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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7776249 | Method of making bipolar plate A method of making an electrically conductive element, particularly a bipolar plate for a fuel cell, comprises molding an element from a composite material comprising a polymer and an electrically conductive material to produce an element having a polymer-rich skin ... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7301599 | Two step maskless exposure of gate and data pads A method of fabricating a liquid crystal display device includes forming a gate line, a gate pad, and a gate electrode on a first substrate, forming a gate insulating layer on the gate line, the gate electrode, and the gate pad, forming an active layer on the gate i... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7285234 | Process and device for producing solid bodies by sequential layer buildup Process for layer-wise production of a three dimensional body (generative rapid prototyping), in particular by 3D binder printer, including a multiple succession of the steps of depositing a powder particle layer, activating in defined areas an adhesive present on t... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7220936 | Pulse thermal processing of functional materials using directed plasma arc A method of thermally processing a material includes exposing the material to at least one pulse of infrared light emitted from a directed plasma arc to thermally process the material, the pulse having a duration of no more than 10 s. ... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7072485 | Method for manufacturing diaphragm for loudspeaker, diaphragm for loudspeaker made thereby, and loudspeaker using the same A meshed etching tunnel made of aluminum is disposed inside a cylindrical quartz reactive chamber, and speaker diaphragms are aligned inside the tunnel at a certain interval. Opposing electrodes are disposed outside the reactive chamber. Plasma is applied at low tem... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7014631 | Elastic closure tab There is provided a nonwoven elastic laminate closure tab of the invention comprising adjacent first and second nonwoven closure elements each having a first face and a second face and a coextruded film elastic attached to each closure element first face. The first ... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6972068 | Method for the surface treatment of a fluorine resin, method for making a laminate, and a laminate The invention relates to a laminate, which has at least a portion where a fluorine resin and a crosslinking elastic adhesive body such as of an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer or the like are directly bonded together and which is used as a window material of buildi... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6953544 | Method of making a respirator that has a fluorinated electret A method of making a respirator, which method includes placing an electret in a respirator body that is adapted to fit over the nose and mouth of a wearer. The electret is disposed in the respirator body such that air passes through it before being inhaled by a resp... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6927315 | Adhesive composite having distinct phases A conformable adhesive article for use as a sterile medical dressing is described. The article includes a breathable polymeric matrix, a plurality of phases, and an adhesive composition positioned on the polymeric matrix. The plurality of phases preferably provide r... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6905649 | High-density barium titanate of high permittivity A nano-sized powder of barium titanate is compacted and sintered by spark plasma sintering under conditions creating a high heating rate to achieve a densified material that demonstrates superior permittivity. ... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6881373 | Windshield wiping system manufacturing method This invention relates to windshield wiper system and method which utilizes a flexible member to account for compression loads in excess of a predetermined load, such as 30 percent, greater than a maximum load for the flexible member. The system utilizes a flexible ... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6835596 | Method of manufacturing a semiconductor device An improvement of the yield of semiconductor devices is achieved in the manufacture of a semiconductor device. The method includes forming a resin enclosure for block-molding a plurality of a semiconductor chips by placing a plurality of semiconductor chips inside a... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6824730 | Resin composition, gasket material and gasket integrated with metal There are disclosed a resin composition which is excellent in rubber elasticity, oil maintainability and adhesivity to a metal, and comprises a thermoplastic elastomer composition comprising a (a1) hydrogenated block copolymer which is obtained by hydrogenating a bl... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6780368 | Layer manufacturing of a multi-material or multi-color 3-D object using electrostatic imaging and lamination A freeform fabrication method for fabricating a 3-D multi-material or multi-color object from successive layers of a primary body-building powder, at least a modifier material and a binder powder in accordance with a computer-aided design of the object. The method i... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6692600 | VIG evacuation with plasma excitation A thermally insulating panel (e.g., vacuum IG window unit) includes first and second opposing substrates spaced apart from one another by a plurality of spacers. A low pressure space is defined between the substrates, and is hermetically sealed off by at ... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6660210 | Method of making fluorinated electrets An electret is described that includes a plasma surface modified polymeric article having plasma surface fluorination produced by fluorinating the polymeric article.... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6656614 | Method for manufacturing magnetic media with textured CSS landing zone formed by ion implantation, and media obtained thereby A method of texturing the surface of a CSS/landing zone of a substrate for a magnetic recording medium, comprising steps of: (a) providing a disk-shaped substrate having a surface; (b) providing a patterned mask in overlying relation to the substrate s... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6649217 | Method for producing parts of an antiadhesive organic powder, parts produced by such a method, and device for performing such a method A method for manufacturing parts from an antiadhesive organic powder includes the step of plasma-treating the antiadhesive organic powder and processing the antiadhesive organic powder for forming the parts. The device for performing the method has a hous... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6627140 | Method for manufacturing diaphragm for loudspeaker A meshed etching tunnel made of aluminum is disposed inside a cylindrical quartz reactive chamber, and speaker diaphragms are aligned inside the tunnel at a certain interval. Opposing electrodes are disposed outside the reactive chamber. Plasma is applied... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6605245 | Apparatus and method for continuous formation of composites having filler and thermoactive materials A method for forming a product from cellulosic material and thermoactive material is described. A mat is formed from a mixture having cellulosic material and thermoplastic material. The mat is consolidated and pressed to a final thickness. At least a port... