Surface Property Or Characteristic Of Web, Sheet Or Block Patents (Class 428/409)
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Patent number: 8871850Abstract: There is provided a highly dielectric film which has high dielectric property, can be formed into a think film and is excellent in winding property (flexibility). The highly dielectric film comprises (A) a vinylidene fluoride polymer, (B) barium titanate oxide particles and/or lead zirconium titanate oxide particles, and (C) an affinity improving agent, wherein the barium titanate oxide particles and/or lead zirconium titanate oxide particles (B) and the affinity improving agent (C) are contained in amounts of 10 to 500 parts by mass and 0.01 to 30 parts by mass, respectively based on 100 parts by mass of the vinylidene fluoride polymer (A).Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2011Date of Patent: October 28, 2014Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Meiten Koh, Kouji Yokotani, Miharu Matsumura
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Patent number: 8865324Abstract: A method is used to produce a bulk SiC single crystal. A seed crystal is arranged in a crystal growth region of a growing crucible. An SiC growth gas phase is produced in the crystal growth region. The bulk SiC single crystal having a central longitudinal mid-axis grows by deposition from the SiC growth gas phase, the deposition taking place on a growth interface of the growing bulk SiC single crystal. The SiC growth gas phase is at least partially fed from an SiC source material and contains at least one dopant from the group of nitrogen, aluminum, vanadium and boron. At least in a central main growth region of the growth interface arranged about the longitudinal mid-axis, a lateral temperature gradient of at most 2 K/cm measured perpendicular to the longitudinal mid-axis is adjusted and maintained in this range. The bulk SiC single crystal has a large facet region.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2010Date of Patent: October 21, 2014Assignee: Sicrystal AGInventors: Thomas Straubinger, Michael Vogel, Andreas Wohlfart
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Patent number: 8835007Abstract: A tempered glass has a compression stress layer in a surface thereof, and includes as a glass composition in terms of mol %, 50 to 75% of SiO2, 3 to 13% of Al2O3, 0 to 1.5% of B2O3, 0 to 4% of Li2O, 7 to 20 % of Na2O, 0 to 10 % of K2O, 0.5 to 13% of MgO, 0 to 6% of CaO, and 0 to 4.5% of SrO. The tempered glass is substantially free of As2O3, Sb2O3, PbO, and F. The tempered glass has a molar ratio MgO/(MgO+Al2O3) of 0.05 to 0.30.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2012Date of Patent: September 16, 2014Assignee: Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takashi Murata, Takako Tojyo, Kosuke Kawamoto, Yuusuke Tomita
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Publication number: 20140233161Abstract: A method for manufacturing a glass cover is provided, which includes following steps. A glass substrate is provided, wherein the glass substrate has a front surface and a back surface opposite to the front surface, and the front surface has a display region and a non-display region adjacent to the display region. The non-display region of the glass substrate is hazed. A glass cover and an electronic device are also provided. The glass cover is adapted to be disposed at an installation opening of a casing of the electronic device. The glass cover includes a glass substrate. The glass substrate has a front surface and a back surface opposite to the front surface, and the front surface has a display region and a non-display region adjacent to the display region, and the non-display region is hazed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2013Publication date: August 21, 2014Applicant: HTC CORPORATIONInventor: Wen-Hao Liu
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Patent number: 8795430Abstract: A method for improving the growth morphology of (Ga,Al,In,B)N thin films on nonpolar or semipolar (Ga,Al,In,B)N substrates, wherein a (Ga,Al,In,B)N thin film is grown directly on a nonpolar or semipolar (Ga,Al,In,B)N substrate or template and a portion of the carrier gas used during growth is comprised of an inert gas. Nonpolar or semipolar nitride LEDs and diode lasers may be grown on the smooth (Ga,Al,In,B)N thin films grown by the present invention.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2010Date of Patent: August 5, 2014Assignee: The Regents of the University of CaliforniaInventors: Robert M. Farrell, Michael Iza, James S. Speck, Steven P. DenBaars, Shuji Nakamura
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Publication number: 20140178639Abstract: Body made of a ceramic material, the body having as an integral part thereof a surface region reaching from the surface of the body down to a predetermined depth. According to the invention, the surface region is enriched with a magnesium component thereby forming a hydrophilic surface area.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2012Publication date: June 26, 2014Applicant: Straumann Holding AGInventor: Simon Berner
