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| 8142576 | Clutch member and process for manufacturing the same A clutch member and a process for manufacturing the same. In the clutch member, a steel sheet has an initial composition of 0.32 to 0.38% of C, 0.15% or less of Si, 0.3 to 0.5% of Mn, and 0.16 to 0.60% of Cr, by mass; and has an initial uniformly dispersed structure... | 03/27/2012 |
| 7553383 | Method for fabricating a martensitic steel without any melting A martensitic steel metallic article (20) made of metallic constituent elements is fabricated from a mixture of nonmetallic precursor compounds of the metallic constituent elements. The mixture of nonmetallic precursor compounds is chemically reduced to produ... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7387694 | Method of making a hardened steel part, especially a roll load-bearing steel part The method of making a hardened steel part or component includes making a semi-finished article of air-hardened steel; cold-forming the semi-finished article into a finished-shape part or component with a desired or predetermined finished shape and then hardening th... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7357060 | Vehicle armor A vehicle is armored the steps of sequentially making a steel plate with a thickness of 4 mm to 15 mm of by weight | 04/15/2008 |
| 7207102 | Method for forming permanent magnets with different polarities for use in microelectromechanical devices Methods are provided for forming a plurality of permanent magnets with two different north-south magnetic pole alignments for use in microelectromechanical (MEM) devices. These methods are based on initially magnetizing the permanent magnets all in the same directio... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7147382 | Support structure in crank mechanism and component constituting crank mechanism A component of a crank mechanism is incorporated in the crank mechanism that converts reciprocating motion of a piston to rotary motion by means of a crank pin, a crank arm and a crank shaft via a connecting bar, and has a hydrogen content of no more than 0.5 ppm, a... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7128949 | Surface pre-treatment method for pre-coated precipitation-hardenable stainless-steel ferrous-alloy components and components pre-coated thereby The present invention relates to the use of a pre-coating process, which utilizes metallic plating as a surface pre-treatment for a ferrous-alloy precursor prior to applying a corrosion-inhibiting coating to improve the overall corrosion protection of the pre-treate... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7097032 | Chain pin for hinge conveyor chains A chain module according to the invention comprises at least one link from ferritic-pearlitic stainless steel and at least one chain pin, which chain pin comprises an outwardly facing surface formed from a steel alloy which is substantially non-seizing to the ferrit... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7070666 | Machinable austempered cast iron article having improved machinability, fatigue performance, and resistance to environmental cracking and a method of making the same A machinable austempered cast iron article has improved strength, machinability, fatigue performance, and resistance to environmental cracking. A method of making the machinable austempered cast iron article includes austenitizing an iron composition having a substa... | 07/04/2006 |
| 6923246 | Billet, horizontal continuous casting process, and thixocasting process A billet for a thixocasting process and a thixocasting process using the billet allows casting using a thixocasting process to be realized at low production cost without permeation of an oxide film to the inside of the billet in injection molding. In a billet used f... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6913658 | Process for the hot-dip galvanizing of metal strip made of high-strength steel A process is disclosed for the continuous thermochemical treatment of metal strip. It is useful with steel strip, of the oxidation-reduction type, in which the strip moves through a furnace in a protective atmosphere. The strip passes through at least one partial or... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6887322 | High pressure cylinders including backing steel with tool steel lining High pressure cylinders comprising backing steel cylinders and tool steel liners are disclosed. An annealed tool steel liner is inserted into the backing steel cylinder, followed by heat treating to harden the tool steel liner. The tool steel liner may be provided a... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6887590 | Galvannealed metal sheet and method for manufacture of such metal sheet The present invention relates to a method for the manufacture of galvannealed metal sheet, wherein a hot strip is produced from an IF steel containing 0.01 to 0.1 wt. % silicon, wherein the hot strip is coiled at a coiler temperature no lower than 700° C. and no hi... