Stock material or miscellaneous articles inventions 10/06

20060240196 - Method of producing retardation plate: A method is provided by which a highly functional thin retardation plate with no appearance defect can be produced. First, as shown in FIG. 1A, a solution of a liquid crystalline compound is applied on a transparent base 1 and dried, or alternatively, a liquid crystalline compound on the melt...

20060240197 - Photochromic and electrochromic compounds and methods of synthesizing and using same: This invention relates to novel photochromic and electrochromic monomers and polymers based on 1,2-dithienylcyclopentene derivatives and method of using and synthesizing same. The compounds are reversibly interconvertible between different isomeric forms under suitable photochromic or electrochromic conditions. The electrochromic conversion may be catalytic. The application also relates to ultra-high density...

20060240198 - Curing resin composition, sealing material for liquid crystal display device and liquid crystal display device: It is the object of the invention to provide a curable resin composition which causes no liquid crystal contamination, which are excellent in the adhesive property to a glass, and which causes no cell gap inequality in the case it is used as a sealant for a liquid crystal display...

20060240199 - Pellicle frame: The invention provides a pellicle frame which can readily be peeled off after being adhesively attached to a photomask, and a photolithographic framed pellicle which makes use of this pellicle frame. The pellicle frame provided by the invention is a rectangular framework body of which the longer side framework member...

20060240200 - Diffuser disk for lcd applications, method for the production and use thereof: The present invention relates to diffuser sheets for LCD applications encompassing at least one light-scattering polymethyl methacrylate layer which comprises a polymethyl methacrylate matrix and also from 0.5 to 59.5% by weight, based on the weight of the light-scattering polymethyl methacrylate layer, of spherical scattering particles (A) whose median size...

20060240201 - Ink-jet recording medium and method of manufacturing the same: An object of the present invention is to provide an ink-jet recording medium and a manufacturing method thereof exhibiting excellent outdoor durability, high gloss, and high image quality, accompanied with excellent cockling resistance. Also disclosed is an ink-jet recording medium possessing a support made of cellulose pulp as a component,...

20060240202 - Method for image formation, intermediate transfer recording medium, and image formed object: This invention provides a method for image formation, which can produce a thermally transferred image possessing excellent heat resistance and various fastness properties even under severe service conditions, and an intermediate transfer recording medium and an image formed object....

20060240204 - Overpouch film and container and method of making same: A polymer blend comprising a high density polyethylene and a surface enhancing polymer is provided. The surface enhancing polymer may be an elastomer such as an ethylene propylene diene monomer terpolymer. The polymer blend may be fabricated into articles such as a film or a flexible overpouch for storing, and...

20060240203 - Sterile bag: A sterilization bag that is favorable for storing medical implements having sharp tips such as scalpels and forceps and can effectively suppress the occurrence of unwanted opening or damage due to contact with sharp tips is provided. The sterilization bag is formed by adhering the side edges and lower ends...

20060240205 - Method for securement of attachments to molded plastic preforms or containers: A method of making a preform assembly includes providing a preform having a closed end, and providing an attachment object having a ring. The attachment object is assembled to the preform by telescoping the ring over the closed end of the preform until the ring is brought into abutting engagement...

20060240206 - Synthetic resin fusion body: The edge at the passage side of the rising boundary line 78a-1, 78a-2, 78b-1, 78b-2, 78c-1, 78c-2, 78d-1, 78d-2 which is the boundary between the top end connecting face and the mount connecting face of the middle member 70 is disposed at or in the vicinity of a contact point...

20060240207 - Multi-layered coextruded biaxially stretched fibre-improved seamless tube covering and use thereof as a food covering: At least three-layered, coextruded, tubular, biaxially stretched seamless tubular casing comprising, viewed from the outside inwards, a) an outer layer A which comprises as the main component a polyamide or a mixture of several polyamides, b) optionally a layer B which has an oxygen-blocking character, c) optionally a core layer...

20060240209 - Pressure-sensitive adhesive tape or sheet, and method for producing it: A pressure-sensitive adhesive tape or sheet having a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer formed on at least one surface of the support thereof, wherein the surface of the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer on at least one surface of the support partly has projected spots of fibers. The projected spots of fibers are preferably...

20060240208 - Waterproof and airtight double-sided pressure-sensitive adhesive tape: A waterproof and airtight double-sided pressure-sensitive adhesive tape includes a substrate and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer on the both surfaces thereof, wherein the substrate is a rubber-made sheet; and the surface of at least one of the pressure-sensitive adhesive layers is protected by a release liner having elongation properties. It...

20060240210 - Random installation carpet tiles: Carpet tiles having patterns and color schemes that obviate the need to orient the tiles relative to each other. The tiles exhibit orthogonal ambiguity, meaning that they may be laid in any side-by-side orientation with respect to adjacent tiles without looking out of place to the ordinary viewer and thereby...

20060240211 - Random installation carpet tiles: Carpet tiles having patterns and color schemes that obviate the need to orient the tiles relative to each other. The tiles exhibit orthogonal ambiguity, meaning that they may be laid in any side-by-side orientation with respect to adjacent tiles without looking out of place to the ordinary viewer and thereby...

20060240212 - Honeycomb structure: r

20060240214 - Limited play optical devices with interstitial reactive layer and methods of making same: A data storage device comprises a first substrate and a second substrate, wherein at least the first substrate has defined thereon a plurality of pits and lands covered by a reflective material; and a bonding layer between the first and second substrates including a reactive agent that interferes with the...

20060240213 - Storage medium for the optical storage and retrieval of information: The invention relates to a storage medium for the optical storage and retrieval of information, the storage medium comprising: a substrate and an active layer for retention of data. According to the invention, the active layer is provided with a pre-determined pattern (4) of bit positions (14, 14′, . ....

20060240215 - Washer, methods, apparatus and upholstery: A washer (100) comprising wadding material and having an aperture (104) extending therethrough is disclosed. The wadding material is compressed at least around the periphery (102) of the aperture (104). The compressed wadding material is sufficiendy elastic such that, when fitted to upholstery together with a tuft, the dimensions of...

20060240216 - High performance vacuum-sealed insulations: An insulating structure comprising an aerogel composite fully enclosed by an envelope and sealed at a reduced pressure, said aerogel composite comprising at least one metal oxide matrix and a fibrous material incorporated therein, and where said insulating structure can bend to at least 90° and a bending radius of...

20060240217 - Fire-retardant, lightweight aircraft carpet: The present invention is a lightweight carpet for use in aircrafts that meets rigorous fire standards testing, is impervious to fluids, and is capable of being printed for decorative effect. In one embodiment, the carpet composed of a layer of fire retardant treated PET fibers adhered to a fire retardant...

20060240218 - Paintable nonofiber coatings: This invention provides novel superhydrophobic coatings comprising nanofiber heterostructures, as well as methods of creating and using such coatings....

20060240219 - Corrugating adhesives for bonding coated papers and methods for bonding coated paper: A corrugating adhesive that improves the bonding of coated papers, including latex coated medium and linerboards. The corrugating adhesive may comprise a hydrocolloid portion of the adhesive that improves tack and bonding and buffers and absorbs caustic in the adhesive allowing higher caustic in the adhesive formula without premature gelling...

20060240220 - Composite-to-metal joint: A method and an apparatus for joining a composite structural member to a metallic structural member is provided. The apparatus includes a composite structural member, a metallic transitional member, and a metallic structural member. The metallic transitional member may have a substantially H-shaped cross sectional geometry and may include at...

20060240221 - Device having reduced dishing due to cmp: The present technique is directed toward the fabrication of integrated circuits and provides for the production of a hardened metal layer on the surface of a semiconductor wafer to reduce the amount of material removed during chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) of the metal layer. This hardened layer may be produced,...

20060240222 - Pellicle and novel fluoropolymer: A pellicle wherein a polymer (I) to be used for a pellicle membrane and/or an adhesive is a polymer essentially containing the following unit (1). The unit (1) is a unit containing a fluorine atom, wherein a chain forming the polymer main chain comprises a carbon atom and an etheric...

20060240223 - Cleaning sheet and method of making: A cleaning sheet includes a substrate having opposed major surfaces, an adhesive, such as an adhesive, coated onto at least a portion of at least one of the substrate major surfaces, and loose fibers arranged on the adhesive, wherein at least one of the individual fibers contacts the adhesive at...

20060240224 - Roofing products including granules with reflective coating: A roofing product with a higher reflectivity is provided having a roofing material, and fine granules adhered to the roofing materials that are double-coated with a coating having a white pigment. A top white coating composition can be applied to the granules after the granules are applied to a roofing...

20060240225 - Adhesives and release liners with pyramidal structures: An adhesive article includes a release liner and an adhesive layer on the surface of the release liner. The release liner has a surface with an arrangement of structures thereon, wherein the structures extend downward from a plane of the surface. The structures have at least three sidewalls. A first...

20060240229 - Absorbent structures comprising coated super-absorbent polymer particles: This invention is directed to super-absorbent material, which comprises a super absorbent polymer core that is coated with an organic, polar coating agent, and whereby the particulate super-absorbent material has a contact angle and a corresponding cos CAm (as defined herein), whereby the cos CAm is more than 0.3, and...

20060240228 - Article having figures/stripes: An article having figures/stripes, includes: a substrate; a hard inner layer disposed on a surface of the substrate; at least one covering material which is a thin or slender body, the covering material is independent from the substrate, the covering material is disposed on a surface of the inner layer;...

20060240227 - Nanocrystal coated surfaces: The present invention provides novel calibration devices for use with fluorescent nanocrystal labels. Methods of preparing and using the calibration devices are also provided. Monodispersed populations of nanocrystals are deposited on surfaces. The monodispersed populations are obtained by dissolving the nanocrystals in a polar solvent....

20060240230 - Print methodology for applying polymer materials to roofing materials to form nail tabs or reinforcing strips: A method of making a composite roofing material and the resulting material by depositing nail tabs made of a thermoplastic, thermosetting, adhesive or elastomer material, in a liquid state, onto the base substrate of the composite roofing material or onto the saturated or coated roofing material, or onto a transfer...

20060240226 - Sheet with an anticopying, reduced opacity area: The present invention relates to printable security paper that includes a region capable of receiving printed indicia on the front side and on the reverse side which are observable in reflected light and form an image observable in transmitted light, as security element protecting against two-sided copying, characterized in that...

20060240231 - Method for improving the thermal cycled adhesion of thick-film conductors on dielectric: An improved electrical printed circuit exhibiting a combination of enhanced solderability and outstanding adhesion with a dielectric substrate includes a stack of two different types of conductive films. The stack includes a first conductive film that is printed onto the substrate with an ink that has been specially formulated to...

20060240232 - Anti-reflective coating: An anti-reflection coating comprising a first polymeric layer having a refractive index between about 1.64 and about 1.85 is disposed on a substrate. A second polymeric layer is also provided having a refractive index between about 1.29 and about 1.55, and overlies the first polymeric layer. An inorganic metal oxide...

20060240233 - Fishing fly manufacturing devices and materials: Fishing fly manufacturing devices and materials are provided according to the various embodiments of the present invention. In an embodiment, the fishing fly manufacturing material of the present invention includes a sheet of foil substantially uniformly adhered to a corresponding sheet of base material such as foam. Once the foil...

20060240237 - Aerogel/ptfe composite insulating material: A material comprising aerogel particles and a polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) binder is formed having a thermal conductivity of less than or equal to 25 mW/m K at atmospheric conditions. The material is moldable or formable, having little or no shedding of filler particles, and may be formed into structures such as...

20060240235 - Composite thermoplastic sheets including an integral hinge: A composite thermoplastic sheet includes, in an exemplary embodiment, a permeable core layer having a first surface and an opposing second surface. The core layer includes a plurality of reinforcing fibers bonded together with a first thermoplastic material. The composite sheet also includes a flexible thermoplastic skin laminated to and...

20060240236 - Interior wallboard and method of making same: A gypsum wallboard suitable for Level 4 finishing having a coated non-woven first glass fiber mat facing material on one major surface and an optionally coated second glass fiber mat where on the other major surface. The first glass fiber mat has a majority of fibers of a nominal fiber...

20060240234 - System and method for reinforcing a seam: A seam reinforcing bead for stretchable materials formed by cutting, extrusion, or casting is applied to a seam in conjunction with heat and/or ultrasonic energy. In a system for application the reinforcing bead is fed by a first pair of rollers past a heat source, thereby producing a non-equilibrium temperature...

20060240238 - Single-walled carbon nanotube composites: Metal oxide composites containing highly dispersed single-walled carbon nanotubes were prepared using sol-gel methods and shown to be electrically conducting....

20060240239 - Compositions adapted for chain linking: A polymer composition comprising chains of at least one aromatic polymer or a mixture thereof together with at least one chain linking component wherein the at least one aromatic polymer comprises polymer chains of number average molecular weight (Mn) in a first range and characterised by a polymer flow temperature,...

20060240242 - Fiber reinforced thermoplastic sheets with surface coverings: A composite sheet material in one embodiment includes a porous core layer. The porous core layer includes a thermoplastic polymer, about 20 weight percent to about 80 weight percent of reinforcing fibers based on a total weight of the porous core layer, and an effective amount of a flame retardant...

20060240243 - Multilayer polyurea insulated roofing system: The present invention relates to a multilayer polyurea roofing system. An important aspect of the invention is the use of multilayers of polyurea with the base layer having a minimum thickness of 40 mils, thus forming a waterproofing membrane. The multiple layers of polyurea provide increased structural strength, as well...

20060240240 - Nanoporous media with lamellar structures: A nanoporous material exhibiting a lamellar structure is disclosed. The material comprises three or more substantially parallel sheets of an organosilicate material, separated by highly porous spacer regions. The distance between the centers of the sheets lies between 1 nm and 50 nm. The highly porous spacer regions may be...

20060240244 - Process to make a sheet material with cells and voids: A method of forming a sheet comprising extruding a polymer material comprising an incompatible material and a foaming agent, cooling the extruded material, stretching said extruded material in at least one direction....

20060240241 - Selectively reinforced carbon foam bodies: A selectively reinforced carbon foam body is described. The carbon foam body includes one or more reinforcement regions in predetermined locations within the carbon foam body. The reinforcement regions may be formed by permeating portions of the carbon foam body with a precursor to a reinforcement material in a predetermined...

20060240245 - Sensor and method of manufacturing the same: A sensor comprising a semiconductor film having a plurality of mesopores and containing an oxide, and electrodes electrically connected to the semiconductor film, wherein at least part of surfaces in the mesopores is coated with an organic material....

20060240246 - Laminated sheet for forming article: A laminated sheet for molding comprising: a film layer which comprises thermoplastic acrylic resin, wherein the film layer is one of transparent or translucent; an intermediate layer which comprises a curable resin including a polyisocyanate compound and an acrylic resin having hydroxyl groups, wherein the a curable resin is a...

20060240247 - Sheet-or web-like, decorative coating film and method for producing the same: applying a covering layer (14) to the dried, non-crosslinked base layer (12), said covering layer containing a radiation-curing resin and no abrasive fillers, and jointly curing and/or crosslinking the covering layer and also the radiation-curing resins in the base layer by irradiating the covering layer with UV and/or electron beams....

20060240248 - Electrophotographic belt, electrophotographic apparatus, process for producing the electrophotographic belt, and intermediate transfer belt: p

20060240249 - Method and apparatus for delivering barcode-to-dose labels: A labeling apparatus has a source of printed labels that have adhesive backing, a vacuum pickup with two opposable arms, a blower bar to support a label on air. Each opposable arm has its own vacuum head and each head is removably attachable to a respective end portion of the...

20060240250 - Releasable, erasable patch and method of manufacture thereof: A patch comprises a cut-out shape including a front face and a back face; a top coat formed on the front face of the cut-out shape; and a releasable adhesive coating rolled on the back face of the cut-out shape. A method of manufacturing the patch comprises the steps of...

20060240251 - Adhesive articles including a nanoparticle primer and methods for preparing same: Adhesive articles comprising a primer consisting essentially of nanoparticles and methods of making the adhesive articles are provided. The adhesive articles include a polymeric foam substrate....

20060240252 - Waterproof and airtight pressure-sensitive adhesive tape: A waterproof and airtight pressure-sensitive adhesive tape includes a substrate and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer on one surface thereof, wherein the substrate is a rubber-made sheet; and a film-like material having elongation properties is laminated on a surface in the opposite side to the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer of the substrate....

20060240253 - Guidewire and tube with lubricious coating: A hydrophilic polymer blend where at least one of the polymer materials is a water insoluble polymer and one of the materials is a hydrophilic water-soluble polymer. The invention includes a method of forming the hydrophilic polymer blend by melt mixing the hydrophilic polymer and the insoluble polymer into a...

