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| High lifetime consumable silicon nitride-silicon dioxide plasma processing components | 20110021031 | 20110127 |
| A method of increasing mean time between cleans of a plasma etch chamber and chamber parts lifetimes is provided. Semiconductor substrates are plasma etched in the chamber while using at least one sintered silicon nitride component exposed to ion bombardment and/or ionized halogen gas. The sintered silicon nitride component includes high purity silicon nitride and a sintering aid consisting of silicon dioxide. A plasma processing chamber is provided including the sintered silicon nitride component. A method of reducing metallic contamination on the surface of a silicon substrate during plasma processing is provided with a plasma processing apparatus including one or more sintered silicon nitride components. A method of manufacturing a component exposed to ion bombardment and/or plasma erosion in a plasma etch chamber, comprising shaping a... |
| Process for production of sintered copper alloy sliding material and sintered copper alloy sliding material | 20110020171 | 20110127 |
| Mixed powder of Cu—In cuprous alloy powder and Cu—Bi containing Cu-based alloy powder is used. A sintering condition is set such that Bi moves outside particles of said Cu—Bi containing Cu-based powder and forms a Bi grain-boundary phase free of In, and In diffuses from said Cu—In containing Cu-based powder to said Cu—Bi containing Cu-based powder.
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| Rapid fabrication of porous metal-based biomaterial by microwave sintering | 20110020168 | 20110127 |
| A method of fabricating a porous metal-based biomaterial, the method includes dispersing microwave susceptors into organic solvent to form a homogeneous suspension, dispersing bioactive fillers into organic solvent to form a homogeneous solution, mixing metal powder with the homogeneous solution and the homogeneous suspension to form a mixture, cold-pressing the mixture into a compact with predefined shape and size, placing the compact in a sintering container, and emitting microwave to heat the compact and remove the organic solvent resided in the compact at the same time.
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| Process for sintering thermoelectric materials | 20110020164 | 20110127 |
| The process for producing, processing, sintering, pressing or extruding thermoelectric materials with heat treatment under inert gas or under reduced pressure at temperatures in the range from 100 to 900° C. comprises producing, processing, sintering, pressing or extruding in the presence of oxygen scavengers which form thermodynamically stable oxides in the presence of free oxygen under the production, processing, sintering, pressing or extrusion conditions and hence keep free oxygen away from the thermoelectric material.
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| Drill and production method | 20110020085 | 20110127 |
| A drill having a drill head (11) made of hard metal and a shaft (12) or a coupling piece (16) made of a sintered iron alloy. The hard metal is joined in the form of a material connection to the sintered iron alloy by a sintering process.
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| Permanent magnet and method for manufacturing the same | 20110018664 | 20110127 |
| The present invention relates to a permanent magnet obtained by wet-mixing a Dy compound or a Tb compound with a magnet raw material to coat a surface of the magnet raw material with the Dy compound or the Tb compound, and sintering a green sheet obtained by mixing the resulting magnet raw material with a resin binder and molding the resulting mixture. Since the present invention has the above-mentioned constitution, it becomes possible to sufficiently improve coercive force by Dy or Tb while decreasing the amount of Dy or Tb used. Further, it can be prevented that Dy or Tb is solid-solutionized in magnet particles to decrease residual magnetization.
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| Method for the low-temperature pressure sintering | 20110017808 | 20110127 |
| A method for the low-temperature pressure sintering of at least one electronic unit to be contacted thermally, firmly connected mechanically, and located on a substrate, comprising the following steps: pressing the electronic unit using a mold enveloping matrix while sparing a connecting surface of the substrate for a heat sink connection, providing a heat sink plate, applying a sintering connecting layer onto the spared region of the connecting surface and/or onto to the region of the heat sink plate provided for contacting, and bonding of the heat sink plate to the substrate of the electronic unit in the region of the connecting surface using silver low-temperature pressure sintering technology.
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| Heater and manufacturing method for same | 20110017719 | 20110127 |
| Provided are a method for manufacturing a heating element, which includes: determining a form of a pattern in which a line width is 100 micrometers or less and an opening ratio is in the range of 70% to 99%; printing a paste that includes the conductive heating material according to the determined pattern on at least one side of a resin film; forming a conductive heating pattern by sintering the printed paste that includes the conductive heating material; forming bus bars on both sides of the conductive heating pattern; attaching a transparent substance to at least one side of the resin film that has the conductive heating pattern; and providing a power portion that is connected to the bus bar, and a heating element that is... |
| Metal-free supported polycrystalline diamond and method to form | 20110017520 | 20110127 |
| An exemplary cutting element incorporates a non-magnetic and electrically conductive substrate on which a layer of polycrystalline diamond particles is sintered to the substrate. An exemplary method of forming a cutting element comprises sintering the substrate, a layer of diamond particles and a catalyst source at a pressure greater than 20 kbar and a temperature greater than 1200° C. to form a layer of polycrystalline diamond particles bonded to the substrate. Cutting elements incorporating non-magnetic and electrically conductive substrates can be sectioned using ablation techniques, such as laser cutting.
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| Cobalt/zirconium-phosphorus/silica catalyst for fischer-tropsch synthesis and method of preparing the same | 20110015062 | 20110120 |
| The present invention relates to a cobalt/zirconium-phosphorus/silica catalyst in which cobalt, as an active ingredient, is impregnated on a zirconium-phosphorus/silica support prepared by treating the surface of silica with zirconium and phosphorus, and a method of preparing the catalyst. The catalyst has excellent reactivity since it has excellent heat and mass transfer properties due to a large pore structure of silica and increased reducibility of cobalt; excellent dispersion of cobalt and other activation substances during Fischer-Tropsch (F-T) reaction; and reduced sintering of cobalt particles during the reaction, and thus high CO conversion and stable selectivity for liquid hydrocarbon can be obtained during the F-T reaction.
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| Expandable polymer membrane and tubes, and a method of manufacturing thereof | 20110014459 | 20110120 |
| A method of making an expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE) membrane including the steps of: providing an unsintered or partially sintered ePTFE membrane; matting the unsintered or partially sintered ePTFE membrane; and immediately thereafter, sintering the matted ePTFE membrane. A method for making ePTFE tubes includes the steps of: providing an unsintered or partially sintered ePTFE membrane; wrapping the ePTFE membrane around a mandrel or form tool to form an ePTFE tube; matting the ePTFE tube; immediately thereafter, sintering the matted ePTFE tube; and removing the sintered ePTFE tube from the mandrel or form tool.
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| Roll-to-roll glass: touch-free process and multilayer approach | 20110014445 | 20110120 |
| A glass sheet is formed using a roll-to-roll glass soot deposition and sintering process. The glass sheet formation involves forming a first glass soot layer on a deposition surface of a soot-receiving device, removing the first glass soot layer from the deposition surface, and forming a second glass soot layer on the unsupported first glass soot layer. The resulting composite glass soot sheet is heated to form a sintered glass sheet. The glass sheet can be a substantially homogeneous glass sheet or a composite glass sheet having layer-specific attributes.
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| Ceramic powder compositions and optoelectronic device substrates utilizing the same | 20110014423 | 20110120 |
| A ceramic powder composition and an optoelectronic device substrate utilizing the ceramic powder composition are disclosed. The optoelectronic device substrate is formed by sintering a ceramic powder composition including 4 to 97 wt % (weight percent) of zircon, 0 to 60 wt % of silicon dioxide, and 0 to 80 wt % of alumina, wherein the sintered ceramic substrate includes first and second crystalline phases, the first crystalline phase is zircon, and the second crystalline phase is at least one of or a combination of alumina, silicon dioxide, and zirconia crystalline phases, furthermore, the second crystalline phase can also includes a mullite crystalline phase.
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| film depositing apparatus and method | 20110014394 | 20110120 |
| A film depositing apparatus comprises: a vacuum vessel; an evacuating unit for evacuating the interior of the vacuum vessel; a gas supply source for supplying the vacuum vessel with gases necessary for film deposition; a backing plate that is placed within the vacuum vessel for holding a target formed by sintering; a substrate holder for holding a deposition substrate within the vacuum vessel in a face-to-face relation with the backing plate; and a power supply unit for supplying electric power between the backing plate and the substrate holder to generate a plasma within the vacuum vessel, wherein the backing plate has a smaller thermal expansion coefficient than that of the target which has a sinter density of at least 95%, the sinter density representing the ratio... |
| Ntc thermistor ceramic, method for producing ntc thermistor ceramic, and ntc thermistor | 20110012707 | 20110120 |
| A ceramic main body 1 is composed of a (Mn,Ni)3O4— or (Mn, Co)3O4-based ceramic material. A first phase has a spinel structure. A second phase is formed of high-resistance plate crystals. The second phase is present in the first phase in a dispersed state. A heated pathway having a predetermined pattern is formed on a surface of the ceramic main body by the application of heat by laser irradiation. In the heated pathway, the second phase disappears and is crystallographically equivalent to the first phase. The plate crystals of the second phase precipitate at 800° C. or lower in the cooling substep during firing. The formation of the heated pathway facilitates the adjustment of the resistance of an NTC thermistor. Thereby, provided are an NTC thermistor... |
| Permanent magnet and method for manufacturing the same | 20110012700 | 20110120 |
| The present invention relates to a permanent magnet obtained by sintering a green sheet which is produced by mixing a magnet raw material with a resin binder and molding the resulting mixture, and a method for producing the same. Since the present invention has such a constitution, the contraction due to sintering becomes uniform, whereby the deformations such as warpage and depressions do not occur after sintering. Further, it is unnecessary to perform the conventional correcting processing after sintering, which can simplify the production steps, because the pressure unevenness at the time of pressing disappears. Therefore, it becomes possible to mold the permanent magnet with a high degree of dimension accuracy. Furthermore, even when the permanent magnet is reduced in film thickness, the magnetic characteristics are... |
| Permanent magnet for motor, and method for manufacturing the permanent magnet for motor | 20110012460 | 20110120 |
| The present invention relates to a permanent magnet for a motor, to be buried in a permanent magnet motor, including: a plurality of sheet magnets for lamination, and an insulating layer arranged between the plurality of sheet magnets for lamination. Since the invention has the above-mentioned constitution, the permanent magnets are free from the problems of temperature elevation and coercive force depression, therefore making it possible to provide a high-power small-sized motor. Furthermore, it is unnecessary to perform the conventional correcting processing after sintering, which can simplify the production steps, and therefore, it becomes possible to mold the permanent magnet with a high degree of dimension accuracy.
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| Method for producing carbon nanofiber supporting metal fine particle | 20110012296 | 20110120 |
| A main object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing a carbon nanofiber supporting a metal fine particle in which the metal fine particles are supported in high dispersion and sintering of the metal fine particles is restrained. The present invention attains the object by providing a method for producing a carbon nanofiber supporting a metal fine particle comprising a step of: spinning a material composition which contains a nitrogen-containing polymer, including a nittrogen element and capable of forming a carbon nanofiber, and an organometallic compound by an electro spinning process, and the spinning is conducted under a condition which keeps the nitrogen element remained to the carbon nanofiber and allows the formation of the carbon nanofiber.
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| Process for producing semiconductive porcelain composition and heater employing semiconductive porcelain composition | 20110011848 | 20110120 |
| There is provided a process for producing a semiconductive porcelain composition in which a part of Ba is substituted with Bi—Na, the process including a step of preparing a (BaQ)TiO3 calcined powder (in which Q is a semiconductor dopant), a step of preparing a (BiNa)TiO3 calcined powder, a step of mixing the (BaQ)TiO3 calcined powder and the (BiNa)TiO3 calcined powder, a step of molding and sintering the mixed calcined powder, and a step of heat-treating the obtained sintered body at 600° C. or lower; and a PCT heater employing the element prepared by the above steps.
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| Process for producing ceramic substrate | 20110011516 | 20110120 |
| A shrinkage suppression layer used in the production of a ceramic substrate according to a non-shrinkage process provides favorable removal performance while sufficiently ensuring the restraining performance of the shrinkage suppression layer. Resin beads, which disappear at a temperature lower than the sintering temperature of a low-temperature sintering ceramic material of a base material layer to form open bores in a shrinkage suppression layer, are added to the shrinkage suppression layer and dispersed uniformly at least in a principal surface direction. The shrinkage suppression layer provides sufficient restraining performance to the base material layer in the step of firing, and after the firing, forms open bores, thereby improving the removal performance of the shrinkage suppression layer.
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| Linear compressor | 20110011258 | 20110120 |
| The present invention discloses a linear compressor including a cylinder in which refrigerants flow to the axial direction, a piston reciprocated inside the cylinder, for compressing the refrigerants, and a linear motor for driving the piston. At least one of the cylinder and the piston is sintering molded.
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| Method for manufacturing a piezoelectric ceramic body | 20110010904 | 20110120 |
| The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a piezoelectric ceramic body and devices therefrom. The method comprises mixing a piezoelectric ceramic powder with a polymer binder and surfactant to form a slip mixture, casting the slip mixture into a mold and setting to the slip mixture in the mold to form a green body, cutting the green body to form a cut green body with an array of micron-sized ceramic elements and separation, and sintering the cut green body to form a sintered ceramic body. The sintered ceramic body can be further process to encasing in a polymer material to form a piezoelectric ceramic-polymer composite. The piezoelectric ceramic-polymer composite can be further processed to form devices such as acoustic transducers and sensors.
