porous structural body that can be molded by injection molding that has high productivity. The porous structural body has an overall structure entirely occupied by a structure composed of an infinite number of spherical or ellipsoidal cavities having a diameter of 1 ?m to 100 ?m. Holes are open in cavity walls and the cavity is linked to another cavity by the holes.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2010Publication date: December 2, 2010Applicant: TAISEI PLAS CO., LTD.Inventors: Masanori Naritomi, Naoki Andoh
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Patent number: 7799417Abstract: A Si—SiC based fired body includes a plurality of silicon carbide (SiC) particles serving as an aggregate, and silicon (Si) which serves as a binder and which is filled into gaps between the above-described silicon carbide particles, wherein the maximum particle diameter of the above-described silicon carbide particles is 0.5 mm or more, the content of silicon is 5 to 40 percent by mass, and the porosity is 0 to 5%. Preferably, the Si—SiC based fired body is in a thick-walled shape having a thickness of 20 to 200 mm.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2007Date of Patent: September 21, 2010Assignees: NGK Insulators, Ltd., NGK Adrec Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tsuneo Komiyama, Osamu Yamakawa, Seiichi Hori
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Publication number: 20100209692Abstract: A multilayer film including a porous layer, which is formed from a first polymer and has a plurality of pores, and a support (33) for supporting the porous layer is produced. The porous layer is obtained by applying a coating liquid to the support (33). The coating liquid is a solution containing the first polymer and a solvent. The support (33) is formed from a second polymer capable of being dissolved into the solvent for forming the coating liquid. Water vapor is condensed from ambient water on the applied coating liquid, and the solvent is evaporated from the coating layer within 20 minutes. Thereafter, the water drops are evaporated from the coating layer. A plurality of pores are uniformly formed in the coating layer. Thereby, it is possible to produce a multilayer film having a thickness which achieves excellent handleability.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2008Publication date: August 19, 2010Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATIONInventors: Koju Ito, Hidekazu Yamazaki
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Patent number: 7767292Abstract: The invention relates to a fired, fire resistant (refractory) ceramic product.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2006Date of Patent: August 3, 2010Assignee: Refractory Intellectual Property GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Boro Djuricic, Bernd Buchberger, Klaus Santowski, Franz Koeck
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Patent number: 7709082Abstract: The invention relates to an article of manufacture which includes a substrate, and on at least one surface thereof, a porous coating which has a total thickness in the range of up to about 50 microns and which consists of a plurality of discrete adjacent strata, wherein each discrete stratum is porous, inclusive of porous interfaces, and is fabricated from at least one substance selected from the group consisting of metals and metal oxides. The article is made by vaporizing a metal under vacuum conditions, optionally in an oxidizing atmosphere, at predetermined intervals of time, such that a deposit of a desired total thickness is formed on the substrate as a coating consisting of a plurality of discrete adjacent strata.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2007Date of Patent: May 4, 2010Assignee: Acktar Ltd.Inventors: Dina Katsir, Iris Tartakovsky, Leonid Bregman
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Publication number: 20100101649Abstract: The present invention relates to a substrate (1) coated with a porous coating (2), to the processes for manufacturing the coating, and to its applications. The porous coating (2) is essentially mineral and of the sol-gel type, having a series of closed pores with at least the smallest characteristic dimension being, on average, equal to or greater than 20 nm but less than or equal to 100 nm.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2007Publication date: April 29, 2010Applicant: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCEInventors: Arnaud Huignard, Nathalie Rohaut, Sophie Besson
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Patent number: 7670675Abstract: Layered systems in prior art are inefficient at cooling an external hot gas. The inventive layered system comprises an external porous layer, in which the pore walls of the pores have differing thicknesses. This improves the cooling action by preventing too much heat from entering the layered system.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2004Date of Patent: March 2, 2010Assignee: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventor: Andreas Heselhaus
