As Intermediate Layer Patents (Class 428/448)
  • Publication number: 20130130020
    Abstract: There is provided an electrode paste composition, an electrode for an electronic device using the same, and a method of manufacturing the same. The electrode for an electronic device includes: a substrate; a thin film layer formed on the substrate, the thin film layer including reduced graphene oxide (rGO); and an oxide layer formed between the substrate and the thin film layer. The electrode for an electronic device may have excellent uniform resistivity and electrical conductivity since the electrode is formed by coating the substrate with a solution containing graphene oxide having superior dispersibility and reducing the graphene oxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Woon Chun Kim, Kang Heon Hur
  • Patent number: 8445083
    Abstract: Certain example embodiments of this invention relate to articles including anticondensation coatings that are exposed to an external environment, and/or methods of making the same. In certain example embodiments, the anticondensation coatings may be survivable in an outside environment. The coatings also may have a sufficiently low sheet resistance and hemispherical emissivity such that the glass surface is more likely to retain heat from the interior area, thereby reducing (and sometimes completely eliminating) the presence condensation thereon. The articles of certain example embodiments may be, for example, skylights, vehicle windows or windshields, IG units, VIG units, refrigerator/freezer doors, and/or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Guardian Industries Corp.
    Inventors: Jean-Marc Lemmer, Nestor P. Murphy
  • Publication number: 20130122267
    Abstract: A bonding element, a bonding element matrix and composite materials with a wide range of attractive properties that may be optimized, including, but not limited to, mechanical properties, thermal properties, magnetic properties, optical properties and nuclear properties, as a result of a first layer and second layer structure or core, first layer, and second layer structure of the bonding elements, as well as methods for making the bonding elements and the corresponding ceramic and/or composite materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2012
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Applicant: RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY
    Inventors: Richard E. RIMAN, Surojit GUPTA, Vahit ATAKAN, Qinghua LI
  • Publication number: 20130122312
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an optical panel, and more particularly, to a stack-up structure of an optical panel and the manufacturing method thereof, wherein the stack-up structure comprises: a first laminating element, which has a first laminating face; and a first protective layer, which is formed on the first laminating face of the first laminating element for flattening the first laminating face. The present disclosure allows a protective layer to be coated on a surface of a laminate to overcome unevenness problem on the surface of the laminating element, thereby avoiding generation of bubbles and enhancing the yield of products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Inventors: Zhijun She, Yau-Chen Jiang, Pingping Huang, Zhixiong Cai
  • Publication number: 20130115423
    Abstract: The present invention provides a gas barrier film having high barrier properties, folding/bending resistance and smoothness and excellent cutting suitability, and also provides an organic photoelectric conversion element equipped with the gas barrier film. The gas barrier film is characterized by having a gas barrier layer unit (5) on a side face of at least one surface of a base material (2), wherein the gas barrier layer unit (5) comprises a first barrier layer (3) formed by a chemical vapor deposition method and a second barrier layer (4) formed by applying a silicon compound onto the first barrier layer (3) to form a coating film and modifying the coating film, and wherein the second barrier layer (4) has an unmodified region (4B) on a side facing the base material and a modified region (4A) on a side facing the front layer of the film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2011
    Publication date: May 9, 2013
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Hiromoto Ii, Satoshi Ito, Makoto Honda, Kiyoshi Oishi, Issei Suzuki
  • Patent number: 8435640
    Abstract: In the case of a metal-ceramic substrate with a multilayered ceramic material in sheet form, and with at least one metallization that is provided on one surface side of the ceramic material and is joined to be ceramic material by direct bonding or active soldering, the ceramic material has at least one inner layer or base layer of a silicon nitride ceramic. The surface side of the ceramic material that is provided with the at least one metallization is formed by an intermediate layer of an oxidic ceramic applied to the base layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Curamik Electronics GmbH
