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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7372616 | Complex microdevices and apparatus and methods for fabricating such devices Various embodiments of the invention are directed to various microdevices including sensors, actuators, valves, scanning mirrors, accelerometers, switches, and the like. In some embodiments the devices are formed via electrochemical fabrication (EFAB™). ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7347572 | Telescope mirror for high bandwidth free space optical data transmission Optical mirror elements for high bandwidth free space optical communication are produced by an electroforming replication technique. Onto the precision surface of a mandrel that is a negative of the required optical surface a layer of metal is deposited forming an e... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7182475 | Reflector A weather and corrosion-resistant reflector with high overall reflection in the visible and infrared wavelength ranges. The reflector contains a reflector body with a reflection surface of an aluminum or aluminum alloy or a reflector body with a reflection coating o... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7169315 | Method of producing an aluminium surface with a high total reflectance A method of producing a reflector sheet, which method comprises treating an Al alloy sheet to increase the total reflectance of a surface of the sheet for use as a lighting reflector by bringing the sheet into contact with an acid or alkaline fluid that dissolves al... | 01/30/2007 |
| 5779871 | Process of manufacturing aluminum surfaces for technical lighting purposes Reflector for technical lighting purposes, having a reflecting surface of aluminum and a protective, transparent, pore-free barrier layer of aluminum oxide produced by anodizing having a dielectric constant &3xb5; of 6 to 10.5 at 20° C., where the barrie... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5503730 | Method for anodic oxidation Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for forming a specular protective film in which the intensity of reflected light is made even with a variation in the angle of incidence of the incident light. In the anodic oxidation treatment, the current value ap... | 04/02/1996 |
| 5290424 | Method of making a shaped reflective aluminum strip, doubly-protected with oxide and fluoropolymer coatings A shaped strip of highly reflective aluminum protected by an anodic oxide coating and a light-permeable fluoropolymer coating which is non-adhesively interstitially mechanically bonded to the microscopic irregularities of the anodic oxide surface. There i... | 03/01/1994 |
| 5110422 | Method for producing an adherent metal deposit on carbon, and mirror obtained by this method A surface layer of a material containing carbon and/or a carbide is produced on the outer surface of a solid carbon-based substrate (1) by selective application of material, said surface layer adhering strongly to the substrate, having a high specific sur... | 05/05/1992 |
| 5019415 | Process for depositing an adherent silver film The process for depositing an adherent silver film, especially on a nonconducting substrate, involves depositing the silver film from the gas phase. A plasma discharge in a gas containing volatile silver organic compounds is used. The silver compounds adv... | 05/28/1991 |
| 4830903 | Catalytic deposition of metals in solid matrices A process for depositing metal in the form of an interlayer within a solid matrix. The process is characterized in the use of electroactive transfer agents to carry electrons from the cathode to the desired locus within the matrix where the metal cation (... | 05/16/1989 |
| 4737246 | Anodizing process for producing highly reflective aluminum materials without preliminary brightening processing An improved process is provided for the production of aluminum reflective material having a higher total reflectance value. The process comprises controlling the anodizing conditions of a bright rolled aluminum alloy by immersing the alloy in a DC anodizi... | 04/12/1988 |
| 4490184 | Corrosion resistant thermal control material and process A material and process for preparing corrosion resistant reflective material. The process in the preferred embodiment comprises abrading a metal substrate, anodizing the metal substrate, depositing a thin film of substantially pure metal on the anodized s... | 12/25/1984 |
| 4483750 | Process for anodizing highly reflective aluminum materials An improved process is provided for the production of aluminum reflective material having a higher total reflectance value. The process comprises controlling the anodizing conditions of an aluminum alloy previously subjected to a brightening process by im... | 11/20/1984 |
| 4420506 | Method of manufacturing an article of a synthetic resin which has a metal layer Method of manufacturing an article of synthetic resin which has an electroless provided metal layer in which a mixture of monomeric acrylates and an N-substituted pyrrolidon compound is polymerized, the resulting article is treated with an aromic carboxyl... | 12/13/1983 |
| 4257854 | Method of producing objects with a supersmooth aluminum surface Method of producing objects having an aluminum surface of a supersmooth quality by applying an aluminum layer which is at least 10 micron thick onto the surface of the object from an electroplating bath and by thereafter subjecting the object to a mechani... | 03/24/1981 |
| 4131518 | Process for anodizing aluminum Aluminum foil in the form of a continuous web for example, is anodically oxidized by first coating one side of the web with a material such as a polymeric material which is inert to the anodizing conditions and then electrolytically anodizing the uncoated... | 12/26/1978 |
| 4035247 | Method of manufacturing a reflecting mirror A method of manufacturing a reflecting mirror is proposed which includes a double nickel layer plated on a stainless steel sheet as a base material. After buffing, the base material is immersed in a 4 to 9% solution of hydrochloric acid to remove any oxid... | 07/12/1977 |
