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...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 |
| 8167962 | Pulpstone for long fiber pulp production Pulp production techniques are disclosed. In one embodiment, pulpstone segments are provided, that include proppant grits in the place of some or all of the conventional abrasive typically used in pulpstone applications. The proppant or proppant-abrasive mixture can... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8157877 | Chemical mechanical polishing aqueous dispersion, chemical mechanical polishing method, and kit for preparing chemical mechanical polishing aqueous dispersion A chemical mechanical polishing aqueous dispersion includes (A) abrasive grains having a pore volume of 0.14 ml/g or more, and (B) a dispersion medium. ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8147574 | Material containing diamond and an intermetallic compound THIS INVENTION relates to a method of making a diamond containing material comprising diamond particles and a second phase containing an intermetallic compound comprising the steps of providing a reaction mass of reactants capable, on reaction, of producing carbon a... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8142532 | Shaped abrasive particles with an opening Abrasive particles which are shaped abrasive particles each with an opening is disclosed. The shaped abrasive particles are formed from alpha alumina and have a first face and a second face separated by a thickness t. The opening in each of the shaped abrasive parti... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8142531 | Shaped abrasive particles with a sloping sidewall Shaped abrasive particles each having a sloping sidewall, each of the shaped abrasive particles comprising alpha alumina and having a first face and a second face separated by a thickness, t. The shaped abrasive particles further comprising either: a draft angle α ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8128718 | Compositions and methods for removing scratches from plastic surfaces A composition including an abrasive, a suspension agent, a surfactant, and a lubricant, is provided for removing scratches, hazing, discoloration, and other defects from plastic surfaces. The composition is applied to a surface and used to polish the surface. The de... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8083820 | Structured fixed abrasive articles including surface treated nano-ceria filler, and method for making and using the same Structured fixed abrasive articles including a multiplicity of three-dimensional abrasive composites fixed to the abrasive article, the abrasive composites further including a multiplicity of ceria abrasive particles having a volume mean diameter from 100 to 500 nan... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8038752 | Metal ion-containing CMP composition and method for using the same The invention provides a chemical-mechanical polishing composition comprising an abrasive, metal ions (M) having a M-O—Si bond energy equal to or greater than about 3 kcal/mol, and water. The invention further provides a method for polishing a substrate using the ... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8034137 | Shaped, fractured abrasive particle, abrasive article using same and method of making Precursor alpha alumina abrasive particles in a mold are subjected to a drying process that cracks or fractures at least a majority of the precursor abrasive particles into at least two pieces thereby producing abrasive shards having a smaller size than the mold cav... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8021451 | Fine α-alumina particle The present invention provides a fine α-alumina particle having a degree of α-transformation of not less than 95%, a BET specific surface area of not less than 10 m2/g, a degree of necking of not more than 30%, and a total content of Si, Fe, Cu, Na and ... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7998230 | Polymetal powder and sintered component produced based on this powder A multi-metal powder, in particular for producing diamond tools comprises iron copper, cobalt and molybdenum whose contents are expressed in the following mass percentages: Fe+Cu+Co+Mo=98 mass %, the rest being oxygen and production impurities, wherein 15%=Cu=35%, 0... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7993420 | Ceria material and method of forming same A particulate material comprising cerium oxide particles having a secondary particle size distribution in a range of 80 nm to 199 nm and a density of at least 6.6 g/cm3. ... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7927391 | Ceria based glass polishing composition and a process for the manufacture thereof The invention is directed to a process for the manufacture of a ceria based polishing composition, comprising (a) suspending an inorganic cerium salt or cerium hydroxide with a cerium content calculated as cerium oxide in the range of 50%-100% based on Total rare ea... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7909900 | Method of making a modified abrasive compact A method of treating the working surface of an abrasive compact having a working surface. The working surface, or a region adjacent the working surface, of the abrasive compact is contacted with a halogen gas or a gaseous environment containing a source of halide io... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7883557 | Slurry for chemical-mechanical planarization of sapphire and method for manufacturing the same Taught herein is an aqueous chemical-mechanical polishing slurry, a method for manufacturing the same, and a method for using the same in the preparation of high precision finishing of a sapphire surface. The slurry comprises a chelating agent having 13 chelate ring... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7867303 | Cerium oxide abrasive and method of polishing substrates A cerium oxide abrasive slurry having, dispersed in a medium, cerium oxide particles whose primary particles have a median diameter of from 30 nm to 250 nm, a maximum particle diameter of 600 nm or smaller, and a specific surface area of from 7 to 45 m.2/... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7842111 | Polycrystalline diamond compacts, methods of fabricating same, and applications using same Embodiments of the present invention relate to PDCs including a PCD table having an exterior cutting region that exhibits enhanced thermal stability. In one embodiment, a method comprises forming an assembly including a first region having non-diamond carbon materia... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7780751 | Polishing composition for hard disk substrate The present invention preferably provides a polishing composition for a hard disk substrate, containing aluminum oxide particles and water, wherein secondary particles of the aluminum oxide particles have a volume-median particle size of from 0.1 to 0.7 μm, and par... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7740673 | Thermally stable diamond polycrystalline diamond constructions Thermally stable diamond constructions comprise a diamond body having a plurality of bonded diamond crystals, a plurality of interstitial regions disposed among the crystals, and a substrate attached to the body. The body includes a working surface and a side surfac... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7722691 | Abrasive tools having a permeable structure A bonded abrasive tool comprises a blend of abrasive grains and a bond component. The blend of abrasive grains comprises a filamentary sol-gel alumina abrasive grain and agglomerated abrasive grain granules. A bonded abrasive tool comprising an agglomerate of filame... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7722692 | Cerium oxide-based abrasive, and production method and use thereof The present invention provides a cerium oxide-based abrasive ensuring high removal rate, less generation of scratches, high-precision polished surface with small surface roughness, and a safe, simple and low-cost production process. Further, the present invention pr... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7666239 | Hydrothermal synthesis of cerium-titanium oxide for use in CMP The present invention provides a method of synthesizing abrasive particles and methods of using the same in chemical mechanical polishing slurry applications. The nanosized abrasive particles according to the invention are produced by hydrothermal synthesis using an... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7645308 | Osmium diboride compounds and their uses Osmium, when combined with boron alone, or in combination with rhenium, ruthenium or iron, produces compounds that are ultra-hard and incompressible. These osmium diboride compounds are useful as a substitute to for other super or ultra-hard materials that are used ... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7588609 | Friction material compositions and additives The claimed invention involves a novel composition of matter comprising a mixture of Fe—Mo Intermetallic and copper oxide. A novel composition of matter of Fe—Mo Intermetallic, copper oxide and calcium carbonate is also claimed. The claimed invention also involv... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7585342 | Polycrystalline superabrasive composite tools and methods of forming the same A polycrystalline superabrasive composite tool can be produced using high pressure high temperature processes allowing for increased thermal resistance, wear resistance and toughness of abrasive tools, and additionally allowing for increased effective thickness of a... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7563294 | Abrasive particles and methods of making and using the same Abrasive particles comprising ceramic (including glasses, crystalline ceramics, and glass-ceramics) comprising (on a theoretical oxide basis) Al2O3 and at least one other metal oxide (e.g., REO and; REO and at least one of ZrO2 or Hf... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7563293 | AlO-rare earth oxide-ZrO/HfOmaterials, and methods of making and using the same Al2O3-rare earth oxide-ZrO2/HfO2 ceramics (including glasses, crystalline ceramics, and glass-ceramics) and methods of making the same. Ceramics according to the present invention can be made, formed as, or converted into ... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7517375 | Wear-resistant boride composites with high percentage of reinforcement phase A highly wear resistant sintered, hot pressed, or otherwise compacted ceramic composite material is described, consisting of two discrete phases of the form AlxMgyB14 where x and y ≦1 or like hard, orthorhombic compounds, and TiB | 04/14/2009 |
| 7510585 | Ceramic materials, abrasive particles, abrasive articles, and methods of making and using the same Amorphous materials, glass-ceramics and methods of making the same. Embodiments of the invention include abrasive particles. The abrasive particles can be incorporated into a variety of abrasive articles, including bonded abrasives, coated abrasives, nonwoven abrasi... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7507268 | AlO-YO-ZrO/HfOmaterials, and methods of making and using the same Al2O3—Y2O3—ZrO2/HfO2 ceramics (including glasses, crystalline ceramics, and glass-ceramics) and methods of making the same. Ceramics according to the present invention can be made, formed as, or c... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7501000 | Abrasive particles, abrasive articles, and methods of making and using the same Abrasive particles comprising alpha alumina particles and methods of making the same. The abrasive particles can be incorporated into a variety of abrasive articles, including bonded abrasives, coated abrasives, nonwoven abrasives, and abrasive brushes. ... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7501001 | Abrasive particles, and methods of making and using the same Abrasive particles and methods of making the same. Embodiments of the invention can be used to make abrasive particles. The abrasive particles can be incorporated into a variety of abrasive articles, including bonded abrasives, coated abrasives, nonwoven abrasives, ... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7442431 | Enhanced alumina layer with texture A refined method to produce textured α-Al2O3 layers in a temperature range of 750-1000° C. with a controlled texture and substantially enhanced wear resistance and toughness than the prior art is disclosed. The α-Al2O3 ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7442433 | Surface-coated cermet cutting tool with hard coating layer exhibiting excellent chipping resistance in high-speed intermittent cutting A surface-coated cermet cutting tool is formed by depositing on a surface of a tool substrate a hard-coating layer composed of the following layers (a) and (b): (a) the lower layer is composed of one or more layers of TiC, TiN, TiCN, TiCO, and TiCNO and has a... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7442432 | Alumina layer with controlled texture A new and refined method to produce α-Al2O3 layers in a temperature range of from about 750 to about 1000° C. with a controlled growth texture and substantially enhanced wear resistance and toughness than the prior art is disclosed. The α-Al... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7435276 | Abrasive particles having coatings with tortuous surface topography The present invention relates to abrasive composites having improved abrasive particle retention due to unique coating designs. The present invention describes coated abrasive particles having tortuous surface topography, a process for producing such coated abrasive... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7435486 | Insert for metal cutting A coated cutting insert for metal machining, in particular of short chipping materials, includes a tungsten carbide-based substrate with a binder phase enriched surface zone having at least one rake face and at least one clearance face intersecting to form a cutting... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7435487 | Hard film and hard film-coated tool A hard film formed by an arc-discharge ion-plating method, having a composition comprising metal components represented by AlxCr1−x−ySiy, wherein x and y are respectively atomic ratios meeting 0.45≦x≦0.75, 0≦y≦0.35, and 0... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7435478 | Cutting structures A polycrystalline diamond compact cutter that includes a thermally stable polycrystalline diamond layer, a carbide substrate, and a polycrystalline cubic boron nitride layer interposed between the thermally stable polycrystalline diamond layer and the carbide substr... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7431988 | Hard coating and machining tool disposed with hard coating A hard coating that is to be disposed on a surface of a body includes a diamond layer which includes a plurality of diamond grains and is doped with boron, and an outer layer which includes an intermetallic compound and is disposed on the diamond layer by a physical... | 10/07/2008 |
