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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8124177 | Tailored and uniform coatings in microchannel apparatus Interior microchannels within microchannel apparatus are uniformly coated. Remarkably, these uniform coatings are formed from materials that are applied to the interior microchannels after an apparatus has been assembled or manufactured. Coatings can be made uniform... | 02/28/2012 |
| 7993702 | Process and apparatus for forming a tubular article An apparatus and process are provided for forming a tubular article. A tube holder is mounted to a support stand via an automatic alignment device. A tubular metal sleeve is placed in the tube holder. A coating material is provided. A bullet-shaped or spherical elem... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7700154 | Selective aluminide coating process A method for coating internal surfaces of a turbine engine component comprises flowing an aluminide containing gas into passages in the turbine engine component so as to coat the internal surfaces formed by the passages, allowing the aluminide containing gas to flow... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7595087 | Process of forming platinum coating catalyst layer in moisture-generating reactor A barrier film which has uniform thickness and excellent adhesiveness to the base material and superbly functions to protect a platinum film can be formed on the inner wall surface of a moisture-generating reactor at ease and at a low cost. The moisture-generating r... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7407534 | Method of fabricating pipe for absorbing fuel evaporation gas for automobiles A pipe for adsorbing fuel evaporation gas in automobiles. An aluminum pipe portion is etched with acid or base so as to increase its surface area and improve its coating properties. The pipe is subjected to a thermal treatment to further improve its coating properti... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7407687 | Method of sequentially forming anti-corrosive coatings Improved methods for the anti-corrosion treatment of oil or gas recovery or conveying equipment, wherein the individual components of an epoxy/curing agent anti-corrosion system are sequentially applied. Preferably, a liquid epoxy dispersion is first contacted with ... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7367105 | Method and device for galvanizing objects A device and method for thermally galvanizing objects, in particular metal objects, includes pretreating an object for treating. The pretreated object is arranged in a flux bath for fluxing of the object and arranged in a zinc bath in order to have the material of t... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7361383 | Process for multilayer coating of substrates The invention is directed to a process for multilayer coating of substrates which comprises a) applying a filler layer of a filler coating composition to a substrate, b) curing the resultant filler layer by irradia... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7347649 | Powder purge tube To supply a powder lacquer sprayer, the coating powder is pressed by a pig through the supply line and, in the process, it is fluidized from the side of the pig which is turned toward the powder. The fluidization air can be led to the powder, for example, by a centr... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7348039 | Method of making a newly installed plumbing system renewable A method of treating pipes to render the inner wall of the pipes resistant to corrosion and pre-mature deterioration. For new pipes, the inner wall is cleansed with a solvent, debris removed, and the inner wall dried. The inner wall is then coated with a corrosion-r... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7335391 | Method for coating implantable devices A method of forming a coating for an implantable medical device, such as a stent, is provided which includes applying a composition to the device in an environment having a selected pressure. ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7323234 | Curable alkanolamine containing epoxy powder coating composition The present invention provides a curable alkanolamine containing epoxy powder coating composition comprising at least one epoxy resin, at least one alkanolamine, a curing agent in an amount effective to cure the coating and optionally at least one zinc borate compou... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7311942 | Method for binding halide-based contaminants during formation of a titanium-based film A method and apparatus are presented for reducing halide-based contamination within deposited titanium-based thin films. Halide adsorbing materials are utilized within the deposition chamber to remove halides, such as chlorine and chlorides, during the deposition pr... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7303875 | Nano-chem-FET based biosensors Methods of detecting components of interest, e.g., nucleic acids and sugars, are provided. The methods comprise contacting one or more nanowires comprising a functional group with a sample containing the component or components of interest. In one embodiment, the fu... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7271132 | Metallic soaps of modified fatty acids and rosin acids and methods of making and using same A superior powder form of a metallic soap for enhancing the properties of an invert emulsion drilling fluid may be prepared by a dry process saponification reaction. The process includes mixing a source of metal cations with the product of a Diels-Alder reaction of ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7268474 | Alloy, electrode with the alloy, and ignition device with the alloy A nickel alloy has 10-20 weight percent of chromium, and 1-4 weight percent of an element selected from the group consisting of aluminum, silicium and both, and can be used in an electrode, for example in an ignition device. ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7258807 | Controlled growth of gallium nitride nanostructures A transition metal substituted, amorphous mesoporous silica framework with a high degree of structural order and a narrow pore diameter distribution (±0.15 nm FWHM) was synthesized and used for the templated growth of GaN nanostructures, such as single wall nanotub... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7253017 | Molding technique for fabrication of optoelectronic devices Charge splitting networks for optoelectronic devices may be fabricated using a nanostructured porous film, e.g., of SiO2, as a template. The porous film may be fabricated using surfactant temptation techniques. Any of a variety of semiconducting materials... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7243665 | Spray-type automotive wheel washer An automotive wheel washer comprising a circular conduit having a diameter of approximately 12 to 20 inches and further provided with a plurality of circumferentially spaced nozzles which direct cleaning fluid and chemicals laterally of the wheel washer and toward t... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7241476 | Airflow masking of carbon-carbon composites for application of antioxidants Mask (10, 10′, 21, 22) for use in coating a carbon-carbon composite brake disc (25) with anti-oxidant. The mask is composed of carbon-carbon composite material or nonreactive ceramic material. The mask is configured with edge ridges (11, 13) t... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7223474 | Heteroporphyrin nanotubes and composites Heteroporphyrin nanotubes, metal nanostructures, and metal/porphyrin-nanotube composite nanostructures formed using the nanotubes as photocatalysts and structural templates, and the methods for forming the nanotubes and composites. ... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7223447 | Method of coating welded tubes Method of coating the seam of a welded tube with an adherent metal coating, including applying a nonadherent metal coating to the inside and outside of the welded seam, externally heating the seam area with the seam located in the lower portion of the tube to genera... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7205026 | Method for applying a polymer coating to the internal surface of a container Provided is a method for the application of a polymer coating to an internal surface of a container, which method comprises: (a) heating the inside surface of the container to be coated; (b) spraying an aqueous suspension of a fluorine-containing polymer onto the su... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7205032 | Controlled thermal expansion of welds to enhance toughness A method is provided for forming a metallic overlay having enhanced toughness. The metallic overlay may be a weld, a metallic coating, or similar application. The method includes applying a glass forming metallic alloy to a substrate while the alloy is in a molten o... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7192622 | Process of masking cooling holes of a gas turbine component Process of masking cooling holes of a gas turbine component with an external surface, comprising a cavity and a plurality of cooling holes before coating the gas turbine component, comprising the steps of first applying a mask material to the cooling holes so that t... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7189455 | Fused carbon nanotube-nanocrystal heterostructures and methods of making the same The present invention provides a fused heterostructure comprising a carbon nanotube and at least one nanocrystal, wherein the nanocrystal is attached by a covalent linkage to at least one oxygen moiety on the nanotube, and wherein there is no intermediary linker bet... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7182978 | Method and device for the prevention of wall adherences in shafts on the introduction of particles A process for inhibiting agglutination in an upright duct when particles are introduced, where at least some parts of the walls of the upright duct are wetted with a film of liquid, and where the liquid used includes a dispersing agent or solvent appropriate for the... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7169286 | Process control methods of electropolishing for metal substrate preparation in producing YBCO coated conductors Disclosed is a reel-to-reel substrate tape polishing and cleaning system including precleaning, electropolishing section and post cleaning sections and which is suitable for polishing and cleaning long lengths of metal substrate tape used in the manufacture of HTS-c... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7163718 | Method of selective region vapor phase aluminizing A process for forming diffusion aluminide coatings on an uncoated surface of a substrate, without interdiffusing a sufficient amount of aluminum into a coating layer to adversely affect the coating growth potential and mechanical properties of said coating layer. A ... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7160574 | Barrier coating corrosion control methods and systems for interior piping systems Methods and systems for cleaning and providing barrier coatings to interior walls of piping systems. An entire piping system can be cleaned in one single pass by dry particulates forced by air and the piping system coated in one single pass. Pipes can be protected f... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7144492 | Assembly comprised of joined conductive components having cataphoretic paint layer and process for manufacture thereof The application of anti-corrosion base coating by cataphoretic painting (KTL) is well known in manufacturing automobile body parts. However the cataphoretic paint can penetrate only incompletely or possibly not at all into the gap in the contact areas of the compone... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7137401 | Drag reduction using maleated fatty acids Non-polymeric drag reducing agents in the form of maleated fatty acids and the esters thereof and the organic, inorganic or amine salts thereof are described herein. These additives are useful to reduce drag in hydrocarbon fluids and multi-phase fluids of hydrocarbo... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7132163 | Heteroporphyrin nanotubes and composites Heteroporphyrin nanotubes, metal nanostructures, and metal/porphyrin-nanotube composite nanostructures formed using the nanotubes as photocatalysts and structural templates, and the methods for forming the nanotubes and composites. ... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7118808 | Sliding bearing material The invention relates to a composite material which is to be used in sliding bearings and comprises a metallic support (1) and at least one reinforcement material having an open structure (2). Said support (1) and reinforcement material (2 | 10/10/2006 |
| 7111668 | Cooling arrangement for an offshore wind energy installation A cooling arrangement for an offshore wind energy installation, having a heat-absorbing device for absorbing heat generated by the electronic devices and/or the mechanical devices of the offshore energy installation, which is to be removed, and a coupled heat-dissip... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7094445 | Dimensionally controlled pack aluminiding of internal surfaces of a hollow article An article such as a hollow gas turbine blade has an internal cavity therein with an inlet and outlet. The outlet has an outlet minimum transverse dimension of from about 0.009 inch to about 0.012 inch. An aluminiding source powder has a minimum particle size of gre... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7083824 | Method of protecting a local area of a component It is disclosed a method of protecting a local area of components (1) from the effects of thermochemical or mechanical processes carried out on the surface (6) of the component. A masking material (5) containing at least one filler material is a... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7081276 | Method for thermally spraying a film on an inner face of a bore with a spiraling vapor current A method for thermally spraying a film on an inner face of a bore of a cylinder block. A pair of suction pipes generates a spiraling air current in the bore, creating an air flow toward the center of the bore. A spraying device sprays molten metal partaicles includi... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7056555 | Method for coating an internal surface of an article with an aluminum-containing coating An article having an internal passage therein and an internal article surface is coated by providing a coating slurry that is a mixture of a deposition source including a source of aluminum, a halide activator, and a flowable carrier comprising a flowable compound s... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7052736 | Method for depositing coatings on the interior surfaces of tubular structures A method is disclosed for substantially uniformly coating an interior surface of a ferromagnetic tubular structure such as a ferromagnetic tube having a high aspect ratio. The method entails inducing a magnetic field of a given magnitude within the tubular structure... | 05/30/2006 |
