O-containing Patents (Class 428/702)
  • Patent number: 8859072
    Abstract: A cut-out sintered ceramic sheet including a side surface, the entire surface of which is a fracture surface having reliefs, wherein a plastic resin film is adhered onto upper and lower surfaces of the cut-out sintered ceramic sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Maruwa Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ikuo Nishi, Sei Kanbe
  • Patent number: 8859117
    Abstract: A light-permeable heat-protection element including at least one support element and at least one protective coating containing a reaction product which includes an aqueous alkali silicate solution and aluminate-modified or borate-modified silicon dioxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Inventors: Norbert Schwankhaus, Udo Gelderie, Dietrich Pantke, Lothar Puppe, Hartmut Melzer, Peter-Nikolaus Schmitz
  • Patent number: 8858666
    Abstract: A coating for a cutting tool, which includes a plurality of mutually superposed layers, characterized in that the coating has an outer cover layer with a first layer portion of metallic aluminium or an aluminium alloy and a second layer portion arranged thereover of aluminium oxide or a mixed oxide which contains aluminium and at least one further metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Walter AG
    Inventor: Veit Schier
  • Patent number: 8859116
    Abstract: A multi-layer coating for protection of metals and alloys against oxidation at high temperatures is provided. The invention utilizes a multi-layer ceramic coating on metals or alloys for increased oxidation-resistance, comprising at least two layers, wherein the first layer (3) and the second layer (4) both comprise an oxide, and wherein the first layer (3) has a tracer diffusion coefficient for cations Mm+, where M is the scale forming element of the alloy, and the second layer (4) has a tracer diffusion coefficient for oxygen ions O2? satisfying the following formula: ? ln ? ? p ? ( O 2 ) in ln ? ? p ? ( O 2 ) ex ? ( D O + m 2 ? D M ) ? ? ? ln ? ? p ? ( O 2 ) < 5 · 10 - 13 ? ? cm 2 / s wherein p(O2)in, p(O2)ex, DM and DO are as defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Technical University of Denmark
    Inventors: Peter Vang Hendriksen, Lars Mikkelsen, Peter Halvor Larsen, Soeren Linderoth, Mogens Mogensen
  • Publication number: 20140301178
    Abstract: A local probe storage array is provided that includes a substrate, and a polymeric layer over the substrate, the polymeric layer comprising a crosslinking agent that has been cured, the crosslinking agent comprising at least three alkyne groups.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2014
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Urs T. DUERIG, Bernd W. GOTSMANN, Armin W. KNOLL, David S. PIRES
  • Patent number: 8852745
    Abstract: An aspect of the present invention relates to an optical glass, which comprises, denoted as weight percent, 2 to 37 percent of SiO2, 0 to 25 percent of B2O3, 0 to 10 percent of GeO2, 18 to 55 percent of a combined content of Li2O, Na2O, K2O, CaO, SrO, and BaO, and 27 to 55 percent of a combined content of TiO2, Nb2O5, and WO3, wherein the weight ratio of SiO2 content relative to a combined content of SiO2 and B2O3 ranges from 0.1 to 1, a weight ratio of the Li2O content to a combined content of Li2O, Na2O, K2O, CaO, SrO, and BaO ranges from 0 to 0.4, and a weight ratio of TiO2 content relative to a combined content of TiO2, Nb2O5, and WO3 ranges from 0.35 to 1, with a refractive index nd of 1.860 to 1.990 and an Abbé number ?d of 21 to 29.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Hoya Corporation
    Inventors: Kosuke Yamaguchi, Naomi Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20140295154
    Abstract: The invention relates to a laminate comprising two plastic films and (optionally in between a metal or metal oxide layer and) a layer of an organic compound other than triazine, the laminate having a lamination strength of about 2 N/inch or more as measured in a 90 degree tensile testing at 30 mm/min. The invention further relates to a composite layer, suitable for said laminate. The invention further relates to laminate having a crystalline organic compound other than triazine to improve the barrier properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventors: Shahab JAHROMI, Constantinus Simon Maria LIEBREGTS
  • Patent number: 8846101
    Abstract: Calcium-containing compounds have been at least partly film-coated and/or granulated with a water-soluble substance and a water-soluble polymeric substance and use of such coated compounds in pharmaceutical compositions. The at least partly film-coated and/or granulated calcium-containing compounds have proved suitable for the preparation of tablets having a very high load of elemental calcium and a conveniently small size. A drug load of about 96% or more is obtained in tablets of the invention that have sufficient mechanical and organoleptic properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Takeda Nycomed AS
