Next To Metal Salt Or Oxide Patents (Class 428/469)
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Patent number: 10435534Abstract: In an embodiment, a dielectric substrate comprises an unsintered polytetrafluoroethylene; and a high dielectric constant filler, wherein the dielectric constant of the high dielectric constant filler is greater than or equal to 35; wherein the dielectric substrate has a specific gravity of greater than or equal to 90% of a calculated theoretical density of the dielectric substrate, wherein the theoretical specific gravity is calculated based on a measured specific gravity of the high dielectric constant filler, the specific gravity of the unsintered polytetrafluoroethylene, and the relative weight fractions of the unsintered polytetrafluoroethylene and the high dielectric constant filler; and wherein the dielectric substrate has a dielectric constant of greater than or equal to 11.5 as determined at a frequency of 10 GHz.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2016Date of Patent: October 8, 2019Assignee: Garlock Sealing Technologies LLCInventors: Stefan Pitolaj, Allen F. Horn, III, Christopher J. Caisse, Patricia A. LaFrance
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Patent number: 10435569Abstract: A spray material comprising rare earth element oxyfluoride particles having an aspect ratio of up to 2, an average particle size of 10-100 ?m, and a bulk density of 0.8-2 g/cm3, and containing not more than 0.5 wt % of carbon and 3-15 wt % of oxygen is suitable for air plasma spraying. An article having a sprayed coating of rare earth element oxyfluoride has high resistance against plasma etching and a long lifetime.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2015Date of Patent: October 8, 2019Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Noriaki Hamaya, Yasushi Takai
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Patent number: 10431388Abstract: A tunable multilayer capacitor is provided. The capacitor comprises first active electrodes that are in electrical contact with a first active termination and alternating second active electrodes that are in electrical contact with a second active termination. The capacitor also comprises first DC bias electrodes that are in electrical contact with a first DC bias termination and alternating second DC bias electrodes that are in electrical contact with a second DC bias termination. A plurality of dielectric layers are disposed between the alternating first and second active electrodes and between the alternating first and second bias electrodes. At least a portion of the dielectric layers contain a dielectric material that exhibits a variable dielectric constant upon the application of an applied voltage.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2016Date of Patent: October 1, 2019Assignee: AVX CorporationInventors: Andrew P. Ritter, Craig W. Nies, Richard VanAlstine
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Patent number: 10395923Abstract: A method for produce a silicon-carbide film by admitting a gaseous silicon-carbide precursor into a vacuum chamber containing a substrate and directing an electron beam into the vacuum chamber onto to the surface of the substrate. The electron beam dissociates the gaseous silicon-carbide precursor at the surface of the substrate creating non-volatile fragments that bind to the substrate surface forming a silicon-carbide film.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2017Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLCInventor: Aiden Alexander Martin
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Patent number: 10393932Abstract: Absorbing layers of a low-emissivity (low-E) coating are designed to cause the coating to have a reduced film side reflectance which is advantageous for aesthetic purposes. In certain embodiments, the absorbing layers are metallic or substantially metallic (e.g., NiCr or NiCrNx) and are positioned in order to reduce or prevent oxidation of the absorbing layers during optional heat treatment (e.g., thermal tempering, heat bending, and/or heat strengthening). Coated articles according to certain example embodiments of this invention may be used in the context of insulating glass (IG) window units, other types of windows, etc.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2017Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: GUARDIAN GLASS, LLCInventors: Bernd Disteldorf, Anton Dietrich, Piotr Kokot, Adam Tokarz
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Patent number: 10370735Abstract: A steel product bent by heating to 600° C. or more, specifically a heat treated steel product having high strength and excellent chemical conversion coating ability which has scale with FeO content of 90% or more, having a thickness of 1 ?m or less on the surface.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2015Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Hideki Matsuda, Koji Akioka, Kazuo Uematsu
