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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7718003 | Method and apparatus for crystal growth A method and apparatus for growing a crystalline or poly-crystalline body from a melt is described, wherein the melt is retained by capillary attachment to edge features of a mesa crucible. The boundary profile of the resulting melt surface results in an effect whic... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7294404 | Graded photocatalytic coatings The invention provides graded photocatalytic coatings. In one aspect, the invention provides a substrate carrying a photocatalytic coating that includes a first graded film region and a second graded film region. The first graded film region has a substantially cont... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7071133 | Colored glass compositions and-automotive vision panels with-reduced transmitted-color shift A neutral gray colored glass composition for automotive vision panels having reduced transmitted color shift characteristics is provided. The glass composition has a base portion including 65 to 75 weight percent SiO2, 10 to 20 weight percent Na2 | 07/04/2006 |
| 7040804 | Method for measuring diffusion coefficient in conductive melts, and apparatus for measuring the same Two conductive solid materials with their respective different compositions are joined in parallel with a gravity direction thereof, and then, heated and melted under static magnetic field orthogonal to the gravity direction to form two conductive melts with their r... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7036387 | Integrated strain gages for board strain characterization A printed circuit board (PCB) having an integrated strain gage. In one embodiment, a PCB includes a component footprint suitable for mounting an electronic component. A strain gage is integrated into the PCB in a location under the component footprint. The strain ga... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7022180 | Method and apparatus for growing multiple crystalline ribbons from a single crucible Methods and apparatus for concurrent growth of multiple crystalline ribbons from a single crucible employ meniscus shapers to facilitate continuous growth of discrete and substantially flat crystalline ribbons having controlled width. ... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6964731 | Soil-resistant coating for glass surfaces A glass article which has a water-sheeting coating and a method of applying coatings to opposed sides of a substrate are described. In one embodiment, a glass sheet is provided bearing a sputtered water-sheeting coating comprising silica on an exterior surface and b... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6939446 | Soil-resistant coating for glass surfaces A glass article which has a water-sheeting coating and a method of applying coatings to opposed sides of a substrate are described. In one embodiment, a water-sheeting coating 20 comprising silica is sputtered directly onto an exterior surface of the glass. T... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6874378 | Pressure transducer A pressure transducer suitable for use as a component of a passive occupant detection system installed in a passenger vehicle. The transducer comprises first and second contact members separated by a spacing member. The first contact member has on a surface thereof ... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6814802 | Method and apparatus for growing multiple crystalline ribbons from a single crucible Methods and apparatus for concurrent growth of multiple crystalline ribbons from a single crucible employ meniscus shapers to facilitate continuous growth of discrete and substantially flat crystalline ribbons having controlled width. ... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6663710 | Method for continuously pulling up crystal An apparatus and a method that permits a seed crystal to be directed to a precise location of a melt for growing a ribbon-shaped crystal, but after the crystal has commenced growing, the ribbon-shaped crystal is continuously pulled up so as to produce a l... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6471768 | Method of and apparatus for growing ribbon of crystal A seed crystal is lowered toward a melt, and a contact between the seed crystal and the melt is detected using an image captured by an imaging device. The temperature of the melt is adjusted to keep a meniscus of the melt in contact with the seed crystal.... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6325852 | Die for shaped crystal growth from a molten bath A die for drawing crystals from a molten bath, has a body bored with at least one longitudinal capillary channel arranged between a lower face of the body. The die is intended to be immersed in the molten bath and an upper face of the body intended to sup... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6217649 | Continuous melt replenishment for crystal growth The invention features a method of continuous crystalline growth. A granular source material is introduced into a hopper. A volume of the granular source material exiting the hopper is disposed on a translationally moving belt. The volume of the granular ... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6200383 | Melt depth control for semiconductor materials grown from a melt The invention features a method of controlling the depth of a melt for or crystal growth. According to the method, an input signal is applied through a crucible and a material disposed within the crucible. An output signal generated in response to the inp... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6093244 | Silicon ribbon growth dendrite thickness control system A method and system for controlling the thickness of a pair of dendrites in a dendritic silicon web growth process to improve dendritic silicon web production. An image of each dendrite in a web emerging from a silicon melt in a furnace is produced by a p... | 07/25/2000 |
| 6090199 | Continuous melt replenishment for crystal growth The invention features a method of continuous crystalline growth. A granular source material is introduced into a hopper. A volume of the granular source material exiting the hopper is disposed on a translationally moving belt. The volume of the granular ... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6071339 | Continuous crystal plate growth process and apparatus A crystal plate 1 is grown in a continuous process by first purifying a crystal source material, a crystal melt or powder, in a purification station 3. Valves 7 control the flow of purified crystal melt or source powder 9 to a first hot zone 11, whose tem... | 06/06/2000 |