    Inventor: Jan Y. Piene
  • Patent number: 8846218
    Abstract: A method of smoothing the surface of a ceramic matrix composite material part that presents a surface that is undulating and rough. The method includes depositing a refractory vitreous coating on the surface of the part, the vitreous coating essentially containing silica, alumina, baryte, and lime.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignees: Herakles, SNECMA
    Inventors: Eric Bouillon, Nicolas Eberling-Fux, Serge Chateigner
  • Patent number: 8846210
    Abstract: A ceramic electronic component includes a first dielectric layer, a second dielectric layer, and a boundary reaction layer. The first dielectric layer is a layer containing BaO, Nd2O3, and TiO2, the second dielectric layer is a layer containing a material different from the material of the first dielectric layer, and the boundary reaction layer is a layer formed between the first dielectric layer and the second dielectric layer and containing at least one of Zn, Ti, Cu, and Mg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Toshio Sakurai, Hisashi Kobuke, Tomohiro Arashi, Kiyoshi Hatanaka, Yasuharu Miyauchi
  • Patent number: 8847206
    Abstract: Disclosed is a surface modifying agent including a compound having an ethynyl group at one terminal end, a laminated structure manufactured using the surface modifying agent, a method of manufacturing the laminated structure, and a transistor including the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jeong-il Park, Byung-wook Yoo, Do-hwan Kim, Sang-yoon Lee, Bang-lin Lee, Eun-jeong Jeong
  • Publication number: 20140287227
    Abstract: Disclosed is a jointed body wherein multiple base members are jointed to each other through a jointing layer, and at least one of the base members is a base member of a ceramic material, semiconductor or glass. The joint material layer contains a metal and an oxide. The oxide contains V and Te, and is present between the metal and the base members. Disclosed is also a joint material in the form of a paste containing an oxide glass containing V and Te, metal particles, and a solvent; in the form of a foil piece or plate in which particles of an oxide glass containing V and Te are embedded; or in the form of a foil piece or plate containing a layer of an oxide glass containing V and Te, and a layer of a metal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Motomune KODAMA, Takashi NAITO, Tadashi FUJIEDA, Yuichi SAWAI, Takuya AOYAGI, Masanori MIYAGI
  • Patent number: 8841484
    Abstract: Disclosed are certain partially fluorinated amide compounds and composite materials containing the compounds. Also disclosed are methods for making the composite materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: E I du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Keith W. Hutchenson, Anilkumar Raghavanpillai, Stefan Reinartz
  • Patent number: 8840997
    Abstract: A cover glass having a compressive-stress layer on the principal surfaces thereof, and having a glass composition containing 50% to 70% by mole of SiO2, 3% to 20% by mole of Al2O3, 5% to 25% by mole of Na2O, more than 0% by mole and less than or equal to 2.5% by mole of Li2O, 0% to 5.5% by mole of K2O, and 0% to less than 3% by mole of B2O3. Also disclosed is a method for producing a cover glass which includes: (i) preparing molten glass by melting a glass raw material; (ii) forming the prepared molten glass into a plate-like shape by a down-draw process and thereby obtaining a glass substrate; and (iii) forming a compressive-stress layer on the surface of the glass substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignees: AvanStrate Inc., Hoya Corporation
    Inventors: Akihiro Koyama, Satoshi Ami, Kazuaki Hashimoto, Tetsuo Takano
  • Patent number: 8841002
    Abstract: A method of bonding includes using a bonding layer having a fluorinated oxide. Fluorine may be introduced into the bonding layer by exposure to a fluorine-containing solution, vapor or gas or by implantation. The bonding layer may also be formed using a method where fluorine is introduced into the layer during its formation. The surface of the bonding layer is terminated with a desired species, preferably an NH2 species. This may be accomplished by exposing the bonding layer to an NH4OH solution. High bonding strength is obtained at room temperature. The method may also include bonding two bonding layers together and creating a fluorine distribution having a peak in the vicinity of the interface between the bonding layers. One of the bonding layers may include two oxide layers formed on each other. The fluorine concentration may also have a second peak at the interface between the two oxide layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Ziptronix, Inc.