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Patent number: 10352268Abstract: A cylinder liner for an internal combustion engine may include an aluminum alloy material including a magnesium content of at least 0.3% by weight, a liner body having a circumferential face, and an adapter layer of silicon oxide disposed on the circumferential face. The adapter layer may include at least one of a potassium oxide content and a sodium oxide content of greater than or equal to 0% by weight.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2017Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: Mahle International GmbHInventors: Ulrich Bischofberger, Stefan Gaiselmann
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Patent number: 10273758Abstract: A method of forming a cutting element comprises disposing diamond particles in a container and disposing a metal powder on a side of the diamond particles. The diamond particles and the metal powder are sintered so as to form a polycrystalline diamond material and a low-carbon steel material comprising less than 0.02 weight percent carbon and comprising an intermetallic precipitate on a side of the polycrystalline diamond material. Related cutting elements and earth-boring tools are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2016Date of Patent: April 30, 2019Assignee: Baker Hughes IncorporatedInventors: Kenneth R. Evans, Steven W. Webb
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Patent number: 10260141Abstract: A method of forming a spallation resistant thermal barrier coating on a metal substrate includes cleaning the substrate and preheating the substrate to a temperature suitable for the deposition of a thermal barrier coating according to a preheating schedule that allows a thermally grown mixed oxide layer to form on the substrate. A ceramic thermal barrier coating deposited on the thermally grown mixed oxide layer forms a spallation resistant coating.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2014Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: United Technologies CorporationInventor: Neil B. Ridgeway
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Patent number: 10233334Abstract: The present disclosure describes a strategy to create self-healing, slippery liquid-infused porous surfaces. Roughened (e.g., porous) surfaces can be utilized to lock in place a lubricating fluid, referred to herein as Liquid B to repel a wide range of materials, referred to herein as Object A (Solid A or Liquid A). Slippery liquid-infused porous surfaces outperforms other conventional surfaces in its capability to repel various simple and complex liquids (water, hydrocarbons, crude oil and blood), maintain low-contact-angle hysteresis (<2.5°), quickly restore liquid-repellency after physical damage (within 0.1-1 s), resist ice, microorganisms and insects adhesion, and function at high pressures (up to at least 690 atm). Some exemplary application where slippery liquid-infused porous surfaces will be useful include energy-efficient fluid handling and transportation, optical sensing, medicine, and as self-cleaning, and anti-fouling materials operating in extreme environments.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2017Date of Patent: March 19, 2019Assignee: President and Fellows of Harvard CollegeInventors: Joanna Aizenberg, Michael Aizenberg, Sung Hoon Kang, Philseok Kim, Tak Sing Wong
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Patent number: 10201831Abstract: Provided herein are methods and compositions which allow for efficient inspection, maintenance and repair of ceramic coatings.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2015Date of Patent: February 12, 2019Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Shankar Sivaramakrishnan, Wayne Charles Hasz, Kristen Hall Brosnan, James Edward Murphy
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Patent number: 10199788Abstract: The present invention relates to monolithic structures for use as an electrical contact. In particular, these structures are formed from a laminate alloy, which in turn is composed of a Mn+1AXn compound. Electrical contact assemblies and electrical components having such contacts are also described herein. In some example, such monolithic structures display increased wear resistance, which is useful for sliding electrical contacts.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2016Date of Patent: February 5, 2019Assignee: National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLCInventors: Nicolas Argibay, Thomas Scharf
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Patent number: 10195827Abstract: A ferroelectric film a plurality of fired films is provided. E each of the plurality of fired films is made of metal oxide in a perovskite structure including Pb, Zr, and Ti, a total content of Li, Na, and K in the each of the plurality of fired films is 3 mass ppm or less, and the total content of Li, Na, and K on one surface of each of the plurality of fired films is 5 times or more of the total concentration of Li, Na, and K on other surface of each of the plurality of fired films.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2016Date of Patent: February 5, 2019Assignee: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATIONInventors: Hideaki Sakurai, Jun Fujii, Nobuyuki Soyama