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6823706 | Steel wire and method of manufacturing the same A steel wire, 0.10-0.40 mm in diameter, obtained by subjecting a high-carbon (0.70-0.90 wt. %) steel wire material to heat treatment and wire drawing, wherein its tensile strength and test values of special repeated torsional tests satisfy a predetermined relation; ... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6797410 | High tensile strength hot dip plated steel and method for production thereof A steel composition, in which, Si content is regulated to a given range and Nb and Cu or Ni, Mo are compositively added, and a recrystallization annealing is carried out to form an internal oxide layer just beneath a surface of a steel sheet and a surface oxide simu... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6773662 | Hot-working steel article A hot-working steel article, e.g., tool, comprising a material which comprises, in % by weight, 0.451 to 0.598 C, 0.11 to 0.29 Si, 0.11 to 0.39 Mn, 4.2 to 4.98 Cr, 2.81 to 3.29 Mo, 0.41 to 0.69 V, with the balance iron, contaminants and accompanying elements, as wel... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6773513 | Method for residual stress relief and retained austenite destabilization A method using of a magnetic field to affect residual stress relief or phase transformations in a metallic material is disclosed. In a first aspect of the method, residual stress relief of a material is achieved at ambient temperatures by placing the material in a m... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6686061 | Steel plate having TiN+CuS precipitates for welded structures, method for manufacturing same and welded structure made therefrom A weldable structural steel product having fine complex precipitates of TiN and CuS is provided which contains, in terms of percent by weight, 0.03 to 0.17%C, 0.01 to 0.05% Si, 0.4 to 2.0% Mn, 0.005 to 0.2% Ti, 0.0005 to 0.1% Al, 0.008 to 0.030% N, 0.0003... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6679953 | Method for assembling and hardening a ball plug in a counterbore of a fuel injector nozzle assembly According to the method of the present invention, the ball plug is press fit into the counterbored passage of a fuel injector nozzle assembly prior to hardening of the fuel injector nozzle assembly. A core hardening and gas nitriding process is then appli... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6652681 | Method of reheating metallurgical products Method of reheating metallurgical products, in which solid products, especially steel products, are reheated so as to bring them from a temperature substantially below 400° C. to a temperature of at least about 1000° C. by passing them through a furnace... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6635129 | Wire rod steel A wire rod steel superior in straightness, after being subjected to cold drawing. This wire rod steel comprises: Its ferrite grain size number of the wire rod steel is No. 11 or less according to ISO 643.... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6632301 | Method and apparatus for bainite blades The present invention includes bainitic steel doctor blades, bainitic steel coating blades, bainitic steel creping blades and bainitic steel rule die knives used in gravure printing, flexographic printing, paper making, die cutting of materials including ... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6524406 | Shape memory alloy A novel shape memory alloy of Fe--Mn--Si system containing at least Fe, Mn, and Si wherein the alloy contains niobium carbide in the structure and is improved in that a sufficiently satisfactory shape memory effect is provided without carrying out a speci... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6374477 | Method for working input shaft for toroidal-type continuously variable transmission After heat treatment for hardening the outer peripheral surface of the input shaft 15 is enforced, a straightening operation for straightening the bent portions of the input shaft 15 caused by the heat treatment is carried out prior to formation of the th... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6372062 | Process for the production of a metal sheet having a fine composite structure and a metal sheet obtained thereby A process for the production of a metal sheet having a multi-layered structure and a fine composite structure, which process comprises stacking at least two kinds of thin sheets selected from thin sheets of pure metals and thin sheets of alloys alternately so ... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6346337 | Bulk amorphous metal magnetic component A bulk amorphous metal magnetic component has a plurality of layers of amorphous metal strips laminated together to form a generally three-dimensional part having the shape of a polyhedron. The bulk amorphous metal magnetic component may include an arcuat... | 02/12/2002 |