    Inventor: Qin-Yi Tong
  • Publication number: 20140272346
    Abstract: A system and process for inter alia coating a substrate such as glass with a layer of aluminum oxide to create a scratch-resistant and shatter-resistant matrix comprised of a thin scratch-resistant aluminum oxide film deposited on one or more sides of a transparent and shatter-resistant substrate for use in consumer and mobile devices such as watch crystals, cell phones, tablet computers, personal computers and the like. The system and process may include a reactive thermal evaporation technique. An advantage of the reactive thermal evaporation technique includes using arbitrarily high oxygen pressures, allowing for higher growth rates of aluminum oxide at the surface of the substrate and, ultimately, a less expensive process. Another advantage of this reactive thermal evaporation process is that it does not utilize electrical fields typically found in traditional reactive sputtering techniques.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Rubicon Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan LEVINE, John P. CIRALDO
  • Publication number: 20140272345
    Abstract: A system and process for inter alia coating a substrate such as glass substrate with a layer of aluminum oxide to create a scratch-resistant and shatter-resistant matrix comprised of a thin scratch-resistant aluminum oxide film deposited on one or more sides of a transparent and shatter-resistant substrate for use in consumer and mobile devices such as watch crystals, cell phones, tablet computers, personal computers and the like. The system and process may include a sputtering technique. The system and process may produce a thin window that has a thickness of about 2 mm or less, and the matrix (i.e., the combination of the aluminum oxide film and transparent substrate) may have a shatter resistance with a Young's Modulus value that is less than that of sapphire, i.e., less than about 350 gigapascals (GPa). The thin window has superior shatter-resistant characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Rubicon Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan LEVINE, John P. Ciraldo
  • Publication number: 20140272432
    Abstract: Methods for applying a coating to a substrate in rolled form, the substrate including a first edge face and a second edge face opposite the first edge face, the substrate further having a first major surface and a second major surface opposite the first major surface, the first and second major surfaces extending between the first edge face and the second edge face, the methods including applying a coating to at least one edge face and optionally at least a portion of one or both major surfaces of the substrate in rolled form. Articles in rolled form prepared according to the foregoing methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: Bill H. Dodge, David K. Cinader, JR., MaThazin Aung, Artin Margharian
  • Publication number: 20140268526
    Abstract: Protective coatings, including moisture-resistant coatings, that include two or more different types of moisture-resistant materials are disclosed, as are moisture-sensitive substrates that include such protective coatings. Moisture-sensitive substrates that include different types of moisture-resistant coatings on different elements are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: HzO, Inc.
    Inventors: Blake Stevens, Yang Yun
  • Patent number: 8835011
    Abstract: A cover assembly for a display device, such as a three-dimensional liquid crystal (3-D LCD) display. The cover assembly includes an aluminosilicate glass substrate that is substantially free of retardance-induced visual defects and has a thickness of less than 2 mm, a retardance of less than or equal to 5 nm over an area of at least 170 in2 (20 in diagonal), a 4-point bend strength of greater than 150 MPa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Kevin Thomas Gahagan, Raymond G Greene, Katherine Rose Rossington
  • Patent number: 8835007
    Abstract: A tempered glass has a compression stress layer in a surface thereof, and includes as a glass composition in terms of mol %, 50 to 75% of SiO2, 3 to 13% of Al2O3, 0 to 1.5% of B2O3, 0 to 4% of Li2O, 7 to 20 % of Na2O, 0 to 10 % of K2O, 0.5 to 13% of MgO, 0 to 6% of CaO, and 0 to 4.5% of SrO. The tempered glass is substantially free of As2O3, Sb2O3, PbO, and F. The tempered glass has a molar ratio MgO/(MgO+Al2O3) of 0.05 to 0.30.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Murata, Takako Tojyo, Kosuke Kawamoto, Yuusuke Tomita
  • Patent number: 8835023
    Abstract: Dramatic improvements in metallization integrity and electroceramic thin film performance can be achieved by the use of the ZnO buffer layer to minimize interfacial energy between metallization and adhesion layers. In particular, the invention provides a substrate metallization method utilizing a ZnO adhesion layer that has a high work of adhesion, which in turn enables processing under thermal budgets typically reserved for more exotic ceramic, single-crystal, or metal foil substrates. Embodiments of the present invention can be used in a broad range of applications beyond ferroelectric capacitors, including microelectromechanical systems, micro-printed heaters and sensors, and electrochemical energy storage, where integrity of metallized silicon to high temperatures is necessary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Sandia Corporation
