04th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 39 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100021732 | FILAMENT BUNDLE TYPE NANO FIBER AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A filament type nano-sized lone fiber and a method of producing the same are disclosed. In the method, a spinning solution or a spinning melt is electro-spun in drops using a spinneret to which a critical voltage is applied, and the spun drops are continuously collected on a multi-collector. The spinning solution is produced dissolving a blend or copolymer consisting of two or more kinds of polymers in a solvent. The spinning melt is produced by melting the polymers. The multi-collector is selected from the group consisting of a plate type collector, a roll type collector, and a combination thereof. The filament type nano-sized long fiber is processed into a yarn through one step during the electrospinning process, and thus, mechanical properties are better than those of conventional nanofiber non-woven fabric. Consequently, the filament type nano-sized long fiber can be utilized for the extended application. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021733 | COMPOSITE TUBING - A composite tubing includes: an outer tubing which is prepared by seaming along a lengthwise direction two lateral sides of a lengthwise-extending strip made from a deformable material, the lateral sides being disposed opposite to each other in a transverse direction relative to the lengthwise direction, and being superimposed on each other so as to form a tubular body and a seamed ridge, the tubular body including a force-bearing-side half and a ridge-side half cooperating with each other to define a compressible tubular chamber, the seamed ridge extending from the ridge-side half radially and lengthwise; and a fiber-based rope disposed to extend lengthwise in the compressible tubular chamber, and being of a dimension such that, when the force-bearing-side half is pressed and deformed, the fiber-based rope is shiftable against the ridge-side half so as to vest the tubular body with an increased strength while preserving the padding effect of the force-bearing-side half. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021734 | CERAMIC PARTICLES AND PRODUCING METHOD THEREOF - Ceramic particles capable of increasing the reaction area with an eluate, etc. without decreasing the diameter of the particle per se and a producing method thereof are provided. A ceramic particles | 2010-01-28 |
20100021735 | Nickel-rhenium alloy powder and conductor paste containing the same - A nickel-rhenium alloy powder comprising nickel as a main component, 0.1 to 10% by weight of rhenium, and having an average particle size of 0.05 to 1.0 μm is provided. The nickel-rhenium alloy powder has a surface oxide film containing a nickel oxide and a rhenium oxide, and the amount of oxygen in the surface oxide film is 0.1 to 3.0% by weight relative to the total weight of the powder. The nickel-rhenium alloy powder is suitable, in particular, for forming internal electrode layers of a multilayer ceramic electronic component. The obtained powder is homogeneously mixed and dispersed in an organic vehicle, together with other additives as needed, to prepare a conductor paste. The surface oxide film allows bringing the sintering shrinkage behavior of electrode layers and ceramic layers closer to each other when the nickel-rhenium alloy powder is used, in particular, for forming internal electrodes of a multilayer ceramic electronic component. Moreover, there occurs no electrode spheroidizing caused by oversintering. and thus thinner, dense internal electrodes having excellent continuity can be formed. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021736 | INTERFACE-INFUSED NANOTUBE INTERCONNECT - The invention relates to carbon nanotube arrays and methods for the preparation of carbon nanotube arrays. The carbon nanotube arrays include an aligned carbon nanotube array, wherein at least one of the ends of the carbon nanotube array includes a coating layer that is infused into the carbon nanotube array. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021737 | METHOD OF FILM-COATING ARTICLES - The present invention relates to a simplified method of film-coating articles by means of radiation curing. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021738 | METHOD OF PRODUCING STRETCHED FILM AND STRETCHED FILM - A method of producing a stretched film comprising melt-coextruding a thermoplastic resin A and a thermoplastic resin B to produce a composite film | 2010-01-28 |
20100021739 | WAVELENGHTH CONVERSION FILM, AGRICULTURAL FILM, STRUCTURE AND COATING FILM FORMING COMPOSITION - To provide a wavelength conversion film which is capable of maintaining an optical wavelength converting function for a longer period of time than conventional wavelength conversion films. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021740 | CORE SHEET FOR CARD - In relation to a core sheet for card for forming an environment-reactive layered card having a plant raw material plastic as a main raw material, a core sheet for card for forming a novel layered card having excellent heat resistance, impact resistance, as well as adhesiveness between each layer (heat fuse-bonding ability), is provided. A core sheet for card is proposed, which is a core sheet for card (A) to be used together with an over-sheet (B) provided with a structure in which at least one layer is a layer having as a main component resin an aromatic polyester series resin or a polycarbonate series resin or a mixed resin of these both for the purpose of forming a layered card, including one layer or two or more layers that are layered, among which at least one layer is a lactic acid series resin layer having a lactic acid series polymer as a main component resin. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021741 | METHOD FOR COATING A SEMIFINISHED PRODUCT - The invention relates to a method for coating a semifinished product ( | 2010-01-28 |
20100021742 | Water-Based Primer Compositions - This invention provides a water-based primer composition comprising (A) an aqueous dispersion of modified polyolefin, which is prepared by dispersing a modified polyolefin (a) in an aqueous medium, the polyolefin (a) being produced by modifying an unsaturated carboxylic acid- or acid anhydride-modified polyolefin (i) having a melting point not higher than 120° C. and an weight-average molecular weight within a range of 30,000-200,000, further with a compound having polyoxyalkylene chain; (B) at least one kind of aqueous resin selected from aqueous urethane resin, aqueous acrylic resin and aqueous polyester resin; and (C) pigment; the solid weight ratio of the component (A)/component (B) being within a range of 20/80-85/15, and containing the component (C) in an amount within a range of 0.5-200 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the total solid resin content of the composition. Use of the water-based primer composition enables to form coating film excelling in water resistance, humidity resistance, gasohol resistance and the like. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021743 | ASYMMETRIC DIALDIMINE-CONTAINING POLYURETHANE COMPOSITION - The invention relates to moisture-curing compositions which comprise at least one aromatic isocyanate group-bearing polyisocyanate and at least one dialdimine of formula (I). The compositions according to the invention have a longer open time and at the same time a shorter curing time, they are storage-stable and cure without forming bubbles. They are especially suitable as adhesives, sealing agents, potting compounds or coating materials, the use as sealing agents being especially advantageous. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021744 | SUBSTRATE FOR PRODUCING ORGANIC NANOCRYSTALS - Substrates for growing small crystals, the substrates having a first layer consisting of glass, polymer, and/or metal; a second layer having hydrophilic SAMs and hydrophobic SAMs, wherein the hydrophilic SAMs are located only on discrete islands on the first layer and the hydrophobic SAMs are located only on areas of the first layer free of hydrophilic SAMs. