Adjacent To Each Other Patents (Class 428/623)
  • Patent number: 12104085
    Abstract: An oil-well metal pipe according to the present disclosure has a pipe main body including a first end portion and a second end portion. The pipe main body includes a pin formed at the first end portion, and a box formed at the second end portion. The pin includes a pin contact surface including an external thread part, and the box includes a box contact surface including an internal thread part. The oil-well metal pipe according to the present disclosure also includes a resin coating containing a resin, a solid lubricant powder, and copper phthalocyanine on or above at least one of the pin contact surface and the box contact surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignees: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION, VALLOUREC OIL AND GAS FRANCE
    Inventors: Tomoka Abe, Ken Tomiyasu, Keishi Matsumoto, Mamoru Ochiai
  • Patent number: 12098457
    Abstract: Coated substrate comprising a surface coated with a coating comprising at least one coating layer of (TM1?xAlx)OyNz with (0.75?y)?z?(1.2?y) and 0.6>y>0, exhibiting a solid solution with B1 cubic structure, wherein x is the content of aluminum in atomic fraction if only aluminum and TM are being considered for the determination of the element composition in atomic percentage, and y is the content of oxygen in atomic fraction if only 0 and N are being considered for the determination of the element composition in atomic percentage, wherein TM is one or more transition metals and 0.05<x<0.95, wherein y correspond to a value of oxygen concentration in the TM1?xAlxOyNz coating layer that produces an increment of the thermal stability in such a manner that no precipitation of w-AlN phase is produced when the coated substrate or at least the coated surface of the coated substrate is exposed to temperatures higher than 1100° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Oerlikon Surface Solutions AG, Pfäffikon
    Inventors: Anders Olof Eriksson, Siva Phani Kumar Yalamanchili, Mirjam Arndt, Damian Mauritius Holzapfel, Jochen Michael Schneider
  • Patent number: 12077468
    Abstract: A coated article includes a substrate, a functional layer over at least a portion of the substrate, and a protective coating over at least a portion of the functional layer, wherein an uppermost layer of the functional layer is a metal oxide layer, and wherein the protective coating comprises a metal nitride layer and a metal oxynitride layer that is disposed between and in contact with at least part of the metal nitride layer and the metal oxide layer of the functional layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Vitro Flat Glass LLC
    Inventors: Ashtosh Ganjoo, Sudarshan Narayanan, James J. Finley, Paul A. Medwick
  • Patent number: 11739650
    Abstract: The disclosure describes articles and techniques that include an airfoil having a hybrid coating system to provide improved particle impact resistance and improve CMAS attack resistance on the pressure side of the airfoil and improved thermal load protection on the suction side of the airfoil. An example article for a gas turbine engine may include a substrate, and a hybrid environmental barrier coating (EBC) including a relatively dense EBC layer on a first portion of the substrate and a relatively porous EBC layer on a second portion of the substrate, where the first portion of the substrate is different from the second portion of the substrate, and wherein at least a portion of the relatively porous EBC layer overlaps at least a portion of the relatively dense EBC layer in an overlap region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignees: Rolls-Royce Corporation, Rolls-Royce North American Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jun Shi, John Alan Weaver, Li Li, Ann Bolcavage, Matthew R. Gold
  • Patent number: 11618938
    Abstract: A steel sheet has a hot-dip Zn—Al—Mg-based coating film, the coating film containing 1 mass % to 22 mass % of Al and 0.1 mass % to 10 mass % of Mg on a surface of the steel sheet, in which an X-ray diffraction peak intensity ratio of a Mg—Zn compound phase in the coating film, that is, MgZn2/Mg2Zn11, is 0.2 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroki Harada, Kazuhisa Okai, Hiroshi Kajiyama
  • Patent number: 11519329
    Abstract: A thermal barrier coating for an internal combustion engine includes an insulating thermal spray coating, where a chosen material of the insulating thermal spray coating has a thermal conductivity lower than 2 W/mK in fully dense form and the chosen material includes a coefficient of thermal expansion within 5 ppm/K of a coefficient of thermal expansion of a material of a component of the internal combustion engine upon which the coating is placed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Inventors: Eric Jordan, Chen Jiang, Rishi Kumar, Balakrishnan Nair
  • Patent number: 11440139
    Abstract: A method for stripping ceramic from a component includes applying a liquid to a ceramic coating of an outer surface of the component. The method also includes directing a plurality of laser pulses at the ceramic coating with the applied liquid in order to spall the ceramic coating from the component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Henry H. Thayer, Dmitri Novikov, Robert J. Meehan, Bartolomeo Palmieri
  • Patent number: 11426790