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Patent number: 10176983Abstract: A method for produce a boron containing film by admitting a gaseous boron precursor into a vacuum chamber containing a substrate and directing an electron beam or ion beam into the vacuum chamber onto to the surface of the substrate. The electron beam or ion beam dissociates the gaseous boron precursor at the surface of the substrate creating non-volatile fragments that bind to the substrate surface forming a boron containing film.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2017Date of Patent: January 8, 2019Assignee: Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLCInventor: Aiden Alexander Martin
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Patent number: 10174416Abstract: A chromium-based oxidation protection layer for substrates that are subjected to high temperatures in which the layer includes a chromium-containing layer system that has a base layer and a functional layer, the base layer is situated between the substrate and the functional layer, the base layer contains at least mostly chromium nitride, and the functional layer contains chromium oxide. According to certain embodiments, the chromium-containing layer system has a functional layer having a multilayer structure that includes alters deposited individual layers A and B, the composition of the individual layers A differs from the composition of the individual layers B, the individual layers A contain at least mostly aluminum chromium nitride or chromium nitride, and the individual layers B contain at least mostly aluminum chromium oxide or chromium oxide or aluminum chromium oxynitride or chromium oxynitride.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2014Date of Patent: January 8, 2019Assignee: Oerlikon Surface Solutions AG, PfäffikonInventor: Juergen Ramm
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Patent number: 10174420Abstract: This invention provides a method for forming an oxide layer on a metal substrate, which enables manufacture of an oxide layer with improved crystal orientation in comparison with that of the outermost layer of a metal substrate. The method for forming an oxide layer on a metal substrate 20 via RF magnetron sputtering comprises a step of subjecting the crystal-oriented metal substrate 20 exhibiting a c-axis orientation of 99% on its outermost layer to RF magnetron sputtering while adjusting the angle ? formed by a perpendicular at a film formation position 20a on the metal substrate 20 and a line from the film formation position 20a to a point 10a at which the perpendicular magnetic flux density is zero on the target 10 located at the position nearest to the film formation position 20a to 15 degrees or less.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2014Date of Patent: January 8, 2019Assignee: Toyo Kohan Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yusuke Hashimoto, Teppei Kurokawa, Takashi Koshiro, Hironao Okayama, Tatsuoki Nagaishi, Kotaro Ohki, Genki Honda
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Patent number: 10139853Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a light emitting knob based on a novel process that is capable of preventing a letter that is separated from a light blocking metal plate at a display window forming step from being separated from a resin layer irrespective of the shape or the type of the letter, which constitutes a light emitting display window, thereby considerably reducing a defect rate, and in particular, to provide a method for manufacturing a light emitting metal knob that introduces a new process so as to realize a surface color through anodizing processing from letters separated from a light blocking metal plate.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2017Date of Patent: November 27, 2018Inventor: Jaeho Choi
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Patent number: 10132755Abstract: A SERS element 2 comprises a substrate 21 having a front face 21a; a fine structure part 24, formed on the front face 21a, having a plurality of pillars 27; a first conductor layer 31 formed on the front face 21a and fine structure part 24 so as to cover the front face 21a and fine structure part 24 continuously; and a second conductor layer 32 formed on the first conductor layer 31 so as to form a plurality of gaps G1, G2 for surface-enhanced Raman scattering; while the first and second conductor layers 31, 32 are constituted by the same material.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2013Date of Patent: November 20, 2018Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.Inventors: Yoshihiro Maruyama, Katsumi Shibayama, Masashi Ito, Toru Hirohata, Hiroki Kamei
