NGK Insulators, Ltd. Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160137555 | Ceramic Material and Thermal Switch - A ceramic material has a characteristic length L | 05-19-2016 |
20160133823 | COMPOSITE SUBSTRATE AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - In the composite substrate | 05-12-2016 |
20160112029 | Acoustic Wave Device - An acoustic wave device | 04-21-2016 |
20160087405 | External Resonator-Type Light Emitting Device - An external resonator type light emitting system includes a light source oscillating a semiconductor laser light and a grating device providing an external resonator with the light source. The light source includes an active layer oscillating the semiconductor laser light. The grating device includes an optical waveguide having an incident face to which the semiconductor laser is incident and an emitting face of emitting an emitting light of a desired wavelength, a Bragg grating formed in the optical waveguide, and a propagating portion provided between the incident face and the Bragg grating. Formulas (1) to (4) are satisfied. | 03-24-2016 |
20160079514 | Method for Manufacturing Piezoelectric Device, Piezoelectric Device, and Piezoelectric Self-Supporting Substrate - A piezoelectric substrate | 03-17-2016 |
20160049554 | Gallium Nitride Substrates and Functional Devices - The maximum value of peak intensities of cathode luminescence of a wavelength corresponding to a band gap of gallium nitride and in a measured visual field of 0.1 mm×0.1 mm is 140 percent or higher of an average value of the peak intensities of the cathode luminescence, provided that the peak intensities of the cathode luminescence are measured on a surface of the gallium nitride substrate. | 02-18-2016 |
20160046528 | Handle Substrates for Composite Substrates for Semiconductors - An alumina purity of translucent polycrystalline alumina forming a handle substrate is 99.9 percent or higher, and a porosity of the polycrystalline alumina is 0.01% or more and 0.1% or less. A number of pores, each having a size of 0.5 μm or larger and included in a surface region on a side of a bonding face of the handle substrate is 0.5 times or less of a number of pores, each having a size of 0.1 μm or larger and 0.3 μm or smaller and contained in the surface region. | 02-18-2016 |
20160032367 | Method for Detection of Target Nucleic Acid - An object of the disclosure of the present specification is to provide a method for detection of a target nucleic acid which allows construction of an effective detection system of a target nucleic acid. For this purpose, in the disclosure of the present specification, a first primer comprising an identification sequence complementary to a target sequence in a target nucleic acid and a tag addition sequence, and a second primer having a label are prepared. The first primer and the second primer are used for the target nucleic acid in a sample to amplify a chimeric DNA having a tag sequence and the label. The chimeric DNA is hybridized with a detection probe on a solid phase to obtain signal intensity information based on the label, and the target nucleic acid is detected based on the signal intensity information. | 02-04-2016 |
20160007461 | Insulating Substrates Including Through Holes - It is provided an insulating substrate including through holes for conductors arranged in the insulating substrate. A thickness of the insulating substrate is 25 to 100 μm, and a diameter of the through hole is 20 to 100 μm. The insulating substrate includes a main body part and exposed regions exposed to the through holes and is composed an alumina sintered body. A relative density of the alumina sintered body is 99.5 percent or higher. The alumina sintered body has a purity of 99.9 percent or higher, and has an average grain size of 3 to 6 μm in said main body part. Alumina grains are plate-shaped in the exposed region and the plate-shaped alumina grains have an average length of 8 to 25 μm. | 01-07-2016 |
20160005924 | Composite Substrates and Functional Device - In the case that a functional layer, made of a nitride of a group 13 element, is formed on a composite substrate including a sapphire body and a gallium nitride crystal layer disposed over the sapphire body, the deviation of the function is prevented. The composite substrate | 01-07-2016 |
20160005643 | Handle Substrate, Composite Substrate for Semiconductor, and Semiconductor Circuit Board and Method for Manufacturing the Same - It is provided a handle substrate of a composite substrate for a semiconductor. The handle substrate is composed of a translucent polycrystalline alumina. A purity of alumina of the translucent polycrystalline alumina is 99.9% or higher, an average of a total forward light transmittance of the translucent polycrystalline alumina is 60% or higher in a wavelength range of 200 to 400 nm, and an average of a linear light transmittance of the translucent polycrystalline alumina is 15% or lower in a wavelength range of 200 to 400 nm. | 01-07-2016 |
20150380290 | COMPOSITE SUBSTRATE, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A composite substrate | 12-31-2015 |
20150376066 | Handle Substrates of Composite Substrates for Semiconductors - A handle substrate is composed of a translucent alumina sintered body containing a sintering aid including at least magnesium. A concentration of magnesium at a bonding face of the handle substrate to a donor substrate is half or less of an average concentration of magnesium of the handle substrate. | 12-31-2015 |
20150365067 | Composite Substrates for Acoustic Wave Elements, and Acoustic Wave Elements - A composite substrate for an acoustic wave element includes a support substrate | 12-17-2015 |
20150364548 | Handle Substrates of Composite Substrates for Semiconductors, and Composite Substrates for Semiconductors - A handle substrate of a composite substrate for a semiconductor is provided. The handle substrate is composed of polycrystalline alumina. The handle substrate includes an outer peripheral edge part with an average grain size of 20 to 55 μm and a central part with an average grain size of 10 to 50 μm. The average grain size of the outer peripheral edge part is 1.1 times or more and 3.0 times or less of that of the central part of the handle substrate. | 12-17-2015 |
20150357221 | Handle Substrate and Composite Wafer for Semiconductor Device - In a handle substrate for a composite wafer for a semiconductor, particles from the wafer with a notch formed therein are reduced. The handle substrate | 12-10-2015 |
20150353428 | Insulating Substrates Including Through Holes - It is provided an insulating substrate including through holes | 12-10-2015 |
20150328875 | Composite Substrate, Elastic Wave Device, and Method for Producing Elastic Wave Device - A composite substrate | 11-19-2015 |
20150303066 | Substrates Including Gallium Nitride Layers and a Method of Producing the Same - In a substrate having a gallium nitride layer, surface damage after surface treatment of the gallium nitride layer is reduced and quality of a functional device formed thereon is improved. A substrate | 10-22-2015 |
20150287884 | Seed Crystal Substrates, Composite Substrates and Functional Devices - A seed crystal substrate | 10-08-2015 |
20150280107 | Composite Substrate, Production Method Thereof, and Acoustic Wave Device - A composite substrate production method of the invention includes (a) a step of mirror polishing a substrate stack having a diameter of 4 inch or more, the substrate stack including a piezoelectric substrate and a support substrate bonded to each other, the mirror polishing being performed on the piezoelectric substrate side until the thickness of the piezoelectric substrate reaches 3 μm or less; (b) a step of creating data of the distribution of the thickness of the mirror-polished piezoelectric substrate; and (c) a step of performing machining with an ion beam machine based on the data of the thickness distribution so as to produce a composite substrate have some special technical features. | 10-01-2015 |
20150232389 | Handle Substrates of Composite Substrates for Semiconductors - A handle substrate | 08-20-2015 |
20150192474 | Terahertz-Wave Detection Element, Manufacturing Method Therefor, and Observation Apparatus - Provided a terahertz-wave detection element in which the occurrence of warping and a crack is suppressed. The detection element includes: an electro-optic crystal layer of a thickness 1-10 μm in which a refractive index at an incident position of the terahertz wave changes in accordance with incident intensity; a substrate supporting the electro-optic crystal layer; a resin layer of a thickness 0.1-1 μm that joins them; and a total reflection layer formed on a surface of the electro-optic crystal, consisting of a first dielectric multilayer film and having a thickness not less than 1 μm. The detection element detects a spatial-characteristics distribution generated in probe light in superposition with the terahertz wave, thereby to detect the spatial intensity distribution of the incident terahertz wave. A ratio of a thickness of the resin layer to that of the total reflection layer is set not more than ⅓. | 07-09-2015 |
20150192458 | Terahertz-Wave Detection Element, Manufacturing Method Therefor, and Observation Apparatus - Provided a terahertz-wave detection element with high spatial resolution and suppressing a crack occurrence. A method of manufacturing the detection element capable of detecting a spatial intensity distribution of a terahertz wave includes: a step of forming an oxide layer on one main surface of a first substrate consisting of an electro-optic crystal; a step of joining the one main surface of the first substrate and a second substrate by an adhesive consisting; a step of thinning the first substrate of a joined body, to a thickness of 1-30 μm by polishing the first substrate; and a step of obtaining a large number of terahertz-wave detection elements by cutting the joined body. The oxide layer is formed such that the first substrate becomes convex to a side of the one main surface by causing a tensile stress to act on it. | 07-09-2015 |
20150192457 | Terahertz-Wave Detection Element, Manufacturing Method Therefor, and Observation Apparatus - Provided a terahertz-wave detection element having high spatial resolution in which the occurrence of warping and a crack is suitably suppressed. The detection element includes: an electro-optic crystal layer in which a refractive index at an incident position of the terahertz wave changes in accordance with incident intensity of the terahertz wave; and a substrate supporting the electro-optic crystal layer. The detection element detects a spatial-characteristics distribution generated in probe light in superposition with the terahertz wave, thereby to detect the spatial intensity distribution of the incident terahertz wave. A joined part between the electro-optic crystal and the supporting substrate is an amorphous layer consisting of an oxide including a constituent element of the electro-optic crystal and the substrate, and also having a thickness of 1-50 nm. A thickness of the electro-optic crystal layer is 1-30 μm. | 07-09-2015 |
20150187926 | Group 13 Nitride Composite Substrate Semiconductor Device, and Method for Manufacturing Group 13 Nitride Composite Substrate - Provided are a group 13 nitride composite substrate allowing for the production of a semiconductor device suitable for high-frequency applications while including a conductive GaN substrate, and a semiconductor device produced using this substrate. The group 13 nitride composite substrate includes a base material of an n-conductivity type formed of GaN, a base layer located on the base material, being a group 13 nitride layer having a resistivity of 1×10 | 07-02-2015 |
20150179504 | Handle Substrates of Composite Substrates for Semiconductors - A handle substrate | 06-25-2015 |
20150176066 | Inspection Tool for Nucleic Acid Chromatography - An inspection tool for nucleic acid chromatography includes an elongated porous sheet and a backing member. The porous sheet has a surface including a detection surface that has a strip-shaped indication portion where a nucleic acid probe for capturing the target nucleic acid is fixed. The backing member has an attached surface in a concave shape. The porous sheet has a warped shape following the concave shape of the attached surface. | 06-25-2015 |
20150147038 | Optical Waveguide Devices - An optical waveguide device | 05-28-2015 |
20150147020 | External Resonator Type Light Emitting System - An external resonator type light emitting system includes a light source oscillating a semiconductor laser light and a grating device providing an external resonator with the light source. The light source includes an active layer oscillating the semiconductor laser light. The grating device includes an optical waveguide having an incident face to which the semiconductor laser is incident and an emitting face of emitting an emitting light of a desired wavelength, a Bragg grating formed in the optical waveguide, and a propagating portion provided between the incident face and the Bragg grating. Formulas (1) to (4) are satisfied. | 05-28-2015 |
20150132540 | Handle Substrates of Composite Substrates for Semiconductors - A composite substrate for a semiconductor includes a handle substrate | 05-14-2015 |
20150125859 | Nucleic Acid Chromatography Method, Composition for Nucleic Acid Chromatography and Kit Containing Same - Provided is a nucleic acid chromatography method ensuring a stable detection state, and a composition and kit for use in nucleic acid chromatography. For this purpose, the nucleic acid chromatography method is provided with a step of performing chromatography by supplying a chromatography liquid containing a target nucleic acid to a solid-phase carrier on which is fixed a detection probe capable of capturing the nucleic acid, wherein the chromatography liquid contains one or two or more kinds of water-soluble polymers. | 05-07-2015 |
20150111774 | Method for Detecting Target Nucleic Acid - The disclosure of this Description includes: a step of preparing a solid-phase body provided with a detection probe having a predetermined nucleotide sequence; a step of preparing a signaling target nucleic acid having a signal generating part for detecting the target nucleic acid; a step of bringing the signaling target nucleic acid, the detection probe, and an oligonucleotide being a mediator having a first site that hybridizes specifically with the target nucleic acid and a second site (preferably 20 to 50 nucleotides or more preferably 20 to 25 nucleotides in length) that hybridizes specifically with a part having the predetermined nucleotide sequence of the detection probe into contact with one another so that a hybridization product of these components can be formed; and a step of obtaining data based on the signal generating part of the signaling target nucleic acid on the solid-phase body. | 04-23-2015 |
