45th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 36 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110274919 | High Release Nip Roll Assembly - Disclosed herein is a high release nip roll assembly comprising a nip roll with a covering comprising a high release material. The release properties of the nip roll material can permit intermittent contact without the coating adhering to the surface of the roller and wrapping the nip. Also disclosed is a high release nip roll belt made of a high release material on the top and bottom surfaces of the belt. The belt can be positioned at each end of a nip roll so that areas of the nip roll typically vulnerable to molten thermoplastic material contact are protected by a belt. Also disclosed is a belt making apparatus. Also disclosed is a frame assembly for moving a belt longitudinally along a nip roll. Also disclosed is a rope guide assembly for threading a belt in relation to a nip roll and at least at least one belt roller. Also disclosed is a jig for joining a leading section of a belt and a trailing section of a belt. | 2011-11-10 |
20110274920 | TAPE COMPRISING RECYCLED PAPER - A masking tape having a crepe paper backing comprising recycled post-consumer waste (PCW) paper. The paper backing comprises at least about 30 wt % PCW paper and retains the desirable resistance to slivering of non-PCW containing masking tapes through selection of an increased dry saturant loading rate of at least 40 wt %. This results in cross-directional (CD) tear values of at least 40 grams-force (gf). | 2011-11-10 |
20110274921 | TRIM COMPONENT AND METHOD OF EDGE FOLDING - A trim component and method of manufacture. The trim component has thermoplastic adhesive disposed proximate an edge portion of the trim component. The adhesive melts at a higher temperature than a curing temperature of a thermoset material of the trim component. | 2011-11-10 |
20110274922 | COLORED AND LAMINATED METAL PLATE FOR CONTAINER - A colored laminated metal plate for containers includes a metal plate having one or both surfaces coated with a film for lamination in which a colored adhesive layer is coated to a polyester resin film. The colored adhesive layer contains a polyester resin as a main component and further contains an etherified amino resin, an epoxy resin, a strong acid compound, and a coloring agent. The colored laminated steel sheet is excellent in deep drawability, adhesion after forming, rust resistance of a damaged portion, and so on. When the steel sheet is applied to manufacturing of a container such as a can, retort whitening of the laminate film hardly occurs, and the design properties of appearance can be maintained. | 2011-11-10 |
20110274923 | EXTRUSION SYSTEM COMPRISING A BACK PRESSURE CONTROLLING BRAKE DEVICE - The invention relates to an extrusion system for producing cylindrical semi-finished plastic products. The extrusion system comprises an extruder ( | 2011-11-10 |
20110274924 | MID-INFRARED TRANSMITTING FIBER - A mid-infrared transmitting glass fiber comprising a non-oxide infrared transmitting glass core, and an oxide glass external cladding. In certain embodiments, the non-oxide infrared transmitting glass core comprises chalcogenide glass. In certain embodiments, the mid-infrared transmitting glass fiber further comprises a non-oxide infrared transmitting glass inner cladding. | 2011-11-10 |
20110274925 | POLY (N - ALKYLCARBAZOLE) COLUMNAR STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A poly(N-alkylcarbazole) columnar structure having electroconductivity is provided. The poly(N-alkylcarbazole) columnar structure having electroconductivity may be produced by electrolytically polymerizing an N-alkylcarbazole in a particular solvent. | 2011-11-10 |
20110274926 | POLYCRYSTALLINE SILICON ROD AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - [Problems] To provide a polycrystalline silicon rod used for the recharging in the FZ method or the CZ method, the straight body portions thereof assuming an easily transferable shape and excelling in transferability. | 2011-11-10 |
20110274927 | INORGANIC FIBER STRUCTURE AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SAME - An inorganic fiber structure comprising inorganic nanofibers having an average fiber diameter of 3 μm or less, in which an entirety including the inside thereof is adhered with an inorganic adhesive, and the porosity thereof is 90% or more, is disclosed. Furthermore, a process for producing an inorganic fiber structure is disclosed, which includes (i) a step of spinning inorganic fibers by an electrospinning method, from a spinning inorganic sol solution containing a compound mainly composed of an inorganic component; (ii) a step of forming an inorganic fiber aggregate by irradiating the inorganic fibers with ions having a polarity opposite to that of the inorganic fibers to accumulate the inorganic fibers; and (iii) a step of forming an inorganic fiber structure adhering to the inorganic fiber aggregate with an inorganic adhesive in an entirety including the inside thereof, in which an adhering inorganic sol solution containing a compound mainly composed of an inorganic component is imparted to an entirety including the inside of the inorganic fiber aggregate, and an excess adhering inorganic sol solution is removed by gas-through. | 2011-11-10 |
20110274928 | MAGNETIC NANOSTRUCTURES - A magnetic material is disclosed including magnetic nanostructures such as nanodots or nanoribbons. The long range magnetic ordering of the material may depend on one or more structural characteristics of the nano structures. | 2011-11-10 |
20110274929 | LITHIUM TITANATE AGGREGATE AND METHOD OF PREPARING THE SAME - A lithium titanate aggregate and a method of preparing the same. In the lithium titanate aggregate, a single primary particle has a median diameter (D | 2011-11-10 |
20110274930 | METHOD FOR POLYMERIZING A SMALL OLIGONUCLEOTIDE, AND USE OF A HIGH-MOLECULAR OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PREPARED BY THE POLYMERIZATION METHOD - The present invention relates to a high-molecular weight oligonucleotides polymerization method which increases in vivo stability, and to the use of a high-molecular weight oligonucleotides prepared by the polymerization method. | 2011-11-10 |
20110274931 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE VISCOSITY OF A SPRAYABLE MIXTURE - The present invention is directed to a method for controlling the viscosity of a sprayable mixture. The sprayable mixture forms a layer of a coating composition on an applied substrate and forms crosslinked network after drying and curing the layer. The dried and cured composition provides the substrate with a coating having a good appearance. | 2011-11-10 |
20110274932 | COMPONENT COMPRISING AN INSERT PART AND PLASTICS JACKETING, AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF THE COMPONENT - The invention relates to a component comprising an insert part and plastics jacketing composed of at least two plastics components, where the insert part is enclosed by a first plastics component A1 or by a first plastics component A2, and the first plastics component A1 or the first plastics component A2 is enclosed by a second plastics component B, where the second plastics component B is composed of
