Refractory Metal Salt Or Oxide Patents (Class 428/472)
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Patent number: 6638600Abstract: The present invention provides a new and useful nonstick coating for use on pure aluminum, alloys of aluminum, or aluminized steel surfaces. A nonstick coating according to the present invention includes a ceramic substrate disposed on an aluminum surface and a fluorocarbon polymer coating disposed on the ceramic substrate. The ceramic substrate, prior to firing, includes at least two layers: a first or bottom layer applied to the aluminum surface including an enamel ground coat; and a second or top layer applied over the enamel ground coat layer including a blend of one or more glass frits, non-ceramic refractory particles, and non-vitreous inorganic oxide particles. Upon firing, the ceramic substrate includes a continuous layer of vitreous enamel that is bonded to the aluminum surface. The exposed surface of the ceramic substrate has a micro-rough texture that is enriched with bonding sides for binder resins used in a fluorocarbon polymer primer layer.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2001Date of Patent: October 28, 2003Assignee: Ferro CorporationInventors: Louis J. Gazo, Srinivasan Sridharan
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Patent number: 6638598Abstract: A laminate includes an amorphous or polycrystalline substrate; a textured buffer layer arranged on the substrate and having a columnar structure wherein a low index crystal axis is inclined with respect to the substrate normal and a surface of columnar crystallites is inclined with respect to the low index crystal axis; at least one cover layer arranged on the buffer layer and having a closed surface; and an oriented thin layer.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2001Date of Patent: October 28, 2003Assignee: Theva Duennschichttechnik GmbHInventors: Helmut Kinder, Markus Bauer, Joachim Schwachulla
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Patent number: 6638609Abstract: Coated milling insert has a WC-Co cemented carbide with a low content of cubic carbides and a highly W-alloyed binder phase and a coating including an inner layer of TiCxNy with columnar grains followed by a layer of &kgr;-Al2O3 and a top layer of TiN. The coated milling insert is particularly useful for milling of grey cast iron with or without cast skin under wet conditions at low and moderate cutting speeds and milling of nodular cast iron and compacted graphite iron with or without cast skin under wet conditions at moderate cutting speeds.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2001Date of Patent: October 28, 2003Assignee: Sandvik AktiebolagInventors: Anders Nordgren, Ingemar Hessman, Marian Mikus
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Publication number: 20030198816Abstract: A heat treatable coated article (e.g., vehicle windshield, IG unit, etc.) is provided with a dual-silver low-E coating. Before and/or after heat treatment (HT), the coating and/or coated article has a visible transmittance of at least 70%, more preferably at least 75%. Moreover, the coating and/or coated article is designed so as to have approximately the same color when viewed over a wide range of viewing angles. In certain embodiments, at least one contact layer (e.g., of or including NiCrOx) that contacts an infrared (IR) reflecting layer (e.g., Ag) is oxidation graded so that it progressively becomes less oxidized through its thickness as it nears the IR reflecting layer. In still other embodiments, a Si-rich silicon nitride layer(s) may be utilized to reduce haze.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2003Publication date: October 23, 2003Applicants: Guardian Industries Corp., Centre Luxembourgeois de Recherches pour le Verr et la Ceramique S.A. (C.R.V.C.).Inventors: Philip J. Lingle, Anton Dietrich, Ronald E. Laird, Jean-Marc Lemmer
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Patent number: 6635352Abstract: A coating composition includes an organosilicon compound and an adhesion improver made of at least one compound selected from acetylene compounds of the general formulas (I-a) to (I-d): wherein Ra and Rc each independently represents a hydrogen atom or an optionally branched alkyl group having from 1 to 5 carbon atoms; Rb and Rd each independently represents an optionally branched alkyl group having from 2 to 8 carbon atoms; Re and Rf each independently represents an optionally branched alkyl group having from 1 to 3 carbon atoms; m and n each indicate an integer of 1 or more; and m′ and n′ each indicate an integer of 0 or more.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2002Date of Patent: October 21, 2003Assignee: Hoya CorporationInventor: Hiroshi Shirakawa
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Publication number: 20030194574Abstract: A piece for protection has applied thereto a composition comprising a mixture of boride powder constituted for the most part of TiB2, at least one vitreous refractory oxide powder constituted for the most part by a mixture of borosilicate glass, and a binder containing a ceramic-precursor resin. The resin is cured and is subsequently transformed into a ceramic by heat treatment or during first exposure of the coated part to high temperatures.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2002Publication date: October 16, 2003Inventors: Jacques Thebault, Pascal Diss, Michel Laxague, Eric Lavasserie