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Patent number: 10130994Abstract: A method for producing a substantially spherical metal powder is described. A particulate source metal includes a primary particulate and has an average starting particle size. The particulate source metal is optionally ball milled and mixed with a binder in a solvent to form a slurry. The slurry is granulated to form substantially spherical granules, wherein each granule comprises an agglomeration of particulate source metal in the binder. The granules are debinded at a debinding temperature to remove the binder from the granules forming debinded granules. The debinded granules are at least partially sintered at a sintering temperature such that particles within each granule fuse together to form partially or fully sintered solid granules. The granules can then be optionally recovered to form a substantially spherical metal powder.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2016Date of Patent: November 20, 2018Assignee: University of Utah Research FoundationInventors: Zhigang Z Fang, Pei Sun, Yang Xia, Ying Zhang
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Patent number: 10115887Abstract: An aspect of the present invention relates to ferroelectric ceramics including a stacked film formed on a Si substrate, a Pt film formed on the stacked film, a SrTiO3 film formed on the Pt film, and a PZT film formed on the SrTiO3, wherein the stacked film is formed by repeating sequentially N times a first ZrO2 film and a Y2O3 film, and a second ZrO2 film is formed on the film formed repeatedly N times, the N being an integer of 1 or more. It is preferable that a ratio of Y/(Zr+Y) of the stacked film is 30% or less.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2014Date of Patent: October 30, 2018Assignee: ADVANCED MATERIAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Takeshi Kijima, Yuuji Honda, Yukinori Tani
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Patent number: 10090137Abstract: [Object] To provide: an In—Ce—O-based sputtering target capable of suppressing nodules and abnormal discharge over a long period, even though the Ce content based on an atomic ratio of Ce/(In+Ce) is 0.16 to 0.40, at which a high-refractive-index film can be obtained; and a method for producing the In—Ce—O-based sputtering target. [Solving Means] The sputtering target is an In—Ce—O-based sputtering target which is made of an In—Ce—O-based oxide sintered body containing indium oxide as a main component and cerium, and which is used in producing a transparent conductive film having a refractive index of 2.1 or more. The target is characterized in that the Ce content based on the atomic ratio of Ce/(In+Ce) is 0.16 to 0.40, and that cerium oxide particles having a particle diameter of 5 ?m or less are dispersed in the In—Ce—O-based oxide sintered body.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2014Date of Patent: October 2, 2018Assignee: SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD.Inventor: Keiichi Sato
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Patent number: 10053818Abstract: The invention relates to biocidal systems comprising zinc ions and an oxidizing or non-oxidizing biocide, their use, and methods for preventing or decreasing starch degradation in starch-containing process waters from pulp, paper or board production processes.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2015Date of Patent: August 21, 2018Assignee: KEMIRA OYJInventors: Marko Kolari, Jaakko Ekman, Satu Ikävalko
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Patent number: 9903018Abstract: A coated cutting insert and a method for making the same. The coated cutting insert has a substrate with a substrate surface. There is a backing coating scheme on the substrate surface, and a TiAl2O3 coating layer wherein the TiAl2O3 coating layer is deposited using chemical vapor deposition from a gaseous composition including AiCl3, H2, TiCl4, CO2 and HCl.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2016Date of Patent: February 27, 2018Assignee: KENNAMETAL INC.Inventors: Zhenyu Liu, Rodrigo A. Cooper, Peter R. Leicht, Mark S. Greenfield, Yixiong Liu
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Patent number: 9887348Abstract: To obtain a piezoelectric film having excellent piezoelectric properties. One aspect of the present invention relates to ferroelectric ceramics including a ZrO2 film oriented in (200), a Pt film that is formed on the ZrO2 film and is oriented in (200) and a piezoelectric film formed on the Pt film.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2015Date of Patent: February 6, 2018Assignee: YOUTEC CO., LTD.Inventors: Takeshi Kijima, Yuuji Honda, Koichi Furuyama
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Patent number: 9869003Abstract: A method of processing a workpiece to inhibit precipitation of intermetallic compounds includes at least one of thermomechanically processing and cooling a workpiece including an austenitic alloy. During the at least one of thermomechanically working and cooling the workpiece, the austenitic alloy is at temperatures in a temperature range spanning a temperature just less than a calculated sigma solvus temperature of the austenitic alloy down to a cooling temperature for a time no greater than a critical cooling time.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2013Date of Patent: January 16, 2018Assignee: ATI PROPERTIES LLCInventors: Robin M. Forbes Jones, Erin T. McDevitt