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20110274933 | LAMINATE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, ELECTRONIC DEVICE MEMBER, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A laminate comprises a gas barrier layer and an inorganic compound layer, the gas barrier layer being formed of a material that includes at least an oxygen atom, a carbon atom, and a silicon atom, the gas barrier layer having an oxygen atom content rate that gradually decreases from the surface of the gas barrier layer in the depth direction, and having a carbon atom content rate that gradually increases from the surface of the gas barrier layer in the depth direction. An electronic device member includes the laminate, and an electronic device includes the electronic device member. The laminate exhibits an excellent gas barrier capability and excellent transparency, and does not produce cracks (i.e., the gas barrier capability does not deteriorate) even when the laminate is folded. The laminate exhibits an excellent gas barrier capability and an excellent impact-absorbing capability even if an impact is applied from the outside. | 2011-11-10 |
20110274934 | PRIMER SILICONE COMPOSITION AND TREATED PAPER OR FILM FOR RELEASE PAPER OR FILM - A silicone primer is provided comprising an adhesion-providing component which is an alkenyl-containing siloxane of specific structure and/or a compound containing a substituent group having a functional group capable of radical reaction upon exposure to heat and/or UV and a substituent group having a group capable of reaction with alkenyl and/or SiH group. A release paper or film is prepared by coating the silicone primer on a paper or plastic film substrate, exposing it to UV to form a primer layer, overlaying the primed surface with a release silicone composition, and curing the composition. | 2011-11-10 |
20110274935 | SILICONE COMPOSITION, RELEASE PAPER OR FILM, AND MAKING METHOD - An addition curing silicone composition comprising (A) an organopolysiloxane containing at least two alkenyl groups, (B) an adhesion promoter, (C) an organohydrogenpolysiloxane, and (D) a platinum catalyst is suited for use in release paper or film. The adhesion promoter is a compound which contains per molecule at least one substituent group having a functional group capable of radical reaction upon exposure to heat and/or UV, and at least one substituent group having a group capable of reaction with alkenyl and/or SiH group. | 2011-11-10 |
20110274936 | FLUORINE- AND SILICON-CONTAINING TREATMENT AGENT FOR CONCRETES - The present invention provides a surface treatment agent comprising a fluorine-containing polymer having repeating units derived from a monomer comprising a fluorine-containing monomer, wherein the fluorine-containing polymer has a silicone moiety possessed by a mercapto group-containing silicone. When a porous substrate is treated under drying at normal temperature, the surface treatment agent comprising the fluorine-containing acrylate polymer can impart the excellent water- and oil-repellency and soil resistance to the porous substrate. | 2011-11-10 |
20110274937 | LEAD-FREE SOLDER ALLOY, FATIGUE RESISTANT SOLDERING MATERIALS CONTAINING THE SOLDER ALLOY, AND JOINED PRODUCTS USING THE SOLDERING MATERIALS - [PROBLEMS TO BE SOLVED] To provide a low-silver lead-free solder alloy having an excellent wettability and being excellent in heat-fatigue resistance, and a solder-paste soldering material and resin-flux cored soldering material being excellent in fatigue resistance, and a joined product by using the soldering material. | 2011-11-10 |
20110274938 | Barrier Film Structures - A polymeric film structure exhibiting improved barrier properties and which is formed in the absence of a primer. The film structure is produced by coating a surface of a polymeric substrate with a solution of a polyvinyl alcohol-vinyl amine copolymer, an aldehyde-containing crosslinking agent and a crosslinking promoting acid catalyst and metallized with a metal layer. The polymer substrate is made out of polyolefin materials such as polypropylene. | 2011-11-10 |
20110274939 | HYDROPHILIZING AGENT FOR ALUMINUM-CONTAINING METAL MATERIAL, HYDROPHILIZING METHOD, AND HYDROPHILIZED ALUMINUM-CONTAINING METAL MATERIAL - A hydrophilizing agent that maintains a favorable wettability for dew condensation even after a long-term use; a hydrophilizing method; and an aluminum-containing metal material treated by the hydrophilizing method and having excellent wettability for dew condensation are provided. The hydrophilizing agent contains a modified polyvinyl alcohol obtained by graft polymerization of at least one type of N-vinyl lactam onto polyvinyl alcohol, thereby having a polymer and/or copolymer of the N-vinyl lactam in a side chain and a water-soluble cross-linking agent which can bind to a lactam moiety and/or a hydroxyl group of the modified polyvinyl alcohol. By applying and drying the hydrophilizing agent, a hydrophilic film having excellent wettability for dew condensation is formed. | 2011-11-10 |
20110274940 | GRAFT POLYMERIZATION METHOD AND PRODUCT OBTAINED THEREBY - Disclosed is a graft polymerization method which has solved problems involved in use of a solvent, a radical initiator and high-energy radiation when a monomer is graft-polymerized on the surface of a polymer base. The graft polymerization method is characterized in that a polymerization product is obtained by immersing a polymer base (i) having a ketone group on the surface into a reaction system containing a monomer (ii) and then irradiating the polymer base (i) with light so that polymerization of the monomer starts from the surface of the polymer base (i). | 2011-11-10 |
20110274941 | ACTIVE ENERGY RAY CURABLE RESIN COMPOSITION - It is an object of the present invention to provide an active energy ray curable resin composition exhibiting good adhesion to a polyolefin-based resin base material. More specifically, there is provided an active energy ray curable resin composition comprising: a block copolymer (C) that includes a polymer block (A) composed mainly of an olefin-based monomer unit and a polymer block (B) composed of a vinyl-based monomer unit having a carboxyl group, a carboxylic anhydride group, or a sulfonic acid group and/or a second vinyl-based monomer unit copolymerizable with the aforementioned vinyl-based monomer unit, the block copolymer (C) having a weight-average molecular weight from 5,000 to 100,000; and an active energy ray curable compound (D). | 2011-11-10 |
20110274942 | CORROSION RESISTANT ALUMINUM FOAM PRODUCTS - An aluminum foam product that exhibits superior resistance to corrosion and oxidation in aqueous environments. The invention comprises the incorporation of chemical buffering agents, such as anhydrous borax (Na | 2011-11-10 |
20110274943 | METAL MATERIAL PROCESSING METHOD, STRUCTURE PROCESSED USING METAL MATERIAL PROCESSING METHOD AND ROTARY TOOL - In a metal material processing method, two metal materials are arranged to face each other in a processing portion, and a distal end of a rod-shaped rotary tool is inserted into the processing portion while rotating the rotary tool, thereby the two metal materials are processed. The distal end of the rotary tool has a probe protruding in a central portion and a shoulder in a peripheral portion. The probe and the shoulder are constituted by different materials in at least surface portions that are in contact with the metal materials. | 2011-11-10 |
