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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7235161 | Stable anodes including iron oxide and use of such anodes in metal production cells Stable anodes comprising iron oxide useful for the electrolytic production of metal such as aluminum are disclosed. The iron oxide may comprise Fe3O4, Fe2O3, FeO or a combination thereof. During the electrolytic aluminum p... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7217388 | Method for preparing reinforced platinum material The present invention provides a method in which a strengthened platinum material can be produced, in which no blisters occur on the surface of the material even after heat treatment of 1,400° C. or higher and a metal oxide such as zirconium oxide is finely dispers... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7169270 | Inert anode electrical connection An improved electrical connection between an inert anode and a conductor rod is disclosed. The conductor rod has a smaller diameter than a hole in the anode such that a gap is provided between the conductor rod and the anode. The gap is filled with an electrically c... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7053125 | Controlled dispersion of colloidal suspension by comb polymers Comb polymers are used as dispersants to increase the stability of colloidal suspensions containing multivalent or high concentrations of monovalent ions. Stabilized colloidal suspensions and methods of forming stabilized colloidal suspensions are described, includi... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7030325 | Electrical switch assembly An apparatus (10) includes a switch assembly (12). The switch assembly (12) includes a housing (16) and a set of contacts (14) supported by the housing. The set of contacts (14) includes a first contact (20) and a sec... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7014881 | Synthesis of multi-element oxides useful for inert anode applications An inert anode 50, for use in an electrolytic cell 12 for producing metals such as aluminum, is made by providing chemical source materials 100 such as at least two of metal salts, metal particles, or metal oxides and dissolving them to form a s... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6974923 | Electric contact and breaker using the same A high quality electrical contact that is made of a Cd free Ag alloy and can be applied to a breaker is provided. The electrical contact is made of an Ag alloy containing Sn and In each 1 to 9% by weight, and has a first layer as the surface layer and a secon... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6917275 | Magnetic core and magnetic core-use adhesive resin composition The present invention provides a magnetic core whose outer surface has been coated without handling brittle ribbon to thereby impart insulating properties and shape retention properties to the magnetic core after annealing heat treatment, and further provides an adh... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6432157 | Method for preparing Ag-ZnO electric contact material and electric contact material produced thereby An object of the present invention is to provide a method of producing an Ag--ZnO electric contact material which can uniformly disperse ZnO micrograms in Ag; which maintains low contact resistance; which exhibits enhanced welding resistance and wear resi... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6056916 | Process for producing a product made of a contact material based on silver, contact material and product made of the contact material A process for producing a product made of a contact material. The contact material is formed of a powder mixture containing silver and iron as a main active component. The iron is an iron powder having an average particle size in excess of 1 μm. Further ... | 05/02/2000 |
| 5985440 | Sintered silver-iron material for electrical contacts and process for producing it Sintered silver-iron material for electrical contacts, with properties comparable with those of silver-nickel materials, is obtained by using iron powder having more than 0.25% carbon by weight and microhardness higher than 200 HV 0.025 and sintering in a... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5963772 | Electrically conductive material and method of making Electrical contact material made from intimate mixtures of silver powder and a powder of a second phase material is shown in which the powder of the second phase material is milled to produce a selected grain distribution of approximately 90% less than 7-... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5846288 | Electrically conductive material and method for making Electrical contact material made from intimate mixtures of silver powder and a powder of a second phase material is shown in which the powder of the second phase material is milled to produce a selected grain distribution of approximately 90% less than 7-... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5841044 | Silver-iron material for electrical switching contacts (I) Silver-iron materials for electrical switching contacts with properties which come very close to those of silver-nickel materials formed of 0.5 to 4.5% by weight iron and 0.05 to 2% by weight of one or more of the oxides magnesium oxide, calcium oxide, yt... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5822674 | Electrical contact material and method of making the same A material for electric contacts based on silver-tin oxide is obtained by mixing a powder of silver or an alloy mainly containing silver with a powder consisting mainly of tin oxide and 0.01 to 10 wt. % (in relation to the quantity of tin oxide) of an add... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5808213 | Silver-iron material for electrical switching contacts (II) Silver-iron materials for electrical switching contacts with properties which come very close to those of silver-nickel materials formed of 4.6 to 15% by weight iron and 0.05 to 5% by weight of one or more of the oxides magnesium oxide, calcium oxide, ytt... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5798468 | Sintering material containing silver-tin oxide for electrical contacts and process for its manufacture An electrical contact material for switching rated currents between 20 and 100 Ampere having improved operational life made of 3.2 to 19.9 wt-% tin oxide and 0.05 to 0.4 wt-%, in each case, of indium oxide and bismuth oxide, the remainder being silver. In... | 08/25/1998 |
| 5796017 | Silver-based contact material, use of such a contact material, in switchgear for power engineering applications and method of manufacturing the contact material Contact material based on silver, use of such a contact material in a switching device in power engineering, and process for preparing the contact material. For contact pieces in low-voltage switches, in particular, substitute materials based on silver-ir... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5794112 | Controlled atmosphere for fabrication of cermet electrodes A process for making an inert electrode composite wherein a metal oxide and a metal are reacted in a gaseous atmosphere at an elevated temperature of at least about 750° C. The metal oxide is at least one of the nickel, iron, tin, zinc and zirconium oxid... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5728194 | Silver-iron material for electrical switching contacts (III) Silver-iron materials for electrical switching contacts with properties which come very close to those of silver-nickel materials formed of 0.5 to 20% by weight iron 0.5 to 5% by one or more of the elements rhenium, iridium, and ruthenium, and 0.05 to 2% ... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5624542 | Enhancement of mechanical properties of ceramic membranes and solid electrolytes Enhancement of mechanical properties of ceramic membranes by introduction of a uniformly distributed high-temperature oxidation-resistant metal phase into the brittle ceramic phase to achieve mechanically strong ceramic/metal composites operable in an oxi... | 04/29/1997 |
| 5552370 | Silver additives for ceramic superconductors A method for making metal/ceramic superconductor thick film structures including the steps of preparing a silver/superconductor ink, applying the ink to a substrate, evaporating the ink's binder, decomposing a silver compound in the residue to coat the su... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5480728 | Low resistance electrical contact for oxide superconductors and a method for making A conductive contact for use with metal oxide superconductors is described. The conductive contact comprises a metal contact which is attached by a diffusion bonding means to a superconductive metal oxide substrate. In a preferred embodiment, diffusion bo... | 01/02/1996 |
| 5455225 | Method of producing a metal superconductive ceramic connection A method of producing a high-performance connection between a metal and a solid superconductive ceramic member is effected by introducing into a mold, in juxtaposition, grains or powder of the ceramic or of its precursors and a volume of silver or gold po... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5443786 | Composition for the formation of ceramic vias A composition for the formation of vias on a ceramic substrate, the composition including (a) at least one powder containing copper, gold, silver, tungsten, molybdenum, nickel, palladium, platinum, aluminium, or an alloy thereof; and (b) 5 to 40 wt %, bas... | 08/22/1995 |