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Patent number: 9863884Abstract: A SERS element comprises a substrate having a front face; a fine structure part formed on the front face and having a plurality of pillars; and a conductor layer formed on the fine structure part and constituting an optical function part for generating surface-enhanced Raman scattering. The conductor layer has a base part formed along the front face and a plurality of protrusions protruding from the base part at respective positions corresponding to the pillars. The base part has a thickness greater than the height of the pillars.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2013Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.Inventors: Katsumi Shibayama, Masashi Ito, Takafumi Yokino, Masaki Hirose, Anna Yoshida, Kazuto Ofuji, Yoshihiro Maruyama, Takashi Kasahara, Toshimitsu Kawai, Toru Hirohata, Hiroki Kamei, Hiroki Oyama
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Patent number: 9867298Abstract: A case frame used in various devices and a method of manufacturing the case frame are provided. The method includes forming the case frame in a shape corresponding to a product to which the case frame is applied, forming a first painting layer with a color of a material applied to a surface of the formed case frame, depositing a transparent oxide deposition layer having a refractive index on an upper portion of the first painting layer, and forming a second painting layer on an upper portion of the transparent oxide deposition layer. Accordingly, the case frame can have an excellent texture by reproducing a brightness and a color anisotropy on the basis of a viewing angle by adding only a simple manufacturing process, thereby being able to improve quality of an electronic device in general and to promote a user's desire for purchasing the device.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2013Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Chang-Youn Hwang, Hak-Ju Kim, Yong-Geon Lee
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Patent number: 9840843Abstract: A gypsum product with improved elasticity and increased nail-pull strength is provided, the product made with a glass fiber mat in which glass fibers are cross-linked with a polymeric resin. Further embodiments provide methods for making the glass fiber mats and gypsum products.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2014Date of Patent: December 12, 2017Assignee: UNITED STATES GYPSUM COMPANYInventors: Alfred Li, Wei Xu, Mark B. Scalf, David Song
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Patent number: 9831412Abstract: An ultrasound vibration device is provided with a stacked transducer in which a plurality of piezoelectric single crystal element layers are stacked between two metal blocks. Since each of the two metal blocks and the plurality of piezoelectric single crystal element layers is fusion-bonded relative to a stack direction by bonding metal having a melting point corresponding to half a Curie point of the plurality of piezoelectric single crystal element layers or below, it is possible to use non-lead material, reduce a processing cost and realize inexpensiveness.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2015Date of Patent: November 28, 2017Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventor: Hiroshi Ito
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Patent number: 9821372Abstract: A method for producing a composite material includes providing a composition comprising at least one hardness carrier and a base binder alloy, and sintering the composition. The base binder alloy comprises from 66 to 93 wt.-% of nickel, from 7 to 34 wt.-% of iron, and from 0 to 9 wt.-% of cobalt, wherein the wt.-% proportions of the base binder alloy add up to 100 wt.-%.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2012Date of Patent: November 21, 2017Assignee: H. C. STARCK GMBHInventor: Benno Gries
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Patent number: 9825250Abstract: An organic EL element includes: a first electrode that is a metal layer; a transparent conductive layer containing indium zinc oxide; and a light-emitting layer, wherein the first electrode, the transparent conductive layer, and the light-emitting layer are stacked, and a ratio of zinc to indium in a vicinity of an interface of the transparent conductive layer is lower than or equal to 0.25, the interface being closer to the light-emitting layer.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2014Date of Patent: November 21, 2017Assignee: JOLED INC.Inventors: Kazuhiro Yokota, Yuuki Abe, Yasuharu Shinokawa, Kosuke Mishima
