Did You Know...
...that Robert Adler has the dubious distinction of being the Father of the Couch Potato? Back in 1955 Adler was employed by what was then Zenith Radio Corp., where he was charged to invent something that would allow viewers to turn down the TV volume without leaving their chairs. After a series of flops (such as a wired contraption that people tripped over), Adler hit on the idea of using sound waves. Thus the Remote Control was born...
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8083986 | Fabrication of advanced thermoelectric materials by hierarchical nanovoid generation A novel method to prepare an advanced thermoelectric material has hierarchical structures embedded with nanometer-sized voids which are key to enhancement of the thermoelectric performance. Solution-based thin film deposition technique enables preparation of stable ... | 12/27/2011 |
| 7722797 | Method for producing a ceramic substrate A method is disclosed for producing a ceramic substrate made of base that includes a stack of layers. Each layer in the stack includes a non-sintered ceramic material and a binder. The method includes debinding the layers in a temperature interval of TE1-... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7413699 | Method of making ceramic electronic element A ceramic electronic element having improved the continuity of inner electrode layers while suppressing the decrease in adhesion between its dielectric layers and inner electrode layers and the deterioration in functions of the inner electrode layers, and a method o... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7318844 | Laser-irradiated metallized electroceramic The manufacturing method for an electroceramic component (1), for example a varistor (1), comprises a laser irradiation of a part (5; 6) of the surface of an electroceramic body (2) before a metallization (3; 4) is applied to the p... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7294598 | Dielectric oxide materials A material made of a dielectric oxide of type Ca0.25Cu0.75TiO3 having a dielectric constant greater than 3,000. ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7220377 | Method of manufacturing spacer assembly used in flat display device A spacer assembly has first and second spacers that are set up integrally on first and second surfaces, respectively, of a substrate. Each spacer is tapered toward its extended end. In forming the spacer assembly, first and second molding dies having through holes c... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7094718 | ESD dissipative ceramics This invention relates to a dense ceramics having ESD dissipative characteristics, tunable volume and surface resistivities in semi-insulative range (103-1011 Ohm-cm), substantially pore free, high flexural strength, light colors, for desired E... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7016790 | In-line hot-wire sensor for slurry monitoring An in-line hot-wire sensor for monitoring the mixing and the flow rate of slurry is disclosed. The hot-wire sensor may include a number of resistors organized into a Wheatstone bridge, as well as a frequency-domain transform mechanism. The resistors include a hot-wi... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6984355 | Semiconducting ceramic material, process for producing the ceramic material, and thermistor A BaTiO3-type semiconducting ceramic material which has undergone firing in a reducing atmosphere and re-oxidation, wherein the relative density of the ceramic material after sintering is about 85–90%. A process for producing the semiconducting ceramic ... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6964718 | Method of preparing multilayered piezoelectric ceramic material Co-fired multilayer piezoelectric ceramic materials with base metal electrodes based on copper, copper alloy, are found as an effective approach to manufacture low cost multilayer piezoelectrics. The method of the invention is performed at low firing temperature and... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6960554 | Method of making a BSCCO superconductor article A method of making an oxide superconductor article includes converting an oxide superconducting precursor into an oxide superconductor by thermo-mechanical processing using intermediate rolling deformation and heat treatment (including liquid-phase sintering and low... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6841343 | Black-and-white organic solvent-based photothermographic materials containing mercaptotriazole toners Organic solvent-based photothermographic materials comprise one or more mercaptotriazoles represented by the following Structure I as toner(s): wherein R1 and R2 independently represent hydrogen, ... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6746835 | Thermally processed image recording material Disclosed is a thermally processed image recording material containing, on one side of a support having an image-forming layer, a silver salt of an organic acid, a reducing agent and at least one kind of a compound represented by the following formula (1): | 06/08/2004 |
| 6733740 | Production of dielectric particles The invention provides a method for producing barium titanate-based particulate compositions. The method includes a heat treatment step, separate from a sintering step, that involves treating a barium titanate-based particulate composition at a temperature between a... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6676887 | Oxidation resistant carbon composites with improved friction performance and methods for making and using them An oxidation resistant carbon composite material comprises nanocrystalline silicon carbide regions distributed throughout a carbon matrix. The composite is prepared by intermixing in a solvent a silicon carbide precursor and a carbon precursor and forming... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6641775 | Reducing manufacturing and raw material costs for device manufacture with nanostructured powders Methods for lowering processing and raw material costs are disclosed. Specifically, the use of nanostructured powders is disclosed for faster and lower sintering temperatures whereby electrodes currently employing platinum can be substituted with lower me... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6543107 | Method of producing a piezoelectric thin film A method for producing the piezoelectric thin film is based on a sol-gel process and comprises the steps of: coating a substrate with a sol composition comprising a sol, of a metal component for constituting a piezoelectric film, and a polymer compound an... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6514453 | Thermal sensors prepared from nanostructureed powders This invention describes a method of rapidly monitoring the temperature of a medium and a method of preparing a quantum confined device that can enable such measurements. The monitoring principle uses changes in impedance of nanostructured devices, i.e. d... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6309589 | Method for producing a pin heater A method is proposed for manufacturing a pin heater that has a substantially internal insulating layer and an external conductive layer, the two layers composed of a ceramic composite structure, wherein before the pin heater is sintered, its shaping is ac... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6284080 | Barrier metallization in ceramic substrate for implantable medical devices The present invention relates to multi-layer ceramic packaging of hybrid micro-electronic devices, including those for implantable medical devices. The invention permits size reduction and design simplification in such packaging by eliminating the need fo... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6156259 | Method of manufacturing piezoelectric materials In a method of manufacturing piezoelectric ceramics by molding pre-fired or calcined powders of ingredients of a piezoelectric ceramic material and sintering the powder mold at a high pressure, the powder mold is pre-sintered at an atmospheric pressure be... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6156175 | Method for producing electrochemical element and electrochemical element A method for producing a NOx sensor comprises the steps of forming electrodes on ceramic green sheets, and stacking and integrating the ceramic green sheets into one unit followed by sintering to prepare a substrate, wherein an oxygen concentration is con... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6129886 | Method of preparation of piezoelectric ceramics The object of the present invention is to realize the piezoelectric ceramics which, even when used as high frequency elements utilizing third harmonics wave of thickness longitudinal vibration, are small in temperature coefficient of resonant frequency an... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6076244 | Heat treatment method of actuators for an ink jet printer head and method for manufacturing an ink jet printer head A method of manufacturing an actuator including an ink pump section made by forming a spacer plate with a plurality of window portions formed therein, a closure plate stacked on one side of the spacer plate for covering the window portions and a connectio... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6051171 | Method for controlling firing shrinkage of ceramic green body A method of controlling the amount of firing shrinkage of a ceramic green body prepared by molding a ceramic powder (A) to a desired value A1 by heat treating the powder at a temperature T1 that provides the firing shrinkage A1 | 04/18/2000 |
| 6045747 | Method of producing an LC-circuit A method is provided of producing an LC-circuit in form of a single component, in which the inductor and capacitor elements are arranged atop one another, and where the inductor elements are formed by ferromagnetic zones made of layers (6,8) of ferrite of... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6001777 | Method of texturing a superconductive oxide precursor A method of forming a textured superconductor wire includes constraining an elongated superconductor precursor between two constraining elongated members placed in contact therewith on opposite sides of the superconductor precursor, and passing the superc... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5948193 | Process for fabricating a multilayer ceramic substrate from thin greensheet Greensheets having enhanced flexibility and strength are prepared from a greensheet casting composition comprising alumina or other ceramic having a mean particle size of less than about 1 micron and being substantially unimodal, a binder resin, a solvent... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5919325 | Process for producing a ceramic multilayer substrate A process for producing a ceramic multilayer substrate, particularly an LTCC substrate, in which printed circuit traces and plated contactings are produced in a printing process on a plurality of green ceramic foils using a conductive paste which contains... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5894035 | Method of forming tubular inclusions in single crystal alumina A method of making a mechanically stable, fiber having an inclusion of ion-conducting material which includes the steps of coating a single-crystal or polycrystalline -alumina fiber with a zirconia or a hexaluminate precursor, optionally heating th... | 04/13/1999 |
| 5876658 | Method for forming electrode using heating and pressurizing of a resin material and the electrode thus formed An electrode for an electric double layer capacitor in which resin is used as a starting material and the manufacturing cost is low and a method of manufacturing the same are disclosed. A method of manufacturing an electrode for an electric double layer c... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5865930 | Formations of spacers suitable for use in flat panel displays The invention provides spacers for separating and supporting a faceplate structure and a backplate structure in a flat panel display, and methods for fabricating these spacers. Each spacer is typically made of ceramic, such as alumina, containing transiti... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5855711 | Method of producing a ceramic circuit substrate A ceramic circuit substrate providing a circuit pattern with a fine line as well as high accuracy for positioning the circuit pattern and a method of producing the ceramic circuit substrate. An alumina layer that is green containing an alumina that is not... | 01/05/1999 |
| 5827470 | Method for preparing a zirconia/zirconium diboride composite Preparing an electrically conductive ceramic composite by the steps of: 1) mixing and milling tetragonal zirconia alloy or a composite of zirconia-alumina with zirconium diboride, and 2) pressing in a die and sintering in an argon atmosphere between 1300° and... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5770534 | Ceramic composition for absorbing electromagnetic waves and method for manufacturing the same A ceramic composition for absorbing electromagnetic waves and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. The composition comprises a raw powder comprising by weight between about 60% and about 80% Fe2 O3, between about 3% and... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5769988 | Method of manufacturing a ceramic electronic component A method of manufacturing a ceramic electronic component having a dielectric ceramic and a conductor containing Ag as a main component, wherein a dielectric resonator with a high Q value is produced by heat treating at 400° C. or more in an atmosphere co... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5759480 | Method of firing and sintering a ceramic electronic component Components whose palladium metal-containing constituent is not subject to delamination and which exhibit very good dielectric properties are obtained by means of a method of manufacturing a ceramic electronic component. The ceramic electronic component is... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5756042 | Process for producing non-oxidic ceramic having a defined thermal conductivity A process is proposed for producing non-oxidic ceramic having a thermal conductivity in a predetermined range. A shaped body of non-oxidic ceramic material is heated to remove organic constituents, and is subsequently thermally treated in an oxygen-contai... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5753160 | Method for controlling firing shrinkage of ceramic green body The present invention provides a method for controlling a firing shrinkage of a ceramic green body. The method includes the steps of: subjecting a ceramic powder to a pretreatment by which a spherical diameter (Rs) of the ceramic powder is adjusted to be ... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5378417 | Process for producing ceramic compositions Disclosed is a ceramic composite which comprises particles of at least one inorganic compound selected from the group consisting of a carbide, a nitride, an oxide, a boride, a silicide and an oxy-nitride and particles and whiskers of Si3 N... | 01/03/1995 |