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Publication number: 20140165988Abstract: Provided is a resin-coated saw wire that, when used to cut a workpiece, has a shallow depth of a damaged layer and can give a cut article having a smooth surface. The resin-coated saw wire is used in cutting of the workpiece using a sawing machine and includes a steel wire and a resin coating covering the steel wire surface. The resin coating contains substantially no abrasive grain, has a hardness at 120° C. of 0.07 GPa or more, and has a hardness controlled so as to prevent abrasive grains from coming into the resin coating, which abrasive grains are sprayed during workpiece cutting.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2012Publication date: June 19, 2014Applicant: KOBELCO RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.Inventors: Kazuo Yoshikawa, Hiroshi Yaguchi, Kazuhisa Fujisawa, Masanori Anan, Akinori Uratsuka, Yoshitake Matsushima
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Patent number: 8728622Abstract: Provided is a base substrate with which a Group-III nitride crystal having a large area and a large thickness can be grown while inhibiting crack generation. A single-crystal substrate for use in growing a Group-III nitride crystal thereon, which satisfies the following expression (1), wherein Z1 (?m) is an amount of warpage of physical shape in a growth surface of the single-crystal substrate and Z2 (?m) is an amount of warpage calculated from a radius of curvature of crystallographic-plane shape in a growth surface of the single-crystal substrate: ?40<Z2/Z1<?1: Expression (1).Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2012Date of Patent: May 20, 2014Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical CorporationInventors: Kenji Fujito, Yasuhiro Uchiyama
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Publication number: 20140124793Abstract: A method of chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) a diamond containing surface includes providing a slurry including a plurality of particles, at least one oxidizer, and at least one acid, wherein the slurry has a pH?3 or pH greater than 11. At least an outer surface of the plurality of particles is softer than the diamond surface or the particles are diamond particles averaging less than (<)2 ?m in size. The diamond surface is pressed with respect to a polishing pad providing a Shore D Hardness less than 99 having the slurry in between while rotating the polishing pad relative to the diamond surface to form a smooth diamond surface having a root mean square (rms) surface roughness less than 15 nm.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2012Publication date: May 8, 2014Applicants: University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc., Sinmat, Inc.Inventors: RAJIV SINGH, DEEPIKA SINGH, ARUL CHAKKARAVARTHI ARJUNAN
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Publication number: 20140113108Abstract: Disclosed is a gripping sheet for placement on a veterinarian pet examination table. The sheet comprises a gripping top surface for preventing a pet from slipping and sliding when being treated thereon.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2012Publication date: April 24, 2014Inventor: William J. Harris
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Patent number: 8697241Abstract: A glass film laminate includes a glass film and a supporting glass. The glass film and the supporting glass have surfaces in contact with each other, and each of the surfaces has a surface roughness Ra of 2.0 nm or less.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2010Date of Patent: April 15, 2014Assignee: Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tatsuya Takaya, Masahiro Tomamoto, Hiroshi Takimoto, Hirokazu Okamoto
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Publication number: 20140087192Abstract: A composite comprising a conducting polymer and a graphene-based material is provided. The composite includes a graphene-based material doped with nitrogen or having a nitrogen-containing species grafted thereon, and a conducting polymer arranged on the graphene-based material. Methods of preparing the composite, and electrodes formed from the composite are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2013Publication date: March 27, 2014Applicants: Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Nanyang Technological UniversityInventors: Linfei Lai, Zexiang Shen, Jianyi Lin
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Patent number: 8679631Abstract: A tempered glass substrate of the present invention is a tempered glass substrate, which has a compression stress layer on a surface thereof, and has a glass composition comprising, in terms of mass %, 40 to 71% of SiO2, 3 to 21% of Al2O3, 0 to 3.5% of Li2O, 7 to 20% of Na2O, and 0 to 15% of K2O.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2011Date of Patent: March 25, 2014Assignee: Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd.Inventor: Takashi Murata
