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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7341702 | Process for producing boron nitride A process for producing boron nitride of high purity and high thermal conductivity, wherein a oxygen-containing boron compound is reacted with a nitrogen-containing source in the presence of a dopant at a temperature of at least 1000° C. for at least one hour, and ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7294406 | Medical fibres and fabrics A fibre or fabric comprising silicon for use as a medical fibre or fabric. The silicon present can be biocompatible, bioactive or resorbable material and may also be able to act as an electrical conductor. In addition, porous silicon may be used as a slow release me... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7284358 | Methods of manufacturing bearing brace apparatus The present invention is directed to a brace apparatus having a core member configured to absorb energy generated by seismic or other forces by undergoing plastic deformation. A buckling restraining assembly is included for maintaining the structural integrity of th... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7211291 | Flexible fabric from fibrous web and discontinuous domain matrix A composite having a plurality of filaments arranged in a fibrous web that is held together in a unitary structure by a domain matrix. The domain matrix comprises a plurality of matrix islands that individually connect, or bond, at least two filaments, to thereby ho... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7174680 | Bearing brace apparatus The present invention is directed to a brace apparatus having a core member configured to absorb energy generated by seismic or other forces by undergoing plastic deformation. A buckling restraining assembly is included for maintaining the structural integrity of th... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7163596 | Fibers and ribbons for use in the manufacture of solar cells This invention is directed to a process for the fabrication of features on a silicon wafer utilizing fibers or ribbons comprising organic polymer and inorganic material. ... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7153379 | Methods of producing a ceramic matrix composite Methods are provided for producing a ceramic matrix composite by slurry infiltration. The methods involve placing a desized ceramic cloth lay-up into a non-ceramic cloth bag, sealing the bag to form a bagged ceramic preform, infiltrating the bagged ceramic preform w... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7147942 | Perpendicular magnetic recording medium and method of manufacturing the same and product thereof The quantity of oxide contained in a magnetic layer is controlled to control the crystal grains and the segregation structure for ensuring low noise characteristic in a granular magnetic layer of a perpendicular magnetic recording medium. The granular magnetic layer... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7090743 | Pressure laminator apparatus An apparatus for laminating at least two sheets of material includes a supply station at which rolls of the sheet material are rotatably supported, a laminating station in which the materials are laminated together with heat and compression and a take-up station whe... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7074483 | Melt-spun multifilament polyolefin yarn formation processes and yarns formed therefrom Disclosed is a method of forming multifilament polyolefin yarns and yarns formed according to the disclosed method. The yarns can be polypropylene yarns and can exhibit any of a high modulus, high tenacity, and a unique crystalline structure for multifilament polyol... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7056403 | Apparatus for producing non-woven fabric An apparatus for applying weft yarns in a cross direction to warp yarns assembled on a beam in parallel aligned relationship and having an adhesive scrim thereon includes a supply roll of the warp yarns on such a beam which are fed downstream of the apparatus by fir... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7037304 | Implantable system for cell growth control An implantable infection shield and system for drug delivery in vascular tissue includes a relatively non-biodegradable porous linked fibrous biomaterial which controls and directs cell growth and angiogenesis from adjacent vascular tissue into the implant. Infectio... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7026054 | Laminate utilizing a metal layer activated by nitrogen plasma treatment A laminate includes a metal layer which is formed on and covers a surface of an insulating substrate activated by a plasma treatment by any method selected from a sputtering method, a vacuum depositing method and an ion plating method. The substrate is obtained by m... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7017244 | Beam winding apparatus An apparatus and method for winding a sheet of aligned parallel yarns onto a beam is described. The beam winder utilizes a circularly arced yarn spool rack that feeds each yarn to an alignment comb through associated guide tubes. The distance between each spool of y... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7008695 | Metal non-oxide coated substrates Layered metal non-oxide coated substrates are disclosed comprising a three dimensional inorganic substrate having a coating of metal non-oxide derived from a pre-associated coating on at least a portion of all three dimensions thereof, produced by a unique process h... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7005185 | Quick cure carbon fiber reinforced epoxy resin An epoxy composition includes an epoxy resin, a latent curing agent, and a catalyst. The composition includes two epoxide groups per molecule, and the latent curing agent is preferably a dicyanopolyamide, and most preferably dicyandiamide. The catalyst includes 2,4-... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6951985 | Superconducting electrical cable An apparatus and method for producing elongated strip, wire or cable, a portion or all of which is defined by electrically superconducting material. An elongated wire, strip or cable is controllably coated with one or more materials which define a superconducting la... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6946013 | Ceramic exhaust filter An improved, efficient, and regenerable exhaust emission filter and filter system are provided which incorporate the use of an inorganic, non-woven fiber filter element. The filter is able to capture exhaust pollutants and particulates through the interwoven nature ... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6938815 | Heat-resistant electronic systems and circuit boards Methods of making improved electronic systems and circuits boards, and more specifically to methods of making improved electronic systems and circuits boards using heat-resistant composite materials having superior mechanical, thermal, and electrical properties.... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6926055 | Non-woven composite fabric and method and apparatus for manufacturing same An apparatus for fabricating a unique non-woven fabric which has the appearance of a woven fabric includes a supply station for adhesive coated parallel warp yarns, a support structure for orienting the parallel warp yarns into a cylindrical orientation with the adh... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6866712 | Reinforcing fibre material for bituminous aggregates, method for producing same and use A fibrous reinforcing material (1) is envisaged which is produced from glass filaments (2), advantageously consisting of fragments of glass yarns (3) or of chopped yarns, having a mean diameter of greater than five micrometers and a mean length ... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6838171 | Antibacterial fiber and antibacterial twisted yarn An antibacterial fiber and twisted yarn having an antibacterial imparting glass composition complexed therewith. The glass composition comprises 0.1-5.0 % by weight of Ag2O in a composition containing 45-67 mol % of P2O5, 5-20 mol % ... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6830812 | Carbon material and process of manufacturing A carbon material is formed by heat-treating a carbonaceous material in a reaction mix of boron oxide or its precursors and ammonia-generating phases such as melamine or its like in a nitrogen atmosphere to temperatures of 1600 to 2000° C. The surface of the carbon... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6815379 | Antibacterial cloth An antibacterial cloth having an antibacterial imparting glass composition complexed therewith. The glass composition comprises 0.1-5.0% by weight of Ag2O in a composition containing 45-67 mol % of P2O5, 5-20 mol % of Al2O... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6740607 | Substrate with stretch and heat sealing properties to make a multidirectional restraint module design The invention is directed to coating a plurality of polyurethane films onto a stretchable knit fabric substrate and heat sealing such substrates together to yield an air curtain or air bag having improved air-holding properties. ... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6703124 | Epoxy resin composition and laminate using the same The present invention relates to a nonflammable epoxy resin composition for using a thin copper film laminate, which is applied to a printed circuit board (PCB), and using the same. The present invention provides for nonflammable epoxy resin composition f... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6660241 | Highly delaminated hexagonal boron nitride powders, process for making, and uses thereof The present invention relates to a powder comprising boron nitride particles having an aspect ratio of from about 50 to about 300. The present invention also relates to a method of making delaminated boron nitride powder. This method involves providing bo... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6627312 | Reinforcing fibers and fiber bundles, especially for fiber composites, methods for the production thereof, and a fiber composite having reinforcing fibers A reinforcing fiber, in particular for fiber composite materials, has a core which is provided with a layer of a pyrolysable binder. A coating of pyrolytic carbon or sugar is provided between the core and the layer fiber strands are provided with reinforc... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6541111 | Process for producing boron nitride The present invention provides a polycrystalline hexagonal boron nitride compound comprising fine crystals of the order of nanometers. The present invention also provides a hexagonal boron nitride characterized in that the boron nitride is 20 to 200 nm in mean... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6472059 | Combination continuous woven-fiber and discontinuous ceramic-fiber structure A method of fabricating a ceramic structure as well as a pre-ceramic preimpregnated composite material incorporating a continuous woven fiber and a discontinuous fiber pre-ceramic matrix for subsequent curing and component construction. The method include... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6350713 | Ceramic matrix composites This invention pertains to ceramic matrix composites that comprise the coated ceramic fibers wherein the coating comprises at least one binary coating of boron nitride (BN) and silicon nitride (Si3 N4) within ceramic matrices derived... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6319602 | Boron nitride and process for preparing the same The present invention provides a polycrystalline hexagonal boron nitride compound comprising fine crystals of the order of nanometers. The present invention also provides a hexagonal boron nitride characterized in that the boron nitride is 20 to 200 nm in mean... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6287696 | Resin composition for a fiber reinforced composite, a prepreg and a fiber reinforced composite The invention provides a resin composition for a fiber reinforced composite which can be used to produce a prepreg excellent in tackiness, drapability and windability around a mandrel, and also provides a prepreg in which reinforcing fibers are impregnate... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6261380 | Method of reusing a coated substrate having a surface coating fixed to the substrate from which deposits are readily removed A method of reusing a coated substrate having a surface coating fixed to the material substrate surface, comprising the steps: (a) allowing the coated substrate, which carries deposits on its surface, to swell as a coated composition to which said deposits adh... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6235675 | Methods of forming materials containing carbon and boron, methods of forming catalysts, filaments comprising boron and carbon, and catalysts In one aspect, the invention includes a method of forming a material containing carbon and boron, comprising: a) providing a substrate within a chemical vapor deposition chamber; b) flowing a carbon and boron precursor into the chamber, the precursor bein... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6190634 | Carbide nanomaterials A nanoscale carbide article consisting essentially of covalently bounded elements M1, M2, and C having the molar ratio M1 :M2 :C::1:y:x, wherein the article has an aspect ratio of between 10 and 1000 and has a s... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6156075 | Metal chelate forming fiber, process for preparing the same, and method of metal ion sequestration using said fiber The present invention provides a metal chelate forming fiber in which a reactive functional group in a molecule in the surface of the fiber is substituted with an acyl group represented by the following formula [1]: ##STR1## (where R1, R | 12/05/2000 |
| 6132877 | High density, low porosity, carbon composite clutch material A carbon--carbon composite clutch friction material for use with a wet lubricant under severe operating conditions is disclosed, the material comprising a woven carbon fabric mesh (suitably a satin weave mesh) infiltrated with pyrolytic carbon to an unusu... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6074750 | Silicon carbide composite with metal nitride coated fiber reinforcement A composite comprised of reinforcement fibers having a continuous coating of a metal nitride wherein the metal is from the group consisting of silicon, aluminum, titanium, zirconium, hafnium, niobium, tantalum, and mixtures thereof, and a molten silicon i... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6057637 | Field emission electron source A novel field emitter material, field emission electron source, and commercially feasible fabrication method is described. The inventive field emission electron source produces reliable electron currents of up to 400 mA/cm2 at 200 volts. The em... | 05/02/2000 |