    Inventor: Jürgen Schulz-Harder
  • Patent number: 8431217
    Abstract: The present teachings describe a core-shell particle dispersed in a layer of a fuser member, thereby improving thermal conductivity of the fuser member. The core-shell particle includes a graphene core surrounded by a shell layer. The shell layer comprises a polymer selected from the group consisting of polypentafluorostyrene, polystyrene and polydivinylbenzene. The core-shell particles can be dispersed in an intermediate layer or release layer of a fuser member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: David J. Gervasi, Matthew M. Kelly
  • Publication number: 20130101855
    Abstract: The present invention is directed towards a paper-based composite packaging structure comprising a paper layer and a filler layer which may be laminated or otherwise adhered to the paper layer. In certain embodiments, the filler layer comprises a polymer or bio-based polymer. An optional barrier layer may be deposited on to one side of the paper layer or filler layer as desired to provide functional barrier characteristics. The composite paper-based film structure(s) may comprise additional layers such as one or more optional primer layers, adhesive layers, ink layers, and/or sealant layers that can be incorporated into the composite film structure as desired to enable the required functional characteristics of the composite film structure described herein. The paper-based composite packaging structure is substantially compostable and/or recyclable as both the paper and the bio-based polymer filler layers will break down under composting conditions and/or meet standardized recyclability requirements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2012
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Applicant: FRITO-LAY NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventor: FRITO-LAY NORTH AMERICA, INC.
  • Patent number: 8426028
    Abstract: A sensor that includes a) a silicon (Si) substrate having a surface; and b) a monolayer of oligoethylene glycol (OEG) bonded to the surface via silicon-carbon bonds. Regions of the OEG monolayer distal to the surface are functionalized with a ligand serving as a recognition element for a bioanalyte. The ligand is covalently bonded in these regions as a cycloadduct of a 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction. A method of making a silicon surface that recognizes a biological specimen includes 1) hydrosilylating with a mixture that includes an oligoethylene glycol (OEG) substituted with an alkene at one end of the OEG and capped at the opposing end of the OEG and an oligoethylene glycol (OEG) substituted with an alkene at one end of the OEG and an alkyne having a protecting group at the opposing end of the OEG and 2) removing the protecting group from the alkyne; and 3) reacting the alkyne with a reagent in a 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: University of Houston
    Inventors: Chengzhi Cai, Chin Ming Yam, Jianhua Gu
  • Publication number: 20130089720
    Abstract: An environmental barrier coating comprises at least one transition layer made from a transition layer slurry comprising from about 1 wt % to about 99.9 wt % water, from about 0.1 wt % to about 72 wt % primary transition material, from about 0.1 wt % to about 25 wt % slurry sintering aid, optionally, any one or more of an outer layer made from an outer layer slurry comprising from about 1 wt % to about 99.9 wt % water and from about 0.1 wt % to about 72 wt % primary outer material, and a compliant layer made from a compliant layer slurry comprising from about 1 wt % to about 99.9 wt % water and from about 0.1 wt % to about 72 wt % primary compliant material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2012
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventor: General Electric Company
  • Patent number: 8415010
    Abstract: A nano-imprint lithography stack includes a nano-imprint lithography substrate, a non-silicon-containing layer solidified from a first polymerizable, non-silicon-containing composition, and a silicon-containing layer solidified from a polymerizable silicon-containing composition adhered to a surface of the non-silicon-containing layer. The non-silicon-containing layer is adhered directly or through one or more intervening layers to the nano-imprint lithography substrate. The silicon-containing layer includes a silsesquioxane with a general formula (R?(4-2z)SiOz)x(HOSiO1.5)y, wherein R? is a hydrocarbon group or two or more different hydrocarbon groups other than methyl, 1<z<2, and x and y are integers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Molecular Imprints, Inc.