| 6287397 | High strength phosphorus-containing steel and method for producing the same A high strength phosphorus-containing steel having fine texture free from the problem of embrittlement by positively using the presence of P, which is a carbon steel having an average ferritic grain diameter of 3 μm or less and containing from 0.04 to 0.... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6284068 | Metal processing utilizing electric potential When an electrical potential is applied to a metal or a metallic solution or a metal that is close to the melting point or a metal that is molten the electric charges are either drawn off and the metal has a high positive potential or a surfeit of electri... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6210499 | Method of bright annealing metals having a high affinity to oxygen To be able to satisfactorily bright-anneal metals having a high affinity to oxygen in a hood-type furnace or the like under a protective gas, a rather pure inert gas such as argon, neon or helium, which is mixed with not more than 50 vol-% of a reducing g... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6206983 | Medium carbon steels and low alloy steels with enhanced machinability The invention relates to medium carbon steels and low alloy steels having a concentration of a machinability enhancing agent ("MEA"), i.e. tin and/or antimony, at its ferrite grain boundaries which enhances the steel's machinability and to processes for p... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6176945 | Coating technique Disclosed herein is a method of coating a substrate with a zinc dialkyldithiophosphate (ZDDP) material, comprising the steps of selecting a substrate which is reactive with said ZDDP material; providing an atmosphere containing said ZDDP material at a pre... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6149743 | Method of complete bainite hardening A method of complete bainite hardening of steel for use in bearings and other load carrying components, wherein bainite transformation is performed at a temperature just above the martensite formation temperature, transforming 25%-99% of the austenite int... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6136101 | Casting material for thixocasting, method for preparing partially solidified casting material for thixocasting, thixo-casting method, iron-base cast, and method for heat-treating iron-base cast A thixocast casting material is formed of an Fe--C--Si based alloy in which an angle endothermic section due to the melting of a eutectic crystal exists in a latent heat distribution curve and has a eutectic crystal amount Ec in a range of 10% by weight | 10/24/2000 |
| 6136110 | Ferritic heat-resistant steel having excellent high temperature strength and process for producing the same This invention provides a ferritic heat-resistant steel suitable for a pressure-resistant member to be used at a temperature of 400 to 550° C. The ferritic heat-resistant steel having an excellent high temperature strength contains, in terms of wt %, 0.0... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6103394 | Thin steel sheet having excellent rectangular drawability and production method thereof A thin steel sheet having excellent rectangular drawability is produced by completing roughing rolling of steel containing C: 0.02 wt % or less, Si: 0.5 wt % or less, Mn: 1.0 wt % or less, P: 0.15 wt % or less, S: 0.02 wt % or less, Al: 0.01 to 0.10 wt %,... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6099666 | Variable cooling rate quench method and apparatus A variable rate quench system allows the cooling of a heated workpiece to be controlled more closely. A liquid quenchant used in the system has an initial temperature, density and heat extraction index. The system comprises a first tank containing the liq... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6077370 | Thin-walled monolithic metal oxide structures made from metals, and methods for manufacturing such structures Monolithic metal oxide structures, and processes for making such structures, are disclosed. The structures are obtained by heating a metal-containing structure having a plurality of surfaces in close proximity to one another in an oxidative atmosphere at ... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6053991 | Production of cold working tool steel Disclosed are a cold working tool steel suitable for plastic cold working tools used under severe service conditions, such as forming dies, forming rolls, and form rolling dies, and a process for producing the same. The cold working tool steel has wear re... | 04/25/2000 |
| 5980662 | Method for batch annealing of austenitic stainless steels Methods are provided for annealing coils of austenitic stainless steels through the use of a batch annealing process. The preferred methods involved selecting compositions of austenitic stainless steel alloys having a sufficiently low weight percentage of... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5968661 | Steel sheet for heat-shrink band A steel sheet for a heat-shrink band, which is to be thermally expanded and fitted over the outer periphery of the panel portion of a cathode ray tube, which has at least a 20% elongation at an ambient temperature and at least a 40 kg/mm2 stres... | 10/19/1999 |