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| Method of producing a sinter-hardened component | 20110008639 | 20110113 |
| The invention describes a method of producing a sinter-hardened component from a metallic powder containing chromium which is pre-alloyed in particular, comprising the steps of compacting the powder to form a green compact and then sintering the green compact in a reducing sintering atmosphere at a sintering temperature in excess of 1100° C. A gas containing carbon is added to the sintering atmosphere.
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| Hard non-oxide or oxide ceramic / hard non-oxide or oxide ceramic composite hybrid article | 20110008604 | 20110113 |
| Embodiments of the invention include a hybrid article comprising at least one hard non-oxide or oxide ceramic component of at least 95% of theoretical density directly bonded to, and different from, a hard non-oxide or oxide ceramic composite component comprising a tribology enhancing component. The at least one hard non-oxide or oxide ceramic component comprises a member of the group consisting of silicon carbide, pressureless sintered silicon carbide, liquid phase sintered silicon carbide, reaction bonded silicon carbide, tungsten carbide, aluminum oxide, and silicon nitride. The at least one hard non-oxide or oxide ceramic composite component comprises a member of the group consisting of silicon carbide, pressureless sintered silicon carbide, liquid phase sintered silicon carbide, reaction bonded silicon carbide, tungsten carbide, aluminum oxide, and silicon nitride. In... |
| Combustion process for the manufacture of calcium phosphate and calcium phosphate composite particles | 20110008232 | 20110113 |
| The present application is directed to methods of manufacturing calcium phosphate particles. In particular, the method is directed at eliminating the requirement for a sintering step in the manufacturing process. The method involves the atomisation and combustion of one or more antecedent compositions containing calcium precursors, phosphorus precursors and hydrogen peroxide.
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| Sintering furnace and method of making cutting tools | 20110008199 | 20110113 |
| The present invention relates to a method of making cutting tools comprising a substrate having a hard phase and a binder phase, the method comprising forming green powder compacts using powder metallurgical techniques, charging the green powder compacts, placed on one or several trays, in a furnace and sintering the green powder compacts wherein the furnace comprises an insulation package, at least three individually controlled heating elements located inside the insulation package including a vertical heating element, an upper horizontal heating element arranged in an upper part of the furnace, and a lower horizontal heating element arranged in a lower part of the furnace, wherein operating the at least three heating elements such that an average controlled cooling rate from a sintering temperature down to at... |
| Dental sintering furnace and method for sintering ceramic dental elements | 20110006450 | 20110113 |
| A dental sintering furnace for sintering ceramic dental elements comprises a receiving chamber (10) for receiving the dental element (14) to be sintered. The receiving chamber (10) is surrounded by an electric heating unit (24) for heating the dental elements (14) to a pre-sintering temperature. Further, the receiving chamber (10) is surrounded by an annular microwave conductor (30) designed as a hollow conductor. On an inner wall (46), the microwave conductor comprises a plurality of decoupling slots (48) to decouple the microwaves in the direction of the receiving chamber (10). In a method for sintering ceramic dental elements, all the dental elements are first heated to a pre-sintering temperature by means of the electrical heating unit (24) and then the dental elements (14) heated to the... |
| Aluminum porous media | 20110005195 | 20110113 |
| Disclosed are materials of variable density or tiered porosity micro-fluidic porous media structures of sintered metal or other materials, and methods of making same. An embodiment discloses an aluminum porous media element of variable density having a tiered porosity micro-fluidic media structure. A method of making the aluminum porous media element disclosed herein includes mixing a binding agent with a metal powder to generate a first mixture, heating the first mixture to a sub metal sintering temperature to get a homogeneous composite of the metal powder and heating the homogeneous composite to a metal sintering temperature to sinter-bond the metal powder to get a porous media of first porosity.
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| Ceramic hinge | 20110004985 | 20110113 |
| Disclosed herein is a method of manufacturing a ceramic hinge to connect two ceramic bodies, comprising the steps of: shaping a separation insert in the form of a hinge, introducing the separation insert into a ceramic body, thereby separating the ceramic body into a first part and a second part; and heating the ceramic body and the separation insert of the ceramic body up to the sintering temperature of the ceramic body. The separation insert creates either a cavity in the case of a combustible insert or a soft pad in the case of a ceramic fiber based insert within the ceramic body. This cavity or soft pad allows a hinge or rotary movement between the first part and the second part of the ceramic body.... |
| Method for making single-phase anatase titanium oxide | 20110003684 | 20110106 |
| This invention relates to methods of making single phase nanocrystalline titanium dioxide. It is hereby provided a method for preparing single-phase anatase type titanium dioxide photocatalyst having a particle size of nano level at near room temperatures without the need for a sintering process at high temperatures.
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| Cobalt/zirconium-phosphorus/silica catalyst for fischer-tropsch synthesis and method of preparing the same | 20110015062 | 20110120 |
| The present invention relates to a cobalt/zirconium-phosphorus/silica catalyst in which cobalt, as an active ingredient, is impregnated on a zirconium-phosphorus/silica support prepared by treating the surface of silica with zirconium and phosphorus, and a method of preparing the catalyst. The catalyst has excellent reactivity since it has excellent heat and mass transfer properties due to a large pore structure of silica and increased reducibility of cobalt; excellent dispersion of cobalt and other activation substances during Fischer-Tropsch (F-T) reaction; and reduced sintering of cobalt particles during the reaction, and thus high CO conversion and stable selectivity for liquid hydrocarbon can be obtained during the F-T reaction.
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| Expandable polymer membrane and tubes, and a method of manufacturing thereof | 20110014459 | 20110120 |
| A method of making an expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE) membrane including the steps of: providing an unsintered or partially sintered ePTFE membrane; matting the unsintered or partially sintered ePTFE membrane; and immediately thereafter, sintering the matted ePTFE membrane. A method for making ePTFE tubes includes the steps of: providing an unsintered or partially sintered ePTFE membrane; wrapping the ePTFE membrane around a mandrel or form tool to form an ePTFE tube; matting the ePTFE tube; immediately thereafter, sintering the matted ePTFE tube; and removing the sintered ePTFE tube from the mandrel or form tool.
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| Roll-to-roll glass: touch-free process and multilayer approach | 20110014445 | 20110120 |
| A glass sheet is formed using a roll-to-roll glass soot deposition and sintering process. The glass sheet formation involves forming a first glass soot layer on a deposition surface of a soot-receiving device, removing the first glass soot layer from the deposition surface, and forming a second glass soot layer on the unsupported first glass soot layer. The resulting composite glass soot sheet is heated to form a sintered glass sheet. The glass sheet can be a substantially homogeneous glass sheet or a composite glass sheet having layer-specific attributes.
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| Ceramic powder compositions and optoelectronic device substrates utilizing the same | 20110014423 | 20110120 |
| A ceramic powder composition and an optoelectronic device substrate utilizing the ceramic powder composition are disclosed. The optoelectronic device substrate is formed by sintering a ceramic powder composition including 4 to 97 wt % (weight percent) of zircon, 0 to 60 wt % of silicon dioxide, and 0 to 80 wt % of alumina, wherein the sintered ceramic substrate includes first and second crystalline phases, the first crystalline phase is zircon, and the second crystalline phase is at least one of or a combination of alumina, silicon dioxide, and zirconia crystalline phases, furthermore, the second crystalline phase can also includes a mullite crystalline phase.
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| film depositing apparatus and method | 20110014394 | 20110120 |
| A film depositing apparatus comprises: a vacuum vessel; an evacuating unit for evacuating the interior of the vacuum vessel; a gas supply source for supplying the vacuum vessel with gases necessary for film deposition; a backing plate that is placed within the vacuum vessel for holding a target formed by sintering; a substrate holder for holding a deposition substrate within the vacuum vessel in a face-to-face relation with the backing plate; and a power supply unit for supplying electric power between the backing plate and the substrate holder to generate a plasma within the vacuum vessel, wherein the backing plate has a smaller thermal expansion coefficient than that of the target which has a sinter density of at least 95%, the sinter density representing the ratio... |
| Ntc thermistor ceramic, method for producing ntc thermistor ceramic, and ntc thermistor | 20110012707 | 20110120 |
| A ceramic main body 1 is composed of a (Mn,Ni)3O4— or (Mn, Co)3O4-based ceramic material. A first phase has a spinel structure. A second phase is formed of high-resistance plate crystals. The second phase is present in the first phase in a dispersed state. A heated pathway having a predetermined pattern is formed on a surface of the ceramic main body by the application of heat by laser irradiation. In the heated pathway, the second phase disappears and is crystallographically equivalent to the first phase. The plate crystals of the second phase precipitate at 800° C. or lower in the cooling substep during firing. The formation of the heated pathway facilitates the adjustment of the resistance of an NTC thermistor. Thereby, provided are an NTC thermistor... |
| Permanent magnet and method for manufacturing the same | 20110012700 | 20110120 |
| The present invention relates to a permanent magnet obtained by sintering a green sheet which is produced by mixing a magnet raw material with a resin binder and molding the resulting mixture, and a method for producing the same. Since the present invention has such a constitution, the contraction due to sintering becomes uniform, whereby the deformations such as warpage and depressions do not occur after sintering. Further, it is unnecessary to perform the conventional correcting processing after sintering, which can simplify the production steps, because the pressure unevenness at the time of pressing disappears. Therefore, it becomes possible to mold the permanent magnet with a high degree of dimension accuracy. Furthermore, even when the permanent magnet is reduced in film thickness, the magnetic characteristics are... |
| Permanent magnet for motor, and method for manufacturing the permanent magnet for motor | 20110012460 | 20110120 |
| The present invention relates to a permanent magnet for a motor, to be buried in a permanent magnet motor, including: a plurality of sheet magnets for lamination, and an insulating layer arranged between the plurality of sheet magnets for lamination. Since the invention has the above-mentioned constitution, the permanent magnets are free from the problems of temperature elevation and coercive force depression, therefore making it possible to provide a high-power small-sized motor. Furthermore, it is unnecessary to perform the conventional correcting processing after sintering, which can simplify the production steps, and therefore, it becomes possible to mold the permanent magnet with a high degree of dimension accuracy.
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| Method for producing carbon nanofiber supporting metal fine particle | 20110012296 | 20110120 |
| A main object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing a carbon nanofiber supporting a metal fine particle in which the metal fine particles are supported in high dispersion and sintering of the metal fine particles is restrained. The present invention attains the object by providing a method for producing a carbon nanofiber supporting a metal fine particle comprising a step of: spinning a material composition which contains a nitrogen-containing polymer, including a nittrogen element and capable of forming a carbon nanofiber, and an organometallic compound by an electro spinning process, and the spinning is conducted under a condition which keeps the nitrogen element remained to the carbon nanofiber and allows the formation of the carbon nanofiber.
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| Process for producing semiconductive porcelain composition and heater employing semiconductive porcelain composition | 20110011848 | 20110120 |
| There is provided a process for producing a semiconductive porcelain composition in which a part of Ba is substituted with Bi—Na, the process including a step of preparing a (BaQ)TiO3 calcined powder (in which Q is a semiconductor dopant), a step of preparing a (BiNa)TiO3 calcined powder, a step of mixing the (BaQ)TiO3 calcined powder and the (BiNa)TiO3 calcined powder, a step of molding and sintering the mixed calcined powder, and a step of heat-treating the obtained sintered body at 600° C. or lower; and a PCT heater employing the element prepared by the above steps.
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| Process for producing ceramic substrate | 20110011516 | 20110120 |
| A shrinkage suppression layer used in the production of a ceramic substrate according to a non-shrinkage process provides favorable removal performance while sufficiently ensuring the restraining performance of the shrinkage suppression layer. Resin beads, which disappear at a temperature lower than the sintering temperature of a low-temperature sintering ceramic material of a base material layer to form open bores in a shrinkage suppression layer, are added to the shrinkage suppression layer and dispersed uniformly at least in a principal surface direction. The shrinkage suppression layer provides sufficient restraining performance to the base material layer in the step of firing, and after the firing, forms open bores, thereby improving the removal performance of the shrinkage suppression layer.
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| Linear compressor | 20110011258 | 20110120 |
| The present invention discloses a linear compressor including a cylinder in which refrigerants flow to the axial direction, a piston reciprocated inside the cylinder, for compressing the refrigerants, and a linear motor for driving the piston. At least one of the cylinder and the piston is sintering molded.
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| Method for manufacturing a piezoelectric ceramic body | 20110010904 | 20110120 |
| The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a piezoelectric ceramic body and devices therefrom. The method comprises mixing a piezoelectric ceramic powder with a polymer binder and surfactant to form a slip mixture, casting the slip mixture into a mold and setting to the slip mixture in the mold to form a green body, cutting the green body to form a cut green body with an array of micron-sized ceramic elements and separation, and sintering the cut green body to form a sintered ceramic body. The sintered ceramic body can be further process to encasing in a polymer material to form a piezoelectric ceramic-polymer composite. The piezoelectric ceramic-polymer composite can be further processed to form devices such as acoustic transducers and sensors.
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| Method of producing a sinter-hardened component | 20110008639 | 20110113 |
| The invention describes a method of producing a sinter-hardened component from a metallic powder containing chromium which is pre-alloyed in particular, comprising the steps of compacting the powder to form a green compact and then sintering the green compact in a reducing sintering atmosphere at a sintering temperature in excess of 1100° C. A gas containing carbon is added to the sintering atmosphere.