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021745 | SUPERHYDROPHOBIC DIATOMACEOUS EARTH - A superhydrophobic powder is prepared by coating diatomaceous earth (DE) with a hydrophobic coating on the particle surface such that the coating conforms to the topography of the DE particles. The hydrophobic coating can be a self assembly monolayer of a perfluorinated silane coupling agent. The DE is preferably natural-grade DE where organic impurities have been removed. The superhydrophobic powder can be applied as a suspension in a binder solution to a substrate to produce a superhydrophobic surface on the substrate. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021746 | AQUEOUS SUSPENSION FOR PYROLYTIC SPRAY COATING - The durability of a transparent pyrolytic spray applied coating is improved by providing a spray solution of metal acetylacetonates having different particle size distribution. More particularly, the particle size distribution of each of the metal acetylacetonates is a function of its melting temperature, and optionally of its melting temperature and solubility. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021747 | HETEROLEPTIC CYCLOPENTADIENYL TRANSITION METAL PRECURSORS FOR DEPOSITION OF TRANSITION METAL-CONTAINING FILMS - Methods and compositions for depositing a film on one or more substrates include providing a reactor with at least one substrate disposed in the reactor. At least one metal precursor are provided and at least partially deposited onto the substrate to form a metal-containing film. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021748 | METALLIZATION PROCESS FOR MAKING FUSER MEMBERS - The presently disclosed embodiments are directed to an improved metallization process for making fuser members which avoids the extra steps of metal seeding or special substrate treatment. In embodiments, a metallized substrate, formed via a polycatecholamine-assisted metallization process, is used for the complete fabrication of the fuser member. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021749 | POLYESTER RESIN FOR COVERING METAL SHEETS AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - A polyester resin for covering metal sheets, comprising an acid component chiefly consisting of a terephthalic acid and, further, containing 1 to 15 mol % of an isophthalic acid and 2 to 10 mol % of a dimeric acid; and an alcohol component chiefly consisting of an ethylene glycol; wherein the dimeric acid contains not less than 20 mol % of an aliphatic dimeric acid, and the molar ratio of the aliphatic dimeric acid and an alicyclic dimeric acid is in a range of 1:1 to 1:5. The polyester resin for covering metal sheets features excellent film-forming property, closely adhering property during the working and elution resistance. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021750 | CORROSION RESISTANT AMORPHOUS METALS AND METHODS OF FORMING CORROSION RESISTANT AMORPHOUS METALS - A system for coating a surface comprises providing a source of amorphous metal, providing ceramic particles, and applying the amorphous metal and the ceramic particles to the surface by a spray. The coating comprises a composite material made of amorphous metal that contains one or more of the following elements in the specified range of composition: yttrium (≧1 atomic %), chromium (14 to 18 atomic %), molybdenum (≧7 atomic %), tungsten (≧1 atomic %), boron (≦5 atomic %), or carbon (≧4 atomic %). | 2010-01-28 |
20100021751 | Poly(Lactic Acid)-Containing Compositions for Use in Imparting Oil, Grease, or Water Resistance to Paper - Herein disclosed is a composition containing from about 5 weight parts to about 50 weight parts of a branched polylactic acid; from about 50 weight parts to about 95 weight parts of water; and from about 0.1 weight parts to about 1 weight part of a first surfactant. The composition can be coated onto a substrate containing paper or paperboard and having a first surface and a second surface, to form a paper product having oil, grease, and moisture resistance. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021752 | METHOD FOR BONDING RESIN MATERIALS CONTAINING OXYMETHYLENE POLYMER AND STRUCTURES - Provided are a method of bonding resin materials for bonding a resin material (X) containing an oxymethylene-based polymer (A) and a resin material (Y), and a structure obtained by the bonding method. The method includes preparing as the resin material (Y) a low-melting-point oxymethylene-based polymer (B) having a melting point lower than that of the oxymethylene-based polymer (A) by 5 to 50° C., or preparing as the resin material (Y) the resin material (X) or another resin material, and providing the low-melting-point oxymethylene-based polymer (B) between the resin material (Y) and the resin material (X) and heating resin materials. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021753 | MULTIZONE WOOD POLYMER COMPOSITE ARTICLE - Disclosed are articles and multi-zoned structures comprising a core zone comprising a wood polymer composition comprising a blend of cellulosic material and a thermoplastic polymeric resin; a cap zone disposed overlying at least a portion of the core zone comprises at least a portion of a surface of the multi-zoned structure; and, optionally, a transition zone disposed between the cap zone and the core zone. The articles are useful as wood polymer composites for use as planks, decking, stair treads, window casings, fencings, automobile interiors and pallets. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021754 | PREPARATION OF POLYMER DISPERSIONS IN THE PRESENCE OF INORGANIC POLYMER PARTICLES - Aqueous polymer dispersion obtainable by emulsion polymerization of monomers in the presence of inorganic polymer particles (inorganic particles for short) which are dispersible in the aqueous phase without surface-active assistants. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021755 | MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR A MULTI-CHANNEL COPPER TUBE, AND MANUFACTURING APPARATUS FOR THE TUBE - This manufacturing apparatus for a multi-channel tube having a plurality of parallel channels includes: a crucible; and a die set for forming the multi-channel tube from molten copper supplied from the crucible, the die set including: a hollow portion having an inner surface shaped like the profile of the multi-channel tube; punches which are inserted into the hollow portion from an inlet end of the hollow portion to define a space between the inner surface of the hollow portion and each of the punches; and a feed passage which is disposed between the crucible and the space, and configured to feed the molten copper from the crucible to the space, the molten copper being supplied from the crucible to the space within the die set through the feed passage to solidify as it passes through the hollow portion. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021756 | JUNCTION STRUCTURE OF SUBSTRATE AND JOINING METHOD THEREOF - A junction structure and a joining method of substrates are provided that stably can join the substrates and achieve high workability during joining. A second substrate | 2010-01-28 |
20100021757 | BRIGHT COATINGS FOR ALUMINUM OR STEEL MOTOR VEHICLE WHEELS AND THEIR PRODUCTION - Surface coating having a bright appearance on motor vehicle wheels made of light metal alloy castings or steel, which can comprise a plurality of layers, wherein it has at least one first layer composed of aluminum or aluminum alloy which is applied directly to the wheel surface, which has metallic brightness, and a method for producing a resistant bright coating on aluminum alloy or steel surfaces, which comprises the steps
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20100021758 | POROUS METAL ARTICLE AND METHOD OF PRODUCING A POROUS METALLIC ARTICLE - A process for producing a metal article containing at least 10% interconnected porosity, using a preform ( | 2010-01-28 |