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Patent number: 8679619Abstract: Decorative ionomeric surfaced film and sheet (e.g., multilayer co-extruded polymer) and articles made therefrom (e.g., automotive panels and parts) exhibiting good weatherability, mar resistance, and surface appearance of a high quality automotive finish (including color, haze, gloss, and DOI) and economical process for making (e.g., co-extrusion) and using (e.g., thermoforming and injection backfilling) the same.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2001Date of Patent: March 25, 2014Assignee: E I du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: Randall Allen Vogel, I-Hwa Lee, Sumita Sanjeevi Ranganathan, Lori J. Pike
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Publication number: 20140079807Abstract: The disclosure is directed to glass compositions that incorporate copper into an otherwise homogeneous glass and to a method for making such glass. This incorporation of the copper into the glass composition imparts significant antimicrobial activity to the glass. A method of making a copper-containing glass article comprises: batching a glass batch comprising: 40-85 SiO2; 10-40 B2O3; 1-19 Al2O3; 0.1-20 CuO or a selected salt of Cu that is convertible into CuO during melting; 0-20 M2O, wherein M is Li, Na, K, or combinations thereof; 0-25 RO, wherein R is Ca, Sr, Mg, or combinations thereof; and 0-20 ZnO. melting the batch to form a melted glass; and forming the melted glass to form the copper-containing glass article having antimicrobial properties.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2012Publication date: March 20, 2014Inventors: Nicholas Francis Borrelli, Odessa Natalie Petzold, Joseph Francis Schroeder, Thomas Philip Seward, Florence Verrier, Ying Wei
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Patent number: 8668833Abstract: A method of forming a discrete nanostructured element at one or more predetermined locations on a substrate is presented. The method includes forming a mask member over the substrate. A window is formed in the mask member at each of one or more locations at which it is required to form the nanostructured element thereby to expose a portion of a surface of the substrate. A portion of the substrate exposed by the window at the one or more locations is removed to form one or more recesses in the substrate. The method further includes forming a layer of a nanostructure medium over a surface of the recess and annealing the structure thereby to form the nanostructured element in each of the one or more recesses. The nanostructured element includes a portion of the nanostructure medium and has an external dimension along at least two substantially orthogonal directions of less than substantially 100 nm.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2008Date of Patent: March 11, 2014Assignees: GLOBALFOUNDRIES Singapore Pte. Ltd., National University of SingaporeInventors: Han Guan Chew, Fei Zheng, Wee Kiong Choi, Tze Haw Liew
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Patent number: 8669299Abstract: An antioxidant combined with UHMWPE prior to subjecting the UHMWPE to crosslinking irradiation. In one exemplary embodiment, the antioxidant is tocopherol. After the antioxidant is combined with the UHMWPE, the resulting blend may be formed into slabs, bar stock, and/or incorporated into a substrate, such as a metal, for example. The resulting product may then be subjected to crosslinking irradiation. In one exemplary embodiment, the UHMWPE blend is preheated prior to subjecting the same to crosslinking irradiation. Once irradiated, the UHMWPE blended product may be machined, packaged, and sterilized in accordance with conventional techniques.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2012Date of Patent: March 11, 2014Assignee: Zimmer, Inc.Inventors: Alicia Rufner, John Knight, Toni Rowe, Dirk Pletcher, Ray Gsell, Werner Schneider, Hallie E. Brinkerhuff
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Publication number: 20140065361Abstract: A coating comprising a first surface and a second surface is provided. The coating includes a plurality of growth domains. An orientation of at least one growth domain of the plurality of growth domains is non-vertical with respect to the first surface of the coating. One or more growth domains of the plurality of growth domains comprise a plurality of at least partially melted and solidified particles.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2012Publication date: March 6, 2014Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Larry Steven Rosenzweig, James Anthony Ruud, Shankar Sivaramakrishnan
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Patent number: 8664290Abstract: An antioxidant combined with UHMWPE prior to subjecting the UHMWPE to crosslinking irradiation. In one exemplary embodiment, the antioxidant is tocopherol. After the antioxidant is combined with the UHMWPE, the resulting blend may be formed into slabs, bar stock, and/or incorporated into a substrate, such as a metal, for example. The resulting product may then be subjected to crosslinking irradiation. In one exemplary embodiment, the UHMWPE blend is preheated prior to subjecting the same to crosslinking irradiation. Once irradiated, the UHMWPE blended product may be machined, packaged, and sterilized in accordance with conventional techniques.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2010Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignee: Zimmer, Inc.Inventors: Alicia Rufner, John Knight, Toni Rowe, Dirk Pletcher, Ray Gsell, Werner Schneider, Hallie E. Brinkerhuff
