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| 7914904 | Component in a combustion system, and process for preventing slag, ash, and char buildup Disclosed herein is a component in a combustion system comprising a composite, the composite comprising silicon carbide; and a refractory metal silicide comprising a phase selected from Rm5Si3, Rm5Si3C, RmSi2, a... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7776452 | Heat sink member and method of manufacturing the same A heat sink member capable of suppressing development of cracks and chaps in manufacturing, suppressing enlargement of a thermal expansion coefficient and suppressing lowering of thermal conductivity is obtained. This heat sink member comprises a ply member (1 | 08/17/2010 |
| 7396595 | Soft metal and method for preparation thereof, and exterior part of watch and method for preparation thereof A soft metal and a decorative article of wristwatch are produced by forming, on the surface of a soft metal article (2), a hard layer (3, 13) containing zirconium and molybdenum, or containing zirconium, molybdenum and further an additive element const... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7245018 | Wiring material, semiconductor device provided with a wiring using the wiring material and method of manufacturing thereof A semiconductor device having good TFT characteristics is realized. By using a high purity target as a target, using a single gas, argon (Ar), as a sputtering gas, setting the substrate temperature equal to or less than 300° C., and setting the sputtering gas press... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7238432 | Metal member coated with metal layers There is provided a metal member capable of realizing a corrosion resistance and wear resistance, which are equivalent to or better than those when expensive PdNi is used even if PdNi is not used, and of being produced at relatively low costs. A first layer essentia... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7192654 | Multilayered construction for resistor and capacitor formation The invention concerns multilayered constructions useful for forming resistors and capacitors, for the manufacture of printed circuit boards or other microelectronic devices. The multilayered constructions comprise sequentially attached layers comprising: a first el... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7189604 | Wiring material and a semiconductor device having a wiring using the material, and the manufacturing method thereof An object of the present invention is to realize a semiconductor device having a high TFT characteristic. In manufacturing an active matrix display device, electric resistivity of the electrode material is kept low by preventing penetration of oxygen ion into the el... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7189459 | Turbine blade for extreme temperature conditions One exemplary embodiment of a turbine component (which may be a blade) comprises a substrate comprising a silicide-based material, a plurality of through holes disposed in the substrate, the holes being configured to receive an airflow, a silicide coating disposed a... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7142399 | Exchange coupling film and magnetoresistive element using the same An exchange coupling film including an antiferromagnetic layer and a ferromagnetic layer in contact with the antiferromagnetic layer so as to generate an exchange coupling magnetic field is provided. A PtMn alloy is used as the material of the antiferromagnetic laye... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7133102 | Liquid crystal display device and fabricating method thereof comprising monitoring an etch rate by measuring a thickness or resistance of one of the metal samples formed in a dummy area A liquid crystal display device and a fabricating method thereof enabling an optimized process by forming metal samples having various line widths on a circumference of a cell. The metal samples enable the measurement of a specific resistance of a data line formed b... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7129194 | Catalyst system with improved corrosion resistance An improved catalyst system that includes a metal support structure and an anti-corrosive layer on the metal support structure, and has improved resistance to corrosion and other degradation under corrosive environments. Typically, a catalyst supporting layer is app... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7094474 | Composite powder and gall-resistant coating A composite powder includes an FeMo based first powder including between about 20% and about 55% by weight Fe and between about 45% and about 80% by weight of Mo. The composite powder also includes an aluminum bronze based second powder blended with the FeMo based f... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7063541 | Composite microelectronic spring structure and method for making same An improved microelectronic spring structure, and method of making the same, are disclosed. The improvement comprises, in a spring contact of the type comprising a beam attached to a post, of replacing the post with a plurality of column elements. The beam component... | 06/20/2006 |
| RE39070 | Wear resistant coating for piston rings A wear resistant coating for protecting surfaces undergoing sliding contact is disclosed. The wear resistant coating is applied by high velocity oxygen-fuel (HVOF) deposition of a powdered blend of the coating constituents. The powdered blend includes a nickel-chrom... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7030425 | Buried emitter contact for thyristor-based semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes a thyristor having at least one body region thereof disposed in a substrate, and a filled trench having a conductive material. According to an example embodiment of the present invention, a conductive material having a narrow upper po... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6913837 | Perpendicular magnetic recording medium and fabrication method thereof A perpendicular magnetic recording medium and method thereof, includes a nonmagnetic substrate; a soft magnetic under layer; an intermediate layer; a bilayer magnetic recording layer; a protective layer; and a liquid lubricant layer. According to a following order, ... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6905783 | Steel sheet for porcelain enameling and method for production thereof, and enameled product and method for production thereof Steel sheet for porcelain enameling having excellent workability yet capable of providing an enamel layer having excellent adhesion with the steel sheet on direct-on enameling once and still free of black specks defects, a method for producing the same, as well as a... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6887585 | Thermally applied coating of mechanically alloyed powders for piston rings The invention relates to a wear-resistant coating used for bearing surfaces and flanks of piston rings in internal combustion engines. The wear-resistant inventive coating is obtained by mechanically alloying powders which form a metallic matrix with hard material d... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6866943 | Bond pad structure comprising tungsten or tungsten compound layer on top of metallization level A bond pad structure formed over a predetermined area of an IC substrate comprising quickly and easily removable redundancy and passivation layers upon lithography and plasma etching in a plasma containing Cl2, the bond structure comprises: a liner or low... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6858320 | Perpendicular magnetic recording medium A performance of a perpendicular magnetic recording medium, such as an increase in output or a decrease in noise, is improved by providing a good orientation of a magnetic recording layer in the perpendicular magnetic recording medium and by reducing an amount of an... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6853521 | Exchange coupling film having improved wettability of seed layer A seed layer is formed with a Cr layer in which the direction of a crystal face in at least one crystal grain is oriented in a different direction from the direction of an equivalent crystal face in another crystal grain. Consequently, wettability of the seed layer ... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6852210 | Plating method and plating bath precursor used therefor To provide a plating method, which enables wide industrial use of the redox system electroless plating method having excellent characteristics, and a plating bath precursor which is preferable for the plating method. The plating method comprises a process oxidizing ... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6838189 | Magnetic recording media with high SNR and high thermal stability Magnetic recording media exhibiting high SNR and high thermal stability are produced by sputter depositing a magnetic alloy overlying a non-magnetic substrate, e.g., on an underlayer, heating to eliminate thermally unstable small grains thereby increasing the averag... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6824888 | Bonded body comprising beryllium member and copper or copper alloy member, and method of manufacturing the same The present invention provides a method of producing a bonded body of a beryllium member and a copper or copper alloy member, in which the bonding strength and thermal cycle resistance property are further increased. When the beryllium member and the copper or coppe... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6780496 | Optimized capping layers for EUV multilayers A new capping multilayer structure for EUV-reflective Mo/Si multilayers consists of two layers: A top layer that protects the multilayer structure from the environment and a bottom layer that acts as a diffusion barrier between the top layer and the structure beneat... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6777374 | Process for photo-induced selective oxidation of organic chemicals to alcohols, ketones and aldehydes using flame deposited nano-structured photocatalyst Organic molecules are partially oxidized in that the gas phase on supported and immobilized photocatalysts deposited having a nanostructure. the photocatalysts are semiconductors such as titanium dioxide and are preferentially coated onto a substrate by flame aeroso... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6770384 | Low pressure coated article with polymeric basecoat having the appearance of stainless steel An article is coated with a multi-layer decorative and protective coating having the appearance of stainless steel. The coating comprises a polymer basecoat layer on the surface of said article and vapor deposited at relatively low pressure on the polymer layer a pr... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6764775 | Low pressure coated article with polymeric basecoat having the appearance of stainless steel An article is coated with a multi-layer decorative and protective coating having the appearance of stainless steel. The coating comprises a polymeric basecoat layer on the surface of said article and vapor deposited on the polymeric basecoat layer a stack layer cont... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6759143 | Tantalum or tungsten target-copper alloy backing plate assembly and production method therefor A tantalum or tungsten target-backing plate assembly which comprises a tantalum or tungsten target and a copper alloy backing plate that are subject to diffusion bonding via an aluminum- or aluminum alloy-sheet insert material at least 0.5 mm thick, and which is pro... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6759141 | Oxidation preventative capping layer for deep-ultra-violet and soft x-ray multilayers The invention uses iridium and iridium compounds as a protective capping layer on multilayers having reflectivity in the deep ultra-violet to soft x-ray regime. The iridium compounds can be formed in one of two ways: by direct deposition of the iridium compound from... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6720089 | Decorative architectural titanium panels and method of fabrication thereof Titanium architectural panels (20) are provided which have recrystallized surface portions on at least the outer surface (22) thereof to give a decorative appearance to the panels (20). Surface recrystallization is obtained by subjecting the pan... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6699588 | Medium with a NiNb sealing layer Sputter-deposited amorphous NiNb films on glass or glass-ceramic substrates have good adhesion with the substrates, and reduce lithium migration significantly. Longitudinal magnetic recording media deposited on oxidized NiNb sealing layers have very good ... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6692833 | Article formed by depositing a tungsten-based and/or molybdenum-based layer on a rigid substrate The present invention is directed to a process for depositing at least one layer (3) based on tungsten and/or on molybdenum by chemical vapor deposition on a non-conductive substrate (1), such as glass, ceramic, glass-ceramic, or polymer, which includes p... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6682826 | Magnetic recording medium, method of manufacturing therefor, and magnetic read/write apparatus The present invention provides a magnetic recording medium having excellent magnetic read/write characteristics and thermal stability, a method of manufacturing therefor, and a magnetic read/write apparatus. The magnetic recording medium comprises a soft ... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6663986 | Magneto-resistive stripe element having a thin film conductor covered by a conductive capping layer A magneto-resistive (MR) stripe element includes a magnetically active body portion and a tri-layer electrical conductor structure arranged proximate the magnetically active body portion. The conductor structure has an alpha-Ta bi-layer film and a chromiu... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6660375 | Low temperature chemical vapor deposition of thin film magnets A thin-film magnet formed from a gas-phase reaction of tetracyanoetheylene (TCNE) OR (TCNQ), 7,7,8,8-tetracyano-P-quinodimethane, and a vanadium-containing compound such as vanadium hexcarbonyl (V(CO)6) and bis(benzene)vanalium (V(C6... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6660413 | Component of a magnetic recording medium with sealing layer for corrosion protection A component of a recording device comprising a magnetic layer, means for improving corrosion resistance of the magnetic layer and a carbon overcoat, and a method of making and using the same are disclosed. The means for improving corrosion resistance of t... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6630248 | Synthetic anti-parallel/parallel/pinned layer spin valve A spin valve structure is described that has greater pinned layer robustness than is found in spin valves of the existing known art, making it well suited for use in high density recording. This has been achieved by a using a modified pinned layer that is... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6627304 | Absorbent thin-film system consisting of metal and dielectric films The invention relates to an absorbent thin-film system made up of alternate metal and dielectric layers. With this system, color-neutral absorption results in the visual spectral region are obtained, as are a defined phase shift and a defined transmission... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6607847 | Bonded niobium silicide and molybdenum silicide composite articles using brazes An article, such as an airfoil having a melting temperature of at least about 1500° C. and comprising a first piece and a second piece joined by a braze to the first piece. The first piece comprises one of a first niobium-based refractory metal intermeta... | 08/19/2003 |
