12th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 25 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100075169 | Method for producing a weight - A method for producing a weight comprising following steps: (a) grinding a barium sulfate ore into powder, (b) mixing the barium sulfate ore powder with dihydrolipoyl and solidifying agent, (c) extruding the mixture, and (d) die-casting the extruded mixture into a weight of a predetermined shape. | 2010-03-25 |
20100075170 | POLYCRYSTALLINE COMPLEX-SHAPED MESOSCALE COMPONENTS - A polycrystalline mesoscale component is provided that has an overall length L divided into multiple segments with a second segment extending from a first segment at a nonlinear angle. The first segment has a first segment height H | 2010-03-25 |
20100075171 | NANO-GRAINED ALUMINUM ALLOY BELLOWS - A bellows includes a flexible section including a series of convolutions extending between a first end and a second end. The convolutions are formed of a nano-grained aluminum alloy. | 2010-03-25 |
20100075172 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING A CORROSION-PROTECTED AND HIGH-GLOSS SUBSTRATE - The present invention relates to a method for producing an at least partially corrosion protected and in particular, shiny metallic and/or non-metallic substrate, comprising a) the provision of a substrate with an at least partially coatable surface, and b) the application of at least one metallic protective layer, containing a first metal, a first precious metal or a first metal alloy, and at least one salt, one oxide, double oxide, oxide hydrate, sulphide, halogenide, nitride, carbide, carbon nitride, boride, silicide, oxyhalogenide and/or salt of a second metal, second precious metal or second metal alloy. | 2010-03-25 |
20100075173 | METALLIC MULTILAYERED MATERIAL FOR USE AS A HEATING PLATE OR A COOLING PLATE - This invention describes a metallic multilayered material ( | 2010-03-25 |
20100075174 | Method for deposition of chromium layers as hard-chrome plating, electroplating bath and hard-chrome surfaces - The invention relates to a method for deposition of chromium layers as hard-chrome plating for protection against wear or corrosion and/or for decorative purposes and also an electroplating bath with which chromium layers of this type can be deposited. The invention also relates to hard-chrome surfaces produced accordingly. | 2010-03-25 |
20100075175 | LARGE-AREA SEED FOR AMMONOTHERMAL GROWTH OF BULK GALLIUM NITRIDE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE - A high-quality, large-area seed crystal for ammonothermal GaN growth and method for fabricating. The seed crystal comprises double-side GaN growth on a large-area substrate. The seed crystal is of relatively low defect density and has flat surfaces free of bowing. The seed crystal is useful for producing large-volume, high-quality bulk GaN crystals by ammonothermal growth methods for eventual wafering into large-area GaN substrates for device fabrication. | 2010-03-25 |
20100075176 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING ELECTRICAL CONDUCTOR - To provide a process whereby a titanium oxide type electrical conductor excellent in electrical conductivity with good transparency can be produced with good productivity. | 2010-03-25 |
20100075177 | TNALSPREPARATION METHOD OF ZINC-TIN COMPOSITE TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE OXIDE FILMS BY USING ELECTRON CYCLOTRON RESONANCE PLASMA CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION - The present invention relates to a process of preparing zinc-tin composite transparent conductive oxide films Zn | 2010-03-25 |
20100075178 | WRITING AND READING MULTI-LEVEL PATTERNED MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIA - A method and apparatus for writing magnetization states in a pair of magnetic islands of a multi-level patterned magnetic recording medium and a method and apparatus for reading readback waveforms representing the written magnetization states of a pair of magnetic islands of a two-level patterned magnetic recording medium. Writing each magnetization state includes selecting the magnetization state, determining a write current sufficient to write the magnetization state, and applying the write current to a magnetic write head to write the magnetization state by simultaneously writing associated magnetic states in each magnetic island of the pair of magnetic islands. Reading the readback waveform representing the written magnetization state is implemented through use of a magnetic read head and includes: identifying the written magnetization state by decoding the readback waveform; and displaying and/or recording the written magnetization state. | 2010-03-25 |
20100075179 | MASTER DISK FOR TRANSFER AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME - A manufacturing method of a master disk for transfer having an uneven pattern corresponding to information to be transferred comprises an initial layer forming step of forming an initial layer containing a nickel film on a surface of a reverse type master disk; an electroforming step of forming a metal layer so as to layer the metal layer on the initial layer by an electroforming method; and a peeling off step of peeling off a duplicated disk having at least two layers that are the initial layer and the metal layer to be integrated from the reverse type master disk after the electroforming step, and obtaining the master disk for transfer that is the duplicated disk with the initial layer being formed by being stacked on an uneven surface of the metal layer. | 2010-03-25 |
20100075180 | MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM SUBSTRATE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - Provided is a magnetic recording medium substrate suitable for preparation of a DT medium and a patterned medium, and the magnetic recording medium substrate is possible to be of easy preparation of the DT medium and the patterned medium with no complicated processes. Disclosed is a magnetic recording medium substrate comprising a circular plate-shaped substrate made of a nonmagnetic base material, wherein a predetermined region of a surface of the substrate to form a magnetic film on the surface is more roughened than another region of the surface. When forming a magnetic film on this substrate, the magnetic film is formed in the region of the substrate surface, which is more roughened than the other region, to easily prepare the DT medium and the patterned medium. | 2010-03-25 |
20100075181 | SOLID-STATE STRUCTURE COMPRISING A BATTERY AND A VARIABLE CAPACITOR HAVING A CAPACITANCE WHICH IS CONTROLLED BY THE STATE-OF-CHARGE OF THE BATTERY - The present invention relates to a solid-state variable capacitor, comprising a first capacitor plate ( | 2010-03-25 |
20100075182 | METHOD FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL ACTIVATION OF FUEL CELLS - There is provided a method for the activation of a fuel cell. An exemplary method comprises operating the fuel cell entirely or partially at least briefly in an electrolysis regimen during galvanic operation. | 2010-03-25 |
20100075183 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DELIVERING HYDROGEN IN A VEHICLE - One exemplary embodiment includes a modular hydrogen storage system including discrete modules constructed and arranged so the hydrogen can be delivered from a discrete module independent of the rest of the system. | 2010-03-25 |
20100075184 | CARBON DIOXIDE DISSOLUTION AND C4+nM STATE CARBON RECYCLING DEVICE AND METHOD - With this technology, we build a nano-material which is structured as a tree with the branches and leaves being tentacles. When the temperature is between 150° C. and 180° C., those tentacles will shape themselves into nanometer holes to catch ion. | 2010-03-25 |