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Patent number: 6632514Abstract: A cutting tool insert particularly useful for wet and dry milling of low and medium alloyed steels and stainless steels includes a cemented carbide body with a coating consisting of an MTCVD Ti(C,N) layer and a multi-layer coating being composed of &kgr;-Al2O3 and TiN or Ti(C,N) layers.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2000Date of Patent: October 14, 2003Assignee: Seco Tools ABInventors: Anette Sulin, Rolf Olofsson, Sakari Ruppi, Jan Qvick
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Patent number: 6632539Abstract: The polycrystalline thin film is made of a composite oxide of a cubic crystal system which has a pyrochlore type crystalline structure of a composition represented as either AZrO or AHfO (A in the formula represents a rare earth element selected from among Y, Yb, Tm, Er, Ho, Dy, Eu, Gd, Sm, Nd, Pr, Ce and La) formed on the film forming surface of the polycrystalline substrate, wherein the grain boundary misalignment angle between the same crystal axes of different crystal grains in the polycrystalline thin film along a plane parallel to the film forming surface of the polycrystalline substrate are controlled within 30°.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2001Date of Patent: October 14, 2003Assignees: Fujikura Ltd., International Superconductivity Technology Center,Inventors: Yasuhiro Iijima, Mariko Kimura, Takashi Saitoh
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Publication number: 20030186087Abstract: The present invention is directed to a structure of a gradient barrier layer. The gradient barrier with a composite structure of metal/metal salt of different composition/metal such as Ta/TaxN1−x/TaN/TaxN1−x/Ta (tantalum/tantalumx nitride1−x/tantalum nitride/tantalumx nitride1−x/tantalum) is proposed to replace the conventional barrier for copper metallization. The gradient barrier can be formed in a chemical vapor deposition (CVD) process or a multi-target physical vapor deposition (PVD) process. For CVD process, using the characteristics of well-controlled reaction gas injection, the ratio of tantalum (Ta) and nitrogen (N) can be modulated gradually to form the gradient barrier. For the multi-target PVD process, the gradient barrier is formed by depositing multi-layers of different composition TaxN1−x films.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2002Publication date: October 2, 2003Inventors: Fu-Tai Liou, Cheng-Yu Hung, Tri-Rung Yew
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Patent number: 6627323Abstract: A protective coating system and method for protecting a thermal barrier coating from CMAS infiltration. The coating system comprises inner and outer alumina layers and a platinum-group metal layer therebetween. The outer alumina layer is intended as a sacrificial layer that reacts with molten CMAS, forming a compound with a melting temperature significantly higher than CMAS. As a result, the reaction product of the outer alumina layer and CMAS resolidifies before it can infiltrate the TBC. The platinum-group metal layer is believed to serve as a barrier to infiltration of CMAS into the TBC, while the inner alumina layer appears to enhance the ability of the platinum-group metal layer to prevent CMAS infiltration.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2002Date of Patent: September 30, 2003Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Bangalore Aswatha Nagaraj, Jeffrey Lawrence Williams, John Frederick Ackerman
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Patent number: 6627335Abstract: There are disclosed a coated cutting tool which comprises a base material of a hard alloy comprising a hard phase of tungsten carbide and at least one material selected from a carbide, nitride and carbonitride of a metal selected from the Group 4, 5 and 6 of the Periodic Table and a mutual solid solution thereof and a binder phase of at least one element selected from Fe, Ni and Co, and a hard coating film formed on the surface of the base material by a CVD method, wherein the hard coating film has a columnar crystal layer comprising at least one material selected from a carbide, nitride and carbonitride of titanium, the columnar crystal layer contains large-sized particles and small-sized particles, and the ratio of the amounts of the large particles to the small particles is 3 to 50; and a method for producing the same which comprises forming the hard coating film by at least one coating film of a carbide, carbonitride and carbonitroxide of titanium using a hydrocarbon gas containing ethane as a carbon elemType: GrantFiled: March 30, 2001Date of Patent: September 30, 2003Assignee: Toshiba Tungaloy Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroyuki Kodama, Nobukazu Yoshikawa, Itsuo Yazaki
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Patent number: 6627317Abstract: A heat treatable coated article includes an anti-migration or barrier layer(s) provided between a solar management layer (e.g., NiCr layer) and a dielectric layer (e.g., silicon nitride). In certain example embodiments, the anti-migration or barrier layer(s) may include a metal oxide, and functions to prevent element(s) from migrating between the solar management layer and the dielectric layer upon heat treatment (HT) of the coated article. As a result, the coated article has improved color stability (and thus a lower &Dgr;E* value) upon HT. For example, the coated article may have a &Dgr;E* value (transmissive and/or glass side reflective) upon HT of no greater than 5.0, more preferably no greater than 4.0. Coated articles herein may be used in the context of insulating glass (IG) window units, other architectural windows, vehicle windows, or the like.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2001Date of Patent: September 30, 2003Assignee: Guardian Industries Corp.Inventor: Hong Wang