20110274944 | Polymeric Article Having A Surface Of Different Composition Than Its Bulk And Of Increased Bonding Strength To A Coated Metal Layer - The present invention provides articles comprised of a single resin system that has a surface and a core of different compositions, the surface having more extractable component and less fillers than the core. This arrangement provides for increased peel strength in articles formed from or including such articles. The present invention also provides methods of making the articles. | 2011-11-10 |
20110274945 | HOT-DIP Zn-A1-Mg-Si-cR ALLOY-COATED STEEL MATERIAL WITH EXCELLENT CORROSION RESISTANCE - The present invention provides a Zn—Al—Mg—Cr alloy-coated steel material with excellent corrosion resistance. A molten Zn—Al—Mg—Si—Cr alloy-coated steel material which is a steel material having a Zn—Al—Mg—Cr alloy coating layer and which has an interfacial alloy layer formed of coating layer components and Fe at the coating layer-steel material interface, wherein the interfacial alloy layer has a multilayer structure consisting of an Al—Fe-based alloy layer and an Al—Fe—Si-based alloy layer and furthermore, the Al—Fe—Si-based alloy layer contains Cr. | 2011-11-10 |
20110274946 | CAST BODY - A cast body, being a tool for forming or original molding a work piece, or a transfer member for transferring a force or torque onto a tool which contacts the work piece during forming or original molding, wherein the cast body is cast from an iron base alloy which forms an interior zone of the cast body made of grey cast iron and, around the interior zone, a circumferential rim zone which includes the outer circumference of the cast body and has a surface hardness which is greater than 400 HV, wherein the circumferential rim zone consists of ribbon grain or superfine ribbon grain pearlite with embedded free graphite, preferably spheroidal graphite or vermicular graphite, or of an intermediate structure with spheroidal graphite or vermicular graphite. | 2011-11-10 |
20110274947 | MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM - An aspect of the present invention relates to a magnetic recording medium comprising on one surface of a nonmagnetic support a nonmagnetic layer containing a nonmagnetic powder and a binder and a magnetic layer containing a ferromagnetic powder and a binder in this order, as well as comprising a backcoat layer on the other surface of the nonmagnetic support. The nonmagnetic layer is a radiation-cured layer formed by curing with radiation a given radiation-curable composition, and the backcoat layer comprises filler particles with an average primary particle diameter, D50, ranging from 0.05 to 1.0 μm, the filler particles being selected from the group consisting of organic polymer particles and inorganic colloidal particles. | 2011-11-10 |
20110274948 | ENERGY TRANSFER USING ELECTROCHEMICALLY ISOLATED FLUIDS - The present invention is related to energy generation using electrochemically isolated fluids, and articles, systems, and methods for achieving the same. The embodiments described herein can be used in electrochemical cells in which at least one electrode comprises an electrochemically active fluid (i.e., the electrochemical cell comprises at least one fluid comprising electrode active material that is flowable into and/or out of the electrode compartment in which the electrode active material is charged and/or discharged). | 2011-11-10 |
20110274949 | GALVANIC CELL COMPRISING SHEATHING - The invention relates to a galvanic cell according to the invention with a substantially prismatic or cylindrical structure and an electrode stack. In addition the galvanic cell has at least one current conductor that is connected to the electrode stack and sheathing that at least partially surrounds the electrode stack. Part of a current conductor extends from said sheathing. The sheathing has at least one first deep drawn part and one second deep drawn part. One deep drawn part has a higher thermal conductivity than the other deep drawn parts. The deep drawn parts of the sheathing are provided to at least partially surround the electrode stack. | 2011-11-10 |
20110274950 | High Voltage Battery Composed of Anode Limited Electrochemical Cells - An electrochemical storage device including a plurality of electrochemical cells connected electrically in series. Each cell includes an anode electrode, a cathode electrode and an aqueous electrolyte. The charge storage capacity of the anode electrode is less than the charge storage capacity of the cathode. | 2011-11-10 |
20110274951 | BATTERY MODULE AND BATTERY MODULE ASSEMBLY USING SAME - A battery module includes a battery unit, a housing, a lid, and a heat-absorbing member. The battery unit includes two or more battery cells. The housing includes a storage part having an open end on at least one surface, and the storage part stores the battery unit. The lid has an opened part, and covers the open end of the housing. The heat-absorbing member is provided in contact with each side surface of each battery unit, and encloses heat-absorbing agent made of liquid or gel fluid. | 2011-11-10 |
20110274952 | FUEL GAUGE CIRCUIT AND BATTERY PACK - A fuel gauge circuit detects a residual quantity of a battery | 2011-11-10 |
20110274953 | SECONDARY BATTERY CELL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - In a secondary battery cell including an electrode group that is manufactured by winding a positive electrode having a plurality of positive leads and a negative electrode having a plurality of negative leads, the lengths of the positive electrode and the negative electrode are respectively longer than the length satisfying the rated power generating capacity of the secondary battery cell and are cut not upon a positive lead and not upon negative lead, respectively. | 2011-11-10 |
20110274954 | THREAD-TYPE BATTERY AND CONNECTOR FOR CONNECTING SAME - Disclosed is a thread-type battery. The battery of the present invention comprises a flexible body unit, a first pole terminal which is formed at one end of the body unit, and which protrudes so as to be insertable into a first external terminal, and a second pole terminal which is formed at the other end of the body unit which has a shape in which a second external terminal is to be inserted, and which has a polarity opposite that of the first pole terminal. The present invention enables users to easily connect positive poles and negative poles. | 2011-11-10 |
20110274955 | POUCH TYPE CASE AND BATTERY PACK INCLUDING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a pouch type case having trimming portions formed on both sides or four corners thereof and a battery pack including the same. The trimming portions are formed on the corners of the pouch type case such that the trimming portions are indented toward an electrode assembly accommodating part to reduce a unit area so as to increase pressure applied to unit cells when a battery pack is assembled, thereby facilitating assembling of the battery pack and increasing cell capacity per unit area. Furthermore, the unit cells can be fixed in the battery pack more stably. The pouch type case reduces the unit area so as to include a relatively large number of cells for pressure applied to the cells when the battery pack is assembled to thereby increase the cell capacity. | 2011-11-10 |