20100075185 | FUEL CELL POWER GENERATION SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING HOT WATER TO A HOUSING - A fuel cell power generation system includes a plurality of fuel cells executing power generating operations by use of oxidants and fuel, a plurality of hot water storage tanks in which heat energies generated upon the power generating operations of the fuel cells are stored as hot water, a power supplying portion supplying electric energies generated by the fuel cells to plural electric energy consuming portions, a control portion controlling the power generating operations executed by the fuel cells. The control portion includes a power generation correcting device by which a standard generated power output Wa is calculated by dividing a total loading dose applied to all the fuel cells, by a total number of the fuel cells that is operated to generate power, and on the basis of heat energy storage capacities of the hot water storage tanks, the standard generated power output is corrected. | 2010-03-25 |
20100075186 | HIGH PERFORMANCE PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE (PEM) FUEL CELL - A fuel cell includes a membrane electrode assembly (MEA), at least one separator plate disposed on a first side of the MEA, and at least one separator plate disposed on a second side of the MEA. The separator plate on the first side of the MEA may form a first group of channels for conducting a first reactant. The separator plate disposed on the second side of the MEA may form a second group of channels for conducting a second reactant. The first group of channels include a first set and a second set of channels alternatively positioned. Each of the first set of channels is positioned adjacent to a channel of the second set. Each of the two sets of channels includes an input controlled by an input valve and an output controlled by an output valve. The first group of channels forms an interdigitated flow field by closing the input valve of one of the two sets of channels and closing the output valve of the other of the two sets of channels, and forms a conventional flow field by opening both the input valve and the output valve. | 2010-03-25 |
20100075187 | MEMBRANE-MEMBRANE REINFORCING MEMBER ASSEMBLY, MEMBRANE-CATALYST LAYER ASSEMBLY, MEMBRANE-ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY, AND POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELL - A membrane-membrane reinforcing member assembly includes: a polymer electrolyte membrane ( | 2010-03-25 |
20100075188 | Manufacturing Method of Membrane Electrode Assembly - The present invention provides a manufacturing method of a membrane electrode assembly which makes it possible to produce a polymer electrolyte fuel cell at a high level of productivity. According to the present invention, it is possible to make differences in characteristics between a first catalyst electrode | 2010-03-25 |
20100075189 | CURRENT COLLECTOR AND FUEL CELL STACK - A current collector and a fuel cell stack are disclosed. The current collector in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention includes: a substrate; a double-side adhesive layer, which is formed on one surface of the substrate; a collecting pattern, which is formed on the other surface of the substrate; and a conductive adhesive layer, which is formed on the collecting pattern. While using the current collector described above, electrical resistance in a fuel cell can be reduced, thus improving the performance of the fuel cell. Moreover, even if the thickness of an endplate is thin, clamping pressure required in the fuel cell can be provided. | 2010-03-25 |
20100075190 | Membrane Electrode Assembly, Manufacturing Method Thereof and Fuel Cell - The present invention prevents a flooding phenomenon by a simple method and receives a relatively small influence by a proton transfer in the catalyst layer so as to provide an MEA having an excellent power generation performance. An MEA of the present invention has an anode catalyst layer and a cathode catalyst layer on surfaces of the polymer electrolyte membrane and catalyst loaded particles are included in the anode catalyst layer and the cathode catalyst layer. It is a feature of the present invention that the cathode catalyst layer has more catalysts in a surface region than in a boundary region with the polymer electrolyte membrane in the thickness direction, whereas the anode catalyst layer has more catalysts in a boundary region than in a surface region in the thickness direction. | 2010-03-25 |
20100075191 | Textured solid oxide fuel cell having reduced polarization losses - An improved SOFC including textural features pressed into a structural anode and electrolyte bi-layer laminate to increase the active surface area of the finished fuel cell anode and cathode. This arrangement reduces current losses from ohmic, concentration, and activation polarization. In a presently preferred embodiment, an array of dimples is formed during manufacture of the bi-layer laminate by isostatically pressing an array of steel balls against the laminate before firing thereof. The dimples or other features may be varied in depth and spacing as may be desired to optimize gas flow through the SOFC and fuel efficiency thereof. The array may be close-spaced or not and may have any desired geometric packing form, including rectangular and hexagonal. | 2010-03-25 |
20100075192 | CURRENT COLLECTOR FOR SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL TUBE WITH INTERNAL FUEL PROCESSING - A solid oxide fuel cell includes a tube, a spacer element, a catalytic substrate and an anode current collector. The solid oxide fuel cell further includes a spacer element disposed within the tube. The solid oxide fuel cell further includes a catalytic substrate disposed within the anode current collector electrically contacting the anode of the tube and providing an electrical current path inside the tube past the catalytic substrate to the inlet opening. | 2010-03-25 |
20100075193 | Proton Conductive Membrane and Method for Producing it - A proton conductive membrane having high proton conductivity is provided. | 2010-03-25 |
20100075194 | Low-temperature bonding of refractory ceramic layers - A cathode of a solid-oxide fuel cell includes a first ionic conducting layer, a second layer deposited over the first layer and formed from a mixed ionic and electronic conductor layer including an oxygen ion conducting phase, and a third layer deposited over the second layer and formed from a mixed ionic and electronic conductor layer. A sintering aid and pore formers are added to the second layer and the third layer to establish ionic, electronic, and gas diffusion paths that are contiguous. By adjusting the microstructure of the second and the third layer, a high performance low resistance cathode is formed that bonds well to the electrolyte, is highly electro-catalytic, and has a relatively low overall resistance. By using inexpensive and readily available substances as sintering aid and as pore formers, a low-cost cathode is provided. | 2010-03-25 |
20100075195 | Nanoporous Polymer Electrolyte - A nanoporous polymer electrolyte and methods for making the polymer electrolyte are disclosed. The polymer electrolyte comprises a crosslinked self-assembly of a polymerizable salt surfactant, wherein the crosslinked self-assembly includes nanopores and wherein the crosslinked self-assembly has a conductivity of at least 1.0×10 | 2010-03-25 |
20100075196 | Polymer Electrolyte, Membrane Electrode Assembly and Fuel Cell - The present invention easily provides a polymer electrolyte that exhibits high proton conductivity under low humidity conditions and has a high level of durability and mechanical strength. The polymer electrolyte is produced by mixing proton-conducting sulfonated polyethersulfone C1, sulfonated polyphenylene sulfide C2 or sulfonated poly(4-phenoxybenzoyl-1,4-phenylene) C3 having a sulfonic acid group A as a protic acid group with 1,4-benzenedimethanol B as a crosslinking agent having a methylol group and heat-treating the mixture so that a reaction can be carried out. The polymer electrolyte includes a plurality of proton-conducting sulfonated polyethersulfone moieties C chemically bonded at their aromatic ring moieties other than the sulfonic acid group A to one another through a residue B′ of 1,4-benzenedimethanol. | 2010-03-25 |