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| Hard non-oxide or oxide ceramic / hard non-oxide or oxide ceramic composite hybrid article | 20110008604 | 20110113 |
| Embodiments of the invention include a hybrid article comprising at least one hard non-oxide or oxide ceramic component of at least 95% of theoretical density directly bonded to, and different from, a hard non-oxide or oxide ceramic composite component comprising a tribology enhancing component. The at least one hard non-oxide or oxide ceramic component comprises a member of the group consisting of silicon carbide, pressureless sintered silicon carbide, liquid phase sintered silicon carbide, reaction bonded silicon carbide, tungsten carbide, aluminum oxide, and silicon nitride. The at least one hard non-oxide or oxide ceramic composite component comprises a member of the group consisting of silicon carbide, pressureless sintered silicon carbide, liquid phase sintered silicon carbide, reaction bonded silicon carbide, tungsten carbide, aluminum oxide, and silicon nitride. In... |
| Combustion process for the manufacture of calcium phosphate and calcium phosphate composite particles | 20110008232 | 20110113 |
| The present application is directed to methods of manufacturing calcium phosphate particles. In particular, the method is directed at eliminating the requirement for a sintering step in the manufacturing process. The method involves the atomisation and combustion of one or more antecedent compositions containing calcium precursors, phosphorus precursors and hydrogen peroxide.
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| Sintering furnace and method of making cutting tools | 20110008199 | 20110113 |
| The present invention relates to a method of making cutting tools comprising a substrate having a hard phase and a binder phase, the method comprising forming green powder compacts using powder metallurgical techniques, charging the green powder compacts, placed on one or several trays, in a furnace and sintering the green powder compacts wherein the furnace comprises an insulation package, at least three individually controlled heating elements located inside the insulation package including a vertical heating element, an upper horizontal heating element arranged in an upper part of the furnace, and a lower horizontal heating element arranged in a lower part of the furnace, wherein operating the at least three heating elements such that an average controlled cooling rate from a sintering temperature down to at... |
| Dental sintering furnace and method for sintering ceramic dental elements | 20110006450 | 20110113 |
| A dental sintering furnace for sintering ceramic dental elements comprises a receiving chamber (10) for receiving the dental element (14) to be sintered. The receiving chamber (10) is surrounded by an electric heating unit (24) for heating the dental elements (14) to a pre-sintering temperature. Further, the receiving chamber (10) is surrounded by an annular microwave conductor (30) designed as a hollow conductor. On an inner wall (46), the microwave conductor comprises a plurality of decoupling slots (48) to decouple the microwaves in the direction of the receiving chamber (10). In a method for sintering ceramic dental elements, all the dental elements are first heated to a pre-sintering temperature by means of the electrical heating unit (24) and then the dental elements (14) heated to the... |
| Aluminum porous media | 20110005195 | 20110113 |
| Disclosed are materials of variable density or tiered porosity micro-fluidic porous media structures of sintered metal or other materials, and methods of making same. An embodiment discloses an aluminum porous media element of variable density having a tiered porosity micro-fluidic media structure. A method of making the aluminum porous media element disclosed herein includes mixing a binding agent with a metal powder to generate a first mixture, heating the first mixture to a sub metal sintering temperature to get a homogeneous composite of the metal powder and heating the homogeneous composite to a metal sintering temperature to sinter-bond the metal powder to get a porous media of first porosity.
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| Ceramic hinge | 20110004985 | 20110113 |
| Disclosed herein is a method of manufacturing a ceramic hinge to connect two ceramic bodies, comprising the steps of: shaping a separation insert in the form of a hinge, introducing the separation insert into a ceramic body, thereby separating the ceramic body into a first part and a second part; and heating the ceramic body and the separation insert of the ceramic body up to the sintering temperature of the ceramic body. The separation insert creates either a cavity in the case of a combustible insert or a soft pad in the case of a ceramic fiber based insert within the ceramic body. This cavity or soft pad allows a hinge or rotary movement between the first part and the second part of the ceramic body.... |
| Method for making single-phase anatase titanium oxide | 20110003684 | 20110106 |
| This invention relates to methods of making single phase nanocrystalline titanium dioxide. It is hereby provided a method for preparing single-phase anatase type titanium dioxide photocatalyst having a particle size of nano level at near room temperatures without the need for a sintering process at high temperatures.
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| Lithium ion secondary battery and process for producing the secondary battery | 20110003212 | 20110106 |
| A multilayer whole solid-type lithium ion rechargeable battery has hitherto been produced by stacking green sheets of a positive electrode layer, a solid electrolyte layer, and a negative electrode layer, which are formed of respective materials different from each other in coefficient of thermal expansion, and firing the layers at a time. This technique poses problems of delamination and nonlamination attributable to a difference in shrinkage. The problems can be solved by forming green sheets with the addition of a sintering aid to each starting material powder for the positive electrode layer, the solid electrolyte layer, and the negative electrode layer and performing control, by setting the additive rate of the sintering aid and the firing temperature, so that the shrinkages of the respective green sheets... |
| Method for producing sputtering target containing boron, thin film and magnetic recording media | 20110003177 | 20110106 |
| A method for producing a sputtering target containing boron has steps of providing cobalt-chromium (Co·Cr) prealloy powder, mixing Co·Cr prealloy powder and raw material powder containing boron and oxide to form a mixture, preforming the mixture to form a green compact, and sintering the green compact to obtain the sputtering target containing boron. Because Co·Cr prealloy powder is provided, then is mixed with boron, oxide or the like, size and distribution of boride particles can be efficiently controlled. Therefore, Co, Cr, B or the like are uniformly distributed in the sputtering target.
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| Optimized high temperature thermal barrier | 20110003119 | 20110106 |
| The invention is directed to high purity zirconia-based and/or hafnia-based materials and coatings for high temperature cycling applications. Thermal barrier coatings made from the invention high purity material was found to have significantly improved sintering resistance relative to coatings made from current materials of lower purity. The invention materials are high purity zirconia and/or hafnia partially or fully stabilized by one or any combinations of the following stabilizers: yttria, ytterbia, scandia, lanthanide oxide and actinide oxide. Limits for impurity oxide, oxides other than the intended ingredients, that lead to significantly improved sintering resistance were discovered. High purity coating structures suitable for high temperature cycling applications and for application onto a substrate were provided. In one structure, the coating comprises a ceramic matrix, porosity and micro cracks.... |
| Methods of forming components and portions of earth boring tools including sintered composite materials | 20110002804 | 20110106 |
| The present invention includes consolidated hard materials, methods for producing them, and industrial drilling and cutting applications for them. A consolidated hard material may be produced using hard particles such as B4C or carbides or borides of W, Ti, Mo, Nb, V, Hf, Ta, Zr, and Cr in combination with an iron-based, nickel-based, nickel and iron-based, iron and cobalt-based, aluminum-based, copper-based, magnesium-based, or titanium-based alloy for a binder material. Commercially pure elements such as aluminum, copper, magnesium, titanium, iron, or nickel may also be used for the binder material. The mixture of the hard particles and the binder material may be consolidated at a temperature below the liquidus temperature of the binder material using a technique such as rapid omnidirectional compaction (ROC), the CERACON™ process, or... |
| Method for producing sintered body | 20110001278 | 20110106 |
| Disclosed is a production method of a sintered body. The production method of a sintered body comprises a step of sintering, at a temperature within the range of from 900° C. to 1200° C., a mixture of a manganese-based oxide and copper oxide wherein the ratio of the molar amount of copper to one mol of manganese in the mixture is in the range of from 0.001 to 0.05.
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| method of preparing an oxynitride phosphor, oxynitride phosphor obtained using the method, and a white light-emitting device including the oxynitride phosphor | 20110001154 | 20110106 |
| wherein M is an alkaline earth metal; and 0<x<1, 1.8<a<2.2, 4.5<b<5.5, 0≦c<8, 0<d≦8, and 0<c+d≦8, the method including: mixing an alkaline earth metal precursor compound, an europium precursor compound, an acid, an Si3N4 powder, and a chelate compound to form a gel-phase product; drying the gel-phase product, sintering the gel-phase product to form a first sintered powder; grinding the first sintered powder; mixing the first sintered powder with about 20 to about 200 parts by weight of carbon, based on 100 parts by weight of the first sintered powder, to obtain a mixture of the first sintered powder and the carbon; and sintering the mixture of the first sintered powder and the carbon to provide the oxynitride phosphor.
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| Prealloyed copper powder forged connecting rod | 20110000457 | 20110106 |
| A process for manufacturing connecting rods is provided which comprises the steps of compacting, sintering, and powder forging a powder metal comprising a carbon source and a prealloyed powder consisting essentially of iron and copper. The connecting rods made from this process have sufficient hardness and strength to be used in an engine and do not require any additional quenching or tempering.
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| Highly heat-conductive composite material | 20110000336 | 20110106 |
| The heat conductivity of an aluminum composite material containing a fibrous carbon material is enhanced. In order to realize this, a spark plasma sintered body having a fibrous carbon material compounded in a metal matrix powder of aluminum or the like is fabricated. At the time of fabrication, an aluminum powder serving as a matrix mother material is compounded with an Al alloy powder such as an Al-12Si powder having a melting point lower than the sintering temperature of the mother material. During the process of sintering the aluminum powder, the Al alloy powder is melted, whereby the heat conductivity between the aluminum powder particles and between the aluminum powder particle and the fibrous carbon material is improved.
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| Method for dehydrating and sintering porous base material for optical fiber | 20110000262 | 20110106 |
| A dehydration-sintering furnace includes a core tube configured to dehydrate and sinter a porous base material in fabrication of an optical fiber and having an outlet configured to discharge a vapor. The furnace includes a pressure-variation damper connected to the outlet of the core tube. The furnace includes a trap between the core tube and the pressure-variation damper for collecting the vapor.
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| Optimal dimensional and mechanical properties of laser sintered hardware by thermal analysis and parameter optimization | 20090326706 | 20091231 |
| A process of for creating process build parameters includes creating a set of process build parameters for laser-sintering of a part based on a thermal model of a parts bed of a laser sintering machine and empirical data from prior laser-sintered parts built in the parts bed.
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| Method for manufacturing an artificial lightweight aggregate containing bottom ash | 20090325781 | 20091231 |
| The present invention relates to a method for producing an artificial lightweight aggregate containing bottom ash, and more particularly to a method for producing an artificial lightweight aggregate containing bottom ash, the method comprises the steps of: (a) mixing 100 parts by weight of clay and 10-100 parts by weight of bottom ash to obtain a mixture; (b) extrusion-molding the mixture by using an extruder and cutting the extrusion-molded mixture to form a molded article; (c) drying the molded article by using a rotary drier; and (d) Sintering the dried article at 1050-1150° C. for 15-45 minutes to produce the artificial lightweight aggregate. The lightweight aggregate according to the present invention is produced by mixing bottom ash that did not satisfy a desired physical property of... |
| Rare earth oxide-containing sprayed plate and making method | 20090324916 | 20091231 |
| A rare earth oxide-containing sprayed plate is prepared by thermally spraying a rare earth oxide on a support to a thickness of up to 5 mm and peeling the sprayed coating from the support. Thin plates of rare earth oxide ceramics can be prepared without molding, firing and sintering steps.
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| Methods for manufacturing ultrahard compacts | 20090324873 | 20091231 |
| A method for manufacturing an ultrahard compact includes assembling a mass of ultrahard material with a mass of substrate material such that the mass of ultrahard material extends radially outward a greater extent than the substrate material to compensate for a difference in the radial shrinkage of the ultrahard material compared to the substrate material during a sintering process. The method may further includes subjecting the assembled compact to a high pressure high temperature process mat results in the forming of an ultrahard compact including an ultrahard layer integrally bonded with a substrate.
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| Dense, shaped articles constructed of a refractory material and methods of preparing such articles | 20090324859 | 20091231 |
| The invention provides a method of forming a dense, shaped article, such as a crucible, formed of a refractory material, the method comprising the steps of placing a refractory material having a melting point of at least about 2900° C. in a mold configured to form the powder into an approximation of the desired shape. The mold containing the powder is treated at a temperature and pressure sufficient to form a shape-sustaining molded powder that conforms to the shape of the mold, wherein the treating step involves sintering or isostatic pressing. The shape-sustaining molded powder can be machined into the final desired shape and then sintered at a temperature and for a time sufficient to produce a dense, shaped article having a density of greater than... |
| Method for producing a cylinder of quartz glass and holding device for carrying out the method | 20090324817 | 20091231 |
| A known method for producing a cylinder of quartz glass comprises a soot depositing process, in which SiO2 particles are deposited on an elongate carrier rotating about an axis of rotation with formation of a porous, hollow-cylindrical soot body, and a sintering process in which the soot body comprising an inner bore with inner wall, a longitudinal axis, an upper end and a lower end is held suspended in vertical orientation in a furnace, a holding element being provided for holding purposes, which projects from the upper end into the inner bore of the soot body and acts on a bearing provided in the inner bore. Starting from this, to indicate a method by means of which even heavy bodies of porous SiO2 with a small... |
| Rounded-particle plastic powder in particular for application in laser sintering, method for production of such a powder and laser sintering process using such a powder | 20090321998 | 20091231 |
| In a laser sintering method for producing a three-dimensional object wherein subsequent layers of the object to be formed are subsequently solidified on positions corresponding to the object, as a build-up material, a powder is used wherein the upper grain limit of the powder particles is below 100 μm, the D0.5-value is below 55 μm, the BET-surface is smaller than 5 m2/g and the grains of the powder basically have a spherical shape.
