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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8092923 | Corrosion resistant spacer An interface device is provided that is insertable at a junction between a first device comprising a first metal and a second device comprising a second metal that is dissimilar to the first metal. The interface device comprises at least one layer comprising an allo... | 01/10/2012 |
| 7842403 | Antifriction coatings, methods of producing such coatings and articles including such coatings A coated substrate and a process for forming the coated substrate, including a first lubricious coating layer overlying the substrate, the first lubricious coating layer including a first lubricant providing to the first lubricious coating layer a first coefficient ... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7413814 | Multilayer getter structures and methods for making same Getter multilayer structures are disclosed, embodiments of which include at least a layer of a non-evaporable getter alloy having a low activation temperature over a layer of a different non-evaporable getter material having high specific surface area, both preferab... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7390568 | Semiconductor nanocrystal heterostructures having specific charge carrier confinement A semiconductor nanocrystal heterostructure has a core of a first semiconductor material surrounded by an overcoating of a second semiconductor material. Upon excitation, one carrier can be substantially confined to the core and the other carrier can be substantiall... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7374824 | Core-shell nanocrystallite comprising tellurium-containing nanocrystalline core and semiconductor shell Tellurium-containing nanocrystallites are produced by injection of a precursor into a hot coordinating solvent, followed by controlled growth and annealing. Nanocrystallites may include CdTe, ZnTe, MgTe, HgTe, or alloys thereof. The nanocrystallites can photolumines... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7361412 | Nanostructured soldered or brazed joints made with reactive multilayer foils Self-propagating formation reactions in nanostructured multilayer foils provide rapid bursts of heat at room temperature and therefore can act as local heat sources to melt solder or braze layers and join materials. This reactive joining method provides very localiz... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7303184 | Isolator mount for shock and vibration mitigation A passive isolator mount capable of dissipating shocks and vibrations as either heat or magnetic energy is presented. The passive isolator includes a pair of L-shaped or C-shaped brackets capable of withstanding repeated deflections and strains, energy dissipating l... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7300708 | Erosion and wear resistant protective structures for turbine engine components An erosion resistant protective structure for a turbine engine component comprises a shape memory alloy. The shape memory alloy includes nickel-titanium based alloys, indium-titanium based alloys, nickel-aluminum based alloys, nickel-gallium based alloys, copper bas... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7285336 | Robust multilayer magnetic pigments and foils Multilayered magnetic pigment flakes and foils are provided. The pigment flakes can have a stacked layer structure on opposing sides of a magnetic core, or can be formed as an encapsulant structure with encapsulating layers around the magnetic core. The magnetic cor... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7276090 | Method of fabricating a dry electro-active polymeric synthetic muscle New polymeric materials and their fabrication methods that are electrically active in terms of sensing and actuation are invented. These materials are comprised of solid-state ion-conducting materials such as polyethylene oxide (PEO) and its derivatives or imbedded ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7210388 | Bimetal saw band A bimetal saw band which is suitable for cutting materials of high hardness and wear resistance at high cutting speeds and with a reduced consumption of coolant is disclosed. The saw band includes a support band with from 0.20 to 0.45% of carbon, from 0.2 to 0.6% of... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7193177 | Method of metallurgically bonding articles and article therefor An article suitable for arc-welded metallurgical bonding having a first part having a lower surface, and a second part having an upper surface is disclosed. The lower surface of the first part is disposed at the upper surface of the second part to provide for a fayi... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7135239 | Composite material made of high-strength aluminum alloy A composite material made of a high-strength aluminum alloy. The composite material is particularly used for the production of brazed heat exchangers for vehicles. The composite material includes a core layer, a corrosion protective layer covering the top surface of... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7132149 | Data storage medium and method for the preparation thereof A data storage medium includes a haze-prevention layer between a heat-resistant thermoplastic substrate and a reflective metal layer. The haze-prevention layer includes a metal having a tensile modulus of at least about 15×106 pounds per square inch. The... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7097915 | Separator plate for manufacturing printed circuit board components A separator plate for the production of printed circuit board components by pressing individual layers, which separator plate includes a metallic core layer and a coating on at least one side of the core layer, wherein the coating on the core layer, which is made of... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7082868 | Lightweight armor with repeat hit and high energy absorption capabilities A lightweight armor with repeat hit capability includes at least one layer of material that absorbs energy upon being impacted by an object through a reversible phase change and/or an elastic strain deformation of at least 5%. Once the energy of the object has been ... | 08/01/2006 |
| 6998180 | Package with a substrate of high thermal conductivity A package is configured as a composite component with a substrate, at least one semiconductor component, and an enclosure, which are joined to one another. The heat-dissipating substrate is a single-layer or multilayer substrate with a thermal conductivity, transver... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6994919 | Brazing product and method of manufacturing a brazing product The invention relates to a brazing sheet product including a core sheet, on at least one side of the core sheet a clad layer of an aluminum alloy including silicon in an amount in the range of 4 to 14% by weight, and further including on at least one outersurface of... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6994920 | Fusion welding method and welded article A fusion welding method is provided for fusion welding at juxtaposed interface surfaces a first member, for example made of a first metal based on at least one of Ru, Rh, Pd, and Pt, with a second member made of a second metal, for example a high temperature alloy b... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6974637 | Ni-base superalloy having a thermal barrier coating system An article and TBC coating system thereon that in combination exhibit significantly improved spallation resistance. The article comprises a substrate formed of a metal alloy containing ruthenium and one or more refractory elements (e.g., tantalum, tungsten, molybden... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6953627 | Method for the production of thin-walled steel components and components produced therefrom A process for the production of thin walled parts of steel, wherein there are layers that are at least partly differently treatable relating to their strength and hardness qualities. This process can include creating a composite material from a plurality of differen... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6939623 | High strength steel plate having superior electromagnetic shielding and hot-dip galvanizing properties The steel plate is manufactured from a composition comprising C, N and S in an amount of 0.0150% by weight or less in total; Mn in an amount of 0.2 to 0.8% by weight; Al inan amount of 0.6% by weight or less; Si in an amount of 0.4% by weight or less; Cu and/or Sn i... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6936354 | Systems for conversion of water into hydrogen and sorption of hydrogen in electronic devices The invention teaches a system suitable for use in a water-sensitive electronic device which comprises two superimposed layers, the first material of which is formed of a material capable of sorbing hydrogen, the second material formed of a material capable of conve... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6937447 | Magnetoresistance effect element, its manufacturing method, magnetic reproducing element and magnetic memory A magnetoresistance effect element includes a first ferromagnetic layer, insulating layer overlying the first ferromagnetic layer, and second ferromagnetic layer overlying the insulating layer. The insulating layer has formed a through hole having an opening width n... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6936353 | Tilted recording medium design with (101-2) orientation Magnetic recording media having a magnetic layer with an easy magnetization axis lying about 45° out of plane of the magnetic layer is disclosed. SMNR from this media could be greatly improved from conventional longitudinal and perpendicular recording, because of a... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6936352 | Magnetic recording medium with controlled lattice spacing and method of forming thereof A magnetic recording medium can be produced without substrate heating during sputtering. The recording medium has a substrate, an underlayer of a nonmagnetic film with a bcc structure formed on the substrate, an intermediated layer of a nonmagnetic film with an hcp ... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6924046 | Rhenium-containing protective layer for protecting a component against corrosion and oxidation at high temperatures A protective layer has the composition 0.5 to 2% of rhenium, 15 to 21% of chromium, 9 to 11.5% of aluminum, 0.05 to 0.7% of yttrium and/or at least one equivalent metal from the group consisting of scandium and the rare earths, 0 to 1% of ruthenium, remainder cobalt... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6921587 | Magnetic sensing element including second free magnetic layer extending wider than track width and method for fabricating same Disclosed are a CPP magnetic sensing element employing the exchange bias method in which a sensing current is prevented from expanding in the track width direction in the multilayer film while the magnetization of the free magnetic layer is controlled properly, side... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6921586 | Ni-Base superalloy having a coating system containing a diffusion barrier layer A coating system for an article comprising a substrate formed of a metal alloy that is prone to the formation of a deleterious secondary reaction zone (SRZ) as a result of containing more than three weight percent rhenium and at least one additional refractory metal... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6919138 | Titanium dioxide cobalt magnetic film and its manufacturing method A mixture of TiO2 and Co is placed in a vacuum chamber under selected oxygen pressure and irradiated in the vacuum chamber with a selected laser light to cause TiO2 and Co to evaporate from the target and a layer of TiO2-Co to epitax... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6913839 | Coated article having a quasicrystalline-ductile metal layered coating with high particle-impact damage resistance, and its preparation and use A coated article having a high resistance to particle-impact damage has a substrate, and a layered coating overlying the substrate. The layered coating includes a substantially continuous quasicrystalline layer, and a substantially continuous ductile metallic layer ... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6913841 | Method and apparatus for producing iron article and product Liquid aluminum is sprayed onto an iron article to produce a thin tenacious non-corrodible layer. In one embodiment, an iron article is heated to at least 400° F. or preferably until cherry red. It is sprayed with a fine aluminum mist generated by heating aluminum ... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6911270 | Master information carrier for magnetic transfer A master information carrier for magnetic transfer includes a base sheet which is formed of a magnetic material. The master information carrier is provided with an irregularity pattern representing information to be transferred to a magnetic recording medium and a m... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6905781 | Magnetic recording medium with Cr<110> preferred growth along a predetermined direction, method of producing the same and magnetic storage apparatus A magnetic recording medium includes a textured surface which is textured in a predetermined direction, a Cr-based underlayer provided on the textured surface and having Cr preferred growth along the predetermined direction so that over approximately 50% of Cr | 06/14/2005 |
| 6896974 | Magnetic field sensor and magnetic disk apparatus A magnetic field sensor has a pair of magnetic shields serving as a negative electrode and a positive electrode, respectively, a magnetoresistive element arranged between the pair of magnetic shields, a nonmagnetic conductive layer for the negative electrode arrange... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6896977 | Method of brazing aluminum or aluminum alloy materials and aluminum alloy brazing sheet A method of brazing an aluminum or aluminum alloy material, containing brazing an aluminum alloy brazing sheet that has an aluminum or aluminum alloy core material and, being clad on one or both surfaces, a filler alloy layer comprised of an Al—Si-based alloy and ... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6896975 | Spin-valve sensor with pinning layers comprising multiple antiferromagnetic films A spin-valve sensor with pinning layers comprising multiple antiferromagnetic films is disclosed. The multiple antiferromagnetic films are preferably selected from the same Mn-based (Ni—Mn or Pt—Mn) alloy system. The Mn content of the antiferromagnetic film in c... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6893734 | Magnetic sensing element with improved sensitivity and method for making the same A magnetic sensing element includes a laminate, the laminate including a first antiferromagnetic layer; a pinned magnetic layer, the magnetization direction thereof being pinned by the first antiferromagnetic layer; a nonmagnetic conductive layer; a free magnetic la... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6893740 | CPP type magnetoresistive sensor including pinned magnetic layer provided with hard magnetic region A magnetoresistive sensor and a method of manufacturing the magnetoresistive sensor are provided, which can effectively increase ΔRA, and which can more easily and reliably bring magnetization of a free magnetic layer and magnetization of a pinned magnetic layer in... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6887586 | Sharp-edged cutting tools Sharp-edged cutting tools and a method of manufacturing sharp-edged cutting tools wherein at least a portion of the sharp-edged cutting tool is formed from a bulk amorphous alloy material are provided. ... | 05/03/2005 |