20060240254 - Partial-discharge-resistant insulating varnish, insulated wire and method of making the same: A partial-discharge-resistant insulating varnish has a polyamide-imide enamel varnish and an organo-silica sol that are dispersed in a solvent. The solvent has 50 to 100% by weight of γ-butyrolactone. An insulated wire has a conductor, and a partial-discharge-resistant insulation coating film formed on the surface of the conductor. The partial-discharge-resistant...

20060240255 - Polyamide-imide resin insulating coating material, insulated wire and method of making the same: A polyamide-imide resin insulating coating material, which is obtained by reacting an isocyanate component with an acid component, has a main solvent component of γ-butyrolactone. In the coating material, a total compounding ratio of 4,4′-diphenylmethane diisocyanate (MDI) and trimellitic anhydride (TMA) is 85 to 98 mol %, where the total...

20060240256 - Nano-structured metal-carbon composite and process for preparation thereof: Disclosed are a nano-structured metal-carbon composite and a process for preparation thereof. More specifically, a nano-structured metal-carbon composite is prepared by continuously impregnating a transition metal precursor and a carbon precursor into a nano template and reacting the resultant mixture at high temperature. In the composite according to the present...

20060240257 - Adhesively securable stock materials: Stock materials for manual and/or high speed industrial automated bonding applications having a curable pre-applied adhesive or sealant compositions on the bonding surfaces wherein the curative for the pre-applied adhesive or sealant composition is contained within a carrier which prevents its premature release....

20060240259 - Microencapsulated particulate metal material, method for producing the same, and aqueous dispersion and ink jet ink using the same: A microencapsulated particulate metal material includes metal particles, a polymer coating the metal particles, and an ionic group provided on a surface of the polymer....

20060240258 - Semiconductor nanoparticle having high luminescence properties: Disclosed is a semiconductor nanoparticle having excellent chemical durability and high luminescence properties. The chemical durability of the particle is provided by coating the semiconductor nanoparticle having high luminescence properties dispersed in an organic solvent using a surface-active agent, an amphipathic molecule, and a lipid composed of a combination of...

20060240260 - Cover, mobile communications apparatus and method for producing a coated cover: The invention relates to a cover, a mobile communications apparatus and a method for producing a coated cover for an electronic apparatus. According to the invention at least a part of the cover is coated with a DLC-coating, also called an amorphous diamond coating....

20060240261 - Nanoparticle silica filled benzoxazine compositions: Curable compositions, such as benzoxazine-based ones, are useful in applications within the aerospace industry, such as for example as a heat curable composition for use as a matrix resin or an adhesive, and form the basis of the present invention....

20060240262 - Hybrid composite of silicone and organic resins: A fiber reinforced composite including layers of fibers, each layer being impregnated with a resin. The layers include in combination a layer of an addition cured silicone resin and a layer of an organic resin. The layers form a hybrid composite having a higher modulus retention at elevated temperatures than...

20060240263 - Wood preservatives: A method for preserving wood by contacting wood with a composition comprising an aqueous polymer dispersion, at least one surfactant, and a wood preservative....

20060240264 - N-methylpyrrolidone-free polyurethane dispersions based on dimethylolpropionic acid: The present invention relates to aqueous polyurethane dispersions that are free from N-methylpyrrolidone and other solvents and wherein the polyurethanes are the reaction products of A) a mixture of 25% to 90% by weight of 1-isocyanate-3,3,5,-trimethyl-5-isocyanatomethylcyclohexane (IPDI) and 10% to 75% by weight of 4,4′-diisocyanatodicyclohexylmethane, wherein the preceding percentages are...

20060240267 - Acrylic resin composition: An acrylic resin composition comprising an acrylic resin and a silane-based compound having an azole group and having at least one group selected from the group consisting of a phenoxy group and an alkoxy group....

20060240266 - Transparent substrate comprising a coating with mechanical strength properties: The invention relates to a transparent substrate, especially of the glass type, which comprises a coating that contains at least one layer C based on silicon or aluminum [nitride, carbonitride, oxynitride or oxycarbonitride] or on a mixture of the two, which is surmounted by a cover layer, characterized in that...

20060240265 - Vehicular glazing panel: A vehicular glazing panel comprises a pane of glass, first and second electrically conductive components and lead-free solder which joins the second electrically conductive component to the first (which exists on a surface of the pane of glass). The lead-free solder includes a mechanical stress modifier, selected from bismuth, tin...

20060240268 - Protective coat-forming coating composition, coated article, and multilayer laminate: v

20060240269 - Polysilane composition, optical waveguide and method for fabrication thereof: A polysilane composition characterized as containing a polysilane compound and a silicone compound in the ratio (polysilane compound:silicon compound) by weight of 80:20-5:95, and also containing an organic peroxide in the amount of 1-30 parts by weight, based on 100 parts by weight of the polysilane compound and silicone compound,...

20060240270 - Aluminum alloy sheet, method for producing the same, and aluminum alloy container: An aluminum alloy sheet contains 0.1% to 0.4% by mass of Cu, 0.5% to 1.5% by mass of Mg, 0.5% to 1.5% by mass of Mn, 0.2% to 0.7% by mass of Fe, and 0.1% to 0.3% by mass of Si. The number density of Al—Mn—Fe—Si-based intermetallic compound having a...

20060240271 - A1 composite material being crumbled with water, a1 film and a1 power comprising the material and methods for preparation thereof, constitutional member for film-forming chamber method for recovering film-forming material: In An Al composite material collapsible in the presence of moisture, the external surface of small pieces or powder constructed from a single or a plurality of crystalline grains of Al or an Al alloy is covered with a film of a low melting point metal or alloy selected from...

20060240272 - Stabilized aluminum laminate having aluminum and stabilizing layer laminated thereon: An aluminum stabilization stacked body formed by stacking a stabilization layer formed with a metal and having a thickness of 0.001-1 μm with any of a sputtering method, a deposition method and an ion plating method on a whole surface of a thin film having a surface formed with aluminum....

20060240273 - Member coated with thermal barrier coating film and thermal spraying powder: The present invention provides a member coated with thermal barrier coating film having a metal substrate, the surface of which is covered with an adhesive layer (bond coat layer) composed of a heat resisting alloy and a thermal barrier film layer (thermal barrier coating layer) composed of a heat resisting...

20060240274 - Surface treated steel plate for battery cases, its manufacturing method, battery case formed using the steel plate, battery using the battery case: A surface treated steel plate for battery cases having an improved electrical contact with the battery positive electrode active material, its manufacturing method, a battery case, and a battery are disclosed. The surface treated steel plate has a graphite-dispersed nickel plating layer in which graphite is dispersed or a graphite-dispersed...

20060240275 - Flexible display substrates: Processes for transferring a semiconductor material to a polymer substrate to provide flexible semiconductor material include implanting ions to a predetermined depth in a semiconductor substrate, heat-treating the ion-implanted semiconductor substrate for a period of time and at a temperature effective to cause defect formation and enlargement of the implanted...

20060240276 - Underlayer for reducing surface oxidation of plated deposits: Methods of providing improved metal coatings or metal deposits on a substrate, improvements in plating solutions that are used to provide such metal deposits and articles of the metal-coated substrates. The solderability of the metal coating is enhanced by incorporating trace amounts of phosphorus in the metal coating to reduce...

20060240281 - Contaminant-scavenging layer on oled anodes: An OLED includes an anode formed over a substrate and a contaminant-scavenging layer formed over the anode, wherein the contaminant-scavenging layer includes one or more organic materials but not a hexaazatriphenylene derivative, each having an electron-accepting property and a reduction potential greater than −0.1 V vs. a Saturated Calomel Electrode,...

20060240286 - Display device: A display device includes a light source member, a diffusion member and a display panel. The light source member generates a bluish light. The diffusion member diffuses the bluish light to increase luminance uniformity. The display panel includes a liquid crystal layer, a fluorescent layer and a reflective-polarizing member (a...

20060240282 - Emission material and organic electroluminescent device using the same: d

20060240283 - Light-emitting material and organic electroluminescent device using the same:

20060240279 - Non-blocked phosphorescent oleds: An organic light emitting diode (OLED) architecture in which efficient operation is achieved without requiring a blocking layer by locating the recombination zone close to the hole transport side of the emissive layer. Aryl-based hosts and Ir-based dopants with suitable concentrations result in an efficient phosphorescent OLED structure. Previously, blocking...

20060240280 - Oled anode modification layer: An OLED includes an anode formed over a substrate, wherein the anode is a non-oxygen-treated anode and an anode modification layer formed in direct contact with the anode, wherein the anode modification layer includes one or more organic materials, each having an electron-accepting property and a reduction potential greater than...

20060240278 - Oled device with improved performance: An OLED device includes an anode, a cathode, and at least one individually selected organic light-emitting layer disposed between the anode and cathode. The device also includes an electron-transporting layer disposed between the at least one light-emitting layer and the cathode, such electron-transporting layer including a first electron-transporting material, and...

20060240285 - Organic electroluminescent device: wherein, in formula (2), each of A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A8, A9, A10, A11, A12, A13, A14, A15, and A16 represents a nitrogen atom or a carbon atom that may optionally have a substituent, and at least one of A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A8,...

20060240284 - Organic electroluminescent device and manufacturing method thereof and flat display device incorporating the same: An organic electroluminescent device (OELD) is provided. The OELD includes a substrate, an anode, a cathode, a hole transport layer, a phosphorescent emission layer and a hole blocking layer. The anode and the cathode opposite to the anode are disposed over the substrate. The phosphorescent emission layer is disposed between...

20060240277 - Tandem oled device: A tandem OLED device includes an anode, a cathode, first and second electroluminescent units disposed between the anode and the cathode, and an intermediate connector disposed between the first and second electroluminescent units. Each of the electroluminescent units include at least one individually selected organic light-emitting layer, and the first...

20060240287 - Dummy wafer and method for manufacturing thereof: A dummy wafer formed by sintering a mixture containing a silicon carbide powder and a non-metallic sintering auxiliary, wherein a coating film layer containing silicon carbide is provided on the surface of the dummy wafer including at least one of either upper and lower main faces of the dummy wafer...

20060240288 - Titania nanosheet alignment thin film, process for producing the same and article including titania nanosheet alignment thin film: A titania nanosheet alignment thin film whose main components are silica and titania, wherein titania nanosheets of layer structure having a nanometer order size are dispersed on a surface thereof. The titania nanosheet alignment thin film not only exhibits high photocatalytic activity but also can maintain excellent ultrahydrophilic and anti-fogging...

20060240289 - Magnetoresistive element and method of manufacturing same, magnetoresistive device, thin-film magnetic head, head gimbal assembly, head arm assembly and magnetic disk drive: A free layer of an MR element incorporates a first layer, a second layer, a third layer, a fourth layer, a fifth layer and a sixth layer that are stacked in this order on a nonmagnetic conductive layer. The absolute value of magnetostriction constant of the free layer is 1×10−6...

20060233970 - Optical compensation film and liquid crystal display device: A novel optical compensation film is disclosed. The optical compensation film comprises a first optically anisotropic layer and a second optically anisotropic layer, each of which formed of a composition comprising a liquid-crystalline compound, wherein molecules of the liquid-crystalline compound in each of the first and second optically anisotropic layers...

20060233971 - Method of treating inorganic oxide film, electronic device substrate, method of manufacturing electronic device substrate, liquid crystal panel, and electronic apparatus: A method of treating an inorganic oxide film includes dipping an inorganic oxide film formed by an oblique deposition method having a plurality of pores therein into a treatment liquid containing at least a primary alcohol and a secondary alcohol. The secondary alcohol has a lower molecular weight than that...

20060233973 - Cellulose ester film, manufacturing method thereof, optical film, polarizing plate and liquid crystal display: A method of producing a cellulose ester film comprising the steps of: (i) melting a cellulose ester containing 5.0% by weight or less of water at a temperature in the range of 150 to 300° C.; and (ii) melt casting the molten cellulose ester to form the cellulose ester film,...

20060233972 - Optical functional film, production method thereof, and polarizing plate and image display device using the same: An optical functional film comprises: a transparent support comprising a cellulose acylate film and having a thickness of less than 80 μm; and at least one coating layer on at least one surface of the transparent support, wherein said at least one coating layer has a total thickness of 5...

20060233974 - Article having an ornamental surface and method of manufacturing the same: A method for manufacturing articles that have an ornamental surface which has a plurality of debris bonded thereon, includes the steps of: fabricating molds of an article; bonding a plurality of debris to the surface of the molds through an adhesive; adding a desired amount of curing agent into a...

20060233975 - Inkjet anti-curl compositions for media and systems for processing the media: Briefly described, embodiments of this disclosure include print media and methods of preparing print media....

20060233976 - Ink-jet inks containing sulfonated aromatic compounds for reducing ozone fade: In accordance with embodiments of the present invention, an ink-jet ink can comprise a dye and a liquid vehicle carrying the dye. The liquid vehicle can include a sulfonated aromatic compound present in the ink-jet ink at an effective concentration to cause improvement of ozone fastness of said ink-jet ink....

20060233977 - Ink-jet recording sheet: An ink-jet recording sheet is disclosed. The ink accepting porous layer comprises a hydrophilic binder containing a polymer compound crosslinked via irradiation of ionizing radiation, micro particles, and at least one component selected from the group consisting of (A) a nitrogen-containing compound, (B) a sulfur-containing compound, (C) a phenol compound...

20060233979 - Method of fabricating tubular structure from hybrid material: A method allowing for the fabrication of tubular structures, such as structural members used in vehicle bodies, from two or more metals or other materials using a hydroforming process. Being able to use two or more metals or other materials, such as, for example, high-strength steel and low-weight aluminum alloy,...

20060233978 - Skeleton structural member transportation equipment and method of manufacturing the same: A skeleton structure member made by disposing a solidified granular bulk material obtained by bonding together and thereby solidifying multiple granules inside a skeleton member of a transport machine and/or a space bounded by a skeleton member and a panel member peripheral thereto. In the solidified granular bulk material, the...

20060233980 - Packaging laminate for a retortable packaging container: A packaging laminate for a retortable packaging container can include a core layer; outer, liquid-tight coatings; and an aluminium foil serving as gas barrier between the core layer and one of the two outer liquid-tight coatings. The packaging laminate can include at least one additional layer serving as gas barrier...

20060233981 - Lawn accessory: The present invention is a lawn accessory comprising a structural shell. The shell is constructed to have a wall containing both inner and outer surfaces, and a bottom member which together form an inner volume. An adhesive layer surrounds the outer wall surface of the shell and is comprised of...

20060233982 - Multilayer food packaging: A food casing includes an outer barrier layer, and an inner absorbent layer formed as a separate body from the outer barrier layer wherein the outer barrier layer and the inner absorbent layer are in frictional contact. Another food casing includes an outer barrier layer, and an inner absorbent layer...

20060233983 - Readily peelable cellulose-based sausage casing: A tubular sausage casing based on cellulose hydrate and exhibits low adhesion to the filling is disclosed. The casing has a coating applied to its inside, the coating comprising a water-soluble polyvinyl alcohol and water-soluble cellulose ether. In an additional embodiment the coating further contains at least one member selected...

20060233984 - Heat-shrinkable film: A heat shrinkable film and a heat shrinkable multilayer film excellent in balance of heat resistance, high shrinkability, high shrinkability particularly at a low temperature, resistance to spontaneous shrinkage, chemical resistance and rigidity, are provided. A heat shrinkable film and a heat shrinkable multilayer film obtained from a resin composition...

20060233985 - Myoglobin blooming agent containing shrink films, packages and methods for packaging: Heat shrinkable, oxygen barrier, packaging films, methods of packaging and packages are provided having a myoglobin blooming agent to provide, promote, enhance or maintain a desirable coloration on the surface of a myoglobin-containing meat product....

20060233986 - Composition for controlled tempering by means of phase change, production and use thereof: This disclosure relates to a heat or cold storage composition comprising at least one continuous and at least one discontinuous phase, the continuous phase being liquid or at least plastic at a temperature of −10 to 50° C. and the discontinuous phase—present in the continuous phase—being particulate and containing as...

20060233987 - Laminate having a high oxygen transmission rate: The invention is a trap-printable laminate having an OTR that is sufficiently high to help facilitate the passage of oxygen through the laminate without sacrificing the properties of the laminate that are necessary for lamination, printing, and heat sealing to a support member, such as a tray. In one embodiment,...

20060233988 - Multi-layer barrier film structure: A laminate film having a polyetheramine resin-containing layer on a first polyolefin resin-containing layer or a first polyethylene terephthalate resin-containing layer, wherein the polyetheramine resin contains of at least 30% resorcinol diglycidyl ether comonomer content is disclosed. The laminate film could further have additional layers such as a second polyolefin...

