Inorganic Patents (Class 428/319.1)
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Publication number: 20110171442Abstract: Thermal insulation assemblies, methods for fabricating thermal insulation assemblies, and thermally insulated structures are provided. In an exemplary embodiment, a thermally insulated structure is disclosed that includes a thermal insulation assembly comprises a ceramic tile having a surface coated with an alumina-mullite slurry. A ceramic matrix composite is disposed on the coated surface. The ceramic matrix composite comprises a first ply of a ceramic fiber impregnated with a ceramic matrix.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2011Publication date: July 14, 2011Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANYInventors: Vann HENG, Robert A. DiChiara, JR., Elizabeth CHU, Dave ZORGER
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INSULATION MATERIAL PROVIDING STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY AND BUILDING ELEMENTS AND COMPOSITES MADE THEREOF
Publication number: 20110171456Abstract: The present invention relates to an insulation material for thermal and sound insulation with high mechanical strength, thus providing structural integrity from its own, and its composites with other building materials, such as concrete, for providing pre-insulated building elements, the manufacturing of such material and its composites and the use thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2010Publication date: July 14, 2011Applicant: ARMACELL ENTERPRISE GMBHInventors: Jurgen WEIDINGER, Mika MELLER, Jie LI -
Patent number: 7976938Abstract: Disclosed is a decorative panel having a composite structure bonded by an elastomeric cementitious coating. The cementitious coating bonds together a foam core and glass fiber mesh to form a highly durable and lightweight decorative panel. The panel can further include a finish coat of a substantially maintenance free pigmented coating. The panel may be attachment to the exterior surface of barriers and bridges. The lightweight construction of the panel adds little weight to the structure it adorns while matching or exceeding the wear characteristics of the attached structure.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2006Date of Patent: July 12, 2011Inventor: John Roby
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Patent number: 7976939Abstract: A large, high density foam glass tile which can be used as a facade on both exterior and interior building walls. The foam glass tile can also be used with other materials to form a panel or a composite. The present invention may be used on the critical surfaces of buildings at high risk for terrorist attacks, in combination with cement, steel or other high strength building materials. The present invention may also be used in surfaces of typical buildings. The present invention has the advantage of absorbing a substantial portion of a shock wave caused by an explosion. The present invention also has the advantage of being more resistant to earthquakes.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2003Date of Patent: July 12, 2011Inventors: Hamid Hojaji, Pedro M. Buarque de Macedo
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Publication number: 20110165407Abstract: The present invention relates to a multilayer insulation based on expandable and crosslinkable elastomeric material with improved low temperature resistance and flexibility, the process for manufacturing of such material and system, and the use of such material and system.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2011Publication date: July 7, 2011Inventors: Jürgen Weidinger, Steve Weiss
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Publication number: 20110159247Abstract: Provided is a lightweight heat ray shield cover, such as a heat insulator, which has a three-dimensional shape and excellent shielding characteristics. The heat ray shield cover is a cover which is disposed near a heat source (26) such as an engine exhaust pipe and blocks the heat ray from the heat source, the cover being formed of a shaped composite in which aluminum alloy plates (2a, 2b) are layered on both the surfaces of a core foam resin (3b), respectively. The surface of one (2a) of the aluminum alloy plates in the shaped composite is provided to face the heat source (26).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2009Publication date: June 30, 2011Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (KOBE STEEL, LTD.)Inventors: Akio Sugimoto, Hironobu Nakanishi, Naoki Kikuchi
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Publication number: 20110151242Abstract: Proposed are a composite material, wherein non-penetrating pores that are formed in a silicon surface layer are filled up with a metal or the like without leaving any voids by using the plating technique, and a method of producing the composite material. A composite material, which has been packed at a high accuracy, or in other words, in which little voids are left, can be obtained by filling up non-penetrating pores that are formed from a silicon surface (100) substantially with a second metal or an alloy of the second metal (106) with the use of the autocatalytic electroless plating technique wherein a first metal located at the bottom of the non-penetrating pores as described above serves as the starting point.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2009Publication date: June 23, 2011Applicant: Japan Science and Technology AgencyInventors: Shinji Yae, Tatsuya Hirano, Hitoshi Matsuda
