52nd week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 47 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100330370 | ELECTROPOLYMERIZABLE SURFACTANT FOR DISPERSING CARBON NANOTUBES - The disclosure concerns an aqueous composition comprising carbon nanotubes and a surfactant, characterized in that the carbon nanotubes are single-wall hydrophobic nanotubes and in that the surfactant is chosen among electropolymerizable surfactant monomers of formula (I): | 2010-12-30 |
20100330371 | PANEL DEVICE - A panel device includes a panel section, a first conductive layer that is provided in a side of one surface of the panel section, an insulating layer that is stacked on the first conductive layer and a second conductive layer that is stacked on the insulating layer. The first conductive layer and the second conductive layer are formed by coating an electrically conductive solvent-type substance. The insulating layer is formed by coating an insulating curing-acceleration-type substance. | 2010-12-30 |
20100330372 | SURFACE COATING SYSTEM AND METHOD - The present invention provides coating systems for surfaces and methods for coating and repairing surfaces. | 2010-12-30 |
20100330373 | WATER REPELLENT GLASS PLATES - A water repellent glass plate, manufacturing method thereof, and a vehicle or a paned window having the same can include a glass plate having a film coating that includes a transparent micro particle covalently bound to the surface of the glass. | 2010-12-30 |
20100330374 | PRESSURE MEMBER, FIXING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A pressure member is used for fixing in electrophotography and includes at least a substrate, an elastic layer provided on the substrate, and a surface layer includes carbon and a fluororesin having a structure represented by Formula (1): | 2010-12-30 |
20100330375 | Aqueous Polymer Compositions Obtained From Epoxidized Natural Oils - Aqueous polyurethane dispersions are made from urethane prepolymers comprising one or more polyhydroxy compounds from ketone functional molecules derived from an epoxidized natural oil. Addition of a hydrazine functional moiety to the prepolymer dispersion can further provide a crosslinking mechanism resulting in the formation of azomethine linkages in the resulting polyurethane during drying. When the ketone functional molecule is derived from levulinic acid and epoxidized vegetable oil, the resulting urethane dispersion can also be converted into a hybrid polyurethane-vinyl dispersion by adding and polymerizing one or more vinyl monomers in the polyurethane prepolymer or polyurethane dispersion. | 2010-12-30 |
20100330376 | THERMOSETTING POLYSACCHARIDES - Polysaccharide thermosetting systems and composites utilizing such systems include formaldehyde free binders formed from at least one polysaccharide and at least one polysaccharide crosslinker. | 2010-12-30 |
20100330377 | DEVICE FOR FORMING AEROSOL, AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COATING GLASS - The invention relates to a device for forming aerosol, the device comprising at least one gas-dispersing atomizer for atomizing a liquid into aerosol by means of gas at an atomizing head of the atomizer and an atomizing chamber, which is in flow connection with the atomizing head and in which flow restraints are arranged for changing the hydrodynamic properties of the aerosol flow discharging from the atomizing head. According to the present invention the flow restraints are arranged in the inner walls of the atomizing chamber in such a manner that they protrude from the inner walls to the inside of the atomizing chamber. | 2010-12-30 |
20100330378 | OPTICAL ELEMENT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - The present invention relates to an optical element comprising: a optical glass made of a phosphate glass or a fluorophosphate glass; and an optically functional film formed on a surface of the optical glass, wherein the optically functional film comprises two or more layers made of different materials, and the outermost surface layer thereof is made of a material(s) having low reactivity with phosphoric acid. | 2010-12-30 |
20100330379 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING TOPCOAT ADDITIVES - A topcoat additive for addition to a topcoat. The topcoat additive includes a liquid thermoplastic polymer emulsified in an emulsifier to obtain a liquid thermoplastic emulsion. The liquid thermoplastic polymer is a silicone thermoplastic polymer including an Si—O backbone. The silicone thermoplastic polymer may be a polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) thermoplastic polymer. | 2010-12-30 |
20100330380 | Organosilane Coating Compositions and Use Thereof - A sol-gel coating composition comprising a hydrolysed organosilane, an organometallic precursor and a corrosion inhibitor, wherein the corrosion inhibitor is a chelator for the organometallic precursor. The corrosion inhibitor and the organometallic precursor may form a nanoparticulate complex. The coating composition may comprise one or more additive selected from: an antimicrobial additive, a hardener, a water repelling additive, a dye, a scratch resistant additive and a flexibility enhancing additive. A process for preparing a sol gel coating composition is also described, the process comprising the steps of: hydrolysing an organosilane in the presence of a catalyst; chelating an organometallic precursor; mixing the hydrolysed silane and the chelated organometallic precursor; and hydrolysing the organosilane-organometallic precursor mixture. | 2010-12-30 |
20100330381 | Method to add a radiant barrier to insulation and the product thereof - A method to add a radiant barrier to existing thermal insulation includes collecting processed pieces of material, and pneumatically metering the processed pieces of material to add a radiant barrier to the existing thermal insulation. | 2010-12-30 |
20100330382 | BIAXIALLY ORIENTED POLYLACTIC ACID FILM WITH IMPROVED MOISTURE BARRIER - A biaxially oriented multilayer film comprising a skin layer of polyhydroxyalkanoate, a core layer of polylactic acid polymer and a sealant layer with a metal deposited upon one surface of the skin layer of polyhydroxyalkanoate polymer. This metallized, polyhydroxyalkanoate-coextruded polylactic acid film exhibits improved moisture barrier property versus a metallized, non-polyhydroxyalkanoate-coextruded polylactic acid film. | 2010-12-30 |
20100330383 | COMPOSITE GEL-BASED MATERIALS - A process for forming acomposite article composed of a gel with a support layer. The composite is formed by a gel-forming solution comprising of a polymeric material and a solvent, this gel-forming solution adsorbs onto a support layer. The formation process creates a gel andan adhesive bond between the gel and the support layer. The support layer is at least partially soluble in the solvent and the gel is attached to the support layer by freezing to form the gel on the support layer after a part of the support layer is solubilised by the solvent. The gel may be a hydrogel gel. The solvent may be water. The gel and the layer are physically interlocked. A composite is also described and has many end-use application including active agent delivery, dressings and coatings and in medical devices. Chemical cross-linking and additional adhesive are not required. | 2010-12-30 |
20100330384 | METHOD OF TREATING CELLULOSIC MATERIALS WITH HYDROPHOBINS - By treatment with hydrophobins, cellulosic materials such as paper, cardboard, cotton or, especially, wood-based materials, such as solid wood, glued wood products or particle board, can be effectively protected against absorption of and attack by water and/or moisture. | 2010-12-30 |
