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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8100083 | Process and apparatus for depositing a ceramic coating A process and apparatus for depositing a ceramic coating, such as a thermal barrier coating (TBC) for a gas turbine engine component. The process deposits a coating whose composition includes multiple oxide compounds and a carbon-based constituent, e.g., elemental c... | 01/24/2012 |
| 7997227 | Vacuum coater device and mechanism for supporting and manipulating workpieces in same An apparatus for providing a vacuum coating to a workpiece, including: a coating chamber containing a coating material, with the coating chamber being operable at an elevated temperature and a sub-atmospheric pressure; an electron beam gun projecting an electron bea... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7435980 | Electron beam irradiation device An electron beam irradiation device having an electron beam generating unit R, an irradiation chamber E for irradiating an electron beam to a irradiated object F, and an oxygen cutoff section S for blowing inert gas N on an upstream side of the irradiated chamber. T... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7393416 | Vapor deposition process and apparatus therefor An apparatus for depositing a ceramic coating on a component. The apparatus includes an evaporation source containing multiple different oxide compounds, at least one of the oxide compounds having a vapor pressure that is higher than the remaining oxide compounds, t... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7329436 | Vapor deposition of dissimilar materials A method for depositing a first material on a substrate includes providing the substrate in a deposition chamber. A molten body is formed between the substrate and a source of the first material by melting one or more second materials. A flow of the first material i... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7311851 | Apparatus and method for reactive atom plasma processing for material deposition Reactive atom plasma processing can be used to shape, polish, planarize, and clean surfaces of difficult materials with minimal subsurface damage. The apparatus and methods use a plasma torch, such as a conventional ICP torch. The workpiece and plasma torch are move... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7294209 | Apparatus and method for depositing material onto a substrate using a roll-to-roll mask A battery-operated device provided on a thin-film battery and a method for making. Some embodiments provide a system that includes a vacuum chamber, a plurality of pairs of source and take-up reels within the vacuum chamber, including a first source reel that suppli... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7276140 | Plasma accelerating apparatus for semiconductor substrate processing and plasma processing system having the same A plasma accelerating apparatus and a plasma processing system having the same are provided. The apparatus includes a circular channel comprising an inner wall, an outer wall, and an end wall connected to an end of the inner wall and the outer wall to form an outlet... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7211454 | Manufacturing method of a light emitting device including moving the source of the vapor deposition parallel to the substrate The present invention provides an active matrix substrate which can be fabricated at a lower cost and a light emitting device having a large display area fabricated by a vapor deposition system which makes a film with uniform thickness for a large substrate. Accordi... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7194801 | Thin-film battery having ultra-thin electrolyte and associated method A method and system for fabricating solid-state energy-storage devices including fabrication films for devices without an anneal step. A film of an energy-storage device is fabricated by depositing a first material layer to a location on a substrate. Energy is suppl... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7186439 | Method of manufacturing organic electroluminescent display A method of manufacturing an organic EL display in which organic EL devices are prevented from being promoted in degradation by interfaces that occur between the hole transporting layer and the luminescent layer and between the luminescent layer and the electron tra... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7182976 | Process for forming a thin film and apparatus therefor A process for forming a thin film is described that enables automatic formation of thin films having constant optical properties reliably and in large quantities with excellent reproducibility suitable for mass production. An apparatus for performing the process is ... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7183564 | Channel spark source for generating a stable focused electron beam In a channel spark source triggered by gas discharge for generating a stable focused electron beam, a gas supply for a hollow cathode thereof is provided which generates in the hollow cathode a pressure differential so that the multiplication of charge carriers in a... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7170068 | Method and system for discharging a sample A method for discharging a sample, the method includes: determining whether to discharge a negatively charged area of a sample or to discharge a positively charged area of the sample; and injecting gas, via an electrode and gas supply component, or setting a first e... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7152549 | Vapor deposition system An arrangement for controlling the deflection of an electron beam in a vapor deposition system includes a control unit to which are assigned deflection modules (23, 27) which can be driven in accordance with respective selected functions. By driving these def... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7147931 | Metal strip product A coated steel strip product with a dense and hard abrasion resistant coating on one side or both sides of said strip substrate is provided. The thickness of said coating is in total maximally 25 μm, the hardness of said coating is at least 600 HV and the tensile s... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7147932 | Metal strip product A coated steel strip product with a dense and hard abrasion resistant coating on one side or both sides of said strip. The thickness of said coating is in total maximally 25 μm, the hardness of said coating is at least 600 HV and the tensile strength of the steel s... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7131189 | Continuous processing of thin-film batteries and like devices A system for making a thin-film device includes a substrate-supply station that supplies a substrate having a major surface area. The substrate has a first layer on a first surface area of the substrate's major surface area. Also included is a device for depositing ... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7128986 | Nanoclustered magnetic materials for high moment write pole applications The present invention includes magnetic write elements with portions formed a nanophase high magnetic moment material to enable further increases in areal density in magnetic recording. The nanophase deposited high magnetic moment material comprises coated nanoclust... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7122949 | Cylindrical electron beam generating/triggering device and method for generation of electrons A surface discharge device performing functions of a trigger and electron beam generator includes a cylinder shaped member formed from a dielectric material with dielectric constant ε>100, in which a central opening is formed having a conical or cylindrical shape. ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7014889 | Process and apparatus for plasma activated depositions in a vacuum Plasma deposition apparatus (1) and method that allows metal or nonmetal vapor (6) to be generated by electron-beam evaporation, guides that vapor using a noble gas stream (containing reactive gases in cases of reactive evaporation), ionizes the dense ... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6988463 | Ion beam source with gas introduced directly into deposition/vacuum chamber An ion source is provided wherein depositing gas and/or maintenance gas is/are introduced into the ion source via the vacuum/depositing chamber, thereby reducing the amount(s) of undesirable insulative build-ups on the anode and/or cathode of the source in an area p... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6983718 | Electron beam physical vapor deposition apparatus An electron beam physical vapor deposition (EBPVD) apparatus and a method for using the apparatus to produce a coating material (e.g., a ceramic thermal barrier coating) on an article. The EBPVD apparatus generally includes a coating chamber that is operable at elev... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6972136 | Ultra low residual reflection, low stress lens coating and vacuum deposition method for making the same A method is provided for coating optical lenses and other optical articles with anti-reflection (AR) coatings. The lenses have low reflectivity, provide a substantially white light reflection and have a low stress AR coating and are ideally suited for optical lenses... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6962613 | Low-temperature fabrication of thin-film energy-storage devices A method and system for fabricating solid-state energy-storage devices including fabrication films for devices without an anneal step, especially a cathode anneal of thin-film batteries. A film of an energy-storage device is fabricated by depositing a first material... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6946034 | Electron beam physical vapor deposition apparatus An electron beam physical vapor deposition (EBPVD) apparatus for producing a coating material (e.g., a ceramic thermal barrier coating) on an article. The EBPVD apparatus generally includes a coating chamber that is operable at elevated temperatures and subatmospher... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6933001 | Optical filter and method of manufacturing the same The optical thickness of a film formed on a substrate is controlled precisely to manufacture an optical filter having an accurate optical thickness. Time is counted during a film being formed on a substrate to note time points t with respect to a reference time set ... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6923868 | Installation for electron-ray coatication of coatings This invention relates to an apparatus for electron-ray deposition of a coating on an article. The apparatus comprises a processing chamber with crucibles and electron gun located in the processing chamber and a pre-chamber for loading/unloading cartridges with arti... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6924164 | Method of continuous processing of thin-film batteries and like devices A method of making a thin-film device including a substrate-supply station that supplies a substrate. The substrate has a first layer on the substrate. Also described is a method and device for depositing a second layer onto the first layer, wherein energy supplied ... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6918351 | Apparatus for ion beam implantation This invention discloses an ion implantation apparatus that has an ion source and an ion extraction device for extracting an ion beam therefrom. The ion implantation apparatus includes an ion beam sweeping-and-deflecting device disposed immediately next to the ion e... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6915592 | Method and apparatus for generating gas to a processing chamber A method and apparatus for generating gas for a processing system is provided. In one embodiment, an apparatus for generating gas for a processing system includes an unitary, isolatable, transportable canister having a plurality of first spacing elements, a pluralit... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6917162 | Traveling wave tube A slow wave circuit (10, 110) of a traveling wave tube includes a three-dimensional conductive structure (30, 130). A dielectric film (36, 136) coats selected portions of the three-dimensional conductive structure (30, 130). An outer hous... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6906436 | Solid state activity-activated battery device and method A system includes a thin-film battery and an activity-activated switch. The system is placed on a substrate with an adhesive backing. In some embodiments, the substrate is flexible. Also formed on the substrate is an electrical circuit that includes electronics. The... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6905582 | Configurable vacuum system and method An exemplary configurable vacuum system is provided for use in coating or plating that provides the capability and versatility to handle substrates of significantly different shapes and sizes. The configurable vacuum system includes a vacuum table assembly, a mechan... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6902625 | Multiple pocket electron beam source An improved crucible cover for multiple pocket electron beam sources has been invented. The invention provides selection between one of the multiple pockets for evaporative heating and a noncontacting, line-of-sight blocking baffle between heated and unheated pocket... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6869508 | Physical vapor deposition apparatus and process A PVD process and apparatus (120) for depositing a coating (132) from multiple sources (110, 111) of different materials. The process and apparatus (120) are particulaity intended to deposit a beta-nickel aluminide coating (132) co... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6858119 | Mobile plating system and method An exemplary mobile plating system is provided for performing a plating process using virtually any known or available deposition technology for coating or plating as substrate. The mobile plating system may include a vacuum chamber positioned in a mobile storage vo... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6688254 | Vapor deposition temperature control apparatus and method Coating temperature during vapor deposition of a ceramic coating on a substrate in a coating box or enclosure is maintained by means of a heat release cover or lid on the coating enclosure and movable in response to temperature in the coating enclosure ex... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6656518 | Thin film forming method and apparatus To provide a thin film forming method and apparatus that can automatically form thin films having constant optical properties with high reproducibility Antireflection films are deposited on lenses 2a that are held by a coating dome 2 by vaporizing an evap... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6632285 | Programmable flux gradient apparatus for co-deposition of materials onto a substrate An apparatus for simultaneously depositing gradients components of two or more target materials onto a substrate is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a first target material source that directs a first target material towards the substrate and a second t... | 10/14/2003 |
