A seed crystal holder for pulling up a single crystal is made of a carbon fiber-reinforced carbon composite material, and has a substantially cylindrical shape with a hollow space having a shape matching an outer shape of a substantially rod-shaped seed crystal. A direction of carbon fibers at a part in contact with at least an outer peripheral surface of the seed crystal has isotropy as viewed from a central axis of the hollow space.

A light generator comprises a light conversion device and a light source arranged to apply a light beam to the light conversion element. The light conversion device includes an optoceramic or other solid phosphor element comprising one or more phosphors embedded in a ceramic, glass, or other host, a metal heat sink, and a solder bond attaching the optoceramic phosphor element to the metal heat sink. The optoceramic phosphor element does not undergo cracking in response to the light source applying a light beam of beam energy effective to heat the optoceramic phosphor element to the phosphor quenching point.

A ceramic member includes a voltage supply rod capable of reducing a local temperature drop of the ceramic member. The ceramic member comprises a ceramic base, a metal body disposed inside the ceramic base, and a voltage supply rod made of an electrically conductive material and having a far end portion electrically connected to the metal body. The far end portion is located at an end of the voltage supply rod in a longitudinal direction. The voltage supply rod also includes a heat-transfer reducing portion continuous with the far end portion. The heat-transfer reducing portion has thermal conductivity k2 and a cross-sectional area A2 in a cross section taken perpendicularly to the longitudinal direction. The thermal conductivity k2 and the cross-sectional area A2 satisfy a formula k2.Math.A2<k1.Math.A1, where k1 denotes thermal conductivity of the base end portion, and A1 denotes a cross-sectional area of the base end portion.

The present invention relates to a gastight multilayer composite tube having a heat transfer coefficient of >500 W/m.sup.2/K and comprising at least two layers, namely a layer of nonporous monolithic oxide ceramic and a layer of oxidic fiber composite ceramic, a connecting piece comprising at least one metallic gas-conducting conduit which in the longitudinal direction of the composite tube overlaps in a region at least two ceramic layers, where the one ceramic layer comprises a nonporous monolithic ceramic and the other ceramic layer comprises a fiber composite ceramic, and also the use of the multilayer composite tube as reaction tube for endothermic reactions, radiation tubes, flame tubes or rotary tubes.

A ceramic structure 10 includes a heater electrode 14 within a disk-shaped AlN ceramic substrate 12. The heater electrode 14 contains a metal filler in the main component WC. The metal filler (such as Ru or RuAl) has a lower resistivity and a higher thermal expansion coefficient than AlN. An absolute value of a difference |CTE| between a thermal expansion coefficient of the AlN ceramic substrate 12 and a thermal expansion coefficient of the heater electrode 14 at a temperature in the range of 40 C. to 1000 C. is 0.35 ppm/ C. or less.

Flow path assemblies and methods for forming such flow path assemblies for gas turbine engines are provided. For example, a flow path assembly for a gas turbine engine has a boundary structure, an airfoil, and a locking feature. The boundary structure and the airfoil are formed from a composite material. The boundary structure defines an opening and a cutout proximate the opening, and the airfoil is sized to fit within the opening of the boundary structure. The locking feature is received within the cutout defined by the boundary structure to interlock the airfoil with the boundary structure.

A method of manufacturing a component includes forming an inner wrap about a mandrel. The inner wrap has first and second walls joined by a base portion and an outer wall. A rod is arranged at each of the first and second walls. An outer wrap is formed about the inner wrap and the rods to form a body. Features are formed in the first and second walls.

The present invention relates to a sealing lid for a package containing an optical element. For the sealing lid, a translucent material such as glass that can transmit light such as visible light is used. The present invention includes a lid main body made of the translucent material. The lid main body includes a joining region having a frame shape corresponding to an outer circumferential shape of the lid main body. A plurality of pieces of brazing material made of a eutectic alloy are fused on the joining region of the lid main body. An arrangement state of the brazing material includes aligning spherical pieces of brazing material continuously to form a frame shape along the joining region.

A light generator comprises a light conversion device and a light source arranged to apply a light beam to the light conversion element. The light conversion device includes an optoceramic or other solid phosphor element comprising one or more phosphors embedded in a ceramic, glass, or other host, a metal heat sink, and a solder bond attaching the optoceramic phosphor element to the metal heat sink. The optoceramic phosphor element does not undergo cracking in response to the light source applying a light beam of beam energy effective to heat the optoceramic phosphor element to the phosphor quenching point.

A seed crystal holder for pulling up a single crystal is made of a carbon fiber-reinforced carbon composite material, and has a substantially cylindrical shape with a hollow space having a shape matching an outer shape of a substantially rod-shaped seed crystal. A direction of carbon fibers at a part in contact with at least an outer peripheral surface of the seed crystal has isotropy as viewed from a central axis of the hollow space.