20100330385 | METHOD FOR TABLETING SURFACE TREATMENT OF TABLETING PUNCH OR DIE, PUNCH OR DIE SUBJECTED TO SURFACE TREATMENT BY THIS METHOD, AND TABLET FORMED BY USING THIS TABLETING PUNCH OR DIE - A method for tableting surface treatment of a tableting punch or die includes provisional filming and beam irradiation steps. In the provisional filming step, a tableting surface of a base metal material | 2010-12-30 |
20100330386 | BRAZING PRODUCT COMPRISING A MIXTURE OF BRAZING FLUX AND FILLER METAL, AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF - A brazing product includes a compacted solid and rigid material formed of a brazing flux and a filler metal as a mixture, which has mechanical strength sufficient to make it extrudable under a press with a flux mass proportion from 3 to 20%. The invention also provides a method for manufacturing a brazing product by mixing particles of filler metal and brazing powder in order to form metal particles coated with the flux, and compacting filler metal particles coated with the brazing flux. | 2010-12-30 |
20100330387 | HIGH STRENGTH THICK STEEL MATERIAL AND HIGH STRENGTH GIANT H-SHAPE EXCELENT IN TOUGHNESS AND WELDABILITY AND METHODS OF PRODUCTION OF SAME - The present invention provides a high strength thick steel material excellent in toughness and weldability reduced in amount of C and amount of N, containing suitable amounts of Si, Mn, Nb, Ti, B, and O, having contents of C and Nb satisfying C—Nb/7.74≦0.004, having a density of Ti-containing oxides of a particle size of 0.05 to 10 μm of 30 to 300/mm | 2010-12-30 |
20100330388 | WELDED STEEL PIPE FOR HIGH STRENGTH LINE PIPE SUPERIOR IN LOW TEMPERATURE TOUGHNESS AND METHOD OF PRODUCTION OF THE SAME - The present invention provides high strength welded steel pipe for line pipe inexpensive in cost and superior in low temperature toughness, and a method of production of the same, produced by forming a base material steel plate containing, by mass %, C: 0.010 to 0.050%, Si: 0.01 to 0.50%, Mn: 0.50 to 2.00%, S: 0.0001 to 0.0050%, and Ti: 0.003 to 0.030%, limiting Al to 0.020% or less and Mo to less than 0.10%, having a carbon equivalent Ceq of 0.30 to 0.53 and a crack susceptibility parameter Pcm of 0.10 to 0.20, comprised of polygonal ferrite and residual bainite of an area rate of 20% or less, and having an effective crystal grain size of 20 μm or less, into a pipe shape, then seam welding it and making the effective crystal grain size of the heat affected zone 150 μm or less. | 2010-12-30 |
20100330389 | SKIN PASS FOR CLADDING THIN METAL SHEETS - According to at least one aspect of the present invention, a method is provided for cladding a thin metal sheet for enhanced formability and manufacturability thereof. In at least one embodiment, the method includes contacting at least one metal cladding layer with the thin metal sheet to form a thin metal sandwich having an original thickness, wherein the metal cladding layer may be a thin metal foil or a plated or deposited thin metal film, and then subjecting the thin metal sandwich to four Skin-Pass steps at an incremental thickness reduction ratio of 25 percent of the total thickness Reduction Ratio per step in four alternating directions. The method provides Skin-Pass processed clad sheet metals with reduced uniaxial pre-strain, improved uniformity in microstructure and material properties along the longitudinal and transversal directions, and enhanced formability and manufacturability. | 2010-12-30 |
20100330390 | STRUCTURAL MEMBER TO BE USED IN APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR OR FLAT DISPLAY, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A structural member for a manufacturing apparatus has a metal base member mainly composed of aluminum, a high-purity aluminum film formed on the surface of the metal base member, and a nonporous amorphous aluminum oxide passivation film which is formed by anodizing the high-purity aluminum film. A method for producing a structural member for a manufacturing apparatus, includes forming a high-purity aluminum film on the surface of a metal base member mainly composed of aluminum, and anodizing the high-purity aluminum film in a chemical conversion liquid having a pH of 4-10 and containing a nonaqueous solvent, which has a dielectric constant lower than that of water and dissolves water, thereby converting at least a surface portion of the high-purity aluminum film into a nonporous amorphous aluminum oxide passivation film. | 2010-12-30 |
20100330391 | HIGH-TEMPERATURE RESISTANT COMPONENT AND GAS TURBINE HOT PART - A high-temperature resistant component for a gas turbine hot part and so on is provided, which has durability and reliability enough to withstand a corrosive environment with use of the low-grade oil. The high-temperature resistant component includes an alloy substrate containing Ni, Co, or Fe as the principal component, and a thermal barrier coating formed over the surface of the substrate via a bond coat. The thermal barrier coating includes a porous thermal-barrier layer made of ceramic and an environmental barrier layer with corrosion resistance. An impregnated layer is provided between the environmental barrier layer and the thermal barrier layer. In the impregnated layer, the thermal barrier layer is impregnated with a part of the environmental barrier layer. The thermal barrier layer is made of a porous zirconia layer, and the environmental barrier layer includes silica as the principal component. The porous zirconia layer has pores impregnated with the part of the environmental barrier layer. As a result, the high-temperature resistant component has excellent corrosion resistance and excellent heat resistance. | 2010-12-30 |
20100330392 | GALVANIZED STEEL SHEET EXCELLENT IN UNIFORMITY AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A high-strength galvanized steel sheet has a steel composition which contains, by % by mass, 0.01 to 0.12% of C, 0.2% or less of Si, less than 2% of Mn, 0.04% or less of P, 0.02% or less of S, 0.3% or less of sol. Al, 0.01% or less of N, and over 0.3% to 2% of Cr, and which satisfies 2.1≦[Mneq]≦3 and 0.24≦[% Cr]/[% Mn], the balance being composed of iron and inevitable impurities, and has a steel microstructures containing ferrite and a second phase. | 2010-12-30 |
20100330393 | DUCTILE ENVIRONMENTAL COATING AND COATED ARTICLE HAVING FATIGUE AND CORROSION RESISTANCE - A ductile corrosion and oxidation resistant coating, being predominately of gamma-prime nickel aluminide intermetallic includes 15-30 atomic % aluminum, up to atomic % chromium, optionally, up to 30 atomic % of a platinum group metal, optionally, up to 4 atomic % of a reactive element, and optionally, up to 15 atomic % of at least one strengthening element, and a balance being essentially nickel or nickel and at least one of cobalt, iron, or cobalt and iron. A coated article includes the ductile corrosion and oxidation resistant coating on a superalloy substrate such as a turbine disk, turbine seal, a turbine blade, a turbine nozzle, a turbine shroud, or a turbine frame or case having an under platform or non-gas path region. | 2010-12-30 |
