Having Metal Particles Patents (Class 428/546)
  • Patent number: 11873552
    Abstract: A substrate including plasmonic continuous film with curved surface and a method for manufacturing the same. More particularly, a substrate for an ultrasensitive spectroscopic sensor includes bowl-shaped plasmonic curved nanodimples and spiked plasmonic nanotips formed at contact points between the nanodimples at the same time, thereby greatly increasing the total volume of hotspots and being capable of concentrating and analyzing an extremely small amount of a sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE
    Inventors: Sung-Gyu Park, Do-Geun Kim, Seung-Hoon Lee, Dong-Ho Kim
  • Patent number: 11597153
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are drawn to systems and methods for adjusting a three-dimensional (3D) model used in metal additive manufacturing to maintain dimensional accuracy and repeatability of a fabricated 3D part. These embodiments may be used to reduce or remove geometric distortions in the fabricated 3D part. One exemplary method may include: receiving, via one or more processors, a selection made by a user; receiving a 3D model of a desired part; retrieving at least one model constant based on the user's selection; receiving an input of at least one process variable setting from a set of process variable settings; generating transformation factors based on the at least one process variable parameter and the at least one model constant; transforming the 3D model of the desired part based on the transformation factors; and generating processing instructions for fabricating the transformed 3D model of the desired part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Desktop Metal, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander C. Barbati, Michael Andrew Gibson, George Hudelson, Nicholas Mark Mykulowycz, Brian D. Kernan, Nihan Tuncer
  • Patent number: 11577316
    Abstract: Described herein are compositions, methods, and systems for printing metal three-dimensional objects. In an example, described is a method of printing a three-dimensional object comprising: (i) depositing a metal powder build material, wherein the metal powder build material has an average particle size of from about 10 ?m to about 250 ?m; (ii) selectively applying a binder fluid on at least a portion of the metal powder build material, wherein the binder fluid comprises an aqueous liquid vehicle and latex polymer particles dispersed in the aqueous liquid vehicle; (iii) heating the selectively applied binder fluid on the metal powder build material to a temperature of from about 40° C. to about 180° C.; and (iv) repeating (i), (ii), and (iii) at least one time to form the three-dimensional object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Vladek Kasperchik, David Michael Ingle, Cory J. Ruud
  • Patent number: 11511339
    Abstract: By melting a shaping material in which a metal powder and a binder are mixed and by carrying out injection molding (primary shaping) in an injection mold, an injection molded body, or an intermediate shaped body are produced. The injection molded body or the intermediate shaped body is placed by a transfer mold and is subjected to a gravity shaping (secondary shaping) with a transformation. A sintered body is manufactured by carrying out debindering and sintering to the injection molded body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES AERO ENGINES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Suzuki, Syuntaro Terauchi, Hisashi Kitagaki, Kazuki Hanami, Tadayuki Hanada
  • Patent number: 11459645
    Abstract: Provided is a plurality of flaky magnetic metal particles of the embodiments, each flaky magnetic metal particle having a flat surface provided with either or both of a plurality of concavities and a plurality of convexities arranged in a first direction, each concavity or convexity having a width of 0.1 ?m or more, a length of 1 ?m or more, and an aspect ratio of 2 or higher; and at least one first element selected from the group consisting of iron (Fe), cobalt (Co), and nickel (Ni), the flaky magnetic metal particles having an average thickness of between 10 nm and 100 ?m inclusive and an average aspect ratio of between 5 and 10,000 inclusive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Tomohiro Suetsuna, Hiroaki Kinouchi, Takahiro Kawamoto
  • Patent number: 11421306
    Abstract: A cemented carbide may include a hard phase that may include W and C, a first solid solution phase and a second solid solution phase, each of which may include W, C, Ti and Zr, and a binder phase that may include an iron group metal. The cemented carbide may include 1.0-3.0 mass % of the Ti in terms of TiC, and 0.75-2.0 mass % of the Zr in terms of ZrC. An amount of the Ti in terms of TiC may be more than 1 time and less than three times an amount of the Zr in terms of ZrC. The first solid solution phase may satisfy a relationship of 0.1?Ti/(Ti+Zr)<0.4 in terms of atomic ratio. The second solid solution phase satisfies a relationship of 0.7?Ti/(Ti+Zr)?0.9 in terms of atomic ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Hirotoshi Ito, Kou Ri, Tadashi Katsuma
