Fusion Seals (frit Plus Material Other Than Glass) Patents (Class 501/15)
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Patent number: 7968200Abstract: The ceramic product provided by the present invention is provided with at least two ceramic members bonded to each other, and the bond parts between these ceramic members bonded to each other are formed from glass having leucite crystals precipitated within the glass matrix.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2009Date of Patent: June 28, 2011Assignee: Noritake Co., LtdInventors: Yosuke Takahashi, Sumihito Sago, Seiji Yamada, Masayoshi Hirano
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Patent number: 7964521Abstract: The present invention relates to a getter paste composition, and more particularly, to a getter paste composition which is quickly densified at low densification temperatures to be applied to a device that is weak to heat, provides good adhesiveness, controls moisture and gas effectively and is screen-printable to thereby improve productivity.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2008Date of Patent: June 21, 2011Assignee: Dongjin Semichem Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jung-Hyun Son, Sang-Kyu Lee, Han-Bok Joo, Jong-Dai Park
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Patent number: 7943060Abstract: The invention is directed to a process for making screen-printable getter composition comprising: (a) glass frit; and (b) pre-hydrated desiccant material; dispersed in (c) organic medium. The desiccant material is pre-hydrated to reach its saturation level of moisture absorption. The process of pre-hydration can be done by exposing the desiccant in a normal temperature/humidity environment of for example, 25° C. and 50-60% RH. For 24 to 48 hours or up to the time when weight gain (due to moisture absorption) stops increasing. An accelerated hydration process in a chamber with higher than normal humidity level (i.e. 50% Relative Humidity) is also applicable to shorten the time of exposure to fully hydrate the desiccant material.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2010Date of Patent: May 17, 2011Assignee: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: Carl B. Wang, Christopher John Roach, Fong-Pei Chang
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Patent number: 7943059Abstract: The invention is directed to a screen-printable getter composition comprising: (a) glass frit; dispersed in (b) organic medium. The invention is further directed to a screen-printable thick film getter composition comprising: (a) glass frit; and (b) desiccant material; dispersed in (c) organic medium. The present invention further relates to a getter composition utilizing low-softening temperature glasses comprising, based on weight %, 1-50% SiO2, 0-80% B2O3, 0-90% Bi2O3, 0-90% PbO, 0-90% P2O5, 0-60% Li2O, 0-30% Al2O3, 0-10% K2O, 0-10% Na2O, and 0-30% MO where M is selected from Ba, Sr, Ca, Zn, Cu, Mg and mixtures thereof. The glasses described herein may contain several other oxide constituents that can substitute glass network-forming elements or modify glass structure.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2009Date of Patent: May 17, 2011Assignee: E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: Yong Cho, Terri Cardellino, James Daniel Tremel
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Patent number: 7923393Abstract: The present invention relates to a low melting point frit paste composition and a sealing method for an electric element using the same, and more particularly, to a low melting point frit paste composition which is sealable and appropriate for a flat panel, protects an element weak to heat and improves a process yield with good print properties, and a sealing method for an electric element using the same.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2008Date of Patent: April 12, 2011Assignee: DONGJIN SEMICHEM Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jung-Hyun Son, Sang-Kyu Lee, Han-Bok Joo
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Patent number: 7910506Abstract: The glass composite has a linear thermal expansion coefficient ?(20-300) of 1.8×10?6K?1 to 2.4×10?6K?1, a glass transformation temperature Tg of less than 650° C., and a composition, in weight percent based on oxide content, of: 5-9, B2O3; 1-3, Na2O; 15-22, Al2O3; 61-68, SiO2; 0.2-0.5, K2O; and 5.5-8.5, MgO. It can be made by sintering a mixture of 40 to 60 wt. % of a borosilicate glass powder and 60 to 40 wt. % of a cordierite powder. The powder mixture can be used to make a glass solder for joining parts, to make a sintered body with thermal shock resistance, or for glazing or soldering PZT ceramics.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2008Date of Patent: March 22, 2011Assignee: Schott AGInventors: Dieter Goedeke, Susanne Schmid
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Patent number: 7897530Abstract: Glass-ceramic sealant is disclosed for planar solid oxide fuel cells. The glass-ceramic sealant includes 0 to 40 mol % of silicon oxide, 0 to 15 mol % boron oxide, 0 to 10 mol % of aluminum oxide, 0 to 40 mol % of barium oxide, 0 to 15 mol % of calcium oxide, 0 to 15 mol % of lanthanum oxide and 0 to 5 mol % of zirconium dioxide. At 0° C. to 600° C., the thermal expansion coefficient of the sealant is 8 to 10 ppm/° C.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2008Date of Patent: March 1, 2011Assignee: Atomic Energy Council-Institute of Nuclear Energy ResearchInventors: Chien-Kuo Liu, Tung-Yuan Yung, Kin-Fu Lin, Ruey-Yi Lee, Tzang-Sheng Lee