20100330394 | CCP-CPP MAGNETORESISTIVE READER WITH HIGH GMR VALUE - A magnetoresistive device having a high giant magnetoresistance (GMR) value and a moderate low resistance area product (RA) includes a first magnetic layer, a second magnetic layer, and a current confined path (CCP) spacer layer positioned between the first magnetic layer and the second magnetic layer. The spacer layer includes copper current confined paths extending between the first magnetic layer and the second magnetic layer in a matrix of magnesium oxide. The spacer layer is formed by a mixture copper and magnesium oxide, which is heattreated to form the copper current confined paths within the magnesium oxide matrix. | 2010-12-30 |
20100330395 | Thin seeded Co/Ni multiplayer film with perpendicular anisotropy for read head sensor stabilization - A hard bias (HB) structure for producing longitudinal bias to stabilize a free layer in an adjacent spin valve is disclosed and includes a composite seed layer made of at least Ta and a metal layer having a fcc(111) or hcp(001) texture to enhance perpendicular magnetic anisotropy (PMA) in an overlying (Co/Ni) | 2010-12-30 |
20100330396 | GLASS FOR INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIA SUBSTRATE, GLASS SUBSTRATE FOR MAGNETIC DISK AND MAGNETIC DISK - To provide a glass for an information recording media substrate, which is excellent in weather resistance. | 2010-12-30 |
20100330397 | Microbial power generation device - A microbial power generation device includes an anode chamber which maintains a microbe and which is supplied with influent which includes an electron donor, a cathode chamber supplied with an electron acceptor, a nonconductive membrane having a first face and an opposing second face and arranged between the anode chamber and the cathode chamber, a first electro-conductive support material having a rough surface which has asperity spreading close to the first face of the nonconductive membrane, and formed by a porous material having approximately the same shape as the interior of the anode chamber, and arranged within the anode chamber, and a second electro-conductive support material having a rough surface which has asperity spreading close to the second face of the nonconductive membrane. | 2010-12-30 |
20100330398 | Semiconductor device, battery protection circuit and battery pack - A bidirectional Trench Lateral Power MOSFET (TLPM) can achieve a high breakdown voltage and a low on-resistance. A plurality of straight-shaped islands having circular portions at both ends are surrounded by a trench arrangement. The islands provide first n source regions and a second n source region is formed on the outside of the islands. With such a pattern, the breakdown voltage in the case where the first n source regions are at a high potential can be higher than the breakdown voltage in the case where the second n source region is at a high potential. Alternatively, in the case of not changing the breakdown voltage, the on-resistance can be reduced. | 2010-12-30 |
20100330399 | FLEXIBLE BATTERY CONTAINER AND METHOD OF USE - A flashlight apparatus including a body portion formed from a woven material, the body portion having a longitudinal length and forming at least part of an adjustable cavity for containing at least one battery, and a head portion coupled to the body portion and having at least one of an illumination source for providing illumination and a connector for connecting the flashlight to another device. Accordingly, the flashlight can supply power to the another device. The body portion can adjust (e.g., its length and diameter—or area) to the size and number of battery cells contained therein. | 2010-12-30 |
20100330400 | Apparatus and methods for battery installation - Apparatus and methods for placement of battery packs in portable information handling systems such as notebook and netbook computers. A first set of pivot features may be provided on opposing sidewalls of a battery well that interface with a corresponding set of mating pivot features provided on exterior end surfaces of a battery pack such that the battery pack may be pivoted into and out from the battery well to install or release it from the system, e.g., pivoted from the bottom of the portable information handling system in a manner that does not interfere with, or require modification to, the lid and display of the portable information handling system. A latch mechanism and battery release feature may be further provided that acts to transfer horizontal manipulation (e.g., horizontal sliding motion) of the battery release feature to a vertical latching action that acts to lift the battery pack out from the portable information handling system chassis when releasing the battery pack from the chassis. | 2010-12-30 |
20100330401 | NON-BALANCED LITHIUM-ION MICROBATTERY - The lithium-ion microbattery comprises a positive electrode having a first Li | 2010-12-30 |
20100330402 | CAP ASSEMBLY WITH DESIRABLE SAFETY PERFORMANCE - A cap assembly with desirable safety performance for use in lithium ion batteries, includes an insulating gasket defining a through hole therein, a rupture plate positioned in the through hole, a vent plate defining an air hole electrically connected with the rupture plate, a current interrupt device disposed on the rupture plate, and an end cap defining an air exhaust hole assembled on the current interrupt device. The current interrupt device has an upper conductive plate electrically connected with the end cap, a lower conductive plate electrically connected with the rupture plate, and a fuse electrically connecting the upper conductive plate and the lower conductive plate. When the current intensity in the lithium ion battery exceeds a predetermined value, the fuse melts to cut off the current path. | 2010-12-30 |
20100330403 | Coupling waste heat into batteries - A system for maintaining battery temperatures for energy storage systems using heat created by power electronic device needed to interface the batteries to external power sources or loads is described. Waste heat is a product of internal resistance found in all electronic devices passing current. High-temperature electronics comprised of, silicon-on-insulator, silicon-on-sapphire, silicon-carbide, gallium-nitride or in conjunction with or combination of other wide bandgap semiconductors can used to monitor, charge or discharge the battery array. A thermal system where heat generated by power electronics is used to assist the thermal management of battery energy storage system increases overall system efficiency. | 2010-12-30 |
20100330404 | BATTERY HOUSING TRAY AND ASSEMBLED-BATTERY HOUSING TRAY USING THE SAME - A PTC resistor according to the present invention comprises at least one PTC composition which comprises at least one resin and at least two conductive materials. The at least two conductive materials comprises at least two conductive materials different from each other. The at least one PTC composition may comprise a first PTC composition which comprises a first resin and at least one first conductive material and a second PTC composition which is compounded with the first PTC composition and comprises a second resin and at least one second conductive material. The at least one first conductive material is at least partially different from the at least one second conductive material. One of the first resin and the second resin may comprise a reactant resin and a reactive resin which is cross-linked with the reactant resin. The PTC resistor may comprise a flame retardant agent. The PTC resistor may comprise a liquid-resistant resin. | 2010-12-30 |
