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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7648773 | Thermal spray membrane contact material, contact member and contact part, and apparatuses to which they are applied To provide a thermal spray membrane contact material, contact member and contact part and an apparatus to which they are applied, showing excellent seizure resistance and wear resistance even under high surface pressure/low speed sliding, high speed/high temperature... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7438979 | Thermal spray membrane contact material, contact member and contact part, and apparatuses to which they are applied To provide a thermal spray membrane contact material, contact member and contact part and an apparatus to which they are applied, showing excellent seizure resistance and wear resistance even under high surface pressure/low speed sliding, high speed/high temperature... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7282079 | Thermal spray powder A thermal spray powder includes cermet particles. Each cermet particle includes tungsten carbide particles having a mean primary particle size of 3 to 9 μm and metal particles or ceramic particles containing chrome. The mean particle size of the cermet particles is... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7172725 | W-Cu alloy having homogeneous micro-structure and the manufacturing method thereof In W—Cu alloy having a homogeneous micro-structure and a fabrication method thereof, the method includes forming mixed powders by mixing tungsten powders with W—Cu composite powders; forming a compact by pressurizing-forming the mixed powders; forming a skeleton... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7001670 | Wear protection layer for piston rings, containing wolfram carbide and chromium carbide The invention relates to a wear protection layer for piston rings in internal combustion engines consisting essentially of chromium carbides, wolfram carbide, chromium and nickel. The wear protection layer is formed from a mixture of powders in which the first powde... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6998173 | Cemented carbide tool and method of making A coated cemented carbide tool, and a method for making the same, wherein the as-sintered substrate is formed by sintering in an atmosphere having at least a partial pressure and for a part of the time a nitrogen partial pressure. ... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6951579 | Sintered alloy for valve seats, valve seat and manufacturing method thereof A sintered alloy for valve seats is comprised of carbon at 1 to 2 percent by weight, chromium at 3.5 to 4.7 percent by weight, molybdenum at 4.5 to 6.5 percent by weight, tungsten at 5.2 to 7.0 percent by weight, vanadium at 1.5 to 3.2 percent by weight, and the rem... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6887585 | Thermally applied coating of mechanically alloyed powders for piston rings The invention relates to a wear-resistant coating used for bearing surfaces and flanks of piston rings in internal combustion engines. The wear-resistant inventive coating is obtained by mechanically alloying powders which form a metallic matrix with hard material d... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6641917 | Spray powder and method for its production A spray powder to be used for forming a coating, which comprises from 80 to 97 wt %, based on the total weight, of a cermet powder and from 3 to 20 wt %, based on the total weight, of a metal powder, wherein the metal powder comprises Cr and Ni in a total... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6562480 | Wear resistant coating for piston rings A wear resistant coating for protecting surfaces undergoing sliding contact is disclosed. The wear resistant coating is applied by high velocity oxygen-fuel (HVOF) deposition of a powdered blend of the coating constituents. The powdered blend includes a n... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6482534 | Spray powder, thermal spraying process using it, and sprayed coating A spray powder which has a particle size of from 6 to 63 μm and which comprises from 75 to 95 wt % of a ceramic phase made of a WC powder and at least one chromium carbide powder selected from the group consisting of Cr3 C2, Cr... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6344280 | Swash-plate of swash-plate type compressor A swash plate for a swash plate compressor, wherein aluminum alloy containing 12 to 60% of Si and, as required, 0.1 to 30% of Sn is sprayed onto the iron or aluminum base plate of the swash plate compressor to form a seizure-resisting and abrasion-resisti... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6337141 | Swash-plate of swash-plate type compressor The seizure resistance of an Al-based flame-sprayed layer formed on the swash plate of a swash-plate type comressor is increased to such a level comparable to that of a flame-sprayed bronze layer. The Al-based flame-sprayed layer of the present invention ... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6114048 | Functionally graded metal substrates and process for making same The invention provides for a functionally-graded metal substrate that is made of at least two metal compositions, a functional insert and a surrounding body that surrounds the functional insert. In a preferred embodiment of the invention a functional inse... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6027821 | Contact material for vacuum interrupter and method for producing the same A contact material for a vacuum interrupter including, a conductive component including at least Cu, and an arc-proof component including at least one selected from the group consisting of carbides of W, Zr, Hf, V and Ti. An amount of the conductive compo... | 02/22/2000 |
| 5993978 | Engine tappet of high abrasion resistance and method for manufacturing the same An engine tappet of high abrasion resistance, whose surface is coated with a sintered layer. This sintered layer is prepared from a binder comprising about 50-100 wt % of nickel powder, about 0-45 wt % of Cr, about 0-35 wt % of Mo, about 0-10 wt % of Al, ... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5812926 | Process for hard facing a substrate A hard facing alloy is applied to a surface of a substrate by making a mixture of at least two constituents whose net composition is the desired hard facing alloy composition. The constituents have different solidus temperatures, at least one of which is ... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5733668 | Method for the preparation of WC-Co Alloys and hard carbon-layer coated on WC-Co Alloys, and their coated tools The present invention discloses a WC--Co alloy in which substantially only the WC particles of a surface layer or components other than metals belonging to the iron group and only the WC particles are exposed, and (a) an average particle diameter of the W... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5679469 | Metallized ceramic substrate having smooth plating layer and method for producing the same A metallized ceramic substrate having a smooth plating layer comprises a ceramic substrate containing aluminum nitride as a main component; a tungsten- and/or molybdenum-based metallized layer formed on at least one face of the ceramic substrate; and a ni... | 10/21/1997 |
| 5603076 | Coating containing dimolybdenum carbide precipitates and a self-fluxing NiCrFeBSi alloy A thermal spray powder for producing high hardness, low friction, wear resistant coatings on friction surfaces, comprising a blend of an agglomerated molybdenum/dimolybdenum carbide powder and a self-fluxing NiCrFeBSi alloy powder.... | 02/11/1997 |
| 5529600 | Material for friction components designed to operate in a lubricated environment and a procedure for obtaining it A material for friction components made by a process including the steps of providing a first powder consisting of grains of a comparatively harder material with a comparatively higher coefficient of friction and an average grain size of from 60 to 100 mi... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5518822 | Titanium carbonitride-based cermet cutting insert A TiCN-based cermet cutting insert superior in toughness with improved wear resistance includes a binding phase and at least two hard dispersion phases. One of the hard dispersion phases includes one of a duplex and triplex structure having a core structu... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5426000 | Coated reinforcing fibers, composites and methods Fiber-reinforced titanium alloy and intermetallic matrix composites having improved stability and tensile strength properties at elevated temperatures. The base reinforced fibers are pre-coated with a tailorable tri-layer coating, such as Ti--TiN--Ti. Pre... | 06/20/1995 |
| 5409781 | High-temperature component, especially a turbine blade, and process for producing this component A turbine blade including a blade and blade foot. The blade foot is formed by a ductile material and the blade comprises a material which is brittle compared to the ductile material but resistant to high temperature. The two materials are alloys of the sa... | 04/25/1995 |
| 5395699 | Component, in particular turbine blade which can be exposed to high temperatures, and method of producing said component A turbine blade including a blade foot and a blade. The blade foot is formed by a ductile material and the blade comprises a material which is brittle compared to the ductile material but resistant to high temperature. The two materials are alloys of diff... | 03/07/1995 |
| 5395700 | Hard sintered compact for tools In this invention, a cutting tool comprises two layers of hard sintered compact of cBN. The first sintered compact layer comprises about 75-98% by volume of cBN and a first binder material. The first binder material comprises from about 1 to out 40% by we... | 03/07/1995 |