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Patent number: 9758894Abstract: A method of manufacturing a metal material is provided. The method includes steps of manufacturing a metal material in which oxygen atoms are dispersed, and forming a protective coating on a surface of the metal material by using an anode oxidation treatment, wherein the oxygen atoms in the metal material are supplied to the surface of the metal material during the anode oxidation treatment, so that the metal material and the protective coating are interface-bonded to each other substantially without pores therebetween or without an interface layer in which pores are formed, thereby improving corrosion resistance, as compared to a protective coating formed on a surface of a metal material in which oxygen atoms are not dispersed.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2015Date of Patent: September 12, 2017Assignee: Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation, Yonsei UniversityInventors: Dong Hyun Bae, Hun Kang
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Patent number: 9751809Abstract: Provided is a hard coating film which is hardly adhered to a soft metal and is suitable for the coating of, for example, the surface of a hot pressing mold that may be in contact with the soft metal. The hard coating film is characterized in that, on the surface of the hard coating film, the arithmetic average roughness (Ra) is 0.05 ?m or less and the average number of pin holes each having an equivalent circle diameter of 1 ?m or more is 5 or less per field when at least five fields each having a size of 45×65 ?m are observed on a scanning electron microscope at 2000-fold magnification.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2013Date of Patent: September 5, 2017Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.Inventor: Kenji Yamamoto
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Patent number: 9751051Abstract: The present invention relates to a hydrogen separation membrane and to a method for manufacturing same, which is provided for restraining the diffusion of and for imparting excellent bonding characteristics between a porous support and a palladium-based metal separation membrane. The hydrogen separation membrane according to the present invention comprises: a porous support of a metal material or a ceramic material; a buffer layer formed as a plurality of columns by using a ceramic material on the porous support; and a palladium-based metal separation membrane formed on the buffer layer for separating hydrogen. In said case, the buffer layer includes an oxide-based ceramic material of either MOy (M is Ti, Zr), wherein which the composition of oxygen is 1<y<2, or Al2Oz, wherein which the composition of oxygen is 2<z<3, and may be formed as a plurality of layers.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2013Date of Patent: September 5, 2017Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF ENERGY RESEARCHInventors: Jongsoo Park, Shinkun Ryi, Chunboo Lee, Sungwook Lee
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Patent number: 9677167Abstract: An article (50; 100) has a metallic substrate (22), a bondcoat (30) atop the substrate, and a thermal barrier coating (28; 27, 28) atop the bondcoat. The thermal barrier coating or a layer thereof comprises didymium oxide and zirconia.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2014Date of Patent: June 13, 2017Assignee: United Technologies CorporationInventor: Mario P. Bochiechio
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Patent number: 9627117Abstract: Forming a ferrite thin film laminate includes heating a layered assembly to form a laminate. The layered assembly includes a first coated substrate having a first ferrite layer opposite a first thermoplastic surface and a second coated substrate having a second ferrite layer opposite a second thermoplastic surface to form a laminate. Each coated substrate is formed by forming a ferrite layer on a surface of a thermoplastic substrate. The coated substrates are arranged such that the first ferrite layer contacts the second thermoplastic surface. Heating the layered assembly includes bonding the first coated substrate to the second coated substrate such that the first ferrite layer is sandwiched between a first thermoplastic substrate and a second thermoplastic substrate. The ferrite thin film laminate may include a multiplicity of coated substrates.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2012Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS, A BODY CORPORATE OF THE STATE OF ARIZONA ACTING FOR AND ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITYInventors: William T. Petuskey, Nicole M. Ray
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Patent number: 9581032Abstract: An article (50; 100) has a metallic substrate (22), a bondcoat (30) atop the substrate, and a thermal barrier coating (28; 27, 28) atop the bondcoat. The thermal barrier coating or a layer thereof comprises didymium oxide ore and zirconia.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2014Date of Patent: February 28, 2017Assignee: United Technologies CorporationInventor: Mario P. Bochiechio