20100330405 | NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY - [Purpose] A purpose of the present invention is to provide a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery with high safety in which breakage of a positive electrode plate and buckling of a negative electrode plate are reduced during charging and discharging. | 2010-12-30 |
20100330406 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH BATTERY - An electronic device includes a main body including a chamber thereon, at least one latching portion defined in an inner side surface of the chamber, a battery received in the chamber, a battery cover to seal the chamber, an electrode connecting member fixed to the battery cover and contacting the battery in the chamber, at least one latching member fixed to a side surface of the electrode connecting member according to the at least one latching portion, and a resilient member compressed between the battery cover and the electrode connecting member to apply a resilient force to pull the battery cover and the electrode connecting member outward. The at least one latching member is blocked by the at least one latching portion. | 2010-12-30 |
20100330407 | BATTERY ASSEMBLING MECHANISM OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A battery assembling mechanism of electronic device includes a housing and a sliding assembly, the housing has a first sidewall, the first sidewall defines an assembling hole; The sliding assembly includes a sliding unit slidably assembled on the housing and able to block a portion of the assembling hole. The battery can be latched or taken out from the housing by sliding the sliding unit. | 2010-12-30 |
20100330408 | BATTERY MODULE OF EXCELLENT HEAT DISSIPATION PROPERTY AND HEAT EXCHANGE MEMBER - Disclosed herein is a battery module including two or more plate-shaped battery cells sequentially stacked, wherein each of the plate-shaped battery cells is constructed in a structure in which an electrode assembly of a cathode/separator/anode structure is mounted in a battery case formed of a laminate sheet including a resin layer and a metal layer, and a heat exchange member, including a plurality of heat exchange plates and a frame to which the heat exchange plates are connected, is mounted at one side of a stack of the battery cells for removing heat generated from the battery cells during the charge and discharge of the battery cells. | 2010-12-30 |
20100330409 | Method and apparatus - A method including: a) depositing a masking material over a substrate comprising silicon; b) removing the masking material using a first process that removes the masking material in preference to silicon; c) removing silicon using a second process that removes silicon in preference to the masking material; d) continuously repeating the sequence of steps a), b) and c) to control the creation of nanowires; and e) stopping repetition of the sequence of steps a), b) and c). | 2010-12-30 |
20100330410 | NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE RECHARGEABLE BATTERY - A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to the present invention includes: a negative-electrode current collector | 2010-12-30 |
20100330411 | THIN FILM BATTERY AND METHOD OF CONNECTING ELECTRODE TERMINAL OF THIN FILM BATTERY - Provided is a thin film battery, including: a base substrate; a cathode current collector pattern and an anode current collector pattern being formed on the base substrate and being electrically separate from each other; a cathode terminal and an anode terminal being directly bonded with the cathode current collector pattern and the anode current collector pattern; a cathode and an anode being disposed on the cathode current collector pattern and the anode current collector pattern; and an electrolyte layer being disposed between the cathode and the anode. | 2010-12-30 |
20100330412 | Secondary battery - A secondary battery including an electrode assembly, a can including a bottom plate and a sidewall extending from the bottom plate, the can being configured to accommodate the electrode assembly, and an insulating case including a plate-shaped main body facing the electrode assembly and a support part extending from the main body, the insulating case being accommodated in the can, wherein the support part of the insulating case includes at least one support wall bent from the main body. | 2010-12-30 |
20100330413 | METAL-RESIN COMPOSITE AND METHOD - A metal-resin composite comprises a metal substrate with concavities in the surface, a first coating layer on the surface of the metal substrate, a second coating layer on the first coating layer, and a third coating layer on the second coating layer. The first coating layer fills the concavities and covers the surface of the substrate. | 2010-12-30 |
20100330414 | BATTERY CAN, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND BATTERY - The method for producing a battery can according to this invention includes the steps of: (1) producing a battery can having a cylindrical side wall, a bottom, and an opening from a steel plate by a can-making process; (2) washing the battery can with tap water or industrial water; (3) washing the battery can with water having a conductivity of 80 μS/cm or less after the step (2); and (4) drying the battery can after the step (3). | 2010-12-30 |
20100330415 | SECONDARY BATTERY HAVING AN INSULATING CASE LOCATED BETWEEN AN ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY AND A CAP ASSEMBLY - A secondary battery having improved high and low temperature stability includes an insulating case which is prevented from being deformed and damaged at high and low temperatures. The secondary battery includes an electrode assembly, a case accommodating the electrode assembly, a cap assembly coupled with the case, and an insulating case positioned between the electrode assembly and the cap assembly. The heat resistance temperature of the insulating case is about 100° Celsius to about 200° Celsius. | 2010-12-30 |
20100330416 | ELECTROLYTE INJECTION AND EXPLOSION PROOF DEVICE FOR USE IN POWER BATTERIES - An electrolyte injection and explosion proof device for use in power batteries includes a cover defining an electrolyte injection hole, a rupture plate detachably disposed on the electrolyte injection hole, and an inner liner pressing the rupture plate on the electrolyte injection hole for sealing the same. The rupture plate detachably mounted on the electrolyte injection hole via pressing or clamping can be readily replaced, so that the power battery can be continuously used when the rupture plate is broken. Additionally, the explosion proof device is mounted on the electrolyte injection hole. The number of holes defined in the cover is reduced and the sealing performance of the power battery is remarkably improved. | 2010-12-30 |
20100330417 | RECHARGEABLE BATTERY WITH ELECTROLYTE INJECTION OPENING SEALING MEMBER - A rechargeable battery having an electrolyte sealing member covering and sealing the electrolyte injection opening. An electrode assembly includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode and a separator wound in a jelly roll configuration. A case houses the electrode assembly. A cap assembly is combined with the case to seal the case, the cap assembly including a positive terminal connected to the positive electrode and a negative terminal connected to the negative electrode. An electrolyte injection opening is formed on the case or the cap assembly. A groove is formed along a periphery of the electrolyte injection opening. An electrolyte sealing member engages the groove. | 2010-12-30 |