20150104626 | Porous Plate-Shaped Filler, Coating Composition, Heat-Insulating Film, and Heat-Insulating Film Structure - Provided are a heat-insulating film and a heat-insulating film structure with improved heat insulating effects. Also provided are a porous plate-shaped filler included in the heat-insulating film and a coating composition for forming the heat-insulating film. In a heat-insulating film of the present invention, porous plate-shaped fillers are dispersedly arranged in a matrix for binding the porous plate-shaped fillers. In the heat-insulating film, the porous plate-shaped fillers are preferred to be arranged (stacked) in a layered state. The porous plate-shaped filler is a plate with an aspect ratio of 3 or more, and has a minimum length of 0.1 to 50 μm and a porosity of 20 to 99%. The heat-insulating film using the porous plate-shaped fillers ensures a longer length of heat transfer path compared with the case where spherical or cubic fillers are used. Accordingly, the thermal conductivity can be reduced. | 04-16-2015 |
20150102707 | Composite Substrate - A composite substrate | 04-16-2015 |
20150098672 | Optical Parts - An optical part | 04-09-2015 |
20150091416 | Composite Substrate, Piezoelectric Device, and Method for Manufacturing Composite Substrate - A composite substrate | 04-02-2015 |
20150042207 | Composite Substrate and Elastic Wave Device - A composite substrate | 02-12-2015 |
20150042009 | MOLDED BODY, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE MOLDED BODY - A second mold is placed on a planar surface of a first mold to form a first mold cavity, which is filled with a first material slurry containing a first material powder and the molded slurry is caused to set, thereby forming a first molded part on the planar surface of the first mold. A third mold is placed on the planar surface of the first mold from which the second mold is removed and on which the first molded part is formed, thereby forming a second mold cavity. The second mold cavity is filled with a second material slurry which contains a second material powder different from the first material powder so as to mold the slurry in contact with the first molded part. The molded slurry is caused to set, thereby forming a second molded part on the planar surface of the first mold. | 02-12-2015 |
20150037688 | All-Solid-State Cell - An all-solid-state cell contains at least a positive electrode layer, a solid electrolyte layer, and a negative electrode layer, which are arranged in a stack. The positive electrode layer contains only a positive electrode active material, and a predetermined crystal plane of the positive electrode active material is oriented in a direction of lithium ion conduction. The negative electrode layer contains a carbonaceous material, and the volume ratio of the carbonaceous material to the negative electrode layer is 70% or greater. | 02-05-2015 |
20150017786 | Method for Treating Group III Nitride Substrate and Method for Manufacturing Epitaxial Substrate - Provided is a method for treating a group III nitride substrate capable of obtaining, in the case where a group III nitride layer is laminated thereon, a group III nitride substrate that can form an electronic device having excellent characteristics. The method for treating a group III nitride substrate includes the steps of CMPing a surface of a substrate, elevating a temperature of the group III nitride substrate after the CMP process to a predetermined annealing temperature under a nitrogen gas atmosphere, and holding the group III nitride substrate whose temperature has been elevated to the annealing temperature for four minutes or more and eight minutes or less in a first mixed atmosphere of a hydrogen gas and a nitrogen gas or a second mixed atmosphere of a hydrogen gas and an ammonia gas. | 01-15-2015 |
20140362886 | External Resonator Type Light Emitting System - An external resonator type light emitting system includes a light source oscillating a semiconductor laser light and a grating device providing an external resonator with the light source. The light source includes an active layer oscillating the semiconductor laser light. The grating device includes an optical waveguide having an incident face to which the semiconductor laser is incident and an emitting face of emitting an emitting light of a desired wavelength, a Bragg grating formed in the optical waveguide, and a propagating portion provided between the incident face and the Bragg grating. Formulas (1) to (4) are satisfied. | 12-11-2014 |
20140362138 | LIQUID-JET HEAD AND LIQUID-JET APPARATUS - A liquid-jet head includes: a plurality of individual passages communicating with nozzle orifices that jet liquid; a manifold communicating with the plurality of individual passages, in which a surface of the manifold on the liquid-jetting face side is sealed with a sealing member; and a rib provided in the manifold on the sealing member side. | 12-11-2014 |
20140361337 | Semiconductor Device and Method for Manufacturing Semiconductor Device - Provided is a lattice-matched HEMT device, which is a HEMT device having high reverse breakdown voltage while securing two-dimensional electron gas concentration in a practical range. In producing a semiconductor device by forming a channel layer made of GaN on a base substrate such as an AlN template substrate or a substrate that includes a Si single crystal base material as a base, forming a barrier layer made of a group-III nitride having a composition of In | 12-11-2014 |
20140361229 | VOLTAGE NONLINEAR RESISTOR - The present invention provides a voltage nonlinear resistor containing zinc oxide as a major component, wherein the degree of orientation f(100) of the (100) plane of zinc oxide is 0.40 or lure and is represented by the following equation: f(100)=I(100)/(I(100)+I(002)+I(101)), where I(hkl) represents the peak intensity (integral) of a (hkl) plane. | 12-11-2014 |
20140352646 | Heat-Insulating Member and Structure of Combustion Chamber for Engine - There are provided a heat-insulating member which enhances a thermal efficiency of an engine to enhance fuel efficiency, and a structure of a combustion chamber for the engine. A heat-insulating member | 12-04-2014 |
20140342108 | STRUCTURAL BODY AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A structural body includes a tubular insulating body having a hollow portion and a conducting body inserted into the hollow portion in the insulating body, and the insulating body and the conducting body are directly integrated with each other by firing. In a tensile test in which the insulating body is fixed, and a portion of the conducting body that protrudes from the insulating body is pulled in the axial direction, the displacement of the conducting body with respect to the insulating body is 5% or less of the axial direction length of the contact portion between the hollow portion and the conducting body under a tensile load per unit contact area between the insulating body and the conducting body of 0.05 kgf/mm | 11-20-2014 |
20140332379 | HYDROCARBON GAS SENSOR - Provided is a gas sensor capable of accurately obtaining a hydrocarbon gas concentration even if a measurement gas contains water vapor. A main pumping cell adjusts an oxygen partial pressure of a first internal space such that a hydrocarbon gas in a measurement gas is not substantially burned in the first internal space. An auxiliary pumping cell adjusts an oxygen partial pressure of a second internal space such that inflammable gas components except for hydrocarbon are selectively burned. Then, the measurement gas is introduced into a third internal space through a third diffusion control part. With oxygen concentration equilibrium kept in the third internal space, hydrocarbon existing in the measurement gas that has reached the third internal space is all burned. Then, the concentration of the hydrocarbon gas component existing in the measurement gas is identified based on the magnitude of a current flowing between the measuring electrode and the main pumping electrode at that time. | 11-13-2014 |
20140332378 | HYDROCARBON GAS SENSOR - Provided is a gas sensor capable of accurately obtaining a hydrocarbon gas concentration even if a measurement gas contains water vapor. A main pumping cell adjusts an oxygen partial pressure of a first internal space such that a hydrocarbon gas in a measurement gas is not substantially burned in the first internal space. An auxiliary pumping cell adjusts an oxygen partial pressure of a second internal space such that inflammable gas components except for hydrocarbon are selectively burned. Then, a measuring pumping cell supplies oxygen to a surface of a measuring electrode. As a result, hydrocarbon existing in the measurement gas being in contact with the measuring electrode is all burned on the surface of the measuring electrode and, based on the magnitude of a current flowing between the measuring electrode and a main pumping electrode at that time, identifies a concentration of a hydrocarbon gas component existing in the measurement gas. | 11-13-2014 |
20140311112 | SEALED HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE - A sealed honeycomb structure may include porous walls dividedly forming inlet cells and outlet cells extending from an end surface of an inlet side to an end surface of an outlet side, inlet and outlet side sealing portion | 10-23-2014 |
20140305369 | Method of Producing Crystals of Nitrides of Group 13 Elements and Melt Compositions - It is provided a method of producing a crystal of a nitride of a group 13 element in a melt by flux method. The melt is generated by heating a composition including a material for the group 13 element, a material for at least one of an alkali metal and an alkaline earth metal and a liquid material for germanium. Upon producing a crystal of a nitride of a group 13 element in a melt by flux method, it is thereby possible to reduce in-plane distribution of a property such as carrier density of the thus obtained crystal of a nitride of a group 13 element. | 10-16-2014 |
20140298779 | WALL FLOW TYPE EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION FILTER - A wall flow type exhaust gas purification filter includes a honeycomb structure body and plugging portions. Four inlet opening cells having a substantially hexagonal shape in cross section surround one outlet opening cell having a substantially square shape in cross section, where one side of an inlet opening cell and one side of the outlet opening cell have a substantially same length and are substantially parallel and adjacent to each other. Distance a between the partition wall defining a first side of the outlet opening cell and the partition wall defining an opposed second side is in a range of exceeding 0.8 mm and less than 2.4 mm, and distance b between the partition wall defining a third side of the inlet opening cell and the partition wall defining an opposed fourth side has a ratio to the distance a in a range exceeding 0.4 and less than 1.1. | 10-09-2014 |
20140296059 | HONEYCOMB CATALYST BODY - The honeycomb catalyst body is equipped with a honeycomb structure body having partition walls that define a plurality of cells extending from a first end face as one of the end faces to a second end face as the other end face and serving as through channels of a fluid. The partition walls each have a base layer containing from 50 to 90 mass % of zeolite and a coat layer with which the surface of the base layer | 10-02-2014 |
20140296055 | HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - To provide a honeycomb structure capable of using as a catalyst carrier, which functions as a heater, and where a bonding layer is hard to break and an electrical resistance value is hard to rise; including a honeycomb segment bonded body where honeycomb segments are bonded by bonding layer, and a pair of electrode members disposed on a side surface of the bonded body, the electrode members is formed into a band shape, and in a cross section perpendicular to the cell extending direction, one electrode member is disposed on an opposite side across the center of the bonded body to another electrode member, and in at least a part of the bonding layer, inorganic fibers made of β-SiC and a metal silicide are included in a porous body where silicon carbide are bound with silicon in a state where pores are held among the particles. | 10-02-2014 |
20140296054 | HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE - To provide a honeycomb structure capable of using as a catalyst carrier, which suitably functions as a heater by applying a voltage, and where a bonding layer is hard to break; and including a honeycomb segment bonded body where honeycomb segments are bonded by bonding layer, and a pair of electrode members disposed on side surface of the bonded body, wherein the electrode members is formed into a band shape, in a cross section perpendicular to the cell extending direction, the one electrode member is disposed on an opposite side across the center of the bonded body with respect to another electrode member, and in at least a part of the bonding layer, inorganic fibers made of an oxide are included in a porous body where particles of silicon carbide are bound with silicon in a state where pores are held among the particles. | 10-02-2014 |
20140296053 | GLASS-CERAMICS COMPOSITE MATERIAL - A glass-ceramics composite material suitable for a low-temperature firing use, which has high moisture resistance and thermal conductivity, is provided. | 10-02-2014 |
20140295715 | CONTACT MEMBER AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SENSOR - A contact fitting has a supporting portion capable of contacting a surface of a sensor element, and a conducting portion protruding in the same direction as the supporting portion and capable of contacting an electrode on the sensor element. Before the contact fitting is attached to the sensor element, a protrusion height of the conducting portion is 90% to 110% of a protrusion height of the supporting portion, and the protrusion heights and are relatively close to each other. The supporting portion and the conducting portion are elastically deformable and are curved in shape. The supporting portion and the conducting portion are arranged along a longitudinal direction of the contact fitting. | 10-02-2014 |
