Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090124408 | Vibration Reduction Grip for Golf Clubs - A vibration reduction golf club grip is disclosed. The golf club grip includes a body having a substantially circular cross-sectional configuration throughout a length thereof. The body includes a first end having a first diameter and a second end having a second diameter. In addition, the body includes a longitudinal cavity, which is opened to the first end, adapted to receive a shaft of a golf club. The body also includes a circular cavity, which is opened to the second end, distributed around the longitudinal cavity, and the circular cavity is filled with a compressible material. | 05-14-2009 |
20090181184 | Method for Reducing Thin Films on Low Temperature Substrates - A method for producing an electrically conductive thin film on a substrate is disclosed. Initially, a reducible metal compound and a reducing agent are dispersed in a liquid. The dispersion is then deposited on a substrate as a thin film. The thin film along with the substrate is subsequently exposed to a pulsed electromagnetic emission to chemically react with the reducible metal compound and the reducing agent such that the thin film becomes electrically conductive. | 07-16-2009 |
20090191247 | Anti-Viral Uses Of Carbon And Metal Nanomaterial Compositions - This invention generally relates to use of novel nanomaterials comprised of metals in anti-viral applications. Such nanomaterials, for example, can be produced using a high power, pulsed plasma process, which plasma process, optionally, can be performed on the metal with a precursor (i.e., a gaseous precursor, such as acetylene or methane) when forming the unagglomerated nanomaterials. In embodiments of the invention, the metal is nanosilver. Optionally, the nanomaterials may also comprise carbon, including in the form of carbyne. | 07-30-2009 |
20090301337 | NANO-ENHANCED KINETIC ENERGY PARTICLES - The current invention relates to the fields of ballistic and kinetic energy (KE) weapons. Specifically a novel apparatus and use of nanomaterials has been developed to make significant improvements over existing weapons. By incorporating nano-scale particles as a filler material for kinetic energy weapons several advancements are realized. | 12-10-2009 |
20100007285 | Method and Apparatus for Curing Thin Films on Low-Temperature Substrates at High Speeds - A curing apparatus for thermally processing thin films on low-temperature substrates at high speeds is disclosed. The curing apparatus includes a strobe head, a strobe control module and a conveyor control module. The strobe control module controls the power, duration and repetition rate of a set of pulses generated by a flash lamp on the strobe head. The conveyor control module along with the strobe control module provide real-time synchronization between the repetition rate of the set of pulses and the speed at which the substrate is being moved under the strobe head, according to the speed information. | 01-14-2010 |
20100096049 | Laminated Energetic Device - A laminated energetic device is disclosed. The laminated energetic device includes a low-gas generating energetic mixture, a first film on which the low-gas generating energetic mixture is located, and a second film for sealing the low-gas generating energetic mixture between the first and second films. | 04-22-2010 |
20100098874 | Method and Apparatus for Reacting Thin Films on Low-Temperature Substrates at High Speeds - A method for reacting thin films on a low-temperature substrate within a reactive atmosphere is disclosed. The thin film contains a reducible metal oxide, and the reactive atmosphere contains a reducing gas such as hydrogen or methane. The low-temperature substrate can be polymer, plastic or paper. Multiple light pulses from a high-intensity strobe system are used to reduce the metal oxide to metal and to sinter the metal if applicable. | 04-22-2010 |
20110038974 | Electrical Plating and Catalytic Uses of Metal Nanomaterial Compositions - This invention relates generally to uses of novel nanomaterial composition and the systems in which they are used, and more particularly to nanomaterial compositions generally comprising carbon and a metal, which composition can be exposed to pulsed emissions to react, activate, combine, or sinter the nanomaterial composition. The nanomaterial compositions can alternatively be utilized at ambient temperature or under other means to cause such reaction, activation, combination, or sintering to occur. | 02-17-2011 |
20110247851 | APPARATUS FOR CURING THIN FILMS ON A MOVING SUBSTRATE - An apparatus for curing thin films is disclosed. The apparatus includes a computer control system, a conveyance system, a flashlamp controller, and a flashlamp. The curing apparatus also includes a high average power, low-inductance cable connected between the flashlamp controller and the flashlamp. The low-inductance cable is smaller in diameter and is more flexible than the prior art and includes at least one liquid cooling line and multiple forward and return path wires interleaved in a regular hexagonal closed packed configuration such that every wire is adjacent to at least one cooling line and at least one wire of opposite polarity. | 10-13-2011 |
20110248026 | APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING TRANSIENT THERMAL PROFILE PROCESSING ON A MOVING SUBSTRATE - A method and apparatus for thermally processing material on a low-temperature substrate using pulsed light from a flash lamp is disclosed. Material is conveyed past the flash lamp. The pulses of light are formed by Pulse Width Modulation to tailor the shape of the pulses to generate a thermal gradient in the substrate that enables the material to be heated beyond the maximum working temperature of the substrate without damage. Its shaped pulse rate is synchronized to the conveyance speed of a conveyance system. By using the information from a feedback sensor, the thermal gradient is recalculated to alter the shape of the pulses in real time for optimizing subsequent curings in real time without powering down the curing apparatus. The combined pulse shaping and synchronization allow a temperature profile to be tailored in the sample that is uniformly cured in the conveyance direction. | 10-13-2011 |
