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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8119057 | Method for synthesizing bulk ceramics and structures from polymeric ceramic precursors A method and product made by using a polymeric ceramic precursor to synthesize dense, crack-free bulk ceramics in a technique using a sacrificial mold provides a ceramic structure for many technical, medical and industrial applications. The novel process uses an ope... | 02/21/2012 |
| 7547408 | Process for reducing non-uniformities in the density of sintered materials There is disclosed a pre-sintering process for reducing non-uniformities in the density of a sintered material comprising (a) providing a mixture of (i) a first sinterable material containing a contaminant the presence of which during sintering of the first sinterab... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7524451 | Method of manufacturing an insulating target material An insulating target material for obtaining a conductive complex oxide film represented by a general formula ABO3, the insulating target material including an oxide of an element A, an oxide of an element B, and at least one of an Si compound and a Ge com... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7442661 | Boron carbide based sintered compact and method for preparation thereof A boron carbide based sintered body having a four-point flexural strength of at least 400 MPa and a fracture toughness of at least 2.8 MPa·m1/2, which has the following two preferred embodiments. (1) A boron carbide-titanium diboride sintered body obtain... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7413701 | Clutch linings comprising fiber-reinforced ceramic materials Clutch linings comprising fiber-reinforced ceramic materials which contain short carbon fibers and whose matrix has a mass fraction of at least 40% of silicon carbide, process for producing them and their use in clutch systems, in particular for motor vehicles. ... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7294164 | Narrow pore size distribution aluminum titanate body and method for making same This invention relates to an aluminum titanate body having a narrow pore size distribution as characterized by the relation (d50−d10)/d50 being less than 0.50 corresponding to a high degree of interconnected porosity. The body also... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7259120 | Aluminum titanate ceramic articles and methods of making same An aluminum titanate ceramic article having a predominant crystal phase of aluminum titanate and a material composition including aluminum, titanium, silica, an alkaline earth metal (e.g., at least one selected from the group of strontium, calcium, barium, or combin... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7186360 | Method of making ceramic composite devices with unidirectionally aligned reinforcing fibers Ceramic composite materials have unidirectional alignment of the reinforcing fibers. The ratio of the volume of the fiber strands of the reinforcing fibers to the volume of the matrix is at least 0.5. A process for their production involves initially coating the fib... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7169319 | Anisotropic, sintered ferrite magnet and method for producing the same A ferrite magnet having a basic composition represented by the following general formula: (A1−xRx)O.n[(Fe1−yMy)2O3] by atomic ratio, wherein A is Sr and/or Ba, R is at least one of rare earth elem... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7166552 | Method for producing aluminum magnesium titanate sintered product The present invention provides a process for preparing a sintered body comprising as a basic component aluminum magnesium titanate represented by the composition formula: MgxAl2(1−x)Ti(1+x)O5 wherein the value of x is 0.... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7148168 | Method for producing aluminum titanate sintered compact The present invention provides a raw material composition for preparing a sintered body of aluminum titanate, the composition comprising (i) 100 parts by weight of a mixture comprising 40 to 50 mol % of TiO2 and 60 to 50 mol % of Al2O3 | 12/12/2006 |
| 7112294 | Method of producing ceramic body This invention provides a production method of a ceramic body that can use waste and defectives generated during a production process. The invention includes a dust removal step of removing dust below a predetermined particle size from granulated powder in a slurry,... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7070732 | Method for producing an oxide magnetic material An oxide magnetic material comprising main constituents including Fe2O3, ZnO, CuO and NiO. Y2O3 of 0.003 to 0.021 wt % and-ZrO2 of 0.06 to 0.37 wt % are included in main constituents with respect to all amounts.... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7022305 | Nanoscale corundum powders, sintered compacts produced from these powders and method for producing the same Nanoscale corundum powders are obtained by first producing an Al2O3 precursor by adding seed crystals to an aqueous solution of an aluminium compound and adding a base and then converting the Al2O3 precursor into corundum ... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7015268 | Method for making microabrasive tools A microabrasive tool is formed from a slurry including liquid, abrasive grains, a bonding material, and a polymer—for example, gellan gum. The slurry is cast in a mold, and the polymer is ionically cross-linked. Cross-linking the polymer fixes the structure of the... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6986865 | Method for manufacturing an electrostatic chuck A method for manufacturing an electrostatic chuck is disclosed wherein a sintered ceramic body having a dielectric layer made from Alumina (Al2O2) and Titanium Nitride (TiN) having a specific range of particle size is heat treated in an oxygen-rich environment in or... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6960554 | Method of making a BSCCO superconductor article A method of making an oxide superconductor article includes converting an oxide superconducting precursor into an oxide superconductor by thermo-mechanical processing using intermediate rolling deformation and heat treatment (including liquid-phase sintering and low... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6824862 | Fiber-reinforced ceramic composite Fiber-reinforced ceramic composites contain bundles, tows or hanks of long fibers, wherein the long fiber bundles, tows or hanks are completely surrounded by a short fiber-reinforced matrix, with the long and short fibers having, independently of one another, a mean... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6764620 | Reaction-forming method for producing near net-shape refractory metal carbides A method for reaction forming refractory metal carbides. The method involves the fabrication of a glassy carbon preform by casting an organic, resin-based liquid mixture into a mold and subsequently heat treating it in two steps, which cures and pyrolizes the resin ... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6764974 | Reaction synthesis of silicon carbide-boron nitride composites The present invention relates to a silicon carbide-boron nitride composite material, which synthesised according to an in-situ chemical reaction between silicon nitride, boron carbide and carbon, and which contains fine boron nitride particles dispersed in a silicon... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6737011 | Method for producing ferrite magnet A ferrite magnet having a basic composition represented by the following general formula: (A1−xRx)O.n[(Fe1−yMy)2O3] by atomic ratio, wherein A is Sr and/or Ba, R is at least one of rare earth elem... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6592805 | Method for producing sintered electroceramic materials from hydroxide and oxalate precursors A method for producing electroceramic materials of high sintered density from hydroxide and/or oxalate precursors is disclosed. In this method the precursor(s) are compacted to form a preform, thermally treated, recompacted and then sintered to form finis... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6555031 | Process for producing silicon carbide bodies A silicon carbide honeycomb body is made by shaping a plasticizable raw material batch mixture containing powdered silicon metal, a water soluble crosslinking thermoset resin, a powdered silicon-containing filler, a water soluble thermoplastic binder, and... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6492042 | Ceramics material and producing the same The invention is a method of producing a ceramics material comprising the steps of: preparing a raw powder in which alumina particles having an average particle diameter of 0.1-1.0 μare doped with at least magnesia of 0.01-1 weight % and a solution conta... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6461562 | Methods of making sintered metal oxide articles Methods of making metal oxide articles, preferably iron oxide articles, and articles thereby produced. The method comprises the steps of slightly pressing powder to a compact, the powder consisting essentially of a first oxide of the metal; and subjecting... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6451244 | Ceramics with excellent piezoelectric property and their manufacturing method The present invention is intended to provide piezoelectric ceramic materials having far better strain characteristics than that of conventional piezoelectric ceramics, as well as a novel method for producing such piezoelectric ceramics, and the present in... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6403019 | Process for preparing sintered body of aluminum titanate The present invention provides a process for preparing a raw material powder for producing a sintered body of aluminum titanate comprising: pulverizing a mixture containing: (1) 100 parts by weight of aluminum titanate crystals pulverized until a maximum grain... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6383443 | Sol-gel process for making monolithic alpha-alumina articles having controlled porosity Disclosed is a sol-gel process for making high-density monolithic alpha-alumina articles. Cracking problems caused by shrinkage of the gel during the drying and firing stages are minimized by controlling the temperature and humidity during the drying proc... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6358441 | Cubic garnet host with PR activator as a scintillator material A transparent scintillator material for rapid conversion of exciting radiation, such as x-rays, to scintillating radiation. The scintillator material has a cubic garnet host, and has praseodymium as an activator. The scintillator material may be a polycry... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6261981 | Fibre-reinforced composite ceramics and method of producing the same The invention provides a fiber-reinforced composite ceramic containing high-temperature-resistant fibers, in particular fibres based on Si/C/B/N, which are reaction-bonded to a matrix based on Si, which is produced by impregnating fiber bundles of Si/C/B/... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6251335 | Method for fabricating textured ceramics The process incorporating the invention enables fabrication of dense, highly textured (fraction of oriented grains >20 vol. %) alumina. The method uses a mixture of aluminum metal powder, alumina powder, tabular alumina grains and a liquid phase former. A... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6228293 | Process for producing a body having a porous matrix from at least one recrystallized material A process for producing a body having a porous matrix of at least one recrystallized ceramic material, or for producing a similar fiber-reinforced body, includes shaping a raw material batch which contains a raw material powder and then sintering. A raw m... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6200526 | Method of controlling infiltration of complex-shaped ceramic-metal composite articles and the products produced thereby A process for preparing complex-shaped, ceramic-metal composite articles, comprising: (a) contacting a non-wettable powder that is non-wetting to a metal to be used for infiltration with a shaped ceramic body to form a layer of the non-wettable powder on ... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6197248 | Process for preparing aluminum titanate powder and sintered body A process for preparing a powder of aluminum titanate, including the steps of subjecting to pressure molding a mixture of 100 parts by weight of a mixture of Al2 O3 and TiO2 at a molar ratio of the former: the latter of 1:... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6187253 | Method of preparing indium oxide/tin oxide target for cathodic sputtering An indium oxide/tin oxide powder with 5-15 wt. % tin oxide is subjected to an annealing treatment at Tࣙ1, 000° C. and is then partially reduced and subjected to hot isostatic pressing to produce a sputtering target with a density of at least 95% of the... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6156259 | Method of manufacturing piezoelectric materials In a method of manufacturing piezoelectric ceramics by molding pre-fired or calcined powders of ingredients of a piezoelectric ceramic material and sintering the powder mold at a high pressure, the powder mold is pre-sintered at an atmospheric pressure be... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6126888 | Method for making strong mantles and other ceramic structures A method for making very strong gas mantles and other ceramic structures, and the resulting products, are provided. According to the method, an organic or composite structure is first pyrolyzed in the absence of oxygen to remove hydrogen, oxygen and nitro... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6093667 | Ceramics with excellent electrostrictive property The present invention provides novel ceramic materials with excellent electrostrictive property, and the present invention relates to electrostrictive ceramics consisting of solid solution ceramics which can be obtained by combining about 30 molar % of pr... | 07/25/2000 |
| 6063160 | Method for sintering finely divided material The invention relates to a method and apparatus for sintering finely divided material, containing manganese compounds with a particle size less than 6 mm and a high degree of oxidation, by means of some carbon-bearing material in a conveyor-type sintering... | 05/16/2000 |
| 5925405 | Method of manufacturing ceramic, metallic or ceramo-metallic, shaped bodies and layers In a method of manufacturing ceramic, metallic shaped bodies or layers a castable moldable material mass consisting of sugar and/or urea-containing compounds as well as metal components is produced and from that material mass a shaped body is formed or th... | 07/20/1999 |
