45th week of 2019 patent applcation highlights part 28 |
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20190338355 | PROBES AND METHODS FOR MEASURING TANDEM REPEATS - The present disclosure relates to nucleic acid probes and kits for determining the length of a region of tandem repeats in a subject's genome and methods of using the DNA probes for determining the length of a region of tandem repeats in a subject's genome. In some embodiments, the region of tandem repeats in telomeres. | 2019-11-07 |
20190338356 | CONSTRUCTS AND METHODS FOR SIGNAL AMPLIFICATION - Compositions and methods for the detection of rare target polynucleotides in a complex mixture. | 2019-11-07 |
20190338357 | HIGH THROUGHPUT MULTIOMICS SAMPLE ANALYSIS - Disclosed herein include systems, methods, compositions, and kits for sample analysis. Nucleic acid fragments comprising a capture sequence (or a complement thereof) can be generated from double-stranded genomic deoxyribonucleic acid (gDNA), barcoded to generate single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) fragments, and sequenced. Information relating to the gDNA (e.g., genome, chromatin accessibility, methylome) can be determined based on the sequences of the ssDNA fragments in the sequencing data obtained. | 2019-11-07 |
20190338358 | METHODS OF LOWERING THE ERROR RATE OF MASSIVELY PARALLEL DNA SEQUENCING USING DUPLEX CONSENSUS SEQUENCING - Next Generation DNA sequencing promises to revolutionize clinical medicine and basic research. However, while this technology has the capacity to generate hundreds of billions of nucleotides of DNA sequence in a single experiment, the error rate of approximately 1% results in hundreds of millions of sequencing mistakes. These scattered errors can be tolerated in some applications but become extremely problematic when “deep sequencing” genetically heterogeneous mixtures, such as tumors or mixed microbial populations. To overcome limitations in sequencing accuracy, a method Duplex Consensus Sequencing (DCS) is provided. This approach greatly reduces errors by independently tagging and sequencing each of the two strands of a DNA duplex. As the two strands are complementary, true mutations are found at the same position in both strands. In contrast, PCR or sequencing errors will result in errors in only one strand. This method uniquely capitalizes on the redundant information stored in double-stranded DNA, thus overcoming technical limitations of prior methods utilizing data from only one of the two strands. | 2019-11-07 |
20190338359 | METHOD FOR EVALUATING DIFFERENTIATION STATE OF CELLS - Provided is a method capable of detecting pluripotent stem cells with enhanced sensitivity without destroying cells after differentiation induction. The present invention provides a method including: measuring miRNAs in a miR302/367 cluster in a liquid phase fraction of a cell culture solution during differentiation induction of pluripotent stem cells and/or after the differentiation induction; and evaluating a differentiation state of the cells in the cell culture solution on the basis of a miRNA measurement value. The present invention provides a method for detecting pluripotent stem cells, including the steps of: measuring miRNAs in a miR302/367 cluster in a liquid phase fraction of a cell culture solution during differentiation induction of pluripotent stem cells and/or after the differentiation induction; and detecting pluripotent stem cells in the cell culture solution on the basis of a miRNA measurement value. | 2019-11-07 |
20190338360 | BIOSENSOR FOR DIAGNOSING ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE USING RAYLEIGH SCATTERING AND COLORIMETRIC ASSAY OF GOLD NANOPARTICLE AND MULTI-DETECTION METHOD USING THE BIOSENSOR - The present invention relates to a nanoplasmonic sensor based on gold nanoparticle to which an antibody or an aptamer binds, the antibody or the aptamer recognizing Aβ 1-40, , Aβ 1-42, and τ protein, which are Alzheimer's disease onset markers that are present in blood, and a multi-detection method of Alzheimer's disease using Rayleigh scattering phenomenon and colorimetric assay of the sensor. The present invention has advantages in that it is possible to perform simultaneous multiple detect with respect to various onset markers by using a simple diagnosis method using blood, and sensitivity of diagnosis is improved by using a chaotropic solvent. | 2019-11-07 |
20190338361 | INHIBITING THE ONSET OF GOUT - To specify a molecule associated with the onset of gout so as to provide a method for evaluating a diathesis of uric acid-related diseases and a diathesis of inflammation-related diseases, an evaluation kit for carrying out the method, an inspection object, and a drug, on the basis of the molecule specified above, for contributing to the early treatment and prevention of the uric acid-related diseases and inflammation-related diseases. The molecule includes any one protein and cDNA of CNIH2-PACS1, ALDH2, MYL2-CUX2, GCKR, MAP3K11, NPT4, ABCG2, HIST1H2BF/HIST1H4E, HIST1H2BE/HIST1H4D and FAM35A, or proteins of combination thereof with GLUT9, NPT1, URAT1, or NXRN2, and is capable of selectively inducing gout. A molecule includes protein and cDNA of an ABCG2 variant and is capable of selectively and ATP-dependently decreasing urate excretion. | 2019-11-07 |
20190338362 | METHODS FOR NON-INVASIVE PRENATAL DETERMINATION OF ANEUPLOIDY USING TARGETED NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING OF BIALLELIC SNPS - This invention provides methods for non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) for determining the probability of aneuploidy in a fetus. The present invention comprises quantification and analysis of autosomal single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) using platforms capable of absolute or relative quantification to determine the probability of aneuploidy in the fetus. In one embodiment, the present methods comprise obtaining a blood sample containing cell-free DNA from a pregnant woman, using the extracted DNA to prepare a library of nucleic acids encompassing a plurality of biallelic autosomal single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of interest (i.e., target SNPs) using a target enrichment approach, performing targeted next-generation sequencing (NGS) using the library prepared, obtaining the allele counts of the target SNPs in the cell-free DNA and determining the probability of aneuploidy in a fetus. | 2019-11-07 |
20190338363 | USE OF APOE4 MOTIF-MEDIATED GENES FOR DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE - The present invention provides compositions and methods using APOE4 motif-mediated genes and expression products thereof for diagnosis, treatment and prevention of Alzheimer's disease and mild cognitive impairment. The present invention also relates to a method of identifying therapeutic agents to treat and diagnose Alzheimer's disease or mild cognitive impairment based on APOE4 motif-mediated genes. | 2019-11-07 |
20190338364 | Methods and Systems for Determining Proportions of Distinct Cell Subsets - Methods of deconvolving a feature profile of a physical system are provided herein. The present method may include: optimizing a regression between a) a feature profile of a first plurality of distinct components and b) a reference matrix of feature signatures for a second plurality of distinct components, wherein the feature profile is modeled as a linear combination of the reference matrix, and wherein the optimizing includes solving a set of regression coefficients of the regression, wherein the solution minimizes 1) a linear loss function and 2) an L | 2019-11-07 |
20190338365 | METHODS FOR SUBTYPING OF LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA - Methods and compositions are provided for determining a subtype of lung adenocarcinoma (AD) of an individual by detecting the expression level of at least one classifier biomarker selected from a group of gene signatures for lung adenocarcinoma. Also provided herein are methods and compositions for determining the response of an individual with an adenocarcinoma subtype to a therapy such as immunotherapy. | 2019-11-07 |
20190338366 | METHODS FOR SUBTYPING OF LUNG SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA - Methods and compositions are provided for determining a subtype of lung squamous cell carcinoma (SQ) of an individual by detecting the expression level of at least one classifier biomarker selected from a group of gene signatures for lung squamous cell carcinoma. Also provided herein are methods and compositions for determining the response of an individual with a squamous cell carcinoma subtype to a therapy such as immunotherapy. | 2019-11-07 |
20190338367 | APPLICATION OF EPIGENETIC CHROMSOMAL INTERACTIONS IN CANCER DIAGNOSTICS - The invention provides a method of determining the epigenetic chromosome interactions which are relevant to a prognostic companion epigenetic test for cancer. | 2019-11-07 |
