50th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 33 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110305887 | Laminates Formed In Part from Laminate Enhancing Agents - A laminate having improved clarity and abrasion-resistant, scuff-, mar- and impact resistance, said laminate comprising an overlay and/or a décor layer formed via the application of a slurry to a respective substrate and/or décor sheet, wherein the slurry comprises a silicone based thermoplastic resin and a mix of laminate enhancing agents comprising cylindrical, fiber-shaped laminate enhancing agents which may or may not be coated with silicone powder or liquid comprising at least one of glass, ceramic, and plastic. The décor layer may alternatively or additionally be formed in part via the application of a mix of laminate enhancing agents and/or the slurry at the printing stage of the décor sheet. | 2011-12-15 |
20110305888 | RECYCLING PROGRAM AND METHOD OF ENCOURAGING RECYCLING OF TARGET WASTE MATERIALS BY USE OF PRECIOUS METALS - A recycling program provides a monetary incentive to encourage recycling of target waste materials, such as paper, glass and plastic products. A precious metal, such as gold, silver, platinum or palladium, is incorporated into the target waste material during manufacturing to provide an incentive for recycling the target material. A visual marking is placed on the target material to distinguish from other waste items that do not contain a precious metal. A deposit is collected from consumers when purchasing the target material, and the deposit is paid back when the target material is delivered to a recycling collection point. Recycling of the target material is encouraged by efforts to reclaim the precious metal. | 2011-12-15 |
20110305889 | Item with at least one thermoprogrammable switching section for applications in contact with materials having high heat transfer coefficients - The present invention provides an article with at least one switching segment. The switching segment comprises a shape-memory compound and an isolating region surrounding the shape memory compound. The present invention also provides a method of producing such an article. | 2011-12-15 |
20110305890 | FERRITE MATERIAL HAVING COMPOSITION GRADIENT FOR MEASURING MAGNETO-OPTICAL-EFFECT PROPERTIES AND METHOD FOR EVALUATING PROPERTIES OF FERRITE - Provided is a method of evaluating properties of ferrite which can continuously measure change in magnetic properties accompanying change in composition of the ferrite merely by preparing one specimen. | 2011-12-15 |
20110305891 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING SILICON SUBSTRATE WITH EXCELLENT PRODUCTIVITY AND SURFACE QUALITY USING CONTINUOUS CASTING - The present disclosure provides an apparatus for manufacturing a silicon substrate for solar cells using continuous casting, and a method for manufacturing a silicon substrate using the same. The apparatus includes a raw silicon feeder, a silicon melting unit melting raw silicon to form molten silicon, a molten silicon storage unit storing the molten silicon supplied from the silicon melting unit and tapping the molten silicon to provide a silicon melt having a constant thickness, a transfer board transferring the tapped silicon melt, and a silicon substrate forming unit cooling the silicon melt transferred by the transfer board to form a silicon substrate. The molten silicon stored in the molten silicon storage unit has a surface temperature of 1300˜1500° C., the transfer board is preheated to 700˜1400° C., and a transfer time of the silicon substrate after tapping the molten silicon from the molten silicon storage unit is 0.5˜3.5 seconds. | 2011-12-15 |
20110305892 | POROUS PROTECTIVE COATING FOR TURBINE ENGINE COMPONENTS - A method for coating a substrate of a turbine engine component, the method comprising cold spray depositing a metal-based material onto a surface of the substrate, and heating the deposited metal-based material to increase the porosity of the deposited metal-based material. | 2011-12-15 |
20110305893 | ALUMINUM ALLOY-AND-RESIN COMPOSITE AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME - An aluminum alloy-and-resin composite includes an aluminum alloy substrate and resin composition formed on the substrate. The substrate is subjected to electrochemically etched and formed with nano-pores on its surface. The resin composition integrally couples to the surface of the aluminum alloy substrate by filling the nano-pores. The resin composition contains crystalline thermoplastic synthetic resins. | 2011-12-15 |
20110305894 | COMPOSITE FOR CONTROLLED RELEASE OF SMALL MOLECULES IN AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS - A composite material formulated for slow release of a small molecule in seawater includes a porous inorganic oxide framework and micelles embedded within the pores of the framework. The micelles include a surfactant and a small molecule, the surfactant being present in the composite material at no more than 80 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight inorganic oxide, the composite material being stable in seawater for releasing the small molecule over at least 20 days. | 2011-12-15 |
20110305895 | ARTICLES HAVING NON-FOULING SURFACES AND PROCESSES FOR PREPARING THE SAME INCLUDING PRETREATMENT OF ARTICLES - Processes are described herein for preparing medical devices and other articles having a low-fouling surface on a substrate comprising a polymeric surface. The polymeric surface material may possess a range of polymeric backbones and substituents while providing the articles with a highly efficient, biocompatible, and non-fouling surface. The processes involve treating the substrate to reduce the concentration of chemical species on the surface of or in the substrate without altering the bulk physical properties of the device or article, and thereafter forming a grafted polymer layer on the treated substrate surface. | 2011-12-15 |
20110305896 | Multi-Layer Sheet Structure Including An Acrylic Outer Layer - A multi-layer sheet structure, in an exemplary embodiment, includes a first layer of a thermoplastic olefin (TPO) composition that includes polypropylene and a filler, and a second layer that includes a polyolefin composition. The second layer positioned over at least a portion of the first layer. The multi-layer sheet structure also includes a third layer that includes an adhesive, and a fourth layer that includes a transparent acrylic composition. The third layer is between the second layer and the fourth layer. | 2011-12-15 |
20110305897 | WOOD CHIP DRYING SYSTEM FOR DRYING WOOD CHIP AND ASSOCIATED METHOD FOR DRYING WOOD CHIP - A wood chip drying system for drying wood chip includes a furnace, a drier for the wood chip and a recirculation apparatus for the recirculation of exhaust vapors into their drier. The recirculation apparatus has an exhaust vapor heater, and the wood chip drying system is designated to reduce organic compounds present in the exhaust vapor prior to the recirculation into the drier. The exhaust vapor heater includes a regenerative and/or catalytic heat exchanger which is arranged downstream after the drier and which is designated so as to heat up the exhaust vapor to a temperature which is high enough to oxidize at least a majority of particles present in the exhaust vapor. | 2011-12-15 |
20110305898 | NON-FOULING, ANTI-MICROBIAL, ANTI-THROMBOGENIC GRAFT COMPOSITIONS - The present invention generally relates to articles of manufacture, such as medical devices, having a non-fouling surface comprising a grafted polymer material. The surface resists the adhesion of biological material. | 2011-12-15 |
20110305899 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A REFLECTION-REDUCED PANE - Methods for manufacturing a pane are described. The manufactured pane can be a reflection-reducing pane having a variety of transmission capacities and refractive indexes. Such reflection-reducing panes can be used in buildings, vehicles and/or photovoltaic glazing. | 2011-12-15 |