  • Patent number: 11395413
    Abstract: Coating inkjet-printed traces of silver nanoparticles (AgNP) ink with a thin layer of eutectic gallium indium (EGaIn) increases the electrical conductivity and significantly improves tolerance to tensile strain. This enhancement is achieved through a room temperature “sintering” process in which the liquid-phase EGaIn alloy binds the AgNP particles to form a continuous conductive trace. These mechanically robust thin-film circuits are well suited for transfer to highly curved and non-developable 3D surfaces as well as skin and other soft deformable substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignees: CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY, UNIVERSIDADE DE COIMBRA
    Inventors: Mahmoud Tavakoli, Hugo Paisana, Anibal T. De Almeida, Carmel Majidi
  • Patent number: 11364544
    Abstract: An additive manufacturing method includes forming a shaped body by repeating: a material feeding step of forming a powder layer by feeding a shaping material that includes a metal powder onto a base that is provided outside a spindle in a radial direction thereof while rotating the spindle provided to be rotatable about a center axis; and a beam irradiating step of solidifying the shaping material by irradiating a prescribed area of the powder layer with a beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kosei Kawahara
  • Patent number: 11293451
    Abstract: A compressor outlet housing with a housing body has a volute and a radially inwardly extending wall extending from a radially inner surface of the volute. The radially inwardly extending wall extends inwardly to a ledge. A radially inwardly extending web extends to a bearing support. A fillet which will face an impeller when the compressor outlet housing is mounted in a compressor. The fillet connects the ledge to the web. An erosion resistant coating is formed on the fillet. In addition, a compressor incorporating the compressor housing is disclosed as is a method of repairing a compressor outlet housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: Craig M. Beers, Seth E. Rosen, Brent J. Merritt
  • Patent number: 11273491
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of methods, devices, and assemblies for processing feedstock materials using microwave plasma processing. Specifically, the feedstock materials disclosed herein pertains to scrap materials, dehydrogenated or non-hydrogenated feed material, and recycled used powder. Microwave plasma processing can be used to spheroidize and remove contaminants. Advantageously, microwave plasma processed feedstock can be used in various applications such as additive manufacturing or powdered metallurgy (PM) applications that require high powder flowability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: 6K Inc.
    Inventors: John Barnes, Aaron Bent, Kamal Hadidi, Makhlouf Redjdal, Scott Turchetti, Saurabh Ullal, Ning Duanmu, Michael C. Kozlowski
  • Patent number: 11254828
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a gravure printing method of conducting printing on a printing substrate with an aqueous ink reserved in an ink pan using a furnisher roll, a gravure roll, a doctor blade and a nip roll, in which the aqueous ink contains a pigment, a polymer, an organic solvent, a surfactant and water; a content of organic solvent components of the organic solvent which have a boiling point of 100 to 260° C. in the aqueous ink is not less than 0.3% by mass and not more than 12% by mass; an average particle size of particles of the pigment is from 120 to 350 nm; and an arithmetic mean roughness (Ra) of a plate surface of the gravure roll is from 10 to 140 nm. According to the present invention, it is possible to improve transfer properties of the ink to the printing substrate such as a resin film, etc., and suppress fogging on the plate surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryuma Mizushima, Kazuki Watanabe, Yuki Ozaki, Takuto Matsuzono, Yasufumi Ueda
  • Patent number: 11186034
    Abstract: A method is for fabricating a part by additive manufacturing while sparing certain particularly sensitive surfaces of the part, and in particular surfaces that have an influence on the aerodynamics of the final part. The method includes the following steps: providing a digital model of a part that is to be fabricated, the part that is to be fabricated including at least one surface that is to be spared, and orienting the digital model relative to a construction direction wherein the part is to be constructed in such a manner that the surface that is to be spared presents a construction angle greater than 30°, preferably greater than 50°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Matthieu Vial, Sebastien Dreano
  • Patent number: 11155903