    Inventor: Jon Ihlefeld
  • Patent number: 8828527
    Abstract: A surface-coated cutting tool includes a tool substrate made of tungsten carbide-based cemented carbide or titanium carbonitride-based cermet; and a hard coating layer formed by vapor-depositing in order, a lower layer (a), an intermediate layer (b), and an upper layer (c) on the tool substrate. The lower layer (a) is a Ti layer composed of one or more of a titanium carbide layer, a titanium nitride layer, a titanium carbonitride layer, a titanium carboxide layer, and a titanium oxycarbonitride layer, and having a thickness of 3 to 20 ?m. The intermediate layer (b) is an aluminum oxide layer having a thickness of 1 to 5 ?m, and having an ?-type crystal structure in a chemically vapor-deposited state. The upper layer (c) is an aluminum oxide layer having a thickness of 2 to 15 ?m, and containing one or more elements of Ti, Y, Zr, Cr, and B.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Materials Corporation
    Inventors: Kohei Tomita, Makoto Igarashi, Akira Osada, Eiji Nakamura
  • Patent number: 8828563
    Abstract: A cutting tool for metal material processing has a hard metal body and a multi-layer coating applied to the hard metal body in at least one surface area. The multi-layer coating includes the following, sequentially in direction from the hard metal body to the surface of the cutting tool: at least one layer TiCx1Ny1, where x1+y1=1, x1?0, y1>0; at least one layer TiCx2Ny2Oz2, where x2+y2+z2=1, 0?z2?0.03 and 0.5?x2?0.85; at least one layer TiN, or TiCx31Ny31, where 0.2?x31?0.8 and x31+y31=1, or TiNy32Bv32, where 0.0001?v32?0.05 and y32+v32=1; at least one layer: TiNy41Bv41Oz41, where y41+v41+z41=1 and 0.0001?v41?0.05 and 0.01?z41?0.6, or TiCx42Ny42Oz42, where x42+y42+z42=1 and 0?y42?0.5 and 0.01?z42?0.6; and at least one outer layer ?-Al2O3. The at least one layer TiCx2Ny2Oz2 has a texture in the direction having a texture coefficient TC(311)=1.3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Ceratizit Austria Gesellschaft mbH
    Inventors: Martin Kathrein, Werner Bürgin, Christoph Czettl, Peter Lechleitner, Josef Thurner
  • Patent number: 8828564
    Abstract: A glazing incorporating a glass substrate includes, on at least one portion of its surface, a stack of layers including a barrier layer to the migration of ions contained in the substrate, especially of Na+ or K+ alkali metal type, the barrier layer being interposed in the stack between the surface of the substrate and at least one upper layer giving the glazing a functionality of the solar-control, low-emissivity, antireflection, photocatalytic, hydrophobic or other type, the barrier layer essentially consisting of a silicon oxide or a silicon oxynitride, wherein the silicon oxide or oxynitride includes one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Al, Ga and B and wherein the Si/X atomic ratio is strictly less than 92/8 in the barrier layer, X being the sum of the atomic contributions of the Al, Ga and B elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain Glass France
    Inventor: Frédéric Clabau
  • Patent number: 8828550
    Abstract: Provided is a dopant host with which the amount of B2O3 volatilized is unlikely to decrease over time and that has good B2O3 volatilizing ability for a long period of time. The dopant host has a laminate that includes a boron component volatilization layer containing 30 to 60 mol % of SiO2, 10 to 30 mol % of Al2O3, 15 to 50 mol % of B2O3, and 2 to 15 mol % of RO (R is an alkaline earth metal) and a heat resistant layer containing 8 to 40 mol % of SiO2, 40 to 85 mol % of Al2O3, 5 to 30 mol % of B2O3, and 0.5 to 7 mol % of RO (R is an alkaline earth metal). At least one outermost layer of the laminate is composed of the boron component volatilization layer. The laminate further includes the boron component volatilization layer inside the laminate. The boron component volatilization layer constituting at least one outermost layer of the laminate has a B2O3 content lower than the B2O3 content in the boron component volatilization layer inside the laminate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryota Suzuki, Yoshio Umayahara
  • Patent number: 8822044
    Abstract: Ceramic material of the general formula: [SE1-xMIIx][Cr1-y-zRyLz]O3, wherein SE stands for one or more rare earth metals, MII stands for one or more metals of the oxidation state +II, L stands for Al and/or Ga, R stands for one or more metals selected from Fe, Zn, Ge, Sn, and it holds that: 0<x<1; 0<y<1; 0.5<z<1; y+z<1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: EPCOS AG
    Inventors: Danilo Neuber, Adalbert Feltz
  • Patent number: 8822033
    Abstract: A transparent glass or glass ceramic pane is provided that includes a glass or glass ceramic substrate having a thermal expansion coefficient ? of less than 4.2 and an infrared radiation-reflecting layer, formed as a single-layer reflection layer and having a refractive index greater than 2.2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Schott AG
