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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4115156 | Method of manufacturing a bearing part A bearing part comprises an age hardened cobalt alloy having a bearing surface exposed to bearing friction provided with a boride covering layer. The bearing part is manufactured by forming a ductile age hardening alloy of cobalt and ageing it by heat tre... | 09/19/1978 |
| 4114272 | Process for the manufacture of dental prostheses Process for the manufacture of dental prostheses comprising a metallic substructure made from a nickel based alloy and coating portions made from ceramic or plastic material, wherein the substructure surfaces to receive the coating portions are metallized... | 09/19/1978 |
| 4109061 | Method for altering the composition and structure of aluminum bearing overlay alloy coatings during deposition from metallic vapor The composition and structure of aluminum bearing overlay alloy coatings, such as MCrAlY type overlay coatings, are altered during deposition from a metallic vapor by biasing the substrate at a small negative potential relative to ground while the vapor i... | 08/22/1978 |
| 4105828 | Low-current contact construction A low-current contact structure formed on a contact member or substrate of various layers is described. A layer of refractory material is connected via a layer of easily diffusive metal with a layer of noble metal through diffusion annealing.... | 08/08/1978 |
| 4104134 | Method for making an aluminum or copper substrate panel for selective absorption of solar energy A panel for selectively absorbing solar energy comprising an aluminum substrate, a layer of zinc thereon, a layer of nickel over the zinc layer and an outer layer of solar energy absorbing nickel oxide or a copper substrate with a layer of nickel thereon ... | 08/01/1978 |
| 4101714 | High temperature oxidation resistant dispersion strengthened nickel-chromium alloys A high temperature oxidation resistant dispersion strengthened nickel-chromium alloy body is described. The alloy body comprises a first coating of metallic cobalt and a second coating of aluminum.... | 07/18/1978 |
| 4101715 | High integrity CoCrAl(Y) coated nickel-base superalloys A high temperature oxidation and corrosion resistant coated nickel-base superalloy article comprising (a) a nickel-base superalloy article, and (b) a first CoCrAl(Y) coating composition consisting essentially of, on a weight basis, approximately 26-32% ch... | 07/18/1978 |
| 4091146 | Flexible, low porosity airfoil skin A flexible, low porosity airfoil skin is described which includes multilayer flexible, annealed metallic mesh members consisting of two or three such members selected from the class consisting of nickel, Monel alloy, and stainless steel, the members havin... | 05/23/1978 |
| 4082908 | Gold plating process and product produced thereby An electroless gold plating process in which the workpiece to be plated has a nickel coating, the process resulting in formation of a nickel/gold alloy that exhibits the majority of the physical characteristics exhibited by pure gold plating.... | 04/04/1978 |
| 4075999 | Hard facing alloy for engine valves and the like A hard surfacing, high temperature alloy comprising chromium and molybdenum in a nickel base having up to about 3.5 weight percent carbon, and structures surfaced therewith.... | 02/28/1978 |
| 4071659 | Solar absorption surface panel A composite metal of aluminum and nickel is used to form an economical solar absorption surface for a collector plate wherein an intermetallic compound of the aluminum and nickel provides a surface morphology with high absorptance and relatively low infra... | 01/31/1978 |
| 4069360 | Magnetic record member and process for manufacturing the same Magnetic storage means which may be a disc having a magnetic storage layer coated with a protective layer. The protective layer, which is preferably an inorganic oxide material, protects the magnetic storage layer from corrosion. A lubricant is applied to... | 01/17/1978 |
| 4065626 | Gold-appearing films of copper, nickel and copper oxide layers Metal/metal oxide coated articles having selective reflectance and transmittance of radiation over an extended spectral range are provided by a combination of at least three coating layers: one being substantially copper, one being substantially copper ox... | 12/27/1977 |
| 4059217 | Superalloy liquid interface diffusion bonding A liquid interface diffusion process is provided where a thin deposit (from 1/2 to 4 mils) of nickel (and/or cobalt) having 4-12 weight percent boron is plated on the nickel or cobalt based alloy faying surfaces. In the case of honeycomb sandwich, the pla... | 11/22/1977 |
| 4054723 | Composite articles An alloy specifically adapted for use as a coating on a nickel-base or cobalt-base superalloys consists of in weight about 12.5% to about 20% Chromium, about 2% to about 10% Silicon, about 2% to about 8% Aluminium, optionally up to about 10% Titanium, opt... | 10/18/1977 |
| 4033792 | Composite single crystal article This invention concerns composite articles, particularly those which contain single crystal components. A method is disclosed for joining single crystals together so that the resultant article is free from high angle grain boundaries and therefore possess... | 07/05/1977 |
| 4029477 | Coated Ni-Cr base dispersion-modified alloy article An article of improved oxidation resistance includes a metal base of a NiCr dispersion-modified alloy including, by weight, 15 - 30% Cr, 0.1 - 10% of oxides selected from oxides of the rare earth elements, particularly Th, Y and La, up to 1% of elements s... | 06/14/1977 |