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Publication number: 20110136401Abstract: A composite panel includes a thermoplastic base and a basalt fiber-based composite layer attached to the thermoplastic base. The basalt fiber-based composite layer includes at least two sub-layers of basalt material with each sub-layer of basalt material being bonded to adjacent sub-layers of basalt material. The basalt fiber-based composite layer provides a protective fire barrier.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2010Publication date: June 9, 2011Applicant: AA Technology LLCInventors: Lotar Hanusa, Maung Aye Than
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Patent number: 7951449Abstract: High-strength, chemically and thermally stable, closed-cell foams, useful as structural core materials in sandwich composites. The core materials of the invention display anisotropic properties. The core materials of the invention are amenable to vacuum-mediated resin bonding to composite skins to provide lightweight, high-strength structural sandwiches suitable for use in a variety of applications, such as marine applications, construction, aviation, rapid transit, and recreational vehicles.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2002Date of Patent: May 31, 2011Inventors: Wenguang Ma, Kurt Feichtinger
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Publication number: 20110111203Abstract: A substrate with a sol-gel layer and to a method for producing a composite material wherein a barrier layer is placed between the sol-gel layer and the substrate are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2008Publication date: May 12, 2011Inventors: Gabriele Roemer-Scheuermann, Gerhard Weber, Joerg Schuhmacher, Stefan Bauer, Harry Engelmann, Marta Krzyzak, Irmgard Westenberger, Peter Zachmann
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Publication number: 20110104473Abstract: The present invention is directed to the composition for and methods of processing composite structural foam. In one embodiment, a method of producing a Interpenetrating Phase Composite (IPC) foam is disclosed. In this method, uncured epoxy-based syntactic foam is prepared and infiltrated into an open-cell scaffold. In some embodiments, the uncured epoxy-based syntactic foam contains premixed micron-size hollow glass microballoons. In other embodiments, the scaffold is coated with a silane. The uncured epoxy-based syntactic foam is subsequently cured to produce the Interpenetrating Phase Composite (IPC) foam.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2010Publication date: May 5, 2011Inventors: Hareesh V. Tippur, Rahul Jhaver
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Publication number: 20110091717Abstract: A method for in situ formation of metal nanoclusters within a porous substrate comprises imbibing a porous substrate with an aqueous heavy metal salt solution, and exposing the imbibed porous substrate to ionizing radiation to form heavy metal nanoclusters within the porous substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2009Publication date: April 21, 2011Inventor: Douglas E. Weiss
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Patent number: 7923105Abstract: A hydrogen separator comprising a porous substrate composed mainly of a ceramic having a large number of pores connecting from one surface of the substrate to other surface, and a hydrogen-separating layer made of a hydrogen permselective metal formed on the porous substrate via an intermediate layer made of an electron-conductive ceramic. The hydrogen separator hardly generates defects such as peeling, cracks or the like in the hydrogen-separating layer and is suitable for use even when the hydrogen separator is exposed to a heat cycle, used under high temperature conditions or/and used for long-term.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2005Date of Patent: April 12, 2011Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.Inventors: Ken-ichi Noda, Osamu Sakai
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Publication number: 20110076482Abstract: A metallized barrier material comprising a base material, a first protective coating, a metallized layer, and a second protective coating. The base material has a first surface and a second surface. The base material is a dimensionally stable porous substrate. The first protective coating is applied to the first surface of the base material. The metallized layer is vapor deposited on the protective first surface of the base material to a desired optical density. The second protective coating applied to the metallized layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2010Publication date: March 31, 2011Inventors: Thomas R. Fields, Kurt B. Gundlach
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Patent number: 7910199Abstract: A porous carbon scaffold with a surface and pores, the porous carbon scaffold containing a primary metal and a secondary metal, where the primary metal is a metal that does not wet the surface of the pores of the carbon scaffold but wets the surface of the secondary metal, and the secondary metal is interspersed between the surface of the pores of the carbon scaffold and the primary metal.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2008Date of Patent: March 22, 2011Assignee: HRL Laboratories, LLCInventors: Adam F. Gross, John J. Vajo, Robert W. Cumberland, Ping Liu, Tina T. Salguero
