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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8065891 | Glass lampshade and method for producing the same A multiple-layered hot-melt glass lampshade having a crystal-interwoven structure with a first hot-melt glass layer, a second hot-melt glass layer, a third hot-melt glass layer, a first crystal glass layer, a second crystal glass layer, and a curing gel layer. The o... | 11/29/2011 |
| 7291965 | Vacuum vessel and electron emission display device using the same, provided with spacer supports in non-active area of the display A vacuum vessel that includes a first and a second substrate facing each other and extending across both an active area and a non-active area surrounding the active area, a sealing member arranged at peripheries of the first and the second substrates and adapted to ... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7251959 | Washwater neutralization system for glass forming line A neutralization system for controlling the pH of the washwater used to clean and maintain polyacrylic bound glass forming equipment. The neutralization system introduces a base solution to a washwater solution when the pH of the washwater solution contained in a cl... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7205504 | Interlayer composite for a laminated transparency An interlayer composite includes a plastic sheet having a predetermined outer shape and a major surface; a pair of bus bars, and an adhesive layer securing the bus bars directly on the major surface of the plastic sheet in a fixed relationship to one another. ... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7205037 | Tubulation tubing of display panel Tubulation tubing of a display panel includes a flange at one end and a ring-shape adhesive member placed on a display panel to align a vent hole of the display with an opening of the tubulation tubing and the flange of the tubulation tubing is bonded to the display... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7192810 | Semiconductor packaging An electronic component and a method for making an electronic component are disclosed. The electronic component has a silicon package. The silicon package has a recess formed thereon in which a conductive region is placed. A bare die electronic device is disposed in... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7183018 | Electrode material for anode of rechargeable lithium battery, electrode structural body using said electrode material, rechargeable lithium battery using said electrode structural body, process for producing said electrode structural body, and process for producing said rechargeable lithium battery An electrode material for an anode of a rechargeable lithium battery, containing a particulate comprising an amorphous Sn.A.X alloy with a substantially non-stoichiometric ratio composition. For said formula Sn.A.X, A indicates at least one kind of an element select... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7160362 | Method and device for cleaning air A method of cleaning air, including a humidifying operation for humidifying the air containing chemical contaminants by a humidifier and taking a part of the gaseous contaminants in the air into excessive moisture to remove the contaminants from the air, and a dehum... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7152433 | Method of manufacturing image display apparatus and apparatus for manufacturing the same A method of manufacturing an image display apparatus is provided and includes the steps of bringing panel members that constitute a display panel of the image display apparatus into a bake processing chamber, subjecting to bake processing the display panel members, ... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7137546 | Silicon tube formed of bonded staves Tubular silicon members advantageously formed by extrusion from a silicon melt or by fixing together silicon staves in a barrel shape. A silicon-based wafer support tower is particularly useful for batch-mode thermal chemical vapor deposition and other high-temperat... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7094049 | Quartz glass single hole nozzle for feeding fluid and quartz glass multi-hole burner head for feeding fluid The present invention provides a quartz glass single hole nozzle for feeding fluid capable of performing high-precision control of a flow rate, a burner for heat processing equipped with the quartz glass single hole nozzle, a quartz glass multihole burner head for f... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7083694 | Adhesive of a silicon and silica composite particularly useful for joining silicon parts A method of joining two silicon members, the adhesive used for the method, and the joined product, especially a silicon tower for supporting multiple silicon wafers. A flowable adhesive is prepared comprising silicon particles of size less than 100 μm and preferabl... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7081178 | Glass panel A method of constructing a glass panel which comprises two confronting edge sealed glass sheets, the method comprises the steps of providing a solder glass band around the margin of one surface of each glass sheet, forming, at a first temperature, an hermetic bond b... | 07/25/2006 |
| 6974515 | Ceramic substrate and method of manufacturing same A ceramic substrate having a defined curvature and a method of its manufacture are described. For this purpose at least two ceramic layers having different defined temperature coefficients of expansion are positioned on top of one another and are permanently bonded ... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6953911 | Edge sealing of a laminated transparency A composite laminate useable in the manufacture of articles having a member responsive to electrical stimuli, e.g. changes transmission, and/or is heated, as current passes through the member includes a pair of spaced bus bars adhesively secured to a major surface o... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6949312 | ELECTRODE MATERIAL FOR ANODE OF RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERY, ELECTRODE STRUCTURAL BODY USING SAID ELECTRODE MATERIAL, RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERY USING SAID ELECTRODE STRUCTURAL BODY, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SAID ELECTRODE STRUCTURAL BODY, AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SAID RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERY An electrode material for an anode of a rechargeable lithium battery, containing a particulate comprising an amorphous Sn.A.X alloy with a substantially non-stoichiometric ratio composition. For said formula Sn.A.X, A indicates at least one kind of an element select... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6732548 | Ornamental glass object and method of fabrication An ornamental glass object and method of fabrication (20) includes three separate glass elements which are combined in three separate heating operations. A foundation of base glass (22) is formed and partially melted at a high temperature smoothing the... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6668588 | Method for molding chalcogenide glass lenses A method for molding a chalcogenide glass lens includes providing a mold. A preformed lens of chalcogenide glass is placed within the mold. The lens has a top surface and a bottom surface. An amount of chalcogenide glass is deposited within the mold and o... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6586087 | Articles sealed with glass An article of manufacture that has a component capable of being sealed with a copper aluminosilicate glass. The sealing glass has a coefficient of thermal expansion (CTEs) of in the range between 20-82×10-7/° C., over a range of 25-500° C.) and a softe... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6560997 | Method of making glass structures for flat panel displays An assembly of rib structures sandwiched between a dielectric glass layer and a glass substrate for use in a flat panel display, such as plasma addressed liquid crystal (PALC) displays, is formed by a number of methods. One method includes molding thermop... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6484540 | Method for welding a quartz glass tube for use as an optical fiber preform A method for welding a dummy tube to a quartz glass tube for use as an optical fiber preform, comprising chamfering the inner edge portion of the dummy tube and/or the quartz glass tube for use as the optical fiber preform before welding the quartz glass ... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6471805 | Method of forming metal contact pads on a metal support substrate A method of forming low resistance contact pads on a metal support substrate for a multilayer ceramic printed circuit board comprising forming a patterned layer of a conductive metal on the metal support substrate made of the same metal as that used to fo... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6446468 | Process for fabricating optical fiber involving overcladding during sintering An improved technique for assembling and drawing fiber from preforms is provided. In one embodiment, the technique involves providing a core rod assembly comprising a core rod and a bushing attached at an end of the assembly. The core rod assembly is inse... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6440776 | Securing an optical component onto a micro bench A method of attaching a component onto a microbench includes laying the component in a groove in the substrate, and locally deforming a portion of the groove, to thereby hold the component in the groove. Preferably, the microbench is a silicon substrate u... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6415093 | Optical device and adhesive composition used therefor An optical device having at least two optically transparent optical parts which are bonded together with an optically transparent adhesive layer. The adhesive layer is formed from a matrix containing silicon, titanium, zirconium, aluminum or germianium, a... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6321569 | Method for forming back panel for a plasma display device A method for forming a back panel for a plasma display includes preparing a green ceramic tape having a temperature coefficient of expansion (TCE) which matches the TCE of a metal core. Barrier ribs are formed on the back panel by embossing or scribing th... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6289695 | Vacuum fusion bonding of glass plates An improved apparatus and method for vacuum fusion bonding of large, patterned glass plates. One or both glass plates are patterned with etched features such as microstructure capillaries and a vacuum pumpout moat, with one plate having at least one hole ... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6282922 | Method of producing molded glasses bodies according to the press molding method, and an apparatus particularly suited for executing this method The method of the invention provides that a predetermined quantity of molten glass necessary for producing molded glass bodies according to the press-molding method is poured into a press mold prior to the insertion of the molding plug while the press mol... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6205819 | Method for vacuum fusion bonding An improved vacuum fusion bonding structure and process for aligned bonding of large area glass plates, patterned with microchannels and access holes and slots, for elevated glass fusion temperatures. Vacuum pumpout of all components is through the bottom... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6173588 | Method of making dispersion managed optical fibers An optical fiber having optical characteristics that vary along its length is made by assembling a plurality of cylindrical glass or soot tablets into or along a glass tablet alignment device, then fused into monolithic assembly. If desired, additional gl... | 01/16/2001 |
| 6131410 | Vacuum fusion bonding of glass plates An improved apparatus and method for vacuum fusion bonding of large, patterned glass plates. One or both glass plates are patterned with etched features such as microstructure capillaries and a vacuum pumpout moat, with one plate having at least one hole ... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6101844 | Double wall reaction chamber glassware A double wall reaction chamber assembly comprising a cylindrical inner wall and a cylindrical outer wall axially parallel thereto, the inner wall having an annular junction with a thickened annular junction flange on the outer surface thereof. The lower e... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6082140 | Fusion bonding and alignment fixture An improved vacuum fusion bonding structure and process for aligned bonding of large area glass plates, patterned with microchannels and access holes and slots, for elevated glass fusion temperatures. Vacuum pumpout of all the components is through the bo... | 07/04/2000 |
| 6068745 | Method for forming an electrochemical sensor A method of producing a medium-tight connection between interior and exterior concentrically-arranged glass tubes includes the steps of providing a longitudinally extending electrical conductor strip between the interior and exterior tubes, forming a bulg... | 05/30/2000 |
| 6021648 | Method of manufacturing a flat glass panel for a picture display device A flat glass panel 1 for a picture display device of the flat type, is formed by two glass cover plates (3, 5) with at least one glass plate (4, 4', 4", . . . ) between them, and a vitreous frit (8) between the cover plates along the outer edges of the co... | 02/08/2000 |
| 5987921 | Method for making a semiconductor acceleration sensor A semiconductor acceleration sensor has a silicon detecting body and a glass substrate. The silicon detecting body has a weight, a supporting frame, and beams for coupling the weight to the supporting frame, which are integrally processed from a silicon w... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5954850 | Method for making glass pressure capacitance transducers in batch The present provides a method for making glass pressure sensors in batch. First glass plates of appropriate dimensions are scribed. Then electrodes are sputters onto each of the plates, followed by screen printing a frit layer and crossover tabs. The plat... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5903097 | Method of manufacturing a side glass for a vacuum fluorescent display A method of manufacturing a side glass for a vacuum fluorescent display is provided wherein a glass is cut to a predetermined length in accordance with the size of the vacuum fluorescent display. The glass is then bent to coincide two ends of the glass in... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5858051 | Method of manufacturing optical waveguide A method of manufacturing an optical waveguide comprises a first step of laminating, on one major surface of a first glass material, a second glass material to a desired thickness, the second glass material having optical characteristics different from th... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5855637 | Method of manufacturing image display apparatus using bonding agents A method of manufacturing an image display apparatus, which has a first substrate on which an electron emission element is arranged, a second substrate on which a phosphor that forms an image upon irradiation of an electron emitted by the electron emissio... | 01/05/1999 |