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Patent number: 7892996Abstract: A lead-free sealing material is provided, which contains a glass with a composition including 47.5-67.5 mole % SnO, 2.5-15 mole % MgO, and 30-40 mole % P2O5. The lead-free sealing material has excellent chemical durability, low melting temperature, and good flowability during heating. The lead-free material is particularly suitable to be used as a sealing material. The lead-free sealing material may additionally contain low-thermal-expansion powdered fillers to reduce the thermal expansion coefficient of the resulting sealing material.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2008Date of Patent: February 22, 2011Assignees: Tatung Company, Tatung UniversityInventors: Jiin-Jyh Shyu, Chih-Hsien Yeh
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Patent number: 7863207Abstract: The present invention relates to a glass frit and a sealing method for an electric element using the same, and more particularly, to a glass frit which provides a good sealing effect to moisture and gas and is processable at low temperatures, and a sealing method for an electric element using the same.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2008Date of Patent: January 4, 2011Assignee: Dongjin Semichem Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jung-Hyun Son, Sang-Kyu Lee, Han-Bok Joo, Jong-Dai Park
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Patent number: 7847483Abstract: Disclosed is a glass composition composed of an oxide glass wherein the percentages of constitutional elements other than oxygen (O) expressed in atomic % are as follows: boron (B) is not less than 56% and not more than 72%; silicon (Si) is not less than 0% and not more than 15%; Zinc (Zn) is not less than 0% and not more than 18%; potassium (K) is not less than 8% and not more than 20%; and the total of K, sodium (Na) and lithium (Li) is not less than 12% and not more than 20%. This glass composition further may contain at least one of magnesium (Mg), calcium (Ca), strontium (Sr) and barium (Ba) in an amount of more than 0% and not more than 5%, and molybdenum (Mo) and/or tungsten (W) in an amount of more than 0% and not more than 3%.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2006Date of Patent: December 7, 2010Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Osamu Inoue, Shinya Hasegawa, Miyuki Nakai, Tsutomu Koshizuka
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Publication number: 20100255978Abstract: A method for making an article from glass comprises providing a substrate including an outer surface; providing at least a first glass comprising at least two different metal oxides, wherein the first glass has a Tg and Tx, and wherein the difference between the Tg and the Tx of the first glass is at least 5K, the first glass containing less than 20% by weight Si02, less than 20% by weight B2O3, less than 40% by weight P2O5, and less than 50% by weight PbO; heating the first glass at or below ambient pressure to above its Tg such that at least a portion of the glass wets at least a portion of the outer surface of the substrate; and cooling the glass to provide an article comprising ceramic comprising the glass attached to the at least a portion of the outer surface of the substrate. The porosity of the ceramic is less than 20% by volume.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2008Publication date: October 7, 2010Inventors: Anatoly Z. Rosenflanz, Jean A. Tangeman
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Patent number: 7799712Abstract: The low melting solder glass contains, in wt. % on an oxide basis, >1-2, SiO2; 5-10, B2O3; 4.5-12, ZnO; 79-88, Bi2O3; 0.0, CeO2; and 0.6-2, Al2O3, and a weight ratio of SiO2 to Al2O3 of <2. The solder glass preferably contains from 80.5 to 85 wt. % of Bi2O3 and is free of lead. This solder glass has a linear thermal expansion coefficient ?(20-300) of <11.5×10?6/K and a transformation temperature Tg of <380° C. A solder glass preparation for connecting or sealing a glass part with a metal part contains the low melting solder glass and up to 20 wt. % of ?-eucryptite, cordierite, mullite, willemite or zircon.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2008Date of Patent: September 21, 2010Assignee: Schott AGInventors: Dieter Goedeke, Peter Brix
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Publication number: 20100222197Abstract: Transition metal doped Sn phosphate glass compositions and methods of making transition metal doped Sn phosphate glass compositions are described which can be used for example, in sealing applications.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2009Publication date: September 2, 2010Inventor: Bruce Gardiner Aitken