20110305900 | COMPOSITION CONTAINING POLYPROPYLENE AND/OR A PROPYLENE COPOLYMER OBTAINED FROM RENEWABLE MATERIALS, AND USES THEREOF - The present application relates to a method for manufacturing a propylene polymer, including: a) fermenting and optionally purifying first renewable materials to produce an alcohol or an alcohol mixture, the alcohol or alcohol mixture including at least isopropanol and/or at least a mixture of ethanol and 1-butanol; b) dehydrating the resulting alcohol or the alcohol mixture to produce an alkene or alkene mixture in a first series of reactors, the alkene or alkene mixture containing at least propylene; c) polymerizing the propylene in a second reactor, optionally in the presence of a comonomer, so as to produce a propylene polymer; d) isolating the propylene polymer obtained in step c); and e) grafting the propylene polymer obtained from step d). The invention also relates to the grafted propylene polymer capable of being obtained by the method, to the compositions containing the polymer, as well as to the uses of the polymer. | 2011-12-15 |
20110305901 | NONWOVEN HIGHWAY MARKING TAPE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING - A marking tape includes a fibrous, non-woven base material having a first side and a second side opposite the first side. A seal coat saturates a portion of the fibrous, non-woven base material and provides a relatively non-porous coat surface. A carrier coat is applied to the coat surface, and a reflective material is applied to the carrier coat. The relatively non-porous coat surface is adapted to help prevent movement of the reflective material into the fibrous, non-woven base material. An adhesive applied to the second side. | 2011-12-15 |
20110305902 | High Strength Constant Compression Elastic Fibers And Fabrics Thereof - The present invention relates to high strength fabrics made thereof from thin gauge constant compression elastic fibers. Elastic fibers are disclosed which have a relatively flat modulus curve, for example between 100% and 200% elongation. Garments made with the constant compression elastic fibers have a more comfortable feel to the wearer. The garments are also resistant to puncture due to the high strength fabric made with the elastic fibers. | 2011-12-15 |
20110305903 | SHEATHED NANOTUBE FIBER AND METHOD OF FORMING SAME - Embodiments of the invention provide a cellulose-sheathed carbon nanotube fiber. One aspect of the invention provides a sheathed nanotube fiber comprising: a carbon nanotube fiber; and a cellulose sheath extending co-axially along at least a first portion of a length of the carbon nanotube fiber. Another aspect of the invention provides a method of forming a sheathed carbon nanotube fiber, the method comprising: co-electrospinning a carbon nanotube fiber gel core within a cellulose solution sheath. | 2011-12-15 |
20110305904 | SIZING COMPOSITION FOR GLASS FIBERS - A sizing composition that permits in-line chopping and drying of reinforcement fibers for reinforcing thermoset resins is provided. The size composition includes at least one coupling agent and one or more blocked polyurethane film forming agents. The blocking agent preferably de-blocks at a temperature that permits simultaneous or nearly simultaneous de-blocking and curing of the polyurethane film former. The sized fiber strands may be chopped to form chopped strand segments and dried in a fluidized bed oven, such as a Cratec® drying oven, in-line. The chopped fiber strands may then be used in a bulk molding compound and molded into a reinforced composite article. Chopping the glass fibers in-line lowers the manufacturing costs for products produced from the sized fiber bundles. Further, because the reinforcement fibers can be chopped and dried at a much faster rate with the inventive size composition compared to conventional off-line chopping processes, productivity is increased. | 2011-12-15 |
20110305905 | INDUSTRIAL SALT AND APPARATUS AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING INDUSTRIAL SALT - To provide a low price industrial salt by reducing facility and operation costs without electro-deposition and crystallization and through reduction in quantity of chemicals used. An industrial salt S obtained by the steps of: extracting a part of combustion gas from a kiln exhaust gas passage running from an inlet end | 2011-12-15 |
20110305906 | METHOD FOR DEPOSITING AN ELECTRODEPOSITABLE COATING COMPOSITION ONTO A SUBSTRATE USING A PLURALITY OF LIQUID STREAMS - The present invention is directed to a method for coating a substrate wherein the substrate is electrically conductive, the method comprising simultaneously applying a plurality of electrically conductive liquid materials to different portions of the substrate wherein at least one of the electrically conductive liquid materials comprises an ionic compound; and applying an electrical current to at least one of the liquid materials thereby depositing the ionic compound onto the substrate. | 2011-12-15 |
20110305907 | COATED REINFORCEMENT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - The invention relates to a coated reinforcement, to a method for producing the same and to the use thereof. In order to provide a coated reinforcement, in particular to be used for large surface area components, the coating of which can be applied easily and without difficultly substantially independently of the processing-relevant properties of the components of the resin mixture, it is proposed that the surface of the reinforcement has a coating made of a composition, the composition contains a mixture 1 of at least one resin, selected from the group consisting of epoxidized phenol novolacs, epoxidized cresol novolacs, polyepoxides based on bisphenol A, epoxidized fluorenone bisphenols and/or polyepoxides bases on bisphenol-F, and/or based on triglycidyl isocyanurates, epoxidized novolac and at least one component that accelerates the curing of the resin, and said mixture is subjected to a heat treatment, so that the mixture 1 is affixed to the surface of the reinforcement by fusing it thereon. | 2011-12-15 |
20110305908 | EASILY REPLACEABLE CERAMIC TILE FLOOR - An article for applying to a floor substrate for preparing the floor substrate for laying of ceramic tiles by bonding ceramic tiles to the article. The article comprises a backer board having a lower surface for application to a floor substrate and an upper surface, a sheet, and a releasable adhesive bonding the sheet to the upper surface of the backer board. The sheet covers the entirety of the upper surface of the backer board. After the article is applied to the floor substrate, ceramic tiles are then bonded to the sheet. For replacement of the ceramic floor, the releasable adhesive allows the sheet with the ceramic tiles attached to be easily removable from the backer board. A method for laying ceramic tiles comprising laying at least one sheet on a floor substrate so that it floats on the floor substrate, and bonding a plurality of ceramic tiles to the at least one sheet. | 2011-12-15 |
20110305909 | ARTICLES HAVING NON-FOULING SURFACES AND PROCESSES FOR PREPARING THE SAME WITHOUT ALTERING BULK PHYSICAL PROPERTIES - Processes are described herein for preparing medical devices and other articles having a low-fouling surface on a substrate comprising a polymeric surface. The polymeric surface material may possess a range of polymeric backbones and substituents while providing the articles with a highly efficient, biocompatible, and non-fouling surface. The processes involve treating the substrate to reduce the concentration of chemical species on the surface of or in the substrate without altering the bulk physical properties of the device or article, and thereafter forming a grafted polymer layer on the treated substrate surface. | 2011-12-15 |
20110305910 | Article with Self-Bonding Fully Cured Elastomer - A rubber-metal bonded article with an adhesion promoter in the rubber selected from neoalkoxy zirconates and polyimides. Articles requiring compressed rubber exhibit improved retention of compressive strain after assembly of the article and activation of the adhesion promoter. Also claimed is a method wherein a rubber composition may be fully cured, then assembled between two substrates under compression, then the adhesion promoter activated to form the bond. | 2011-12-15 |