20140294692 | HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME - A honeycomb structure includes a tubular honeycomb structure body having porous partition walls to define and form a plurality of cells, and an outer peripheral wall; and a pair of electrode sections disposed on a side surface of the honeycomb structure body, an electrical resistivity of the honeycomb structure body is from 1 to 200 Ωcm, each of the pair of electrode sections is formed into a band shape extending in an extending direction of the cells, the electrode section is constituted of a porous body in which particles made of silicon carbide as an aggregate are bound by a binding material, silicon carbide as the aggregate constituting the electrode sections contains β-SiC having a stacking fault of 2% or less, and the binding material constituting the electrode sections contains silicon and a metal silicide. | 10-02-2014 |
20140294691 | HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME - A honeycomb structure includes a tubular honeycomb structure body having porous partition walls to define and form a plurality of cells, and an outer peripheral wall; and a pair of electrode sections disposed on a side surface of the honeycomb structure body, an electrical resistivity of the honeycomb structure body is from 1 to 200 Ωcm, each of the pair of electrode sections is formed into a band shape extending in an extending direction of the cells, the electrode section contains silicon and an aggregate, and a ratio (the silicon/the aggregate) of a volume of the silicon to be contained in the electrode section to a volume of the aggregate to be contained in the electrode section is from 60/40 to 80/20. | 10-02-2014 |
20140294690 | HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE - A honeycomb structure includes a tubular bonded honeycomb segment assembly having a plurality of honeycomb segments and a bonding layer which bonds side surfaces of the plurality of honeycomb segments to each other; and a pair of electrode members disposed on a side surface of the bonded honeycomb segment assembly, a volume resistivity of each of the honeycomb segments is from 1 to 200 Ωcm, at least a part of the bonding layer is made of a bonding material having a conductivity, a volume resistivity of the bonding layer is from 2 to 2000 Ωcm, and each of the pair of electrode members is formed into a band-like shape extending in an extending direction of the cells of the bonded honeycomb segment assembly, and one electrode member is disposed on a side opposite to the other electrode member via a center of the bonded honeycomb segment assembly. | 10-02-2014 |
20140294689 | HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A honeycomb structure includes a tubular honeycomb structure body including porous partition walls defining a plurality of cells, and an outer peripheral wall and a pair of electrode parts disposed on a side face of the honeycomb structure body, wherein the honeycomb structure body has electric resistivity of 1 to 200 Ωcm, each electrode part has a belt-like shape extending in an extending direction of the cells, each electrode part is placed on an opposite side each other across a center of the honeycomb structure body, the honeycomb structure body includes an inflow-side area that is an area on the inflow-side and covering the inflow end face, and an outflow-side area that is an area other than the inflow-side area, and the inflow-side area is made of a material having electric resistivity lower than electric resistivity of a material of the outflow-side area. | 10-02-2014 |
20140294688 | HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME - A honeycomb structure includes a tubular honeycomb structure body having porous partition walls to define and form a plurality of cells and an outer peripheral wall, and a pair of electrodes disposed on a side surface of the honeycomb structure body. An electrical resistivity of the honeycomb structure body is from 1 to 200 Ωcm, each of the pair of electrodes is formed into a band-like shape extending in an extending direction of the cells of the honeycomb structure body, one electrode in the pair of electrodes is disposed on a side opposite to the other electrode in the pair of electrodes via a center of the honeycomb structure body, the honeycomb structure body has a central region and an outer peripheral region, and an electrical resistivity of the central region is lower than an electrical resistivity of the outer peripheral region. | 10-02-2014 |
20140294687 | HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME - A honeycomb structure includes a tubular honeycomb structure body having porous partition walls to define and form a plurality of cells and an outer peripheral wall, and a pair of electrodes disposed on a side surface of the honeycomb structure body. An electrical resistivity of the honeycomb structure body is from 1 to 200 Ωcm, each of the pair of electrodes is formed into a band-like shape extending in an extending direction of the cells of the honeycomb structure body, one electrode in the pair of electrodes is disposed on a side opposite to the other electrode in the pair of electrodes via a center of the honeycomb structure body, the honeycomb structure body is constituted of an outer peripheral region and a central region, and an electrical resistivity of a material constituting the outer peripheral region is lower than an electrical resistivity of a material constituting the central region. | 10-02-2014 |
20140292946 | LIQUID-JET HEAD AND LIQUID-JET APPARATUS - A liquid-jet head includes: a passage member including a plurality of individual passages and a manifold communicating commonly with the individual passages, the individual passages each having a pressure generating chamber communicating with a nozzle orifice that ejects liquid, the pressure generating chambers being formed on one surface side of the passage member on an opposite side from the nozzle orifices, the individual passages and the manifold communicating with each other through communicating paths, and each adjacent two of the individual passages communicating with each other through the corresponding communicating path; and reinforcement walls each provided between the communicating paths in a parallel direction of the individual passages, the reinforcement walls defining the communicating paths. | 10-02-2014 |
20140292159 | PIEZOELECTRIC/ELECTROSTRICTIVE ELEMENT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A piezoelectric/electrostrictive element has a piezoelectric body, a through-hole electrode, a first electrode, a second electrode, a third electrode. The piezoelectric body includes a through-hole in communication with a first main surface and a second main surface. The through-hole electrode is formed on an inner side surface of the through-hole. The first electrode is formed on the first main surface of the piezoelectric body. The first electrode is connected to the through-hole electrode. The second electrode is formed on the second main surface of the piezoelectric body. The second electrode is connected to the through-hole electrode. The third electrode is formed on the second main surface of the piezoelectric body. The third electrode is isolated from the second electrode. A calculated average roughness in the inner side surface is larger than 0.11 microns and smaller than 16 microns. A maximum height roughness in the inner side surface is larger than 0.2 microns and smaller than 20 microns. | 10-02-2014 |
20140292158 | LAMINATED BODY AND PIEZOELECTRIC/ELECTROSTRICTIVE ELEMENT - A laminated body has a substrate and a metallic layer. The substrate is composed of an inorganic material. The metallic layer is disposed on the substrate. One of the substrate and the metallic layer has a main body portion and a plurality of protruding portions. The protruding portions are formed on the main body portion. The protruding portions are embedded in the other of the substrate and the metallic layer. An outer diameter of each of the protruding portions is configured to decrease towards the main body portion. | 10-02-2014 |
20140292157 | PIEZOELECTRIC/ELECTROSTRICTIVE ELEMENT - A piezoelectric/electrostrictive element has a piezoelectric body, a first electrode, a second electrode and a glass layer. The piezoelectric body is formed in a thin film-shape. The piezoelectric body has a first main surface and a second main surface. The first electrode is disposed on the first main surface of the piezoelectric body. The first electrode has an electrode side surface configured to be connected with the first main surface. The second electrode is disposed on the second main surface of the piezoelectric body. The glass layer is continuously formed on the first main surface and the electrode side surface. The glass layer containing glass as a principal constituent. The glass layer is isolated from the side surface of the piezoelectric body. | 10-02-2014 |
20140292156 | PIEZOELECTRIC/ELECTROSTRICTIVE ELEMENT AND WIRING SUBSTRATE - A piezoelectric/electrostrictive element includes a substrate, an adhesive layer, a first conductive layer, an anchor portion and a second conductive layer. The substrate contains a ceramic as a main component. The substrate has a main surface. The adhesive layer is formed on the main surface of the substrate. The adhesive layer contains a metal oxide as a main component. The first conductive layer is formed on the adhesive layer. The anchor portion is formed on the adhesive layer. The anchor portion is embedded in the conductive layer. The anchor portion contains glass as a main component. The second conductive layer is disposed opposite to the first conductive layer with the substrate located in-between. | 10-02-2014 |
20140291315 | HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE - A honeycomb structure includes a honeycomb structure body and a pair of electrode members, an electrical resistivity of the honeycomb structure body is from 1 to 200 Ωcm, each of the pair of electrode members is formed into a band-like shape extending in a cell extending direction of the honeycomb structure body, one electrode member is disposed on a side opposite to the other electrode member via a center of the honeycomb structure body, there are formed one or more electrode member slits as slits opened in an electrode member region, there are formed one or more honeycomb structure body slits as slits opened in a honeycomb structure body region, and a depth of at least one of the electrode member slits is deeper than a depth of at least one of the honeycomb structure body slits. | 10-02-2014 |
20140291245 | CERAMIC SEPARATION FILTER AND DEHYDRATION METHOD - Provided is a ceramic separation filter having excellent separation performance and such acid resistance. The ceramic separation filter includes a porous substrate and a separation membrane disposed on the substrate. The separation membrane is a zeolite laminate including an outermost layer made of zeolite that is located on an outermost surface side and an underlayer made of zeolite that is located below the outermost layer, and the outermost layer of the separation membrane has a value of Si/Al ratio that is larger than a value of Si/Al ratio of the underlayer of the separation membrane. The thickness of the outermost layer of the separation membrane preferably is ½ or less of the thickness of the underlayer. | 10-02-2014 |
20140290863 | CERAMIC MEMBER, MEMBER FOR SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING CERAMIC MEMBER - A ceramic member | 10-02-2014 |
20140290617 | Engine Combustion Chamber Structure, and Inner Wall Structure of Through Channel - Provided is an engine combustion chamber structure. Also provided is an inner wall structure for a through channel, through which exhaust gas or intake gas of the engine passes. An engine combustion engine structure is provided with a heat-insulating member on the inner wall of an engine constituent member which constitutes an engine combustion chamber, the heat-insulating member containing a heat-insulating porous layer formed from ceramics, and a surface dense layer formed on the surface of the heat-insulating porous layer and formed from ceramics. The surface dense layer of the heat-insulating member has an open porosity of 5% or less, and preferably the heat-insulating porous layer has a larger open porosity than the open porosity of the surface dense layer. | 10-02-2014 |
20140290568 | NOZZLE AND HONEYCOMB FILTER PRODUCTION APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A nozzle is mounted on an end of an ejector for ejecting an aerosol on an ejection side in a honeycomb filter production apparatus. The nozzle is formed into a shape having a longitudinal direction. A single introduction port is formed at an end surface of the nozzle on one side in the longitudinal direction, and a plurality of discharge ports are formed at an end surface of the nozzle on the other side in the longitudinal direction. A single introduction passage extends linearly from the single introduction port in the longitudinal direction. A plurality of discharge passages are each branched from an end portion of the introduction passage on a side opposite to the introduction port and extend to corresponding one of the discharge ports in a direction tilted from the longitudinal direction. | 10-02-2014 |
20140290333 | GAS SENSOR - An outer tube and a rubber plug are swaged at two sites, a first swaged section located on the side of connections between contact fittings of a connector and leads and a swaged section located closer to an open end of the outer tube than the first swaged section, such that the inside diameter of a portion of the outer tube is greater than the inside diameter. This prevents reduction of the detection accuracy of a gas sensor because sealing properties can be enhanced by heavily swaging at the second swaged section than the first swaged section. Additionally, excessive force can be prevented on the connections and the leads by lightly swaging the first swaged section rather than the second swaged section. Thus, the disconnection between the connector and the leads can be prevented. | 10-02-2014 |
20140290196 | MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE AND HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE - Provided is a technique to manufacture a honeycomb structure reducing a width of dimensional difference generated during firing between an end part and a central part and having excellent thermal shock resistance, and the method includes: a honeycomb formed body preparing step of extruding a kneaded material including a cordierite forming raw material A, to prepare a formed body; a plugged honeycomb formed body preparing step of filling cell openings thereof with a plugging material which includes a forming raw material containing a cordierite forming raw material B and resin balloon of 1.0 to 15 mass % and has a difference in firing shrinkage rate of −1.0 to +2.0% from the formed body, to prepare a plugged formed body; and a honeycomb structure preparing step of firing the prepared plugged formed body, to prepare a honeycomb structure provided with porous plugged portions. | 10-02-2014 |