    Inventors: Christian Henn, Veit Luther, Andreas Hahn, Wolfgang Schmidbauer, Torsten Gabelmann
  • Patent number: 8822032
    Abstract: The disclosure is directed to glass frits materials containing phosphors that can be used in LED lighting devices and for methods associated therewith for making the phosphor containing frit materials. Suitable non-lead glasses have a composition, in mol %, in the range of 20-24% K2O, 8-12% ZnO, 2-6% Al2O3, 35-41% B2O3 and 22-28 SiO2. Suitable leaded glasses have a composition, in wt %, in range of 72-79% PbO, 8-13% Al2O3, 8-13% B2O3, 2-5% SiO2 and 0-0.3% Sb2O3. Commercial high-lead glass can be used in practicing the disclosure. Among the unique advantages are the ability to blend two or more phosphors within the same frit layer which will yield a multi-phosphor-containing glass after firing; the ability to deposit the phosphor onto a substrate into a desired geometric pattern; and the fluorescing layer can be applied to the active plane, with the glass serving as protective substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Nicholas Francis Borrelli, Lisa Ann Lamberson, Robert Michael Morena, William R Trutna
  • Patent number: 8822045
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods of protecting a surface of an aluminum nitride substrate. The substrate with the protected surface can be stored for a period of time and easily activated to be in a condition ready for thin film growth or other processing. In certain embodiments, the method of protecting the substrate surface comprises forming a passivating layer on at least a portion of the substrate surface by performing a wet etch, which can comprise the use of one or more organic compounds and one or more acids. The invention also provides aluminum nitride substrates having passivated surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: North Carolina State University
    Inventors: Ramon R. Collazo, Zlatko Sitar, Rafael Dalmau
  • Publication number: 20140242417
    Abstract: A method for the photocatalytically active coating of surfaces is presented and described, as well as an article (1) photocatalytically actively coated according to this method. The object of providing a method for the photocatalytically active coating of, in particular, metallic surfaces, whereby a permanently stable coating is produced without negatively affecting the photocatalytic activity of the layer, is achieved by a method, in which a substrate article is prepared which has a surface, a metallic adhesion-promoting layer is applied to the surface of the substrate article, a photocatalytically active layer consisting of one or more metal oxides is applied to the adhesion-promoting layer, wherein the metallic adhesion-promoting layer and the surface of the substrate article consist of a different material and the adhesion-promoting layer is selected such that it is not oxidized or reduced by the photocatalytically active layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2012
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: LINDE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Jan-Oliver Kliemann, Henning Gutzmann, Thomas Klassen, Frank Gaertner
  • Publication number: 20140242866
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure, in one aspect, relate to polymer compositions, methods of making polymer compositions, structures having the polymer composition covalently bonded to the surface of the structure, methods of attaching the polymer to the surface of the structure, methods of decreasing the amount of microorganisms formed on a structure, materials, methods of attaching materials, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2012
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.
    Inventor: Jason J. Locklin
  • Patent number: 8815420
    Abstract: A coated article is provided with at least one functional layer, such as an infrared (IR) reflecting layer of or including silver and/or gold. A dielectric and substantially transparent seed layer is provided under and directly contacting the functional layer. In certain example embodiments, the seed layer includes an oxide of zinc and gallium for lowering the stress of the layer and thus improving durability of the overall coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Guardian Industries Corp.
    Inventors: Alexey Krasnov, Richard Blacker
  • Patent number: 8808882
    Abstract: A coated article is provided with at least one functional layer, such as an infrared (IR) reflecting layer(s) of or including silver and/or gold. A dielectric and substantially transparent seed layer is provided under and directly contacting the functional layer. In certain example embodiments, the seed layer includes an oxide of zinc and boron for increasing the hardness of the layer and thus improving durability of the overall coating. The seed layer may further include aluminum and/or gallium, for enhancing the electrical properties and/or reducing the stress in the resulting coating. The seed layer may be deposited by a substantially metallic target in the presence of oxygen in certain examples.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Guardian Industries Corp.