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Publication number: 20110051316Abstract: A nanocomposite material formed of graphene and a mesoporous metal oxide having a demonstrated specific capacity of more than 200 F/g with particular utility when employed in supercapacitor applications. A method for making these nanocomposite materials by first forming a mixture of graphene, a surfactant, and a metal oxide precursor, precipitating the metal oxide precursor with the surfactant from the mixture to form a mesoporous metal oxide. The mesoporous metal oxide is then deposited onto a surface of the graphene.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2009Publication date: March 3, 2011Inventors: Jun Liu, IIhan A. Aksay, Rong Kou, Donghai Wang
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Publication number: 20110052902Abstract: Articles coated with wetting resistant materials are presented. One embodiment is an article comprising a substrate and a coating having low surface connected porosity disposed on the substrate. The coating comprises an oxide, which comprises aluminum, yttrium, and at least one rare earth element according to the following atomic proportions: (RxY1-x)3 Al5O12 where x is in the range from about 0.001 to about 0.999, and where R is at least one of the rare earth elements, Y is yttrium, O is oxygen, and Al is aluminum.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2009Publication date: March 3, 2011Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Molly Maureen Gentleman, James Anthony Ruud
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Patent number: 7883770Abstract: A process for improving vehicle seat craftsmanship by camouflaging a receiving surface on a predetermined vehicle component (e.g., a foam seat cushion) is described. The camouflaging conceals the vehicle component from observation. One example of the process includes designating a receiving surface area on the vehicle component and providing a covering material having an opaque characteristic. The covering material includes an opaque dye that bonds with the polyurethane foam that is poured into a mold with deionized water for solidification. Another example of the process further includes spraying the covering material according to a surface of the mold cavity which corresponds to the designated receiving surface area on the vehicle component.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2007Date of Patent: February 8, 2011Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology CompanyInventors: Terrence Marsh McRoberts, James T. McEvoy
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Publication number: 20110027556Abstract: Slurry compositions for making an environmental barrier coating including from about 9 wt % to about 81 wt % water; from about 3 wt % to about 72 wt % primary material; and from about 0.1 wt % to about 18 wt % slurry sintering aid, and environmental barrier coatings including such compositions.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2009Publication date: February 3, 2011Inventors: GLEN HAROLD KIRBY, Brett Allen Boutwell
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Publication number: 20110027573Abstract: A coated article has a metallic substrate. A coating layer comprises at least 33% by volume ceramic, at least 5% by volume of a lubricant selected from the group consisting of hexagonal boron nitride (hBN), clay, graphite, and mixtures thereof. The coating layer lacks a metal phase of more than 5% by volume.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2009Publication date: February 3, 2011Applicant: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventors: Christopher W. Strock, George H. Reynolds
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Publication number: 20110003116Abstract: The invention relates to sarking which has a layer reflecting IR light. Said reflecting layer, which is a metal layer, is coated with a protective layer containing a plastic with added amorphous SiO2 in order to prevent corrosion.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2008Publication date: January 6, 2011Inventors: Andreas Drechsler, Martino Cevales
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Publication number: 20100310833Abstract: The invention provides a molding producible by a process comprising the following steps: a) introduction of a foamable reactive resin into a support material and b) compressive deformation of the support material comprising the foamable reactive resin.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2008Publication date: December 9, 2010Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Dietrich Scherzer, Frank Prissok, Markus Schutte, Armin Alteheld, Jurgen Mertes, Klaus Hahn, Hans-Jürgen Quadbeck-Seeger
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Publication number: 20100304075Abstract: Partially expanded closed-cell unmatured polystyrene bead with a partial vacuum within the cells inside the bead, which may be coated with an air impervious coating to retain a partial vacuum inside cells for a prolonged period of time. The resulting bead has improved thermal insulating properties and may be used for insulation.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2009Publication date: December 2, 2010Applicant: NOVA CHEMICALS INC.Inventors: Grazyna Petela, Michel Berghmans, Thomas Chee