20140290195 | POROUS MATERIAL, HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING POROUS MATERIAL - There is disclosed a porous material which has an improved thermal shock resistance. The porous material contains aggregates and a composite binder. The composite binder includes glass as a binder and mullite particles as reinforcing particles, and the mullite particles are dispersed in the glass. The aggregates are connected to each other by the composite binder in a state where pores are formed in the porous material. Preferably, a lower limit of a percentage of a content of the composite binder to a total mass of the aggregates and composite binder is 12 mass %, and an upper limit of the percentage of the content of the composite binder to the total mass of the aggregates and composite binder is 50 mass %. Preferably, the glass contains MgO, Al | 10-02-2014 |
20140290039 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING GAS SENSOR - Among first and second swaged sections, the second swaged section begins to be swaged prior to the first swaged section. Hence, a strong force can be prevented from acting on a rubber plug in a free state at a time and the first swaged section can begin to be swaged in such a state that a portion of the rubber plug that corresponds to the second swaged section is aligned as compared to the case where the first and second swaged sections begin to be simultaneously swaged. This prevents the position of the rubber plug from being significantly varied during swaging and also prevents the rubber plug from protruding from an outer tube. | 10-02-2014 |
20140287245 | DENSE COMPOSITE MATERIAL, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, JOINED BODY, AND MEMBER FOR SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING APPARATUSES - A dense composite material according to the present invention contains, in descending order of content, silicon carbide, titanium silicon carbide, and titanium carbide as three major constituents. The dense composite material contains 51% to 68% by mass of silicon carbide and no titanium silicide and has an open porosity of 1% or less. This dense composite material has properties such as an average linear thermal expansion coefficient of 5.4 to 6.0 ppm/K at 40° C. to 570° C., a thermal conductivity of 100 W/m·K or more, and a four-point bending strength of 300 MPa or more. | 09-25-2014 |
20140287191 | HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE - In each honeycomb segment, a first and a second end surfaces are rectangular shapes having the same dimension, and are in a positional relation in which extending directions of long sides of the respective end surfaces are perpendicular to each other, and (X−Y)/2 is from 0.2 to 7 mm, where X is a length of each long side of each of the first and the second end surfaces, and Y is a length of each short side of each of the first and the second end surfaces. The honeycomb segment has two pairs of tapered side surfaces each of which including two side surfaces facing each other so that a distance between side surfaces becomes narrow from the first end surface toward the second end surface end, respectively. | 09-25-2014 |
20140287190 | HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE - There is disclosed a honeycomb structure constituted by honeycomb segments, where a honeycomb segment | 09-25-2014 |
20140286607 | Structures of Connecting Optical Waveguide Parts and Holding Parts of Holding Optical Input Members, and a Method of Producing the Same - A connecting structure includes an optical waveguide part, a holding part of holding an optical input member, and an adhering part adhering the optical waveguide part and holding part. The optical waveguide part includes an optical waveguide substrate including an optical waveguide. At least one of the holding part and optical waveguide part includes a recess and an adhesive face adjacent to the recess. The adhering part is provided on the adhesive face and in a single region distant from the optical waveguide substrate in a direction of thickness of the optical waveguide substrate. The recess is provided between the adhering part and optical waveguide substrate. A space is provided between an end face of the optical input member and an end face of the optical waveguide. | 09-25-2014 |
20140285943 | CERAMIC MEMBER AND MEMBER FOR SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING EQUIPMENT | 09-25-2014 |
20140284482 | Infrared Detection Element, Infrared Detection Module, and Manufacturing Method Therefor - In an infrared detection element | 09-25-2014 |
20140284320 | CERAMIC HEATER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - An electrostatic chuck | 09-25-2014 |
20140272421 | MEMBER FOR SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING APPARATUSES | 09-18-2014 |
20140272378 | DENSE COMPOSITE MATERIAL, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND COMPONENT FOR SEMICONDUCTOR PRODUCTION EQUIPMENT - A dense composite material of the present invention contains 37% to 60% by mass of silicon carbide grains, also contains titanium silicide, titanium silicon carbide, and titanium carbide, each in an amount smaller than the mass percent of the silicon carbide grains, and has an open porosity of 1% or less. Such a dense composite material is, for example, characterized in that it has an average coefficient of linear thermal expansion at 40° C. to 570° C. of 7.2 to 8.2 ppm/K, a thermal conductivity of 75 W/mK or more, and a 4-point bending strength of 200 MPa or more. | 09-18-2014 |
20140272279 | HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE - A honeycomb structure includes a honeycomb structure body constituted of a first region which is an inside region and a second region which is an outside region surrounding a periphery of the first region. An open area ratio in the first region is 83% or more and a porosity of partition walls is from 20 to 60%. A thickness t | 09-18-2014 |
20140264429 | Composite Substrates and Functional Devices - Protrusions | 09-18-2014 |
20140252694 | HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME - There is provided a honeycomb structure including a honeycomb base material including a porous partition wall parent material; plugged portions; and a porous collecting layer disposed on the surface of the partition wall parent material in the remaining cells. A melting point of a material constituting the collecting layer is higher than that of a material constituting the partition wall parent material, a pore surface area per unit volume of the collecting layer is 2.0 times or more a pore surface area per unit volume of the partition wall parent material, and a thickness of a portion of the collecting layer which penetrates into pores of the partition wall parent material is 6% or smaller of that of each of partition walls including the partition wall parent material and the collecting layer. | 09-11-2014 |
20140251664 | CIRCUIT SUBSTRATE - In a ceramics substrate comprising a surface layer conductor having a sufficient thickness for a flow of a large current, wherein the conductor is buried in a surface region of the substrate, a crack caused by a temperature change of the substrate is effectively suppressed. In the ceramics substrate comprising the surface layer conductor having the sufficient thickness for the flow of the large current, wherein the conductor is buried in the surface region of the substrate, a shape of a cross section of a part of the surface layer conductor, the part being buried in a base, cut by a plane perpendicular to the surface is configured such that an end portion of the buried part at a side of the surface is wider than an end portion of the buried part at a side opposite to the surface. | 09-11-2014 |
20140239225 | Water-Selective Adsorbent and Method for Producing Same - The present invention relates to a water-selective adsorbent and a method for producing the water-selective adsorbent. The water-selective adsorbent includes: a water-selective adsorbent main body that includes a porous body having a plurality of pores and at least one kind of deliquescent substance contained (supported) within the pores of the porous body; and a moisture-permeable film that is formed on the surface of the water-selective adsorbent main body so as to block up at least the pores. Consequently, loss (outflow) of the deliquescent substance such as lithium chloride can be suppressed even if adsorption and desorption of moisture are repeated, so that decrease in the moisture adsorption ability can be suppressed. | 08-28-2014 |
20140231019 | SUSCEPTOR - A susceptor | 08-21-2014 |
20140230870 | Thermoelectric Conversion Elements - It is provided a thermoelectric conversion element used at a high operation temperature of 500° C. or higher and including a laminate structure and electrodes. The laminate structure includes a plurality of p-type silicide substrates, and a plurality of n-type silicide substrates alternately laminated with each other, and adhesive layers each adhering the p-type and n-type silicide substrate adjacent to each other. The adhesive layer is made of a cured matter of an inorganic adhesive of a mixture of an inorganic binder and a filler. The electrodes are formed on the laminate structure and electrically connecting the p-type and n-type silicide substrates. The p-type and n-type silicide substrates have thicknesses of 0.5 mm or larger and 3.0 mm or smaller, the adhesive layer has a thickness of 0.5 mm or larger and 2.0 mm or smaller and has a thermal expansion coefficient of 7×10 | 08-21-2014 |
20140212339 | HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE - A honeycomb structure includes a center part which has a cylindrical honeycomb structure part with a porous partition wall and an outer circumferential wall defining a plurality of cells, and which has a pair of electrodes disposed on the side surface of the honeycomb structure part. The honeycomb structure also includes an outer circumferential part disposed around the center part. The electric resistivity of the honeycomb structure part is 1-200 Ωcm. Each electrode in the electrode pair is formed in a band shape that extends in the direction that the cells extend. In a cross section, one electrode is located opposite the other electrode over the center of the honeycomb structure part. The outer circumferential part has a porous partition wall and an outer circumferential wall that define a plurality of cells. The volumetric heat capacity of the outer circumferential part is smaller than that of the center part. | 07-31-2014 |
20140210317 | Composite Substrate - A composite substrate according to the present invention includes a piezoelectric substrate that is a single-crystal lithium tantalate or lithium niobate substrate, a support substrate that is a single-crystal silicon substrate, and an amorphous layer joining together the piezoelectric substrate and the support substrate. The amorphous layer contains 3 to 14 atomic percent of argon. The amorphous layer includes, in order from the piezoelectric substrate toward the composite substrate, a first layer, a second layer, and a third layer. The first layer contains a larger amount of a constituent element (such as tantalum) of the piezoelectric substrate than the second and third layers. The third layer contains a larger amount of a constituent element (silicon) of the support substrate than the first and second layers. The second layer contains a larger amount of argon than the first and third layers. | 07-31-2014 |
20140210316 | Composite Substrate and Method for Manufacturing the Same - The present invention provides a composite substrate comprising a piezoelectric substrate that is a single-crystal lithium tantalate or lithium niobate substrate, a support substrate that is a single-crystal silicon substrate, and an amorphous layer containing argon and joining together the piezoelectric substrate and the support substrate. The amorphous layer includes, in order from the piezoelectric substrate toward the composite substrate, a first layer, a second layer, and a third layer. The first layer contains a larger amount of a constituent element of the piezoelectric substrate than the second and third layers, the third layer contains a larger amount of a constituent element of the support substrate than the first and second layers, and the second layer contains a larger amount of argon than the first and third layers. | 07-31-2014 |
20140208707 | CERAMIC FILTER - Provided is a ceramic filter that can be used for a long time at a high temperature, including a porous substrate having a partition wall that defines and forms a cell extending from one end face to the other end face, the porous substrate being made of ceramic a separation membrane disposed on a wall face in the cell; and glass seal disposed at the one end face and the other end face so as not to block open frontal areas of the cell. The glass seal includes glass and inorganic particles dispersed in the glass, the inorganic particles being made of clay, and a ratio of a coefficient of thermal expansion of the glass seal to a coefficient of thermal expansion of the porous substrate is 90% or less. | 07-31-2014 |
20140206567 | Method for Detecting Target Nucleic Acid - The disclosure of the present description provides a method for detecting a target nucleic acid, whereby probe hybridization can be accomplished efficiently. To that end, a target nucleic acid is amplified using a first primer having a tag sequence complementary to a detection probe pre-associated with the target nucleic acid and a first recognition sequence that recognizes a first base sequence in the target nucleic acid and also having a linking site capable of inhibiting or arresting a DNA polymerase reaction disposed between the tag sequence and the first recognition sequence, and a second primer having a second recognition sequence that recognizes a second base sequence in the target nucleic acid, the amplified fragment is brought into contact with a detection probe so as to allow hybridization, and the hybridization product is detected. | 07-24-2014 |
20140206522 | GLASS-CERAMICS COMPOSITE MATERIAL - An easily-administered technology which demonstrates the intrinsic thermal conductivity improvement effect by addition of non-oxide system compound crystal phase (filler particles) and makes it possible to sufficiently raise the thermal conductivity of a glass-ceramics composite material is provided. In the glass phase which constitutes a glass-ceramics composite material, the quantity of aluminum oxide (Al | 07-24-2014 |
