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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7204677 | Countering laser shock peening induced blade twist A method for laser shock peening a gas turbine engine blade includes laser shock peening a thin airfoil of the blade, forming a laser shock induced twist in the airfoil, and altering a root of the blade to counter the laser shock induced twist in the airfoil. The al... | 04/17/2007 |
| 6676896 | Component comprised of a composite material containing a formable metallic material and method for producing the same The invention relates to a method of a composite material from superposed layers of solid and frothable metallic materials. The structural component consists of at least one layer of a solid metallic material and at least one layer of frothable metallic m... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6245165 | Powder composition and process for the preparation thereof The present invention concerns a hydrogen storage alloy powder composition for nickel metal hydride rechargeable batteries. The powder is distinguished by a fine dendritic stnucture and is prepared by gas atomising a metal melt and rapidly cooling the gas... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6139658 | Metal matrix alloys The invention provides a method of making a titanium carbide metal matrix alloy, by firing a particulate reaction mixture comprising carbon, titanium and matrix material, under conditions such that the titanium and carbon react exothermically to form a di... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6099664 | Metal matrix alloys The invention provides a method of making a titanium boride metal matrix alloy, by firing a particulate reaction mixture comprising titanium, matrix material and a source of boron (e.g. boron carbide), under conditions such that the titanium and boron rea... | 08/08/2000 |
| 5954895 | Method of making a deposit on a component made of a nickel or cobalt based superalloy A method of making a deposit on a component made of a nickel or cobalt based superalloy is described wherein a deposit material consisting of reactive powders corresponding to an intermetallic material or of a superalloy powder is deposited on the compone... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5565387 | Electrical heating element, related composites, and composition and method for producing such products using dieless micropyretic synthesis Electrical heating elements and related articles having oxidation resistance at high temperatures, produced by a method involving micropyretic synthesis. A composition subjected to micropyretic synthesis comprises a filler material, a reactive system capa... | 10/15/1996 |
| 5306361 | Method for improving service life of rail welds by aluminothermic heat treatment In the heat treatment in the field of a thermite weld between rail ends, the rail ends and the weld are enclosed within a containment filled with an aluminothermic material mixture. The mixture is ignited and the rail ends and the thermite weld are heat-t... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5188678 | Manufacture of net shaped metal ceramic composite engineering components by self-propagating synthesis The present invention relates to a method of making metal ceramic composites and the metal ceramic compositions and articles made therefrom, especially net-shaped articles having a wide variety of applications. The present invention involves preparing a combus... | 02/23/1993 |
| 4917969 | Process for the production of clad hot rolled strip and the resulting product The invention comprises a process for the production of clad hot rolled strip. A steel slab as base material is cladded with a layer material of a corrosion-resistnt material. The slab is of a low-alloy steel having a carbon content of up to 0.25% by weig... | 04/17/1990 |
| 4906306 | Amorphous metal-metal composite article, a method for producing the same, and a torque sensor using the same A composite article comprising a metal and an amorphous metal bonded thereto by the explosion, being free from residual stress and compression stress in the amorphous metal portion, and having excellent magnetic properties inherent to the amorphous metal ... | 03/06/1990 |
| 4811766 | Explosively bonded expanded structure A method of superplastically forming aluminum alloy composites employs explosive bonding to produce strong, consistent bonds and annealing treatment to produce a fine microstructure in the bonded alloy sheets. The bonded alloy sheets having the fine micro... | 03/14/1989 |
| 4645720 | Armour-plate and process for its manufacture Armour-plate comprising a two layer bonded subsequently heat-treated clad steel comprising an upper layer and a base layer wherein: (a) the upper layer contains (in percent by weight) remainder iron including unavoidable impurities; (b) said base layer contains (in... | 02/24/1987 |
| 4342609 | Explosion method of finishing welded joints A method is described reducing remaining tensions and corrosion resistance in welded joints by explosion finishing thereof, comprising disposing over the axis of the weld seam an explosive charge in the form of a periodic curve, the axis of which is subst... | 08/03/1982 |
| 4151012 | High strength, corrosion resistant tubular products and methods of making the same Tubular metal products and methods of making tubular metal products for use in sour gas wells, which are characterized by resistance to hydrogen sulfide embrittlement at temperatures up to about 600° F., are provided based upon an alloy having the compos... | 04/24/1979 |