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| Methods of manufacturing dental restorations using nanocrystalline materials | 20090321971 | 20091231 |
| Dental articles are produced using relatively low sintering temperatures to achieve high density dental articles exhibiting strengths equal to and greater than about 700 MPa. Ceramic powders comprised of nanoparticulate crystallites are used to manufacture dental articles. The ceramic powders may include sintering agents, binders and other similar additives to aid in the processing of the ceramic powder into a dental article. The ceramic powders may be processed into dental articles using various methods including, but not limited to, injection molding, gel-casting, slip casting, or electroforming, hand, cad/camming and other various rapid prototyping methods. The ceramic powder may be formed into a suspension, pellet, feedstock material or a pre-sintered blank prior to forming into the dental article.
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| Cmos image sensor and method of manufacturing the same | 20090321798 | 20091231 |
| Disclosed are a CMOS sensor and a method of fabricating the CMOS sensor. The method includes the steps of: forming a first USG layer on an entire surface of a semiconductor substrate including a cell area and a scribe area; masking the cell area, and then removing the first USG layer formed on the scribe area; forming a SiN layer on the entire surface of the semiconductor substrate; masking the cell area, and then removing the SiN layer formed on the scribe area; forming a second USG layer on the entire surface of the semiconductor substrate; and masking the scribe area, and then removing the second USG layer formed on the cell area. The USG layer is only formed on the scribe layer without the SiN... |
| Nickel-rhenium alloy powder and conductor paste containing the same | 20090321690 | 20091231 |
| The invention provides a nickel-rhenium alloy powder that comprises nickel as a main component, 0.1 to 10% by weight of rhenium and 50 to 10,000 ppm of silicon in terms of silicon atoms, and that is suitable, in particular, for the formation of an internal electrode layer for a multilayer ceramic electronic component. The obtained powder is homogeneously mixed and dispersed in an organic vehicle, together with other additives as needed, to prepare a conductor paste. When used in particular for forming an internal electrode of a multilayer ceramic electronic component, the nickel-rhenium alloy powder of the invention delays sintering initiation and slows down sintering progress during firing, even for extremely fine powders, while bringing the sintering shrinkage behaviors of electrode layers and ceramic layers closer... |
| Low microwave loss ferrite material and manufacturing process | 20090321677 | 20091231 |
| The invention is useful in the following applications: microwave components, low-loss inductive passive components operating at frequencies of the order of gigahertz.
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| Threaded nozzle for a cutter bit | 20090321145 | 20091231 |
| A threaded nozzle for use in a cutter bit is disclosed. Threads are either machined into or pressed into a pressed powder nozzle then the nozzle is sintered. Threads of the nozzles of the present invention exhibit improved hardness and have a rougher surface finish than threads machined post-sintering. Shaping of the threads into the nozzle before sintering is also more economical and efficient than post-sintering machining.
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| Sintering ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene | 20090318654 | 20091224 |
| Ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene compositions of highly beneficial sintering characteristics are disclosed and methods for making and processing time. Additionally, products comprising these compositions are described.
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| Material based on a partially stabilized zirconia matrix and process for the preparation and use of the material | 20090317767 | 20091224 |
| A material comprising: from 98-50% by volume of zirconia as a matrix, which is stabilized with i) either of from about 2 to about 3 mole percent of yttria ii) or of from about 10 to about 15 mole percent of ceria; iii) or a mixture of ceria and yttria in the range of amounts as given in i) and ii) the stabilizing oxides may be substituted against each other in a ratio from 1:99 to 99:1 and a maximum stabilization of 3 mole percent related to pure yttria and 15 mole percent related to pure ceria respectively are not exceeded, and wherein the term mole percent is related to the zirconia matrix and wherein the zirconia matrix is obtainable from a) a powder of particles... |
| Co conversion catalyst for use in fuel cell in dss operation, method for producing the same, and fuel cell system | 20090317672 | 20091224 |
| To provide a CO conversion catalyst for use in a fuel cell in a DSS operation, which includes a Cu—Al-Ox catalyst, in which the Cu—Al-Ox catalyst has a boehmite phase formed in at least a part of the Cu—Al-Ox catalyst. The CO conversion catalyst has an improved degree of dispersion of Cu metal by the boehmite phase formed therein, and hence can be prevented from sintering of copper caused due to steam, thereby achieving improved durability with respect to the function as the CO conversion catalyst.
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| Device and method for producing nanoparticles | 20090317504 | 20091224 |
| The invention relates to a device and a method for producing nanoparticles, in which method starting materials for nanoparticles are mixed at least as liquid droplets and optionally also as gases and/or vapours with at least combustion gases in a premixing chamber and the mixture is separated for liquid drops larger than size d, whereafter the mixture is conducted to at least one burner, in which the combustion gases are ignited such that a heavily mixing flame is generated, in which the starting materials react and optional solvents evaporate and generate through nucleation and/or sintering and/or agglomeration particles having a diameter of 1 to 1000 micrometres.
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| Selective sintering of compacted components | 20090317279 | 20091224 |
| One embodiment includes compacting a powder material using at least a first magnetic field to form a compact and selectively sintering a first portion of the compact and leaving a second portion of the compact unsintered to form a component.
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| Method for making a refractory ceramic material having a high solidus temperature | 20090315227 | 20091224 |
| (vi) sintering of the compact mixture in order to obtain a refractory ceramic material at a solidus temperature in the range between 2500° C. and 2800° C.
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| Process for preparing ceramics, ceramics thus obtained and uses thereof, especially as a sputtering target | 20090315001 | 20091224 |
| Process for preparing a ceramic from an inorganic base material that is in the form of a powder having a high melting point, comprising a step of mixing the powder of the inorganic base material with a second inorganic component also in powder form and which acts as a dopant for the inorganic base material. The dopant is constituted by a single inorganic material or by a mixture of at least two inorganic materials having a dopant effect on the inorganic base material. The process comprises a sintering step carried out at a high temperature. The ceramics obtained, because of their high density, are advantageously used as a target element. Films and electrodes obtained from these ceramics exhibit particularly advantageous properties.
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| Transparent conductive film, sintered body, and their production methods | 20090315000 | 20091224 |
| The present invention provides a transparent conductive film having high conductivity and a production method therefor. The present invention further provides a sintered body for forming the transparent conductive film and a production method therefor. The transparent conductive film comprises Ga, Ti, and O. The sintered body comprises Ga, Ti, and O. The method for producing a sintered body comprises the steps of: (a) mixing a titanium-containing powder and a gallium-containing powder; and (b) compacting and sintering the obtained mixture.
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| Sialon having magnetic properties and method for manufacturing the same | 20090314982 | 20091224 |
| Disclosed herein is a method of manufacturing sialon having magnetic properties, including: mixing silicon nitride, aluminum nitride, alumina and rare-earth oxide to form a mixture; and sintering the mixture in a nitrogen atmosphere, wherein the resulting sialon has a saturation magnetization value ranging from 0.15 to 0.24 emu/g. In the method, iron (Fe) is added to the mixture to form iron silicide, thus improving the magnetic properties of the sialon. The method is advantageous in that it can be applied to fields requiring electromagnetic materials such as high-speed transmission transformer cores, electromagnet cores and the like, and magnetic properties are additionally imparted to sialon having excellent structural properties, so that it is expected that it will be widely used in the future.
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| Device for dispersing liquid active materials in particulate form comprising a sintered liquid conductor | 20090314854 | 20091224 |
| One embodiment of the present invention provides a device for generating particles comprising: a perforated plate comprising at least one orifice; an electromechanical transducer operably connected to said perforated plate or an optional base plate; a liquid source comprising: a liquid reservoir; and a liquid conductor in fluid communication with said perforated plate and in fluid communication with said liquid reservoir, said liquid conductor comprising at least one open cell composition and at least one stiff-wick composition, wherein said compositions are affixed to one another by sintering.
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| Thermoelectric conversion material and method of producing the same | 20090314324 | 20091224 |
| A thermoelectric conversion material wherein at least a part of the insulating material contained in the thermoelectric conversion material has a particle size not larger than a mean free path of the phonons in the insulating material or wherein a dispersion gap of the insulating material is not larger than a mean free path of the phonons in the thermoelectric conversion material, and a method of producing the thermoelectric conversion material comprising the steps of forming composite nano particles by reducing and precipitating starting particles of a thermoelectric conversion material on the nano particles constituted by an insulating material, followed by a heat treatment to coat the nano particles with the thermoelectric conversion material; and packing and sintering the composite nano particles.
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| Influencing specific mechanical properties of three-dimensional objects manufactured by a selective sintering by means of electromagnetic radiation from a powder comprising at least one polymer or copolymer | 20090312454 | 20091217 |
| A three-dimensional object is manufactured from a powder of polymer material by selective sintering process by means of electromagnetic radiation of the powder, wherein the powder comprises a preselected polymer or copolymer and is subjected to selective sintering such that the manufactured three-dimensional object has a final crystallinity which is in such a range that the balance of properties, in particular mechanical properties including Young's modulus, tensile strength and elongation at break, is improved.
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| Volume-change resistant silicon oxy-nitride or silicon oxy-nitride and silicon nitride bonded silicon carbide refractory | 20090312173 | 20091217 |
| A reaction sintered silicon carbide-based product, including a silicon carbide component, a bond component, wherein the bond component includes silicon oxynitride in excess of any silicon nitride of the bond component, and at least one boron component residual to an amount present prior to reaction sintering to cause increased resistance of the reaction sintered silicon carbide-based product to volume change under oxidative stress, and methods of making the same.
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| Component unit, in particular a molded component, with a coating | 20090311476 | 20091217 |
| The invention describes a component unit comprising at least one component (3), in particular a molded component (4), made from a powder or powder mixture containing metallic and optionally non-metallic components produced by compressing this powder or powder mixture, followed by sintering. At least one surface portion (12) of the component (3) which co-operates with another surface portion (13) of another component (14, 22) when pressure force acting between the two surface portions (12, 13) is applied is coated with an anti-friction varnish (2). The invention further relates to a method of producing such a component (3, 14, 22) with the anti-friction varnish (2).
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| Aluminum nitride sintered body and manufacturing method thereof | 20090311162 | 20091217 |
| An aluminum nitride sintered body in which the ratio of a peak area S2 of a diffraction peak at 2θ=34° or more and 35° or less corresponding to an aluminum oxynitride phase to a peak area S1 of a diffraction peak of an aluminum nitride crystal face [100] in X-ray diffraction, i.e. S2/S1, is 0.01 or more and 0.3 or less, and the spin concentration at a magnetic field between 336 mT and 342 mT as measured by an electron spin resonance method is 1×1015 spins/cm3 or more and 1×1020 spins/cm3 or less. This is manufactured by: mixing a predetermined amount of the aluminum nitride powder and the α-alumina powder whose ratio of average particle diameter to that of aluminum nitride powder is within the range... |
| Sol-gel process for the preparation of nanocrystalline ceti2o6 powder | 20090311158 | 20091217 |
| The present invention provides an improved sol-gel process for the preparation of nanocrystalline CeTi2O6 compound, which has applications in the area of photocatalytic activity. This compound can be obtained by completely drying the solution, which comprises both titanium and cerium precursors into a xerogel and sintering it at a temperature of 1400° C. for 5 min. in air The Ce:Ti mole ratio in the precursor sol for the preparation of this compound is identified in the range of 0.33:1 and 0.6:1.
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| Methods for sintering bodies of earth-boring tools and structures formed during the same | 20090311124 | 20091217 |
| A first green or brown object is sintered while being supported by a second green or brown object in a furnace, and a body of an earth-boring tool is formed from the first object. An object is sectioned to form first and second structures, and the first structure is sintered within a furnace while it is supported by (e.g., resting on) the second structure. A layer of powder material is provided on a green or brown object, another green or brown object is rested on the powder material over the first green or brown object, and the first and second green or brown objects are sintered with the powder material therebetween. Intermediate structures formed during fabrication of a body of an earth-boring tool include a layer... |
| Powder forged member, powder mixture for powder forging, method for producing powder forged member, and fracture split type connecting rod using the same | 20090311122 | 20091217 |
| A member produced by powder forging which retains machinability and improved fatigue strength without having an increased hardness and can retain self conformability after fracture splitting; a powder mixture for powder forging; a process for producing a member by powder forging; and a fracture splitting connecting rod obtained from the member produced by powder forging. The member produced by powder forging is one obtained by preforming a powder mixture, subsequently sintering the preform, and forging the resultant sintered preform at a high temperature. The free-copper proportion in the sintered preform at the time when the forging is started is 10% or lower, and the member obtained through the forging has a composition containing, in terms of mass %, 0.2-0.4% C, 3-5% Cu, and up to 0.4%... |
| Piezoelectric vibrator and fabricating method thereof | 20080313874 | 20081225 |
| The present invention relates to piezoelectric vibrators such as a resonator used as a timing element, discriminator, filter or the like, and fabricating methods thereof. The piezoelectric vibrators of the present invention may be fabricated by forming a piezoelectric body of piezoelectric sheets, of which the thickness is controlled, and simultaneously sintering the sheets along with cover layers, on which grooves are formed. Also, the piezoelectric vibrator of the present invention is fabricated by laminating the piezoelectric sheets, of which the thickness is controlled, providing internal electrodes between the sheets, and forming external electrodes insulated from the internal electrodes.
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| Method to re-open ash filled channels in diesel particulate filters | 20080314021 | 20081225 |
| A method for determining a time duration and an amount of fuel to include within exhaust gases to facilitate sintering of ash within a diesel particulate filter to reopen ash filled channels in said diesel particulate filter.