20060233989 - Singlelayer and multilayer polyolefin foam pipes: Process for producing single layer and multilayer polyolefin foam pipes with improved compression resistance having a polyolefin foam layer which consists of mixtures of modified propylene polymers having strain hardening behaviour or propylene homopolymers with a stereospecificity index >98% or propylene copolymers with a stereospecificity index of the homopolymer matrix...

20060233990 - Ptfe layers and methods of manufacturing: Single, continuous PTFE layers having lateral zones of varied characteristics are described. Some of the lateral zone embodiments may include PTFE material having little or no nodal and fibril microstructure. Methods of manufacturing PTFE layers allow for controllable permeability and porosity of the layers, in addition to other characteristics. The...

20060233992 - Laminate hose made of fluorocopolymer: A laminate hose comprising a laminate of a fluorocopolymer and a polyamide, wherein the fluorocopolymer comprises repeating units (a) based on tetrafluoroethylene and/or chlorotrifluoroethylene, repeating units (b) based on a cyclic hydrocarbon monomer having a dicarboxylic anhydride group and having a polymerizable unsaturated group in the ring, and repeating units...

20060233991 - Ptfe layers and methods of manufacturing: Thin PTFE layers are described having little or no node and fibril microstructure and methods of manufacturing PTFE layers are disclosed that allow for controllable permeability and porosity of the layers. In some embodiments, the PTFE layers may act as a barrier layer in an endovascular graft or other medical...

20060233994 - Mobile device label with negative image feature: An adhesive label is configured to be wrapped around an apparatus and to outline a predetermined image having first and second components. A first facestock has opposite first and second edges that come into proximity with one another when the label is wrapped around the apparatus. The first edge includes...

20060233993 - Self-adhesive purge dam for retaining purge gas around a weld zone: A self-adhesive purge dam for retaining purge gas around a weld zone includes a base configured to substantially obstruct an air passage leading to the weld zone and an adhesive skirt extending from the base and configured to engage portions of the air passage. An adhesive on the adhesive skirt...

20060233995 - Method and system for manufacturing label kits comprised of carrier sheets having labels of specific shape removably retained thereon: A method and a system for the manufacture of label kits is described. Each kit comprises a one or more of carrier sheets having one or more labels of specific shape and containing specific information associated with a specific product or parts thereof on which they are to be affixed....

20060233996 - Orthogonally ambiguous carpet tiles having curved elements: Carpet tiles having patterns and color schemes that obviate the need to orient the tiles in a particular positional or rotational relationship relative to each other. The tiles exhibit orthogonal ambiguity, meaning that they may be laid in any side-by-side orientation with respect to adjacent tiles without looking out of...

20060233997 - Optical information recording medium and stamper: Disclosed is an optical information recording medium having a printable region on a label surface which is extended to a clamping area, and label information such as a name of a manufacturer is printed in the clamping area. The optical information recording medium includes a substrate having label information pits...

20060233998 - Optical recording medium, method for manufacturing the same, sputtering target, method for using optical recording medium, and optical recording apparatus: To provide an optical recording medium which can maintain excellent recording characteristics and storage reliability even at high recording speeds of 3× to 10× on DVD, particularly at 8× or faster, and whose recording material can be readily initialized to provide a uniform reflectivity distribution. The optical recording medium includes...

20060234002 - Metal alloys for the reflective or semi-reflective layer of an optical storage medium: A silver-based alloy thin film is provided for the highly reflective or the semi-reflective layer of optical discs. Alloy additions to silver include gold, rhodium, ruthenium, osmium, platinum, palladium, copper, silicon, cadmium, tin, lithium, nickel, cobalt, manganese, indium, chromium, antimony, gallium, boron, molybdenum, zirconium, beryllium, titanium, aluminum, germanium and zinc....

20060234004 - Phase-change optical recording medium: A phase-change optical recording medium has a phase-change recording film to which recording and erasure can be reversibly performed by irradiation with light, and at least one dielectric film formed of a SiOC film containing Si, O and C, and having a carbon concentration within a range of between 0.1...

20060234005 - Phase-change optical recording medium: A phase-change optical recording medium has a phase-change recording film to which recording and erasure can be reversibly performed by irradiation with light, and at least one dielectric film formed of a SiOC film containing Si, O and C, and having a carbon concentration within a range of between 0.1...

20060234003 - Piracy-protected recording media: An optical medium piracy system employing a state-change material in association with a digital data indicia, wherein when state-change material is activated to change state, the optical medium moves from an unreadable to a readable condition, or from a less readable to more readable condition....

20060234000 - Recordable optical record carrier for multilevel and method for writing thereon: A recordable optical record carrier is provided comprising a recording dye layer, whereby said recording dye layer (111) comprises at least two organic dye materials being absorptive at different wavelengths. Further, a method for writing on such a recordable optical record carrier is proposed. According to the method marks representing...

20060234001 - Silver alloy reflective films for optical information recording media, silver alloy sputtering targets therefor, and optical information recording media: A silver alloy reflective film is used in an optical information recording medium and contains silver as a main component, a total of 0.01 to 3 atomic percent of at least one of Bi and Sb, and a total of 3 to 42 atomic percent of at least one of...

20060233999 - Use of bi-layer photolithographic resists as new material for optical storage: An optical information storage medium (1) comprising a carrier substrate (5), a reflective information layer (10) being positioned on the carrier substrate (5) and comprising at least a first layer (11) of a first inorganic material in a first structural phase, and at least a second layer (12) of at...

20060234006 - Vacuum thermally insulating material and method for production thereof thermally insulated equipment having the vacuum thermally insulating material and thermally insulated board: A vacuum heat insulator has a core formed of a glass fiber laminated body where glass fibers are laminated in the thickness direction, and an enveloping member that covers the core and has gas barrier property. The inside of the enveloping member is evacuated and the enveloping member is sealed....

20060234007 - Device for the protection against and detection of impacts on the edges of a layered composite structure: The object of the invention is a device for the protection against and detection of impacts on the edges of superimposed layers (2) of a composite structure (1), in particular integrally stiffened panels with stiffeners (3), wherein a U-shaped edge shield (5) encloses an edge to be protected (4) and...

20060234008 - Composite system: A composite system having insulation properties is disclosed. The system includes a multi-wall profile and a thermal insulation element. The profile, made of a thermoplastic material includes a transparent upper plate and a radiation-absorbing lower plate that are joined together by webs; the webs extending in the longitudinal direction in...

20060234009 - Anti-caster surface laminate: Disclosed herein are a caster-resistant surface laminate using a synthetic resin and a flooring comprising the surface laminate. The surface laminate utilizes buffering properties of a synthetic resin layer, thus minimizing damage to the surface of the flooring. The surface laminate uses a resin selected from PVC, PE, PET, PETG,...

20060234010 - Protective cover and tool splash for vehicle components: A method of manufacturing a protective cover (24) for a component of a vehicle includes assembling multiple layers to form a charge (22). The charge (22) is formed within a mold (50) of the component to form a multi-contoured laminate (58). The protective cover (24) is separated from the multi-contoured...

20060234011 - High strength film/board lamination and method of making same: A high strength film/board lamination is formed from a cross-oriented laminated film and a corrugated layer. The cross-laminated film is formed from a first oriented plastic layer and a second oriented plastic layer in which the orientations of the plastic layers cross at an angle between but not equal to...

20060234012 - Cushion pad for shoes: A cushion pad for shows includes a top plate, a bottom plate and a flexible mediate portion connected between the top plate and the bottom plate. The flexible mediate portion includes a plurality of straight plates perpendicularly connected to the top plate and the bottom plate, and a serrated plate...

20060234016 - Customizable ceiling or wall panels and method of construction: Disclosed is a ceiling or wall panel that can be customized with a design or image to yield an aesthetically pleasing appearance. More specifically, a conventional printer is used to print an image on a mat that is laminated to the wall or ceiling tile. The laminating step can be...

20060234018 - Method of forming fluorescent image, fluorescent image, and ink-jet recording method: A fluorescent recorded image and an image forming method capable of achieving the compatibility between fluorescence intensity and recorded matter density are provided. The image is composed of multiple layers formed from fluorescent ink, or preferably fluorescent ink containing a surfactant. The method includes superimposing the fluorescent ink to form...

20060234014 - Patterned adhesives for tamper evident feature: An article is disclosed that includes a first substrate, and an adhesive layer disposed between on the first substrate. The adhesive layer includes a first adhesive region having a first adhesive and a second adhesive region having a second adhesive. The first adhesive is different from the second adhesive. The...

20060234013 - Print medium exhibiting good electric conductivity and good printability: The present invention relates to a print medium covered with an electrically conductive coating, characterized in that the conductive coating comprises at least one electrically conductive synthetic pigment and at least one coating pigment having an oil-absorption capacity of greater than 80 g/100 g of pigment as measured using the...

20060234017 - Printed sheet for flooring material and flooring material: A printed sheet for flooring material to be disposed between a backer layer and a top sheet in a flooring material, wherein: the printed sheet for flooring material comprises at least a urethane type resin layer, a printed layer, and a first composite material layer; the printed sheet for flooring...

20060234015 - Sublimated and screen-printed appliques: An appliqué and associated method of applying an appliqué an improved sublimated and screen printed image on a substrate of a An improved appliqué suitable for applying a graphic to a material a first printing layer and a second polyurethane layer. The appliqué is cut the graphic imparted thereon and...

20060234019 - Sound insulating board: The invention relates to a sound-insulating board, in particular a footfall insulating board for laminate floors or similar applications. The sound-insulating board is distinguished by a continuous transition of its density from the one large-area side to the other large-area side of the board and comprises a mixture of unglued...

20060234020 - Ceramic multilayer component, method for the production thereof and retaining device: The invention relates to a method for producing a ceramic multi-layer component, wherein a base body (1) containing unsintered ceramic (2) and at least one metal-containing internal electrode (3) is sintered in a sintering atmosphere, where a metal is provided in the sintering atmosphere as a sintering aid, whose redox...

20060234022 - Ceramic glaze coating structure of a chip element and method of forming the same: A ceramic glaze-coating structure of a chip element and a method of forming the same are provided. In the ceramic glaze-coating structure, a high-density, smooth, and high-impedance ceramic glaze is coated on the body of an element. As for the terminal electrode part, the unique firing characteristics between the material...

20060234021 - Multi-layer ceramic substrate, method for manufacturing the same and electronic device using the same: A multi-layer ceramic substrate having an in-plane shrinkage ratio of 1% or less with 0.1% or less of unevenness, inorganic particles remaining on the external electrodes being 20% or less by mass as a percentage of one or more metals constituting inorganic particles per the total amount of one or...

20060234023 - Multilayer ceramic substrate and production method thereof: A multilayer ceramic substrate having a cavity is formed by the steps of laminating a plurality of ceramic green sheets including ceramic green sheets having through holes corresponding to the cavity to form a multilayer body, pressing the multilayer body and firing the pressed body. At this time, a shrinkage...

20060234024 - Photocatalyst sheet and method of producing same: The present invention provides a new photocatalyst sheet in which the substrates coated with fluorocarbon resin are readily weldable mutually, and also of the high antifouling and water-repellant property by coating the outermost surface of film/fabric structure with fluorocarbon resin containing a photocatalyst and a photocatalyst sheet comprises a substrate...

20060234025 - Composite materials comprising a reinforcing material and a star polyamide as a thermoplastic matrix, the precursor compound article of said materials and the products obtained using same: The invention relates to a precursor article of a composite material comprising a polymer matrix and at least one reinforcing wire and/or fibres, said article comprising at least one reinforcing wire and/or fibres and at least one polymer matrix wire and/or fibres. The invention is characterised in that: said reinforcing...

20060234027 - Fire retardant laminate: A fire retardant laminate includes a resin impregnated decorative layer, a fire barrier formed from a fiber reinforced veil and a layer of fiberboard. A method of making a fire retardant laminate is also provided....

20060234026 - Non-combustible high pressure laminate: A high pressure laminate includes a first layer of resin impregnated paper and at least one layer of fiber reinforced veil. Each layer of fiber reinforced veil includes binder and filler. The laminate is characterized by having a caloric value of lower than 3.0 MJ/kg when tested in accordance with...

20060234030 - Belowgrade damp proofing and waterproofing with thermoplastic polyurethane (tpu): The present invention provides processes for damp proofing and waterproofing structures by the adhesion of a thin thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) membrane to a belowgrade surface structure. The inventive processes may find application in the damp proofing and waterproofing of belowgrade structures such as building foundations and basements, reservoirs, ornamental pools,...

20060234029 - Belowgrade damp proofing and/or waterproofing with thermoplastic polyurethane (tpu): The present invention provides processes for damp proofing and/or waterproofing structures by the adhesion of a thin thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) membrane to a belowgrade surface structure. The inventive processes may find application in the damp proofing and/or waterproofing of belowgrade structures such as building foundations and basements, reservoirs, ornamental pools,...

20060234031 - Porous film, and production method and applications thereof: Disclosed is a porous film formed of a polyolefin resin comprising an ethylene-α-olefin copolymer (A) which comprises structural units originating from ethylene and structural units originating from one or more sorts of monomers selected from α-olefins having 4-8 carbon atoms and which satisfies the requirements (I) the intrinsic viscosity [η]...

20060234028 - Process and installation for manufacturing a composite sheet: The invention relates to a process for manufacturing composite sheets, in which: a web of yarns, in the form of a mat of continuous yarns, a woven, a knit or an assembly of continuous non-interlaced yarns, is continuously deposited on a moving substrate, this web comprising at least one organic...

20060234032 - Deposition of layers on substrates: According to the invention we provide a process for filling or lining the pores of a porous silicon, silica or alumina substrate with a material which exhibits voltage-dependent index of refraction n comprising providing precursors for the deposited material as a precursor solution, forming a fine mist of droplets of...

20060234033 - Foam of ultra high molecular weight polyethylene and process for the preparation of the same: The expanded product of the present invention is an expanded product having a density of from 0.02 to 0.7 g/cm3, which is obtained by expanding ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene having a viscosity average molecular weight of from 300,000 to 10,000,000. This expanded product can be prepared by adding carbon dioxide to ultra-high-molecular-weight...

20060234034 - Extrusion profile and method of production thereof: An extrusion profile comprising a thermoplastic polymer is disclosed. The thermoplastic polymer, preferably polyamide, more preferably reinforced with glass fibers is characterized in that the polymer contains pores, having an average size of about 0.1 to 0.5 mm and that its density is at most 1 g/cm3. The profile is...

20060234035 - Protective cover sheet comprising a uv-absorbing layer for a polarizer plate and method of making the same: The invention relates to a protective cover sheet comprising a low birefringence protective polymer film and a layer that promotes adhesion to poly(vinyl alcohol), the protective cover sheet comprising at least one functional layer containing a UV-absorbing polymer....

20060234036 - Coatings and coating systems having optimized chip performance and methods of obtaining the same: Disclosed is a film-forming composition comprising a binder and a pigment mixture present in a pigment to binder ratio of at least 0.8. The pigment mixture consists of at least 80% of titanium dioxide by weight and no more than 20% by weight of non-titanium dioxide pigments, based on the...

20060234037 - Fluoropolymer release coating having improved heat transfer properties and abrasion resistance: The invention relates to a structure comprising a substrate and a baked release coating on the substrate, the coating comprising an undercoat and a fluoropolymer overcoat, wherein said undercoat contains magnetizable flakes and a plurality of silicon carbide particles. The coated substrates of the invention have improved heat transfer properties,...

20060234038 - Bright white protective laminates: Laminates of having a first outer layer of weatherable film, at least one mid layer, and a second outer layer containing an opacifying quantity of white pigment. The laminates are particularly useful for protecting photovoltaic cells, solar panels, and circuit boards. In photovoltaic cells, the laminates result in increased power...

20060234039 - Metal-coated carbon surfaces for use in fuel cells: A method of coating a carbon article with a metal by cyclic voltammetrically electrodepositing the metal on the carbon article, thereby forming a metal coating on the carbon article and the metal-coated carbon article made by the method. A metal-coated carbon article having a carbon article and a metal coating...

20060234041 - Method and apparatus for delivering barcode-to-dose labels: A labeling apparatus has a source of printed labels that have adhesive backing, a vacuum pickup with two opposable arms, a blower bar to support a label on air. Each opposable arm has its own vacuum head and each head is removably attachable to a respective end portion of the...

20060234040 - Patterned adhesives for color shifting effect: An article is disclosed that includes a color shifting film having a film surface and an adhesive layer disposed on the color shifting film surface. The adhesive layer includes a first adhesive region having a first colorant and a second adhesive region. Methods of making and using the article are...