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Publication number: 20100297428Abstract: The invention relates to a method of producing a composite comprising nanofibres or nanotubes on a porous ?-SiC substrate, said method comprising the following steps: (a) a catalyst for growing nanotubes or nanofibres is incorporated into said porous ?-SiC substrate or into an SiC precursor; (b) carbon nanotubes or nanofibres are grown from a mixture comprising hydrogen and at least one hydrocarbon; and (c) optionally, said carbon nanotubes or nanofibres are converted to SiC nanofibres. This composite may be used as a catalyst or catalyst support.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2008Publication date: November 25, 2010Inventors: Cuong Pham-Huu, Charlotte Pham, Patrick Nguyen, Estelle Vanhaecke, Svetlana Ivanova, Adrien Deneuve
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Patent number: 7838108Abstract: A nano-cellular polymer foam is disclosed, which has an average pore size from about 10 nanometers to about 500 nanometers; and a foam density that is from about 1 percent to about 50 percent of the bulk density of the material of the nano-cellular foam.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2007Date of Patent: November 23, 2010Assignee: Sabic Innovative Plastics IP B.V.Inventors: Chinniah Thiagarajan, Ravi Sriraman, Tansen Dhananjay Chaudhari, Muniratnam Kumar, Vlkash Kumar Sinha, Asim Pattanayak
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Patent number: 7838107Abstract: An aluminum/silicon carbide composite prepared by infiltrating a flat silicon carbide porous body with a metal containing aluminum as the main component, including an aluminum alloy layer made of a metal containing aluminum as the main component on both principal planes, and one principal plane is bonded to a circuit plate and the other principal plane is utilized as a radiation plane. The silicon carbide porous body is formed or machined into a convexly bowed shape, and after infiltration with the metal containing aluminum as the main component, the aluminum alloy layer on the radiation plane is further machined to form the bow shape. The aluminum/silicon carbide composite is suitable as a base plate for a ceramic circuit plate on which semiconductor components are mounted, for which high reliability is required.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2005Date of Patent: November 23, 2010Assignee: Denki Kagaku Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Goh Iwamoto, Hideki Hirotsuru, Kazunori Hirahara
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Patent number: 7829187Abstract: A mold for an optical plate includes a first core having a first surface; a second core opposite to the first core to form a molding space and having a second surface, the first surface and the second surface defining the molding space; and a specular layer formed on at least one of the first surface or the second surface.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2007Date of Patent: November 9, 2010Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventor: Tae-seok Kim
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Publication number: 20100272932Abstract: In a conventional decorative component, a conductive material is formed on the entire surface of an insulation part so that the decoration part looks in metallic color. However, an electric current flows through the inside of the conductive material, and hence electromagnetic waves applied to the decoration part suffers a loss. This poses a problem that sufficient antenna characteristics cannot be obtained. On the member surface, a semiconductor layer or a semi-metal layer with a film thickness of 5 nm or more, and a mean transmittance of 65% or less and a mean reflectance of 20% or more at 400 nm to 800 nm is formed. This can implement a decorative component exhibiting a sufficient metallic luster without blocking the electromagnetic waves.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2008Publication date: October 28, 2010Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Masao Izumo, Masaru Imaizumi, Mizuki Ogawa, Hiroshi Onishi
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Patent number: 7818922Abstract: An insulation system of a building having a plurality of spaced-apart support members has an insulator with a plurality of ribs are formed thereon. A concave portion of each rib receives one of the support members. A panel covers, and is secured to the support members. An exterior covering element is secured to an exterior side of the panel. A radiant heat barrier is bonded between the insulator and the panel. The insulator defines air ventilation channels between the foam insulator and the panel for venting air from building. An insulator assembly for a building has a sheet of foam insulation with a plurality of channels intermittently formed in the sheet of insulation. Each channel has a concave side and a convex side. The concave side is adapted to receive a support member of the building. A radiant heat barrier is bonded to a surface of the foam insulation.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2006Date of Patent: October 26, 2010Inventor: Billy Ellis