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| Capacitor and method for manufacturing same | 20080316681 | 20081225 |
| The present invention relates to a capacitor having high capacitance, low ESR (equivalent series resistance) in a high-frequency region and low leakage current, comprising a composite oxide film obtained by reaction of an oxide film obtained by subjecting the surface of the substrate comprising valve-acting metal element with a solution in which metal ion and an organic base are dissolved and by subsequently sintering the reactant, a solid electrolyte formed on the composite oxide film and a conductor layer formed thereon; a method for producing the same and electronic devices using the same.
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| Strontium fortified calcium nano-and microparticle compositions and methods of making and using thereof | 20080317807 | 20081225 |
| Compositions containing strontium fortified calcium nanoparticles and/or microparticles, and methods of making and using thereof are described herein. The strontium fortified calcium compounds contain calcium ions, calcium atoms, strontium ions, strontium atoms, and combinations thereof and one or more anions. Exemplary anions include, but are not limited to, citrate, phosphate, carbonate, and combinations thereof. The particles can be formulated for enteral or parenteral administration by incorporating the particles into a pharmaceutically carrier. The compositions can further contain one or more active agents useful for bone diseases or disorders, such as vitamin D, growth factors, and combinations thereof. The compositions can be used to treat or prevent one or more bone diseases or disorders of the bone, such as osteoporosis. Alternatively, the particles can be coated onto... |
| Titanium dioxide having a variable sintering stability | 20080318046 | 20081225 |
| Provided is a crystalline TiO2 powder in the form of aggregated primary particles having a variable sintering stability at a BET surface area of 70-100 m2/g and a rutile content of greater than 10% but less than or equal to 40%, and a process for preparing the crystalline TiO2 powder, which involves: introducing a TiCl4 vapor and, separately therefrom, H2 and a primary air into a mixing chamber to produce a gaseous mixture; igniting the gaseous mixture in a burner to produce a flame, which is burned into a reaction chamber to produce the crystalline TiO2 powder and gaseous substances; and separating the crystalline TiO2 powder from the gaseous substances, wherein the relative amounts of TiCl4 vapor, H2 and primary air are selected to provide crystalline... |
| Method of producing porous ceramic supports of controlled microstructure | 20080318759 | 20081225 |
| Process for producing a ceramic part from a ceramic powder, comprising the following successive steps: a step (a) of deagglomerating the ceramic powder in liquid phase; a step (b) of incorporating pore formers into the powder dispersion prepared in step (a); a step (c) of removing the liquid medium from the dispersion prepared in step (b); a step (d) of forming agglomerates form the powders obtained in step (c); a step (e) of removing the binder from the preform prepared in step (d); and a step (f) of sintering the binderless part prepared in step (e).
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| Nanoalloys in emissions control after-treatment systems | 20080318765 | 20081225 |
| There is disclosed a composition comprising an alloy represented by the following generic formula Aa)n(Bb)n(Cc)n(Dd)n(ee)n( . . . )n; wherein A is an oxygen storage agent; B is an anti-sintering agent; C is an oxidation catalyst; D is a reduction catalyst; and E is a NOx absorbing agent; wherein each subscript letter represents compositional stoichiometry; wherein n is greater than or equal to zero; wherein the sum of the n's is equal to or greater than 2, and wherein the alloy comprises at least two different metals. There is also disclosed a washcoat composition; a catalyst support; methods of making the alloy, the washcoat composition, and the catalyst support.
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| Corrosion and wear resistant coating for magnetic steel | 20080308425 | 20081218 |
| A method is provided for manufacturing a magnetic steel component. An electroless nickel plating is formed on a substrate that includes magnetic steel. A thermal cycle is thereafter performed at a temperature that is sufficiently high to sinter the electroless nickel plating and thereby form a densified plating on the substrate. According to one embodiment, the thermal cycle includes a solid state diffusion sintering process wherein the substrate and the densified plating are heated to a temperature of at least about 1300° F. (about 704° C.) but.below the melting temperature of the electroless nickel plating. According to another embodiment, the thermal cycle includes a transient liquid phase sintering process wherein the substrate and the densified plating are heated at least to the melting temperature of the... |
| Method of manufacturing resistance film heating apparatus and resistance film heating apparatus formed by the same | 20080308549 | 20081218 |
| The present invention discloses a method of manufacturing a resistance film heating apparatus and a resistance film heating apparatus formed by the same. The method comprises: preparing the liquid resistance material; acid washing the surface of the base material; cleaning the surface of the base material; heating and activating the base material; spraying the liquid resistance material on the surface of the base material; after the base material cooling down naturally, testing by the four-point method whether the actual heating power of the surface high-density resistance film on the base material is in accord with the designed heating power, and correcting the spacing, size, shape and baking temperature of the designed conductive electrodes, thereby ensuring that the heating power is in accord with the designed heating... |
| Electrode-supported solid state electrochemical cell | 20080308975 | 20081218 |
| A process for manufacturing a solid oxide fuel cell involves forming a tubular anode comprising an electrolyte substance and an oxide of an electrochemically active metallic substance without a distinct pore forming substance, sintering the tubular anode, forming an electrolyte onto the sintered anode, forming a cathode onto the electrolyte, and after forming the electrolyte and the cathode, reducing the oxide of the electrochemically active substance in the sintered anode to form pores in the anode.
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| Sliding bearing having sintered layer formed of sintered segments | 20080310777 | 20081218 |
| Disclosed is a sliding bearing having a sintered layer formed of sintered segments on a sliding side surface of a steel base member, the sintered layer being made of iron group metal powder and solid lubricant and being formed by forcibly compressing the sintered segments, each of which is molded by previously sintering mixtures made of the iron group metal powder and the solid lubricant into a size enough to construct a portion of the whole sintered layer, on the sliding side surface of the steel base member to form the whole sintered layer, and sintering-bonding the sintered segments to each other and also each of the sintered segments to the steel base member.
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| Glass substrate having circuit pattern and process for producing the same | 20080311359 | 20081218 |
| The invention provides a process for producing a glass substrate (10) having a circuit pattern (26), which includes a circuit pattern formation step of forming a thin film layer (12) on a glass substrate and then irradiating the thin film layer with laser light (22) to form a circuit pattern on the glass substrate; a low-melting point glass deposition step of depositing a low-melting point glass (28) having a softening point of from 450 to 630° C. on the glass substrate having the circuit pattern formed thereon; and a sintering step of sintering the low-melting point glass to form a low-melting point glass layer (32) comprising the low-melting point glass sintered on the glass substrate having the circuit pattern formed thereon and to form a compatible... |
| Method of forming an interconnect joint | 20080311738 | 20081218 |
| A method of forming an interconnect joint includes providing a first metal layer (210, 310), providing a film (220, 320) including metal particles (221, 321) and organic molecules (222, 322), placing the film over the first metal layer, placing a second metal layer (230, 330) over the film, and sintering the metal particles such that the organic molecules degrade and the first metal layer and the second metal layer are joined together.
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| Polycrystalline diamond cutting elements having improved thermal resistance | 20080302579 | 20081211 |
| Polycrystalline diamond constructions of this invention have a polycrystalline diamond body and a substrate attached thereto, wherein the diamond body has a material microstructure comprising a plurality of bonded-together diamond crystals forming a polycrystalline matrix phase, and second phase formed from different types of materials or sintering aids designed to reduce or eliminate the amount of free Group VIII elements therein. The use of such materials and the reduction and/or elimination of free Group VIII elements, in addition to graphitization, facilitates the sintering the construction at high pressure/high temperature conditions, e.g., greater than about 65 Kbar, to produce a construction having a high degree of thermal stability and/or thermal resistance when compared to conventional PCD materials. Polycrystalline diamond constructions of this invention are preferably configured as... |
| Ceramic dielectric formulation for broad band uhf antenna | 20080303720 | 20081211 |
| A dielectric ceramic composition has a dielectric constant, K, of at least 200 and a dielectric loss, DF, of 0.0006 or less at 1 MHz. The dielectric ceramic composition may be formed by sintering by firing in air without a controlled atmosphere. The dielectric ceramic composition may have a major component of 92.49 to 97.5 wt. % containing 60.15 to 68.2 wt. % strontium titanate, 11.02 to 23.59 wt. % calcium titanate and 7.11 to 21.32 wt. % barium titanate; and a minor component of 2.50 to 7.51 wt. % containing 1.18 to 3.55 wt. % calcium zirconate, 0.50 to 1.54 wt. % bismuth trioxide, 0.2 to 0.59 wt. % zirconia, 0.02 to 0.07 wt. % manganese dioxide, 0.12 to 0.35 wt. % zinc oxide, 0.12... |
| Rotor for an electric motor | 20080296993 | 20081204 |
| The invention provides a method of making a squirrel cage rotor for an electrical motor, and to a rotor for such a motor. The rotor comprises a rotor stack of a magnetically conductive material and a squirrel cage of an electrically conductive material. At least one of the short circuit rings are made by compression and sintering of a powder in which a solid element is embedded. The solid element facilitates manufacturing by increasing strength of potentially weak areas of the rotor, e.g. around openings into the shaft bore, rotor slots etc.
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| Piezoelectric vibrator and fabricating method thereof | 20080297007 | 20081204 |
| The present invention relates to piezoelectric vibrators such as a resonator used as a timing element, discriminator, filter or the like, and fabricating methods thereof. The piezoelectric vibrators of the present invention may be fabricated by forming a piezoelectric body of piezoelectric sheets, of which the thickness is controlled, and simultaneously sintering the sheets along with cover layers, on which grooves are formed. Also, the piezoelectric vibrator of the present invention is fabricated by laminating the piezoelectric sheets, of which the thickness is controlled, providing internal electrodes between the sheets, and forming external electrodes insulated from the internal electrodes.
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| Calcinated or sintered hollow body comprising a spherically curved surface | 20080299336 | 20081204 |
| A method is for producing calcinated or sintered hollow bodies comprising a spherical surface, to hollow bodies produced using the method, and to the uses thereof. Calcinated or sintered hollow bodies comprising a spherically curved surface, an enlarged, freely accessible surface and/or a structured surface. An organic spherical carrier is coated with a powder which forms the shell of a hollow body, and a binding agent, both contained in suspension. A heat treatment is then carried out, leading to the expulsion of organic constituents and to the sintering process. At least one elevation is arranged on the surface of the carrier or embodied thereon, the projection past the surface corresponding at least to the thickness of the shell of the finished sintered hollow body, taking into... |
| Cathode material particles with nano-metal oxide layers on the surface and a method for manufacturing the cathode material particles | 20080299392 | 20081204 |
| Cathode material particles with nano-metal oxide layers on the surface, each cathode material particle includes a cathode material core and a nano-metal oxide layer surrounding the cathode material core. The thickness of the nano-metal oxide layer is of 10 nm to 100 nm. The cathode material has excellent safety, high-capacity, good cycleability and high-rate charging or discharging capability. A method for manufacturing the cathode material particles comprises soaking the cathode material cores in a surface improving agent containing metal salt, drying the surface improving agent to deposit the metal salt on the cores and sintering the cores with lithium hydroxide to form the nano-metal oxide layer on the surface around the core. Thereby, the cathode material particles are formed.
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| Laser sinter powder with metal soaps, process for its production, and moldings produced from this laser sinter powder | 20080300353 | 20081204 |
| A sinter powder containing a polyamide and metal soaps, in particular particles of a salt of an alkanemonocarboxylic acid. A process for laser sintering, and to moldings produced from the sinter powder. The moldings formed using the powder have advantages in appearance and in surface finish when recyclability in the selective laser sintering (SLS) process is taken into account. Moldings produced from recycled sinter powder have improved mechanical properties, in particular in the modulus of elasticity and tensile strain at break.
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| Piezoelectric ceramic composition | 20080290316 | 20081127 |
| A piezoelectric ceramic composition represented by the formula (1-x) (K1-a-bNaaLib)m(Nb1-c-dTacSbd)O3-x(K1/4Na1/4M31/2) M4O3, wherein M3 represents a metal element that is at least one of Yb, Y, In, Nd, Eu, Gd, Dy, Sm, Ho, Er, Tb, and Lu; M4 represents a metal element that is at least one of Ti, Zr, and Sn; and x, a, b, c, d, and m satisfy the inequalities 0.001≦x≦0.1, 0≦a≦0.9, 0≦b≦0.3, 0≦a+b≦0.9, 0≦c≦0.5, 0≦d≦0.1, and 0.7≦m≦1.3. The piezoelectric ceramic composition is not sintering resistant and has desired, sufficient piezoelectric properties as well as a sufficient firing temperature range suitable for mass production. Furthermore, the piezoelectric ceramic composition is effective in preventing insufficient polarization and effective in increasing the yield of products.
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| Gas delivery substrate | 20080290565 | 20081127 |
| A gas delivery substrate and method of manufacture is disclosed. A thermoplastic extrusion compound is created comprising a ceramic material and a thermoplastic resin, a green body is formed by thermoplastic extrusion of the compound, and the green body is sintered to form the gas delivery substrate. Such gas delivery substrates may be thin walled, highly porous and have secondary operations such as crimping and machining done prior to sintering.
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| Process for producing ferrite sintered body | 20080292538 | 20081127 |
| a calcining step of obtaining a calcined body from a raw material compound; a first milling step of milling the calcined body to a predetermined size; a heat treatment step of holding fine powder obtained from the first milling step for a predetermined time in a predetermined temperature range in an atmosphere having an oxygen concentration of 10% by volume or less; a second milling step of milling the fine powder which has undergone the heat treatment step to a predetermined size; a step of wet compacting the fine powder which has undergone the second milling step in a magnetic field; and a sintering step of sintering the compacted body obtained by the wet compacting.