| 5919304 | Method and apparatus for producing oxide series single crystals When producing an oxide-series single crystal by continuously pulling downwardly by μ pulling down method, the composition of the single crystal can properly and quickly controlled to continuously produce the single crystal of a constant composition by c... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5820649 | Method of and apparatus for continuously producing a solid material A liquid material such as molten silicon is stored in a crucible. A liquid material, which is identical to and held in the same conditions as the liquid material in the crucible, is continuously supplied from an auxiliary crucible to the crucible to keep ... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5667583 | Method of producing a single crystal of a rare-earth silicate A method of growing a single crystal of a rare-earth silicate is disclosed which comprises heating raw materials in a crucible to thereby obtain a melt of the raw materials, contacting a lower end of a seed crystal with the melt and pulling the seed cryst... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5229082 | Melt replenishment system for dendritic web growth A melt replenishment system for dendritic web growth having a pellet feed arrangement, which distributes equal amounts of feed material to a pair of feed tubes in communication with opposite ends of a crucible to maintain a melt pool at a constant level a... | 07/20/1993 |
| 4944925 | Apparatus for producing single crystals A method of producing single crystals is characterized in that in withdrawing a semiconductor or dielectric material from its molten state while allowing it to grow into a single crystal solid, a die heated to a temperature higher than the solidifying poi... | 07/31/1990 |
| 4861416 | Ribbon growing method and apparatus A method and apparatus are described which facilitate the growing of silicon ribbon. A container for molten silicon has a pair of passages in its bottom through which filaments extend to a level above the molten silicon, so as the filaments are pulled up ... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4834832 | Process and apparatus for the manufacture of silicon rods A process and apparatus for the manufacture of silicon rods having a colur structure comprising monocrystalline crystal zones with a crystallographic preferred orientation. Molten silicon is transferred from a silicon reservoir into a crystallization cha... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4828808 | Apparatus for silicon web growth of higher output and improved growth stability This disclosure describes an apparatus to improve the web growth attainable from prior web growth configurations. This apparatus modifies the heat loss at the growth interface in a manner that minimizes thickness variations across the web, especially regi... | 05/09/1989 |
| 4751059 | Apparatus for growing dendritic web crystals of constant width The concept of this invention is to provide a thermal geometry which produces web growth at a constant width by balancing the heat loss pattern from the growing dendrites in such a manner that the outer requirements for stable web growth are simultaneousl... | 06/14/1988 |
| 4747774 | Conforming crucible/susceptor system for silicon crystal growth A crucible/susceptor system is described in which the walls of the crucible and the susceptor cavity are sloped outward in an angle sufficient for the force of gravity to exceed the inward pulling forces created by the high surface tension of molten silic... | 05/31/1988 |
| 4661200 | String stabilized ribbon growth A method and apparatus for stabilizing the edge positions of a ribbon drawn from a melt includes the use of wettable strings drawn in parallel up through the melt surface, the ribbon being grown between the strings. In one embodiment, the string stabilize... | 04/28/1987 |
| 4622211 | Apparatus for solidification with resistance heater and magnets An apparatus for solidification comprising a container for a liquid material which is to be solidified and an electric heater around the container and energized to melt the liquid material, a pair of magnets beside the container producing a stationary mag... | 11/11/1986 |
| 4603034 | Crystal growing system System for formation of a mineral crystal having a regular cross-sectional shape, including a crucible, a mass of crystal nutrient melt in the crucible, and a cooling element which defines a growing zone on the surface of the nutrient melt.... | 07/29/1986 |
| 4557793 | Method and apparatus for drawing crystalline bodies from a melt This invention involves a method and apparatus for drawing crystalline bodies from a melt by means of an open-ended drawing nozzle which determines the cross-sectional geometry of the crystalline body. The drawing nozzle is composed of a material which is... | 12/10/1985 |
| 4512954 | Crystal growing apparatus In a crystal growing apparatus, an electrode is arranged above a crystal raw material melt at a distance therefrom. Changes in the resistance of the atmosphere between the electrode and the melt are detected so as to detect the surface level of the melt. ... | 04/23/1985 |
| 4469552 | Process and apparatus for growing a crystal ribbon A process and apparatus is disclosed for growing a crystal ribbon (42) of a substance of theoretically infinite length from a melt (32) of the substance. A pair of fixedly positioned edge defining members (44) are partially submerged into the melt (32) so... | 09/04/1984 |
| 4443411 | Apparatus for controlling the atmosphere surrounding a crystal growth zone Method and apparatus for using a gas mixture containing an additive gas capable of beneficially altering the physical or chemical properties of a crystallized body grown from a melt by means of a shaping member. A suitable mixture of an inert gas and the ... | 04/17/1984 |
| 4430305 | Displaced capillary dies An asymmetrical shaped capillary die made exclusively of graphite is used to grow silicon ribbon which is capable of being made into solar cells that are more efficient than cells produced from ribbon made using a symmetrically shaped die.... | 02/07/1984 |
| 4402786 | Adjustable heat shield assembly A novel apparatus is disclosed for use in controlling in a known and predictable manner the temperature of the top surface of a capillary die and the adjacent meniscus during the growth of a crystalline body. The novel apparatus comprises an adjustable he... | 09/06/1983 |
| 4390505 | Crystal growth apparatus A novel apparatus is disclosed for controlling the temperature of the top surface of the capillary die and the adjacent meniscus during growth of a crystalline body. The apparatus includes a tiltable heat shield located so that by appropriately positionin... | 06/28/1983 |
| 4367200 | Single crystal manufacturing device A single crystal manufacturing device, in which there are provided a crucible having a melting part for holding a molten liquid of a raw material and a nozzle part for continuously taking out a predetermined amount of the molten liquid by the action of gr... | 01/04/1983 |
| 4360499 | Bellows assembly for crystal ribbon puller There is disclosed apparatus for growing a ribbon of crystalline material which apparatus comprises a furnace adapted to contain a melt from which the ribbon is to be grown and crystal pulling means spaced from the furnace and including crystal seed holdi... | 11/23/1982 |