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Patent number: 9556506Abstract: A multilayer, wear- and corrosion-resistant coating on a metal substrate comprising a first metal coating layer comprising a composite carbide material; a second metal coating layer over the first metal coating layer comprising at least about 50 wt % of a metal selected from the group consisting of Co, Ni, and Fe; and a surface metal coating layer comprising a cemented carbide material having a third-layer carbide material and a third-layer Co-based or Ni-based binder material.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2013Date of Patent: January 31, 2017Assignee: KENNAMETAL INC.Inventors: David A. Lee, Heidi Lynette de Villiers-Lovelock, Danie Jacobus Dewet, James B. C. Wu
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Patent number: 9558919Abstract: A method of modifying an electrostatic chuck that electrostatically attracts a processing object is provided. The method includes a gas supplying step of supplying a gas containing hydrogen (H) and oxygen (O) into a chamber accommodating the electrostatic chuck having a surface that is fluorinated; and a modifying step of turning the gas supplied to the chamber into plasma using a high frequency power, exposing the electrostatic chuck to the plasma, and modifying the fluorinated surface of the electrostatic chuck.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2013Date of Patent: January 31, 2017Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITEDInventors: Takamitsu Kondo, Shingo Shimogama
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Patent number: 9476125Abstract: A chromium-free conversion coating is prepared by the addition of inorganic metallic salts and one or more silanes to dispersions of conducting polymers which are then exposed to alloys of aluminum or other metals. Advantageously, the performance of the coating is comparable to that of conventional chromium-based methods for a number of aluminum alloys having particular significance in the manufacture of aircraft.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2012Date of Patent: October 25, 2016Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Francisco Jesus Cano-Iranzo, Uxoa Izagirre-Etxeberria, Oihana Zubillaga-Alcorta, Patricia Santa Coloma-Mozo, Nieves Lapena-Rey
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Patent number: 9427835Abstract: A method of manufacturing a vane component of a gas turbine engine is described, and includes forming a core of the vane component using a rapid manufacturing process, and applying a coating of nanocrystalline metal onto the core, the nanocrystalline metal fully encapsulating the core and defining an outer structural surface of the vane component.Type: GrantFiled: February 29, 2012Date of Patent: August 30, 2016Assignee: PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.Inventors: Kin-Leung Cheung, Enzo Macchia, Barry Bamett
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Patent number: 9427808Abstract: In one aspect, cutting tools are described having coatings adhered thereto which, in some embodiments, demonstrate desirable wear resistance and increased cutting lifetimes. A coated cutting tool described herein comprises a substrate and a coating adhered to the substrate, the coating including a refractory layer comprising plurality of sublayer groups, a sublayer group comprising an aluminum oxynitride (AlON) sublayer or a composite AlON sublayer and an alumina (Al2O3) sublayer or composite alumina sublayer.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2013Date of Patent: August 30, 2016Assignee: KENNAMETAL INC.Inventors: Volkmar Sottke, Karl Heinz Wendt, Hartmut Westphal, Peter Leicht, Yixiong Liu
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Patent number: 9382164Abstract: A refractory material that can withstand high temperatures in an oxidizing medium and containing at least: a first constituent corresponding to hafnium, or to a non-oxide compound of hafnium, or circular in a or a non-oxide compound of zirconium, or corresponding to a mixture of at least two metals and/or compounds selected from hafnium a non-oxide compound of hafnium, zirconium, and a non-oxide compound of zirconium; a second constituent corresponding to the boron or to a non-oxide compound of boron, or corresponding to a mixture of boron and a non-oxide compound of boron; and a third constituent corresponding to a rare earth RE or to a non-oxide compound of the rare earth RE, or corresponding to a mixture of rare earth RE and a non-oxide compound of the rare earth RE, where RE is selected from scandium, yttrium, and the lanthanides. The material contains neither silicon nor a compound of silicon.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2011Date of Patent: July 5, 2016Assignees: CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, HERAKLESInventors: Anne-Sophie Andreani, Francis Rebillat, Angeline Poulon, Jacques Thebault, Anne Sauveroche
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Patent number: 9346307Abstract: Printable magnetic receptive composite sheets are made by calendering a thin layer of a magnetic composition and bonding it to a top printable layer on one or both sides of the magnetic layer wherein the calendered layer has a thickness up to 10 mils.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2014Date of Patent: May 24, 2016Assignee: Ultraflex Systems, Inc.Inventor: John E. Schleicher, Jr.