    Inventors: Weijun Liu, Frank Y. Xu
  • Publication number: 20130078457
    Abstract: A metal oxide film forming method includes mixing an organic metal compound that is a liquid at room temperature and an organic solvent to form a paste, applying the paste onto a substrate, and oxidizing a metal element in the paste while vaporizing organic substances in the paste by irradiating atmospheric pressure plasma to the paste applied onto the substrate to form a metal oxide film. A metal oxide film composed of three layers is formed on a substrate such as a glass substrate. Such a structure can be obtained by repeating the steps of mixing the organic metal compound that is a liquid at room temperature and the organic solvent to form the paste, applying the paste onto the substrate, and oxidizing the metal element while vaporizing the organic substances in the paste. Also contemplated is an optical electronic device using the metal oxide film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2012
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: PANASONIC CORPORATION
  • Publication number: 20130059139
    Abstract: The invention relates to the production of a transparent, weather-resistant barrier film by lamination, extrusion lamination (adhesive lamination, melt lamination or hotmelt lamination) or extrusion coating. The film can also contain a scratch-resistant coating. For this purpose, two or more transparent film composites, which consist in each case of two externally disposed polyolefin or polyester layers which are in each case inorganically coated and glued to the inorganic layer on the inside, are connected to each other. Said composite is laminated with a weather-resistant, transparent film (e.g. PMMA or PMMA polyolefin coextrudate or PMMA polyester coextrudate). The inorganic oxide layers have the property of a high optical transparency while having at the same time a good barrier effect against water vapour and oxygen while the PMMA layer exhibits weather resistance stability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Applicant: Evonik Roehm GmbH
    Inventors: Jochen Ackermann, Claudius Neumann, Ghirmay Seyoum, Florian Schwager
  • Patent number: 8389589
    Abstract: A nanoporous material exhibiting a lamellar structure is disclosed. The material comprises three or more substantially parallel sheets of an organosilicate material, separated by highly porous spacer regions. The distance between the centers of the sheets lies between 1 nm and 50 nm. The highly porous spacer regions may be substantially free of condensed material. For the manufacture of such materials, a process is disclosed in which matrix non-amphiphilic polymeric material and templating polymeric material are dispersed in a solvent, where the templating polymeric material includes a polymeric amphiphilic material. The solvent with the polymeric materials is distributed onto a substrate. Organization is induced in the templating polymeric material. The solvent is removed, leaving the polymeric materials in place. The matrix polymeric material is cured, forming a lamellar structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jennifer Nam Cha, Geraud Jean-Michel Dubois, James Lupton Hedrick, Ho-Cheol Kim, Victor Yee-Way Lee, Teddie Peregrino Magbitang, Robert Dennis Miller, Willi Volksen
  • Patent number: 8377560
    Abstract: A glaze composition which makes it possible that a base material for an inorganic calcined substance containing a lot of vitreous material is glazed without having corrosion. The glaze composition comprises a plastic material, a non-plastic material, and a solvent material, wherein the plastic material comprises at least one material selected from the group consisting of Gairome clay, Kibushi clay, kaolin and talc; the non-plastic material comprises at least one material selected from the group consisting of silica, calcined kaolin, pottery stone, pyrophyllite, pottery shards, chamotte and zircon; and the solvent material comprises at least one material selected from the group consisting of feldspar, lime stone, dolomite, zinc oxide and lithium carbonate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Nichiha Corporation
    Inventor: Takashige Akie
  • Patent number: 8372515
    Abstract: A silane coating composition containing a silicon-based copolymer, a method for treating the surfaces of a metal such as steel, zinc-coated steels, or aluminum, to provide for the formation of a uniform conversion and/or passivation coating which increases the corrosion resistance of bare or painted metal and/or the adhesion properties of the metal, along with a metal having a conversion and/or passivation coating applied thereto are disclosed. Methods of the invention include contacting the requisite metal surface with an aqueous solution of a silane compound and a silicon-based polyether copolymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Momentive Performance Materials Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher M. Byrne, George Policello, Suresh Rajaraman
  • Publication number: 20130029096
    Abstract: A coated article includes a substrate, a first ceramic layer deposited on the substrate, a color layer deposited on the first ceramic layer, and a second ceramic layer deposited on the color layer. The first ceramic layer substantially includes substance M, elemental O and elemental N, wherein M is Al or Si. The color layer substantially includes metal M?, O and elemental N, wherein M? is elemental Al or Zn. The second ceramic layer substantially includes substance M, elemental O and elemental N, wherein M is Al or Si.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2011
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicants: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: HSIN-PEI CHANG, HUANN-WU CHIANG, CHENG-SHI CHEN, CONG LI