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| Titanium dioxide having increased sintering activity | 20080292539 | 20081127 |
| A crystalline titanium dioxide powder, containing aggregated primary particles, wherein a BET surface area of the aggregated primary particles is from 30 to 65 m2/g, and a rutile content of a sum of crystalline modifications in the crystalline titanium dioxide is from of 50-70%.
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| Thin film multiplayer ceramic capacitor devices and manufacture thereof | 20080293209 | 20081127 |
| forming an terminal conductive layer in electrical contact with the second conductor and separated from the first conductor by dielectric.
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| Lead zirconate titanate with iron/tungstein doping, method of producing a piezoceramic material with the lead zirconate titanate, and use of the piezoceramic material | 20080282536 | 20081120 |
| A piezoceramic composition has a nominal empirical formula of Pb1-aREbAEc[ZrxTiy(FefWw)z]O3. RE is a rare earth metal with a fraction b and AE is an alkaline earth metal with a fraction c. Iron is present with an iron fraction f·z, and tungsten with a tungsten fraction w·z. In addition, the following relationships apply: a<1; 0=b=0.15; 0=c=0.5; f>0; w>0; 0.1=f/w=5; x>0; y>0; z>0 and x+y+z=1. A method of producing a piezoceramic material using the piezoceramic composition has the steps: a) provision of a green ceramic body with the piezoceramic composition, and b) heat treatment of the green body, a piezoceramic of the piezoceramic material being produced from the piezoceramic composition. The heat treatment encompasses calcining and/or sintering. The piezoceramic composition undergoes compaction at below 1000° C. Metals which... |
| Wiring forming method of printed circuit board | 20080282537 | 20081120 |
| The present invention relates to a method for forming a wiring of a printed circuit board and more particularly, to a method including: preparing a base film; forming a wiring pattern with ink including metal nanoparticles on the base film by printing; and forming a wring by the induction heating of the base film on which the wiring pattern is formed. The method of the present invention which minimizes the thermal strain and thermal decomposition of a base film, provides an appropriate sintering process of wirings, shortens the manufacturing process, and exhibits excellent mechanical strength is provided by using the induction heating.
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| Reverse reaction sintering of si3n4/sic composites | 20080282735 | 20081120 |
| A method of making a composite sintered silicon nitride/silicon carbide body, including mixing a predetermined amount of silicon nitride powder with a predetermined amount of silicon carbide powder, heat-treating the resultant mixed powder at a temperature of between about 800 and 1500 degrees Celsius in a substantially nitrogen sintering atmosphere, and producing a thin film of silica around individual silicon nitride and silicon carbide grains. The thin film of silica is useful in retarding the diffusion of oxygen to the silicon nitride particles, slowing their oxidation. The pressure of the sintering atmosphere is not substantially greater than atmospheric pressure.
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| Crystal growth method and apparatus | 20080282967 | 20081120 |
| A method for forming a uniformly oriented crystalline sheet, wherein a plurality of crystallites are introduced into a liquid. At least a portion of the crystallites float on the surface of the liquid, and are induced to self-orientate until they are uniformly oriented in a compact mosaic configuration, while their sintering is prevented. A uniformly oriented crystalline sheet is formed from the compact mosaic configuration, for example, by sintering the crystallites. An apparatus for forming a crystalline sheet includes a container containing a liquid, wherein a plurality of crystallites are introduced and at least a portion thereof float on the surface of the liquid without sintering. The apparatus also includes a flow unit for inducing a flow of the liquid which moves the floating crystallites, and... |
| Well screen with diffusion layer | 20080283239 | 20081120 |
| A technique is provided for creating a well screen having a diffusion layer affixed to a filter medium to create a coherent structure. The diffusion layer is formed as a structure that freely allows movement of fluid, while the filtering medium is designed to filter particulates of a specific size. The diffusion layer is affixed to the filtering medium along a filtering medium surface to greatly improve collapse and burst resistance of the filtering medium. One method of affixing comprises bonding the diffusion layer to the filtering medium via a sintering process.
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| Ceramic heating elements | 20070295708 | 20071227 |
| New methods are provided or manufacture ceramic resistive igniter elements that include sintering of the elements in the absence of substantially elevated pressures. Ceramic igniters also are provided that are obtainable from fabrication methods of the invention.
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| Method for manufacturing high-density indium tin oxide target, methods for preparing tin oxide powder and indium oxide powder used therefor | 20070295944 | 20071227 |
| A method for manufacturing an indium tin oxide (ITO) target and methods for preparing indium oxide powder (In2O3) and tin oxide powder (SnO2). The method for manufacturing an ITO (indium tin oxide) target includes preparing an In2O3 powder having a surface area of about 10-18 m2/g and an average particle diameter of between about 40 to 80 nm; preparing a SnO2 powder having a surface area of about 8-15 m2/g and an average particle diameter of about 60-100 nm; molding a mixture of the In2O3 powder and the SnO2 powder; and sintering the mixture at atmospheric pressure under oxidation atmosphere. The ITO target is applicable for a high-quality, transparent electrode for a display, such as a liquid crystal display, electroluminescent display, or field emission display.
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| Alloying system | 20070297934 | 20071227 |
| An alloying system for preparing a titanium alloy, the system comprising a rotating mill to mechanically alloy a mixture of elemental powders in predetermined proportions, the elemental powders including titanium particles, alpha stabilizer particles and beta stabilizer particles; wherein the mixture is mechanically alloyed using low impact energy to layer the titanium particles with beta stabilizer particles whereby sintering of the mechanically alloyed mixture produces alternate layers of alpha and beta stabilizer particles.
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| Compound for forming wiring conductor, fabrication method of circuit board using the same and circuit board | 20070298161 | 20071227 |
| The present invention sufficiently secures conductor component content ratio in wiring formed on a multilayer circuit board and increases reliability by fabricating the multilayer circuit board by steps of drawing wiring precursor patterns containing a paste of compound for forming wiring conductor containing (a) superfine metal particles (metal nanoparticles) whose average particle size is 1-10 nm; (b) an organic coating compound coated on the surface of the superfine metal particle in the film thickness of 1-10 nm; (c) a latent reactive organic compound reacting with the organic coating compound in the range of 100-250° C., (d) metal particles whose average particle size is 0.5-10 μm, and (e) dispersion medium that stably disperses components (a) through (d) on a substrate by screen printing, sintering by heating the... |
| Device and method for applying layers of a powder material onto a surface | 20070298182 | 20071227 |
| A device (51) for applying layers or a powder material (71) by means of an application device (52) is described, wherein the application device (52) can be moved back and forth between two end positions in order to apply a layer of material (71) and the application device (52) comprises a blade (56) for removing excess material during the application of a layer of material (71). The device (51) is characterized by a material transport device (53), by which the material can be transferred from one side of the blade (56) to the other side of the blade. The device has the particular advantage that layers of material (71) can be applied without any loss of material and is particularly applicable in a laser sintering device.
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| Bonding materials having particle with anisotropic shape | 20070298244 | 20071227 |
| An object of the present invention is to provide a bonding material that is excellent in shear strength and a capability of heat radiation of a bonding layer and can be formed into a sheet. The present invention has a feature of providing a bonding material comprising metal fibers each of which is coated on its surface with an organic material or a metal oxide, has an aspect ratio not more than 2, and has a longitudinal length equal to or less than 100 μm; and metal particles each of which is coated on its surface with an organic material or a metal oxide, has an aspect ratio equal to or less than 1.5, and has a particle size equal to or less than 100 nm,... |
| Alumina composite sintered body, evaluation method thereof and spark plug | 20070298245 | 20071227 |
| An alumina composite sintered body 1 in which fine particles 2 are dispersed in the crystal grains 4 and/or at the crystal grain boundaries 3 of an alumina sintered body obtained by sintering alumina crystal grains 4; an evaluation method thereof; and a spark plug using the alumina composite sintered body 1. Arbitrary regions in the cross-section of the alumina composite sintered body 1 are taken as analysis surfaces, and when the cross-sectional areas of the fine particles 2 contained in each analysis surface are measured, the ratio of the cross-sectional areas occupying in the area of the analysis surface is from 1 to 20%; when the cross-sectional areas of the fine particles 2 contained in each of analysis surfaces adjacent to each other are measured,... |
| Diamond composite heat spreader and associated methods | 20070298537 | 20071227 |
| Diamond heat spreaders are produced having thermal properties approaching that of pure diamond. Diamond particles of relatively large grain size are tightly packed to maximize diamond-to-diamond contact. Subsequently, smaller diamond particles may be introduced into the interstitial voids to further increase the diamond content per volume. An interstitial material is then introduced which substantially fills the remaining voids and should have favorable thermal properties as well as form chemical bonds with the diamond. Alternatively, the packed diamond may be subjected to ultrahigh pressures over 4 GPa in the presence of a sintering aid. The resulting diamond heat spreader has diamond particles which are substantially sintered together to form a continuous diamond network and small amounts of a sintering agent. The final heat spreader exhibits superior heat... |
| Process for producing synthetic quartz glass, jig for synthetic-quartz-glass production, and synthetic quartz glass for optical member | 20070289331 | 20071220 |
| An object of the invention is to provide a process for producing a synthetic quartz glass while taking account of a refractive index distribution remaining in the synthetic quartz glass; a jig for use in the synthetic-quartz-glass production process; and a synthetic quartz glass for an optical member, produced by the process. A process for producing a synthetic quartz glass, which comprises: depositing and growing fine quartz glass particles synthesized by flame hydrolysis of a glass-forming material on a rotating target to thereby form a porous quartz glass base of a substantially cylindrical shape; presintering the porous quartz glass base; and heating the presintered porous quartz glass base to a temperature not lower than the vitrification temperature to convert the base into a transparent glass, wherein... |
| Fire retardant polymer nanocomposites for laser sintering | 20070290410 | 20071220 |
| A method and apparatus for forming three dimensional flame retardant objects by laser sintering that includes homogeneously combining, by an extrusion process, certain polymer materials with nanoparticles and using the resultant powder in a laser sintering device to produce freeform parts.
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| Metallic powder for powder metallurgy whose main component is iron and iron-based sintered body | 20070292298 | 20071220 |
| Provided is iron-based metal powder for powder metallurgy including a metallic soap containing at least one or more types selected from a group of Ag, Au, Bi, Co, Cu, Mo, Ni, Pd, Pt, Sn, Te and W having a higher standard oxidization potential than iron, and an iron sintered body having a rust prevention function, wherein at least one or more types of metallic soap selected from a group of Ag, Au, Bi, Co, Cu, Mo, Ni, Pd, Pt, Sn, Te and W having a higher standard oxidization potential than iron is added to iron-based metal powder for powder metallurgy, and sintering is performed thereto. As a result, obtained is mixed powder for powder metallurgy capable of improving the rust prevention effect easily without having to... |
| Making sintered, iron-based alloy parts by using boron-containing master alloys | 20070292301 | 20071220 |
| A method of making high-density (>7.0 g/ml) sintered iron-based alloy parts by using boron-containing Master Alloys comprises the steps of mixing an atomised, boron-containing master alloy powder, or a plurality of master alloy powders at least one of which is boron-containing, with a conventional iron or iron alloy powder; optionally adding graphite and a lubricant in conventional amounts as used in powder metallurgy technology; and pressing and sintering the mix to an increased density, preferably in a reducing, inert or vacuum atmosphere at 1050 to 1300° C., to produce the part required. The invention also includes parts produced by the above defined method.
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| Transition metal oxide nano-tube | 20070292338 | 20071220 |
| To provide nano-tubes consisting of transition metal oxide and a production method thereof. The nano-tubes consisting of a transition metal oxide with an average diameter of about 10 to 1,000 nm and an average length of about 1 to 100 μm can be obtained by coexisting a peptide lipid represented by the general formula RCO(NHCH2CO)mOH, wherein R represents a hydrocarbon group with six to eighteen carbon atoms and m represents an integer one to three, and a transition metal ion in water and sintering at 300 to 600° C. the fibrous substance formed.
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| Industrial plasma reactor for plasma assisted thermal debinding of powder injection-molded parts | 20070292556 | 20071220 |
| Industrial plasma reactor for plasma assisted thermal debinding of power injection-molded parts is a reactor used for the plasma assisted debinding and sintering of metallic or ceramic parts produced by the powder injection molding process, comprising a vacuum chamber (1) containing a cathode-anode (7,8) system for plasma generation and a resistive heating system (6) in the same vacuum chamber (1) ambient
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| Method for the production of nuclear fuel pellets | 20070284766 | 20071213 |
| A process for manufacturing nuclear fuel pellets through sintering of a material containing uranium dioxide obtained from a powder from a power originating from a process for a conversion of uranium hexafluoride.
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| Ascending/descending apparatus and complex sintering furnace using the same | 20070284793 | 20071213 |
| Provided is a complex sintering furnace to sequentially perform a bake-out process and a sintering process for molding ceramic products. The complex sintering furnace includes: a support frame; a pair of furnace bodies supported on the top of the support frame and having a built-in heat insulator covered by a disc-shaped cover; a pair of rails arranged under the support frame in parallel in a length direction along arrangement of the furnace bodies; a rotating base horizontally transferred along the rails and rotatably connected to bottoms of the furnace bodies when the rotating base is vertically transferred directly under the bottoms of the furnace bodies, the rotating base including a separately rotating setter mounted the top thereof; and an ascending/descending apparatus mounted under the rotating bases... |
| Method for producing superconducting wire | 20070287635 | 20071213 |
| A superconducting wire includes a filament portion which contains a Bi-2223 phase and a sheath portion covering the filament portion. A method for producing the superconducting wire includes a filling step, a drawing step, a rolling step, and a sintering step. The filament portion is absent of the Bi-2223 phase in composition prior to the sintering step.
