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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8012275 | Method for manufacturing material for forming composite metal and method for manufacturing article formed from composite metal In a method for manufacturing a composite-metal-forming material, heating a metal material a Mg alloy or an Al alloy is heated to a temperature in a region where a solid and a liquid are both present to thereby yield a semi-molten metal material in a semi-molten sta... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7837811 | Method for manufacturing a composite of carbon nanomaterial and metallic material The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a composite of a carbon nanomaterial and a metallic material which has a homogeneous composite metal structure and thixotropic properties by compositing a metallic material of a non-ferrous metal alloy with a... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7771547 | Methods for producing lead-free in-situ composite solder alloys Methods are disclosed for producing in-situ composite solders having a particulate intermetallic phase homogeneously distributed throughout the solder matrix. An eutectic solder is mixed with the components of the intermetallic phase, melted and rapidly cooled to fo... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7704336 | Method for treating molten metal The invention relates to a method for treating molten metal that is contained in a metallurgical vessel, according to which a fine-grained blanket material containing silicon oxide and aluminium oxide is spread over the surface of the molten metal. The aim of the in... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7691216 | Method of producing hydrogen storage alloy A melt of a hydrogen storage alloy having an arbitrary composition is cooled gradually at a cooling rate of 5° C./min or less and solidified. Alternatively an alloy having an arbitrary composition, after heating to a temperature equal to or more than a melting poin... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7682472 | Method for casting polycrystalline silicon In melting and casting by a water-cooled crucible induction melting technique, a partition means is inserted on top portion of a melt, and a new raw material for is charged on an upper side of the partition means to continue the melting and casting. Therefore, the c... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7591915 | Metal material and method of producing the same, and carbon fiber-metal composite material and method of producing the same A method of producing a metal material in which carbon nanofibers are dispersed around metal particles includes: (a) mixing an elastomer which includes an unsaturated bond or a group having affinity to the carbon nanofibers, the metal particles, and the carbon nanof... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7442338 | Product manufacture in structural metallic materials reinforced with carbides The present invention develops a manufacture method, via conventional liquid metallurgy, of finished and semi-finished metallic parts as casting, ingot, blooms and slabs in alloys base Fe, base Ni and base Co, microstructurally reinforced with complex molybdenum and... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7413589 | Method of producing hydrogen storage alloy A melt of a hydrogen storage alloy having an arbitrary composition is cooled gradually at a cooling rate of 5° C./min or less and solidified. Alternatively an alloy having an arbitrary composition, after heating to a temperature equal to or more than a melting poin... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7360579 | Method for the production of cast components The invention relates to a method for the production of a cast component, in particular a gas turbine component. The inventive method comprises at least the following steps: a) a crucible and at least one semi-finished product is prepared from an intermetallic titan... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7351369 | Molded twist-on wire connector A wire connector wherein the wire engaging core and electrically insulated housing are molded with an exterior surface of a molded wire engaging core used as a mold surface as the electrically insulated housing is molded around the wire engaging core to provide a wi... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7350559 | Systems and methods of electromagnetic influence on electroconducting continuum Thus, as shown by an exact electrodynamic computation of EMBF and the estimations described above of the velocity of turbulent flows arising due to their effect, application of amplitude- and frequency-modulated helically traveling (rotating and axially traveling) e... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7338629 | Integrated metal processing facility A system and method for forming and heat treating a metal casting are provided. ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7331374 | Method and apparatus for assisting removal of sand moldings from castings Disclosed is a method for dislodging a mold from a casting formed within the mold. The mold may be removed from the casting by scoring the mold and applying a force sufficient to cause the mold to fracture and break into pieces. Additionally, the mold may be fractur... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7329384 | Porous metal based composite material A porous composite material includes a metal material for forming a matrix, and at least two kinds of fine particle materials having different wettabilities with respect to the metal material. The porous composite material is provided by melting and impregnating the... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7300529 | High-strength beryllium-free moulded body made from zirconium alloys which may be plastically deformed at room temperature High-strength, beryllium-free moulded bodies made from zirconium alloys which may be plastically deformed comprise a material essentially corresponding to the following formula in composition: Zra(E1)b(E2)c(E3)d(E4)e | 11/27/2007 |
| 7290583 | Methods and apparatus for heat treatment and sand removal for castings A system and method for heat treating castings and removing sand cores therefrom. The castings are initially located in indexed positions with their x, y, and z coordinates known. The castings are passed through a heat treatment station typically having a series of ... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7279137 | Burners and combustion apparatus for carbon nanomaterial production The invention provides improved burners, combustion apparatus, and methods for carbon nanomaterial production. The burners of the invention provide sooting flames of fuel and oxidizing gases. The condensable products of combustion produced by the burners of this inv... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7275582 | Methods and apparatus for heat treatment and sand removal for castings A system and method for heat treating castings and removing sand cores therefrom. The castings are initially located in indexed positions with their x, y, and z coordinates known. The castings are passed through a heat treatment station typically having a series of ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7258755 | Integrated metal processing facility An integrated metal processing facility in which molten metal is poured into a series of molds at a pouring station to form metal castings, which are then transferred to a heat treatment line. Prior to introduction of the castings into a heat treatment station of th... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7235143 | Controlled-grain-precious metal sputter targets A precious metal sputter target has a composition selected from the group consisting of platinum, palladium, rhodium, iridium, ruthenium, osmium and single-phase alloys thereof. The sputter target's grain structure is at least about 99 percent recrystallized and has... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7232015 | Caliper body method of manufacturing caliper body of vehicular disc brake A method of manufacturing the caliper body of a vehicular disc brake by the gravity casting method. The caliper body is used for the vehicular disc brake wherein a pair of frictional pads are disposed opposite to each other with a disc rotor held therebetween. The c... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7224067 | Intermetallic solder with low melting point Embodiments of the invention provide a low-melting temperature comprised primarily of a bulk intermetallic phase material. This solder may allow reflow with less of a chance to damage microelectronic devices due to coefficient of thermal expansion mismatches, and ma... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7198683 | Sterling silver alloy compositions of exceptional and reversible hardness, and enhanced tarnish resistance A sterling silver alloy composition of exceptional and reversible hardness and enhanced tarnish resistance, consists essentially of the following parts by weight: at least about 92.5% silver; about 4.4% to about 5.25% copper; about 0% to about 1.0% zinc; about 0.85%... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7191630 | Method and apparatus for equal channel angular extrusion of flat billets The invention comprises a method and apparatus for equal channel angular extrusion (ECAE) of flat billets to control material structure and properties. The improvements of the method include the special systems of billet orientations, billet lubrication, billet ejec... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7182824 | Method of manufacturing zinc alloy ingot A molten zinc alloy, which contains 4–22 mass % Al, 1–7 mass % Mg and optionally one ore more of Ti, B and Si at very small ratios, is held at a temperature Th higher than (a solidification-beginning temperature Ts.b.+85° C.) for homogeniz... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7175721 | Method for preparing Cr-Ti-V type hydrogen occlusion alloy The invention relates to a method for producing high-performance Cr—Ti—V hydrogen storage alloys utilizing a thermit process, whereby residence of adversely affecting impurities is inhibited, addition of not less than 10 at % of Ti as an alloy component is reali... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7169242 | Method of removing casting defects A method for removing casting defects (5) from an article (1) with an oriented microstructure can include locating at least one casting defect (5) and melting the casting defect (5) locally by a heat source (7) to a depth at least ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7160398 | Method of making rapidly solidified alloy for magnet A melt of an alloy, represented (Fe1-mTm)100-x-y-zQxRyMz, where T is Co and/or Ni, Q is B and/or C, R is at least one rare-earth element, M is selected from Al, Si, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Cu, Zn, Ga, Zr, Nb, ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7156174 | Contained micro-particles for use in well bore operations The present invention relates to well bore operations, and more particularly, to contained micro-particles, and methods for using such contained micro-particles in cementing operations. An exemplary method of facilitating the use of micro-particles in a well bore fl... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7156931 | Magnesium-base alloy and method for the production thereof The invention relates to magnesium-based alloy and, more specifically, to a magnesium alloy composition and methods of producing the same. The alloy has finer grain size, which results in improving mechanical properties of the alloy. Those mechanical properties make... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7140419 | Semi-solid concentration processing of metallic alloys A metallic alloy having a semi-solid range between the liquidus temperature and the solidus temperature of the metallic alloy is processed by cooling the metallic alloy from an initial metallic alloy elevated temperature to a semi-solid temperature of less than the ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7135079 | Magnesium-based alloy and method for the production thereof The invention relates to magnesium-based alloys and, more specifically, to a magnesium alloy composition and methods of producing the same. The alloys have improved mechanical properties in that creep ratios are decreased. The magnesium-based alloys comprise alumini... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7125612 | Casting of non-ferrous metals A method of continuous casting non-ferrous alloys which includes delivering molten non-ferrous alloy to a casting apparatus. The casting apparatus rapidly cools at least a portion of the non-ferrous alloy at a rate of at least about 100° C. thereby solidifying an o... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7108757 | Hydrogen storage alloys providing for the reversible storage of hydrogen at low temperatures A reversible hydrogen storage alloy capable of storing large amounts of hydrogen and delivering reversibly large amounts of hydrogen at temperatures ranging from 0° C. up to 40° C. The hydrogen storage alloy is generally composed of titanium, vanadium, and chromiu... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7052526 | Magnesium base composite material and its manufacturing method A magnesium base composite material is provided such that compound particles generated by a solid-phase reaction with magnesium are uniformly dispersed in a magnesium alloy body. The compound particles dispersed in the body comprise magnesium silicide (Mg2 | 05/30/2006 |
| 7024342 | Thermal flow simulation for casting/molding processes A numerical procedure for simulating the behavior of incompressible, viscous fluid in a casting/molding process. The method is based on classical fluid dynamic equations and uses control volume-finite element and numerical techniques to solve the momentum and energy... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7004228 | Process for producing, through strip casting, raw alloy for nanocomposite type permanent magnet To make a raw alloy, consisting mostly of amorphous structure, highly productively and at a reduced cost for a nanocomposite magnet, a molten alloy represented by Fe100-x-y-zRxQyMz (where R is at least one element selected... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6997995 | Method for producing components with a high load capacity from TiAl alloys The invention relates to a method for producing components with a high load capacity from α+γ TiAl alloys, especially for producing components for aircraft engines or stationary gas turbines. According to this method, enclosed TiAl blanks of globular structure are... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6976380 | Developing the texture of a material Developing a texture of a material includes receiving a billet of material having an initial texture. The billet is associated with an extrusion procedure having extrusion routes executed as passes. The following is repeated for each pass to transform the initial te... | 12/20/2005 |