20060234042 - Etched dielectric film in microfluidic devices: An etched dielectric film having an adhered etch stop layer for use in microfluidic devices. Channels, recesses, and other features can be etched into the films to make them suitable for use in microfluidic devices....

20060234043 - Flame retardant adhesive composition, and adhesive sheet, coverlay film and flexible copper-clad laminate using same: Provided is a flame retardant adhesive composition including (A) a halogen-free epoxy resin, (B) a thermoplastic resin and/or a synthetic rubber, (C) a curing agent, (D) a nitrogen-containing polyphosphate compound, and (E) a curing accelerator. Also provided are an adhesive sheet having a layer including the above composition, and a...

20060234044 - Flame retardant adhesive composition, and adhesive sheet, coverlay film and flexible copper-clad laminate using same: Provided is a flame retardant adhesive composition including (A) a halogen-free epoxy resin, (B) a thermoplastic resin and/or a synthetic rubber, (C) a curing agent, (D) a phytate compound, and (E) a curing accelerator. Also provided are an adhesive sheet having a layer including the above composition, and a protective...

20060234045 - Flame retardant adhesive composition, and adhesive sheet, coverlay film and flexible copper-clad laminate using same: Provided is a flame retardant adhesive composition including (A) a halogen-free epoxy resin, (B) a thermoplastic resin and/or a synthetic rubber, (C) a curing agent, (D) an organophosphinate compound, and (E) a curing accelerator. Also provided are an adhesive sheet having a layer including the above composition, and a protective...

20060234046 - Magnetic adhesive tape and a method for manufacturing the magnetic adhesive tape: A magnetic adhesive tape and a method for manufacturing the magnetic adhesive tape. A high-effect releasing agent and a property-changing agent are added into a soft magnetic material and blended with each other to form a strip-like soft magnetic substrate with releasable surface. One face of the substrate is purified...

20060234047 - Adhesive packaging tape with natural-rubber hot-melt pressure sensistive adhesive: Adhesive tape comprising a backing comprising an oriented thermoplastic film and a coating comprising a solventlessly prepared pressure-sensitive adhesive composition based on non-thermoplastic elastomers such as natural rubber and tackifying resins, characterized in that the pressure-sensitive adhesive composition comprises a thermally labile crosslinking system....

20060234049 - Fibers formed from immiscible polymer blends: The present invention relates to soft touch fibers and nonwoven fabrics made from such fibers. The fibers comprise an incompatible polymer system which leads to the soft touch quality. The fibers comprise a mixture of at least two thermoplastic polymers each having different viscosities and wherein the mixture has an...

20060234050 - Polymer fibers, fabrics and equipment with a modified near infrared reflectance signature: A modified synthetic polymer filament and multifilament yarn of polyamide or polyester filament containing a carbon black polymer additive, and fabrics from these yarns, are disclosed. These melt spun filaments are especially well-suited for use in garments and equipment where a modified Near Infrared Reflectance (NIR) signature is desired. The...

20060234048 - Polyolefin reinforcing fibre, use thereof and products comprising same: The subject of the invention is a polyolefin fiber for the reinforcement of products based on fibers and a hydraulic-setting substance, characterized in that it includes a size carrying a function which assists the fiberizing operation, a function in which the fiber can be wetted by the composition of the...

20060234051 - System and method of obtaining entrained cylindrical fluid flow: A method and system for entraining fluids is provided. The method and system may be used to create filaments. As one example, a filament may be produced by entraining a first fluid within a second fluid by flowing a third fluid, the flowing third fluid at least partly constraining the...

20060234052 - Superabsorbent water-resistant coatings for fiber-reinforced articles: A coating composition for forming a water-resistant coating on fiber-reinforced articles such as rods or cables. The composition comprises an aqueous solution of a superabsorbent water-soluble polymer, a viscosity modifying agent, and optionally a lubricant. The coating formed by applying the composition effectively prevents the treated surface from water-permeation damage...

20060234053 - Microcapsule, method of manufacturing microcapsule, electrophoretic device, and electric apparatus: A microcapsule includes an electrophoretic dispersion liquid containing at least one kind of electrophoretic particles and a capsule body, which has a first film containing the electrophoretic dispersion liquid and a second film made of organic polymer having a hydrophobic property higher than the material of the first film....

20060234054 - Building material for erection or renovation of a construction, in particular dykes and use and method for production thereof: A material for the erection or renovation of constructions, in particular dykes is disclosed, essentially comprising a surface treatment made from a sand or rock flour and made waterproof by means of a hydrophobic agent. The material is preferably packed in plastic sacks and produced in a mixer, by mixing...

20060234057 - Carbon black and recording liquid using the same: A recording liquid which gives a printed matter having a high blackness, reduced blurring, satisfactory printed-image quality, and satisfactory print fastness of a record such as light resistance and water resistance, and which has a low viscosity, satisfactory suitability for ejection, and excellent storage stability is provided. A carbon black...

20060234055 - Pre-plating surface treatments for enhanced galvanic-corrosion resistance: The invention relates to a method that involves (a) removing graphite from at least one surface of a metal graphite composite material; (b) chemically cleaning or plasma etching the surface of the metal graphite composite material; (c) applying a metal-containing material to the surface of the chemically cleaned or plasma...

20060234056 - Thermal interface material and method for making the same: A thermal interface material includes a matrix and a plurality of carbon nanotubes. The matrix includes a first surface and an opposite second surface. The carbon nanotubes are embedded in the matrix uniformly. The carbon nanotubes extend from the first surface to the second surface and each have two opposite...

20060234058 - Silicon carbide product, method for producing same, and method for cleaning silicon carbide product: A silicon carbide product is disclosed which is characterized by having a surface with a metal impurity concentration of not more than 1×1011 (atoms/cm2). Also disclosed are a method for producing such a silicon carbide product and a method for cleaning a silicon carbide product. A silicon carbide having such...

20060234060 - Functional coating compositions of perfluoroalkyl perfluoro-phthalocyanine compounds: Coating compositions comprising perfluoroalkyl metallo and non-metallo perfluoro-phthalocyanine compounds and associated coating methods are provided by the present invention. Perfluoroalkyl metallo and non-metallo perfluoro-phthalocyanine compounds are suitable for use as functional coatings and may be optionally combined with conductive polymers. The functional properties imparted generally include one or more of...

20060234059 - Modified electrodes using functional organic materials and electronic devices therefrom: A surface modified electrode, included in an electronic device comprises an electrode layer, and a functional organic material. The functional organic material comprises an amine-substituted polymeric material which is on the surface of and in contact with the electrode layer. Such surface modified electrodes are useful for producing electronic devices....

20060234061 - Uv-stabilized polycarbonate moldings: wherein X denotes OR1; OCH2CH2OR1; OCH2CH(OH)CH2OR1 or OCH(R2)COOR3, R1 is branched or unbranched C1-C13 alkyl, C2-C20 alkenyl, C6-C12 aryl or —CO—C1-C18 alkyl, R2 is H or branched or unbranched C1-C8 alkyl, and R3 is C1-C12 alkyl; C2-C12alkenyl or C5-C6 cycloalky. The product is characterized by its optical transparency and resistance...

20060234063 - Fluororesin coating film: A fluororesin coating film for improved permeation resistance that maintains excellent wear resistance and also products containing such film. The fluororesin coating has at least two layers that are formed on a substrate where at least one of the layers contains filler with a new Mohs hardness of ≧7 and...

20060234062 - Method for grafting a chemical compound to a support substrate: According to the present invention a method for grafting a chemical compound to a predetermined region of a support substrate (4) is disclosed, comprising: a) irradiating selectively the support substrate with electromagnetic radiation and/or particle radiation in order to both define said predetermined region and to form at least one...

20060234064 - Dielectric-layer-coated substrate and installation for production thereof: The invention relates to a substrate (1), especially a glass substrate, coated with at least one dielectric thin-film layer deposited by sputtering, especially magnetically enhanced sputtering and preferably reactive sputtering in the presence of oxygen and/or nitrogen, with exposure to at least one ion beam (3) coming from an ion...

20060234065 - Transparent electroconductive substrate, dye-sensitized solar cell electrode, and dye-sensitized solar cell: An acid-resistant transparent electroconductive substrate with an ITO layer includes a transparent base and the ITO layer formed over the transparent base. The ITO layer contains at least 30 percent by weight of tin oxide. A dye-sensitized solar cell electrode includes the transparent electroconductive substrate and a dye-adsorbed semiconductor layer...

20060234066 - Topotactic anion exchange oxide films and method of producing the same: This invention disclosure describes methods for the fabrication of metal oxide films on surfaces by topotactic anion exchange, and laminate structures enabled by the method. A precursor metal-nonmetal film is deposited on the surface, and is subsequently oxidized via topotactic anion exchange to yield a topotactic metal-oxide product film. The...

20060234068 - In-mold metallized polymer components and method of manufacturing same: A method is provided for forming a net shape molded component that includes an integral metallized coating or layer on the exterior surface thereof. The method includes injecting a carefully matched mixture of a molten polymer resin and a molten metallic alloy into a mold cavity under pressure. Due to...

20060234067 - Laser gilding film containing curing coating and manufacture thereof: A laser gilding film containing a curing coating and manufacture thereof comprises the following steps: spreading a curing coating layer that is not hermetically sealed to a plastic film onto one face of the plastic film; sticking the curing coating layer to a mold with laser lines; solidifying the curing...

20060234069 - Method for forming shoot houses: A modular ballistic ceiling allows increased flexibility in building and reassembling shoot houses. Shoot houses may be built with multiple levels which are completely modular....

20060234070 - Polyester conversion coated metal or its alloys: I provide an aqueous coating composition to provide an outer protective coating for a metal selected from the group consisting of an aluminum, aluminum alloy, iron, iron alloy, zinc, zinc alloy, zinc coated iron, zinc coated iron alloy, and these metals and magnesium and magnesium alloys having a conversion coating...

20060234071 - Evaporation material for the production of average refractive optical layers: The invention relates to a vapour-deposition material for the production of optical layers of medium refractive index which comprises aluminium oxide and gadolinium oxide, dysprosium oxide and/or ytterbium oxide, to a process for the preparation thereof, and to the use thereof....

20060234072 - Process for forming a well visible non-chromate conversion coating for magnesium and magnesium alloys: The present invention is directed to a process for forming a well visible non-chromate conversion coating on surfaces of magnesium and magnesium alloys, to a composition therefor and to a method of use for such coated articles having surfaces of magnesium or any magnesium alloy. The composition is a solution...

20060234073 - Multilayered, transparent articles containing polyesters comprising a cyclobutanediol and a process for their preparation: Disclosed are transparent, multilayered articles having high transparency and low haze and a process for their preparation. The multilayer articles comprise at least one layer which contains at least one polyester comprising 2,2,4,4-tetramethyl-1,3-cyclobutanediol and a separate layer which contains copolyamide or homogeneous blend of polyamides. The polyester component and the...

20060234074 - Acrylic adhesive composition having excellent impact resistance, optical film using the adhesive composition, and liquid crystal display comprising the optical film: An acrylic adhesive composition, an optical film and a liquid crystal display using the same, wherein the acrylic adhesive composition has excellent impact resistance, which improves resistance to external impact of an optical film, increases the wide viewing angle and brightness of an image display, such as a liquid crystal...

20060234076 - (meth)acrylic film, and making film and receptor sheet using the same: To provide a film having high tensile strength and elongation characteristics. A methacrylic film formed of (A) a carboxyl group-containing (meth)acrylic polymer having a glass transition temperature (Tg) of 0° C. or higher and a weight-average molecular weight of 10,000 or more obtained by copolymerizing a composition containing a monoethylenically...

20060234075 - Ink-accepting layer forming material and aqueous ink: An ink-accepting layer forming material is disclosed which is applied in advance to an ink-accepting surface of an object that is to be colored with an ink containing an anionic coloring material. The ink-accepting layer forming material comprises a weak acidic acrylic aqueous emulsion adhesive obtained by copolymerizing one or...

20060234077 - Wood composites bonded with soy protein-modified urea-formaldehyde resin adhesive binder: An adhesive binder composition containing a urea-formaldehyde resin modified with a modified soy protein, and the use of the binder for preparing wood composites, especially particleboard....

20060234078 - Storage pallet: The invention relates to enviromnentally-friendly storage pallets which are produced using recyclable materials other than wood. According to the invention, the height of said pallets can be modified and the resistance thereof can be varied in relation to load and damage caused during handling, in order to store products having...

20060234079 - Smart-cut of a thin foil of poruous ni from a si wafer: The present invention is a method of fabricating a self-peeling nickel foil from a silicon wafer. The method includes forming a template of silicon by electrochemically etching a portion of the Si wafer to create a porous Si portion with pores of a desired depth. Then electrolessly plating nickel into...

20060234080 - Integrated electronic component: An integrated electronic component having a substrate, a metal multilayer system, which is arranged at least on regions of the substrate, and a nonconductive layer, which is arranged on the metal multilayer system and has at least one contact hole, in which at least one carbon nanotube is grown on...

20060234081 - Multi-layer coating having excellent adhesion and sliding properties and production method thereof: It is an object of the present invention to provide a multi-layer coating having excellent adhesion and sliding properties, which contains a hard layer having a main component of a nitride and/or carbonitride containing one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Ti, V, Zr, Cr, Nb, Si,...

20060234082 - Aluminum alloy brazing material, brazing member, brazed article and brazing method therefor using said material, brazing heat exchanginh tube, heat exchanger and manufacturing method thereof using said brazing heat exchanging tube: A heat exchanger includes a brazing heat exchanging tube and a fin. The heat exchanging tube and the fin are brazed with each other via the brazing layer of the heat exchanging tube. The brazing layer is formed by spraying a brazing material consisting of Si: 6 to 15 mass...

20060234084 - Oled device with improved luminescent layer: A light-emitting layer contains a host and a light-emitting anthracene compound bearing a 10-ethynyl moiety as the predominant light-emitting compound in the layer. Embodiments of the invention provide desirable luminance efficiency, hue and/or operational stability....

20060234083 - Polymers, their preparation and uses: A polymer comprising a first repeat unit of formula (I), wherein each Ar is independently selected from optionally substituted aryl or heteroaryl and the group of formula (I) is present in a molar ratio of less than or equal to 10%, and, optionally, a second, optionally substituted repeat unit having...

20060234085 - Bonded magnet and process for its manufacture: The invention provides a bonded magnet having more excellent rust inhibiting performance than the prior art, and a process for its manufacture. The bonded magnet manufacturing process of the invention is a process for manufacture of a bonded magnet wherein a protective layer is formed on the surface of a...

20060234086 - Metal cutting inserts with abrasive bodies: The present invention relates to a cutting tool insert of a generally polygonal shape provided with a ceramic tip in a recess in at least one of its corners with a bottom surface and at least one side surface. At least the bottom surface of the recess is provided with...

20060234087 - Applying fluid for forming transparent coating film and base material with transparent coating film, and display device: A transparent film-forming coating liquid is provided which is capable of forming a transparent film that is excellent not only in scratch resistance, film hardness, scratch strength and adhesion to a substrate but also in haze and anti-glare properties. Also provided is a display device having a front panel constituted...

20060234088 - Sputtering target, sintered compact, electrically conductive film produced by using the same, and organic el device and substrate used for the same: A sintered article is fabricated which contains one or more of indium oxide, zinc oxide, and tin oxide as a component thereof and contains any one or more types of metal out of hafnium oxide, tantalum oxide, lanthanide oxide, and bismuth oxide. A backing plate is attached to this sintered...

20060234089 - Multi-layered sputtered thin metal film recording medium comprising a tungsten seed layer and a chromium-titanium-tungsten intermediate layer: A multi-layered sputtered thin metal film recording medium comprising a flexible substrate, a tungsten seed layer having a thickness of less than about 10 nm, an intermediate layer formed from a chromium-titanium-tungsten alloy, and a recording layer formed from a cobalt alloy. In one embodiment, the recording layer exhibits an...

20060234090 - Magnetic recording medium and manufacturing method of the same: A magnetic recording medium comprising: a support; an under layer comprising at least one of a metal and an alloy; and a granular magnetic layer comprising ferromagnetic metal particles and a nonmagnetic oxide, wherein the magnetic recording medium has a surface resistivity of from 1 to 100 Ω/□....

20060234091 - Enhanced multi-component oxide-containing sputter target alloy compositions: A magnetic recording medium, including a substrate, and a data-storing thin film layer formed over the substrate. The data-storing thin film layer is comprised of cobalt (Co), platinum (Pt), and a multi-component oxide. The multi-component oxide has cations with a reduction potential of less than −0.03 electron volts, and atomic...