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| Fiber guide channel for an open end spinning device and a method for producing a fiber guide channel | 20070277497 | 20071206 |
| The invention relates to a fiber guide channel for an open-end spinning device and to a method for producing such a fiber guide channel. Fiber guide channels are known per se and serve for the pneumatic transport of individual fibers which are combed out of a feed fiber assembly by an opening cylinder that rotates in an opening cylinder housing, to a spinning rotor running at high speed in a rotor housing that can be subjected to a negative pressure. According to the invention, the fiber guide channel (13) is configured as a hollow body whose internal diameter decreases towards its orifice (26). The fiber guide channel (13) is produced according to a method of manufacturing wherein a first over-sized blank shape is produced by injection... |
| Process for producing synthetic quartz glass and synthetic quartz glass for optical member | 20070277555 | 20071206 |
| The invention provides a process for producing a synthetic quartz glass, comprising: (a) depositing fine quartz glass particles synthesized by flame hydrolysis of a glass-forming material, on a substrate, to form a porous quartz glass base; (b) presintering the porous quartz glass base; (c) heat-treating the presintered porous quartz glass base by holding it under vacuum at a temperature in the range of from 1,100° C. to below the vitrification temperature for a certain time period; and (d) heating the thus heat-treated porous quartz glass base to a temperature not lower than the vitrification temperature to obtain a synthetic quartz glass. According to the process for synthetic quartz glass production of the invention, a synthetic quartz glass having a reduced OH group amount and a uniform... |
| Cordierite formation | 20070281127 | 20071206 |
| A process for making cordierite ceramic articles exhibiting improved properties involves steps of preparing a solution in which a sintering promoting agent is dissolved in a solvent prior to being combined with an alumina source, a silica source, a magnesia source, and an organic binder. The sintering promoting agent induces rapid growth of cordierite at lower temperatures and/or during shorter firing times, while preserving valued CTE and MOR properties. Improved MOR (MOR/E−mod*CTE) provide products exhibiting higher thermal shock resistance, and improved pore size distribution with cut off of smaller pore sizes providing products with lower back pressure at high filtration efficiency.
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| Porous, heat-insulating shaped body, method for producing the shaped body and the use thereof | 20070281146 | 20071206 |
| A porous, heat-insulating shaped body, obtained by tempering a material mixture having a weight ratio of 1:1, wherein the mixture includes a silicate such as, for example, natural or expanded perlite, natural or furnace slag pumice, expanding clay, or expanding glass, and an inorganic component selected such that the melting point for the mixture of silicate and inorganic component is in the range of a sintering temperature of the silicate and that a gas is furthermore released from the inorganic component in this temperature range. The porous, heat-insulating shaped body functions to control moisture when used in the form of a heat-insulating board or in the form of an admixture for building materials.
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| Novel nanoparticle patterning process | 20070281249 | 20071206 |
| A method of making a metallic pattern (250) comprises: depositing a layer of photoresist (130) on a substrate (110); forming a patter on the photoresist; depositing a layer of metal nanoparticles (190) on the photoresist and pattern; removing the photoresist and overlying metal nanoparticles on the photoresist; and sintering the remaining nanoparticles to form a metallic pattern.
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| Dielectric material used on high power stainless steel plates and the preparation method thereof | 20070281848 | 20071206 |
| The present invention relates to a dielectric material used on high power stainless steel plates and the preparation method thereof. The present invention provides a dielectric material used on high power stainless steel plates, which does not need printing and sintering many times, and has a superior insulating ability and a good printing performance. The present invention firstly prepares the dielectric material: according to the weight-percent proportions preparing the nonmetallic materials and stirring the mixture evenly, then sintering it to obtain the microcrystalline glass power, then adding crude materials and water to obtain the slurry-like dielectric material, which is ready to be sprayed on the stainless steel plates, and the insulation and voltage resistant insulation dielectric layer is obtained after sintering. The present invention greatly increases... |
| Sintered glass ceramic and method for producing the same | 20070281851 | 20071206 |
| The invention provides a method for producing a glass ceramic comprising the steps of melting a starting glass that is free from alkali, except for incidental contamination, and that contains at least one garnet-forming agent and at least one oxide of a lanthanoid; grinding the starting glass to produce a glass frit; molding by pressing and sintering the glass frit until at least one garnet phase containing lanthanoids is formed. A glass ceramic produced in this way may contain 5-50 % by weight of SiO2, 5-50 % by weight of Al2O3 and 10-80 % by weight of at least one oxide selected from the group formed by Y2O3, Lu2O3, Sc2O3, Gd2O3, Yb2O3, Ce2O3, as well least one oxide selected from the group formed by B2O3, Th2O3,... |
| Slide bearing material | 20070281872 | 20071206 |
| The invention relates to a slide bearing material comprising a metallic supporting layer and a metallic lead-free bearing layer consisting of densely sintered powder particles of tin bronze with bismuth additives. The aim of the invention is to create a lead-free slide bearing material with nevertheless good tribological properties and a high bearing capacity. To this end, the bearing metallic layer is formed from a sintering powder consisting of powder particles containing between 9.5 and 11 wt. % of tin and between 7 and 13 wt. % of bismuth and copper. The powder particles have a nobular form deviating from the regular spherical form but without edges and undercuts.
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| Passive device structure | 20070271752 | 20071129 |
| A method including forming a ceramic material directly on a sheet of a first conductive material; forming a second conductive material on the ceramic material; and sintering the ceramic material. A method including forming a ceramic material directly on a sheet of a first conductive material; forming a second conductive material on the ceramic material so that the ceramic material is disposed between the first conductive material and the second conductive material; thermal processing at a temperature sufficient to sinter the ceramic material and form a film of the second conductive material; and coating an exposed surface of at least one of the first conduct material and the second conductive material with a different conductive material. An apparatus including first and second electrodes; and a ceramic... |
| Method of manufacturing superconducting wire | 20070271768 | 20071129 |
| A method of manufacturing a superconducting wire includes the step of drawing a wire formed by coating raw material powder for a superconductor with a metal, the step of first rolling a multifilamentary wire after the step of drawing, and the step of first sintering the multifilamentary wire after the step of the first rolling. The method further includes the step of holding a clad wire, a multifilamentary wire, or a multifilamentary wire under a reduced-pressure atmosphere in at least one of an interval between the step of drawing and the step of the first rolling and an interval between the step of the first rolling and the step of the first sintering. With this method, a superconducting wire having high and uniform performance can be... |
| High cte reaction-bonded ceramic membrane supports | 20070271888 | 20071129 |
| A porous ceramic support for a gas separation membrane formed by sintering a green body containing grains of a refractory ceramic oxide with a high coefficient of thermal expansion and grains of a reactive binder precursor. Upon sintering, the reactive binder precursor reacts with at least one gaseous, liquid or solid reactant to create a reaction bond that binds the refractory ceramic oxide grains. The support configuration can be a tubular, flat plate, hollow fiber, or multiple-passageway monolith structure.
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| Method and device for producing a hollow quartz-glass cylinder | 20070271964 | 20071129 |
| In a known method for producing a hollow quartz-glass cylinder by means of the soot method , a porous soot tube with a central inner bore is produced by the deposition of SiO2 particles on the outer surface of a support that rotates about its longitudinal axis. The soot tube is then heated in a furnace and sintered. During said process, the tube is held by a retaining device, which comprises an elongated shaping element that projects into the inner bore. The soot tube collapses onto said shaping element thus forming the hollow cylinder. The aim of the invention is to develop said process to provide an economic method that can be used to obtain quartz-glass hollow cylinders with a narrower inner bore. To achieve this,... |
| Magnetic encoder and wheel support bearing assembly using the same | 20070273362 | 20071129 |
| A magnetic encoder (10) includes a multipolar magnet (14), having magnetic poles formed therein so as to alternate with each other in a direction circumferentially thereof, and a core metal (11) supporting the multipolar magnet (14). The multipolar magnet (14) is prepared from a sintered element formed by sintering a powdery mixture of a magnetic powder and a non-magnetic metallic powder. This multipolar magnet (14) is fixed to the core metal (11) to form a unitary component (21) made up of the sintered element and the core metal (11). The unitary component (21) is subjected to a surface treatment for anticorrosion.
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| Nanostructures synthesized using anodic aluminum oxide | 20060289351 | 20061228 |
| This invention provides ways to fabricate nanotubes and nanobead arrays by utilizing nanopores in anodic aluminum oxide (AAO) membranes. Nanotubes of bismuth and other low melting point metals with controlled diameters and lengths can be fabricated by sintering AAO coated with appropriate metals at temperatures above their melting points. Carbon nanotubes may also be readily formed by carbonizing a polymer on the interior walls of the nanopores in AAO membranes. Palladium nanobead arrays which can be used as ultrafast hydrogen sensors are fabricated by coating the flat surface of AAO membranes with controlled pore-wall ratios.
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| Conductive composition and ceramic electronic component | 20060289840 | 20061228 |
| Disclosed is a conductive composition used for a conductor of an electronic component, comprising a metal particle and a metal oxide particle which has an average particle size of 5 to 60 nm, a melting point of 1500° C. or higher, and a content of 0.1 to 10.0 wt % based on the amount of the metal particle. According to the conductive composition, even when the metal particle is made fine, a sintering initiation temperature can be adequately increased, thus a generation of a crack and a de-lamination can be prevented easily and firmly.
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| Method for making electronic devices using metal oxide nanoparticles | 20060292777 | 20061228 |
| A method of making a thin film transistor comprises (a) solution depositing a dispersion comprising semiconducting metal oxide nanoparticles onto a substrate, (b) sintering the nanoparticles to form a semiconductor layer, and (c) optionally subjecting the resulting semiconductor layer to post-deposition processing.
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| Methods of improving the shelf life of a cement composition comprising a coated gas-generating material | 20060283595 | 20061221 |
| According to various embodiments, methods of increasing a shelf life of a gas-generating material comprise: including a C8-C18 hydrocarbon in a mixture used to coat the gas-generating material. This gas-generating material may be used in a cement composition to generate gas therein after the composition has been placed in a wellbore. The coating surrounding the gas-generating material serves to delay the reaction for producing the gas until desired. The gas may serve to inhibit gas migration from an adjacent subterranean formation into and through the cement composition before it sets into a hard mass. Coating the gas-generating material with the mixture may ensure that it can be stored for a relatively long period of time (e.g., up to 1 year or longer) without being concerned that... |
| Dynamic damper | 20060283678 | 20061221 |
| A dynamic damper has a main body, two mass portions projecting from the main body in diametrical directions of a drive shaft, and two connecting portions connecting the main body and the respective mass portions to each other. The connecting portions are narrower than the mass portions. The mass portions accommodate mass members therein, respectively. Each of the mass members comprises a sintered body produced by sintering a powder of a tungsten alloy or tungsten mixed with a metal binder. The tungsten alloy may be W-1.8Ni-1.2Cu, W-3.0Ni-2.0Cu, W-5.0Ni-2.0Fe, or W-3.5Ni-1.5Fe.
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| High temperature oxidation resistant material for spacecraft, hot structure part, spacecraft, and method for producing high temperature oxidation resistant material for spacecraft | 20060284352 | 20061221 |
| An inexpensive high temperature oxidation resistant material for spacecraft, having a higher heat resistance than a conventional oxidation resistant material of a silicon carbide coating system, which may be readily formed into a desired shape, a hot structure part including the oxidation resistant material for spacecraft, a spacecraft provided with the hot structure part, and a method for producing the oxidation resistant material for spacecraft are provided. The oxidation resistant material for spacecraft includes a ceramic material in which silicon carbide is included in zirconium boride. The method for producing the oxidation resistant material for spacecraft includes the steps of including SiC in zirconium boride, and molding by means of a normal pressure sintering method.
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| Corrosion resistant metallurgical powder compositions, methods, and compacted articles | 20060285989 | 20061221 |
| Provided are corrosion resistant metallurgical powder compositions, corrosion resistant compacted articles prepared from metallurgical powder compositions, and methods of preparing the same. Corrosion resistant metallurgical powder compositions include as a major component, an iron-based powder and, as a minor component, alloy additives that include chromium, and carbon. Upon compaction and sintering, the iron-based powder and alloy additives form a dual phase alloy system. The dual phase alloy system is denoted by an admixed martensite and ferrite microstructure. This unique microstructure results in beneficial physical properties, such as for example, high strength, hardness, and ductility, impact energy, and fatigue endurance, while maintaining resistance to corrosion.
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| Process for the production of graphite powders of increased bulk density | 20060286025 | 20061221 |
| The invention relates to a method for increasing the Scott density of synthetic and/or natural graphite powders of any particle size distribution, preferably of highly-pure graphite, by subjecting the graphite powder to an autogenous surface treatment. The inventive powder is used, in particular, for producing dispersions, coatings with an increased graphite/binder ratio and increased electric and thermal conductivity, gas and liquid-tight coatings on metal substrates, thermoplastic or duroplastic graphite-polymer composites, or for producing metallic, non-ferrous sintering materials.
