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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110277891 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A COMPONENT AND COMPONENTS OF A TITANIUM-ALUMINUM BASE ALLOY A method for producing a component of a titanium-aluminum base alloy comprising hot isostatically pressing the alloy to form a blank, subjecting the blank to a hot forming by a rapid solid-blank deformation, followed by a cooling of the component to form a deformation m... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110240181 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A TITANIUM PART THROUGH INITIAL BETA FORGING The invention relates to a method of fabricating a titanium alloy part, the method comprising:
| 10/06/2011 |
| 20110192509 | METHOD FOR FORGING A TITANIUM ALLOY THERMOMECHANICAL PART A method for forging a thermomechanical part and including: providing a billet produced in a titanium alloy having a beta transus temperature; carrying out at least one operation of forging a blank of the billet at a temperature T1 lower than the beta transus... | 08/11/2011 |
| 20110180188 | PRODUCTION OF HIGH STRENGTH TITANIUM Certain embodiments of a method for increasing the strength and toughness of a titanium alloy include plastically deforming a titanium alloy at a temperature in an alpha-beta phase field of the titanium alloy to an equivalent plastic deformation of at least a 25% reduct... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20110146854 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FORMING CONTOURED NEW AND NEAR-NET SHAPE TITANIUM PARTS A system and method for shaping a net or near-net titanium part, the method comprising machining a piece of titanium into a titanium part having non-uniform thickness, heating the titanium part to a target temperature within a target temperature range between an auto-re... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110146853 | Titanium Alloy Microstructural Refinement Method and High Temperature, High Strain Rate Superplastic Forming of Titanium Alloys A method for refining the microstructure of titanium alloys in a single thermomechanical processing step, wherein the titanium alloy comprises boron. In some embodiments, the method comprises the steps of first adding boron to the titanium alloy then subjecting the boro... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110017369 | TITANIUM PLATE AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME There is provided a titanium plate having both high strength and good workability. The titanium plate is made of a titanium material in a plate shape, the titanium material consisting of by mass: more than 0.10% and less than 0.60% iron; more than 0.005% and less than 0... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20100316525 | TiAl-BASED ALLOY, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND ROTOR BLADE USING SAME A hot-forged TiAl-based alloy having excellent oxidation resistance and high strength at high temperatures, and a process for producing such an alloy. A TiAl-based alloy comprising Al: (40+a) atomic % and Nb: b atomic %, with the remainder being Ti and unavoidable impur... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100108208 | Methods for the Manufacture of a Titanium Alloy for Use in Combustion Engine Exhaust Systems Methods for the manufacture of the above-mentioned titanium alloy for use in combustion engine exhaust systems are disclosed herein. An exemplary method of the disclosed subject matter for the manufacture of titanium alloy for use in a high temperature and high stress e... | 05/06/2010 |
| 20090139617 | Binary Titanium-Zirconium Alloy for Surgical Implants and a Suitable Manufacturing Process The present invention relates to a binary single phase titanium-zirconium alloy suitable for the production of surgical implants. The alloy includes a zirconium content of less than 25% but more than 5% by weight, and 0.1% to 0.3% by weight of oxygen as a strength enhan... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090133786 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING HOMOGENEOUS FINE GRAIN TITANIUM MATERIALS SUITABLE FOR ULTRASONIC INSPECTION A titanium material production method for producing homogeneous fine grain titanium material in which the titanium material has a grain size in a range from about 5 μm to about 20 μm. The method comprises providing a titanium material blank; conducting a first heat tr... | 05/28/2009 |
| 20080035250 | Grain refinement of titanium alloys A process for casting titanium alloy based parts includes the steps of melting a quantity of titanium alloy to form a molten titanium alloy; adding to the molten titanium alloy a quantity of boron in an amount of about 0.2 weight percent to about 1.3 weight percent of t... | 02/14/2008 |
| 20080011395 | Near Beta-Type Titanium Alloy A near-beta titanium alloy having higher strength than ‘Ti-17’ is provided, while suppressing cost increase. Such a near-&bgr; titanium alloy consists of, in weight percent, 0.5-7% of V, 0.5-2.5% of Fe, 0.5-5% of Mo, 0.5-5% of Cr, 3-7% of Al, and the balance of Ti a... | 01/17/2008 |