20060228498 - Thermochromatic pigment covered article and method of making the same: A thermochromatic pigment covered article, comprising a substrate, and a single layer of a combined encapsulated thermochromatic pigment and resin or resin mixture disposed on the substrate. In accordance with the method of the present invention, an encapsulated thermochromatic pigment mixture and a resin or resin mixture are combined and...

20060228499 - Printing media with polydicyandiamides and multi-valent salts: The present invention is drawn to a media sheets, including paper media sheets, which are effective for use in improving water fastness of inks, such as ink-jet inks. The media sheet can comprise a paper substrate, and a polydicyandiamide and a multivalent salt associated with the paper substrate. The polydicyandiamide...

20060228500 - Glass panel: A panel comprises two confronting glass sheets 12, 14 that are hermetically sealed together by a solder glass 10, with the hermetic seal 18 comprising remelted solder glass....

20060228503 - Film for chub packaging: A tubular lay-flat film includes outer polymeric layers, at least one intermediate layer including a polyamide, and self-welded polymeric layers in contact with one another; wherein in various embodiments (a) the outer polymeric layers each include a blend of an olefinic polymer and a polydimethylsiloxane; (b) the at least one...

20060228501 - Lining material for pipelines: “A tubular lining material for reinforcing pipelines, utilizable in a pipe-lining method wherein the tubular lining material, having a binder disposed on the inner surface thereof, is inserted into a pipeline and is allowed to advance within the pipeline as the tubular lining material is turned inside out under fluid...

20060228504 - Solvent resistant labels and containers including said labels: A solvent resistant label for attachment to a container that includes a solvent therein includes at least one, and preferably two solvent resistant outer surface layers that are resistant to the solvent in the container. A combination of the solvent resistant label and container also constitutes part of this invention....

20060228502 - Sterilizable coextruded film for aseptic packaging: A coextruded multilayer film includes a core layer including an ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer; two intermediate layers each including a blend of an amorphous polyamide having a glass transition temperature of at least 80° C., and a semicrystalline polyamide; two outer layers each including an olefinic polymer; and two tie...

20060228505 - Threaded joint for steel pipes: A threaded joint for steel pipes for use in an oil well which has improved galling resistance and which is protected from rusting comprises a pin and a box each having a contact surface including a threaded portion and an unthreaded metal contact portion. The contact surface of at least...

20060228506 - Abrasion resistant composite material structure: The present invention relates to an abrasion resistant composite material structure whose surface is laminated with an abrasion resistant layer, so that the composite material structure can be kept from abrasion....

20060228507 - Transparent polymer blends containing polyesters comprising a cyclobutanediol and articles prepared therefrom: Disclosed are polymer compositions having high transparency and low haze comprising immiscible blends of at least one polyester comprising 2,2,4,4-tetramethyl-1,3-cyclobutanediol, and a copolyamide or a transamidized, homogeneous blend of a least two polyamides. The components of the immiscible blend have refractive indices which differ by about 0.006 to about −0.0006....

20060228509 - Adhesives having a microreplicated topography and methods of making and using same: Adhesives having a microreplicated topography are prepared from contacting a microembossed pattern to a layer of adhesive. When an adhesion interface is established between the layer of adhesive and a supporting substrate, the topography of the adhesive surface controls the performance of the adhesion interface. Articles having microreplicated adhesive surfaces...

20060228510 - Adhesives having a microreplicated topography and methods of making and using same: Adhesives having a microreplicated topography are prepared from contacting a microembossed pattern to a layer of adhesive. When an adhesion interface is established between the layer of adhesive and a supporting substrate, the topography of the adhesive surface controls the performance of the adhesion interface. Articles having microreplicated adhesive surfaces...

20060228508 - Label assembly: A label assembly includes a back sheet and a face sheet adhesively bonded to the back sheet and removable with respect to the back sheet. The face sheet includes a carrier portion and at least one label. At least one line of separation is formed between each label and the...

20060228511 - Tack free cauterized edge for pressure sensitive adhesive web: The invention relates to a web material comprising a carrier sheet, a continuous pragmatic sheet and an adhesive layer wherein said adhesive layer is between said carrier sheet and said pragmatic sheet, said adhesive layer more strongly adheres to said pragmatic sheet and said pragmatic sheet is narrower than said...

20060228512 - Gasket: An annular gasket has a seal material (2) disposed on an unwoven cloth (1) capable of preventing lateral flow so as not to reduce compressive stress by disposing the seal material (2) annularly on the unwoven cloth (1) using the thin and soft unwoven cloth (1) as a core material....

20060228513 - Method of manufactoring information recording medium and information recording medium:

20060228516 - Compositions for protective films for optical discs: Compositions for protective films include inorganic microparticles dispersed in an acrylic radical-based binder resin. Binder resins are formed from binder monomers including base components, scratch-resistant components and diluent components. Diluent components include diluent monomers having principal chain structures including a functional group having a cyclic structure or a branched carbon...

20060228514 - Compositions, systems, and methods for imaging: A composition, method, and system for recording an image. The system includes a multiphase imaging material in which energy is absorbed by an antenna material. The absorbed energy causes the reaction of an oxidizer and a leucozine dye....

20060228515 - Substrate marking using encapsulated materials: Substrates, coatings and methods for marking substrates using the coatings. The substrate contains a coating of encapsulated marking materials. Capsules of the encapsulated marking materials are designed to preferentially absorb a predetermined wavelength of light or range of wavelengths of light. The capsules contain color chemistry capable of activation by...

20060228517 - Isolation liner for protecting single and multi-surfaced material: An isolation liner to protect single and multi-surfaced material from contamination, scratch etc. The isolation liner must be easy to remove from the material it is protecting while being cost effective to manufacture....

20060228518 - Grid of synthetic material: The invention relates to a grid of synthetic material with two groups of parallel, load-bearing strands, wherein the strands of the first group extend in the longitudinal direction of the grid and the strands of the second group extend transversely to the longitudinal direction of the grid and the strands...

20060228519 - Honeycomb structure and method of producing the same: A honeycomb structure has a cell body with through channels and an outer peripheral wall of a thickness of 2.0 or less, thickness variation of 1.0 mm or less, and degree of circularity of 1.0 mm or less provided so as to surround the cell body. After producing a primary...

20060228520 - Honeyconb structure and method for producing same: There is provided a honeycomb structured body having improved durability in a honeycomb structure body obtained by unitarily bonding a plurality of honeycomb segments. There is provided a honeycomb structure body 1 including a plurality of honeycomb segments 12 each having an outer wall 7, partition walls 2 disposed in...

20060228521 - Honeycomb structure, porous body, pore forming material for the porous body, and methods for manufacturing the pore forming material, the porous body and the honeycomb structure: A pore forming material for a porous body includes organic polymer particles and inorganic particles....

20060228522 - Mineral fibre-based sandwich structure and method for the production thereof: A sandwich structure (2) comprising a core (20) and two facings (21, 22) between which the core is placed, the core (20) being formed from a mineral-fiber-based product (1) obtained by a process involving internal centrifugation combined with attenuation by a high-temperature gas stream, characterized in that the mineral fibers...

20060228523 - Light canvas: A light conducting substrate, method for forming a light conducting substrate “light canvas”, and kit for creating a light conductive substrate. The light canvas includes: a transparent or translucent (or opaque) underlying substrate having a surface; and a surface treatment that includes a mixture of frit with transparent or translucent...

20060228524 - Easy-open end and laminated steel sheet: An easy-open end which comprises a steel sheet and formed on at least one side thereof an about 10-30 mum-thick coating film of a polyester resin having a 50% crystallization time of about 5 minutes or shorter and a coefficient of planar orientation of about 0.04 or lower and which...

20060228525 - Method and apparatus for producing an article for displaying an image: The present application relates to a process for manufacturing an article (1) comprising a substrate (3) and a translucent, semi-transparent or transparent overlay (5). The substrate (3) has a contoured surface (7) and the overlay (5) is provided over at least a portion of the contoured surface. The process comprises...

20060228526 - Disposable place mat manufactured out of embossed paper which has publicity printed on its upper face and which serves as a cleaning device once it has been used: This invention refers to a disposable place mat (1) made of embossed paper bearing publicity on its upper face, in order for said place mat to be used as a form of protection of the table or tray, as a publicity means and at the same time serve as a...

20060228527 - Structure of inflatable air-packing device having check valve and multiple air bubbles: A bubble wrapping sheet has a simple structure and can easily inflate all of the air bubbles to wrap a product to be protected. The air bubbles can be constructed by tube partition seals that create air tubes and by bubble partition seals that divide the air tubes into a...

20060228528 - Deep draw process for flame retardant materials: The present invention relates to a fire blocking non-woven three-dimensional structure. The structure may include a fabric having a multiplicity of compressible projections wherein the projections return substantially to their original shape after being compressed by 50%. The fabric may include a layer of non-woven and/or metallic film or foil...

20060228529 - Discontinuous laminates of polyvinyl butyral or other interlayer material, and laminated glass panes incorporating same: An article of manufacture including a first sheet of interlayer material and a second sheet of interlayer material adhered in face-to-face orientation with the first sheet is described One of the first sheet or the second sheet has at least one void defined therein. A third sheet of interlayer material,...

20060228531 - Dual-layer phase-change information recording medium and recording and reading method using the same: It is a dual-layer phase-change information recording medium containing a first substrate and a second substrate, and a first information layer, an intermediate layer and a second information layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate in this sequence, wherein at least any one of recording and reading...

20060228530 - Image destruct feature used with image receiving layers in secure documents: An image destruct material comprises a release layer positioned between an image receiving layer and a base layer. The adhesion between the release layer and the base layer is greater than adhesion between the release layer and the image receiving layer. The release layer material can be used in secure...

20060228532 - Reflective displays and processes for their manufacture: The present invention relates to reflective displays and processes for their manufacture....

20060228533 - Discharging solution, method for producing patterns and method for producing for producing an electronic device using the discharging solution, and electronic device: A discharging solution capable of forming patterns wth spreading suppressed on the surface of a base without previously forming a complementary repellent region on the surface of the base, a method for forming the patterns, and the like are provided. More specifically, a discharging solution and the like for forming...

20060228534 - Method for reduction of islanding in metal layers formed on dielectric materials: Islanding in metal layers on a dielectric material can be reduced by using a wetting agent between the metal layer and the dielectric material. One embodiment of the present invention encompasses a method comprising the steps of depositing a ceria layer on the dielectric material and depositing the metal layer...

20060228535 - Composite materials and extruded profiles containing mill feed: Composite materials containing mill feeds and a synthetic resin, such as polyethylene and/or polypropylene, may be used to make wood replacement products for use as construction materials....

20060228536 - Biocompatible porous ti-ni material: This invention relates to a porous nickelide of titanium (TiNi) material also comprising oxygen, that is biomechanically and biochemically compatible and is intended primarily for use in the biomedical fields for implantation and interfacing with living tissues. The material has a porous structure defined by morphological, mechanical and surface properties...

20060228537 - Multi-layered gliding board comprising a polyethylene and ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer foam layer and an ethylene based octene plastomer film layer: The invention relates to multi-layered laminated foam gliders with improved bonding characteristics and surface smoothness which can be used as a bodyboard, a snow sled or other gliding boards. In general, the foam gliders are multi-layered structure of polymer foam and polymer film, comprising a polyethylene and ethylene vinyl acetate...

20060228538 - Waterproof/breathable technical apparel: The apparel is constructed from various combinations of layers of materials with moisture transfer properties. A first liner of moisture transfer fabrics abuts a second layer of structural material such as a foam. The second layer can abut a breathable membrane and/or an insulating material. Finally, carefully selected outer fabrics...

20060228539 - Construction of gliding board and method of production: A gliding board, for sliding on waters, snow and land, is constructed from polyethylene foam material, in three-ply or more layers of constant density or different densities as a multi-layer core. The application of compound thermoplastic substance in between each layer of the three-ply board core enhances greater bonding characteristics...

20060228540 - Microporous polyethylene film having excellent physical properties, productivity, and quality consistency, and method of producing same: Disclosed herein is a microporous polyethylene film for a battery separator and a method of producing the same. The microporous polyethylene film is made from a resin composition. The resin composition comprises 100 parts by weight of a polyethylene composition including 10-50 wt % polyethylene having a weight average molecular...

20060228541 - Component for rotary machine and rotary machine: A coating layer is provided on a surface of the moving blades of a rotary machine. The coating layer includes a spray layer that rests on the base material of the moving blades, and a fluorocarbon resin layer that rests on the spray layer. The spray layer is porous. The...

20060228543 - Metal/fullerene anode structure and application of same: The present invention provides a layered metal/fullerene anode structure for efficient hole injection. The layered anode structure includes one or more layers of electrical conductors and a second layer containing fullerenes. The thickness of the second layer is selected so that the layered structure facilitate hole transfer from the layer...

20060228542 - Thermal interface material having spheroidal particulate filler: The disclosure is directed to a thermal interface material including an elastomeric polymer matrix, a first thermally conductive filler including spheroidal particles having a first median particle size not less than about 20 microns and a second thermally conductive filler including particles having a second median particle size not greater...

20060228544 - Stiffeners for use in footwear: The present invention relates to a process and composition for stiffening materials for use in the manufacturing of footwear using a combination of stiffeners and adhesives....

20060228545 - Adhesive: (a1) 40 to 95% by weight of acrylic and/or methacrylic esters of the formula CH2═CH(R1)(COOR2), where R1 is H and/or CH3 and R2 is H and/or alkyl chains having 1 to 30 carbon atoms; (a2) 5 to 30% by weight of a first copolymerizable vinyl monomer containing at least one...

20060228546 - Metal sprayed composite part: A method of making an article having both a polymeric substrate and a metallic spray deposited layer is disclosed. The coefficients of thermal expansion of the polymeric substrate and the metallic layer are preferably similar....

20060228548 - Superconducting coil and superconducting apparatus: A method of manufacturing an oxide superconducting wire which can manufacture the longest possible wire by connecting relatively short wires with each other and is capable of suppressing reduction of a critical current resulting from influence by strain when the wires connected with each other are bent, an oxide superconducting...

20060228547 - Wire rope with galvanized outer wires: A wire rope which has an independent wire rope core (IWRC) and outer strands laid around the core. This wire rope has an improved fatigue life when the outer wires of the core and of the outer strands are galvanized. The wire rope may be either fully or partially impregnated...

20060228551 - Core-shell structure with magnetic, thermal, and optical characteristics and manufacturing method thereof: A core-shell structure with magnetic, thermal, and optical characteristics. The optical absorption band is tailorable by choice of the mixing ratio of the core/shell component to give the desired shell thickness. The core-shell structure is particularly suitable for biomedical applications such as MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) developer, specific tissue identification...

20060228550 - Method for depositing metallic nanoparticles on monodipersive polystyrene microspheres: A method for synthesizing monodipersive polymeric microspheres is disclosed. The method can control the diameter distribution of the microspheres and make it homogeneous. The manufactured polymeric microspheres also have plural functional groups on the surface for depositing metal particles thereon through redox. Moreover, the metal particles can be distributed on...

20060228549 - Polymer coated metal oxide and process for producing the same: An object of the present invention is to provide a novel polymer coated metal oxide. A polymer coated metal oxide according to the present invention is characterized in that a polymer has a siloxane skeletal structure. A polymer coated metal oxide manufacturing method according to the present invention is a...

20060228552 - Adhesively securable stock packaging materials: Stock packaging materials for manual and/or high speed industrial automated package formation and/or filing and closing applications having a curable pre-applied adhesive compositions applied to one or more seams or closure surfaces wherein the curative for the pre-applied adhesive composition is contained within a carrier which prevents its premature release....

20060228553 - High chroma optically variable color-shifting glitter: Opaque glitter particles that are uniform in size and shape are disclosed that have an optically variable color with a change in angle of incident light. The glitter particles have an organic substrate and an optical interference structure on one or both sides of the organic substrate. The optical interference...

20060228554 - Method of making nanoparticles: Disclosed are silica-coated nanoparticles and a process for producing silica-coated nanoparticles. Silica-coated nanoparticles are prepared by precipitating nano-sized cores from reagents dissolved in the aqueous compartment of a water-in-oil microemulsion. A reactive silicate is added to coat the cores with silica. Also disclosed are methods for functionalizing silica-coated nanoparticles for...

20060228555 - Ceramic sheet and method of producing ceramic sheet: The present invention relates to a ceramic sheet having uniform quality over its entire surface with a decreased number of detects such as foreign matters and flaws. When the ceramic sheet was divided into sections of 30 mm square or smaller, each divided section has 5 or less defects detected...

20060228556 - Electrodepositable coating compositions and methods for their production: Methods are disclosed for producing aqueous dispersions comprising a resinous phase dispersed in a dispersing medium, wherein the resinous phase includes an active hydrogen-containing film-forming resin Also disclosed are electrodepositable coating compositions that include such dispersions, electroconductive substrates at least partially coated with such compositions, and methods for at least...

