44th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 47 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130288093 | NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY - Provided is a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery including: a plurality of electrode groups each formed by winding a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator into a flat shape; a non-aqueous electrolyte; and a prismatic case accommodating the electrode groups and the non-aqueous electrolyte. The case has a rectangular cross-sectional shape. The electrode groups are accommodated in the case such that lateral directions of the cross-sectional shapes of the electrode groups are each perpendicular to the lateral direction of the cross-sectional shape of the case, and the axis directions of the electrode groups are each parallel with the height direction of the case. | 2013-10-31 |
20130288094 | BATTERY PACK AND BATTERY MODULE HAVING THE SAME - A battery pack includes first and second end plates spaced apart from each other along a first direction, a plurality of battery cells aligned along the first direction between the first and second end plate, each battery cell having an electrode terminal thereon, and a side plate extending along side surfaces of the battery cells and coupled to the first and second end plates, the side plate having first coupling portions along upper edges of the side plate, the first coupling portions being bent to extend away from the battery cells, and second coupling portions along lower edges of the side plate, the second coupling portions being bent to extend away from the battery cells and to face the first coupling portions, the second coupling portions being positioned to at least partially correspond to respective first coupling portions. | 2013-10-31 |
20130288095 | BATTERY MODULE OF EXCELLENT STRUCTURAL STABILITY - Disclosed herein is a middle or large-sized battery module having secondary batteries or unit modules, each of which has two or more secondary batteries mounted therein, stacked in a state in which the secondary batteries or the unit modules are erected vertically, the battery module including a base plate on which the secondary batteries or the unit modules are stacked in a vertically erected state, a pair of end plates disposed in tight contact with outer sides of the outermost unit modules or the outermost unit modules in a state in which the bottom of each of the end plates is fixed to the base plate, and supporting bars connected between opposite sides of upper parts or side parts of the end plates so as to interconnect and support the end plates, wherein the base plate is provided at opposite sides thereof with a pair of upward protrusions extending in a longitudinal direction of the base plate to prevent the base plate from being deformed due to vertical vibration and to disperse pressure (load), and opposite sides of the bottom of each of the unit modules are disposed at the top of the upward protrusions. | 2013-10-31 |
20130288096 | MODULAR BATTERY - Systems for providing assemblies for containing multi-cell battery systems, and/or multi-cell batteries using such enclosures, are described. A battery case may be partitioned into a battery management portion and a cell portion. Each portion may be configured to accept corresponding battery components in a modular fashion allowing easy installation, removal, and access. The batteries may be configured for convenient handling, storage, and use in a variety of environments. | 2013-10-31 |
20130288097 | STRUCTURE FOR MOUNTING CYLINDRICAL BATTERY ON ELECTRIC VEHICLE - A cylindrical battery includes a pair of female terminals. One of the pair of female terminals is placed at the axial center of the battery, and provided to recede from one end surface of the battery. The other terminal is placed in a position away from the axial center, to recede from the one end surface of the battery. A male thread portion is provided on an outer peripheral surface of the battery. A handle portion is provided on another end surface of the battery. A female thread portion to be threadedly engaged with the male thread portion is provided in an inner peripheral surface of the battery box. A pair of male terminals are provided on a bottom surface of the battery box. The battery is designed to be detachably mounted inside the battery box by being rotated inside the battery box. | 2013-10-31 |
20130288098 | ENHANCED THERMAL CONTACT - A battery module for enclosing at least one battery cell includes a cooling plate. At least one compressible pad is arranged on the cooling plate. The at least one compressible pad has a first surface in contact with the cooling plate and a second surface opposite the first surface arranged to contact the at least one battery cell. A compression limiting device is arranged adjacent to the at least one compressible pad. The compression limiting device has a first surface facing the cooling plate and a second surface opposite the first surface arranged to contact the at least one battery cell. A compressibility of the compression limiting device is less than a compressibility of the at least one compressible pad. | 2013-10-31 |
20130288099 | BATTERY MODULE - A battery module including a plurality of battery cells; and a barrier including a body portion, and a partition wall protruding from a first side of the body portion, first adjacent battery cells of the plurality of battery cells being arranged at the first side of the body portion, the partition wall extending between the first adjacent battery cells. | 2013-10-31 |
20130288100 | HOUSING FOR ACCOMMODATING A FLAT ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL - A housing ( | 2013-10-31 |
20130288101 | SECONDARY BATTERY - A secondary battery includes an electrode assembly includes first and second electrode non-coating portions exposed from respective sides of an electrode assembly, first and second collecting plates in contact with and fixed to the respective first and second electrode non-coating portions, a retainer including first and second fixing slits that accommodate the first and second collecting plates connected to the electrode assembly, respectively, and a case that accommodates the retainer accommodating the electrode assembly and the first collecting plate. The retainer includes a first side part including the first fixing slit, a second side part facing the first side part and including the second fixing slit, and a bottom part connecting the first and second side parts to each other. | 2013-10-31 |
20130288102 | MICROPOROUS FILM, METHODS FOR MAKING SUCH FILM, AND USE FOR SUCH FILM AS BATTERY SEPARATOR FILM - A microporous membrane includes a low melting polypropylene, the low melting polypropylene being a polypropylene homopolymer or copolymer having an MFR≧2.0×10 | 2013-10-31 |
20130288103 | COMPOSITE POROUS FILM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - A composite porous membrane used as a separator for a battery includes a porous membrane A made of a polyolefin resin and a porous membrane B containing a heat-resistant resin laminated thereto, wherein the surface of the porous membrane B on the side that does not face the porous A has a three-dimensional network structure having nodes, and the peeling interface on the side of the porous membrane B formed when the porous membrane A and the porous membrane B are peeled off has a membrane morphology having pores with a pore size of 50 to 500 nm in an amount of at least 100 pores/10 μm | 2013-10-31 |
20130288104 | BATTERY CELL OF ASYMMETRIC STRUCTURE AND BATTERY PACK EMPLOYED WITH THE SAME - Disclosed herein is a battery cell configured to have a structure in which an electrode assembly including a separator disposed between a cathode and an anode is mounted in a battery case, wherein an asymmetric structure with respect to a central axis crossing the electrode assembly in plane is formed at a portion of at least one side of the electrode assembly constituting the outer circumference of the electrode assembly. | 2013-10-31 |