| 5370942 | Welding auxiliary material An improved welding auxiliary material for producing welded joints between refractory metal parts of high-wattage electric light sources is described. The characteristic feature of the invention is that the welding auxiliary material has a porous structur... | 12/06/1994 |
| 5348808 | Hard sintered body cutting tool In a hard sintered cutting tool, the tool life can be further increased. In this hard sintered body cutting tool, a rake face of an edge portion is formed by a major surface of a first sintered body layer containing at least 80 percent by volume and less ... | 09/20/1994 |
| 5332627 | Field emission type emitter and a method of manufacturing thereof A field emission type emitter comprises: a conductive substrate; an insulating film formed on the conductive substrate; a cavity formed in the insulating film; a cathode formed on the conductive substrate in the cavity; and a gate electrode formed over th... | 07/26/1994 |
| 5310605 | Surface-toughened cemented carbide bodies and method of manufacture A process for producing a ceramic-metal composite body exhibiting binder enrichment and improved fracture toughness at its surface. The process involves forming a shaped body from a homogeneous mixture of: (a) about 2-15 w/o Co or about 2-12 w/o Ni binder... | 05/10/1994 |
| 5306569 | Titanium-tungsten target material and manufacturing method thereof A titanium-tungsten target material capable of limiting the amount of particles generated during sputtering and a method of manufacturing this titanium-tungsten material. The titanium-tungsten target material has a titanium-tungsten alloy phase which occu... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5304342 | Carbide/metal composite material and a process therefor A sintered product useful for abrasion- and impact-resistant tools and the like is provided comprising an iron-group metal binder and refractory metal carbide particles, e.g. tungsten carbide, formed in situ during sintering by the exothermic reaction of ... | 04/19/1994 |
| 5298337 | Perforated plates for cryogenic regenerators and method of fabrication Perforated plates (10) having very small holes (14) with a uniform diameter throughout the plate thickness are prepared by a "wire drawing" process in which a billet of sacrificial metal is disposed in an extrusion can of the plate metal, and the can is e... | 03/29/1994 |
| 5298336 | Multilayer composite sliding material having excellent seizure resistance property The present invention provides a multilayer composite sliding material with excellent seizure resistance property having a steel plate or a steel plate having surfaces plated with copper or the like; a bond layer having a thickness of 0.05 to 0.5 mm, form... | 03/29/1994 |
| 5298338 | Titanium-tungsten target material and manufacturing method thereof A titanium-tungsten target material used to form, by sputtering, a barrier metal or the like for use in semiconductor devices. The titanium-tungsten target material is substantially composed of tungsten particles and a titanium-tungsten alloy phase surrou... | 03/29/1994 |
| 5266414 | Solid solution matrix cathode An impregnated thermionic cathode includes a porous matrix of sintered tungsten-alloy particles containing less than six percent iridium and/or other platinum-group metal. The pores of the matrix are impregnated with a temporary process impregnant such as... | 11/30/1993 |
| 5166004 | Fiber and whisker reinforced composites and method for making the same A composite material (20) comprises a matrix layer (21) having a plurality of interspersed reinforcing whiskers (23) and a plurality of continuous reinforcing fibers (25) embedded within the matrix layer (21). The preferred embodiment includes a matrix la... | 11/24/1992 |
| 5013612 | Braze material for joining ceramic to metal and ceramic to ceramic surfaces and joined ceramic to metal and ceramic to ceramic article An improved active metal braze filler material is provided in which the coefficient of thermal expansion of the braze filler is more closely matched with that of the ceramic and metal, or two ceramics, to provide ceramic to metal, or ceramic to ceramic, s... | 05/07/1991 |
| 4640999 | Contact material of vacuum interrupter and manufacturing process therefor Contact materials of a vacuum interrupter and producing process therefor are disclosed. The contact materials provide a contact which is much high in relatively large current and small lagging and leading current interrupting capabilities and dielectric s... | 02/03/1987 |
| 4554218 | Infiltrated powered metal composite article A precision molded article, such as a die cavity, is made by combining granules of a first metal or alloy and a second metal or alloy, the second metal or alloy having a homogeneous appearance at some temperature below its melting point, and a higher Rock... | 11/19/1985 |
