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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7361385 | Method for manufacturing hot-dip plated metal strip and apparatus for manufacturing the same The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a hot-dip plated metal strip comprising the steps of: introducing a metal strip into a molten metal bath of plating metal to adhere the molten metal onto the surface of the metal strip; taking out the metal strip, ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7276263 | Process for producing low reflection glass plate, and low reflection glass plate The present invention provides a low reflection glass plate which has an effect of reducing reflectance against light even at an incident angle of 60° sufficiently, in high yield. A process for producing a low reflection glass plate, characterized by the use of a t... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7264778 | Carbon monoxide sensor and method of use thereof Carbon monoxide sensors suitable for use in hydrogen feed streams and methods of use thereof are disclosed. The sensors are palladium metal/insulator/semiconductor (Pd-MIS) sensors which may possess a gate metal layer having uniform, Type 1, or non-uniform, Type 2, ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7253130 | Method for making transparent continuous zeolite film and structure of the zeolite film A method for making transparent continuous zeolite film is provided. First a transparent precursor sol is prepared, and the precursor sol is processed to a specific concentration. The precursor solution is coated on a surface of a substrate which is heated under an ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7250188 | Depositing metal particles on carbon nanotubes Metal catalyst particles are deposited on carbon nanotubes by preparing a silane solution of a metal catalyst salt, e.g. platinum or ruthenium chloride, immersing an electrically conducting substrate carrying nanotubes in the silane solution to yield a composite str... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7201939 | Optical fiber with antireflection coating, and method for manufacturing the same An optical member (for example, optical fiber) is dipped in a coating solution having a film forming material dissolved therein to form an antireflection film on the end surface of the optical member. When the optical member is pulled up from the coating solution, t... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7186440 | Process for producing hydrophobic silica powder A process for producing a hydrophobic silica powder, comprises the steps for hydrophobic treatment of: adding to a silica sol in mixed solvent having a silica concentration of 5 to 50 mass % obtained by mixing an aqueous silica sol containing hydrophilic colloidal s... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7179506 | Surface modification of solid phase objects by poly(vinyl alcohol) The adsorption of poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVOH) from aqueous solution to hydrophobic solid-phase objects with varying chemical compositions, sizes, and geometries, is assessed as a new approach for surface modification. The effects of PVOH concentration, adsorption kin... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7125578 | Photoinduced charge-transfer materials for nonlinear optical applications A method using polyelectrolyte self-assembly for preparing multi-layered organic molecular materials having individual layers which exhibit ultrafast electron and/or energy transfer in a controlled direction occurring over the entire structure. Using a high molecula... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7125580 | Method for preparing a solid phase microextraction device using aerogel A sample collection substrate of aerogel and/or xerogel materials bound to a support structure is used as a solid phase microextraction (SPME) device. The xerogels and aerogels may be organic or inorganic and doped with metals or other compounds to target specific c... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7118621 | Organo-functional polysiloxanes The present invention relates to an organo-functional polysiloxane of formula (1) wherein each R1 is independently selected from alkyl or aryl radicals, each R2 is independently selected from hydrogen, alkyl or aryl radicals, n is selected so t... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7101469 | Metal pieces and articles having improved corrosion resistance A metal piece having an organic coating with improved corrosion resistance and adhesion is described which comprises a zinc or zinc alloy plated metal piece having on its surface, a chromate film deposited from an aqueous acidic chromium solution comprising trivalen... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7090896 | Process for producing dielectric layers by using multifunctional carbosilanes A process for producing dielectric layers with low dielectric constants by thermal treatment of a sol-gel product of a multifunctional carbosilane, corresponding layers, and their use in the production of electronic components, are described. ... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7083829 | Vehicle having atmosphere pollutant treating surface A method and apparatus for treating the atmosphere comprising moving a vehicle through the atmosphere, the vehicle having at least one atmosphere contacting surface and a pollutant treating composition located on said surface. A specific embodiment comprises coating... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7078071 | Glass composite including dispersed rare earth iron garnet nanoparticles Glass/nanoparticle composites are provided which include a glass matrix with a high density of heterologous nanoparticles embedded therein adjacent the outer surfaces of the composite. Preferably, the glass matrix is formed of porous glass and the nanoparticles are ... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7074880 | Polyimide aerogels, carbon aerogels, and metal carbide aerogels and methods of making same A preparation process of polyimide aerogels that composed of aromatic dianhydrides and aromatic diamines or a combined aromatic and aliphatic diamines is described. Also descried is a process to produce carbon aerogels derived from polyimide aerogel composed of a ri... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7052740 | Frame assembly and method for coating a strand of workpieces The subject invention includes a plating apparatus (10) having an electrically conductive rack (12) and a frame assembly (14). The frame assembly (14) includes a rod (24) and series of support structures (26). A number of re... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7022376 | Thin-walled honeycomb structure and method for reinforcing the same A thin-walled honeycomb structure includes: a circumferential wall, numerous partition walls disposed inside the circumferential wall, and numerous cell passages defined by the partition walls. A circumferential portion of the honeycomb structure is reinforced wholl... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7022416 | Article coated with coating film, and functional article coated with coating film using the same The present invention provides a film-coated article coated by a film having silicon oxide as a main component, in which recesses and projections conferring super hydrophobicity or super hydrophilicity are formed. This film includes minute projections and columnar p... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6953603 | Functional ceramic layers based on a support layer produced with crystalline nanoparticles The invention concerns a method for producing porous ceramic layers on metallic, ceramic, enameled or glass substrates using crystalline nanoparticles of particle sizes of between 3 nm and 100 nm via a wet-chemical process and functionalising of this porous ceramic ... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6936348 | Method for deposition of rutile-type titanium dioxide, and substrate and glass flakes having the oxide attached thereto The present invention relates to a method of depositing rutile type titanium dioxide, and a substrate and glass flakes having rutile type titanium dioxide obtained using the method fixed thereto. An object of the present invention is to make heating essentially unne... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6933018 | Processes for producing a whetstone and whetstone pellets with uniform abrasion layers A process for producing a whetstone, wherein a whetstone pellet is composed of at least one columnar base body fixed on a pedestal, and an abrasive grain part, formed on an end surface of the base body, containing numerous abrasive grains formed by electroless plati... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6913821 | Fluidizing oxidation protection systems Carbon composite components (1, 11, 22, 30), which may be aircraft brake discs, heat exchanger cores, and so on, are covered by protective coating 32. Component (1, 11, 22, 30) is immersed in liquid bath precursor of fluidized glass (step 55 | 07/05/2005 |
| 6881448 | Method for producing polymer-particle composites An objective of the invention is to provide a method for producing a polymer-particle composite by which a polymer-particle composite having a desired particle density and a desired film thickness can be produced conveniently without allowing the particle to be aggr... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6875462 | Method of making a field emission cold cathode A method for making a field emission cold cathode for use in vacuum tubes. A carbon velvet material is coated with a low work function cesiated salt and bonded to a cathode surface. Alternatively, the carbon velvet material is bonded to the cathode surface before be... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6855427 | Amorphous silica particles comprising boron The invention pertains to an amorphous silica particle comprising 0.1 to 105 ppm boron atoms, and optionally 0.05 to 15 wt. % aluminum atoms wherein the boron and aluminum atoms are covalently bonded to the oxygen atoms of the silica network. The amorphou... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6850003 | Self-assembled transport layers for OLEDs Provided is a method of fabricating an organic light-emitting device; which method comprises the steps of: forming a first electrode (4) for the device over a substrate (2); either forming by self-assembly at least one polymer layer (6, 8) over ... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6838117 | Film production method and film-element production method A method for producing a lead ferroelectric film having high relative dielectric constant and low dielectric loss by a hydrothermal process is disclosed. The method includes the step of hydrothermally forming a ferroelectric layer on a substrate, followed by the ste... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6838160 | Titania ultrathin film and method for producing it A multilayer ultrathin film which comprises layers of a polymer and layers of lamina particles alternately assembled, said lamina particles are obtained by exfoliating microcrystals of a layered titanium oxide. ... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6818254 | Stable slurries of catalytically active materials A method and apparatus for treating the atmosphere comprising moving a vehicle through the atmosphere, the vehicle having at least one atmosphere contacting surface and a pollutant treating composition located on said surface. A specific embodiment comprises coating... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6811901 | Niobium oxide-based layers for thin film optical coatings and processes for producing the same The invention includes a thin film optical coating having a layer comprising sol-gel derived niobium oxide which is capable of providing an index of refraction of at least about 1.90. The invention also includes a thin film optical coating having a layer comprising ... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6808813 | Ceramic electronic device and method of manufacturing the device A ceramic electronic device is protected at the surface from retention of water, thus having improved operation reliability, and a method of manufacturing the device is provided. A protective layer is formed on the ceramic element and external electrodes by dehydrat... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6803077 | Method for preparing mesoporous TiO2 thin films with high photocatalytic and antibacterial activities The present invention provides a method for preparing mesoporous TiO2 thin films with high antibacterial and photocatalytic activities. The method involves coating onto a substrate a TiO2 sol-gel prepared from hydrolysis and condensation of tit... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6770325 | Process for making chemically bonded composite hydroxide ceramics This invention relates to novel process of preparing chemically bonded composite hydroxide ceramics by exposing a thermally treated hydroxide ceramic to phosphate reagent and subsequent heat treating the resulting system to initiate a rapid chemical bonding reaction... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6767584 | Disk substrate with monosized microbumps A method for texturing substrate surfaces and a substrate product, such as for computer disk drives. Microbump textured substrates are produced having a Rp value of about 20-200 Å and a ratio of Rmax:Rp of about 1.4 or less. In an exemplary embodiment, a microbump... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6756082 | Thermal barrier coating resistant to sintering A device (10) is made, having a ceramic thermal barrier coating layer (16) characterized by a microstructure having gaps (18) with a sintering inhibiting material (22) disposed on the columns (20) within the gaps (18). The s... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6746991 | Manufacturing process for an electrically insulating and mechanically structuring sheath on an electric conductor Manufacturing process of an electrically insulating and mechanically structuring sheath on an electric conductor which applies notably to the manufacture of superconducting magnets, wherein a ceramic precursor (4) in gel form is formed, then a coating of the ... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6746716 | Process for coating a carrier structure The invention provides a process for coating a cylindrical carrier structure with a predetermined amount (target take-up) of a coating suspension, wherein the carrier structure has a cylinder axis, two end faces, an encasing face and an axial length L and a large nu... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6746617 | Fabric treatment composition and method Compositions and methods for wrinkle reduction in fabrics, including washable clothes, dry cleanable clothes, linens, bed clothes, draperies, window curtains, shower curtains, table linens, and the like requiring little, if any, pressing, ironing, and/or steaming ar... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6733841 | Hydrophilic treatment of a carbon fiber construction A method is provided for making a hydrophilic carbon fiber construction comprising the steps of: a) immersing a carbon fiber construction in an aqueous dispersion of one or more metal oxides, comprising: i) 1-15% by weight metal oxide; ii) 0.01%-5% by weight dispers... | 05/11/2004 |