| 4025314 | Nickel-chromium filler metal A nickel-chromium-titanium filler alloy for inert gas shielded-arc welding of 50% Cr, 50% Ni type alloys. The wrought alloy is characterized by a single phase austenitic microstructure and contains, by weight, from about 42 to about 46% chromium, from abo... | 05/24/1977 |
| 4023936 | Titanium clad steel and process for making A nickel innerlayer is sandwiched between a steel plate and a titanium plate in a steel assembly, the assembly being hermetically sealed and reduced in a hot rolling operation which results in a metallurgical bond with greatly improved ductility as measur... | 05/17/1977 |
| 4008052 | Method for improving metallurgical bond in bimetallic castings Method for making a bicast article in which a solid metal preform is positioned in a mold and a molten metal is cast around portions of the preform which are exposed in the mold. In accordance with the present invention, the exposed portions are coated pr... | 02/15/1977 |
| 4005989 | Coated superalloy article A protective coating is provided on gas turbine engine type superalloys comprising an interlayer adjacent the superalloy substrate a principal protective element of which comprises an aluminide of the basis metal of the substrate formed by the reaction of... | 02/01/1977 |
| 3998603 | Protective coatings for superalloys A protective coating is provided for nickel-base and cobalt-base superalloys which is highly resistant to corrosion in a fused Na2 SO4 environment at elevated temperatures. The superalloy body is coated by physical vapor deposition w... | 12/21/1976 |
| 3993453 | Getter for nuclear fuel elements A nuclear fuel element for use in the core of a nuclear reactor is disclosed and has disposed therein an improved getter capable of gettering reactive gases including a source of hydrogen. The getter comprises a composite with a substrate having thereon a... | 11/23/1976 |
| 3988651 | Monolithic ceramic capacitor A monolithic ceramic capacitor having fritless electrodes of nickel or other base metal particles coated with a precious metal such as platinum. The coating may be very thin and typically applied by electroless plating and/or electroplating. The particles... | 10/26/1976 |
| 3982908 | Nickel-gold-cobalt contact for silicon devices A contact for a silicon device comprises a sintered nickel layer on the silicon, a layer of gold over the sintered nickel layer, and a layer of cobalt on the layer of gold.... | 09/28/1976 |
| 3977840 | Solderable thin film microcircuit with stabilized resistive films A metalization process for the manufacture of hybrid integrated circuit elements including boards and semiconductors to be attached thereto involves applying to a substrate of insulating material such as aluminum oxide, successive layers of sputtered nick... | 08/31/1976 |
| 3970433 | Recording surface substrate An improved substrate on which a cobalt-magnetic recording layer may be plated and a method for producing it. The substrate includes inner and outer nickel layers with an intermediate gold layer between them. This results in a smooth surface on which a un... | 07/20/1976 |
| 3966425 | Stainless steel wire having nickel plated layer A stainless steel wire, having a better anti-corrosive nature, can be easily formed into a coiled spring by means of an automatic coiling machine and is obtained by coating the stainless steel wire with a suitable thickness of a nickel layer on the outer ... | 06/29/1976 |
| 3957454 | Coated article An article is provided with improved resistance to hot corrosion through a coating on a metal surface based on an element selected from Fe, Co and Ni, the coating comprising a filled matrix bonded by interdiffusion with the substrate. The matrix is applie... | 05/18/1976 |
| 3957086 | Corrosion resistant tubing Ferrous metal is provided with a corrosion resistant coating having a surprisingly great ability to retard the formation of rust when subjected to salt spray testing. Successive thin layers of copper and nickel are electroplated on steel tubing after whic... | 05/18/1976 |
| 3958144 | Spark plug Spark plugs having electrodes formed from combinations in defined proportions of tungsten, vanadium, depleted uranium, rhodium, iridium, palladium, nickel, chromium, copper, barium aluminate, iron, and thoria. Various advantageous electrode configurations... | 05/18/1976 |
| 3950234 | Method for electrodeposition of ferromagnetic alloys and article made thereby An electrolytic plating solution and method for depositing ferromagnetic recording films therefrom is described. The plating solution has cobaltous ion in the range of from about 3 to 15 grams per liter, nickelous ion in the range of from about 30 to 50 g... | 04/13/1976 |
| 3950141 | Sliding friction bearings A composite bearing comprising a backing layer, an intermediate layer of a good heat conducting, medium modulus of elasticity metal on said backing layer having a Vickers Hardness (Diamond Pyramid Hardness) in the range between approximately 30 [kp/mm | 04/13/1976 |
| 3948613 | Process for applying a protective wear surface to a wear part A process for providing a tungsten carbide wear surface to wear parts with relatively large wearing surfaces employs treated and nickel plated tungsten carbide tiles arranged in a matrix and brazed to a surface to be protected by employing low temperature... | 04/06/1976 |
