63 patents
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Fusible phase-change powders for thermal management, methods of manufacture thereof, and articles containing the powders
27 Dec 22
A fusible, phase-change powder composition includes a plurality of powder particles comprising a polymer composition, an unencapsulated phase-change material, and optionally, an additive composition; wherein the powder composition is fusible at a temperature of 25 to 105° C., or 28 to 60° C., or 45 to 85° C., or 60 to 80° C., or 80 to 100° C.
Ming Wei, Sharon Soong, Ian Smith
Filed: 27 Aug 18
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Dual temperature curable silicone compositions, methods of manufacture, and articles prepared therefrom
20 Dec 22
Dual temperature curable silicone compositions, articles made from such compositions, and methods for the manufacture and use thereof.
Jianhua Zou
Filed: 4 Dec 20
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Electrical energy storage device and method for producing an electrical energy storage device
20 Dec 22
Electrical energy storage device (1), including at least one electrical component (2) and a busbar (5) for electrical power distribution, where the electrical component (2) is arranged on the busbar (5), and at least a first contact side (11) and/or a second contact side (12) of the electrical component (2) is connected to the busbar (5) by a contact element (8), and wherein the contact element (8) is formed at least partially as a mesh (7).
Jan Daneels
Filed: 21 Aug 19
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Textured planar m-type hexagonal ferrites and methods of use thereof
22 Nov 22
A grain-oriented M-type hexagonal ferrite has the formula MeFe12O19, and a dopant effective to provide planar magnetic anisotropy and magnetization in a c-plane, or a cone anisotropy, in the hexagonal crystallographic structure wherein Me is Sr+, Ba2+ or Pb2+, and wherein greater than 30%, preferably greater than 80%, of c-axes of the ferrite grains are aligned perpendicular to the c-plane.
Yajie Chen, Kevin Ring, Li Zhang, Michael S. White
Filed: 9 Apr 19
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Dielectric lens and electromagnetic device with same
25 Oct 22
A dielectric lens, includes: a three-dimensional, 3D, body of dielectric material having a spatially varying dielectric constant, Dk; the 3D body having at least three regions R(i) with local maxima of dielectric constant values Dk(i) relative to surrounding regions of respective ones of the at least three regions R(i), locations of the at least three regions R(i) being defined by local coordinates of: azimuth angle(i), zenith angle(i), and radial distance(i), relative to a particular common point of origin associated with the 3D body, where (i) is an index that ranges from 1 to at least 3; wherein the spatially varying Dk of the 3D body is configured to vary as a function of the zenith angle between a first region R(1) and a second region R(2) at a given azimuth angle and a given radial distance.
Trevor Polidore, Sergio Clavijo, Dirk Baars, John Sanford
Filed: 30 Mar 21
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Ruthenium doped Z-type hexaferrite
18 Oct 22
In an aspect, a ferrite composition comprises a Ru—Co2Z ferrite having the formula: (Ba3-xMx)Co2(M′Ru)yFe24-2y-zO41, wherein M is at least one of Sr, Pb, or Ca; M′ is at least one of Co, Zn, Mg, or Cu; x is 1 to 3; y is greater than 0 to 2; and z is −4 to 4.
Qifan Li, Yajie Chen
Filed: 29 Jul 20
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Magnetic particles, methods of making, and uses thereof
18 Oct 22
In an aspect, a composition comprises a plurality of magnetic particles.
Li Zhang, Yajie Chen
Filed: 24 Aug 20
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Adapter element for connecting a component, such as a laser diode, to a heat sink, a system comprising a laser diode, a heat sink and an adapter element and method for producing an adapter element
18 Oct 22
An adapter element (10) for connecting a component (4), such as a laser diode, to a heat sink (7), comprising: a first metal layer (11), which in a mounted state faces the component (4), and a second metal layer (12), which in the mounted state faces the heat sink (7), and an intermediate layer (13) comprising ceramic arranged between the first metal layer (11) and the second metal layer (12), wherein the first metal layer (11) and/or the second metal layer (12) is thicker than 40 μm, preferably thicker than 70 μm and more preferably thicker than 100 μm.