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Patent number: 9311953Abstract: The present invention relates to an information recording medium that has good enough recording characteristics even without containing Pd. The information recording medium has a recording layer including an oxide of Mn in which Mn atoms are partially or fully present as Mn with a valence of +4.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2013Date of Patent: April 12, 2016Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Kotaro Kurokawa, Yo Ota
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Patent number: 9297089Abstract: A gas turbine component for use in a gas turbine engine includes a substrate and a non-aluminide protective coating with a platinum-group metal. The platinum-group metal resides in a gamma-prime phase of the underlying material. The platinum-group metal can impart the protective coating with superior corrosion-resistance, while the absence of aluminide in the protective coating facilitates use of the protective coating at high-stress and/or high-fatigue portions of the component. The protective coating optionally includes chromide and can also be combined with aluminide at select portions of the component.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2012Date of Patent: March 29, 2016Assignee: Barson Composites CorporationInventors: Charles Clifford Berger, David John Wortman
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Patent number: 9266768Abstract: The present disclosure relates to high purity nickel molds for use in forming three dimensional glass substrates, along with methods of making three dimensional glass substrates. The mold compositions minimize imperfections in the formed glass substrates providing optical quality shaped glass articles for use in electronics applications.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2014Date of Patent: February 23, 2016Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventors: Kristen Marie Horn, David Myron Lineman, Kevin Thomas Morris, Wenchao Wang
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Patent number: 9209485Abstract: An electrolytic copper foil, which is particularly suitable for the application of a lithium ion secondary battery, has a shiny side and a matte side with a roughness of less than 2 ?m. Based on the total sum of the texture coefficients of a (111) surface, a (200) surface, a (220) surface and a (311) surface of the electrolytic copper foil, the sum of the texture coefficients of the (220) surface and the (311) surface of the electrolytic copper foil is greater than 60%.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2014Date of Patent: December 8, 2015Assignee: CHANG CHUN PETROCHEMICAL CO. LTD.Inventors: Kuei-Sen Cheng, Chyen-Fu Lin, Jui-Chang Chou, Chih-Sheng Lu
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Patent number: 9199311Abstract: A coated cutting tool with improved abrasion resistance and chipping resistance in which a cemented carbine substrate has a coating film formed on a surface of the substrate by chemical vapor deposition. The coating film includes a lower film with the average film thickness of 2 to 15 ?m, formed on the surface of the substrate, and an aluminum oxide upper film, with an average film thickness of 1 to 10 ?m, formed on a surface of the lower film. The lower film is an alternate laminated film formed by alternately stacking TiN films; each having the average thickness of 10 to 300 nm, and TiCN films each having the average thickness of 0.1 to 0.5 ?m.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2012Date of Patent: December 1, 2015Assignee: TUNGALOY CORPORATIONInventor: Yusuke Hirano
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Patent number: 9142439Abstract: A laminated structure 10 includes a first structure 12 containing a main phase of magnesium-aluminum oxynitride, a second structure 14 containing a main phase of aluminum nitride and grain boundary phases of a rare-earth aluminum composite oxide having a garnet-type crystal structure, and a reaction layer 15 formed between the first structure 12 and the second structure 14. The reaction layer 15 is an aluminum nitride layer containing a smaller amount of grain boundary phases 18 of the rare-earth aluminum composite oxide than the second structure 14. The reaction layer 15 of the laminated structure 10 has a thickness of 150 ?m or less. The reaction layer 15 is formed during the sintering by diffusing the grain boundary phases 18 into the first structure 12.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2013Date of Patent: September 22, 2015Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.Inventors: Asumi Jindo, Katsuhiro Inoue, Yuji Katsuda