Did You Know...
...that the inventor of the electric motor was a blacksmith named Thomas Davenport? Described as "a brilliantly unsuccessful inventor", Davenport invented the first rotary electric motor. In 1836 he headed out -- on foot -- from his Vermont home to file a patent application at the Patent Office in Washington, D.C. By the time he got there, he had squandered away his money and couldn't afford the $30 filing fee so he turned around and went home. When he later mailed in his application with money he'd raised, the Patent office was destroyed in a fire. He did finally get credit for his invention on Feb. 5, 1837.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8114526 | Composite substrates for high temperature superconductors having improved properties A composite substrate for superconductors and methods for making the same are described. The composite substrate of the present invention includes at least a core layer having and a sheath layer having a cube texture on at least a portion its surface. In certain emb... | 02/14/2012 |
| 7955715 | Method for coating a component for use in a crucible drawing method for quartz glass, and coated component obtained according to the method In a known method for coating a crucible for use at a high working temperature in a crucible drawing method for quartz glass, a base body wall of tungsten has applied thereto a protective layer containing a coating metal consisting of the group selected from iridium... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7592073 | Rhenium composite alloys and a method of preparing same A rhenium alloy is provided having from about 50 atomic % to 99 atomic % rhenium and a refractory compound particulates that are present in the alloy in an amount up to about 10 atomic %. The refractory compound comprises a nano-scale dispersion that is incorporated... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7400697 | Clad tube for nuclear fuel A rhenium lined niobium alloy tube for use as a clad tube for nuclear fuel in a nuclear reactor. The tube is produced by an electro deposit process. A graphite mandrel is placed in the electro deposit chamber as the cathode material. Refined rhenium stock is used as... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7338717 | Tool and a method for creating the tool A method 10 and a laminated tool 31 which is created by the method 10 and which is formed by the selective coupling or attachment of sectional members, such as members 14, 16. The formed tool 31 includes a finished surface 36 | 03/04/2008 |
| 7286923 | System and method for estimating turbine engine deterioration rate with noisy data A method for monitoring engine performance includes sampling exhaust gas temperature associated with a turbine engine over an interval of operational time of the turbine engine. The method further includes applying a first test to identify statistical outliers on th... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7226671 | Use of powder metal sintering/diffusion bonding to enable applying silicon carbide or rhenium alloys to face seal rotors A method for making aerospace face seal rotors reinforced by rhenium metal, alloy, or composite in combination with silicon carbide or other ceramic. The resulting rotor also is disclosed. Ceramic grains, preferably silicon carbide (SiC), are mixed with powdered met... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7205053 | Re alloy coating for diffusion barrier Disclosed is a Re alloy coating for diffusion barrier, such as a high-temperature equipment member, which comprises an atomic composition of 30% to less than 90% Re; and an atomic composition of 5% to less than 60% X (wherein X is at least one selected from the grou... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7192655 | ReCrNi alloy coating for diffusion barrier Disclosed is a ReCrNi alloy coating for diffusion barrier, such as a high-temperature equipment member, consisting essentially of a ternary alloy and having, except for inevitable impurities, an atomic composition of 20% to 80% Re, an atomic composition of 20% to 60... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7175920 | Copper foil for high-density ultra-fine printed wiring board The present invention is to provide an ultra-thin copper foil with a carrier which comprises a release layer, a diffusion preventive layer and a copper electroplating layer laminated in this order, or a diffusion preventive layer, a release layer and a copper electr... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7150921 | Bi-layer HVOF coating with controlled porosity for use in thermal barrier coatings A bi-layer bond coating for use on metal alloy components exposed to hostile thermal and chemical environment, such as a gas turbine engine, and the method for applying such coatings. The preferred coatings include a bi-layer bond coat applied to the metal substrate... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7150924 | Metal based resistance heating element and method for preparation therefor Discloses is a metal-based resistance heat-generation element. The element comprises a core made of a platinum group metal or refractory metal, and a coating film formed on the core. The coating film has at least two layers including a core-side inner layer of a Reâ... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7129194 | Catalyst system with improved corrosion resistance An improved catalyst system that includes a metal support structure and an anti-corrosive layer on the metal support structure, and has improved resistance to corrosion and other degradation under corrosive environments. Typically, a catalyst supporting layer is app... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7105832 | Composite solid-state scintillators for neutron detection Applicant's present invention is a composite scintillator for neutron detection comprising a matrix material fabricated from an inorganic sol-gel precursor solution homogeneously doped with a liquid scintillating material and a neutron absorbing material. The neutro... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7094474 | Composite powder and gall-resistant coating A composite powder includes an FeMo based first powder including between about 20% and about 55% by weight Fe and between about 45% and about 80% by weight of Mo. The composite powder also includes an aluminum bronze based second powder blended with the FeMo based f... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7087113 | Textured substrate tape and devices thereof A method for forming a sharply biaxially textured substrate, such as a single crystal substrate, includes the steps of providing a deformed metal substrate, followed by heating above the secondary recrystallization temperature of the deformed substrate, and controll... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7074485 | Prestressable layer system for partition glass A low-emissivity multilayer system, capable of being bent and prestressed, for glazing panes, with silver as functional layer, comprises a sacrificial metal layer of Ti or an alloy of Ti and Zn and/or Al placed above the silver layer, antireflection dielectric layer... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7060368 | ReCr alloy coating for diffusion barrier Disclosed is a ReCr alloy coating for diffusion barrier formed on a substrate, such as a high-temperature equipment member, which comprises an atomic composition of 50% to less than 90% Re, with the remainder consisting essentially of Cr except for inevitable impuri... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7041384 | High bond strength interlayer for rhenium hot gas erosion protective coatings A method for producing a coated carbon composite material is provided. The resulting coated composite is useful for applications such as rocket nozzles and valve bodies that encounter the high temperature and high flow rates in rocket propulsion and control. A carbo... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7011894 | Method of making a protective coating forming a thermal barrier with a bonding underlayer on a superalloy substrate, and a part obtained thereby A protective coating forming a thermal barrier is made on a superalloy metal substrate by forming a bonding underlayer on the substrate, the bonding underlayer being constituted by an intermetallic compound comprising at least aluminum and a metal from the platinum ... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6982030 | Reduction of surface oxidation during electroplating Methods of providing improved metal coatings or metal deposits on a substrate, improvements in plating solutions that are used to provide such metal deposits and articles of the metal-coated substrates. The solderability of the metal coating is enhanced by incorpora... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6979497 | Electro-conductive metal plated polyimide substrate An electro-conductive metal plated polyimide substrate is composed of an aromatic polyimide substrate, a subbing metal layer of Mo—Ni alloy (in which a weight ratio of Mo to Ni is 75/25 to 99/1, and a plated electro-conductive film. ... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6974531 | Method for electroplating on resistive substrates A conductive material is electroplated onto a platable resistive metal barrier layer(s) employing a plating bath optionally comprising a super filling additive and a suppressor, and by changing the current or voltage as a function of the area of plated metal. A stru... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6974641 | Thermal barrier coating with thermoluminescent indicator material embedded therein A coating material (20) for coating a machine component (10), especially a gas turbine or a part thereof, comprises a mixture of at least a refractory material and an indicator material having an optical emission (e.g. fluorescence) spectrum which vari... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6969558 | Low sulfur article having a platinum-aluminide protective layer, and its preparation A coated article is prepared by furnishing an nickel-base article substrate having a free sulfur content of more than 0 but less than about 1 part per million by weight. A protective layer is formed at a surface of the article substrate. The protective layer include... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6946096 | Use of powder metal sintering/diffusion bonding to enable applying silicon carbide or rhenium alloys to face seal rotors A method for making aerospace face seal rotors reinforced by rhenium metal, alloy, or composite in combination with silicon carbide or other ceramic. The resulting rotor also is disclosed. Ceramic grains, preferably silicon carbide (SiC), are mixed with powdered met... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6936354 | Systems for conversion of water into hydrogen and sorption of hydrogen in electronic devices The invention teaches a system suitable for use in a water-sensitive electronic device which comprises two superimposed layers, the first material of which is formed of a material capable of sorbing hydrogen, the second material formed of a material capable of conve... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6924045 | Bond or overlay MCrAIY-coating It is disclosed a bond or overlay MCrAlY-coating for the use within a high temperature environment for the protection of the base alloy of turbine blades and vanes. The MCrAlY-coating having a γ or γ/γ′-structure comprises a dispersion of β-NiAl and/or γ/β-M... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6924043 | Ultra-thin copper foil with carrier, method of production of same, and printed circuit board using ultra-thin copper foil with carrier An ultra-thin copper foil with a carrier having a peeling layer able to withstand even high temperature working in the case of using a high heat resistant resin, enabling the carrier foil and the ultra-thin copper foil to be easily peeled apart, and reduced in the n... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6923625 | Method of forming a reactive material and article formed thereby A method for preventing contamination, oxidation and gas absorption of reactive materials, and articles formed thereby. The method generally entails depositing a first layer of a reactive material and a second layer of a substantially nonreactive material so that th... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6916529 | High temperature, oxidation-resistant abradable coatings containing microballoons and method for applying same An abradable coating composition for use on shrouds in gas turbine engines or other hot gas path metal components exposed to high temperatures containing an initial porous coating phase created by adding an amount of inorganic microspheres, preferably alumina-cerami... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6902809 | Rhenium tantalum metal alloy The present invention provides a method for preparing a rhenium-tantalum alloy with improved strength and ductility characteristics. The method includes mixing powders of rhenium and tantalum with a weight ration of approximately 97% rhenium to approximately 3% tant... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6887587 | Reflective coatings to reduce radiation heat transfer The present invention relates to a method for forming an article having a protective ceramic coating which reduces radiation heat transport through the ceramic coating. The protective ceramic coating includes one or more embedded reflective metallic layers for reduc... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6887586 | Sharp-edged cutting tools Sharp-edged cutting tools and a method of manufacturing sharp-edged cutting tools wherein at least a portion of the sharp-edged cutting tool is formed from a bulk amorphous alloy material are provided. ... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6881498 | Surface process involving isotropic superfinishing A surface processing method and power transmission component includes refining a surface region of a metal from a first roughness to a second roughness less than the first roughness. A solid lubricous coating or a hard coating is then deposited on the surface region... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6818321 | High-temperature strength member A high-temperature strength member comprises a substrate of Ni-based single crystal alloy or a Ni-based unidirectional solidified alloy and a coating of a B-containing alloy having a specified B content formed on the surface thereof by a spraying process or a vapor ... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6793124 | Diffusion-joined target assemly of high-purity cobalt target and copper alloy backing plate and production method therefor The present invention relates to a diffusion bonding target assembly of a high purity cobalt target and a copper alloy backing plate diffusion bonded with an aluminum or aluminum alloy having a thickness of 0.5 mm or more as the insert material. Provided is a diffus... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6749952 | Tin-plated steel sheet The tin-plated steel sheet includes a base steel sheet; a tin plating layer coating approximately more than 97.0% of the base steel sheet; and a chemical conversion coating having approximately 0.5 to 100 mg/m2 phosphorus and approximately 0.1 to 250 mg/m... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6746782 | Diffusion barrier coatings, and related articles and processes A barrier coating is disclosed, containing about 15 atom % to about 95 atom % chromium; and about 5 atom % to about 60 atom % of at least one of rhenium, tungsten, and ruthenium. Nickel, cobalt, iron, and aluminum may also be present. The barrier coating can be disp... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6733871 | Process for producing ceramic member for bonding, ceramic member for bonding, vacuum switch, and vacuum vessel A process for producing a ceramic member for bonding, which comprises: a first step of preparing a lower layer paste with the use of a first mixture comprising nickel, tungsten and molybdenum, applying the lower layer paste to a surface of a ceramic base which is a ... | 05/11/2004 |