20190338368 | HER2 AS A PREDICTOR OF RESPONSE TO DUAL HER2 BLOCKADE IN THE ABSENCE OF CYTOTOXIC THERAPY - The present invention refers to an in vitro method for determining the efficacy of anti-HER2 therapy in the absence of chemotherapy in a patient with HER2+ breast cancer comprising the detection and/or quantification of the expression of HER2 in an isolated biological sample of the patient, either (1) before or (2) before and during the anti-HER2 therapy in the absence of chemotherapy treatment. The present invention also refers to the use of a gene expression product of HER2 as a as an in vitro marker for determining the efficacy of anti-HER2 therapy in the absence of chemotherapy in a patient with HER2+ breast cancer, or alternatively as an in vitro marker for deciding or recommending whether to initiate an alternative medical regime to anti-HER2 therapy without chemotherapy in a patient with HER2+ breast cancer. | 2019-11-07 |
20190338369 | PBRM1 BIOMARKERS PREDICTIVE OF ANTI-IMMUNE CHECKPOINT RESPONSE - The present invention is based on the identification of novel biomarkers predictive of responsiveness to anti-immune checkpoint therapies. | 2019-11-07 |
20190338370 | BIOMARKERS PREDICTIVE OF ANTI-IMMUNE CHECKPOINT RESPONSE - The present invention is based on the identification of novel biomarkers predictive of responsiveness to anti-immune checkpoint therapies. | 2019-11-07 |
20190338371 | METHODS TO DETERMINE CARCINOGENESIS, IDENTIFY MARKERS FOR EARLY CANCER DIAGNOSIS AND IDENTIFY TARGETS OF THERAPY - Methods and techniques to identify carcinogenesis pathways and markers for early cancer diagnosis. Cell sampling is performed on a single tumor with multiple samples being taken from the tumor and outward toward the periphery and beyond. Large scale analysis is performed, such as whole genomic sequencing, to identify the differences between the cells of the various samples. The differences are evaluated to determine which differences represent a change along the carcinogenesis pathway. | 2019-11-07 |
20190338372 | METHODS AND MATERIALS FOR IDENTIFYING MALIGNANT SKIN LESIONS - This document provides methods and materials for identifying malignant skin lesions (e.g., malignant pigmented skin lesions). For example, methods and materials for using quantitative PCR results and correction protocols to reduce the impact of basal keratinocyte contamination on the analysis of test sample results to identify malignant skin lesions are provided. | 2019-11-07 |
20190338373 | PROCESS FOR DETERMINING ENZYME ACTIVITY IN A CELL BY ACTIVITY-BASED REPORTER GENE TECHNOLOGY (ABRGT) - Methods and materials for specific imaging of active enzyme in a live or intact cell are disclosed. The enzyme of interest tagged to reporter protein (donor) is exogenously expressed in a cell. The conversion of proenzyme to active enzyme (containing reporter protein) is achieved upon applying an appropriate stimulus to the target cells. The activated enzyme is labelled with an activity-based probe carrying a fluorophore (acceptor). The covalent labelling of active enzyme by the activity-based probe creates a FRET pair which provides the opportunity to exquisitely image the function of an “active enzyme”. This method is used for specific imaging of the function of active caspase-3,-7,-8,-9 and cathepsin-B and also for profiling of inhibitors of caspases and cathepsin B. | 2019-11-07 |
20190338374 | KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE STRAIN THAT INDUCES INFLAMMATION IN THE LIVER - To identify a microorganism causing the development of primary sclerosing cholangitis associated with ulcerative colitis. A | 2019-11-07 |
20190338375 | MATERIALS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING OXIDATION AND REDUCTION IN BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS OF SPECIES OF THE GENERA RALSTONIA AND CUPRIAVIDUS AND ORGANISMS RELATED THERETO - Methods for increasing carbon-based chemical product yield in an organism by perturbing redox balance in an organism as well as nonnaturally occurring organisms with perturbed redox balance and methods for their use in producing carbon-based chemical products are provided. | 2019-11-07 |
20190338376 | MATERIALS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING REGULATION IN BIOSYNTHESIS IN SPECIES OF THE GENERA RALSTONIA OR CUPRIAVIDUS AND ORGANISMS RELATED THERETO - Methods for increasing carbon-based chemical product yield in an organism by genetically modifying one or more genes involved in a stringent response and/or in a regulatory network, nonnaturally occurring organisms having increased carbon-based chemical product yield, and methods for use in production of carbon-based chemical products are provided. | 2019-11-07 |
20190338377 | MATERIALS AND METHODS FOR MAXIMIZING BIOSYNTHESIS THROUGH ALTERATION OF PYRUVATE-ACETYL-COA-TCA BALANCE IN SPECIES OF THE GENERA RALSTONIA AND CUPRIAVIDUS AND ORGANISMS RELATED THERETO - Methods of redirecting carbon flux and increasing C2/C3 or a C4/5/6 carbon chain length carbon-based chemical product yield in an organism, nonnaturally occurring organisms with redirected carbon flux and increased C2/C3 or C4/5/6 carbon chain length carbon-based chemical product yield and methods for using these organisms in production of C2/C3 or C4/5/6 carbon chain length carbon-based chemical products are provided. | 2019-11-07 |
20190338378 | COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING C5 and C6 MONOSACCHARIDES - Compositions comprising C5 and C6 monosaccharides and low levels of undesirable impurities, such as compounds containing sulfur, nitrogen, or metals, are disclosed. | 2019-11-07 |
20190338379 | COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING C5 and C6 MONOSACCHARIDES - Compositions comprising C5 and C6 monosaccharides and low levels of undesirable impurities, such as compounds containing sulfur, nitrogen, or metals, are disclosed. | 2019-11-07 |
20190338380 | Jacketed Rotary Converter and PGM Converting Process - Jacketed rotary converter. The converter includes an inclined pot mounted for rotation about a longitudinal axis, a refractory lining for holding a molten alloy pool, an opening in a top of the pot for introducing feed, a lance for injecting oxygen-containing gas, a heat transfer jacket for the pot adjacent the refractory lining, and a coolant system to circulate a heat transfer medium through the jacket to remove heat from the alloy pool in thermal communication with the refractory lining. Also disclosed is a PGM converting process using the jacketed rotary converter. The process can also include low- or no-flux converting; refractory protectant addition; slag separation; partial feed pre-oxidation; staged slagging; and/or smelting the slag in a secondary furnace with primary furnace slag. | 2019-11-07 |
20190338381 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING QUENCHED MOLDING, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING HOT PRESS STEEL MATERIAL, AND HOT PRESS STEEL MATERIAL - A method for manufacturing a quenched molding according to the present disclosure is a method including a first heat treatment process of heating a blanked steel material to a temperature higher than its Ac3 transformation point to perform austenite transformation, and then cooling to induce martensite transformation or bainite transformation, and a second heat treatment process of heating the steel material that has undergone the first heat treatment process to a temperature higher than the Ac3 transformation point to perform austenite transformation, and then cooling to induce martensite transformation. After the steel material has been heated to a temperature higher than the Ac3 transformation point in at least one process from out of the first heat treatment process or the second heat treatment process, molding is completed at a temperature higher than an Ar3 transformation point. | 2019-11-07 |
20190338382 | METHOD FOR HEAT-TREATING METAL MOLDED ARTICLE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD - A method of heat-treating for a metal molded article includes: a shape holding layer formation step of forming on a shape holding layer having a melting point higher than a solidus temperature Ts of a composition of the metal molded article on a surface of the metal molded article by treating the metal molded article; and a first heat-treatment step of performing a first heat treatment on the metal molded article at a first temperature T | 2019-11-07 |
20190338383 | STEEL COMPOSITION - The present invention relates to a steel composition carburizable and/or nitritable, comprising, in percentages by weight of the total composition:
