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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4696704 | Material for lead frames An excellent material for lead frames is provided which is economical and easily punched out to produce lead frames without bending or breakage, and has both superior tensile strength and high electrical conductivity, as well as splendid heat dissipation ... | 09/29/1987 |
| 4676848 | Brass alloy A brass alloy, a process for the production of a brass material or semi-finished brass product from that type of a brass alloy, as well as to the utilization of the brass material; in essence, the brass alloy for semi-finished products and semi-finished a... | 06/30/1987 |
| 4656003 | Copper alloy and production of the same There is provided a copper alloy which comprises 1.0 to 3.5 wt. % of Ni, 0.2 to 0.9 wt. % of Si, 0.02 to 1.0 wt. % of Mn, 0.1 to 5.0 wt. % of Zn, 0.1 to 2.0 wt. % of Sn, and 0.001 to 0.01 wt. % of Mg, and 0.001 to 0.01 wt. % of one or more members selecte... | 04/07/1987 |
| 4587097 | Homogeneous low melting temperature brazing filler metal for joining ferrous and non-ferrous alloys A metal alloy consisting essentially of about 4-16 atom percent manganese, 4-16 atom percent silicon, 0-16 atom percent tin, 0-20 atom percent zinc, 0-10 atom percent silver and about 0-10 atom percent indium, the balance being copper and incidental impur... | 05/06/1986 |
| 4531980 | Corrosion resisting copper alloy A corrosion resisting copper alloy, especially suitable for use in fabricating heat exchangers, comprises 25 to 38% by weight zinc, 0.005 to 0.04% by weight phosphorus, the remainder of the alloy being copper, the alloy having a recrystallized grain size ... | 07/30/1985 |
| 4398969 | Shape-memory alloy based on copper, zinc and aluminum and process for preparing it A fine-grained shape-memory alloy of the Cu/Zn/Al type, prepared by powder metallurgy, exhibiting the beta-high temperature phase, having dispersed in the matrix dispersoids in the form of Y2 O3 and or TiO2 particles which... | 08/16/1983 |
| 4319935 | Superplastic metal alloys having a high deformation rate Superplastic metal alloys having a high defromation rate are disclosed. Their structure is characterized by the presence of at least two principal constituents, the major one of which is of a particulate globular or elongated shape while the minor one sur... | 03/16/1982 |
| 4294629 | Drawn rods made of lead brass and a process for the thermal treatment thereof A process and article of manufacture relating to drawn rods made of lead brass which has been subjected to at least one intermediate annealing treatment, the invention involves annealing at a temperature of between 425° C. and a temperature which is 10°... | 10/13/1981 |
| 4249942 | Copper base alloy containing manganese and cobalt A copper base alloy having improved stress relaxation resistance consisting essentially of about 10.0 to 31% zinc; about 1.0 to 5.0% aluminum; about 0.1 to 3.0% cobalt; about 0.5 to 8% manganese; and the balance essentially copper.... | 02/10/1981 |
| 4242133 | Copper base alloy containing manganese A copper base alloy having improved stress relaxation resistance consisting essentially of: about 15.0 to 31% zinc; about 1.0 to 5.0% aluminum; about 1.1 to 8% manganese; and the balance copper.... | 12/30/1980 |
| 4242131 | Copper base alloy containing manganese and iron A copper base alloy having improved stress relaxation resistance consisting essentially of: about 15.0 to 31% zinc; about 1.0 to 5.0% aluminum; about 0.1 to less than 1% iron; about 1.1 to 8% manganese; and the balance essentially copper.... | 12/30/1980 |
| 4242132 | Copper base alloy containing manganese and nickle A copper base alloy having improved stress relaxation resistance consisting essentially of: about 15.0 to 31% zinc; about 1.0 to 5.0% aluminum; about 0.1 to less than 1.0% nickel; about 1.1 to 8% manganese; and the balance essentially copper.... | 12/30/1980 |
| 4233069 | Modified brass alloys with improved stress relaxation resistance An alloy system which exhibits improved resistance to stress relaxation at elevated temperatures utilizes additions of magnesium plus aluminum to a copper-zinc base to attain the stress relaxation performance. Processing of this alloy system should be per... | 11/11/1980 |
| 4233068 | Modified brass alloys with improved stress relaxation resistance An alloy system which exhibits improved resistance to stress relaxation at elevated temperatures utilizes additions of tin or silicon, or mixtures of each of these elements, along with magnesium or magnesium plus aluminum to a copper-zinc base to attain t... | 11/11/1980 |