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Publication number: 20100035040Abstract: A hollow structure forming substrate includes: a surface on which a plastic-deformation film is formed by using a plastic-deformable material; a plurality of regularly-arranged gas-retaining spaces; a plurality of gas leading-out parts each having a first opening which faces corresponding one of the gas-retaining spaces and a second opening which faces the surface, the gas leading-out parts leads out gas retained in the gas-retaining spaces toward the surface under depressurized environmental condition; and a plurality of infiltration preventing spaces each provided in a space between corresponding one of the first openings and corresponding one of the second openings, in which the infiltration preventing spaces prevent infiltration of the plastic-deformable material from the surface into the gas-retaining spaces.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2008Publication date: February 11, 2010Inventors: Masahiro Masuzawa, Masaru Ohgaki
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Publication number: 20090313853Abstract: An insole for placement in or on an article of footwear to support all or a portion of a wearer's foot, comprising: a base shell support layer having an upper surface, wherein the base layer includes a heel support portion, a plurality of substantially rigid particles disposed on the heel support portion, and an upper layer, the upper layer overlying and being secured to the base layer, the upper layer overlying the particles and maintaining them in an area between the upper layer and the base layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2008Publication date: December 24, 2009Inventor: Tony G. Tadin
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Publication number: 20090297822Abstract: A porous hollow fiber membrane which has high blocking performance and high water permeability suitable for filtration and the like and exhibits excellent strength, and a process for stably producing the porous hollow fiber membrane are disclosed. The process utilizes a hollow fiber molding nozzle having two or more circular discharge ports which are disposed concentrically. Multilayer melt-extrusion is performed by discharging molten mixtures which include a thermoplastic resin and an organic liquid and differ in composition from the adjacent discharge ports. The resulting product is cooled to solidify to obtain a hollow fiber. The organic liquid is then removed from the hollow fiber by extraction to produce a porous hollow fiber membrane. The molten mixture discharged from at least one circular discharge port includes an inorganic fine powder in addition to the thermoplastic resin and the organic liquid. The inorganic fine powder is removed by extraction after cooling in addition to the organic liquid.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2006Publication date: December 3, 2009Inventors: Hirokazu Fujimura, Noboru Kubota, Masatoshi Hashino, Tetsuo Shimizu
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Patent number: 7615273Abstract: There is provided a cell structure, where the outer wall portion has high heat-insulating ability, the cell structural portion has a high temperature rise rate, and a temperature distribution is more uniform, and a method for manufacturing the cell structure. The cell structure 1 includes: a cell structural portion 4 having partition walls forming a plurality of cells extending from one end face to the other end face, and an outer wall portion 5 disposed on an outer peripheral surface of the cell structural portion 4. The outer wall portion 5 has at least a porous layer having a porosity of 40% or more or a porous layer having a hollow body. The manufacturing method can easily manufacture the cell structure.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2005Date of Patent: November 10, 2009Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.Inventors: Yukihito Ichikawa, Sadaaki Hirai
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Publication number: 20090239381Abstract: A porous film which is formed using a block copolymer composed of a water-soluble polymer and a water-insoluble polymer, has nanometer-size pores, and in which a desired functional polymer is present on the pore inner walls is provided. The porous film includes a microphase-separated morphology including a continuous phase which is composed primarily of a water-insoluble polymer A, and a plurality of cylindrical microdomains which are composed primarily of a water-soluble polymer B incompatible with the water-insoluble polymer A, distributed within the continuous phase and oriented perpendicular to a surface of the film. The cylindrical microdomains contain therein pores having a cylindrical shape and an average diameter of between 1 and 200 nm.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2009Publication date: September 24, 2009Inventors: Taisei Nishimi, Kenichi Ishizuka