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Patent number: 7820283Abstract: A metallized product includes a composite substrate or other substrate wherein at least a portion of the surface of the substrate is coated with an adhesion-promoting layer comprising resin and microballoons. A metallic coating is adhered to the adhesion promoting layer to produce the metallized surface. Methods for producing metallized products are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2007Date of Patent: October 26, 2010Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Amitabh Mittal, Charles W. Newquist
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Publication number: 20100251632Abstract: Described herein is a monolithic cementitious article with one or more pre-formed shaped regions. The shaped regions are generally channels that extend through a portion of the article or span the full article. The article includes one or more openings at least one of its ends. The article has a low apparent density with a high strength as well as high performance characteristics. The article when manufactured is suitable for use as a building product, such as siding, panel, trim, fascia, roofing, crown moulding, decking, and fencing.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2010Publication date: October 7, 2010Inventors: Hong Chen, Chongjun Jiang, Jong Min Keum, Caidian Luo, Shan Ren, Daniel Jose Suasnabar, Bryan Louis Walters
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Patent number: 7803456Abstract: Glass-bonded ceramics made of non-microcracked non-oxide or oxide ceramic particles which are bound together by glass into a unitary non-microcracked structure are disclosed. Such ceramics are suitable for use in substrates and filters, such as a diesel particulate filter.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2007Date of Patent: September 28, 2010Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventors: Yanxia Lu, Robert Michael Morena
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Publication number: 20100239842Abstract: A refractory metal composite article includes a refractory metal ceramic section and a refractory metal ceramic coating disposed directly adjacent to the refractory metal ceramic section. The refractory metal ceramic section and the refractory metal ceramic coating form a composite porous matrix. Each of the refractory metal ceramic section and the refractory metal ceramic coating includes at least one of a refractory metal carbide, a refractory metal silicide, or a refractory metal boride. A solid filler is disposed within pores of the composite porous matrix, and the solid filler is selected from a polymer material, a ceramic material, a metallic material, a glass material, and a glass ceramic material.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2010Publication date: September 23, 2010Inventor: Wayde R. Schmidt
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Patent number: 7794805Abstract: A method for manufacturing an insulation barrier including providing a body having a cavity therein; introducing a plurality of three-dimensional globules into the cavity, with each globule having a radiation reflector component isolated from the exterior of the globule; and closing the cavity to hold the plurality of globules therein. A method for manufacturing an insulation barrier including loading and breaking down an insulation material in a walled space existing between a first tubular disposed within a second tubular.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2007Date of Patent: September 14, 2010Assignee: Schlumberger Technology CorporationInventors: Christopher Aumaugher, James Cory
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Patent number: 7790271Abstract: A dielectric ceramic composition includes about 10% to about 40% by weight of BaO, about 20% to about 65% by weight of SiO2, about 6% to about 40% by weight of Al2O3, about 1% to about 15% by weight of B2O3, about 0.3% to about 3% by weight of Cr2O3, and about 1% to about 40% by weight of ZrO2. A multilayer ceramic substrate has a laminated structure including an inner layer portion and outer layer portions that have a smaller thermal expansion coefficient than that of the inner layer portion. The use of the dielectric ceramic composition for the outer layer portions enables the ceramic to be resistant to erosion caused by a plating liquid used for plating external conductive films, thus maintaining good adhesiveness between the external conductive films and the outer layer portions.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2008Date of Patent: September 7, 2010Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventor: Jun Urakawa
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Patent number: 7781049Abstract: A hydrogen transport membrane in which a porous ceramic support supports a dense layer of palladium or an alloy of palladium serving as a hydrogen transport material. The ceramic support has a first porous layer and a second porous layer. The first porous layer has a first thickness of about 1 mm, a first set of pores have a first average pore size of between about 10 microns and about 50 microns and a first porosity of about 40 percent by volume. The second porous layer has a second thickness of about 3 microns, a second set of pores having a second average pore size of between about 10 nanometers and about 100 nanometers and a second porosity of about 50 percent by volume. The dense layer has a thickness of about 3 microns.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2009Date of Patent: August 24, 2010Assignee: Praxair Technology, Inc.Inventors: Prasad S. Apte, Joseph Michael Schwartz, Shawn W. Callahan