| 4202708 | Corrosion resistant copper base alloys for heat exchanger tube An alloy system is disclosed which is particularly useful for heat exchanger and water tubing applications. This alloy system utilizes additions of zinc, nickel and iron to a copper base. Cobalt and manganese may also be added to the alloy and such elemen... | 05/13/1980 |
| 4180398 | Modification of leaded brasses to improve hot workability Leaded brasses are modified by additions of chromium, antimony and bismuth in order to reduce the susceptibility of the brasses to edge cracking during hot working. The additional alloying elements also help to maintain the widely known good machinability... | 12/25/1979 |
| 4166739 | Quarternary ଲ-brass type alloys capable of being rendered heat recoverable Alloys comprising by weight 70-82% Copper, 6-10% Aluminum, 0.1-24% Zinc and 0.1-12% Manganese are particularly suited for use as the material of heat recoverable articles as they exhibit good ductility and stability and are easily worked by hot working te... | 09/04/1979 |
| 4148635 | High temperature softening resistance of alloy 688 and modified 688 through the addition of Nb The improved high temperature softening resistance of Alloy 688 and modified 688 is obtained by the addition of niobium to the alloys. These particular alloy systems not only exhibit resistance to high temperature softening, but also exhibit improved stre... | 04/10/1979 |
| 4128418 | Enhanced grain growth in arsenic modified copper-zinc brasses A copper-zinc brass alloy is disclosed which exhibits enhanced grain growth characteristics when modified with from 0.02 to 0.80 percent by weight arsenic.... | 12/05/1978 |
| 4110132 | Improved copper base alloys The instant disclosure teaches a process for obtaining an improved combination of strength and bend properties in copper base alloys having low stacking fault energy. The process is characterized by a critical combination of cold reduction and annealing f... | 08/29/1978 |
| 4076560 | Wrought copper-silicon based alloys with enhanced elasticity and method of producing same Copper-silicon based alloys which exhibit high elastic properties and resistance to bending fatigue are disclosed. These alloys incorporate silicon in amounts ranging from 4.4 to 5.2%. Optional elements may be added to the copper-silicon alloys, but are l... | 02/28/1978 |
| 3977913 | Wrought brass alloy An improved ternary brass alloy includes silicon as the additive material. The composition limits of the constituents of the brass are fixed by two factors: (1) the Ms or Martensite transformation temperature, and (2) the brass must be a totall... | 08/31/1976 |
| 3972712 | Copper base alloys Copper-base alloys are disclosed which are characterized by unusually low melting points combined with good tensile strength and ductility in the as-cast condition, excellent founding characteristics, high hardness and strength in the as-cast plus heat tr... | 08/03/1976 |
| 3963526 | Method of imparting increased dezincification resistance to brass A method in which to a brass containing 61-66% of copper there is added 0.02% of an alloying element such as arsenic, antimony or phosphorus and up to 4% of lead and in the case of chill casting and pressure die casting alloys 0.05-0.8% of aluminum, the r... | 06/15/1976 |
| 3954455 | Liquid-solid alloy composition A metal composition characterized by degenerate dendritic or nodular primary discrete solid particles suspended in a secondary phase having a lower melting point than the primary particles and which secondary phase can be solid or liquid. The method invol... | 05/04/1976 |
| 3941619 | Process for improving the elongation of grain refined copper base alloys containing zinc and aluminum A process for improving the elongation of copper base alloys containing about 2 to 4.5% aluminum, 15 to 31% zinc, and a grain refining element such as iron, chromium, zirconium, or cobalt, is carried out through controlled grain coarsening. Such alloys ar... | 03/02/1976 |
| 3936298 | Metal composition and methods for preparing liquid-solid alloy metal composition and for casting the metal compositions This invention provides a composite composition comprising a metallic matrix having a concentration of third phase solid particles homogeneously dispersed throughout the metallic matrix. The metallic matrix can be liquid, solid or partially solid and can ... | 02/03/1976 |