20140205891 | ALL-SOLID-STATE CELL - An all-solid-state cell has a fired solid electrolyte body, a first electrode layer integrally formed on one surface of the fired solid electrolyte body by mixing and firing an electrode active material and a solid electrolyte, and a second electrode layer integrally formed on the other surface of the fired solid electrolyte body by mixing and firing an electrode active material and a solid electrolyte. The first and the second electrode layers are formed by mixing and firing the electrode active material and the amorphous solid electrolyte, which satisfy the relation Ty>Tz (wherein Ty is a temperature at which the capacity of the electrode active material is lowered by reaction between the electrode active material and the solid electrolyte material, and Tz is a temperature at which the solid electrolyte material is shrunk by firing). | 07-24-2014 |
20140205890 | ALL-SOLID-STATE CELL - An all-solid-state cell contains a combination of an electrode active material and a solid electrolyte, and has a plate-shaped fired solid electrolyte body of a ceramic containing a solid electrolyte, a first electrode layer (e.g. a positive electrode) integrally formed on one surface of the fired solid electrolyte body by mixing and firing an electrode active material and a solid electrolyte, and a second electrode layer (e.g. a negative electrode) integrally formed on the other surface of the fired solid electrolyte body by mixing and firing an electrode active material and a solid electrolyte. The solid electrolyte materials added to the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer comprise an amorphous polyanion compound. | 07-24-2014 |
20140205509 | HONEYCOMB CATALYST BODY - A honeycomb catalyst body includes a tubular honeycomb base material having porous partition walls to define and form a plurality of cells extending as through channels of a fluid from one end surface from which the fluid flows in to the other end surface from which the fluid flows out, and a catalyst loaded onto the partition walls. In the honeycomb base material, at least one slit which is open in a side surface of the honeycomb base material is formed, and a width of the slit is from 1.0 to 10.0 mm. | 07-24-2014 |
20140205492 | COPPER ALLOY WIRE ROD AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A copper alloy wire rod according to the present invention includes a copper parent phase and short fiber-shaped composite phases which are dispersed in the copper parent phase and which contain Cu | 07-24-2014 |
20140202629 | CERAMIC ELEMENT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A ceramic element includes: a ceramic body; a first coating layer disposed on a first part of a front surface of the ceramic body; and a second coating layer disposed on a second part of a back surface of the ceramic body. The first coating layer continuously extends from the front surface to a first region of a side surface of the ceramic body, the side surface being a machined surface, and the first region being a front side region of the side surface. The second coating layer continuously extends from the back surface to a second region of the side surface of the ceramic body, the second region being a back side region of the side surface. In the machined surface, one of the first and second coating layers is disposed at least partially on the other of the first and second coating layers. | 07-24-2014 |
20140202124 | HONEYCOMB FILTER AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME - There is provided a honeycomb filter including a honeycomb base material including a porous partition wall parent material; plugged portions arranged in open frontal areas of predetermined cells in an end surface on an inflow side of the fluid, and open frontal areas of the remaining cells in an end surface on an outflow side of the fluid; and a porous collecting layer disposed on the surface of the partition wall parent material in the remaining cells. In a cross section orthogonal to an extending direction of the cells, a shape of the cells is a rectangular shape, and a thickness of a portion of the collecting layer which is positioned in each of corner portions of each of the cells is from one to three times that of a portion of the collecting layer which is positioned in the center of each of sides of the cell. | 07-24-2014 |
20140199478 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING CARBON MEMBRANE - Provided is a method of producing a carbon membrane including dipping a porous support in a suspension of a phenolic resin or a suspension of a phenolic resin precursor, drying the resulting support to form a membrane made of the phenolic resin or the phenolic resin precursor, and heat treating and thereby carbonizing the resulting membrane into a carbon membrane. | 07-17-2014 |
20140197420 | Films of Nitrides of Group 13 Elements and Layered Body Including the Same | 07-17-2014 |
20140191373 | Composite Wafer and Method for Manufacturing the Same - A composite wafer | 07-10-2014 |
20140186535 | HONEYCOMB FILTER AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME - There is provided a honeycomb filter including a honeycomb base material including a porous partition wall parent material; plugged portions arranged in open frontal areas of predetermined cells in an end surface on an inflow side of the fluid, and open frontal areas of the remaining cells in an end surface on an outflow side of the fluid; and a porous collecting layer disposed on the surface of the partition wall parent material in the remaining cells. In a cross section orthogonal to an extending direction of the cells, a shape of the cells is a rectangular shape, and a thickness of a portion of the collecting layer which is positioned in each of corner portions of each of the cells is from one to three times that of a portion of the collecting layer which is positioned in the center of each of sides of the cell. | 07-03-2014 |
20140177035 | Wavelength Converting Devices - It is provided a wavelength converting device comprising a periodic domain inversion structure for converting a wavelength of a fundamental wave to generate a harmonic wave. The wavelength conversion device includes a ferroelectric substrate and the periodic domain inversion structure formed in the ferroelectric substrate. A vertical domain inversion boundary of the periodic domain inversion structure is inclined with respect to a normal line of an upper face of the ferroelectric substrate, provided that the ferroelectric substrate is viewed in a cross section parallel with a propagating direction of the fundamental wave and parallel with the normal line of the upper face. | 06-26-2014 |
20140167567 | PIEZOELECTRIC/ELECTROSTRICTIVE ELEMENT - In the manufacture of a laminated piezoelectric/electrostrictive element by lamination of a piezoelectric/electrostrictive film and an electrode film containing either platinum or an alloy composed mainly of platinum and having a thickness of 2.0 μm or less, both or either one of yttrium oxide (Y | 06-19-2014 |
20140167562 | PIEZOELECTRIC/ELECTROSTRICTIVE CERAMICS COMPOSITION AND DISPLACEMENT GENERATING DEVICE - Provided is piezoelectric/electrostrictive body generating large electric-field-induced strain, and having high durability with respect to an electric field having a direction opposite to a polarization direction. A composition of piezoelectric/electrostrictive ceramics is represented by a general formula Pb | 06-19-2014 |
20140167304 | HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND CATALYST CARRYING HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE - There is disclosed a honeycomb structure onto which a large amount of catalyst can be carried while suppressing an increase in pressure drop. In a honeycomb structure comprising porous partition walls by which a plurality of cells that become through channels of a fluid are partitioned and in which a plurality of pores are formed. In each of the partition walls, pores having pore diameters larger than a thickness of the partition wall in a section thereof which is perpendicular to an extending direction of the cells are formed so as to occupy 4 to 11% of the total volume of the pores formed in the partition walls. | 06-19-2014 |
20140165520 | FINE PARTICLE COLLECTING FILTER - A fine particle collecting filter includes a honeycomb structure in which a plurality of honeycomb segments are integrally joined by a joining material, and has a constitution where an exhaust gas allowed to flow from an inlet end surface into cells passes partition walls, and then flows out from an outlet end surface to the outsides of the cells. In the partition walls, SiC which is an aggregate is bound by Si which is a binding agent, at least one of an average open diameter of the pores of an inlet side of the exhaust gas passing the partition wall and an average open diameter of the pores of an outlet side is from 0.1 to 5 μm, an average pore diameter of the whole partition wall is from 10 to 30 μm, and a thermal conductivity of the partition walls at room temperature is from 50 to 80 W/mK. | 06-19-2014 |
20140165519 | FINE PARTICLE COLLECTING FILTER - A fine particle collecting filter includes a honeycomb structure in which a plurality of honeycomb segments are integrally joined by a joining material, and has a constitution where an exhaust gas allowed to flow from an inlet end surface into cells passes partition walls, and then flows out from an outlet end surface to the outsides of the cells. The partition walls are made of a material containing SiC as a main component, at least one of an average open diameter of pores of an inlet side of the exhaust gas passing the partition wall and an average open diameter of the pores of an outlet side of the exhaust gas passing is from 0.1 to 5 μm, an average pore diameter of the whole partition wall is from 10 to 30 μm, and a thermal conductivity of the partition walls at room temperature is from 80 to 110 W/mK. | 06-19-2014 |
20140162091 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING STORAGE BATTERY, APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING STORAGE BATTERY, AND ELECTRIC POWER CONTROL SYSTEM - A method of controlling a high-temperature storage battery connected to an electric power system, an apparatus for controlling the storage battery, and an electric power control system reside in that, when the temperature of the storage battery is equal to or lower than a reference temperature, charging and discharging the storage battery with charging and discharging electric power, which is the sum of charging and discharging electric power based on a preset process of operating the storage battery and charging and discharging electric power corresponding to charging and discharging cycles each of a continuous charging time of 1 hour or shorter and a continuous discharging time of 1 hour or shorter, for thereby supplying thermal energy to the storage battery. | 06-12-2014 |
20140158978 | Semiconductor Light-Emitting Element and Laminate Containing Same - A semiconductor light emitting device includes a film of a nitride of a group 13 element grown on a seed crystal substrate by flux method from a melt including a flux and a group 13 element under nitrogen containing atmosphere, an n-type semiconductor layer provided on the film of the nitride, a light emitting region provided on the n-type semiconductor layer, and a p-type semiconductor layer provided on the light emitting region. The film includes an inclusion distributed layer in a region distant by 50 μm or less from an interface of the film on the side of the seed crystal substrate and including inclusions derived from components of the melt, and an inclusion depleted layer with the inclusion depleted formed on the inclusion distributed layer. | 06-12-2014 |
20140154146 | HONEYCOMB CATALYST BODY - A honeycomb catalyst body having high mechanical strength, less pressure loss, and suitable purification performance is provided, and includes a plugged honeycomb structure having porous partition walls defining cells extending from one end face to another end face, inflow side plugged portions provided at one ends of the predetermined cells, outflow side plugged portions provided at another ends of the remaining cells, and porous projecting portions projecting so as to extend from the partition walls into the cells and being formed integrally with the partition walls; and a catalyst loaded onto the projecting portions of the plugged honeycomb structure, wherein porosities of the partition walls are 40% or more and smaller than 60%, thicknesses of the projecting portions are from 30 to 140% of thicknesses of the partition walls, and a catalyst amount loaded onto the partition walls thereof is smaller than a catalyst amount loaded onto the projecting portions. | 06-05-2014 |
20140154145 | HONEYCOMB CATALYST BODY - A honeycomb catalyst body includes a plugged honeycomb structure having porous partition walls, inflow side plugged portions, outflow side plugged portions, and porous projecting portions which project so as to extend from the partition walls into the cells and are formed integrally with the partition walls; and catalyst loaded onto the projecting portions of the plugged honeycomb structure. A porosity of the partition walls of the plugged honeycomb structure is 40 to 70%, a thickness of the projecting portions is from 30 to 140% of a thickness of the partition walls, and an amount of a catalyst loaded onto pore surfaces of the partition walls of the plugged honeycomb structure is smaller than an amount of the catalyst loaded onto the projecting portions. The catalyst loaded onto projecting portions is a three-way catalyst, and the catalyst loaded onto projecting portions is a selective reduction catalyst. | 06-05-2014 |
20140154144 | HONEYCOMB CATALYST BODY - A honeycomb catalyst body capable of containing in a limited space, having high mechanical strength, less pressure loss, and suitable purification performance is provided, and it includes a plugged honeycomb structure having porous partition walls defining cells, plugged portions, and porous projecting portions projecting so as to extend from the partition walls into the cells and being formed integrally with the partition walls; and catalysts loaded onto the projecting portions, wherein a porosity of the partition walls is 40 to 70%, thicknesses of the projecting portions is from 30 to 140% of thicknesses of the partition wall, an amount of the catalyst loaded onto the partition walls thereof is smaller than an amount of the catalyst loaded onto the projecting portions, one catalyst loaded onto projecting portions is a selective reduction catalyst, and another catalyst loaded onto projecting portions is an ammonia slip preventing catalyst. | 06-05-2014 |
20140147953 | Method for Peeling Group 13 Element Nitride Film | 05-29-2014 |
20140147342 | HONEYCOMB CATALYST BODY - There is disclosed a honeycomb catalyst body including porous partition walls in which a plurality of cells that become through channels of a fluid are defined and formed, and a plurality of pores are formed, wherein a cell density is from 93 to 186 cells/cm | 05-29-2014 |