20060228557 - Photochromic materials having extended pi-conjugated systems and compositions and articles including the same: Various non-limiting embodiments disclosed herein relate to photochromic materials having extended pi-conjugated systems. For example, various non-limiting embodiments disclosed herein provide a photochromic material, such as an indeno-fused naphthopyran, which comprises a group that extends the pi-conjugated system of the indeno-fused naphthopyran bonded at the 11-position thereof. Further, the photochromic...

20060228558 - Layered, transparent thermoplastic for flammability resistance: A layered material for use in transparent, flame resistant components couples a thin, fire resistant outer polymeric film to a thicker, transparent inner polymeric material. The resultant transparent layered material meets FAA flammability requirements for OSU heat release, has excellent solvent resistance and cleanability, is scratch resistant, and is transparent...

20060228559 - Optical bodies with optical films having specific functional layers: An optical body including an optical film, a first layer on a first major surface of the optical film, and a second layer on a second major surface of the optical film, wherein at least one of the first and second layers may include an adhesion-promoting layer that comprises a...

20060228560 - Photochromic optical article: Describes a photochromic article, e.g., an ophthalmic photochromic article, such as an ophthalmic lens, in which the article comprises, in combination, (1) a rigid substrate, such as a transparent thermoset or thermoplastic polymeric substrate, (2) a photochromic polymeric coating superposed on, e.g., appended to, at least a portion of at...

20060228561 - Epoxy resin composition for semiconductor encapsulating use, and semiconductor device: There is provided an epoxy resin composition for semiconductor encapsulating use comprising: an epoxy resin (A); a phenol resin (B); a curing accelerator (C); and an inorganic filler (D), wherein the inorganic filler (D) contains a spherical fused silica (d1) which contains: metal or semimetal other than silicon; and/or an...

20060228562 - Semiconductor device, resin composition for buffer coating, resin composition for die bonding, and resin composition for encapsulating: This invention can provide a semiconductor device exhibiting excellent anti-solder reflow resistance and higher reliability in surface mounting using a lead-free solder. In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a semiconductor device formed by placing a semiconductor chip whose surface is coated with a cured resin composition for...

20060228563 - Durable coating compositions containing novel aspartic amine compounds: R, R1, R2, X, Y, Z, m, n, p, q, r and s are described in the specification and a two component composition formulated with the above constituents and substrates, such as, automotive and truck bodies and parts coated with the novel composition and novel amine and/or hydroxy amine compounds...

20060228564 - Transparent electrode: An electrically conductive multilayer thin film structure and composition is transparent in both the visible and infrared portions of the spectrum. This multilayer film is readily deposited on a variety of substrates, including plastics, and survives such in service conditions as flexing, vibration, thermal cycling, thermal shock, ultraviolet exposure, and...

20060228565 - Polycrystalline silicon rod and method for processing the same: A polycrystalline silicon rod according to present invention has a structure for hanging of polycrystalline silicon rods to each other end-to-end, so that the efficiency of melting polycrystalline silicon can be increased considerably. A polycrystalline silicon rod obtained by entirely or partially removing a peripheral portion from the rod to...

20060228566 - Hydrophobic coatings and methods: Liquid coating solutions impart hydrophobicity to substrate surfaces (e.g., glass) and include a silane, preferably octadecyltrichlorosilane (OTS), dissolved in a liquid paraffinic solvent. Preferred liquid paraffinic solvents are normal (straight chain) liquid parrafins having between 10 to 20 carbon atoms per molecule exhibiting flash points (ASTM D93) of between about...

20060228567 - T-type amino functional release agent for fuser members: wherein A represents —R4—X, wherein R4 represents an alkyl group having from about 1 to about 10 carbons, X represents —NH2 or —NHR5NH2 with R5 representing an alkyl group having from about 1 to about 10 carbons; R1 and R2 are the same or different and each is selected from...

20060228568 - Steel sheet coated with chemical conversion film and process for producing the same: The present invention provides a process for producing a steel sheet coated with a chemical conversion film, comprising: coating either one side or both sides of a steel sheet with a treating liquid comprising silica particles and an acid ingredient; and drying the applied treating liquid by heating to thereby...

20060228569 - Production method of substrate with black film and substrate with black film: A method for producing a substrate with black film is provided, comprising forming a dull plating film on a surface of a substrate, forming an electroless plating film containing a sulfur or nitrogen compound on the surface of the plating film, and forming a black film on the surface of...

20060228570 - Reactor coated with a polymer: The invention relates to the use of a coated manufacturing vessel in pharmaceutical production. A polymer coating (ECTFE, PVDF, PFA) avoids the adhesion or sticking of compounds within the vessel....

20060228571 - Member of apparatus for plasma treatment, member of treating apparatus, apparatus for plasma treatment, treating apparatus and method of plasma treatment: According to the present invention, gas in which oxygen gas and krypton are mixed is introduced into a process vessel from a process gas supply source while a processing target made of an aluminum alloy in the process chamber is kept at a predetermined temperature, and plasma is generated in...

20060228572 - Phenol-free decorative laminates and method of producing the same: The invention relates to phenol-free decorative laminates, in the form of sheets, such as HPL, CPL and LPL, using multilayer carrier materials in which no phenol resins are used for impregnation and which are therefore toxicologically safe, have a neutral odor and are more economical in their production. The impregnating...

20060228573 - Overlay for repairing spline and seal teeth of a mated component: An overlay for repairing spline and seal teeth of a mated component is disclosed. The overlay is a tube constructed of a weld repair material, the tube having an outer surface and an inner surface. The inner surface is dimensioned to define an aperture sized to receive a plurality of...

20060228574 - Double t-shaped steel bulkhead profile: The invention relates to a double T-shaped steel piling wall profile (1), which is produced by hot rolling and which has two flange sections (3) that are centrally joined via a connecting member (8). The flange sections have connecting end sections (4), which are adjoined thereto and which have a...

20060228575 - Corrosion resistant article and method of production thereof: The disclosure relates to a corrosion resistant article comprising a metal body and a protective coating applied on at least one surface of said metal body, said protective coating comprising: (a) a zinc layer comprising metallic zinc; (b) a silicate layer comprising at least one silicate; and (c) a lubricant...

20060228576 - 9-aryl and bisayl substituted polyfluorenes: A polymer formed from optionally substituted first repeat units of formula (I) wherein Ar is selected from (a) aromatic hydrocarbon substituted with at least one electron withdrawing group or electron withdrawing heteroaryl. The polymers have application in electroluminescent devices....

20060228581 - Iridium-based luminescent compounds having phenylpyridine moieties with organosilicon group, and organic electroluminescence devices using the compounds as color-producing materials: p

20060228583 - Luminescence device and display apparatus: In a luminescence device formed of one or plural layers of organic film between a cathode and an anode, at least one layer is a luminescence layer, and a luminescence molecule of a metal coordination compound having a basic structure represented by formula (1) MLmL′n and having a substituent on...

20060228577 - Organic electroluminescent device: The organic EL device of the present invention includes a plurality of organic compound-containing layers provided between a cathode and an anode. Of two of the organic compound-containing layers adjacent to each other, one layer positioned nearer the anode has electron mobility lower than that of the other layer positioned...

20060228580 - Organic electroluminescent device: An organic electroluminescent device comprising an organic layer is provided. The organic layer is an electron transport layer comprising an electron transport material and a blue emission material. This electron transport layer causes an increase in the blue emission efficiency and lifespan of the organic electroluminescent device while improving efficiency...

20060228579 - Organometallic materials and electroluminescent devices: wherein, M represents a metal selected from group 8, 9, or 10 metals; and one X is a carbon that forms a covalent bond with M and the other two Xs are heteroatoms, one of which forms a coordinative bond with M and the other of which forms a covalent...

20060228578 - Phosphorescent iridium complexes: e

20060228582 - Silyl-substituted cyclometalated transition metal complex and organic electroluminescence device using the same: Silyl-substituted cyclometalated transition metal complexes have good thermal stability and enabling highly efficient phospholuminescence and an organic electroluminescent device may use the Silyl-substituted cyclometalated transition metal complexes. The transition metal complexes, which are suitably used for forming an organic layer of the organic electroluminescent device, can emit light in the...

20060228584 - Vicinal gallium nitride substrate for high quality homoepitaxy: A III-V nitride, e.g., GaN, substrate including a (0001) surface offcut from the <0001> direction predominantly toward a direction selected from the group consisting of <10-10> and <11-20> directions, at an offcut angle in a range that is from about 0.2 to about 10 degrees, wherein the surface has a...

20060228585 - Thick film paste via fill composition for use in ltcc applications: The present invention is directed to the use of a thick film paste composition comprising, in weight percent total paste composition, materials selected from mixtures of lead iron tungstate niobate solid solutions 30 to 80%, calcined mixtures of barium titanate, lead oxide and fused silica 20 to 70%, barium titanate...

20060228586 - Ferromagnetically coupled magnetic recording media: A ferromagnetically coupled magnetic recording medium having a first ferromagnetic layer, a second ferromagnetic layer, and a ferromagnetic coupling layer to ferromagnetically couple the first ferromagnetic layer to the second ferromagnetic layer is used as stable magnetic media with high MrT in high density recording hard drives. The first ferromagnetic...

20060228588 - Magnetic recording medium: A magnetic recording material is provided which has high medium S/N, and provides excellent overwriting characteristic, excellent thermal fluctuation and sufficient stability against thermal fluctuation. In one embodiment, a first underlayer comprising one of alloys of a Ti—Co alloy, a Ti—Co—Ni alloy, and an Ni—Ta alloy, a second underlayer comprising...

20060228587 - Perpendicular magnetic recording medium: A perpendicular magnetic recording medium having a soft magnetic backing layer in which amount of cobalt elution is suppressed without imposing restraint on the construction of the protective layer is disclosed. The perpendicular magnetic recording medium of the invention comprises at least a soft magnetic backing layer, a magnetic recording...

20060228589 - Granular substance, magnetic thin film, and magnetic device: A granular substance (1) having soft magnetic properties is provided which contains a matrix (3) composed of a nonmagnetic insulating organic material and ferromagnetic metal particles (2) dispersed in the matrix (3) and having a mean particle size of 50 nm or less, wherein the volume ratio of the matrix...

20060228590 - Magnetic recording medium and production process therefor: A magnetic recording medium is provided that comprises a non-magnetic support, at least one magnetic layer provided above the non-magnetic support, the magnetic layer comprising a ferromagnetic powder dispersed in a binder, and at least two radiation-cured layers provided between the non-magnetic support and the magnetic layer, each of the...

20060228591 - Magnetic recording medium: A magnetic recording medium includes a nonmagnetic substrate, a nonmagnetic underlayer containing at least inorganic particles and a binder resin, and a magnetic layer containing at least a magnetic powder, a binder resin, and abrasive particles, the nonmagnetic underlayer and the magnetic layer being disposed in that order on at...

20060228592 - Optical bodies including rough strippable boundary layers: Optical bodies are disclosed that include a first optical film, a second optical film and at least one rough strippable boundary layer disposed between the first and second optical films. Also disclosed are optical bodies including a strippable boundary layer disposed between the first and second optical films and including...

20060222782 - Method for evaluating orientation state of oriented layer, method for manufacturing liquid crystal panel, and method for inspecting liquid crystal panel: A method for evaluating an orientation state of an oriented layer, comprising: applying, on the oriented layer, a solution of a light emitting polymer containing a fluorescent material that is capable of being oriented according to an orientation state of an underlying layer; performing a heat treatment on the applied...

20060222781 - Method of producing anisotropic optical element: The present invention provides a method of producing simply and precisely an anisotropic optical element having optical properties that are anisotropic with respect to a direction of a normal to an element plane. After forming an uncured film by applying flatwise a radiation-polymerizable cholesteric liquid crystal to a substrate (step...

20060222784 - Polymerizable liquid crystal composition and optically anisotropic thin film: wherein R is alkyl; each of W1 and W2 is independently hydrogen, chlorine, fluorine or —CH3; each of W3 and W4 is independently hydrogen, chlorine, fluorine, —CH3 or —CF3; W5 is alkyl having, alkoxy, chlorine, fluorine, —CN or —OCF3; X is a single bond, —CH═CH— or —CH2CH2—; Z is a...

20060222783 - Process for producing optical element: There is provided a process for producing an optical element having a patterned quarter-wave retardation for use in a semitransmission reflection liquid crystal display device in a simple and cost-effective manner. The process comprises the steps of: coating a coating liquid comprising a polymerizable liquid crystal onto a base material...

20060222785 - Alignment film, method of forming the alignment film, liquid crystal panel, and electronic equipment: An alignment film for controlling orientation of liquid crystal molecules is formed of an organic silicon material which includes in its molecule an affinity imparting group for enhancing affinity to the liquid crystal molecules and an orientation characteristic imparting group for controlling orientation of the liquid crystal molecules. The affinity...

20060222786 - Cellulose acylate, cellulose acylate film, and method for production and use thereof: A cellulose acylate solution containing a cellulose acylate which satisfies 2.5≦A+B≦3, 0≦A≦2.5, 0.3≦B≦3 (wherein A is the substitution degree of an acetyl group, and B is the sum of the substitution degrees of an acyl group having 3 to 7 carbon atoms) and whose content of sulfur atoms of residual...

20060222787 - Recording medium: The present invention relates to a recording medium, in particular an ink-jet recording medium of photographic quality that has excellent ink absorption speed, good drying characteristics and a good image printing quality. According to the present invention an ink-jet recording medium is provided, comprising a support to which at least...

20060222788 - Recording medium: The present invention relates to a recording medium, in particular an ink-jet recording medium of photographic quality that has excellent color stability while keeping good ink absorption speed, good drying characteristics and a good image printing quality. According to the present invention an ink-jet recording medium is provided, comprising a...

20060222789 - Extruded ink-receiving layer for use in inkjet recording: An inkjet recording element comprising a support coated with an immiscible polymer blend to overcome limitations of existing hydrophilic materials for extrusion coating. The two phases correspond, respectively to a first composition comprising a hydrophobic thermoplastic polymer such as a polyolefin, which does not absorb water, and a second composition...

20060222790 - Preparation of library that includes monodisperse nanoclusters: A library that comprises nanoclusters is prepared by generating nanocluster ions, mass selecting a predetermined monodisperse subset of these nanocluster ions, and depositing a plurality of them in cavities of a substrate. Members of the library may include monodisperse nanoclusters and other materials. After deposition, cavity walls may be removed....

20060222791 - Moisture-permeable dehumidifying capsule: A moisture-permeable dehumidifying capsule includes a porous container made of porous ceramic shell to permeate moisture-laden air through the porous ceramic shell into the container, and a dehydrating agent filled in the porous container for absorbing moisture as existing in the air and permeated into the container through the porous...

20060222792 - Temozolomide storage system: The present invention provides an improved storage system for temozolomide, which preferably includes one or more bags (e.g., 3 bags, optionally containing a desiccant interposed between two of the bags). The storage system of the present invention can maintain temozolomide as a white, stable, and dry material after long periods...

20060222799 - Biodegradable label for in-mold forming and biodegradable container having the label attached thereto: The object of the present invention is to provide a biodegradable label for in-mold forming, which is excellent in water resistance, is printable to allow for printing letters, or the like, by various printing methods, and is biodegradable in a natural environment; and to provide a biodegradable container attached with...

20060222793 - Heat-shrinkable layered film and package made with the same: An object of the invention is to provide a heat-shrinkable multi-layer film including a layer formed of a poly(carboxylic acid) polymer (A), a layer formed of a polyvalent metal compound (B), and a heat-shrinkable support film. The invention provides a heat-shrinkable multi-layer film including a heat-shrinkable support film (base film)...

20060222798 - Packaging materials and methods of making and using same: Disclosed are materials comprising a thermoformed first layer having a plurality of through passages, and a gas-permeable second layer, at least a portion of which is self-adhered to the first layer. The materials are useful for packaging fresh-cut produce and other foods. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided...

20060222795 - Polyester polymer and copolymer compositions containing particles of one or more transition metal compounds: Polyester compositions are disclosed that include polyester polymers or copolymers having incorporated therein particles of one or more transition metal compounds that improve the reheat properties of the compositions. The transition metal compounds are binary compounds of a transition metal element selected from titanium, vanadium, zirconium, niobium, hafnium, and tantalum,...

20060222797 - Polyvinylidene chloride layered silicate nanocomposite and film made therefrom: A polymeric film includes at least one layer, the at least one layer including a polyvinylidene chloride layered silicate nanocomposite composition, the composition including 100 parts, by weight of the composition, of a polyvinylidene chloride layered silicate nanocomposite; from 0.1 to 10 parts, by weight of the composition, of a...