20130288105 | OPTIMIZED MODULE RESTRAINT SYSTEM - A battery module according to the principles of the present disclosure includes a plurality of battery cells, a pair of sideplates, and a pair of endplates. The sideplates are disposed on opposite sides of the plurality of battery cells and the endplates are disposed at opposite ends of the battery module. The sideplates include a first mating portion and the endplates include a second mating portion that engages the first mating portion to provide an interference fit. The interference fit joins the sideplates and the endplates together and bands the plurality of cells together between the sideplates and the endplates. | 2013-10-31 |
20130288106 | METHOD FOR PREPARING ANODE ACTIVE MATERIAL - Disclosed is a method including (a) mixing a precursor of a material for preparing at least one material selected from the group consisting of low crystalline carbon and amorphous carbon with a hydrophilic material including an oxide capable of intercalating and deintercalating ions, followed by purification to prepare a mixture for coating, (b) mixing the mixture for coating with a crystalline carbon-based material to prepare a core-shell precursor in which the mixture for coating is coated on a core including the crystalline carbon-based material, and (c) calcining the core-shell precursor to carbonize the material for preparing the at least one material selected from the group consisting of low crystalline carbon and amorphous carbon into the at least one material selected from the group consisting of low crystalline carbon and amorphous carbon. | 2013-10-31 |
20130288107 | LITHIUM RECHARGEABLE BATTERY MODULE - A rechargeable lithium battery module includes a first rechargeable lithium battery cell combined with a second rechargeable lithium battery cell, the first rechargeable lithium battery cell being the same or different than the second rechargeable lithium battery cell, and the rechargeable lithium battery module has an output voltage of about 13.6 V to about 15.6 V. | 2013-10-31 |
20130288108 | DEVICE FOR ADJUSTING DEVIATION OF HEIGHT AND HORIZONTALITY - Disclosed herein is a device for simultaneously adjusting vertical height and horizontal deflection including a lower plate fixed to a floor, an upper plate, vertical height and horizontal deflection of which are adjusted, one or more variable posts connected to an upper end of the lower plate and a lower end of the upper plate, and a height adjustment unit, a lower end of which is fixedly disposed above the lower plate and an upper end of which is disposed at the lower end of the upper plate in a line contact fashion, the height adjustment unit adjusting vertical height and horizontal deflection of the upper plate at the line contact portion. | 2013-10-31 |
20130288109 | BATTERY PARTS HAVING RETAINING AND SEALING FEATURES AND ASSOCIATED METHODS OF MANUFACTURE AND USE - Battery parts having retaining and sealing features and associated assemblies and methods are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a battery part includes a base portion that is configured to be embedded in battery container material of a corresponding battery container. The battery part and base portion include several torque resisting features and gripping features that resist torsional or twist loads that are applied to the battery part after it has been joined to the battery container. For example, the base portion can include several internal and external torque resisting features and gripping features that are configured to resist twisting or loosening of the battery part with reference to the battery container material, as well as prevent or inhibit fluid leakage from the battery container. | 2013-10-31 |
20130288110 | ASSEMBLY OF AN ELECTRODE STACK OF AN ELECTROCHEMICAL ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE - An assembly of an electrode stack ( | 2013-10-31 |
20130288111 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE FOR RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERY AND RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERY - Disclosed is a positive electrode according to one embodiment of the present invention that includes a current collector and a positive active material layer on the current collector, wherein the positive active material layer includes a positive active material and activated carbon coated with a fibrous carbon material. | 2013-10-31 |
20130288112 | CYCLIC QUATERNARY AMMONIUM SALT, NONAQUEOUS SOLVENT, NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE, AND POWER STORAGE DEVICE - To provide an ionic liquid which has at least one of properties such as high ionic conductivity, a small reduction in ionic conductivity at a low temperature, a low melting point, and a low viscosity. To provide a power storage device having higher initial charge and discharge efficiency than a power storage device containing a conventional ionic liquid. A cyclic quaternary ammonium salt is liquid at room temperature and contains a quaternary spiro ammonium cation having an asymmetrical structure including two aliphatic rings and one or more substituents bonded to one or both of the two aliphatic rings and an anion corresponding to the quaternary spiro ammonium cation. The power storage device includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a nonaqueous electrolyte containing the cyclic quaternary ammonium salt as a nonaqueous solvent. | 2013-10-31 |
20130288113 | NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE STORAGE ELEMENT - To provide a non-aqueous electrolyte storage element, including: a positive electrode which includes a positive-electrode active material capable of intercalating or deintercalating anions; a negative electrode which includes a negative-electrode active material capable of storing or releasing metallic lithium or lithium ion, or both thereof, a first separator between the positive electrode and the negative electrode; and a non-aqueous electrolyte which includes a non-aqueous solvent and a lithium salt dissolved in the non-aqueous solvent, wherein the non-aqueous electrolyte storage element includes a solid lithium salt at 25° C. and a discharge voltage of 4.0V, wherein the non-aqueous electrolyte storage element includes an ion-exchange membrane between the first separator and the positive electrode, between the first separator and the negative electrode, or between the first separator and the positive electrode and between the first separator and the negative electrode. | 2013-10-31 |
20130288114 | POSITIVE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERY AND RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERY - A positive electrode for a rechargeable lithium battery includes a positive active material and activated carbon, wherein an average particle diameter of the activated carbon is about 100% to about 160% relative to 100% of an average particle diameter of the positive active material. | 2013-10-31 |
20130288115 | MANDREL FOR ELECTRODE ASSEMBLIES - A mandrel for use in a battery assembly may include a positive mandrel portion and a negative mandrel portion. Each of the mandrel portions may include a connector element coupling region and an electrode coupling region. The connector element coupling region may be configured to be coupled to a connector element and the electrode coupling region may be configured to be coupled to an electrode. | 2013-10-31 |
20130288116 | MANDREL FOR ELECTRODE ASSEMBLIES - A mandrel for use in a battery assembly may include a positive mandrel portion and a negative mandrel portion. Each of the mandrel portions may include a connector element coupling region and an electrode coupling region. The connector element coupling region may be configured to be coupled to a connector element and the electrode coupling region may be configured to be coupled to an electrode. | 2013-10-31 |
20130288117 | NEGATIVE ELECTRODE FOR RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERY, METHOD OF PREPARING THE SAME, AND RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERY INCLUDING THE SAME - Disclosed is a negative electrode for a rechargeable lithium battery that includes a current collector and a negative active material layer on the current collector, the negative active material layer having an active mass density in a range of about 1.6 g/cc to about 2.1 g/cc and including graphite and a pore-forming agent. | 2013-10-31 |