20100075197 | FULLERENE BASED PROTON CONDUCTIVE MATERIALS - A fullerene-based proton conductor including a proton conductive functional group connected to the fullerene by an at least partially fluorinated spacer molecule. Also, a polymer including at least two of the proton conductors that are connected by a linking molecule. Further, an electrochemical device employing the polymer as a proton exchange membrane, whereby the device is able to achieve a self-humidifying characteristic. | 2010-03-25 |
20100075198 | FUEL CELL - After hydrogen fed from introduction hole | 2010-03-25 |
20100075199 | HYDROPHOBIC LAYER FOR A FUEL CELL - A device for managing fluid flow within a fuel cell assembly ( | 2010-03-25 |
20100075200 | HIGH-PRESSURE TANK, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING HIGH-PRESSURE TANK, AND MANUFACTURING EQUIPMENT OF HIGH-PRESSURE TANK - A high-pressure tank including: a cap; a liner; and a reinforced layer that is provided on the liner. The liner includes a gas barrier layer. | 2010-03-25 |
20100075201 | FUEL CELL WITH ELECTRODE HAVING AN ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE NANO-COLUMN AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF - In a fuel cell including an electrolyte membrane and a pair of electrodes disposed on both sides of the electrolyte membrane, at least one of the electrodes has an electrically conductive nanocolumn that is oriented with an inclination of 60° or less with respect to a planar direction of the electrolyte membrane, a catalyst supported on the electrically conductive nanocolumn, and an electrolyte resin coating the electrically conductive nanocolumn. | 2010-03-25 |
20100075202 | MEMBRANE-ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY INCLUDING GUARD GASKET - Disclosed is a membrane-electrode assembly (MEA) that prevents an electrolyte membrane from being damaged upon the fabrication of a single cell or a stack of fuel cells. The MEA further includes a guard gasket interposed between conventional gaskets, wherein the guard gasket has a thickness corresponding to 70%-95% of the thickness of the electrolyte membrane. The MEA ensures mechanical protection of the electrolyte membrane, and thus prevents the electrolyte membrane from being damaged by an excessive binding pressure upon the fabrication of a single cell or a stack of fuel cells. Furthermore, the contact resistance between the electrolyte membrane and the catalyst layer and the contact resistance between the gas diffusion layer and the catalyst layer can be minimized, thereby improving the quality of a fuel cell. | 2010-03-25 |
20100075203 | MEMBRANE-ELECTRODE UNIT COMPRISING A BARRIER JUNCTION - The present invention relates to a membrane-electrode assembly comprising at least one membrane, at least two electrode layers and at least one barrier layer, wherein the at least one barrier layer comprises at least one catalytically active species and/or at least one adsorbent material and the barrier layer is electronically nonconductive when a catalytically active species is present, the use of such a barrier layer in a membrane-electrode assembly and in a fuel cell, and also a gas-diffusion electrode and a fuel cell comprising such a membrane-electrode assembly. | 2010-03-25 |
20100075204 | ANODE CATALYST LAYER AND MEMBRANE-ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY OF DIRECT LIQUID FEED FUEL CELL AND DIRECT LIQUID FEED FUEL CELL - An anode catalyst layer of a direct liquid feed fuel cell includes a Pt—Ru or Pt—Pd black catalyst; and a supported Pt—Ru or Pt—Pd catalyst having Pt—Ru or Pt—Pd supported on a carbon-based support. A membrane-electrode assembly of a direct liquid feed fuel cell includes an electrolyte membrane; and anode and cathode electrodes positioned to face each other with the electrolyte membrane being positioned therebetween, wherein the anode and cathode electrodes respectively include a gas diffusion layer and a catalyst layer. The anode catalyst layer of a direct liquid feed fuel cell shows excellent activity for an oxidation reaction of fuel and good catalyst stability and durability together with minimizing a dose of catalyst since a black catalyst and a supported catalyst are used together at an optimized ratio. | 2010-03-25 |
20100075205 | SECONDARY BATTERY - A secondary battery capable of being formed to be relatively small by reducing the sizes of internal devices and compactly locating the internal devices. Accordingly, the volume of the secondary battery is reduced and the capacity thereof is maintained, thereby increasing the capacity density of the secondary battery. In one embodiment, the secondary battery includes a bare cell having a cap plate and a protection circuit module on the bare cell and including a printed circuit board surface-contacting the cap plate. | 2010-03-25 |
20100075206 | On-board battery assembly - An on-board battery assembly includes a cell stack, a blowing member, and a control component. The cell stack includes a plurality of cell modules. The cell stack has one side face that extends generally along a width axis orthogonal to a longitudinal axis of the plurality of cell modules. The blowing member having a blow-out port that has a dimension generally equivalent to a dimension of the one side face. The blowing member includes a casing having a suction port and a flow channel. The flow channel has a width that becomes greater toward the blow-out port. The control component is provided in a space defined between the casing and a plane, which is perpendicular to the width axis, and which includes an end portion of the one side face. | 2010-03-25 |
20100075207 | BATTERY LIFE ALARM SYSTEM AND BATTERY LIFE ALARM METHOD - A battery life alarm system and a battery life alarm method are provided. The battery life alarm system includes a first arithmetic unit, a second arithmetic unit and a third arithmetic unit. The first arithmetic unit outputs a capacity ratio according to a sense voltage and a design capacity of a battery. The second arithmetic unit outputs a life ratio according to a used life parameter and a design life parameter of the battery, wherein the used life parameter and design life parameter correspond to the using time or the charge/discharge times of the battery. The third arithmetic unit outputs a life index according to the capacity ratio, the life ratio and a weighted percentage. | 2010-03-25 |
20100075208 | Medical Device Battery Pack with Active Status Indication - A system and method provides a status indicator to a battery pack of a medical device. The battery pack includes a power supply capable of being connected to the medical device. The battery pack also includes an indicator to automatically indicate a status of at least a portion of at least one of the battery pack and the medical device. For example, the indicator can indicate a status of the power supply. | 2010-03-25 |
20100075209 | BATTERY UNIT - A battery unit includes a battery assembly. The battery assembly includes a glass ceramic and a positive-side active material constituting a first composite layer, a glass ceramic and a negative-side active material constituting a second composite layer, and a solid-state electrolyte layer located between the first composite layer and the second composite layer. The battery unit also includes a case in which the battery unit is stored, a load sensor provided on the case, and a clamp member clamping the case and the load sensor. | 2010-03-25 |