20110305911 | ARTICLE HAVING ANTIFOULING PROPERTIES AND INTENDED TO BE USED IN AQUATIC APPLICATIONS, PARTICULARLY MARINE APPLICATIONS - The present invention relates to an article having antifouling properties and intended to be used in aquatic applications, particularly marine applications, and to a method for slowing down the growth of aquatic organisms on submersible or semi-submersible structures. | 2011-12-15 |
20110305912 | Coating apparatus and method - The invention is directed toward a method and apparatus which can be used to allow the sputter deposition of material onto at least one article to form a coating on the same. The new form of magnetron described herein allows an increase in sputter deposition rates to be achieved at higher powers and without causing damage to the coating being created. This can be achieved by improved cooling and use of a relatively high magnetic field in the magnetron while at the same time increasing the power to the magnetron by increasing the current at a rate faster than the voltage. | 2011-12-15 |
20110305913 | OPTICALLY CLEAR UV AND HYDROLYSIS RESISTANT POLYESTER FILM - Biaxially oriented polyester films including polyester polymer, a carbodiimide hydrolysis stabilizer, and a UV absorber are described. The polyester films have a carboxyl end group concentration of 5-20 equivalents per ton, and a haze value of 2% or less. The films exhibit superior transparency and possess stable light transmission characteristics. Methods of making the films and articles produced from the films are also described. | 2011-12-15 |
20110305914 | MULTISTAGE PREPARATION OF AQUEOUS POLYMER DISPERSIONS FOR PRODUCING COMPOSITE FILMS - Described is a process for preparing an aqueous polymer dispersion from ethylenically unsaturated, free-radically polymerizable monomers. In a first stage, a first polymer is prepared by free-radical emulsion polymerization. In a second stage, an aqueous polymer dispersion is prepared in the presence of the first polymer. The monomers of the first stage comprise monomers with acid groups. The polymerization of the first stage takes place at a low pH of less than 5. The acid groups of the first polymer are neutralized during the polymerization of the second stage to an extent such that the pH of the polymer dispersion at the end of the second stage is greater than 5. The aqueous polymer dispersions can be used as adhesives for producing composite films. | 2011-12-15 |
20110305915 | HYDROXY POLYALKYLENE GLYCOL FUNCTION (METH) ACRYLIC COMB POLYMERS, THEIR USE AS SHEAR-THINNING AGENTS IN COATING DISPERSIONS AND DISPERSIONS CONTAINING THEM - Comb polymers useful in paper coating dispersions. | 2011-12-15 |
20110305916 | POLYMER DISPERSIONS OF VINYLAROMATIC COMPOUNDS AND ACRYLATE MONOMERS PREPARED IN THE PRESENCE OF SEED LATEX AND CARBOHYDRATE COMPOUNDS - Described are aqueous polymer dispersions and methods of making them. The polymer dispersions are obtainable by free-radically initiated emulsion polymerization of 19.9 to 80 parts by weight of vinylaromatic compounds, 19.9 to 80 parts by weight of acrylate monomers selected from C1-C10 alkyl acrylates and C1-C10 alkyl methacrylates, 0.1 to 10 parts by weight of ethylenically unsaturated acids, and 0 to 20 parts by weight of other ethylenically unsaturated monomers, wherein the emulsion polymerization is effected in an aqueous medium in the presence of free-radical initiators, seed latex and also at least one carbohydrate compound in the form of a degraded starch. The polymer dispersions are particularly useful in the manufacture of paper coating slips. | 2011-12-15 |
20110305917 | POWDER-METALLURGICAL BODY AND METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF - A powder-metallurgical body and a method for producing such a body. The powder-metallurgical body is formed with a seating base for seating a sealing element to produce a seal with respect to fluids, such as liquids and/or gases. The body is redensified in a low region of the seating base. | 2011-12-15 |
20110305918 | Methods for Forming Sheet Metal Components Having Three-Sided Corners and Related Components and Systems - A sheet metal component that is bent from a sheet metal blank includes at least one three-sided corner. Two edges of the three-sided corner are formed by a first bending member of the sheet metal blank bent about a first inner bending radius R | 2011-12-15 |
20110305919 | METALLIC MATERIALS WITH EMBEDDED LUMINESCENT PARTICLES - Formation of an authentication element by deposition of a metal layer with embedded particles on a metal substrate, wherein the embedded particles are configured to convert energy from one wavelength to another. The embedded particles may be upconverters, downconverters, or phosphorescent phosphors, which can be detected and measured with analytical equipment when deposited in the metal layer. A metal substrate may include coinage. | 2011-12-15 |
20110305920 | On The Production of Metal-Ceramic Compounds - The invention relates to a method for producing a ceramic-metal connection that is repeatedly subjected to great changes in temperature during use, in which the metal and ceramic are brazed to one another two-dimensionally. Here it is provided that the metal and ceramic are arranged against one another in a monitored manner, preferably in a displacement-monitored manner | 2011-12-15 |
20110305921 | PROTECTIVE COATING SYSTEMS FOR GAS TURBINE ENGINE APPLICATIONS AND METHODS FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - Protective coating systems for gas turbine engine applications and methods for fabricating such protective coating systems are provided. An exemplary protective coating system comprises an aluminide-comprising bond coating disposed on a substrate, a thermal barrier coating overlying the aluminide-comprising bond coating, and a silicate layer interposed between the thermal barrier coating and the aluminide-comprising bond coating. | 2011-12-15 |
20110305922 | METHOD FOR APPLYING A COATING TO WORKPIECES AND/OR MATERIALS COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE READILY OXIDIZABLE NONFERROUS METAL - The present invention relates to a method for applying a coating to workpieces and/or materials containing at least one readily oxidizable nonferrous metal or an alloy containing at least one readily oxidizable nonferrous metal. The method comprises the following steps:
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20110305923 | UTILIZING POLYMER STRUCTURES IN PLANARIZED MAGNETIC MEDIA - Magnetic recording disks and associated fabrication methods are described for utilizing polymer structures in planarized magnetic media. A polymer fill material is deposited on the disk and a removal process is performed on the fill material to planarize the disk. In some embodiments, the fill material is deposited subsequent to bonding a lubrication layer to a protective layer on the disk. In other embodiments, the fill material is bonded directly to a protective layer on the disk. | 2011-12-15 |
20110305924 | METALLIC MAGNETIC POWDER AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME, MAGNETIC PAINTING, MAGNETIC POWDER FOR MAGNETIC THERAPY, AND MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM - A metallic magnetic powder where a primary particle of each metallic magnetic particle is a powder without forming an aggregate, and a method of making the same that includes manufacturing a metallic magnetic powder constituted of metallic magnetic particles, containing a metallic magnetic phase, with Fe, or Fe and Co as main components, rare earth elements , or yttrium and one or more non-magnetic components removing the non-magnetic component from the metallic magnetic with a reducing agent, while making a complexing agent exist for forming a complex with the non-magnetic component in water; oxidizing the metallic magnetic particle with the non-magnetic component removed; substituting water adhered to the oxidized metallic magnetic particle with an organic solvent; and | 2011-12-15 |