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Publication number: 20030180571Abstract: Materials and coatings having submicron microstructure suitable for high temperature applications, such as turbine engines, are disclosed. The materials and coatings are made in an electron-beam, physical vapor deposition (EB-PVD) apparatus and have a microstructure that includes submicron grains and, in some instances, a plurality of substantially discrete columnar layers.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2003Publication date: September 25, 2003Applicant: The Penn State Research FoundationInventor: Jogender Singh
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Publication number: 20030180554Abstract: When plural-layer ceramic coatings are formed on a surface of an grain-oriented silicon steel sheet after finish annealing according to the invention, TiNO coating is formed as a first coating layer by a hollow cathode process under an application of a high bias voltage to the steel sheet, whereby ceramic tension coatings having excellent coating adhesion property and hence tension applying effect can be formed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2003Publication date: September 25, 2003Inventor: Yukio Inokuti
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Patent number: 6623850Abstract: In a surface-coated boron nitride sintered compact tool, at least a part of the tool edge related with cutting is based on a substrate of a high pressure phase type boron nitride, and a surface-coated layer is provided on the surface thereof. The surface-coated layer includes an intermediate layer present in a continuous manner at the interface of the high pressure phase boron nitride sintered compact substrate, and further includes a hard coated layer formed thereon. The intermediate layer consists of at least one element selected from the Groups 4a, 5a and 6a of the Periodic Table, and has a mean thickness of 0.005 to 0.05 &mgr;m. Thereby, a markedly improved adhesive strength of the hard coated layer on the substrate is achieved.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2001Date of Patent: September 23, 2003Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Satoru Kukino, Michiko Ota, Hisanori Ohara, Haruyo Fukui
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Patent number: 6623865Abstract: Crystalline dielectric lead zirconate titanate thin film composites on metallic foils exhibit high dielectric constants, low dielectric loss (loss tangent of less than 5%) and low leakage current. The lead zirconate titanates may be of the formula PbZrxTiyOz (PZT) wherein x and y are independently from about 0.35 to about 0.65 and z is from about 2.5 to about 5.0. The thin foil dielectric composites can be prepared by a variety of methods including deposition of PZT thin films on brass, platinum, titanium, and stainless steel foils using sol-gel processing, sputtering deposition and chemical vapor deposition.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2000Date of Patent: September 23, 2003Assignee: Energenius, Inc.Inventors: Qin Zou, Ben G. Yacobi, Harry Eugen Ruda, Mark Farrell
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Patent number: 6623876Abstract: The invention concerns a mechanical part with abrasionproof surface characterized in that it comprises a sintered metallic body obtained from metallic powders and a laser-deposited cermet coating. The coating has a certain thickness whereof a portion is metallurgically bound with the metallic body. The laser deposit enables the sintered part to be surface-melted under the effect of the laser beam. The surface of the sintered part to be coated is therefore fused over a thickness ranging between 10 &mgr;m and 1 mm, which enables the surface pores to be closed, as is characteristic of sintered parts, thereby increasing its resistance to shocks. Moreover, the small surface coated at a given moment by the laser enables the self-hardening of the exposed part, following the beam displacement, by the heat-sink effect of the surrounding metallic volume. The resulting coating also has very low porosity owing to the complete fusion of the powders by laser.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 1999Date of Patent: September 23, 2003Assignee: Invegyre Inc.Inventor: Paul Caron
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Patent number: 6620523Abstract: An ice skate blade is provided which has improved fracture toughness, strength, corrosion resistance, and wear resistance, while at the same time being lighter weight than other materials of manufacture.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2001Date of Patent: September 16, 2003Assignee: Dynamet TechnologyInventors: Stanley Abkowitz, Susan M. Abkowitz, Harold L. Heussi, Paul F. Weihrauch