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of soft magnetic alloy embodiments for use in additive manufacturing and structures fabricated from such alloys. In some embodiments, the fabricated structures comprise a continuous thin wall (or plurality thereof) having a geometry that promotes reduced eddy current losses and other performance enhancements. In some embodiments, the fabricated structures are used to make components, such as transformer cores and/or electric motors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: UT-BATTELLE, LLC
    Inventors: Alexander Plotkowski, Ryan Dehoff, Frederick List, III, Jason Pries, Benjamin Stump, Keith Carver, Peeyush Nandwana
  • Patent number: 11127681
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate. The semiconductor device further includes a wiring layer provided on the substrate, the wiring layer including a molybdenum layer including oxygen atoms as an impurity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi Wakatsuki, Katsuaki Natori
  • Patent number: 11052486
    Abstract: In a method for producing a structured seed layer for carbon nanotubes to be deposited thereon, energy is applied by means of a laser beam to a metal layer previously applied to a substrate such that the metal layer is broken up into individual islands. The laser beam is expanded into a beam having a linear cross-section, and a linear exposure zone of the metal layer is simultaneously exposed to the expanded beam. The exposure zone is moved across the metal layer in a direction transverse to the length of the exposure zone. An apparatus for carrying out the method comprises a device for transporting a substrate with a metal layer applied thereto, a laser to produce a laser beam, and a device for expanding the laser beam to produce a linear exposure zone that extends perpendicularly to the direction in which the substrate is transported.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: AIXTRON SE
    Inventor: Bernd Schineller
  • Patent number: 10893601
    Abstract: This heat dissipation circuit board includes a metal substrate, an insulating layer provided on at least one of the surfaces of the metal substrate, and a circuit layer provided on the opposite surface to the metal substrate of the insulating layer. The insulating layer contains a resin that is selected from polyimide, polyamide-imide, and the mixture thereof, and ceramic particles having a specific surface area of 10 m2/g or more. The ceramic particles form agglomerates, and the amount of the ceramic particles is in the range of 5 vol % or more and 60 vol % or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fumiaki Ishikawa, Kazuhiko Yamasaki
  • Patent number: 10886169
    Abstract: A method and structure of forming air gaps with a sidewall image transfer process such as self-aligned double patterning to reduce capacitances. Different materials can be provided in the mandrel and non-mandrel regions to enlarge a process window for metal line end formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kangguo Cheng, Ekmini A. De Silva, Juntao Li, Yi Song, Peng Xu
  • Patent number: 10859088
    Abstract: Provided is a TiCx—(Ti—Mo) sliding material having a binder phase made of a Ti—Mo alloy, and a hard phase containing TiCx, wherein the TiCx—(Ti—Mo) sliding material satisfies all the following conditions: (1) a total area of the binder phase and the hard phase is 90% or more of an area of a field of view; (2) a total area of the binder phase is 15% or more and 20% or less of the area of the field of view; (3) in the binder phase, a total area of the binder phase having a diameter equivalent to 10 ?m or more and 50 ?m or less; (4) in the binder phase, a total area of the binder phase having a diameter equivalent to less than 10 ?m; and (5) a Mo concentration in the binder phase is 25 wt % or more and 35 wt % or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignees: EBARA CORPORATION, NIPPON TUNGSTEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuaki Ito, Kenichi Sugiyama, Hiroshi Yakuwa, Norio Takahashi, Makoto Komiya, Kenji Fujimoto
  • Patent number: 10766069
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method for manufacturing an electrode by pressing and sintering a mixed powder of a solid solution powder of Cr and a heat-resistant element, which contains Cr and the heat-resistant element in a ratio such that Cr is greater than the heat-resistant element by weight, a Cu powder, and a low melting metal powder (Bi, Sn, Se, Pb, etc.). The low melting metal powder of 0.30 weight % to 0.50 weight % is added to a mixed powder of a solid solution powder of Cr and the heat-resistant element and the Cu powder, and then a mixed powder prepared by adding the low melting metal powder is sintered at a temperature of from 1010° C. to 1035° C. As the low melting metal powder, there is used a powder having a median size of from 5 ?m to 20 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: MEIDENSHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shota Hayashi, Keita Ishikawa, Kenta Yamamura, Kosuke Hasegawa, Hideaki Fukuda, Akira Sano
  • Patent number: 10730281