20100075210 | Hybrid-Typed Electrode Assembly of Capacitor-Battery Structure - Disclosed herein are a hybrid type electrode assembly including a plurality of electrode groups that can be charged and discharged, wherein the respective electrode groups are constructed in a structure in which a cathode and an anode are opposite to each other while a separator is disposed between the cathode and the anode, and at least one of the electrode groups is a capacitor type electrode group, and a secondary battery including the same. In the hybrid type electrode assembly according to the present invention, a coupled system of a capacitor and a secondary battery is embodied in a single cell through a simplified manufacturing process. Consequently, the present invention has the effect of reducing the manufacturing costs of the battery cell and improving the pulse charge and discharge characteristics without the degeneration of capacity. | 2010-03-25 |
20100075211 | BATTERY RETAINER - A frame defines a battery receiving compartment. A conductive surface is exposed on the frame and is adapted to electrically contact a terminal of a battery inside the frame. A conductive arm is movably coupled to the frame and electrically coupled to the conductive surface. A conductive pad is positioned proximate the conductive arm. The conductive arm is movable in such a manner as to electrically contact the conductive pad, when so urged. | 2010-03-25 |
20100075212 | BATTERY COVER LATCH MECHANISM AND PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING SAME - A battery cover latch mechanism includes a battery cover forming a first clasp, a main body, a button forming a second clasp latching to the first clasp; and a resilient member assembled on the button. The main body includes an assembly portion defining a notch; and a button hole communicating with the notch. The button and the resilient member are slidably assembled in the assembly portion, the resilient member seals the notch. The invention also discloses an electronic device using the battery cover latch mechanism. | 2010-03-25 |
20100075213 | Cell thermal runaway propagation resistant battery pack - A means for inhibiting the propagation of thermal runaway within a plurality of batteries is provided, wherein the means is comprised of a layer of intumescent material covering the interior surfaces of the battery pack. | 2010-03-25 |
20100075214 | DEVICE FOR COOLING BATTERIES OF AN ELECTRONICALLY AND/OR HYBRID POWERED VEHICLE - A device for cooling batteries, particularly of an electric and/or hybrid vehicle, comprises a pair of compartments ( | 2010-03-25 |
20100075215 | THIN BATTERY AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A THIN BATTERY - The thin battery of the invention comprises an anode material, a cathode material, two or more separator paper layers there between, and electrolyte. One of the outer separator paper layers has an anode material applied thereon, another separator paper layer being an outer layer on the opposite side having a cathode material applied thereon. The method of the invention for manufacturing such a thin battery is mainly characterized by the steps of wetting a separator paper with an electrolyte solution, applying an anode material on a first separator paper and applying a cathode material on a second separator paper. The separator papers are then combined by pressing them together so that the anode and cathode materials are outmost, respectively in order to form a layered structure. The combined layers are then cut in desired sizes. | 2010-03-25 |
20100075216 | BATTERY PACK - A battery pack that allows easy application of injection molding in the formation of a battery case and is capable of improving fastening strength of the case components. For this purpose, the battery pack comprises a plurality of battery cells; a circuit module electrically connected to the plurality of battery cells; and a case accommodating the plurality of battery cells and the circuit module, wherein the case includes a first case shaped in the form of an open box and having a plurality of coupling protrusions formed thereon and a second case shaped in the form of an open box and having a plurality of coupling holes engaging with the plurality of coupling protrusions in order to couple the second case with the first case. | 2010-03-25 |
20100075217 | LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A positive electrode, a separator, and a negative electrode including an alloy-type negative electrode active material are stacked in this order, to form an electrode unit. Such electrode units are stacked with a separator interposed between each pair of the electrode units, to form a stacked electrode assembly. The stacked electrode assembly is fabricated, and the stacked electrode assembly is pressed during an initial charge and an initial discharge. As a result, a rate of increase of the thickness of the stacked electrode assembly due to a predetermined number of charge and discharge cycles becomes equal to or less than 10%. It is thus possible to obtain a lithium ion secondary battery having high capacity and high output, capable of maintaining battery performance such as charge/discharge cycle characteristics at a high level for a long time, and having long service life. | 2010-03-25 |
20100075218 | BATTERY UNIT - A battery unit includes a casing, bipolar batteries as a plurality of stacked type batteries housed in the casing, and a plug. The bipolar battery is formed by stacking a plurality of battery elements each having sheet electrodes on opposite sides of an electrolyte, and has collectors. The plug is detachably inserted between the bipolar batteries, and electrically connects bipolar batteries. | 2010-03-25 |
20100075219 | LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY AND PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - In multilayer wholly solid lithium ion secondary batteries, a laminate having a collector layer of material with high conductivity superimposed on an active material layer has been disposed so as to attain a lowering of battery impedance. Consequently, in the fabrication of each of positive electrode layer and negative electrode layer, stacking of three layers consisting of an active material layer, a collector layer and an active material layer has been needed, thereby posing the problem of complex processing and high production cost. In the invention, a positive electrode layer and a negative electrode layer are fabricated from paste consisting of active material mixed with conductive substance in a given mixing ratio, and no collector layer is disposed. This realizes process simplification and manufacturing cost reduction without deterioration of battery performance and has also been effective in enhancing of battery performance, such as improvement to cycle characteristics. | 2010-03-25 |
20100075220 | Battery pack and method of manufacturing the same - A battery pack and method of manufacturing the same, the battery pack including a battery, and a plurality of metal cases surrounding the battery, wherein the plurality of metal cases includes a first metal case and a second metal case and the first and second metal cases are welded to each other. | 2010-03-25 |
20100075221 | Cell thermal runaway propagation resistance using an internal layer of intumescent material - A means for inhibiting the propagation of thermal runaway within a plurality of batteries is provided, wherein the means is comprised of at least one layer of intumescent material interposed between the interior surface of the casing of a battery and the corresponding electrode assembly. | 2010-03-25 |
20100075222 | SLURRY FOR SECONDARY BATTERY ELECTRODE, ELECTRODE FOR SECONDARY BATTERY, PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF ELECTRODE FOR SECONDARY BATTERY, AND SECONDARY BATTERY - There is provided a slurry for a secondary battery electrode and an electrode for a secondary battery that produce satisfactory charge-discharge characteristics for secondary batteries, as well as a secondary battery that exhibits satisfactory charge-discharge characteristics. | 2010-03-25 |