20130288118 | NEGATIVE ELECTRODE COMPOSTION FOR RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERY, NEGATIVE ELECTRODE COMPRISING SAME AND RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERY COMPRISING SAME - A negative electrode composition for a rechargeable lithium battery. The negative electrode includes a negative active material and crystalline carbon conductive material, wherein the negative active material includes soft carbon, and the crystalline carbon conductive material includes graphite having an average particle diameter (D90) of about 1 micrometer to about 20 micrometers. | 2013-10-31 |
20130288119 | ELECTRODE FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY - Disclosed is a method for forming an electrode having a protective layer, which includes: mixing an aliphatic nitrile compound with an electrode active material and a solvent to form slurry for electrode active material; applying the slurry for electrode active material on a collector; and removing the solvent used in the slurry by drying to form a protective layer comprising an aliphatic nitrile compound-electrode active material complex. | 2013-10-31 |
20130288120 | POLYIMIDE RESIN COMPOSITION AND LAMINATE INCLUDING POLYIMIDE RESIN COMPOSITION - To provide a resin composition that contains a solvent-soluble polyimide and can provide a film exhibiting high viscoelasticity and flexibility at high temperatures. To attain this, a polyimide resin composition is provided that includes a polyimide having a polycondensation unit of a tetracarboxylic acid dianhydride and a diamine, wherein the tetracarboxylic acid dianhydride includes an (α1) tetracarboxylic acid dianhydride represented by general formula (1), or the diamine includes an (β1) aromatic diamine represented by general formula (2), the diamine includes an (β2) aliphatic diamine represented by general formula (3) or (4), a total amour of the (α1) tetracarboxylic acid dianhydride and the (β1) aromatic diamine is 5 to 49 mol % with respect to a total amount of the tetracarboxylic acid dianhydride and the diamine, and an amine equivalent of the polyimide is 4,000 to 20,000. | 2013-10-31 |
20130288121 | SECONDARY BATTERY - A secondary battery | 2013-10-31 |
20130288122 | COPPER FOIL FOR NEGATIVE ELECTRODE CURRENT COLLECTOR OF LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY, NEGATIVE ELECTRODE MATERIAL OF LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY, AND METHOD FOR SELECTING NEGATIVE ELECTRODE CURRENT COLLECTOR OF LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY - A copper foil for a negative electrode current collector of a lithium ion secondary battery enables prevention of deformation of the current collector even if the charge/discharge operation is repeatedly carried out. In a copper foil for a negative electrode current collector of a lithium ion secondary battery, a 10 mm wide test specimen composed of the copper foil is subjected to a tensile test, a maximum strain loaded on the copper foil is 30 N or higher in a region where “Value L” represented by the following expression is 0.8 or more in a strain-stress curve obtained in the tensile test where O is the starting point of the curve, P | 2013-10-31 |
20130288123 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL NETWORK ALUMINUM POROUS BODY FOR CURRENT COLLECTOR, ELECTRODE USING THE ALUMINUM POROUS BODY, AND BATTERY, CAPACITOR AND LITHIUM-ION CAPACITOR EACH USING THE ELECTRODE - It is an object of the present invention to provide a sheet-shaped three-dimensional network aluminum porous body for a current collector which is suitably used for electrodes for nonaqueous electrolyte batteries and electrodes for capacitors, an electrode and a capacitor each using the same. In such a three-dimensional network aluminum porous body for a current collector, the aluminum porous body has been made to have a compressive strength in a thickness direction of 0.2 MPa or more in order to efficiently fill an active material into the sheet-shaped three-dimensional network aluminum porous body. | 2013-10-31 |
20130288124 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL NETWORK ALUMINUM POROUS BODY FOR CURRENT COLLECTOR, AND CURRENT COLLECTOR, ELECTRODE, NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE BATTERY, CAPACITOR AND LITHIUM-ION CAPACITOR, EACH USING ALUMINUM POROUS BODY - It is an object of the present invention to provide a current collector including an aluminum porous body suitable for an electrode for a nonaqueous electrolyte battery and an electrode for a capacitor electrode, and an electrode using the current collector. In the three-dimensional network aluminum porous body for a current collector of the present invention, when a sheet-shaped three-dimensional aluminum porous body is divided in the width direction into a central region and two end regions with the central region situated therebetween, the weight per unit area of aluminum in the aluminum porous body at the two end regions is larger than the weight per unit area of aluminum in the aluminum porous body at the central region. | 2013-10-31 |
20130288125 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE FOR RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERY, RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERY INCLUDING SAME AND METHOD OF PREPARING RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERY - A positive electrode for a rechargeable lithium battery includes a positive active material, and a solid electrolyte interface (SEI) passivation film including an inorganic material and an organic material, the SEI passivation film having an average thickness of about 1 nm to about 20 nm on a surface of the electrode. | 2013-10-31 |
20130288126 | ELECTRONICALLY CONDUCTIVE POLYMER BINDER FOR LITHIUM-ION BATTERY ELECTRODE - A family of carboxylic acid groups containing fluorene/fluorenon copolymers is disclosed as binders of silicon particles in the fabrication of negative electrodes for use with lithium ion batteries. Triethyleneoxide side chains provide improved adhesion to materials such as, graphite, silicon, silicon alloy, tin, tin alloy. These binders enable the use of silicon as an electrode material as they significantly improve the cycle-ability of silicon by preventing electrode degradation over time. In particular, these polymers, which become conductive on first charge, bind to the silicon particles of the electrode, are flexible so as to better accommodate the expansion and contraction of the electrode during charge/discharge, and being conductive promote the flow battery current. | 2013-10-31 |
20130288127 | PRODUCTION METHOD OF CARBON MATERIAL FOR SODIUM SECONDARY BATTERY - The invention provides a method for producing a carbon material as a negative electrode active material that can dope and undope a sodium ion. The production method of a carbon material for a sodium secondary battery includes a step of heating at a temperature of 800 to 2500° C. a compound according to Formula (1), Formula (2) or Formula (3), and having 2 or more oxygen atoms, or a mixture of an aromatic derivative 1 having an oxygen atom in the molecule and an aromatic derivative 2 having a carboxyl group in the molecule and being different from the aromatic derivative 1. | 2013-10-31 |
20130288128 | ACTIVE MATERIAL OF NEGATIVE ELECTRODE, TILTED-GRID SUBSTRATE OF NEGATIVE ELECTRODE, NEGATIVE ELECTRODE FOR NICKEL-ZINC BATTERY, AND METHODS FOR PREPARING NEGATIVE ELECTRODE - The present invention provides a tilted-grid substrate of a negative electrode for a nickel-zinc battery, including a first zinc foil layer; a copper foil layer compounded on the first zinc foil layer; and a second zinc foil layer compounded on the copper foil layer. The present invention further provides an active material composition of a negative electrode for a nickel-zinc battery, a negative electrode for a nickel-zinc battery, the method for preparing the negative electrode, and a nickel-zinc battery. In the tilted-grid substrate of a negative electrode according to the present invention, the surface of zinc eliminates the needs for plating other metal, avoiding the incorporation of impurities. With the use of the nickel-zinc battery, part of the zinc on the surface of the tilted-grid substrate of the negative electrode can participate in the reaction of forming a current in the battery, reducing the fading speed of the battery capacity; and part of the zinc is oxidized to zinc oxide, acting as a conductor to improve the utilization ratio of the active material of the negative electrode. When the zinc layer on the surface of the substrate of the negative electrode participate in the reaction or is oxidized, the copper foil layer can act as the substrate of the negative electrode, so as to improve the performance of the nickel-zinc battery. | 2013-10-31 |