    Inventors: Muhammad Imran, Richard Blacker
  • Patent number: 8808864
    Abstract: An IG window unit includes a coating supported by a glass substrate. The coating includes at least the following on the glass substrate moving from the glass substrate outwardly: at least one dielectric layer; a layer comprising zinc oxide; an infrared (IR) reflecting layer comprising silver; a layer comprising an oxide of Ni and/or Cr; an overcoat comprising a layer comprising tin oxide located over the oxide of Ni and/or Cr and a layer comprising silicon nitride.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Guardian Industries Corp.
    Inventors: Jingyu Lao, Philip J. Lingle, Brent Boyce, Bernd Disteldorf, Richard Blacker
  • Publication number: 20140227560
    Abstract: Provided are a conductive layer and a method of manufacturing the same. The conductive layer is formed without, so called, a high temperature process but has suitable crystallinity, excellent transparency and excellent resistance characteristic, and the method of manufacturing the same is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2013
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventor: LG CHEM, LTD.
  • Publication number: 20140224958
    Abstract: A multi-layer coating for a glass-shaping mold is disclosed. The multi-layer coating may include a glass-contacting layer and a diffusion barrier layer. The glass-contacting layer may make contact with glass during glass-shaping and may include titanium oxide, aluminium oxide, or combinations thereof. The diffusion barrier layer may be positioned between the glass-contacting layer and a mold body and may restrict diffusion of base metals from the mold body to the glass-contacting layer and diffusion of glass materials from the glass-contacting layer to the mold body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2014
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Jiangwei Feng, Lin Lin, Ljerka Ukrainczyk
  • Patent number: 8801817
    Abstract: A surface-coated cutting tool according to the present invention includes a base material and a coating film formed on the base material. The coating film includes at least one TiCN layer. The TiCN layer has a columnar crystal region. The columnar crystal region is characterized by having a composition of TiCxNy (in which 0.65?x/(x+y)?0.90) and having a (422) plane having a plane spacing of 0.8765 ? to 0.8790 ?.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Hardmetal Corp.
    Inventors: Anongsack Paseuth, Yoshio Okada, Hideaki Kanaoka, Chikako Kojima, Erika Iwai
  • Patent number: 8802225
    Abstract: An article includes a ceramic matrix composite substrate with a heat-exposure surface and a monocoating disposed directly on the heat-exposure surface. The monocoating includes vitreous glass to seal the ceramic matrix composite from the surrounding environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Brian K. Flandermeyer, Kathleen E. Sinnamon, Erica Prevost
  • Publication number: 20140220324
    Abstract: A component according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a substrate, a thermal barrier coating deposited on at least a portion of the substrate, and an outer layer deposited on at least a portion of the thermal barrier coating. The outer layer includes a material that absorbs energy in response to an impact event along at least a portion of the outer layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2012
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Inventors: Christopher W. Strock, Michael Maloney, David A. Litton, Benjamin Joseph Zimmerman, Brian T. Hazel
  • Patent number: 8795839
    Abstract: A method for repairing optical elements having a coating, in which the coating is fully or partially removed or left on the optical element, a polishing layer being provided in the coating or a polishing layer being applied, which allows simple processing of the surface to achieve high geometrical accuracy and lower surface roughness. A new coating is applied onto the corresponding polishing layer. Also addressed are corresponding optical elements, including optical elements recycled according to the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss SMT GmbH
    Inventor: Thure Boehm
  • Publication number: 20140212672
    Abstract: A one-dimensional conductive nanomaterial-based conductive film having the conductivity thereof enhanced by a two-dimensional nanomaterial in which the conductive film includes a substrate, a one-dimensional conductive nanomaterial layer formed on the substrate, and a two-dimensional nanomaterial layer formed on the one-dimensional conductive nanomaterial layer, wherein the one-dimensional conductive nanomaterial layer includes a one-dimensional conductive nanomaterial formed of at least one selected from a carbon nanotube, a metal nanowire, and a metal nanorod, and the two-dimensional nanomaterial layer includes a two-dimensional nanomaterial formed of at least one selected from graphene, boron nitride, tungsten oxide (WO3), molybdenum sulfide (MoS2), molybdenum telluride (MoTe2), niobium diselenide (NbSe2), tantalum diselenide (TaSe2), and manganese dioxide (MnO2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2014
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute
    Inventors: Joong-tark Han, Geon-woong Lee, Hee-jin Jeong, Seung-yol Jeong, Jun-suk Kim
  • Patent number: 8790769
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a transparent, laser-inscribable, preferably thermoplastic polyurethane, and to the production and use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Frank Prissok, Nicole Duevel, Aleksander Glinka
  • Patent number: 8790796
    Abstract: A method is provided for changing the visible light transmittance of a coated article having a functional coating having at least one anti-reflective material and at least one infrared reflective material. The anti-reflective material includes an alloying material capable of combining or alloying with the infrared reflective material. A protective coating is deposited over the functional coating to prevent or retard the diffusion of atmospheric gas and/or vapor into the functional coating. The coated article is heated to a temperature sufficient to cause at least some of the alloying material to combine with at least some of the infrared reflective material to form a substance having a different visible light transmittance than the infrared reflective material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.