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20190338384 | Hot Rolled Flat Steel Product Consisting of a Complex-Phase Steel with a Largely Bainitic Microstructure and Method for Manufacturing Such a Flat Steel Product - A flat steel product and a method of making a flat steel product having a hole expansion of at least 60%, a yield strength of at least 660 MPa, a tensile strength of at least 760 MPa, and an elongation at break of at least 10%. The flat steel product is made from a complex-phase steel, which includes (in wt %) C: 0.01-0.1%, Si: 0.1-0.45%, Mn: 1-2.5%, Al: 0.005-0.05%, Cr: 0.5-1%, Mo: 0.05-0.15%, Nb: 0.01-0.1%, Ti: 0.05-0.2%, N: 0.001-0.009%, P: <0.02%, S: <0.005%, Cu: ≤0.1 % , Mg: ≤0.0005 % , O: <0.01 % , optionally one or more of Ni, B, V, Ca, Zr, Ta, W, REM, and Co, where Ni: ≤1%, B: ≤0.005%, V: ≤0.3%, Ca: 0.0005-0.005%, Zr, Ta, W: in total ≤2%, REM: 0.0005-0.05%, and Co: <1%, and iron and unavoidable impurities as the remainder, where % Ti>(48/14)% N+(48/32)% S and % Nb<(93/12)% C+(45/14)% N+(45/32)% S. The structure of the flat steel product includes (in area %) >80% bainite, <15% ferrite, <15% martensite, cementite, and <5 vol % retained austenite. | 2019-11-07 |
20190338385 | HIGH-STRENGTH COLD ROLLED STEEL SHEET HAVING HIGH FORMABILITY AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF - A cold rolled steel sheet, the steel containing, in weight percentage,
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20190338386 | Method of Making High Strength Steel Crane Rail - A method of making a high strength head-hardened crane rail and the crane rail produced by the method. The method comprises the steps of providing a steel rail having a composition comprising, in weight percent: C 0.79-1.00%; Mn 0.40-1.00; Si 0.30-1.00; Cr 0.20-1.00; V 0.05-0.35; Ti 0.01-0.035; N 0.002 to 0.0150; and the remainder being predominantly iron. The steel rail is cooled from a temperature between about 700 and 800° C. at a cooling rate having an upper cooling rate boundary plot defined by an upper line connecting xy-coordinates (0 s, 800° C.), (40 s, 700° C.), and (140 s, 600° C.) and a lower cooling rate boundary plot defined by a lower line connecting xy-coordinates (0 s, 700° C.), (40 s, 600° C.), and (140 s, 500° C.). | 2019-11-07 |
20190338387 | DIE CONSTRUCTION METHODOLOGY FOR REDUCING QUENCH TIME FOR PRESS HARDENABLE STEELS - A method of quenching a press hardenable steel (PHS) is provided. The method includes preparing a die having a material with a thermal conductivity of at least 40W/(m·K) and placing a blank within the die and simultaneously hot stamping and quenching the blank at a heat transfer coefficient of at least 2,950W/(m | 2019-11-07 |
20190338388 | TEMPERED AND COATED STEEL SHEET HAVING EXCELLENT FORMABILITY AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A tempered and coated steel sheet having a composition containing the following elements, expressed in percentage by weight:
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20190338389 | STEEL SHEET AND PLATED STEEL SHEET - When a zone surrounded by a grain boundary that is measured to be 5.0° or more by an EBSD analysis is assumed to be a grain, and when a K value is a value obtained by multiplying an average value of Image Qualities in a grain by 10 | 2019-11-07 |
20190338390 | METHOD AND EQUIPMENT FOR CONTROLLED PATENTING OF STEEL WIRE - A method of continuous controlled cooling of a plurality of heated steel wires having a diameter larger than 2.8 mm and having an austenite microstructure and of transformation to a pearlite microstructure of the steel wires. The method comprises the steps of: a) Providing a first coolant bath comprising a first coolant liquid. The first coolant liquid comprises water and a stabilizing additive. b) Guiding the plurality of previously heated steel wires parallel to each other along individual paths through the first coolant liquid contained in the first coolant bath; and directing impinging liquid immersed inside the first coolant bath towards each of the steel wires over a certain length L. The impinging liquid decreases the thickness of or destabilizes the steam film around each of the plurality of steel wires, resulting in an increase of the speed of cooling over said length L. The intensity of the impinging liquids is individually set and/or controlled for each individual steel wire or for subsets of the plurality of steel wires. c) Guiding the plurality of steel wires parallel to each other through air for further cooling. | 2019-11-07 |
20190338391 | PGM Converting Process with Staged Slagging - PGM converting process with staged slagging. The process includes melting an initial collector alloy charge to start a converter cycle, introducing feed and injecting oxygen into the alloy pool, allowing ferrous slag to collect, terminating feed introduction and oxygen injection to tap the slag, repeating the feed introduction/oxygen injection/slag tapping sequence a plurality of times, and then tapping the alloy to end the cycle. A delay before non-final slag tappings allows any entrained alloy to settle back into the alloy pool, but the final slag tapping is commenced promptly and alloy is optionally entrained. Slag from the final tapping that may contain entrained alloy can be recycled to the converter, e.g., in a subsequent cycle. The process can also include low- or no-flux converting; refractory protectant addition; slag separation; partial feed pre-oxidation; smelting the slag in a secondary furnace with primary furnace slag; and/or jacketing the converter. | 2019-11-07 |
20190338392 | Integrated PGM Converting Process - Integrated PGM converting process. The process includes smelting a catalyst material in a primary furnace, smelting the primary furnace slag in a secondary furnace, converting the collector alloys from the primary and secondary furnaces in a converter to recover PGM enriched alloy and converter slag, separating the recovered converter slag into first and second converter slag portions, and supplying the first converter slag portion to the secondary furnace for smelting with the primary furnace slag. The process can also include low- or no-flux converting; refractory protectant addition; magnetic slag separation; partial feed pre-oxidation; staged slagging; and/or jacketing the converter. | 2019-11-07 |
20190338393 | Converting Process with Slag Separation and Recycle - Converting process with slag separation and recycle to the converter. The process includes introducing converter feed into the pot holding a molten alloy pool, oxygen injection into the pool, tapping the slag, and tapping the PGM-enriched alloy. The collector alloy contains no less than 0.5 wt % PGM, 40 wt % iron, and 0.5 wt % nickel, and no more than 3 wt % sulfur and 3 wt % copper, and the recovered slag is separated into recycle and non-recycle portions. The recycle slag portion preferably contains more PGM than the non-recycle portion. The process can also include low- or no-flux converting; using a refractory protectant in the converter; magnetic separation of slag; partial pre-oxidation of the converter feed; smelting catalyst material in a primary furnace to produce the collector alloy; and/or smelting the converter slag in a secondary furnace with slag from the primary furnace. | 2019-11-07 |
20190338394 | PROCESS FOR THE SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION OF MEDICAL ISOTOPES - The invention provides a method for isolating medical isotopes, the method having the steps of dissolving titanium nuclear targets to create a solution; contacting the solution with a resin so as to retain the isotopes on the resin and generate an eluent containing titanium; contacting the isotope-containing resin with acid of a first concentration to remove impurities from the resin; and contacting the isotope-containing resin with an acid of a second concentration to remove isotope from the resin. | 2019-11-07 |
20190338395 | HEAT-RESISTANT IR ALLOY - An Ir alloy is excellent in high temperature strength while ensuring oxidation wear resistance at high temperature. The heat-resistant Ir alloy includes: 5 mass % to 30 mass % of Rh; 0.3 mass % to 5 mass % of an element group A made of at least one kind of element selected from among Ta and Re; and 0 mass % to 5 mass % of an element group B made of at least one kind of element selected from among Co, Cr, and Ni, wherein the heat-resistant Ir alloy includes 5 mass % or less of the element group A and the element group B in total, and wherein, when the at least one kind of element in the element group A includes Re, the at least one kind of element in the element group B is Co alone, Cr alone, or two or more kinds selected from Co, Cr, and Ni. | 2019-11-07 |
