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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7772146 | Artificial bone and joint compositions The present invention provides a ceramic porous body for in-vitro and in-vivo use comprising a composition comprising a calcium aluminate (CA) containing phase and optionally at least one of an accelerator, a retarder, a surfactant, a foaming agent, a reactive alumi... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7232527 | Sintered body for thermistor devices, thermistor device and temperature sensor A sintered body for thermistor device comprising: at least one element selected from elements of group 3 in a periodic table proviso that La is excluded; at least one element selected from elements of group 2 in a periodic table; Mn; Al; and oxygen, and being substa... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7204955 | Casting ladle A casting ladle has a body (2) with a base (3) and walls (4, 6, 8) made of a laminated composite ceramic material that includes multiple layers of a woven fiber reinforcing fabric embedded in a ceramic matrix. A rigid support element (20)... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7176154 | Ceramic composition and ceramic wiring board To provide a ceramic composition and a ceramic wiring board that can be formed by the firing at a low temperature of 1,000° C. or less, has high strength and is advantageous when electronic component regions utilizing a ceramic layer are formed thereon. A ra... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7151067 | Porcelain composition, composite material comprising catalyst and ceramic, film reactor, method for producing synthetic gas, apparatus for producing synthetic gas and method for activating catalyst A porous catalyst layer containing mixed conducting oxide having substantially a perovskite structure and containing a first element selected from Co and Fe, and a second element selected from In, Sn and Y arranged in the B site in the perovskite structure is contig... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7138351 | Phosphate-based ceramic compositions with low dielectric constant and method for manufacturing dielectric substrate using the same Disclosed herein is a phosphate-based dielectric ceramic composition which has a low dielectric constant and a low dielectric loss in the high-frequency bands such as microwave and millimeter wave. The composition is represented by the following formula: (1-x)(A′ | 11/21/2006 |
| 7119038 | Method for making a porous calcium phosphate article The present invention discloses a method for making a porous calcium phosphate article including i) preparing a shaped article from a paste containing a calcium phosphate cement, a pore-forming powder and a setting liquid; ii) immersing the shaped article in an imme... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7118777 | Structures and fabrication techniques for solid state electrochemical devices Low-cost, mechanically strong, highly electronically conductive porous substrates and associated structures for solid-state electrochemical devices, techniques for forming these structures, and devices incorporating the structures provide solid state electrochemical... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7078360 | High durability refractory composition A high temperature hot strength magnesia-based refractory composition having high durability at elevated temperatures wherein a sulfamic acid in combination with an independent calcia source is added to a magnesia-based refractory material. The invention also provid... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7063908 | Complex oxides, oxide-ion conductors, oxide-ion conducting films and electrochemical cells A complex oxide and an oxide-ion conductor made of the complex oxide are provided. The complex oxide has a basic composition of (Sm1-xAx)(Al1-yBy)O3, wherein “A” represents at least one element selected from... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7052542 | Composition for construction material and its method of making and using the same The present invention relates to a composition for converting fabric into construction material. The present invention also relates to construction material made from fabric and the process of its manufacture. ... | 05/30/2006 |
| RE39098 | Porous pellet adsorbents fabricated from nanocrystals Pelletized adsorbent compositions and methods of adsorbing toxic target compounds are provided for the destructive adsorption or chemisorption of toxic or undesired compounds. The pelletized adsorbents are formed by pressing together powder nanocrystalline particles... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7049257 | Low thermal expansion materials It is a principal object of the present invention to provide low thermal expansion materials able to answer to the needs of various uses. The present invention relates to low thermal expansion materials constituted substantially from a crystalline body represented b... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7041265 | Alkaline earth metal-basic silicate particle Alkaline earth metal basic silicate particles having a silicate of an alkaline earth metal on the surfaces of the alkaline earth metal hydroxide particles, and having an SiO2/MO (M is an alkaline earth metal) molar ratio as a whole in a range of from 0.01... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7022423 | Sealed contact bushings According to the invention, the inventive sealed contact bushings for plastic components consist of a glass/plastic compound based on a thermoplastic, which contains a low-melting sulphophosphate glass with the following composition: 4 to 10% Li2O, 40 to ... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6897999 | Optically written display Two, three dimensional color displays having uniform dispersion of red, green and blue visible light emitting micron particles. Pumping at approximately 976 nm can generate green and red colors having an approximately 4% limit efficiency. One source can generate thr... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6846493 | Synthetic biomaterial compound of calcium phosphate phases particularly adapted for supporting bone cell activity The present invention is directed to a synthetic biomaterial compound based on stabilized calcium phosphates and more particularly to the molecular, structural and physical characterization of this compound. The compound comprises calcium, oxygen and phosphorous, wh... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6811868 | Ceramic body and ceramic catalyst body The object of the present invention is to provide a ceramic body that can support a required amount of a catalyst component, without lowering the characteristics such as strength, being manufactured without forming a coating layer and providing a high performance ce... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6811726 | One dimensional ceramic conductive oxides This application describes ceramic oxide superconductors, their precursors and methods of preparation. The superconductors contain no copper, but comprise the transition metals Nickel or Cobalt (MT) together with bulky cations of Groups 2 and 1 of the Per... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6811914 | Electrochemical solid-state device comprising b-site rich lanthanum calcium manganite The present invention relates to an interconnect for an electrically driven solid electrolyte oxygen separation device comprising a composition of matter represented by the general formula: LnxCax′Ax″MnyB | 11/02/2004 |