20060222794 - Sheet for carrier tape: The present invention relates to a sheet for a carrier tape, having at least one layer comprising (I) a block copolymer comprising a vinyl aromatic hydrocarbon and a conjugated diene, (II) a non-rubber-modified vinyl aromatic type hydrocarbon polymer, and (III) a rubber-modified vinyl aromatic type hydrocarbon polymer, wherein the peak...

20060222796 - Structure comprising metallized film and ethylene copolymer: Disclosed are a multilayer structure, an article therewith, and a process therefor. The article includes packages such as pouch. The structure comprises a metallized film and an ethylene copolymer composition. The process is a lamination process or extrusion coating process with the ethylene copolymer composition providing adhesion of metallized film...

20060222800 - Synthetic cork with tapered edge by heat shrinking and method thereof: Method of treating a synthetic closure or synthetic cork (24) made of expanded plastic material including heat shrinking the closure to effect an annular tapered portion or chamfered end (12, 14). The heat shrinking means includes heating members (42, 44) with heat contactable surfaces (46, 47) to contact at one...

20060222801 - Protective film: A protective film that covers a switch surface of an electronic device. The protective film has a first film with an adhesive surface to cover a surface of the electronic device and a second film superposed thereon to cover a predetermined portion of the electronic device. The protective film provides...

20060222802 - Specimen label: A substrate removably attached to a container that can be linked electronically to the operating stations in a laboratory and/or removed and subsequently attached to a document or another container. More particularly, the substrate is a partitioned label with human readable information and electronically readable information....

20060222803 - Electrically heatable pressure-sensitive adhesive compound: Electrically heatable pressure-sensitive adhesive compound, comprising at least one adhesive constituent and at least one electrically conductive filler....

20060222804 - Roll-up mat for roadways and the like: A method of covering a surface to protect the surface from vehicle traffic damage, and to facilitate vehicle travel over soft surfaces comprises providing a mat comprising a fabric sheet having right and left side edges, and a plurality of parallel sleeves spaced along a length of the sheet and...

20060222805 - Imageable seamed belts having polyamide adhesive between interlocking seaming members: A seamed flexible belt having a substrate and a seam having interlocking seam members, wherein the interlocking seam members are held together by an adhesive having polyamide and an optional electrically conductive filler, for use in electrostatographic, contact electrostatic, digital and other like printing machines....

20060222806 - Novelty stick-on facial feature: A glow-in-the-dark facial feature includes a casing holding a chemiluminescent substance. The surface of the facial feature has opaque or translucent portions. The backside has a fastening mechanism. Preferably, the facial features include glow-in-the-dark eyes. Such glow-in-the-dark eyes include a casing which supports a chemiluminescent material and further includes an...

20060222808 - Optical disc with textured edge: A method for producing optical discs is provided. A substrate for an optical disc is formed by utilizing a molding process. A textured surface is formed at an outer diameter edge of the substrate. A protective coating is applied to cover the textured surface at the outer diameter edge. The...

20060222809 - Optical recording medium: An optical recording medium includes a recording layer provided on a substrate. The recording layer includes first and second information layers and a spacer layer therebetween. The optical recording medium also includes a warpage adjusting layer provided on the side of the substrate opposite to the recording layer to reduce...

20060222807 - Write-once optical record carrier for high-speed recording: The present invention relates to a write-once optical record carrier for high speed recording, in particular to a DVD+R disc. Such a record carrier comprises in general at least a substrate layer (3), a recording layer (2) of an organic dye material on top of the substrate layer (3) and...

20060222810 - Write-onece-read-many optical recording medium, sputtering target and the production method thereof: A write-once-read-many optical recording medium enabling excellent recording and reproducing properties at a wavelength of blue-laser wavelengths or shorter, i.e. 500 nm or less, particularly at wavelengths of near 405 nm and high density recording. To this end, a write-once-read-many optical recording medium of the invention comprises a recording layer...

20060222811 - Process for producing continuous fiber reinforced thermoplastic composites: A method and system for reinforcing a fluoropolymer with continuous fibers are provided. The method comprises pulling a tow of fiber through a dispersion bath to impregnate the tow fibers with a fluoropolymer. The method further comprises drying the impregnated tow, followed by baking off any surfactant residue. The method...

20060222812 - Silicon carbide-containing particle, method of manufacturing a silicon carbide-based sintered object, silicon carbide-based sintered object, and filter: A silicon carbide-containing particle that contains silicon carbide is disclosed, wherein the silicon carbide contains at least one of silicon carbide with polymorph 6H and silicon carbide with polymorph 15R and a total content of the silicon carbide with polymorph 6H and the silicon carbide with polymorph 15R in the...

20060222813 - Adhesive sheet and method for manaufacturing same: The present invention relates to a pressure sensitive adhesive sheet 1 comprising a base material 11 and a pressure sensitive adhesive layer 12 wherein a plurality of through holes 2 passing through one face of the pressure sensitive adhesive sheet 1 to the other face are formed. The hole diameter...

20060222814 - Release film: A release film that can be used as a carrier film for a green sheet used in a laminated ceramic capacitor is provided. The release film includes a base material having both major surfaces, a releasing agent layer provided on one major surface of the base material, and an antistatic...

20060222815 - Use of particles hydrophobized by fluorosilanes for the production of self-cleaning surfaces having lipophobic, oleophobic, lactophobic and hydrophobic properties: The invention relates to the use of microparticles hydrophobized with fluorosilanes or -siloxanes for producing surfaces which have self-cleaning and also lactophobic, oleophobic and lipophobic properties. The use of microparticles hydrophobized with fluorosilanes in the known processes for producing self-cleaning surfaces makes it possible to produce surfaces which have not...

20060222816 - Synthetic leather and method for producing the same: An aqueous sericin solution and a polar organic solvent are mixed together to prepare a sericin-containing solution, then the sericin-containing solution is added into a synthetic resin solution, followed by drying, to produce an synthetic leather wherein sericin is present as discrete particles of not larger than 3 μm in...

20060222817 - Industrial protective systems: A cathode blank used in electrolysis of metal having an improved edge strip. The edge strip is made of a polyurethane formulation having desirable characteristics that prevent electrolyte from leaking into edge strip covered portions of the cathode blank. The edge strip may be molded onto the cathode blank. Alternatively,...

20060222818 - Decorative articles with portions in relief and methods of making same: A decorative article of manufacture includes a substrate having a surface of thermoplastic material and one or more relief portions extending from the substrate surface. The one or more relief portions are formed from a blend of powdered thermoplastic material and powdered non-thermoplastic material, wherein the powdered non-thermoplastic material is...

20060222819 - Multilayer paper: Multilayer paper (10) comprising at least two layers, overlapped and bound to each other by means of adhesive material (60) interposed between the same in small quantities, of which at least one layer of the at least two layers is a micro-embossed layer having a density of small protuberances/cm2 greater...

20060222820 - Bonding sheet made of hot-melt adhesive, and method producing and using the same: The present invention relates to a kind of bonding sheet made of hot-melt adhesive, by introducing its production method and way to glue, shape and bond two items. It is first to prepare a female die and a male die for producing the bonding sheet, which can be used to...

20060222821 - Composite substrate, method of manufacturing the same, a thin film device, and method of manufacturing the same: A composite substrate capable of suppressing a deformation of the substrate in response to the influence of internal stress of a conductive film is provided. When a conductive film is formed on a substrate, the conductive film is formed so as to have a laminated structure including a main conductive...

20060222822 - Composite sign panel: A composite sign panel 10 includes an inner sheet 12 fabricated from a transparent, fluted material capable of supporting a predetermined sign display, an outer sheet 14 fabricated from a protective material capable of maintaining the transparency of the inner sheet 12 irrespective of intensity and exposure time to sunlight...

20060222823 - Hinged laminated plastic product and method of making: A laminated folding product includes a plastic substrate layer having first and second opposed surfaces, a first transparent laminate layer covering the first surface of the substrate layer, and a second transparent laminate layer covering the second surface of the substrate layer. Indicia is printed on the substrate layer. Each...

20060222827 - Camouflage covering: A covering for application on surfaces of a structure to camouflage the structure in an environment, the covering comprising a first sheet having spectral characteristics for visible and near-infrared wavelengths that simulate the spectral characteristics of the environment, wherein the first sheet is at least partially covered on a first...

20060222831 - High elongation vacuum formable digital ink: The present invention includes a curable ink composition for digitally printing onto plastic substrates and three dimensional objects comprising an ink composition comprising a pigment, an oligomeric component, a diluent, additives and a mono-functional monomer having a molecular weight of 10 g/mole to 600 g/mole. The curable ink composition adheres...

20060222830 - Image destruct feature used with image receiving layers in secure documents: An image destruct material comprises a release layer positioned between an image receiving layer and a base layer. The adhesion between the release layer and the base layer is greater than adhesion between the release layer and the image receiving layer. The release layer material can be used in secure...

20060222826 - In-mold decorated molded product and method of manufacturing the same: An in-mold decorated molded article wherein a coating layer is formed on a top surface of a transparent molded resin body which is flattened in a thickness direction of the body, thereby covering an edge part of the top surface adjacent to a side face on with a side gate...

20060222832 - Ink composition, inkjet-recording method and printed material: An ink composition including a cationically polymerizable compound having a styryl or α-methylstyryl group such as 4-methylstyrene and a photocationic polymerization initiator. the ink composition preferably further includes another cationically polymerizable compound having at least one group selected from oxirane and oxetane groups....

20060222825 - Method for use of a polymer coated paper or board as printing substrate, a printed product obtained by the method and use of a coating: The invention relates to a method for using a polymer-coated paper or board as a printing substrate, to the printed product thus obtained and to the use of the coating. The invention relates to repeated use of the printing substrate, so that the printing ink is removed with a solvent...

20060222824 - Multicolor resin molding component for mobile apparatus: To realize a more advanced and more diversified design for a keytop or ornamental member of a push-button switch by further advancing an ornamenting method used in metal plating of resin components for mobile apparatuses. A keytop or ornamental member of an intended push-button switch is formed using a multi-color...

20060222828 - Recyclable display media: The present invention foregoes use of PVC in printable media and instead provides a lightweight recyclable display media comprised generally of a printable coated scrim. The display media includes a base layer or scrim comprised of a polymer material and formed by woven, non-woven, or knit sheet-forming techniques. A non-vinyl...

20060222829 - Substrates coated with coating systems that include a treatment layer: Disclosed are substrates at least partially coated with a multi-layer composite coating system comprising a treatment layer deposited from a composition comprising a radiation cure initiator, wherein the composition is substantially free of any radiation-curable materials. The present invention is also directed to methods for improving the adhesion of multi-layer...

20060222833 - Imprinting mold for printed circuit board having excellent durability and method of manufacturing printed circuit board using the same: The present invention relates to an imprinting mold for a printed circuit board, having excellent durability, and a method of manufacturing a printed circuit board using the same. Specifically, this invention provides an imprinting mold for a printed circuit board, having excellent durability, in which the mold having a surface...

20060222835 - Magnetic oscillating device: A magnetic oscillating device including a first magnetic resonance layer with a first magnetic resonance frequency f1, a second magnetic resonance layer with a second magnetic resonance frequency f2 higher than the first magnetic resonance frequency f1, a nonmagnetic layer sandwiched between the first magnetic resonance layer and the second...

20060222834 - Optical switch and method of using the same: An optical switch for switching signal light by allowing the signal light to obliquely enter a non-linear optical thin film 1 containing nano-crystal of metal oxide from a light path disposed in an optical material, and irradiating visible excitation light to the non-linear optical thin film to induce a total...

20060222836 - Unitized fibrous concrete reinforcement: The present invention relates to a fibrous construct which is used in providing cementitious mixtures supplemental and reinforcing strength upon setting, and more particularly, to a unitized fibrous construct which comprises a plurality of oriented reinforcing fibrous components, wherein the fibrous components can be cut to a predetermined and finite...

20060222837 - Multi-axial laminate composite structures and methods of forming the same: Composite laminate structures and methods of forming the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, the structure includes a first bidirectional layer having a first portion that includes parallel reinforcement fibers oriented at a first angle relative to a first direction and a second portion that includes parallel reinforcement fibers oriented...

20060222838 - Rigid polyurethane-isocyanurate reinforcing foams: A structural member is reinforced with a thermoset polymer foam having (a) a density of 80-650 kg/m3, (b) a storage modulus, measured on a 12 mm wide×3.5 mm thick×17.5 single cantilever sample according to ASTM D 4065-01, under conditions of 1 Hz and a heating rate of 2° C./min, such...

20060222839 - Photosensitive material for non-substrate liquid crystal display: The present invention provides a photosensitive material for non-substrate liquid crystal display. This photosensitive material includes photo-initiator selected from the free-radical type or cation type photo-initiator or mixture thereof, photosensitive polymerizable monomers or oligomers selected from the group consisting of double-bond compounds, compounds having epoxy functional group and mixtures thereof,...

20060222841 - Automotive interior component and method for manufacturing the same: There are provided an automotive interior component, in which a decreased weight and a reduced cost are achieved and safety measures at the time of side collision is taken, and a method for manufacturing the automotive interior component. A door trim main body of a door trim is made up...

20060222843 - Coating compositions suitable for use as a wood stain and/or toner: Coating compositions are disclosed that include a film-forming resin, a radiation cure initiator, a colorant, and a diluent. These compositions are substantially free of radiation curable material. Also disclosed are substrates at least partially coated with such compositions, substrates at least partially coated with a multi-layer composite coating comprising at...

20060222840 - Oxidatively stable microlayers of gas diffusion layers: The present invention is a microlayer for use with an electrically conductive porous substrate of a gas diffusion layer. The microlayer includes carbon particles and a polymeric composition of first highly-fluorinated polymers that are non-melt processable and second highly-fluorinated polymers that are melt processable....

20060222842 - Polyolefin foam composite material: A composite material suitable for forming a recreational device, such as a snowboard or bodyboard includes a polyolefin foam base layer, a printed layer overlying the foam base layer, and a top layer overlying the printed layer, and wherein the layers are bonded together in the absence of adhesives. The...

20060222844 - Medical devices including composites: Medical devices, such as endoprostheses, and methods of making the devices are disclosed. In some embodiments, a medical device includes a composite having a metallic matrix and a plurality of particles in the matrix, the particles and the matrix having different compositions....

20060222845 - Anti-microbial coated polymeric film: An anti-microbial polymeric film comprising a polymeric substrate layer having a first and second surface and on a surface thereof a coating having a thickness of from about 0.01 to about 14.0 gm and comprising an anti-microbial compound in an amount of from about 0.1 to about 50% by weight...

20060222847 - Photocatalyst hard coat film: There is disclosed a photocatalyst hard coat film which comprises a substrate, a primer layer, a hard coat layer and a photocatalyst layer, the three layers being laminated in turn with either surface of the substrate, wherein the primer layer has a thickness of 3.0 to 20.0 μm and a...

20060222846 - Reflective and resistant coatings and methods for applying to composite structures: Coated composite articles and methods of applying the coatings are provided. The composites are preferably polymeric composites capable of withstanding temperatures of at least 600 degrees Fahrenheit prior to coating. The coating can be selected to impart resistance to higher temperatures as a result of the reflective properties of the...

20060222848 - Fluoride coating compositions, methods for forming fluoride coatings, and magnets: A fluoride coating composition forms a coating of a rare earth fluoride and/or an alkaline earth metal fluoride on a surface of an article to be coated. The composition contains the rare earth fluoride and/or alkaline earth metal fluoride, and a medium mainly containing at least one alcohol. In the...

20060222849 - Propylene random copolymers and use thereof: f

20060222853 - Composite constructions with oriented microstructure: In one embodiment, composite constructions of the invention are in the form of a plurality of coated fibers bundled together to produce a fibrous composite construction in the form of a rod. Each fiber has a core formed from a hard phase material, that is surrounded by a shell formed...

20060222851 - Encapsulated matter and production process thereof: The present invention relates to encapsulated matter comprising a core material having a charge on a surface thereof and a plurality of coating layers each mainly comprising a polymer with which the core material is coated, the layers comprising at least a first coating layer and a second coating layer,...

20060222854 - High density carbon foam: High density carbon foams and methods for producing the same are described. A method used to prepare high density carbon foam may involve heating a comminuted agglomerating bituminous coal to an elevated temperature sufficient to result in the coal particles softening and melting together to form a generally homogeneous, continuous,...

20060222852 - Packaging of integrated circuits with carbon nanotube arrays to enhance heat dissipation through a thermal interface: According to one aspect of the invention, a method of constructing an electronic assembly is provided. A layer of metal is formed on a backside of a semiconductor wafer having integrated formed thereon. Then, a porous layer is formed on the metal layer. A barrier layer of the porous layer...