20190338396 | SUPERCONDUCTING STABILIZER - This stabilizer material for superconductor includes a copper material, wherein the copper material contains one kind or two kinds or more of additive elements selected from Ca, La, and Ce for a total amount of 3 ppm by mass or more and 400 ppm by mass or less, with the remainder being Cu and unavoidable impurities, and the total concentration of the unavoidable impurities other than O, H, C, N, and S, which are gas components, is 5 ppm by mass or more and 100 ppm by mass or less, and compounds including one kind or two kinds or more selected from CaS, CaSO | 2019-11-07 |
20190338397 | High Strength Titanium Alloys - A non-limiting embodiment of a titanium alloy comprises, in weight percentages based on total alloy weight: 2.0 to 5.0 aluminum; 3.0 to 8.0 tin; 1.0 to 5.0 zirconium; 0 to a total of 16.0 of one or more elements selected from the group consisting of oxygen, vanadium, molybdenum, niobium, chromium, iron, copper, nitrogen, and carbon; titanium; and impurities. A non-limiting embodiment of the titanium alloy comprises an intentional addition of tin and zirconium in conjunction with certain other alloying additions such as aluminum, oxygen, vanadium, molybdenum, niobium, and iron, to stabilize the α phase and increase the volume fraction of the α phase without the risk of forming embrittling phases, which was observed to increase room temperature tensile strength while maintaining ductility. | 2019-11-07 |
20190338398 | Ni-BASED HEAT-RESISTANT ALLOY - The present invention relates to a Ni-based heat-resistant alloy including Ir: 5.0 mass % or more and 50.0 mass % or less, Al: 1.0 mass % or more and 8.0 mass % or less, W: 5.0 mass % or more and 25.0 mass % or less, and balance Ni, having an L1 | 2019-11-07 |
20190338399 | Aluminum Alloys and Manufacture Methods - A composition comprises, in weight percent: Al as a largest constituent; 3.0-6.0 Cr; 1.5-4.0 Mn; 0.1-3.5 Co; and 0.3-2.0 Zr. | 2019-11-07 |
20190338400 | HIGH-ELASTICITY ALUMINUM ALLOY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Disclosed is a high-elasticity aluminum alloy which contains carbide to improve elongation. Further, a method of manufacturing the high-elasticity aluminum alloy is provided. The method includes steps of: charging pure aluminum and an Al-5B master alloy in a melting furnace to form a first molten metal; charging an Al-10Ti master alloy in the first molten metal to form a second molten metal; charging silicon (Si) element in the second molten metal to form a third molten metal; adding carbon (C) to the third molten metal to form a fourth molten metal; and tapping the fourth molten metal into a mold to cast the fourth molten metal. | 2019-11-07 |
20190338401 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING MnAL ALLOY - An object of the present invention is to reduce a variation in the component of a MnAl alloy deposited by a molten salt electrolysis method to thereby obtain high magnetic characteristics. In a MnAl alloy manufacturing method that electrolyzes molten salt containing a Mn compound and an Al compound to deposit a MnAl alloy, the MnAl alloy is additionally charged into the molten salt during electrolysis. According to the present invention, the concentration of the Mn compound is maintained by additional charging of the Mn compound, so that it is possible to reduce a variation in the composition of the MnAl alloy to be deposited to thereby maintain stable production conditions. | 2019-11-07 |
20190338402 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING RAILWAY VEHICLE WHEEL - A method for manufacturing a railway vehicle wheel is provided. The method comprises: in an electric heating furnace or converter, preparing steel containing, in mass %. 0.65% to 0.84% of C, 0.1% to 1.5% of Si, 0.05% to 1.5% of Mn, 0.025% or less of P, 0.015% or less of S, 0.001% to 0.08% of Al, and 0.05% to 1.5% of Cr, the balance being Fe and incidental impurities; casting the steel to obtain a material; hot rolling and/or hot forging the material to form a wheel; heating the wheel to Ac | 2019-11-07 |
20190338403 | HIGH-STRENGTH STEEL SHEET WITH EXCELLENT CRASHWORTHINESS CHARACTERISTICS AND FORMABILITY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Provided is a high-strength steel sheet including, in % weight, carbon (C): 0.04 to 0.15%, silicon (Si): 0.01 to 1.0%, manganese (Mn): 1.8 to 2.5%, molybdenum (Mo): 0.15% or less (excluding 0%), chromium (Cr): 1.0% or less (excluding 0%), phosphorus (P): 0.1% or less, sulfur (S): 0.01% or less, aluminum (Al): 0.01 to 0.5%, nitrogen (N): 0.01% or less, boron (B): 0.01% or less (excluding 0%), antimony (Sb): 0.05% or less (excluding 0%), one or more of titanium (Ti): 0.003 to 0.06% and niobium (Nb): 0.003 to 0.06%, a balance of Fe and other unavoidable impurities, and contents of the C, the Si, the Al, the Mo and the Cr satisfy the following Expression 1: Expression 1: {(2x(Si+Al))+Mo+Cr}/C≥20. The high-strength steel sheet comprises: a ferrite phase, a bainite phase, a martensite phase, and a residual austenite phase, the ferrite phase being less than 40% of area fraction in the microstructure. | 2019-11-07 |
20190338404 | HEAT TREATMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS - The invention is a method of and apparatus for in-situ heat treatment for re-solutionizing β-phase in sensitized aluminum-magnesium alloy structures and, in particular, a method of and apparatus for in-situ heat treatment for re-solutionizing β-phase in sensitized aluminum-magnesium alloy structures comprising naval vessels. The invention also relates to a method for maximizing the absorption of radiant energy on a substrate. The invention also relates to an apparatus for securing a heat treatment device to a substrate having an irregular surface. | 2019-11-07 |
20190338405 | High Conductivity Magnesium Alloy - A castable, moldable, or extrudable magnesium-based alloy that includes one or more insoluble additives. The insoluble additives can be used to enhance the mechanical properties of the structure, such as ductility and/or tensile strength. The final structure can be enhanced by heat treatment, as well as deformation processing such as extrusion, forging, or rolling, to further improve the strength of the final structure as compared to the non-enhanced structure. The magnesium-based composite has improved thermal and mechanical properties by the modification of grain boundary properties through the addition of insoluble nanoparticles to the magnesium alloys. The magnesium-based composite can have a thermal conductivity that is greater than 180 W/m-K, and/or ductility exceeding 15-20% elongation to failure. | 2019-11-07 |
20190338406 | MnAL ALLOY AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF - An object of the present invention is to provide a Mn-based alloy exhibiting metamagnetism over a wide temperature range. A Mn-based alloy according to the present invention is a MnAl alloy having metamagnetism. The metamagnetism refers to a property in which magnetism undergoes transition from paramagnetism or antiferromagnetism to ferromagnetism by a magnetic field. In the MnAl alloy, an antiferromagnetic state is adequately stable, so that by imparting AFM-FM transition type metamagnetism (the type of metamagnetism undergoing transition from antiferromagnetism to ferromagnetism), it is possible to obtain metamagnetism over a wide temperature range, particularly, over a temperature range of −100° C. to 200° C. | 2019-11-07 |
20190338407 | HOT-DIP GALVANIZATION SYSTEM AND HOT-DIP GALVANIZATION METHOD, IN PARTICULAR FOR MASS PRODUCTION - The invention relates to a system and a method for the hot-dip galvanization of motor-vehicle components, preferably for mass-production hot-dip galvanization of a plurality of identical or similar motor-vehicle components, in particular in batches, preferably for batch galvanization, especially preferably for high-precision hot-dip galvanization. | 2019-11-07 |
20190338408 | COATING FOR PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENT OF SEMICONDUCTOR APPARATUS - A plasma processing chamber having advanced coating for the showerhead and for an extended bottom electrode. The extended bottom electrode can be formed by one or more of the focus ring, cover ring, and plasma confinement ring. The extended electrode can be formed using a one-piece composite cover ring. The composite cover ring may be made of Al | 2019-11-07 |
20190338409 | LAYER SYSTEM AND COMPONENT - A layer system includes at least one bonding layer and a plurality of functional layers arranged on the at least one bonding layer. Each functional layer has a first nanolayer of a first metal nitride with a first metal constituent, and a metallic second nanolayer. Each functional layer has a layer thickness d in a range of 1 to 100 nm. | 2019-11-07 |
