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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8181324 | Catheter with knit section A catheter section comprising an elongate tubular member having a proximal end, a distal end, and a passageway defining a lumen extending between the proximal and distal ends. The elongate tubular member includes a knit tubular member and an inner tubular liner in c... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8096034 | Reversible attachment mechanisms process Mechanically interlocking releasable fastener systems include a reinforced shape memory polymer for forming one of the interlocking components. The reinforced shape memory polymer includes a filler material in the form of a fiber and/or platelet. The filler can incl... | 01/17/2012 |
| 7996975 | Method of making unified head for a staked fastener A unified head for a staked fastener wherein the unified head is made from a first member in combination with a supplemental member, and the two members have at least one shared fiber. In a staking operation that forms the unified head, the operation is conducted in... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7987574 | Process for manufacturing a component with an insert made of a composite consisting of a metal matrix and ceramic fibers A process for manufacturing a component with an insert made of a composite is disclosed. The composite includes a metal matrix, within which ceramic fibers extend. The insert is made of a composite which is obtained from a plurality of coated filaments, each filamen... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7918004 | Tampon applicator barrels having gripping structures and methods of forming A tampon applicator barrel including a cardboard tube having a first end and a second end and at least one gripping structure defined from the cardboard tube proximate the second end is provided. The cardboard tube has a wall thickness of between about 0.015 and abo... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7774912 | Continuously formed metal matrix composite shapes Metal matrix composites having open or closed channels extending longitudinal through the length of the composite as well as methods and apparatus for forming the same are described. The shaped metal matrix composites are made of continuous fiber reinforced metal ma... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7716801 | Low-profile distal protection device A distal protection device captures debris during vascular procedures. In order to reduce the profile of the device, the thickness of the distal protection element is reduced in one or both of the end regions, either by reducing the thickness of filaments which form... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7591058 | Nonwoven amorphous fibrous webs and methods for making them Nonwoven fibrous webs including amorphous polymeric fibers with improved and/or more convenient bondability are disclosed. The nonwoven fibrous webs may include only amorphous polymeric fibers or they may include additional components in addition to amorphous polyme... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7410342 | Airfoil support A blade or a vane preferably used in a gas turbine engine, the blade or vane being formed of a metallic core or insert with a ceramic airfoil surface bonded to the metallic insert. The insert includes a series of concave and convex portions arranged along the outer ... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7348285 | Fabric and yarn structures for improving signal integrity in fabric-based electrical circuits Coaxial and twisted pair conductive yarn structures reduce signal crosstalk between adjacent lines in woven electrical networks. A coaxial conductive yarn structure includes an inner conductive yarn having a plurality of conductive strands twisted together. An outer... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7325306 | Method of manufacturing a fibre reinforced metal matrix composite article and a cassette for use therein A method of manufacturing a fibre reinforced metal matrix composite article (10) comprises forming an annular groove (32) in the first metal component (30), forming a second metal component (36) and forming a number of fibre preforms (... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7323432 | Catalyst assembly A catalyst assembly comprising a substrate, nanofilaments which have a nanometer-size diameter and are formed on the substrate, and particles which have a nanometer-size diameter, at least one of the nanofilaments and the particles having a catalytic function, is pr... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7302856 | Strain sensors based on nanowire piezoresistor wires and arrays A highly sensitive and ultra-high density array of electromechanical nanowires is fabricated. Nanowires are extremely sensitive to the strain induced by the attachment of biological and chemical species. Real-time detection is realized through piezoresistive transdu... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7293403 | Combustion chamber with internal jacket made of a ceramic composite material and process for manufacture A combustion chamber, in particular for a rocket drive, includes at least one jacket madeof a composite material with a ceramic matrix. The composite material contains a fibrous structure made of carbon-containing fibers, and the fibrous structure comprises layers o... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7291410 | Orientation independent liquid fuel reservoir A fuel reservoir for a liquid fuel cell particularly useful for portable electronic devices or for a reformer, includes (a) a container defining a volume for holding a liquid fuel; (b) a wicking structure positioned within the volume and into which at least one port... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7282265 | Composite material having high thermal conductivity and low thermal expansion coefficient, and heat-dissipating substrate, and their production methods A composite material having a high thermal conductivity and a small thermal expansion coefficient, which is obtained by impregnating a porous graphitized extrudate with a metal; the composite material having such anisotropy that the thermal conductivity and the ther... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7237429 | Continuous-range hydrogen sensors The present invention provides for novel hydrogen sensors and methods for making same. In some embodiments, such novel hydrogen sensors are continuous-range hydrogen sensors comprising Pd—Ag nanoparticles arrayed as nanowires or two-dimensional shapes on a resisti... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7220292 | Metallic fiber nonwoven fabric manufacturing apparatus, its manufacturing method and laminated aluminum material manufacturing method The present invention provides a metallic fiber nonwoven fabric manufacturing apparatus mainly including a metallic fiber manufacturing apparatus (7), an ejection nozzle heater (5), a metallic fiber flying apparatus (6), a nonwoven fabric surfac... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7197804 | Method of making copper and carbon nanotube thermal conductor A thermal conductor is made of copper and carbon nanotubes powders that are compressed together and then cold rolled into sheets for aligning the carbon nanotubes for providing a composite matrix having a low coefficient of thermal expansion, high thermal conductivi... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7181846 | Method of manufacturing a combined driveshaft tube and yoke assembly A method for manufacturing a combined driveshaft tube and yoke assembly includes the initial step of orienting a first component having a first wall thickness and a second component having a second wall thickness to define an overlap region. The first and second com... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7168484 | Thermal interface apparatus, systems, and methods An apparatus and system, may include a thermal interface material comprised of an array of carbon nanotubes and a buffer layer disposed between the thermal interface material and one of a die or a heat spreader. In some embodiments the carbon nanotubes may be formed... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7166212 | Multicapillary column for chromatography and sample preparation A multicapillary column especially useful for liquid chromatography and sample preparation comprising a plurality of uniform capillaries coated with an insoluble stationary phase, wherein the thickness of the stationary phase is correlated with the radius of the ind... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7166174 | Bundle drawn stainless steel fibers The invention relates to stainless steel fibers obtained by bundled drawing of stainless steel wires embedded in a matrix material. The composition of the stainless steel fibers comprises iron and the following components expressed in percent by weight: C £ 0.05%, ... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7104111 | Formation of metal nanowires for use as variable-range hydrogen sensors The present invention provides for variable-range hydrogen sensors and methods for making same. Such variable-range hydrogen sensors comprise a series of fabricated Pd—Ag (palladium-silver) nanowires—each wire of the series having a different Ag to Pd ratio—wi... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7100262 | Method of forming filament-reinforced composite thermoplastic pressure vessel fitting assembly A method of forming a fitting assembly in a filament-reinforced pressure vessel, and a pressure vessel having a fitting assembly secured therein. In the method, a first fitting portion is bonded to an inner surface of a thermoplastic liner in a fluid tight manner. A... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7086454 | Wick structure of heat pipe A the wick structure of a heat pipe includes a woven mesh curled to be located inside a tubular member of the heat pipe, and a plurality of fiber bundles longitudinal attached to an interior surface of the tubular member and sandwiched between the woven mesh and the... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7077937 | Large surface area electrode and method to produce same A large surface area electrode well-suited to electrochemical applications is produced by winding many turns of a metallic fiber tow on to a sheet metal rectangle. In the preferred embodiment, an anode that can be used to purify water by electrochemical production o... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7056467 | Method of producing thin sheet of Al-SiC composite material Disclosed herein is a method for producing a thin sheet of an Al—SiC composite material, which comprises the steps of: mixing aluminum powders and SiC powders to give spraying powders; and plasma-spraying the spraying powders on a graphite substrate to form a thin... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7051421 | Method of fabricating a rotor An electric traction motor for a vehicle including a housing, a wound stator field located in the housing, a rotor magnetically interacting with the wound stator field, high energy magnets configured in the rotor, and low energy magnets configured in the rotor. ... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7020947 | Metal wire with filaments for biomedical applications A method for constructing a metal wire with embedded filaments or cavities therein for biomedical applications. The method includes first drilling nonconcentric apertures in a symmetrical pattern in a metal rod and then embedding filaments in the apertures. The meta... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7013695 | Method for drawing continuous fiber An apparatus and method is disclosed for drawing continuous metallic wire having a first diameter to a metallic fiber having a reduced second diameter. A feed mechanism moves the wire at a first linear velocity. A laser beam heats a region of the wire to an elevated... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6994932 | Liquid fuel reservoir for fuel cells The present invention concerns a fuel reservoir for a liquid fuel cell particularly useful for portable electronic devices in which the fuel reservoir can deliver the liquid fuel regardless of the orientation. The fuel reservoir comprises (a) a container defining a ... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6974634 | Metal felt laminates A finished laminate is provided. The laminate includes an imperforate metal layer having a metallic surface, and a metallic felt layer having a first surface attached to the metallic surface and an exposed second surface facing away from the metallic surface. Also p... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6957525 | Electrically conductive yarn comprising metal fibers An electrically conductive yarn comprises stainless steel fibers. The electrically conductive yarn comprises at least one elongated element, which has an outer surface being provided out of metal or metal alloy having a lower specific electrical resistance than the ... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6904657 | Brittle wire extrusion method and apparatus A method and apparatus is presented for the manufacture of brittle wire by the co-extrusion, or filled billet method. The invention involves a step by step method by which a billet can is specially prepared with a chamfered front end and a concave, collapsible front... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6854171 | Method for producing a bending-resistant, elongated body The present invention provides a method for producing a bending-resistant, elongated body, preferably a shaft or beam. The invention is characterized in that an elongated blank is produced having at least one cavity extending essentially along the entire length of t... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6735866 | Method for manufacturing elements of composite materials by the co-bonding technique Method for manufacturing elements made from composite material using the co-bonding technique, in which uncured elements (preformed beams (2)) are bonded onto another cured element (the skin (3)) with multiple thickness changes, using a rigid tooling m... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6694589 | Process utilizing a clip for the handling of a tow of fibers A process for the handling of a tow of fibres during manufacture and subsequent processing prior to splicing is described. The process includes the step of applying a clip to the free end of the tow, prior to transport of the tow. The fibre is preferably ... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6691393 | Wear resistance in carbon fiber friction materials Carbon fiber brake preforms (20), specifically, annular discs built up of fabric arc segments (21) composed of continuous fibers (25) and staple fibers (26). Most of the continuous fibers (25) in the fabric segments (21) are arranged to be located within ... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6658715 | Method of producing an element of composite material A method of producing an element of composite material, including the steps of forming a first distribution of first elements defining the matrix of the element of composite material; forming a second distribution of second elements defining the reinforci... | 12/09/2003 |
