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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7955663 | Process for the simultaneous and selective preparation of single-walled and multi-walled carbon nanotubes Processes for the simultaneous and selective growth of single walled and multiwalled carbon nanotubes in a single set of experiments are disclosed. The processes may include preparing a graphite electrode rod containing catalyst selected from Fe, Co, Ni, and a mixtu... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7923077 | Continuous method for producing inorganic nanotubes Production of nanotubes of carbon or of other inorganic material by moving a carbon-containing substrate, such as a tape or belt of carbon fibers, within a reaction chamber either though an electric arc in a gap between two electrodes or adjacent an electrode so tha... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7910176 | Electrode for discharge surface treatment, manufacturing method and evaluation method for electrode for discharge surface treatment, discharge surface treatment apparatus, and discharge surface treatment method An electrode is used to perform discharge surface treatment of a work piece. The electrode is made of a green compact obtained by compression-molding an electrode material including powder of any of a metal, a metallic compound, and ceramics. The discharge surface t... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7871679 | Getter metal alloy coating and device and method for the production thereof The invention relates to a coating comprising a getter metal alloy and to an arrangement and method for the production thereof. The coating therein consists of a non-vaporizing getter metal alloy (2) for an inner wall (3) of a high-vacuum vessel (4 | 01/18/2011 |
| 7776409 | Electrode for discharge surface treatment and method of evaluating the same, and discharge-surface-treating method A method of evaluating an electrode for discharge surface treatment for generating a discharge between the electrode and a workpiece in a treatment liquid or in the air using a green compact obtained by molding a metal, metal compound, or ceramic powder or other gre... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7767275 | Method for synthesizing self-aligned carbon nanomaterials on large area The present invention provides a method for depositing self-aligned carbon nanomaterials (carbon nanoflake, carbon nanotube, carbon nanorod and carbon nanosphere), by inducing a gas chemistry for the carbon nanomaterials, on a substrate having a large area of severa... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7691454 | Electrical-discharge surface-treatment method using a metallic powder or metallic powder compound in combination with other elements as electrode An electrode for an electrical-discharge surface-treatment method is molded with a metallic powder or a metallic compound powder having an average grain diameter of 6 micrometers to 10 micrometers. A coat on a surface of a workpiece is formed with a material constit... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7641945 | Electrical-discharge surface-treatment method An electrode for an electrical-discharge surface-treatment method is molded with a metallic powder or a metallic compound powder having an average grain diameter of 6 micrometers to 10 micrometers. A coat on a surface of a workpiece is formed with a material constit... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7537809 | Rotating member and method for coating the same A pulsed discharge is generated between tip ends of a rotating member such as a blade and a discharge electrode including a hard material such as cBN in dielectric liquid or gas by a power supply for discharge to melt the discharge electrode, and a part of the disch... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7537808 | Electrode for electric discharge surface treatment, electric discharge surface treatment method and electric discharge surface treatment apparatus A method, apparatus, and electrode for electric discharge surface treatment. The electrode is a green compact made by molding metallic powers or metallic compound powders, the green compact being heat treated and used for electric discharge surface treatment in whic... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7462380 | Film forming method employing sub-electrodes aligned toward target A particle film deposition method provides ultrafine particles generated by arc heating. An electrode is employed with at least two sub-electrodes each radially aligned toward the same part of a material. The material is evaporated by an arc discharge via the electr... | 12/09/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7309527 | Hydrophilic surfaces carrying temporary protective covers A substrate carrying a temporary protective cover and related methods of producing and processing substrates are described. In one embodiment, a substrate bears a hydrophilic coating carrying a temporary protective cover that protects the hydrophilic coating against... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7294404 | Graded photocatalytic coatings The invention provides graded photocatalytic coatings. In one aspect, the invention provides a substrate carrying a photocatalytic coating that includes a first graded film region and a second graded film region. The first graded film region has a substantially cont... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7255637 | Carrier head vibration damping A carrier head for chemical mechanical polishing that has a base having at least a portion formed of a polymer, a mounting assembly connected to the base having a surface for contacting a substrate, a retainer secured to the portion of the base to prevent the substr... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7253002 | Fluid storage and dispensing vessels having colorimetrically verifiable leak-tightness, and method of making same A chemical storage and dispensing vessel having associated therewith a colorimetric member that is effective to change color in exposure to leakage of a gas contained in the vessel. The colorimetric member may be constituted by a film, e.g., of a shrink-wrap charact... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7241344 | Apparatus and method for electrostatic spray coating of medical devices An apparatus and method for electrostatic spray deposition of small targets, such as medical devices like stents. The apparatus includes a target holder which applies a first electrical potential to the target, and an electrostatic dispensing nozzle which applies a ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7201850 | Method for providing surface texturing of aluminum sheet, substrate for lithographic plate and lithographic plate According to the present invention, since the concavo-convex pattern of the embossing form is formed by electrical discharge machining, the peaks on the surface of the resultant embossing form are all of the same level or height, which enables the enhancement of the... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7141095 | Precursor material delivery system for atomic layer deposition A precursor delivery system includes a flow path from a precursor container to a reaction space of a thin film deposition system, such as an atomic layer deposition (ALD) reactor. A staging volume is preferably established between the precursor container and the rea... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7107252 | Pattern recognition utilizing a nanotechnology-based neural network A pattern recognition system, comprising a neural network formed utilizing nanotechnology and a pattern input unit, which communicates with the neural network, wherein the neural network processes data input via the pattern input unit in order to recognize data patt... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7105118 | Methods of forming three-dimensional nanodot arrays in a matrix Nanostructures and methods of making nanostructures having self-assembled nanodot arrays wherein nanodots are self-assembled in a matrix material due to the free energies of the nanodot material and/or differences in the Gibb's free energy of the nanodot materials a... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7096582 | Sliding contact and method for producing the same The object is to provide a method of manufacturing a sliding contact which has a high yield of manufacturing sliding contacts and can positively make smooth the tip portion surface of a finger of a brush of a sliding contact. According to the invention, in a method ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7093837 | Turbine spring clip seal An improved turbine spring clip seal for directing gases to be mixed with fuel in a combustor basket. The turbine spring clip seal is composed of inner and outer housings and a center sealing member disposed between the inner and outer housings. The center sealing m... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7092046 | Optically addressed spatial light modulator (OASLM) with dielectric mirror comprising layers of amorphous hydrogenated carbon A reflective type liquid crystal optically addressed spatial light modulator has a first transparent substrate (1b), a first transparent electrode (2b) formed on the first transparent substrate (1b) and a photosensitive laye... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7045469 | Method of forming a buffer dielectric layer in a semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing a thin film transistor using the same A method of forming a buffer dielectric film in a semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing a thin film transistor using the same are disclosed. By forming a buffer dielectric film containing porous silica material having low heat conductivity between the a... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7042034 | Capacitor The disclosure provides a capacitor including a lower electrode, a surface of which can be formed of Pt, and an inner part of which can be formed of metal having good antioxidant properties. The inner part of the lower electrode can be formed by depositing Ru or Ir ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7039619 | Utilized nanotechnology apparatus using a neutral network, a solution and a connection gap An apparatus for maintaining components in neural network formed utilizing nanotechnology is described herein. A connection gap can be formed between two terminals. A solution comprising a melting point at approximately room temperature can be provided, wherein the ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7028017 | Temporal summation device utilizing nanotechnology A temporal summation device can be composed of one or more nanoconnections having an input and an output thereof, wherein an input signal provided to the input causes one or more of the nanoconnection to experience an increase in connection strength thereof over tim... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7018908 | Methods of forming silicon dioxide layers, and methods of forming trench isolation regions In one aspect, the invention includes a method of forming a silicon dioxide layer, comprising: a) forming a high density plasma proximate a substrate, the plasma comprising silicon dioxide precursors; b) forming silicon dioxide from the precursors, the silicon dioxi... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6994837 | Plasma synthesis of metal oxide nanopowder and apparatus therefor A process and apparatus for the synthesis of metal oxide nanopowder from a metal compound vapour is presented. In particular a process and apparatus for the synthesis of TiO2 nanopowder from TiCl4 is disclosed. The metal compound vapour is reac... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6995649 | Variable resistor apparatus formed utilizing nanotechnology A variable resistor apparatus includes a plurality of nanoparticles disposed between two terminals, wherein the plurality of nanoparticles provides an electrical resistance. An electric field applied to the plurality of nanoparticles across the two terminals results... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6964818 | Thermal protection of an article by a protective coating having a mixture of quasicrystalline and non-quasicrystalline phases A coated article includes formed of an alloy having a composition including nickel and aluminum, and a protective coating overlying and contacting the substrate. The protective coating is a mixture of a quasicrystalline metallic phase, and a non-quasicrystalline met... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6964731 | Soil-resistant coating for glass surfaces A glass article which has a water-sheeting coating and a method of applying coatings to opposed sides of a substrate are described. In one embodiment, a glass sheet is provided bearing a sputtered water-sheeting coating comprising silica on an exterior surface and b... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6948448 | Apparatus and method for depositing large area coatings on planar surfaces A method and apparatus for depositing a uniform coating on a large area, planar surface using an array of multiple plasma sources and a common reactant gas injector. The apparatus includes at least one array of a plurality of plasma sources, wherein each of the plur... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6939446 | Soil-resistant coating for glass surfaces A glass article which has a water-sheeting coating and a method of applying coatings to opposed sides of a substrate are described. In one embodiment, a water-sheeting coating 20 comprising silica is sputtered directly onto an exterior surface of the glass. T... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6935917 | Discharge surface treating electrode and production method thereof In an electrode for electric discharge surface treatment used in electric discharge surface treatment for forming a hard coating on the surface of a treated material through the energy by generating electric discharge between the electrode and the treated material, ... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6936145 | Coating method and apparatus A method and apparatus used for the application of plating/coating in a cathodic arc process to improve coating uniformity, deposition rates, quality, cost, packaging, arc triggering, target wear and other improvements is described in the patent. The process improve... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6935618 | Valve component with multiple surface layers A sliding component, particularly a disk valve plate. The sliding component includes a multi-layer surface structure comprising a strengthening layer harder than the substrate material, and an amorphous diamond top layer. ... | 08/30/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6921579 | Temporary protective covers A substrate carrying a temporary protective cover and related methods of producing and processing substrates are described. In one embodiment, a substrate has a durable exterior surface bearing a temporary protective cover that protects the durable surface against c... | 07/26/2005 |
