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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8147737 | Storage container, method for molding resin, and method for forming plating film A storage container is provided, which includes carbon dioxide containing a functional material and a container body in which carbon dioxide has been hermetically contained. Accordingly, a method for molding a resin, a method for forming a plating film, and the stor... | 04/03/2012 |
| 7988892 | Preparation and sterilization of green state devices using a supercritical fluid sterilant The invention relates to a method for forming a molded article during sterilization and under high pressure utilizing a supercritical fluid as a sterilization fluid, whereby the pressurization and depressurization rates are controlled to form molded articles. ... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7662320 | Method and device for separating pasty materials A pasty molding material is divided by a process wherein, for the division, the pasty molding material is brought into contact with at least on stream containing at least one fluid medium. ... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7381680 | Method for increasing the strength of porous ceramic bodies and bodies made therefrom A porous ceramic body having increased strength is formed by exposing a porous ceramic body to a source of boron and heating the porous body to a sufficient temperature in an oxygen containing atmosphere to form the porous ceramic body. The porous ceramic body has a... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7381681 | Method for increasing the strength of porous ceramic bodies and bodies made therefrom A porous ceramic body having increased strength is formed by exposing a porous ceramic body to a source of boron and heating the porous body to a sufficient temperature in an oxygen containing atmosphere to form the porous ceramic body. The porous ceramic body has a... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7347808 | Polyurethane rolls and methods of manufacturing Rolls having a polyurethane elastomer formed from a polyurethane mixture, wherein the polyurethane mixture comprises polydiene, tri-functional polyol curative, an additional graft polymer curative having a molecular weight of at least about 800 and comprising diol, ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7288201 | Methods for removing moisture from hydrogen halides A composition comprising a magnesium halide coated macroporous carbonaceous substrate is provided for effecting moisture removal from a hydrogen halide fluid. Moisture removal is effected by intimately contacting the hydrogen halide fluid with the magnesium halide c... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7267542 | Molding apparatus and method An apparatus and method for making a mold or mold face includes a container having at least one opening. The apparatus also includes a flexible membrane that is retained to the container that extends across the opening of the container. The apparatus for making a mo... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7261846 | Fiber-reinforced ceramic brake linings A ceramic brake lining which is reinforced with carbon fibers and has a matrix which consists essentially of silicon carbide together with silicon and/or carbon, wherein the reinforcing fibers used are long fibers having a mean length of at least 10 mm which are ali... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7232589 | Process for dispersing a reinforcing layer in a layered article A process for covering at least a portion of an article with covering material, applying a wet material composition between the cover material and a core material of the article, and de-watering the wet material to form a reinforcing layer. ... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7172713 | Solution casting process for producing polymer film A solution casting process for producing cellulose triacetate (TAC) film is provided. Bead of dope, which includes cellulose triacetate and solvent, is cast on to a rotating supporting drum, to form self-supporting cast film. The self-supporting cast film is strippe... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7148480 | Polycrystalline optical window materials from nanoceramics Optical windows for protecting infrared sensing instruments are manufactured from nano-sized crystallites by compressing the crystallites into a continuous mass under high pressure in the presence of a pulsed electric current, preferably one produced by spark plasma... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7083753 | Honeycomb core composite article and method and apparatus for making same A method is provided that uses half-period translations, ply-upon-pin repositions, and shape-maintaining pins with a bolster plate, with insertable nodal heating elements that provide heat at their rectangular ends and when driven under pressure against opposing pin... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7081208 | Method to build a microfilter Methods are provided for making microfilters by subtractive techniques which remove a component or part of a filter material to form pores in the filter material and additive techniques which deposit a filter material onto a porous underlying substrate. All the meth... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7041244 | Method for producing moulded bodies A process for producing tablets comprising one or more active substances, in which pulverulent to granular starting components are shaped and then solidified, wherein the solidification takes place by reacting a component A and a component B with one another, compon... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7041265 | Alkaline earth metal-basic silicate particle Alkaline earth metal basic silicate particles having a silicate of an alkaline earth metal on the surfaces of the alkaline earth metal hydroxide particles, and having an SiO2/MO (M is an alkaline earth metal) molar ratio as a whole in a range of from 0.01... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7037878 | Environmental control system including ozone-destroying catalytic converter having anodized and washcoat layers An aircraft environmental control system includes a catalytic converter having ozone-destroying capability. A surface of the catalytic converter is anodized to form an anodized layer, and the metal oxide layer is washcoated to form a washcoat layer. An ozone destroy... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6962623 | Hardened calcium silicate having high strength Disclosed is a cured form of calcium silicate, mainly comprising tobermorite and exhibiting a powder X-ray diffraction pattern in which the diffraction peak intensity Ib ascribed to the (220) plane of the tobermorite and the minimum diffraction intensity Ia observed... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6962671 | Multilayer plastic substrates A multilayer plastic substrate. The substrate comprises a plurality of thin film layers of at least one polymer, the plurality of thin film layers being adjacent to one another and having sufficient strength to be self-supporting, wherein the multilayer plastic subs... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6908507 | Process and a plant for the production of Portland cement clinker A process is disclosed for producing cement clinker, comprising the steps of: a) providing a mixture of ground calcareous materials and ground argillaceous materials; b) heating the mixture of step a) to a temperature sufficient to calcine and fuse the ground materi... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6908710 | Lithiated molybdenum oxide active materials The invention provides lithiated molybdenum oxides useful as cathode (positive electrode) active materials in rechargeable batteries, especially in lithium ion rechargeable batteries. In one aspect, the invention provides lithiated molybdenum oxides, some of which c... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6841101 | Production of high added value products from resin-bonded waste composite wood products A method of producing dry processed fiberboards from resin-bonded waste composite wood products, wherein said wood products are chemically treated in a pre-heater unit of a refiner system under super-atmospheric pressure in the presence of steam to disrupt adhesive ... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6830718 | Method of manufacturing honeycomb structures A method of manufacturing a honeycomb structure, the method comprising the steps of forming staggered cells through the entire thickness of a fiber fabric, causing loosely held pegs to penetrate into respective ones of the cells, each peg having a cross-section of s... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6673287 | Vapor phase surface modification of composite substrates to form a molecularly thin release layer A method of exposing a composite organic/inorganic master to alkylchlorosilanes in the vapor phase. Chlorosilanes participate in facile reactions with hydroxyl groups existing on the surface of inorganic oxides (such as glass or the native oxides on silic... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6568932 | Device and method for forming vegetable fiber material A device and method for forming tableware from biodegradable vegetable fibers includes a device for punching a sheet of vegetable fibers into a preset shape and forming final products from the vegetable fibers. The device and method include a humidifier f... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6551533 | Method of forming fibrous materials and articles therefrom A method including synthesizing polymeric precursors via organic acid modification; fabricating a fibrous material of the polymeric precursors; and fabricating a body of the fibrous material. One body has dimensions suitable as an electrode component of a... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6537940 | Alkali-metal-ଲ- and ଲ"-alumina and gallate polycrystalline ceramics and fabrication by a vapor phase method A ceramic composite containing alkali-metal-ଲ- or ଲ"-alumina and an oxygen-ion conductor is fabricated by converting -alumina to alkali-metal-ଲ- or ଲ"-alumina. A ceramic composite with continuous phases of -alumina an... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6471926 | Method of using aerogel honeycomb catalyst monoliths for selective catalytic reaction of gas phase chemical species A method for utilizing ultra-thin catalytic monoliths, internal molding and high concentrations of reactive catalytic species to exploit the unique high surface area of Aerogels in order to achieve catalytic selectivity of the desired gas phase heterogene... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6399146 | Method of applying a corrosion-resistant coating This invention, in one aspect, relates to a method of applying a corrosion-resistant coating on an article and is particularly, but not exclusively, concerned with a method of applying a corrosion-resistant coating on an Nd--Fe--B magnet. In another aspec... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6395206 | Method of removing an organic binder from a green ceramic form A method of removing an organic binder from a green ceramic form in which a green ceramic form is subjected to a flowing carbon dioxide containing atmosphere having a sufficiently low oxygen content to allow about 60% or more of the organic binder to be o... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6395205 | Method of manufacturing an aerated autoclaved concrete material A method for manufacturing an aerated autoclaved concrete material. A quick-stiffening mixture is prepared by combining a silica containing material, quicklime, a rising agent, gypsum, cement and water. The mixture is deposited into a mold and is allowed ... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6261511 | Method for producing ceramic composite particle A ceramic composite particle having an average particle size of 0.1-120 μm, which comprises uniformly dispersed fine ceramic particle phases and a binder phase. The fine ceramic particle phases, each having a particle size of 1 nm to 1 μm and comprising... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6168745 | Method for forming t'-phase zirconia for high temperature applications A t'-phase zirconia shapes with superior properties are made by forming a zirconia powder containing a rare-earth-oxide dopant into sintered bodies. The sintered bodies are heat treated in an oxygen atmosphere at a temperature high enough to form a cubic ... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6136243 | Method for molding high precision components A method for molding high precision components is provided that allows inexpensive, rapid fabrication of components using a process involving a silicon substrate, in which the mold pattern is created using multiple mask layers, a deep reactive ion etch pr... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6129887 | Process to produce silicon carbide fibers using a controlled concentration of boron oxide vapor A process for producing polycrystalline silicon carbide includes heating an amorphous ceramic fiber that contains silicon and carbon in an environment containing boron oxide vapor. The boron oxide vapor is produced in situ by the reaction of a boron conta... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6117807 | Alkali-metal-ଲ- and ଲ"-alumina and gallate polycrystalline ceramics and fabrication by a vapor phase method A ceramic composite containing alkali-metal-ଲ- or ଲ"-alumina and an oxygen-ion conductor is fabricated by converting -alumina to alkali-metal-ଲ- or ଲ"-alumina. A ceramic composite with continuous phases of -alumina an... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6113824 | Process for surface treating a fluorine-containing resin molded article Fluorine-containing resin molded article including a molded article of a fluorine-containing resin composition containing 0.1 to 30% by weight of a carbon material, a surface of said molded article being fluorinated. The fluorine-containing resin molded a... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6110855 | Process for strengthening aluminum based ceramics and material A process for strengthening aluminum based ceramics is provided. A gaseous atmosphere consisting essentially of silicon monoxide gas is formed by exposing a source of silicon to an atmosphere consisting essentially of hydrogen and a sufficient amount of w... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6068803 | Method of making building blocks from coal combustion waste and related products A method of making a building block from waste particulate siliceous materials, such as fly ash, bottom ash, and rock mineral fines, includes employing a major amount of such waste particulate materials in combination with a calciferous additive and water... | 05/30/2000 |
| 6068801 | Method for making elastic bumps from a wafer mold having grooves This invention relates to a manufacturing process for making elastic bumps in the micro-electronic field. It solves the problem to mould micrometer sized elastic features by means of a micro-machined mould. The method is a reproducible moulding technology... | 05/30/2000 |