20100075223 | ENERGY STORAGE DEVICES - An energy storage device is provided. The energy storage device includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode covered by a protective layer, and an electrolyte. The positive electrode includes fast-energy-storage electrochemical capacitive materials coated on a current collector. The negative electrode includes metal materials capable of having electrochemical reactivity toward lithium ion. The protective layer includes oxides or hydroxides of the metal materials. | 2010-03-25 |
20100075224 | ELECTRODE - An electrode has a current collector having a plurality of through holes, and active material layers provided on both sides of the current collector, the current collector has projections extending on the top side or on the back side of the current collector from respective edges of the through holes, and an angle between each of the projections and a surface direction of the current collector is in the range of 30 to 80°. Because of the configuration wherein the projections are surrounded by the active material layers, a physical anchor effect is achieved so as to provide high adhesion. Since the projections are inclined relative to the surface direction of the current collector, the distance becomes shorter between the current collector including the projections and an active material, which was located apart from the projections in the case where the projections extended perpendicularly to the surface direction of the current collector. Therefore, electrically conducting paths become shorter and impedance is reduced. | 2010-03-25 |
20100075225 | Nanocomposite electrodes and related devices - A nanocomposite electrode that includes a current collector, an electroactive layer a conductive adhesive contacting the surface of the current collector and an interlayer region in electrical communication with the current collector and the electroactive material. The interlayer region is interposed between the current collector and the electroactive layer and includes a portion of the conductive adhesive intermixed with a portion of the electroactive layer. The electroactive layer includes electroactive material having a surface area of at least about 10 m | 2010-03-25 |
20100075226 | ELECTRODES INCLUDING NOVEL BINDERS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME - Provided are electrode compositions for lithium-ion electrochemical cells that include novel binders. The novel binders include lithium polysalts of carboxylic and sulfonic acids, lithium salts of copolymers of acids, lithium polysulfonate fluoropolymers, a cured phenolic resin, cured glucose, and combinations thereof. | 2010-03-25 |
20100075227 | NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE BATTERY AND NEGATIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL - A negative electrode active material includes complex particles and a carbonaceous material phase which binds the complex particles. The complex particles comprises a metal oxide having an average size of 50 nm to 1 μm and SiO | 2010-03-25 |
20100075228 | Non-thermofusible phenol resin powder, method for producing the same, thermosetting resin composition, sealing material for semiconductor, and adhesive for semiconductor - Disclosed is a non-thermofusible phenol resin powder having an average particle diameter of not more than 20 μm and a single particle ratio of not less than 0.7. This non-thermofusible phenol resin powder preferably has a chlorine content of not more than 500 ppm. This non-thermofusible phenol resin powder is useful as an organic filler for sealing materials for semiconductors and adhesives for semiconductors. The non-thermofusible phenol resin powder is also useful as a precursor of functional carbon materials such as a molecular sieve carbon and a carbon electrode material. | 2010-03-25 |
20100075229 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE FORMING MATERIAL, COMPONENT THEREOF, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME AND RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM-ION BATTERY - Disclosed is a positive electrode forming material for a positive electrode of a battery, the material including particles of a positive electrode active material and fine carbon fibers adhering to surfaces of particles of the positive electrode active material in a shape of a network. The positive electrode active material is preferably fine particles having an average particle diameter of 0.03 to 40 μm. Each of the fine carbon fibers is preferably carbon nanofiber having an average fiber diameter of 1 to 100 nm and an aspect ratio of 5 or greater. The carbon nanofiber is surface-oxidized. The positive electrode forming material includes a binder. The content of the fine carbon fibers is 0.5 to 15 parts by mass and the content of the binder is 0.5 to 10 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the positive electrode active material. | 2010-03-25 |
20100075230 | NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY - A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a positive electrode containing lithium-iron phosphate, and a negative electrode containing a lithium-titanium composite oxide and a lithium composite oxide which is different from the lithium-titanium composite oxide. The lithium composite oxide has a potential of 2.5 to 3V vs. Li/Li | 2010-03-25 |
20100075231 | Lead Acid Battery Slurry Comprising Polyelectrolyte Comb Copolymers - The invention provides a slurry, such as a lead-acid battery slurry, comprising a polyelectrolyte comb copolymer and lead oxide. Use of polyelectrolyte comb copolymers results in a slurry with low viscosity. In addition, the use of polyelectrolyte comb copolymers controls the growth (e.g., size, morphology and location) of the inactive species, and thus, improves battery cycle life. | 2010-03-25 |
20100075232 | COMPOSITE POLYMER ELECTROLYTES FOR A RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERY - The composite electrolyte for use in a thin plate rechargeable lithium battery comprises a porous or micro-porous inert, multi-layered polymer separator laminate which carries an adherent second polymer coating containing a dissociable lithium compound, and the multi-layered separator having adherent solid second polymer layer, is impregnated with an organic liquid containing another lithium salt. The porous or micro-porous separator laminate is made of multiple polymer layers, at least one of the member layers having melting temperature at least 20-C below the melting temperature of the other polymer member layers. The composite porous electrolyte is inserted between the electrodes of a rechargeable lithium battery. In another embodiment the porous polymer separator sheet has an adherent, dissociable lithium compound containing, solid second polymer layer on each of its major faces. | 2010-03-25 |
20100075233 | BATTERY AND ELECTRODE - A positive electrode includes: a salt represented by the following formula (1) on the surface of an active material contained in a positive electrode active material layer provided on a positive electrode collector, or at least on the surface of the positive electrode active material layer | 2010-03-25 |
20100075234 | Generation Of Contact Masks For Inkjet Printing On Solar Cell Substrates - A contact mask for inkjet printing on a solar cell substrate may be generated by creating a printing bitmap of contacts to be printed on the solar cell substrate. The contacts may be located on the solar cell substrate by mapping coordinates of the printing bitmap to coordinates of the solar cell substrate as positioned in the inkjet printer. The location of the contacts on the solar cell substrate may be defined relative to a location on the solar cell substrate, such as relative to center of mass. The contact mask may be printed by the inkjet printer using the printing bitmap and location information of the contacts. | 2010-03-25 |