20100330418 | POLYMER ELECTROLYTE, BATTERY AND METHOD - A polymer electrolyte comprises a first polymeric matrix, a second polymeric matrix, and a lithium salt. The first polymeric matrix comprises pores. The second polymeric matrix is disposed in at least some of the pores of the first polymeric matrix. The lithium salt is disposed in at least some of the pores of the first polymeric matrix. | 2010-12-30 |
20100330419 | ELECTROSPINNING TO FABRICATE BATTERY ELECTRODES - Provided are electrode assemblies that contain electrochemically active materials for use in batteries, such as lithium ion batteries. Provided also are methods for fabricating these assemblies. In certain embodiments, fabrication involves one or more electrospinning operations such as, for example, electrospinning to deposit a layer of fibers on a conductive substrate. These fibers may include one or more electrochemically active materials. In the same or other embodiments, these or similar fibers can serve as templates for depositing one or more electrochemically active materials. Some examples of active materials include silicon, tin, and/or germanium. Also provided are electrode fibers that include cores containing a first active material and shells or optionally second shells (surrounding inner shells) containing a second active material. The second active material is electrochemically opposite to the first active material. One or more shells can function as a separator and/or as an electrolyte. | 2010-12-30 |
20100330420 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ELECTROCHEMICAL ELEMENT ELECTRODE - Includes the steps of preparing a sheet-like current collector | 2010-12-30 |
20100330421 | CORE-SHELL HIGH CAPACITY NANOWIRES FOR BATTERY ELECTRODES - Provided are nanostructures containing electrochemically active materials, battery electrodes containing these nanostructures for use in electrochemical batteries, such as lithium ion batteries, and methods of forming the nanostructures and battery electrodes. The nanostructures include conductive cores, inner shells containing active materials, and outer shells partially coating the inner shells. The high capacity active materials having a stable capacity of at least about 1000 mAh/g can be used. Some examples include silicon, tin, and/or germanium. The outer shells may be configured to substantially prevent formation of Solid Electrolyte lnterphase (SEI) layers directly on the inner shells. The conductive cores and/or outer shells may include carbon containing materials. The nanostructures are used to form battery electrodes, in which the nanostructures that are in electronic communication with conductive substrates of the electrodes. | 2010-12-30 |
20100330422 | Unit Cell for Secondary Battery Having Conductive Sheet Layer and Lithium Ion Secondary Battery Having the Same - Disclosed herein is a unit cell for a lithium ion secondary battery, which includes an electrode laminate formed in such a manner that a plurality of unit structures are stacked, each of which includes and least one electrode and at least one separation layer; and at least one conductive sheet layer located between certain layers in the electrode laminate and electrically connected to an electrode lead. The conductive sheet layer of the unit cell for the lithium ion secondary battery rapidly conducts current to the outside or generates heat in quantity smaller than the quantity of heat generated in positive and negative electrodes when short-circuit occurs due to a physical or electrical impact applied to the battery. Accordingly, it is possible to reduce the risk of firing or explosion due to the physical or electrical impact to improve the safety of the lithium ion secondary battery. | 2010-12-30 |
20100330423 | INTERCONNECTED HOLLOW NANOSTRUCTURES CONTAINING HIGH CAPACITY ACTIVE MATERIALS FOR USE IN RECHARGEABLE BATTERIES - Provided are electrode layers for use in rechargeable batteries, such as lithium ion batteries, and related fabrication techniques. These electrode layers have interconnected hollow nanostructures that contain high capacity electrochemically active materials, such as silicon, tin, and germanium. In certain embodiments, a fabrication technique involves forming a nanoscale coating around multiple template structures and at least partially removing and/or shrinking these structures to form hollow cavities. These cavities provide space for the active materials of the nanostructures to swell into during battery cycling. This design helps to reduce the risk of pulverization and to maintain electrical contacts among the nanostructures. It also provides a very high surface area available ionic communication with the electrolyte. The nanostructures have nanoscale shells but may be substantially larger in other dimensions. Nanostructures can be interconnected during forming the nanoscale coating, when the coating formed around two nearby template structures overlap. | 2010-12-30 |
20100330424 | NEGATIVE ELECTRODE FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERIES AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY - A negative electrode ( | 2010-12-30 |
20100330425 | PASSIVATION FILM FOR SOLID ELECTROLYTE INTERFACE OF THREE DIMENSIONAL COPPER CONTAINING ELECTRODE IN ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE - A system and method for fabricating lithium-ion batteries using thin-film deposition processes that form three-dimensional structures is provided. In one embodiment, an anodic structure used to form an energy storage device is provided. The anodic structure comprises a conductive substrate, a plurality of conductive microstructures formed on the substrate, a passivation film formed over the conductive microstructures, and an insulative separator layer formed over the conductive microstructures, wherein the conductive microstructures comprise columnar projections. | 2010-12-30 |
20100330426 | Electrode Active Material and Method of Making The Same - The invention provides an electrochemical cell which includes a first electrode and a second electrode which is a counter electrode to said first electrode, and an electrolyte material interposed there between. The first electrode includes an alkali metal phosphorous compound doped with an element having a valence state greater than that of the alkali metal. | 2010-12-30 |
20100330427 | NEGATIVE ELECTRODE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME AND NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY - In a negative electrode including a negative electrode plate, a negative electrode lead, and an alloy layer, the negative electrode plate includes a negative electrode current collector and a thin film-like negative electrode active material layer including an alloy-based negative electrode active material and being formed on a surface of the negative electrode current collector; the negative electrode lead contains at least one metal or alloy selected from the group consisting of nickel, nickel alloys, copper, and copper alloys; and the negative electrode current collector and the negative electrode lead are bonded to each other via an alloy layer. As such, in the negative electrode utilizing an alloy-based negative electrode active material, the negative electrode current collector and the negative electrode lead are bonded to each other in an efficient and secured manner, and the conductivity between the negative electrode current collector and the negative electrode lead is improved. As a result, a high capacity negative electrode having good current collecting performance is obtained. | 2010-12-30 |