20130288129 | NICKEL MANGANESE COMPOSITE HYDROXIDE PARTICLES AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR A NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND A NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY - To obtain a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery having high capacity, high output and good cyclability, nickel manganese composite hydroxide particles are a precursor for a cathode active material having lithium nickel manganese composite oxide with a hollow structure and a small and uniform particle size. | 2013-10-31 |
20130288130 | NEGATIVE ELECTRODE FOR RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERY, RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERY INCLUDING SAME AND METHOD OF PREPARING RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERY - A negative electrode for a rechargeable lithium battery that includes a negative active material layer including a carbon-based material having a peak of about 20 degrees to 30 degrees at a (002) plane in an X-ray diffraction pattern using a CuKα ray, and an SEI (solid electrolyte interface) passivation film including at least one material selected from an organic material and an inorganic material and having an average thickness of about 10 nm to about 50 nm on the surface of the active material layer of the electrode. | 2013-10-31 |
20130288131 | METHOD FOR PREPARING ANODE ACTIVE MATERIAL - Disclosed is a method including (a) mixing a precursor of a material for preparing at least one material selected from the group consisting of low crystalline carbon and amorphous carbon with a hydrophilic material, followed by purification to prepare a mixture for coating, (b) mixing the mixture for coating with a crystalline carbon-based material to prepare a core-shell precursor in which the mixture for coating is coated on a core including a crystalline carbon-based material, and (c) calcining the core-shell precursor to carbonize the material for preparing the at least one material selected from the group consisting of low crystalline carbon and amorphous carbon into the at least one material selected from the group consisting of low crystalline carbon and amorphous carbon. | 2013-10-31 |
20130288132 | POLYOLEFIN RESIN POROUS FILM, AND NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE CELL SEPARATOR USING SAME - This polyolefin resin porous film can be easily produced, and when used as a non-aqueous electrolyte cell separator, can suppress clogging and can evince a high cell output. The polyolefin resin porous film is a porous film having a polyolefin resin as the primary component and is characterized by the average flow diameter pressure (P | 2013-10-31 |
20130288133 | POROUS MEMBRANE AND PROCESS FOR PREPARING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a porous membrane including cellulose fibers, wherein the cellulose fibers are obtained from a mixture of more than 50% by weight of (1) first raw material cellulose fibers having a surface area determined by congo red coloring of 250 m | 2013-10-31 |
20130288134 | SULFIDE SOLID ELECTROLYTE GLASS, LITHIUM SOLID STATE BATTERY AND PRODUCING METHOD OF SULFIDE SOLID ELECTROLYTE GLASS - An object of the present invention is to provide a sulfide solid electrolyte glass with high Li ion conductivity. The present invention achieves the above-mentioned object by providing a sulfide solid electrolyte glass comprising Li | 2013-10-31 |
20130288135 | VANADIUM-ZINC BATTERY - A storage battery is provided comprising a positive electrode of vanadium, a negative electrode of zinc, and an electrolyte of potassium hydroxide dissolved in alcohol or glycol. Upon charging, the vanadium oxidizes to vanadium pentoxide and zinc oxide is reduced to the metal. The reverse reactions occur during discharge. | 2013-10-31 |
20130288136 | MULTI-LAYER ARTICLE COMPRISING POLYIMIDE NANOWEB - This invention provides a multi-layer article comprising a first electrode material, a second electrode material, and a porous separator disposed between and in contact with the first and the second electrode materials, wherein the porous separator comprises a nanoweb consisting essentially of a plurality of nanofibers of a fully aromatic polyimide. Also provided is a method for preparing the multi-layer article, and an electrochemical cell employing the same. A multi-layer article comprising a polyimide nanoweb with enhanced properties is also provided. | 2013-10-31 |
20130288137 | REDOX SHUTTLES HAVING AN AROMATIC RING FUSED TO A 1,1,4,4-TETRASUBSTITUTED CYCLOHEXANE RING - An electrolyte includes an alkali metal salt; an aprotic solvent; and a redox shuttle additive including an aromatic compound having at least one aromatic ring fused with at least one non-aromatic ring, the aromatic ring having two or more oxygen or phosphorus-containing substituents. | 2013-10-31 |
20130288138 | HIGH PERFORMANCE LITHIUM OR LITHIUM ION CELL - Disclosed herein are lithium or lithium-ion batteries that employ an aluminum or aluminum alloy current collector protected by conductive coating in combination with electrolyte containing aluminum corrosion inhibitor and a fluorinated lithium imide or methide electrolyte which exhibit surprisingly long cycle life at high temperature. | 2013-10-31 |
20130288139 | ELECTROLYTE FOR RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERY AND RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERY INCLUDING SAME - An electrolyte for rechargeable lithium battery includes a lithium salt, a non-aqueous organic solvent, a first additive represented by the following Chemical Formula 1, and a second additive represented by the following Chemical Formula 2. | 2013-10-31 |
20130288140 | Biological Fuel Cell and Methods - A fuel cell has an anode and a cathode with anode enzyme disposed on the anode and cathode enzyme is disposed on the cathode. The anode is configured and arranged to electrooxidize an anode reductant in the presence of the anode enzyme. Likewise, the cathode is configured and arranged to electroreduce a cathode oxidant in the presence of the cathode enzyme. In addition, anode redox hydrogel may be disposed on the anode to transduce a current between the anode and the anode enzyme and cathode redox hydrogel may be disposed on the cathode to transduce a current between the cathode and the cathode enzyme. | 2013-10-31 |
20130288141 | FUEL CELL, METHOD FOR OPERATING FUEL CELL AND FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A fuel cell, a method for operating a fuel cell and a fuel cell system, which ensure no dew condensation for a wet reaction gas in the inlet area of gas channels in plates in a fuel cell stack, are provided. Gas channels | 2013-10-31 |
20130288142 | ELECTRODIALYSIS SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENERGY GENERATION AND WASTE TREATMENT - Reverse electrodialysis (RED) may be used to neutralize acid and caustic effluent waste streams, such as in the semiconductor industry. Power may be generated while waste streams are treated by converting chemical energy into electric energy. A bipolar membrane may be integrated into the RED system. Alternatively, an anion exchange membrane and a cation exchange membrane may be overlapped and used in place of a bipolar membrane. A cell pair with four membranes and four chambers, without a bipolar membrane, may also be implemented. | 2013-10-31 |