20140145558 | Composite Substrate, Surface Acoustic Wave Device, and Method for Manufacturing Composite Substrate - In a composite substrate | 05-29-2014 |
20140139076 | PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT - A piezoelectric element | 05-22-2014 |
20140138871 | SUPPORTING METHOD OF HONEYCOMB BODY - There is disclosed a method capable of effectively suppressing deformation when a honeycomb formed body formed by horizontal extrusion is supported by a cradle, and supporting even a large honeycomb formed body so that cell wall buckling hardly occur and a high shape accuracy is kept, wherein the lowermost end of a supporting surface of the cradle is located below the lowermost end of the honeycomb formed body immediately after extruded through the die during the horizontal movement, and a distance in a vertical direction between the lowermost end of the honeycomb formed body immediately after extruded through the die and the lowermost end of the supporting surface of the cradle is from 5 to 15 mm during the horizontal movement when a honeycomb formed body extruded through a die in a horizontal direction by extrusion is supported by a cradle. | 05-22-2014 |
20140134557 | HOUSING FOR HEATING AND USE METHOD OF THE SAME, HEATING JIG AND USE METHOD OF THE SAME, AND OPERATION METHOD OF HEATING DEVICE - A heating storage structure includes a plurality of mounting parts each including a mounting face on which articles to be heated are mounted, which is a part of the surface of the mounting part; and a fixing part to which the plurality of mounting parts are detachably fixed so that the plurality of mounting parts are stacked while each of spaces S | 05-15-2014 |
20140127484 | BONDED BODY OF CERAMIC MEMBER AND METAL MEMBER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A bonded body | 05-08-2014 |
20140127455 | HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE - A honeycomb structure includes a honeycomb structure part having porous partition walls which form a plurality of cells having a hexagonal cross-sectional shape and extending through the honeycomb structure part from an inflow end surface to an outflow end surface to become through channels of a fluid, and having an outer peripheral wall which is positioned at an outermost periphery. A porosity of the partition walls is from 35 to 60%, an average pore diameter of the partition walls is from 1 to 5 μm, and among the cells, incomplete cells which are the cells formed by the partition walls and the outer peripheral wall are plugged from the inflow end surface to the outflow end surface. | 05-08-2014 |
20140127453 | SEALED HONEYCOMB STRUCTRURE - A sealed honeycomb structure may include porous walls dividedly forming inlet cells and outlet cells extending from an end surface of an inlet side to an end surface of an outlet side, an outlet side sealing portion, and an inlet side sealing portion, wherein at least one outlet cell is a reinforced cell, where a reinforced part for reinforcing the outlet cell is formed at at least one corner portion at which the walls on a cross-section vertical to an extending direction of the cell cross each other, and wherein the inlet cell is a non-reinforced cell where the reinforced part is not formed at all the corner portions at which the walls on the cross-section vertical to the extending direction of the cell cross each other. | 05-08-2014 |
20140127085 | HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE - A honeycomb structure includes a cylindrical honeycomb structure section having porous partition walls to define and form a plurality of cells, and an outer peripheral wall, and a pair of electrode sections disposed on a side surface of the honeycomb structure section. An electrical resistivity of the honeycomb structure section is from 1 to 200 Ωcm, and each of the pair of electrode sections is constituted of a laminated body of two or more electrode bodies. An area of the electrode body disposed closest to an outer peripheral wall side is larger than an area of the other electrode body, and in a cross section perpendicular to a cell extending direction, a center angle of the electrode body disposed closest to the outer peripheral wall side is larger than a center angle of the other electrode body. | 05-08-2014 |
20140124992 | ZEOLITE STRUCTURE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - The zeolite structure is a porous zeolite structure constituted of a formed article obtained by extruding a zeolite raw material containing zeolite particles and an inorganic binding material including at least basic aluminum chloride, a ratio P1 (P1=V2/V1×100) of a volume V2 of the inorganic binding material in the zeolite structure with respect to a volume V1 of the zeolite structure is from 10 to 50 vol %, and a relation of equation (1) is satisfied: | 05-08-2014 |
20140123612 | DUST COLLECTING HONEYCOMB FILTER - A dust collecting honeycomb filter includes a honeycomb base material having porous partition walls to define and form a plurality of cells, and a flange section disposed on an outer periphery of the honeycomb base material and having porous flange partition walls to define and form “a plurality of flange cells extending in the same direction as in the cells”. The flange section is formed so as to project outwardly from the outer periphery of the honeycomb base material, the partition walls and the flange partition walls are continuously connected without forming any boundaries therein, the flange section has flange plugging portions. | 05-08-2014 |
20140123611 | SEALED HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE AND DEVICE FOR CLEANING EXHAUST - A sealed honeycomb structure which can suppress increase of pressure loss and improve durability favorably is disclosed. A sealed honeycomb structure | 05-08-2014 |
20140117119 | MEMBER FOR SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A high-frequency power supply | 05-01-2014 |
20140116016 | HONEYCOMB FILTER - A honeycomb filter includes a honeycomb structure and plugged portions. Partition walls of the honeycomb structure are made of a partition wall material including a plurality of aggregates containing silicon carbide or silicon nitride as a main component, and a binding material at a content of 15 to 35 mass %. The binding material is made of a material in which mullite particles as reinforcing particles may be dispersed in cordierite. A thermal expansion coefficient of the partition walls at 40 to 800° C. is 4.2×10 | 05-01-2014 |
20140113106 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE AND HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE - A honeycomb structure mainly composed of cordierite and obtained by forming and firing a forming material containing a layered clay mineral whose layer charge (X) is 0.204-24-2014 | |
20140103362 | Composite Substrates, A Method of Producing the Same, A Method of Producing Functional Layers Made of Nitrides of Group 13 Elements, and Functional Devices - A composite substrate | 04-17-2014 |
20140102683 | HEAT EXCHANGE MEMBER - There is provided a heat exchange member which does not easily suffer from breakage due to thermal stress by relaxing the thermal stress. The heat exchange member is provided with a honeycomb structure ( | 04-17-2014 |
20140102170 | METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING GAS SENSOR, AND GAS SENSOR ASSEMBLY APPARATUS - Provided are a method of reliably assembling a gas sensor. A plurality of annular mounting members are repeatedly subjected to following steps: bringing a sensor element into an upper-side held state in which the element is held such that an upper end thereof extends vertically with a lower end thereof being inserted into a recess; fitting a through hole of an annular mounting member with the upper end of the element brought in to the upper-side clamped state; and switching from the upper-side held state to a lower-side held state in which the element is held such that the lower end thereof extends vertically, to thereby cause the annular mounting member to reach a predetermined annularly mounting position. Then, the resultant intermediate assembly product is sandwiched by a centering device to minimize the outside diameter thereof, and thereafter, a tubular body is annularly mounted to the intermediate assembly product. | 04-17-2014 |
20140093436 | HONEYCOMB FILTER - A honeycomb filter | 04-03-2014 |
20140091678 | LAMINATE - A piezoelectric/electrostrictive film type element includes a lower electrode, a piezoelectric layer, and an upper electrode laminated in order on a support. An average particle diameter of each of particles of a piezoelectric material forming the piezoelectric layer falls within a range of 0.5 μm to 10 μm. The sectional shape of the piezoelectric layer is a “quadrilateral (substantially rectangular shape) having a height of from 0.5 μm to 15 μm and an angle (θ) at an end point of a base of from 85° to 105°.” A surface roughness of a side surface of the piezoelectric layer is 0.05 dμm to 0.5 dμm at the maximum height roughness Rz (defined by JIS B 0601:2001). Both “generation of a leak current that flows through the piezoelectric layer” and “occurrence of particle shedding from a side surface of the piezoelectric layer” can be prevented. | 04-03-2014 |
20140090821 | HEAT EXCHANGER ELEMENT, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR, AND HEAT EXCHANGER - A heat exchanger element includes at least two honeycomb structures arranged serially and each including a cell structural portion having cells separated and formed by partition walls containing SiC and functioning as passages which extend from one end face to the other end face and which a first fluid passes through, and an outer peripheral wall disposed on the outer periphery of the cell structural portion. The first fluid passes through the cells of the honeycomb structures without leaking out of the cells or mixing. The cell structural portions of at least a pair of the honeycomb structures adjacent to each other among the honeycomb structures arranged serially are disposed with a gap, and the first fluid passing through the cells mixes together between end faces forming the gap. | 04-03-2014 |
20140087636 | GRINDING METHOD OF HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE - There is disclosed a grinding method of a honeycomb structure, wherein a grind processing member having an outer peripheral surface, a first grinding wheel tapered surface and a second grinding wheel tapered surface and rotating around a central axis grinds a joined honeycomb segment assembly rotating around a central axis, and the above respective surfaces of the grind processing member form a first ground region, a second ground region, a center ground surface, a first tapered surface and a second tapered surface, to prepare the honeycomb structure including a cylindrical honeycomb base material, and a ring-like bulge portion “which surrounds an outer periphery of the honeycomb base material, protrudes from the outer periphery of the honeycomb base material toward the outside in a flange manner, and has the first tapered surface, the second tapered surface and the center ground surface.” | 03-27-2014 |
20140087265 | CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR A LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY AND A LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY - A cathode active material for a lithium secondary battery, includes secondary particles, each being formed of a large number of primary particles whose mean particle size is equal to or larger than 0.01 μm and equal to or smaller than 5 μm, and includes the following features. An oriented ratio of a (003) plane is equal to or larger than 60%. A mean particle size is equal to or larger than 1 μm and equal to or smaller than 100 μm. An aspect ratio is equal to or larger than 1.0 and is smaller than 2. A voidage is equal to or larger than 3% and equal to or smaller than 30%. A ratio of opened pore is equal to or larger than 70%. A mean pore size of the opened pore is equal to or larger than 0.1 μm and equal to or smaller than 5 μm. | 03-27-2014 |
20140087128 | HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE - There are disclosed a honeycomb structure hardly generates ring cracks; and a honeycomb structure | 03-27-2014 |
20140087080 | OUTER PERIPHERY COATING METHOD OF HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE - An outer periphery coating method of honeycomb structure has coating steps where the honeycomb structure including a ring-like bulge portion is rotated; a coating member is brought into contact with a side surface of the honeycomb structure by pressing a side edge portion of a spatula via a rubber sheet, the coating member including the plate-like spatula in which a specific cut portion is formed in the one side edge portion and the side edge portion provided with the cut portion is an inclined surface inclined on a coating surface side, and the rubber sheet in which a cut is formed so that an end surface of the end portion is parallel to a back surface of the spatula when the end portion is bent along the side edge portion of the spatula; and a slurry coating material is supplied to the side surface of the honeycomb structure. | 03-27-2014 |
20140086805 | HONEYCOMB CATALYST BODY - The honeycomb catalyst body includes a honeycomb structure having porous partition walls, outflow side plugged portions, inflow side plugged portions, and catalyst layers formed on the surfaces of the partition walls on the side of the outflow cells, the cells are formed so that an open area of each outflow cell is larger than an open area of each inflow cell, a porosity of the partition walls of the honeycomb structure is from 25 to 55%, and in a cross section parallel to the extending direction of the cells, a total area of the catalyst layers formed on the surfaces of the pores in the partition walls is 5% or less of a total area of the pores in the partition walls. | 03-27-2014 |
20140079946 | LAMINATED STRUCTURE, MEMBER FOR SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING LAMINATED STRUCTURE - A laminated structure | 03-20-2014 |
20140079891 | METHOD FOR TREATING Cu THIN SHEET - A method for treating a Cu thin sheet is provided. The method comprises the steps of: supplying a slurry in which a diffusion bonding aid (DBA), such as Ni powder, and a reinforcing material (RM), such as a carbide base metal compound, are dispersed in a solvent to a predetermined portion on a Cu or Cu base alloy thin sheet, drying the supplied slurry, and applying a laser to induce melting, solidification, and fixation, so as to form a buildup layer. In the method, the weight ratio of DBA to RM is specified to be 80:20 to 50:50, and the median diameters D | 03-20-2014 |