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure are directed to treating a substrate, the substrate including at least one of a refractory metal or a ceramic material, and depositing a media onto the treated substrate to generate a casting core. Embodiments include a fixture, a substrate located on the fixture, the substrate including at least one of a refractory metal or a ceramic material, and a delivery head that deposits media onto the substrate to generate a casting core. Aspects are directed to a core configured for casting a component, the core comprising: a substrate that includes at least one of a refractory metal or a ceramic material, and media deposited on the substrate, the media having a dimension within a range of between 0.5 and 100 micrometers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Wayde R. Schmidt, Paul Sheedy
  • Patent number: 11396713
    Abstract: A method for the production of a metal strip coated with a coating. The coating containing chromium metal and chromium oxide and is electrolytically deposited from an electrolyte solution that contains a trivalent chromium compound onto the metal strip by bringing the metal strip, which is connected as the cathode, into contact with the electrolyte solution. An effective deposition of the coating with a high chromium oxide portion is achieved by successively passing the metal strip at a predefined strip travel speed through a plurality of electrolysis tanks arranged successively in a strip travel direction. The first electrolysis tank is set to a low current density; a second electrolysis tank, which follows in the strip travel direction, is set to a medium current density; and a last electrolysis tank is set to a high current density, where the low current density is greater than 20 A/dm2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignees: thyssenkrupp Rasselstein GmbH, thyssenkrupp AG
    Inventors: Andrea Marmann, Christoph Molls
  • Patent number: 11371129
    Abstract: A hot-dip galvanized steel sheet includes a plated layer formed on at least a part of a surface of a steel sheet, the plated layer containing: Al in a range from 10 mass % to 40 mass %; Si in a range from 0.05 mass % to 4 mass %; Mg in a range from 0.5 mass % to 4 mass %; and the balance consisting of Zn and inevitable impurities. The plated layer has a lamellar structure in which a layered Zn phase and a layered Al phase are alternately arranged in a cross section of the plated layer, the lamellar structure accounting for 5% or more by an area fraction in the cross section, and a total abundance ratio of an intermetallic compound containing at least one of Fe, Mn, Ti, Sn, In, Bi, Pb or B is regulated to 3% or less by the area fraction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takuya Mitsunobu
  • Patent number: 11289390
    Abstract: Provided with an insulation circuit board in which a circuit layer is joined to one side of a ceramic substrate and a metal layer made of aluminum or aluminum alloy is joined to the other side of the ceramic substrate, and a heat sink joined to the metal layer; the heat sink has a first metal layer made of copper joined to the metal layer, a ceramic board material joined to the first metal layer at an opposite side to the metal layer, and a second metal layer made of copper or copper alloy joined to an opposite side of the ceramic board material to the first metal layer; and a thickness T1 of the first metal layer is 0.3 mm to 3.0 mm inclusive and equal to or more than a thickness T2 of the second metal layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryohei Yumoto, Tomoya Oohiraki, Takeshi Kitahara, Yoshiyuki Nagatomo
  • Patent number: 11274373
    Abstract: A method for producing a metal strip coated with a coating that contains chromium metal and chromium oxide and is electrolytically deposited from an electrolyte solution that contains a trivalent chromium compound onto the metal strip by bringing the metal strip, which is connected as the cathode, into contact with the electrolyte solution. An efficient deposition of coating with a high proportion of chromium oxide is obtained by successively passing the metal strip through a plurality of electrolysis tanks. The electrolyte solution in at least the last electrolysis tank, as viewed in the strip travel direction, or in a rear group of electrolysis tanks has an average temperature of at most 40° C., and the electrolysis time, during which the metal strip is in electrolytically effective contact with the electrolyte solution in the last electrolysis tank or in the rear group of electrolysis tanks is less than 2.0 seconds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignees: THYSSENKRUPP RASSELSTEIN GMBH, THYSSENKRUPP AG
    Inventors: Andrea Marmann, Christoph Molls, Rainer Görtz, Thomas Lenz
  • Patent number: 11274828
    Abstract: An article includes a substrate, a bond coat layer disposed on the substrate, and a layer of networked ceramic nanofibers disposed on the bond coat layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventor: Zhongfen Ding
  • Patent number: 11267752
    Abstract: An architectural transparency includes a substrate; a first dielectric layer over at least a portion of the substrate, a first metallic layer over the first dielectric layer, a first primer layer over the first metallic layer, a second dielectric layer over the first primer layer, a second metallic layer over the second dielectric layer, a second primer layer over the second metallic layer, a third dielectric layer over the second primer layer, a third metallic layer over the third dielectric layer, a third primer layer over the third dielectric layer, and a fourth dielectric layer over the third primer layer. At least one of the metallic layers is a subcritical metallic layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Vitro Flat Glass LLC