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Publication number: 20090214850Abstract: In porous ceramic for slide member including independent pores having a pore size of 5 ?m or more, the independent pore is flattened body having minor axis in a direction perpendicular to a sliding surface, and a cross sectional area (S1) of an independent pore at a cross section perpendicular to the sliding surface is 95% or less of an area (S2) of a complete round having a diameter which is the same length as a major axis of the cross section of the independent pore, and in a cumulative distribution curve of pore sizes of independent pores in a plane parallel to the sliding surface, a ratio (P75/P25) of a pore size of cumulative 75% by volume (P75) to a pore size of cumulative 25% by volume (P25) is 1.9 or less. The porous ceramic can be suitably used as slide member such as seal ring.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2005Publication date: August 27, 2009Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATIONInventors: Takeshi Hara, Shinichiro Masuyama
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Publication number: 20090197070Abstract: The present invention provides a support plate (1) that bonds to a substrate (2) so as to support the substrate (2). In the support plate (1), a plurality of openings (15) and (15?) penetrate through from a bonding surface to a non-bonding surface, the bonding surface facing the substrate (2), and the non-bonding surface facing the bonding surface; a porous region (13), which includes a first region (11) and a second region (12) surrounding the first region, is formed on the bonding surface; and the first region (11) has an opening ratio greater than that of the second region (12). By this, it is possible to realize a support plate that can be easily peeled off from a semiconductor wafer with a solvent, but does not easily come off from a substrate during a processing operation on the semiconductor wafer.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2009Publication date: August 6, 2009Applicant: Tokyo Ohka Kogyo Co., Ltd.Inventor: Atsushi Miyanari
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Patent number: 7563504Abstract: An insulating material 14 adapted for use in a high temperature environment for coating a turbine component is provided. The insulating material comprises a plurality of geometric shapes 18. The insulating material further comprises a binder for binding together the geometric shapes. A plurality of discontinuous fibers is added to the binder. The discontinuous fibers are adapted to controllably affect one or more properties of the insulating material. For example, non-fugitive chopped fibers 50 may be added to affect a tensile strength property of the insulating material, and fugitive chopped fibers 52 may be added to affect a density property of the insulating material.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2005Date of Patent: July 21, 2009Assignee: Siemens Energy, Inc.Inventors: Stefan Mazzola, Gary B. Merrill
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Publication number: 20090148687Abstract: Provided herein is a process for producing a layered sheet. The process involves preparing a cell dispersed urethane composition by a mechanical foaming method. The cell dispersed urethane composition is applied to a base material sheet and cured to produce a polyurethane foam layer of uniform thickness. A releasing sheet may be utilized to make the thickness of the polyurethane foamed layer uniform. Also, provided herein is a layered sheet produced by the above process. The polyurethane foamed layer may have spherical fine cells having an average cell diameter of 20 to 300 ?m. The polyurethane foamed layer may have a specific gravity of 0.2 to 0.5. The polyurethane foamed layer may also have a Asker C hardness of 10 to 50 degrees.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2006Publication date: June 11, 2009Inventors: Junji Hirose, Takeshi Fukuda
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Publication number: 20090117410Abstract: Disclosed is a thin film material including a substrate (10) and an underlying layer (11) formed on the substrate. A large number of recesses of an extremely small size are demonstrated in a surface of the underlying layer (11). On this surface of the underlying layer is formed a magnetic film (12) or a non-magnetic film (12).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2005Publication date: May 7, 2009Applicant: NIHON UNIVERSITYInventors: Akiyoshi Itoh, Katsuji Nakagawa, Arata Tsukamoto
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Patent number: 7507467Abstract: Methods for filtering particles from a fluid are disclosed, wherein an array of microstructures defining respective microchannels having respective minimum widths are used to separate the fluid from particles to be filtered. The fluid flows through the minimum widths into the microchannels defined between adjacent microstructures. The particles to be filtered are prevented from passing through the respective minimum widths, resulting in filtration of those particles from the fluid. The microchannels can be provided with gradient characteristics to separate particles in the fluid according to size.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2008Date of Patent: March 24, 2009Assignee: Oerlikon Trading AG, TrubbachInventors: Johannes Edlinger, Claus Heine-Kempkens, Othmar Züger