20190338410 | ALTERNATING TANGENT MOUNTED EVAPORATIVE DEPOSITION SOURCE MECHANISM FOR RAPID CYCLE COATING - An evaporation source mechanism for rapid cycle coating. The evaporation source mechanism has a housing with a first deposition area on a first side and a second deposition area on a second side. The housing is movably connected to vacuum chamber such that the housing is rotatable relative to the vacuum chamber so that one side is in the deposition coating process and the other side is simultaneously loaded/reloaded. While one deposition area is in process under vacuum, the other is being prepared for the next cycle. When the coating cycle is complete, the housing swings from a port on the vacuum chamber, is rotated, and is then positioned with the second side of the housing against a sealing surface on the vacuum chamber wall. The coating system is away and electrically isolated from the loading/reloading of sources, permitting safe and efficient use of the equipment. | 2019-11-07 |
20190338411 | PHYSICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION WITH ISOTROPIC NEUTRAL AND NON-ISOTROPIC ION VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION AT THE WAFER SURFACE - In a plasma enhanced physical vapor deposition of a material onto workpiece, a metal target faces the workpiece across a target-to-workpiece gap less than a diameter of the workpiece. A carrier gas is introduced into the chamber and gas pressure in the chamber is maintained above a threshold pressure at which mean free path is less than 5% of the gap. RF plasma source power from a VHF generator is applied to the target to generate a capacitively coupled plasma at the target, the VHF generator having a frequency exceeding 30 MHz. The plasma is extended across the gap to the workpiece by providing through the workpiece a first VHF ground return path at the frequency of the VHF generator. | 2019-11-07 |
20190338412 | MATERIAL DEPOSITION ARRANGEMENT, VACUUM DEPOSITION SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREFOR - A material deposition arrangement for depositing a material on a substrate in a vacuum deposition chamber is described. The material deposition arrangement comprises at least one material deposition source having a crucible configured to evaporate the material, a distribution assembly connected to the crucible, wherein the distribution assembly is configured for providing the evaporated material to the substrate, and a valve configured to control a flow of the evaporated material from the crucible to the distribution assembly. | 2019-11-07 |
20190338413 | In-Line Coater for Vacuum Deposition of Thin Film Coatings (Variants) - A transport system of the in-line coater moves the substrate holder from chamber to chamber in a direction perpendicular to the axis of its rotation and in each process chamber. The system moves the substrate holder to the working area along its axis of rotation. The process chamber has a cavity the size of which is determined by the dimensions of the substrate holder and is sufficient to place technology devices and monitoring instruments in it. In the first embodiment of the in-line coater, the supporting frame of the transport system on which the substrate holder is cantilevered, is configured to move from the chamber to the chamber both in horizontal and vertical positions. In the second embodiment of the in-line coater the supporting frame is configured to move only in a vertical position, and the in-line coater comprises additionally a substrate holder return chamber. | 2019-11-07 |
20190338414 | METHOD OF FORMING A PASSIVATION LAYER ON A SUBSTRATE - A method of forming a passivation layer on a substrate includes providing a substrate in a processing chamber. The substrate includes a metallic surface which is a copper, tin or silver surface, or an alloyed surface of one or more of copper, tin or silver. The method further includes depositing at least one organic layer onto the metallic surface by vapour deposition, the organic layer formed from an organic precursor. The organic precursor includes a first functional group including at least one of oxygen, nitrogen, phosphorus, sulphur, selenium, tellurium, or silicon, and a second functional group selected from hydroxyl (—OH) or carboxyl (—COOH). The first functional group is adsorbed onto the metallic surface. The method further includes depositing at least one inorganic layer onto the organic layer by vapour deposition, wherein the second functional group acts as an attachment site for the inorganic layer. | 2019-11-07 |
20190338415 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR HIGH REFLECTIVITY ALUMINUM LAYERS - Methods and apparatus for increasing reflectivity of an aluminum layer on a substrate. In some embodiments, a method of depositing an aluminum layer on a substrate comprises depositing a layer of cobalt or cobalt alloy or a layer of titanium or titanium alloy on the substrate with a chemical vapor deposition (CVD) process, pre-treating the layer of cobalt or cobalt alloy with a thermal hydrogen anneal at a temperature of approximately 400 degrees Celsius if a top surface of the layer of cobalt or cobalt alloy is compromised, and depositing a layer of aluminum on the layer of cobalt or cobalt alloy or the layer of titanium or titanium alloy with a CVD process at a temperature of approximately 120 degrees Celsius. Pre-treatment of the layer of cobalt or cobalt alloy may be accomplished for a duration of approximately 60 seconds to approximately 120 seconds. | 2019-11-07 |
20190338416 | In Situ Generation of Gaseous Precursors For Chemical Vapor Deposition of a Chalcogenide - In a method provided herein for forming a chalcogenide film on a substrate, an elemental solid is exposed to a hydrogen halide gas in a heated reaction environment at a temperature at which the hydrogen halide gas promotes the elemental solid to evolve into an elemental halide-based gas. The elemental halide-based gas is then exposed to a chalcogen gas provided in the heated reaction environment, at a temperature at which the elemental halide-based gas is reactive with the chalcogen gas to produce a solid chalcogenide reaction product. A substrate is provided in the heated reaction environment for deposition thereon of a solid film of the solid chalcogenide reaction product that results from exposure of the elemental halide-based gas to the chalcogen gas in the heated reaction environment. | 2019-11-07 |
20190338417 | Selective Deposition Of Aluminum Oxide On Metal Surfaces - Processing methods for depositing aluminum etch stop layers comprise positioning a substrate within a processing chamber, wherein the substrate comprises a metal surface and a dielectric surface; exposing the substrate to an aluminum precursor gas comprising an isopropoxide based aluminum precursor to selectively form an aluminum oxide (AlOx) etch stop layer onto the metal surface while leaving exposed the dielectric surface during a chemical vapor deposition process. The metal surfaces may be copper, cobalt, or tungsten. | 2019-11-07 |
20190338418 | HALOGEN RESISTANT COATINGS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THEREOF - Described herein are articles, systems and methods where a halogen resistant coating is deposited onto a surface of a chamber component using an atomic layer deposition (ALD) process. The halogen resistant coating has an optional amorphous seed layer and a transition metal-containing layer. The halogen resistant coating uniformly covers features of the chamber component, such as those having an aspect ratio of about 3:1 to about 300:1. | 2019-11-07 |
20190338419 | APPARATUS FOR GASEOUS BYPRODUCT ABATEMENT AND FORELINE CLEANING - Embodiments disclosed herein include an abatement system and method for abating compounds produced in semiconductor processes. The abatement system includes a remote plasma source for generating an oxidizing plasma for treating exhaust gases from a deposition process performed in the processing chamber, the treatment assisting with the trapping particles in an exhaust cooling apparatus. The remote plasma source then generates a cleaning plasma for treating exhaust gases from a cleaning process performed in the processing chamber, the cleaning plasma reacting with the trapped particles in the exhaust cooling apparatus and cleaning the exhaust cooling apparatus. | 2019-11-07 |
20190338420 | PRESSURE SKEW SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING CENTER-TO-EDGE PRESSURE CHANGE - Embodiments described herein relate to a pressure skew system for controlling the center-to-edge pressure change in a chamber for depositing an advanced patterning film with improved overall uniformity. The pressure skew system includes pumping zones configured to be formed in a chamber, walls disposed in the pumping region. The chamber includes a processing region, a pumping region, and a pumping path connected to a pump to exhaust process gases from the pumping region. Each pumping zone corresponds to a space of the pumping region flanked by the walls. Supply conduits are connected to a corresponding pumping zone and a corresponding mass flow control device to control a flow rate of inert gas provided to the corresponding pumping zone to control a pressure in an area of the processing region. | 2019-11-07 |