    Inventors: Adam D. Polcyn, Jeffrey A. Benigni, Abhinav Bhandari, Harry Buhay, James J. Finley, Paul A. Medwick, Dennis J. O'Shaughnessy, Paul R. Ohodnicki, Jr., James P. Thiel, Andrew V. Wagner
  • Patent number: 11214705
    Abstract: [Purpose] To provide a thermosetting composition with which it is possible to obtain paint films which not only display stain resistance for a short period after application, but with which excellent stain resistance can also be expected for longer periods, and which comply with the paint film properties required for painted steel sheet such as water resistance and bending workability, and have high environmental protection and safety qualities. [Solution] The present invention relates to a thermosetting composition, wherein it contains, as essential components, (A) a polyester resin of number average molecular weight 1,000-10,000 and hydroxyl value 5-200 mg KOH/g and, (B) 0.5 to 2.0 equivalents, relative to the hydroxyl groups of the aforesaid component (A), of a compound (B) which is a blocked aliphatic polyisocyanate compound having reactivity to the hydroxyl groups of component (A), wherein the blocks are methyl ethyl ketone oxime and/or ?-caprolactam, (C) 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Inventors: Hiroki Mizutani, Takahiro Tsujita, Taichiro Kohashi, Nobuhiro Nishida, Koji Miyabe
  • Patent number: 10991882
    Abstract: A resistive memory element comprises a first electrode, an active material over the first electrode, a buffer material over the active material and comprising longitudinally extending, columnar grains of crystalline material, an ion reservoir material over the buffer material, and a second electrode over the ion reservoir material. A memory cell, a memory device, an electronic system, and a method of forming a resistive memory element are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher W. Petz, Yongjun Jeff Hu, Scott E. Sills, D. V. Nirmal Ramaswamy
  • Patent number: 10964635
    Abstract: A power-electronic metal-ceramic module (10) comprising a metal-ceramic substrate (12) made of a ceramic carrier (14) having a metal top and bottom ply (16, 18), which is joined on or in the metal top ply (16) and/or the metal bottom ply (18) with a metal layer (16, 18, 22, 23) forming a frame (24) for accommodating at least one electronic component (30) and at least one electronic component (30) accommodated in the frame (24).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Schweizer Electronic AG
    Inventors: Thomas Gottwald, Christian Rössle
  • Patent number: 10961148
    Abstract: A material includes a transparent substrate coated with a stack of thin layers including a silver-based functional metal layer and two dielectric coatings, wherein a lower dielectric coating located below a silver-based functional layer includes a high-index layer based on metal oxide, an antidiffusion layer based on silicon and/or on aluminum, at least one oxide-based layer located above the antidiffusion layer and exhibiting a different composition from the antidiffusion layer, such as a smoothing layer and/or a wetting layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Xavier Caillet, Andriy Kharchenko
  • Patent number: 10914183
    Abstract: An impeller blade that includes an impeller blade body constructed of a first material. The impeller blade body defines a leading edge that faces a direction of rotation. A second material couples to the leading edge. The second material is a more erosion resistant material than the first material. The second material extends over the leading edge a distance to absorb high angle impacts of droplets and/or particulate. A third material couples to at least a portion of the impeller blade body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: OneSubsea IP UK Limited
    Inventors: Rolf Rustad, Bernt Helge Torkildsen, Nicolas Butin, Christopher Nwakwuo, Marius Askevold
  • Patent number: 10815013
    Abstract: A laminate has a composite coating on a substrate. The substrate is a polymeric substrate with a surface resistivity of 4×102 to 1×108?/?; or a textured substrate with surface features which are 100 nm to 10 microns high. The composite coating comprising a tie layer of a nickel-chromium alloy; a layer of a reflective metal; a layer of aluminum oxide; a layer of silicon oxide; and optionally a layer of indium tin oxide. The laminate has a solar absorbance at a wavelength of 0.25 microns to 2.5 microns of between 0.07 and 0.7; and the laminate has an IR emittance of 0.1 to 0.8. Solar absorbance and IR emittance of the laminate may be independently to control the ratio of solar absorbance to IR emittance. Solar absorbance may be adjusted by changing the surface resistance or degree of texturing on the substrate. IR emittance may be adjusted by changing oxide film thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: United States of America as represented by the Administrator of NASA
    Inventors: Mark M Hasegawa, Kenneth O'Connor, Alfred Wong, George M. Harris, Grant Smith
  • Patent number: 10696584
    Abstract: A coated article includes a low emissivity (low-E) coating supported by a glass substrate. The low-E coating includes at least one silver (Ag) based infrared (IR) reflecting layer(s) that is provided adjacent to and contacting at least one contact layer of or including Ag, Ni and Cr. The provision of a contact layer(s) including at least Ag, Ni and Cr, directly over and contacting a silver-based IR reflecting layer, has been found to advantageously increase visible transmission (Tvis) of the low-E coating. Such low-E coating may be used in applications such as monolithic windows, insulated glass (IG) window units, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Guardian Europe S.a.r.l.
