Did You Know...
...that when IBM conducted a market study of Chester Carlson's invention in 1959, the company concluded that it would take only 5000 units of his new product to saturate the market? IBM therefore declined to be part of the new product introduction. Too bad for IBM. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, and his new product was the beginning of the Xerox Corporation. It is estimated that every day, worldwide, 3,000,000,000 copies are made!!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8137810 | Carbon fiber, process for production of polyacrylonitrile-base precursor fiber for carbon fiber production, and process for production of carbon fiber A process for producing polyacrylonitrile-base precursor fibers for production of carbon fibers, which comprises spinning a spinning dope containing 10 to 25 wt % of a polyacrylonitrile-base polymer having an intrinsic viscosity of 2.0 to 10.0 by extruding the spinn... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8129017 | Carbon fiber strand and process for producing the same A carbon fiber strand obtained by bundling 20,000-30,000 carbon fibers each having, in the surface thereof, creases which are parallel to the fiber-axis direction. In an examination with a scanning probe microscope, the creases in the carbon fiber surface are apart ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8124228 | Carbon fiber strand and process for producing the same A carbon fiber strand which is produced by obtaining a solidified-yarn strand by spinning with a spinneret having 20,000-30,000 spinning holes, passing the strand through an interlacing nozzle having an air blowing pressure of 20-60 kPa to obtain precursor fibers, o... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8101272 | Armor shell and fabrication methods A refractory ceramic composite for an armor shell, comprising a ceramic core that is formable to replicate a portion of a three dimensional surface, e.g., of an aircraft, to provide ballistic protection. A method of making a shell of refractory ceramic armor capable... | 01/24/2012 |
| 7976945 | Flame resistant fiber, carbon fiber and production method thereof In a flame resistant fiber assembly obtainable by fiber forming a flame resistant polymer, a flame resistant fiber of a higher performance is obtained by improving fiber forming ability. A carbon fiber of a high performance is obtained by carbonizing the flame resis... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7846543 | Pitch-based carbon fibers, and manufacturing method and molded product thereof An object of the present invention is to provide carbon fibers which have a high conductivity, readily form a network in a matrix and are suitable for use in a radiating member as well as a molded product thereof. The present invention is pitch-based carbon fibers w... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7820290 | Water dispersible carbon fiber and water dispersible chopped carbon fiber Water dispersible carbon fibers, (1) wherein the surface oxygen concentration (O/C) of each of the single fibers is 0.03 or more and less than 0.12 as measured by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and forming a first contact angle with water of 75° or less as measur... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7816004 | Three-dimensional carbon fibers and method and apparatus for their production This invention relates to novel three-dimensional (3D) carbon fibers which are original (or primary) carbon fibers (OCF) with secondary carbon filaments (SCF) grown thereon, and, if desired, tertiary carbon filaments (TCF) are grown from the surface of SCF forming a... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7709088 | Inorganic fibers, fiber structure and process for their production Inorganic fibers consisting substantially of silicon, carbon, oxygen and a transition metal, having a fiber size of no greater than 2 μm and having fiber lengths of 100 μm or greater. ... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7662473 | Amorphous inorganic ceramic material and method of producing same An amorphous inorganic ceramic material including silicon, carbon and oxygen is provided. In the ceramic material, the average elemental ratio between silicon, carbon and oxygen is represented by a compositional formula: SiCaOb | 02/16/2010 |
| 7655302 | Continuous fiber of fullerene nanotubes This invention relates generally to carbon fiber produced from fullerene nanotube arrays. In one embodiment, the present invention involves a macroscopic carbon fiber comprising at least 106 fullerene nanotubes in generally parallel orientation. ... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7651768 | Reduced wetting string for ribbon crystal A string for use in a string ribbon crystal has a base portion with a refractory material, and an externally exposed layer radially outward of the refractory material. The base portion has a coefficient of thermal expansion that is generally matched with the coeffic... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7651767 | Pitch-based carbon fiber, web and resin molded product containing them To provide a carbon fiber reinforcement having excellent thermal conductivity and mechanical properties which is manufactured by mixing together two different types of pitch-based carbon short fibers having a ratio of the degree of filament diameter distribution to ... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7651766 | Carbon nanotube reinforced metal composites A carbon nanotube reinforced metal nanocomposite material includes a continuous metal phase, and a plurality of carbon nanotubes dispersed in the continuous metal phase. The metal phase extends throughout substantially an entire thickness of the nanocomposite materi... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7547472 | Polymer and method for using the polymer for noncovalently functionalizing nanotubes A new, non-wrapping approach to functionalizing nanotubes, such as carbon nanotubes, in organic and inorganic solvents is provided. In accordance with certain embodiments, carbon nanotube surfaces are functionalized in a non-wrapping fashion by functional conjugated... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7544415 | Polymer and method for using the polymer for solubilizing nanotubes A new, non-wrapping approach to solubilize nanotubes, such as carbon nanotubes, in organic and inorganic solvents is provided. In accordance with certain embodiments, carbon nanotube surfaces are functionalized in a non-wrapping fashion by functional conjugated poly... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7473466 | Filamentous carbon particles for cleaning oil spills and method of production A compact hydrogen generator is coupled to or integrated with a fuel cell for portable power applications. In the process of producing hydrogen for the generator via thermocatalytic decomposition (cracking, pyrolysis) of hydrocarbon fuels in an oxidant-free environm... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7465494 | Density controlled carbon nanotube array electrodes CNT materials comprising aligned carbon nanotubes (CNTs) with pre-determined site densities, catalyst substrate materials for obtaining them and methods for forming aligned CNTs with controllable densities on such catalyst substrate materials are described. The fabr... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7435476 | Functionalized nanotube material for supercapacitor electrodes The present teachings are directed toward compositions of supercapacitor electrode materials containing a functionalized carbon nanotube-containing material substantially free of binder material and methods for preparing the functionalized carbon nanotube-containing... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7427428 | Interphase for ceramic matrix composites reinforced by non-oxide ceramic fibers A ceramic matrix composite material is disclosed having non-oxide ceramic fibers, which are formed in a complex fiber architecture by conventional textile processes; a thin mechanically weak interphase material, which is coated on the fibers; and a non-oxide or oxid... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7422789 | Cathodic protection coatings containing carbonaceous conductive media A cathodic protection polymeric compound is disclosed. The compound has flowable material to serve as a binder, carbonaceous conductive media dispersed in the flowable material, sacrificial metal particles also dispersed in the flowable material. The carbonaceous co... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7419651 | Method for producing self-assembled objects comprising fullerene nanotubes and compositions thereof This invention relates generally to a method for producing self-assembled objects comprising fullerene nanotubes and compositions thereof. In one embodiment, the present invention involves a three-dimensional structure of derivatized fullerene nanotubes that spontan... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7419720 | Conductive plastic molding material, the use thereof and moulded bodies produced therefrom The present invention relates to a plastics molding composition based on polyarylene sulfide and/or on liquid-crystalline plastic, where the molding composition comprises carbon black and graphite and/or metal powder, the carbon black has a specific surface area of ... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7410719 | Porous carbon base material, method for preparation thereof, gas-diffusing material film-electrode jointed article, and fuel cell A porous carbon base material includes a sheet containing carbon short fibers dispersed randomly and a carbonized resin, in which the carbon short fibers are bound by the carbonized resin and the volume of pores having a pore diameter of 10 μm or less is 0.05 to 0.... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7396798 | Method for preparing catalyst supports and supported catalysts from single walled carbon nanotubes A new method for preparing a supported catalyst is herein provided. A carbon nanotube structure such as a rigid porous structure is formed from single walled carbon nanotubes. A metal catalyst is then loaded or deposited onto the carbon nanotube structure. The loade... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7393473 | Method for producing a composite plated product There is provided a composite plated product wherein a coating of a composite material containing carbon particles in a silver layer is formed on a substrate, the composite plated product having a large content of carbon and a large quantity of carbon particles on t... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7371798 | Thermoplastic water-curable composition, molded object made from the thermoplastic water-curable composition, and process for producing the same A thermoplastic water-curable composition which is excellent in mechanical properties, heat resistance, dimensional stability, and moldability and from which a mechanical part of a complicated shape can be produced: a molding formed from the thermoplastic water-cura... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7365369 | Nitride semiconductor device A nitride semiconductor device used chiefly as an LD and an LED element. In order to improve the output and to decrease Vf, the device is given either a three-layer structure in which a nitride semiconductor layer doped with n-type impurities serving as an n-type co... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7364714 | 3C-SIC nanowhisker and synthesizing method and 3C-SIC nanowhisker 3C—SiC nanowhisker and a method of synthesizing 3C—SiC nanowhisker wherein its diameter and length can be controlled. The method is safe and low cost, and the whisker can emit visible light of various wavelengths. 3C—SiC nanowhisker is formed by depositing thi... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7361290 | Electroconductive resin, composition useful for forming electroconductive resin, and method of producing electroconductive resin An object of the present invention is to provide a composition useful for forming an electroconductive resin, the composition comprising a resin and a vapor-growth carbon fiber compounded with the resin, and which can be easily formed into a thin film, and to provid... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7361431 | Cathode electrode including a porous conductive material coated and/or filled with sulfur and/or a sulfur-containing organic compound and lithium battery containing the same Disclosed is a cathode electrode having a cathode active material layer stacked on a current collector. The cathode active material layer includes a porous conductive material having a surface coated with sulfur and/or a sulfur-containing organic compound and/or por... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7358299 | Silicon-based composition, low dielectric constant film, semiconductor device, and method for producing low dielectric constant film A composition comprising a siloxane resin, a silicon compound substantially consisting of silicon, carbon and hydrogen, wherein the number ratio of carbon to silicon atoms forming an —X— bond (wherein X is (C)m (where m is an integer in the range of f... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7357983 | Controlled growth of single-wall carbon nanotubes A transition metal substituted, amorphous mesoporous silica framework with a high degree of structural order and a narrow pore diameter distribution (±0.15 nm FWHM) was synthesized and used for the templated growth of single walled carbon nanotubes (SWNT). The phys... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7357907 | Method for producing single walled carbon nanotubes A catalyst composition and method of use of the catalyst composition for producing single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs). The catalyst is cobalt (Co) and molybdenum (Mo) on a silica support. The Mo occurs primarily as dispersed Mo oxide clusters on the support whil... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7354881 | Method and catalyst for producing single walled carbon nanotubes A catalyst composition and method of use of the catalyst composition for producing single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs). The catalyst is cobalt (Co) and molybdenum (Mo) on a silica support. The Mo occurs primarily as dispersed Mo oxide clusters on the support whil... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7351279 | Cement compositions with improved mechanical properties and methods of cementing in subterranean formations Cement compositions with improved mechanical properties and associated methods are provided, which are useful in conjunction with subterranean well operations. In certain embodiments, the cement compositions comprise carbon fibers, rubber particles, a hydraulic ceme... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7349756 | Method for control of yarn processing equipment A method for starting or stopping each of at least two separately controllable roll-sets (22, 26, 34, 56) used for processing a yarn (Y) in a stretch-break process, each roll-set comrpising at least two rolls, the method is characterized by the step of each r... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7346961 | Fiber having increased filament separation and method of making same A flock material exhibiting an increased degree of filament separation prepared by cutting a fluoropolymer or carbon fiber yarn into lengths, introducing mechanical energy into the lengths in order to cause the lengths to separate into single-filaments fibers and re... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7341627 | Fiber reinforced concrete products and method of preparation Concrete products and mixes with reinforcing carbon graphite fibers, the carbon fibers being provided in the form of resin coated warped beam fabric, and a method for producing reinforced concrete products, where semi-cured carbon fibers are mixed with concrete and ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7338619 | Resin member and method of manufacturing the same A fuel cap 10 maintains high sealing even when subjected to external force; is easy to operate; and requires minimal space for accommodation. The cap device comprises a casing body 20 for closing the filler opening FNb in a sealed condition, a cover | 03/04/2008 |
