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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8092928 | Reinforced ceramic refractory The disclosed invention relates to a reinforced ceramic refractory made from an as-batched composition comprising alumina; a rare earth oxide; an oxide of a transition metal comprising Sc, Zn, Ga, Y, Cd, In, Sn, Tl or a mixture of two or more thereof; and chopped ce... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8003233 | Appliance with coated transparency An appliance transparency, such as an oven transparency, includes at least one substrate and a coating deposited over at least a portion of the substrate. The coating includes at least one metal layer, such as a metallic silver layer. The metal layer can have a thic... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7998601 | Sandwich thermal insulation layer system and method for production A method produces thermal barrier coatings that adhere to components even at high temperatures and temperatures that change frequently. A gas-tight glass-metal composite coating is applied to the component and annealed. The corroded part of the gas-tight coating is ... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7998602 | Appliance with coated transparency An appliance transparency includes a first substrate defining a No. 1 and a No. 2 surface and a second substrate spaced from the first substrate and defining a No. 3 and a No. 4 surface. A first coating is deposited over at least a portion of the No. 2 surface and i... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7998603 | Transparent conductive film, sintered body target for transparent conductive film fabrication, and transparent conductive base material and display device using the same A transparent conductive film which is amorphous, has a high transmittance of light in the visible region of short wavelengths, and is hard to beak with respect to bending is provided. The transparent conductive film is an amorphous oxide film composed of Ga, In, an... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7981529 | Method of forming metallic tone glitter paint films and painted objects A metallic tone glitter paint film is formed by applying sequentially a first base metallic paint, a second base glitter paint in which very small scale-like pigment or very small scale-like pigment and aluminum pigment is compounded and a clear paint, baking and ha... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7972713 | Transparent substrate which can be used alternatively or cumulatively for thermal control, electromagnetic armour and heated glazing A transparent substrate comprises glass and is provided with a thin-film stack including a plurality of functional layers. The thin-film stack comprises at least three silver-based functional layers. The thin-film stack has a resistance R□ | 07/05/2011 |
| 7951473 | Optical coating with improved durability The invention discloses optical coatings with improved durability, the coating comprising a durability enhancing layer, a nucleation layer and an infrared reflecting layer. The invention also discloses methods of making thin film layers having enhanced durability. | 05/31/2011 |
| 7897273 | Appliance with coated transparency An appliance transparency, such as an oven transparency, includes at least one substrate and a coating deposited over at least a portion of the substrate. The coating includes at least one metal layer, such as a metallic silver layer. The metal layer can have a thic... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7892661 | Substrate with a photocatalytic coating The subject of the invention is a glass-, ceramic-vitroceramic based substrate (1) provided on at least part of at least one of its faces with a coating (3) with a photocatalytic property containing at least partially crystalline titanium oxide. It als... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7875370 | Thermal barrier coating with a plasma spray top layer A turbine engine component has a substrate, a thermal barrier coating deposited onto the substrate, and a sealing layer of ceramic material on an outer surface of the thermal barrier coating for limiting molten sand penetration. ... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7867634 | ITO layer structure A ITO layer structure, which is composed of the ITO as the outermost layer and the first anti-reflected layer on the specific side of the transparent substrate, furthermore, the second anti-reflected layer is formed on the opposite side of substrate, can improve the... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7867635 | Substrates coated with a multi-film functional coating The present invention is directed toward a coated substrate including an undercoating layer deposited on at least a portion of the substrate and a functional coating layer deposited over at least a portion of the undercoating layer. The functional coating layer comp... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7862910 | Photocatalytic coatings having improved low-maintenance properties The invention provides a substrate bearing a photocatalytic coating. In some embodiments, the coating includes a photocatalytic film comprising titania deposited over a layer comprising tungsten oxide, aluminum oxide, niobium oxide or zirconium oxide. Additionally o... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7855000 | Optical element with anti-reflection unit An optical element includes a substrate and an anti-reflective unit provided on one surface of the substrate. The anti-reflective unit includes a first coating layer, a second coating layer, a third coating layer, a fourth coating layer, and a fifth coating layer ar... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7833638 | Glass mat with inorganic coating Provided is a coated glass mat having enhanced flame and fire resistance properties. The glass mat comprises nonwoven glass fibers and a coating comprised of a silicate. The coated glass mat is particularly useful as a facer in the building industry. ... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7785721 | Thermally treatable layer assembly that filters sun and heat and method for producing the same A layer system that filters sun and heat can be applied to glass by a vacuum coating process. The system comprises at least one series of metal layers in addition to a respective series of lower dielectric layers and a respective series of upper dielectric layers. A... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7776459 | High sodium containing thermal barrier coating A turbine engine component has a substrate and a thermal barrier coating deposited onto the substrate. The thermal barrier coating comprises a ceramic material having a sodium containing compound incorporated therein. The sodium containing compound is present in a c... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7758978 | Conductive coating for reduced reflectivity on electronic displays In an optical thin-film arrangement on a transparent optical substrate, such as a display screen, two or more conductive layers are stacked in an alternating fashion with one or more dielectric layers. The conductive layer can include, for example, indium-tin oxide ... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7758979 | Piezoelectric thin film, piezoelectric material, and fabrication method of piezoelectric thin film and piezoelectric material, and piezoelectric resonator, actuator element, and physical sensor using piezoelectric thin film A piezoelectric thin film of the present invention includes an aluminum nitride thin film that contains scandium. A content ratio of scandium in the aluminum nitride thin film is 0.5 atom % to 50 atom % on the assumption that a total amount of the number of scandium... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7740960 | Multifunctionally graded environmental barrier coatings for silicon-base ceramic components A multilayered coating system consisting of a multicomponent zirconia-base or hafnia-base oxide top layer, an interlayer comprised of a plurality of sublayers and a bond coat layer is provided. The multilayered coating system of the present invention, with an interl... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7618720 | Multilayer hard coating for tools A multilayer hard coating for tools for machining applications with a multilayer structure for improving the wear resistance of workpieces includes at least one (AlyCr1-y)X layer (0.2≦y≦0.7), wherein X is one of the following elements N, C,... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7556868 | Appliance with coated transparency An appliance transparency, such as an oven transparency, includes at least one substrate and a coating deposited over at least a portion of the substrate. The coating includes at least one metal layer, such as a metallic silver layer. The metal layer can have a thic... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7521132 | Coated tool A tool consists of a base material selected from cemented carbide, tool steels, cermet, or hard materials, and a coating of two or more layers. At least one coating layer has the composition Ti—Al—Ta—N and at least one further coating layer has the composition... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7442450 | Yttria sintered body, electrostatic chuck, and manufacturing method of yttria sintered body A yttria sintered body contains an amount of silicon carbide within a range of 5 to 40% by volume, has a volume resistivity at room temperature within a range of 1×101 to 1×1017 Ω·cm, and is adapted for application to an electrostatic chuck... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7442431 | Enhanced alumina layer with texture A refined method to produce textured α-Al2O3 layers in a temperature range of 750-1000° C. with a controlled texture and substantially enhanced wear resistance and toughness than the prior art is disclosed. The α-Al2O3 ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7442432 | Alumina layer with controlled texture A new and refined method to produce α-Al2O3 layers in a temperature range of from about 750 to about 1000° C. with a controlled growth texture and substantially enhanced wear resistance and toughness than the prior art is disclosed. The α-Al... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7442433 | Surface-coated cermet cutting tool with hard coating layer exhibiting excellent chipping resistance in high-speed intermittent cutting A surface-coated cermet cutting tool is formed by depositing on a surface of a tool substrate a hard-coating layer composed of the following layers (a) and (b): (a) the lower layer is composed of one or more layers of TiC, TiN, TiCN, TiCO, and TiCNO and has a... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7435487 | Hard film and hard film-coated tool A hard film formed by an arc-discharge ion-plating method, having a composition comprising metal components represented by AlxCr1−x−ySiy, wherein x and y are respectively atomic ratios meeting 0.45≦x≦0.75, 0≦y≦0.35, and 0... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7431998 | Tool and method for the chemical vapor deposition of a two-phase layer on a substrate member The invention relates to a tool, especially a cutting tool, comprising a substrate member onto which at least one layer is deposited by means of CVD, and a method for the chemical vapor deposition of a two-phase layer on a sintered part. According to the invention, ... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7432229 | Superconductors on iridium substrates and buffer layers Laminated, biaxially textured superconductors include Ir-based buffer layers and/or substrates. ... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7431977 | Coated inserts for dry milling Coated milling inserts particularly useful for milling of grey cast iron with or without cast skin under dry conditions at generally high cutting speeds and milling of nodular cast iron and compacted graphite iron with or without cast skin under dry conditions at ra... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7431988 | Hard coating and machining tool disposed with hard coating A hard coating that is to be disposed on a surface of a body includes a diamond layer which includes a plurality of diamond grains and is doped with boron, and an outer layer which includes an intermetallic compound and is disposed on the diamond layer by a physical... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7422803 | Coating with controlled grain size and morphology for enhanced wear resistance and toughness Wear resistance of the prior-art Ti(C,N) layers can be considerably enhanced by optimising the grain size and microstructure. This invention describes a method to obtain controlled, fine, equiaxed grain morphology in Ti(C,N) layers produced using moderate temperatur... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7419725 | Coated article with low-E coating including IR reflecting layer(s) and corresponding method A coated article is provided with a low-emissivity (low-E) layer stack for use in a window unit or the like. The layer stack, or coating, may permit the coated article to achieve one or more of a low solar factor (SF) value, a high selectivity (Tvis/SF) v... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7413768 | Protective layers for sputter coated article and method for making sputter coated articles The present invention provides is a method of making an infrared reflective coated article, including the steps of: providing a substrate; depositing a first dielectric layer over at least a portion of the substrate, the layer comprising a first zinc stannate film d... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7410707 | Surface-coated cutting tool The present invention provides a surface-coated cutting tool comprising a coating film on a base, while the coating film comprises a hard layer constituted of a compound selected from a nitride, a carbonitride, an oxynitride and a carboxynitride of at least one prim... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7407718 | Thermal/environmental barrier coating system for silicon-containing materials A coating system for Si-containing materials, particularly Si-based composites used to produce articles exposed to high temperatures. The coating system is a compositionally-graded thermal/environmental barrier coating (T/EBC) system that includes an intermediate la... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7405004 | Heat treatable coated article and method of making same A coated article or layer system is provided which includes at least one infrared (IR) reflecting layer including niobium (Nb) sandwiched between at least a pair of dielectric layers. In certain embodiments, a Cr inclusive barrier layer is provided to protect the Nb... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7396371 | Coated insert The present invention relates to a cutting insert particularly for turning of stainless steel comprising a cemented carbide substrate and a post-treated coating with a substrate of cemented carbide having a composition of from abou... | 07/08/2008 |