20110262657 | Method for Reducing Thin Films on Low Temperature Substrates - A method for producing an electrically conductive thin film on a substrate is disclosed. Initially, a reducible metal compound and a reducing agent are dispersed in a liquid. The dispersion is then deposited on a substrate as a thin film. The thin film along with the substrate is subsequently exposed to a pulsed electromagnetic emission to chemically react with the reducible metal compound and the reducing agent such that the thin film becomes electrically conductive. | 10-27-2011 |
20110300676 | Method for Providing Lateral Thermal Processing of Thin Films on Low-Temperature Substrates - A method for thermally processing a minimally absorbing thin film in a selective manner is disclosed. Two closely spaced absorbing traces are patterned in thermal contact with the thin film. A pulsed radiant source is used to heat the two absorbing traces, and the thin film is thermally processed via conduction between the two absorbing traces. This method can be utilized to fabricate a thin film transistor (TFT) in which the thin film is a semiconductor and the absorbers are the source and the drain of the TFT. | 12-08-2011 |
20120186708 | Laminated Energetic Device - A laminated energetic device is disclosed. The laminated energetic device includes a low-gas generating energetic mixture, a core on which the low-gas generating energetic mixture is located, and a protective film for sealing the low-gas generating energetic mixture between the core and the protective film. | 07-26-2012 |
20120216926 | Method for Manufacturing Energetic Material Composites - An energetic material composite comprising fuel particles and a hydrated compound is disclosed. The energetic material composite is formed by dispersing fuel particles, which have a negative standard reduction potential relative to a standard hydrogen electrode, in a solvent containing dissolved hydrate, followed by a removal of solvent. When initiated, the fuel particles react with the water bound in the hydrated compound to release energy and hydrogen gas. | 08-30-2012 |
20120255192 | Method for Drying Thin Films in an Energy Efficient Manner - A method for drying a thin film stack having a thin film located on a substrate is disclosed. The thin film stack is conveyed past a flashlamp during which the thin film stack is irradiated with a composite light pulse from the flashlamp. The composite light pulse is composed of multiple micropulses. The time duration of the composite light pulse is shorter than a total thermal equilibration time of the thin film stack. In addition, when the thin film stack is being conveyed past the flashlamp, the thin film stack should move less than 10% of the length of the irradiating area in the conveyance direction during the delivery of the composite light pulse. | 10-11-2012 |
20140017857 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING LATERAL THERMAL PROCESSING OF THIN FILMS ON LOW-TEMPERATURE SUBSTRATES - A method for thermally processing a minimally absorbing thin film in a selective manner is disclosed. Two closely spaced absorbing traces are patterned in thermal contact with the thin film. A pulsed radiant source is used to heat the two absorbing traces, and the thin film is thermally processed via conduction between the two absorbing traces. This method can be utilized to fabricate a thin film transistor (TFT) in which the thin film is a semiconductor and the absorbers are the source and the drain of the TFT. | 01-16-2014 |
20140145092 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CURING THIN FILMS ON LOW-TEMPERATURE SUBSTRATES AT HIGH SPEEDS - A curing apparatus for thermally processing thin films on low-temperature substrates at high speeds is disclosed. The curing apparatus includes a strobe head, a strobe control module and a conveyor control module. The strobe control module controls the power, duration and repetition rate of a set of pulses generated by a flash lamp on the strobe head. The conveyor control module along with the strobe control module provide real-time synchronization between the repetition rate of the set of pulses and the speed at which the substrate is being moved under the strobe head, according to the speed information. | 05-29-2014 |
20150055943 | APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING TRANSIENT THERMAL PROFILE PROCESSING ON A MOVING SUBSTRATE - A method and apparatus for thermally processing material on a low-temperature substrate using pulsed light from a flash lamp is disclosed. Material is conveyed past the flash lamp. The pulses of light are formed by Pulse Width Modulation to tailor the shape of the pulses to generate a thermal gradient in the substrate that enables the material to be heated beyond the maximum working temperature of the substrate without damage. Its shaped pulse rate is synchronized to the conveyance speed of a conveyance system. By using the information from a feedback sensor, the thermal gradient is recalculated to alter the shape of the pulses in real time for optimizing subsequent curings in real time without powering down the curing apparatus. The combined pulse shaping and synchronization allow a temperature profile to be tailored in the sample that is uniformly cured in the conveyance direction. | 02-26-2015 |