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...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 |
| 7901658 | Chemically stable solid lithium ion conductor The present invention concerns chemically stable solid lithium ion conductors, processes for their production and their use in batteries, accumulators, supercaps and electrochromic devices. ... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7901659 | Potassium titanate, method for manufacturing the same, friction material and resin composition Potassium titanate is obtained which has a novel configuration, exhibits excellent wear resistance when incorporated in a friction material and shows an excellent reinforcement performance when incorporated in a resin composition. A manufacturing method of the potas... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7381397 | Using condensed chemicals to precondition lithium niobate and lithium tantalate crystals Methods and apparatus for preconditioning a lithium niobate or lithium tantalate crystal. At least a portion of a surface of the crystal is covered with a condensed material including one or more active chemicals. The crystal is heated in a non-oxidizing environment... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7357910 | Method for producing metal oxide nanoparticles Method for producing metal oxide nanoparticles. The method includes generating an aerosol of solid metallic microparticles, generating plasma with a plasma hot zone at a temperature sufficiently high to vaporize the microparticles into metal vapor, and directing the... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7326398 | Non-silica mesoporous oxide having improved pore structure periodism, method of producing the mesoporous oxide and method of crystallizing pore wall of non-silica mesoporous oxide using template to be filled in pores A method for preparation for mesoporous oxide comprising a non silica oxide having a hexagonal pore structure periodicity and an average maximum pore length of from 2 nm to 5 nm, characterized by comprising blending 0.003 mol to 0.01 mol of TaCl5, NbCl | 02/05/2008 |
| 7323158 | Multiple metal oxide submicron particles Collections of particles comprising multiple a metal oxide can be formed with average particle sizes less than about 500 nm. In some embodiments, the particle collections have particle size distributions such that at least about 95 percent of the particles have a di... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7314682 | Lithium metal oxide electrodes for lithium batteries An uncycled electrode for a non-aqueous lithium electrochemical cell including a lithium metal oxide having the formula Li(2+2x)/(2+x)M′2x/(2+x)M(2−2x)/(2+x)O2−δ, in which 0≦x | 01/01/2008 |
| 7297322 | Process and apparatus for producing powders of metal compound containing oxygen, and the powders produced by the process A process for producing powders of metal compound containing oxygen including the steps of: feeding at least one material selected from a liquid material and a solution material obtained by dissolving solid ingredient in organic solvent via a liquid flow controller ... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7291321 | Preparation of catalyst and use for high yield conversion of methane to ethylene A perovskite catalyst is prepared using a ceramic sol-sol methodology comprising preparing slurry in water of an alkaline earth metal salt, a powdered metal salt and a powdered transition metal oxide, adding a polymeric binder to form a paste, drying and comminuting... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7288242 | Lithium-containing complex oxide and method of producing same A lithium-containing complex oxide exhibits a high performance as a cathode active material of a lithium secondary cell or the like and having a high tap density. A granular lithium-containing complex oxide, such as lithium manganese complex oxide, is made up of “... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7271114 | Perovskite ceramic powder and electronic component using same and manufacturing methods thereof A ceramic powder having a perovskite structure is manufactured by synthesizing a ceramic powder by a dry synthesis process and then heat-treating the synthesized ceramic powder in a solution. The dry synthesis method includes a solid phase synthesis method, an oxala... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7270797 | Process for producing positive electrode active material for lithium secondary battery To provide a process for producing a lithium-cobalt composite oxide for a positive electrode of a lithium secondary battery excellent in volume capacity density, safety, charge and discharge cyclic durability, press density and productivity, by using in expensive co... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7217406 | Lithium-manganese composite oxide granular secondary particle, method for production thereof and use thereof Granular secondary particles of a lithium-manganese composite oxide suitable for use in non-aqueous electrolyte secondary batteries showing high-output characteristics which are granular secondary particles made up of aggregated crystalline primary particles of a li... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7211237 | Solid state synthesis of lithium ion battery cathode material Single-phase lithium-transition metal oxide compounds containing cobalt, manganese and nickel can be prepared by wet milling cobalt-, manganese-, nickel- and lithium-containing oxides or oxide precursors to form a finely-divided slurry containing well-distributed co... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7211236 | Flame made metal oxides Described is a method for the production of metal oxides by flame spray pyrolysis, in particular mixed metal oxides such as ceria/zirconia, and metal oxides obtainable by said method. Due to high enthalpy solvents with a high carboxylic acid content said metal oxide... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7208135 | Preparation of mixed oxides having mean diameters of less than 10 nanometers Process for preparing mixed oxides by reacting alkoxides of the elements titanium, zirconium, niobium, tantalum or mixtures thereof with metal hydroxides, metal carboxylates, metal hydroxycarbonates, metal carbonates or mixtures thereof of the elements lithium, sodi... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7157072 | Cathode composition for lithium batteries and method of preparing the same Provided is a cathode composition for lithium secondary battery that includes a lithium-chromium-titanium-manganese oxide that has the formula Li[Li(1-x)/3CrxTi(2/3)yMn2(1-x-y)/3]O2 where 0≦x≦0.3, 0≦y≦0.... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7153487 | Using condensed chemicals to precondition lithium niobate and lithium tantalate crystals Methods and apparatus for preconditioning a lithium niobate or lithium tantalate crystal. At least a portion of a surface of the crystal is covered with a condensed material including one or more active chemicals. The crystal is heated in a non-oxidizing environment... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7147834 | Hydrothermal synthesis of perovskite nanotubes A low-temperature hydrothermal reaction is provided to generate crystalline perovskite nanotubes such as barium titanate (BaTiO3) and strontium titanate (SrTiO3) that have an outer diameter from about 1 nm to about 500 nm and a length from abou... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7138102 | Method for manufacturing highly-crystallized double oxide powder A method for manufacturing a highly-crystallized double oxide powder composed of a single crystal phase which can be used as a phosphor material, a dielectric material, a magnetic material, etc. The method involves forming fine droplets of a raw material solution co... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7090822 | Cathode electroactive material, production method therefor and secondary cell A cathode electroactive material for use in lithium ion secondary cells, process for producing the material, and lithium ion secondary cells using the cathode electroactive material, wherein the electroactive material predominantly comprises an Li—Mn composite oxi... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7078009 | Lepidocrocite type lithium potassium titanate, method for preparation thereof, and friction material Lepidocrocite lithium potassium titanate characterized as having a composition represented by the formula K0.5-0.7Li0.27Ti1.73O3.85-3.95, and preferably having an arithmetic mean of major and minor diameters of 0.1–100 Î... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7060206 | Synthesis of metal compounds under carbothermal conditions Active materials of the invention contain at least one alkali metal and at least one other metal capable of being oxidized to a higher oxidation state. Preferred other metals are accordingly selected from the group consisting of transition metals (defined as Groups ... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7049031 | Protective coating on positive lithium-metal-oxide electrodes for lithium batteries A positive electrode for a non-aqueous lithium cell comprising a LiMn2−xMxO4 spinel structure in which M is one or more metal cations with an atomic number less than 52, such that the average oxidation state of the manganese ions i... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7033555 | Low temperature lithiation of mixed hydroxides A low temperature contaminant limiting process for lithiating hydroxides and forming lithiated metal oxides of suitable crystalinity in-situ. M(OH)2 is added to an aqueous solution of LiOH. An oxidant is introduced into the solution which is heated below ... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7014881 | Synthesis of multi-element oxides useful for inert anode applications An inert anode 50, for use in an electrolytic cell 12 for producing metals such as aluminum, is made by providing chemical source materials 100 such as at least two of metal salts, metal particles, or metal oxides and dissolving them to form a s... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7008608 | Li-Co-Mn oxide as cathode material for lithium batteries and method of synthesis of the same Provided is a lithium-cobalt-manganese oxide having the formula Li[CoxLi(1/3−x/3)Mn(2/3−2x/3)]O2(0.05 | 03/07/2006 |
