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| 8132611 | Metallic nanostructures self-assembly, and testing methods The invention provides method for metallic nanonstructures self-assembly methods and materials testing. Preferred embodiment methods permit for the formation of individual nanostructures and arrays of nanostructures. The nanostructures formed can have a metal alloy ... | 03/13/2012 |
| 7980289 | Endoluminal stent having mid-strut interconnecting members An endoluminal stent composed of a plurality of circumferential expansion elements arrayed to form the circumference of the stent and extending along the longitudinal axis of the stent, and a plurality of interconnecting members that interconnect adjacent pairs of c... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7963314 | Casting apparatus and method A nucleated casting apparatus including an atomizing nozzle configured to produce a droplet spray of a metallic material, a mold configured to receive the droplet spray and form a preform therein, and a gas injector which can limit, and possibly prevent, overspray f... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7882883 | Method for making a barrel front for a paintball marker Disclosed is a method for making a non-metallic, fiber-reinforced barrel tube having particular application for use in a barrel system to be attached to a paintball marker in order to direct paintballs propelled by the marker towards a target. A mandrel is first dip... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7798199 | Casting apparatus and method A nucleated casting apparatus including an atomizing nozzle configured to produce a droplet spray of a metallic material, a mold configured to receive the droplet spray and form a preform therein, and a gas injector which can limit, and possibly prevent, overspray f... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7681622 | Heterogeneous composite bodies with isolated lenticular shaped cermet regions A heterogeneous body having ceramic rich cermet regions in a more ductile metal matrix. The heterogeneous bodies are formed by thermal spray operations on metal substrates. The thermal spray operations apply heat to a cermet powder and project it onto a solid substr... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7422619 | Process of fabricating metal spheres A method of forming metal spheres includes ejecting a precisely measured droplet of molten metal from a molten metal mass, buffering the molten metal droplet to reduce the internal kinetic energy of the droplet without solidifying the droplet and cooling the buffere... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7361412 | Nanostructured soldered or brazed joints made with reactive multilayer foils Self-propagating formation reactions in nanostructured multilayer foils provide rapid bursts of heat at room temperature and therefore can act as local heat sources to melt solder or braze layers and join materials. This reactive joining method provides very localiz... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7350558 | Method of venting a spray metal mold The present invention relates to a novel method of venting a spray metal molding surface. More particularly the invention relates to a method of manufacturing a mold using a thermal spray process to produce a metal surface containing passages in the spray metal to v... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7351484 | High field contrast magnetic stampers/imprinters for contact patterning of magnetic media A high field contrast magnetic stamper/imprinter for use in patterning of magnetic and magneto-optical (MO) recording media by contact printing, comprises: (a) a layer of a magnetic material having a high saturation magnetization B... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7316748 | Apparatus and method of dispensing small-scale powders An apparatus and method of dispensing small-scale powders for a variety of applications, including, for example, fabricating a three-dimensional heterogeneous small-scale device, includes using a feed mechanism that causes motion of the powder particles and the step... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7309807 | Method of containing radioactive contamination A method of controlling or containing radioactive contamination by providing a neutron absorbing material to a radioactive contamination site. Preferably the neutron absorbing material is present as a powder, granule, slurry or suspension, allowing the neutron absor... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7293597 | Non-oxidizable coating A substrate is coated by applying an essentially pure aluminum first layer to a surface of the substrate. At least a first portion of the first layer is oxidized so as to provide a protective coating of desired properties. The substrate may be a refractory metal-bas... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7290589 | Control of deposition and other processes Material is incrementally deposited using material directed toward a deposition zone. The scan path of the directed material is controlled according to a path plan derived to reduce derivation from an ideal uniform temperature profile for the deposition during the d... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7281568 | Method for producing a stratified composite material A method is described for producing a stratified composite material, with a melt of a layer material being cast progressively in a forward feed direction onto a strip-like metal carrier which is heated to a treatment temperature required for the bonding with the lay... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7273669 | Spray-formed articles made of pseudo-alloy and method for making the same Method and arrangement for spray forming an article. The method includes spraying a plurality of metal streams upon a low-heat resistant model and thereby forming a spray formed article. Each of the plurality of metal streams is composed of moltenized droplets, and ... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7270167 | Metal impregnated graphite composite tooling A metallic shell used, for example as a mold, is formed by spray deposition of metallic layers over non-metallic layers as, for example, a reinforcing fabric. ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7261141 | Metal porous body manufacturing method A process for producing a porous metal body, the process includes melting part of a starting metal material in succession while moving the material by a floating zone melting method under a gas atmosphere to dissolve a gas into a resultant molten metal; and solidify... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7250194 | Metal sprayed composite part A method of making an article having both a polymeric substrate and a metallic spray deposited layer is disclosed. The coefficients of thermal expansion of the polymeric substrate and the metallic layer are preferably similar. ... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7223713 | Molybdenum sulfide/carbide catalysts The present invention provides methods of synthesizing molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) and carbon-containing molybdenum disulfide (MoS2-xCx) catalysts that exhibit improved catalytic activity for hydrotreating reactions involving hydrode... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7185969 | Droplet dispensation from a reservoir with reduction in uncontrolled electrostatic charge Devices and methods are provided for reducing the uncontrolled electrostatic charges that can alter the volume and/or trajectory of a droplet, which is typically ejected through the application of focused acoustic radiation. Also provided are reservoirs and substrat... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7168266 | Process for making crystalline structures having interconnected pores and high refractive index contrasts Techniques for producing a glass structure having interconnected macroscopic pores, employing steps of filling polymerizable glass precursors into pores in a polymeric structure having interconnected macroscopic pores; polymerizing the precursors; and decomposing th... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7168935 | Solid freeform fabrication apparatus and methods An apparatus for formation of a three dimensional object comprising a sealed container; an electron beam subsystem capable of directing energy within said container; a positioning subsystem contained within said container; a wire feed subsystem contained within said... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7152869 | Fifth wheel hitch requiring reduced or no lubricant A trailer hitch assembly includes a hitch plate and a locking mechanism. The hitch plate includes a throat for receiving a kingpin of a trailer. The locking mechanism locks the kingpin in the throat and includes a pair of lock jaws whose lock jaw contact surface, wh... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7154932 | Refining and casting apparatus A method for refining and casting metals and metal alloys includes melting and refining a metallic material and then casting the refined molten material by a nucleated casting technique. The refined molten material is provided to the atomizing nozzle of the nucleate... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7132386 | Preparation of amorphous sulfide sieves The present invention involves methods and compositions for synthesizing catalysts/porous materials. In some embodiments, the resulting materials are amorphous sulfide sieves that can be mass-produced for a variety of uses. In some embodiments, methods of the invent... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7118048 | Apparatus and method for droplet steering An apparatus and method for droplet steering is disclosed herein. A throated structure having a nozzle defines a converging throat with an inlet and an outlet and a vectored fluid stream directed therethrough. The fluid stream is driven through the system via a vacu... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7108041 | Hollow nickel shapes by vapor deposition A method and apparatus for producing a nickel shape or shell employs nickel vapor deposition onto the inside surface of a closed, multi-part mandrel. The closed multi-part mandrel eliminates the need for a separate deposition chamber and the nickel vapor deposition ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7073560 | Foamed structures of bulk-solidifying amorphous alloys A foamed structure of bulk solidifying amorphous alloy with improved impact resistance, with high stiffness to weight ratio, and/or with high resistance to fatigue and crack propagation, and a method for forming such foamed structures are provided. ... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7070260 | Droplet dispensation from a reservoir with reduction in uncontrolled electrostatic charge Devices and methods are provided for reducing the uncontrolled electrostatic charges that can alter the volume and/or trajectory of a droplet, which is typically ejected through the application of focused acoustic radiation. Also provided are reservoirs and substrat... | 07/04/2006 |
| H2157 | Method of producing corrosion resistant metal alloys with improved strength and ductility Nickel and chromium as the exclusive components of an alloy is formed by mixing under cover of nitrogen gas and spray casting thereof wherein a molten outflow stream of such alloy components is atomized by exposure to jets of the nitrogen gas after pressurization, r... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7049540 | Process and apparatus for cutting or welding a workpiece A metal jet cutting system, which includes a jetting heat, a heater and a power source, is used for modifying a workpiece. The jetting head includes a crucible and an inlet for receiving a feed stock of a conductive material. The heater melts the conductive material... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7044191 | Mold material processing device, method and apparatus for producing same The invention relates to a molten material processing device having an elongated thermal element like a heating element, a thermocouple, a sensor, a heatpipe and a cooling pipe which is characterised in that said elongated thermal element (2) is located in a ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7032644 | High strength aluminum alloy and method of producing same An alloy of aluminum, lithium, magnesium, zirconium, and scandium is formed with a rapid solidification process to retain desired metastable phases. A solid freeform fabrication device uses a heat source to melt a feedstock delivered through one or more guide nozzle... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7028743 | High field contrast magnetic stampers/imprinters for contact patterning of magnetic media A high field contrast magnetic stamper/imprinter for use in patterning of magnetic and magneto-optical (MO) recording media by contact printing, comprises: (a) a layer of a magnetic material having a high saturation magnetization B... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7029624 | High-speed fabrication of highly uniform metallic microspheres In a high-speed fabrication process for producing highly uniform metallic microspheres, a molten metal is passed through a small orifice, producing a stream of molten metal therefrom. A series of molten metal droplets forms from the break up of the capillary stream.... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7027478 | Microneedle array systems The present invention relates to systems of microneedle arrays to align and form optical components. Active components such as lasers are combined with optical fibers. Microneedles are fabricated using techniques such as laser drilled Kapton, and combined with optic... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7021362 | Shelling apparatus and methods for investment casting An apparatus for shelling an investment casting pattern has a tank containing a coating material. There are means for holding the pattern immersed in the coating material. There may be means for vibrating the pattern during immersion of the pattern and a vacuum sour... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6978976 | Magnetized core with pneumatic release system for creating a wax mold for a golf club head An improved core for creating wax patterns of golf club heads is disclosed herein. The core includes a center core piece and several outer core pieces removably coupled to the center core piece by magnets embedded in each of the core pieces. The core further include... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6966188 | Plate-like body connecting method, connected body, tail pipe for gas turbine combustor, and gas turbine combustor The present invention provides a plate-like body connecting method in which functions such that cooling capability is not reduced. There is provided a plate-like body connecting method for connecting at least two plate-like bodies each having passages that extend al... | 11/22/2005 |
