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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7422797 | Plating layer for sliding portion In forming a plating layer for a sliding portion, which comprises Cr that is electrolytically-deposited in a plating bath containing Cr, the plating bath contains organic sulfonic acid. Accordingly, micro-cracks are formed at the plating layer. The plating layer for... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7347885 | Synthesis of metal nanoparticle compositions from metallic and ethynyl compounds A process of making metal nanoparticles comprising the steps of: providing a precursor composition comprising at least one metallic compound and at least one organic compound; wherein the organic compound is selected from the group consisting of an ethynyl compound,... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7340934 | Press molding die and manufacturing method of same A press molding die capable of preventing a workpiece from moving is provided. The press molding die includes a punch for pressing a workpiece; a molding die having a molding surface on which the workpiece is placed and a concave portion which is formed on the moldi... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7318963 | Composite chromium plating film and sliding member having the same and method for manufacture thereof A composite chromium plating film containing hard particles in network-shaped microcracks, a surface-occupying ratio of the microcracks being 10 to 20% by area, a distribution density of the microcracks being 1,200 to 2,500/cm, and the amount of the above hard parti... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7300706 | High-carbon steel wire with nickel sub coating A wire for external exposure, i.e. without chemical binding with a polymer or rubber matrix. The wire has a steel core, a nickel sub-coating and a zinc or zinc alloy top coating above the nickel sub-coating. The steel core has a carbon content exceeding 0.20%. The w... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7285337 | Heat-resistant nickel-alloy composite excellent in high-temperature oxidation resistance A composite resistive to high-temperature corrosion and abnormal oxidization, maintains original excellent high-temperature characteristics of Ni alloys over a long period of time, and suitable for applications in a high-temperature such as gas turbines, jet engines... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7273662 | High-temperature coatings with Pt metal modified γ-Ni+γ′-NiAl alloy compositions An alloy including a Pt-group metal, Ni and Al in relative concentration to provide a γ-Ni+γ′-Ni3Al phase constitution, and a coating including the alloy. ... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7267344 | Piston ring with a PVD coating A piston ring for an internal combustion engine is made of steel and has an outer contact surface that is nitrated and coated to no more than 70 μm with a protective coating comprising nitrides of aluminum and/or silicium and/or zirconium in a matrix of chromium-ni... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7267729 | Soft magnetic low-carbon steel excellent in machinability and magnetic characteristic, method of manufacturing the same and method of manufacturing soft magnetic low-carbon part A soft magnetic low-carbon steel has a chemical composition having a C content of 0.05% by mass or below, Si content of 0.1% or below, a Mn content in the range of 0.10 to 0.50% by mass, a P content of 0.030% by mass or below, a S content in the range of 0.010 to 0.... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7241515 | Electrode layer for thin-film magnetic heads An electrode layer for thin-film magnetic heads includes a Ta base sub-layer, an Au sub-layer functioning as a main conductive sub-layer, and a protective sub-layer, those sub-layers being disposed in that order. An Au electrode seed sub-layer containing any one of ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7201850 | Method for providing surface texturing of aluminum sheet, substrate for lithographic plate and lithographic plate According to the present invention, since the concavo-convex pattern of the embossing form is formed by electrical discharge machining, the peaks on the surface of the resultant embossing form are all of the same level or height, which enables the enhancement of the... | 04/10/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7179549 | Magnetic recording medium having novel underlayer structure A magnetic recording medium constructed in accordance with the invention comprises a substrate, first, second and third underlayers formed over the substrate, and a magnetic data recording layer formed over the underlayers. The underlayers typically have a bcc cryst... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7169480 | Clad pipe A clad pipe includes an external layer and a coating layer made of Ni base anticorrosion alloy. Both end portion areas of the coating layer are formed by a build-up welded layer (Ni base alloy of composition 1) on the inner surface of the external layer. Othe... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7147932 | Metal strip product A coated steel strip product with a dense and hard abrasion resistant coating on one side or both sides of said strip. The thickness of said coating is in total maximally 25 μm, the hardness of said coating is at least 600 HV and the tensile strength of the steel s... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7147931 | Metal strip product A coated steel strip product with a dense and hard abrasion resistant coating on one side or both sides of said strip substrate is provided. The thickness of said coating is in total maximally 25 μm, the hardness of said coating is at least 600 HV and the tensile s... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7142399 | Exchange coupling film and magnetoresistive element using the same An exchange coupling film including an antiferromagnetic layer and a ferromagnetic layer in contact with the antiferromagnetic layer so as to generate an exchange coupling magnetic field is provided. A PtMn alloy is used as the material of the antiferromagnetic laye... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7138069 | Method of surface-finishing stainless steel after descaling A new surface finishing process for stainless steel where beautiful, bright and milky white coloured surface is obtainable even for such grades as high carbon containing 13 chromium steel and high sulfur containing free cutting stainless steel is disclosed. After re... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7112376 | Magnetic recording medium A magnetic recording medium comprising; a nonmagnetic support; a first under layer which is constituted by a nonmetal element, per se, a compound consisting of nonmetal elements, or a compound containing titanium and a nonmetal element; a second under layer containi... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7094518 | Photosensitive lithographic printing plate A photosensitive lithographic printing plate comprising: a substrate having a hydrophilic surface; an intermediate layer which contains a compound having a quaternary ammonium group and an acid anion group in a single molecule; and a photopolymerizable photosensitiv... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7056599 | Steel sheet for magnetic shields and manufacturing method thereof A steel sheet for a magnetic shield comprising less than 0.005% by weight of C and 0.0003 to 0.01% by weight of B, and having a thickness of 0.05 to 0.5 mm and an anhysteresis magnetic permeability of 7500 or more. ... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7049013 | Magnetic recording medium and method of producing the same, and magnetic storage apparatus A magnetic recording medium is provided with a substrate, and a magnetic layer made of a CoCr-based alloy and having a multi-layer structure and disposed above the substrate. The multi-layer structure has a first magnetic layer disposed above the substrate and at le... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7026010 | Coupling enhancement for medium with anti-ferromagnetic coupling Laminated magnetic recording medium with two Co-containing layers separated by a non-magnetic Ru-containing interlayer is stabilized by Ru-containing layer between the recording layers and Co-containing stabilization layers through anti-ferromagnetic coupling. The i... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7011139 | Method of continuous casting non-oriented electrical steel strip Non-oriented electrical steels are widely used as the magnetic core material in a variety of electrical machinery and devices, particularly in motors where low core loss and high magnetic permeability in all directions of the strip are desired. A method for producin... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6994920 | Fusion welding method and welded article A fusion welding method is provided for fusion welding at juxtaposed interface surfaces a first member, for example made of a first metal based on at least one of Ru, Rh, Pd, and Pt, with a second member made of a second metal, for example a high temperature alloy b... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6956233 | Plated substrate for hard disk medium In plating on an Si substrate, it has been strongly demanded to apply a treatment for providing an excellent adhesion so as to resist a post-processing such as polishing and for facilitating plating. Then, provided is a plated substrate adapted for hard disk medium ... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6935151 | Hot forming die having a nickel oxide layer A hot forming die (10) has forming surfaces (16,18) and the forming surfaces have a nickel oxide layer (20). A stop off material coating (22) builds up on the nickel oxide layer (20) in operation. A method of cleaning the forming s... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6921586 | Ni-Base superalloy having a coating system containing a diffusion barrier layer A coating system for an article comprising a substrate formed of a metal alloy that is prone to the formation of a deleterious secondary reaction zone (SRZ) as a result of containing more than three weight percent rhenium and at least one additional refractory metal... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6915821 | Metal tube and its production method A small diameter metal tube whose inner surface is smooth and its production method are provided. The metal tube has an inner diameter of up to 1.0 mm and its inner surface has a maximum height difference (Rf) in the surface roughness of up to 3 μm. ... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6913837 | Perpendicular magnetic recording medium and fabrication method thereof A perpendicular magnetic recording medium and method thereof, includes a nonmagnetic substrate; a soft magnetic under layer; an intermediate layer; a bilayer magnetic recording layer; a protective layer; and a liquid lubricant layer. According to a following order, ... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6905781 | Magnetic recording medium with Cr<110> preferred growth along a predetermined direction, method of producing the same and magnetic storage apparatus A magnetic recording medium includes a textured surface which is textured in a predetermined direction, a Cr-based underlayer provided on the textured surface and having Cr preferred growth along the predetermined direction so that over approximately 50% of Cr | 06/14/2005 |
| 6887565 | Magnetic recording medium and magnetic storage device An inplane magnetic recording medium having high S/N and thermal stability and a reliable magnetic storage device having surface recording density of 50 megabit/mm2 or more is described. The magnetic recording medium includes magnetic layers formed on a n... | 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 |
| 6872478 | Magnetic thin film media with a pre-seed layer of CrTiAl The applicants disclose a thin film magnetic media structure with a pre-seed layer of CrTiAl. The CrTiAl pre-seed layer presents an amorphous or nanocrystalline structure. The CrTiAl pre-seed layer improves in-plane c-axis orientation while maintaining a good orient... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6858331 | Magnetic thin film media with a bi-layer structure of CrTi/Nip A thin film magnetic media structure with a bi-layer structure of amorphous chromium titanium (CrTi) followed by an amorphous layer of nickel phosphorus (NiP) is disclosed. After the NiP has been deposited it is exposed to oxygen to form an oxidized surface. Prefera... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6855437 | Decorative coatings having resistance to corrosion and wear The subject of the invention is a layer system for the decorative coating of galvanizable work pieces. In order to have a layer system which meets strict requirements with regard to corrosion resistance and which, at the same time, has a high abrasion resistance and... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6852426 | Hybrid anti-ferromagnetically coupled and laminated magnetic media A high areal recording density longitudinal magnetic recording medium having improved thermal stability and signal-to-medium noise ratio (“SMNR”), comprises: (a) a non-magnetic substrate having at least one surface; and ... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6853521 | Exchange coupling film having improved wettability of seed layer A seed layer is formed with a Cr layer in which the direction of a crystal face in at least one crystal grain is oriented in a different direction from the direction of an equivalent crystal face in another crystal grain. Consequently, wettability of the seed layer ... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6846583 | Magnetic recording medium and magnetic recording apparatus A magnetic recording medium comprises a magnetic recording layer 63 which is formed by using an ordered alloy containing B on a substrate 1 containing an amorphous component. A part of B in the ordered alloy is segregated in a grain boundary, and thus ... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6838188 | Magnetic recording medium having ternary or quaternary alloy seedlayer A magnetic recording medium such as a magnetic disk includes a NiP or ceramic glass substrate on which a seedlayer is sputtered in a low pressure inert gas atmosphere, the seedlayer comprising a ternary or quaternary alloy formed from a B2 lattice type alloy ... | 01/04/2005 |
