Flowmeter-controlled valving
In accordance with certain aspects of the present teachings, it is recognized that operation of fluid-control valves in response to flowmeter measurements and setpoint instruction signals can be impro... Read More
Inventors: Ewing, James H.;, Assignee: MKS Instruments, Inc. (Andover, MA) |
Method for single side spray processing of printed circuit boards
The foregoing problems are overcome and other advantages are provided by an apparatus and method for single sided spray processing of articles. In accordance with one embodiment of the invention, an a... Read More
Inventors: Siegmund, Arthur J.; Ladouceur, Henry E.;, Assignee: Siegmund, Inc. (Hamden, CT) |
Curved surface cassette/gel system
The invention provides a curved surface cassette/gel system for easily and efficiently pressing a slab electrophoresis gel and electrophoresis sample into a cassette. In general, the walls of the cass... Read More
Inventors: Anderson, Norman L.;, Assignee: Large Scale Biology Corporation (Rockville, MD) |
Cable clamp
I claim: 1. A clamp assembly comprising a body member having two slotted openings formed in part by two flexible wall portions, a foot element between said wall portions connected thereto with a reduc... Read More
Inventors: Petersen, Poul;, Assignee: Danfoss A/S (Nordborg, DK) |
Wire-guide latching device for a wire-harness assembly form board
I claim: 1. A wire-guide latching assembly for a wire-harness assembly forming board comprising: a first post having first and second ends, said first end coupled to the board and said second end term... Read More
Inventors: Kellogg, James A.;, Assignee: Lockheed Corporation (Burbank, CA) |
Amorphous refractory settable at low temperatures
The invention provides an amorphous refractory comprising a usual refractory material, a silicon powder in an amount of 0.5 to 5%, by weight, based on the whole amount of the refractory, serving as a... Read More
Inventors: Yoshinaka, Satoru; Fushida, Masao; Kimoto, Tatsuzi;, Assignee: Tsurumi Synthetic Refractories Co., Ltd. (JP) |
Sample applicator
It is, therefore, a primary object of the present invention to provide a sample applicator comprising an applicator blade made of porous material and provided at the end of holder, the sample applicat... Read More
Inventors: Fujimori, Ryo;, Assignee: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd. (Tokyo, JP) |
Carbon fiber electrode
What we claim is: 1. An electrode for use in an electrochemical reactor, the electrode comprising: a plurality of carbon fibers arranged in a group with each fiber being generally in side-by-side rela... Read More
Inventors: Fleet, Bernard; Das Gupta, Sankar;, Assignee: 308489 Ontario Limited (Toronto, CA) |
Continuous filament graphite composite electrodes
I claim: 1. An electrode comprising a shaped member having an electrode face and a rear face defining a thickness therebetween, said electrode comprising a composite of matrix resin surrounding spaced... Read More
Inventors: Beckley, Don A.;, Assignee: Hitco (Irvine, CA) |
Mobile atom insertion reaction, mobile atom transmissive membrane for carrying out the reaction, and reactor incorporating the mobile atom transmissive membrane
OF THE INVENTION A bipolar atom transmissive membrane for the mobile atom insertion or removal reactions, e.g. hydrogen atom insertion, hydrogen atom removal, Group IA atom insertion, Group IA remova... Read More
Inventors: Ayers, William;, Assignee: |
Low pressure anisotropic etch process for tantalum silicide or titanium silicide layer formed over polysilicon layer deposited on silicon oxide layer on semiconductor wafer
In one embodiment, the invention comprises a process for anisotropically etching a tantalum silicide or titanium silicide layer without undercutting the mask using a plasma-assisted low pressure Cl.su... Read More
Inventors: Latchford, Ian S.; Vasquez, Patrica; Hemker, David J.; Petit, Brigitte;, Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc. (Santa Clara, CA) |
Tungsten silicide/ tungsten polycide anisotropic dry etch process
The present invention is directed to a process for anisotropically etching a tungsten silicide or tungsten polycide structure. If the silicide/polycide film has an overlying oxide layer, the insulatin... Read More
Inventors: Bashir, Rashid; Kabir, Abul Ehsanul; Hebert, Francois;, Assignee: National Semiconductor Corporaton (Santa Clara, CA) |
Method of manufacturing a semiconductor device that uses a calibration standard
OF THE DRAWING FIG. 1 is a flow chart illustrating some of the steps in a semiconductor manufacturing method which utilizes a calibration standard that facilitates forming accurate dielectric thickne... Read More
Inventors: Goldstein, Laurie A.; Warfield, Timothy J.; Gates, Jane K.; Apen, Elizabeth;, Assignee: Motorola, Inc. (Schaumburg, IL) |
Process for the preparation of spherical carbon particles and spherical activated carbon particles
OF THE INVENTION According to the process of this invention, there is first prepared a mixture having a softening point and viscosity best suited for forming the spherical particles by adding and adm... Read More
Inventors: Shiiki, Zenya; Watanabe, Kazuhiro;, Assignee: Kureha Kagaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Tokyo, JP) |
Pitch conversion
What is claimed is: 1. A process for the formation of carbon fibers from pitch which comprises: (1) heating said pitch in the presence of a catalytically effective amount of a compound selected from t... Read More
Inventors: Elkins, Tammy M.; Cheng, Paul J.;, Assignee: Phillips Petroleum Company (Bartlesville, OK) |
Process for producing pitch-based carbon fibers
What is claimed is: 1. In a process for producing carbon fibers from a carbonaceous pitch, the improvement characterized in that a trailing end portion of infusibilized fiber or carbonized fiber to be... Read More