20110274956 | EASY-TO-ASSEMBLE BATTERY PACK WITH PRISMATIC BATTERY CELLS - A weld-free, frameless battery design is provided. The design reduces the number of parts and the weight of the battery pack, simplifies the assembly operation, and keeps the battery pack reparable and remanufacturable with minimal effort and cost. The battery pack includes a stack of battery cells and cooling fins, and a removable restraint is placed around the stack. The positive and negative tabs of the battery cells comprise a pair of sub-tabs which are bent over the faces of the cell. One type of cell can have an extended portion on one of the positive and one the negative sub-tabs which are on opposite faces of the cell. The sub-tabs are used to make the necessary series and parallel connections. | 2011-11-10 |
20110274957 | SECONDARY BATTERY MODULE AND COMPOSITE ARTICLE THEREOF - A composite article for dissipating thermal energy from a secondary battery cell includes a first graphite layer, a second graphite layer spaced away from and arranged parallel to the first graphite layer, and a metal layer sandwiched between and disposed in contact with each of the first graphite layer and the second graphite layer. The composite article has a thermal conductivity of greater than or equal to about 1,200 W/mK and an electrical conductivity of greater than or equal to about 10,000 S/cm. A secondary battery module includes the composite article and a secondary battery cell having a length and an average measurable temperature along the length during operation of the secondary battery module. The composite article is disposed adjacent and in contact with the secondary battery cell to thereby dissipate thermal energy from the secondary battery cell during operation of the secondary battery module. | 2011-11-10 |
20110274958 | BATTERY PACK - A battery pack has multiple wall-shaped projecting portions, which are provided on side surfaces of battery cells perpendicular to a layer direction X, extend in a flow direction of cooling fluid and arranged in a direction perpendicular to the flow direction of the cooling fluid, to form fluid passages between neighboring battery cells. It further has multiple enlarged projecting portions, which are provided at intermediate portions of the wall-shaped projecting portions extending in the flow direction of the cooling fluid and brought into contact with the neighboring battery cells to receive action force therefrom. An outer dimension of the enlarged projecting portions in the direction, in which the multiple wall-shaped projecting portions are arranged, is made larger than a thickness dimension of the wall-shaped projecting portions. | 2011-11-10 |
20110274959 | Flexible Thin Printed Battery and Device and Method of Manufacturing Same - A flat, flexible electrochemical cell is provided. The within invention describes various aspects of the flat, flexible electrochemical cell. A printed anode is provided that obviates the need for a discrete anode current collector, thereby reducing the size of the battery. An advantageous electrolyte is provided that enables the use of a metallic cathode current collector, thereby improving the performance of the battery. Printable gelled electrolytes and separators are provided, enabling the construction of both co-facial and co-planar batteries. Cell contacts are provided that reduce the potential for electrolyte creepage in the flat, flexible electrochemical cells of the within invention. | 2011-11-10 |
20110274960 | ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY AND SECONDARY BATTERY USING THE SAME - An electrode assembly and a secondary battery using the same. In an embodiment, the electrode assembly includes one or more first electrodes each having a first tab provided to one surface thereof, and one or more second electrodes each having a second tab provided to one surface thereof. The second electrodes are alternately stacked with the first electrodes. A separator is interposed between the first and second electrodes and folded a plurality of times so that the same surfaces of the separator face each other. The separator has one or more tab through-holes through which the first and second tabs protrude at folded portions of the separator. | 2011-11-10 |
20110274961 | MICROPOROUS MEMBRANES AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING AND USING SUCH MEMBRANES - The invention relates to microporous polymeric membranes suitable for use as battery separator film. The invention also relates to a method for producing such a membrane, batteries containing such membranes as battery separators, methods for making such batteries, and methods for using such batteries. | 2011-11-10 |
20110274962 | NEGATIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR BATTERIES, NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE BATTERY AND BATTERY PACK - According to one embodiment, a non-aqueous electrolyte battery includes an outer container, a positive electrode housed in the outer container, a negative electrode housed in the outer container such as to spatially apart from the positive electrode and includes a particulate active material, and a non-aqueous electrolyte filled in the outer container, wherein the particulate active material includes a particle containing a substance having a lithium absorption and desorption potential of from 1 V vs. Li/Li | 2011-11-10 |
20110274963 | Battery pack - A battery pack including a stack, the stack including a plurality of cells having different polarities at top and bottom surfaces thereof, the plurality of cells being arranged such that at least two cells are arranged along a short axis of the stack when viewed from top or bottom surfaces of the cells, and center connecting lines of adjacent cells along a long axis of the stack are other than perpendicular to the short axis; and conductive plates electrically connecting the plurality of cells to each other, each of the conductive plates including connection parts electrically connected to the cells and a linking part between the connection parts, wherein each of the connection parts includes at least two welding points and a line connecting the welding points, the line being parallel with the short axis of the stack. | 2011-11-10 |
20110274964 | Battery Tabs and Method of Making the Same - A terminal for a Li-ion battery cell utilizes a bimetallic strip formed from the materials used as the Li-ion cell current collectors, such as copper and aluminum. The bimetallic strip is to be used as, at least one, of the Li-ion pouch cell terminals. At least one portion of the bimetallic strip has one of the metallic components removed by such means as chemical or electrochemical etching, mechanical milling, skiving, or grinding, the remaining component being connected to the collector and the other end of the strip serving as the terminal. | 2011-11-10 |
20110274965 | NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE AND NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE BATTERY - A nonaqueous electrolyte includes: a solvent, an electrolyte salt, and at least one of heteropolyacid salt compounds represented by the following formulae (I) and (II): H | 2011-11-10 |
20110274966 | NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTIC SOLUTION SECONDARY BATTERY AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - An exemplary embodiment of the invention provides a nonaqueous electrolytic solution secondary battery in which capacity deterioration associated with a charge/discharge cycle at a high temperature (45° C. or higher) can be prevented. An exemplary embodiment of the invention is a nonaqueous electrolytic solution secondary battery, comprising an electrode element in which a cathode and an anode are stacked, a nonaqueous electrolytic solution which contains at least one of carbonate solvent, and a gel in an outer packaging body; wherein the anode comprises a silicon oxide represented by SiO | 2011-11-10 |