20100330428 | METHOD OF MAKING TIN-BASED ALLOYS FOR NEGATIVE ELECTRODE COMPOSITIONS - Powder milling techniques, tin-based alloys formed thereby, and the use of such alloys as electrode compositions for lithium ion batteries are provided. The alloys include tin and at least one transition metal but contain no silicon. The powder milling is done using low energy roller milling (pebble milling). | 2010-12-30 |
20100330429 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY - A positive electrode active material having an average from 1 μm or lager to smaller than 5 μm and containing a large number of crystal grains being composed of lithium manganate of spinel structure containing lithium and manganese as constituent elements, whose crystallite size is 500 to 1,500 nm in powder X-ray diffraction pattern, and whose value of a lattice strain (η) of 0.05×10 | 2010-12-30 |
20100330430 | LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY WITH HIGH ENERGY DENSITY - The present invention relates to electrodes for a lithium secondary battery with a high energy density and a secondary battery with a high energy density using the same. A negative electrode includes a material which can be alloyed with lithium alloy. A positive electrode is made of a transition metal oxide which can reversibly intercalate or deintercalate lithium. Here, the entire reversible lithium storage capacity of the positive electrode is greater than the capacity of lithium dischargeable from the positive electrode. Further, the present invention relates to electrodes for a lithium secondary battery in which metal lithium is coated on a negative electrode, a positive electrode, or both, a method of manufacturing the electrodes, and a lithium secondary battery including the electrodes. The lithium secondary battery of the present invention is excellent in safety because metal lithium does not remain after being activated and excellent in a capacity per unit weight. | 2010-12-30 |
20100330431 | ELECTRIC STORAGE DEVICE AND FABRICATING METHOD THEREFOR - An electrode laminate unit | 2010-12-30 |
20100330432 | POWDER MIXTURE FOR MANUFACTURE OF A BATTERY ELECTRODE, A RESPECTIVE BATTERY ELECTRODE AND A METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - A method for manufacturing of a powder mixture for a battery electrode that includes suspending of particles of at least one binder within an inert solvent producing a first suspension, slowly suspending of particles of an active material within the first suspension producing a second suspension, drying of the second suspension producing a granulate material. Further relates to a respective powder mixture, an electrode and a method of manufacturing the electrode. | 2010-12-30 |
20100330433 | FAST CURE GEL POLYMER ELECTROLYTES - Fast-cure gel polymer electrolytes are prepared by trapping an oligo(alkylene glycol)siloxane or silane in a three dimensional polymer matrix. An ion-conducting phase of the electrolyte contains a siloxane or silane compound and a lithium salt. Such siloxanes or silanes include a silicon or silicon oxide group having four or less substituents that is an oligo(alkylene glycol), or cyclic carbonate moiety. | 2010-12-30 |
20100330434 | Microbial Fuel Cell and Method - A microbial fuel cell includes a cell housing having first and second chambers. The first chamber is adapted for containing a fluid including a biomas. The second chamber is adapted for containing an oxygenated fluid. A cathode extends into the cell housing second chamber and an anode segment of an electrode assembly extends into the cell housing first chamber. The electrode assembly has multiple, substantially aligned, fibers. The outer surfaces of the fibers of the anode segment are adapted for receiving a biofilm. | 2010-12-30 |
20100330435 | ELECTROCHEMICAL ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE BASED ON CARBON DIOXIDE AS ELECTROACTIVE SPECIES - An electrochemical energy storage device comprising a primary positive electrode, a negative electrode, and one or more ionic conductors. The ionic conductors ionically connect the primary positive electrode with the negative electrode. The primary positive electrode comprises carbon dioxide (CO | 2010-12-30 |
20100330436 | ZINC AIR CELL ADAPTABLE TO CELLULAR PHONE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a method of fabricating a zinc-air cell and a zinc-air cell fabricated using the same. The zinc-air cell includes a cup adapted to function as a sealant of the cell, a film adapted to function as an anode of the cell and bonded on the cup, wherein the film has a first surface with a hydrophobic property and a second surface with ion permeability, and the second surface comes in contact with the cup, and a zinc gel adapted to function as a cathode of the cell and filled between the cup and the sealant. The method of fabricating a zinc-air cell includes preparing a cup having a central portion of a downward depressed shape and functioning as a sealant of the cell, bonding a film adapted to function as an anode of the cell on the cup, and filling a zinc gel, which functions as a cathode of the cell, in a space between the cup and the sealant. | 2010-12-30 |
20100330437 | METAL-AIR FLOW CELL - A metal-air flow battery is provided that comprises a tank configured to contain an anode paste material; a reaction tube in fluid communication with the tank, the reaction tube comprising an air electrode, an outer surface configured to allow air to enter the reaction tube, and an internal passage; and a mechanism for moving the anode paste material through the internal passage of the reaction tube. | 2010-12-30 |
20100330438 | PASSIVE DILUTION UNIT FOR DILUTING FUELS - The present invention relates to a passive dilution unit which has a throughflow channel for fuel, the throughflow channel having at least one window in which a membrane provided with a catalyst is fitted. By means of diffusive processes, for example atmospheric oxygen can penetrate through the membrane to the fuel flow and cause a reaction by means of oxidative processes imparted by the catalyst, in which reaction the fuel is oxidised into water. The thereby resulting water is retained directly in the fuel flow and thereby directly dilutes the fuel. | 2010-12-30 |
20100330439 | Electrochemical cells utilizing Taylor Vortex Flows - Electrochemical cells ( | 2010-12-30 |
20100330440 | METHOD OF OPERATING FUEL CELL WITH HIGH POWER AND HIGH POWER FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A fuel cell is operated with high power such that which a humidified gas and a dry gas are selectively supplied as oxidant to a cathode of the fuel cell. This method includes (S1) supplying a humidified gas while a power is constantly maintained or until the power begins to decrease; (S2) after supplying the humidified gas, supplying a dry gas to obtain a greater power than an average power of the step (S1); and (S3) after obtaining a predetermined power in the step (S2), repeatedly supplying a humidified gas in case the power decreases and supplying a dry gas in case the power decreases again afterwards, thereby increasing the power such that the predetermined power is maintained. This method provides an optimal operating condition to a fuel cell, thereby ensuring a high power. | 2010-12-30 |