20100075235 | WRITING PATTERN PRODUCING METHOD, PHOTOMASK MANUFACTURING METHOD, AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A writing pattern producing method includes obtaining a width of an overlapping portion of first and second patterns, determining whether the width of the overlapping portion is greater than a predetermined width, producing a writing pattern according to a first method when the width of the overlapping portion is determined to be greater than the predetermined width, producing a writing pattern according to a second method when the width of the overlapping portion is determined to be smaller than the predetermined width, the first method being to produce the writing pattern by dividing a composite pattern of the first and second patterns into a plurality of graphic forms which have widths not smaller than the predetermined width and do not overlap with one another, and the second method being to produce the writing pattern from the first and second patterns so that the overlapping portion is written repeatedly. | 2010-03-25 |
20100075236 | PHOTOMASK BLANK, PHOTOMASK, AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A photomask blank is for fabricating a phase shift mask having a light-transmissive substrate provided with a phase shift part adapted to give a predetermined phase difference to transmitted exposure light. The phase shift part is a dug-down part formed by digging down the light-transmissive substrate from a surface thereof to a digging depth adapted to produce the predetermined phase difference with respect to exposure light transmitted through the light-transmissive substrate at a portion where the phase shift part is not provided. The photomask blank includes a light-shielding part formed in a peripheral area around a transfer pattern area of the surface of the light-transmissive substrate and adapted to shield exposure light and further includes an etching mask film formed in the transfer pattern area of the surface of the light-transmissive substrate and made of a material being substantially dry-etchable with a chlorine-based gas, but not substantially dry-etchable with a fluorine-based gas, the etching mask film serving as an etching mask at least until the digging depth is reached when forming the dug-down part. | 2010-03-25 |
20100075237 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SUBSTRATE HAVING PARTITION WALLS AND PIXELS FORMED THEREON - To provide a process for producing a substrate having partition walls and pixels formed thereon, by which it is possible to obtain partition walls excellent in the liquid repellency and pixels having an ink layer excellent in the uniformity in the thickness. | 2010-03-25 |
20100075238 | Variable Resist Protecting Groups - A method and system for patterning a substrate using a dual-tone development process is described. The method and system comprise using a resist material having a polymer backbone with a plurality of protecting groups attached thereto to improve process latitude and critical dimension uniformity for the dual-tone development process. | 2010-03-25 |
20100075239 | AZO PIGMENT, ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - The present invention provides an azo pigment comprising a group represented by the general formula (1) below, an electrophotographic photosensitive member comprising an intermediate layer comprising the azo pigment, and a process cartridge and an electrophotographic apparatus that comprise the electrophotographic photosensitive member. | 2010-03-25 |
20100075240 | ELECTROSTATIC-LATENT-IMAGE-DEVELOPING TONER, ELECTROSTATIC LATENT IMAGE DEVELOPER, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING ELECTROSTATIC-LATENT-IMAGE-DEVELOPING TONER, IMAGE-FORMING METHOD, AND IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS - An electrostatic-image-developing toner includes toner particles containing a binder resin, a colorant, and a release agent, wherein the toner contains colorless binder resin particles and, of the colorless binder resin particles, particles having a volume-average particle size diameter 1.5 times as large as, or larger than that of, D50 of the toner particles are in a proportion of about 30 particles or less particles per 5,000 toner particles, with D50 being a volume-average particle size diameter of the toner particles. | 2010-03-25 |
20100075241 | TONERS WITH FLUORESCENCE AGENT AND TONER SETS INCLUDING THE TONERS - A toner set includes a plurality of toners, at least one toner but less than all toners of the toner set including binder, colorant and fluorescence agent and remaining additional toners including binder, colorant and free of fluorescence agent. At least a first toner grouping and a second toner grouping of the toner set form a combination, the first and second groupings of the combination exhibiting a substantially same color under ambient light conditions upon image formation. The first toner grouping and the second toner grouping of the combination contain a different amount of the fluorescence agent, wherein upon exposure to activating energy, the fluorescence agent fluoresces to cause a visible change in the color of a pattern formed in an image by the first toner grouping as compared to the second toner grouping. | 2010-03-25 |
20100075242 | TONER FOR ELECTROSTATIC IMAGE DEVELOPMENT - A toner for electrostatic image development containing (a) a toner matrix particle containing a resin binder, and (b) an external additive added to the toner matrix particles, wherein the resin binder contains a polyester A obtained by polycondensing an alcohol component and a carboxylic acid component containing isophthalic acid and/or an ester thereof, and wherein the external additive contains fine silica particles containing a metal or a metal oxide; and A method of forming fixed images including the step of applying the toner for electrostatic image development to an image-forming apparatus according to a non-contact fusing method. The toner for electrostatic image development of the present invention is suitably used in developing latent images formed in, for example, electrophotography, an electrostatic recording method, an electrostatic printing method, or the like. | 2010-03-25 |
20100075243 | TONER FOR ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY, AND TWO-COMPONENT DEVELOPER AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD USING THE TONER - A toner for electrophotography, including a release agent; a binder resin; a colorant; and an external additive, wherein the binder resin is a polyester resin, and wherein the toner has a loss on heat not greater than 0.40% by weight at 165° C. and a difference between a loss on heat at 200° C. and the loss on heat at 165° C. not greater than 0.50% by weight, and includes a n-paraffin in an amount not less than 3% by weight. | 2010-03-25 |
20100075244 | CARRIER CORE MATERIAL FOR ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC DEVELOPER, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME, CARRIER FOR ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC DEVELOPER, AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC DEVELOPER - To provide a carrier for electrophotographic developer, capable of realizing a high image quality and full colorization and reducing carrier scattering, and a manufacturing method of the same, and an electrophotographic developer containing the carrier. A carrier core material for electrophotographic developer, with a general formula expressed by Mg | 2010-03-25 |
20100075245 | RESIN PARTICLE, TONER, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE USING THE SAME - Disclosed is a resin particle having a volume average particle diameter of 10 nm to 500 nm, obtained by polymerizing an addition polymerizable monomer containing a silsesquioxane (a) represented by Formula (I) or by copolymerizing the silsesquioxane (a) with an addition polymerizable monomer (b), | 2010-03-25 |