    Inventors: Anton Dietrich, Bernd Disteldorf
  • Patent number: 10648055
    Abstract: A sheet or blank is provided which includes a substrate and pre-coating on at least one face of the substrate. A polymerized layer overlies at least a part of the pre-coating and has a thickness from 2 ?m to 30 ?m, a nitrogen content of less than 1% by weight, carbon pigments in a quantity from 3 to 30% by weight and does not include a polymer with silicon. A welded blank, part and fabrication methods are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: ArcelorMittal
    Inventors: Michel Sanadres, Christine Dessain
  • Patent number: 10556824
    Abstract: A low-emissivity (low-E) coating includes first and second infrared (IR) reflecting layers of or including a material such as silver. The coating includes a bottom dielectric portion including a layer of or including silicon zirconium oxynitride, and a center dielectric portion including a layer of or including zinc stannate. The coating is configured to realize a combination of desirable visible transmission, consistent and low emissivity values, thermal stability upon optional heat treatment such as thermal tempering, desirable U-value, desirable LSG value, and desirable coloration and/or reflectivity values to be achieved. In certain example embodiments, an absorber layer sandwiched between a pair of dielectric layers may be provided in. Coated articles herein may be used in the context of insulating glass (IG) window units, or in other suitable applications such as monolithic window applications, laminated windows, and/or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignees: GUARDIAN EUROPE S.A.R.L., GUARDIAN GLASS, LLC
    Inventors: Bernd Disteldorf, Anton Dietrich, Francis Wuillaume
  • Patent number: 10549506
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a hot-dip zinc-based plated steel sheet excellent in coating film adhesiveness after hot pressing more conveniently. [Solution] A hot-dip zinc-based plated steel sheet according to the present invention includes: a hot-dip zinc-based plated steel sheet that is a base metal; and a surface treatment layer formed on at least one surface of the hot-dip zinc-based plated steel sheet, in which the surface treatment layer contains one or more oxides selected from zirconia, lanthanum oxide, cerium oxide, and neodymium oxide each having a particle size of more than or equal to 5 nm and less than or equal to 500 nm, in a range of more than or equal to 0.2 g/m2 and less than or equal to 2 g/m2 per one surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuaki Kawamura, Koji Akioka, Akihiro Sengoku
  • Patent number: 10533777
    Abstract: Systems and methods disclosed herein are directed towards the fabrication of a solar absorber comprising an IR reflector layer deposited on a substrate; a first cermet layer deposited in contact with the IR reflector layer; a second cermet layer deposited in contact with the first cermet layer; a first anti-reflection coating layer deposited in contact with the second cermet layer; a second anti-reflection coating layer deposited in contact with the first anti-reflection coating layer. A sputtering process may be used to deposit some or all of the layers, and the YSZ layers in each cermet layer may be deposited with a tuned partial oxygen pressure in order to form a layer that is oxygen-deficient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignees: UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON SYSTEM, MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Zhifeng Ren, Feng Cao, Daniel Kraemer, Gang Chen
  • Patent number: 10496865
    Abstract: A fingerprint module includes a fingerprint identification chip, a flexible circuit board, and a pressure detection unit. The pressure detection unit includes a rigid substrate and a pressure detection circuit formed on the rigid substrate. The fingerprint identification chip and the pressure detection unit are disposed on two opposite surfaces of the flexible circuit board respectively, and are separately electrically connected to the flexible circuit board, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: SHENZHEN GOODIX TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Rui Ran, Dansheng Chen
  • Patent number: 10479724
    Abstract: A coated article includes a substrate, a functional layer over at least a portion of the substrate, and a protective coating over at least a portion of the functional layer, wherein an uppermost layer of the functional layer is a metal oxide layer, and wherein the protective coating comprises a metal nitride layer and a metal oxynitride layer that is disposed between and in contact with at least part of the metal nitride layer and the metal oxide layer of the functional layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: VITRO FLAT GLASS LLC