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Publication number: 20100178532Abstract: A seal structure is provided for an energy storage device. The seal structure includes a first sealing glass composition and a second sealing glass composition joining an ion-conducting first ceramic to an electrically insulating second ceramic. The first sealing glass composition includes less than or equal to about 20 weight percent silica based on the weight of the first sealing glass composition. The second sealing glass composition includes greater than or equal to about 40 weight percent silica based on the weight of the second sealing glass composition. A method for making the seal structure is provided. An article comprising the seal structure is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2009Publication date: July 15, 2010Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Andrew Philip Shapiro, Dong-Sil Park, Jian Wu, Craig Stringer
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Patent number: 7741237Abstract: There is described a sealing composition for sealing aluminum nitride and aluminum oxynitride ceramics comprising: a mixture of SiO2, at least one other metal oxide, and a silicon additive comprising at least one of silicon metal or a silicide. The silicon additive acts to suppress the formation of nitrogen bubbles during the sealing of articles comprised of aluminum nitride or aluminum oxynitride ceramics, e.g., as in the case of a ceramic discharge vessel for a high intensity discharge lamp.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2010Date of Patent: June 22, 2010Assignee: Osram Sylvania Inc.Inventors: Yi Zheng, Richard C. Marlor, George C. Wei
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Patent number: 7699999Abstract: The invention is directed to a screen-printable getter composition comprising: (a) glass frit; dispersed in (b) organic medium. The invention is further directed to a screen-printable thick film getter composition comprising: (a) glass frit; and (b) desiccant material; dispersed in (c) organic medium. The present invention further relates to a getter composition utilizing low-softening temperature glasses comprising, based on weight %, 1-50% SiO2, 0-80% B2O3, 0-90% Bi2O3, 0-90% PbO, 0-90% P2O5, 0-60% Li2O, 0-30% Al2O3, 0-10% K2O, 0-10% Na2O, and 0-30% MO where M is selected from Ba, Sr, Ca, Zn, Cu, Mg and mixtures thereof. The glasses described herein may contain several other oxide constituents that can substitute glass network-forming elements or modify glass structure.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2008Date of Patent: April 20, 2010Assignee: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: Yong Cho, Terri Cardellino, James Daniel Tremel
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Patent number: 7695831Abstract: A coating composition and a cooking device and/or cooking receptacle coated with the coating composition are described. The coating composition includes 10 to 30 wt. % of SiO2, 10 to 30 wt. % of P2O5, 10 to 30 wt. % of Al2O3, 1 to 20 wt. % of TiO2, 7 to 15 wt. % of Na2O, 7 to 15 wt. % of K2O, 5 to 10 wt. % of ZrO2, 2 to 5 wt. % of BaO, 2 to 5 wt. % of B2O3, 1 to 2 wt. % of MnO2, and an adhesion enhancer. The coating composition provides favorable thermal resistance, acid resistance and mechanical properties, such that a cooking device and/or receptacle coated with the coating composition may be easily cleaned at a relatively low temperature.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2008Date of Patent: April 13, 2010Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., LtdInventors: Jong Chull Shon, Hyang Ki Kim, Ki Suk Jeon, Tae Woo Kim, Jae Man Joo, Seok Weon Hong, Jong Hak Hyun, Jae Jong Oh
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Publication number: 20100086825Abstract: According to one embodiment a solid oxide fuel cell device incorporates a seal resistant to hydrogen gas permeation at a in the range of 600° C. to 9000 C, the seal having a CTE in the 100×10?7/° C. to 120×10?7/° C., wherein the seal includes a sealing material that comprises in weight %, of: (i) 80 to 100 wt % of glass frit, wherein the glass frit includes in mole % MgO, 0-10% CaO, 0-30% BaO, 30-50% B2O3, 0-40% Al2O3, 10-30% SiO2, 10-30%; and (ii) a filler, 0 wt % to 20 wt %.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2008Publication date: April 8, 2010Inventors: Lisa Ann Lamberson, Robert Michael Morena, Earl James Sanford, Yves Thibault, Bryan Ray Wheaton
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Patent number: 7691288Abstract: The invention is directed to a process for making screen-printable getter composition comprising: (a) glass frit; and (b) pre-hydrated desiccant material; dispersed in (c) organic medium. The present invention further relates to a getter composition utilizing low-softening temperature glasses comprising, based on weight %, 1-50% SiO2, 0-80% B2O3, 0-90% Bi2O3, 0-90% PbO, 0-90% P2O5, 0-60% Li2O, 0-30% Al2O3, 0-10% K2O, 0-10% Na2O, and 0-30% MO where M is selected from Ba, Sr, Ca, Zn, Cu, Mg and mixtures thereof. The glasses described herein may contain several other oxide constituents that can substitute glass network-forming elements or modify glass structure. The desiccant material is pre-hydrated to reach its saturation level of moisture absorption. The process of pre-hydration can be done by exposing the desiccant in a normal temperature/humidity environment of for example, 25° C. and 50-60% RH. For 24 to 48 hours or up to the time when weight gain (due to moisture absorption) stops increasing.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2009Date of Patent: April 6, 2010Assignee: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: Carl B. Wang, Christopher John Roach, Fong-Pei Chang