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Publication number: 20030170432Abstract: A method of production of a ceramic electronic device such as a multilayer ceramic capacitor, comprising forming a first ceramic coating layer on the surface of a substrate, forming an internal electrode on the surface of the first ceramic coating layer, then forming a second ceramic coating layer on the surface of the first ceramic coating layer so as to cover the internal electrode. In this case, when a mean particle size of ceramic particles of the first ceramic coating layer is &agr;1, a thickness of the first ceramic coating layer is T1, a mean particle size of ceramic particles of the second ceramic coating layer is &agr;2, and a thickness of the second ceramic coating layer is T2, the conditions of &agr;1≦&agr;2, 0.05<&agr;1≦0.35 &mgr;m, T1<T2, and 0<T1<1.5 &mgr;m are satisfied. As a result, it is possible to provide a ceramic electronic device, in particular a multilayer ceramic capacitor, resistant to short-circuit defects, withstand voltage defects, and other structural defects.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2003Publication date: September 11, 2003Applicant: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Ryou Kobayashi, Kaname Ueda, Yasushi Izumibe, Hitoshi Ishida, Akira Saitoh
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Patent number: 6617057Abstract: A vapour deposited coating on the surface of a metal, such as a stainless steel substrate, obtained in a plasma vapour depositing device having magnetic vapour stream filtering means. The vapour deposited coating comprises pairs of a metal layer and a ceramic metal compound (“ceramic”) layer. The metal layer deposited is one of titanium, chromium, vanadium, aluminum, molybdenum, niobium, tungsten, zirconium, hafnium or alloys ofthese metals. The ceramic layer is a nitride, carbonitride, carbide, oxycarbide or oxynitride of one or an alloy of the above metals. The substrate surface is optionally ion nitride prior to the vapour deposition of the metal—ceramic layers. The substrate bearing pairs of metal—ceramic layers may be subsequently heat treated. The obtained coating on a metal substrate exhibits high wear resistance and hardness and low surface roughness.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2000Date of Patent: September 9, 2003Inventors: Vladimir Gorokhovsky, Nicholas Bekesch
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Patent number: 6607850Abstract: Chain parts and other steel articles are provided with hard, wear-resistant carbide coatings by tumbling them in a heated retort with a particulate mix which includes a source of vanadium and/or niobium. The steel substrate comprises a steel having at least 0.2% carbon, preferably 0.7-1.2%. Where the chromium content of the steel is 4-12%, preferably 4-8%, the chemical deposition process includes drawing a small amount of chromium from the steel substrate into the vanadium or niobium carbide coating, where it is distributed substantially homogeneously, helping to provide adhesion strength to the coating.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2002Date of Patent: August 19, 2003Assignee: BorgWarner, Inc.Inventors: Yumin Wang, Yoshito Hanayama, Doug Fornell, Naosumi Tada, Kunihiko Mishima
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Patent number: 6605365Abstract: A surface treatment, especially for titanium and aluminum alloys, forms a pigmented sol-gel film covalently bonded on the metal surface to produce desired color, gloss, reflectivity, electrical conductivity, emissivity, or a combination thereof usable over a wide temperature range. The coating retains its characteristics and impact resistance following exposures to temperatures at least in the range from −321° F. to 750° F. An aqueous sol containing an alkoxyzirconium and an organosilane with an organic acid catalyst and zirconium stabilizer is applied to etched or grit blasted substrates by dipping, spraying, or drenching, to produce bonds in a single application comparable in strength and performance to standard anodize controls. Parameters affecting performance include the sol composition, the Si/Zr ratio, the ratio of sol ingredients, the concentration of the sol, the carrier solvent, solution age, catalysts, surface pretreatment, application method, curing process, and primer used.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 1998Date of Patent: August 12, 2003Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Kenneth A. Krienke, Kay Y. Blohowiak, Larry K. Olli, Joseph H. Osborne
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Patent number: 6604941Abstract: Refractory ceramics and composite materials consisting of nitrides, mixed nitrides and oxides, and oxynitrides of Group IV metals Hf, Zr, Ti, and Group III metals Sc, Y, and lanthanides La through Lu, are used to form refractory articles, or as coatings for refractory articles. These materials and articles have high resistance to molten metals, molten salts, erosion, and high temperature corrosive environments, and can be engineered to have desirable thermal and electrical properties. In particular the articles are crucibles, molds, containment vessels, and spray nozzles, and most particularly these articles are made of or coated with the Hf compounds.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2001Date of Patent: August 12, 2003Inventor: Garth W. Billings
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Publication number: 20030148148Abstract: The invention discloses a component with a heat-insulating layer on its surface. The heat-insulating layer comprises a lower region and an upper region. The lower region is situated between the component and the upper region. The lower region consists entirely or predominantly of YSZ or a glass-metal composite material.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2002Publication date: August 7, 2003Inventors: Markus Dietrich, Robert Vassen, Cao Xueqiang, Detlev Stover
