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| 20080233720 | Method of Making a Solar Grade Silicon Wafer - A method of making a solar grade silicon wafer is disclosed. In at least some embodiments of this invention, the method includes the follow steps: providing a slurry including a liquid that essentially prevents the oxidation of silicon powder and a silicon powder that is essentially free of oxides; providing a solar grade wafer mold defining an interior for receiving the slurry; introducing the slurry into the solar grade wafer mold; precipitating the silicon powder from the slurry to form a preform of the solar grade silicon wafer; and crystallizing the preform to make the solar grade silicon wafer. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20080307953 | ENCAPSULATED BALLISTIC STRUCTURE - An encapsulated ballistic structure for limiting the transfer of impact force from a projectile. An encapsulant substantially encases and confines a core material. The core material absorbs a part of the compressive stress of a projectile impact. The encapsulant absorbs a part of the tensile stress of a projectile impact. The encapsulant is fabricated from an organic compound having a greater tensile strength than the tensile strength of the core material. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20090217813 | Glass-Ceramic with laminates - A transparent armor system includes a hard face fabricated from a substantially transparent glass-ceramic material exhibiting crystalline bodies throughout the mass of the glass-ceramic material and a backing covering a rear surface of the hard face opposite an anticipated incoming projectile. The backing has a refractive index substantially matching that of the hard face such as to allow substantial transparency of the transparent armor system. The hard face serves to disburse energy caused by the impact of an incoming projectile with the transparent armor system, while the backing serves to retain any pieces of the hard face fractured during ballistic impact. In certain embodiments, a plurality of hard faces are held in parallel and spaced apart arrangement. | 09-03-2009 |
| 20100043629 | Portable Protection Device - A portable protection system including a selectively collapsible truss for supporting a protection member. The truss is movable between a collapsed position and an expanded position. The protection member includes at least one layer of ballistic armor material for disrupting a projectile. The truss includes suitable connectors for releasably connecting the protection member to the truss, and also suitable connectors for releasably connecting the truss to an adjoining truss so as to form a protection wall. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20110000362 | Portable Protection Device - A portable protection system including a selectively collapsible truss for supporting a protection member. The truss is movable between a collapsed position and an expanded position. The protection member includes at least one layer of ballistic armor material for disrupting a projectile. The truss includes suitable connectors for releasably connecting the protection member to the truss, and also suitable connectors for releasably connecting the truss to an adjoining truss so as to form a protection wall. | 01-06-2011 |
| 20110209605 | Portable Protection Device - A portable protection system including a selectively collapsible truss for supporting a protection member. The truss is movable between a collapsed position and an expanded position. The protection member includes at least one layer of ballistic armor material for disrupting a projectile. The truss includes suitable connectors for releasably connecting the protection member to the truss, and also suitable connectors for releasably connecting the truss to an adjoining truss so as to form a protection wall. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110314997 | CERAMIC BALLISTIC ARMOR PRODUCT - A ceramic ballistic material and method of manufacture is disclosed. A filler material is provided. The filler material is divided into filler granules collectively having a median diameter approximately 10 microns or less. An amount of carbon is provided. The carbon is divided into carbon particles and the carbon particles are allowed to coat the filler granules. The mixture of carbon-coated filler granules is formed into a ballistic armor shape. The formed mixture is placed in a substantial vacuum. The mixture is introduced to a pre-selected amount of silicon and the mixture of carbon-coated filler granules and silicon is heated to a temperature at or above the melting point of the silicon. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20120007268 | Method of Producing a Semiconductor - A method for manufacturing a semiconductor is disclosed. A mold is providing having an interior defining a planar capillary space. A measure of precursor is placed in fluid communication with the capillary space. The precursor is then melted, and the melted precursor is allowed to flow into the capillary space. The melted precursor is then allowed to cool to form a semiconductor. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120009729 | Method of Producing a Solar Cell - A method for manufacturing a solar cell is disclosed. A conductive layer is introduced into a mold having an interior defining a shape of a solar cell. A planar capillary space is formed along the conductive layer. A measure of silicon is placed in fluid communication with the capillary space. The silicon is melted and allowed to flow into the capillary space. The melted silicon is then cooled within the capillary space such that the silicon forms a p-n junction along the conductive layer. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120097017 | ARMOR SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE - An armor system includes a hard face and at least one reinforcing layer covering a rear surface of the hard face. The reinforcing layer is fabricated from a glass-ceramic material exhibiting crystalline bodies throughout the mass of the glass-ceramic material. At least one resilient layer forms a rearward outer layer of the armor system. The hard face and cooperating reinforcing layers serve to disburse energy caused by the impact of an incoming projectile with the armor system, while the resilient layer serves to retain any pieces of the hard face and reinforcing layers fractured during ballistic impact. In certain embodiments, a plurality of hard faces, each with cooperating reinforcing and resilient layers, are held in parallel and spaced apart arrangement. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120279383 | Portable Protection Device - A portable protection system including a selectively collapsible truss for supporting a protection member. The truss is movable between a collapsed position and an expanded position. The protection member includes at least one layer of ballistic armor material for disrupting a projectile. The truss includes suitable connectors for releasably connecting the protection member to the truss, and also suitable connectors for releasably connecting the truss to an adjoining truss so as to form a protection wall. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20130023084 | Substrate for Use in Preparing Solar Cells - Conductive material is combined with other substances to form a composite material for use as a conductive back face substrate for a thin silicon wafer solar cell. In at least one embodiment, a conductive composite substrate material is fabricated by filling granular conductive material with a mineral or ceramic or other small particulate with a low CTE; the composite is cast and fired so that it has an electrically conductive continuous phase and a discontinuous phase that will control and match the CTE of the substrate to be equal to or close to that of silicon, thereby diminishing the effects of bowing from CTE-mismatch. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130125949 | Packaging for Thermoelectric Subcomponents - A thermoelectric semiconducting assembly. Two parallel plates, a first plate and a second plate, are spaced apart. A plurality of pellets are fitted into said first plate and into said second plate, each said pellet comprising a body, a first cap, and a second cap, said body including a silicon material, said first cap and said second cap including an electrically resistive ceramic material, each pellet in said second plate being connected to a pellet in said first plate. Each pellet includes a doped body, wherein half of said pellets are doped with a p-type dopant to form a p-type pellet and half of said pellets are doped with an n-type dopant to form an n-type pellet. Each plate includes p-type pellets and n-type pellets in an alternating pattern, and each p-type pellet in said first plate connects with an n-type pellet in said second plate, and wherein each n-type pellet in said first plate connects with a p-type pellet in said second plate. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130307200 | Sintered Polycrystalline Silicon-based Thermoelectrics - Methods and processes to fabricate thermoelectric materials and more particularly to methods and processes to fabricate doped silicon-based semiconductive materials to use as thermoelectrics in the production of electricity from recovered waste heat. Silicon metal particulates, extracting liquid, and dopant are combined into a mixture and milled. Substantially oxidant-free and doped silicon metal particulates are recovered and sintered to form a porous polycrystalline silicon-based thermoelectric material. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20130310487 | Thermally Conductive, Electrically Insulating, Silicon-Containing Epoxy Molding Compounds - Thermally conductive, electrically insulating epoxy molding compounds that use milled silicon as a filler material, and methods and processes for making the same. Some example embodiments of the present invention comprise the use of a passivation agent, for example ethyl silicate, to deposit a thin layer of glass on the surfaces of the powders as the powders are milled, creating an attractive surface dielectric property on these surfaces. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20130312593 | Transparent Armor System and Method of Manufacture - A transparent armor system includes a hard face fabricated from a substantially transparent glass-ceramic material exhibiting crystalline bodies throughout the mass of the glass-ceramic material and a backing covering a rear surface of the hard face opposite an anticipated incoming projectile. The backing has a refractive index substantially matching that of the hard face such as to allow substantial transparency of the transparent armor system. In certain embodiments, a bonding layer is provided to bond the backing to the hard face. The hard face serves to disburse energy caused by the impact of an incoming projectile with the transparent armor system, while the backing serves to retain any pieces of the hard face fractured during ballistic impact. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20140305478 | Method for Producting a Thermoelectric Material - A thermoelectric material to exploit a unidirectional thermal gradient for the production of electrical power, comprising a body fabricated from milled silicon alloyed with a dopant and sintered at a temperature below the melting point of silicon. | 10-16-2014 |
| 20140306368 | Method for Producing a Semiconductor Using a Vacuum Furnace - A method of manufacturing a semiconductor includes providing a mold defining a planar capillary space; placing a measure of precursor in fluid communication with the capillary space; creating a vacuum around the mold and within the planar capillary space; melting the precursor; allowing the melted precursor to flow into the capillary space; and cooling the melted precursor within the mold such that the precursor forms a semiconductor, the operations of melting the precursor, allowing the precursor to flow into the capillary space, and cooling the melted precursor occurring in the vacuum. | 10-16-2014 |
| 20150069213 | Coating of Graphite Tooling for Manufacture of Semiconductors - A tool useful in the manufacture of a semiconductor is disclosed. A mold is providing having an interior defining a planar capillary space. A coating substantially covers at least the planar capillary space of the graphite member. The coating is substantially non-reactive to silicon at temperatures greater than approximately 1420 degrees Centigrade. | 03-12-2015 |