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| Substrates and method of manufacturing same | 20060286301 | 20061221 |
| A method of preparing substrates, including the steps of depositing metal particulates into a pillar form at a prescribed position of a substrate (1) by the use of a fine inkjet method, and then sintering the resultant to form a metal pillar (2).
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| Methods for making microwave circuits | 20060286722 | 20061221 |
| Disclosed are methods for making microwave circuits using thickfilm components. In an embodiment, the method includes depositing a dielectric over a ground plane, and then forming a conductor on the dielectric. The conductor is formed by depositing a conductive thickfilm on the dielectric and then “subsintering” the conductive thickfilm. In one embodiment, before the subsintering, the conductive thickfilm is patterned to define at least one conductor. In another embodiment, after the subsintering, the conductive thickfilm is patterned to define at least one conductor. After subsintering, the conductive thickfilm is etched to expose the conductor(s), and the conductor(s) are then fired at a full sintering temperature.
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| Process for producing reduced matal and agglomerate with carbonaceous material incorporated therein | 20060278040 | 20061214 |
| Agglomerates with a carbonaceous material incorporated therein and a process for producing reduced metal using the agglomerates are provided. The agglomerates are prepared with high-VM coal, which is widely and abundantly produced and is less expensive, and they provide high strength after reduction without the need for finer metal oxide particles. The agglomerates are made of a carbonaceous material and a raw material to be reduced that contains a metal oxide, such as iron ore. The carbonaceous material used is a high-VM coal containing 35% or more by mass of volatile matter. The agglomerates are formed at a pressure of at least 2 t/cm2 so that the porosity thereof is reduced to 35% or less. The reduction in porosity is effective in promoting heat transfer inside... |
| Valve acting metal sintered body, production method therefor and solid electrolytic capacitor | 20060279908 | 20061214 |
| The invention provides a valve-acting metal sintered body for anode of a solid electrolytic capacitor, having a high capacitance, well impregnated with cathode material, and exhibiting excellent properties particularly when having a large volume, a capacitor having a low ESR, an excellent tan δ value and good long-term reliability such as moisture resistance and heat resistance by using the sintered body, and a production method therefor comprising the following steps: coating/printing/shaping a granulated product of a mixed dispersion containing a pore-forming agent, an organic binder and a primary powder or secondary aggregated powder of at least one member selected from valve-acting metal, a valve-acting metal compound and a valve-acting metal alloy or a granulated powder thereof, and a solvent, or compressing and shaping the granulated product... |
| Method for manufacturing components with a nickel base alloy as well as components manufactured therewith | 20060280637 | 20061214 |
| The invention relates to a method for manufacturing components with a nickel base alloy as well as to components manufactured therewith. The respective components, in particular, are to have improved mechanical properties in comparison with the conventional solutions, and are to be producible in the most differently shaped form. During the production, proceeding takes place then such that a substrate core made of nickel or a nickel base alloy, in which nickel is included with a content of at least 20 wt %, will be coated on the surface with a binding agent as well as a metal powder in which nickel is included with a content of at least 20 wt % in addition to further alloy forming elements. Subsequently, a stepped thermal treatment is... |
| Intermetallic bonded diamond composite composition and methods of forming articles from same | 20060280638 | 20061214 |
| An intermetallic bonded diamond composite composition and methods of processing such a composition are provided by the present invention. The intermetallic bonded diamond composite composition preferably comprises a nickel aluminide (Ni3Al) binder and diamond particles dispersed within the nickel aluminide (Ni3Al) binder. Additionally, the composite composition has a processing temperature of at least about 1,200° C. and is processed such that the diamond particles remain intact and are not converted to graphite or vaporized by the high-temperature process. Methods of forming the composite composition are also provided that generally comprise the steps of milling, pressing, and sintering the high-temperature intermetallic binder and diamond particles.
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| Sintered part and the method for production thereof | 20060280639 | 20061214 |
| The invention relates to a sintered part consisting of a hard metal, in particular WC with Co, Ni and/or Fe binders-based hard metal, or cermet, in particular on the base of composition consisting of (Ti, W) (C, N) or (Ti, Mo) (C, N) with Co, Ni and/or Fe binders and to a method for producing such a sintered part. The inventive method consists in exposing a sintered part totally or partially to an active plasma gaseous phase at a maximum pressure of 3×104 Pa during heating, sintering or after sintering, at least during a certain time preferably during a time period ranging from 10 to 100 min.
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| Dense, shaped articles constructed of a refractory material and methods of preparing such articles | 20060280640 | 20061214 |
| The invention provides a method of forming a dense, shaped article, such as a crucible, formed of a refractory material, the method comprising the steps of placing a refractory material having a melting point of at least about 2900° C. in a mold configured to form the powder into an approximation of the desired shape. The mold containing the powder is treated at a temperature and pressure sufficient to form a shape-sustaining molded powder that conforms to the shape of the mold, wherein the treating step involves sintering or isostatic pressing. The shape-sustaining molded powder can be machined into the final desired shap and then sintered at a temperature and for a time sufficient to produce a dense, shaped article having a density of greater than... |
| Aluminum titanate ceramic articles and methods of making same | 20060281627 | 20061214 |
| An aluminum titanate ceramic article having a predominant crystal phase of aluminum titanate and a material composition including aluminum, titanium, silica, an alkaline earth metal (e.g., at least one selected from the group of strontium, calcium, barium, or combinations), and a rare earth metal (e.g., at least one selected from the group consisting of yttrium, lanthanum, and combinations) and methods of making such aluminum titanate bodies are described. An oxide of yttrium metal or lanthanide metals is preferably used as a sintering aid in combination with the other compositional components to enable firing of the resulting green body at a lower heating temperature of less than 1500° C., and more preferably between 1400°-1450° C., with a preferable hold time of less than 8 hours, more preferably... |
| Process for treating inorganic particles via sintering of sinterable material | 20060275227 | 20061207 |
| The present disclosure relates to a process for making treated inorganic particles by vapor phase deposition of surface treatments on the particle surface by reacting inorganic particles, typically titanium dioxide particles, with a composition comprising a sinterable material and a liquid medium at a temperature sufficient to evaporate the medium and release the sinterable material as aerosol particles. The aerosol particles sinter and form a treatment on the surfaces of the inorganic particles.
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| Method and apparatus for forming electrode interconnect contacts for a solid-oxide fuel cell stack | 20060275649 | 20061207 |
| An electrical interconnect for a solid-oxide fuel cell stack assembly, including a novel sintering paste and an improved manufacturing process for an anode and cathode electrical contacts is disclosed. On the anode side, the paste contains a metallic oxide such as NiO, and an amount of sacrificial pore-forming particles, such as carbon particles or polymer spheres, which are vaporized during sintering of the paste, resulting in a very porous connection having good electrical conductivity and good adhesion. A preferred level of pore-former in the paste is about 40 volume percent. On the cathode side, the paste contains a noble metal such as for example, gold, platinum, palladium or rhodium, and an amount of the sacrificial pore-forming particles. The paste may be applied to the surfaces in... |
| Silicon nitride compositions | 20060276324 | 20061207 |
| The present invention provides silicon nitride with tungsten carbide additives in a sinterable material comprising silicon nitride and tungsten carbide, in which the silicon nitride content is a minimum of about 80% and wherein the total nitride component is about 28-40 w/w % N2, and further comprising about 1.5-3.5 w/w % Al, about 2-6 w/w % Y, about 1.5-7 w/w % W, and about 3-9 w/w % O2. which after sintering will produce ceramic bodies with a high degree of toughness suitable for armor applications.
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| Titanium powder sintered compact | 20060266697 | 20061130 |
| Provided are a porous sintered compact suitable for a filter, a power feeder in a polymer electrolyte membrane type water electrolyzer, a current collector in a solid polymer fuel cell and in addition a liquid dispersion plate, especially an ink dispersion plate for an ink jet printer ink and the like. A titanium powder sintered compact made of a plate-like porous compact is obtained by sintering spherical powder made of titanium or a titanium alloy produced by means of a gas atomization method. A void ratio in the range of from 35 to 55% is realized by filling without applying a pressure and sintering without applying a pressure.
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| Titanium powder sintered compact | 20060266698 | 20061130 |
| Provided are a porous sintered compact suitable for a filter, a power feeder in a polymer electrolyte membrane type water electrolyzer, a current collector in a solid polymer fuel cell and in addition a liquid dispersion plate, especially an ink dispersion plate for an ink jet printer ink and the like. A titanium powder sintered compact made of a plate-like porous compact is obtained by sintering spherical powder made of titanium or a titanium alloy produced by means of a gas atomization method. A void ratio in the range of from 35 to 55% is realized by filling without applying a pressure and sintering without applying a pressure.
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| Titanium powder sintered compact | 20060266699 | 20061130 |
| Provided are a porous sintered compact suitable for a filter, a power feeder in a polymer electrolyte membrane type water electrolyzer, a current collector in a solid polymer fuel cell and in addition a liquid dispersion plate, especially an ink dispersion plate for an ink jet printer ink and the like. A titanium powder sintered compact made of a plate-like porous compact is obtained by sintering spherical powder made of titanium or a titanium alloy produced by means of a gas atomization method. A void ratio in the range of from 35 to 55% is realized by filling without applying a pressure and sintering without applying a pressure.
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| Ceramic powder emitting far infrared ray, high-density bio-stone manufactured by using the same and manufacturing method thereof | 20060266979 | 20061130 |
| Disclosed is a process for manufacturing high-density biostone with ceramic powder emitting a far infrared ray, comprising preparing the ceramic powder by mixing 85˜92% by weight of Al2O3, 3˜7% by weight of SiO2, 3˜7% by weight of MgO and 1˜4% by weight of clay as major ingredients and ball milling it for 48 hrs; adding 0.6% by weight of dispersants, 1% by weight of wetting agents, 0.6% by weight of glycerin, 20% by weight of binders and 0.5% by weight of anti-forming agents as minor ingredients based on 100% by weight of the ball milled mixture to 35% by weight of water of 60° C., stirring it and adding it to the ball milled mixture; and wet grinding the resulting mixture with ball mill about 24... |
| Composite membrane and method for forming the same | 20060269735 | 20061130 |
| The present invention discloses discloses a composite PTFE membrane comprising an expanded PTFE membrane as substrate and a sintered porous PTFE membrane on top of it. The porous PTFE membrane on top has porous structure with interconnected channels formed with a sintering process that fuses the PTFE fine powders coated on the ePTFE membrane. Furthermore, the present invention discloses a method for forming the composite PTFE membrane.
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| Creamic substrate and production method thereof | 20060269753 | 20061130 |
| A production method of a ceramic substrate includes the steps of: providing a graphite substrate and at least one ceramic structure; laminating the ceramic structure and the graphite substrate; and sintering the ceramic structure and the graphite substrate. Moreover, a ceramic substrate, which includes at least one ceramic structure and a graphite substrate, is provided. The ceramic structure and the graphite substrate are laminated. After laminating, the ceramic structure and the graphite substrate are sintered to form a ceramic substrate.
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| Steel parts having high wear and abrasion resistance and method for manufacturing the same | 20060269763 | 20061130 |
| A steel parts having an improved high wear and abrasion resistance is provided. The steel parts can be manufactured by a method wherein a steel parts containing 0.5 to 1.2 wt % of carbon is subjected to a chromium cementation treatment at a temperature of 1,000 to 1,100° C. with a cementing agent mainly consisting of carbide particles selected from the group consisting of Vanadium Carbide, Titanium Carbide, Niobium Carbide, Tungsten Carbide, Hafnium Carbide and Zirconium Carbide; metallic chromium and a sintering inhibitor to make an outermost surface of chromium carbide formed on the steel parts being dispersed with carbide particles selected from the group consisting of Vanadium Carbide, Titanium Carbide, Niobium Carbide, Tungsten Carbide, Hafnium Carbide and Zirconium Carbide.
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| Supported ceramic membranes and electrochemical cells and cell stacks including the same | 20060269813 | 20061130 |
| A dense ceramic electrolyte membrane supported by symmetrical porous ceramic electrolyte layers. The thin (t<100 microns) electrolyte layer is sandwiched between two fugitive-containing electrolyte support layers that become highly porous after firing. The heat treated fugitive-containing support layers form a skeletal structure of strongly adhered electrolyte with an interpenetrating network of pores that extends well always from the electrolyte surface. The porous layers can be infiltrated with a range of electrode materials or precursors to form a solid oxide fuel cell or other electrochemical cell as well as electrochemical cell stacks. The supported ceramic membrane provides electrochemical performance advantages and reduces warpage during sintering compared to conventional structures.
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| Carbon brush and method and material for the production thereof | 20060260436 | 20061123 |
| Carbon brush comprising a base body produced from carbon material by pressing and optionally sintering and a layer of a metallic material applied to an outer surface of the base body by pressing and possibly sintering, the metal layer being connectable to a metallic carrier by welding or soldering.
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| Method of making multilayer glass structures | 20060260734 | 20061123 |
| The present invention provides a method of making a decorated multilayer glass structure using a single firing step that includes that use of a crystallizing glass enamel composition that contains ingredients to ensure the complete burnout of the organic portion of the composition upon firing and bending of a mated pair of glass sheets. A benefit of the composition is that when applied to one sheet of a mated pair of glass sheets, it burns out completely during firing and bending of the pair. The presence of high levels of oxidizers in the composition ensures a supply of oxygen to enable combustion of the organic vehicle while firing the glass sheets and prior to the sintering of the enamel composition to only one glass sheet in... |