  • Publication number: 20130026498
    Abstract: A substrate assembly on which a first conduction-type semiconductor layer, an active layer and a second conduction-type semiconductor layer are formed is disclosed, the substrate assembly comprising a first substrate, a second substrate and a bonding layer interposed there between. In the substrate assembly, the thermal expansion coefficient of the bonding layer is smaller than or equal to that of at least one of the first and second substrates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2011
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicant: SEOUL OPTO DEVICE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chung Hoon Lee, Kyung Hee Ye, Dae Sung Kal, Won Cheol Seo
  • Patent number: 8361624
    Abstract: An intermediate transfer member that includes spirodilactam polycarbonates, mixtures of spirodilactam polycarbonates or copolymers of spirodilactam polycarbonates, an optional polysiloxane, and an optional conductive filler component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventor: Jin Wu
  • Patent number: 8361908
    Abstract: The use of at least one diazonium salt bearing an initiator function, for forming an undercoat obtained by grafting a graft derived from the diazonium salt and bearing an initiator function at the surface of a conductive or semiconductive material on the undercoat, and for forming on the undercoat a polymeric layer obtained by polymerization, in particular free radical polymerization, in situ of at least one monomer, initiated from the initiator function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignees: Universite Paris 7-Denis Diderot, Alchimedics
    Inventors: Mohamed Mehdi Chehimi, Jean Pinson, Bernadette Charleux, Christophe Bureau, Christopher Tronche, Tarik Matrab, Christian Perruchot, Eva Cabet-Deliry, Maud Save
  • Patent number: 8357763
    Abstract: An adhesion promoter for a hot melt adhesive or a pressure sensitive adhesive prepared by admixing a silane composition with an aqueous buffer solution, where the silane composition includes at least two silane compounds. The adhesive is able to bind at very low surface free energy substrates, such as Xerographic prints contaminated by silicone fuser oil. The hot melt adhesive maintains a substantially stable viscosity at temperature ranging from about 100° C. to about 200° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Guiqin Song, Nan-Xing Hu, T. Brian McAneney, Gordon Sisler
  • Publication number: 20130004738
    Abstract: An optical film material suitable for use in low curl or curl free optical film-to-paper laminates is provided. The inventive optical film material includes a light-transmitting polymeric optical spacer or carrier film that has a linear coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) of less than about 25×10?6 mm/mm-° C. over the temperature range of from about 70 to about 160° C., or that is hygroscopic (e.g., has an ambient moisture absorption, measured as a percentage moisture content, similar to paper), or both. Also provided is an optical film-to-paper laminate (e.g., a micro-optic film-to-passport paper laminate) that demonstrates a reduction in (or elimination of) curl. The inventive laminate exhibits a maximum out-of-plane deformation of less than about 10%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: VISUAL PHYSICS, LLC.
    Inventors: Gregory R. Jordan, Jonathan D. Gosnell, Caroline B. Kennedy
  • Patent number: 8343633
    Abstract: A method of modifying light is disclosed and includes: providing an optical element having an oriented polymer network of a silicone(meth)acrylate copolymer and exhibiting a first phase and a second phase, the first phase and the second phase being chemically connected and having different refractive indices, the first phase being continuous, and the second phase comprising a plurality of structures dispersed within the first phase; illuminating the optical element with light from a light source; and detecting polarized or directionally diffused light transmitted by the optical element. Optical elements including the polymer network and a variety of additional layers are also disclosed, as are optical devices such as prisms, display panels, lenses, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Mieczyslaw H. Mazurek, Robert L. Brott, David J. Kinning, Yufeng Liu, John E. Potts, Kevin R. Schaffer, Audrey A. Sherman, Wendi J. Winkler
  • Publication number: 20120328886
    Abstract: A composite article includes a substrate, at least one protective layer on the substrate and an intermediate layer between the at least one protective layer and the substrate. The intermediate layer includes dense silicon oxycarbide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2011
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Inventors: Wayde R. Schmidt, Paul Sheedy, William Werkheiser, Tania Bhatia Kashyap, Daniel G. Goberman
  • Patent number: 8334051
    Abstract: An adhesion method capable of strongly adhering two members without using an adhesive and without impairing a fine structure or optical properties of a joining surface, and a biochemical chip and optical component made by the same are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Empire Technology Development LLC
    Inventor: Kazufumi Ogawa
  • Patent number: 8334062
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a multi-layered article suitable for service in severe environments. The article may be formed of a substrate, such as silicon carbide and/or silicon nitride. The substrate may have a first layer of a mixture of a rare earth silicate and Cordierite. The substrate may also have a second layer of a rare earth silicate or a mixture of a rare earth silicate and cordierite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain Ceramics & Plastics, Inc.