20190338421 | NANO-COATING PROTECTION METHOD FOR ELECTRICAL DEVICES - Introduced here is a plasma polymerization apparatus and process. Example embodiments include a vacuum chamber in a substantially symmetrical shape to a central axis. A rotation rack may be operable to rotate about the central axis of the vacuum chamber. Additionally, reactive species discharge mechanisms positioned around a perimeter of the vacuum chamber in a substantially symmetrical manner from the outer perimeter of the vacuum chamber may be configured to disperse reactive species into the vacuum chamber. The reactive species may form a polymeric multi-layer coating on surfaces of the one or more devices. Each layer may have a different composition of atoms to enhance the water resistance, corrosion resistance, and fiction resistance of the polymeric multi-layer coating. | 2019-11-07 |
20190338422 | USE OF VOLTAGE AND CURRENT MEASUREMENTS TO CONTROL DUAL ZONE CERAMIC PEDESTALS - A controller for a substrate processing system includes a resistance calculation module configured to receive a first current and a second current corresponding to a first heater element and a second heater element, respectively, of a substrate support, receive a first voltage and a second voltage corresponding to the first heater element and the second heater element, respectively, calculate a first resistance of the first heater element based on the first voltage and the first current, and calculate a second resistance of the second heater element based on the second voltage and the second current. A temperature control module is configured to separately control power provided to the first heater element and the second heater element based on the first resistance and the second resistance, respectively, and respective relationships between the first and second resistances and first and second temperatures of the substrate support. | 2019-11-07 |
20190338423 | SOL-GEL METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN ANTI-CORROSION COATING ON A METAL SUBSTRATE - A sol-gel method for producing an anti-corrosion coating consisting of at least one layer of an oxide on a metal substrate. A non-aqueous solution of a precursor of the oxide is prepared and deposited on one surface at least of the metal substrate in order to cover said surface at least partially with a film comprising the precursor of the oxide. Hydrolysis-condensation of the precursor of the oxide is carried out by exposing the film to a humid atmosphere in order to form an oxide network in the film. Then, a treatment for stabilizing the film on the surface of the substrate is carried out, followed by a heat treatment of the surface of the metal substrate in order to crystallize the network of oxide and form the anti-corrosion coating. | 2019-11-07 |
20190338424 | CUTTING TOOL WITH TEXTURED ALUMINA LAYER - A coated cutting tool has a substrate of cemented carbide, cermet, ceramics, steel or cubic boron nitride and a multi-layered wear resistant coating deposited thereon has a total thickness from 4 to 25 μm. The multi-layered wear resistant coating includes a TiAlCN layer (a) represented by the formula Ti1-xAlxCyNz with 0.2≤x≤0.97, 0≤y≤0.25 and 0.7≤z≤1.15 deposited by CVD, and a κ-Al | 2019-11-07 |
20190338425 | METHOD FOR FABRICATING TIMEPIECE COMPONENTS INCLUDING A DECORATIVE COATING OF AVENTURINE - A method for fabricating a timepiece component partly formed of aventurine, including providing at least one piece of aventurine formed of a mass of coloured glass containing copper crystals scattered throughout the mass; grinding at least one piece of aventurine to obtain a granular powder; depositing at least part of the granular powder on a surface of a support intended to receive a decorative coating; then introducing the support with the granular powder deposited on the surface into a furnace and melting this granular powder so as to obtain, after removing the assembly thus obtained from the furnace and allowing the assembly to cool, an enamel layer made of aventurine which covers the support surface. The timepiece component is, for example, a dial, a moon phase disc or a bezel. | 2019-11-07 |
20190338426 | Method for Synchronously Recovering Metal and Elemental Sulfur - The present disclosure discloses a method for synchronously recovering metal and elemental sulfur, particularly to a method for synchronously recovering metal and elemental sulfur in sulfide ore tailings, and belongs to the technical field of waste recycling. According to the present disclosure, metal and sulfur element are transferred from a solid phase to a liquid phase in the form of ions respectively by leaching the sulfide ore tailings in an anode chamber, then metal ions are recovered in the form of hydroxide precipitate in a first cathode chamber, and sulfate ions are recovered in the form of elemental sulfur precipitate in a second cathode chamber. The method of the present disclosure can synchronously realize the recovery of metal and elemental sulfur in sulfide ore tailings, such that a metal recovery rate is up to 89.4%, and an elemental sulfur recovery rate is up to 45.7%, meanwhile, a process flow is simple, operating cost is low, recovery rates of metal and sulfur element in tailings are high, corrosion of equipment is alleviated, and secondary pollution is avoid. | 2019-11-07 |
20190338427 | HETEROATOM-DOPED CARBON CATALYST FOR ELECTROCATALYTIC HALOGEN PRODUCTION - Disclosed herein are methods of electrochemically producing halogen using an oxygen consuming gas diffusion electrode, referred to herein as an oxygen depolarized cathode (ODC). The electrode can include heteroatom-doped carbon nanostructures as catalysts for both halogen evolving anodes and oxygen depolarized cathodes. Examples of halogens that can be produced include chlorine and bromine by oxidation of the respective halide ions. | 2019-11-07 |
20190338428 | CATHODE CATALYST, CATHODE MATERIAL USING THE SAME, AND REACTOR USING THE SAME - A cathode catalyst used for conversion of a carbon dioxide gas by an electrochemical reduction includes at least one first catalyst layer and at least one second catalyst layer disposed on a surface of the at least one first catalyst layer. The at least one second catalyst layer is a porous structure. The at least one first catalyst layer and the at least one second catalyst layer are physically combined with each other, and materials of the at least one first catalyst layer and the at least one second catalyst layer are different. A cathode material and a reactor include the cathode catalyst are also provided. | 2019-11-07 |
20190338429 | ELECTRODE FOR ELECTROLYSIS - An electrode for electrolysis according to the present invention is an electrode for electrolysis including a conductive substrate; and a catalyst layer formed on a surface of the conductive substrate, wherein the catalyst layer comprises ruthenium element, iridium element, titanium element, and at least one first transition metal element selected from the group consisting of Sc, V, Cr, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, and Zn, a content ratio of the first transition metal element contained in the catalyst layer based on 1 mol of the titanium element is 0.25 mol % or more and less than 3.4 mol %, and a D value being an indicator of an electric double layer capacitance of the electrode for electrolysis is 120 C/m | 2019-11-07 |
20190338430 | MEMBRANE MODULE MOLD - A membrane module and method of making are provided, including a mold therefor. Exemplarily, the module, which comprises a membrane around which is formed a frame, is adapted for use with an electrochemical apparatus. The membrane comprises a fabric made from a synthetic fiber such as nylon, where the nylon is woven into ripstop nylon fabric. The frame, which comprises, exemplarily, high-density polyethylene (HDPE) or polypropylene, includes a wedge-shaped portion to facilitate collection of evolved gases and which provides support to the membrane as well as support to internal electrodes. The mold is adapted to suspend and secure the membrane during formation of the module and to provide a module which secures the membrane within the frame after formation of the module. | 2019-11-07 |
20190338431 | HIGH PURITY TIN AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - Provided is a high purity tin (Sn) having an extremely low oxygen content. A high purity tin having a tin purity of 5N (99.999% by mass, provided that carbon, nitrogen, oxygen and hydrogen are excluded) or more, wherein the high purity tin has an oxygen content of less than 10 ppb by mass, as measured by elemental analysis using Dynamic-SIMS. | 2019-11-07 |
