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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8133422 | Alkylcellulose salt binder for green body manufacture A batch mixture including ceramic-forming ingredients, a pore former, a binder comprising an ammonium salt of an alkylated cellulose binder, and a liquid vehicle, as defined herein. Also disclosed is a method for producing a ceramic precursor article as defined here... | 03/13/2012 |
| 7993561 | Method for producing ceramic honeycomb filter A method for producing a ceramic honeycomb filter by blending a starting material mixture comprising a ceramic material, a molding aid and a pore-forming material under a pressure of 0.12-0.5 MPa in a pressure kneader to form a moldable material for a honeycomb extr... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7914724 | Methods for extruding a honeycomb article with a skin surrrounding a central cellular structure Disclosed is a method and apparatus for forming a circumferential skin surrounding a central cellular structure of an extruded honeycomb article. The method and apparatus may be used to produce defect-free skins and/or skins having large thickness and a high degree ... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7858007 | Honeycomb forming die and jig for honeycomb forming die using the same A die was provided for forming a honeycomb body having a structure provided with groovy slits on a front face thereof, the slits being formed by cell blocks and back holes on a back surface thereof, each hole being communicatively connected with the slit. The die is... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7842213 | Die for extrusion-molding and method for manufacturing porous ceramic member A die for extrusion-molding in accordance with the present invention comprises: a molding groove part, a material supplying part, and an outer frame for fixing a die main body comprising the molding groove part and the material supplying part to the front end of an ... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7524448 | Honeycomb extrusion die The invention discloses method and apparatus for providing a desired batch flow through desired regions of an extrusion die for forming honeycomb structures, and more particularly to the enhancement of batch flow in the skin-forming region of the die so as to provid... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7431873 | Method for manufacturing honeycomb structure The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a honeycomb structure, the method including steps of: forming, by extrusion, a formed body 1 having an outer wall, partition walls provided inside the outer wall, and cells each surrounded by the parti... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7384258 | Die for forming honeycomb structure, and method of manufacturing the same There is disclosed a die 1 for forming a honeycomb structure comprises: a plate-like die substrate 2 having at least two surfaces 8, 9, in which back holes 3 for introducing a green material are formed in one surface 8, and slits | 06/10/2008 |
| 7366340 | Method and system for optically determining perpendicularity of end surface of part formed from parallel channels A method and system for inspecting a honeycomb structure having a plurality of parallel channels includes aligning the honeycomb structure with an image sensing device such that the channels of the honeycomb structure are tilted with respect to the parallel channels... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7312512 | Interconnect structure with polygon cell structures Interconnect structures with polygonal cell structures. An exemplary interconnect structure comprises a substrate and a first dielectric layer, overlying the substrate and exposing a conductive feature formed therethrough and connected with the substrate, wherein th... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7303683 | Microorganism-removing filter medium having high isoelectric material and low melt index binder A filter medium capable of removing microorganisms from a fluid such as water. The filter medium includes particles of activated carbon, particles of a substantially insoluble inorganic material having an isoelectric point greater than the fluid being filtered. A lo... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7300898 | Low CTE cordierite body Disclosed is a sintered ceramic article that exhibits a primary crystalline phase of cordierite having an analytical oxide composition, expressed in weight percent on an oxide basis, of 49-53% SiO2, 33-38% Al2O3, 12-16% MgO and which... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7294301 | Die assembly and method for forming honeycomb filters A method for forming honeycomb structures, such as wall-flow honeycomb filters, which utilizes extrusion of multiple material supplies at once. Such methods may be used to form intermittent plugs or other structures in the cell channels during the extrusion process,... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7294304 | Die for forming honeycomb structure and method of manufacturing honeycomb structure There is disclosed a die for forming a honeycomb structure and a method of manufacturing the honeycomb structure by use of the die, in which variations of cell pitches are suppressed in a central portion and the vicinity of an outer periphery after drying and firing... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7276194 | Method and apparatus for extruding a ceramic material A method is provided for manufacturing a thin-walled honeycomb ceramic substrate by extruding a plasticized ceramic batch material through a filter screen having wedge shaped filter wires to remove foreign particulate and agglomerated batch material. The filter wire... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7244284 | Honeycomb filter A honeycomb filter of the present invention is a honeycomb filter 10 including a number of through-holes 12 surrounded by partition walls and extending through an axial direction, in which the partition walls have filterability, predetermined through-h... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7208108 | Method for producing porous ceramic article A method for producing a porous ceramic article involves a step of kneading raw materials including a raw material for a ceramic and a processing aid, to prepare a body, a step of forming the body, to prepare a ceramic formed product, a step of drying the formed pro... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7169341 | Process for producing extruded honeycomb bodies and extrusion die A process is provided for producing extruded honeycomb bodies with passages, in particular as catalyst carrier bodies for the cleaning of exhaust gas from an internal combustion engine. The passages are bounded by wall regions which are at least partly provided with... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7162787 | Method for constructing a honeycomb extrusion die A honeycomb extrusion die includes an inlet face having a plurality of feed channels, and a discharge face having an array of intersecting honeycomb discharge slots. The extrusion die also includes a bonded array of pin elements each exposed on the discharge face of... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7163389 | Extrusion die for honeycomb extrusion molding and manufacturing method therefor An extrusion die for extrusion molding of a honeycomb structure has back holes for introducing a raw material to be molded and slits for extruding the raw material. The extrusion die comprises an inside section, an outer peripheral section, and an outermost peripher... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7160366 | Filter element An improved filter element which can be used in gas masks is formed of short lengths of porous monolithic carbon formed by partially curing a phenolic resin to a solid, comminuting the partially cured resin, extruding the comminuted resin, sintering the extruded res... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7156934 | Method of manufacturing ceramic honeycomb structural body, and ceramic honeycomb structural body A method of manufacturing a ceramic honeycomb structure of the present invention, comprising the steps of: stamping sheets onto opposite end faces of a ceramic honeycomb body having a plurality of cells and formed into a honeycomb shape; drilling holes in the sheets... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7157013 | Filtration method A method of filtering contaminants from a chemical process stream is disclosed. The method includes a step of passing the process stream over a filtration medium including a plurality of discrete filtration elements, each element having parallel first and second fac... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7097798 | Equipment and method for manufacturing honeycomb structural body An apparatus for molding a honeycomb structure provided with an extruder for the honeycomb structure capable of extruding a honeycomb structure in the gravity direction or an oblique direction at an angle of smaller than 30° with the gravity direction and at least ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7098269 | Compression molded inorganic fiber articles, and methods and compositions used in molding same A method of forming articles made of an inorganic fiber material using compression molding. In one respect, a method of forming an article, wherein the method includes providing a molding composition comprising inorganic fiber and an inorganic binder, and compressio... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7041359 | Honeycomb structure and assembly thereof There is disclosed a honeycomb structure (1) comprising: a plurality of honeycomb segments (2a, 2b), bonded into one piece, having a large number of cells (6) separated from one another by cell walls (10) and extendin... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7001442 | Particulate filter for an internal combustion engine and method for producing the same There is provided a particulate filter for trapping particulates contained in an exhaust gas discharged from a combustion chamber of an engine, comprising a plurality of exhaust gas flow passages each formed by three porous partitions extending substantially paralle... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6991448 | Apparatus for extruding honeycomb bodies An extrusion apparatus which satisfactorily adjusts differences in skin-body flow rates at multiple locations around the die, and allows for the external manipulation of the interior components controlling batch flow, during the production without having to stop man... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6991450 | Open cavity extrusion dies Honeycomb structures are formed at reduced extrusion pressures and high extrusion rates via extrusion through open cavity honeycomb extrusion dies incorporating large, closely spaced feed channels delivering extrudable material to die honeycomb forming sections inco... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6989119 | Honeycomb extrusion dies Extruded honeycomb products are formed by means of an extrusion die incorporating a pin support section positioned between the die body and the pin array forming the die discharge slots, the pin support providing enlarged support segments that improve pin stability ... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6977043 | Skinned hollow fiber membrane and method of manufacture Hollow fiber membranes having a skinned surface on one diameter, and a porous surface on the opposite diameter are produced from perfluorinated thermoplastic polymers by extruding a heated solution of the polymer having a low critical solution temperature directly i... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6972045 | Substrate used for exhaust gas purification and method of fabrication thereof A method of fabricating a substrate used for purifying an exhaust gas is provided. This method comprises the step of transforming a pre-mold having a first end, a second end, a plurality of partition walls extending between the first end and the second end, the firs... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6863705 | Exhaust gas purifying filter and manufacturing method therefor A ceramic material containing organic binder is formed by extrusion, dried and cut off so as to make the honeycomb body 100 having the bulkheads 11 and a plurality of cells 12 partitioned by the bulkheads 11 and penetrating between both e... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6814562 | Apparatus for molding a honeycomb structure A honeycomb structure molding apparatus being free from defects in cells and having a higher strength with thin partition walls forming the cells and having a small cell density; and the apparatus having a plate-like spinneret provided with back pores for introducin... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6803003 | Compositions and methods for preparing multiple-component composite materials Methods for preparing fibrous monolith composite materials include continuously extruding cell and boundary material compositions. A filament is formed from a cell material composition and passed through a chamber of an extrusion assembly. A boundary material compos... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6800233 | Extrusion method for ceramic honeycomb articles An improvement in a process of making honeycomb articles, which process utilizes a co-rotating, intermeshing twin screw extrusion apparatus to mix, screen, and extrude a batch of ceramic materials through a die, the improvement which comprises the steps of separatin... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6786713 | Honeycomb structure molding die having narrow slit grooves with recesses and protrusions A honeycomb structure molding die that can mold a thin-walled honeycomb structure without degrading the moldability has been provided. A honeycomb structure molding die 8 comprises at least supply holes 81 to supply materials and slit grooves 82 | 09/07/2004 |
| 6716512 | Honeycomb structure and process for production thereof A honeycomb structure having, in the axial direction, a number of through-channels separated by partition walls, which honeycomb structure contains refractory particles and a vitreous component and is porous. Although the honeycomb structure contains refractory part... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6699559 | Honeycomb transparent insulation with improved insulating ability An inorganic particulate, having strong absorption in the thermal infrared region of the radiative spectrum and low absorption in the solar or visible portion of the radiative spectrum, is combined with a plastic resin, to create a composite material. Thi... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6641385 | Metal mold for molding a honeycomb structure A metal mold for molding a hexagonal honeycomb structure, having feed holes for feeding a material, pool grooves formed in the shape of a triangular lattice and communicated with the feed holes, and slit grooves formed in the shape of a hexagonal lattice ... | 11/04/2003 |
