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Mouthguard made at least partially from an edible candy
A mouthguard includes a U-shaped upper bite plate which removably fits over upper teeth of a person, with the entire upper bite plate being made from a soft, deformable and edible gummi candy.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8178213 | Method for applying a coating material and coating for a metallic surface In a method for applying a multilayer wear-resistant coating on metallic, optionally already coated, surfaces, the coating is composed of at least two anti-wear layers (5) and an intermediate layer (10) each arranged between two anti-wear layers (5 | 05/15/2012 |
| 8124246 | Coated components and methods of fabricating coated components and coated turbine disks Coated components and methods of fabricating coated components and coated turbine disks are provided. In an embodiment, by way of example only, a coated component includes a substrate comprising a superalloy in an unmodified form and a coating disposed over the subs... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8114525 | Process chamber component having electroplated yttrium containing coating A component capable of being exposed to a plasma in a process chamber has a structure having an electroplated coating comprising yttrium-containing species. The electroplated coating can include zirconium oxide, or can have an oxide layer thereon. In another embodim... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8043716 | Gradient thin film Disclosed herein is a gradient thin film, formed on a substrate by simultaneously depositing different materials on the substrate using a plurality of thin film deposition apparatuses provided in a vacuum chamber, wherein the gradient thin film is formed such that t... | 10/25/2011 |
| 7842398 | Dielectric device The dielectric device includes a substrate, a lower electrode, a dielectric layer, and an upper electrode. The lower electrode is bonded onto the substrate. The dielectric layer is bonded onto the lower electrode. The dielectric layer is obtained through thermal tre... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7569284 | Incorporation of nitrogen into high k dielectric film A high k dielectric film and methods for forming the same are disclosed. The high k material includes two peaks of impurity concentration, particularly nitrogen, such as at a lower interface and upper interface, making the layer particularly suitable for transistor ... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7510778 | Part for protecting the leading edge of a blade A protection part comprising at least two layers including an outer layer and an inner layer has its outer layer made of an aluminum alloy that is reinforced with particles of SiC, the SiC particle content in said alloy lying in the range 15% to 40% by weight, while... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7501187 | Thermal barrier coating method and article An outwardly grown diffusion aluminide bondcoat is formed on a superalloy substrate and has higher concentrations of Al and Pt and lower concentrations of harmful impurities (e.g. Mo, W, Cr, Ta, S, etc.) at an outermost region of the bondcoat than at an innermost re... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7436669 | 3D multi-layer heat conduction diffusion plate A 3D multi-layer heat conduction diffusion plate comprises at least one super conduction diffusion plate which is capable of quickly conducting heat energy, has a short cooling time, and can dissipate heat to a surrounding environment. A soft and bendable material c... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7413974 | Copper-metallized integrated circuits having electroless thick copper bond pads A metal structure (100) for a contact pad of a semiconductor, which has interconnecting traces of a first copper layer (102). The substrate is protected by an insulating overcoat (104). The first copper layer of first thickness and first crystal... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7393594 | Laminated metal thin plate formed by electrodeposition and method of producing the same A laminated metal thin plate produced by electrodeposition is composed of a plurality of metal layers provided by at least two kinds of materials different in composition from each other. The laminated metal thin plate includes a first layer excellent in mechanical ... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7371428 | Duplex gas phase coating Method of forming different diffusion aluminide coatings on different surface regions of the same superalloy substrate involves positioning the substrate in a coating chamber having a aluminum-bearing coating gas flowing therein with a first substrate surface region... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7371426 | Method for repairing components using environmental bond coatings and resultant repaired components According to an embodiment of the invention, a repaired component is disclosed. The repaired component comprises an engine run component having a base metal substrate, a portion of the base metal substrate between about 1-3 mils in thickness and an overlying bond co... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7364798 | Internal member for plasma-treating vessel and method of producing the same It is to propose an internal member for a plasma treating vessel having excellent resistances to chemical corrosion and plasma erosion under an environment containing a halogen gas and an advantageous method of producing the same, which is a member formed by coverin... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7364801 | Turbine component protected with environmental coating An environmental coating suitable for use on turbine components, such as turbine disks and turbine seal elements, formed of alloys susceptible to oxidation and hot corrosion. The environmental coating is predominantly a solid solution phase of nickel, iron, and/or c... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7351484 | High field contrast magnetic stampers/imprinters for contact patterning of magnetic media A high field contrast magnetic stamper/imprinter for use in patterning of magnetic and magneto-optical (MO) recording media by contact printing, comprises: (a) a layer of a magnetic material having a high saturation magnetization B... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7335426 | High strength vacuum deposited nitinol alloy films and method of making same A vacuum deposition method for fabricating high-strength nitinol films by sputter depositing nickel and titanium from a heated sputtering target, and controlling the sputter deposition process parameters in order to create high-strength nitinol films that exhibit sh... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7335429 | Coating and coating process incorporating raised surface features for an air-cooled surface A coating and coating process for incorporating surface features on an air-cooled substrate surface of a component for the purpose of promoting heat transfer from the component. The coating process generally comprises depositing a first metallic coating material on ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7332024 | Aluminizing composition and method for application within internal passages An aluminizing composition includes an aluminum-based powder, an inert organic pyrolysable thickener, and a binder selected from the group consisting of colloidal silica, at least one organic resin, and combinations thereof. A method for aluminizing an internal pass... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7329101 | Ceramic composite with integrated compliance/wear layer The integral layer provides a ductile interface for attachment locations of a turbine engine component where a metallic surface is adjacent the attachment location. The ductile layer provides a favorable load distribution through the composite at the attachment loca... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7325293 | Zirconia-stabilized multi-filamentary niobium-tin superconducting wire A multi-filament superconducting wire in which the filaments comprise zirconia-stabilized ultra-fine grain Nb3Sn. The superconducting wire is formed by wire-drawing a preform comprising a metallic matrix and at least one niobium alloy rod having zirconium... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7326441 | Coating systems containing beta phase and gamma-prime phase nickel aluminide A coating and process for depositing the coating on a substrate. The coating is a nickel aluminide overlay coating of predominantly the beta (NiAl) and gamma-prime (Ni3Al) intermetallic phases, and is suitable for use as an environmental coating and as a ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7323254 | Layered material The invention relates to an alloy consisting of at least three components A, B, C, which form at least a first matrix and a soft phase dispersed therein, with a first surface (5) and a second surface (9) lying opposite it, the proportions of components... | 01/29/2008 |
| RE39998 | Composite wear component Composite wear component produced by casting and consisting of a metal matrix whose working face or faces includes inserts which have a very high wear resistance, characterized in that the inserts consist of a ceramic pad, this ceramic pad consisting of a homogeneou... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7314670 | Welded component A welded component includes at least one high temperature segment of a high alloy Cr steel with high creep strength and a low temperature segment of a low alloy steel with high toughness and/or a high yield strength which are connected materially to one another via ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7300706 | High-carbon steel wire with nickel sub coating A wire for external exposure, i.e. without chemical binding with a polymer or rubber matrix. The wire has a steel core, a nickel sub-coating and a zinc or zinc alloy top coating above the nickel sub-coating. The steel core has a carbon content exceeding 0.20%. The w... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7294409 | Medical devices having porous layers and methods for making same Methods for fabricating a medical device having at least one porous layer include providing a medical device having at least one alloy and removing at least one component of the alloy to form the porous layer. Although methods may be used to make stent devices with ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7294361 | Method and device for gas phase diffusion coating of metal components A process for gas diffusion coating of metallic components; in which a component surface which is to be coated is brought into contact with a metal halide as coating gas, to form a diffusion layer with a defined layer thickness and a defined coating metal content in... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7279230 | Hybrid composite materials A fiber-reinforced metal-ceramic composite material having a hot ceramic side and a cool metal side and a graded ceramic-metal zone therebetween, wherein the ceramic content of said composite ranges from 100% at said hot ceramic side to 0% at said cool metal side an... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7263913 | Big and bearing shell The invention relates to a big end bearing shell (4, 6) for a connecting rod (2), consisting of titanium or a titanium alloy. The shell comprises a support layer (8, 20) consisting of steel and an anti-friction layer (16, 26) for the cran... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7264887 | MCrAlY bond coating and method of depositing said MCrAlY bond coating A method of depositing a bond coating to a surface of an article includes the steps of depositing an inner layer of the bond coating consisting of β-NiAl comprising Fe, Ga, Mo, B, Hf or Zr or γ/β-MCrAlY comprising Fe, Ga, Mo, B, Hf or Zr or γ/γ′- or γ-MCrAlY... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7261191 | Rotating brake member of braking device for vehicle In a brake disc rotor 1, at least a road wheel mounting plane 6 is covered with a rust preventive coating 8 of rust preventive paint. The rust preventive paint is water-borne acrylic-denatured epoxy resin paint containing aluminum zinc phosphomo... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7262131 | Dielectric barrier layer films In accordance with the present invention, a dielectric barrier layer is presented. A barrier layer according to the present invention includes a densified amorphous dielectric layer deposited on a substrate by pulsed-DC, substrate biased physical vapor deposition, w... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7259351 | Heat treating assembly and method The subject invention provides a heat treating assembly. The heat treating assembly comprises a laser, a substrate, and a tool. The laser emits laser energy directed toward the substrate and the tool. The substrate absorbs the laser energy and produces heat energy w... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7250225 | Gamma prime phase-containing nickel aluminide coating An intermetallic composition suitable for use as an environmentally-protective coating on surfaces of components used in hostile thermal environments, including the turbine, combustor and augmentor sections of a gas turbine engine. The coating contains the gamma-pri... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7247393 | Gamma prime phase-containing nickel aluminide coating An intermetallic composition suitable for use as an environmentally-protective coating on surfaces of components used in hostile thermal environments, including the turbine, combustor and augmentor sections of a gas turbine engine. The coating contains the gamma-pri... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7241350 | Corrosion resistant poly-metal diffusion coatings and a method of applying same Diffusion metallic anticorrosive zinc-iron-aluminum coatings of iron and iron-based item surfaces, realized by heating of products at temperatures of 370–450° C. in a saturating powder mixture environment in a closed container. The coating compositions are multip... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7237751 | Helicopter rotor and method of repairing same An aerofoil, particularly a helicopter main rotor blade has a leading edge protector comprising a strip of resilient polymer, preferably polyurethane, adhered to the leading edge of the flex section of the blade. ... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7239747 | Method and system for locating position in printed texts and delivering multimedia information Apparatus and methods are disclosed for processing printed material to provide an index of locations within the printed material that can be associated with external actions such as displaying a graphical image, providing an audio or video output, or providing a mul... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7232611 | Component including a zirconium alloy, a method for producing said component, and a nuclear plant including said component The present invention relates to a component (1) comprising an element (2), which contains zirconium or a zirconium alloy and which has a surface (3) on which a corrosion protective layer (4) is formed, the oxide layer (4) comprisi... | 06/19/2007 |