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Patent number: 8652601Abstract: A cover film comprising a substrate layer, an intermediate layer comprising a resin composition containing 50% by mass or more of a metallocene linear low-density polyethylene resin having a density of 0.900 to 0.940×103 kg/m3, and a sealant layer comprising an ethylene-type copolymerized resin containing 50 to 85% by mass of an olefin component.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2010Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Assignee: Denki Kagaku Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takayuki Iwasaki, Tetsuo Fujimura, Akira Sasaki
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Patent number: 8652979Abstract: Provided is a glass substrate satisfying ion exchange performance and devitrification resistance of a glass simultaneously and having higher mechanical strength compared to a conventional glass substrate. A tempered glass substrate which has a compression stress layer on a surface thereof, has a glass composition including, in terms of mole %, 50 to 85% of SiO2, 5 to 30% of Al2O3, 0 to 20% of Li2O, 0 to 20% of Na2O, 0 to 20% of K2O, 0.001 to 10% of TiO2, and 15 to 35% of Li2O+Na2O+K2O+Al2O3, has a (Li2O+Na2O+K2O)/Al2O3 value of 0.7 to 3 in terms of mole fraction, and is substantially free of As2O3 and F.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2007Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Assignee: Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd.Inventor: Takashi Murata
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Publication number: 20140003952Abstract: An example component polishing method includes polishing a component, and protecting at least a portion of a component during the polishing using a sacrificial mask. Some of the sacrificial mask is removed during the polishing.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2012Publication date: January 2, 2014Applicant: PRATT & WHITNEY SERVICES PTE LTD.Inventor: Kim Wei Cheah
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Patent number: 8617711Abstract: A single layer film containing at least one anionic hydrophilic group selected from a sulfonic acid group, a carboxyl group and a phosphate group, wherein an anion concentration ratio (Sa/Da) of an anion concentration at a surface (Sa) to an anion concentration at a deep part (Da) is 1.1 or more. The single layer film is a copolymer prepared by polymerizing a composition containing a compound (I) represented by the general formula (1) ([X]s[M1]l[M2]m (1)) and a compound (II) having two or more (meth)acryloyl groups in a molecule at a molar ratio of 15:1 to 1:30 and having a water contact angle of 30° or less. Such a single layer film has high hydrophilicity and surface hardness and is excellent in antifogging property, antifouling property and antistatic property, thus is useful as an antifogging material, an antifouling material, an antistatic material and a multilayer body.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2006Date of Patent: December 31, 2013Assignee: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: Koju Okazaki, Ryouichi Seki, Takazou Katou, Masatoshi Takagi
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Publication number: 20130344339Abstract: An ion radiation damage prediction method includes a parameter computation step of computing the incidence energy and incidence angle of an incident ion hitting a fabricated object, and a step of searching for data in databases created in advance on the basis of the computed incidence energy and angle, the databases storing distributions of quantities of crystalline defects having an effect on the fabricated object, ion reflection probabilities and ion penetration depths. The method also includes finding the penetration depth and location of the incident ion based on the data found in the searching step and based on the computed incidence energy and angle, and computing a quantity of defects in the fabricated object from the penetration depth and location. A distribution of defects may be computed by performing the aforementioned steps for many incident ions.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2013Publication date: December 26, 2013Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Nobuyuki Kuboi, Shoji Kobayashi
