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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7441302 | Wiper blade A wiper blade (1) includes a base portion (3) to be attached to a wiper arm, a lip portion (4) to sweep away a water droplet or dust etc. adhered to a glass window, a thin neck portion (2) for connecting the lip portion (4) and the... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7435372 | Liquid bath annealing of polymers for orthopaedic implants A method is provided for annealing a polymer for an orthopaedic implant by immersing the polymer in a liquid bath. ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7381673 | Composite material, wafer holding member and method for manufacturing the same A composite material according to the present invention, is composed of SiC, SiO2, at least one out of Al and Si, with He leak rate of 1.3×10−10 Pa·m3/sec or below, thereby providing a composite material, which has a higher vacuu... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7361408 | Molded resin object, electronic instrument using the same, and method of processing a molded resin object A molded resin object including a molded substrate containing a biodegradable resin and an applied coating formed on a surface of the molded substrate is disclosed, wherein the applied coating contains a proliferation accelerating agent for accelerating proliferatio... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7316797 | Synthetic resin container having a craze pattern thereon and method for producing the same A synthetic resin container according to the invention has a craze pattern on the outer surface of its body. The container comprises an inner layer that comes into direct contact with content during its storage, an outer layer laid over the inner layer, and a transl... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7297291 | Stress stabilized ferrimagnetic material and method of manufacture A stress stabilized ferrimagnetic material has a retained stress to provide enhanced initial permeability stability over a range of operating temperatures, such as from −40° C. to 85° C., as well as pressures. Stress is introduced into the ferrimagnetic material... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7236166 | High-resolution rapid manufacturing The present invention is a method for forming an object, the method comprising jetting a first material to form a plurality of layers that define a support structure increment, and extruding a second material to form a layer of the object. The layer of the object su... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7153336 | Exhaust gas purifying apparatus, particulate filter and manufacturing method thereof This invention relates to an exhaust gas purifying apparatus having a particulate filter for collecting particulates in exhaust gas. This particulate filter (22) contains partition walls defining paths (50, 51) in which exhaust gas flows. This partitio... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7138168 | Honeycomb structure body and method for manufacturing the same There is provided a honeycomb structure 1 produced by bonding a plurality of honeycomb segments 12 into one piece via a bonding layer 8, each segment 12 having a number of through-holes 3 divided from each other by porous partition... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7105219 | Brazing construction and method of brazing an abradable sealing material A brazing construction and method of brazing an abradable sealing material onto a base material is provided. The abradable sealing material is a tabular member having a cellular compartment construction in honeycomb form having empty compartments and partitions form... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7101502 | Methods for forming openings in a substrate and apparatuses with these openings and methods for creating assemblies with openings Methods for forming openings having predetermined shapes in a substrate and apparatuses with these openings. The methods may be used to form assemblies which include the substrate with its openings and elements which are disposed in the openings. In one example of a... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7097781 | Method for manufacturing porous structure and method for forming pattern A pattern forming material contains a block copolymer or graft copolymer and forms a structure having micro polymer phases, in which, with respect to at least two polymer chains among polymer chains constituting the block copolymer or graft copolymer, the ratio betw... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7071130 | Laminated material of segregating membrane and segregating membrane supporting material, and its method of manufacture Segregating membrane supporting material is a three-dimensional assembly of fibers thermo-compressed into non-woven fabric, and the non-woven fabric fibers are joined together in sheet form. This segregating membrane supporting material is non-woven fabric, includin... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7052643 | Method and an installation for subjecting carbon fabrics to high temperature heat treatment and to densification by chemical vapor infiltration Heat treatment is performed on preforms placed in an enclosure accompanied by sweeping with an inert gas under reduced pressure, and with a gaseous effluent being exhausted continuously via a first effluent outlet connected to an effluent exhaust circuit. At the end... | 05/30/2006 |
| 6969484 | Manufacturing method and device for electret processed product A manufacturing method of an electret processed product, comprising the steps of allowing a section nozzle (22) to come into contact with a nonconductive fiber sheet (S) so as to cross in the lateral direction of the sheet while running the sheet, allowing th... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6962749 | Method for improving strength of elastic strand We have determined that strength characteristics of elastic strand improve when the strand is heated. Thus, the present invention is directed to improving strength characteristics of an elastic strand by heating the strand. The strand may be heated by thermal conduc... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6939501 | Methods for labeling semiconductor device components A stereolithographically fabricated marking for a semiconductor device component, such as a packaged or unpackaged semiconductor device or another substrate. When formed on a semiconductor device with a stereolithographically formed package structure, the marking ma... | 09/06/2005 |
