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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7837905 | Method of making reinforced filament with doubly-embedded nanotubes Strengthened filaments and fibers are realized by mixing and dissolving monomer and catalyst in a solvent into open-ended nanotubes to form a polymer precursor prior to polymerization in which the open nanotubes are filled with monomer and catalyst. The remaining st... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7718101 | Process for the production of a friction material based on a sheet-like carbon fiber woven fabric for wet-friction elements A process for producing a friction material based on a sheet-like carbon fiber woven fabric for wet-friction elements, such as clutch linings or synchronizing ring linings. The woven fabric of carbon fibers is impregnated with a binder, in particular with a resin, t... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7438839 | Formulation for the manufacture of carbon-carbon composite materials Method for manufacturing a carbonized carbon-carbon composite preform, by: mixing (a) chopped carbon fiber, chopped stabilized pitch fiber, or chopped oxidized polyacrylonitrile (PAN) fiber, (b) thermoplastic pitch binder powder, and (c) activated carbon powder to f... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7431869 | Methods of forming ultra-fine fibers and non-woven webs A nonwoven web product including ultra-fine fibers is formed utilizing a spunbond apparatus that forms multicomponent fibers by delivering first and second polymer components in a molten state from a spin pack to a spinneret, extruding multicomponent fibers includin... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7413701 | Clutch linings comprising fiber-reinforced ceramic materials Clutch linings comprising fiber-reinforced ceramic materials which contain short carbon fibers and whose matrix has a mass fraction of at least 40% of silicon carbide, process for producing them and their use in clutch systems, in particular for motor vehicles. ... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7396494 | Oriented graphite film, methods of manufacture thereof and articles comprising the same Disclosed herein is a composite film comprising an organic polymer film; the organic polymer film having an elastic modulus of less than or equal to about 105 gigapascals when measured at room temperature; and a bundle of carbon fibers disposed in the org... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7338555 | Highly crystalline aluminum nitride multi-layered substrate and production process thereof A highly crystalline aluminum nitride multi-layered substrate comprising a single-crystal α-alumina substrate, an aluminum oxynitride layer and a highly crystalline aluminum nitride film as the outermost layer which are formed in the mentioned order, wherein the al... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7332112 | Apparatus and method for forming densified, carbon-carbon composites An apparatus and method for forming a densified carbon-carbon composite. The apparatus includes: a green part molding station for forming a green part; a carbonization station for carbonizing the green part; and an impregnation station for impregnating the carbonize... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7323157 | Production of agglomerates from gas phase A process for production of an agglomerate comprises the steps of: passing a flow of one or more gaseous reactants into a reactor; reacting the one or more gaseous reactants within a reaction zone of the reactor to... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7297305 | Electrospinning in a controlled gaseous environment Apparatus and method for producing fibrous materials in which the apparatus includes an extrusion element configured to electrospin a substance from which the fibers are to be composed by an electric field extraction of the substance from a tip of the extrusion elem... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7294302 | Method for controlling thickness of skin layer of composite resin molded product To control the thickness of the skin layer of a composite resin molded product by a viscosity difference obtained by varying the viscosity by adding another ultra-minute substance to a raw resin material. The composite resin molded product comprising the skin... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7261846 | Fiber-reinforced ceramic brake linings A ceramic brake lining which is reinforced with carbon fibers and has a matrix which consists essentially of silicon carbide together with silicon and/or carbon, wherein the reinforcing fibers used are long fibers having a mean length of at least 10 mm which are ali... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7253409 | Electrochemical nano-patterning using ionic conductors The present invention provides nano-patterning based on flow of an ion current within an ionic conductor to bring ions in proximity to a microscope probe tip touching a surface of the conductor. These ions are then electrochemically reduced to form one or more featu... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7235192 | Capped poly(arylene ether) composition and method A method of preparing a capped poly(arylene ether) resin includes reacting a capping agent with a blend of two or more poly(arylene ether) resins having different intrinsic viscosities. Cured compositions prepared from these capped poly(arylene ether) resins exhibit... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7232386 | Hockey stick A composite hockey stick having a tubular hollow rectangular shaft and a blade is disclosed. The shaft comprises an inner layer and an outer layer, each of the inner and outer layers are formed of uni-directional substantially continuous fibers disposed in a hardene... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7229556 | Delivery system for a composition Devices and methods for cutaneous delivery of a composition are provided, wherein the composition is passed through an ordered nanoporous membrane in fluid communication with a reservoir. The nanoporous membrane includes a plurality of aligned hollow nanotubules coa... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7227311 | Electron-emitting device, electron-emitting apparatus, image display apparatus, and light-emitting apparatus An electron-emitting device in which the specific capacitance and the drive voltage are reduced, and which is capable of obtaining a finer electron beam by controlling the trajectory of emitted electrons. An electron-emitting portion of an electron-emitting member i... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7224242 | Microwave filter assembly A filter element (28) having planar (48) or cavity (30) geometry having applied thereto a coating (38, 39, 50, 53) of temperature super conducting (HTS) material in which the filter element (28) or coating of HTS material is provid... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7223376 | Apparatus and method for making carbon fibers A method and apparatus for the carbonization of polyacrylonitrile (PAN) precursor fibers. The apparatus comprises a furnace, or series of furnaces in side-by-side arrangement. Each furnace includes a heater, an air inlet and an air diffusion plate. The fiber is loca... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7220314 | Single crystalline aluminum nitride film, method of forming the same, base substrate for group III element nitride film, light emitting device and surface acoustic wave device A single crystalline aluminum nitride laminated substrate comprising a single crystalline α-Al2O3 substrate such as a sapphire substrate, an aluminum oxynitride layer formed on the substrate and a single crystalline aluminum nitride film as th... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7207424 | Manufacture of carbon/carbon composites by hot pressing A mixture of carbon-containing fibers, such as mesophase or isotropic pitch fibers, a suitable matrix material, such as a milled pitch is compressed while resistively heating the mixture to form a carbonized composite material. Preferably, the carbonized material ha... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7205342 | Poly(arylene ether) composition and method of molding A low gloss thermoplastic composition comprises poly(arylene ether), a rubber-modified poly(alkenyl aromatic) resin and an acrylonitrile containing polymer gel. ... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7205035 | Thermoset composition, method, and article A curable composition includes a functionalized poly(arylene ether), an alkenyl aromatic monomer, an acryloyl monomer, and a polymeric additive selected from polystyrene, poly(styrene-maleic anhydride), poly(styrene-methyl methacrylate), polybutene, poly(ethylene-bu... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7198739 | Manufacture of thick preform composites via multiple pre-shaped fabric mat layers Preform for carbon-carbon composite part (55) comprising multiple layers of fibrous mats (51, 52, 53) wherein each mat (51, 52, 53) comprises random carbon-containing fibrous matrix (11) having polymeric binder distributed therein and whe... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7186160 | Electron-emitting device, electron-emitting apparatus, image display apparatus, and light-emitting apparatus An electron-emitting device in which the specific capacitance and the drive voltage are reduced, and which is capable of obtaining a finer electron beam by controlling the trajectory of emitted electrons. An electron-emitting portion of an electron-emitting member i... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7175879 | Carbonization of cellulosic fibrous materials in the presence of an organosilicon compound The subject of the present invention is a method of obtaining fibrous carbon materials by carbonization of cellulosic fibrous materials carried out continuously or batchwise in the presence of at least one organosilicon compound. Characteristically, said organosilic... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7166237 | Pitch-based carbon foam heat sink with phase change material A process for producing a carbon foam heat sink is disclosed which obviates the need for conventional oxidative stabilization. The process employs mesophase or isotropic pitch and a simplified process using a single mold. The foam has a relatively uniform distributi... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7166687 | Translucent thermoplastic composition, method for making the composition and articles molded there from A thermoplastic composition comprising a matrix of a polycarbonate polymer in which are embedded polysiloxane domains with an average domain size between 20 and 45 nanometers. Said compositions can be obtained by combining a first polycarbonate/poly(diorganosiloxane... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7157019 | Pitch-based carbon foam heat sink with phase change material A process for producing a carbon foam heat sink is disclosed which obviates the need for conventional oxidative stabilization. The process employs mesophase or isotropic pitch and a simplified process using a single mold. The foam has a relatively uniform distributi... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7153543 | Refractory-carbon composite brake friction elements Refractory carbide particles are located in a defined area of a matrix, specifically silicon carbide particles are encapsulated within a porous matrix or carbon precursor, by locating particles of refractory carbide-forming material or a precursor thereof in a defin... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7150837 | Isotropic pitch-based materials for thermal insulation Insulation materials suited to high temperature applications, such as the insulation of furnaces, are formed from a mixture of pitch carbon fibers, such as isotropic pitch carbon fibers, and a binder comprising a solution of sugar in water. The sugar solution is pre... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7147533 | Method of producing electron emitting device using carbon fiber, electron source and image forming apparatus, and ink for producing carbon fiber The present invention provides a method of producing an electron emitting device using a carbon fiber using a catalyst, capable of preferably growing carbon fibers at a low temperature without the need of a high temperature process for growing the carbon fibers or a... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7147214 | Humidifier for fuel cell using high conductivity carbon foam A method and apparatus of supplying humid air to a fuel cell is disclosed. The extremely high thermal conductivity of some graphite foams lends itself to enhance significantly the ability to humidify supply air for a fuel cell. By utilizing a high conductivity pitch... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7144343 | Hockey stick A hockey stick comprising a blade and a shaft adapted to being joined together. The blade portion having an upper portion and a lower portion and a face. The upper portion being comprised of a defined region having a reduced width dimension in a direction that exten... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7144564 | Process for producing single wall nanotubes using unsupported metal catalysts and single wall nanotubes produced according to this method A process for producing hollow, single-walled carbon nanotubes by catalytic decomposition of one or more gaseous carbon compounds by first forming a gas phase mixture carbon feed stock gas comprising one or more gaseous carbon compounds, each having one to six carbo... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7097577 | Hockey stick A hockey stick having a composite blade and a shaft is disclosed. The composite blade includes a heel section that is recessed relative to the front and back faces of the blade. The recessed heel section is configured to be received by a hockey stick shaft or an ada... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7097821 | Process for producing single wall nanotubes using unsupported metal catalysts and single wall nanotubes produced according to this method A process for producing hollow, single-walled carbon nanotubes by catalytic decomposition of one or more gaseous carbon compounds by first forming a gas phase mixture carbon feed stock gas comprising one or more gaseous carbon compounds, each having one to six carbo... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7078008 | Process for converting alkanes to carbon filaments The present invention includes a process for producing carbon filaments and synthesis gas from a mixture of alkanes, preferably natural gas, comprising converting a first portion of the alkanes, preferably C2+ hydrocarbons, directly to carbon f... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7074379 | Process for producing single wall nanotubes using unsupported metal catalysts and single wall nanotubes produced according to this method A process for producing hollow, single-walled carbon nanotubes by catalytic decomposition of one or more gaseous carbon compounds by first forming a gas phase mixture carbon feed stock gas comprising one or more gaseous carbon compounds, each having one to six carbo... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7074105 | Catalyst used to form carbon fiber, method of making the same and electron emitting device, electron source, image forming apparatus, secondary battery and body for storing hydrogen A catalyst for promoting growth of carbon fiber, which is capable of growing satisfactorily at a low temperature without needing complex process and applicable to such as electron emitting device. The catalyst used for growth of carbon fiber contains Pd and a... | 07/11/2006 |