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Patent number: 8609225Abstract: The object of the present invention to provide an ethylene-unsaturated ester copolymer film used for forming a laminate, which is provided with emboss having effect on prevention on blocking during storage of the film, and which has good tackiness that is required for alignment in a laminating step. A film 40 for forming a laminate, which is formed from a composition comprising an ethylene-unsaturated ester copolymer and has emboss only on one surface 41 of the film, wherein a surface 42 opposite to the surface having emboss is provided with a fine asperity 43, the surface 42 provided with the fine asperity 43 having a surface roughness profile with a mean spacing between peaks (Sm) of 600 to 1600 ?m and an arithmetical mean roughness (Ra) of 1.2 to 2.2 ?m.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2010Date of Patent: December 17, 2013Assignee: Bridgestone CorporationInventors: Yoshihiko Inoue, Tetsuro Ikeda
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Publication number: 20130323071Abstract: An example component polishing method includes polishing a component protecting portions of the component during the polishing using a barrier spaced from the component. The barrier is configured to move together with the component during the polishing.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2012Publication date: December 5, 2013Applicant: PRATT & WHITNEY SERVICES PTE LTD.Inventors: Chua Boon Beng, Thomas Tan, Kim Wei Cheah, Wai Tuck Chow
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Patent number: 8586195Abstract: According to an exemplary embodiment, a method of forming a metal layer having reduced roughness includes a step of forming a seed layer over a dielectric layer. The method further includes a step of forming the metal layer over the seed layer. The seed layer causes a top surface of the metal layer to have reduced roughness. The seed layer and the metal layer can be formed in a same process chamber or in different process chambers. The dielectric layer, the seed layer, and the metal layer having reduced roughness can be utilized in an acoustic mirror structure.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2008Date of Patent: November 19, 2013Assignee: Avago Technologies General IP (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Bradley P. Barber, Paul P. Gehlert, Christopher F. Shepard
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Patent number: 8586172Abstract: Coatings and articles suitable for use in high temperature environments, for example, are presented. One embodiment is a coating that comprises a plurality of elongate material growth domains defined between domain boundaries. The domains have an intra-domain density of at least about 75% of theoretical density, have a substantially equiaxed grain morphology, and comprise a plurality of at least partially melted and solidified particles. Another embodiment is a coating that comprises a matrix comprising a substantially equiaxed grain morphology and a plurality of vertically oriented cracks disposed in the matrix. Further embodiments include articles comprising one or more of the coatings described above.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2008Date of Patent: November 19, 2013Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Larry Steven Rosenzweig, James Anthony Ruud, Luc Stèphane Leblanc, Paul Matthew Thomas, Scott Sheridan Smith
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Publication number: 20130284140Abstract: A method for roughening and thermally coating a surface, in particular a cylinder running surface of an internal combustion engine, the roughening being the preparation of the surface for the thermal coating of the surface with a coating. The method is characterized in that different roughening profiles are introduced into the surface during the roughening and the coating has different properties distributed over the surface. This allows the coating or spraying process during the later thermal coating to be carried out with substantially constant spraying parameters. The different properties of the coating, such as hardness, porosity, machinability, chemical composition, oxidation and adhesion, are then obtained just on the basis of the differently roughened surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2011Publication date: October 31, 2013Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Leander Schramm, Clemens Maria Verpoort, Enrico Hauser, Alexander Schwenk
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Patent number: 8568868Abstract: Disclosed is a gas-barrier film laminate having at least two gas-barrier film layers laminated via an adhesive layer, wherein the gas-barrier film layer has a substrate film, and at least one constitutive unit layer comprising an anchor coat layer and an inorganic thin film layer formed on at least one surface of the substrate film in that order, and wherein the number of the bubbles having a diameter of at least 0.5 mm and the impurities having a diameter of at least 0.5 mm existing between the gas-barrier film layers is at most 3 in total per 100 cm2.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2012Date of Patent: October 29, 2013Assignee: Mitsubishi Plastics, Inc.Inventors: Tsutomu Matsui, Shigenobu Yoshida
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Patent number: 8551287Abstract: A hybrid adhesive incorporating cyanate ester and/or epoxy materials and utilizing atmospheric plasma treatment provides stronger, more reliable joints in structural composite parts.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2010Date of Patent: October 8, 2013Assignee: The Aerospace CorporationInventors: Rafael J. Zaldivar, James P. Nokes