20110274967 | SEALED BATTERY - A sealed battery provided by this invention has a case ( | 2011-11-10 |
20110274968 | TITANIUM COMPOSITE ELECTRODES AND METHODS THEREFORE - The present invention provides composite electrodes that comprise a titanium metal filler and a polymeric material. Advantageously the composite electrodes of the present invention do not suffer from the problems of carbon degradation, are thermally stable, are easily shaped, which demonstrate high power densities and which are relatively inexpensive to produce. | 2011-11-10 |
20110274969 | CURRENT COLLECTOR FOR LEAD ACID BATTERY - A low cost, high specific energy and long cycle life lead acid battery includes polymer/metal current collectors. For intermediate electrodes, a current collector includes two polymer grids and a metal foil that is disposed between two grids, and for terminal electrodes, a current collector includes a polymer grid, a polymer sheet and a metal foil that is disposed between the polymer grid and sheet. The surfaces of the grids and metal foil are coated by different conductive and corrosion-resistant composites. The current collectors can be configured as monopolar or bipolar electrodes. | 2011-11-10 |
20110274970 | NEGATIVE ACTIVE MATERIAL AND LITHIUM BATTERY - A negative active material containing super-conductive nanoparticles coated with a high capacity negative material and a lithium battery including the same are provided, wherein the super-conductive nanoparticles have a structure in which polycyclic nano-sheets are stacked upon one another along a direction perpendicular to a first plane. The polycyclic nano-sheets include hexagonal rings of six carbons atoms linked to each other, wherein a first carbon and a second carbon have a distance therebetween of L | 2011-11-10 |
20110274971 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY AND PRODUCTION METHOD OF SAME - A positive electrode for a lithium secondary battery provided by the present invention includes an electrically conductive layer and an active material layer on a surface of a positive electrode current collector. The electrically conductive layer contains at least one type of water-insoluble polymer that is soluble in an organic solvent as a binder, the active material layer contains at least one type of water-soluble and/or water-dispersible polymer that dissolves or disperses in water as a binder, and a mass ratio (B/A) of mass (B) per unit surface area of the binder in the active material layer to mass (A) per unit surface area of the binder in the electrically conductive layer satisfies a relationship of 0.06≦B/A≦0.35. | 2011-11-10 |
20110274972 | HYDROGEN-ABSORBING ALLOY AND NICKEL-METAL HYDRIDE RECHARGEABLE BATTERY - The present invention aims to increase the discharge capacity and to improve the cycle life performance in a nickel-metal hydride rechargeable battery using a La—Mg—Ni based hydrogen-absorbing alloy as an active material of a negative electrode. The present invention provides a hydrogen-absorbing alloy represented by the general formula (1): M1 | 2011-11-10 |
20110274973 | POSITIVE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERY AND RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERY INCLUDING SAME - The positive active material for a rechargeable lithium battery includes a composite material of a microporous carbon-based material and a lithium composite compound and a carbon layer on the surface of the composite material. | 2011-11-10 |
20110274974 | THIN FILM SOLID STATE LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - In one embodiment, a thin film solid state lithium ion secondary battery is able to be charged and discharged in the air and manufactured stably at a favorable yield. The thin film solid state lithium ion secondary battery has an electric insulating substrate formed from an organic resin, an inorganic insulating film provided on the substrate face, a cathode-side current collector film, a cathode active material film, a solid electrolyte film, an anode potential formation layer, and an anode-side current collector film. The cathode-side current collector film and/or the anode-side current collector film is formed on the inorganic insulating film face. The anode potential formation layer is a layer formed from the same material as that of the cathode active material film or a material different from that of the cathode active material film and is a layer provided for forming anode potential at the time of discharge. | 2011-11-10 |
20110274975 | POSITIVE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY, AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY - It is an object of the present invention to provide a positive electrode material having a large ratio of the discharge capacity around 4 V to the total discharge capacity including the discharge capacity at 4V or lower while making the discharge capacity around 4 V sufficient, for the purpose of providing a lithium secondary battery using a lithium transition metal phosphate compound excellent in thermal stability, utilizing the discharge potential around 4V (vs. Li/Li | 2011-11-10 |
20110274976 | LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERIES WITH POSITIVE ELECTRODE COMPOSITIONS AND THEIR METHODS OF MANUFACTURING - Positive electrodes for secondary batteries formed with a plurality of substantially aligned flakes within a coating. The flakes can be formed from metal oxide materials and have a number average longest dimension of greater than 100 μm. A variety of metal oxide or metal phosphate materials may be selected such as a group consisting Of LiCoO | 2011-11-10 |
20110274977 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A method for producing a positive electrode active material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes the steps of: attaching an oxygen permeable ceramic or a precursor thereof to a surface of a nickel-containing oxide or hydroxide to form an intermediate; mixing the intermediate with a lithium compound; and baking the resulting mixture in air to synthesize a lithium nickel composite oxide. The step of attaching the oxygen permeable ceramic or precursor thereof includes, for example, precipitating the oxygen permeable ceramic or precursor thereof on the surface of the oxide or hydroxide in an alkaline aqueous solution. | 2011-11-10 |
20110274978 | NEGATIVE ELECTRODE FOR ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE AND ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE INCLUDING SAME - Disclosed is a negative electrode for an energy storage device, which includes a negative active material, and an additive including a ceramic core and carbon disposed on the surface of the ceramic core. | 2011-11-10 |
20110274979 | NEGATIVE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERY, METHOD OF PREPARING SAME, AND RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERY - A negative active material for a rechargeable lithium battery, a method of manufacturing the same, and a rechargeable lithium battery including the negative active material. The negative active material includes carbon particles having interplanar spacing (d002) ranging from about 0.34 nm to about 0.50 nm at a 002 plane, measured by X-ray diffraction using CuKα, and nitrogen on the surface of the carbon particles. | 2011-11-10 |
