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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7442662 | High-heat conductive Si-containing material and its manufacturing method A highly heat-conductive Si-containing material containing a Si phase whose lattice constant at room temperature is controlled at a level of more than 0.54302 nm but 0.54311 nm or less. Firing is conducted using a kiln material containing no B compound. With this hi... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7128870 | Method for the manufacture of multilayer ceramic electronic component A method for manufacturing multilayer ceramic electronic components includes the steps of removing organic materials from multilayer ceramic bodies having internal electrodes and ceramic layers, and then sintering the multilayer ceramic bodies. After finishing the r... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7108827 | Ceramic sheet and method of producing ceramic sheet The present invention relates to a ceramic sheet having uniform quality over its entire surface with a decreased number of defects such as foreign matters and flaws. When the ceramic sheet was divided into sections of 30 mm square or smaller, each divided section ha... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7094301 | Method of forming a joint A method of joining at least two sintered bodies to form a composite structure, including providing a first multicomponent metallic oxide having a perovskitic or fluorite crystal structure; providing a second sintered body including a second multicomponent metallic ... | 08/22/2006 |
| 6936557 | Mineral composition and method for manufacturing the same A novel multipurpose mineral composition capable of emitting a large quantity of far infrared rays, negative ions and oxygen heat is manufactured by setting up an iron railing, an iron rod and an iron plate on a brazier, placing a tinfoil on the iron plate, and laye... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6843821 | Filtering candles comprising a sintered filtering tube The aim of the invention is to provide filtering candles (1) comprising a sintered filtering tube (2) and a collar (3) which is connected thereto, and having an increased shelf life and improved resistance values. To this end, the collar (3 | 01/18/2005 |
| 6814903 | Low-firing temperature method for producing AL2O3 bodies having enhanced chemical resistance A method for producing high-alumina bodies with superior chemical properties at reduced sintering temperatures, including the steps of providing an alumina powder precursor, adding about 4 weight percent magnesia powder precursor, homogenizing the resultant green po... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6808676 | Method and device for producing shaped ceramic bodies using setter plates A method and device for producing shaped ceramic bodies, particularly ceramic sheets or multilayer hybrids provided with printed circuit traces, switching elements and/or plated-through holes. The shaped ceramic bodies are initially present as green bodies and also ... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6555048 | Method for manufacturing tube-shaped silica glass product A silica product, method and apparatus for manufacturing a tube-shaped silica glass product using a molded green body having a hollow rod structure. A molded green body having a hollow rod structure has a uniform outer diameter and has a bore having an in... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6550280 | Process of sintering a hanging silica tube so as to exhibit a low bow The invention involves fabricating a ceramic tube, e.g., a silica overcladding tube, with very little bow, e.g., about 0.3 mm per meter or less. In particular, the invention involves securing the tube by a handle that both allows the tube to hang plumb du... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6511727 | Flat strip lamella for reinforcing building components and method for their production Flat strip lamella for reinforcing weight-carrying or weight-transferring building components. It has a composite structure consisting of a plurality of pliant or loose-flex supporting fibers (26) aligned parallel to each other, and a binding matrix (28) ... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6495072 | Method for making basis for a dental restoration A method for producing a ceramic material, subsequently including mixing ceramic material, such as oxidic ceramic material, which as a raw material essentially comprises aluminum oxide, zircon oxide and/or titanium oxide, and glass component; melting at l... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6447712 | Method for sintering ceramic tapes Flexible setter powder deposition sheets containing setter powders were developed for sintering of ceramic articles including tapes by an economical, fast and simple method. The sheets provide for deposition of a thin and uniform layer of setter powders o... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6403020 | Method for firing ceramic cores A method for firing a ceramic core includes placing the ceramic core on a setter, placing at least one flexible refractory bag containing refractory particulates on the core to apply a force on the core toward the setter during firing, and then heating th... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6352669 | Method for sintering mechanisms The invention utilizes green support structures during sintering to maintain the shape, reduce sagging and prevent separate part sections from coming into contact and fusing together during the sintering process. In the most preferred embodiment, monolith... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6309590 | Production process of a hexagonal honeycomb structure The present invention provides a production process of a hexagonal honeycomb structure having low deformation of hexagonal cells. This process comprises an extrusion step for obtaining moldings (7) in which partitions (71) are provided in the form of a he... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6165936 | Method for producing alumina-based porous supports An alumina-based porous support with uniform physical properties is obtained in a rapid sintering process. An alumina raw material including a raw alumina powder and an inorganic binder is molded into an article, and the article is then sintered for 5 to ... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6126887 | Method of manufacture of ceramic ARC tubes A method of manufacturing a ceramic arc chamber (420) comprising providing a sintering tray (412) including a plurality of bores (422). The bores (422) having a first diameter upper section (424) and a second narrower diameter lower section (426). Positio... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6013224 | Process for producing long ceramic body A method for producing a long ceramic body with lower shape fluctuations and higher shape accuracy, by controlling the deformation of the long ceramic body, includes firing a long non-sintered ceramic body which has been suspended in a sheath so as not to... | 01/11/2000 |