20130288143 | FUEL CELL USING SEAWATER ELECTROLYZER, METHODS FOR PRODUCING CAUSTIC SODA, AMMONIA, UREA AND PVC USING THE SEAWATER ELECTROLYZER AND INTEGRATED SYSTEM THEREOF - Provided are a fuel cell system using waste hydrogen from a seawater electrolyzer, a method for producing caustic soda using the fuel cell system and the seawater electrolyzer, a method for producing PVC using chlorine from the seawater electrolyzer, methods for producing ammonia and urea using hydrogen from the seawater electrolyzer, and an integrated system thereof. According to the integrated system, power generation by the fuel cell is combined with a seawater electrolysis process using a membrane, such as a Nafion membrane. | 2013-10-31 |
20130288144 | DEVICE FOR PERFORMING A PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL METHOD OF SEPARATING WATER INTO HYDROGEN AND OXYGEN - The invention is directed to a system for hydrogen production from water, known as a photoelectrochemical system. The system integrates a semiconductor material and a water electrolyzing material inside a monolithic design, to produce hydrogen directly from water. Natural or synthetic light is used as the main or sole source of energy. The water electrolyzing material is melanins, melanin precursors or melanin derivatives, melanin variants, melanin analogues, natural or synthetic, pure or mixed with organic or inorganic compounds, metals, ions, drugs. The system or light absorbing compound generates enough energy to start, lead and complete the photoelectrolysis reaction. The system can generate hydrogen, oxygen and high energy electrons, and can synthesize water from the union of hydrogen and oxygen, thereby generating electricity. The system can also be coupled to other processes, generating a multiplication effect, and can be used for the reduction of carbon dioxide, nitrates, sulphates and the like. | 2013-10-31 |
20130288145 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM WITH PARTIAL EXTERNAL REFORMING AND DIRECT INTERNAL REFORMING - A fuel cell system includes a plurality of solid oxide fuel cells arranged in a fuel cell stack, an integrated heat exchanger/reformer operable to partially reform an anode feed prior to entry into the fuel cell stack, an anode tailgas oxidizer, and an offgas flow path extending away from an anode side of the fuel cell stack and having a first branch to selectively combine offgas from the anode side of the fuel cell stack with fuel from a fuel source to comprise the anode feed to the fuel cell stack and a second branch to supply offgas from the anode side of the fuel cell stack to the anode tailgas oxidizer. The integrated heat exchanger/reformer transfers heat from the oxidized offgas from the anode tailgas oxidizer to the anode feed before the anode feed enters the anode side of the fuel cell stack. The offgas from the anode tailgas oxidizer provides the sole heat source for the anode feed traveling through the integrated heat exchanger/reformer. | 2013-10-31 |
20130288146 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A fuel cell system includes: a hydrogen generating unit that generates hydrogen-containing gas using fuel that contains hydrogen-containing fuel; a cell stack that performs power generation using the hydrogen-containing gas; a supply amount acquiring unit that acquires a supply amount of the fuel supplied to the hydrogen generating unit; a detecting unit that is disposed on an upstream side of the hydrogen generating unit so as to detect oxygen or nitrogen in the fuel; a correcting unit that corrects an error included in a value from the supply amount acquiring unit based on detection results of the detecting unit, and acquires the supply amount of the fuel including air; and a calculating unit that calculates an amount of the air contained in the fuel based on detection results of the detecting unit. | 2013-10-31 |
20130288147 | METHOD AND REGULATION APPARATUS FOR REGULATING A FUEL CELL OR A FUEL CELL STACK - In a method for regulating a fuel cell stack ( | 2013-10-31 |
20130288148 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell, a reactant gas supply device, a voltage adjusting device, a load, and a control device. The control device executes a fixed voltage/variable output control where, in a state where an output voltage of the fuel cell is fixed to a voltage value outside of a redox advancing voltage range using the voltage adjusting device, a supply amount of reactant gas supplied from the reactant gas supply device to the fuel cell is changed so as to track a request output of the load. The control device restricts a change rate of the supply amount of the reactant gas supplied from the reactant gas supply device to the fuel cell if there is change in the request output of the load while the fixed voltage/variable output control is being executed. | 2013-10-31 |
20130288149 | HEAT-RESISTANT ALLOY MEMBER, ALLOY MEMBER FOR FUEL CELL, COLLECTOR MEMBER FOR FUEL CELL, CELL STACK, AND FUEL CELL APPARATUS - The present invention provides a heat-resistant alloy member which hardly causes external diffusion of Cr, an alloy member for a fuel cell, a collector member for a fuel cell, a cell stack, and a fuel cell apparatus. | 2013-10-31 |
20130288150 | FUEL CELL AND ELECTROLYSER STRUCTURE - Disclosed herein are fuel cell elements including at least one electronically conductive layer and an ion conductive layer. The fuel cell elements can have a tubular cross-section or an enclosed cross-section of another shape. Also disclosed is an assembly of fuel cell elements to form cell tubes and stacks of such fuel cell elements or cell tubes. Fuel cell elements, or cell tubes, or stacks thereof can also be used as an electrolyser. Further disclosed are methods of making such fuel cell elements, cell tubes and stacks thereof, as well as methods of using the same. | 2013-10-31 |
20130288151 | FUEL CELL - A fuel cell is provided that includes a cell structure, a pair of separators and a plurality of at least partially porous ribs. The cell structure includes an anode, a cathode and an electrolyte membrane, the anode and the cathode being laminated on opposite sides of the electrolyte membrane, respectively. The separators are disposed on both surfaces of the cell structure with gas passages being defined by the separators and the cell structure for circulating two types of gas for power generation. The porous ribs porous ribs are disposed successively on an entire cross-section of the gas passage in a transverse direction with a flow direction of the gas for power generation. | 2013-10-31 |
20130288152 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY AND SOLID POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELL - The present invention relates a method for manufacturing a fuel cell. An object of the present invention is to provide a method for manufacturing a membrane electrode assembly capable of solving an electrical connection problem caused by uneven tube lengths and improving an output, and a solid polymer electrolyte fuel cell. The method for manufacturing the membrane electrode assembly of the present invention includes a seed catalyst layer forming process (1), a CNT growing process (2), a CNT entanglement promoting process (3), a catalyst carrying process (4), an ionomer arranging process (5), and a transferring (MEA conversion) process (6). According to the present invention, entanglement of adjacent CNTs can be promoted by the CNT entanglement promoting process (3) and therefore the electrical connection of the CNTs can be ensured. Thus, the output of the cell can be improved. | 2013-10-31 |
20130288153 | Sodium-Sulfur Battery - A sodium sulfur secondary battery is a battery that operates at a comparatively lower temperature, while maintaining a high operating cell potential comparable to existing sodium sulfur battery configurations. The apparatus accomplishes this through the arrangement of component materials selected based on experimentation results demonstrating favorable performance in a secondary battery configuration. The sodium sulfur battery comprises a housing, containing an anode solution, a cathode solution, and a sodium ion conductive electrolyte membrane. The anode solution contains metallic sodium and anode solvent. The cathode solution contains elemental sulfur and a cathode solvent. The sodium ion conductive electrolyte membrane is a Sodium Titanate Nano-membrane formed from long TiO2-nanowires. The electrolyte membrane is positioned between the anode solution and the cathode solution. The electrolyte membrane is able to selectively transports of sodium ion between the anode solution and the cathode solution at temperatures below 75° C. generating an electrode potential. | 2013-10-31 |