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Publication number: 20090042014Abstract: A compressible molded component comprises a compressible cushion member integrally formed with an additional member. The compressible cushion member is comprised of a deformable material formed by an injection molding process. During the molding process, the deformable material is injected in molten form into a core component of a mold, the core component having an array of protrusions. The array of protrusions in the mold forms an array of voids in the compressible cushion member when the component is removed from the mold. The additional member may include a skin member and/or a structural member attached to the compressible cushion member.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2007Publication date: February 12, 2009Applicant: InnatechInventors: Blake Synnestvedt, Bradley McCardell, David Compeau, Eric Haglund
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Patent number: 7452585Abstract: An article of manufacture comprising a sag-resistant nucleus-forming monolithic composite capable of being located within a hollow interior portion of a structural material and being expanded therein. Also, articles of manufacture comprising open-cellular structural material containing within the open-cell or cell thereof, at least one sag-resistant nucleus-forming monolithic composite. The composite is desirably in the shape of a plug that is similar or close to similar to the shape of the hollow interior. In addition, there is described a process that comprises forming a pre-shaped sag-resistant nucleus-forming monolithic composite for use in reinforcing and stiffening a normally open-cellular structural material. Also described is a process for reinforcing or stiffening a normally open-cellular structure, any tubular structure, or any channel structure, by putting at least one sag-resistant nucleus-forming monolithic composite within a hollow interior portion of the structure.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2003Date of Patent: November 18, 2008Assignee: Henkel CorporationInventors: Raymond S. Wong, Stanley L. Lehmann, Wei Helen Li
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Publication number: 20080280096Abstract: The invention proposes a gliding board including a sandwich-type layered structure comprising at least one first core layer (12) made of alveolar material, a first reinforcing layer (14) connected to a first surface of the first core layer, and a second reinforcing layer (14) connected to the second surface of the core layer, characterized in that the layered structure is reinforced at least locally by at least one compressed foam layer (16) that is arranged between the first core layer (12) and the first reinforcing layer (14), and is connected to these two layers.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2006Publication date: November 13, 2008Applicant: SALOMON S.A.Inventor: Eric Metrot
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Publication number: 20080261016Abstract: Provided are a blow molded article with a surface skin, which allows the formation of a blow molded article having a desired expansion ratio and retains a required expansion ratio from the time of extruding and is free from the generation of a sink mark or a warp in a portion where the surface wall and the back wall thereof has been welded and allows the production of a blow molded article with a lightweight and highly rigid surface skin; and a method for producing the blow molded article. A panel (1) with a surface skin, which is a blow molded article with a surface skin, has a body (5) in the form of a plate having a surface wall (2) and a back wall (3), both comprising a thermoplastic plastic, and a surface skin material (6) which is integrally pasted on the surface wall (2). The body (5) in the form of a plate is in an expanded state and comprises cells having an average particle diameter of 300 ?m or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2005Publication date: October 23, 2008Applicant: KYORAKU CO., LTD.Inventors: Teruo Tamada, Masaaki Onodera
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Publication number: 20080241501Abstract: A honeycomb structure includes a plurality of pillar-shaped honeycomb fired bodies bound with one another by interposing a adhesive layer. Each of the honeycomb fired bodies has a large number of cells longitudinally placed in parallel with one another with a cell wall therebetween. An adhesive strength A between central portion honeycomb fired bodies out of the honeycomb fired bodies measured by a three-point bending strength test is at least about 0.02 and at most about 0.2 MPa. The central portion honeycomb fired bodies are positioned at a central portion of a cross-section formed by cutting the honeycomb structure perpendicularly to the longitudinal direction. The adhesive strength A is lower than an adhesive strength B between peripheral portion honeycomb fired bodies out of the honeycomb fired bodies measured by the three-point bending strength test. The peripheral portion honeycomb fired bodies form a part of a periphery the honeycomb structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2008Publication date: October 2, 2008Applicant: IBIDEN CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazushige Ohno, Masafumi Kunieda, Masatoshi Okuda