20140076725 | GAS SENSOR - A gas sensor including a sensor element constituted by an oxygen-ion conductive solid electrolyte as a main component and detecting a predetermined gas component in a measurement gas includes: an external communication part having an opening opened to the outside, and introducing the measurement gas from the outside under a predetermined diffusion resistance; an internal space communicating with the external communication part; a first electrode formed on a surface of the internal space; a second electrode formed in a space different from the internal space; and a pumping cell operable to pump out oxygen existing in the internal space when a predetermined voltage is applied between the first electrode and the second electrode. The thickness of the external communication part is 50% or more and 100% or less of the thickness of the internal space. | 03-20-2014 |
20140072870 | ALL-SOLID-STATE CELL - An all-solid-state cell has a positive electrode layer containing a positive electrode active material, a solid electrolyte layer containing a lithium ion conducting material, and a negative electrode layer containing a negative electrode active material. The negative electrode active material in the negative electrode layer contains a plurality of cylindrical carbon nanotube molecules, and the axes of the carbon nanotube molecules are oriented in a predetermined direction. | 03-13-2014 |
20140072785 | LAMINATED BODY - A laminated body is provided that exhibits impact resistance, wear resistance and scratch resistance, and which enables a reduction in weight together with a reduction in the dielectric constant. The laminated body | 03-13-2014 |
20140070466 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE - There is disclosed a manufacturing method of a honeycomb structure including a formed honeycomb body preparing step of extruding a forming raw material containing a ceramic raw material and an organic binder, to prepare a formed honeycomb body having partition walls with which a plurality of cells are formed to define through channels of a fluid, and an outer peripheral wall; a dried honeycomb body preparing step of drying the formed honeycomb body; a honeycomb body with unfired electrodes preparing step of applying an electrode forming slurry containing a ceramic raw material and water to a side surface of the dried honeycomb body, and then maintaining the honeycomb body in a temperature range of 0 to 80° C. for three seconds to 48 hours to form the unfired electrodes; and a honeycomb structure preparing step of drying and firing the honeycomb body with the unfired electrodes. | 03-13-2014 |
20140069545 | FLOW PASSAGE COMPONENT - A flow passage component | 03-13-2014 |
20140068904 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE - The method for manufacturing a piezoelectric substrate includes a process of forming a material having composition M | 03-13-2014 |
20140065375 | BONDED COMPACT AND METHOD OF PRODUCING GREEN BONDED COMPACT - Provided is a method of producing “a ceramic green bonded compact in which a ceramic green film is bonded on each bonding surface of a ceramic green substrate having hole portions,” the method imparting good adhesiveness to a thin green film while suppressing the green substrate from having deformation. In this method, first, a layer of a paste for bonding is formed on each bonding surface of green sheets prepared. Next, each bonding surface of the green sheets on which the paste layer is formed is brought into contact, in a state in which the paste layer is wet, with each bonding surface of a porous ceramic green substrate prepared. While this state is maintained, pores in the green substrate absorb a dispersion medium in the paste layer in the wet state. As a result, the paste layer is dried, thereby completely bonding the green substrate and the green sheets. | 03-06-2014 |
20140061553 | LANTHANUM BORIDE SINTERED BODY AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A lanthanum boride sintered body | 03-06-2014 |
20140059987 | PLUGGED HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE - A plugged honeycomb structure including a honeycomb structure body, outflow side plugged portions, and inflow side plugged portions. A shape of cells in a cross section is a hexagonal shape. Among six corner portions of each of the hexagonal cells, the corner portion between two partition walls at least one of which is the partition wall separating inflow cells or outflow cells from each other is a specific corner portion, and the corner portion between the two partition walls each of which is the partition wall separating the inflow cell and the outflow cell is an unspecific corner portion. At least one of the specific corner portions is provided with a reinforcing portion so that a shape of the specific corner portion is rounded, and the unspecific corner portions are not provided with the reinforcing portions. | 03-06-2014 |
20140055973 | CIRCUIT BOARD FOR PERIPHERAL CIRCUITS OF HIGH-CAPACITY MODULES, AND A HIGH-CAPACITY MODULE INCLUDING A PERIPHERAL CIRCUIT USING THE CIRCUIT BOARD | 02-27-2014 |
20140054605 | Composite Substrates, Light Emitting Devices and a Method of Producing Composite Substrates - A plurality of protrusions | 02-27-2014 |
20140048482 | METHOD FOR CLEANING CERAMIC FILTER - There is provided a method for cleaning a ceramic filter which can shorten an operation time required to clean the ceramic filter. The method for cleaning the ceramic filter includes: reducing a pressure of a space on a secondary side of the uncleaned ceramic filter, while supplying a cleaning medium to a space on a primary side of the uncleaned ceramic filter, thereby passing the cleaning medium through the ceramic uncleaned filter, so that the uncleaned ceramic filter is cleaned. | 02-20-2014 |
20140042451 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, HEMT DEVICE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - Provided is a semiconductor device in which a reverse leakage current is suppressed and the mobility of a two-dimensional electron gas is high. A semiconductor device includes: an epitaxial substrate in which a group of group-III nitride layers are laminated on a base substrate such that a (0001) crystal plane is substantially in parallel with a substrate surface; and a Schottky electrode. The epitaxial substrate includes: a channel layer made of a first group-III nitride having a composition of In | 02-13-2014 |
20140041350 | PLUGGED HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE - A plugged honeycomb structure includes a honeycomb structure section having porous partition walls, a plurality of cells including the cells having different open areas; inflow side plugged portions arranged in inflow side end portions of the predetermined cells; and outflow side plugged portions arranged in outflow side end portions of the remaining cells. Outflow cells which are the cells provided with the inflow side plugged portions and inflow cells which are the cells provided with the outflow side plugged portions are alternately formed, and in a central portion, the open area of each of the inflow cells is larger than the open area of each of the outflow cells. A difference in open area between the outflow cell and the inflow cell in an outer peripheral portion is smaller than a difference in open area between the outflow cell and the inflow cell in the central portion. | 02-13-2014 |
20140041349 | PLUGGED HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE - A plugged honeycomb structure includes a honeycomb structure section having porous partition walls, the plurality of cells including large cells and small cells having different open areas in a cross section perpendicular to an extending direction of the cells; inflow side plugged portions arranged in inflow side end portions of the predetermined cells including the large cells and the small cells among the plurality of cells; and outflow side plugged portions arranged in outflow side end portions of the remaining cells including the large cells and the small cells among the plurality of cells. The predetermined cells are outflow cells having the plugged inflow side end portions and the open outflow side end portions in the honeycomb structure section, and the remaining cells are inflow cells having the plugged outflow side end portions and the open inflow side end portions in the honeycomb structure section. | 02-13-2014 |
20140035715 | Heat Float Switch - A heat float switch includes a first member and a second member. The first member includes a base member and a carbon nanotube layer formed on a surface of the base member. The heat float switch switches states between a connected state in which the carbon nanotube layer of the first member is in contact with the second member and an unconnected state in which the carbon nanotube layer of the first member is not in contact with the second member. | 02-06-2014 |
20140027412 | METHOD FOR MARKING ON METALLIC MEMBER - Provided is a method for marking on a pressed metallic component whose visibility and corrosion resistance in a marking target is ensured. The method includes a step of irradiating a base treatment target region including a marking target region with a laser beam on a first irradiation condition, and a step of irradiating the marking target region with the laser beam on a second irradiation condition, in which a charged energy of the laser beam is set to be smaller on the first irradiation condition than the second irradiation condition, thereby providing between the marking pattern and a non-irradiation region, a base region having a residual stress greater than that of the non-irradiation region and a residual stress smaller than that of the marking pattern, so as to ensure a visibility. Furthermore, a corrosion resistance is ensured by using a metallic member which is heat-treated to enhance the hardness. | 01-30-2014 |
20140027053 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING CERAMIC DEVICE - A provided method for manufacturing a ceramic device | 01-30-2014 |
20140026809 | Process for Producing Group 13 Metal Nitride, and Seed Crystal Substrate for Use in Same - A seed crystal substrate | 01-30-2014 |
20140021830 | PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE AND PRODUCTION METHOD FOR GREEN COMPACT BEING MOLDED BODY OF PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE PRIOR TO SINTERING - A plurality of piezoelectric device corresponding parts including a green main body part and a green top surface electrode formed on a top surface of the green main body part are placed on a tabular substrate at intervals. Next, a tabular elastic body is pressed from above to the plurality of piezoelectric device corresponding parts, so as to form an inclined part declined toward an outer side in an edge of a top surface of each piezoelectric device corresponding part, and to form a circular arc part at an intersection between the inclined part and a side surface of the piezoelectric device corresponding part. Next, a green side surface electrode is formed on the side surface of each piezoelectric device corresponding part so that the green side surface electrode is connected to the green top surface electrode. Next, this molded body is sintered so that a piezoelectric device is obtained. | 01-23-2014 |
20140021662 | SINTERED CERAMIC BODY, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND CERAMIC STRUCTURE - A manufacturing method of a sintered ceramic body mixes barium silicate with aluminum oxide, a glass material, and an additive oxide to prepare a material mixture, molds the material mixture and fires the molded object. The barium silicate is monoclinic and has an average particle diameter in a range of 0.3 μm to 1 μm and a specific surface area in a range of 5 m | 01-23-2014 |
20140021129 | HONEYCOMB-SHAPED CERAMIC SEPARATION-MEMBRANE STRUCTURE - There is provided a honeycomb-shaped ceramic separation-membrane structure having higher pressure resistance than conventional ones and being capable of reducing production costs. The honeycomb-shaped ceramic separation-membrane structure ( | 01-23-2014 |
20140020877 | HEAT EXCHANGER ELEMENT AND HEAT EXCHANGER - There is provided a heat exchanger element and a heat exchanger which are smaller, lighter in weight, and lower in cost than conventional heat exchange bodies, heat exchangers and the like. In the honeycomb structure, t≧0.2, ρ>100, 20≦t×ρ≦250, and 10,000≦λ×ρ are satisfied when thermal conductivity of a material for the partition walls is taken as λ [W/K˜m], and, regarding a cell structure of the honeycomb structure, a wall thickness of the partition walls is taken as t [mm], and a cell density is taken as ρ [cells/sq.in.]. | 01-23-2014 |
20140017509 | BONDED OBJECT OF TUNGSTEN CARBIDE-BASED SUPERHARD ALLOY AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SAME - Provided in the present invention is a bonded tungsten carbide-based super hard alloy assembly equipped with a first metal member having a first bonding surface and comprised of a steel material containing a martensite structure and a second metal member having a second bonding surface directly bonded to the first bonding surface of the first metal member and comprised of a tungsten carbide-based super hard alloy. The martensite structure-containing steel material which constitutes the first metal member is a stainless steel having an average carbon concentration of from 0.10 to 0.40 mass %. The first metal member has a high carbon concentration region at a depth ranging from 0.70 to 3.00 mm from the first bonding surface. The high carbon concentration region has a maximum carbon concentration of from 0.3 to 1.2 mass %. The bonded tungsten carbide-based super hard alloy assembly has both high bonding strength and excellent mechanical strength. | 01-16-2014 |
20140014574 | POROUS BODY AND HONEYCOMB-SHAPED CERAMIC SEPARATION-MEMBRANE STRUCTURE - The present invention aims to provide a honeycomb-shaped ceramic porous body where the strength reduction upon forming a separation layer is less than conventional porous bodies. The ceramic porous body ( | 01-16-2014 |
20140014028 | Method for Producing Gallium Nitride Layer and Seed Crystal Substrate Used in Same - A gallium nitride layer is produced using a seed crystal substrate by flux method. The seed crystal substrate | 01-16-2014 |
20140011667 | SILICON CARBIDE POROUS BODY, HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE, AND ELECTRIC HEATING TYPE CATALYST CARRIER - A silicon carbide porous body according to the present invention contains silicon carbide particles, metallic silicon, and an oxide phase, in which the silicon carbide particles are bonded together via at least one of the metallic silicon and the oxide phase. The primary component of the oxide phase is cordierite, and the open porosity is 10% to 40%. Preferably, the silicon carbide porous body contains 50% to 80% by weight of silicon carbide, 15% to 40% by weight of metallic silicon, and 1% to 25% by weight of cordierite. Preferably, the volume resistivity is 1 to 80 Ωcm, and the thermal conductivity is 30 to 70 W/m·K. | 01-09-2014 |