20100330441 | GARBAGE IN POWER OUT (GIPO) THERMAL CONVERSION PROCESS - A system for gasifying a carbonaceous feedstock, such as municipal waste, to generate power includes a devolitization reactor that creates char from the feedstock and a gasifier that creates a product gas from both the char and from volatiles released when devolitizing the feedstock. The product gas is reacted in a fuel cell to create electrical energy and process heat. The process heat is used to heat the devolitization reactor and the gasifier. The gasifier comprises a plurality of configurable circuits that can each be tuned to meet the individual needs of the char material being gasified. | 2010-12-30 |
20100330442 | PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELL - A power generator comprising a hydrogen generator and a fuel cell stack having an anode exposed to hydrogen from the hydrogen generator and a cathode exposed to an ambient environment. Hydrophobic and hydrophilic layers are used to promote flow of water away from the cathode. A diffusion path thus separates the fuel cell cathode from the hydrogen generator. In one embodiment, water vapor generated from the fuel cell substantially matches water used by the hydrogen generator to generate hydrogen. | 2010-12-30 |
20100330443 | HYDROGEN PRODUCTION METHOD, HYDROGEN PRODUCTION SYSTEM, AND FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A hydrogen production method includes: a first process in which nitrogen compounds of metal and water are reacted to produce ammonia and hydroxide of the metal; a second process in which hydrogen compounds of a metal and the ammonia produced in the first process are reacted; and a third process in which hydrogen compounds of a metal and the hydroxide of the metal produced in the first process are reacted. | 2010-12-30 |
20100330444 | HYDROGEN GENERATING APPARATUS AND FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A hydrogen generating apparatus ( | 2010-12-30 |
20100330445 | Fuel reformers utilizing taylor vortex flows - Steam, partial oxidation and pyrolytic fuel reformers ( | 2010-12-30 |
20100330446 | HYDROGEN SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR STARTING UP A HYDROGEN SYSTEM - A hydrogen system ( | 2010-12-30 |
20100330447 | Fuel cell system and method - A fuel cell system capable of appropriately regenerating a catalyst on a cathode side or an anode side is provided. A fuel cell system ( | 2010-12-30 |
20100330448 | Fuel cell power plant having improved operating efficiencies - A fuel cell power plant ( | 2010-12-30 |
20100330449 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND STACK THEREOF - A fuel cell system includes a fuel supply, an air supply, a plurality of unit cells being stacked, and a stack. The stack includes: a plurality of unit cells, each comprising separators and a membrane assembly (MEA) disposed between the separators; a fuel inlet configured to introduce a fuel to the unit cell; an unreacted fuel outlet configured to emit unreacted fuel from the stack; a fuel bypass path; a fuel distribution path configured to distribute the fuel to each of the unit cells; and an unreacted fuel inducing path configured to channel the unreacted fuel to the unreacted fuel outlet. | 2010-12-30 |
20100330450 | Tubular Solid Oxide Fuel Cells With Porous Metal Supports and Ceramic Interconnections - An intermediate temperature solid oxide fuel cell structure capable of operating at from 600° C. to 800° C. having a very thin porous hollow elongated metallic support tube having a thickness from 0.10 mm to 1.0 mm, preferably 0.10 mm to 0.35 mm, a porosity of from 25 vol. % to 50 vol. % and a tensile strength from 700 GPa to 900 GPa, which metallic tube supports a reduced thickness air electrode having a thickness from 0.010 mm to 0.2 mm, a solid oxide electrolyte, a cermet fuel electrode, a ceramic interconnection and an electrically conductive cell to cell contact layer. | 2010-12-30 |
20100330451 | ELECTRODE CATALYST SUBSTRATE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELL - A method for producing an electrode catalyst substrate is provided herein, which comprises a carbon film forming step of forming a porous carbon film on a base, a hydrophilization step of hydrophilizing the porous carbon film, an immersion step of immersing the base in a solution prepared by dissolving catalytic metal ions in a polar solvent, and a reduction step of adding a reducing agent to the solution and thus reducing the catalytic metal ions. An electrode catalyst substrate obtained by the method and a polymer electrolyte fuel cell in which the electrode catalyst obtained by the method is used for anodes and/or cathodes are also provided herein. In the electrode catalyst of the present invention, fine catalyst particles are loaded in a uniform and highly dispersed manner. | 2010-12-30 |
20100330452 | Layered Electrodes and Membrane Electrode Assemblies Employing the Same - According to at least one aspect of the present invention, a layered catalyst having an active area is provided. In at least one embodiment, the layered electrode includes a first catalyst layer having a first noble metal concentration and a first ionomer concentration, and a second catalyst layer disposed next to the first catalyst layer, the second catalyst layer having a second noble metal concentration different from the first noble metal concentration and a second ionomer concentration different from the first ionomer concentration. In at least another embodiment, the metallic alloy includes a metallic alloy of platinum, nickel, and cobalt. | 2010-12-30 |
20100330453 | POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE FOR FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A polymer electrolyte membrane for a fuel cell has a crystalline fusion enthalpy measured by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) of about 67.3 J/g or more. Such crystallinity improves dimensional stability, mechanical characteristics, and ion conductivity of the polymer electrolyte membrane. | 2010-12-30 |
20100330454 | POLYMER ELECTROLYTE COMPOSITION - A polymer electrolyte composition comprising a component (A) defined below, and at least one kind of a component (B) selected from the group consisting of a component (B1) defined below and a component (B2) defined below: (A) a polymer electrolyte; (B1) a compound having a degree of affinity for platinum of 10% or more; and (B2) a compound having at least two kinds of atoms having an unshared electron pair, selected from the group consisting of a nitrogen atom, a phosphorus atom, and a sulfur atom in the molecule. | 2010-12-30 |
20100330455 | ADVANCED SOLID ACID ELECTROLYTE COMPOSITES - Solid acid/surface-hydrogen-containing secondary component electrolyte composites, methods of synthesizing such materials, electrochemical device incorporating such materials, and uses of such materials in fuel cells, membrane reactors and hydrogen separations are provided. The stable electrolyte composite material comprises a solid acid component capable of undergoing rotational disorder of oxyanion groups and capable of extended operation at a wide temperature range and a secondary compound with surface hydrogen atoms, which when intimately mixed, results in a composite material with improved conductivity, mechanical and thermal properties, when compared to pure solid acid compound. | 2010-12-30 |