    Inventors: Ashtosh Ganjoo, Sudarshan Narayanan, James J. Finley, Paul V. Medwick
  • Patent number: 10324243
    Abstract: There are provided a high brightness polarizing plate and a liquid crystal display device including the high brightness polarizing plate as a lower polarizing plate. The high brightness polarizing plate includes: a polarizer; and a protective film disposed on a side of the polarizer, wherein the protective film faces a backlight unit, and a primer layer including a low-refractive polymer resin and fine hollow particles is formed on a side of the protective film opposite to a side thereof facing the polarizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Kyung-Ki Hong, Jae-Ho Jung, Jun-Wuk Park, Byung-Min Lee, Jae-Hoon Shim, Je-Hyuk Yoo
  • Patent number: 10300678
    Abstract: A surface-coated steel sheet of stainless steel is disclosed and has a coating which is made up of at least one metallic corrosion protection layer (1.1) and at least one further layer (1.2) applied to the metallic corrosion protection layer. For such a steel sheet to offer, without a color-imparting organic surface coating, a high-quality impression in terms of aesthetic effect and additionally, have a very high UV resistance, the at least one further layer (1.2) may be a metallic layer or be formed from a metallic layer, where the metallic layer (1.2) is based on nonrusting stainless steel, a chromium- and/or nickel-containing alloy, copper and/or a copper alloy. The at least one further metallic layer (1.2) can optionally be provided with a transparent layer (1.3). Furthermore, a process for producing such a surface-coated steel sheet is described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: THYSSENKRUPP STEEL EUROPE AG
    Inventors: Thorsten Böger, Peter Klauke, Anastasia Schüssler
  • Patent number: 10240237
    Abstract: Provided is a black coupling member for vehicles, comprising a trivalent chromium black chemical conversion film and a black coating film upon the trivalent chromium black chemical conversion film, on the surface of a zinc-plated metal substrate. The trivalent chromium black chemical conversion film is formed using a hexavalent chromium-free trivalent chromium black chemical conversion treatment solution having a Zn ion concentration of no more than 20 g/L. The lightness (L) of the trivalent chromium black chemical conversion film is no more than 33. The black coating film includes a black chemical conversion component, a modified organopolysiloxane, and a friction coefficient-adjustment component. The black chemical conversion component content is 2-25 wt % relative to 100 wt % of the black coating film. The lightness (L) is no more than 28.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignees: DIPSOL CHEMICALS CO., LTD., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Kato, Toshiki Inomata, Manabu Inoue, Hiroyuki Yoshida, Hiroshi Hirayama, Shinsuke Mochizuki, Toshiyasu Nagai
  • Patent number: 10137666
    Abstract: Disclosed is a noise-absorbent fabric having a superior heat-insulation property and sound-insulating property and a method for manufacturing the same. The noise-absorbent fabric includes a noise-absorbing layer comprising a nonwoven fabric formed of a heat-resistant fiber and impregnated with a binder; and a metal film stacked thereon. As such, the noise-absorbent fabric having superior sound-absorbing property, heat-insulating property and sound-insulating property can be obtained and be applicable to parts maintained at high temperatures of 300° C. or greater. In addition, the noise-absorbent fabric can be moldable using the binder in a desired three-dimensional shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Keun Young Kim, Kie Youn Jeong, Bong Hyun Park, Won Jin Seo
  • Patent number: 10113955
    Abstract: Gas cells and systems for absorption spectroscopy, and methods thereof. The method involves providing a channel with an inlet for receiving a gas sample and an outlet for releasing the gas sample from the gas cell; providing first and second end components with an optically transparent portion, each of the end components is configured to minimize a difference between a temperature of the optically transparent portions and an internal temperature of the channel; mounting the first end component the channel so that the optically transparent portion is positioned for receiving an incident beam into the channel; and mounting the second end component to the channel opposite from the first end component so that the optically transparent portion is positioned for permitting optical transmission into and out of the channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignees: Unisearch Associates Inc., Unisearch Instruments Nanjing Inc.