20130288154 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING FUEL CELL ELECTRODE CATALYST, FUEL CELL ELECTRODE CATALYST, AND USES THEREOF - A method for producing a fuel cell electrode catalyst, including: a step (1) of mixing at least a metal compound (1), a nitrogen-containing organic compound (2), a compound (3) containing fluorine and at least one element A selected from the group consisting of boron, phosphorus, and sulfur, and a solvent to obtain a catalyst precursor solution, a step (2) of removing the solvent from the catalyst precursor solution, and a step (3) of heat-treating a solid residue, obtained in the step (2), at a temperature of 500 to 1100° C. to obtain an electrode catalyst; a portion or the entirety of the metal compound (1) being a compound containing, as a metal element, at least one transition metal element M1 selected from the elements of group 4 and group 5 of the periodic table; and at least one of the compounds (1), (2), and (3) having an oxygen atom. | 2013-10-31 |
20130288155 | SUPPORT FOR ELECTRODE CATALYST AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, ELECTRODE CATALYST AND FUEL CELL - Disclosed are a support for an electrode catalyst that includes a carbon support and a crystalline carbon layer disposed on a surface of the carbon support, the crystalline carbon layer including one or more heteroatoms chemically-bound to carbon of the carbon support. A method of manufacturing the support for electrode catalyst, an electrode support, and a fuel cell including the support for an electrode catalyst are also disclosed. | 2013-10-31 |
20130288156 | POLYIMIDE, POLYIMIDE-BASED POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE, MEMBRANE-ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY, AND POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELL - The present invention provides a novel polyimide containing a diamine component that has a fluorene skeleton having a sulfonic acid group or a derivative thereof, and a novel polyimide-based polymer electrolyte membrane containing this polyimide as a main component and having properties based on this polyimide (for example, a good balance between the resistance to methanol crossover and the proton conductivity). The polyimide of the present invention contains a structural unit (P) represented by the following formula (1). The polymer electrolyte membrane of the present invention contains this polyimide as a main component. | 2013-10-31 |
20130288157 | ANION EXCHANGE COMPOSITE MEMBRANE FILLED WITH CROSSLINKED POLYMER ELECTROLYTES FOR FUEL CELLS AND METHOD FOR PREPARING THE SAME - An anion exchange composite membrane is filled with crosslinked polymer electrolytes for fuel cells. A method comprises, (A) preparing anion exchange electrolyte precursor solution, said anion exchange electrolyte precursor solution consisting of a electrolyte monomer of tetravalent ammonium salt having a cation, a bisacrylamide crosslinker having tertiary amine functional group, an initiator and water; (B) impregnating a porous polymer supporter into said electrolyte precursor solution; (C) forming primary anion exchange crosslink polymer electrolyte micropore filling membrane by laminating said polymer supporter and crosslinking within a film; (D) deriving quanternary ammonium of said crosslinker having tertiary amine functional group by immersing said primary anion exchange crosslink polymer electrolyte micropore filling membrane in Vinylbenzyl chloride monomer solution; and (E) preparing composite membrane filled with crosslinked polymer electrolytes by crosslinking after said ammonium deriving is complete, said crosslinking being radical polymerizing vinyl group of said electrolyte micropore filling membrane. | 2013-10-31 |
20130288158 | CO(II)TETRAMETHOXYPHENYLPORPHYRIN ADDITIVE TO PFSA PEMS FOR IMPROVED FUEL CELL DURABILITY - An ion conducting membrane for fuel cell applications includes an ion conducting polymer and a porphyrin-containing compound at least partially dispersed within the ion conducting polymer. The ion conducting membranes exhibit improved performance over membranes not incorporating such porphyrin-containing compounds. | 2013-10-31 |
20130288159 | POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE HAVING ALKYLETHER GRAFT CHAIN - An electrolyte membrane having alkylether graft chains for use in a fuel cell produced by a method of producing an electrolyte membrane for use in a fuel cell, including: performing radiation-induced graft polymerization of a vinyl monomer having nucleophilic functional groups, the vinyl monomer selected from an acylvinyl ether derivative, a styrene derivative, and a methacrylic acid derivative, with a polymer substrate comprising a polymer selected from a fluorine-containing polymer, an olefinic polymer, and an aromatic polymer; deprotecting the nucleophilic functional group, which is protected by an ester bond, of a graft chain on the polymer substrate introduced by the radiation-induced graft polymerization; and introducing an alkylethersulfonic acid structure into the deprotected nucleophilic functional group of the graft chain, by use of an electrophilic reagent selected from cyclic sulfonic acid ester and alkylhalide-sulfonate. | 2013-10-31 |
20130288160 | Fuel Cell System, Use Of A Fuel Cell System And Aircraft With A Fuel Cell System - A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell having a housing that encases the fuel cell, a supply line for a fuel cell fuel, and an exhaust gas line for fuel-cell exhaust gas. In this arrangement the supply line extends in the exhaust gas line, and the exhaust gas line encases the supply line while forming a space. Any leakage in the supply line thus results in the fuel being flushed out by means of the exhaust gases flowing in the exhaust gas line so that higher system reliability and a reduction in costs can be achieved. | 2013-10-31 |
20130288161 | METAL SEPARATOR FOR FUEL CELLS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - To provide a metal separator for fuel cells that can equalize the wet environment of a membrane electrode assembly and a manufacturing method thereof. A metal separator for fuel cells and a manufacturing method thereof are characterized in that, a first separator ( | 2013-10-31 |
20130288162 | PHOTOCURABLE COMPOSITION - A low surface energy photoresist composition is described that comprises a silicone-polyether block copolymer, wherein the silicone block comprises 35 wt. % or more of said copolymer. When compounded with a photoresist composition, the composition enables the release of a phototool from the photoresist layer. | 2013-10-31 |
20130288163 | PHOTOMASK BLANK AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - An object of this invention is to provide a photomask blank in which there is little warpage and is which an amount of warpage change after a photomask manufacturing process ends is also small. First, a phase shift film is deposited (S | 2013-10-31 |
20130288164 | PATTERN CORRECTION METHOD, STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING MASK, EXPOSURE APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DEVICE - The present invention provides a pattern correction method of, when a plurality of pattern elements on a mask used to process a line pattern formed on a substrate are transferred to the substrate, performing proximity effect correction of each pattern element such that a transferred image obtains a dimension equal to a target dimension, comprising setting, based on a density of a pattern element in a peripheral region surrounding a pattern element of interest, a dimension of the pattern element whose transferred image formed under the density of the pattern element has a dimension equal to the target dimension as a reference value for the pattern element of interest, and calculating a dimension of transferred image of the pattern element of interest while changing around the reference value and determining the dimension of the pattern element of interest based on the calculation result. | 2013-10-31 |