    Abstract: An example method of making a component includes providing a digital model of a component to a software program, the software program operable to slice the digital model into digital layers and raster each digital layer into digital segments, the digital segments delineated by digital raster lines. The method further includes depositing a first layer of powdered material onto a platform, compacting the first layer of powered material into a first compacted layer, sintering the first compacted layer along lines corresponding to the digital raster lines using a laser, wherein the laser operates at a first power and a first scan speed, and sintering the first compacted layer along a perimeter of the first compacted layer using the laser to form a first unitary layer, wherein the laser operates at a second power and a second scan speed, wherein the ratio of the first power to the second power is less than about 3. An apparatus for making a component is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: Sergey Mironets, William Louis Wentland, Diana Giulietti, Colette Opsahl Fennessy
  • Patent number: 10519067
    Abstract: A cemented carbide including a hard phase, a binding phase, and inevitable impurities. The hard phase satisfies a first hard phase composed mainly of tungsten carbide, and a second hard phase composed mainly of a compound. The compound contains multiple types of metallic elements including tungsten and at least one element selected from carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, and boron. The second hard phase satisfies D10/D90<0.4, wherein D10 denotes a cumulative 10% grain size in an area-based grain size distribution on a surface or cross section of the cemented carbide, and D90 denotes a cumulative 90% grain size in the area-based grain size distribution, and satisfies ?2<5.0, wherein ?2 denotes the variance of the distance between the centroids of the nearest two of the second hard phases. The average grain size DW of the first hard phase ranges from 0.8 to 4.0 ?m and satisfies DM/DW<1.0, wherein DM denotes the average grain size of the second hard phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuki Kido, Michiko Matsukawa, Keiichi Tsuda
  • Patent number: 10421690
    Abstract: A composite composed of two principal strengthening compounds and one principal cementing refractory metal that is prepared by combining a suitable binary to senary borides and/or carbides with a unitary to binary principal refractory metal is disclosed. As compared with the conventional sintered cemented carbides, the composite of the disclosure not only possess high hardness and high toughness but also has various ratios of principal components since it is not prepared with equal mole during the process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY
    Inventor: Swe-Kai Chen
  • Patent number: 10399176
    Abstract: Dual alloy turbine rotors and methods for manufacturing the same are provided. The dual alloy turbine rotor comprises an assembled blade ring and a hub bonded to the assembled blade ring. The assembled blade ring comprises a first alloy selected from the group consisting of a single crystal alloy, a directionally solidified alloy, or an equi-axed alloy. The hub comprises a second alloy. The method comprises positioning a hub within a blade ring to define an interface between the hub and the blade ring. The interface is a non-contacting interface or a contacting interface. The interface is enclosed by a pair of diaphragms. The interface is vacuum sealed. The blade ring is bonded to the hub after the vacuum sealing step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Amandine Miner, David K. Jan, Don Mittendorf, Jason Smoke
  • Patent number: 10259046
    Abstract: A method for the production of MSnx nanoparticles, wherein M is an element selected from the group consisting of Co, Mn, Fe, Ni, Cu, In, Al, Ge, Pb, Bi, Ga, and 0<x?10, the method including synthesizing Sn nanoparticles by reducing a tin salt with a solution of a hydride in an anhydrous polar solvent, separating the solid Sn nanoparticles formed from the solution, and washing the Sn nanoparticles, synthesizing M nanoparticles by reducing a metal salt with a solution of a hydride in an anhydrous polar solvent, separating the solid M nanoparticles formed from the solution, and washing the M nanoparticles, mechanical mixing the Sn nanoparticles and the M nanoparticles to convert them into MSnx nanoparticles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Belenos Clean Power Holding AG
    Inventors: Maksym Kovalenko, Marc Walter
  • Patent number: 10246561
    Abstract: A method is used to prepare silver nanoparticle cellulosic polymer composites. A cellulosic polymer, reducible silver ions in an amount of a weight ratio to the cellulosic polymer of 5:1 to 50:1, and an organic solvent are mixed. Each organic solvent has a boiling point at atmospheric pressure of 100° C. to 500° C. The Hansen parameter (?TPolymer) of the cellulosic polymer is less than or equal to the Hansen parameter (?TSolvent) of the organic solvent. The resulting premix solution is heated to at least 75° C., and a (d) nitrogenous base is added to provide a concentration of the nitrogenous base in an equimolar amount or in molar excess in relation to the amount of reducible silver ions, thereby forming a silver nanoparticle cellulosic polymer composite. After cooling, the silver nanoparticle cellulosic polymer composite is isolated and re-dispersed in an organic solvent to provide a non-aqueous silver-containing dispersion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY
    Inventors: Deepak Shukla, Kevin M. Donovan
  • Patent number: 9920245
    Abstract: Watch component made of a persistent phosphorescent ceramic composite material which is a sintered dense body comprising two or more phases, a first phase consisting of at least one metal oxide and a second phase consisting of a metal oxide containing at least one activating element in a reduced oxidation state, the watch component having a surface which comprises an area which shows phosphorescent emission and an area which does not show phosphorescent emission or which shows phosphorescent emission with an intensity which is lower than that of the emission of the other area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: Rolex SA
    Inventors: Detlef Berner, Romain Girod, Ollivier Pujol, Isabelle Rigot
  • Patent number: 9750854
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a resorbable polymeric mesh implant, that is intended to be used in the reconstruction of soft tissue defects. The mesh implant comprises at least a first and a second material, wherein the second material is substantially degraded at a later point in time than the first material following the time of implantation. The mesh implant is adapted to have a predetermined modulus of elasticity that gradually is decreased until the mesh implant is completely degraded and subsequently resorbed. Due to the gradual decrease in the modulus of elasticity of the inventive mesh implant, the regenerating tissue may gradually take over the load applied to the tissue defect area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: NOVUS SCIENTIFIC AB
    Inventors: Torbjörn Mathisen, Henrik Magnusson
  • Patent number: 9750594
    Abstract: The present invention features soft tissue implants comprising major and minor struts and methods for making same. The implants can includes a biocompatible film that is rendered porous due to the inclusion of uniformly or non-uniformly patterned cells, and the film has a thickness of less than about 0.015 inches in the event the starting material is non-porous and less than about 0.035 inches in the event the starting material is a microporous film. Multi-film implants can also be made.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: Proxy Biomedical Limited
    Inventors: Peter Gingras, Dean King
  • Patent number: 9744593
    Abstract: A method for producing silver powder wherein a silver solution containing a silver complex and a reductant solution are continuously mixed to provide a reaction liquid, the method including: a step of preparing a silver nucleus solution wherein a silver solution for nucleation which contains a silver complex, a solution containing a strong reductant, and a dispersant are mixed to provide the silver nucleus solution; a step of preparing a reductant solution containing nuclei wherein the silver nucleus solution obtained and a weak reductant having a standard electrode potential higher than that of the strong reductant are mixed to obtain the reductant solution containing nuclei; and a step of growing particles wherein the reductant solution containing nuclei and a silver solution for particle growth containing a silver complex are continuously mixed to provide a reaction solution, in which the silver complex is reduced to thereby grow silver particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masamu Nishimoto, Yoshihiro Okabe, Satoshi Kanada
  • Patent number: 9451961
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for tissue stabilization. Some aspects include a carrier member having a length, width, and thickness, wherein the length and width are each at least two times greater than the thickness; attachment members extending from the carrier member and that engage connective tissue; and stabilizing members, each of which can couple a respective attachment member to the carrier member and is substantially positionally fixed relative to the carrier member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: University of Utah Research Foundation
    Inventor: Erik N. Kubiak
  • Patent number: 9236169
    Abstract: Provided is an electromagnetic wave shielding structure, including: a substrate; and a porous composite film formed on the substrate, wherein the porous composite film includes a continuous phase network fused from a plurality of metal nanoparticles, a first resin composition coated on a surface of the continuous phase network and a plurality of holes which are void spaces in the continuous phase network coated with the first resin composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Ming-Tsung Hong, Yun-Ching Lee, Li-Chun Liang, Wei-Ta Yang