20190338432 | COPPER CRYSTAL PARTICLES HAVING A HIGHLY PREFERRED ORIENTATION AND A PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF - An electroplating copper layer includes bamboo-like copper crystal particles having a highly preferred orientation. The bamboo-like copper crystal particles have a long axis direction and a short axis direction, and the bamboo-like copper crystal particles have a length of 20 nm to 5 μm in the long axis direction and a length of 20 nm to 2 μm in the short axis direction. A method of preparing the bamboo-like copper crystal particles is also disclosed. | 2019-11-07 |
20190338433 | SnAg ALLOY PLATING SOLUTION - The SnAg alloy plating solution of the invention is a SnAg alloy plating solution including a water-soluble tin compound, a water-soluble silver compound, and a particular sulfide compound in an amount in the range of 0.25 mol or more and 10 mol or less with respect to 1 mol of silver in the water-soluble silver compound. | 2019-11-07 |
20190338434 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ELECTRODEPOSITING MULTI-COMPONENT ALLOYS, AND PRODUCTS MADE FROM THE SAME - The present application relates to systems and methods for electrodepositing multi-component alloys, and products made by the same. The electrodeposition may be accomplished to deposit one or more multi-component alloy layers on a substrate. In one embodiment, a substrate is a bulk metal glass. In one embodiment, a substrate is an aluminum alloy substrate. In one embodiment, preconfigured cathode and/or anode configurations are used, which may facilitate, among other things, a uniform current density. | 2019-11-07 |
20190338435 | METAL WIRES, MANUFACTURING METHODS THEREFOR AND TIRES - Disclosed are a metal wire, a manufacturing method therefor, and a tire. The metal wire is made by twisting a filament; an outer peripheral surface of the filament is covered with a Cu—M—Zn alloy coating; the outer peripheral surface of the filament is also covered with a Cu—Zn alloy coating; the metal wire is made of at least one filament; an area covered by the Cu—M—Zn alloy coating is 10%-90% of an area of the outer peripheral surface of the filament, and the rest is the Cu—Zn alloy coating; M in the Cu—M—Zn alloy coating is selected from one or two of Co, Ni, Mn, or Mo; the mass fraction of Cu in the Cu—M—Zn alloy coating is 58%-72%, the mass fraction of M in the Cu—M—Zn alloy coating is 0.5%-5%, and the balance in the Cu—M—Zn alloy coating is Zn and inevitable impurities. | 2019-11-07 |
20190338436 | ALUMINUM ALLOY CASING, PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF, AND PERSONAL ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The present disclosure provides an aluminum alloy casing, a preparation method thereof and a personal electronic device. The aluminum alloy casing includes an aluminum alloy matrix and an oxide film layer, wherein the aluminum alloy matrix has a slit, the oxide film layer includes an inner anodic oxide film layer and an outer anodic oxide film layer, the inner anodic oxide film layer has inner anodic oxide film layer nanopores, the outer anodic oxide film layer has outer anodic oxide film layer nanopores, the inner anodic oxide film layer nanopores have a density of 200 to 550 pores/square micrometer, and the outer anodic oxide film layer nanopores have a density of 550 to 900 pores/square micrometer. | 2019-11-07 |
20190338437 | INSTALLATION AND METHOD FOR COATING OBJECTS - An installation for coating objects, in particular vehicle wheels, has a dipping trough which is filled with a coating liquid into which the objects can be dipped. In order to reduce the complexity of the piping, there is provided a combined recirculation and filtration circuit for recirculating and filtering the coating liquid, wherein the recirculation and filtration circuit includes a pump, at least one recirculation outlet, arranged in the dipping trough, for the coating liquid, and a filtration device having a residue connection and a filtrate connection, wherein the residue connection is connected to the at least one recirculation outlet in the dipping trough. | 2019-11-07 |
20190338438 | PLATING APPARATUS - A plating apparatus that reduces a terminal effect is provided. The plating apparatus is provided. The plating apparatus includes a substrate holder for holding a substrate as a plating object, an electric contact disposed on the substrate holder to apply a current to a substrate, and a plurality of anodes arranged to face the substrate holder. Each of the plurality of anodes has a long and thin shape. Each of the plurality of anodes is arranged such that a longitudinal direction of the anode is parallel to a surface of a substrate held onto the substrate holder and such that at least one end in the longitudinal direction of each of the anodes faces the electric contact of the substrate holder. | 2019-11-07 |
20190338439 | CONTINUOUS DEPOSITION INSTALLATION AND ASSEMBLY FOR SAME - A continuous separation installation for the galvanic deposition of a substance on objects includes contacting devices having at least one electrically conductive contact arm. The contacting devices are arranged in areas of the continuous separation installation which are free from an electrolyte used for the galvanic deposition of the substance. There is also described an assembly for a continuous separation installation. | 2019-11-07 |
20190338440 | REMOVING BUBBLES FROM PLATING CELLS - An electroplating apparatus includes an electrode at the bottom of a chamber, an ionically resistive element with through holes arranged horizontally at the top of the chamber, with a membrane in the middle. One or more panels extend vertically and parallelly from the membrane to the element and extend linearly across the chamber, forming a plurality of regions between the membrane and the element. A substrate with a protuberance extending along a chord of the substrate and contacting a top surface of the element is arranged above a first region. An electrolyte flowed between the substrate and the element descends into the first region via the through holes on a first side of the protuberance and ascends from the first region via the through holes on a second side of the protuberance, forcing air bubbles out from a portion of the element associated with the first region. | 2019-11-07 |
20190338441 | PREVENT AND REMOVE ORGANICS FROM RESERVOIR WELLS - Plating bath and well structures and methods are described to stop the organic compounds present in plating reservoir wells or bath solution from rising, i.e., climbing up the reservoir wall. An electroplating apparatus includes a vessel holding a liquid solution including metal plating material and an organic species, and a method of operating an electroplating apparatus. The apparatus is designed with plating bath and structures and methods to stop the organic compounds present in plating reservoir wells or bath solution from rising, i.e., climbing or wicking up the inner surfaces of reservoir walls, and to wash them back down on a continuous or cyclical basis in order to maintain a concentration of organic compounds in the plating solution within upper and lower specification limits. | 2019-11-07 |
20190338442 | APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING HEAT FLOW WITHIN A SILICON MELT - An apparatus for controlling heat flow within a melt. The apparatus may include a crucible configured to contain the melt where the melt has an exposed surface. The apparatus may also include a heater disposed below a first side of the crucible and configured to supply heat through the melt to the exposed surface, and a heat diffusion barrier assembly comprising at least one heat diffusion barrier disposed within the crucible and defining an isolation region in the melt and an outer region in the melt. | 2019-11-07 |
20190338443 | METHOD OF PRODUCING EPITAXIAL SILICON WAFER - Provided is a method of producing an epitaxial silicon wafer, which is excellent in productivity and prevents the formation of a backside haze in consecutive single-wafer processing epitaxial growth procedures on a plurality of silicon wafers without cleaning a process chamber after each epitaxial growth procedure. The method of producing an epitaxial silicon wafer includes: a step of loading a silicon wafer; a step of forming a silicon epitaxial layer; a step of unloading the silicon wafer; and a cleaning step. The cleaning step is performed before and after repeating a predetermined number of times a series of growth procedures including the silicon wafer loading step, the silicon epitaxial layer formation step, and the silicon wafer unloading step. | 2019-11-07 |