20140011664 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING Si-SiC BASED COMPOSITE MATERIAL, AND HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE - A method for manufacturing a honeycomb structure | 01-09-2014 |
20140011151 | SHUTTLE KILN FOR FIRING CERAMIC POROUS BODIES - The invention provides a shuttle kiln that can fire ceramic porous bodies containing organic binders in a shorter period of time than in conventional methods without occurring breaks due to a temperature difference between the inside and the outside. The shuttle kiln of the invention is suited for firing of ceramic porous bodies containing organic binders. It includes a gas suction path 4 that suctions in-furnace gas and discharges it via an afterburner 5 and a circulation path 7 that suctions the in-furnace gas to the furnace outside to burn organic binder gas and then returns it into the furnace. | 01-09-2014 |
20140011150 | TUNNEL KILN FOR FIRING CERAMIC POROUS BODIES - The invention provides a tunnel kiln for firing ceramic porous bodies which can fire ceramic porous bodies containing organic binders in a shorter period of time than in conventional methods without producing breaks or requiring nitrogen gas. The tunnel kiln includes a preheating zone | 01-09-2014 |
20140008980 | POWER STORAGE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING POWER STORAGE DEVICE - A sodium-sulfur battery belongs to each of a plurality of operation units. A first power consuming body and a second power consuming body are electrically connected to the grid. The first power consuming body belongs to each of the plurality of operation units, and the second power consuming body does not belong to the operation unit. One of the first power consuming body and the second power consuming body may be omitted. Rank is given to each of the plurality of operation units. The ranks become higher as the remaining capacity of the sodium-sulfur batteries belonging to the operation unit becomes greater. When the stand-alone operation is started, one operation unit of the highest rank is selected, and the sodium-sulfur battery belonging to the operated operation unit is paralleled in to the grid. | 01-09-2014 |
20140002891 | Electromagnetic Wave Radiation Element and Method for Producing Same | 01-02-2014 |
20130344283 | HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE - There is disclosed a honeycomb structure including: a plurality of honeycomb segments each having porous partition walls, and plugged portions arranged in open frontal areas of the predetermined cells; joining portions in which the plurality of honeycomb segments are joined; and an outer peripheral wall, and having: an aspect ratio (a long axis/a short axis) of 1.2 or more, wherein corners which are regions of the joining portions in the region of 10 mm or less from each intersection between the joining portion and the outer peripheral wall along a direction of the short axis are present in the region of 25 mm or less, and a thickness of each of the joining portions is 0.5 mm or more and 5 mm or less, and a thickness of each of the other joining portions is 1.5 mm or less. | 12-26-2013 |
20130336578 | MICROSTRUCTURE ANALYSIS METHOD, PROGRAM THEREOF, AND MICROSTRUCTURE ANALYSIS DEVICE - Porous body data | 12-19-2013 |
20130316130 | HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE BODY - There is disclosed a honeycomb structure body having joining material layers of a stress relaxing function and joining strength equivalent to those of joining material layers of a conventional honeycomb structure body, and having an excellent heat shock resistance. A honeycomb structure body includes a plurality of honeycomb segments and joining material layers having a plurality of pores and joining the plurality of honeycomb segments in a state where the honeycomb segments are arranged adjacent to each other so that side surfaces of the honeycomb segments face each other. A ratio of the number of pores having a value of 1.2 or less which is obtained by dividing a maximum diameter of each of the pores by a minimum diameter of the each of the pores is 60% or more of the number of all the pores of each of the joining material layers. | 11-28-2013 |
20130316129 | SILICON CARBIDE MATERIAL, HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE, AND ELECTRIC HEATING TYPE CATALYST CARRIER - A silicon carbide material according to the present invention includes a substrate containing, as a main component, silicon carbide or containing, as main components, silicon carbide and metallic silicon, and a film covering at least a portion of the surface of the substrate. The film contains, as a main component, a phase including at least four elements: lithium (Li), aluminum (Al), silicon (Si), and oxygen (O). One example of such a silicon carbide material includes a substrate having a structure in which silicon carbide particles are bonded by metallic silicon, and a lithium aluminosilicate film covering at least a portion of the surface of the silicon carbide particles. Such a silicon carbide material can be used for a DPF, an electric heating type catalytic converter, or the like. | 11-28-2013 |
20130286533 | MEMBER FOR SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING APPARATUS | 10-31-2013 |
20130270178 | CERAMIC POROUS MEMBRANE AND CERAMIC FILTER - There are disclosed a ceramic porous membrane formed with less membrane formation times and having less defects, a small and uniform thickness and a high flux, and a ceramic filter. A silica membrane is formed on a titania UF membrane as an ultrafiltration membrane (a UF membrane) formed on a porous base member which is a microfiltration membrane (also referred to as an MF membrane) and having an average pore diameter smaller than that of the porous base member, and the silica membrane has an average pore diameter smaller than that of the titania UF membrane, and does not substantially permeates the titania UF membrane. | 10-17-2013 |
20130266889 | SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL - An interconnector made of a lanthanum chromite is provided on a fuel electrode of an SOFC, and a P-type semiconductor film which is a conductive ceramics film is formed on a surface of the interconnector. When a maximum value (maximum joining width) of the “lengths of a plurality of portions at which the interconnector and the P-type semiconductor film are brought into contact with each other” on a “line (boundary line) corresponding to an interface between the interconnector and the P-type semiconductor film in a cross section including the interconnector and the P-type semiconductor film” is 40 μm or less, peeling becomes less liable to occur in a portion corresponding to the maximum joining width at the interface. | 10-10-2013 |
20130266799 | SILICONE RUBBER COMPOSITION FOR USE AS HIGH-VOLTAGE INSULATOR AND POLYMER INSULATOR - A silicone rubber composition comprising (A) an organopolysiloxane composition of the organic peroxide cure or addition reaction cure type, (B) a normally solid organic compound having at least two ester bonds per molecule, and (C) particulate aluminum hydroxide having an average particle size of up to 20 μm is suited for use as high-voltage electric insulator since it maintains insulating properties for a long term in outdoor service and has acid resistance and a long lifetime even in polluted areas. | 10-10-2013 |
20130260983 | CERAMICS PASTE AND LAMINATED BODY - A NOx sensor | 10-03-2013 |
20130256297 | CERAMIC HEATER, HEATER ELECTRODE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING CERAMIC HEATER - The electrostatic chuck | 10-03-2013 |
20130255854 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE - The manufacturing method of the honeycomb structure includes a step of coating a surface of each of releasing sheets with a paste for an electrode, to prepare electrode forming sheets in which the releasing sheets are provided with electrode paste films; a formed honeycomb body with the electrode forming sheets forming step of attaching the electrode forming sheets to a side surface of a tubular formed ceramic honeycomb body which is the curved surface to prepare a formed honeycomb body with the electrode forming sheets; and a honeycomb structure forming step of firing the formed honeycomb body, or removing releasing sheets from the formed honeycomb body to form the formed honeycomb body with the pastes for the electrodes, and then firing the formed honeycomb body with the pastes for the electrodes, to obtain a honeycomb structure having a side surface provided with the electrodes. | 10-03-2013 |
20130255352 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SENSOR ELEMENT FOR USE IN GAS SENSOR, INSPECTING ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF SENSOR ELEMENT, AND PRE-TREATING SENSOR ELEMENT - To provide a method for manufacturing a sensor element, by which stabilization of an electrode, which is performed prior to inspecting element characteristics, can be performed for a shorter time period and in a more reliable manner than in the conventional. The sensor element includes: an oxygen-ion conductive solid electrolyte layer; a first electrode that is formed on a surface of the oxygen-ion conductive solid electrolyte layer; and a second electrode that is formed in a space provided inside the oxygen-ion conductive solid electrolyte layer, and that is configured to reduce said predetermined gas component. As the pre-treatment, by an external power source. a voltage is applied between the first electrode and the second electrode, to thereby decompose and remove a gas component attached to the second electrode. | 10-03-2013 |
20130255213 | POROUS MATERIAL, MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME, AND HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE - There are disclosed a porous material having excellent heat resisting properties and an excellent resistance to heat shock. A porous material contains aggregates and an amorphous binding agent to bind the aggregates to one another in a state where pores are formed among the aggregates, the binding agent contains a rare earth element, the amorphous binding agent preferably contains magnesium, aluminum, silicon, the rare earth element and oxygen, and the amorphous binding agent preferably contains 8.0 to 15.0 mass % of MgO, 30.0 to 60.0 mass % of Al | 10-03-2013 |
20130255212 | HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE - In the present invention, a honeycomb structure includes a joined honeycomb segment body in which a plurality of honeycomb segments are integrally joined by mutual joining surfaces via a joining material layer, and has a configuration in which a plurality of cells to become through channels of a fluid are arranged in parallel with one another along a central axis direction. The joining material layer contains, as aggregates, inorganic particles, and acicular crystal particles having a shot content ratio smaller than 10 mass %, and the acicular crystal particles include 80 mass % or more of acicular crystal particles having an average length of 20 to 500 μm in a long axis direction of the acicular crystal particles. As the inorganic particles, silicon carbide, cordierite, alumina, zirconia, yttria or the like can be used, and as natural acicular minerals, sepiolite, wollastonite, palygorskite or the like can be used. | 10-03-2013 |
20130255207 | HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME - There is disclosed a honeycomb structure which has an excellent collecting performance of a particulate matter and in which a pressure loss during flowing of a fluid through the honeycomb structure is low. The honeycomb structure includes a honeycomb base material having porous partition walls with which a plurality of cells are formed to become through channels of a fluid, a value of a ratio of an average open frontal area diameter of pores which are open in the surfaces of the partition walls to an average pore diameter of the pores formed in the partition walls is from 0.05 to 0.45, the partition walls have a single layer structure, and preferably, an open frontal area diameter of each of the pores which are open in the surfaces of the partition walls is from 0.5 to 10 μm. | 10-03-2013 |
20130252087 | CATHODE AND A CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL PLATE FOR A LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THESE - The present invention relates to a cathode and a cathode active material plate for a lithium secondary battery, and the production method thereof. There is a feature of the present invention in that grooves consisting of a concave portion and having an infinite form (for example, an infinite cell-like shape) in a planar view are formed in a principal surface of the cathode active material plate. | 09-26-2013 |
20130248509 | HEATING DEVICE AND SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING APPARATUS - A heating device | 09-26-2013 |
20130248159 | HEAT CONDUCTION MEMBER - A heat conduction member includes: a cylindrical ceramic body, a metal pipe on the outer periphery side of the cylindrical ceramic body, and an intermediate member held between the cylindrical ceramic body and the metal pipe. The cylindrical ceramic body has passages passing through from one end face to the other end face and allowing the first fluid to flow therethrough. The intermediate member is made of material having at least a part having a Young's modulus of 150 Gpa or less. The first fluid is allowed to flow through the inside of the cylindrical ceramic body while the second fluid having lower temperature than that of the first fluid is allowed to flow on the outer peripheral face side of the metal pipe to perform heat exchange between the first fluid and the second fluid. | 09-26-2013 |
20130247525 | HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE - The honeycomb structure includes a honeycomb structure part having porous partition walls, and porous plugged portions, and when there is drawn a straight line as an inner boundary line which is positioned at a distance of 30% of a distance between an outer end surface and an inner end surface, from the inner end surface, and there is drawn a straight line as an outer boundary line which is positioned at a distance of 70% of the distance between the outer end surface and the inner end surface, from the inner end surface, each of the plugged portions has an outer region, and an inner region which is the region between the inner end surface and the inner boundary line and whose porosity is larger than a porosity of the outer region. | 09-26-2013 |