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Publication number: 20080220241Abstract: A nanoporous filter comprises a porous support having an essentially flat surface on which is deposited a nanoporous layer having a substantially regular pore structure and uniform pore size within the range from 1 to 50 nm.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2006Publication date: September 11, 2008Applicant: Nanotecture Ltd.Inventors: Mamdouh Abdelsalam, Elizabeth Tull, Philip Nigel Bartlett, Phillip Andrew Nelson
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Patent number: 7413793Abstract: An insulative cap for an induction furnace comprising a carbon foam having a pore distribution such that at least about 90% of the pore volume of the pores have a diameter of between about 10 and about 150 microns and at least about 1% of the pores have a diameter of between about 0.8 and about 3.5 microns.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2006Date of Patent: August 19, 2008Assignee: GrafTech International Holdings Inc.Inventors: Douglas J. Miller, Irwin C. Lewis
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Publication number: 20080166541Abstract: A double walled reinforcement structure and method for making a double walled reinforcement structure having a plurality of longitudinally extending and nested structural members. Each structural member comprises a first cell having a first cross-section and a second cell having a second cross-section. The second cell is positioned within the first cell and the second cell contacts the first cell in a plurality of locations to provide mutual support of the cells in a manner increasing the tensile and compressive strength of the structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2007Publication date: July 10, 2008Applicant: AKRON RUBBER DEVELOPMENT LABORATORY, INC.Inventors: Uday Prakash KARMARKAR, Hisham Tawfig Mohamed
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Publication number: 20080152846Abstract: A method for attaching jewels and a molded array board for attaching the jewels to decoration paper are invented. The jewels or studs can be attached to the surface of clothes, handbags or other accessory-related products. The molded array board comprises the space-arranging bosses (2, 2?) protruding in a repetitive array above a board-shaped array substrate (1). The jewel placing recesses (3, 3?) are formed in the concave spaces between the protruding space-arranging bosses (2, 2?) above the array substrate (1). The mutual overlapped spacing between the jewel placing recesses (3, 3?) allows to mutually touch the adjacent circumferences of jewels (10, 10?) placed into the jewel placing recesses (3, 3?) each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2007Publication date: June 26, 2008Inventor: Bok Jin Sa
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Patent number: 7371329Abstract: Methods for filtering particles from a fluid are disclosed, wherein an array of microstructures defining respective microchannels having respective minimum widths are used to separate the fluid from particles to be filtered. The fluid flows through the minimum widths into the microchannels defined between adjacent microstructures. The particles to be filtered are prevented from passing through the respective minimum widths, resulting in filtration of those particles from the fluid. The microchannels can be provided with gradient characteristics to separate particles in the fluid according to size.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2006Date of Patent: May 13, 2008Assignee: OC Oerlikon Balzers AGInventors: Johannes Edlinger, Claus Heine-Kempkins, Othmar Zuger
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Patent number: 7361245Abstract: Disclosed is a compressible printing blanket in which voids are formed in the compressible layer by using microballoons, comprising at least two fabric layers, an adhesive layer interposed between adjacent fabric layers, a surface rubber layer, and a compressible layer arranged between the at least two fabric layers and the surface rubber layer and containing spherical voids and voids having a shape other than a sphere in a ratio defined in formula given below: S1:S2=20:80 to 95:5 ??(1) where, S1 denotes the number of spherical voids per unit area in a cross section of the compressible layer, and S2 denotes the number of voids having a shape other than a sphere per unit area in a cross section of the compressible layer.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2006Date of Patent: April 22, 2008Assignee: Kinyosha Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshiharu Ogawa, Hisashi Furuta, Akiyoshi Inoue