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Patent number: 7678457Abstract: This invention provides a thick-film type dielectric with desired adhesivity to the base and very good insulation properties. The dielectric of the present invention includes a lower dielectric layer made of a photosensitive composition and an upper dielectric layer which is made of a photosensitive composition and formed on the aforementioned lower dielectric layer. The softening point (T1) of the primary glass powder used for the aforementioned lower dielectric layer, the softening point (T2) of the primary glass powder used for the aforementioned upper dielectric layer, and the firing temperature (T3) of the aforementioned primary glass powder satisfy the following relationship: T1<T3<T2<T3+30° C.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2007Date of Patent: March 16, 2010Assignee: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: Keiichiro Hayakawa, Masakatsu Kuroki
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Patent number: 7674735Abstract: The invention is directed to highly crystalline, frit-sintered glass-ceramic materials and seals made using them that are suitable for solid oxide fuel cell applications. The seals have a coefficient of thermal expansion in the range of 70-130×10?7° C., preferably 85-115×10?7° C. The glass-ceramic materials have a crystalline component and a glass component, the crystalline component being >50% of the glass-ceramic and the glass component being <50%. In one preferred embodiment the crystalline component is >75%. Regarding the crystalline component only, >50% of the crystals in the crystalline component of the glass-ceramic has a structure selected from the structural groups represented by walstromite, cyclowollastonite, ?-(Ca,Sr)SiO3, kalsilite, kaliophilite and wollastonite (the primary crystalline phase) and the remaining <50% of the crystalline component is at least one secondary crystalline phase.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2008Date of Patent: March 9, 2010Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventors: Michael Edward Badding, Sasha Marjanovic, Linda Ruth Pinckney, Dell Joseph St Julien
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Patent number: 7659220Abstract: There is described a sealing composition for sealing aluminum nitride and aluminum oxynitride ceramics comprising: a mixture of SiO2, at least one other metal oxide, and a silicon additive comprising at least one of silicon metal or a silicide. The silicon additive acts to suppress the formation of nitrogen bubbles during the sealing of articles comprised of aluminum nitride or aluminum oxynitride ceramics, e.g., as in the case of a ceramic discharge vessel for a high intensity discharge lamp.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2008Date of Patent: February 9, 2010Assignee: Osram Sylvania Inc.Inventors: Yi Zheng, Richard C. Marlor, George C. Wei
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Publication number: 20100019674Abstract: A high intensity discharge lamp includes an arc tube with a chemical fill, capillaries extended from the arc tube, electrodes fed through the capillaries into the arc tube, and a frit seal that seals the capillaries, where the frit seal includes silica (SiO2) in a range of more than 0 wt % to less than 5 wt %, alumina (Al2O3), and one of dysprosia (Dy2O3) and yttrium oxide (Y2O3). This frit seal material can withstand a higher operating temperature so that the length of the capillaries can be reduced compared to those sealed with conventional frit seal material.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2008Publication date: January 28, 2010Applicant: OSRAM SYLVANIA INC.Inventors: Arlene Hecker, Jeffrey Holt, Dana Caldwell
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Patent number: 7648930Abstract: The glass for a fluorescent light with a high hydrolytic resistance, which has composition, in % by weight based on oxide content of: SiO2, 63-75; B2O3, 15-18; Al2O3, 3.2-4.5; Na2O, 1-2; K2O, 2-6; ?Na2O+K2O, 3-8; MgO, 0-8; CaO, 0-10; SrO, 0-10; BaO, 0-10; ZnO, 0-5; ?MgO+CaO+SrO+BaO+ZnO, 0-10; ZrO2, 0-3; CeO2, 0-10; Fe2O3, 0-1; WO3, 0-3; Bi2O3, 0-5; MoO3, 0-3; TiO2, 0-10; ?Hf+Ta+W+Re+Os+Ir+Pt+La+Pr+Nd+Sm+Eu+Gd+Tb+Dy+Ho+Er+Tm+Yb+Lu in oxidic form, 0 to 5% by weight, as well as one or more conventional refining agents. The glass is characterized in that it contains no lithium and has a weight ratio of Na2O to K2O of less than one.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2006Date of Patent: January 19, 2010Assignee: Schott AGInventors: Joerg Fechner, Franz Ott
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Patent number: 7648931Abstract: The present invention relates to a sealing glass composition that excludes Pb, i.e., an environmentally harmful material, and a flat panel display apparatus using the same. A sealing glass composition of the present invention comprises Sb2O3 of 20 mol % to 50 mol %, B2O3 of 30 mol % to 70 mol %, SiO2 of 5 mol % to 15 mol % and Al2O3 of 0 mol % to 15 mol %. The flat display apparatus of the present invention has a front panel and a rear panel, which are combined together with a sealing glass composition with a predetermined distance therebetween.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2005Date of Patent: January 19, 2010Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Jong Heo, Sungho Woo, Hyunwook Kim, Byungjun Mun
