Method for fabricating locally reinforced metallic microfeature
The exemplary methods described herein are differentiated from one another by the type and number of process steps, the materials used, as well as by the number of masks required for the photopattern... Read More
Inventors: Mueller-Fiedler, Roland; Graf, Juergen; Kessel, Stefan; Rehder, Joerg;, Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHl (Stuttgart, DE) |
Topcoat process to prevent image collapse
OF A PREFERRED EMBODIMENT Reference is made to the figure to illustrate selected embodiments and preferred modes of carrying out the invention. It is to be understood that the invention is not hereby... Read More
Inventors: Simons, John P.; McCullough, Kenneth J.; Moreau, Wayne M.; Taft, Charles J.;, Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY) |
High pressure and high temperature reaction system
Embodiments of an apparatus and methods for mitigation of corrosion in a high pressure and high temperature reaction system that can be used for oxidative waste treatment under supercritical water con... Read More
Inventors: Gidner, Anders; Stenmark, Lars;, Assignee: Chematur Engineering AB (Karlskoga, SE) |
Method for manufacture of ultra-thin film capacitor
Broadly, according to the present invention, a suitable substrate is provided to which is applied a metal electrically conductive film electrode. The substrate is usually a dielectric or semiconductor... Read More
Inventors: Bhattacharyya, Arup; Chu, Wei-Kan; Howard, James K.; Wiedman, Francis W.;, Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY) |
Photovoltaic-storage battery device
The invention contemplates elimination of the above problems, and its object is to provide a novel composite photovoltaic-storage battery device having a photovoltaic element and a storage battery whi... Read More
Inventors: Ezawa, Masayoshi; Misumi, Akira; Suzuki, Kenkichi; Kumada, Masaharu;, Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd. (Tokyo, JP) |
Hollow cathode
Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: 1. In an electron beam apparatus, the improvement which comprises a hollow cathode structure compri... Read More
Inventors: Cuomo, Jerome J.; Kaufman, Harold R.; Rossnagel, Stephen M.;, Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY) |
Integrable solid state battery and process for producing same
I claim: 1. A process for producing a solid state battery successively comprising, superimposed between two metallic contact elements, a layer or thin film of an alkali metal which provides a source o... Read More
Inventors: Balkanski, Minko;, Assignee: |
Thin film ion conducting coating
A transparent thin film ion-conductive and electronically resistive layer is formed by deposition of mixed oxides of lithium and tantalum or lithium and niobium on electro-optically active substrates ... Read More
Inventors: Goldner, Ronald B.; Haas, Terry; Wong, Kwok-Keung; Seward, George;, Assignee: Tufts University (Medford, MA) |
Ion-beam based deposition of coatings for electrochromic devices
Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new and desire to seek by Letters Patent is: 1. A method of depositing coatings for electrochromic devices comprising the steps of: providing a li... Read More
Inventors: Goldner, Ronald B.; Arntz, Floyd O.; Morel, Bertrand; Haas, Terry E.; Wong, Kwok-Keung;, Assignee: Tufts University (Medford, MA) |
Amorphic diamond material produced by laser plasma deposition
OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Turning to the drawings, an apparatus in accordance with the present invention is illustrated. Broadly speaking, apparatus 10 includes laser beam 12 which enters sealed c... Read More
Inventors: Collins, Carl B.; Davanloo, Farzin;, Assignee: Board of Regents The University of Texas System (Austin, TX) |
Ion-beam based deposition of coatings for electrochromic devices
Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new and desire to seek by Letters Patent is: 1. An electrochromic device comprising: a light transmissive substrate having a first layer of electr... Read More
Inventors: Goldner, Ronald B.; Arntz, Floyd O.; Morel, Bertrand; Haas, Terry E.; Wong, Kwok-Keung;, Assignee: Tufts University (Medford, MA) |
Solid electrolyte fuel cells
The use of flexible pre-sintered electrolyte or other structural layers for the fabrication of fuel cell structures in accordance with the invention offers a number of processing and performance adva... Read More
Inventors: Aitken, Bruce G.; Faber, Margaret K.; Ketcham, Thomas D.; St. Julien, Dell J.;, Assignee: Corning Incorporated (Corning, NY) |
Vapor deposition apparatus and method
OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Referring now to FIG. 1, there is shown an inner evaporation crucible 1 surrounded by a second evaporation crucible 2. The inner evaporation crucible 1 contains a charge 3 of... Read More
Inventors: Bishop, Alan W.; Bray, David J.; Gardiner, Robert W.; Viney, Brian W.;, Assignee: The Secretary of the State for Defence in Her Britannic Majesty's (Hants, GB2) |
Process for coating with single source precursors
It is therefore an object of the invention to provide a chemical vapor deposition method for depositing thin coatings of metal chalcogenides in which the use of reasonable pressures greatly simplifies... Read More
Inventors: Winter, Charles H.; Lewkebandara, T. Suren;, Assignee: Wayne State University (Detroit, MI) |
Accelerator pedal calibration and fault detection
What is claimed is: 1. A calibration for use with a vehicle equipped with said throttle controlled engine and an electronic control unit having a processor for executing a predetermined set of instruc... Read More
Inventors: Graves, Jr., Roger A.;, Assignee: Eaton Corporation (Cleveland, OH) |