  • Publication number: 20150147585
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus (10) for generating a three-dimensional work piece containing an information code are provided. The method comprises the steps of applying a raw material powder (18) onto a carrier (14) by means of a powder application device (16), irradiating electromagnetic or particle radiation (22) onto the raw material powder (18) applied onto the carrier (14) by means of an irradiation device (20), and controlling the operation of the powder application device (16) and the irradiation device (20) so as to generate an information code pattern (36) on or in the work piece (12), wherein the information code pattern (36) is defined by the microstructure (34) of the work piece (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Inventors: Dieter Schwarze, Thomas Niendorf, Mirko Schaper, Florian Brenne, Wadim Reschetnik, Stefan Leuders, Andre Riemer
  • Patent number: 9040428
    Abstract: Hemispheres and spheres are formed and employed for a plurality of applications. Hemispheres are employed to form a substrate having an upper surface and a lower surface. The upper surface includes peaks of pillars which have a base attached to the lower surface. The peaks have a density defined at the upper surface by an array of hemispherical metal structures that act as a mask during an etch to remove substrate material down to the lower surface during formation of the pillars. The pillars are dense and uniform and include a microscale average diameter. The spheres are formed as independent metal spheres or nanoparticles for other applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Augustin J. Hong, Woo-Shik Jung, Jeehwan Kim, Jae-Woong Nahum, Devendra K. Sadana
  • Patent number: 9034456
    Abstract: Medical devices, such as, for example, endoprosthesis, and related methods are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Eric Nielson, Dan VanCamp
  • Publication number: 20150108392
    Abstract: In magnetic parts such as inductors and antennas using magnetic metal powder, the complex component of a magnetic permeability, which represents a loss in a GHz band, has been high. A magnetic part formed from a soft magnetic metal powder including iron as a main component can reduce a loss factor in a kHz to GHz band. The soft magnetic metal powder has an average particle diameter of 100 nm or less, an axial ratio (=major axis length/minor axis length) of 1.5 or more, a coercive force (Hc) of 39.8 to 198.9 kA/m (500 to 2500 Oe), and a saturation magnetization of 100 Am2/kg or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2013
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Applicant: DOWA Electronics Material Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Gotoh, Takayuki Yoshida, Kazumasa Ikari
  • Publication number: 20150104664
    Abstract: In a magnetic component, such as an inductor and an antenna, produced with a metal magnetic powder, a complex number component of magnetic permeability that is a loss in the GHz band was high. A magnetic component obtained by molding a soft magnetic metal powder can have a reduced loss factor in the GHz band. The soft magnetic metal powder is characterized by containing iron as a main ingredient, and having an average particle size of not larger than 300 nm, a coercive force (Hc) of 16 to 119 kA/m (200 to 1500 Oe), a saturation magnetization of not less than 90 Am2/kg, and a volume resistivity of not less than 1.0×101 ?·cm. The volume resistivity is determined by measuring, by a four probe method, a molded body formed by vertically pressurizing 1.0 g of the metal powder at 64 MPa (20 kN).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Inventors: Kazumasa Ikari, Masahiro Gotoh, Takayuki Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20150099135
    Abstract: Electrodes employing as active material magnesium nanoparticles synthesized by a novel route are provided. The nanoparticle synthesis is facile and reproducible, and provides magnesium nanoparticles of very small dimension and high purity for a wide range of metals. The electrodes utilizing these nanoparticles thus may have superior capability. Magnesium ion electrochemical cells employing said electrodes are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventors: Rana Mohtadi, Michael Paul Rowe, Ryan Daniel Desautels
  • Publication number: 20150099136
    Abstract: A method for producing silver powder wherein a silver solution containing a silver complex and a reductant solution are continuously mixed to provide a reaction liquid, the method including: a step of preparing a silver nucleus solution wherein a silver solution for nucleation which contains a silver complex, a solution containing a strong reductant, and a dispersant are mixed to provide the silver nucleus solution; a step of preparing a reductant solution containing nuclei wherein the silver nucleus solution obtained and a weak reductant having a standard electrode potential higher than that of the strong reductant are mixed to obtain the reductant solution containing nuclei; and a step of growing particles wherein the reductant solution containing nuclei and a silver solution for particle growth containing a silver complex are continuously mixed to provide a reaction solution, in which the silver complex is reduced to thereby grow silver particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventors: Masamu Nishimoto, Yoshihiro Okabe, Satoshi Kanada
