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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8161738 | Systems and methods for estimating particulate load in a particulate filter A method for regenerating a particulate filter may comprise determining a temperature, a flow rate, and a total pressure drop of an exhaust gas flowing through a particulate filter, and determining a corrected soot layer permeability. The method may further comprise... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8138441 | Step-down plunge electrodischarge machining A method of machining a pattern at a plurality of locations in a workpiece includes positioning a shaped electrode including the pattern at the plurality of locations in a sequence. In some embodiments, the sequence is random. The method further includes forming the... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8138108 | Aluminum titanate-containing ceramic-forming batch materials and methods using the same The present disclosure relates to aluminum titanate-containing ceramic-forming batch materials and methods using the same. ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8137637 | Particulate filter and method of making A particulate filter includes first and second honeycomb substrates. An outlet face of a first substrate is positioned against an inlet face of a second substrate such that channels extending longitudinally through the substrates are aligned to form continuous chann... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8097203 | Crosslinked green body articles and method of manufacturing porous ceramic articles therefrom The invention describes a high porosity ceramic article and method of manufacturing the same and intermediate dried honeycomb green body articles. The article may have a total porosity of at least about fifty-five percent, above sixty percent, or even above sixty-fi... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8069658 | Methods for estimating particulate load in a particulate filter, and related systems A method for regenerating a particulate filter may comprise calculating a first estimated soot load of a particulate filter based on a pressure drop of an exhaust gas flowing through the particulate filter, and calculating a second estimated soot load of the particu... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8017067 | Method of making a single fire honeycomb structure A method for manufacturing a honeycomb structure comprises providing an aqueous ceramic solution, providing a batch cross-link agent, mixing the agent with the solution, extruding the aqueous ceramic solution containing the cross-link agent into a honeycomb structur... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7981188 | Controlled pore size distribution porous ceramic honeycomb filter, honeycomb green body, batch mixture and manufacturing method therefor A porous ceramic honeycomb filter manufactured from an oxide-based ceramic material having a pore size distribution with d1≧7.0 microns. Preferably, the oxide-based material is cordierite or aluminum titanate. Alternatively, the filter contains a cordie... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7976768 | Aluminum titanate ceramic forming batch mixtures and green bodies including pore former combinations and methods of manufacturing and firing same A ceramic forming batch mixture including inorganic batch materials, such as sources of alumina, titania, and silica, a pore former combination including first and second pore formers with different compositions; an organic binder; and a solvent. Also disclosed is a... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7964262 | Layered silicate modified cordierite and method The disclosure provides a composition including a porous cordierite honeycomb body as defined herein having excellent strength, high thermal shock resistance, and reduced microcrack properties. The disclosure also provides methods of making and using the composition... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7947355 | High porosity thermally shock resistant ceramic structures A thermally shock resistant ceramic body, such as a porous ceramic honeycomb structure for a wall flow diesel engine exhaust filter or a flow-through ceramic catalyst support, is formed of a composite ceramic material comprising a major first ceramic phase exhibitin... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7927682 | Low-microcracked, porous ceramic honeycombs and methods of manufacturing same Substantially non-microcracked, porous, cordierite ceramic honeycomb bodies are provided. Although exhibiting moderately high thermal expansion (CTE) between 7×10−7 to 16×10−7/° C. (25-800° C.), the honeycomb bodies exhibit relatively h... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7923093 | High porosity filters for 4-way exhaust gas treatment Cordierite ceramic articles with high volume percent porosities of at least 64% but less than 80% have controlled median pore sizes and mean coefficients of thermal expansion that impart substantially improved modulus of rupture strengths (MOR) and thermal shock res... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7922951 | Plugging methods and apparatus for particulate filters Methods and apparatus for plugging cells of honeycomb structures are disclosed. A first method covers the honeycomb structure's end face with a mask having a body and plurality of sized openings positioned to oppose certain cell channels, wherein the outer edge of t... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7909904 | Face finished honeycomb structures and methods of manufacturing same A method for producing a ceramic honeycomb structure comprises providing a honeycomb body having a side surface, a first cut end surface, a second cut end surface opposite the first end surface, and a maximum width (W), and removing material from at least one of the... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7887897 | Cordierite honeycomb article and method of manufacture Disclosed are ceramic honeycomb articles which are composed predominately of a crystalline phase cordierite composition. The porous cordierite ceramic honeycomb articles has a plurality of cell channels and intersecting porous walls and possess a microstructure char... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7842371 | Washcoat loaded porous ceramics with low backpressure Disclosed are washcoated ceramic honeycomb filters. The ceramic filters exhibit a relatively high level of washcoat loading while exhibiting minimized levels of backpressure. Also disclosed are methods for manufacturing the washcoated ceramic honeycomb filters. The ... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7841170 | Regeneration of diesel particulate filters Porous ceramic diesel particulate filters are regenerated to combust accumulated carbon particulates trapped therein through a controlled regeneration process wherein heat is input to the filter at a ramped or staged heating rate below that rate at which the particu... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7817681 | Pulse stretching optical fiber and related systems and methods An optical fiber for performing pulse stretching, and fiber laser systems and methods using the pulse-stretching fiber are disclosed. The pulse-stretching (PS) fiber has low fourth-order dispersion (dispersion curvature) and a third order dispersion (dispersion slop... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7807250 | Wall-flow honeycomb filter with hexagonal channel symmetry A wall-flow honeycomb filter has a monolith body which includes repeating hexagonal unit cells, wherein each hexagonal unit cell has inner cells and outer cells arranged in a hexagonal symmetry, and wherein the inner cells are bordered by the outer cells and the out... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7803456 | Glass bonded ceramic structures Glass-bonded ceramics made of non-microcracked non-oxide or oxide ceramic particles which are bound together by glass into a unitary non-microcracked structure are disclosed. Such ceramics are suitable for use in substrates and filters, such as a diesel particulate ... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7745363 | Geopolymer composites and structures formed therefrom Geopolymer composite materials having low coefficient of thermal expansion are disclosed. The materials are useful in high temperature applications due to their low coefficient of thermal expansion and high strength. Also disclosed is a boron modified water glass ge... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7744670 | Controlled pore size distribution porous ceramic honeycomb filter, honeycomb green body, batch mixture and manufacturing method therefor A porous ceramic honeycomb filter manufactured from an oxide-based ceramic material having a pore size distribution with d1≧7.0 microns. Preferably, the oxide-based material is cordierite or aluminum titanate. Alternatively, the filter contains a cordie... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7744669 | Plugging material for aluminum titanate ceramic wall flow filter manufacture Disclosed are plugging mixtures for a ceramic wall flow filter, comprising an aluminum titanate precursor reactive batch composition including an alumina source, a silica source, and a titania source; a sintering aid; an organic binder; and a liquid vehicle. Also di... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7674513 | Crack-resistant ceramic honeycomb structures A ceramic honeycomb structure includes a honeycomb body having an array of interconnecting webs bounded by a skin. The interconnecting webs define an array of longitudinal cells having diagonal corners. Fillets are formed only in diagonally opposed corners traversed... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7674498 | Porous ceramic filters with catalyst coatings Porous ceramic catalyst supports or filters to be provided with catalyst coatings via oxide washcoating processes are pre-coated with cross-linked polymer barrier layers to prevent washcoat nanoparticle intrusion into the microcracked and/or microporous surfaces of ... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7674309 | Honeycomb filter defect detecting method and apparatus A apparatus and method for detecting defects in a honeycomb body. In operation, the particulates emerge at an outlet end face of the honeycomb body through defects, if any, in the honeycomb walls and/or plugs and passes though a permeable member, such as a screen, w... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7648550 | Narrow pore size distribution cordierite ceramic honeycomb articles and methods for manufacturing same Disclosed are ceramic honeycomb articles, which are composed predominately of a crystalline phase cordierite composition. The ceramic honeycomb articles possess a microstructure characterized by a unique combination of relatively high total porosity of less than 54%... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7648549 | Method, system and apparatus for detecting defects in a honeycomb body using a particulate fluid A system, apparatus and method for detecting defects in a honeycomb body. The system and apparatus include a fixture adapted to hold the honeycomb body, a particulate fluid source, a pipe which defines a flow path between the particulate fluid source and a first end... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7648548 | High porosity cordierite composition Disclosed are ceramic articles, which in one aspect are composed predominately of a cordierite having a composition close to that of Mg2Al4Si5O18. The ceramic articles possess a microstructure characterized by a unique com... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7618699 | Low-microcracked, porous ceramic honeycombs and methods of manufacturing same Substantially non-microcracked, porous, cordierite ceramic honeycomb bodies are provided. Although exhibiting moderately high thermal expansion (CTE) between 7×10−7 to 16×10−7/° C. (25-800° C.), the honeycomb bodies exhibit relatively h... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7614304 | Ultrasonic testing system and method for ceramic honeycomb structures Both a system and method for detecting the presence or absence of internal discontinuities or inhomogeneities in a fired or green ceramic honeycomb structure is provided. The system includes a membrane disposed over a surface of the honeycomb structure, at least one... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7601194 | Asymmetric honeycomb wall-flow filter having improved structural strength A honeycomb filter includes an array of interconnecting porous walls which define an array of first channels and second channels. The first channels are bordered on their sides by the second channels and have a larger hydraulic diameter than the second channels. The... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7575794 | High strength substantially non-microcracked cordierite honeycomb body and manufacturing method Porous, non-microcracked cordierite ceramic bodies having high strength, high strain tolerance, and high thermal shock resistance are produced from cordierite powder batch mixtures of controlled powder particle size fired according to a schedule that prevents object... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7575793 | Radial cell ceramic honeycomb structure A radial cell ceramic honeycomb structure is provided that is particularly adapted for use as a catalytic carrier or a particulate filter in an automotive or diesel exhaust system. The honeycomb structure includes a network of interconnected webs having a central ax... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7575618 | Reactive binders for porous wall-flow filters Porous ceramic articles such as ceramic filters are provided from ceramic extrusion batches comprising mixtures of oxides and oxide precursors with a reactive binder system, the binder system comprising a cellulosic temporary binder and two or more reactive binder c... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7541303 | High porosity cordierite ceramic honeycomb article and method The present invention provides materials and methods for the manufacture of high porosity ceramic exhaust filters employing relatively low amounts of pore formers, the filters combining efficient diesel particulate filtration with effective support for exhaust emiss... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7534029 | In-situ temperature detection in high temperature ceramic structures Ceramic structures such as catalyst supports or combustion exhaust filters that incorporate combinations of high temperature phase change materials, and methods for determining the thermal history of such ceramic structures, by disposing the phase change materials o... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7520918 | Method and system for identifying and repairing defective cells in a plugged honeycomb structure A method and system for detecting defects in a plugged honeycomb structure includes forming a sheet of light having a first color across a first end face of the honeycomb structure, generating a first reflected signal from the sheet of light at a location correspond... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7520911 | Porous cordierite ceramic honeycomb article with improved strength and method of manufacturing same A porous cordierite ceramic honeycomb article with increased mechanical strength and thermal shock resistance. The porous cordierite ceramic honeycomb article has MA2660 wherein MA=3645(IA | 04/21/2009 |