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Publication number: 20130260153Abstract: A method for forming a lubricant layer on the surface of a glass and a method for manufacturing a glass using the same prevents scratches from occurring at the surface of a glass and decreases corrosion of glass manufacturing equipment. The method for manufacturing a glass includes forming a glass, supplying SO2 gas and a SO2 gas oxidation catalyst to the glass under an oxidation environment to form a lubricant layer at the lower surface of the glass, and annealing the glass.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2013Publication date: October 3, 2013Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.Inventors: Han-Kook KIM, Jung-Sik BANG, Duk-Sik HA, Kyoung-Hoon MIN, Du-Sun HWANG
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Publication number: 20130230723Abstract: A method for coating a component, in particular a component of a gas turbine or of an aircraft engine, is disclosed. The coating is applied to the component by kinetic cold gas spraying, where prior to the deposition of the coating, the surface of the component to be coated is cleaned and compacted by shot peening with a blasting media. A component produced in this manner is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2012Publication date: September 5, 2013Inventors: Joachim Bamberg, Roland Hessert, Manuel Hertter
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Patent number: 8524007Abstract: A cleaning sheet including a cleaning layer which has a microasperity shape having an arithmetic average roughness Ra of 0.05 ?m or less and a maximum height Rz of 1.0 ?m or less. Preferably, a substantial surface area of the cleaning layer per a flat surface of 1 mm2 is 150% or more of a substantial surface area of a silicon wafer mirror surface per a flat area of 1 mm2. The cleaning sheet may be provided on at least one surface of a transfer member so that the transfer member has a cleaning function. When the cleaning sheet or the transfer member having a cleaning function is transferred in a substrate processing apparatus in place of a substrate to be processed therein, the cleaning sheet contacts and cleans a site of the substrate processing apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2010Date of Patent: September 3, 2013Assignee: Nitto Denko CorporationInventors: Daisuke Uenda, Yukio Arimitsu, Yoshio Terada, Yasuhiro Amano, Akihisa Murata
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Patent number: 8491985Abstract: Dark colored roofing granules include an inert base particle coated with a composition including a metal silicate, a non-clay latent heat reactant, and a dark colored but solar reflective prigment.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2009Date of Patent: July 23, 2013Assignee: CertainTeed CorporationInventors: Husnu M. Kalkanoglu, Thomas McShea, Ming Liang Shiao
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Patent number: 8475600Abstract: A cleaning sheet including a cleaning layer which has a microasperity shape having an arithmetic average roughness Ra of 0.05 ?m or less and a maximum height Rz of 1.0 ?m or less. Preferably, a substantial surface area of the cleaning layer per a flat surface of 1 mm2 is 150% or more of a substantial surface area of a silicon wafer mirror surface per a flat area of 1 mm2. The cleaning sheet may be provided on at least one surface of a transfer member so that the transfer member has a cleaning function. When the cleaning sheet or the transfer member having a cleaning function is transferred in a substrate processing apparatus in place of a substrate to be processed therein, the cleaning sheet contacts and cleans a site of the substrate processing apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2006Date of Patent: July 2, 2013Assignee: Nitto Denko CorporationInventors: Daisuke Uenda, Yukio Arimitsu, Yoshio Terada, Yasuhiro Amano, Akihisa Murata
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Patent number: 8426008Abstract: A medical device or analytical device comprising a fluid-impervious surface comprising a base surface, at least one distinct region of the base surface covered by a mixed monolayer film, the mixed monolayer film comprising a species having a functional group M1 and a species having a functional group M2 where M1 and M2 have different surface energies, the mixed monolayer forming a surface energy gradient wherein at least one of the species used to form the monolayer on the surface comprises a biopolymer-resistant domain.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2011Date of Patent: April 23, 2013Inventor: Brian David Babcock
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Patent number: 8377559Abstract: This invention relates to methods of applying to a substrate a hydrophilic coating that becomes lubricious when activated with water or water vapor, and to substrates having such a hydrophilic coating.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2011Date of Patent: February 19, 2013Assignee: Hollister IncorporatedInventor: Thomas H. Gilman