20110305925 | BATTERY PACK AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A battery pack blocks a current flowing between battery cells coupled in parallel among a plurality of battery cells coupled in series and in parallel while measuring voltages so as to prevent a battery cell in a low-voltage state from being automatically charged through a battery cell coupled in parallel to the battery cell in a low-voltage state, and the battery pack accurately determines whether there is an abnormal battery cell by detecting voltages of battery cells coupled in series, thereby performing accurate measurement. | 2011-12-15 |
20110305926 | BATTERY PROTECTING CIRCUIT, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND BATTERY PACK - A battery pack is disclosed. The battery pack has an analog front end which senses if a failure occurs in a microcontroller, and interrupts charging and discharging of the battery in response to the failure. | 2011-12-15 |
20110305927 | Devices and Methods for Lead Acid Batteries - A bipolar lead acid battery comprises a compression resistant separator in which the electrolyte is retained in a gelled form, and wherein quasi-bipolar electrodes are maintained in a cell stack under pressure. Most preferably, the negative active material further includes a compression resistant spacer structure and the battery is configured as a VR-BLAB where each single cell can independently vent gases during the charge cycle. | 2011-12-15 |
20110305928 | Rechargeable battery - A rechargeable battery including an electrode assembly; a terminal; a fuse, the electrode assembly, the terminal, and the fuse being electrically connected to each other; and an insulating blocking member in operative co-operation with the fuse. | 2011-12-15 |
20110305929 | SECONDARY BATTERY - A battery includes a housing, the housing including an opening, an electrode assembly, the electrode assembly being disposed in an interior space of the housing, and a short-circuiting member including a first plate and second plate disposed proximate to the first plate, the first plate having an inverting portion and an edge portion, the inverting portion projecting toward an interior space of the housing, the edge portion including a fixed portion that is fixed to a periphery of the opening, and a recess in a surface of the edge portion that faces the interior space, at least a part of the recess overlapping the periphery of the opening. | 2011-12-15 |
20110305930 | BATTERY PACK - A battery pack includes a battery group including battery rows consecutively disposed adjacent to each other, with the battery rows including secondary batteries disposed parallel to each other and spaced apart from each other, a frame for surrounding the battery group, and a plurality of first ribs that are each disposed between adjacent battery rows. The first ribs include supporting grooves that are formed in lateral surfaces of the first ribs and accommodate portions of edges of the secondary batteries, and ends of each of the first ribs are coupled to the frame. | 2011-12-15 |
20110305931 | Secondary power source and method for manufacturing the same - Disclosed is a secondary power source and a manufacturing method thereof. The secondary power source includes a unit cell formed by sequentially laminating a first electrode, a separation film, and a second electrode, wherein the first electrode is formed by forming a first electrode material, into which lithium ions can be irreversibly occluded, on a first conductive sheet, and the first electrode is laminated in the unit cell after lithium ions are occluded into the first electrode material by using a metal that can supply lithium ions. | 2011-12-15 |
20110305932 | Heat transfer layered electrodes - A lithium secondary battery includes at least one thermal energy transfer element having a heat transfer plate and a heat transfer member. In addition, the battery includes a first electrode plate and a second electrode plate, and a first separator and a second separator. The first separator and second separators are located between the first and second electrode plates, and the heat transfer plate is located between the first separator and second separators. The electrode plates, separators, and the heat transfer plate are provided within a cell container. In one embodiment, at least part of the heat transfer member is located on the exterior of the cell container. | 2011-12-15 |
20110305933 | Electricity Storing Device and Electronic Device - An electricity storing device includes a high-voltage terminal, a low-voltage terminal, a plurality of rechargeable battery modules, a plurality of first switches each coupled between one rechargeable battery module and the high-voltage terminal, a plurality of second switches each coupled between one rechargeable battery module and the low-voltage terminal, a plurality of third switches each coupled between two of the rechargeable battery modules, and a control module for outputting a control command to control couplings of the plurality of first switches, the plurality of second switches and the plurality of third switches. | 2011-12-15 |
20110305934 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH BATTERY COVER WATERPROOF STRUCTURE - An electronic device with a battery cover waterproof structure includes a body having a first end and a second end, a battery compartment disposed in the body, a waterproof gasket disposed in the battery compartment, and a battery cover coupled to the body. The waterproof gasket includes an oblique engage surface, and one end of the oblique engage surface near the first end is elevated higher than the other end of the oblique engage surface near the second end. The battery cover has an oblique rib arranged corresponding to in the oblique engage surface. One end of the oblique rib near the first end is elevated higher than the other end of the oblique rib near the second end. The oblique rib will interfere with the oblique engage surface for sealing the battery compartment when the battery cover is pushed towards one end of the battery compartment near the first end. | 2011-12-15 |
20110305935 | Battery pack - A battery pack includes a plurality of battery cells including a plurality of terminals, and a cooling member including a plurality of contact portions contacting the terminals. | 2011-12-15 |
20110305936 | Connecting structure of battery stacks - A connecting structure of battery stacks includes an electricity collecting case with a plurality of battery stacks, each battery stack having a plurality of unit battery cells and power terminal portions, at least one bus bar with a plurality of fastening holes along a length direction thereof, the bus bar connecting the battery stacks via respective power terminal portions in the fastening holes, and an insulating layer on a surface of the bus bar. | 2011-12-15 |
20110305937 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING POSITIVE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERY AND RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERY USING SAME - A method for preparing a positive active material for a rechargeable lithium battery includes: a) providing a furnace and a crucible that is included in the furnace; b) putting a mixture of a composite metal precursor and a lithium compound into the crucible; and c) preparing a positive active material for a rechargeable lithium battery by firing the mixture in the crucible, wherein during the process b), the mixture in the crucible is positioned so that a minimum distance from a predetermined position inside the mixture to an exterior of the mixture in the crucible is about 5 cm or less. A rechargeable lithium made by this method is disclosed. | 2011-12-15 |
20110305938 | Electrode layered product for cell and method for making the same - An electrode layered product for a cell includes a first electrode plate having a shape of a strip, a first separator having a shape of a strip, a second separator having a shape of a strip, a second electrode plate having a pectinate, tooth shape, and a third electrode plate having a pectinate, tooth shape. The first separator is stacked on one surface of the first plate. The second separator is stacked on the other surface of the first plate. The second plate is stacked on an opposite side of the first separator from the first plate. The second plate includes tooth sections and a joining section. The third plate is stacked on an opposite side of the second separator from the first plate. The third plate includes tooth sections and a joining section. The first and second separators and the first, second and third plates are bent in a zigzag manner. | 2011-12-15 |
