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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8181485 | Roll-to-roll glass soot sheet sintering method and apparatus An ultra-thin glass sheet is formed using a roll-to-roll glass soot deposition and sintering process. The sintering involves initially heating and sintering one or more central segments of a glass soot sheet, and progressively heating and sintering glass soot sheet ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8143179 | Transparent, colorless titania-free beta-quartz glass-ceramic The invention relates to a transparent and essentially colorless β-quartz glass-ceramic material which is free of TiO2, As2O3, Sb2O3 and phosphates; articles formed from said glass-ceramic material; lithium alu... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8143178 | Blue beta-quartz glass-ceramic materials, articles made thereof, and fabrication process The present invention discloses a blue transparent glass-ceramic material comprising β-quartz solid solution as a predominant crystalline phase and process for making same. The glass-ceramic comprises TiO2 as a nucleating agent, sulphur and at least one ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8062733 | Roll-to-roll glass material attributes and fingerprint A high-silica glass sheet has an average thickness of less than 150 microns and an average surface roughness over one or both of its two major surfaces of less than 1 nm. The glass sheet is formed using a roll-to-roll glass soot deposition and sintering process. The... | 11/22/2011 |
| 7983021 | Oblong electrochemical double layer capacitor An oblong electrochemical double-layer capacitor is disclosed having a modified jelly roll design and having a plurality of fingers extending from each electrode in substantially the same direction. A packaged electrochemical double-layer capacitor is also disclosed... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7976587 | High energy density ultracapacitor The invention is directed to a carbon composition produced from a carbon precursor, a carbon precursor modifier, and an additive, wherein a mixture of the recited components is formed, the carbon precursor is cured, the resulting mixture carbonized to produce a poro... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7944598 | Speckle mitigation in laser scanner projector systems Laser scanner projection systems that reduce the appearance of speckle in a scanned laser image are provided. The laser projection system includes a visible light source having at least one laser, a scanning element and a system controller. The system controller is ... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7910082 | Synthesis of ordered mesoporous carbon-silicon nanocomposites A method for preparing ordered mesoporous silicon carbide (OMSiC) nanocomposites uses an evaporation-induced self-assembly of a precursor composition that preferably includes a phenolic resin, pre-hydrolyzed tetraethyl orthosilicate, a surfactant, and butanol. The p... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7903389 | Cellular honeycomb ultracapacitors and hybrid capacitors with separator-supported current collectors An ultracapacitor or hybrid capacitor includes an electrically non-conductive rigid or semi-rigid porous honeycomb separator structure having cells extending along a common direction and supporting current collector structure(s) thereon. The current collector struct... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7859827 | Cellular honeycomb ultracapacitors and hybrid capacitors and methods for producing An ultracapacitor or hybrid capacitor includes an electrically non-conductive rigid or semi-rigid porous honeycomb structure (12) having cells extending along a common direction and having an average density per unit area within in a plane perpendicular to th... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7856850 | Glass-ceramic article with weld joint(s) and manufacture thereof Disclosed are mono- or multi-component glass-ceramic articles (10; 20; 30; 40; 50; 60; 70; 80; 90) having at least one weld joint (100), as well as a method of manufacturing such articles (10; 20; 30; 40; 50; 60; 70; 80; 90), which includes the ... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7792404 | Glass-based laser ridges for adhesive confinement and related methods A method for manufacturing an optical assembly comprises providing a first substrate having a first surface, providing a second substrate having a second surface facing the first surface, and forming a patterned microbump on at least a select one of the first surfac... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7771643 | Methods of making an unsupported article of semiconducting material by controlled undercooling The invention relates to methods of making articles of semiconducting material and semiconducting material articles formed thereby, such as semiconducting material that may be useful in making photovoltaic cells. ... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7724992 | Glass-based micropositioning systems and methods A method of forming a microbump for micropositioning an optical element comprises providing a base substrate, providing a first optical element to be supported by the base substrate, and providing an alignment element capable of locally expanding when locally heated... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7677058 | Process and apparatus for making glass sheet An apparatus and process for making glass soot sheet and sintered glass sheet. Glass soot particles are deposited on a curved deposition surface of a rotating drum to form a soot sheet. The soot sheet is then released from the deposition surface. The soot sheet can ... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7588856 | Resistive-varying electrode structure An electrode structure for a low voltage, high current electrical production device includes a charge transfer member (612). An electrically conductive member (605) having a non-uniform resistance is disposed on the charge transfer member 612 fo... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7553519 | Glass-ceramic and glass plates, heating plates, and preparation Disclosed in the present application include: (i) plates, having two approximately parallel main sides, of a glass-ceramic or a glass displaying a certain transparency, with a colored coating fixed to at least one part of the surface of one of said two main sides; (... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7507681 | Glass-ceramic, articles and fabrication process Bi-containing glass-ceramic material, especially those containing β-quartz and/or β-spodumene solid solutions as the predominant crystalline phase, and the precursor glass material as well as process of making such glass-ceramic material and articles. The glass-ce... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7505650 | Microlenses for optical assemblies and related methods Microlenses are formed on a substrate having a first absorption within an operational wavelength range, and a second absorption outside the operational wavelength range, wherein the second absorption is greater than the first absorption. One or more waveguides are c... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7480432 | Glass-based micropositioning systems and methods Glass-based micropositioning systems and methods are disclosed. The micropositioning systems and methods utilize microbumps (40) formed in a glass substrate (12 or 100). The microbumps are formed by subjecting a portion of the glass substrate to... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7476633 | β-spodumene glass-ceramic materials and process for making the same The present invention relates to glass-ceramic materials, processes for making the same and articles comprising the same. The glass-ceramic material has a composition, by weight of the total composition, comprising 55-68% SiO2; 18-24% Al2O... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7465686 | Glass-ceramic materials, precursor glass thereof and process for making the same The invention relates to: a method of preparing glass-ceramics of β-quartz and/or of β-spodumene; a method of preparing articles made from said glass-ceramics; novel glass-ceramics of β-quartz and/or of β-spodumene; articles made from said novel glass-ceramics; ... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7393801 | Lead-free enamel composition, the corresponding enamels and glass-ceramic articles, a new lead-free mineral glass Objects of the present invention are: a lead-free enamel composition comprising finely divided glass particles, finely divided pigment particles and an organic binder, characterised in that the glass of said particles is a lead-fre... | 07/01/2008 |