20100021759 | REINFORCED STRUCTURE COMPRISING A CEMENTITIOUS MATRIX AND ZINC COATED METAL ELEMENTS - The invention relates to a reinforced structure comprising a cementitious matrix and zinc coated metal elements. The structure comprises at least at the interface of the zinc coated metal elements and the cementitious matrix a compound selected from the group consisting of the imidazoles, the triazoles and the tetrazoles. The invention further relates to a zinc coated metal element for the reinforcement of a cementitious matrix and to a method to inhibit hydrogen gas evolution at the interface of zinc coated metal elements embedded in a cementitious matrix. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021760 | METAL-COATED STEEL STRIP - A steel strip having a coating of an aluminium-zinc-silicon alloy on at least one surface of the strip is disclosed. The strip is characterised in that the aluminium-zinc-silicon alloy contains less than 1.2 wt. % silicon and also contains magnesium. A method of forming a coating of an aluminium-zinc-silicon alloy on a steel strip is also disclosed. The method includes moving steel strip upwardly through a coating pot containing a bath of an aluminium-zinc-silicon alloy and having an opening in a bottom wall of the pot and forming a coating of the alloy on the strip. The method is characterized by minimizing residence time of steel strip in contact with the aluminium-zinc-silicon alloy bath in the pot. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021761 | High strength nickel alloy welds through strain hardening - Provided are strain hardened high strength nickel based alloy welds that yield improved properties and performance in joining high strength metals. The advantageous weldments include two or more segments of ferrous or non-ferrous components, and fusion welds, friction stir welds, electron beam welds, laser beam welds, or a combination thereof bonding adjacent segments of the components together, wherein the welds comprise a strain hardened nickel based alloy weld metal composition including greater than or equal to 10 wt % Mo based on the total weight of the nickel based alloy weld metal composition. Also provided are methods for forming the welds from the nickel based alloy weld compositions. The strain hardened high strength nickel based alloy welds are useful in the oil, gas and petrochemical industry in applications for natural gas transportation and storage, oil and gas well completion and production, and oil and gas refinery and chemical plants. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021762 | METALLIC DECORATIVE PART AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR THE SAME - A metallic part made from a metallic plate by a punching process, includes a highly reflective first surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface, and a side surface connecting the first surface to the second surface. The first surface is high reflective. The first surface and the side surface cooperatively form a sharp-cornered edge in a boundary thereof. The side surface has a plurality of milling traces. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021763 | EASY TO WRITE AND HARD TO DECAY MEDIA FOR HARD DISK DRIVE APPLICATIONS - A magnetic recording medium is presented, characterized by having a nonmonotonicity in the DCD curve, resulting in low dynamic coercivity when writing information to the medium, with high static coercivity and thermal stability during storage. A method is also presented for producing the magnetic recording medium of the present invention. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021764 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CONFINING SENSE CURRENT OF A CPP READ TRANSDUCER TO THE ABS SIDE OF THE FREELAYER - A method in one embodiment includes forming a mask above a thin film sensor stack; forming an electrically insulating layer above the mask and sensor stack, the insulating layer having a portion extending along a nonhorizontal end of the mask; selectively removing the insulating layer except for the portion thereof extending along the nonhorizontal end of the mask; removing portions of the sensor stack that are not covered by the mask and the portion of the insulating layer, wherein an end of the portion of the insulating layer positioned away from the mask is about aligned with a back end of the sensor stack after removing the portions thereof; and removing the mask. Additional systems and methods are also presented. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021765 | THERMOPLASTIC POLYMER FOR ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE THERMOFORMING APPLICATIONS - This invention relates to a thermoplastic polymer composition that exhibits excellent characteristics for being thermoformed into a wide variety of packaging trays for electronics, including the disk drive and semiconductor industries. More specifically, these trays are applicable as packaging material for head suspension assembly and offer conductivities in the range of antistatic to electrostatic dissipation (ESD). For instance, the thermoplastic polymer composition of this invention offers improved stiffness, improved chemical resistance, the capable of enduring more washing cycles, the capability of being dried at higher temperatures, improved cleanliness, and better electrical conductivity that conventional PETG/IDP polymer blends. The thermoplastic polymer composition of this invention is comprised of (1) a polyethylene terephthalate glycol copolyester, (2) from 1 weight percent to 6 weight percent carbon nanotubes, (3) from 2 weight percent to 30 weight percent of a copolymer of ethylene with a higher α-olefin, wherein the copolymer is of ethylene with the higher α-olefin is grafted with maleic anhydride or glycidyl methacrylate, (4) from 1 weight percent to 10 weight percent of a functionalized rubbery polymer, (5) from 1 weight percent to 10 weight percent of an acrylic based core-shell polymer, and (6) from 0.5 weight percent to 6 weight percent of a lubricant selected from the group consisting of high density polyethylene and polyester wax, where the polyethylene terephthalate glycol copolyester makes up the balance of the composition and wherein all weight percentages are based upon the total weight of the thermoplastic polymer composition. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021766 | MAGNETIC STORAGE MEDIUM AND INFORMATION STORAGE DEVICE - A magnetic storage medium includes a seed layer made of non-magnetic and amorphous Co—Cr—W, an intermediate layer having a crystalline structure, which is made of a non-magnetic material on the seed layer and has a c-axis oriented in a thickness direction of the seed layer in a hexagonal close-packed structure, and a recording layer made of mainly a magnetic material on the intermediate layer and having information magnetically recorded therein. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021767 | DISCRETE TRACK MEDIA - A method of fabricating a discrete track magnetic recording media. A base layer is provided onto which repeating and alternating magnetic layer and non-magnetic layers are deposited. The thickness of the magnetic layer corresponds to the width of the track of the recording media. A cylindrical rod can be used as the base layer, such that the alternating magnetic and non-magnetic layers spiraling or concentric layers around the rod. The resulting media layer can be cut or sliced into individual magnetic media or used to imprint other media discs with the discrete pattern of the media layer. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021768 | MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM, MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM MANUFACTURING METHOD, AND MAGNETIC DISK - [PROBLEMS] To improve the track density by reducing the track edge noise and sharpening the boundaries of a recording magnetic field by blocking the recording magnetic field spreading outside the recording region in magnetic recording. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021769 | METHOD TO IMPROVE CORROSION PERFORMANCE OF EXCHANGE COUPLED GRANULAR PERPENDICULAR MEDIA - The invention relates to a granular perpendicular magnetic recording medium comprising a top magnetic layer on a granular layer wherein the magnetic layer comprises a continuous Co alloy film that results in the recording medium having less than 10% CoOx on the surface of the protective overcoat when the recording medium is exposed to 80% relative humidity at 80° C. for 4 days. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021770 | NICKEL BASED ALLOYS AS CRYSTAL GROWTH ENHANCING AND MECHANICAL STRENGTHENING LAYER FOR PERPENDICULAR RECORDING MEDIA - The invention relates to a perpendicular magnetic recording medium having a substrate and a seed layer comprising a Ni alloy. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021771 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING HEXAGONAL FERRITE MAGNETIC POWDER, MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An aspect of the present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a hexagonal ferrite magnetic powder comprising preparing a melt by melting a starting material mixture, wherein the starting material mixture comprises at least one hexagonal ferrite-forming component and glass-forming component comprising at least one B | 2010-01-28 |