20110305939 | LITHIUM COMPOSITE METAL OXIDE AND POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL - Disclosed is a lithium mixed metal oxide which is useful for a positive electrode active material that is capable of providing a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery having more excellent cycle characteristics, in particular, more excellent cycle characteristics during high-temperature operation at 60 DEG C. or the like. Specifically disclosed is a lithium mixed metal oxide represented by the following formula (A). Li | 2011-12-15 |
20110305940 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING POROUS LAMINATE AND POROUS LAMINATE - A process for producing a porous laminate having many micropores interconnected in the thickness direction, which comprises: a step in which a laminate is produced which comprises at least three layers comprising an interlayer made of a thermoplastic resin having a hard segment and a soft segment and two nonporous outer layers made of a filler-containing resin and located as outer layers respectively on both sides of the interlayer; a step in which the laminate obtained is impregnated with a supercritical or subcritical fluid and this state is relieved to vaporize the fluid and thereby make the interlayer porous; and a step in which the two nonporous outer layers located respectively on both sides are made porous by stretching. | 2011-12-15 |
20110305941 | Separator Having Porous Coating Layer, Manufacturing Method Of The Same, And Electrochemical Device Having The Same - A separator includes a planar non-woven fabric substrate having a plurality of pores, and a porous coating layer provided on at least one surface of the non-woven fabric substrate and made of a mixture of a plurality of inorganic particles and a binder polymer, wherein the non-woven fabric substrate is made of superfine fibers having an average thickness of 0.5 to 10 μm, and wherein, among the pores in the non-woven fabric substrate, pores having a wide diameter of 0.1 to 70 μm are 50% or above of the entire pores. The above separator having the porous coating layer may generate the generation of leak current without increasing a loading weight of the porous coating layer since the non-woven fabric substrate having a controlled pore side by using superfine fibers of a predetermined thickness is used. | 2011-12-15 |
20110305942 | RECHARGEABLE BATTERY PACK - A rechargeable battery pack according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a first unit cell and a second unit cell formed by rechargeable batteries; a connection tab including a first plate portion and a second plate portion facing each other while forming a bent portion, wherein the connection tab is configured to connect an electrode terminal of the first unit cell to the first plate portion and is configured to connect an electrode terminal of the second unit cell to the second plate portion, wherein the first plate portion includes a first protrusion portion spaced from the bent portion by a predetermined distance and protruding toward the second plate portion, and the second plate portion includes a second protrusion portion protruding toward the first plate portion to contact the first protrusion portion. | 2011-12-15 |
20110305943 | SECONDARY BATTERY AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - A secondary battery includes an electrode assembly having a first electrode, a second electrode, and a separator located between the first electrode and the second electrode; a first collector plate electrically coupled to the first electrode; a case housing the electrode assembly and the first collector plate and having an opening; a cap assembly sealing the opening of the case and being electrically coupled to the first collector plate; a first electrode terminal comprising a first electrode terminal plate electrically coupled to the cap assembly; and a second electrode terminal protruding through the cap assembly, electrically coupled to the second electrode and electrically insulated from the cap assembly. | 2011-12-15 |
20110305944 | Electrode Assembly and Rechargeable Battery Using Same - An electrode assembly according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention comprises: a first electrode which includes a first electrode current collector and a first electrode active material layer formed on the first electrode current collector; a second electrode which includes a second electrode current collector and a second electrode active material layer formed on the second electrode current collector; and a separator disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. A supporting portion is formed of a groove or a protrusion at an edge of the first electrode current collector, and a combination portion is combined with the supporting portion on the first electrode active material layer. | 2011-12-15 |
20110305945 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE TAB LEAD, NEGATIVE ELECTRODE TAB LEAD, AND BATTERY - The present invention is to provide a positive tab lead capable of being connected with each other with a sufficient connection strength at a low energy cost. It is constituted such that a partial coating layer ( | 2011-12-15 |
20110305946 | SEALED BATTERY AND METHOD OF PRODUCING SEALED BATTERY - Provided are a sealed battery provided with a safety valve part having a sufficiently large opening area when open, and a method of producing such a sealed battery. The sealed battery is provided with an electric power generating element and a battery case having a safety valve part at a valve forming surface. The safety valve part has a thin-walled portion breaking when the safety valve part becomes open. The thin-walled portion has first to n-th linear thin-walled portions. The first to n-th linear thin-walled portions include an intersecting thin-walled portion. The thin-walled portion is adapted such that the breaking pressure of the intersecting thin-walled portion is lower than the breaking pressure of portions other than the intersecting thin-walled portion. | 2011-12-15 |
20110305947 | POSITIVE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERY, RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERY USING THE SAME AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Disclosed are a positive active material for a lithium rechargeable battery and a lithium rechargeable battery using the same, and the positive active material is represented by the following Chemical Formula 1, and has an effective magnetic moment of about 2.4 μ | 2011-12-15 |
20110305948 | BIPOLAR BATTERY CURRENT COLLECTOR AND BIPOLAR BATTERY - Provided is a bipolar battery current collector that includes a conductive resin layer formed in such a manner as to, when at least part of the conductive resin layer reaches a predetermined temperature, interrupts a flow of electric current through the at least part of the conductive resin layer in a vertical direction thereof. Also provided is a bipolar battery using the current collector. It is possible by the use of the current collector to suppress local heat generation in the bipolar battery and improve the durability of the bipolar battery. | 2011-12-15 |
20110305949 | TRANSITION METAL OXIDENITRIDES - An electrode comprises a conductor and an electrode coating, said electrode coating comprising as electronically active material a transition metal (T) oxidenitride of formula Li | 2011-12-15 |
20110305950 | POWER STORAGE DEVICE - An electrode for a power storage device with less deterioration due to charge and discharge and a power storage device using the electrode are provided. In the electrode for a power storage device and the power storage device, a region including a metal element which functions as a catalyst is selectively provided over a current collector, and then, an active material layer is formed. By selectively providing the region including the metal element, a whisker can be effectively generated in the active material layer over the current collector, and the whisker generation region can be controlled. Accordingly, the discharge capacity can be increased and the cycle characteristics can be improved. | 2011-12-15 |