20110274980 | METHOD OF PRODUCING AN ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL AND ARTICLES PRODUCED THEREFROM - A method of producing an electrode assembly comprises disposing a thermoplastic polymer powder between a first surface of a first electrode and a first surface of a microporous separator to form a separator/electrode pre-assembly; and adhering the first surface of the first electrode to the first surface of the microporous separator via the thermoplastic polymer powder to form a separator/electrode assembly, wherein the adhesive thermoplastic polymer does not form a solid layer. | 2011-11-10 |
20110274981 | NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTIC SOLUTION AND BATTERY - A nonaqueous electrolytic solution includes: a solvent, an electrolyte salt, a polyacid and/or a polyacid compound, and a monofluorophosphate and/or a difluorophosphate. | 2011-11-10 |
20110274982 | LITHIUM ION BATTERY - There is provided a lithium ion battery which maintains the flame retardancy of an electrolyte over a long period of time, has high energy density, and has improved charge/discharge cycle characteristics, high temperature storage characteristics, and rate characteristics. The lithium ion battery according to the present exemplary embodiment is a lithium ion battery comprising an electrolyte containing at least an ionic liquid and a lithium salt, a positive electrode, and a negative electrode, wherein the negative electrode includes a negative electrode active material which is a carbon material treated with a surface treatment agent. | 2011-11-10 |
20110274983 | POLYMER ELECTROLYTES INCLUDING POROUS ORGANIC PARTICLES - The present invention is directed to an electrolyte comprising a first phase including a porous organic microparticle; and a second phase including an ethylene oxide-containing polymer (i.e., an EOP); wherein the second phase is a continuous phase. The polymeric electrolyte compositions preferably also includes a lithium salt and optionally a solvent. The polymeric electrolyte composition may have a shear modulus, G′, measured at 1 rad/sec and about 30° C. and a conductivity, σ, measured at about 30° C., such that i) G′-σ is greater than about 200 (S/cm)(dynes/cm | 2011-11-10 |
20110274984 | SULFIDE SOLID ELECTROLYTE MATERIAL - A main object of the present invention is to provide a sulfide solid electrolyte material that generates little hydrogen sulfide. To achieve the object, the present invention provides a sulfide solid electrolyte material which has a LiSbS | 2011-11-10 |
20110274985 | Lithium/Carbon Monofluoride Batteries With Organosilicon Electrolytes - Disclosed are lithium/carbon monofluoride batteries suitable for long term use at highly elevated temperatures. Organosilicon electrolytes having low vapor pressure and high flash points are used, along with lithium salts and ceramic separators. Methods of using these batteries at high temperatures are also disclosed. | 2011-11-10 |
20110274986 | NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY AND NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTIC SOLUTION FOR NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY - A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a positive electrode having a positive-electrode active material, a negative electrode having a negative-electrode active material, and a nonaqueous electrolytic solution having a nonaqueous solvent dissolving a solute. The negative-electrode active material includes powdered silicon and/or a silicon alloy, the nonaqueous electrolytic solution includes additives composed of at least one fluorinated lithium phosphate selected from the group consisting of lithium monofluorophosphate, lithium difluorophosphate, and lithium trifluorophosphate and a diisocyanate compound, and the nonaqueous solvent includes a chain carbonate compound. | 2011-11-10 |
20110274987 | SECONDARY BATTERY, ELECTROLYTIC SOLUTION FOR SECONDARY BATTERY, CYCLIC POLYESTER, ELECTRIC POWER TOOL, ELECTRICAL VEHICLE, AND ELECTRIC POWER STORAGE SYSTEM - A secondary battery capable of improving the cycle characteristics and the storage characteristics is provided. The secondary battery includes a cathode, an anode, and an electrolytic solution containing a nonaqueous solvent and an electrolyte salt. The nonaqueous solvent contains cyclic polyester obtained by dehydrating and condensing two or more divalent carboxylic acid and one or more divalent alcohol. | 2011-11-10 |
20110274988 | BATTERIES, FUEL CELLS, AND OTHER ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICES - An electrochemical device having an anode electrode, a cathode electrode, and an electrolyte. At least one of the anode electrode and the cathode electrode is provided with a substantially uniform superficial relief pattern formed by a plurality of substantially uniform projections and has an electrical conductivity gradient between peaks of the projections and valleys between the projections | 2011-11-10 |
20110274989 | CATALYSTS FOR OXYGEN REDUCTION AND EVOLUTION IN METAL-AIR ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS - Methods and devices for catalyzing reactions, e.g., in a metal-air electrochemical cell, are disclosed. In some instances, a porous positive electrode of the metal-air electrochemical cell includes a metal to catalyze a reaction at the electrode (e.g., oxidation of one or more metal-oxide species). The metal can be disposed as nanoparticles, and/or be combined with a second metal. Other aspects are directed to devices and methods that can generally promote a chemical reaction (e.g., an oxidation/reduction reaction) such as the formation of platinum containing nanoparticles that can be used to catalyze electrochemical reactions. | 2011-11-10 |
20110274990 | Methanol and Hydrogen Peroxide Fuel Cell with Hydroxyl Ion Exchange Membrane - The fuel cell uses hydrogen peroxide (as oxidant) and methanol (as fuel) to generate electric power and it can operate in a low temperature (20-90° C.). Hydrogen peroxide is used in cathode (coated with catalyst) compartment located at one side of a hydroxyl ion exchange membrane. At the other side of the membrane, methanol is used in anode (coated with catalyst) compartment. A catalytic reduction reaction occurs at cathode to produce hydroxyl ions from hydrogen peroxide, and a catalytic oxidation reaction occurs at anode to produce water and carbon dioxide from methanol. When hydroxyl ions move through electrolyte in the ion exchange membrane from cathode to anode, an electric current is generated accordingly. | 2011-11-10 |
20110274991 | Gradiator Reformer - A desulfurizer-reformer reactor system comprising a gradient assembly having a de-sulfurizing material and a re-forming catalyst material arranged in a sequential manner and methods of generating energy are disclosed. | 2011-11-10 |
20110274992 | WATER CONTENT ESTIMATION APPARATUS FOR FUEL CELL AND FUEL CELL SYSTEM - The water content estimation apparatus for a fuel cell includes an estimating unit for estimating a residual water content distribution in a reactant gas flow channel and a moisture content distribution in an electrolyte membrane in a cell plane of a single cell while taking into consideration water transfer that occurs between an anode electrode and a cathode electrode via the electrolyte membrane between the anode electrode and the cathode electrode. The fuel cell system performs control based on an estimation result by the estimating unit so that the fuel cell assumes a predetermined water condition. | 2011-11-10 |