| RE38773 | High performance biodegradable materials from oriented starch derivatives The present invention involves the synthesis of a series of amylose (starch) derivatives with various degrees of substitution and amylose/amylopectin ratios. These chains are chemically crosslinked and then mechanically deformed (stretched) to produce a biodegradabl... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6916441 | Post processing three-dimensional objects formed by solid freeform fabrication A method for removing supports from a three-dimensional object formed by solid freeform fabrication. The three-dimensional object and support structure both contain a phase change component in order to achieve the desired phase change characteristics needed for disp... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6881372 | Solid state polymerized medical services Device articles such as medical devices and parts thereof are thermoformed of a thermoplastic condensable polymer composition. After thermoforming the article is subjected to a solid state polymerization step. ... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6878335 | Process of manufacturing a breathing bag and breathing bag manufactured by such process Process for manufacturing a breathing bag including a connector portion and a distensible portion including the steps of providing moldable material, forming a portion of the moldable material into the connector portion of the breathing bag and forming another porti... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6849113 | Method of manufacturing improved corn zein resin films, sheets, and articles Sheets, films, and articles of manufacture from a corn zein resin. A wet corn zein resin is formed including corn zein and a fatty acid, and the wet zein resin is cold rolled into sheets. The sheets are dried, and the dried zein resin is processed to form sheets, fi... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6830613 | Method of manufacturing a sugar-inorganic hybrid composite A biodegradable sugar-inorganic hybrid composite comprising a sugar or a sugar derivative uniformly dispersed in a matrix of an inorganic oxide, of which degradation products are suitable for recycling use. ... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6824718 | Process of making a fibrous electret web A method for imparting an electrostatic charge to a nonwoven fibrous web 20. The fibrous web 20 is contacted with a liquid solution that includes water and a non-aqueous water soluble component, followed by drying 31. The resulting dried product... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6821459 | Information-recording medium and method for producing the same Disclosed is a method for producing an information-recording medium comprising, on a substrate, a dye recording layer capable of recording information, the method comprising the step of drying the substrate formed with the dye recording layer by allowing clean air t... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6818170 | Flexible imaging member seam treatment article and preparation method thereof A flexible imaging belt seam treatment article comprising a high-temperature-resistant flexible substrate that supports a thermoplastic polymer film. The film is deposited on the flexible substrate by dissolution of a film-forming thermoplastic polymer in a carrier ... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6783721 | Method of making an ion treated hydrogel A high strength hydrogel having a constant swelling pressure upon implantation and thereafter is formed by preparing a hydrogel solution and then injecting the solution into a mold and cause to gel. The molded gel is then washed in a saline solution from about one d... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6773756 | Process to manufacture three dimensionally shaped substrate for sound abatement The present invention is directed to a process for the manufacture of three-dimensional acoustically sound automotive insulation parts. In particular, the process includes mixing a two component polyurethane resin, applying the resin to a substrate, molding the subs... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6749793 | Method for mechanically treating concrete blocks Method of, and apparatus for, treating concrete blocks (10) in order to carry out an artificial aging process. For the mechanical treatment of the concrete blocks (10), the latter are positioned in a desired formation on a table top (14). Treatm... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6747119 | Method and system for preparing a polycarbonate, copolymerization reagent and polycarbonate A method for preparing a polycarbonate comprises preparing a free hydroxyl-containing polycarbonate and reacting the hydroxyl-containing polycarbonate with a mixture of (B) a symmetrical optionally activated aromatic carbonic acid diester and (C) an optionally subst... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6734277 | Method of enhancing pit replication in optical disks Polycarbonate compositions incorporating long chain alkylphenol endgroups, for example cardanol, show enhanced pit replication characteristics when molded into optical disks. The enhancement in molding performance is especially pronounced at the shortest mold cycle ... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6726977 | Cordierite honeycomb structure and manufacturing method thereof A honeycomb structure in which the structure has a reinforced part having been loaded with a cordierite powder at least on one end surface of the frontal openings of the substrate of a honeycomb structure made of cordierite. This honeycomb structure does not decreas... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6713593 | Copolymer comprising alkylene carbonate and method of preparing same Disclosed are copolymers including an alkylene carbonate, and a method of preparing the same. The copolymers are represented by Formulas 1 and 2, and they are prepared with terpolymerized lactide or delta-valerolactone, carbon dioxide, and alkylene oxide, in the pre... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6699423 | Ink wastage absorber and ink supporter An ink wastage absorber is made from a flexible polyurethane foam having an air-permeability of 1.0 cc/cm2 /sec or more, or is made from a flexible polyurethane foam produced by using a foamable raw material containing a polyol, an isocyanate, ... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6682684 | Procedures for rapid build and improved surface characteristics in layered manufacture Methods for improving layered manufacturing techniques to improve an objects' surface properties and shorten manufacturing time for support structures. One aspect of the invention forms surfaces having reduced or no concavities between layers having impro... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6670440 | Production process and production system of aromatic polycarbonate There is provided a technique for producing an aromatic polycarbonate which undergoes no deterioration in quality in a gear pump, has excellent hue and contains a small amount of foreign materials even when a production plant is scaled up. In producing th... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6656576 | Coated ceramic parts and method of fabricating same An abrasion resistant article (10, 30, 40) for use, while submerged or partly submerged in molten glass, in a glass article manufacturing operation, the article having a ceramic element (12, 32, 42) coated on its molten glass contacting surfaces with a th... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6635206 | Method of manufacturing improved corn zein resin films, sheets, and articles A method of manufacturing sheets, films, and articles of manufacture from a corn zein resin. A wet corn zein resin is formed including corn zein and a fatty acid, and the wet zein resin is cold rolled into sheets. The sheets are dried, and the dried zein ... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6627144 | Carbonaceous heating element and process for producing the same The present invention provides a carbon heating element having an arbitrary specific resistance and an arbitrary shape which are arbitrary necessary as a heating element, and a method of producing the same. The carbon heating element is obtained by unifor... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6613869 | Containers made of a branched polycarbonate A branched polycarbonate resin suitable for making containers is disclosed. The polycarbonate is characterized in that at 260° C. and shear rate of 10 s-1 it has a melt viscosity of 5500 to 900 Pas, and in that at 260° C. and shear rate of 10... | 09/02/2003 |