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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8048240 | Processing of titanium-aluminum-vanadium alloys and products made thereby A method of forming an article from an α−β titanium including, in weight percentages, from about 2.9 to about 5.0 aluminum, from about 2.0 to about 3.0 vanadium, from about 0.4 to about 2.0 iron, from about 0.2 to about 0.3 oxygen, from about 0.005 to about 0.3 ... | 11/01/2011 |
| 7708845 | Method for manufacturing thin sheets of high strength titanium alloys description Disclosed is a method for manufacturing thin sheets of high-strength titanium alloys. The method includes the steps of preparing initial blanks, assembling the initial blanks into a pack within a sheath, and heating and hot rolling the pack of the initial blanks in ... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7682473 | Ti, Al and Nb alloys A method for forming a finished implant prosthesis which comprises: (a) providing an unforged alloy consisting essentially of Ti(x %)Al(y %)Nb wherein x is between about 45 to 54% by atoms, y is between about 15 to 25% by atoms and... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7618504 | TiA1 based alloy, production process therefor, and rotor blade using same A TiAl based alloy having excellent strength as well as an improvement in toughness at room temperature, in particular an improvement in impact properties at room temperature, and a production method thereof, and a blade using the same are provided. This TiAl based ... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7601232 | α-β titanium alloy tubes and methods of flowforming the same Described herein are methods for forming titanium alloy tubes having an α-β grain structure. The methods include the steps of hot-working a titanium alloy workpiece at a temperature below the β-transus temperature of the workpiece and above the recrystallization ... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7422644 | Thin parts made of β or quasi-β titanium alloys; manufacture by forging The present invention provides non-axially symmetrical manufactured parts of thickness less than 10 mm, made of β or quasi-β titanium alloy, having a core microstructure constituted by whole grains presenting a slenderness ratio greater than 4 and an equivalent di... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7335426 | High strength vacuum deposited nitinol alloy films and method of making same A vacuum deposition method for fabricating high-strength nitinol films by sputter depositing nickel and titanium from a heated sputtering target, and controlling the sputter deposition process parameters in order to create high-strength nitinol films that exhibit sh... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7303638 | Ti 6-2-4-2 sheet with enhanced cold-formability Systems and methods for enhancing the cold-formability of Ti 6-2-4-2 sheet material are described herein. Embodiments of these methods comprise cold-forming a predetermined, pretreated Ti 6-2-4-2 alloy into a cold-formed shape; subjecting the cold-formed shape to a ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7285174 | Method for producing metallic strips A method for producing metallic strips having a high-grade cube texture based on nickel, copper, aluminum, silver or alloys of these metals including austenitic iron-nickel alloys makes it possible to obtain, during a subsequent annealing process and with lower tota... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7261782 | Titanium alloy having high elastic deformation capacity and method for production thereof A titanium alloy obtained by a cold-working step, in which 10% or more of cold working is applied to a raw titanium alloy, comprising a Va group element and the balance of titanium substantially, and an aging treatment step, in which a cold-worked member, obtained a... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7241328 | Method for preparing ultra-fine, submicron grain titanium and titanium-alloy articles and articles prepared thereby A method for preparing ultra-fine, submicron grain titanium or titanium-alloy articles (78) used for joining or assembling of detail components. Coarse-grained titanium or titanium-alloy materials (52) are severely mechanically deformed using cryogenic... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7229510 | Manganese alloy sputtering target and method for producing the same A manganese alloy sputtering target characterized in that oxygen is 1000 ppm or less, sulfur is 200 ppm or less and a forged texture is provided, and a method for producing a forged manganese alloy target stably by eliminating the drawbacks of manganese alloy that i... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7228722 | Method of forming sputtering articles by multidirectional deformation A method of producing a valve metal mill form having dimensions sufficient to be divided to form a plurality of sputter targets is described. The method includes multidirectional deformation of an ingot to form a mill form having a preferred average grain size of ab... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7168142 | Method of manufacturing a shaped titanium article A method of manufacturing a metallic blank into a shaped article useful as an enclosure for an implantable medical device is described. The method entails a plurality of steps in a particular order to obtain certain finish characteristics. Some of them are a surface... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7115177 | Method for the treatment of metallic materials In a method for the treatment of metallic materials especially for the consolidation of the texture of the materials, a blank of the metallic material is heated to a transformation temperature and the blank is then subjected to twisting preferably while, at the same... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7115247 | Hydrogen storage compositions and methods of manufacture thereof Disclosed herein is a method for making and screening a combinatorial library, comprising disposing on a substrate comprising aluminum at least one reactant comprising lithium, germanium, magnesium, or a combination comprising at least one of the foregoing; heat tre... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7077937 | Large surface area electrode and method to produce same A large surface area electrode well-suited to electrochemical applications is produced by winding many turns of a metallic fiber tow on to a sheet metal rectangle. In the preferred embodiment, an anode that can be used to purify water by electrochemical production o... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7037389 | Thin parts made of β or quasi-β titanium alloys; manufacture by forging The present invention provides non-axially symmetrical manufactured parts of thickness less than 10 mm, made of β or quasi-β titanium alloy, having a core microstructure constituted by whole grains presenting a slenderness ratio greater than 4 and an equivalent di... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7029558 | Titanium-made cathode electrode for producing electrolytic copper foil, rotary cathode drum using the titanium-made cathode electrode, method of producing titanium material using titanium-made cathode electrode and method of correcting/working titanium material for titanium-made cathode electrode The purpose is to provide a cathode electrode for manufacturing an electrodeposited copper foil which is possible to be continuously and stably usable for a long duration of 3000 hours or longer to subsequently lessen the frequency of maintenance work execution as l... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7017382 | Methods of forming aluminum-comprising physical vapor deposition targets; sputtered films; and target constructions The invention includes a method of forming an aluminum-comprising physical vapor deposition target. An aluminum-comprising mass is deformed by equal channel angular extrusion. The mass is at least 99.99% aluminum and further comprises less than or equal to about 1,0... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7014722 | Titanium material superior in upset-forgeability and method of producing the same In finifsh-cogging a high-purity titanium material into a cylindrical form as the final shape, if cylindrical cogging is performed in all stages of warm forging or if cylindrical cogging is performed in the initial stage of the warm forging, there is no need of peri... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7008491 | Method for fabricating an article of an alpha-beta titanium alloy by forging A method for fabricating an article of a titanium-base alloy, such as an alpha-beta titanium gas turbine fan or compressor disk, uses a starting ingot having a thickness of at least about 20 inches, and which is made of a titanium-base alloy having a temperature-com... | 03/07/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6984272 | Process for producing titanium material for target, titanium material for target, and sputtering target using the same A titanium material for a target has a microstructure in which the grain size is small and uniform and also has a macrostructure of the surface of the titanium material which is non-patterned and is excellent in surface property. A titanium ingot in which Vacuum Arc... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6978594 | Process for the manufacture of a disintegrating roll of an open-end spinning apparatus as well as a disintegrating roll made by such a process A sawtooth wire to be laid in a groove of a shredding-element-carrier of a disintegrating roll of an open-end spinning apparatus is brought into a shape, which essentially represents that shape, which the sawtooth wire is to assume on the shredding-element carrier. ... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6979375 | Titanium alloy member A titanium alloy member is characterized in that it comprise 40% by weight or more titanium (Ti), a IVa group element and/or a Va group element other than the titanium, wherein a summed amount including the IVa group element and/or the Va group element as well as th... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6974507 | Damage tolerant microstructure for lamellar alloys A damage tolerant microstructure for a lamellar alloy, such as a lamellar γTiAl alloy, is provided in accordance with the present invention. The alloy comprises a matrix and a plurality of grains or lamellar colonies, a portion of which exhibit a nonplanar morpholo... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6939419 | Method for producing axially symmetric parts and the article The invention relates to plastic metal working, more specifically to methods for producing parts of the disk- or shell-type having conical, hemispherical, and also combined parts, such as disk-and-shaft ones. The invention is instrumental in producing large axially ... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6929566 | Golf club head and method of manufacturing the same A method of manufacturing a golf club head comprises: making a billet of a titanium alloy Ti-6Al-4V by machining an ingot of the titanium alloy; forging the billet into a face plate within a temperature range of from (the beta transformation temperature −150 degre... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6921470 | Method of forming metal blanks for sputtering targets The present invention relates to an improvement in the manufacture of metal blanks, discs, and sputtering targets by flattening only one of the two surfaces of a metal plate. The elimination of flattening the metal plate's second surface results in a significant cos... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6918974 | Processing of alpha-beta titanium alloy workpieces for good ultrasonic inspectability An alpha-beta titanium alloy workpiece, preferably furnished in the form of a cast ingot, is processed by mechanically working in the beta phase field and in the alpha-beta phase field, and thereafter quenching from the beta phase field. The workpiece is thereafter ... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6911100 | Method for controlling residual stress in prosthetics A method for producing predetermined internal stresses in a prosthetic device for implantation. The method includes first determining internal stresses which are preferred in prosthetics to instill a particular strength and longevity to the prosthetic. In particular... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6863987 | Titanium resistant to discoloration in atmospheric environment and process of production of same Titanium resistant to discoloration in an atmospheric environment characterized by having an average carbon concentration of 14 at % or less in a range to a depth of 100 nm from the surface and having an oxide film of a thickness of 12 to 40 nm at its surface. Titan... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6830638 | Medical devices configured from deep drawn nickel-titanium alloys and nickel-titanium clad alloys and method of making the same Nickel-titanium alloys that have been deep drawn in a cold working process have linear pseudoelastic behavior without a phase transformation or onset of stress-induced martensite. A medical device made from a structural element which has been deep drawn and subseque... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6805759 | Shaped part made of an intermetallic gamma titanium aluminide material, and production method A shaped part or article of manufacture is formed of a selected gamma titanium aluminide alloy with outstanding mechanical properties which can be produced particularly economically. First, a semi-finished article is formed in a hot forming process with a degree of ... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6800153 | Method for producing β-titanium alloy wire The diamter of β-titanium alloy wire is reduced by cold wire-drawing and the β-titanium alloy wire is subjected to heat treatment. The heat treatment comprises the first aging process for precipitation strengthening and the second aging process for removing proces... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6759134 | Process of forming a metallic article having a black oxide/ceramic surface and articles produced by the method A process for forming a metallic article having a black ornamental surface includes the steps of metallurgically providing an alloy containing between about 51 and 70 about percent by weight of titanium, between about 3 and about 17 percent by weight of niobium, and... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6746553 | Process for producing sputtering target materials The invention includes methods of reducing grain sizes of materials, and methods of forming sputtering targets. The invention includes a method for producing a sputtering target material in which a metallic material is subjected to plastic working at a processing pe... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6719856 | Titaniums having excellent impact resistance and manufacturing methods Titaniums having excellent impact resistance are manufactured by methods that attain good cold workability by controlling the concentrations of oxygen, nitrogen, carbon and iron contained in ordinary pure titaniums in the desired range, applying combinations of prel... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6596099 | Titanium articles and structures for ultrasonic inspection methods and systems A titanium article for an ultrasonic inspection is provided in which the titanium article can be ultrasonic inspected for determining its acceptability in for microstructurally sensitive applications. The ultrasonic inspection method comprises providing a... | 07/22/2003 |