20130288165 | PHASE-SHIFT BLANKMASK AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - Provided is a phase-shift blankmask in which a phase-shift layer is formed in at least two continuous layers or a multi-layer film and an uppermost phase-shift layer included in the phase-shift layer is thinly formed to contain a small amount of oxygen (O) so as to enhance chemical resistance and durability thereof. | 2013-10-31 |
20130288166 | REFLECTIVE EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET MASK AND METHOD OF FORMING A PATTERN USING THE SAME - According to example embodiments, a reflective EUV mask may include a mask substrate, a patterned structure and a non-patterned structure on the mask substrate. At least one of the patterned structure and the non-patterned structure may include a thermally treated region configured to reduce a reflectivity of the respective patterned and non-patterned structure. | 2013-10-31 |
20130288167 | Methods Of Correcting For Variation Across Substrates During Photolithography - Some embodiments include methods for correcting for variation across substrates. A difference map is created to indicate differences between a desired pattern that is to be formed across the substrates utilizing photolithographic processing and a signature pattern representing the actual pattern formed with an initial setting of illumination optics. Modifications to the illumination optics are determined for improving problematic regions identified in the difference map, and the illumination optics are then modified. Substrates are photolithographically processed utilizing the modified illumination optics. | 2013-10-31 |
20130288168 | IMAGING MEMBER AND METHOD OF MAKING AN IMAGING MEMBER - Imaging members having a support, an imaging layer disposed on the support, an outer layer disposed on the imaging layer and fluoropolymer particles imbedded in an outer surface of the outer layer. Image forming apparatuses having such imaging members. Processes for preparing an imaging member for an electrophotographic apparatus, the process involving coating an imaging layer with an outer layer formulation. The imaging layer can be disposed on a support. The outer layer formulation can be dried to form an outer layer disposed on the imaging layer and has an outer surface. Fluoropolymer particles are applied to the outer layer. | 2013-10-31 |
20130288169 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTORECEPTOR, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate; and a single-layer photosensitive layer that is provided on the conductive substrate and includes a binder resin, at least one kind of charge generation material selected from hydroxygallium phthalocyanine pigments and chlorogallium phthalocyanine pigments, a hole transport material represented by Formula (1), and an electron transport material represented by Formula (2): | 2013-10-31 |
20130288170 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTORECEPTOR, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate; a single-layer photosensitive layer that is provided on the conductive substrate and includes a binder resin, a charge generation material, a hole transport material, and an electron transport material, wherein a half decay exposure during positive charging is less than or equal to 0.18 μJ/cm | 2013-10-31 |
20130288171 | COATED PHOTOCONDUCTIVE SUBSTRATE - The present disclosure is drawn to electrostatic printing. In an example, a coated photoconductive substrate can comprise a photoconductive substrate, the photoconductive substrate including a substrate having a charge generation layer and charge transport layer adhered thereto; and a top coating adhered to the photoconductive substrate. The top coating can comprise a cross-linkable polymer, a cross-linker, and a charge transport material, where the charge transport material is dispersed throughout the top coating and may be present in the top coating in an amount ranging from 20 wt % to 50 wt %. | 2013-10-31 |
20130288172 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC TONER COMPRISING A HIGH-MELTING WAX, A PRINTING SYSTEM FOR APPLYING SAID TONER ON AN IMAGE RECEIVING MEDIUM AND A METHOD FOR PREPARING SAID TONER - The invention relates to a toner for developing a toner image, the toner comprising a binder resin, an inorganic component and a wax. The wax is finely dispersed within the toner and has a melting transition, wherein the lower temperature limit of the melting transition is between 110° C. and 140° C. at the time of temperature rise in the DSC curve measured using a differential scanning calorimeter. | 2013-10-31 |
20130288173 | TONER - Provided is a toner that has excellent low-temperature fixability, hot offset resistance, high image glossiness and fixing wraparound resistance, as well as high durable stability. The toner includes toner particles that contain a binder resin, a colorant and a wax, and fine inorganic particles on a surface of the toner particles, wherein the binder resin contains a polyester resin A and a styrene resin B, and a content ratio A/B of the polyester resin A and the styrene resin B is 85/15 or more and 98/2 or less based on mass, the styrene resin B has a weight average molecular weight Mw of a tetrahydrofuran soluble component of 2,000 or more and 5,000 or less, and the toner has been subjected to a hot-air surface treatment. | 2013-10-31 |
20130288174 | TONER - A toner is provided that exhibits a satisfactory heat-resistant storability and an excellent low-temperature fixability. The toner has toner particles each of which contains at least a binder resin and a wax, and is characterized in that this toner is obtained by attaching a metal compound to the surface of the toner particle and thereafter performing a surface treatment with a hot air current; the binder resin contains at least a polyester resin; and the metal compound is formed by coordinating or bonding a specific aromatic oxycarboxylic acid to a metal. | 2013-10-31 |
20130288175 | LIQUID ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC INKS - A liquid electrophotographic ink is disclosed. The liquid electrophotographic ink includes a carrier liquid, a polymer resin, and a pearlescent pigment particle. | 2013-10-31 |
20130288176 | LIQUID ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC INKS - An ink is disclosed. The ink includes a carrier fluid; an encapsulated metallic pigment particle further including a metallic pigment particle and a polymer, wherein the polymer covers between 70% and 100%, inclusive, of the surface area of the metallic pigment particle and wherein the morphology of the metallic pigment particle by itself is substantially the same as the morphology of the metallic pigment particle covered by the polymer; and a polymer resin. | 2013-10-31 |
20130288177 | INKS FOR LIQUID ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY - A method of manufacturing a liquid electrophotographic ink includes: mixing a first portion of a carrier fluid and a resin to form a resin mixture; heating the resin mixture until the resin has melted; cooling the resin mixture to form a resin cake, followed by pulverizing the resin cake to form a resin powder; and mix the resin powder with a pigment and a second portion of carrier fluid in a microfluidizer to form a concentrating ink containing composite particles. An alternate method of manufacturing a liquid electrophotographic ink includes: mixing a pigment with a resin powder; and microfluidizing the mixture together with a carrier fluid in a microfluidizer in a number of passes to form a concentrated ink containing composite particles. | 2013-10-31 |
20130288178 | PHOTORESIST COMPOSITION CONTAINING A PROTECTED HYDROXYL GROUP FOR NEGATIVE DEVELOPMENT AND PATTERN FORMING METHOD USING THEREOF - The present invention relates to a photoresist composition capable of negative development and a pattern forming method using the photoresist composition. The photoresist composition includes an imaging polymer, a crosslinking agent and a radiation sensitive acid generator. The imaging polymer includes a monomeric unit having an acid-labile moiety-substituted hydroxyl group. The patterning forming method utilizes an organic solvent developer to selectively remove an unexposed region of a photoresist layer of the photoresist composition to form a patterned structure in the photoresist layer. The photoresist composition and the pattern forming method are especially useful for forming material patterns on a semiconductor substrate using 193 nm (ArF) lithography. | 2013-10-31 |