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Publication number: 20030148122Abstract: A processing solution for forming a hexavalent chromium free, corrosion resistant trivalent chromate conversion film on zinc or zinc alloy plating layers comprises: trivalent chromium and oxalic acid in a molar ratio ranging from 0.5/1 to 1.5/1, wherein the trivalent chromium is present in the form of a water-soluble complex with oxalic acid; and cobalt ions, which do not form a hardly soluble metal salt with oxalic acid and are stably present in the processing solution without causing any precipitation; wherein the solution reacts with zinc when bringing it into contact with the zinc or zinc alloy plating to form a hexavalent chromium free, corrosion resistant, trivalent chromate conversion film containing zinc, chromium, cobalt, oxalic acid and silicon on the plating.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2002Publication date: August 7, 2003Applicant: DIPSOL CHEMICALS CO., LTD.Inventors: Katsuhide Oshima, Shigemi Tanaka, Manabu Inoue, Tomitaka Yamamoto
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Patent number: 6602587Abstract: A transparent substrate particularly of glass, provided with a stack of thin layers having at least one metallic layer (4) having properties in the infrared range particularly having low emissivity and two coatings having a base of dielectric material located one (8) under and the other (9) over the layer having properties in the infrared range, as well as a protective metallic layer (5) place immediately over an in contact with the layer having properties in the infrared range, characterized in that in order to prevent the modification of properties of the stack, particularly optical and thermal properties, in the case where the substrate is submitted to a thermal treatment of the tempering or bending kind, firstly the second coating (9) having a base of dielectric material, includes a barrier layer for the diffusion of oxygen chosen from the following materials: components of silicon SiO2, SiOxCy, SiONNy, nitrates such as Si3N4 or AlN, carbides such as SiC, TiC, CrC, TaC of a thickness of at least 10 nanomeType: GrantFiled: June 21, 1999Date of Patent: August 5, 2003Assignee: Saint-Gobain Glass FranceInventors: Philippe Macquart, Olivier Guiselin, Veronique Rondeau
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Patent number: 6602608Abstract: A coated article, and a corresponding method of making the same are provided. The coated article includes a coating supported by a substrate, the coating including a thin metal or metal nitride contact layer (e.g., NiCr, Ni, Cr, CrNx or NiCrNx) located directly between and contacting an infrared (IR) reflecting layer (e.g., Ag) and an oxide barrier layer (e.g., NiCrOx).Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2001Date of Patent: August 5, 2003Assignee: Guardian Industries, Corp.Inventor: Grzegorz Stachowiak
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Patent number: 6602607Abstract: A titanium dioxide photocatalyst carrier is prepared by coating a surface of a substrate with a titanium dioxide precursor solution prepared from a hydrolyzable titanium compound and an aromatic compound solvent, and then heat-treating the coated substrate thereby preparing a carrier coated with a thin layer of titanium oxide.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2001Date of Patent: August 5, 2003Assignees: Japan Carlit Co., Ltd., Shin Nikkei Company, Ltd., Asahi Glass Company, LimitedInventors: Seiichi Rengakuji, Yosuke Hara, Akihiro Shinagawa
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Patent number: 6599637Abstract: A Si3N4 composite substrate which manifests no generation of cracking on the substrate even by mechanical shock or thermal shock, and is excellent in heat radiation property and heat-cycle-resistance property is obtained by using a Si3N4 substrate as a ceramic substrate. A Si3N4 substrate having a thermal conductivity of 90 W/m·K or more and a three-point flexural strength of 700 MPa or more is used, and the thickness tm of a metal layer connected on one major surface of the substrate and the thickness tc of the Si3N4 substrate are controlled so as to satisfy the relation formula: 2 tm≦tc≦20 tm. When metal layers are connected to both major surfaces of the Si3N4 substrate, the thickness tc and the total thickness ttm of the metal layers on both major surfaces are controlled so as to satisfy the relation formula: ttm≦tc≦10 ttm.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2001Date of Patent: July 29, 2003Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Ai Itoh, Michimasa Miyanaga, Masashi Yoshimura
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Patent number: 6599636Abstract: A titanium aluminide substrate (4) is vulnerable to air oxidation, limiting the use of this substrate in a variety of industrial applications, including the aircraft and aerospace industries. A bilayer reactive barrier (2) is formed on a titanium aluminide substrate. The barrier layer includes an &agr;-Al2O3 layer (6) from the reaction of oxygen from the disassociation of water with alumina in a gaseous and water vapor atmosphere at high temperatures and low oxygen concentration. During the process, titanium migrates through the &agr;-Al2O3 to a gas/barrier layer surface (14) and is oxidized to form a Ti2O3 layer (8). A surface of the Ti2O3 layer is subsequently oxidized to form a TiO2 layer (12). In this manner, a triple layer barrier is formed in which the immersible TiO2 and &agr;-Al2O3 are separated by Ti2O3. The three layers are bonded to each with a bond strength greater than 4500 kPa.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2000Date of Patent: July 29, 2003Inventor: Donald L. Alger
