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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7828910 | Method and process for thermochemical treatment of high-strength, high-toughness alloys High toughness, high strength alloys are thermochemically processed by performing concurrent bulk alloy heat treatment and surface engineering processing. The concurrent steps can include high temperature solutionizing together with carburizing and tempering togethe... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7641742 | Rolling bearing and heat treatment method for steel There is provided a rolling bearing which has long life against rolling fatigue and exhibits no decrease in fracture strength and no increase in rate of dimensional change over time, even if the part size thereof is large, and which can obtain higher strength by cry... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7582170 | Method for micromachining metallic materials A process for the low-wear micromachining of workpieces made from metal or metal alloys, in particular steel, in which a workpiece (1) is micromachined using at least one machining apparatus (5) that has a diamond tool (6), in particular an ultr... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7384488 | Method for producing gears and/or shaft components with superior bending fatigue strength and pitting fatigue life from conventional alloy steels A conventional aluminum killed alloy steel for case hardening of gear(s) and/or shaft components consisting of 0.10 to 0.30 weight % Carbon, 0.15 to 0.35 weight % Silicon, 0.8 to 1.5 weight % Chromium, 0.6 to 1.5 weight % Manganese, 0.017 to 0.040 weight % Aluminum,... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7241088 | Threading tap for cutting threads in blind holes and methods of its manufacture A threading tap for cutting threads in blind holes includes an elongated body with a central axis, the body having at a rear end a connector portion, and having at a front end a threading portion. The threading portion is provided with at least one helical thread-cu... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7112248 | Vacuum carbo-nitriding method A vacuum carbonitriding method includes: performing a vacuum carburizing process on an object to be treated (a workpiece) in a heat treating furnace under reduced pressures by supplying a carburizing gas into the furnace that has been heated to a predetermined carbu... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7000444 | Forging method and apparatus A method of producing a bevel gear, particularly a bevel ring gear, the bevel gear comprising mounting surfaces. The method comprising the steps of flashless warm forging a blank, preferably an annular blank, in a forging die to produce the bevel gear with precision... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6858096 | Rolling element for a continuously variable transmission (CVT), a CVT using the rolling element and a method for producing the rolling element A rolling element for a continuously variable transmission, including a plurality of rolling members having rolling contact portions that come into rolling contact with each other via lubricating oil. At least one of the rolling contact portions includes an outer su... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6656293 | Surface treatment for ferrous components A method for treating a surface of a first component wherein at least a portion of the surface of the first component contacts a surface of a second component. The method includes forming a compound layer at at least a portion of the surface of the first ... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6623567 | Method for high concentration carburizing and quenching of steel and high concentration carburized and quenched steel part A method for high concentration carburizing and quenching of steel is provided which is carried out by a treatment process including the steps of carbonitriding the steel at temperatures of from about 800 to about 880° C., and subsequently quenching the ... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6454880 | Material for die casting tooling components, method for making same, and tooling components made from the material and process Multi-layer material for die cast tooling component includes a low to medium carbon steel with alloying amounts of vanadium, manganese and molybdenum, quenched to at least 10 Bar and nitrocarburized to achieve a multiple layer structure with at least an o... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6447619 | High surface pressure resistant steel parts and methods of producing same High surface pressure resistant steel parts and their producing methods are disclosed. These steel parts are useful as gears, cams, bearings and similar high-strength compact steel articles which are required to have wear resistance and strength to withst... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6423158 | Rolling bearings and gear shaft support device A roller bearing which can sufficiently ensure an endurance life of rollers even under conditions where debris contamination and temperature rise are large. As the material for an outer ring, inner ring and tapered rollers, a steel in which the Si and-Mn ... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6309475 | Rolling element and producing method For easily producing a toothed material for high-strength gears etc. with a plastic working technique, deformation resistance occurring in plastic working is reduced and stable high precision plastic working is enabled at lower temperatures. One or more t... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6235128 | Carbon and alloy steels thermochemical treatments The present invention is a unique sequential process for treating carbon and alloy steels to improve resistance to tribological stresses while reducing conventional processing time required to obtain articles having a similar hardness. This process compri... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6197125 | Modification of diffusion coating grain structure by nitriding A method for improving the corrosion resistance, increasing the hardness, providing superior ductility, and reducing surface-cracking of a diffusion coating by nitriding and heating-treating the diffusion coating is disclosed. The nitriding and heat-treat... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6051080 | Rolling element used for toroidal-type continuously variable transmission and method for producing same The invention relates to a power roller used for a toroidal-type continuously variable transmission. This power roller has on its first side a groove for receiving a bearing, and the surface of the groove (bearing surface) has a carbon concentration which... | 04/18/2000 |