| 5429791 | Silver-high temperature superconductor composite material manufactured based on powder method, and manufacturing method therefor An article and method of manufacture of a (Bi,Pb)--Sr--Ca--Cu--O superconductor comprising calcinating powders of superconductor precursors of PbO, Bi2 O3, SrCO3 or SrO, CaCO3 or CaO in air to obtain a 2223 supe... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5413753 | Method for dispersion spinning of sheathed rod-in-tube superconducting composites Methods of forming composite articles of superconducting materials and metal at ambient temperature by applying a mixture of metal and binder to a ceramic oxide preform to yield a coated preform which is then heat treated to provide composite articles of ... | 05/09/1995 |
| 5399312 | Method for fabricating high-jc thallium-based superconducting tape A process for fabricating Thallium-based superconducting tapes comprising the steps of: (1) preparing a powder mixture having a nominal composition of (Tl1-x-y Biy Pbz)(Ba2-z Srz)Ca2 Cu3 | 03/21/1995 |
| 5338507 | Silver additives for ceramic superconductors A method for making metal/ceramic superconductor thick film structures including the steps of preparing a silver/superconductor ink, applying the ink to a substrate, evaporating the ink's binder, decomposing a silver compound in the residue to coat the su... | 08/16/1994 |
| 5326525 | Consolidation of fiber materials with particulate metal aluminide alloys A process is disclosed for fabricating a metal aluminide composite which comprises providing a metal aluminide, such as titanium aluminide, or a titanium aluminide alloy, and a reinforcing fiber material, such as silicon carbide fiber, and placing an inte... | 07/05/1994 |
| 5286441 | Silver-metal oxide composite material and process for producing the same A silver-metal oxide composite material comprising a silver matrix, (a) from 1 to 20% by weight, in terms of elemental metal, of an oxide of at least one element selected from the group consisting of Sn, Cd, Zn and In and, optionally, (b) an oxide of Mg, ... | 02/15/1994 |
| 5284527 | Method of making silver-metal oxide materials and electrical contacts A method of making silver-metal oxide materials suitable for use in electrical contacts includes oxidizing a silver-solute metal alloy in an oxidizing atmosphere. The oxidizing atmosphere has a sufficient amount of halide to inhibit the formation of a pro... | 02/08/1994 |
| 5258052 | Powder metallurgy silver-tin oxide electrical contact material A powder metallurgy material for use in the manufacture of electrical contacts and having enhanced cold workability consists essentially, by weight percent, of 5 to 20% tin oxide, 2000 to 5000 ppm, preferably 2000 to less than 4000 ppm copper, 20 to 200 p... | 11/02/1993 |
| 5200392 | Composite for making superconducting wires or tapes An improved ceramic-plus-metal superconducting composition of YBa2 Cu3 O6+x plus substantially pure aluminum for ultimate use in making superconducting devices such as wires and tapes for utilization in motors, generators,... | 04/06/1993 |
| 5179075 | Method of making a low electrical resistance connection between a metal and a high Tc superconducting ceramic A method of making at least one low electrical resistance connection between a metal and a high Tc superconducting ceramic part, said part being made from a ceramic powder which is placed in a mold, compressed, and sintered, wherein at least on... | 01/12/1993 |
| 5160366 | Silver-metal oxide composite material and process for producing the same A silver-metal oxide composite material comprising a silver matrix, (a) from 1 to 20% by weight, in terms of elemental metal, of an oxide of at least one element selected from the group consisting of Sn, Cd, Zn and In and, optionally, (b) an oxide of Mg, ... | 11/03/1992 |
| 5137867 | Superconducting cermet formed in situ by reaction sintering An in situ formed superconducting cermet comprising an interwoven matrix of a superconducting ceramic and a noble metal and a method of making same are disclosed. An initial mixture is formed comprising (1) a first reactant selected from the class consist... | 08/11/1992 |
| 5071826 | Organometallic silver additives for ceramic superconductors A method for making metal/ceramic superconductor thick film structures including the steps of preparing a silver/superconductor ink, applying the ink to a substrate, evaporating the ink's binder, decomposing a silver compound in the residue to coat the su... | 12/10/1991 |
| 5041416 | Superconductive metal matrix composites and method for making same A superconductor metal matrix composite formable into an electrical current carrying material. A superconductive particulate is intermixed with a normal metal matrix, pressed into form and heated to form the composite. The metal matrix surrounds the super... | 08/20/1991 |
| 5041414 | Superconductor composite Continuous malleable superconductive material which can be machined, rolled and soldered, being the product of sintering at an elevated temperature and pressure of a metal plated powder of a compound QBa2 Cu3 O7-x wherein ... | 08/20/1991 |
