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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7938997 | Preparation of bulk superhard B-C-N nanocomposite compact Bulk, superhard, B—C—N nanocomposite compacts were prepared by ball milling a mixture of graphite and hexagonal boron nitride, encapsulating the ball-milled mixture at a pressure in a range of from about 15 GPa to about 25 GPa, and sintering the pressurized enca... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7435377 | Weldable ultrahard materials and associated methods of manufacture A weldable ultrahard insert can include an ultrahard working layer and a weldable metal layer metallically bonded with the working layer. The ultrahard working layer can be any ultrahard material such as PCD, PCBN, metal carbide, ceramic, diamond, or the like. The w... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7387755 | Method of making a ceramic composite A method of forming one or more ceramic layers on the substrate in which one layer containing ceramic particles is laminated onto the surface of the substrate that is completely formed. The layer that is applied to the substrate contains voids between the ceramic pa... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7384436 | Polycrystalline grits and associated methods Polycrystalline grits and methods of making grits which allow for a high degree of shape and size distribution control, as well as improved abrasive performance are described and disclosed. In one aspect, an abrasive slurry can be formed into a plurality of abrasive... | 06/10/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7354542 | Lightweight, heat insulating, high mechanical strength shaped product and method of producing the same This invention relates to a process of a lightweight, heat insulating, high compressive strength, water insoluble material by heat treatment at temperatures between 650-950° C., possessing a low bulk density (from 300 to 800 kg/m3) and improved heat insu... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7347966 | Method for manufacturing ceramic heater A method for manufacturing a ceramic heater includes mixing a conductive ceramic powder, an insulating ceramic powder, a sintering aid powder, and a solvent so as to obtain a slurry, drying the slurry so as to obtain a heating-element material powder, forming a gree... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7332119 | Biopolymer structures and components Structures can be formed from a composition, which can be referred to as a biopolymer, that includes fermentation solids and thermoactive material. Methods of making biopolymer products include for example extruding, injection molding, or compounding fermentation so... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7303722 | Method of making tools or components The present invention relates to a method of making a sintered body comprising one or more hard constituents in a binder phase by injection molding or extrusion. According to the invention, the binder system comprises 30-70 wt % poly(ethylene-co-vinylacetate) and ba... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7297301 | Process for transforming pre-used asphaltic roofing shingles into products A process for transforming pre-used asphaltic roofing shingles into products such as paving bricks, by removing foreign matter, using a comminutor that pulls shingles downwardly through a plurality of pairs of high-speed, counter-rotating, inter-meshing blades stack... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7291242 | Methods for reduction of powder waste in selective inhibition of sintering (SIS) Disclosed are methods and systems for selective inhibition of sintering in 3D fabrication. The disclosure provides methods and systems that use selective heating arrangements to selectively sinter areas during fabrication thereby reducing waste improving efficiency.... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7285241 | Method of manufacturing hard material components The present invention relates to a method of making a sintered body comprising one or more hard constituents in a binder phase by injection molding or extrusion. According to the invention, the granulating agent during drying is an ethylene oxide polymer and the bin... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7285234 | Process and device for producing solid bodies by sequential layer buildup Process for layer-wise production of a three dimensional body (generative rapid prototyping), in particular by 3D binder printer, including a multiple succession of the steps of depositing a powder particle layer, activating in defined areas an adhesive present on t... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7268011 | Diamond composite heat spreader and associated methods Diamond heat spreaders are produced having thermal properties approaching that of pure diamond. Diamond particles of relatively large grain size are tightly packed to maximize diamond-to-diamond contact. Subsequently, smaller diamond particles may be introduced into... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7247265 | Auxetic filamentary materials An auxetic material, which has a negative Poisson ratio so that it has the property of expanding or contracting transversely to a direction in which it is extended or compressed, is made in filamentary or fibrous form. A suitable process involves cohering and extrud... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7232558 | Electrically conductive fibers of Ti4O7 and Ti5O9 Solid, shaped and fired fibers of Ti4O7 and Ti5O9 are made by firing TiO2 fibers in a reducing atmosphere. In a first aspect, the TiO2 fibers are made by extruding into air a viscous TiO2 g... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7229264 | Platen with self-cleaning exhaust holes and multi-opening press utilizing same A platen press for pressing loose wood-based material into structural panels at high temperature while exhausting steam generated in the process through vents distributed across the face of a platen to thereby produce an improved product. The vents are periodically ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7220376 | Individually-contoured seat cushion and shape capturing and fabricating method for seat cushion A negative impression of an anatomical portion of a person is captured by forcing the anatomical portion into impression foam to collapse the impression foam into the negative impression. The impression foam has a crush characteristic of approximately constant resis... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7175798 | Cutting tool insert and method for producing the same An improved cutting tool insert and a method for the preparation of such cutting tool insert, having a sintered alumina and silicon carbide whisker composite material body, comprising the steps of milling and mixing the powdered starting materials of said composite ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7173334 | Diamond composite heat spreader and associated methods Diamond heat spreaders are produced having thermal properties approaching that of pure diamond. Diamond particles of relatively large grain size are tightly packed to maximize diamond-to-diamond contact. Subsequently, smaller diamond particles may be introduced into... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7141196 | Method of manufacturing a golf ball having one or more layers The present invention relates to golf ball components and golf balls comprising high levels of pre-vulcanized or pre-crosslinked materials, as well as methods of making same. The pre-vulcanized or pre-crosslinked materials are typically thermoset materials that are ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7141195 | Process for making engineered lignocellulosic-based panels A process for making engineered lignocellulosic-based panels with superior strength and dimensional stability. The process comprising adding to green lignocellulosic particles a low-nitrogen content, high molecular weight, phenol-formaldehyde resin before the green ... | 11/28/2006 |