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Publication number: 20090286664Abstract: A solid oxide fuel cell device includes layers of solid electrolyte, cathode plates, anode plates, a frame and a non-contaminating, electrochemically stable sealing material. The sealing material may have a CTE of about 95×10?7/° C. to about 115×10?7/° C. The sealing material may include from about 65 wt % to about 100 wt % of glass frit and from about 0 wt % to about 35 wt % of a filler material. The glass frit may include from about 0 mol % to about 43 mol % of a metal oxide expressed as RO wherein R comprises magnesium, calcium, strontium, barium, zinc and/or combinations thereof. The glass frit may also include from about 0 mol % to about 5 mol % Al2O3; from about 0 mol % to about 7 mol % TiO2; and from about 41 mol % to about 60 mol % SiO2.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2008Publication date: November 19, 2009Inventors: Melinda Ann Drake, Lisa Ann Lamberson, Robert Michael Morena
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Patent number: 7615506Abstract: Tungsten-doped tin-fluorophosphate glasses are described herein which exhibit excellent humidity resistance, thermal resistance, and have a low glass transition temperature which makes them suitable for low temperature sealing applications, such as for encapsulating electronic components. In one embodiment, these glasses comprise 55-75% Sn, 4-14% P, 6-24% O, 4-22% F, and 0.15-15% W on a weight percent elemental basis.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2006Date of Patent: November 10, 2009Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventors: Bruce Gardiner Aitken, Shari Elizabeth Koval, Mark Alejandro Quesada
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Patent number: 7611645Abstract: The present invention is directed to a thick film composition for use in low temperature co-fired ceramic circuits comprising, based on weight percent total thick film composition: (a) 30-98 weight percent finely divided particles selected from noble metals, alloys of noble metals and mixtures thereof; (b) one or more selected inorganic binders and/or mixtures thereof, and dispersed in (c) organic medium, and wherein said glass compositions are immiscible or partially miscible with remnant glasses present in the low temperature co-fired ceramic substrate glasses at the firing conditions. The present invention is further directed to methods of forming multilayer circuits utilizing the above composition and the use of the composition in high frequency applications (including microwave applications).Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2006Date of Patent: November 3, 2009Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: Kumaran Manikantan Nair, Mark Frederick McCombs
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Patent number: 7585798Abstract: A lead-free glass material for use in sealing, which has a glass composition being free of lead and exhibits high performance in the range of choices for the material to be sealed, the sealing processability, the sealing quality and the like, has a glass composition including four types of metal oxides of V2O5, ZnO, BaO and P2O5 as essential ingredients.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2005Date of Patent: September 8, 2009Assignee: Yamato Electronic Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masahiro Yoshida, Yasuo Hatate, Tsugumitsu Sarata, Yoshimitsu Uemura, Tomoyuki Honda
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Publication number: 20090214923Abstract: The ceramic product provided by the present invention is provided with at least two ceramic members bonded to each other, and the bond parts between these ceramic members bonded to each other are formed from glass having leucite crystals precipitated within the glass matrix.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2009Publication date: August 27, 2009Applicant: Noritake Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yosuke Takahashi, Sumihito Sago, Seiji Yamada, Masayoshi Hirano
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Patent number: 7560401Abstract: Frits, obscuration enamel compositions including frits and automotive windshields having obscuration enamel compositions applied thereto are described. According to one or more embodiments, the obscuration enamel composition comprises a paste component and a frit component having Bi2O3, SiO2 and B2O3 and being substantially free of Na2O. In other embodiments, a reducing agent is included in the frit component. Obscuration enamels of some embodiments have a total solids content of at least 80% by weight.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2007Date of Patent: July 14, 2009Assignee: Johnson Matthey Public Limited CompanyInventors: Robert Prunchak, Matthew Sgriccia