20100021772 | OXIDIZED CONFORMAL CAPPING LAYER - The invention relates to granular perpendicular magnetic recording media with a capping layer comprised of a material having high surface mobility and low surface energy. The capping layer surface is oxidized to produce a passivating surface that is impervious to corrosion. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021773 | HEAD MEDIA SPACING REDUCTION THROUGH DATA ZONE LUBE REMOVAL - The present invention is a manufacturing method of improving the signal-to-medium noise ratio of a magnetic media disk through closer head-to-media spacing, and the resulting disk, by evenly lubricating a magnetic media disk, increasing the viscosity of a selected region of the disk, and removing at least a portion of the lower viscosity region of the lubrication layer, thereby decreasing the thickness of the lubrication layer in the portion of the lower viscosity region, producing a magnetic media disk capable of closer head-to-media spacing in the portion of the lower viscosity region of the lubrication layer. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021774 | Membrane electrode assembly and biofuel cell using the same - A membrane electrode assembly includes a proton exchange membrane, an anode and a cathode. The proton exchange membrane has two opposite surfaces, a first surface and a second surface. The anode is located adjacent to the first surface of the proton exchange membrane, and the cathode is located adjacent to the second surface of the proton exchange membrane. The anode includes a carbon nanotube structure. The carbon nanotube structure has a plurality of carbon nanotubes and a catalyst material dispersed on the carbon nanotubes. A biofuel cell using the membrane electrode assembly is also provided. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021775 | APPARATUS FOR PORTABLE FUEL CELLS AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed are an apparatus for portable fuel cell and an operation method thereof, wherein stabilization state after initial operation can be determined using OCV. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021776 | COMPOSITES AND ELECTRODES FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICES AND PROCESSES FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - The present invention is directed to a composite including a substrate and a film deposited on a surface of the substrate, and processes for producing the composites. The deposited film includes at least one metal oxide having the formula: M | 2010-01-28 |
20100021777 | ALKALINE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS AND APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR SUPPLYING WATER THERETO - A device to produce electricity by a chemical reaction without the addition of liquid electrolyte comprises an anode electrode, a polymer membrane electrolyte fabricated to conduct hydroxyl (OH—) ions, the membrane being in physical contact with the anode electrode on a first side of the membrane, and a cathode electrode in physical contact with a second side of the membrane. The anode electrode and cathode electrode contain catalysts, and the catalysts are constructed substantially entirely from non-precious metal catalysts. Water may be transferred to the cathode side of the membrane from an external source of water. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021778 | FUEL CELL EMERGENCY POWER SYSTEM - Fuel cell emergency power systems comprising a fuel cell having an anode and a cathode, a power distribution unit for selectively directing electrical current from the fuel cell to one or more consuming device, a hydrogen gas control system and an oxygen gas control system. The hydrogen gas control system includes a pressurized hydrogen tank providing hydrogen gas in selective fluid communication to the anode, a hydrogen gas-liquid water phase separator in downstream fluid communication with the anode, and a hydrogen recirculation pump for recirculating substantially liquid water-free hydrogen from the hydrogen gas-liquid water phase separator to the anode. Similarly, the oxygen gas control system includes a pressurized oxygen tank providing oxygen gas in selective fluid communication to the anode, an oxygen gas-liquid water phase separator in downstream fluid communication with the anode, and an oxygen recirculation pump for recirculating substantially liquid water-free oxygen from the oxygen gas-liquid water phase separator to the anode. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021779 | SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL SYSTEM INTEGRATED WITH REFORMER - The present invention relates to a solid oxide fuel cell, in which an external reformer is integrated with a solid oxide fuel cell stack, thereby efficiently controlling heat and simplifying a system structure thereof. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021780 | System for Storing Ammonia In and Releasing Ammonia from a Stroage Material and Method for Storing and Releasing Ammonia - A system for storing ammonia in and releasing ammonia from a storage material capable of binding and releasing ammonia reversibly by adsorption or absorption for a process with a gradual ammonia demand that can vary over the time. The system has a container capable of housing the ammonia-containing storage material; a heating source arranged to supply heat for the desorption of ammonia from the solid storage medium; and a controller arranged to control the heating source to release ammonia. The heating source is arranged inside the container and surrounded by ammonia storage material. A controllable dosing valve is arranged to dose released ammonia according to the ammonia demand. The controller comprises a feed-forward control arranged to control the heat supplied by the heating source, based on the ammonia demand. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021781 | FUEL CELL POTENTIAL MEASURING APPARATUS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR - A fuel cell potential measuring apparatus includes a first sheet member which is arranged on an anode side, and a second sheet member which is arranged on a cathode side. On the first sheet member, an anode potential-applying electrode and an anode potential-measuring electrode are disposed on an end portion thereof, whereas on the second sheet member, a cathode potential-applying electrode and a cathode potential-measuring electrode are disposed on an end portion thereof. Another end portion of the first sheet member and another end portion of the second sheet member are joined together mutually. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021782 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM - To provide a fuel cell system that achieves both prevention of degradation of the performance of a fuel cell due to accumulation of an impurity in an anode gas flow channel and reduction of the amount of discharged fuel gas to the outside of the system. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021783 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A fuel cell system has an inlet shutoff valve provided in a main route forming an oxidized gas supply flow path, a humidifier bypass valve provided in a humidifier bypass route which is a route bypassing the main route, a fuel cell bypass valve provided in a fuel cell bypass route bypassing a fuel cell stack, and fuel cell bypass valve controlling unit. Under abnormal conditions in which one of the inlet shutoff valve and the humidifier bypass valve does not function even if the pressure in a valve opening pressure chamber of the one of the valves is at a first pressure value, the fuel cell bypass valve controlling unit restrict the opening of the fuel cell bypass valve to increase the pressure in the valve opening pressure chamber. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021784 | SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL COMPRISING A THERMAL EXCHANGER - Solid oxide fuel cell that comprises a cell core and a thermal exchanger suitable for supplying said cell core with a fluid at a given temperature required for its operation, wherein the exchanger comprises a cold fluid circuit and provides a thermal interface with a hot fluid circuit, the cold fluid circuit supplying the fluid inlet of the cell core and the hot fluid circuit being supplied by the fluid outlet of the cell core, characterized in that the thermal exchanger is provided concentrically relative to the cell core. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021785 | MEMBRANE-ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY FOR A FUEL CELL AND A FUEL CELL SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME - A membrane-electrode assembly for a fuel cell includes a cathode and an anode facing each other, and a polymer electrolyte membrane interposed therebetween. Each of the cathode and the anode includes an electrode substrate and a catalyst layer disposed on the electrode substrate. At least one of the electrode substrate of the anode or the electrode substrate of the cathode includes a metal layer disposed thereon. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021786 | FUEL CELL - A fuel cell includes a hydrogen permeable metal substrate and an electrolyte layer. The hydrogen permeable metal substrate acts as an anode. The electrolyte layer is provided on the hydrogen permeable metal substrate and has proton conductivity. At least a part of the hydrogen permeable metal substrate is composed of a metal having a recrystallization temperature higher than a given temperature. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021787 | PROCESSES FOR PRODUCING CATALYST-LAYER-SUPPORTING SUBSTRATE, CATALYST-LAYER-SUPPORTING SUBSTRATE, MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY, AND FUEL CELL - The processes include: a layer superposition step in which the step of sputtering or vapor-depositing a mixture layer including a first pore-forming metal and a catalyst metal on a substrate and the step of forming an interlayer of a second pore-forming metal or a fibrous-carbon interlayer are alternately conducted repeatedly two or more times to thereby form a multilayer structure containing mixture layers and interlayers; and a pore formation step in which after the layer superposition step, the multilayer structure is subjected to a pore formation treatment. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021788 | POLYMER ELECTROLYTE COMPOSITE FILM, MEMBRANE-ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY AND FUEL CELL - The invention provides a polymer electrolyte composite film which is superior in membrane properties and membrane strength and can achieve high proton conductivity, and a membrane-electrode assembly and a fuel cell which use the membrane. The polymer electrolyte composite film contains a block copolymer including a hydrophilic block and a hydrophobic block, and a solid acid, and has a microphase separation structure including a hydrophilic domain formed from the hydrophilic block and a hydrophobic domain formed from the hydrophobic block. The solid acid is localized in the hydrophilic domain. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021789 | Tubular Fuel Cell and Fuel Cell Module - A tubular fuel cell comprises a cylindrical internal electrode having electrical conductivity, a lamination of a first catalytic layer, an electrolytic layer, and a second catalytic layer laminated in that order on an outer circumferential surface of the internal electrode, and an electrically conductive exterior coil wound around an outer circumferential surface of the second catalytic layer. The tubular fuel cell further comprises an electrically conductive spacer which has an outside diameter greater than that of the exterior coil. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021790 | Elastomeric bipolar plates - An elastomeric conductive bipolar plate for use in proton exchange membrane fuel cells is described. The plate reduces the weight of the fuel cell and eliminates the need for gaskets typically used in these fuel cells. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021791 | ASYMMETRIC DOVETAIL INTERCONNECT FOR SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL - An interconnect for a solid oxide fuel cell includes a conductive structure having first portions defining a first contact zone, second portions defining a second contact zone which is spaced from the first contact zone, and intermediate portions extending between the first and second portions, wherein the intermediate portions are joined to the first portions through first corners, and wherein the intermediate portions are joined to the second portions through second corners, and wherein the first corners have a smaller radius than the second corners. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021792 | SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - An electric power generation cell | 2010-01-28 |
20100021793 | Fuel Cell Separator Material and Process of Producing the Same - A fuel cell separator material which is homogeneous, has a small variation in thickness and a minimum thickness of 0.3 mm or less, for example, and enables a reduction in size of fuel cells. The fuel cell separator material includes green sheets formed by a doctor blade method using a slurry prepared by dispersing a graphite powder in a resin solution that is prepared by dissolving a resin binder and a dispersant in an organic solvent, the green sheets being stacked and thermocompression-molded. A process of producing the fuel cell separator material includes dispersing 100 parts by weight of a graphite powder in a resin solution prepared by dissolving 10 to 35 parts by weight of a resin binder and 0.1 to 10 parts by weight of a dispersant in an organic solvent to prepare a slurry having a viscosity of 100 to 2000 mPa·s, applying the slurry onto a film by a doctor blade method, drying the slurry, removing the dried slurry to form a green sheet, stacking the green sheets, and thermocompression-molding the stacked green sheets. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021794 | METHOD OF FABRICATING CARBON MATERIAL, CARBON MATERIAL PREPARED BY THE METHOD, CELL MATERIAL AND APPARATUS USING THE SAME - Disclosed is a method for fabricating a carbon material, by which carbon fibers or carbon tubes, particularly branched carbon fibers or carbon tubes, are obtained via a so-called self-growing process without using external carbon sources. The carbon material obtained by the method has a large specific surface area and further includes a metal catalyst, and thus may be used in cell materials for a fuel cell or secondary battery, hydrogen storage devices, capacitors, solar cells, display panel or the like. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021795 | GAS PIPING SYSTEM FOR FUEL CELL - There is provided a gas piping system for a fuel cell in which a gas pipe is made of stainless steel containing no nickel and is fixed at normal room temperature to a suspension member or a fixing portion through a fixing tool by means of bolts/nuts. The fixing tool is constituted to include a bracket member and an elastic member, and this elastic member is arranged between the bracket member and the gas pipe. Moreover, the fixing tool is equipped with a notched portion such that the fixing tool may be self-ruptured when an excessive external force is applied to a fuel cell stack constituting a fuel cell system. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021796 | TRANSITION METAL NITRIDE, SEPARATOR FOR FUEL CELLS, FUEL CELL STACK, FUEL CELL VEHICLE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING TRANSITION METAL NITRIDE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEPARATOR FOR FUEL CELLS - A transition metal nitride obtained by nitriding a base material including an austenitic stainless steel having a Cr concentration of 25% or more includes a first layer (first nitrided layer) formed continuously on a base layer formed by the base material, having a stacked crystal structure of a nano-level including a nitride having a cubic crystal structure of M | 2010-01-28 |
