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 |
| 7435443 | Method to prevent low temperature degradation of zirconia The invention is directed to a method of producing the material that is unaffected by the low-temperature degradation, humidity-enhanced phase transformation typical of yttria-stabilized zirconia, as well as of yttria-stabilized tetragonal zirconia polycrystalline c... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7417241 | Ion implantation method and method for manufacturing semiconductor device An object of the present invention is to provide an ion implantation method for shortening a down time of an ion implantation apparatus after exposure of a chamber and for improving throughput and a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device. Specifically, the ... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7352584 | Diamond-like carbon coated devices Thermally dynamic housings and methods of utilizing and manufacturing such housings are disclosed and described. In one embodiment, a thermally dynamic housing is provided which encloses and cools an area containing a heat source. The housing may include a metal lay... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7341648 | Method for coating piston rings for internal combustion engine The invention relates to a method for coating piston rings (10) for internal combustion engines, wherein at least the bearing surface of the piston ring is provided with an anti-abrasion and anti-corrosion coating (12) by means of a PVD or electroplati... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7323213 | Apparatus and method for discharge surface treatment An apparatus has a green compact electrode including a material of a coating formed on a workpiece by a discharge, a power source for supplying a first voltage, a voltage detector for detecting a voltage between the workpiece and the electrode, and a pulse current g... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7320815 | Method for forming oriented film, oriented film, substrate for electronic device, liquid crystal panel, and electronic device A method for forming an oriented film is provided for forming an oriented film on a base material by irradiating the surface of the base material where the oriented film will be formed with an ion beam comprising nitrogen ions from a direction inclined at a prescrib... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7312562 | Heterodiamondoid-containing field emission devices Novel heterodiamondoid-containing field emission devices (FED's) are disclosed herein. In one embodiment of the present invention, the heteroatom of the heterodiamondoid comprises an electron-donating species (such as nitrogen) as part of the cathode or electron-emi... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7300684 | Method and system for coating internal surfaces of prefabricated process piping in the field The coating of internal surfaces of a workpiece is achieved by connecting a bias voltage such that the workpiece functions as a cathode and by connecting an anode at each opening of the workpiece. A source gas is introduced at an entrance opening, while a vacuum sou... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7261914 | Method and apparatus for forming a nitride layer on a biomedical device This invention is a method of forming a nitride layer on at least one metal or metal alloy biomedical device, comprising: providing a vacuum chamber with at least one biomedical device positioned thereon on a worktable within the vacuum chamber; reducing the pressur... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7254888 | Method for manufacturing graphite-base heat sinks A method of fabricating a heat sink includes preparing a surface of a graphite-based substrate and removing particulate matter generated from the preparation of the surface of the substrate. A metal-based coating is applied at the surface of the prepared substrate. ... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7250196 | System and method for plasma plating An exemplary system and method for plasma plating are provided to generate a deposition layer on a substrate. The method for plasma plating includes positioning a substrate within a vacuum chamber, positioning a depositant in a filament within the vacuum chamber, re... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7229533 | Method of making coated article having low-E coating with ion beam treated and/or formed IR reflecting layer A coated article is provided that may be used as a vehicle windshield, insulating glass (IG) window unit, or the like. An ion beam is used during at least part of forming an infrared (IR) reflecting layer(s) of such a coated article. Advantageously, this has been fo... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7229675 | Protective coating method for pieces made of heat resistant alloys The invention relates to metallurgy and mechanical engineering, in particular to the development of methods for providing metallic pieces with protective coatings with a view to improving the performance characteristics thereof. In accordance with the inventive meth... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7223442 | Method for producing a conducting doped diamond-like nanocomposite film and a conducting doped diamond-like nanocomposite film The present invention provides a method for producing a conducting doped diamond-like nanocomposite film containing, as basic elements, carbon, silicon, metal, oxygen and hydrogen. The film is produced as follows: a substrate is disposed in a vacuum chamber, and a v... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7204013 | Method of manufacturing a magnetoresistive sensor In a method of forming a magnetoresistive sensor, first and second magnetic leads are formed. Next, a junction of magnetic and electrically conductive material is formed between the first and second magnetic leads. Finally, the magnetic and electrical conductivity o... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7205552 | Monatomic boron ion source and method Monotomic boron ions for ion implantation are supplied from decaborane vapour. The vapour is fed to a plasma chamber and a plasma produced in the chamber with sufficient energy density to disassociate the decaborane molecules to produce monatomic boron ions in the p... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7189437 | Mobile plating system and method An exemplary method for using a mobile plating system is provided that includes locating the mobile plating system at a desired location for plating, positioning an external vacuum pump from an interior position of a mobile storage volume of the mobile plasma platin... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7190511 | Fiber laser system with increased optical damage threshold The invention describes techniques for the control of the spatial as well as spectral beam quality of multi-mode fiber amplification of high peak power pulses as well as using such a configuration to replace the present diode-pumped, Neodynium based sources. Perfect... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7181106 | Optical fiber capped at end with diffractive film, and manufacturing method therefor Affords efficiently and at low cost optical fibers capped at the end with a working, tiny optically diffractive film. An optical fiber includes a diffractive film formed onto an endface thereof, or onto the endface of a collimator joined to the endface of the fiber;... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7157742 | Integrated circuit device An integrally packaged optronic integrated circuit device (310) including an integrated circuit die (322) containing at least one of a radiation emitter and radiation receiver and having top and bottom surfaces formed of electrically insulative and mec... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7147931 | Metal strip product A coated steel strip product with a dense and hard abrasion resistant coating on one side or both sides of said strip substrate is provided. The thickness of said coating is in total maximally 25 μm, the hardness of said coating is at least 600 HV and the tensile s... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7147932 | Metal strip product A coated steel strip product with a dense and hard abrasion resistant coating on one side or both sides of said strip. The thickness of said coating is in total maximally 25 μm, the hardness of said coating is at least 600 HV and the tensile strength of the steel s... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7096712 | Material testing system for turbines The wear resistance of impellers used in multi-stage turbine pumps is tested by using a multi-stage turbine pump having impellers with different physical properties to pump a fluid containing small amounts of an abrasive material. After the fluid has been pumped for... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7064927 | Disk, method for making it free of asperities utilizing a step of exposing a surface of the disk to a gas cluster ion beam and disk drive unit for using the disk A method for making a magnetic disk, without chemical mechanical polishing to remove asperities, includes the steps of placing an annular-shaped element in a vacuum chamber, exposing a surface of the element to a beam of gas clusters while it is in the vacuum chambe... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7060988 | Method and apparatus for improved beam stability in high current gas-cluster ion beam processing system Apparatus and methods for improving beam stability in high current gas-cluster ion beam systems by reducing the frequency of transients occurring in the vicinity of the ionizer through use of shielding conductors and distinct component electrical biasing to inhibit ... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7052585 | Coated article including titanium oxycarbide and method of making same A coated article is provided which includes a layer including titanium oxycarbide. In order to form the coated article, a layer of titanium oxide is deposited on a substrate by sputtering or the like. After sputtering of the layer including titanium oxide, an ion be... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7045175 | Magnetic recording medium and method for manufacturing the same A method for manufacturing a magnetic recording medium includes forming a first protective layer of first material over a magnetic film provided on a substrate. The first protective layer has a thickness of about 0.2 nm to about 2 nm. A second protective layer of se... | 05/16/2006 |
| 6995079 | Ion implantation method and method for manufacturing semiconductor device An object of the present invention is to provide an ion implantation method for shortening a down time of an ion implantation apparatus after exposure of a chamber and for improving throughput and a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device. Specifically, the ... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6960280 | Method of forming a surface coating having high surface hardness on a metal, alloy or ceramic substrate The present invention provides a method of forming a surface coating having a micro-Vickers hardness of about 1600 kgf/mm2 or more on a substrate made of metal, alloy or ceramic. The method comprises subjecting the substrate to a reactive plasma process w... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6955578 | Method of varying transmittance of transparent conductive layer, flat panel display device and manufacturing method thereof A method of varying a transmittance of a transparent conductive film includes forming the transparent conductive film on a substrate and injecting a high energy source into the transparent conductive film to vary the transmittance of the transparent conductive film.... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6935618 | Valve component with multiple surface layers A sliding component, particularly a disk valve plate. The sliding component includes a multi-layer surface structure comprising a strengthening layer harder than the substrate material, and an amorphous diamond top layer. ... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6926926 | Silicon carbide deposited by high density plasma chemical-vapor deposition with bias A SiC-based layer is deposited on a substrate having an electrical resistivity between about 1 and 100 Ω cm. The substrate is disposed in a process chamber. A gaseous mixture having a silicon-containing gas and a hydrocarbon-containing gas is flowed to the process ... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6913795 | Method of making tetrahedral amorphous carbon film including fluorine atoms A method of making a tetrahedral amorphous carbon (ta-C) film comprises depositing carbon atoms over the surface of an object. The surface of the object is kept exposed to fluorine atoms during the deposition of the carbon atoms. The method allows the fluorine atoms... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6905947 | Monatomic boron ion source and method Monotomic boron ions for ion implantation are supplied from decaborane vapor. The vapor is fed to a plasma chamber and a plasma produced in the chamber with sufficient energy density to disassociate the decaborane molecules to produce monatomic boron ions in the pla... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6902773 | Energy gradient ion beam deposition of carbon overcoats on rigid disk media for magnetic recordings The fabrication of an overcoat layer starts with a low energy ion beam to avoid magnetic layer implantation problems, followed by higher deposition energies where the higher energy atoms are implanted into the previously formed lower energy overcoat layer, rather th... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6893543 | Information carrier and method for producing the same A method and apparatus for producing an information carrier which has at least two solid material interfaces at which information is, or may be applied and where the information is stored by local modulation of at least one characteristic of the solid material. Refl... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6884473 | Method for fabricating metal silicide A method for fabricating a metal silicide layer includes forming a dielectric layer on a substrate, followed by forming a polysilicon material conductive layer on the dielectric layer. An adhesion layer is then formed on the conductive layer, wherein the adhesion la... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6797335 | Method for deposition of wear-resistant coatings and for increasing the lifespan of parts This invention relates to metallurgy and machine building, more specifically to the development of a method that improves service life, durability and repair of machine components by applying coatings to working surfaces followed by special treatment of the surfaces... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6787198 | Hydrothermal treatment of nanostructured films The present invention involves the hydrothermal treatment of nanostructured films to form high k PMOD™ films for use in applications that are temperature sensitive, such as applications using a polymer based substrate. After a PMOD™ precursor is deposited and co... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6783795 | Power supply apparatus for discharge surface treatment In a power supply apparatus for discharge surface treatment which uses a green compact electrode as a discharge electrode, allows a pulse-type discharge to take place between said discharge electrode and a workpiece, and forms a film, which is made of an electrode m... | 08/31/2004 |