    Inventors: Vimal K. Pujari, Ara Vartabedian, William T. Collins, David Woolley, Charles Bateman
  • Publication number: 20120315468
    Abstract: A coated article is provided. A coated article includes a substrate, a ceramic layer deposited on the substrate by vacuum plating, and a color layer deposited on the ceramic layer. The ceramic layer substantially includes substance M, elemental O and elemental N, wherein the M is Al or Si. The color layer substantially includes metal M?, elemental O and elemental N, wherein the M? is Al or Zn.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2011
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicants: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD
    Inventors: HUANN-WU CHIANG, CHENG-SHI CHEN, CONG LI
  • Publication number: 20120308830
    Abstract: A coating system for application to a substrate having a sol-gel film layer applied thereon includes a residual high acid value coating coat applied on top of the sol-gel film without an intervening adhesion layer. The residual high acid value coating composition may be a solvent borne composition that when cured, has a high level of residual free acid groups, equivalent to an acid number of greater than about 65 mgKOH/g. The residual high acid value coating may include a residual high acid value resin namely, a resin that cures having residual free acid groups, equivalent to an acid number of greater than about 65 mgKOH/g. The residual high acid value resin may be the reaction product of a polyol and a suitable crosslinker, such as a polyanhydride or polyisocyanate crosslinker or blend thereof. The residual high acid value coating composition may include opacifying pigments and condensation catalysts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2012
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: THE SHERWIN-WILLIAMS COMPANY
    Inventor: Brian J. Wayton
  • Patent number: 8324318
    Abstract: A thermoplastic composition including a combination of a polycarbonate, an impact modifier, an aromatic vinyl copolymer, and a polyester carbonate and/or a polycarbonate polysiloxane copolymer having excellent thermal and mechanical properties as well as good adhesion to both a polymer superstrate and certain types substrates is disclosed. Also disclosed are articles and multilayer films including the tie layer composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Sabic Innovative Plastics IP B.V.
    Inventor: James DeRudder
  • Publication number: 20120301710
    Abstract: A transparent conductive film which exhibits excellent gas barrier performance and electrical conductivity, and exhibits low sheet resistivity and high electrical conductivity, even after having been placed in moist and high-temperature conditions. The conductive film is in the form of a zinc oxide-based electrically conductive stacked structure, and the film includes a substrate and, formed on at least one surface of the substrate, (A) a gas barrier layer and (B) a transparent conductive layer formed of a zinc oxide-based conductive material, wherein the gas barrier layer is formed of a material containing at least oxygen atoms, carbon atoms, and silicon atoms, and includes a region in which the oxygen atom concentration gradually decreases and the carbon atom concentration gradually increases from the surface in the depth direction of the layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2011
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: LINTEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koichi Nagamoto, Takeshi Kondo, Yuta Suzuki, Satoshi Naganawa
  • Publication number: 20120301635
    Abstract: To provide a highly transparent and highly strong protective plate for display panel which, when mounted on a display panel, does not permit bubbles to evolve in the inner layer or does not permit the layer to peel off even in high temperature and high humidity conditions that could temporarily occur, for example, in an automobile, and a display device equipped with the protective plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2011
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: FUKUVI CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Hasegawa, Munetake Tajima, Hirokazu Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 8304072
    Abstract: Certain example embodiments relate to robust semi-transparent coatings that are suitable for use in a wide variety of display-on-demand mirror applications, and methods of making the same. In certain example embodiments, a coated article includes a coating supported by a glass substrate. A reflective metal-inclusive layer is formed, directly or indirectly, on the glass substrate. A silicon oxide inclusive layer is formed, directly or indirectly, on the reflective metallic layer. A titanium oxide inclusive layer is formed, directly or indirectly, on the silicon oxide inclusive layer. The metal-inclusive layer is formed so as to reflect incoming light away from the glass substrate such that substantially less incoming light would be reflected away from the glass substrate if lighting were provided on a side of the glass substrate opposite the coating than if no lighting were provided. The surface of the coated article need not necessarily be conductive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Guardian Industries Corp.