20100021797 | Membrane electrode assembly and fuel cell using the same - A membrane electrode assembly includes a proton exchange membrane and at least one electrode. The at least one electrode includes a carbon nanotube composite structure. The carbon nanotube composite structure includes a carbon nanotube structure and a catalyst material. The carbon nanotube structure includes a plurality of carbon nanotubes and the catalyst material is dispersed on the carbon nanotubes. A fuel cell using the membrane electrode assembly is also provided. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021798 | Device, System and Method for Improving Efficiency and Preventing Degradation of Energy Storage Devices - Disclosed herein is a method and related device for improving energy performance and substantially preventing degradation of a chemical-to-electrical energy conversion process of an energy storage device ( | 2010-01-28 |
20100021799 | PRINTABLE BATTERIES AND METHODS RELATED THERETO - Embodiments of the invention relate to a galvanic cell comprising a first electrode, a second electrode, an electrolyte in contact with both the electrodes, a substrate adapted to support and separate the electrodes while allowing the electrolyte to move within it and contacts electrically coupled to the electrodes, wherein one or more of the electrodes comprises one or more highly reactive metals and wherein at least one of the electrodes is printed on the substrate. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021800 | CARBON CATHODES FOR FLUORIDE ION STORAGE - The invention provides fluoride ion host electrodes for use in electrochemical cells. These electrodes include carbon nanomaterials having a curved multilayered structure and a film or particles of a metal-based material. The metal-based material may react with fluorine and may be a transition metal such as silver. The invention also provides electrochemical cells in which the fluoride host electrode serves as at least one electrode of the cell. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021801 | ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE ENSURING A GOOD SAFETY - Disclosed is the structure of a center pin assembly inserted into the winding center of a winding-type electrode assembly of an electrochemical device, which has a case containing the winding-type electrode assembly. The center pin assembly can secure the safety of an electrochemical device when physical impact (e.g. squeezing, shock) is applied from the outside, when the internal temperature rises, and/or when the device is overcharged. The center pin assembly includes a center pin manufactured by winding a planar substrate into a tubular shape, the planar substrate having at least two protrusions formed in an embossing type or at least two discontinuous scores formed in a predetermined shape; and a container placed in a space inside the center pin, the container containing a substance capable of improving the safety of the device. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021802 | MIDDLE OR LARGE-SIZED BATTERY MODULE - Disclosed herein is a middle- or large-sized battery module including two or more unit modules each having one or more plate-shaped battery cells, as unit cells, surrounded by a high-strength sheathing member made of synthetic resin or metal, and separable upper and lower frame members coupled with each other in an assembly-type coupling structure such that the unit modules are vertically mounted in the upper and lower frame members. The present invention has the effect of easily mounting a sensing unit that is capable of minimizing the weight and size of battery cells while effectively reinforcing the low mechanical strength of the battery cells and sensing the operation state of the battery cells to a middle- or large-sized battery module. In addition, the present invention has the effect of manufacturing the battery module by a simple assembly process without using a plurality of members for mechanical coupling and electrical connection, thereby decreasing the manufacturing costs of the battery module, and effectively preventing the battery module from being short-circuited or damaged during the manufacture or the operation of the battery module. Furthermore, the present invention has the effect of manufacturing a middle- or large-sized battery system having desired output and capacity using the battery module as a unit body. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021803 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device includes a main body, a battery, and a fixing module. The main body defines a receiving groove to receive the battery. The battery defines a latching groove. The fixing module includes a fixing member, an elastic member, and a touching member. The touching member urges the elastic member such that the elastic member drives the fixing member to rotate, thereby engaging or disengaging the fixing member with the latching groove. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021804 | BATTERY COVER MECHANISM - A battery cover mechanism used in a portable electronic device includes a housing, a cover and an operating unit. The housing defines a receiving groove therein for receiving a battery. The cover is assembled on the housing to cover the receiving groove. The operating unit is mounted on the cover and includes a movable operating member and at least one movable retaining member driven by the operating member. The operating member is moved to fix one portion of the cover on the housing and the retaining member is driven to move perpendicularly to the movement of the operating member to fix another portion of the cover on the housing. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021805 | Electrochemical energy generation system - An electrochemical energy generation system can include a sealed vessel that contains inside (i) at least one electrochemical cell, which has two electrodes and a reaction zone between them; (ii) a liquefied halogen reactant, such as a liquefied molecular chlorine; (iii) at least one metal halide electrolyte; and (iv) a flow circuit that can be used for delivering the halogen reactant and the electrolyte to the at least one cell. The sealed vessel can maintain an inside pressure above a liquefication pressure for the halogen reactant. Also disclosed are methods of using and methods of making for electrochemical energy generation systems. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021806 | Reserve Battery - A reserve battery having a prolonged shelf life that may be used in a wide variety of consumer related and non consumer related electrical devices. The reserve battery includes an outer enclosure, an internal breaking element extending directly from an inner surface of the outer enclosure and a breakable barrier positioned within the outer enclosure. At least one reservoir and at least one chamber are defined by the breakable barrier and the outer enclosure. An electrolyte material is contained within the reservoir and a plurality of electrodes are contained within the chamber. The plurality of electrodes receive the electrolyte material to activate the battery when manual pressure is applied to the internal breaking element to move the internal breaking element inwardly thus breaking the breakable barrier to allow passage of the electrolyte from within the reservoir to saturate the separator within the chamber. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021807 | ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE - Disclosed is an energy storage device, in which an electrode material including an aqueous solvent, a binder and a transition metal oxide containing lithium is used to form one electrode, and an electrode material including activated carbon is used to form the other electrode. In particular, the energy storage device ensures reliability and maximum capacitance efficiency by optimizing density and thickness values of the electrode materials for the cathode electrode and the anode electrode. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021808 | MULTI-LAYER, MICROPOROUS POLYOLEFIN MEMBRANE, ITS PRODUCTION METHOD, BATTERY SEPARATOR, AND BATTERY - A multi-layer, microporous polyolefin membrane comprising first microporous layers constituting at least both surface layers, and at least one second microporous layer disposed between both surface layers, the first microporous layer comprising a first polyethylene resin containing 8% or more by mass of ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene having a weight-average molecular weight of 1×10 | 2010-01-28 |