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Patent number: 7351469Abstract: A method for producing surface coatings on articles, such as stick surfaces, coats at least a part of the surface with a coating. The coating has expandable particles. One surface region of the coating is treated so that the particles expand, while another surface region of the coating remains untreated. The corresponding article, such as a stick, has a surface provided at least partly with a coating with said expandable particles. The particles of the coating are expanded in one surface region thereof and unexpanded in another surface region. The former surface region projects beyond the surface of the latter surface region.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2006Date of Patent: April 1, 2008Assignee: Faber Castell AGInventors: Udo Beck, Walter Oetter, Gerhard Lugert
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Patent number: 7252874Abstract: A heat-sensitive stencil including a thermoplastic resin film on which a porous resin layer and a porous reinforcing layer are formed in succession. A porous fibrous layer may be disposed between the porous resin layer and the porous reinforcing layer.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2001Date of Patent: August 7, 2007Assignee: Tohoku Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventor: Tomiya Mori
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Patent number: 7169265Abstract: A method for manufacturing resin-impregnated endless belt structures and belt structures designed for use on a long nip press on a papermaking machine and for other papermaking and paper processing applications, requires the application of a sacrificial material onto a base substrate in a predetermined pattern in droplets having an average diameter of 10? (10 microns) or more. Polymeric resin material is then deposited on the base substrate to cover all areas except those on which the sacrificial material has been previously applied. The polymeric resin material is then set by means appropriate to its composition, and the sacrificial material removed. Optionally, the polymeric resin material may then be abraded to provide the belt with a uniform thickness, and a smooth, macroscopically monoplanar surface.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2002Date of Patent: January 30, 2007Assignee: Albany International Corp.Inventors: Charles E. Kramer, Joseph G. O'Connor, Maurice Paquin
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Patent number: 7128961Abstract: There is disclosed a honeycomb structure which can be used as a filter for trapping/collecting particulates included in an exhaust gas and in which it is possible to remove ashes deposited inside without requiring any special mechanism or apparatus or without being detached from the exhaust system. The structure comprises a plurality of through channels 9 extending to an axial direction of a honeycomb structure, porous partition walls 7 separating through channels one another, and plugging portions 11; said plugging portion plugging predetermined through channels 9a at one end and the rest of through channels 9b at other end opposite to the plugged end of the predetermined through channels, wherein at least a part of predetermined crossing portions of the porous partition walls is discontinued to form a void portion 17 in each of the predetermined crossing portions.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2003Date of Patent: October 31, 2006Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.Inventors: Ryuji Kai, Toshio Yamada
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Patent number: 7087288Abstract: Layered silicate materials and applications are disclosed. In one aspect, the invention features layered silicate materials having pores that run generally perpendicular to the layers. In another aspect, the invention features composite materials including layered framework materials (e.g., layered silicate materials, layered Aluminophosphate materials, layered tin sulfides) having pores or openings that run generally perpendicular to the layers.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2004Date of Patent: August 8, 2006Assignee: University of MassachusettsInventors: Michael Tsapatsis, Hae-Kwon Jeong, Sankar Nair
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Patent number: 7074480Abstract: A nanostructure is a porous body comprising a plurality of pillar-shaped pores and a region surrounding them, said region being an oxide amorphous region formed so as to contain C, Si, Ge or a material of a combination of them. Such a nanostructure can be used as functional material that can be used for light emitting devices, optical devices and microdevices. It can also be used as filter.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2003Date of Patent: July 11, 2006Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kazuhiko Fukutani, Tohru Den
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Patent number: 7070855Abstract: There are provided a porous material and a process for producing the same. The porous material has a plurality of columnar pores and an area surrounding the pores, and the area is an amorphous area containing C, Si, Ge or a combination thereof.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2003Date of Patent: July 4, 2006Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kazuhiko Fukutani, Tohru Den