  • Patent number: 8992701
    Abstract: After a reducing agent is added to a water reaction system containing silver ions to deposit silver particles by reduction, the silver particles are dried to obtain a silver powder which is heat-treated at a temperature of higher than 100° C. and lower than 400° C. The silver powder thus heat-treated has a maximum coefficient of thermal expansion of not greater than 1.5% at a temperature of 50° C. to 800° C., and has no heating peak when the silver powder is heated from 50° C. to 800° C. The silver powder has an ignition loss of not greater than 1.0% when the silver powder is ignited until the weight of the silver powder is constant at 800° C. The silver powder has a tap density of not less than 2 g/cm3 and a BET specific surface area of not greater than 5 m2/g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Dowa Mining Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takatoshi Fujino, Kozo Ogi
  • Publication number: 20150084804
    Abstract: A magnetic metal particle aggregate includes a plurality of magnetic metal particles including at least one magnetic metal selected from a first group consisting of Fe, Co, and Ni. The plurality of magnetic metal particles are partly bound with each other, and an average particle diameter of the plurality of magnetic metal particles is 10 nm or more and 50 nm or less. The magnetic metal particle aggregate has an average particle diameter of 15 nm or more and 200 nm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Toshihide TAKAHASHI, Tomohiro Suetsuna, Koichi Harada, Seiichi Suenaga, Tomoko Eguchi
  • Patent number: 8986569
    Abstract: A flexible multi-layer getter with a gas-permeable layer covering a gas reservoir layer. In an embodiment, the gas-permeable layer covers part of the gas reservoir layer. In another embodiment, a barrier covers part of the gas reservoir layer. The barrier may include a foil substrate, a passivation layer, or a gas-permeable layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: SAES Getters, S.p.A.
    Inventors: Richard Kullberg, Tim Armstrong, Andrea Conte, Enea Rizzi
  • Patent number: 8980420
    Abstract: Proposed are a composite material, wherein non-penetrating pores that are formed in a silicon surface layer are filled up with a metal or the like without leaving any voids by using the plating technique, and a method of producing the composite material. A composite material, which has been packed at a high accuracy, or in other words, in which little voids are left, can be obtained by filling up non-penetrating pores that are formed from a silicon surface (100) substantially with a second metal or an alloy of the second metal (106) with the use of the autocatalytic electroless plating technique wherein a first metal located at the bottom of the non-penetrating pores as described above serves as the starting point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Japan Science and Technology Agency
    Inventors: Shinji Yae, Tatsuya Hirano, Hitoshi Matsuda
  • Patent number: 8979971
    Abstract: A process for producing a metallic component with an opening or a hollow space by selective laser sintering or laser melting includes melting a metallic powder in layers at appropriate cross-sectional regions by using laser radiation. After the laser sintering or laser melting process, the component is subjected to a fracture splitting process, in which the component is fractured into at least two fractional parts along a fracture line and then the at least two fractional parts are connected to one another at the sites of fracture to form the component. The fracture line contacts or passes through the opening or the hollow space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: MAN Truck & Bus AG
    Inventor: Rainer Schuster
  • Publication number: 20150054223
    Abstract: This invention relates to thermal spray coatings, powders useful in deposition of the thermal spray coatings, methods of producing the powders, and uses of the thermal spray coatings, for example, coating of piston rings and cylinder liners of internal combustion engines. The coatings of this invention are applied by thermal spray deposition of a powder. The powder contains bimetallic carbides of chromium and molybdenum dispersed in a matrix metal. The matrix metal contains nickel/chromium/molybdenum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2014
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Inventors: WILLIAM JOHN CRIM JAROSINSKI, VLADIMIR BELOV
  • Publication number: 20150040723