| RE39354 | Sinterable semi-crystalline powder and near-fully dense article formed therewith A laser-sinterable powder product has been prepared having unique properties which allow the powder to be sintered in a selective laser sintering machine to form a sintered part which is near-fully dense. For most purposes, the sintered part is indistinguishable fro... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7098275 | Heat resistant material for molds and other articles A mixture of particulate silicone based material and small hollow elements, such as spheres and/or fibers, is provided. The particulate silicone based material is heated to a temperature between about 200° F. and about 400° F. The particulate silicone based materi... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7076125 | Optical circuit element and production method therefor, array-form optical circuit element, optical circuit device using it The present invention relates to a device and a method for monitoring each of the propagated light beams that are propagated in each waveguide of an arrayed waveguide device and a method of fabricating the device. In the prior art, problems were encountered in deriv... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7052635 | Methods and apparatus for recycling asphalt shingle material into shaped products Used and manufacturing scrap asphalt shingle material processed into a fine material comprising smaller sized pieces of shingle material with a relatively high aggregate content is finish processed into shaped products by grinding and heating the aggregate and small... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7029613 | Method of forming silicon carbide and silicon nitride composite Densified composites of silicon nitride and silicon carbide that exhibit high creep resistance are obtained by mechanically activating a mixture of amorphous powders of silicon nitride and silicon carbide and sintering the mechanically activated mixture in the prese... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7029173 | Thermoelectric component A thermoelectric component includes a first and a second element which, in the vicinity of a contact point, are in contact with each other, e.g., in the form of a thermal contact. Furthermore, in this connection, first element and/or second element have a ceramic ma... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7029612 | Release agent for lignocellulosic composites Novel release agents comprising a carboxylic acid comprising at least six carbon atoms and at least one free carboxylic acid group and a polysiloxane comprising at least one organically bound active hydrogen group, which release agents are particularly suited for us... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7022751 | Composite plastic materials produced from waste materials and method of producing same Fiber reinforced composite plastic materials for use in injection and compression molding and extrusion processing produced from waste materials, the composite material includes an effective amount of high melting point polymer fiber material and a sufficient amount... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7022274 | Gas sintered carbon block and method The present invention relates to an effective and rapid method and apparatus for sintering carbon filter blocks having a polymeric binder. The method employs direct contact heat transfer by gas molecule to powder particle, as opposed to conduction heat transfer from... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7011786 | Process for producing shaped bodies comprising fiber-reinforced ceramic materials Process for producing shaped bodies comprising fiber-reinforced ceramic materials, where a green body is produced in a first step by introducing a press moulding composition into a mold, where the press moulding composition comprises carbon fibers and/or carbon fila... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7011785 | Process for producing hollow bodies comprising fiber-reinforced ceramic materials Process for producing hollow bodies comprising fiber-reinforced ceramic materials, where mold cores whose shape corresponds to that of the hollow spaces are produced in a first step, at least one mold core together with a press moulding composition or formable fiber... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6994767 | Method and apparatus for adhering friction material to core plate for lockup clutch A method for adhering a friction material for a lockup clutch, with which a friction material is adhered to a flat surface of a core plate, comprises a disposing step of disposing the friction material between a heated member and the flat surface of the core plate, ... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6986939 | Panel-shaped composite wooden element The invention relates to a method for the manufacture of chipboard comprising a centre layer (18) of coarse chips and outer layers (20) of chips whose fibers are oriented in the plane of the board. In order to be able to reduce the density of the finis... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6939505 | Methods for forming articles having very small channels therethrough, and such articles, and methods of using such articles Channeled articles having very small diameter channels spaced very closely can be made by packing elongated cores in a fixture, clamping them, and then introducing matrix material around the cores. The matrix material is formed into a unitary body and solidified. Th... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6936201 | 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 ... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6921465 | Method for controlling a refractive index of a dry plating film and method for making a dry plating built-up film A method for making a dry plating built-up film comprises providing silicon carbide as a starting source and subjecting to dry plating while changing a concentration of a reactive gas continuously or intermittently to deposit and form, on a substrate, a thin film ha... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6878337 | Process for production of honeycomb structure A process for producing a honeycomb structure, which comprises adding water to a mixed raw material of a raw material powder and a binder, kneading the mixture to obtain a plastic mixture, molding the plastic mixture into a honeycomb shape to obtain a green honeycom... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6878320 | Auxetic materials An auxetic polymeric material is manufactured in a filamentary or fibrous form. The auxetic polymeric material has a negative Poisson ratio so that it has the property of expanding or contracting transversely to a direction in which it is extended or compressed. The... | 04/12/2005 |
