Did You Know...
...that the Band-Aid Bandage was invented by a Johnson & Johnson employee whose wife had cut herself? Earl Dickson's wife was rather accident prone, so he set out to develop a bandage that she could apply without help. He placed a small piece of gauze in the center of a small piece of surgical tape, and what we know today as the Band Aid bandage was born!
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7914720 | Electroconductive structure, manufacturing method therefor, and separator for fuel cell The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a conductive structure having high electrical conductivity, and a method for manufacturing a dimensionally accurate separator for a fuel cell having high electrical conductivity. In the present invention, the... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7883650 | Fabrication of carbon nanotubes reinforced polymer composite bipolar plates for fuel cell A composite bipolar plate for a polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) is prepared as follows: a) compounding vinyl ester and graphite powder to form bulk molding compound (BMC) material, the graphite powder content ranging from 60 wt % to 95 wt % based on t... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7740778 | Conductive belt, method of producing same, and image-forming apparatus having same A method of producing a conductive belt composed of a base resin containing polybutylene naphthalate resin at not less than 50 mass % nor more than 100 mass % and 1 to 3 mass % of carbon nano-fibers having a DBP oil absorption amount at not less than 150 ml/100 g. T... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7491352 | Method for preparing an electrode material for a polarized electrode The present invention provides polarized electrodes that ensure a satisfactory packing ratio of activated carbon particles and conductive particulates and favorable contact between these and an electrolyte, and demonstrate high capacitance. The present invention rel... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7442329 | Method of manufacturing separator for fuel cells A separator for fuel cells is provided, which has excellent electrical conductivity, mechanical strength and gas impermeability. The separator is a molded article of a carbon-phenol resin molding compound obtained by reacting a phenol with an aldehyde in the presenc... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7361401 | Surface coverings containing fused recycled material and processes of making the same A backing or an intermediate layer for a surface covering is described which comprises a fused recycled material, wherein the material comprises a thermoplastic material, for instance, a vinyl material from a vinyl backed carpet or vinyl backed carpet manufacturing ... | 04/22/2008 |
| RE40083 | Injection moldable conductive aromatic thermoplastic liquid crystalline polymeric compositions A method for making a shaped article or a shaped article having a volume resistivity of less than 102 ohm-cm with a desired combination of properties and processibility in an injection moldable composition. In particular the shaped articles formed include... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7326380 | Surface and site-specific polymerization by direct-write lithography Polymeric microstructures and nanostructures can be prepared with use of a tip to pattern a surface. A tip can be used to pattern a structure which can initiate polymerization. The structure can be then exposed to monomer to induce polymerization at the structure. A... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7315068 | Interface layer for the fabrication of electronic devices The present invention is directed to methods for making electronic devices with a thin anisotropic conducting layer interface layer formed between a substrate and an active device layer that is preferably patterned conductive layer. The interface layer preferably pr... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7308759 | Method for production of a multi-layer carbon brush A method for production of a multi-layer carbon brush including at least two electrically-conducting functional layers made from carbon material and at least one insulation layer made from an electrically-insulating material, running between consecutive functional l... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7297300 | Method of making polarizable electrode for electric double layer capacitor A method of making a polarizable electrode for an electric double layer capacitor, includes adding a binder assistant to a binder so that the binder is swollen and mixing a carbonaceous powder, a conductive assistant and thereafter the swollen binder, thereby obtain... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7297227 | Method of making sheet electrode for electric double layer capacitor and roller rolling machine suitable for use therein A sheet electrode with a predetermined thickness for an electric double layer capacitor is made by carrying out a roller rolling step in which a long sheet intermediate is made from a material containing a carbonaceous powder, a conductive assistant and a binder and... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7260960 | Selective glass batching methods for improving melting efficiency and reducing gross segregation of glass batch components A method of controlling reaction paths of glass batch components added to a resident glass melt is provided, including the steps of providing a plurality of raw material batch components according to a batch recipe, selectively combining a portion of the batch compo... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7252797 | Process for fabrication of low basis weight electrode active blanks The present invention is directed to calendaring an electrode active admixture, such as of a transition metal oxide, and particularly silver vanadium oxide, into an electrode structure. To obtain electrode structures of a desired low basis weight requires calendarin... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7241403 | Method for making a conductive thermoplastic composition PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a production method for a thermoplastic resin composition, composed of a polyphenylene ether and a polyamide, having an electric conductivity, and excellent in balance of fluidity and impact strength, by producing with a specific pro... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7238316 | Method for making precisely configured flakes useful in optical devices Precisely configured, especially of geometric shape, flakes of liquid crystal material are made using a mechanically flexible polymer mold with wells having shapes which are precisely configured by making the mold with a photolithographically manufactured or laser p... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7235192 | Capped poly(arylene ether) composition and method A method of preparing a capped poly(arylene ether) resin includes reacting a capping agent with a blend of two or more poly(arylene ether) resins having different intrinsic viscosities. Cured compositions prepared from these capped poly(arylene ether) resins exhibit... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7229868 | Organic field-effect transistor, method for structuring an OFET and integrated circuit The invention relates to an organic field-effect transistor, to a method for structuring an OFET and to an integrated circuit with improved structuring of the functional polymer layers. The improved structuring is obtained by introducing, using a doctor blade, the f... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7226963 | Conductive polyphenylene ether-polyamide blend The present invention relates to a thermoplastic resin composition and a method for making the same. The composition comprises the reaction product of about 10 wt % to about 50 wt % polyphenylene ether, about 35 wt % to about 65 wt % polyamide, preferably about 0.4 ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7222727 | Low cost food processing belts and other conveyances manufactured from conductive loaded resin-based materials Conveyors, chutes, skids, guides, and ways for the transporting of material are formed of a conductive loaded resin-based material such that fragments of these structures can be detected by a metal detector. The conductive loaded resin-based material comprises micro... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7187828 | Polymer optical waveguide module and method for manufacturing polymer optical waveguide film used therefor A polymer optical waveguide module has a submount, one of an emitter and a detector and an optical waveguide. The optical waveguide is a polymer optical waveguide film obtained by using a mold, which has, on an identical end portion thereof, an optical-path converti... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7186357 | High swelling ramming paste for aluminum electrolysis cell A new ramming paste for aluminum reduction cell cathodes is a high swelling cold ramming paste made of a blend of pitch, light oil diluent and an aggregate comprising a mixture of anthracite and crushed anode butts or calcined coke. The presence of the crushed anode... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7182887 | Conductive composite material and fuel cell electrode using same A conducting composite material is composed of a kneaded and compressed mix. The mix includes (a) from 40 to 90% by volume of a flake graphite powder comprising a flake graphite type formed from graphite particle agglomerates bonded to each other and superposed such... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7182888 | Conductive masterbatch and conductive resin composition Disclosed is a conductive masterbatch comprising a polyamide and conductive carbon black, the conductive carbon black being present in the form of at least one agglomerated particle having a major axis of 20 to 100 μm, wherein the number of the agglomerated particl... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7175782 | Conductive vinylaromatic polymer filled with black carbon The invention concerns a composition comprising: 35 to 65 wt. % of radical vinylaromatic polymer, 5 to 40 wt. % of ethylene and alkyl(meth)acrylate copolymer, 2 to 20 wt. % of copolymer with vinylaromaticdiene monomer blocks, a necessary and sufficient amount of con... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7162127 | Polymeric optical waveguide film, polymeric optical waveguide module and method of manufacturing polymeric optical waveguide film A polymeric optical waveguide module has: a light-emitting element; a polymeric optical waveguide film having a lower clad, a core, an upper clad, an optical path changing mirror surface provided at one end of the polymeric optical waveguide film and a guided light ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7148422 | Ignition wire with grafted coating and method of making An ignition wire includes a conductive core, an insulation layer surrounding the core, an insulating jacket surrounding the insulation layer and a coating layer which is grafted and bonded to at least a portion of an exterior surface of the insulating jacket. The co... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7141149 | Electrodes useful for molten salt electrolysis of aluminum oxide to aluminum The present invention provides a method of making a carbon electrode, suitable for use as an anode in an aluminum reduction cell, which comprises mixing an aggregate, comprising a mixture of particulate shot coke, and a particulate carbonaceous material other than s... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7125502 | Fibers of aligned single-wall carbon nanotubes and process for making the same The present invention involves fibers of highly aligned single-wall carbon nanotubes and a process for making the same. The present invention provides a method for effectively dispersing single-wall carbon nanotubes. The process for dispersing the single-wall carbon... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7108917 | Variably impregnated flexible graphite material and method A flexible graphite sheet material having improved molding characteristics is provided by effecting resin impregnation such that the resin profile across one of the dimensions of the sheet is non-uniform. ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7108055 | Optimized heat sink using high thermal conducting base and low thermal conducting fins An optimized design for a composite heat sink is provided utilizing a high thermal conducting base and low thermal conducting fins. The base preferably is constructed from anisotropic graphite material, and the fins are preferably constructed from a thermally conduc... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7105117 | Manufacturing method for increasing thermal and electrical conductivities of polymers A method of manufacturing to increase the thermal and electrical conductivity of polymers includes layering a filled polymer with an unfilled polymer to produce a multi-layered system of alternating filled and unfilled polymer layers. The filler material comprises t... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7090793 | Preparation of fuel cell composite bipolar plate A composite bipolar plate of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (PEMFC) is prepared as follows: a) preparing a bulk molding compound (BMC) material containing a vinyl ester resin and a graphite powder, the graphite powder content of BMC material ranging from 60... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7084826 | Low cost inductor devices manufactured from conductive loaded resin-based materials Inductors and inductive devices are formed of a conductive loaded resin-based material. The conductive loaded resin-based material comprises micron conductive powder(s), conductive fiber(s), or a combination of conductive powder and conductive fibers in a base resin... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7077990 | High-density, thermally-conductive plastic compositions for encapsulating motors A method for making a stator assembly having a thermally-conductive, plastic housing for a high speed motor is provided. A thermally-conductive, high-density polymer composition is used to make the housing, and the stator is uniformly encapsulated therein. The polym... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7077932 | Method of making sheet electrode for electric double layer capacitor and roller rolling machine suitable for use therein A sheet electrode with a predetermined thickness for an electric double layer capacitor is made by carrying out a roller rolling step in which a long sheet intermediate is made from a material containing a carbonaceous powder, a conductive assistant and a binder and... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7067951 | Copper-graphite brush A copper-zinc alloy powder of which zinc content is from 10 to 50 wt % and of which mean particle diameter is from 15 μm or under is added to a Pb-less brush body comprising graphite, copper and a metal sulfide solid lubricant of a copper-graphite brush. ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7049558 | Apparatus and method for heating microfluidic volumes and moving fluids A device and method for the temperature control, concentration, volume measurement and transport of microfluidic volumes are provided. The device includes one or more heating elements having a resistive material that varies with temperature. The heating elements are... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7026377 | High performance fiber reinforced thermoplastic resin, method and apparatus for making the same A process for producing a fiber-reinforced molded article and the resulting article such as a cantilevered battery tray. In the process, thermoplastic material in its solid state having a melt flow index above 25 g/10 minutes is fed into a suitable processing machin... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6998189 | Fuel cell separator and process for producing the same A fuel cell separator which is low in cost and high in hydrophilicity and electrical conductivity and a process for producing the fuel cell separator. The fuel cell separator is characterized in that by using a starting material for a fuel cell separator subjected t... | 02/14/2006 |