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Patent number: 7776430Abstract: An article for tooling composite materials, including a carbon foam, a sealant attached to the carbon foam so as to form a monolithic fine-grain graphite-like surface; and a skin of facesheet materials. The facesheet materials include: a spray-deposited coating of metal; more preferably, a thermal or plasma spray-deposited metal; and most preferably, a plasma sprayed Invar metal. The facesheet materials may optionally include a flash coating. The facesheet materials alternately include plastics, resinous materials and carbon-carbon composite materials.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2007Date of Patent: August 17, 2010Assignee: GrafTech International Holdings Inc.Inventors: Richard L. Shao, David M. Kaschak
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Publication number: 20100183864Abstract: In accordance with the invention, there are image forming apparatuses, fusing subsystems, and methods of making a member of the fusing subsystems. The method of making a member of a fusing subsystem can include providing a fuser member, the fuser member including a substrate and providing a dispersion including a plurality of carbon nanotubes, a stabilizer, a hydrophobic polymer, and a solvent, wherein the plurality of carbon nanotubes is selected from the group consisting of single wall carbon nanotubes and multiple wall carbon nanotubes. The method can also include applying the dispersion over the substrate to form a coated substrate and heating the coated substrate to form a hydrophobic composite coating such that a top surface of the fuser member has a water contact angle of at least about 120°.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2009Publication date: July 22, 2010Applicant: XEROX CORPORATIONInventors: Yu QI, Nan-Xing Hu, Qi Zhang, Ed Zwartz, Kurt Halfyard, Brian Mcaneney, Gord Sisler
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Patent number: 7759017Abstract: An electrically conductive fluid distribution element for use in a fuel cell having a layer of a conductive non-metallic fiberless microporous media. In certain embodiments, an electrically conductive metal is deposited along a surface of the element to form one or more metallized regions. The metallized regions are arranged to contact a membrane electrode assembly (MEA) in a fuel cell assembly, and thus improve electrical conductance at contact regions between the MEA and the layer of media. Methods of making such a fluid distribution element and operating fuel cell assemblies are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2005Date of Patent: July 20, 2010Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations, Inc.Inventors: Youssef M. Mikhail, Gayatri Vyas
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Publication number: 20100136323Abstract: A protective shield for a device exposed to heat includes a granular fill layer, a nano particle layer, a metallic foam layer, a thermal barrier coating, or combinations thereof. The shield is configured for providing thermal resistance, and damping of vibrations, and acoustics to the device.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2008Publication date: June 3, 2010Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Kripa Kiran Varanasi, Farshad Ghasripoor, Tao Deng, Bala Corratiyil, Nitin Bhate, Thomas Lowell Steen, Sanket Sahebrao Mahajan
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Publication number: 20100124655Abstract: The invention discloses a method for fabricating a carbon nanotube, and the method comprises the following steps: providing a substrate; forming a catalyst layer on the substrate; forming a porous capping layer on the catalyst layer to finish a wafer; forming the carbon nanotube on the wafer. By the porous capping layer, the well-aligned carbon nanotube can grow on the wafer through thermal CVD.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2008Publication date: May 20, 2010Inventors: LI-CHUN WANG, Han-Wen Kuo, Yuh Sung, Shiaw-Ruey Lin, Ming-Der Ger, Yih-Ming Liu, Wei-Ta Chang
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Publication number: 20100112307Abstract: A packaging structure having at least one layer of a foam component and at least one metallized layer wherein the layer enhances the insulating effect of the foam and provides a bright, attractive finish to a label or package. The metallized layer is preferably provided on its outer surface with a a reverse printed film.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2009Publication date: May 6, 2010Inventor: Gary Duncan
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Publication number: 20100098777Abstract: The present application is directed to a coating composition comprising a ceramic binder and inorganic copper compound particles. Generally, the inorganic copper compound particles have a median particle size of less than 5 micrometers. In some embodiments, the particles have a median particle size of greater than 1 micrometer. The inorganic copper compound particles may be non-photocatalytic. The coating may also be placed on a structural layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2007Publication date: April 22, 2010Inventors: Rachael A.T. Gould, Rebecca L. Everman, Jamieson C. Keister, Kathleen K. Reynolds