20100021809 | Energy Store with Guide Rod - An energy storage device is provided including multiple back-to-back-disposed storage cells, from the first end of which the plus pole is made to emerge and from the other end of which the minus pole is made to emerge, thereby creating a series circuit of the storage cells. In order to reduce fabrication costs, it is proposed that each of the storage cells have a continuous opening between the plus pole and the minus pole, through which opening a guide rod extends that secures the back-to-back-disposed storage cells in this position. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021810 | END COVER ASSEMBLY FOR AN ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL - An end cover assembly for a battery comprises a cover plate; a scabbard mounted on the cover plate; a connector; and a sealing material. The cover plate comprises an opening. The scabbard comprises an interior channel. The opening is in communication with the channel. The connector is disposed in the interior channel and protrudes from the scabbard. The sealing material is disposed in the interior channel and extends beyond the upper portion of the scabbard and wraps around the outside of the scabbard to form a protective flange. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021811 | SEALED BATTERY - A sealed battery includes a battery container, a lid body attached to an opening portion of the battery container, and a terminal extraction portion provided on a lid main body of the lid body. The battery container is sealed by joining an opening peripheral edge portion thereof to a peripheral edge portion of the lid body and crimping an electrode terminal inserted into the terminal extraction portion using the terminal extraction portion. At least a part of the terminal extraction portion in which the crimp is formed is constituted by a metallic material having a higher strength than a part of the lid body that is joined to the battery container. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021812 | LITHIUM ION BATTERY OF CRIMPING SHAPE OF INCREASED SAFETY - Disclosed herein is a cylindrical battery constructed in a structure in which a crimp region, at which a cap assembly is mounted to an open upper end of a cylindrical container having an electrode assembly mounted therein, is formed at the upper end of the container, wherein the crimp region is constructed in a structure in which the upper end of the crimp region is gently bent, such that the crimp region surrounds a gasket located at the inside of the crimp region, a bent front end is continuously bent twice to press the gasket, while the bent front end extends inward, such that a radius of curvature (R | 2010-01-28 |
20100021813 | ELECTRODE FOR ANY ENERGY RESERVOIR - An electrode for an energy storage device has an electrode bearer and an active electrode material that is applied onto the electrode bearer on one side or on both sides, the electrode bearer being formed from an alloy that has a portion of copper and that additionally contains at least tin in a content of at least approximately 0.01 weight %. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021814 | ELECTROLYTE FOR LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY - The present invention provides a lithium ion secondary battery satisfactory in cycle property and an electrolyte for a lithium ion secondary battery capable of realizing the aforementioned lithium ion secondary battery, by using an electrolyte for a lithium ion secondary battery, comprising a group of additives and a solvent, and the group of additives includes (A) an additive having two or more polymerizable functional groups in the molecule thereof, and (B) an additive having one polymerizable functional group in the molecule thereof, wherein the mixing ratio between the component (A) and the component (B), in terms of component (A)/component (B) (mass ratio), is 0.01/99.99 to 99/1, and the content of the group of additives is 0.0001% by mass to 10% by mass. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021815 | SECONDARY BATTERIES COMPRISING EUTECTIC MIXTURE AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed is a secondary battery comprising a cathode, an anode, a separator and an electrolyte, wherein the electrolyte comprises: (a) a eutectic mixture; and (b) a first compound reduced at a higher potential vs. lithium potential (Li/Li+) than the lowest limit of the electrochemical window of the eutectic mixture. The electrolyte uses a eutectic mixture in combination with an additive reduced in advance of the eutectic mixture upon the initial charge to form a solid electrolyte interface (SEI) layer. Therefore, the electrolyte can solve the problem of electrolyte decomposition occurring when using a eutectic mixture alone as an electrolyte for a battery, and thus can prevent degradation of the quality of a battery. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021816 | Flexible Circuit Having an Integrally Formed Battery - A method and apparatus of forming a battery enabled flexible circuit. The invention includes forming a first insulating layer and positioning a battery on the first insulating layer, the battery having at least a first and a second terminal. A second insulating layer is then formed on the first insulating layer and the battery. The second insulating layer has vias that are in electrical contact with at least one of the first and the second terminals. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021817 | ELECTRODE STRUCTURE FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY AND SECONDARY BATTERY HAVING SUCH ELECTRODE STRUCTURE - An electrode structure for a lithium secondary battery including: a main active material layer including a metal powder selected from silicon, tin and an alloy thereof that can store and discharge of lithium by electrochemical reaction, and a binder of an organic polymer; and a wherein the collector. The main active material layer includes a powder of a support material for supporting the electron conduction of the main active material layer in addition to the metal powder and the powder of the support material are particles having a spherical, pseudo-spherical or pillar shape with an average particle size of 0.3 to 1.35 times the thickness of the main active material layer. The support material is one or more selected from graphite, oxides of transition metals and metals that do not electrochemically form alloy with lithium. Organic polymer compounded with a conductive polymer is used for the binder. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021818 | HYDROGEN STORAGE MATERIAL, ELECTROCHEMICALLY ACTIVE MATERIAL, ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT - The invention relates to a hydrogen storage material comprising an alloy of magnesium. The invention further relates to an electrochemically active material and an electrochemical cell provided with at least one electrode comprising such a hydrogen storage material. Also, the invention relates to electronic equipment comprising such an electrochemical cell. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021819 | Graphene nanocomposites for electrochemical cell electrodes - A composite composition for electrochemical cell electrode applications, the composition comprising multiple solid particles, wherein (a) a solid particle is composed of graphene platelets dispersed in or bonded by a first matrix or binder material, wherein the graphene platelets are not obtained from graphitization of the first binder or matrix material; (b) the graphene platelets have a length or width in the range of 10 nm to 10 μm; (c) the multiple solid particles are bonded by a second binder material; and (d) the first or second binder material is selected from a polymer, polymeric carbon, amorphous carbon, metal, glass, ceramic, oxide, organic material, or a combination thereof. For a lithium ion battery anode application, the first binder or matrix material is preferably amorphous carbon or polymeric carbon. Such a composite composition provides a high anode capacity and good cycling response. For a supercapacitor electrode application, the solid particles preferably have meso-scale pores therein to accommodate electrolyte. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021820 | Negative electrode material for lithium ion secondary battery and method for producing the same - A negative electrode material for lithium ion secondary batteries includes core-shell composite particles prepared by covering the surface of a graphite powder with an amorphous carbon powder via a carbide of binder pitch, the graphite powder having an average particle diameter of 5 to 30 μm and an average lattice spacing d(002) of less than 0.3360 nm, and the amorphous carbon powder having an average particle diameter of 0.05 to 2 μm and an average lattice spacing d(002) of 0.3360 nm or more. A method to produce the negative electrode material includes mixing a graphite powder with pitch having a softening point of 70 to 250° C., adding an amorphous carbon powder to the resulting product, kneading the mixture while applying a mechanical impact to soften the pitch, so that the amorphous carbon powder is dispersed and stabilized in the pitch that has softened, and carbonizing the pitch by heat treatment of the mixture at 750 to 2250° C. in a non-oxidizing atmosphere. The negative electrode material exhibits an excellent rate performance, a high reversible capacity, and a high first cycle charge-discharge efficiency. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021821 | Secondary Battery Having Electrode for Improvement of Stability During Overcharge - Disclosed herein is a secondary battery including an electrode assembly that can be charged and discharged, wherein the electrode assembly includes an electrode (‘safety electrode’) composed of a material that effects an electrochemical reaction when the secondary battery is overcharged (Overcharge reaction material’). The safety electrode according to the present invention is not directly added to components related to the operation of the secondary battery. Consequently, the safety electrode does not deteriorate the performance of the battery during the normal operation of the battery, and the safety electrode consumes the overcharge current through the electrochemical reaction, when the battery is overcharged, whereby the safety of the battery is fundamentally secured. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021822 | MICROPOROUS POLYOLEFIN MEMBRANE - The present invention provides a microporous polyolefin membrane having a porosity of 45% to 85% wherein the microporous polyolefin membrane easily absorbs the strain produced when the membrane undergoes compression, and retains excellent permeability and excellent electrical insulation performance even after compression by setting the maximum pore diameter at 0.1 μm to 0.23 μm, the MD elastic modulus at 400 to 2,000 MPa, and the ratio MD elastic modulus/TD elastic modulus at 1.5 to 9. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021823 | NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY EMPLOYING THE SAME - The invention relates to a nonaqueous electrolyte which comprises a nonaqueous organic solvent and a lithium salt dissolved therein, wherein the nonaqueous organic solvent contains at least one compound selected from the group consisting of acid anhydrides and carbonic esters having an unsaturated bond, and at least one compound selected from the group consisting of sulfonic compounds and fluorine-containing aromatic compounds having 9 carbon atoms or less; and a lithium secondary battery employing the same. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021824 | Photo-Mask and Wafer Image Reconstruction - A system receives a mask pattern and a first image of at least a portion of a photo-mask corresponding to the mask pattern. The system determines a second image of at least the portion of the photo-mask based on the first image and the mask pattern. This second image is characterized by additional spatial frequencies than the first image. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021825 | MASK PATTERN DATA CREATION METHOD AND MASK - A mask pattern data creation method includes: determining whether or not a spacing of adjacent assist pattern feature data is not more than a prescribed spacing, based on: initial position data indicating an initially set position of the assist pattern feature data determined based on an illumination condition; and initial size data indicating an initially set size of the assist pattern feature data satisfying a size condition to not optically form an image on the transfer destination; and moving at least one of the adjacent assist pattern feature data or reducing a size of the at least one to increase the spacing of the assist pattern feature data to exceed a prescribed spacing in the case where it is determined that the spacing of the assist pattern feature data is not more than the prescribed spacing. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021826 | REFLECTIVE MASK, MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR REFLECTIVE MASK, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A reflective mask comprising: a reflective layer that is arranged on a surface on a side on which EUV light is irradiated and reflects the EUV light; a buffer layer containing Cr that is arranged on a side of the reflective layer on which the EUV light is irradiated and covers an entire surface of the reflective layer; and a non-reflective layer that is arranged on a side of the buffer layer on which the EUV light is irradiated and in which an absorber that absorbs the irradiated EUV light is arranged in a position corresponding to a mask pattern to be reduced and transferred onto a wafer. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021827 | Method of Designing Sets of Mask Patterns, Sets of Mask Patterns, and Device Manufacturing Method - In a multiple-exposure lithographic process a developed resist pattern derived from a first exposure is present within a second resist layer that is exposed in a second exposure of the multiple-exposure lithographic process. The second mask pattern used in the second exposure process includes at least one localized adjustment to at least one feature thereof to compensate for scattering effects of the developed resist pattern that is present when the second exposure is performed. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021828 | HALFTONE MASK AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF FABRICATING DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - A halftone mask includes a shielding pattern partially formed on a transparent substrate; a first halftone transmission pattern partially formed on the transparent substrate; and a second halftone transmission pattern formed on the first halftone transmission layer. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021829 | DEPOSITION MASK AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY USING THE SAME - A deposition mask for manufacturing an organic light emitting display (OLED) using the same are provided. The deposition mask is intended for preventing an organic film from being damaged due to touching of a blocked-off portion of the mask to an emission layer (EML), or chemical transition from being generated at the organic film. For that purpose, the deposition mask stuck to a substrate of the OLED to deposit an organic EML includes an opening and an indentation. The opening is opened so as to deposit the organic EML. The indentation is indented a predetermined depth from a plane facing the substrate. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021830 | Aromatic ring-containing polymer, polymer mixture, antireflective hardmask composition, and associated methods - An aromatic ring-containing polymer, a polymer mixture, an antireflective hardmask composition, and a method for patterning a material on a substrate, the aromatic ring-containing polymer including at least one aromatic ring-containing polymer represented by Formulae 1, 2, or 3. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021831 | TRANSPARENT COLOURANTS AND COLOURANT COMPOSITIONS, AND THEIR USE - The invention relates to a colourant composition comprising in a weight ratio of from 99:1 to 10:90, preferably a weight ratio of from 95:5 to 30:70, particularly preferred a weight ratio of from 95:5 to 50:50, a pigment of average particle size from 10 to 200 nm and a 1- or 2-phenylthio-substituted anthraquinones of greenish-yellow colour hue, lacking electron-rich N | 2010-01-28 |