    Inventors: Alak Chanda, Shimin Wu
  • Patent number: 9925741
    Abstract: An acrylic rubber-metal composite, which comprises an iron phosphate treated iron-based metal, and an adhesive layer comprising a phenol resin and a metal oxide, and preferably further a halogenated polymer, and an acrylic rubber layer, successively provided on the iron-based metal surface, has not only distinguished initial adhesiveness and water resistance, when the acrylic rubber is bonded to the metal owing to application of the iron phosphate treatment to the metal surface, but also can reduce the abrasion of the mating materials when brought into contact with rubber-unbaked parts of the sheet, because the surface roughness Ra[according to JIS 0601(1994)] of the surface treated steel sheet is 0.6 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: NOK Corporation
    Inventors: Katsumi Abe, Kiyofumi Fukasawa
  • Patent number: 9919960
    Abstract: The invention relates to solar-control transparent glazing comprising, on a glass substrate, a transparent multilayer stack including an alternation of n silver-based functional layers and n+1 dielectric coatings, where n?1, such that each functional layer is surrounded by dielectric coatings, and at least one solar-radiation-absorbing layer enclosed between two dielectric layers formed by a material selected from among aluminum or silicon nitrides or mixtures thereof, inside one of the dielectric coatings. At least one functional layer is disposed on top of the so-called absorbent layer, and an intermediate transparent oxide layer selected from among oxides of zinc, tin, zirconium, titanium or alloys of same and a zinc oxide-based wetting layer are disposed between the absorbent layer and the functional layer, the intermediate transparent oxide layer having a different composition from that of the wetting layer, said wetting layer being immediately next to the functional layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: AGC GLASS EUROPE
    Inventor: Stijn Mahieu
  • Patent number: 9863027
    Abstract: A black-plated steel sheet has a Zn-plating layer containing molten Al and Mg, containing Al in the amount of 1.0-22.0 mass %, containing Mg in the amount of 1.3-10.0 mass %, and having a Zn black oxide distributed in a lamella pattern in the plating layer. The Zn black oxide is a Zn oxide derived from a Zn2Mg phase. The brightness of the surface of the Zn-plating layer containing the molten Al and Mg has an L* value of 60 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: NISSHIN STEEL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tadashi Nakano, Masaya Yamamoto, Hirofumi Taketsu
  • Patent number: 9802860
    Abstract: Certain example embodiments relate to a coated article including at least one infrared (IR) reflecting layer of a material such as silver or the like in a low-E coating, and methods of making the same. In certain cases, at least one layer of the coating is of or includes nickel and/or titanium (e.g., NixTiyOz). The provision of a layer including nickel titanium and/or an oxide thereof may permit a layer to be used that has good adhesion to the IR reflecting layer, and reduced absorption of visible light (resulting in a coated article with a higher visible transmission). When a layer including nickel titanium oxide is provided directly over and/or under the IR reflecting layer (e.g., as a barrier layer), this may result in improved chemical and mechanical durability. Thus, visible transmission may be improved if desired, without compromising durability; or, durability may simply be increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignees: Guardian Glass, LLC, Centre Luxembourgeois de Recherches pour le Verre et la Ceramique S.A. (C.R.V.C.)
    Inventors: Marcus Frank, Anton Dietrich, Greg Miller, Richard Blacker, Muhammad Imran, Jean-Marc Lemmer
  • Patent number: 9790127
    Abstract: Low emissivity panels can include a separation layer of Zn2SnOx between multiple infrared reflective stacks. The low emissivity panels can also include NiNbTiOx as barrier layer. The low emissivity panels have high light to solar gain, color neutral, together with similar observable color before and after a heat treatment process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignees: INTERMOLECULAR, INC., Guardian Glass, LLC
    Inventors: Guowen Ding, Jeremy Cheng, Tong Ju, Minh Huu Le, Phil Lingle, Daniel Schweigert, Zhi-Wen Wen Sun, Guizhen Zhang
  • Patent number: 9771965
    Abstract: An earth bolt with a surface treatment layer are a method of surface treatment of the earth bolt are provided. The surface treatment includes a tin-zinc plated layer, a colored chromate film layer and a silicate coating layer. Since the earth bolt with the surface treatment layer has improved electro-conductivity and anti-rusting property, it may protect electrical/electronic components fitted to a vehicle from electromagnetic shock and remove noise therefrom, thereby improving reliability of a vehicle body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Gyu Man Sim
  • Patent number: 9751801
    Abstract: Certain example embodiments relate to a coated article including at least one infrared (IR) reflecting layer of a material such as silver or the like in a low-E coating, and methods of making the same. In certain cases, at least one layer of the coating is of or includes nickel and/or titanium (e.g., NixTiyOz). The provision of a layer including nickel titanium and/or an oxide thereof may permit a layer to be used that has good adhesion to the IR reflecting layer, and reduced absorption of visible light (resulting in a coated article with a higher visible transmission). When a layer including nickel titanium oxide is provided directly over and/or under the IR reflecting layer (e.g., as a barrier layer), this may result in improved chemical and mechanical durability. Thus, visible transmission may be improved if desired, without compromising durability; or, durability may simply be increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignees: Guardian Glass, LLC, Centre Luxembourgeois de Recherches pour le Verre et la Ceramique S.A. (C.R.V.C.)