20110274993 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A fuel cell system includes: a fuel cell including a cell laminate; an estimating unit for estimating a residual water content distribution in the reactant gas flow channel in a cell plane of each of the single cells and a moisture content distribution in the electrolyte membrane in consideration of water transfer through the electrolyte membrane between the anode electrode and the cathode electrode; and an operation control unit for limiting an electric current drawn from the fuel cell when a residual water content in the reactant gas flow channel estimated by the estimating unit is equal to or above a predetermined threshold. | 2011-11-10 |
20110274994 | Catalyst and Liquid Combination for a Thermally Regenerative Fuel Cell - Combinations of catalyst and compound are described that are suitable for use in a thermally regenerative fuel cell. Such combinations offer greater than 99% selectivity and accordingly they cycle through a reversible dehydrogenation process with substantially no loss due to byproduct formation. Combinations of secondary benzylic alcohols and Pd/SiO | 2011-11-10 |
20110274995 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING MAINTENANCE ON FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A fuel cell system according to the present invention includes: a hydrogen generator ( | 2011-11-10 |
20110274996 | ADAPTIVE METHOD TO CONTROL FUEL DELIVERY INJECTOR WITH MODELING UNCERTAINTIES IN A FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A method for adaptively controlling a fuel delivery injector in a fuel cell system, including determining a feed-forward bias for the fuel delivery injector, determining an injector flow set-point for the fuel delivery injector, monitoring stack current, determining a transient pressure correction for the stack and correcting the injector flow set-point. | 2011-11-10 |
20110274997 | Device Having Fluid Consuming Battery and Fluid Manager - An electronic device having a battery compartment sized to receive one or more fluid consuming batteries is provided. The device includes one or more fluid entry ports, which can be in the cover of the battery compartment. A fluid flow restrictor is compressed between the fluid entry ports in the device and the fluid entry ports in the fluid consuming battery such that a rate of flow of fluid from outside the device to the battery's fluid consuming electrode is controlled by a compressed portion of the fluid flow restrictor. The fluid flow restrictor can include a foam material. A seal can also be provided at or near the periphery of the fluid flow restrictor; the seal can be a more highly compressed portion of the fluid flow restrictor or a separate component such as an O-ring seal. | 2011-11-10 |
20110274998 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAME - A fuel cell system | 2011-11-10 |
20110274999 | FUEL CELL STACK - A fuel cell stack is comprised of a plurality of power generating units which are stacked along the horizontal direction. A corrugated passage groove having a shape corresponding to the shape of the underside surface of a corrugated passage groove of a first fuel gas passage is formed in a surface of a first metal separator. A corrugated passage groove having a shape corresponding to the shape of the underside surface of a corrugated passage groove of a second oxidant gas passage is formed in a surface of a third metal separator. The corrugated passage grooves overlap one another to define a refrigerant passage. An oxidant gas inlet port and a fuel gas inlet port are provided in the upper portion of the power generating unit, and an oxidant gas outlet port and a fuel gas outlet port are provided in the lower portion of the power generating unit. A refrigerant inlet port and a refrigerant outlet port are formed in each of the left and right portions of the power generating unit. | 2011-11-10 |
20110275000 | FUEL CELL SYSTEMS AND RELATED ARRANGEMENTS FOR LIMITING RELATIVE MOTION BETWEEN FUEL CELLS - Fuel cell systems ( | 2011-11-10 |
20110275001 | FUEL CELL - According to one embodiment, a fuel cell includes a membrane electrode assembly including a plurality of unit cells which are composed of an electrolyte membrane, an anode including anode catalyst layers arranged at intervals on one of surfaces of the electrolyte membrane, and anode gas diffusion layers stacked on the anode catalyst layers, and a cathode including cathode catalyst layers arranged at intervals on the other surface of the electrolyte membrane and opposed to the anode catalyst layers, respectively, and cathode gas diffusion layers stacked on the cathode catalyst layers, wherein a thickness of at least one of the anode catalyst layer and the cathode catalyst layer of one of the unit cells, which neighbor each other, gradually decreases toward the other of the unit cells. | 2011-11-10 |
20110275002 | INTERCONNECTOR ARRANGEMENT FOR A FUEL CELL STACK - The invention relates to an interconnector arrangement for a fuel cell stack, which can be brought into electrical contact with at least one membrane electrode assembly and which is arranged to separate a cathode flow field of the fuel cell stack from an anode flow field of the fuel cell stack. The invention is characterized in that the interconnector arrangement comprises a hollow space separated from the anode flow field and from the cathode flow field such that a flow of gas through the hollow space may not be more than five percent of flow-off gas through the cathode flow field or the anode flow field. The invention also relates to a fuel cell stack and to a method for manufacturing an interconnector arrangement. | 2011-11-10 |
20110275003 | FUEL CELL - A fuel cell includes: an anode catalyst layer containing an anode catalyst and a proton-conductive electrolyte; a cathode catalyst layer containing a cathode catalyst and a proton-conductive electrolyte; a proton-conductive electrolyte membrane interposed between the anode catalyst layer and the cathode catalyst layer; and a mechanism supplying a fuel to the anode catalyst layer, wherein a porosity of the anode catalyst layer as measured by a mercury intrusion porosimeter is 0 to 30%. | 2011-11-10 |
20110275004 | FUEL CELL SOCKETS, AND FUEL CELL COUPLERS AND FUEL CELLS USING SAME - A fuel cell socket, to which a fuel cell plug for discharging a liquid fuel for a fuel cell is detachably connected, includes a cylindrical socket body having a diameter-reduced part provided at a substantially intermediate position in an axial direction, a valve having a shaft portion which is protruded toward a connection side through the diameter-reduced part, an elastic cylindrical fuel introduction path which is provided to surround the shaft portion protruded from the diameter-reduced part and has a fastener provided at a side portion, and an auxiliary elastic body which is provided outside the fuel introduction path and pushes the fastener toward the connection side. | 2011-11-10 |
20110275005 | Membrane Electrode Assemblies With Interfacial Layer - The present invention relates to interfacial layers for use m membrane electrode assemblies that comprise nanowire-supported catalysts, and fuel cells comprising such membrane electrode assemblies. The present invention also relates to methods of preparing membrane electrode assemblies and fuel cells comprising interfacial layers and nanowire-supported catalysts. | 2011-11-10 |
