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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7440657 | Process for producing optical connector, apparatus for producing the same, and process for forming polymer coating The present invention provides a process for producing an optical connector, an apparatus for producing the same, and a process for forming a polymer coating film on an end face of a fibrous dielectric, which can dispose a refractive index adjuster only onto an end ... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7390524 | Method for electrostatic spraying of an abluminal stent surface A method for electrostatic spraying of an abluminal surface of a stent is provided. ... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7339715 | Processes for the production of electrophoretic displays A coating of an encapsulated electrophoretic medium is formed on a substrate (106) by dispersing in a fluid (104) a plurality of electrophoretic capsules (102), contacting at least a portion of a substrate (106) with the fluid (104... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7221495 | Thin film precursor stack for MEMS manufacturing This invention provides a precursor film stack for use in the production of MEMS devices. The precursor film stack comprises a carrier substrate, a first layer formed on the carrier substrate, a second layer of an insulator material formed on the first layer, and a ... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7200504 | Measuring temperature change in an electronic biomedical implant The change in temperature of an implanted electronic device can be determined by providing power to one or more circuit elements included in the implanted electronic device, wherein the circuit elements comprise a non-crystal oscillator. A shift in the output freque... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7153585 | Self-adhering powder paint based on polyamide and silane for metal coating The invention concerns to the use of a powder comprising 99.95 to 95% of at least one polyamide and 0.05 to 5% of at least one silane for coating metals. This powder may be prepared by simple dry blending of the constituents. The silane can also be added to the molt... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7126738 | Visible spectrum modulator arrays Light in the visible spectrum is modulated using an array of modulation elements, and control circuitry connected to the array for controlling each of the modulation elements independently, each of the modulation elements having a surface which is caused to exhibit ... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7112628 | Aqueous electrodeposition paints and the production and use thereof Aqueous electrophoretic lacquer capable of being deposited cataphoretically, containing A) an aqueous dispersion of cationically modified polyurethane (meth)acrylates (a1) with terminal, ethylenically unsaturated (meth)acrylic double bonds, and reactive... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7014883 | Apparatus and method for forming a composite structure A method for forming a composite structure is disclosed. The method includes four steps. Step one calls for applying a primer (104) to a surface (102) of a tool (100). Step two requires applying a coating (106) to primer (104). Ste... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6713134 | Apparatus for spin-coating semiconductor substrate and method of doing the same There is provided an apparatus for spin-coating a semiconductor substrate, including (a) a rotary table rotatable in opposite directions, (b) a nozzle dropping coating material onto a semiconductor substrate lying on the rotary table, (c) an electrode having a ring-... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6598425 | Method for collecting soot A method and apparatus for manufacturing optical components. A burner generates soot, and a surface area collector collects the soot. The burner is disposed such that the soot collected within the surface area collector is substantially not reheated by su... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6592930 | Particle flow control A method and a device involving an electric iris diaphragm/shutter are disclosed for controlling particle transfer of electrically charged medication powder particles from a source to a defined target area, of a substrate. Spatial distribution of particle... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6509411 | Aqueous electrodeposition coating, the production and use thereof Aqueous, anodically precipitable electrodeposition lacquer, containing A) an aqueous dispersion consisting of anionically modified polyurethane (meth)acrylates (a1) having terminal, ethylenically unsaturated (meth)acrylic double bonds, and reactive thinners (a... | 01/21/2003 |
| 6471843 | Cathodic electrocoat having a carbamate functional resin and a carbamate functional reactive additive The invention provides a cathodic electrocoat coating composition having (A) a polymer comprising at least one primary carbamate group and at least one cationic salting site, (B) a curing agent having groups that are reactive with said functional groups o... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6326319 | Method for coating ultra-thin resist films There is provided a method for applying a lower viscosity coating liquid onto a semiconductor wafer substrate so as to prevent adhesion loss and to maintain low defect level characteristics. This is achieved by priming the substrate with a bonding agent a... | 12/04/2001 |
| 5879754 | Polyether urethane, process for its preparation, flow-out agent and use of the polyether urethane The invention relates to a polyether urethane of the general formula ##STR1## wherein R1 denotes H or an alkyd (sic) radical of 1 to 8 carbon atoms, R2 denotes an alkylene radical of 2 to 10 carbon atoms or a cycloalkylene radic... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5855827 | Pulse detonation synthesis A Pulse Detonation Synthesis (PDS) process for the manufacture and deposition of ceramic powders and coatings is disclosed. PDS may use multiple detonation pulses that are initiated in a reaction chamber to synthesize ceramic materials from reactants intr... | 01/05/1999 |
| 5846441 | Method for forming a patterned metallic layer in a thin film magnetic head A method for forming a patterned metallic layer on a substrate is employed to form a first layer on top surface of the substrate. A patterned mask layer is then deposited on top of the first layer, thereby exposing selected portions of the first layer. Th... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5718951 | Method and apparatus for creating a free-form three-dimensional article using a layer-by-layer deposition of a molten metal and deposition of a powdered metal as a support material A method and apparatus for the accurate formation of a three-dimensional article comprises providing a first quantity and a second quantity of substantially uniform size droplets of a desired material wherein each droplet has a positive or negative charge... | 02/17/1998 |