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Publication number: 20090142984Abstract: Packages for elements, e.g., OLEDs, that are temperature sensitive are provided. The packages have a first glass substrate (12), a second glass substrate (16), and a wall (14) that separates the first and second substrates (12,16) and hermetically seals at least one temperature sensitive element (18,28,36) between the substrates (12,16). The wall (14) comprises a sintered frit and at least a portion of the wall is laser sealed to the second substrate (16) by melting a glass component of the sintered frit. The minimum width (40) of the laser-sealed portion of the wall (14) at any location along the wall (14) is greater than or equal to 2 millimeters so as to provide greater hermeticity and strength to the package. The laser sealing is performed without substantially degrading the temperature sensitive element(s) (18,28,36) housed in the package.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2007Publication date: June 4, 2009Inventors: Stephan Lvovich Logunov, John David Lorey, Victor Marino Schneider
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Patent number: 7521387Abstract: A sealant composition for use in sealing solid oxide fuel cells is provided which comprises a glass component which comprises a mixture of alkali-free inorganic oxides, and an optional filler component dispersed in the glass component, said filler component being up to 40% by weight of the composition. The glass component can include, on a mole basis, 20 to 50% BaO, 1 to 10% Y2O3, 5 to 20% B2O3, 10 to 30% SiO2, 3 to 35% MgO, 2 to 20% CaO, 1 to 10% ZnO, and 0 to 5% ZrO2, and exemplary filler components include zirconia, alumina, barium titanate, strontium titanate, and combinations thereof.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2004Date of Patent: April 21, 2009Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Liang A. Xue, Jean Yamanis, James Piascik, Estela T. Ong
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Publication number: 20090069164Abstract: A hermetically sealed glass package preform is provided comprising a glass substrate; a frit comprising 65-100 wt. % of a base glass and about 0-35 wt. % of a filler; wherein the base glass comprises: about 0-5 mole % K2O; about 0-35 mole % Sb2O3; about 0-20 mole % ZnO; about 10-40 mole % P2O5; about 10-60 mole % V2O5; about 0-5 mole % TiO2; about 0-5 mole % B2O3; about 0-5 mole % SiO2; about 0-5 mole % WO3; and about 1-10 mole % of a metal oxide selected from the group consisting of Fe2O3, Nd2O3, La2O3, Ce2O4, Pr6O11, Er2O3, and CeO2; wherein the base glass has a mean particle size distribution of less than about 3 ?m; and wherein the filler has a mean particle size distribution of between about 3 and 7 ?m. The frit is sintered in an atmosphere less oxidizing than air at a temperature of between about 390° C. to 415° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2006Publication date: March 12, 2009Applicant: Corning IncorporatedInventors: Lisa Ann Lamberson, Robert Michael Morena
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Publication number: 20090064717Abstract: The present invention relates to a glass frit and a sealing method for an electric element using the same, and more particularly, to a glass frit which provides a good sealing effect to moisture and gas and is processable at low temperatures, and a sealing method for an electric element using the same.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2008Publication date: March 12, 2009Applicant: DONGJIN SEMICHEM Co., Ltd.Inventors: JUNG-HYUN SON, SANG-KYU LEE, HAN-BOK JOO, JONG-DAI PARK
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Patent number: 7494604Abstract: The invention is directed to a thick film getter composition comprising: (a) desiccant material; dispersed in (b) organic medium comprising (1) curable organic polymeric binder; (2) monomer; and (3) photoinitiator.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2008Date of Patent: February 24, 2009Assignee: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: Yong Cho, Jay Robert Dorfman
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Publication number: 20090011915Abstract: The invention is directed to lead-free glass frit compositions that can be used as sealing frits, the compositions being a blend of: (1) an alkali-ZnO—P2O5 glasses; and (2) at least one cerammed filler material having a crystalline phase selected from the group consisting of beta-quartz, beta-eucryptite, cordierite, and beta-spodumene. The blends of the invention have flow characteristics that enable them to be used at sealing temperatures in the range of 450-550° C., and a CTE value in the range of 60-96×10?7/° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2008Publication date: January 8, 2009Inventors: Melinda Ann Drake, Sasha Marjanovic, Lisa A. Lamberson, Robert Michael Morena
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Patent number: 7470640Abstract: The invention is directed to highly crystalline, frit-sintered glass-ceramic materials and seals made using them that are suitable for solid oxide fuel cell applications. The seals have a coefficient of thermal expansion in the range of 70-130×10?7° C., preferably 85-115×10?7° C. The glass-ceramic materials have a crystalline component and a glass component, the crystalline component being>50% of the glass-ceramic and the glass component being<50%. In one preferred embodiment the crystalline component is >75%. Regarding the crystalline component only,>50% of the crystals in the crystalline component of the glass-ceramic has a structure selected from the structural groups represented by walstromite, cyclowollastonite, ?-(Ca,Sr)SiO3, kalsilite, kaliophilite and wollastonite (the primary crystalline phase) and the remaining <50% of the crystalline component is at least one secondary crystalline phase.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2006Date of Patent: December 30, 2008Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventors: Michael Edward Badding, Sasha Marjanovic, Linda Ruth Pinckney, Dell Joseph St Julien