20100330456 | Solid polymer electrolyte membrane and production method of the same - An object is to provide a solid polymer electrolyte membrane for solid polymer electrolyte fuel cell, which has high durability, as well as a membrane electrode assembly and a solid polymer electrolyte fuel cell, each containing the same. The solid polymer electrolyte membrane is produced using polymer electrolyte-containing solution preparation step of dissolving a perfluorocarbonsulfonic acid resin (component A) having an ion-exchange capacity of 0.5 to 3.0 meq/g, a polyazole-based compound (component B) and an alkali metal hydroxide in a protic solvent to prepare a polymer electrolyte-containing solution in which a weight ratio of the component A to component B, (A/B), is from 2.3 to 199 and a total weight of the component A and the component B is from 0.5 to 30% by weight. In a membrane formation step, a membrane is formed from the polymer electrolyte-containing solution. | 2010-12-30 |
20100330457 | SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL - A stacked body for a solid oxide fuel cell includes a fuel electrode layer having a fuel channel formed therein, an electrolyte layer, and an air electrode layer. The fuel electrode layer contains zircon. With this, the degree of the contraction of the fuel electrode layer, which is produced when a reduction process is executed to the fuel electrode layer in order to allow the fuel electrode layer to function as an anode electrode, can be suppressed. When a reduction process is performed to the fuel channel in the assembled stack structure that includes plural stacked bodies and plural interconnectors, the present invention can prevent the occurrence of the situation in which the electrical connection is lost at a part of the electrically connected portion between the stacked body and the interconnector due to the contraction. | 2010-12-30 |
20100330458 | VARIABLE CATALYST LOADING BASED ON FLOW FIELD GEOMETRY - A fuel cell including a membrane electrode assembly composed of a ionically conductive member sandwiched between a pair of electrodes. At least one of the electrodes including a catalyst loading characterized by catalytic activity that varies in proportion to the catalyst loading. Moreover, the fuel cell includes a flow path for supplying gaseous reactants to the electrodes and the catalyst loading is varied according to the flow path geometry. | 2010-12-30 |
20100330459 | Direct reaction fuel cells utilizing taylor vortex flows - Direct reaction fuel cells ( | 2010-12-30 |
20100330460 | DYNAMIC ACCELERATED REACTION BATTERIES UTILIZING TAYLOR VORTEX FLOWS - Dynamic accelerated reaction batteries ( | 2010-12-30 |
20100330461 | Fuel Cell - In a fuel cell, an elastic body provides first protrusion T | 2010-12-30 |
20100330462 | CORROSION RESISTANT MOLDED GRAPHITE PLATES FOR HIGHLY CORROSIVE ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICES - A graphite plate for electrochemical devices produced from a mixture of solid thermosetting ether-based epoxy resin particles and graphite particles compression molded at room temperature and heated to a temperature greater than about 200° C. | 2010-12-30 |
20100330463 | PROCESS FOR PREPARING OF A CATALYST SOLUTION FOR FUEL CELL AND A MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY USING THE SAME - The present invention discloses a process for preparing catalyst solution for a membrane-electrode assembly in a fuel cell, which comprises the steps of a) mixing a catalyst solution (Solution A) wherein catalyst particles are dispersed in water and an ion conductive resin solution (Solution B) wherein an ion conductive resin is dissolved in water, low boiling point organic solvent or a mixture thereof, to form a dispersion; b) mixing the dispersion obtained from step a) with functional additive dissolved in high boiling point solvent or a mixture of low boiling point solvent arid water (Solution C) to prepare catalyst ink dispersion; and c) aging the catalyst ink dispersion obtained from step b). | 2010-12-30 |
20100330464 | Method of Correcting an Error in Phase Difference in a Phase Shift Mask - Disclosed is a method of correcting an error in a phase difference in a phase shift mask, in which a phase shift pattern is formed on a light transmitting substrate, wherein the method includes: determining generation of an error in a phase difference by measuring a phase of a light transmitted through the light transmitting substrate and a phase of a light transmitted through the phase shift pattern; and correcting the error in the phase difference by coating a self-assembled monolayer on the light transmitting substrate when the error of the phase difference is generated. | 2010-12-30 |
20100330465 | Photomask For Forming A Line-Type Pattern And Method Of Fabricating The Pattern Using The Photomask - Disclosed is a photomask for forming a line-type pattern extending in a first direction, which includes a light transmitting substrate, and a main pattern corresponding to the line-type pattern provided with a plurality of unit patterns slanted relative to the first direction by a predetermined angle and arranged on the light transmitting substrate along the first direction. | 2010-12-30 |
20100330466 | PELLICLE FRAME AND LITHOGRAPHIC PELLICLE - A pellicle frame is provided that comprises a pellicle frame bar having a quadrilateral cross-section, wherein an upper edge and a lower edge of a basic quadrilateral forming said cross-section are parallel to each other and each of side edges of the basic quadrilateral has one quadrilateral recess. There is also provided a lithographic pellicle that includes a pellicle film stretched over one end face of the pellicle frame via a pellicle film adhesive, and that includes an exposure master plate adhesive on the other end face. | 2010-12-30 |
20100330467 | PELLICLE FRAME AND LITHOGRAPHIC PELLICLE - A pellicle frame is provided that includes a pellicle frame bar having a cross-section with a shape that has a curved line-containing recess in at least one side edge of a quadrilateral having an upper edge and a lower edge parallel to each other and an area of no greater than 20 mm | 2010-12-30 |
20100330468 | HALFTONE MASK AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF AND METHOD FOR FORMING FILM USING THE SAME - Embodiments relate to halftone masks that can uniformly form the height of an underlying layer in two regions that are spaced apart from each other, a manufacturing method thereof, and a method for forming a film using the same. The halftone mask includes a first light blocking unit and a second light blocking unit, and a semi-transmitting unit that is disposed adjacent to the side of the second light blocking unit. The first and second light blocking units block light and are spaced apart from each other at a predetermined interval. The semi-transmitting unit is positioned at a side far from the first light blocking unit and reduces intensity of light. Sum of the second length of the second light blocking unit and the third length of the semi-transmitting unit is larger than the first length of the first blocking unit. | 2010-12-30 |
20100330469 | Overlay Target for Polarized Light Lithography - A target and method for use in polarized light lithography. A preferred embodiment comprises a first structure located on a reference layer, wherein the first structure is visible through a second layer, and a second structure located on the second layer, wherein the second structure is formed from a photomask containing a plurality of sub-structures oriented in a first orientation, wherein a polarized light is used to pattern the second structure onto the second layer, and wherein a polarization of the polarized light is the same as the orientation of the plurality of sub-structures. The position, size, and shape of the second structure is dependent upon a polarity of the polarized light, permitting a single design for an overlay target to be used with different polarities of polarized light. | 2010-12-30 |