20110305951 | BINDER RESIN PRECURSOR SOLUTION COMPOSITION FOR ELECTRODE - A binder resin precursor solution composition for electrode containing at least (A) a polyamic acid having repeating units represented by chemical formulae (1) and (2) in a (1) to (2) molar ratio of 2:8 to 8.5:1.5 and having a tetracarboxylic acid component to diamine component molar ratio of 0.94 to 0.99, (B) a carboxylic acid compound having two pairs of carboxyl groups in the molecule thereof or an ester thereof, and (C) a solvent. | 2011-12-15 |
20110305952 | NEGATIVE ACTIVE MATERIAL, ELECTRODE INCLUDING THE SAME, AND LITHIUM BATTERY INCLUDING ELECTRODE - A negative active material, an electrode including the same, and a lithium battery including the electrode. The negative active material has no volumetric expansion and has high solubility with respect to lithium. In addition, the negative active material is in the form of spherical particles, and thus does not require a separate granulating process. Moreover, the negative active material may enhance the capacity of a lithium battery. | 2011-12-15 |
20110305953 | Positive active material for rechargeable lithium battery, method of preparing same, and rechargeable lithium battery including same - A positive active material for a rechargeable lithium battery including a lithium metal oxide represented by the following Chemical Formula 1, a method of preparing the same, and a rechargeable lithium battery including the same. | 2011-12-15 |
20110305954 | POSITIVE ACTIVE MATERIAL PRECURSOR FOR SECONDARY LITHIUM BATTERY, POSITIVE ACTIVE MATERIAL USING SAME, AND SECONDARY LITHIUM BATTERY INCLUDING THE POSITIVE ACTIVE MATERIAL - Disclosed is a positive active material precursor for a secondary lithium battery, which is represented by the following Chemical Formula 1 and has an intensity ratio of I | 2011-12-15 |
20110305955 | POSITIVE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERY, METHOD OF PREPARING THE SAME, AND RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERY INCLUDING THE SAME - A positive active material for a rechargeable lithium battery includes pores having an average diameter of about 10 nm to about 60 nm and a porosity of about 0.5% to about 20%. Also disclosed is a method of preparing the positive active material, and a rechargeable lithium battery including the positive active material. | 2011-12-15 |
20110305956 | ELECTRODE CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL, ELECTRODE MATERIAL INCLUDING THE CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL, AND ELECTRODE AND LITHIUM BATTERY EACH INCLUDING THE ELECTRODE MATERIAL - An electrode conductive material, an electrode material including the electrode conductive material, an electrode including the electrode material, and a lithium battery including the electrode material. When the electrode conductive material is used, the amount of a conductive material required is decreased, capacity of the lithium battery is improved, and a charge and discharge rate is increased. | 2011-12-15 |
20110305957 | GRID PLATE FOR LEAD ACID STORAGE BATTERY, PLATE, AND LEAD ACID STORAGE BATTERY PROVIDED WITH SAME PLATE - A grid plate for a lead acid storage battery comprising a frame section having a pair of quadrangular contour shape, and longitudinal grid strands and lateral grid strands that form a grid inside the frame section. The longitudinal grid strands and lateral grid strands are composed of thick strands of smaller thickness than the frame section, and thin strands of smaller width and thickness than the thick strands. The thick strands and thin strands are arranged so that the strands adjacent to the thick strands are thin strands, and space is reliably provided for facilitating the flow of active material to the sides of the thick strands. The two ends of the thick strands in the thickness direction are positioned further inward from the two end faces of the frame section in the thickness direction, and the end portions of one end side of the thin strands in the thickness direction are positioned in positions offset to one end side of the thick strands in the thickness direction, whereby the active material is readily packed into the reverse surface side of the grid plate. | 2011-12-15 |
20110305958 | POWER STORAGE DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An object is to provide a power storage device with improved cycle characteristics and a method of manufacturing the power storage device. Another object is to provide an application mode of the power storage device for which the above power storage device is used. In the method of manufacturing the power storage device, an active material layer is formed over a current collector, a solid electrolyte layer is formed over the active material layer after a natural oxide film over the active material layer is removed, and a liquid electrolyte is provided so as to be in contact with the solid electrolyte layer. Accordingly, decomposition and deterioration of the electrolyte solution which are caused by the contact between the active material layer and the electrolyte solution can be prevented, and cycle characteristics of the power storage device can be improved. | 2011-12-15 |
20110305959 | TUNED HYDROPHOBICITY - An electrochemical cell comprising an electrolyte comprising water and a hydrophobic ionic liquid comprising positive ions and negative ions. The electrochemical cell also includes an air electrode configured to absorb and reduce oxygen. A hydrophilic or hygroscopic additive modulates the hydrophobicity of the ionic liquid to maintain a concentration of the water in the electrolyte is between 0.001 mol % and 25 mol %. | 2011-12-15 |
20110305960 | FUEL CELL STACK - A fuel cell stack configured to alleviate pressure and decrease the flow rate of at least one of a fuel and an oxidant is disclosed. The fuel cell stack includes a membrane-electrode assembly, an anode separator, a cathode separator and a filing member. The membrane-electrode assembly may include an electrolyte membrane, an anode formed on a first surface of the electrolyte membrane, and a cathode formed on a second surface of the electrolyte membrane. The anode separator may include a fuel channel, a fuel inlet manifold in fluid communication with the fuel channel, and a fuel outlet manifold in fluid communication with the fuel channel. The cathode separator may include an oxidant channel, an oxidant inlet manifold in fluid communication with the oxidant channel, and an oxidant outlet manifold in fluid communication with the oxidant channel. The filling member may be positioned within at least one of the fuel inlet manifold and the oxidant inlet manifold. | 2011-12-15 |
20110305961 | PROCESS FOR TREATING A FLUE GAS - A process for treating a flue gas is provided. The process comprises burning an amount of elemental magnesium in the flue gas, optionally to produce magnesium oxide and elemental carbon. A process for regenerating elemental magnesium from magnesium oxide is also provided, in addition to processes for producing energy from the elemental carbon. | 2011-12-15 |
20110305962 | FUEL FLEXIBILITY CONFIGURATION IN HIGH TEMPERATURE FUEL CELL SYSTEMS - A method is disclosed for producing electricity in high temperature fuel cell systems. Gas is circulated at anode sides of the fuel cells. A gas composition at anode sides is determined for providing composition information, and desired temperature conditions are arranged for producing electricity with fuel cells. Rated power of the fuel cell system is controlled by an auxiliary water feed to the fuel cell system by utilizing the composition information, by performing controlled gas recirculation at anode sides by utilizing the composition information by changing the gas recirculation, when a desire arises, and by performing controlled gas feed in to the fuel cell system by utilizing the composition information by changing the gas feed, when a need arises, to change the rated power of the fuel cell system to keep electricity production conditions substantially optimal for the gas used as fuel in the high temperature fuel cell system. | 2011-12-15 |