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Patent number: 6596399Abstract: A silver oxide layer capable of absorbing and/or reflecting significant amounts of ultraviolet (UV) radiation, and a method of making the same. An ion beam including oxygen ions is utilized to densify silver material and transform it into a silver oxide inclusive layer. Due to the densification caused by the bombardment of oxygen ions, the resulting silver oxide layer is capable of absorbing and/or reflecting significant amounts of UV radiation. Such silver oxide layers may be utilized in the context of any suitable coating system where UV absorption and/or reflection is desired.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2000Date of Patent: July 22, 2003Assignee: Guardian Industries Corp.Inventor: Vijayen S. Veerasamy
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Publication number: 20030134136Abstract: Changes in the infrared reflection spectrum of a thin film of silica-like resinous material sandwiched between metal electrodes can be induced by applying an electric potential to a top electrode which is semitransparent. Characteristic infrared absorption lines change in proportion to a small electric current flowing through the material. These changes occur with response times of the order of seconds, and show time constants of the order of minutes to reach stationary values.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2003Publication date: July 17, 2003Applicant: The Regents of the University of MichiganInventors: Mark Angelo Biscotto, Mark Monroe Banaszak Holl, Bradford Grant Orr, Udo C. Pernisz
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Patent number: 6593015Abstract: A tool which includes a substrate which has a first surface and a second surface wherein the first surface ad the second surface intersect to form an edge. A adhesion coating scheme is on the substrate. The adhesion coating scheme comprises an innermost layer which contains titanium, and is on the surface of the substrate. The adhesion coating scheme includes an outermost adhesion layer. A wear coating scheme is on the adhesion coating scheme. The wear coating scheme includes one or more wear coating sequences wherein each wear coating sequence comprises an inner layer including aluminum and nitrogen and an outer layer including boron and nitrogen.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 1999Date of Patent: July 15, 2003Assignee: Kennametal PC Inc.Inventor: Aharon Inspektor
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Patent number: 6592996Abstract: A solar-shading light-transmissive panel has a light-transmissive sheet, an absorbing layer disposed on said light-transmissive sheet, a first transparent dielectric layer disposed on said absorbing layer, an Ag-rich layer comprising Ag as a main component disposed on said first transparent dielectric layer, and a second transparent dielectric layer disposed on said Ag-rich layer. The solar-shading light-transmissive panel, which basically has the four layers and can be manufactured relatively inexpensively, has an ornamentally excellent appearance, a relatively high solar-shalding capability, and a relatively high visible light transmittance.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2000Date of Patent: July 15, 2003Assignee: Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd.Inventors: Terufusa Kunisada, Daisuke Arai, Etsuo Ogino
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Patent number: 6592965Abstract: A ductile, solid electrolyte composite comprising a continuous, ordered, repeating ductile metallic array surrounded by and supporting an ionically conductive ceramic matrix such as stabilized zirconia, bismuth and/or ceria oxides.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 1997Date of Patent: July 15, 2003Assignee: IGR Enterprises, Inc.Inventor: Arnold Z. Gordon
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Patent number: 6592985Abstract: The present invention provides a superhard polycrystalline diamond or diamond-like element with greatly improved resistance to thermal degradation without loss of impact strength. Collectively called PCD elements, these elements are formed with a binder-catalyzing material in a high-temperature, high-pressure process. The PCD element has a plurality of partially bonded diamond or diamond-like crystals forming at least one continuous diamond matrix, and the interstices among the diamond crystals forming at least one continuous interstitial matrix containing a catalyzing material. The element has a working surface and a body, where a portion of the interstitial matrix in the body adjacent to the working surface is substantially free of the catalyzing material, and the remaining interstitial matrix contains the catalyzing material.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2001Date of Patent: July 15, 2003Assignee: Camco International (UK) LimitedInventors: Nigel Dennis Griffin, Peter Raymond Hughes
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Patent number: 6589658Abstract: Coated articles are provided with an anti-reflective (AR) layer(s) system which enables reduced reflection, increased visible transmission, and/or neutral color. In certain embodiments, the AR layer(s) system includes a titanium oxide layer, a silicon oxynitride layer, and/or a silicon oxide layer on the substrate over an infrared (IR) reflecting layer(s) such as silver. Silicon nitride layer(s) may optionally be provided below and/or over the IR reflecting layer in certain example embodiments.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2001Date of Patent: July 8, 2003Assignee: Guardian Industries Corp.Inventor: Grzegorz Stachowiak