| 20070286761 | Method of producing high strength, high stiffness and high ductility titanium alloys A method of producing a high strength, high stiffness and high ductility titanium alloy, comprising combining the titanium alloy with boron so that the boron concentration in the boron-modified titanium alloy does not exceed the eutectic limit. The carbon concentration ... | 12/13/2007 |
| 20070187008 | Heat resistant titanium alloy sheet excellent in cold workability and a method of production of the same The present invention provides a heat resistant titanium alloy sheet excellent in cold workability having high temperature strength characteristics better than JIS Type 2 pure titanium and having a cold workability and high temperature oxidation resistance equal to or b... | 08/16/2007 |
| 20070084530 | Ti, Al and Nb alloys Ti(x %)Al(y %)Nb alloys as implants for biomedical implant apparatus, where x is between about 45 and 54% by atoms, y is between about 15 to 25% by atoms are described. The implants are useful for prosthesis implanted into the body of a human, or lower mammals and in va... | 04/19/2007 |
| 20070068608 | Method for the production of drop forge parts containing ti, zr, hf The invention relates to a method for the production of drop forge parts essentially comprising titanium, zirconium, hafnium or a corresponding alloy, enabling rigidity thereof to be increased. ... | 03/29/2007 |
| 20060231178 | Method of making an article of a titanium alloy by plastically deforming at room temperature and/or polishing A method of making an article of a titanium alloy is disclosed, which includes i) quenching a work piece, which is made of a titanium alloy composition containing a) about 0.01-5 wt % Bi based on the weight of the composition; b) at least one alloy element selected from... | 10/19/2006 |
| 20060213592 | Nanocrystalline titanium alloy, and method and apparatus for manufacturing the same A method and apparatus for manufacturing a nanocrystalline titanium alloy by performing an equal channel angular pressing process to a titanium alloy material, and a nanocrystalline titanium alloy manufactured using the method and apparatus. The method for manufacturing... | 09/28/2006 |
| 20060157170 | Thin parts made of beta or quasi-beta titanium alloys; manufacture by forging The present invention provides non-axially symmetrical manufactured parts of thickness less than 10 mm, made of β or quasi-β titanium alloy, having a core microstructure constituted by whole grains presenting a slenderness ratio greater than 4 and an equivalent diamet... | 07/20/2006 |
| 20060070688 | Alpha-beta titanium alloy tubes and methods of flowforming the same Described herein are methods for forming titanium alloy tubes having an α-β grain structure. The methods include the steps of hot-working a titanium alloy workpiece at a temperature below the β-transus temperature of the workpiece and above the recrystallization temp... | 04/06/2006 |
| 20050257863 | Ti 6-2-4-2 sheet with enhanced cold-formability Systems and methods for enhancing the cold-formability of Ti 6-24-2 sheet material are described herein. Embodiments of these methods comprise cold-forming a predetermined, pretreated Ti 6-2-4-2 alloy into a cold-formed shape; subjecting the cold-formed shape to a post-... | 11/24/2005 |
| 20050247386 | Sputter targets and methods of forming same by rotary axial forging A method of making sputter targets using rotary axial forging is described. Other thermomechanical working steps can be used prior to and/or after the forging step. Sputter targets are further described which can have unique grain size and/or crystal structures. ... | 11/10/2005 |
| 20050145310 | Method for producing homogeneous fine grain titanium materials suitable for ultrasonic inspection A titanium material production method for producing homogeneous fine grain titanium material in which the titanium material has a grain size in a range from about 5 μm to about 20 μm. The method comprises providing a titanium material blank; conducting a first heat tr... | 07/07/2005 |
| 20050126666 | Method for preparing ultrafine-grained metallic foil Coarse-grained titanium and ultrafine-grained (UFG) titanium billets were processed into titanium foil cold rolling and intermediate annealing. The foil produced from the UFG titanium billet exhibits a homogeneous nanostructure. By contrast, foil produced by cold rollin... | 06/16/2005 |
| 20050074357 | Binary titanium-zirconium alloy for surgical implants as well as production process thereof The present invention relates to a binary single phase titanium-zirconium alloy suitable for the production of surgical implants. The alloy includes a zirconium content of less than 25% but more than 5% by weight, and 0.1% to 0.3% by weight of oxygen as a strength enhan... | 04/07/2005 |
| 20050051245 | Method for manufacturing a titanium alloy bar A method for manufacturing an α+β titanium alloy bar comprising hot rolling an α+β titanium alloy consisting essentially of 4 to 5% Al, 2.5 to 3.5% V, 1.5 to 2.5% Fe, 1.5 to 2.5% Mo, by mass, and a balance of Ti, while keeping the surface temperature thereof to a te... | 03/10/2005 |
| 20050011596 | Biomedical superelastic Ti-based alloy, its product and its manufacturing method The present invention provides a biomedical superelastic Ti-based alloy containing 5 to 40 at % of Nb that is an element for stabilizing β-phase of Ti, and containing Ti and unavoidable impurities as the residual part. Further, the present invention provides a biomedic... | 01/20/2005 |