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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8187358 | Apparatus and method for clean, rapidly solidified alloys One non-limiting embodiment of an apparatus for forming an alloy powder or preform includes a melting assembly, an atomizing assembly, and a field generating assembly, and a collector. The melting assembly produces at least one of a stream of a molten alloy and a se... | 05/29/2012 |
| 7803212 | Apparatus and method for clean, rapidly solidified alloys One non-limiting embodiment of an apparatus for forming an alloy powder or preform includes a melting assembly, an atomizing assembly, and a collector. The melting assembly produces at least one of a stream of a molten alloy and a series of droplets of a molten allo... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7803211 | Method and apparatus for producing large diameter superalloy ingots Methods and apparatus for producing large diameter superalloy ingots are disclosed. A material comprising at least one of a metal and a metallic alloy is introduced into a pressure-regulated chamber in a melting assembly. The material is subjected to a wide-area ele... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7582134 | Aerosol method and apparatus, particulate products, and electronic devices made therefrom Provided is an aerosol method, and accompanying apparatus, for preparing powdered products of a variety of materials involving the use of an ultrasonic aerosol generator (106) including a plurality of ultrasonic transducers (120) underlying and ultraso... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7572315 | Process for the synthesis, separation and purification of powder materials The invention concerns a process for the spheroidisation, densification and purification of powders through the combined action of plasma processing, and ultra-sound treatment of the plasma-processed powder. The ultra-sound treatment allows for the separation of the... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7431750 | Nanostructured metal powder and method of fabricating the same The present invention relates to a nanostructured metal powder and a method of fabricating the same. A twin-wire electric arc process is performed to melt the wire tips, and metal melt is formed. Simultaneously, the metal melt is broken up into melt droplets by an a... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7374598 | Methods and apparatus for spray forming, atomization and heat transfer The present invention is directed to methods and apparatus that use electrostatic and/or electromagnetic fields to enhance the process of spray forming preforms or powders. The present invention also describes methods and apparatus for atomization and heat transfer ... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7372056 | LPP EUV plasma source material target delivery system An EUV light generation system and method is disclosed that may comprise a droplet generator producing plasma source material target droplets traveling toward the vicinity of a plasma source material target irradiation site; a drive laser; a drive laser focusing opt... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7367999 | Ultrafine particles and method and apparatus for producing the same A method of producing ultrafine particles by vaporization comprising: vaporizing a target by sputtering; causing particles that fly from the target by vaporization to be deposited on an oil surface; and recovering the oil on which the flown particles have deposited ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7339143 | Expanding system using plasma discharge The present invention relates to an expansion system using a plasma discharge in which in which a charged electric energy is fast discharged, so that a high pressure is generated within liquid based on an impact wave, which can be used in various industrial fields a... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7214255 | Aerosol method and apparatus for making particulate products Provided is an aerosol manufacture facility including an aerosol generator (600), an aerosol heater (604), an aerosol cooler (604), a particle collector (606), a precursor liquid supply system (608), a carrier gas supply system ( | 05/08/2007 |
| 7193228 | EUV light source optical elements Apparatus and methods are disclosed for forming plasma generated EUV light source optical elements, e.g., reflectors comprising MLM stacks employing various binary layer materials and capping layer(s) including single and binary capping layers for utilization in pla... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7172663 | Palladium-containing particles, method and apparatus of manufacture, palladium-containing devices made therefrom Provided are palladium-containing powders and a method and apparatus for manufacturing the palladium-containing particles of high quality, of a small size and narrow size distribution. An aerosol is generated from liquid feed and sent to a furnace, where liquid in d... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7128852 | Aerosol method and apparatus, particulate products, and electronic devices made therefrom Provided is an aerosol method, and accompanying apparatus, for preparing powdered products of a variety of materials involving the use of an ultrasonic aerosol generator (106) including a plurality of ultrasonic transducers (120) underlying and ultraso... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7126081 | Radial pulsed arc discharge gun for synthesizing nanopowders A system and method for synthesizing nanopowder which provides for precursor material ablation from two opposing electrodes that are spaced apart within a gaseous atmosphere, where a plasma is created by a high power pulsed electrical discharge between the electrode... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7122816 | Method and apparatus for EUV light source target material handling An EUV light source plasma source material handling system and method is disclosed which may comprise a droplet generator having a droplet generator plasma source material reservoir in fluid communication with a droplet formation capillary and maintained within a se... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7108733 | Metal slurry for electrode formation and production method of the same The present invention provides a metal slurry for electrode formation which slurry is high in dispersion property and enables formation of high density electrode films. The metal slurry for electrode formation is composed of a spherical metal powder of 0.1 to 2.0 μ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7097687 | Process for fabricating metal spheres A method of forming metal spheres includes ejecting a precisely measured droplet of molten metal from a molten metal mass, buffering the molten metal droplet to reduce the internal kinetic energy of the droplet without solidifying the droplet and cooling the buffere... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7097686 | Nickel powders, methods for producing powders and devices fabricated from same Nickel powder batches and methods for producing nickel powder batches. The powder batches include particles having a small particle size, narrow size distribution and a spherical morphology. The present invention is also directed to devices incorporating the nickel ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7087249 | Treatment of mucosal membranes The invention relates to the use of one or more antimicrobial metals preferably selected from silver, gold, platinum, and palladium but most preferably silver, formed with atomic disorder, and preferably in a nanocrystalline form, for reducing inflammation or infect... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7083747 | Aerosol method and apparatus, coated particulate products, and electronic devices made therefrom Provided is an aerosol method, and accompanying apparatus, for preparing powdered products of a variety of materials involving the use of an ultrasonic aerosol generator (106) including a plurality of ultrasonic transducers (120) underlying and ultraso... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7077882 | Gold powders, methods for producing powders and devices fabricated from same Gold powders and methods for producing gold powders. The powders preferably have a small particle size, narrow size distribution and a spherical morphology. The method includes forming the particles by a spray pyrolysis technique. The invention also includes novel d... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7067021 | Method of manufacturing multilayer material for plain bearing A method of manufacturing a multilayer material including a back metal and a metal plate made from a metal differing from the back metal is disclosed. The method includes heating powder of the metal formed into the metal plate in a reducing atmosphere so that an oxi... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7037451 | Chemical-mechanical planarization slurries and powders and methods for using same Chemical-mechanical planarization slurries and methods for using the slurries wherein the slurry includes abrasive particles. The abrasive particles have a small particle size, narrow size distribution and a spherical morphology and the particles are substantially u... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7037448 | Method of producing a conductor paste The present invention provides a conductor composition that can form a conductor pattern having a good shape precision and a method for producing an electronic component using the composition. This conductor composition contains an organic vehicle, and a conductive ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7022155 | Plasma arc reactor for the production of fine powders A plasma arc reactor and process for producing a powder from a solid feed material, for example aluminium, is provided. The reactor comprises: (a) a first electrode (5), (b) a second electrode (10) which is adapted to be spaced apart from the first ele... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6977097 | Particle forming methods A particle forming method includes feeding a first set of precursors to a first energy application zone. Energy is applied to the first set of precursors in the first energy application zone effective to react and form solid particles from the first set of precursor... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6972115 | Apparatus and methods for the production of powders Metallic powders are formed by the electrically exploded wire (EEW) process. An apparatus (20) for manufacturing such powders includes a closed loop recirculating gas path between a reaction chamber (100) and an extractor (32). A wire (31... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6967183 | Electrocatalyst powders, methods for producing powders and devices fabricated from same Electrocatalyst powders and methods for producing electrocatalyst powders, such as carbon composite electrocatalyst powders. The powders have a well-controlled microstructure and morphology. The method includes forming the particles from an aerosol of precursors by ... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6938333 | Method of manufacturing a metal-ceramic circuit board A metal-ceramic circuit board is characterized by being constituted by bonding on a base plate of aluminum or aluminum alloy at least one of ceramic substrate boards having a conductive metal member for an electronic circuit. A method of manufacturing a metal-cerami... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6923842 | Method and apparatus for producing fine particles, and fine particles A method and apparatus are invented for producing fine particles, which can readily realize the formation of fine particles of sub-μm order to 100 micron order as well as fine particles of several micrometer which cannot be realized by a conventional method and app... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6911618 | Method of producing minute metal balls An object of the present invention is to provide a producing method by which minute metal balls having a high sphericity or roundness and a uniform diameter. The present invention provides a method of producing minute metal balls, comprising the steps of cutt... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6814778 | Method for continuous mode solder jet apparatus A solder jet apparatus is disclosed The solder jet apparatus is a continuous mode solder jet that includes a blanking system and raster scan system. The use of the raster scan and blanking systems allows for a continuous stream of solder to be placed anywhere on the... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6699304 | Palladium-containing particles, method and apparatus of manufacture, palladium-containing devices made therefrom Provided are palladium-containing powders and a method and apparatus for manufacturing the palladium-containing particles of high quality, of a small size and narrow size distribution. An aerosol is generated from liquid feed and sent to a furnace, where ... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6689191 | Rapid conversion of metal-containing compounds to form metals or metal alloys A method of converting metal-containing or metal alloy-containing compounds into a metal or metal alloy by rapidly heating the metal-containing or metal alloy-containing compound to an elevated temperature to instigate conversion and holding the metal-con... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6562099 | High-speed fabrication of highly uniform metallic microspheres In a high-speed fabrication process for producing highly uniform metallic microspheres, a molten metal is passed through a small orifice, producing a stream of molten metal therefrom. A series of molten metal droplets forms from the break up of the capill... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6440768 | Thermoelectric semiconductor material and method of manufacturing the same The present invention provides a novel thermoelectric semiconductor material having excellent thermoelectric property which is not lowered like a conventional PbTe-based or PbSnTe-based semiconductor material even if a strength is improved by sintering. T... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6428600 | Process for producing spheroidized hard material powder The spheroidized hard material powders are produced by introducing a finely ground basic mixture of hard material into a thermal, inductively coupled high-frequency plasma so that at the same time a chemical conversion reaction to form an alloy and/or che... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6392188 | Apparatus for production of nanosized particulate matter by vaporization of solid materials There is disclosed an apparatus for production of nanosized particulate matter by vaporization of solid materials, comprising a first chamber (14), a vacuum pump (15) connected to the first chamber (14), a body (2) inserted in the first chamber (14), a ca... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6277169 | Method for making silver-containing particles Provided are silver-containing powders and a method and apparatus for manufacturing the silver-containing particles of high quality, of a small size and narrow size distribution. An aerosol is generated from liquid feed and sent to a furnace, where liquid... | 08/21/2001 |