    Inventors: Desaraju V. Varaprasad, Yiwei Lu
  • Patent number: 8304045
    Abstract: Certain example embodiments of this invention relate to articles including anticondensation coatings that are exposed to an external environment, and/or methods of making the same. In certain example embodiments, the anticondensation coatings may be survivable in an outside environment. The coatings also may have a sufficiently low sheet resistance and hemispherical emissivity such that the glass surface is more likely to retain heat from the interior area, thereby reducing (and sometimes completely eliminating) the presence condensation thereon. The articles of certain example embodiments may be, for example, skylights, vehicle windows or windshields, IG units, VIG units, refrigerator/freezer doors, and/or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Guardian Industries Corp.
    Inventors: Jean-Marc Lemmer, Nestor P. Murphy
  • Patent number: 8304143
    Abstract: An electrically conductive plate for fuel cell applications comprises a plate body having at least one channel-defining surface and an electrically conductive hydrophilic layer disposed over at least a portion of the channel-defining surface. The electrically conductive layer includes residues of a silane coupling agent and electrically conductive hydrophilic carbon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Richard H. Blunk, Feng Zhong, Tina T. Salguero, Kevin W. Kirby
  • Publication number: 20120276387
    Abstract: It is provided a high-temperature assembly that is favorable for increasing the sealing property at the boundary area between a first member and a second member that are used in a high-temperature environment. Further it is provided a method for producing the high-temperature assembly, and a heat-resistant sealing material. The heat-resistant sealing material, which is disposed at the boundary area between a first member and a second member, comprises ceramic particles made of a plurality of materials which form a ceramics the volume of which increases when the ceramics is synthesized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2010
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Applicant: TYK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirokatsu Hattanda, Tomohiro Yotabun
  • Publication number: 20120276395
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a casing with a ceramic surface comprises the steps of: forming a ceramic oxidation layer on a surface of a metal shell; forming a ceramic material on the ceramic oxidation layer; and sintering the ceramic material. Accordingly, the metal casing can be formed with a ceramic surface, which can solve the problem of high shrinkage rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Inventors: Fei-Lin Yang, Yang-Po Chiu, Chun-Kai Chou
  • Patent number: 8298672
    Abstract: An intermediate transfer member, such as a belt, that includes, for example, a supporting substrate, a silane first intermediate layer, and contained on the silane layer a second layer of a self crosslinking acrylic resin; a mixture of a glycoluril resin and an acrylic polyol resin; or a mixture of a glycoluril resin and a self crosslinking acrylic resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Jin Wu, Jonathan H Herko, Brian P Gilmartin, David J Gervasi, Dante M Pietrantoni, Michael S Roetker, Scott J Griffin, David W Martin
  • Patent number: 8293368
    Abstract: The invention relates to moisture-curable compositions that air provided with increased elasticity while having good mechanical properties and adhesion. Said compositions contain at least on silane-functional polymer A, at least one aminosilane AS2, and at least one ?-functional organodialkoxysilane at an amount of 0.6 to 5.0 parts by weight relative to 100 parts by weight of polymer A. Also disclosed are the production and use of the inventive compositions, especially as a sealant and adhesive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Sika Technology AG
    Inventors: Barbara Jucker, Pierre-Andre Butikofer, Urs Burckhardt, Ueli Pfenninger
  • Patent number: 8293344
    Abstract: Certain example embodiments of this invention relate to articles including anticondensation coatings that are exposed to an external environment, and/or methods of making the same. In certain example embodiments, the anticondensation coatings may be survivable in an outside environment. The coatings also may have a sufficiently low sheet resistance and hemispherical emissivity such that the glass surface is more likely to retain heat from the interior area, thereby reducing (and sometimes completely eliminating) the presence condensation thereon. The articles of certain example embodiments may be, for example, skylights, vehicle windows or windshields, IG units, VIG units, refrigerator/freezer doors, and/or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Guardian Industries Corp.