20190338444 | SHIELDING MEMBER AND APPARATUS FOR GROWING SINGLE CRYSTALS - A shielding member includes a plurality of shielding plates, in which the plurality of shielding plates are arranged without gaps therebetween in a plan view from a crystal installation part, and the shielding member is disposed between a source material accommodation part and the crystal installation part, in an apparatus for growing single crystals, wherein the apparatus includes a container for crystal growth that has the source material accommodation part at an inner bottom part, and has the crystal installation part that faces the source material accommodation part, and includes a heating part that is configured to heat the container for crystal growth, in which a single crystal of the source material is grown on a crystal installed in the crystal installation part by subliming the source material from the source material accommodation part. | 2019-11-07 |
20190338445 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COLLECTING CROSS-ALIGNED FIBER THREADS - An apparatus for collecting cross-aligned fiber threads, comprising an elongated assembly having a plurality of segments including at least a first segment, a second segment, and an intermediate segment, the first segment positioned at one end of the intermediate segment and the second segment positioned at an opposite end of the intermediate segment, each segment being electrically chargeable; an electrically chargeable emitter for electrospinning nanoscale fiber streams comprising charged fiber branches, the emitter having a tip positioned offset and between an edge of the first segment and an edge of the second segment; a support structure for rotating the elongated assembly about a longitudinal axis and applying an electrical charge to at least the edges of the first and second segment; at least one electrically chargeable steering electrode for attracting fiber streams, the at least one steering electrode chargeable with an electrical polarity opposing a charge applied to the emitter. | 2019-11-07 |
20190338446 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A PLEATABLE TEXTILE FABRIC WITH ELECTROSTATICALLY CHARGED FIBERS, AND A PLEATABLE TEXTILE FABRIC - A method for producing a pleatable textile object having electrostatically charged fibres, and to a pleatable textile object is described. At least two separate dies are used, one for the production of finer fibres and one for the production of coarser fibres, using a melt spinning process. At least the first die, which is used to produce the coarser fibres, has concentric orifices. The finer and coarser fibres are mixed at least in sections during the process and are also charged electrostatically with the aid of a polar liquid. The textile object can be used to make filters with a quality factor in excess of 0.2. | 2019-11-07 |
20190338447 | DIMENSIONALLY-STABLE MELT BLOWN NONWOVEN FIBROUS STRUCTURES, AND METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MAKING SAME - A process and apparatus for producing a dimensionally stable melt blown nonwoven fibrous web. The process includes forming a multiplicity of melt blown fibers by passing a molten stream including molecules of at least one thermoplastic semi-crystalline (co)polymer through at least one orifice of a melt-blowing die, subjecting at least a portion of the melt blown fibers to a controlled in-flight heat treatment operation at a temperature below a melting temperature of the at least one thermoplastic semi-crystalline (co)polymer immediately upon exiting from the at least one orifice, and collecting at least some of the melt blown fibers subjected to the controlled in-flight heat treatment operation on a collector to form a non-woven fibrous structure. The nonwoven fibrous structure exhibits a Shrinkage less than a Shrinkage measured on an identically-prepared structure including only fibers not subjected to the controlled in-flight heat treatment operation, and generally less than 15%. | 2019-11-07 |
20190338448 | Wound Yard Body of Water Absorbent Polyester Fiber and Method for Manufacturing Same - A wound yarn body of a water-absorbent polyester fiber having a water absorbency under JIS L1907: 2010 falling-drop method after being washed 30 times under JIS L0217: 1995 103 C method of 5 seconds or less, the wound yarn body being characterized in that the deposition amount of white powder containing a cyclic oligomer that is the decomposition product of polyester constituting the water-absorbent polyester fiber is less than 0.3 wt %; and a method for manufacturing the wound yarn body that includes a process for applying alkali reduction to a polyester fiber containing 0.005-1 wt % of an element S at reduction rate of a 0.6-9% against the polyester fiber. | 2019-11-07 |
20190338449 | Article of Manufacture Making System - An article of manufacture making system for making an article of manufacture containing a plurality of dry solid additives, such as fibers, that utilizes a dry solid additive delivery system with a relatively low Stokes Number for the dry solid additives. | 2019-11-07 |
20190338450 | EMBROIDERY FRAME - An embroidery frame includes a mounting portion, a first frame with a magnet, and a second frame with a main body portion and a guide portion. The mounting portion is configured to be removably mounted on a sewing machine. The main body portion includes a clamping surface. The guide portion is configured by a non-magnetic material, is provided on the clamping surface, includes an inclined surface, protrudes further than the clamping surface in a first direction intersecting the clamping surface, and guides the first frame to the clamping surface. The inclined surface is inclined in a direction opposite to the first direction the further the inclined surface extends in a second direction that is orthogonal to the first direction and is from an outer side toward an inner side of the second frame. The second frame can clamp easily a sewing object, with the first frame, using magnetic force. | 2019-11-07 |
20190338451 | Method of Tape Embroidery - An article comprised of tape segments embroidered in place is disclosed. One embodiment includes tape segments embroidered to a self-supporting embroidered structure. Another embodiment includes tape segments embroidered together to form an embroidered lattice structure. In one embodiment, some of the tape segments may expand when exposed to heat and may be used to form cushioning regions for the article. | 2019-11-07 |
20190338452 | VARIABLE STROKE DRIVE SYSTEM FOR TUFTING MACHINE - A variable stroke drive system for a tufting machine includes a series of drive assemblies mounted along the frame of the tufting machine. Primary drive shafts extend through the drive assemblies and are each driven by a drive motor. A series of first drive members are mounted to the primary drive shafts and are linked to associated second drive members such that the driving of the first drive members by the primary drive shafts in turn drives the second drive members. Cam arms are connected to the second drive members and to rocker arms to which push rods are mounted, the cam arms being vertically reciprocated by the rotational movement of the second drive members so as to drive the reciprocation of the push rods, and thus the needle bar(s) connected thereto along a desired stroke or reciprocating path of travel. Controlling the rate at which the primary drive shafts are driven enables control of the stroke of the needle bar(s). | 2019-11-07 |
20190338453 | TUFTING MACHINE AND METHOD OF TUFTING - A tufting machine for selectively forming tufts of yarns, including different color or type yarns, for forming patterned tufted articles such as carpets. A series of needles are reciprocated into and out of a backing material being fed through the tufting machine and are engaged by a series of gauge parts so as to pick-up loops of yarns from the needles. The gauge parts will be selectively controlled by activators to move the gauge parts to positions or elevations sufficient to pick-up or not pick-up loops of yarns from the needles. The feeding of the yarns to the needles further will be controlled to pull back the yarns not picked-up by the gauge parts, while the backing feed will be controlled to enable formation of tufts at an increased rate over the pattern stitch rate for the pattern of the tufted article being formed. | 2019-11-07 |
20190338454 | MULTI-PURPOSE CLEANING DEVICE - The present invention provides a multi-purpose cleaning device including a first body having a washing space in which the laundry is washed, a water supply unit supplying water to the space, a second body installed above the first body and including an accommodation space accommodating water and an opening area allowing water to flow to the washing space therethrough, a cover unit covering the opening area to implement a first state in which water is pooled in the second body and exposing the opening area to implement a second state in which water and the laundry to pass therethrough, and a controller controlling the first and second bodies and the cover unit on the basis of a control command input from the outside. | 2019-11-07 |