| 6994807 | Electrolytic perovskites An electrolytic perovskite and method for synthesizing the electrolytic perovskite are described herein. Basically, the electrolytic perovskite is a solid that has an ion conductivity greater than 10−5 S/cm in a temperature range of 0–400° C., wherei... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6974566 | Method for producing mixed metal oxides and metal oxide compounds A process to produce mixed metal oxides and metal oxide compounds. The process includes evaporating a feed solution that contains at least two metal salts to form an intermediate. The evaporation is conducted at a temperature above the boiling point of the feed solu... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6960335 | Nanostructured and layered lithium manganese oxide and method of manufacturing the same Nanostructured and layered lithium manganese oxide powders and methods of producing same. The powders are represented by the chemical formula, LixMn1-yMyO2, where 0.5 | 11/01/2005 |
| 6924064 | Positive active material for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery and non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery comprising same A positive active material for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery is provided comprising lithium manganese oxide having such a spinel structure that the half-width (2θ) of the reflection peak corresponding to 440 plane as determined by X-ray diffractometry u... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6913855 | Method of synthesizing electrochemically active materials from a slurry of precursors A method for making an active material comprises the steps of forming a slurry, spray drying the slurry to form a powdered precursor composition, and heating the powdered precursor composition at a temperature and for a time sufficient to form a reaction product. Th... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6902745 | Method of manufacturing nano-sized lithium-cobalt oxides by flame spraying pyrolysis A method for producing nano-sized lithium-cobalt oxide is provided by using flame-spray pyrolysis. The method comprises the steps of: spraying minute droplets, which is a solution dissolved lithium salt with cobalt salt at room temperature; atomizing the minute drop... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6875416 | Method for producing lithium-transition metal mixtures The invention relates to a method for producing lithium-transition metal mixtures of general formula Lix(M1yM21-y)nOnz, wherein M1 represents nickel, cobalt or manganese, M2... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6838072 | Plasma synthesis of lithium based intercalation powders for solid polymer electrolyte batteries The invention relates to a process for preparing lithium intercalation compounds by plasma reaction comprising the steps of: forming a feed solution by mixing lithium nitrate or lithium hydroxide or lithium oxide and the required metal nitrate or metal hydroxide or ... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6835368 | Doubly doped lithium niobate crystals This invention relates to the field of materials of the photorefractive crystal. The composition of these crystals is Li1−xNb1+yO3: Fem, Mn, where M can be magnesium, indium, or zinc; when using q to denote th... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6818356 | Thin film battery and electrolyte therefor A solid amorphous electrolyte composition for a thin-film battery. The electrolyte composition includes a lithium phosphorus oxynitride material containing a sulfide ion dopant wherein the atomic ratio of sulfide ion to phosphorus ion (S/P) in the electrolyte ranges... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6780394 | High pressure production of perovskites and resulting products A perovskite feedstock (powder or preform) is placed in a high-pressure cell of a high pressure/high temperature (HP/HT) apparatus and subjected to pressures in excess of about 2 kbar and temperatures above about 800° C. for a time adequate to increase the density ... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6770256 | Process for synthesizing metal oxides and metal oxides having a perovskite or perovskite-like crystal structure Metal oxides having a perovskite or perovskite-like crystal structure are prepared by a process comprising subjecting a mixture of starring powders to a high energy milling sufficient to induce chemical reaction of the components and thereby directly mechanosynthesi... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6756154 | Cathode active material for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary cell and process for producing the same A cathode active material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary cell having a c-axis length of lattice constant of 14.080 to 14.160 Å, an average particle size of 0.1 to 5.0 μm, and a composition represented by the formula: LiCo(1−x−y) | 06/29/2004 |