    Inventors: Jean-Marc Lemmer, Nestor P. Murphy
  • Publication number: 20120251805
    Abstract: A composite article includes a substrate and a multilayer coating on the substrate. The multilayer coating includes an inner layer near the substrate, and outermost layer on the inner layer, and an intermediate layer between the inner layer and the outermost layer. The inner layer and outermost layer are boron-containing materials, and the intermediate layer is a silicon-containing ceramic material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Inventors: Brian K. Flandermeyer, Michael A. Kmetz
  • Publication number: 20120251819
    Abstract: A method is provided for changing the visible light transmittance of a coated article having a functional coating having at least one anti-reflective material and at least one infrared reflective material. The anti-reflective material includes an alloying material capable of combining or alloying with the infrared reflective material. A protective coating is deposited over the functional coating to prevent or retard the diffusion of atmospheric gas and/or vapor into the functional coating. The coated article is heated to a temperature sufficient to cause at least some of the alloying material to combine with at least some of the infrared reflective material to form a substance having a different visible light transmittance than the infrared reflective material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: PPG INDUSTRIES OHIO, INC.
    Inventors: HARRY BUHAY, JAMES J. FINLEY, JAMES P. THIEL, JOHN P. LEHAN
  • Patent number: 8277939
    Abstract: An article of manufacture comprising (i) at least one glass substrate and (ii) a coating layer on at least a portion of at least one side of the glass substrate wherein the coating layer comprises a cured silicone resin composition selected from a hydrosilylation cured silicone resin composition, a condensation cured silicone resin composition, or a tree radical cured silicone resin composition; the glass being preferably a thin glass (5-500 micrometers).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Dow Corning Corporation
    Inventors: John Fredrick Buether, Dimitris Katsoulis, Herschel Henry Reese, Bizhong Zhu
  • Patent number: 8277600
    Abstract: A high-temperature bonding composition comprising a silicon base polymer as a thermosetting binder is provided. The silicon base polymer is obtained from dehydrolytic condensation of a condensate precursor comprising a silane compound having at least one pair of silicon atoms tied by a crosslink composed of an aliphatic hydrocarbon, heterocyclic or aromatic hydrocarbon group, and having at least three hydroxyl and/or hydrolyzable groups. Those silicon atoms having a direct bond to the crosslink composed of the aliphatic hydrocarbon, heterocyclic or aromatic hydrocarbon group are present in a proportion of at least 90 mol % relative to all silicon atoms in the polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Hamada, Fujio Yagihashi, Takeshi Asano
  • Patent number: 8277945
    Abstract: An article of manufacture comprising (i) at least one glass substrate; (ii) a first coating layer on at least a portion of at least one side of the glass substrate wherein the first coating layer comprises an organic polymer or a cured silicone resin composition selected from a hydrosilylation cured silicone resin composition, a condensation cured silicone resin composition, or a free radical cured silicone resin composition; and (iii) a second coating layer on top of at least a portion of the first coating layer wherein the second coating layer comprises an organic polymer or a cured silicone resin composition selected from a hydrosilylation cured silicone resin composition, a condensation cured silicone resin composition, or a free radical cured silicone resin composition with the proviso that at least one of the first coating layer or the second coating layer comprises a cured silicone resin composition and with the proviso that when the first coating layer and second coating layer are both cured silicone
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Dow Corning Corporation
    Inventors: Nicole Anderson, Bizhong Zhu
  • Patent number: 8277929