20110305963 | PROTON-CONDUCTING STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A proton-conducting structure that exhibits favorable proton conductivity in the temperature range of not lower than 100° C., and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. After a pyrophosphate salt containing Sn, Zr, Ti or Si is mixed with phosphoric acid, the mixture is maintained at a temperature of not less than 80° C. and not more than 150° C., and thereafter maintained at a temperature of not less than 200° C. and not more than 400° C. to manufacture a proton-conducting structure. The proton-conducting structure of the present invention has a core made of tin pyrophosphate, and a coating layer formed on the surface of the core, the coating layer containing Sn and O, and having a coordination number of O with respect to Sn of grater than 6. | 2011-12-15 |
20110305964 | CONNECTING STRUCTURE TO CELL OF VOLTAGE DETECTING CONNECTOR AND FUEL CELL - In the connecting structure of the present invention, connectors | 2011-12-15 |
20110305965 | Stack for fuel cell system - A stack for a fuel cell system, including: a membrane electrode assembly, a separator that includes a fuel passage that supplies a fuel to an anode electrode of the membrane electrode assembly and an oxidant passage that supplies an oxidant to a cathode electrode of an adjacent membrane electrode assembly, a first manifold that is formed by connecting first penetration holes that penetrate the separator in a stacking direction and that is connected to the fuel passage, a second manifold that is formed by connecting second penetration holes that penetrate the separator in the stacking direction and that is connected to the oxidant passage and a baffle that is disposed in at least one of the first manifold and the second manifold. The baffle has a membrane structure to control the fluid flow inside of the at least one of the first manifold and the second manifold. | 2011-12-15 |
20110305966 | FUEL CELL STACK AND REPLACEMENT DEVICE FOR MEMBRANE-ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY OF FUEL CELL STACK - A fuel cell stack including an electricity generating unit and a pair of end plates is disclosed. The electricity generating unit includes membrane-electrode assemblies and separators interposed between the membrane-electrode assemblies. The separators have recess portions formed on side faces thereof and may be configured to hold an external device for replacement of a single membrane-electrode assembly within the fuel cell stack. The end plates are located sandwiching the electricity generating unit by using fastening members to press the electricity generating unit. | 2011-12-15 |
20110305967 | FUEL CELL STACK - A fuel cell stack including a plurality of membrane-electrode assemblies, a plurality of separators in close contact with the membrane-electrode assemblies between the membrane-electrode assemblies, and gaskets provided on the separators. Each of the separators includes an anode separator having first through holes and a cathode separator in contact with the anode separator and having the second through holes. Each of the gaskets includes a penetrating portion filled in the first through holes and penetrating the anode separator and the cathode separator and a sealing portion coupled to the penetrating portion and protruding from outer surfaces of the anode and cathode separators in a thickness direction of the anode separator and the cathode separator. | 2011-12-15 |
20110305968 | FUEL CELL STACK - A fuel cell stack includes: a plurality of membrane-electrode assemblies; first and second end plates respectively positioned outside outermost ones of the membrane-electrode assemblies; and a plurality of separators respectively positioned between the membrane-electrode assemblies and between the outermost ones of the membrane-electrode assemblies and the first and second end plates. The first end plate includes an oxidizing agent inlet, an oxidizing agent outlet, and a moisture supplying flow path connecting the oxidizing agent inlet and the oxidizing agent outlet. The moisture supplying flow path includes a first end portion adjacent to the oxidizing agent outlet and a second end portion adjacent to the oxidizing agent inlet, the first end portion being larger than the second end portion and being a different distance away from a surface of the first end plate facing away from the second end plate than the second end portion. | 2011-12-15 |
20110305969 | FUEL CELL STACK - A fuel cell stack including membrane-electrode assemblies and separators formed between each of the membrane-electrode assemblies is disclosed. The membrane-electrode assemblies may each include an electrolyte membrane, an anode formed on a first surface of the electrolyte membrane, and a cathode formed on a second surface of the electrolyte membrane. Each of the separators may include an anode separator facing the anode and a cathode separator facing the cathode. Each of the separators may include at least two manifolds, a channel separated from the manifolds and facing either the anode or the cathode, and a connection channel fluidly connecting the manifold and the channel. The separator may also include a buffer protrusion system in the connection channel configured to disperse the flow of the fuel or the oxidant. | 2011-12-15 |
20110305970 | CHEMICALLY LINKED HYDROGEL MATERIALS AND USES THEREOF IN ELECTRODES and/or ELECTROLYTES IN ELECTROCHEMICAL ENERGY DEVICES - A chemically linked catalyst-binder hydrogel material comprised of a water-insoluble chemical hydrogel is useful in, for example, fuel cells, batteries, electrochemical supercapacitors, semi-fuel cells etc. The water-insoluble chemical hydrogel is prepared by a chemical cross-linking reaction between a polymer (such as PVA or chitosan or gelatin) and an aqueous cross-linking agent such as glutaraldehyde, which is catalyzed by protic acid under ambient conditions of temperature and pressure. | 2011-12-15 |
20110305971 | SOLID POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MATERIAL, LIQUID COMPOSITION, SOLID POLYMER FUEL CELL AND FLUOROPOLYMER - A solid polymer electrolyte material made of a copolymer comprising a repeating unit based on a fluoromonomer A which gives a polymer having an alicyclic structure in its main chain by radical polymerization, and a repeating unit based on a fluoromonomer B of the following formula (1): | 2011-12-15 |
20110305972 | FUEL CELL - A fuel cell is provided that includes an anode, a cathode, a solid electrolyte layer, a barrier layer, and an intermediate layer. The solid electrolyte layer includes zirconium and is provided between the anode and the cathode. The barrier layer includes cerium and is provided between the solid electrolyte layer and the cathode. The intermediate layer includes zirconium and cerium, and has a first surface facing the solid electrolyte layer, a second surface facing the barrier layer, and pores. The pore ratio of the intermediate layer is higher than the pore ratio of the barrier layer. | 2011-12-15 |
20110305973 | FUEL CELL - A fuel cell is provided that includes an anode, a cathode, a solid electrolyte layer, a barrier layer, and an buffer layer. The solid electrolyte layer includes zirconium and is provided between the anode and the cathode. The barrier layer includes cerium and is provided between the solid electrolyte layer and the cathode. The barrier layer has pores. The buffer layer includes zirconium and cerium and is provided between the barrier layer and the solid electrolyte layer. The barrier layer has a first barrier layer provided near to the buffer layer with a first pore ratio and a second barrier layer provided between the first barrier layer and the cathode with a second pore ratio. The first pore ratio of the first barrier layer is larger than the second pore ratio of the second barrier layer. | 2011-12-15 |