Inventors: Hirose, Takao; Sohda, Yoshio; Okamoto, Kazuyoshi; Uemura, Seiichi;, Assignee: Nippon Oil Company, Limited (JP) |
Process for producting coal fillers
We claim: 1. A process for producing a coal filler, which comprises the steps of: (a) carbonization step, which comprises carbonizing crushed coal particles having a particle size of not more than 10 ... Read More
Inventors: Nakai, Masayuki; Uesugi, Kenji; Tomura, Katsumi;, Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd. (Tokyo, JP) |
Method for manufacturing an optical cable
The object of the present invention is to execute the insertion of the light waveguides and the filling process in an optimally simple way and to simultaneously guarantee that the light waveguides are... Read More
Inventors: Mayr, Ernst; Oestreich, Ulrich;, Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft (Berlin and Munich, DE) |
Raw composition for carbon articles
What we claim is: 1. A method for preparing a homogeneous and low porosity carbon article of great mechanical strength comprising: (I) shaping into a desired form a composition comprising: a sinterabl... Read More
Inventors: Asano, Kiro; Tamura, Fumio; Kawai, Yoshio; Yamaki, Kiyoshi;, Assignee: Kureha Kagaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Tokyo, JP) |
Cathodic, gas- and liquid-permeable current collector
What is claimed as new and desired to be secured by Letters Patent of the United States is: 1. A cathodic gas and liquid-permeable current collector comprising: a pulverulent carrier material comprisi... Read More
Inventors: Braun, Moritz; Kaufmann, Anna; Muller, Edwin;, Assignee: BBC Brown, Boveri & Company Limited (Baden, CH) |
Process for producing an electrode substrate which is uniform in physical properties
OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a process for producing an electrode substrate, which process comprises the steps of kneading a raw material mixture comprising from 30 to 60 % by we... Read More
Inventors: Funabashi, Masayuki; Sibuya, Masayosi;, Assignee: Kureha Kagaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Tokyo, JP) |
Electrochemical gas sensor
It is a primary object of the present invention, therefore, to overcome the foregoing problems with electrochemical gas sensors, and to provide a new electrochemical gas sensor which is capable of con... Read More
Inventors: Kusanagi, Sigekazu; Fujioka, Toru; Yamaga, Noriyuki; Watabe, Yoshifumi; Doi, Kenji; Inoue, Takahiro;, Assignee: Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd. (Osaka, JP) |
Ozonated lignosulfonates
What is claimed is: 1. An ozonated composition comprising a lignosulfonate that has been subjected to ozone oxidation in an aqueous alkaline solution; said lignosulfonate being first incorporated in a... Read More
Inventors: Detroit, William J.;, Assignee: American Can Company (Greenwich, CT) |
Pressure monitoring device
I claim: 1. An actuator device responsive to pressure variations in a fluid medium surrounding and external to the device, comprising: a vessel having wall means forming an enclosed chamber, said vess... Read More
Inventors: Garcia, George E.;, Assignee: Garcia; G. E. (Tiburon, CA); Jackson; P. C. (Tiburon, CA); Spragg; T. G. (Tiburon, CA); Childs; S. A. (Tiburon, CA); Randle; Edwin W. (Tiburon, CA); Randle; Thelma H. (Tiburon, CA); Shields; James G. (Tiburon, CA) |
Switch and connector assembly including protective housings for jumper cable
The present invention overcomes the disadvantages and shortcomings of the previously used loosely hanging jumper cables for use in providing electrically-operated security system protection for doors ... Read More
Inventors: Holce, Thomas J.; Huckins, Charles M.;, Assignee: Sentrol, Inc. (Portland, OR) |
Tripping device for an overload circuit breaker
It is an object of the invention to provide an improved tripping device of the above-outlined type which has a bimetal strip of greater stability in the zone of its tripping portion. This object and o... Read More
Inventors: Heydner, Konrad; Peter, Josef; Volkl, Rainer;, Assignee: Ellenberger & Poensgen GmbH (Altdorf, DE) |
Pressure sensing switch with conductive deflectable diaphragm
What is claimed is: 1. A pressure sensing switch comprising; a diaphragm having a ring-shaped peripheral portion, a frustoconical side wall portion being continuous to a radially inner edge of said pe... Read More
Inventors: Matsuda, Akira; Goshima, Norio; Yasuda, Shigeo; Iwasaki, Motoaki;, Assignee: Bridgestone Tire Company Limited (Tokyo, JP); Mitaka Instrument Company Limited (Tokyo, JP) |
Impact sensor
It is the object of the invention to provide a magnetic impact sensor for safety devices, which functions exactly according to a structurally given characteristic, even under difficult application and... Read More
Inventors: Spies, Hans; Woehrl, Alfons; Laucht, Horst;, Assignee: Messerschmitt-Boelkow-Blohm GmbH (Munich, DE) |
Quad-gate demodulator circuit for capacitive transducers
A principal objective of the present invention is to provide an improved demodulator circuit for variable-capacitance transducers such as the quartz plate capacitance transducer, which demodulator cir... Read More
Inventors: Lee, Chen Y.;, Assignee: C & J Industries, Inc. (Troy, MI) |
Charge coupled device for a solid state image pick-up device
An object of the present invention is to provide a semiconductor imaging device capable of high resolution and high sensitivity and large dynamic range or small noise. A semiconductor imaging device i... Read More
Inventors: Yamada, Takahiro; Terakawa, Sumio;, Assignee: Matsushita Electronics Corporation (Kadoma, JP); Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (Kadoma, JP) |
Semiconductor manufacture 