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Patent number: 7700184Abstract: Novel catalytic membranes and methods of synthesizing the membranes are disclosed herein. The technology involves the synthesis of a new type of permselective membrane that combines a hollow porous support with strategically positioned catalytic and selective transport functions to overcome thermodynamic, kinetic, and thermal obstacles, such as in the production of hydrogen. Sub-micron, dense metallic catalysts and films may be deposited within porous hollow substrates to create the membranes using the techniques of sol slip casting, film coating and electroless plating.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2007Date of Patent: April 20, 2010Assignee: University of Houston SystemInventors: Michael P. Harold, Balamurali Krishna R. Nair
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Patent number: 7691474Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention describes aerogel materials comprising an additive comprising a compound comprising at least two different metal elements. Another embodiment, involves aerogel particulates in combination with said compound. Said compound preferably comprises at least two different transition metal elements and may be in an oxide form.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2006Date of Patent: April 6, 2010Assignee: Aspen Aerogels, Inc.Inventors: George Leighton Gould, Wendell Eugene Rhine, Redouane Begag, Xiangjun Hu
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Publication number: 20100076566Abstract: Ceramic surface can be coated with a metal or metal alloy and have extraordinary holding power between the surface and coating. For example, MgTTZ can be coated with CPT and may have a static shear strength for the coated surface of at least about 2,000 or 3,000 or 5,000 or 7,000 pounds or greater. The coated ceramic may be a prosthetic surgical load bearing implant.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2009Publication date: March 25, 2010Applicant: SIGNAL MEDICAL CORPORATIONInventors: Louis A. Serafin, JR., Lee Allen Stouse, Leo A. Whiteside, Nicholas H. Burlingame
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Publication number: 20100065206Abstract: An insulation product is comprised of a fibrous layer pre-assembled with a flexible foam layer. The layer containing the fibrous material may comprise a fiberglass layer or a layer containing cellulosic fibers. The foam layer, on the other hand, may comprise any suitable flexible foam, such as an elastomeric polyurethane foam, that creates an air barrier. The two materials are laminated together and the resulting product is delivered to a building or structure for installation.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2009Publication date: March 18, 2010Applicant: Guardian Building Products, Inc.Inventor: Gary E. Romes
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Publication number: 20100055442Abstract: A method of depositing a SiNxCy liner on a porous low thermal conductivity (low-k) substrate by plasma-enhanced atomic layer deposition (PE-ALD), which includes forming a SiNxCy liner on a surface of a low-k substrate having pores on a surface thereon, in which the low-k substrate is repeatedly exposed to a aminosilane-based precursor and a plasma selected from nitrogen, hydrogen, oxygen, helium, and combinations thereof until a thickness of the liner is obtained, and wherein the liner is prevented from penetrating inside the pores of a surface of the substrate. A porous low thermal conductivity substrate having a SiNxCy liner formed thereon by the method is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2008Publication date: March 4, 2010Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Andrew J. Kellock, Hyungjun Kim, Dae-Gyu Park, Satyanarayana V. Nitta, Sampath Purushothaman, Stephen Rossnagel, Oscar Van Der Straten
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Publication number: 20100055430Abstract: The disclosed planar vapor barrier is comprised of three thin planar sheets sandwiched fixedly together. One outer sheet is of aluminum foil, with a very thin reinforcing film of polyethylene on its outer face. The other outer sheet is of plastic, preferably with embedded reinforcing filaments. The middle sheet is of a foamed plastic. The outer sheets can have generally similar thicknesses, while the middle sheet can be significantly thicker. The entire planar vapor barrier can between 0.01?-0.05? thick. The planar vapor barrier is durable and tough, and most effective when spread over a dirt crawl space floor for blocking ground vapors from entering the building. To cover larger areas, several different planar barriers can be laid out to overlap at adjacent edges, whereby tape can secure the adjacent edges together.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2008Publication date: March 4, 2010Inventors: Timothy Wilkerson, Louis F. Cole
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Patent number: 7662469Abstract: The present invention relates to a composite element composed of rigid polyurethane foam and of two outer layers, wherein at least one outer layer is a molding modified with microcapsules, and the microcapsules comprise a polymer as capsule wall and a capsule core composed mainly of latent-heat-accumulator material.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2005Date of Patent: February 16, 2010Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Marco Schmidt, Volker Schmidt