    Inventors: Harry Buhay, James J. Finley, James P. Thiel, John P. Lehan
  • Patent number: 8790782
    Abstract: The invention relates to a corrosion resistant reactor tube, method for providing a passivating or corrosion resistant coating to the inside of the reactor tube, and a method of making high bismuth glass powders using the corrosion resistant reactor tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: E I du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Michael F. Barker, John James Barnes, Rob Cockerill, Howard David Glicksman, Warren Harrell, James J. Krajewski, Michele L. Ostraat, Jay Scott Schickling, Barry Edward Taylor
  • Patent number: 8790783
    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: March 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: Guardian Industries Corp.
    Inventors: Richard Blacker, Marcus Frank, Muhammad Imran
  • Publication number: 20140205860
    Abstract: A radio-opaque film with a laminate structure includes one or more layers of radio-opaque material between a pair of containment layers. Each radio-opaque layer may comprise particles of radio-opaque material and a binder, which holds the particles of radio-opaque material together. One or both of the containment layers may impart the radio-opaque film with paper-like or cloth-like characteristics. Alternatively, a sheet of paper-like or cloth-like material may be adhered to one or both of the containment layers. Methods for manufacturing radio-opaque films are also disclosed, as are systems in which radio-opaque films are used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: BLOXR Corporation
    Inventor: Ashok C. Khandkar
  • Patent number: 8784981
    Abstract: A stainless steel-and-resin composite includes a stainless steel part and a resin part bonded to the stainless steel part. The stainless steel part has a porous film resulted from anodizing formed thereon. The porous film defines pores with an average diameter of about 100 nm-500 nm. The resin part is integrally bonded to the surface of the stainless steel part having the porous film, with portions of the resin part penetrating in the pores. The resin part mainly comprises crystalline thermoplastic synthetic resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hsin-Pei Chang, Wen-Rong Chen, Huann-Wu Chiang, Cheng-Shi Chen, Dai-Yu Sun, Yuan-Yuan Feng, Yu-Qiang Wang
  • Patent number: 8785008
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of a sintered body obtained by subjecting a primary sintered body having a relative density of 95% or higher produced from a fine yttria-containing zirconia powder to HIP sintering at a temperature of 1,200-1,600° C. and a pressure of 50 MPa or higher. This sintered body is either a sintered body which has a total light transmittance, as measured at a thickness of 0.5 mm, of 43% or higher and a three-point bending strength of 1,700 MPa or higher or a zirconia sintered body which has a total light transmittance, as measured at a thickness of 1 mm, of 40% or higher and a three-point bending strength of 500 MPa or higher and which combines high strength and total light transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Tosoh Corporation
    Inventors: Isao Yamashita, Koji Tsukuma, Toru Tsuyoshi
  • Patent number: RE45154
    Abstract: A tool for machining is made from a hard-metal, cermet or ceramic base material and a single-layer or multi-layer hard material coating on the base material. An additional coating of one or more metals from the group of aluminum, copper, zinc, titanium, nickel, tin or base alloys of these metals is applied to the hard material coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Ceratizit Austria Gesellschaft mbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Wallgram, Uwe Schleinkofer, Karl Gigl, Josef Thurner, Wilfried Schintlmeister