| 6806218 | Grain oriented ceramics, thermoelectric conversion element and production process thereof Grain oriented ceramics constituted of a polycrystalline body of a layered cobaltite in which a {001} plane of each grain constituting the polycrystalline body has an average orientation degree of 50% or more by the Lotgering's method. In this case, the layered coba... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6774075 | Halogen-resistant media Ceramic mass and thermal transfer media suitable for use in thermal regenerative oxidizers made using a mixture of a ball clay, talc and optionally a dolomitic limestone have enhanced resistance to environments containing halogens and hydrogen halides. The media pre... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6758894 | Strontium iron manganese black pigment A black pigment substantially free of objectionable transition metal materials is disclosed. This pigment is particularly useful for coloring glass since the absence of the transition metal gives it excellent recycling properties. The pigment is an alkaline earth (p... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6740262 | Light-transmitting sintered body, light-emitting tube and electric discharge lamp using same A light-transmitting (fluorescent) sintered body formed of specific substances different from the prior art materials, solving problems that the performance or efficiency, uses and manufacturing methods are limited which have not been solved with the prior art light... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6723442 | Ceramic material, method for the production thereof, use of the ceramic material, and layer of the ceramic material on a metallic or ceramic body Disclosed is a ceramic material which is suitable for coating a body by way of a thermal spraying method and which has a coefficient of longitudinal thermal expansion that may be matched to that of a metal. The ceramic material includes 10 to 95% by weight of MgAl | 04/20/2004 |
| 6713417 | Insulative ceramic compact An insulative ceramic compact is composed of a fired mixture of (A) a MgAl2O4, Mg3B2O6 and/or Mg2B205 ceramic powder, and (B) a glass powder including from about 13 to 50% by wei... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6713420 | Porous ceramics body for in vivo or in vitro use A porous ceramics body for in vivo or in vitro 1use in which a number of pores are closely distributed in three dimensional directions, adjoining pores thereof being partitioned by wall portions with respective communication ports to bring said adjoining pores into ... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6689707 | Low thermal expansion calcium aluminate articles Compositions, articles and methods for making such articles are disclosed. The compositions, articles and methods include calcium aluminate materials consisting essentially of a main phase of CaAl4 O7 and having a low coefficient of ... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6663843 | Method of producing barium-containing composite metal oxide A method for producing a barium-containing composite metal oxide, comprising calcining a mixture of a barium compound and a metal compound comprising at least one metal selected from the group consisting of magnesium, aluminum, europium, manganese, stront... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6654161 | Dispersed crystallite up-conversion displays A two and three dimensional display based on up conversion of near infrared light to the visible. The display medium is a transparent polymer containing particles of crystals doped with Yb3+ and other rare earth ions. The Yb3+ ions a... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6649563 | Ceramic carrier and ceramic catalyst body A ceramic carrier and ceramic catalyst body used as NOx purification catalysts for lean burn engines, which are inexpensive, exhibit high temperature durability and can maintain their catalytic function for extended periods. The ceramic carrier... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6605316 | Structures and fabrication techniques for solid state electrochemical devices Provided are low-cost, mechanically strong, highly electronically conductive porous substrates and associated structures for solid-state electrochemical devices, techniques for forming these structures, and devices incorporating the structures. The invent... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6605557 | Halogen-resistant media Ceramic mass transfer media suitable for use in thermal regenerative oxidizers made using a mixture of a clay, talc and optionally a dolomitic limestone have enhanced resistance to environments containing halogens and hydrogen halides.... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6602623 | Low-temperature firing ceramic composition, process for producing same and wiring substrate prepared by using same A low-temperature firing ceramic composition contains Sr2 MgSi2 O7 crystals forming a major crystal phase of the composition. This composition can be produced, for example, by a process including the steps of (a) mixing to... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6592974 | Conductive paste and ceramic electronic component A conductive paste containing no Pb and able to suppress heat generation in a sintered ceramic body, and a medium and high voltage ceramic capacitor with thick film electrodes formed thereof, are provided. The conductive paste containing substantially no ... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6585992 | Synthetic biomaterial compound of calcium phosphate phases particularly adapted for supporting bone cell activity The present invention is directed to a synthetic biomaterial compound based on stabilized calcium phosphates and more particularly to the molecular, structural and physical characterization of this compound. The compound comprises calcium, oxygen and phos... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6562761 | Coated conductor thick film precursor Methods for preparing thick film rare-earth Ba2 Cu3 O7-δ (such as YBCO) superconductive layers, particularly including deposition of a precursor as a dispersion of solid-state materials, including a binder or a solvent or... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6544443 | Semiconducting ceramic material and electronic part employing the same The semiconducting ceramic material of the present invention containing BaTiO3 and having a positive temperature coefficient of resistance is endowed with high withstand voltage. In the semiconducting ceramic material, a boundary temperature de... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6517693 | Ion conductor The invention presents an ion conductor with high reliability, that is one of the following perovskite oxides: 1 perovskite oxide of the composition BaZr1-x Cex O3-p (0 | 02/11/2003 |
| 6512879 | Glass composition and optical device made therefrom Phosphate free, Er/Yb co-doped borosilicate glass compositions and optical devices made from said compositions are disclosed; said compositions comprising, for 100 parts by weight of: 60 to 70 parts by weight SiO2 or SiO2 +GeO2 | 01/28/2003 |