20100075246 | METHOD OF PRODUCING SOLID BODY HAVING DEPRESSED PORTIONS ON ITS SURFACE AND METHOD OF PRODUCING ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER - A method for producing a solid body having depressed portions on its surface is provided. The method includes: using a solution which includes a solvent A, a solvent B, a solvent C, and a polymer compound, where the solvent B is a hydrophobic solvent, the solvent A is a hydrophilic solvent having a boiling point not lower than the boiling point of the solvent B, and the solvent C is a non-hydrophobic solvent having a boiling point lower than the boiling point of the solvent B, and the contents of the solvent A, solvent B, and solvent C satisfy specific conditions; and solidifying the solution while forming depressed portions on the surface of the solution by condensation during the process of evaporating the solvents included in the solution. | 2010-03-25 |
20100075247 | METHOD AND PREPARATION OF CHEMICALLY PREPARED TONERS - A method of making polymeric particles having a controlled size and size distribution, and in particular a method for the preparation of chemically prepared toners, via evaporative limited coalescence process, wherein basic silicate salts are employed to remove particulate stabilizer from precipitated polymer particles. The process includes the steps of dispersing polymeric binder materials and optional additives in an organic solvent to form an organic phase. The organic phase is dispersed by high shear agitation in an aqueous phase containing a particulate stabilizer, e.g. colloidal silica, to form a dispersion of small droplets of the organic phase in the aqueous phase. The dispersion is homogenized and the organic solvent is removed from the dispersed particles in the dispersion by evaporation, and polymeric particles are precipitated with particulate stabilizer on the surface thereof, which are then recovered, treated with a basic silicate salt to remove particulate stabilizer, and washed and dried. | 2010-03-25 |
20100075248 | BOTTOM ANTIREFLECTIVE COATINGS EXHIBITING ENHANCED WET STRIP RATES, BOTTOM ANTIREFLECTIVE COATING COMPOSITIONS FOR FORMING BOTTOM ANTIREFLECTIVE COATINGS, AND METHODS FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - Bottom antireflective coating (BARC) that exhibit enhanced wet strip rates, BARC compositions for fabricating such BARCs, and methods for manufacturing such BARC compositions are provided. According to one exemplary embodiment, a bottom antireflective coating (BARC) composition comprises an inorganic-based compound, an absorbing material, and a wet strip-rate modifier combination. The wet strip-rate modifier composition comprises a combination of a short chain linear alcohol and dipropylene glycol (DPG), a combination of the short chain linear alcohol and tetraethylene glycol (TEG), a combination of DPG and TEG, or a combination of the short chain linear alcohol, DPG, and TEG. | 2010-03-25 |
20100075249 | POSITIVE RESIST COMPOSITION AND METHOD OF FORMING RESIST PATTERN - A positive resist composition including a resin component (A) which exhibits changed alkali solubility under action of acid and an acid-generator component (B) which generates acid upon exposure, the resin component (A) including a copolymer (A1) containing a structural unit (a1) represented by general formula (II) or a polymer (A2) consisting of a structural unit (a1) represented by general formula (II) (wherein R represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a lower alkyl group or a halogenated lower alkyl group; each of R | 2010-03-25 |
20100075250 | WATERLESS PLANOGRAPHIC PRINTING PLATE PRECURSOR - A waterless planographic printing plate precursor is capable of plate inspection without a post-dyeing step, capable of being handled in a light room and excellent in coloring matter fixing in silicone rubber layer. The waterless planographic printing plate precursor has at least a photosensitive layer or heat sensitive layer and a silicone rubber layer on a substrate, which is a waterless planographic printing plate precursor characterized in that a color pigment is contained in the above-mentioned silicone rubber layer, and it is possible to obtain a more excellent effect by further incorporating, in the above-mentioned silicone rubber layer, a pigment dispersant containing an organic complex compound comprising of a metal and an organic compound. Furthermore, when aluminum and/or titanium is contained as the above-mentioned metal, a more excellent effect can be obtained. | 2010-03-25 |
20100075251 | METHOD OF PREPARING LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTING PLATE AND LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTING PLATE PRECURSOR - A method for preparing a lithographic printing plate includes: imagewise exposing a lithographic printing plate precursor including a photosensitive layer containing a sensitizing dye, a polymerization initiator, a polymerizable compound and a binder polymer and an aluminum support on which a divalent cation is adsorbed in an amount of from 0.5 to 3.0 mg/m | 2010-03-25 |
20100075252 | LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTING PLATE PRECURSOR AND PLATE MAKING METHOD THEREOF - A lithographic printing plate precursor includes: a support; and an image-recording layer containing (A) an infrared absorbing agent, (B) a radical polymerization initiator, (C) a polymerizable compound and (D) an epoxy compound having a molecular weight of 1,000 or less. | 2010-03-25 |
20100075253 | RESIST UNDERLAYER FILM FORMING COMPOSITION CONTAINING LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISSOLUTION ACCELERATOR - There is provided a resist underlayer film forming composition that is used in a lithography process for the production of semiconductor devices and that can be developed with an alkaline developer for photoresists, and a method of forming a photoresist pattern by using the resist underlayer film forming composition. The resist underlayer film forming composition used in a lithography process for a production of a semiconductor device comprising: an alkali-soluble resin (a); a polynuclear phenol (b); a compound (c) having at least two vinylether groups; and a photoacid generator (d). The alkali-soluble resin (a) may be a polymer containing a unit structure having a carboxyl group, and the polynuclear phenol (b) may be a compound having 2 to 30 phenolic hydroxyl groups in the molecule. | 2010-03-25 |
20100075254 | OXIME ESTER COMPOUND AND PHOTOPOLYMERIZATION INITIATOR CONTAINING THE SAME - Disclosed is an oxime ester compound represented by the general formula (I). (I) wherein R | 2010-03-25 |
20100075255 | LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTING PLATE PRECURSOR AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTING PLATE - A lithographic printing plate precursor is provided that includes, above a support, a photosensitive layer including (i) a binder polymer, (ii) an ethylenically unsaturated compound, and (iii) a polymerization initiator, the ethylenically unsaturated compound (ii) including a compound represented by Formula (1) below. | 2010-03-25 |
20100075256 | Onium salt compound, polymer compound comprising the salt compound, chemically amplified resist composition comprising the polymer compound, and method for patterning using the composition - A compound represented by the following formula (1) is provided: | 2010-03-25 |
20100075257 | Resin and Chemically Amplified Resist Composition Comprising the Same - A resin comprising a structural unit represented by the formula (I): | 2010-03-25 |
20100075258 | ON-PRESS DEVELOPABLE IMAGEABLE ELEMENTS - On press developable negative-working, on-press developable imageable elements have improved printout qualities with an incorporated infrared radiation absorbing compound that has a cyanine dye chromophore that is represented by the following Structure (CHROMOPHORE): | 2010-03-25 |