Johannes Wiesend, Heiko Schweiger
Filed: 7 Sep 18
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Single-sided pressure-sensitive adhesive tape
6 Sep 22
A single-sided pressure-sensitive adhesive tape includes a substrate, a reflective metal layer disposed on a surface of the substrate, a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer disposed on the reflective metal layer, a thermoplastic polymer layer, and a light-shielding layer disposed on a surface of the thermoplastic polymer layer; wherein the light-shielding layer is dry laminated to the surface of the substrate opposite the surface on which the reflective metal layer is disposed.
Jinsoo Song, Dongjin Lee, Dongwoo Han
Filed: 13 Dec 19
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Method for the manufacture of a spatially varying dielectric material, articles made by the method, and uses thereof
9 Aug 22
A stereolithography method of manufacture of a polymer structure having a spatially gradient dielectric constant, including: providing a volume of a liquid, radiation-curable composition; irradiating a portion of the liquid, radiation-curable composition with activating radiation in a pattern to form a layer of the polymer structure; contacting the layer with the liquid, radiation-curable composition; irradiating the liquid, radiation-curable composition with activating radiation in a pattern to form a second layer on the first layer; and repeating the contacting and irradiating to form the polymer structure, wherein the polymer structure comprises a plurality of unit cells wherein each unit cell is integrally connected with an adjacent unit cell, each unit cell is defined by a plurality of trusses formed by the irradiation, wherein the trusses are integrally connected with each other at their respective ends, and the trusses of each unit cell are dimensioned to provide the spatially gradient dielectric constant.
Trevor Polidore, Sergio Clavijo, Dirk Baars
Filed: 18 Oct 19
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Multi-layer exercise mat
9 Aug 22
A multi-layer exercise mat including a first layer including an outer surface and an opposing inner surface, the opposing inner surface of the first layer including a first array of three-dimensional features integral with the first layer; and a second layer including an outer surface and an opposing inner surface, the opposing inner surface of the second layer including a second array of three-dimensional features integral with the second layer.
David Natorski, Rodney Barber, Jim Labrake, David C. Sherman
Filed: 21 Nov 19
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Photocurable compositions for stereolithography, method of forming the compositions, stereolithography methods using the compositions, polymer components formed by the stereolithography methods, and a device including the polymer components
2 Aug 22
A photocurable composition for stereolithographic three-dimensional printing, wherein the photocurable composition comprises a photoreactive oligomer component comprising a hydrophobic oligomer comprising a photoreactive end group, a photoreactive monomer component comprising a photoreactive monomer having a photoreactive end group, and a photoinitiation composition comprising a photoinitiator; the photocurable composition has a viscosity of 250 to 10,000 centipoise at 22° C., determined using a Brookfield viscometer; and the photocured composition has a dielectric loss of less than 0.010, preferably less than 0.008, more preferably less than 0.006, most preferably less than 0.004, each determined by split-post dielectric resonator testing at 10 gigahertz at 23° C.
Trevor Polidore, Dirk Baars, Thomas A. Koes, Bruce Fitts, Murali Sethumadhavan
Filed: 29 May 20
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Broadband multiple layer dielectric resonator antenna and method of making the same
21 Jun 22
A method for the manufacture of a DRA, or an array of the DRA's, each DRA including: a substrate; and, a plurality of volumes of dielectric materials disposed on the substrate comprising N volumes, N being an integer equal to or greater than 3, disposed to form successive and sequential layered volumes V(i), i being an integer from 1 to N, wherein volume V(1) forms an innermost volume, wherein a successive volume V(i+1) forms a layered volume disposed over and at least partially embedding volume V(i), wherein volume V(N) at least partially embeds all volumes V(1) to V(N−1), the method including: forming on the substrate a first volume of the plurality of volumes of dielectric materials from a first dielectric material having a first dielectric constant; and, forming over the first volume a second volume of the plurality of volumes of dielectric materials with a second dielectric material having a second dielectric constant.