| 5980788 | Lateral high-resistance additive for zinc oxide varistor, zinc oxide varistor produced using the same, and process for producing the varistor The invention aims at providing highly reliable zinc oxide varistors through simple production steps. The varistor is produced by dispersing a powdery raw material comprising 1-40 molar % (in terms of Fe2 O3) iron, 0-20 molar % (in t... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5961917 | Process for producing long ceramic body A method for producing a long ceramic body, including the steps of pre-firing a non-fired long ceramic body at a first temperature for a sufficient time to achieve a shrinkage ratio in the body of 5% to 95%, thereby forming a pre-fired ceramic body, hangi... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5935513 | Method for sintering ceramic tubes A method for sintering tube pre-forms in an furnace for obtaining ceramic tubes which are extremely straight is provided, in which, during sintering, the tube preforms are placed inside supporting tubes in ceramic material, the support tubes 1 containing ... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5814262 | Method for producing thin flexible sintered structures Thin inorganic sintered structures having strength and flexibility sufficient to permit bending without breakage in at least one direction to a radius of curvature of less than 20 centimeters, methods for making them, and products incorporating them, are ... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5804131 | Method of manufacturing a ceramic article The present invention is a method of preparing a ceramic article which includes compacting a particulate alloy of a primary oxide and a secondary oxide to form a blank. The primary oxide is zirconium oxide and the secondary oxide is selected from MgO, CaO... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5804132 | Method for firing ceramic product A method for firing a green ceramic compact including: placing a casing containing a green ceramic compact into a firing tube made of a highly heat-conductive material provided in a furnace so as to substantially close the casing; firing the green ceramic... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5753162 | Method for in-situ environment sensitive sealing and/or product controlling A single furnace loading cycle method for sintering at least one product. The method comprises the steps of placing at least one product into a ventable/sealable box, which box is placed inside a furnace. The box is vented inside the furnace at a first te... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5725826 | Method of fabricating ceramic cooking vessel The ceramic cooking container fabricating method of the invention includes the steps of: (a) material preparation to prepare material from clay; (b) shape pressing to prepare a green cooking container and a green annular supporting cushion from the materi... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5720911 | Sintered boron carbide articles A method of making a boron carbide article by sintering includes mixing boron carbide with an epoxidized resin in solution and drying to form a granulated homogenized mixture and a carbonization cycle in which the mixture is maintained at at least two con... | 02/24/1998 |
| 5705122 | A method of making a composite ceramic fiber from pre-ceramic polymers The invention pertains to a composite ceramic fibre which is made from a self-supporting composite polymeric fibre by the conjugate spinning of at least two dissimilar pre-ceramic polymers in shapes varying from cylindrical to ribbon-like, and pyrolysing ... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5628849 | Method for in-situ environment sensitive sealing and/or product controlling A single furnace loading cycle technique and a ventable sintering box therefor are disclosed for the sintering of products, such as, ceramic substrates. The sintering box includes a closeable cover which is held open by collapsible or deformable or sensit... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5529732 | Underlying boards for firing and a method for firing ceramic moldings by using such underlying boards A firing underlying board having a long use life free from thermal expansion and which does not cause twisting of ribs, deformation of an end face, color change or cracking in a honeycomb structural body fired on the underlying board. The firing underlyin... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5514313 | Method for producing ceramic long body A method for producing a ceramic long body has the steps of: hanging a ceramic non-sintered body having a long shape inside a sheath so that said ceramic non-sintered body does not touch the sheath; firing the ceramic body at a temperature at which the ce... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5350551 | Method of firing ceramic moldings containing a diffusible metallic oxide A ceramic firing method particularly suitable for the fabrication of metallic oxide varistor bodies containing a major proportion of zinc oxide and a minor proportion of antimony oxide. Should moldings of this composition be fired in direct contact with a... | 09/27/1994 |
| 5320990 | Process for sintering aluminum nitride to a high thermal conductivity and resultant sintered bodies Prepare sintered aluminum nitride bodies having a thermal conductivity of at least 200 W/m-K by sintering under non-reducing conditions and controlling interrelated parameters such as binder burnout atmosphere, heating rate, sintering temperature, time at... | 06/14/1994 |
| 5316710 | Process for producing ceramic honeycomb structural bodies A process for producing a ceramic honeycomb structural body, comprises the steps of placing a green ceramic honeycomb structural body on a ceramic plate, and then firing the green ceramic honeycomb structural body. The green ceramic honeycomb structural b... | 05/31/1994 |
| 5064588 | Method of manufacturing elongate ceramic articles A method of manufacturing elongate ceramic articles including a plurality of firing stages. In a pre-firing stage, an elongate ceramic shaped-body is held in a first attitude and subjected to a pre-firing at a predetermined pre-firing temperature to form ... | 11/12/1991 |
| 4983340 | Method for forming a high density metal boride composite A method for forming a dense metal boride composite article having a predetermined shape in which the method comprises blending a metal boride and a nitride to form a mixture of particles, milling the particles to a desired size, coating the particles wit... | 01/08/1991 |
| 4919867 | Method for sintering high temperature ceramics A method and a device for sintering ceramic shaped articles in a furnace which saves costs and energy but provides high throughput. To this end, the shaped articles are guided vertically through the furnace on the helical rib of a stationary, vertically p... | 04/24/1990 |
| 4889833 | Granular inorganic moldings and a process for production thereof Inorganic granules are characterized in that when the maximum extent of a granule is termed D and the dimension perpendicular to the maximum extent has a maximum extent termed A, A/D is 0.5 to 0.9; and in at least 80% of the granules, the position of A cr... | 12/26/1989 |
| 4832887 | Process for firing green moldings of ceramic pastes In the process for firing green moldings of ceramic pastes which contain plasticizers, the green moldings are placed on kiln furniture which has at least a temperature which corresponds to the decomposition temperature of the plasticizers. In addition, th... | 05/23/1989 |