20060222850 - Synthesis of a self assembled hybrid of ultrananocrystalline diamond and carbon nanotubes: A material of carbon nanotubes and diamond bonded together. A method of producing carbon nanotubes and diamond covalently bonded together is disclosed with a substrate on which is deposited nanoparticles of a suitable catalyst on a surface of the substrate. A diamond seeding material is deposited on the surface of...

20060222855 - Transparent conductor: The present invention provides a transparent conductor comprising a substrate, and a conductive layer containing conductive particles and a conductive polymer....

20060222858 - Flexible dry erase/ instructional magnets: A dry erase magnet made of a transparent dry erase film top layer for allowing dry erase marker markings to be wiped off. Prior to application of the dry erase layer, the opaque vinyl layer of the magnet substrate may be printed on directly with a layout or design for...

20060222857 - Individual flexible dry erase pads: A dry erase pad made of a transparent dry erase film top layer for allowing dry erase marker markings to be wiped off. Prior to application of the dry erase layer, the opaque vinyl layer of the flexible substrate may be printed on directly with a layout or design for...

20060222856 - Prepreg for printed wiring board and copper-clad laminated board: A prepreg for a printed wiring board characterized with use of a brominated epoxy resin, possessing a peak intensity of infrared absorption spectrum at 2100 to 2300 cm−1, which is 5% or lower than that of a benzene ring carbon-carbon double bond at 1600 cm−1 as measured with an infrared...

20060222859 - Transparent conductor: p

20060222860 - Radiopaque polymers for circuit board assembly: The thermosetable composition incorporating organo-iodine compounds that provide improved x-ray contrast are prepared by reacting an epoxy resin with crosslinking agents, wherein the crosslinking agents include compounds having iodo-phenyl functionalities, and wherein the iodine atoms include iodine-127 isotope. The resulting thermoset material includes sufficient iodine-127 isotope covalently bound to the...

20060222861 - Thermoplastic vulcanizates and laminates made therewith: A thermoplastic vulcanizate comprising a) a dynamically vulcanized rubber, b) a thermoplastic resin, and c) optionally a synthetic oil, where the thermoplastic vulcanizate is substantially devoid of mineral oils....

20060222862 - Brittle material fine particles with internal strain for use in aerosol deposition method: A material composed of brittle material fine particles, such as ceramic or metalloid fine particles, for forming a composite structure on a substrate surface. The brittle material is pretreated to achieve a specific size range of fine particles and to develop a desired range of internal strain therein. The brittle...

20060222863 - Glazing provided with stacked thin layers reflecting infrared rays and/or solar radiation: The invention relates to glazing that comprises at least one transparent substrate S provided with a stack of thin layers comprising an alternation of n functional layers A having reflection properties in the infrared and/or in solar radiation, especially metal layers, and (n+1) coatings B made of a dielectric, where...

20060222865 - Fluorinated compound, water repellent composition and thin film: A thin film having a hydrophobic/hydrophilic pattern is formed by irradiating a thin film formed by employing a fluorinated compound represented by the following formula 1 (in the formula 1, each of R1, R2, R3 and R4 which are independent of one another, is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom...

20060222864 - Method of forming boron-doped and fluorine-doped organosilicate glass films: An embodiment of the invention is a method of forming a low-k carbon doped oxide dielectric material with improved mechanical properties. An embodiment incorporates a precursor containing a fluorinated organic silane, an alkylborane, or an alkoxyborane with a low-k carbon doped oxide dielectric material precursor during chemical vapor deposition to...

20060222867 - Biaxially oriented polypropylene film provided with a cold-seal adhesive coating and having excellent lubricating properties: The invention relates to a multi-layer biaxially oriented polypropylene film consisting of a base layer at least one first cover layer. The base layer contains a hydrocarbon resin, and the cover layer contains a polydialkylsiloxane with a viscosity of at least 200,000 mm2/sec. The first cover layer is provided with...

20060222870 - Coating composition for rubber: (A-2) which is an alkoxysilane and, optionally, (A-3) which is a metal compound as a condensation catalyst; component (B) which is a polyurethane resin; and component (C) which is an organic resin fine powder having a melting point of 150° C. or higher and an average particle diameter of 0.5...

20060222869 - Electropen lithography: The present invention relates to methods for producing a patterned surface having nanoscale features. The present invention more particularly relates to tip-induced nanoelectrochemical oxidation methods for nanoscale patterning. The invention also relates to the nanoscale patterns produced thereby....

20060222868 - Method for surface preparation of solid substances and surface-prepared solid substances: A method for modifying the surface of a solid material and a surface-modified solid material are provided, where an excellent adhesion strength between the surface of the solid material and any of coating films made of various UV-curing resins or the like can be obtained. In other words, it is...

20060222866 - Silsesquioxane resin, positive resist composition,layered product including resist and method of forming resist pattern: A silsesquioxane resin, a positive resist composition, a resist laminate, and a method of forming a resist pattern that are capable of suppressing a degas phenomenon are provided, and a silicon-containing resist composition and a method of forming a resist pattern that are ideally suited to immersion lithography are also...

20060222871 - Method for lowering deposition stress, improving ductility, and enhancing lateral growth in electrodeposited iron-containing alloys: The present invention provides an electrodeposition/plating method for metal films and alloys in a bath which contain ferric ions and which usually deposit with high stress, but which when electrodeposited under pulse plating conditions in the presence of low valence vanadium or other ions capable of existing in multiple valence...

20060222872 - Potassium niobate deposited body and method for manufacturing the same, piezoelectric thin film resonator, frequency filter, oscillator, electronic circuit, and electronic apparatus: A potassium niobate deposited body includes an R-plane sapphire substrate, a buffer layer composed of a metal oxide and formed above the R-plane sapphire substrate, a lead zirconate titanate niobate layer formed above the buffer layer, a potassium niobate layer or a potassium niobate solid solution layer formed above the...

20060222873 - Coated plastic substrate module and method for making the same: A coated plastic substrate module (100) includes a plastic substrate (110), an organic coating (130), and a modulating film (120) sandwiched therebetween. The modulating film is made from partially stabilized zirconia. A method for manufacturing a coated plastic substrate module includes the following steps: providing a plastic substrate; forming a...

20060222874 - Heat-shrinkable films: A heat-shrinkable film includes outer layers containing a polyester resin, and at least one inner layer being arranged between the outer layers and containing an olefinic resin including at least one ethylene-propylene-butene terpolymer. The film has an interlayer bonding strength between the inner layer and the outer layer of 3.0...

20060222875 - Coating composition containing polytrimethylene ether diol useful as a clear coat composition and as a primer composition: A coating composition comprising a film forming binder of a. an acrylic polymer having pendant groups that are reactive with isocyanate moieties and having a glass transition temperature (Tg) of 10 to 80° C.; b. a polytrimethylene ether diol having a Mn (number average molecular weight) of 500 to 5,000;...

20060222876 - Polymer composite: A polymer composite comprises a base material, and a polymer membrane provided on at least a part of the base material, the polymer membrane having at least hydrophilicity, and the polymer composite is used in a state exposed to water or a water-based solvent. The polymer membrane is a resin...

20060222877 - Method of reducing the emission of aldehyde from wood based products: The invention relates to a method of reducing emission of an aldehyde from a wood based product comprising applying at least one surface of a layer with one or more polymers containing a primary amine group. The invention further relates to a wood based product....

20060222878 - Composite bodies: The present invention provides a composite body having a strong bonding and improved adhesion. A composite body 3 has a solid and elongate body 2 made of a metal and a sintered body 11 of metal powder fixed to the outside of the elongate body so that the sintered body...

20060222879 - Aluminum-silicon diffusion coated alloy products: Aluminum-silicon diffusion coated alloy products have a surface of aluminum-silicon diffusion coating of greater than 180 microns thick formed on workpieces made from an iron, nickel, cobalt or copper base alloys. Preferably the diffusion coating has a thickness of at least 200 to 250 microns....

20060222880 - Nickel coating: A Ni-based first material is deposited on a substrate by electroless plating. A Zn-based second material is deposited on the first material. One or more components of at least one of the first and second materials are diffused into the other. The diffusion creates a ZnNi alloy layer enhancing corrosion...

20060222881 - Metal fixing material bushing and method for producing a base plate of a metal fixing material bushing: A glass-to-metal bushing for igniters of airbags or belt tensioning pulleys. A metal pin is arranged in a slot in the base plate in the fixing material, the base plate being formed by one element whereby the base geometry describing the slot is produced by at least one separation process....

20060222882 - Alloyed-molten-zinc-plated steel sheet with excellent processability and high strength and process for producing the same: Galvannealed steel sheet simultaneously able to achieve excellent workability and high strength and a method of production of the same are provided as an objective, in particular high strength galvannealed steel sheet excellent in workability, comprising high strength steel sheet containing, by mass %, C: 0.05 to 0.15%, Si: 0.3...

20060222883 - Surface modification method for conductive metal material: Spherical particles having curvatures larger than those of irregularities, crystal grain boundaries, lattice defects or the like (referred to collectively as irregularities, hereinafter) on the surface of a conductive metal material are ejected at high speeds to make the particles collide against the surface of the conductive metal material, thereby...

20060222884 - Turbine component other than airfoil having ceramic corrosion resistant coating and methods for making same: An article comprising a turbine component other than an airfoil having a metal substrate and a ceramic corrosion resistant coating overlaying the metal substrate. This coating has a thickness up to about 5 mils (127 microns) and comprises a ceramic metal oxide selected from the group consisting of zirconia, hafnia...

20060222885 - Surface coated member and cutting tool: A surface coated member comprises a substrate composed of a hard material, and a hard coating layer containing at least a TiCN layer on a surface of the substrate. A ratio r in a region of an outer surface side is larger than a ratio r in a region of...

20060222886 - Arylpyrene compounds: One embodiment of the present invention provides an organic light emitting device comprising an anode, a cathode, and an organic layer disposed between the anode and the cathode, wherein the organic layer comprises an arylpyrene compound. In another embodiment, the present invention also provides organic light emitting devices comprising an...

20060222889 - Conductivity variable composition, conductivity variable laminated body, and conductive pattern formed body: The main object of the present invention is to provide a conductive pattern formed body with a conductive pattern formed efficiently and highly precisely in a simple process, a conductivity variable laminated body used for formation of the conductive pattern, and the like. To attain the object, the invention provides...

20060222887 - Organic electroluminescent device: The invention provides an organic electroluminecent device including an organic compound layer provided between a pair of electrodes. The organic compound layer has at least a luminescent layer. The luminescent layer has at least a metal complex containing a tri- or higher-dentate ligand and plumality of host compounds. The metal...

20060222888 - Organic light-emitting device and method of manufacturing the same: Provided are an organic light-emitting device that includes a light-emitting layer interposed between a first electrode and a second electrode and a method of manufacturing the same. The light-emitting layer includes a mixed host of a naphthyl anthracene-based compound and a bianthracene-based compound and a dopant. The use of the...

20060222890 - Substrate for organic electroluminescent element, and organic electroluminescent element: The object of the present invention is to provide a substrate for an organic EL element capable of forming an organic EL layer efficiently in a highly precise pattern in a short period of time, and an organic EL element having the preferable electric characteristics. To attain the object, the...

20060222891 - Anti-abrasive layer: An anti-abrasive layer which is useful for tools contains nitrides of the metal elements Cr, Ti and Al; and at least one element (κ); wherein a proportion of Cr in said anti-abrasive layer is more than 65 at %; a proportion of Al is 10 to 25 at %; and...

20060222892 - Coated article with dark color: An article is coated with a coating having a dark gray or bronze color. In a preferred embodiment, the coating comprises a nickel or polymer basecoat layer, and a color and protective stack layer comprised of layers of oxygen-rich refractory metal oxycarbides. The preferred dark grey, oxygen rich color layer...

20060222893 - Multilayer hard coating for tools: A multilayer hard coating for tools for machining applications with a multilayer structure for improving the wear resistance of workpieces includes at least one (AlyCr1-y) X layer (0.2≦y≦0.7), wherein X is one of the following elements N, C, B, CN, BN, CBN, NO, CO, BO, CNO, BNO, CBNO, but preferably...

20060222894 - Coated cutting tool insert: The present invention relates to a metal cutting tool insert with a coating comprising a metal oxide multilayer, which exhibits especially high resistance to plastic deformation as well as excellent resistance to flank and crater wear and high resistance to flaking, particular when used for machining of low carbon steel...

20060222895 - Piezoelectric film laminate and method of manufacturing the same: A piezoelectric film laminate including a sapphire substrate and a lead zirconate titanate niobate film and a potassium niobate film formed on the sapphire substrate....

20060222897 - Discrete track media and method of manufacturing the same: A discrete track media has a nonmagnetic substrate, and a magnetic recording layer provided on the nonmagnetic substrate and having a data region including a recording track and a servo region including a preamble zone, an address zone and a burst zone, the data region and the servo region include...

20060222899 - Magnetic recording media: A magnetic recording media has a substrate and a magnetic recording layer containing ferromagnatic patterns on the substrate, the magnetic recording layer including a data zone to constitute a recording track and a servo zone to constitute a preamble region, an address region and a burst region, in which the...

20060222896 - Magnetic recording medium and magnetic storage apparatus: A magnetic recording medium includes a plurality of recording cells separated from each other on a substrate in a recording direction and a track width direction perpendicular to the recording direction. The recording cell includes a recording layer. The recording layer has a magnetic easy axis inclining in a designated...

20060222898 - Magnetic recording medium and production method therefor: An object is to provide a magnetic recording medium with a recording region having little magnetic property degradation, and to provide a production method therefor. This method for producing the magnetic recording medium comprises the steps of preparing a structure having a plurality of magnetic material regions 11 with a...

20060222900 - Magnetic recording medium and magnetic recording device: A magnetic recording medium includes; a base member; an underlayer formed on the base member; a main recording layer formed on the underlayer, and a writing assist layer formed on or under the main recording layer in contact with the main recording layer. The main recording layer has perpendicular magnetic...

20060222901 - Magnetic recording medium and magnetic recording device: A magnetic recording medium includes; a base member; an underlayer formed on the base member; a main recording layer formed on the underlayer, and a writing assist layer formed on or under the main recording layer in contact with the main recording layer. The main recording layer has perpendicular magnetic...

20060222902 - Perpendicular magnetic recording medium, manufacturing method thereof, and magnetic storage device: A perpendicular magnetic recording medium for enabling high density recording is disclosed. The perpendicular magnetic recording medium includes a substrate on which a soft magnetic underlayer, a seed layer made of a non-crystalline material, an underlayer made of Ru or an Ru alloy including Ru as a main component, and...

20060222903 - Structure and process for production thereof: A novel structure is provided in which an ordered alloy material is filled in pores of the structure. A process for producing the structure is also provided. The process comprises a first step for forming an alloy in pores of a porous layer, a second step for forming a film...

20060222904 - Magneto-elastic anisotropy assisted thin film structure: A thin film structure, such as a magnetic recording media, having a magnetic layer and a stress-effecting layer is disclosed. The stress-effecting layer induces a magneto-elastic anisotropy in the magnetic layer. The stress-effecting layer can be activated by the application of an external stress and/or strain. The induced magneto-elastic anisotropy...

20060222905 - Magnetic recording medium and manufacturing method therefor: There is provided a novel magnetic recording medium which less damages the recording layer and of which recording tracks are fully magnetically spaced apart and manufacturing method therefor. The present invention provides the magnetic recording medium having a recording layer on a member with concave and convex portions, wherein the...

20060222906 - Radiation curing polyurethane resin for magnetic recording medium, method of manufacturing radiation curing polyurethane resin for magnetic recording medium, and magnetic recording medium: A radiation curing polyurethane resin for a magnetic recording medium which is capable of realizing a lower non-magnetic layer that can secure sufficient coating film strength with a lower radiation dose. A polyurethane resin which contains active hydrogen, and a sulfur-containing polar group in an amount of not less than...

20060222907 - Magnetic recording medium having an atmospheric plasma modified substrate: A magnetic recording medium having a polyester substrate with at least one magnetic recording layer coated thereon, wherein the substrate is a polyester film which has been modified by atmospheric plasma treatment prior to coating. The treated substrate film exhibits a contact angle of at least about 20 degrees less...

20060222908 - Perpendicular magnetic disk apparatus: According to one embodiment, there is provided a perpendicular magnetic disk apparatus including a perpendicular magnetic recording medium including a nonmagnetic substrate having a surface roughness (Ra) of 0.35 nm or less, a soft underlayer, a nonmagnetic intermediate layer having a perpendicular orientation (Δθ50) of 4° or less, and a...