20100075259 | Illuminating waveguide fabrication method - A nanolithography system comprising a novel optical printing head suitable for high throughput nanolithography. This optical head enables a super-resolution lithographic exposure tool that is otherwise compatible with the optical lithographic process infrastructure. The exposing light is transmitted through specially designed super-resolution apertures, of which the “C-aperture” is one example, that create small but bright images in the near-field transmission pattern. A printing head comprising an array of these apertures is held in close proximity to the wafer to be exposed. In one embodiment, an illumination source is divided into parallel channels that illuminate each of the apertures. Each of these channels can be individually modulated to provide the appropriate exposure for the particular location on the wafer corresponding to the current position of the aperture. A data processing system is provided to re-interpret the layout data into a modulation pattern used to drive the individual channels. In one embodiment of the invention, the exposure head remains stationary while the material to be exposed rotates beneath the head. Such an embodiment comprises a circular data fracturing system to process the layout data to determine the correct modulation pattern. | 2010-03-25 |
20100075260 | PLATE MAKING METHOD OF LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTING PLATE PRECURSOR - A plate making method of a lithographic printing plate precursor includes: exposing imagewise a lithographic printing plate precursor including a support and an image-forming layer and containing (A) a compound generating an acid with light or heat, (B) an aromatic hydrocarbon compound or heterocyclic compound substituted with a functional group containing a nitrogen atom and (C) an aromatic aldehyde protected with an acid-decomposable group; and removing an unexposed area of the image-forming layer of the lithographic printing plate precursor by supplying at least one of dampening water and ink on a cylinder of a printing machine. | 2010-03-25 |
20100075261 | Methods for Manufacturing a Contact Grid on a Photovoltaic Cell - Processes for fabricating a contact grid for a photovoltaic cell generally includes providing a photovoltaic cell having an antireflective coating disposed on a sun facing side, the photovoltaic cell comprising a silicon substrate having a p-n junction; soft stamping a pattern of a UV sensitive photoresist and/or polymer onto the antireflective coating; exposing the UV sensitive photoresist and/or polymer to ultraviolet radiation to cure the UV sensitive photoresist and/or polymer; etching the pattern to form openings in the antireflective coating that define the contact grid; stripping the UV sensitive photoresist and/or polymer; and depositing a conductive metal into the openings defined by the pattern. The metal based paste can be aluminum based, which can be annealed at a relatively low temperature. | 2010-03-25 |
20100075262 | POST ARRAYS AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME - In general, in one aspect, the invention features a method that includes forming layer of a mask material on a surface of a first layer, patterning the layer of the mask material to obtain a mask feature, the mask feature having a surface comprising a depression, inducing mass transport of the mask material of the mask feature to obtain a modified mask feature, and transferring a profile of the modified mask feature into the first layer to form a first structure. In general, in another aspect, the invention features a method that includes forming layer of a mask material on a surface of a first layer, patterning the layer of the mask material to obtain a mask feature, inducing mass transport of the mask material of the mask feature to obtain a modified mask feature, and transferring a profile of the modified mask feature into the first layer to form a first structure. The first layer is composed of an amorphous material and the first structure is a post having a base side-wall angle of in a range from about 60 degrees to about 80 degrees. | 2010-03-25 |
20100075263 | Over-coating agent for forming fine patterns and a method of forming fine patterns using such agent - It is disclosed an over-coating agent for forming fine patterns which is applied to cover a substrate having thereon photoresist patterns and allowed to shrink under heat so that the spacing between adjacent photoresist patterns is lessened, with the applied film of the over-coating agent being removed substantially completely to form or define fine trace patterns, further characterized by containing either a water-soluble polymer and an amide group-containing monomer or a water-soluble polymer which contains at least (meth)acrylamide as a monomeric component. Also disclosed is a method of forming fine-line patterns using any one of said over-coating agents. According to the invention, the thermal shrinkage of the over-coating agent for forming fine patterns in the heat treatment can be extensively increased, and one can obtain fine-line patterns which exhibit good profiles while satisfying the characteristics required of semiconductor devices. | 2010-03-25 |
20100075264 | Redundant Ignition Control Circuit and Method - A redundant ignition control system and method for gas burning appliances is provided. The system utilizes a main processor and a supervisory processor to provide the redundant, fail safe operation of both the pilot valve and the main gas valve of the appliance. Three switching elements under the control of the two processors, as well as the use of high pass filters to block DC from the gas control valves provide redundant, fail safe operation. The use of variable duty cycle or frequency pulse width modulated signals enables use in low power applications and ensures system safety. Inclusion of a gas valve verification sequence, ignition sequence, burner monitoring sequence, and heat shutdown and standby sequences ensures safe, low power operation during normal control, and fail safe operation upon the failure of any component of the system. | 2010-03-25 |
20100075265 | Candle holder and extinguisher - Apparatus and method for extinguishing a candle by selecting a predetermined time for which the candle will burn and as a predetermined time is reached an exterior wall rises, engulfs, and covers the candle and flame. Upon coverage of the candle and flame the candle is extinguished, in a safe, secure, protective manner. Upon reaching a final predetermined time of the preset time selected by the user for the candle to burn an alarm sounds notifying the user the apparatus is closing. | 2010-03-25 |
20100075266 | BURNER/HOT AIR GENERATOR APPARATUS OF THE EXTENDER TYPE - The invention relates to an apparatus comprising an injection device ( | 2010-03-25 |
20100075267 | SILICON WAFER HEAT TREATMENT METHOD - A silicon wafer preferable to a semiconductor device is produced by determining a heat treatment condition hardly causing slip dislocations and heat-treating the silicon wafer under the condition. The resistance is calculated by using a calculation formula used for predicting the slip resistance of the wafer from the density, size, and residual solid-solution oxygen concentration of the oxygen precipitation in the silicon wafer, the state of oxygen precipitation such that heat treatment not causing any slip dislocation can be carried out is designed, and thus a silicon wafer heat treatment method under the heat treatment condition not causing any slip dislocation is determined. A silicon wafer heat-treated under such a condition can be provided. | 2010-03-25 |
20100075268 | PREFABRICATED ELEMENTS APPLICABLE IN A SYSTEM OF FERRULES FOR CORRECTING ORTHODONTIC MALOCCLUSIONS - PREFABRICATED ELEMENTS FOR APPLICATION IN A SPLINTS SYSTEM FOR CORRECTING MALOCCLUSIONS IN ORTHODONTICS, constituted by a wire with a central part ( | 2010-03-25 |