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Publication number: 20030124363Abstract: The wearing part, such as a cutting insert, is made from hard metal or cermet. A hard-material coating is applied on the base material. The coating includes a single-layer or multilayer mixed-oxide coat, predominantly comprising Al2O3, in which defined proportions of titanium oxide and boron oxide are dissolved or homogeneously distributed extremely finely. The wearing part is distinguished by a high wear resistance, which improves the service life, and a fine-grained structure and uniformity of the coat and by a highly economic application of the coat.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2002Publication date: July 3, 2003Inventors: Martin Kathrein, Wilfried Schintlmeister, Wolfgang Wallgram
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Publication number: 20030124395Abstract: A coating for a mold surface of a casting mold includes a metallic bond coat bonded to the mold surface and having a continuous, uniform thickness of between about 0.002 to 0.005 inch on the mold surface. A topcoat of yttria stabilized zirconia is located on top of the metallic bond coat and has a continuous, uniform thickness of between about 0.005 to 0.030 inch. The topcoat has a porosity between 5-15%. The topcoat has a surface layer having a thickness of between about 0.001 to 0.002 inch and a porosity of less than 1%.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2002Publication date: July 3, 2003Inventors: Neville C. Whittle, Roger W. Kaufold, Jamal Righi, Joseph P. Harenski
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Patent number: 6587263Abstract: An method, and method of production thereof, which provides excellent performance, reduced cost, and reduced breakage due to reduced manual handling. The present invention comprises a substrate, a bond layer coating the substrate, a reflective layer coating the bond layer, and a radiative layer coating the reflective layer. Preferably, the radiative layer comprises SiO2, Si3N4 or SiOxNy, low absorbency of electromagnetic radiation having wavelengths of approximately 200 nm to approximately 2500 nm and high absorbency and emissivity electromagnetic radiation having wavelengths of approximately 2.5 &mgr;m to approximately 25 &mgr;m. Preferably, the bond layer comprises chromium, titanium, or titanium-tungsten and the substrate comprises aluminum, aluminum alloys, polyimide, carbon-filled polyimide, or carbon composite.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2000Date of Patent: July 1, 2003Assignee: Lockheed Martin CorporationInventors: Charles Dominic Iacovangelo, Yiqun Pan, Chang Wei, Mao Chen
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Composite reflective flake based pigments comprising reflector layers on bothside of a support layer
Patent number: 6586098Abstract: A flake-based pigment is provided having improved specular reflectance characteristics in the visible wavelength range. The flake-based pigment has a plurality of composite reflective flakes each formed of a support layer and a reflector layer on one or both opposing sides of the support layer. This flake structure exhibits a uniaxial compressive strength much greater than a corresponding uniaxial tensile strength. The structure of the flakes provides the benefits of rigidity and brittle fracture during manufacture and application processes, which ultimately provides favorable planar and specular reflectance characteristics to the pigment in the visible wavelength range. A variety of outer coating layers can be formed around the composite reflective flakes, such as various dielectric and/or absorber layers, to produce desired optical characteristics in the pigment.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2000Date of Patent: July 1, 2003Assignee: Flex Products, Inc.Inventors: Kent E. Coulter, Thomas Mayer, John S. Matteucci, Roger W. Phillips -
Patent number: 6586876Abstract: The present invention relates to an organic light-emitting device which provides an electroluminescence (EL) or photoluminescence (PL) device with high external quantum efficiency. The present invention forms a composite film layer with continuously changing refraction indices between an ITO transparent electrode and a substrate made of plastic or glass. The refraction index of the composite film layer is the same as the ITO electrode at the interface with the ITO electrode. It decreases along the direction perpendicular to the substrate in a linear or nonlinear way. The refraction index is the same as that of the plastic or glass at the interface with the substrate. This way can avoid reflection due to the difference in the refraction index across the interface. The excited light originally trapped in the ITO electrode can be guided outwards.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2001Date of Patent: July 1, 2003Assignee: Industrial Technology Research InstituteInventors: Rung-Ywan Tsai, Chia-Shy Chang, Ching-Ian Chao, Mu-Yi Hua