    Abstract: A method for modifying the surface of a substrate includes the following steps: (1) a step for forming a polysilazane coating by applying a polysilazane onto the surface of a substrate; (2) a step for applying an organic compound of which main backbone comprises an organic group represented by the following formula [1]: —[(R)mO]n— (wherein R represents an alkylene group, and m and n respectively represent a positive number of not less than 1) onto the surface of the polysilazane coating; and (3) a step for heating the substrate having undergone the steps (1) and (2), thereby converting the polysilazane to silica and bonding the organic compound to the silica of the silica layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: The University of Tokushima
    Inventors: Mikito Yasuzawa, Takashi Koide
  • Publication number: 20120244383
    Abstract: A coating system on a superalloy or silicon-containing substrate of an article exposed to high temperatures. The coating system includes a coating layer that overlies the substrate and is susceptible to hot corrosion promoted by molten salt impurities. A corrosion barrier coating overlies the coating layer and contains at least one rare-earth oxide-containing compound that reacts with the molten salt impurities to form a dense, protective byproduct barrier layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2011
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Peter Joel Meschter, Raymond Grant Rowe
  • Patent number: 8273470
    Abstract: Environmental barrier coatings having CMAS mitigation capability for silicon-containing components. In one embodiment, the barrier coating includes a bond coat layer comprising aluminide-alumina TGO; and an outer layer selected from the group consisting of AeAl2O19, AeHfO3, AeZrO3, ZnAl2O4, MgAl2O4, Ln4Al2O9, Lna4Ga2O9, Ln3Al5O12, Ln3Ga5O12, Ga2O3, HfO2, and LnPO4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Glen Harold Kirby, Brett Allen Boutwell, John Frederick Ackerman
  • Patent number: 8268197
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to electrolyte materials. According to an embodiment, the present invention provides for a solid polymer electrolyte material that is ionically conductive, mechanically robust, and can be formed into desirable shapes using conventional polymer processing methods. An exemplary polymer electrolyte material has an elastic modulus in excess of 1×106 Pa at 90 degrees C. and is characterized by an ionic conductivity of at least 1×10?5 Scm-1 at 90 degrees C. An exemplary material can be characterized by a two domain or three domain material system. An exemplary material can include material components made of diblock polymers or triblock polymers. Many uses are contemplated for the solid polymer electrolyte materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Seeo, Inc.
    Inventors: Mohit Singh, Ilan Gur, Hany Basam Eitouni, Nitash Pervez Balsara
  • Patent number: 8268448
    Abstract: A method of joining two silicon members, the adhesive used for the method, and the joined product, especially a silicon tower for supporting multiple silicon wafers. A flowable adhesive is prepared comprising silicon particles of size less than 100 ?m and preferably less than 100 nm and a silica bridging agent, such as a spin-on glass. Nano-silicon crystallites of about 20 nm size maybe formed by CVD. Larger particles maybe milled from virgin polysilicon. If necessary, a retardant such as a heavy, preferably water-insoluble alcohol such as terpineol is added to slow setting of the adhesive at room temperature. The mixture is applied to the joining areas. The silicon parts are assembled and annealed at a temperature sufficient to link the silica, preferably at 900° C. to 1100° C. for nano-silicon but higher for milled silicon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Ferrotec (USA) Corporation
    Inventors: James E. Boyle, Raanan Zehavi, Amnon Chalzel
  • Patent number: 8268403
    Abstract: A method of forming an organic silica film includes forming a coating including a silicon compound having an —Si—O—Si— structure and an —Si—CH2—Si— structure on a substrate, heating the coating, and curing the coating by applying ultraviolet radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: JSR Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro Akiyama, Hisashi Nakagawa, Tatsuya Yamanaka, Atsushi Shiota, Takahiko Kurosawa