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Patent number: 8367208Abstract: The invention is directed to a high strength, chemically toughened protective glass article, the glass article having a high damage tolerance threshold of at least 1500 g as measured by the lack of radial cracks when the load is applied to the glass using a Vickers indenter; preferably greater than 2000 g s measured by the lack of initiation of radial cracks when the load is applied to the glass using a Vickers indenter.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2009Date of Patent: February 5, 2013Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventors: Gregory Scott Glaesemann, James Joseph Price, Robert Sabia, Nagaraja Shashidhar
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Patent number: 8367227Abstract: Specialty ceramic materials which resist corrosion/erosion under semiconductor processing conditions which employ a corrosive/erosive plasma. The corrosive plasma may be a halogen-containing plasma. The specialty ceramic materials have been modified to provide a controlled electrical resistivity which suppresses plasma arcing potential.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2007Date of Patent: February 5, 2013Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.Inventors: Jennifer Y. Sun, Kenneth S. Collins, Ren-Guan Duan, Senh Thach, Thomas Graves, Xiaoming He, Jie Yuan
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Patent number: 8357444Abstract: There is provided a special effects greenscreen having a plurality of marks dispersed thereon in a selected pattern, wherein each of the marks is embedded in the greenscreen by weaving, knitting, felting, crocheting, screening, stamping, embossing or similar method to integrate the mark into the greenscreen material. The pattern may be a single repeated mark evenly spaced along horizontal lines, along vertical lines, or along both horizontal and vertical lines. The pattern may comprise a familiar ordered series of unique marks dispersed in a selected pattern on the greenscreen, for example, letters of the alphabet. The pattern may comprise a first mark embedded at a selected point on the greenscreen, a plurality of second marks each embedded a first distance away from the first mark, and a plurality of third marks each embedded a second distance from the first mark, wherein the second distance is greater than first distance.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2009Date of Patent: January 22, 2013Inventor: Michael James Branham
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Patent number: 8343623Abstract: Disclosed is a gas-barrier film laminate having at least two gas-barrier film layers laminated via an adhesive layer, wherein the gas-barrier film layer has a substrate film, and at least one constitutive unit layer comprising an anchor coat layer and an inorganic thin film layer formed on at least one surface of the substrate film in that order, and wherein the number of the bubbles having a diameter of at least 0.5 mm and the impurities having a diameter of at least 0.5 mm existing between the gas-barrier film layers is at most 3 in total per 100 cm2.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2007Date of Patent: January 1, 2013Assignee: Mitsubishi Plastics, Inc.Inventors: Tsutomu Matsui, Shigenobu Yoshida
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Patent number: 8309202Abstract: There is provided a hard-coated film that includes a thermoplastic film and a hard coat layer placed thereon, has high surface hardness, is prevented from forming interference iris patterns, does not reduce image sharpness when used for antireflection films, and is prevented from causing screen glittering, external light reflection, or coloration irregularity of reflected light. The hard-coated film includes a polyester film and a hard coat layer placed on at least one side of the polyester film, wherein the hard coat layer has a surface with irregularities, an interface between the polyester film and the hard coat layer has irregularities, and the surface of the hard coat layer has 3D surface roughness parameters including an arithmetical mean deviation of surface Sa of from 15 nm to less than 150 nm and a kurtosis of surface height distribution Sku of from 1.5 to 5.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2007Date of Patent: November 13, 2012Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.Inventors: Satoshi Kojima, Takashi Mimura, Yu Abe
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Patent number: 8298649Abstract: The invention relates to an article having a nanotextured surface with superhydrophobic properties, comprising an array of vertical tabs, preferably regular, wherein the pillar array fulfils the following conditions: the surface fraction of the pillars Øs is such that 3%?Øs?13%, preferably 5%?Øs?12%, preferably 5%?Øs?13%, even better 5.5%?Øs?13%, even better 6%?Øs?13%, and better still 8%?Øs?13%; the pitch p of the array is such that 100 nm?p?250 nm; the height h of the pillars is such that 100 nm?h?400 nm, preferably 250?h?400 nm, even better 300?h?400 nm; and the lateral surface of the pillars is inclined at most by an angle of ±20°, preferably ±10° or even better ±5°, in relation to the vertical axis of the pillars.Type: GrantFiled: February 29, 2008Date of Patent: October 30, 2012Assignees: Essilor International (Compagnie Generale d'Optique), Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueInventors: Mathilde Reyssat, Yong Chen, Anne Pepin, David Quere, Claudine Biver, Laurianne Vagharchakian