20130288179 | RADIATION-SENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION AND COMPOUND - A radiation-sensitive resin composition includes a compound represented by a formula (1), and a polymer that includes a structural unit having an acid-labile group. R | 2013-10-31 |
20130288180 | MONOMER, POLYMER, POSITIVE RESIST COMPOSITION AND PATTERNING PROCESS - A polymer for use in resist compositions is obtained from a monomer having formula (1) wherein R | 2013-10-31 |
20130288181 | DRAWING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ARTICLE - The present invention provides a drawing apparatus which performs drawing on a substrate with a charged particle beam, the apparatus comprising a correction device configured to correct drawing data for controlling the drawing, and a drawing device configured to perform the drawing with the charged particle beam based on data corrected by the correction device, wherein the correction device is configured to perform geometrical correction for the drawing data to overlay a drawing region with a target region on the substrate, and then perform proximity effect correction for the drawing data having undergone the geometrical correction. | 2013-10-31 |
20130288182 | Electron Beam Processing With Condensed Ice - In a method for imaging a solid state substrate, a vapor is condensed to an amorphous solid water condensate layer on a surface of a solid state substrate. Then an image of at least a portion of the substrate surface is produced by scanning an electron beam along the substrate surface through the water condensate layer. The water condensate layer integrity is maintained during electron beam scanning to prevent electron-beam contamination from reaching the substrate during electron beam scanning. Then one or more regions of the layer can be locally removed by directing an electron beam at the regions. A material layer can be deposited on top of the water condensate layer and any substrate surface exposed at the one or more regions, and the water condensate layer and regions of the material layer on top of the layer can be removed, leaving a patterned material layer on the substrate. | 2013-10-31 |
20130288183 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LIQUID INJECTION HEAD AND EXPOSURE METHOD - Provided is a method of manufacturing a liquid injection head, the method including: forming, on a substrate, a negative photosensitive resin layer having a first surface on a side opposite to the substrate and a second surface on the substrate side; carrying out first exposure of the negative photosensitive resin layer; carrying out second exposure of the negative photosensitive resin layer; and forming the ejection orifice by carrying out development after the first exposure and the second exposure in which each of the first surface and the second surface has a portion in which a part of the unexposed portion in the first exposure and a part of the unexposed portion in the second exposure overlap and a portion in which a part of the unexposed portion in the first exposure and a part of the unexposed portion in the second exposure do not overlap. | 2013-10-31 |
20130288184 | METHOD OF FORMING PATTERN - Provided is a pattern forming method making it possible to obtain a pattern with less scums and watermark defects. The pattern forming method includes the steps of forming a film from an actinic-ray- or radiation-sensitive resin composition includes a resin (A) that exhibits an increased solubility in an alkali developer when acted on by an acid, a compound (B) that generates an acid when exposed to actinic rays or radiation, and a resin (C) containing at least one of a fluorine atom and a silicon atom, exposing the film to light, and developing the exposed film using a tetramethylammonium hydroxide solution whose concentration is less than 2.38 mass %. | 2013-10-31 |
20130288185 | DEVELOPER COMPOSITION FOR PRINTING PLATE, DEVELOPER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PRINTING PLATE - The present invention provides a water-based developer where the dispersibility of an image mask layer in a developer is good in a developing step of a water-developable printing original plate of a CTP system. Also, the present invention also provides a water-based developer where the scum dispersibility in the developer is good even the developing is repeatedly conducted in large quantities using the same developer in a developing step of a water-developable printing original plate of a negative system. According to the present invention, there is provided a developer composition for a printing plate containing (a) alkali metal salt of saturated fatty acid having carbon number of 12 to 18 and (b) alkali metal salt of unsaturated fatty acid having carbon number of 12 to 18 in a weight ratio of from 20:80 to 80:20 in terms of (a):(b). The developer composition may further contain an alkali agent (c). In this case, a weight ratio of (a):(b) may be from 20:80 to 80:20, and the alkali agent (c) may be contained in amount of 0.01 to 10 part(s) by weight to 100 parts by weight in total of the components (a) and (b). | 2013-10-31 |
20130288186 | HEAT ISOLATING TORCH - A device having a flame bowl surrounded by a first, inner shroud. The device includes a shell having a second, outer shroud on an upper portion thereof, the outer shroud circumscribing at least a portion of the first shroud, and a support supporting the flame bowl and the first shroud in a fixed relationship with respect to the outer shroud. | 2013-10-31 |
20130288187 | MULTIFLAME BURNER WITH FLAME - A multiflame burner with burner nozzles which can be loaded with fuel gas, particularly for thermal material processing methods, in which at least one of the burner nozzles is provided with at least one auxiliary nozzle opening for generating an auxiliary flame arranged laterally to a main nozzle arrangement for generating a working flame and in the direction of at least one adjacent burner nozzle. | 2013-10-31 |
20130288188 | LIGHTING APPARATUS - Lighting apparatus suitable for use in a gas lantern lighting fixtures and containing a single piece body member with a horizontally oriented gas inlet, a vertically oriented gas outlet, and a fastener along with a valve; an orifice; and a burner tip connected to one another are disclosed. Lighting apparatus which are easy to assemble and capable of efficiently producing an aesthetically pleasing flame along with associated methods are described. | 2013-10-31 |
20130288189 | HEAT ISOLATING TORCH - A device with a flame bowl for a torch having a torch body containing a fuel supply. A fitting attaches to the flame bowl for interfacing with the fuel supply. A perforated support affixes the flame bowl in an elevated position relative to a portion of the torch body. | 2013-10-31 |
20130288190 | BURNER - The invention is directed to a burner comprising (a) a burner pipe, (b) mixing means arranged in the burner pipe for mixing an oxygen-containing gas and a fuel gas and for discharging the resulting gas mixture within the burner pipe; and (c) stabilising means downstream of the mixing means in the centre of the burner pipe, wherein the stabilising means comprises a conically shaped body which widens in flow direction. | 2013-10-31 |
20130288191 | WORK APPARATUS FOR SETTING FASTENING ELEMENTS - The invention relates to a work apparatus for setting fastening elements in a substrate, with a fuel container and with a dosing device, through which the fuel is fed from the fuel container into a combustion chamber in which a flammable mixture is ignited, for setting a fastening element, and with a temperature sensor. In order to prevent undesired malfunctioning in the operation of the work apparatus or to reduce the incidence of such malfunctioning, the work apparatus comprises a container temperature sensor and a dosing temperature sensor. | 2013-10-31 |
20130288192 | NON-MONOLITHIC CRUCIBLE - The present invention provides a non-monolithic crucible for sapphire production and methods of making and using the same. | 2013-10-31 |