Did You Know...
...that it was melting ice cream that inspired the invention of the outboard motor? It was a lovely August day and Ole Evinrude was rowing his boat to his favorite island picnic spot. As he rowed, he watched his ice cream melt and wished he had a faster way to get to the island. At that moment the idea for the outboard motor was born!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7879411 | Method and apparatus for efficient application of substrate coating A direct vapor deposition (DVD) method and apparatus for applying coating(s) on substrate(s), including: presenting at least one of the substrates to a chamber, presenting at least one evaporant source (125) in crucible (110) to the chamber; presenting... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7371467 | Process chamber component having electroplated yttrium containing coating A component capable of being exposed to a plasma in a process chamber has a structure having an electroplated coating comprising yttrium-containing species. The electroplated coating is resistant to corrosion in the plasma, and can have a compositional gradient of y... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7358594 | Method of forming a low k polymer E-beam printable mechanical support A low-k interconnect dielectric layer is strengthened by forming pillars of hardened material in the low-k film. An E-beam source is used to expose a plurality of pillar locations. The locations are exposed with a predetermined power and exposure time to convert the... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7338719 | MCrAl layer MCrAl layers according to prior art often display chipping of the thermally grown aluminum oxide layer (TGO) as a result of thermally induced stresses, which significantly reduces the oxidation behavior or the bonding behavior of ceramic heat insulating layers. An i... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7323229 | Method and device for coating a substrate The invention relates to a method for coating a substrate with a layer of a material, such as a metal, in which a quantity of electrically conductive material is vaporized in a space with a low background pressure and energy is supplied to the material which is to b... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7301282 | High pressure mercury lamps and sealing members therefor An object of the invention is to reduce the adverse effects due to a difference of thermal expansion between a conductive sealing member and a light-emitting vessel and to provide a reliable high pressure mercury lamp, even when the lamp is operated at a high pressu... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7285312 | Atomic layer deposition for turbine components A method and superalloy component for depositing a layer of material onto gas turbine engine components by atomic layer deposition. A superalloy component may have a ceramic thermal barrier coating on at least a portion of its surface, comprising a superalloy substr... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7282112 | Method and apparatus for an improved baffle plate in a plasma processing system The present invention presents an improved baffle plate for a plasma processing system, wherein the design and fabrication of the baffle plate advantageously provides for a uniform processing plasma in the process space with substantially minimal erosion of the baff... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7273639 | Protective film for protecting a dielectric layer of a plasma display panel from discharge, method of forming the same, plasma display panel and method of manufacturing the same A protective film for protecting a dielectric layer of a plasma display panel from discharge contains a metallic oxide. A volume resistivity of the protective film is 3.5×1011 Ω·cm or more. ... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7268365 | Volatile copper (II) complexes and reducing agents for deposition of copper films by Atomic Layer Deposition The present invention relates to novel 1,3-diimine copper complexes and the use of 1,3-diimine copper complexes for the deposition of copper on substrates or in or on porous solids in an Atomic Layer Deposition process. ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7195797 | High throughput high-yield vacuum deposition system A vacuum deposition system has been designed to produce thin film based demultiplexers with high throughput and production yields of greater than 25% for use in Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexer (DWDM) systems. The system employs a dense array of high yield fixt... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7189425 | Method of manufacturing a superconducting magnesium diboride thin film A superconducting magnesium diboride (MgB2) thin film having c-axial orientation and a method and apparatus for fabricating the same are provided. The fabrication method includes forming a boron thin film on a substrate and thermally processing the substr... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7186992 | Method of fabricating a polarizing layer on an interface A method of fabricating a polarizing layer using a gas cluster ion beam apparatus (GCIB) is disclosed. The method includes generating a metal-organic gas that includes a metal-organic compound. The metal-organic compound includes a polarizing material, such as iron ... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7175888 | Mischmetal oxide TBC The present invention is a turbine engine component comprising a superalloy substrate, a bond coat overlying the substrate having a thickness in the range of about 0.0005 inch to about 0.005 inch, a thin alumina scale overlying the bond coat, and a thermal barrier c... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7166200 | Method and apparatus for an improved upper electrode plate in a plasma processing system The present invention presents an improved upper electrode for a plasma processing system, wherein the design and fabrication of an electrode plate coupled to an upper assembly advantageously provides gas injection of a process gas with substantially minimal erosion... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7152549 | Vapor deposition system An arrangement for controlling the deflection of an electron beam in a vapor deposition system includes a control unit to which are assigned deflection modules (23, 27) which can be driven in accordance with respective selected functions. By driving these def... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7144629 | Electrostatic-erasing abrasion-proof coating and method for forming the same An abrasion-proof and static-erasing coating is formed on the contact surface of a contact image sensor. The coating comprises a first film having a high hardness and a low conductivity, a second film formed on the first film and having a low hardness and a high con... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7129633 | Silicon oxynitride passivated rare earth activated thioaluminate phosphors for electroluminescent displays A novel structure is provided to improve the operating stability of thioaluminate based phosphors used in ac thick film dielectric electroluminescent displays. The novel structure comprises a rare earth activated alkaline earth thioaluminate phosphor thin film layer... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7128950 | Electron beam physical vapor deposition process An electron beam physical vapor deposition (EBPVD) process performed with a coating apparatus to produce a coating material (e.g., a ceramic thermal barrier coating) on an article. The EBPVD apparatus generally includes a coating chamber operated at an elevated temp... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7087266 | Thermal barrier coating and process therefor A thermal barrier coating, or TBC, and method for forming the TBC. The TBC is formed of a thermal-insulating material that contains yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ) alloyed with at least a third oxide. The TBC is formed to also contain elemental carbon, and may pote... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7074506 | Method of forming a ceramic coating on a substrate by electron-beam physical vapor deposition A composite target is placed in a chamber. The target is in the form of a bar made of ceramic powder and it presents composition that is not uniform in the longitudinal direction. At least one substrate is introduced into the chamber in order to have formed thereon ... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7070857 | Composite with a low emissivity in the medium and far infrared, and with a low reflectivity in the visible and near infrared Multi-layer composite product, featuring low emissivity in the mid-infrared band (as wavelength range 2,5–5 μm) and far-infrared (as wavelength range 8.0–14.0 μm) bands, as well as low reflexivity in the near-infrared (at a wavelength range of 0.7–2.5 μm) a... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7008501 | Sterilisable composite film for packaging purposes The process for preparing a composite film for packaging purposes, that includes coextruding polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and polyethylene-2, 6-naphthalate (PEN) to form a film of polyethylene-2,6-naphthalate. On at least one of the at least one PEN-coated side,... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6998172 | Thermally-stabilized thermal barrier coating A thermal barrier coating (TBC 26) and method for forming the TBC (26) on a component (10) characterized by a stabilized microstructure that resists grain growth, sintering and pore coarsening or coalescence during high temperature excursions. T... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6964791 | High-temperature articles and method for making A coated article, a coating for protecting an article, and a method for protecting an article are provided. The article comprises a metallic substrate and a substantially single-phase coating disposed on the substrate, wherein the coating comprises nickel (Ni) and a... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6942929 | Process chamber having component with yttrium-aluminum coating A substrate processing chamber component is a structure having an integral surface coating comprising an yttrium-aluminum compound. The component may be fabricated by forming a metal alloy comprising yttrium and aluminum into the component shape and anodizing its su... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6902625 | Multiple pocket electron beam source An improved crucible cover for multiple pocket electron beam sources has been invented. The invention provides selection between one of the multiple pockets for evaporative heating and a noncontacting, line-of-sight blocking baffle between heated and unheated pocket... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6899966 | Composite surface on a stainless steel matrix A composite surface having a thickness from 10 to 5,000 microns comprising a spinel of the formula MnxCr3−xO4 wherein x is from 0.5 to 2 and oxides of Mn, Si selected from the group consisting of MnO, MnSiO3, Mn2 | 05/31/2005 |
| 6863937 | Method of operating an electron beam physical vapor deposition apparatus An electron beam physical vapor deposition (EBPVD) apparatus and a method for using the apparatus to produce a coating material (e.g., a ceramic thermal barrier coating) on an article. The EBPVD apparatus generally includes a coating chamber that is operable at elev... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6849299 | Apparatus and method for introducing small amounts of refractory elements into a vapor deposition coating A method of introducing small amounts of a refractory element into a vapor deposition coating. A second material (30), containing at least two elements which are desired to be deposited as a coating on a base material, has placed over it a first material (... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6797334 | Method for forming gas cluster and method for forming thin film In order to deopsit a high-grade and extra-thin film without causing damage to the substrate at a relatively low temperature, the present invention provides a method for forming a cluster which is a lumpy group of atoms or molecules of a reactive substance at... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6677000 | EB and/or UV crosslinking and polymerization of material in web form A process for irradiating material in web form by means of electron beams and/or UV rays, wherein the material is applied to a transport means, the material on the transport means is guided through a first irradiation in which the material is irradiate... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6656518 | Thin film forming method and apparatus To provide a thin film forming method and apparatus that can automatically form thin films having constant optical properties with high reproducibility Antireflection films are deposited on lenses 2a that are held by a coating dome 2 by vaporizing an evap... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6652908 | Application of pressure sensitive coating to substrate from roller having a fluid film thereon A method of producing a coating of solvent-free pressure-sensitive adhesive systems on substrates, especially release-coated substrates, in which a fluid film is applied to a rotating roller by means of a fluid applicator, the pressure-sensitive adhesive ... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6620465 | Physical properties of thermal barrier coatings using electron beam-physical vapor deposition An improved method for applying a ceramic material, such as a thermal barrier coating to an article. A method for applying a ceramic material as a coating to a substrate article in which the thermal conductivity of the ceramic material is reduced or lower... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6602559 | Thin film, method and apparatus for forming the same, and electronic component incorporating the same A method for forming a thin film includes the steps of: supplying a deposition material in the form of a liquid onto a heated surface; heating and vaporizing the deposition material on the heated surface while the deposition material is undergoing movemen... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6562417 | Depositing method and a surface modifying method for nano-particles in a gas stream A method of depositing nano-particles in a gas stream for efficiently depositing nano-particles by irradiating an electron beam on charged nano-particles in the stream of a first gas species containing the nano-particles, as well as a method of modifying ... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6555182 | Surface hardened resins for disk substrates, methods of manufacture thereof and production devices for the manufacture thereof A surface hardening method for resins and a surface hardened resin, capable of reforming the surface of a plastic disk substrate at low energy in a short time, and a production device of such a resin is disclosed. The formation of an ion-implanted layer 1... | 04/29/2003 |