    Inventors: Marcus Frank, Anton Dietrich, Greg Miller, Richard Blacker, Muhammad Imran, Jean-Marc Lemmer
  • Patent number: 9683294
    Abstract: A conversion coating composition comprising 0.01 wt % to 0.2 wt % of phosphorous (P); 0.01 wt % to 0.2 wt % of magnesium (Mg); 0.005 wt % to 0.15 wt % of zirconium (Zr); 0.005 wt % to 0.15 wt % of titanium (Ti); 0.005 wt % to 0.15 wt % of vanadium (V); 0.05 wt % to 1 wt % of phenol resin; the balance of water and other unavoidable impurities is provided. A surface treated steel sheet comprising a base steel sheet; a zinc or zinc alloy plated layer formed on the base steel sheet; a blackening layer formed on the zinc or zinc alloy plated layer; and an organic and inorganic complex conversion coating layer formed on the blackening layer, wherein the organic and inorganic complex conversion coating layer may satisfy the weight ratio of P:Mg:Zr:Ti:V=1:0.045 to 2:0.035 to 1.5:0.035 to 1.3:0.035 to 1.5 (based on the weight of P) is also provided. A method for manufacturing a steel sheet treated with the conversion coating composition is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: POSCO
    Inventors: Yeon-Ho Kim, Young-Jin Kwak, Yon-Kyun Song, Yang-Ho Choi, Tae-Yeob Kim, Kyoung-Pil Ko, Chang-Hoon Choi, Jong-Sang Kim
  • Patent number: 9644273
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments of the invention provide barrier coated substrates and methods of coating a substrate with a barrier coating derived from sol gels. An example includes a barrier coated aerospace component that is subject to hot salt corrosion during use. The barrier coating is derived from oxidation of a coating composition that includes at least one sol gel. The barrier coating resists hot salt corrosion for an incubation period of such duration that an uncoated superalloy substrate under the same conditions would suffer corrosion to a depth of about 2.0 mils. Methods of applying the barrier coating include the steps of selecting a first liquid sol gel and wetting surfaces of the superalloy substrate with the selected first liquid sol gel. The wetted surfaces of the superalloy substrate are subjected to heat treatment. The heat treatment includes sintering of sol gel to oxide to produce a barrier coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Derek Raybould, Thomas E. Strangman, Christian DelaCruz
  • Patent number: 9630876
    Abstract: The invention relates to low-emissivity and anti-solar glazing systems that change only very little in properties when they are subjected to a heat treatment. They comprise a stack of thin layers comprising an alternating arrangement of n infrared radiation reflecting functional layers and n+1 dielectric coatings, characterized in that: (i) the first dielectric coating comprises a layer made from an oxide in contact with the substrate, (ii) the portion of the coating stack between two functional layers comprises, in order: a barrier layer, a zinc oxide-based layer, a layer of zinc-tin mixed oxide, a nucleation layer, and (iii) the last dielectric coating comprises a layer made from an oxide other than silicon oxide with a thickness greater than 3 nm overlaid with a layer made from a silicon nitride or a silicon oxide with a thickness greater than 10 nm superposed thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: AGC GLASS EUROPE
    Inventors: Stijn Mahieu, Anne-Christine Baudouin, Marc Hauptmann, Jean-Michel Depauw, Michael Purwins, Eric Mathieu, Hansjoerg Weis
  • Patent number: 9611972
    Abstract: Provided is a pipe having a heat-resistant and corrosion-resistant multi-layered plated layer excellent in workability. The pipe includes a multi-layered plated layer including: a ZnNi alloy plated layer that has a Ni content of 5% to 9% and a layer thickness of 3 ?m to 9 ?m and is formed as a first layer on a surface of a base steel pipe; another ZnNi alloy plated layer that has a Ni content of 10% to 15% and a layer thickness of 1 ?m to 3 ?m and is deposited as a second layer on the ZnNi alloy plated layer formed as the first layer; and a chromate film that is formed on the ZnNi alloy plated layer formed as the second layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: USUI KOKUSAI SANGYO KAISHA LIMITED
    Inventor: Yasushige Ishii
  • Patent number: 9610605
    Abstract: In a method for cold gas spraying a layer, coating particles are accelerated in a cold spraying nozzle. The particles have a plastic encapsulation. In said manner, the plastic is precipitated onto the substrate together with the metal material, thereby forming in particular layer compositions having good sliding properties, dirt repellent properties, or lubricating properties. The coating can be used as a bearing component of a sliding bearing, as a flow component, in particular as a rotor blade of wind power plants or body components of transportation vehicle, or as trim components of structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Jens Dahl Jensen, Oliver Stier, Raymond Ullrich