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Patent number: 6586102Abstract: Coated articles are provided with an anti-reflective (AR) layer(s) system which enables reduced reflection, increased visible transmission, and/or neutral color. In certain embodiments, the AR layer(s) system includes a silicon nitride layer(s), a silicon oxynitride layer, and/or a silicon oxide layer on the substrate over an infrared (IR) reflecting layer(s) such as silver. The AR system surprisingly enables improved visible transmission and/or reflection to be combined with more neutral color.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2001Date of Patent: July 1, 2003Assignee: Guardian Industries Corp.Inventor: Grzegorz Stachowiak
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Patent number: 6586114Abstract: An article, particularly a metallic article, is coated with a multi-layer coating having the color or appearance of dark copper. The coating comprises a chromium, refractory metal or refractory metal alloy adhesion promoting layer, a titanium-zirconium alloy nitride or titanium-zirconium alloy carbonitride protective and color layer, and a titanium-zirconium alloy oxide or titanium-zirconium oxynitride color enhancing layer.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2002Date of Patent: July 1, 2003Assignee: Vapor Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Bryce Randolph Anton
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Publication number: 20030115941Abstract: A method for determining past-service conditions and/or remaining useful life of a component of a combustion engine and/or a thermal barrier coating (“TBC”) of the component comprises providing a photoluminescent (“PL”) material in the TBC, directing an exciting radiation at the TBC, measuring the intensity of a characteristic peak in the emission spectrum of the PL material, and correlating the intensity of the characteristic peak or another quantity derived therefrom to an amount of a new phase that has been formed as a result of the exposure of the component to extreme temperatures.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2001Publication date: June 26, 2003Applicant: General Electric CRDInventors: Alok Mani Srivastava, Anant Achyut Setlur, Holly Ann Comanzo, John William Devitt, James Anthony Ruud, Luke Nathaniel Brewer
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Patent number: 6582809Abstract: A glazing assembly is provided made of at least one transparent substrate having a stack thereon that includes an alternation of n functional layers and n−1 coatings, wherein the functional layers have reflection properties in the infrared and/or solar radiation and where n≧1 and where, in order to maintain the quality of the stack when the substrate is subjected to a heat treatment step, at least one of the following must be satisfied: the coating placed on top of at least one of the functional layers includes at least one barrier layer providing a barrier to at least oxygen and water; and at least one absorbent or stabilizing layer made of a material capable of absorbing or stabilizing the consituent material of the functional layer forms a part of either the coating placed on top of the functional layer and under the barrier layer or the coating placed beneath the functional layer; and a method for production of the glazing assembly.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2001Date of Patent: June 24, 2003Assignee: Saint-Gobain Glass FranceInventors: Philippe Boire, Fabrice Didier, Jean-Michel Grimal
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Publication number: 20030113560Abstract: PCD and PCBN composite constructions have an ordered structure of two or more material phases that are combined together in a packed or interwoven configuration. One of the material phases is formed from materials selected from the group consisting of: polycrystalline diamond, polycrystalline cubic boron nitride; carbides, borides, nitrides, and carbonitrides from groups IVA, VA, and VIA of the Periodic Table; and mixtures thereof. Another material phase is preferably formed from a material having a degree of ductility that is higher than that of the first material phase. Example second material phase materials include those selected from the group consisting of cermets, Co, Ni, Fe, W, Mo, Cu, Al, Nb, Ti, Ta, and mixtures thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2003Publication date: June 19, 2003Applicant: Smith Internationl, Inc.Inventor: Zhou Yong
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Publication number: 20030113552Abstract: An article comprising a substrate containing silicon and at least one barrier layer which functions as a thermal barrier at temperatures in excess of 1300° C. in aqueous environments.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2001Publication date: June 19, 2003Inventors: Ellen Y. Sun, Harry E. Eaton
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Publication number: 20030113592Abstract: An article is coated with a multi-layer coating having the appearance of nickel. The coating comprises one or more electroplated layers on the surface of said article and vapor deposited on the electroplated layers a refractory metal nitride or metal alloy nitride where the nitrogen content of said nitride is from about 6 to about 45 atomic percent, and wherein the nitride layer is deposited at relatively low pressures.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2001Publication date: June 19, 2003Inventor: Guocun Chen
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Publication number: 20030113558Abstract: An article is coated with a multi-layer coating having the appearance of stainless steel.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2001Publication date: June 19, 2003Inventor: Guocun Chen