Method for forming a photoelectric deposited film
An object of the present invention is to provide a deposited film forming method and a deposited film forming apparatus wherein a deposited film having a composition distribution in a direction of fil... Read More
Inventors: Kanai, Masahiro; Fujioka, Yasushi; Yoshino, Takehito; Hori, Tadashi;, Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Tokyo, JP) |
Process for preparing high crystallinity oxide thin film
Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a process for preparing an oxide thin film having clean and smooth surfaces with high crystallinity and excellent properties, which has... Read More
Inventors: Tanaka, So; Iiyama, Michitomo;, Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. (Osaka, JP) |
Solid polymer electrolyte-based oxygen batteries
OF THE INVENTION The invention is understood by referring to FIG. 1 which depicts a polymer electrolyte-based Li/O.sub.2 battery cell. In this FIG. 1 is the solid polymer electrolyte, A is the Li ano... Read More
Inventors: Abraham, Kuzhikalail M.; Jiang, Zhiping;, Assignee: EIC Laboratories, Inc. (Norwood, MA) |
Process for making photovoltaic devices and resultant product
What is claimed is: 1. A process for making a photovoltaic device, comprising: establishing a contained environment heated in a steady state during the processing; introducing vapors of cadmium and te... Read More
Inventors: Foote, James B.; Kaake, Steven A. F.; Meyers, Peter V.; Nolan, James F.;, Assignee: Solar Cells, Inc. (Toledo, OH) |
Packaging material for thin film lithium batteries
This invention resides in a thin film battery including components which are capable of reacting upon exposure to air and water vapor. The improvement comprises a protective sheath overlying and coati... Read More
Inventors: Bates, John B.; Dudney, Nancy J.; Weatherspoon, Kim A.;, Assignee: |
Magnetron sputtering source for low pressure operation
Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide an apparatus and method for low pressure, high-rate, magnetron sputtering. A further object of the present invention is to provide an a... Read More
Inventors: Lai, Kwok F.;, Assignee: Varian Associates, Inc. (Palo Alto, CA) |
Integrated power source
In accordance with the invention of a self-contained, energy renewable power source, recent advances in technology have centered on the following achievements: 1. Improved performance and stability of... Read More
Inventors: Lew, Ark L.; Suter, Joseph J.; Le, Binh Q.;, Assignee: The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, MD) |
Polymer-ceramic composite electrolytes
The present invention meets those needs by providing a polymeric-ceramic composite electrolyte which may be formed into a thin film for use in a variety of electrochemical applications including lithi... Read More
Inventors: Kumar, Binod; Scanlon, Jr., Lawrence G.; Schaffer, Jeffrey D.;, Assignee: The University of Dayton (Dayton, OH) |
Solid state thin film battery having a high temperature lithium alloy anode
OF THE INVENTION Since the Li anode has the lowest melting point of the active components of a typical thin-film, solid state, rechargeable lithium battery, any increase in anode melting point transl... Read More
Inventors: Hobson, David O.;, Assignee: Lockheed Martin Energy Research Corporation (Oak Ridge, TN) |
Electrical circuit component formed of a conductive liquid printed directly onto a substrate
An object of the present invention is to provide articles containing electrical components which are directly printed onto a substrate and are capable of performing their electric circuit function, as... Read More
Inventors: Isen, Irvin; Kucherovsky, Joseph;, Assignee: Paramount Packaging Corporation (Chalfont, PA) |
Apparatus for coating a moving glass substrate
The invention relates an apparatus for coating a moving substrate e.g. a glass ribbon supported and advancing on a pool of molten metal e.g. tin, with a film or coating having a continuously changing ... Read More
Inventors: Neuman, George A.; Sopko, John F.; Dauson, Douglas S.;, Assignee: PPG Industries, Inc. (Pittsburgh, PA) |
High temperature superconducting thick films
To achieve the foregoing and other objects, and in accordance with the purposes of the present invention, as embodied and broadly described herein, the present invention provides a superconducting art... Read More
Inventors: Arendt, Paul N.; Wu, Xin Di; Foltyn, Steve R.;, Assignee: The Regents of the University of California (Los Alamos, NM) |
Solid oxide fuel cells
We claim: 1. A bi-material fuel cell unit comprising: a first ceramic ionic conductor material forming an electrolytic layer having an anode side and a cathode side; a second material forming two cera... Read More
Inventors: Chiao, Yi-Hung;, Assignee: The Dow Chemical Company (Midland, MI) |
Lithium ion secondary battery and method of fabricating thereof
OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT The mode of carrying out the present invention is described based on FIG. 1 to FIG. 5. FIG. 1 is a sectional view of the principal part showing a practical mode of the lit... Read More
Inventors: Hamano, Kouji; Shiota, Hisashi; Shiraga, Shou; Aihara, Shigeru; Yoshida, Yasuhiro; Murai, Michio; Inuzuka, Takayuki;, Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha (Tokyo, JP) |
Universal cold-cathode type ion source with closed-loop electron drifting and adjustable ion-emitting slit
OF THE INVENTION FIGS. 4, 4A, and 5--Ion Source with Adjustable Width of the Emitting Slit FIG. 4 is a sectional side view along the line IV--IV of FIG. 5 illustrating an ion-beam source according to... Read More
Inventors: Maishev, Yuri; Ritter, James; Velikov, Leonid;, Assignee: Advanced Ion Technology, Inc. (Fremont, CA) |
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