| 5682590 | Coated titanium-based carbonitride A titanium-based carbonitride grade for finishing and semi-finishing turning operations with excellent properties is obtained starting from a titanium-based carbonitride grade used for milling operations. The carbon content of a conventional titanium-base... | 10/28/1997 |
| 5587267 | Method of forming photoresist film exhibiting uniform reflectivity through electrostatic deposition Changing (varying, irregular) resist thickness on semiconductor wafers having irregular top surface topography or having different island sizes, affects the percent reflectance (and absorption efficiency) of incident photolithographic light, and consequen... | 12/24/1996 |
| 5494711 | Method of preparing InSb thin film Disclosed herein is a method of preparing an InSb thin film, which comprises a step of physically sticking InSb powder onto a major surface of a substrate, and a step of depositing an InSb thin film on the major surface of the substrate provided with the ... | 02/27/1996 |
| 5326598 | Electrospray coating apparatus and process utilizing precise control of filament and mist generation An electrospray coating head system for applying thin coating to a substrate comprising a slot or blade to meter a liquid onto a shaping structure which forces the liquid to have a single continuous and substantially constant radius of curvature around th... | 07/05/1994 |
| 5290600 | Apparatus and process for producing sheets of material Apparatus and method for projecting liquid in the form of a sheet for deposition on a target comprises a nozzle having a slot 10 of width not less than 250 microns to which the liquid is supplied. High voltage is applied to the liquid and the liquid is su... | 03/01/1994 |
| 5250326 | Reduction of nonmetallic coating surface vertical irregularities by electrostatic pressure A time-efficient method for smoothing a surface 20 of an applied coating composition 22 is disclosed herein. In particular, the present invention sets forth a technique for expediting the subsidence of coating surface nonmetallic vertical irregularities R... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5081858 | Method for forming a lubricant coat on the surface of a material to be forged and a forging device provided with a lubricant coat forming member A method for forming a lubricant coat on a surface of steel slug to be forged and a forging device provided with a lubricant coat forming system. The method makes possible the forging of hard to work material, such as stainless steel. Highly durable parts... | 01/21/1992 |
| 5000980 | Process for coating fibers and applications thereof to the production of composite materials The present invention relates to a process for coating reinforcing elements preferably in fiber form, wherein said material is treated, between two electrodes, by the field obtained by means of a direct electric current of voltage included between 50 and ... | 03/19/1991 |
| 5000979 | Process for coating a substrate for isolation from hostile environments A process for coating a substrate such as steel, that will hold an electrostatic charge, wherein a first coating of a thermosetting resin an amine cured opoxy resin of the family diglycidylether of bisphenol-A, is applied to the substrate electrostaticall... | 03/19/1991 |
| 4929294 | Method of creating profiling projections on plastic-covered steel parts A method of covering steel parts onto the outer surface of which there is applied a plastic coating which is surrounded by an embedding material. In order to obtain in a simple manner increased adherence between plastic coating and embedding material a gr... | 05/29/1990 |
| 4755245 | Method for conditioning a permanent adhesive composition in the form of blocks or sections An open-topped casting mold and a matching mold are hingedly connected and are electrostatically coated with a powder screen; casting material is then poured into the molds without disturbing the powder by holding the powder in position with static electr... | 07/05/1988 |
| 4615903 | Method for melt-coating a surface A method for coating a surface comprises providing an electrostatically charged powder, irradiating the powder with energy until the powder or the surface melts, and allowing the surface to solidify.... | 10/07/1986 |
| 4587135 | Process for producing metallic coatings A process and apparatus for depositing a high-quality metallic coating on a steel strip. In this process, one or several metals or metal alloys are continuously evaporated in a thermal plasma from nonoxidizing gas and transformed into the highly ionized s... | 05/06/1986 |
| 4555453 | Method for forming molten carbonate fuel cell component and structure A molten carbonate fuel cell with oppositely charged porous electrodes and a continuous electrolyte layer therebetween formed of a porous non-electrically conducting binder containing a carbonate salt. The electrolyte layer is formed by suspending the por... | 11/26/1985 |
| 4537792 | Method of applying an annealing separator to grain oriented magnetic steel sheets A water repellent, for example an organic silicon compound, is added to an annealing separator which is applied electrostatically to the surface of a grain oriented magnetic steel sheet, or a glass-like film forming undercoating formed on the sheet surfac... | 08/27/1985 |
| 4505946 | Method for coating metal with a dissimilar metal A method for coating metal with a dissimilar metal which comprises heating a parent metal at a temperature at which substitution of a halide metal for said parent metal occurs or a higher temperature while directly contacting the powdered halide metal wit... | 03/19/1985 |
| 4500561 | Minimization of spangling on hot dip galvanized steel strip The molten exterior surface portion of a hot dip galvanized steel strip is solidified after the strip is withdrawn from a bath of molten zinc by spraying finely divided particles of a liquid nucleating agent for initiating solidification. The particles ar... | 02/19/1985 |
| 4465529 | Method of producing semiconductor device A method for producing an impurity containing semiconductor substrate includes depositing an impurity on selected portions of the substrate by placing a charge on the substrate and converting a gaseous impurity containing atmosphere into a plasma. The imp... | 08/14/1984 |
| 4377603 | Method and apparatus for electrostatic powder coating A workpiece which may be made of a highly electrically insulating material is held in a spaced opposing relationship with respect to a silent discharge plate electrode to which an a.c. voltage is applied. A d.c. voltage is applied across the workpiece and... | 03/22/1983 |
| 4307127 | Gasket having foamed sealant A gasket and a process for preparing it are described characterized in that a sealant coating for the gasket is a compressible, resilient, foamed cured resin. The resin, which may be an epoxy, polyester, or polyurethane resin, is comminuted while partiall... | 12/22/1981 |
| 4297385 | Particulated polyetherimide and method for making Finely divided polyetherimide is provided which can be used in a variety of applications. These oligomers, in the form of fine powders, are particularly useful for coating wire by a powder coating technique.... | 10/27/1981 |