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Patent number: 7452607Abstract: Provided is a nonlead glass for covering an electrode, which comprises, in mol %, B2O3 15-65%, SiO2 2-38%, MgO 2-30%, MgO+CaO+SrO+BaO 5-45%, Li2O 1-15%, Li2O+Na2O+K2O 2-25% and others, and which comprises ZnO 0-15%. Provided is a nonlead glass for covering an electrode, which comprises, in mol %, B2O3 25-65%, SiO2 2-38%, MgO 2-30%, MgO+CaO+SrO+BaO 5-45%, Li2O+Na2O+K2O 2-25%, Al2O3 0-30, TiO 0-10% and ZnO 0-15%.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2007Date of Patent: November 18, 2008Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, LimitedInventors: Hitoshi Onoda, Yu Goshima, Yumiko Aoki
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Patent number: 7439201Abstract: The invention is directed to lead-free glass frit compositions that can be used as sealing frits, the compositions being a blend of: (1) at least one of two glass families which are SnO—ZnO—P2O5 and alkali-ZnO—P2O5 glasses; and (2) at least one cerammed filler material having a crystalline phase selected from the group consisting of beta-quartz, beta-eucryptite, cordierite, and beta-spodumene. The blends of the invention have flow characteristics that enable them to be used at sealing temperatures in the range of 450-550° C., and a CTE value in the range of 60-90×10?7/° C.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2006Date of Patent: October 21, 2008Assignee: Corning IncorporationInventors: Melinda Ann Drake, Sasha Marjanovic, Lisa A. Lamberson, Robert Michael Morena
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Patent number: 7438829Abstract: The invention is directed to a screen-printable getter composition comprising: (a) glass frit; dispersed in (b) organic medium. The invention is further directed to a screen-printable thick film getter composition comprising: (a) glass frit; and (b) desiccant material; dispersed in (c) organic medium. The present invention further relates to a getter composition utilizing low-softening temperature glasses comprising, based on weight %, 1-50% SiO2, 0-80% B2O3, 0-90% Bi2O3, 0-90% PbO, 0-90% P2O5, 0-60% Li2O, 0-30% Al2O3, 0-10% K2O, 0-10% Na2O, and 0-30% MO where M is selected from Ba, Sr, Ca, Zn, Cu, Mg and mixtures thereof. The glasses described herein may contain several other oxide constituents that can substitute glass network-forming elements or modify glass structure.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2003Date of Patent: October 21, 2008Assignee: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: Yong Cho, Terri Cardellino, James Daniel Tremel
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Patent number: 7425518Abstract: Provided with a glass composition including a network-former oxide composed of any one of or both of B2O3 and V2O5 of 20-80% by weight, ZnO of 0-60% by weight and BaO of 0-80% by weight, wherein at least one of ZnO and BaO is included as an essential ingredient. The present invention is a glass material for use in sealing, which is of lead-free series, can be used for sealing at a low processing temperature and within a wide temperature range, has a low thermal expansion coefficient, superior adhesion, superior sealing processability, superior adherence, superior chemical stability, superior strength and the like and comprises sufficient practical performance to substitute for lead glass.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2005Date of Patent: September 16, 2008Assignee: Yamato Electronic Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masahiro Yoshida, Yasuo Hatate, Tsugumitsu Sarata, Yoshimitsu Uemura, Tomoyuki Honda, Hiroyuki Fukunaga, Masahiro Iwashita
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Publication number: 20080213482Abstract: A method of making a mask for frit sealing a glass envelope comprising depositing a paste onto a glass substrate, depositing a metallic layer overtop the substrate and paste, and removing the paste and a portion of the metallic layer. The paste may be, for example, a glass frit.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2007Publication date: September 4, 2008Inventor: Stephan Lvovich Logunov
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Patent number: 7410921Abstract: The invention is directed to highly crystalline, frit-sintered glass-ceramic compositions having a coefficient of thermal expansion in the range of 85-115×10?7° C. The primary crystal phases of the glass-ceramics of the invention possess a cyclosilicate structure. The glass-ceramic of the invention are useful as metal-to-metal, metal-to-ceramic and ceramic-to-ceramic sealing agents, and also as high-performance coating for metals and ceramics. In their broadest composition the glass-ceramic contain, in weight percent, 30-55% SiO2, 5-40% CaO, 0-50% BaO, 0.1-10% Al2O3, and 0-40% SrO, wherein the sum of CaO+BaO+SrO is in the range of 35-65 wt. %. Optionally, the glass-ceramic compositions may contain at least one from the group of >0-15 wt. % MgO and >0-10 wt. % ZnO. Also optionally, the glass ceramic compositions may contain >0-10 wt. % of at least one transition metal or rare earth metal oxide.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2007Date of Patent: August 12, 2008Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventors: Linda Ruth Pinckney, Steven Alvin Tietje