    Abstract: A method of making dispersion-strengthened alloy particles involves melting an alloy having a corrosion and/or oxidation resistance-imparting alloying element, a dispersoid-forming element, and a matrix metal wherein the dispersoid-forming element exhibits a greater tendency to react with a reactive species acquired from an atomizing gas than does the alloying element. The melted alloy is atomized with the atomizing gas including the reactive species to form atomized particles so that the reactive species is (a) dissolved in solid solution to a depth below the surface of atomized particles and/or (b) reacted with the dispersoid-forming element to form dispersoids in the atomized particles to a depth below the surface of said atomized particles. The atomized alloy particles are solidified as solidified alloy particles or as a solidified deposit of alloy particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventors: Iver E. Anderson, Robert L. Terpstra
  • Publication number: 20150027765
    Abstract: There is provided a nickel powder for internal electrodes satisfying the following equation: 0.8?b*D*?/6?1.0 wherein a specific surface area of the nickel powder is defined as b, an average particle size of the nickel powder is defined as D, and a density of the nickel powder is defined as ?.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2013
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Gun Woo KIM, Hyo Sub KIM, Jeong Ryeol KIM, Chang Hoon KIM, Doo Young KIM, Dong Hoon KIM
  • Publication number: 20150008573
    Abstract: Bondability and heat conductivity of a bonded body in which some of metal, ceramic, or semiconductor are bonded to each other are improved. In the bonded body in which a first member and a second member each comprise one of metal, ceramic, or semiconductor are bonded to each other, the second member is bonded to the first member by way of an adhesive member disposed to the surface of the first member, and the adhesive member contains a V2O5-containing glass and metal particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2012
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Inventors: Yuichi Sawai, Takashi Naito, Takuya Aoyagi, Tadashi Fujieda, Mutsuhiro Mori
  • Publication number: 20140370322
    Abstract: A sintered structure and method for forming it are disclosed. The method includes obtaining core-shell particles having a core material and a shell material, forming the particles into a powder compact, and annealing the powder compact at an annealing temperature. The shell material is a metal that diffuses faster than the core material at the annealing temperature and diffuses to the contacts between the core-shell particles during annealing to form sintered interfaces between the core-shell particles. The sintered structure can have discontinuous regions of shell material between the sintered interfaces. The core material can be a metal, semiconductor or ceramic. The core material can be copper and the shell material can be silver. The sintered interfaces can be almost purely shell material. The annealing temperature can be significantly lower than the temperature needed to form interfaces between particles of the core material without the shell material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2013
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventors: Carol Anne Handwerker, Suk Jun Kim, Eric A. Stach
  • Patent number: 8877332
    Abstract: The use of a mixture with spherical metal particles and metal flakes as a laser marking or laser weldability agent in a plastic, wherein the particle size distribution of the spherical metal particles and metal flakes, as determined with laser granulometry, in the form of the volume-averaged cumulative undersize particle size distribution, has a Dmixture, 90 value of <100 ?m and a Dmixture, 50 <60 ?m. Further, a masterbatch comprising a mixture with spherical metal particles and metal flakes also can be used. Additionally, the present subject matter may further relate to a laser markable and/or a laser weldable plastic comprising a mixture with spherical metal particles and metal flakes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Eckart GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Trummer, Martin Schaal, Marco Greb
  • Publication number: 20140312523
    Abstract: A thick magnet film contains a rare earth magnet phase represented by formula R-M-X, where R contains at least one of Nd and Sm, M contains at least one of Fe and Co, and X contains at least one of N and B. The thick magnet film has a density of equal to or more than 80% but less than 95% of the theoretical density when R contains Nd as a main component and has the density of equal to or more than 80% but less than 97% of the theoretical density when R contains Sm as a main component. The magnet can achieve an increase in thickness when formed into a film, an increase in density and an improvement in magnetic properties such as residual magnetic flux density.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2012
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Inventors: Yoshio Kawashita, Kazuhiko Takashima, Toshikazu Nanbu