  • Patent number: 9598773
    Abstract: The present invention pertains to a method for producing a black-plated steel sheet capable of being blackened in a short amount of time, and exhibiting an excellent ability to maintain a black appearance after processing. As an original sheet, the sheet used is a Zn-plating steel sheet which contains molten Al and Mg and has a Zn-plating layer containing molten Al and Mg, containing Al in the amount of 1.0-22.0 mass %, inclusive, and containing Mg in the amount of 1.5-10.0 mass %, inclusive. The plating layer is blackened by causing the molten-plating steel sheet to contact water vapor inside a tightly sealed container. When doing so, the concentration of oxygen inside the tightly sealed container is 13% or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: NISSHIN STEEL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tadashi Nakano, Masaya Yamamoto, Hirofumi Taketsu
  • Patent number: 9598759
    Abstract: The present invention pertains to a method for producing a black-plated steel sheet capable of being blackened in a short amount of time, and exhibiting an excellent ability to maintain a black appearance after processing. As an original sheet, the sheet used is a Zn-plating steel sheet which contains molten Al and Mg and has a Zn-plating layer containing molten Al and Mg, containing Al in the amount of 0.1-22.0 mass %, inclusive, and containing Mg in the amount of 0.1-1.5 mass %, inclusive. The plating layer is blackened by causing the molten-plating steel sheet to contact water vapor inside a tightly sealed container. When doing so, the concentration of oxygen inside the tightly sealed container is 13% or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: NISSHIN STEEL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tadashi Nakano, Masaya Yamamoto, Hirofumi Taketsu
  • Patent number: 9481924
    Abstract: Methods, and coated panels fabricated from the methods, are disclosed to form multiple coatings, (e.g., one or more infrared reflective layers), with minimal color change before and after heat treatments. For example, by adding appropriate seed layers between the IR reflective layers and the base oxide layers, the color performance can be maintained regardless of high temperature processes. The optical filler layers can include a metal oxide layer. In some embodiments, the seed layer can include nickel, titanium, and niobium, forming a nickel titanium niobium alloy such as NiTiNb.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: Intermolecular, Inc.
    Inventors: Guowen Ding, Tong Ju, Minh Huu Le, Daniel Schweigert, Guizhen Zhang
  • Patent number: 9470941
    Abstract: Methods and devices employing in-cell and/or on-cell touch sensor components, including in-cell and/or on-cell black matrix material that also may serve as a touch drive or sense electrode, are provided. In one example, an electronic display may include a lower substrate, an upper substrate, and a black matrix material that shields light between pixels of the electronic display. At least a portion of the black matrix material may form all or part of a component of a touch sensor of the electronic display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Youngbae Park, Cheng Chen, Shih Chang Chang, John Z. Zhong
  • Patent number: 9410359
    Abstract: Embodiments provided herein describe low-e panels and methods for forming low-e panels. A transparent substrate is provided. A low-e stack is formed above the transparent substrate. Each of the layers of the low-e stack are formed to have a specific thickness to tune the performance characteristics of the low-e panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignees: Intermolecular, Inc., Guardian Industries Corp.
    Inventors: Guowen Ding, Brent Boyce, Tong Ju, Minh Huu Le, Phil Lingle, Daniel Schweigert, Yongli Xu, Guizhen Zhang
  • Patent number: 9346945
    Abstract: Filled silicone composition, in situ preparation and use thereof are provided. The composition comprises a mixture of (A) an in situ-prepared treated silica, (B) an in situ-prepared (siloxane-alkylene)-endblocked polydiorganosiloxane, (c) a cure catalyst and (D) a crosslinker. Moreover, the composition can be used as adhesive, coating and sealant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignees: DOW CORNING CORPORATION, DOW CORNING (CHINA) HOLDING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lei Fang, Brian Harkness, Xiucuo Li, Lauren Tonge, James Tonge