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Patent number: 7407902Abstract: A Bismuth glass composition including 0.5 to 14 wt % of SiO2, 3 to 15 wt % of B2O3, 4 to 22 wt % of ZnO, 55 to 90 wt % of Bi2O3 and 4 wt % or less of Al2O3, and further including 5 wt % or less of an oxide of Group A, 12 wt % or less of an oxide of Group B and 0.1 to 10 wt % of an oxide of Group C, wherein the oxide of Group A is at least one selected from the group consisting of Li2O, Na2O and K2O, the oxide of Group B is at least one selected from the group consisting of MgO, CaO, SrO and BaO, and the oxide of Group C is at least one selected from the group consisting of Sc2O3, Y2O3, La2O3, CeO2, Pr2O3, Nd2O3, Sm2O3, Eu2O3, Gd2O3, Tb2O3, Dy2O3, Ho2O3, Er2O3, Tm2O3, Yb2O3 and Lu2O3.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2003Date of Patent: August 5, 2008Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shinya Hasegawa, Hiroshi Onishi, Mikie Kanai, Tetsuya Kamimoto
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Publication number: 20080176730Abstract: A method of fabricating a double-glazing container is disclosed. The double-glazing container comprises an inner glass and an outer glass that are combined with each other by fusing, perforating and bottom-sealing. A handle may be attached thereon or a beak may be shaped if desired. The resultant double-glazing container is beautiful, and is able to keep warmth and isolate heat for a long time.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2007Publication date: July 24, 2008Inventor: Huang Piao Chen
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Publication number: 20080124558Abstract: A frit composition useful for sealing a light emitting device is disclosed. The frit composition comprises a glass portion comprising a base component and at least one absorbing component. The glass portion of the frit comprises silica, boron oxide, optionally alumina, and (a) cupric oxide and/or a (b) combination of ferric oxide, vanadium pentoxide, and optionally titanium dioxide. Also disclosed is an article comprising a substrate and a frit, and a glass package comprising two substrates and a frit positioned between the substrates. A method for manufacturing a hermetically sealed glass package comprising the deposition of a glass frit and heating of the glass frit to form a hermetic seal is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2006Publication date: May 29, 2008Inventors: Heather Debra Boek, Paul Stephen Danielson, Robert Michael Morena, Kamjula Pattabhirami Reddy
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Patent number: 7378361Abstract: The invention is directed to highly crystalline, frit-sintered glass-ceramic compositions having a coefficient of thermal expansion in the range of 85-115×10?7° C. The primary crystal phases of the glass-ceramics of the invention possess a cyclosilicate structure. The glass-ceramic of the invention are useful as metal-to-metal, metal-to-ceramic and ceramic-to-ceramic sealing agents, and also as high-performance coating for metals and ceramics.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2006Date of Patent: May 27, 2008Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventors: Linda Ruth Pinckney, Steven Alvin Tietje
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Patent number: 7371335Abstract: The invention is directed to a thick film getter composition comprising: (a) desiccant material; dispersed in (b) organic medium comprising (1) curable organic polymeric binder; (2) monomer; and (3) photoinitiator.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2004Date of Patent: May 13, 2008Assignee: E.I. duPont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: Yong Cho, Jay Robert Dorfman
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Publication number: 20080090715Abstract: The invention is directed to highly crystalline, frit-sintered glass-ceramic materials and seals made using them that are suitable for solid oxide fuel cell applications. The seals have a coefficient of thermal expansion in the range of 70-130×10?7° C., preferably 85-115×10?7° C. The glass-ceramic materials have a crystalline component and a glass component, the crystalline component being >50% of the glass-ceramic and the glass component being <50%. In one preferred embodiment the crystalline component is >75%. Regarding the crystalline component only, >50% of the crystals in the crystalline component of the glass-ceramic has a structure selected from the structural groups represented by walstromite, cyclowollastonite, ?-(Ca,Sr)SiO3, kalsilite, kaliophilite and wollastonite (the primary crystalline phase) and the remaining <50% of the crystalline component is at least one secondary crystalline phase.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2006Publication date: April 17, 2008Inventors: Michael Edward Badding, Sasha Marjanovic, Linda Ruth Pinckney, Dell Joseph St Julien