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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7771797 | Photocatalyst material producing method and photocatalyst material producing apparatus This invention provides a new photocatalyst material producing apparatus and photocatalyst material producing method that can produce a large quantity of photocatalyst material of high quality by a chemical reaction in light high-field plasma in a highly oxidative h... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7579051 | Method for manufacturing an electron emitter A method for manufacturing an electron emitter, the method includes discharging a droplet of a function liquid containing a material for forming the conductive film onto a discharge surface of the substrate by a droplet discharge device to adhere a liquid-state obje... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7414102 | Polymer electrolyte of high durability and a production process thereof A polymer electrolyte of high durability consistent with the present invention is characterized as including a first repeating unit represented by a general formula —{C(Z1)(Z2)—C(Z3)(Z4—SO3H)}—... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7410675 | Transparent, biaxially orientated polyolefinic film with improved bonding properties The invention relates to the use of a polyolefinic film, with at least one layer, which is made from polyolefinic polymers, whereby said polyolefinic film comprises a bonding layer as outer layer. Said bonding layer contains at least 50 wt. % based on the weight of ... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7323213 | Apparatus and method for discharge surface treatment An apparatus has a green compact electrode including a material of a coating formed on a workpiece by a discharge, a power source for supplying a first voltage, a voltage detector for detecting a voltage between the workpiece and the electrode, and a pulse current g... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7288293 | Process for plasma surface treatment and device for realizing the process A process for plasma treatment of an object's surface to be treated comprising the creation of a plasma, the application of the plasma to the surface to be treated, and the excitation of the surface to be treated, such that it vibrates and undulates. The energy for ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7198863 | Fullerene based proton conductive materials A fullerene-based proton conductor including a proton conductive functional group connected to the fullerene by an at least partially fluorinated spacer molecule. Also, a polymer including at least two of the proton conductors that are connected by a linking molecul... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7079370 | Apparatus and method for removal of surface oxides via fluxless technique electron attachment and remote ion generation The present invention provides a method and apparatus for the dry fluxing of at least one component and/or solder surface via electron attachment. In one embodiment, there is provided a method for removing oxides from the surface of a component comprising: providing... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7022535 | Thin film forming device, method of forming a thin film, and self-light-emitting device Measure of forming an EL layer by selectively depositing through evaporation a material for forming the EL layer at a desired location is provided. When a material for forming an EL layer is deposited, a mask (113) is provided between a sample boat (111 | 04/04/2006 |
| 7008713 | Fullerene-based proton conductive materials A fullerene-based proton conductor including a proton conductive functional group connected to the fullerene by an at least partially fluorinated spacer molecule. Also, a polymer including at least two of the proton conductors that are connected by a linking molecul... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6949304 | Fullerene-based electrolyte for fuel cells Proton conductive fullerene materials are incorporated in minor amounts into various polymeric materials to enhance the low relative humidity proton conductivity properties of the polymeric material. The resulting proton conductors may be used as polymer electrolyte... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6929829 | Method and device discharging surface treatment Powder of a simple substance or a combination of a plurality of carbides of metals belonging to the IVa, Va and Via families in the Periodic Table is mixed with a ferrous-family metal powder or non-ferrous metal powder having the same composition as the treatment ta... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6863933 | Method of hydrophilizing materials Coating compositions, methods and articles of manufacture comprising a nanoparticle system employing same to impart surface modifying benefits for all types of soft surfaces, and in some cases, hard surfaces, are disclosed. In some embodiments, dispersement of nanop... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6818259 | Porous article with surface functionality and method for preparing same Porous organic articles having no surface functionality may be treated by remote plasma discharge to thereby introduce functionality to the surface of the article. The functionality is introduced throughout the article's surface, including the exterior surface and t... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6783795 | Power supply apparatus for discharge surface treatment In a power supply apparatus for discharge surface treatment which uses a green compact electrode as a discharge electrode, allows a pulse-type discharge to take place between said discharge electrode and a workpiece, and forms a film, which is made of an electrode m... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6730370 | Method and apparatus for processing materials by applying a controlled succession of thermal spikes or shockwaves through a growth medium A method and apparatus for locally raising the temperature of a material in order to facilitate chemical reactions or processes related to growth or removal of the material utilizes an electrode to apply, in the presence of a growth or removal medium, a controlled s... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6726963 | Method of preparation of fuel cell A fuel cell and methods of producing same are provided. The fuel cell includes a fuel electrode, an oxygen electrode and a proton conductor material disposed there between. The fuel cell can be produced by producing an arc discharge across a pair of electrodes compo... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6613397 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing an aluminum clad product In a method for manufacturing an Al clad product, first, cladding material is fused and coated on base material having Al. Then, slurry material is coated on the cladding material coated on the base material, the slurry material including mixture of a flu... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6610373 | Magnetic film-forming device and method In a device for forming magnetic film which deposits magnetic material on a substrate 12, a device is provided which, before the magnetic film is formed in a magnetic film-forming chamber 11, cleans one or both of the film-forming face and reverse face of... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6569292 | Method and device for forming a calcium phosphate film on a substrate A method of forming thin porous layers of calcium phosphate upon a silicon wafer surface using a high voltage spark. The outer layer of calcium phosphate is the inorganic component of bone and is anchored to the underlying substrate of silicon. The silico... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6562414 | Method of coating polyolefin floor tile A system for applying a polyurethane coating to a polyolefin floor tile, comprising a conveyor for moving the floor tile past a plurality of treatment devices, including a heater, a plasma generator, an applicator, and an ultraviolet light system. The hea... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6555240 | Film laminates for printing A film laminate for printing comprises a polyolefin film in which at least one side is surface-modified and an anchor layer formed on the surface-modified side of the polyolefin film and containing an oxazoline group-modified resin. The film laminate is p... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6534182 | Fluororesin films, laminate produced by using the same, and process for producing laminate A tetrafluoroethylene-ethylene copolymer (ETFE) film, wherein polar groups are present on the surface of the film after a surface treatment, and the surface roughness Ra is at most the surface roughness Ra of the surface of an untrea... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6534132 | Method of producing a printing ink-decorated packaging material, in particular for aseptic packages A method is disclosed for producing a printing ink decorated packaging material. The packaging material heat sealable outer coatings. One or both sides of the packaging material are subjected to corona discharge surface treatment to increase the surface t... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6521301 | Discharge surface processing method A Z axis driving device (21) is controlled to be driven by a control device (23), and the processing power is supplied between the electrodes of a discharge surface processing electrode (14) and a punch (1). Thus, electric discharge is occurred between th... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6517909 | Method for using a patterned backing roller for curtain coating a liquid composition to a web A method is taught for curtain coating a liquid composition onto a moving web at a coating point where the moving web is supported on a backing roller. The web is partially wrapped around the backing roller, the backing roller including a relief patterned... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6517688 | Method of smoothing diamond coating, and method of manufacturing diamond-coated body A method of smoothing a surface of a diamond coating of a diamond-coated body, by using an arc-type ion plating device in which at least one target is disposed. The method includes: (a) a step of causing arc discharge between an anode, and a cathode which... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6511711 | Slide bead coating method A method of bead coating a liquid composition onto the surface of a moving web is taught which provides uniform coatings over a wider range of operating parameters including new coating windows. In addition, the bead coating method typically demonstrates ... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6503373 | Method of applying a coating by physical vapor deposition The invention relates to a method of applying a coating by physical vapour deposition onto an article of organic material, in particular of non- conductive organic material such as plastic and/or epoxy material, especially ABS (Acrylonitrile-Butadiene-Sty... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6475581 | Clay coatings for thermoplastic polymeric resins or films A coated substrate and methods of making and using coated substrates, wherein the coated substrate comprises a coating consisting essentially of a layered mineral, a thermoplastic polymeric substrate having pendant groups receptive to said layered mineral... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6465052 | Method for production of nano-porous coatings A method for producing a nano-porous coating onto a substrate, including the steps of: (a) operating a twin-wire arc nozzle to heat and at least partially vaporize two wires of a metal for providing a stream of nanometer-sized vapor clusters of the metal ... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6410125 | Wear-resistant, mechanically highly stressed and low-friction boundary coating construction for titanium or the alloys thereof and a method for producing the same The invention relates to a wear-resistant, highly stressed and low-friction boundary coating construction for titanium or the alloys thereof which can be advantageously used in order to protect human implants. According to the inventive boundary coating c... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6395151 | Vacuum ARC vapor deposition method and apparatus for applying identification symbols to substrates An apparatus for applying permanent markings onto products using a Vacuum Arc Vapor Deposition (VAVD) marker by accelerating atoms or molecules from a vaporization source onto a substrate to form human and/or machine-readable part identification marking t... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6383575 | Method for forming a metallic film using non-isothermal plasma A method for metallising solid substrates involves the use of non-equilibrium plasma treatment of a supported metal precursor layer. This technique can be used to make pure metal or alloy coatings. An oxidising plasma pre-treatment step of the supported m... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6383573 | Process for manufacturing coated plastic body A process is provided for producing coated synthetic bodies during which, before the coating, the surface to be coated is subjected to a pretreatment in an excited gas atmosphere. The surface is then coated. The gas atmosphere is predominantly formed of a... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6355312 | Methods and apparatus for subjecting a rod-like or thread-like material to a plasma treatment A rod-like or thread-like material is subjected to a plasma treatment by passing the material coaxially through a plasma nozzle while generating plasma therein.... | 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 |
| 6312767 | Process and device for the surface treatment of a substrate by an electrical discharge between two electrodes in a gas mixture A process for the surface treatment of a running substrate by an electrical discharge created between two roller electrodes, comprising a first roller electrode and a second roller electrode, in a gas mixture comprising the steps of passing the substrate ... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6261852 | Check abnormal contact and via holes by electroplating method A cathode-anode apparatus is constructed whereby the wafer under test, connected to a conducting wire, forms the cathode terminal and a copper plate, also connected to a conducting wire, forms the anode terminal. The wafer under test and the copper plate ... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6231956 | Wear-resistance edge layer structure for titanium or its alloys which can be subjected to a high mechanical load and has a low coefficient of friction, and method of producing the same Wear-resistant edge layer for titanium and its alloys which can be subjected to high loads and has a low coefficient of friction. The wear-resistant edge layer includes a hard amorphous carbon layer, an intermediate layer, and a laser gas alloyed layer. T... | 05/15/2001 |