20110305974 | AIR CATHODE AND NONAQUEOUS AIR BATTERY - A main object of the present invention is to provide an air cathode with great discharged capacity per unit area. The present invention solves the above-mentioned problems by providing an air cathode used for a nonaqueous air battery, comprising: an air cathode current collector having a porous structure and an air cathode layer containing a conductive material and formed on the air cathode current collector, wherein the average supporting amount of the conductive material in a planar area of the air cathode is within a range of 0.3 mg/cm | 2011-12-15 |
20110305975 | CATALYTIC PARTICULATE SOLUTION FOR A MICRO FUEL CELL AND RELATED METHOD - A catalytic particulate solution is provided for a micro fuel cell. The solution includes a suspension of catalytic nanoparticles in a solvent and a polymerizable oligomer. Also presented is a method for depositing such a catalytic particulate solution that includes a step of depositing the particulate solution onto a substrate, during which the oligomer polymerization is primed, for example, using UV lighting. | 2011-12-15 |
20110305976 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF FUEL CELL MODULE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF FUEL CELL - A manufacturing method of a fuel cell module includes: forming an outer divided body having a frame shape and formed from an uncrosslinked item of solid rubber having adhesiveness in a seal member arrangement portion of a separator to produce an outer temporary assembly, and forming an inner divided body having a frame shape and formed from an uncrosslinked item of solid rubber in a peripheral edge portion of an electrode member to produce an inner temporary assembly fitting the inner temporary assembly into a frame of the outer temporary assembly to produce a cell assembly temporary assembly; arranging a cell assembly stack, in which a plurality of the cell assembly temporary assemblies are stacked, in a forming die; and pressurizing and heating the forming die to crosslink the uncrosslinked item. | 2011-12-15 |
20110305977 | OPTICAL PROXIMITY CORRECTION PROCESS - An optical proximity correction process for designing a mask according to a target exposure intensity of each edge of a pattern is provided. Each edge is at a corresponding current edge position which corresponds to a current exposure intensity. The process comprises repeating a convergence process on each edge to determine an adjusted position for the edge until an adjusted exposure intensity of the edge is equal to the target exposure intensity. For each edge, the convergence process comprises comparing the target exposure intensity with the current exposure intensity to determine an in-position correlating to a first exposure intensity and an out-position correlating to a second exposure intensity, wherein the target exposure intensity is within a range between the first and the second exposure intensities. An interpolation is performed to obtain the adjusted position according to the target exposure intensity. The pattern is updated according to the adjusted position. | 2011-12-15 |
20110305978 | PHOTOMASK BLANK, PHOTOMASK, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PHOTOMASK BLANK - The present invention provides a photomask blank for producing a photomask to which an ArF excimer laser light is applied, wherein: a thin film having a multilayer structure is provided on a light transmissive substrate; and the uppermost layer of the thin film has an amorphous structure made of a material comprising chromium and at least one of nitrogen, oxygen and carbon. | 2011-12-15 |
20110305979 | RESIST TOP COAT COMPOSITION AND PATTERNING PROCESS - The invention provides a resist top coat composition wherein the composition contains polymer (P1-1) with a weight-average molecular weight of 1,000 to 500,000, having at least repeating units represented by the following general formulae (1a), (1b-1), and (1c). There can be a resist top coat composition having excellent water repellent and water sliding properties with fewer development defects and with a good resist pattern profile after development, and a patterning process using this composition. | 2011-12-15 |
20110305980 | Blue Color Resin Composition for Color Filter and Color Filter Using the Same - Disclosed is a blue resin composition for a color filter that includes a colorant including an azaporphyrin-based dye and a blue pigment, an acrylic-based binder resin, a reactive unsaturated compound, a polymerization initiator, and a solvent. | 2011-12-15 |
20110305981 | IMAGING MEMBERS HAVING IMPROVED IMAGING LAYERS - The presently disclosed embodiments are directed to imaging members used in electrostatography. More particularly, the embodiments pertain to electrophotographic imaging members which have imaging layer(s) formulated to comprise of a novel A-B diblock copolymer binder consisting of two segmental blocks of a bisphenol polycarbonate and a phthalic acid which provides chemical vapor contaminant resistive property. The present embodiments provide superior copy printout quality. | 2011-12-15 |
20110305982 | TONER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A toner includes a binder resin containing a polyester resin A obtained by subjecting aromatic dicarboxylic acid, rosin, and trivalent or higher-valent alcohol as starting materials to polycondensation, a content of the rosin in a sum of the starting materials being 60% by weight or more, and a polyester resin B obtained by subjecting aromatic dicarboxylic acid and polyalcohol as starting materials to polycondensation; a dispersing aid for dispersing the polyester resin A into the polyester resin B; and a colorant. | 2011-12-15 |
20110305983 | Release Agent for Toner, and Toner - The objectives of the present invention are attained with a release agent for toner that is obtained by grafting styrene compounds to an α-olefin polymer that conforms to the following conditions (a) and (b), wherein 70 mass % or more of the release agent is insoluble in 2-butanone when the release agent is dispersed at 25° C. into 2-butanone so that the mass ratio of the release agent to the dispersion is 15%. (a) The α-olefin polymer is to be produced by polymerization of at least one α-olefin monomer that has 16 or more to 36 or less carbon atoms. (b) The α-olefin polymer is to have a melting point between 30° C. or higher and 80° C. or lower, and has one peak temperature whose peak has the half-height width of 15° C. or less in a measurement of the melting behavior of the α-olefin polymer by means of differential scanning calorimetry. | 2011-12-15 |
20110305984 | TONER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING TONER - A toner having a toner particle including a core particle obtained by polymerizing a polymerizable monomer composition containing at least a polymerizable monomer, a colorant, a release agent, a polar resin, and a crystalline polyester in an aqueous medium and an outer shell formed by fixing resin fine particles to the surface of the core particle, wherein the resin constituting the resin fine particles is an amorphous resin and the acid value of the resin fine particles is 4.0 to 50.0 mgKOH/g. | 2011-12-15 |
20110305985 | TONER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A toner includes a binder resin, a colorant, and, a benzilic acid compound. The binder resin contains a polyester resin A obtained by subjecting aromatic dicarboxylic acid, rosin and trivalent or higher-valent alcohol as starting materials to polycondensation, a content of the rosin in a sum of the starting materials being 60% by weight or more, and a polyester resin B obtained by subjecting aromatic dicarboxylic acid and polyhydric alcohol as starting materials to polycondensation. | 2011-12-15 |
20110305986 | TONER, DEVELOPER, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - A toner containing a binder resin, a colorant, and a releasing agent, wherein the colorant contains a mixed crystal of a C. I. PIGMENT YELLOW 185 and a C. I. PIGMENT YELLOW 139, and wherein a mass ratio of the C. I. PIGMENT YELLOW 185 to the C. I. PIGMENT YELLOW 139 (mass of the C. I. PIGMENT YELLOW 185/mass of the C. I. PIGMENT YELLOW 139) in the toner is 95/5 to 50/50. | 2011-12-15 |