20110275006 | SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL HAVING METAL SUPPORT WITH A COMPLIANT POROUS NICKEL LAYER - A fuel cell includes a cell having a solid oxide electrolyte between electrodes. The cell has a first coefficient of thermal expansion. A metallic support is in electrical connection with one of the electrodes. The metallic support includes a metal substrate and a compliant porous nickel layer that is bonded to the metal substrate between the cell and the metal substrate. The metal substrate has a second coefficient of thermal expansion that nominally matches the first coefficient of thermal expansion of the cell. The metal substrate has a first stiffness and the compliant porous nickel layer has a second stiffness that is less than the first stiffness such that the compliant porous nickel layer can thermally expand and contract with the metal substrate. | 2011-11-10 |
20110275007 | SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Disclosed herein are a solid oxide fuel cell and a method for manufacturing the same. The solid oxide fuel cell includes an anode layer; a cathode layer; an electrolyte layer interposed between the anode layer and the cathode layer; wherein the anode layer includes an Si-based compound selected from a group consisting of SiC, Si | 2011-11-10 |
20110275008 | ANION EXCHANGE POLYMER ELECTROLYTES - Solid anion exchange polymer electrolytes include chemical compounds comprising a polymer backbone with side chains that include guanidinium cations. | 2011-11-10 |
20110275009 | PLATINUM-CONTAINING CATALYST AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME, ELECTRODE AND ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE - A core-shell type platinum-containing catalyst being allowed to reduce the amount of used platinum and having high catalytic activity and stability and a method of producing the same, an electrode and an electrochemical device are provided. The platinum-containing catalyst includes: metal particles each including a core particle including a metal atom except for platinum or an alloy of a metal atom except for platinum and a shell layer, including platinum on a surface of the core particle, the metal particles being supported by a conductive carrier and satisfying 0.25 nm≦t | 2011-11-10 |
20110275010 | CATALYTIC MATERIAL - A catalytic material includes a plurality of nanoparticles that each comprise a gold substrate and a catalyst on the gold substrate. The gold substrate includes surface facets of which a predominant amount are Au(100)-oriented crystal planes. | 2011-11-10 |
20110275011 | Electrochemical Catalysts for Fuel Cells - The present invention relates to electrochemical catalyst particles, including nanoparticles, which can be used membrane electrode assemblies and in fuel cells. In exemplary embodiments, the present invention provides electrochemical catalysts supported by various materials. Suitably the catalysts have an atomic ratio of oxygen to a metal in the nanoparticle of about 3 to about 6. | 2011-11-10 |
20110275012 | Pellicle - There is provided a pellicle in which the agglutinant, that is, the mask-bonding adhesive, is designed to have a light transmission of no greater than 70 percents; preferably the agglutinant is black in color. | 2011-11-10 |
20110275013 | Reflective Extreme Ultraviolet Mask - According to example embodiments, a reflective EUV mask may include a mask substrate, a patterned structure and a non-patterned structure on the mask substrate. At least one of the patterned structure and the non-patterned structure may include a thermally treated region configured to reduce a reflectivity of the respective patterned and non-patterned structure. | 2011-11-10 |
20110275014 | EXPOSURE MASK WITH DOUBLE PATTERNING TECHNOLOGY AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE USING THE SAME - An exposure mask for forming a G-type active region with a double patterning technology includes a bar shaped first light-blocking pattern to define an I-type active region, and an island shaped second light-blocking pattern to define a bit line contact region. The first light-blocking pattern and the second light-blocking pattern are arranged alternately. | 2011-11-10 |
20110275015 | FIXING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND FIXING METHOD - A disclosed fixing device applying a bubble-like fixing liquid to resin-containing particles adhered to a medium so that the resin-containing particles are fixed to the medium, the bubble-like fixing liquid being formed by transforming a fixing liquid into foam that dissolves or swells at least a part of the resin, includes a control device that, based on a difference between a moisture content included in the medium after fixing and a target value of the moisture content, adjusts an application amount of the fixing liquid for a next medium. | 2011-11-10 |
20110275016 | ABLATION LAYER, PHOTOSENSITIVE RESIN STRUCTURE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING RELIEF PRINTING PLATE USING THE PHOTOSENSITIVE RESIN STRUCTURE - Using a photosensitive resin structure having an ablation layer for a photosensitive resin for a relief printing that is capable of being processed by infrared radiation and containing an anionic polymer, a relief printing plate is produced by drawing a pattern by irradiating the ablation layer with infrared radiation; exposing the pattern by irradiating the photosensitive resin layer with ultraviolet radiation; and removing the ablation layer and unexposed photosensitive resin layer with a developer. | 2011-11-10 |
20110275017 | METHOD FOR PREPARING A PRINTING FORM - The invention pertains to a method for preparing a printing form from a photosensitive element having a support and a layer of photopolymerizable material adjacent the support. The method includes exposing the photosensitive element through an image mask and through a backside mask, treating the exposed element to form a relief region and to provide an unexposed region of the photopolymerizable material remaining on the support, and removing the unexposed region from the relief region, wherein the relief region remains on the support as the printing form. The method is particularly suited for preparing a composite printing form from the printing form, and in particular for preparing composite printing forms for relief printing of corrugated substrates. | 2011-11-10 |
20110275018 | CIRCUIT ARCHITECTURE ON AN ORGANIC BASE AND RELATED MANUFACTURING METHOD - A method comprises providing a bottom electrode, depositing, on the bottom electrode, an active material comprising a first structural portion having an absorption peak at a UV wavelength, wherein such first structural portion is photo-activatable at such wavelength and which is constituted by monomers or oligomers that, when irradiated at said wavelength, undergo a photo-polymerization and/or photo-cross-linking reaction, or constituted by a polymer that at a UV wavelength undergoes a photo-degradation reaction, and a second electrically active or activatable structural portion which is substantially transparent to such predetermined UV wavelength; exposing a portion of the active material, through a photomask, to UV radiation having such UV wavelength, with photo-activation of the exposed portion of such film; selectively removing either the exposed photo-activated portion or the non-exposed portion, with exposure of a respective portion of the bottom electrode; depositing a head electrode. | 2011-11-10 |