Kristi Pance, Karl E. Sprentall, Shawn P. Williams, Robert C. Daigle
Filed: 22 Nov 19
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Dielectric resonator antenna and method of making the same
21 Jun 22
A dielectric resonator antenna (DRA) includes: a volume of a dielectric material configured to be responsive to a signal feed, the signal feed being productive of a main E-field component having a defined direction Ē in the DRA; wherein the volume of a dielectric material includes a volume of non-gaseous dielectric material having an inner region having a dielectric medium having a first dielectric constant, the volume of non-gaseous dielectric material that is other than the inner region having a second dielectric constant, the first dielectric constant being less than the second dielectric constant; wherein the volume of non-gaseous dielectric material has a cross sectional overall height Hv as observed in an elevation view of the DRA, and a cross sectional overall width Wv in a direction parallel to the defined direction Ē as observed in the plan view of the DRA; and wherein Hv is greater than Wv/2.
Kristi Pance, Karl E. Sprentall, Shawn P. Williams, Robert C. Daigle, Stephen O'Connor, Gianni Taraschi
Filed: 9 Sep 20
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Soldering material for active soldering and method for active soldering
24 May 22
A soldering material (1) for active soldering, in particular for active soldering of a metallization (3) to a carrier layer (2) comprising ceramics, wherein the soldering material comprises copper and is substantially silver-free.
Stefan Britting, Andreas Meyer
Filed: 4 Jul 18
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Carrier substrate for electrical, more particularly electronic, components, and method for producing a carrier substrate
10 May 22
A carrier substrate (1) that includes an insulation layer (11) and a metal layer (12), wherein a flank profile (2), in particular an etching flank profile, at least zonally borders the metal layer (12) in a primary direction (P) extending parallel to the main extension plane (HSE), wherein, viewed in the primary direction (P), the flank profile (2) extends from a first edge (15) on an upper side (31) of the metal layer (12), which faces away from the insulation layer (11), to a second edge (16) on a lower side (32) of the metal layer (12), which faces the insulation layer (11), characterized in that the flank profile (2), viewed in the primary direction (P), has at least one local maximum (21) and at least one local minimum (22).
Stefan Britting, Xinhe Tang, Andreas Meyer, Andrea Adler
Filed: 24 Sep 19
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Connected dielectric resonator antenna array and method of making the same
22 Mar 22
A connected dielectric resonator antenna array (connected-DRA array) operational at an operating frequency and associated wavelength, includes: a plurality of dielectric resonator antennas (DRAs), each of the plurality of DRAs having at least one volume of non-gaseous dielectric material; wherein each of the plurality of DRAs is physically connected to at least one other of the plurality of DRAs via a relatively thin connecting structure, each connecting structure being relatively thin as compared to an overall outside dimension of one of the plurality of DRAs, each connecting structure having a cross sectional overall height that is less than an overall height of a respective connected DRA and being formed from at least one of the at least one volume of non-gaseous dielectric material, each connecting structure and the associated volume of the at least one volume of non-gaseous dielectric material forming a single monolithic portion of the connected-DRA array.
Kristi Pance, Gianni Taraschi, Murali Sethumadhavan, Stephen O'Connor, Karl E. Sprentall, Shawn P. Williams
Filed: 19 Apr 18
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Electromagnetic dielectric structure adhered to a substrate and methods of making the same
1 Feb 22
In an embodiment, an electromagnetic device, comprises a substrate a substrate comprising a dielectric layer and a first conductive layer; at least one dielectric structure comprising at least one non-gaseous dielectric material that forms a first dielectric portion that extends outward from the first side of the substrate, the first dielectric portion having an average dielectric constant and an optional second dielectric portion that extends into an optional via.
Stephen O'Connor, Gianni Taraschi, Christopher Brown, Kristi Pance, Karl E. Sprentall, Bruce Fitts, Dirk Baars, William Blasius, Murali Sethumadhavan, Roshin Rose George, Michael S. White, Michael Lunt, Sam Henson, John Dobrick
Filed: 29 Apr 19
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Melt processable thermoplastic composite comprising a multimodal dielectric filler
14 Dec 21
In an embodiment, a thermoplastic composite comprises a thermoplastic polymer; and a dielectric filler having a multimodal particle size distribution; wherein a peak of a first mode of the multimodal particle size distribution is at least seven times that of a peak of a second mode of the multimodal particle size distribution; and a flow modifier.
Stephen O'Connor, Murali Sethumadhavan
Filed: 19 Mar 19
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Metal-ceramic substrate and method for producing a metal-ceramic substrate
21 Sep 21
Xinhe Tang, Andreas Meyer, Stefan Britting
Filed: 27 Feb 19