| 5916383 | Method of shot peening a hardened metal product with shot having high hardness A method for shot peening a hard metal product that has a hardened surface. The method includes projecting shot on the hardened surface of the hard metal product. The ratio of the Vickers hardness of the shot to that of the hardened surface is 0.8-1.6, an... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5810947 | Method of surface modification for tool steels The adhesive strength and hardness of chromium nitride(CrN) film deposited on SKD 61 tool steel was significantly enhanced by a nitriding process on the surface the tool steel before coating with a CrN film. These nitriding processes included nitrocarburi... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5785771 | Method for manufacturing precision gears A method for manufacturing precision gears (10) including an initial step of providing a shaped workpiece (30S) defining a plurality of gear teeth (12) and, furthermore, defining a tooth space surface (68) defined by and between adjacent gear t... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5718774 | Method of producing bevel gear A method of producing a bevel gear is provided. The method comprises the steps of forging, from a case hardened and heated blank, a rough shaped bevel gear intermediate product having a toothed portion, outer burrs at a larger diameter end thereof and bet... | 02/17/1998 |
| 5714015 | Ferritic nitrocarburization process for steel balls A nitrocarburization treatment for steel components, such as steel balls or ball bearings is disclosed. In the process, the balls are treated in a nitrocarburizing environment and then reoriented, either inside or outside of that environment to form an ep... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5707460 | Method of producing parts having improved wear, fatigue and corrosion resistance from medium alloy, low carbon steel and parts obtained therefrom Improved corrosion, wear and fatigue resistance is provided for pieces formed of medium alloy, low carbon steel by subjecting the piece to a treatment process which includes a step of carburizing, followed by nitriding. The process is especially useful fo... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5573604 | Process for manufacturing a turbine blade made of an (alpha/beta)-titanium base alloy The process serves for the manufacture of an erosion-resistant turbine blade which is preferably used in the low-pressure stage of a steam turbine and is made of a vanadium-containing (/ଲ)-titanium base alloy. This involves the formation, by ... | 11/12/1996 |
| 5525165 | Method of surface modification of titanium alloy A cyaniding process, operating in a molten cyanide salt, and a nitriding process, operating in a Tufftride salt bath, can be utilized to modify the near-surface microstructure of Ti-6Al-4V alloy. The surface-hardened layers have been characterized with re... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5372654 | Steel sheet for press working that exhibits excellent stiffness and satisfactory press workability The present invention provides a steel sheet for press working that exhibits excellent stiffness and satisfactory press workability. The steel sheet for press working includes: a composition of C+N+B=0.007 to 1.0 wt % in a region from the surface of the s... | 12/13/1994 |
| 5288340 | Method of improving the corrosion resistance of carbonitrided components made of ferrous materials In order to improve the corrosion resistance, carbonitrided components formed of ferrous material are treated, after an oxidation treatment, with a solution of a heat hardenable organic synthetic resin and heat-treated at 80° to 200° C.... | 02/22/1994 |
| 5252146 | Coat-nitrocarburizing of irons and steels A process for nitrocarburizing ferrous materials, and the product thereof is described. Material to be treated is packed in a container with a triazine polymer, preferably melone, melem or melam and heated to 500°-900° C. for up to 120 minutes. After tr... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5085714 | Method of manufacturing a steel sheet A method of manufacturing steel sheets by applying continuous annealing after applying hot rolling or hot rolling and cold rolling by a customary method to steel material, containing less than 0.007% of C, less than 0.1% of Si, from 0.05 to 0.50% of Mn, l... | 02/04/1992 |
| 5019182 | Method of forming hard steels by case hardening, shot-peening and aging without tempering A method of manufacturing a steel member comprising the steps of: carburizing and quenching or carbo-nitriding and quenching a steel material; shot-peening the steel material quenched in the first step without tempering; and aging the steel material shot-... | 05/28/1991 |
| 4881983 | Manufacture of corrosion resistant components A steel component is provided with a black wear and corrosion resistant finish by the steps of forming an epsilon iron nitride or carbonitride layer, bringing the component to gas oxidation temperature and oxidizing by a gaseous medium to form a dense bla... | 11/21/1989 |
| 4857119 | Case-Hardened plate armor and method of making Case-hardened plate armor disclosed includes a steel plate (14,18) that is heat treated to provide carbonitride surfaces and a tough, ductile core, with the carbonitride surfaces having a toughness of at least 66, and preferably at least 67, on the Rockwe... | 08/15/1989 |
| 4596610 | Hardening metal parts To harden individual metal parts in a continuous low-energy heat treatment process consisting of clearly separate stages, the part to be heated is placed in a sealed heat treatment box consisting of two layers of porous material separated by a gas-tight b... | 06/24/1986 |
| 4531985 | Surface treatment of metal rings A metal ring of generally rectangular cross-section has its radially outer surface and its side surfaces treated by being stacked with its sides in contact with other rings in a chamber. Air is excluded from the chamber and a gaseous mixture of a carburiz... | 07/30/1985 |
| 4470854 | Surface hardening thermal treatment A steel product, particularly a heavy-duty gear, having a case of martensite and a core of lower bainite with a Vickers hardness of not less than Hv 600 is obtained by subjecting a medium carbon alloy steel comprising, by weight, 0.45 to 0.60% C, up to 0.... | 09/11/1984 |
| 4406714 | Heat treatment of metals Ferrous metal is treated by austenitic nitro-carburizing in a heat treatment furnace. A suitable atmosphere is created by admitting to the furnace nitrogen; ammonia; and a liquid or vaporous organic compound of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen. The atmosphere ... | 09/27/1983 |
| 4366008 | Method for hardening steel A method of hardening steel so that it may have a surface layer with sufficient hardness to permit fabrication into machinery parts with a minimum of strain developed therein. The method comprises heating steel at a temperature in a range not lower than 1... | 12/28/1982 |
| 4119443 | Method for manufacturing hardened machined parts Hardened machined parts are manufactured from rolled or forged steel which consists essentially of 0.05 to 0.15 wt % of C, up to 0.50 wt % of Si, up to 1.5 wt % of Mn, 0.30 to 1.0 wt % of Cr, 0.50 to 1.0 wt % of Mo, one or more of elements selected from t... | 10/10/1978 |
| 4038109 | Three phase heat treatment of steel sheet A medium-hard to hard thin steel sheet and a strip cut or stamped therefrom, both having an increased fatigue strength, are prepared by cold rolling a soft steel sheet, carburizing or carbo-nitriding the soft thinned sheet until a medium-hard to hard thin... | 07/26/1977 |