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6596217 | Fusion bonding of cathether components The catheter of the invention generally has component parts made of polymeric materials and a fusion bond between these catheter parts containing a compatibilizing material which enhances the miscibility of the polymeric materials to facilitate the format... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6581415 | Method of producing shaped bodies of semiconductor materials A method for producing formed semiconductor articles with predefined shapes such as core tubes for CVD production of bulk polysilicon. The method is characterized by thermal spray deposition of the semiconductor material in a on a temperature controlled r... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6578381 | Fine glass particle containing embedded oxide and process for producing the same The oxides-enclosed fine glass particles are arranged such that two or more pieces of at least two kinds of enclosing particles, which comprise oxides, double oxides, or salts of oxyacids, or double oxides or double salts thereof, are enclosed in each of ... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6514449 | Microwave and plasma-assisted modification of composite fiber surface topography The present invention introduces a novel method for producing an undulated surface on composite fibers using plasma technology and microwave radiation. The undulated surface improves the mechanical interlocking of the fibers to composite resins and enhanc... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6503439 | Process for forming shaped articles of ultra high molecular weight polyethylene suitable for use as a prosthetic device or a component thereof Disclosed is a method of producing a shaped article suitable for use as the load bearing component of a prosthetic device formed from ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene. polyethylene.... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6436483 | Method of manufacturing tamper evident holographic devices A method for producing a tamper evident security holographic label and overlaminate using UV casting techniques, and a security device so produced, comprising a clear protective layer; a thin layer of clear UV cured resin cast partly onto the protective l... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6419871 | Plasma treatment of filter media The present invention is drawn to an improved electrostatic filter medium comprising a web of electret fibers which have been treated with fluorine-containing plasmas at a deposition amount of about 0.03 g/m2 to about 1.5 g/m2 ; elec... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6355202 | Method for obtaining a zirconia-based article having a gold metallic appearance A method for obtaining a finished or semi-finished zirconia-based article having a gold metallic external appearance, the method including the steps of: providing at least one zirconia article previously shaped into its finished or semi-finished shape; pa... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6352758 | Patterned article having alternating hydrophilic and hydrophobic surface regions An article is disclosed that has a patterned surface containing alternating hydrophobic and hydrophilic surface regions. The hydrophobic regions may be sufficiently narrow such that under dew conditions moisture accumulated on the hydrophobic region migra... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6320157 | Corona station for the preliminary processing of a strip material The present invention relates to a corona station for the preliminary processing of a strip material. The corona station includes at least one electrode (18) connected to a high-voltage power supply through connection means, a housing containing at least ... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6319439 | Method of synthesizing even diamond film without cracks A method of synthesizing an even free-standing diamond film without growth cracks is disclosed. The intrinsic tensile stress of a diamond film is compensated by an artificial compressive stress with a step down control of the deposition temperature during... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6305195 | Process for fabricating silica article involving joining of discrete bodies An improved process for fabricating a refractory dielectric article, in particular silica optical fiber, is provided. The fabrication process involves joining of two elongated bodies--typically silica preforms--end-to-end by use of an isothermal plasma to... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6255718 | Laser ablateable material An integrated circuit coated with a layer of plasma deposited polymer which is ablatable by visible light laser radiation. The plasma layer is deposited on the circuit in a plasma chamber and the layer is ablated at selected locations.... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6217687 | Processes for treating a surface of a thermoplastic resin film A process for treating a surface of a thermoplastic resin film (i) which includes subjecting the surface of the thermoplastic resin film (i) to a first oxidation treatment, coating the oxidized surface with a surface modifier, subsequently stretching the ... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6214279 | Apparatus and process for freeform fabrication of composite reinforcement preforms A solid freeform fabrication process and apparatus for making a three-dimensional reinforcement shape. The process comprises the steps of (1) operating a multiple-channel material deposition device for dispensing a liquid adhesive composition and selected... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6146503 | Method and apparatus for dry surface treatment of an object In this process for dry surface treatment of at least one surface portion of an object, a gas is passed through an instrument for forming excited or unstable gas species, and said surface portion is brought in front of the outlet of said device with a vie... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6136256 | Method and apparatus for controlling dust particle agglomerates The formation of dust particle agglomerates within a plasma reactor is controlled through adjustment of the ratio of the temperatures of two particle species within the plasma. Adjustment of the ratio of temperatures is achieved by means of one or more te... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6136414 | Embossed sheet and a method of producing a laminate including that sheet An embossed sheet which is excellent in embossing properties, whitening resistance and transparency, can be prepared by using a resin composition containing specific ratios of (A) polypropylene having a specific melting point of 125° C. or higher, (B) et... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6090333 | Process for the chemical modification of solids containing alkyl groups The invention relates to a process for the chemical modification of solids containing alkyl groups. It is provided that the solids containing alkyl groups are heated to temperatures above their melting point and subjected to a plasma treatment in a freque... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6086813 | Method for making self-supporting thermoplastic structures A technique for forming self-supporting structures with thermoplastic material incorporates a plasma-heated spray of thermoplastic material with glass fiber reinforcement, such as glass fibers. The material is sprayed into a mold which is shaped to create... | 07/11/2000 |