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Patent number: 8241841Abstract: The present invention provides a process for producing a surface-modified layer system comprising a substrate (2) and a self-assembled monolayer (SAM) (1) anchored to its surface. The SAM (1) is comprised by aryl or rigid alicyclic moiety species. The process comprises providing a polymorphic SAM (1) anchored to the substrate (2), and thermally treating (4) the SAM to change from a first to a second structural form thereof. The invention also provides a thermolithographic form of process in which the thermal treatment (4) is used to transfer a pattern (3) to the SAM (1), which is then developed.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2005Date of Patent: August 14, 2012Assignee: The University Court of the University of St. AndrewsInventors: Manfred Buck, Piotr Cyganik
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Patent number: 8197927Abstract: A multilayer stretch film having a high slip surface and an aggressive cling surface for wrapping items or loads for ease of transport is disclosed. In one embodiment, there is disclosed a multilayer film comprises a first surface having a coefficient of friction at least less than about 0.9, comprising at least polypropylene and high-density polyethylene, a second surface having a cling force to the first surface at least greater than about 5 g/in, comprising at least a styrenic block copolymer, and a core layer, positioned between the first surface and the second surface, comprising at least linear low-density polyethylene or its blend.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2008Date of Patent: June 12, 2012Assignee: Berry Plastics CorporationInventor: Alexander Tukachinsky
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Publication number: 20120141744Abstract: In embodiments herein, the invention relates to a multilayer printable polymeric film including: (a) at least one layer A including one or more polyolefins and having a first side and a second side; (b) a layer B including one or more polyolefins and having a first side and a second side, where the first side of layer B is located on the second side of layer A; and (c) a printable coating located on the first side of layer A; wherein at least one of layer A or B comprises 0.01 to 50.0 wt. % of at least one polyether-polyolefin block copolymer, based on the weight of the polymers comprising the layer; and wherein the multilayer printable polymeric film has a kinetic coefficient of friction less than 0.65; and a surface tension of greater than about 35 mN/m; on one or both sides of the film.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2010Publication date: June 7, 2012Inventors: Benoit Ambroise, Thomas P. Arys, Sofia M. Kniazeva
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Patent number: 8178594Abstract: An antioxidant combined with UHMWPE prior to subjecting the UHMWPE to crosslinking irradiation. In one exemplary embodiment, the antioxidant is tocopherol. After the antioxidant is combined with the UHMWPE, the resulting blend may be formed into slabs, bar stock, and/or incorporated into a substrate, such as a metal, for example. The resulting product may then be subjected to crosslinking irradiation. In one exemplary embodiment, the UHMWPE blend is preheated prior to subjecting the same to crosslinking irradiation. Once irradiated, the UHMWPE blended product may be machined, packaged, and sterilized in accordance with conventional techniques.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2010Date of Patent: May 15, 2012Assignee: Zimmer, Inc.Inventors: Alicia Rufner, John Knight, Toni Rowe, Dirk Pletcher, Ray Gsell, Werner Schneider, Hallie E. Brinkerhuff
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Patent number: 8168295Abstract: A tempered glass substrate of the present invention is a tempered glass substrate, which has a compression stress layer on a surface thereof, and has a glass composition comprising, in terms of mass %, 40 to 71% of SiO2, 3 to 21% of Al2O3, 0 to 3.5% of Li2O, 7 to 20% of Na2O, and 0 to 15% of K2O.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2011Date of Patent: May 1, 2012Assignee: Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd.Inventor: Takashi Murata
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Publication number: 20120082851Abstract: A hybrid adhesive incorporating cyanate ester and/or epoxy materials and utilizing atmospheric plasma treatment provides stronger, more reliable joints in structural composite parts.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2010Publication date: April 5, 2012Inventors: Rafael J. Zaldivar, James P. Nokes