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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8168291 | Ceramic composite materials containing carbon nanotube-infused fiber materials and methods for production thereof In various embodiments, composite materials containing a ceramic matrix and a carbon nanotube-infused fiber material are described herein. Illustrative ceramic matrices include, for example, binary, ternary and quaternary metal or non-metal borides, oxides, nitrides... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8057888 | Toughened resin fiber laminates with titanium particles A composite structure includes at least one resin matrix layer having a resin material and a plurality of fiber elements and a plurality of titanium particles provided in the resin material. A method of toughening a resin matrix layer is also disclosed. ... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8034443 | Plastic composite material and method for manufacturing said material Plastic composite material made up of a polymer matrix with a concentration of a nanofiber material and with a concentration of graphite-based particles. The matrix additionally contains at least one inorganic filler in the form of silicate-based particles or in the... | 10/11/2011 |
| 7794826 | Carbon-fiber-reinforced SiC composite material and slide member A carbon-fiber-reinforced SiC composite having a high tensile strength is produced by impregnating a carbon-fiber-reinforced carbon composite with melted metal Si. The carbon-fiber-reinforced carbon composite includes carbon fibers that are pitch-based short carbon ... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7790277 | Varied glass density reinforcement of composites A transparent reinforced composite material. An illustrative embodiment of the reinforced composite material includes a polymeric matrix, at least one low-density region including a first plurality of glass elements having a first packing density provided in the pol... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7704596 | Subsurface inclusion of fugitive objects and methodology for strengthening a surface bond in a hybrid ceramic matrix composite structure A hybrid ceramic matrix composite (CMC) structure 10 and method for fabricating such an structure are provided. A CMC substrate 12 includes layers 16, 18, 20 of ceramic fibers. Fugitive objects 22 are disposed on at least one of the plura... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7700181 | Shaped composite material for breaking applications and a method for the preparation thereof A shaped composite material for braking applications can be produced by a method comprising the steps of: a) providing a mixture comprising bundles of filaments constituted substantially by carbon and having lengths no greater than 30 mm and an organic binder in a m... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7575799 | Carbon fiber containing ceramic particles Small ceramic particles (e.g., of TiC) are incorporated into fibers. The ceramic particles enhance the friction and/or wear properties of a carbon-carbon composite article made with the impregnated or coated fibers. The impregnated fibers can be, e.g., polyacrylonit... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7507466 | Manufacture of CMC articles having small complex features The present invention is ceramic matrix composite gas turbine engine component comprising a plurality of cured ceramic matrix composite plies, each ply comprising ceramic fiber tows, each ceramic fiber tow comprising a plurality of ceramic fibers, the tows in each p... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7476439 | Carbon fiber composite material and wet friction member The present invention provides a wet friction member exhibiting excellent dynamic friction performance and a carbon fiber composite material for manufacturing the wet friction member. A carbon fiber composite material 10 of the present invention contains carb... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7459207 | Plated-shaped carbon fibre composite material The characteristic analysis of erosion of NB31 carbon-fiber composite enables the proposal of a novel carbon-fiber composite structure having a distinctly reduced erosion rate. Improvement only relates to the arrangement of the sewing and web fibers and to maintaini... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7419714 | Composite of polymer or ceramic materials and component made of such a composite A composite of polymer or ceramic material has reinforcing fibers. The composite is for use in manufacturing medical implants like osteosynthesis plates, endoprostheses, screw coupling elements, surgical instruments, and similar components. The fibers and fibrous pa... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7413797 | Backup thermal insulation plate A backup thermal insulation plate includes a colloidal inorganic oxide-impregnated, pressed and dried high-temperature-resistant inorganic-fiber blanket or board, the plate having a use temperature up to at least about 1000° C. and maintaining mechanical integrity ... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7387828 | Unidirectional sheet made of a composite The invention concerns a web comprising an intimate mixture of mixed slivers of long reinforcing staple fibres (14) obtained by stretch-breaking and long thermoplastic matrix fibres (15), those different fibres being parallel in the mixture. ... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7387758 | Tabbed ceramic article for improved interlaminar strength A ceramic article having improved interlaminar strength and a method of forming the article. The article may be a ceramic matrix composite article. The methods of forming the articles increase the interlaminar strength of the article by forming indentations in the a... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7378362 | Boron carbide based ceramic matrix composites The present invention is a composite material, a process and a product formed by the process. The composite is formed by a process that includes forming a fibrous structure comprising fibers into a preform, coating the fibers of the fibrous structure preform with el... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7371471 | Electromagnetic noise suppressing thin film An electromagnetic noise suppressing thin film has a structure including an inorganic insulating matrix made of oxie, nitride, fluoride, or a mixture thereof and columnar-structured particles made of a pure metal of Fe, Co, or Ni or an alloy containing at least 20 w... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7371270 | Odour absorbing filters An odor adsorbing or deodorizing filter which comprises a matrix or substrate impregnated with a mixture of particulate chemically modified activated carbon and particulate activated carbon, together with a binder. The filter may be incorporated into an ostomy colle... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7361430 | Carbon nanotube-polymer composite actuators The present invention discloses a carbon nanotube (SWNT)-polymer composite actuator and method to make such actuator. A series of uniform composites was prepared by dispersing purified single wall nanotubes with varying weight percents into a polymer matrix, followe... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7351364 | Method of manufacturing a hybrid structure A method of manufacturing a hybrid structure (100) having a layer of CMC material (28) defining an interior passageway (24) and a layer of ceramic insulating material (18) lining the passageway. The method includes the step of casting the... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7338703 | Metallic-polymeric composite materials Composites are provided having improved strength and rigidity, with respect to mass or volume, as compared to known polymeric composites or polymeric composites in combination with metal reinforcement. The composites of the present invention are metallic-polymeric c... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7326381 | Applications of photocurable pre-ceramic polymers A process for fabricating ceramic composites employs a thermoplastic photo-curable pre-ceramic polymer in which the component is shape by a variety of standard composite fabrication techniques, such as filament winding, tape winding, and woven cloth winding. The pro... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7311964 | Inorganic matrix-fabric system and method A method of reinforcing a structural support, includes applying a reinforcement system comprising an AR-glass fibrous layer embedded in an inorganic matrix to the structural support. The AR-glass fibrous layer has a sizing applied thereon, and a resinous coating app... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7306665 | Friction material composition and friction material using the composition A friction material composition containing a fibrous material, a binder and a friction adjusting agent, wherein the friction adjusting agent is secondary aggregates of an activated alumina being spherical and having a diameter of 10 to 300 μm, or an activated alumi... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7300621 | Method of making a ceramic matrix composite utilizing partially stabilized fibers A green body ceramic matrix composite material (30) is formed using ceramic fibers (32) in an intermediate state disposed in a green body ceramic matrix material (34). The fibers may be in either a dry but unfired (green) condition or in a parti... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7293403 | Combustion chamber with internal jacket made of a ceramic composite material and process for manufacture A combustion chamber, in particular for a rocket drive, includes at least one jacket madeof a composite material with a ceramic matrix. The composite material contains a fibrous structure made of carbon-containing fibers, and the fibrous structure comprises layers o... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7294388 | Friction material with nanoparticles of friction modifying layer A friction material which includes a base material, at least one type of resin material, and at least one type of nanoparticle-sized friction modifying particle is disclosed. ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7284470 | Ballistic resistant devices and systems and methods of manufacture thereof A projectile resistant device for use in armor includes a ceramic component; and at least a first component adhered to the ceramic component on at least one side thereof. Preferably the first component is a woven carbon fabric that is adhered to the back surface of ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7282274 | Integral composite structural material The present invention is an integral composite structural (ICS) material comprising an open metal structure having at least one external side and internal surfaces defining a plurality of open shapes with a ceramic matrix composite bonded to at least one external si... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7275720 | Actively cooled ceramic thermal protection system An apparatus and method for thermal protection is provided. A thermal protection apparatus includes a porous layer attached to an inner structural member requiring thermal protection. The porous layer serves as both a cooling air plenum and a transpiring medium. The... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7264877 | Sliding element for seals and their process of manufacturing Sliding element for seals includes 25 to 75 weight % carbonaceous impalpable powdery aggregate of non-graphitizing carbon and/or graphitizing carbon and 20 to 50 weight % synthetic resin as binder. The sliding element is blended with the range of 5 to 25 weight % ca... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7250214 | Porous inorganic/organic hybrid monolith materials for chromatographic separations and process for their preparation Novel materials for chromatographic separations, processes for their preparation, and separation devices containing the chromatographic materials. In particular, the novel materials are porous inorganic/organic hybrid monolith materials, which desirably may be surfa... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7250215 | Aluminum nitride sintered body containing carbon fibers and method of manufacturing the same An aluminum nitride sintered body containing carbon fibers is provided. This aluminum nitride sintered body is obtained by mixing carbon fibers and aluminum nitride together to form mixed powder, molding the mixed powder to form a compact, and heating and sintering ... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7238414 | Fiber-reinforced composite for protective armor, and method for producing the fiber-reinforced composition and protective armor A fiber-reinforced composite body containing a first zone made of a ceramic matrix, which predominantly contains silicon carbide and, optionally, silicon and/or carbon and/or compounds thereof, and containing a second zone, which is located on a surface of the ceram... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7234571 | Fiber reinforced composite parts A method and apparatus for combining raw fibrous and binding materials in a single mixing step (Step S3), followed by consolidation (Step S5) so as to greatly shorten the overall cycle time to a finished fiber-reinforced composite part. Chopped fibrous... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7229944 | Fiber structures including catalysts and methods associated with the same Fiber structures that include a catalytic material are provided. The fiber structures (e.g., membranes) may be formed of interconnected carbon fibers. The catalytic material may be in the form of nanosize particles supported on the fibers. In one method of the inven... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7223465 | SiC/SiC composites incorporating uncoated fibers to improve interlaminar strength The present invention is a ceramic matrix composite turbine engine component, wherein the component has a region of expected higher interlaminate stress during normal engine operation. The component includes both coated fiber tows and uncoated fiber tows arranged to... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7208432 | Friction lining for braking system components The invention relates to friction linings for structural and functional elements used in braking systems, especially in systems for motor vehicles. Said friction linings consist of an inorganic composite material which in turn consists of a glass or glass ceramics m... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7198839 | Ceramic fiber insulation impregnated with an infra-red retardant coating and method for production thereof The invented insulation is a ceramic fiber insulation wherein the ceramic fibers are treated with a coating which contains transition metal oxides. The invented process for coating the insulation is a process of applying the transition metal oxide coating to the fib... | 04/03/2007 |
| 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 |
