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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8171979 | Method for producing carbon nanocomposite metal material and method for producing metal article molded therefrom A method for producing a carbon nanocomposite metal material with increased carbon nanomaterial dispersibility and increased binding between carbon nanomaterial and matrix metal stock is disclosed. A preform obtained by mixing a matrix metal stock and microparticula... | 05/08/2012 |
| 7337526 | Method for manufacturing squirrel cage rotor Ceramic adhesive is applied inside the slots of an electric machine squirrel cage rotor prior to casting or insertion of rotor conductors. This heat-resistant insulation provides superior electrical insulation that is also mechanically rugged, thus enabling casting ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7211214 | Laser assisted direct imprint lithography In accordance with the invention, features can be directly imprinted into the surface of a solid substrate. Specifically, a substrate is directly imprinted with a desired pattern by the steps of providing a mold having a molding surface to imprint the pattern, dispo... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7172661 | High strength nickel-based amorphous alloy A high precision alloy, and in particular, high-strength nickel-based amorphous compositions for fabrication of glass-coated microwires. ... | 02/06/2007 |
| 6995484 | Coating compositions for electronic components and other metal surfaces, and methods for making and using the compositions A method is disclosed for providing inorganic and/or organic coating compositions onto rotor cores to eliminate soldering during aluminum injection. These coatings can also be applied upon electric motor rotors and/or stators laminates as well as other electronic co... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6953627 | Method for the production of thin-walled steel components and components produced therefrom A process for the production of thin walled parts of steel, wherein there are layers that are at least partly differently treatable relating to their strength and hardness qualities. This process can include creating a composite material from a plurality of differen... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6938542 | Embossing tool An embossing tool for embossing a sheet of material has a body formed with a fissure for receiving the sheet of material, a lever pivotably mounted about a pivot point on the body and a block positionable between the lever and the body. The block has an embossing fa... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6902828 | Bright products obtained by continuous casting A bright composite sheet product including a roll cast core and a clad material bonded to the core. The core is an aluminum alloy of the AA series 1XXX, 3XXX, 5XXX, or 8XXX, and the clad material contains at least 99.5 wt. % aluminum. The composite sheet products is... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6899160 | Method of forming a thermally conductive article using metal injection molding material with high and low aspect ratio filler The present invention discloses a conductive injection molding composition. The thermally conductive composition includes a metallic base matrix of, by volume, between 30 and 60 percent. A first thermally conductive filler, by volume, between 25 and 60 percent is pr... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6739377 | Process for incorporating a metallic semi-finished product by casting In a process for casting a metallic semi-finished product into a casting, the semi-finished product is roughened on a surface which faces the casting, then being placed in a defined position in a casting mold and surrounded with casting metal, after which a firm bon... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6699401 | Method for manufacturing Si-SiC member for semiconductor heat treatment A method for producing a Si--SiC member for heat treatment of semiconductor, which is suitable for heat treatment of a semiconductor wafer with a large diameter and capable of reducing the contamination of the semiconductor wafer as much as possible is pr... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6517953 | Metal matrix composite body having a surface of increased machinability and decreased abrasiveness Often, metal matrix composites (MMC's) lack adequate machinability and possess excessive abrasiveness because hard ceramic materials, such as silicon carbide, are used as the reinforcement phase. To make a metal matrix composite body having a more machina... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6460597 | Method of making fiber reinforced aluminum matrix composite Method of making articles comprising polycrystalline -Al2 O3 fibers within a matrix of aluminum, or an alloy of aluminum and up to about 2% copper.... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6450237 | Compound cast product and method for producing a compound cast product A compound cast product is formed in a casting mold (14) having a mold cavity (16) sized and shaped to form the cast product. A plurality of injectors (24) is supported from a bottom side (26) of the casting mold (14). The injectors (24) are in fluid comm... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6406800 | Bent pipe for passing therethrough a material containing solids A bent pipe for use in piping arrangement for transporting materials conaining solids, the bent pipe being prepared by subjecting to high-frequency bending work a straight blank pipe prepared by centrifugal casting and having a plurality of layers. The st... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6399018 | Powdered material rapid production tooling method and objects produced therefrom Solid objects are made by means of a novel multi-step forming, debinding, sintering and infiltrating process, using a metal-ceramic composition. In this process, the mixture is held for a period of time to degas and settle the powdered material from a liq... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6353992 | Method of manufacturing a bicycle crank A crank arm for a bicycle includes a crank arm body formed of a first material and a core formed of a second material disposed in the crank arm body. The second material has a specific gravity less than a specific gravity of the first material. The second... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6344270 | Metal matrix composite wires, cables, and method Metal matrix composite wires that include at least one tow comprising a plurality of substantially continuous, longitudinally positioned fibers in a metal matrix. The fibers are selected from the group of ceramic fibers carbon fibers, and mixtures thereof... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6329056 | Metal matrix composite wires, cables, and method Metal matrix composite wires that include a plurality of substantially continuous, longitudinally positioned fibers in a metal matrix. The wire exhibits zero breaks over a length of at least 300 meters when tested according to a specified test.... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6329079 | Lined alloy tubing and process for manufacturing the same A tube for a cracker unit in which ethylene is produced withstands, without oxidizing or losing its strength, the elevated temperatures required to effect cracking, yet retards coking. The tube has a shell formed from stainless steel or high nickel alloy ... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6286583 | Two part light metal coating and method of making same A cylinder-liner blank which preferably consists of a hypereutectic aluminum/silicon alloy and is cast into a crankcase. A special surface treatment achieves better material bonding of the liner in the crankcase. The blank has a roughness of 30 to 60 μm ... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6251159 | Dispersion strengthening by nanophase addition A dispersion strengthening method for metallic melts that are used to form large articles. The method comprises adding nanophase particles into a molten metallic melt and dispersing the nanophase particles in the metallic melt. The nanophase particles com... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6033791 | Wear resistant, high impact, iron alloy member and method of making the same A wear resistant, high-impact iron alloy member (20,22) suitable for use in an impact rock crusher and a method of making the same. The invention provides a white iron alloy member (20,22) having at least one wear surface (24) with carbide granules encaps... | 03/07/2000 |
| 5897943 | Metal matrix composite including homogeneously distributed fly ash, binder, and metal Metal matrix composites comprising of a solid preform comprising of a filler phase containing fly ash and a binding material having a binder to water ratio of 1:1 to 1:9, wherein the preform contains a metal homogeneously distributed within the preform.... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5876659 | Process for producing fiber reinforced composite Fiber bundle reinforced composite material useful for various high temperature structural members having excellent strength, toughness and resistance to oxidation and a process for producing the same. The fiber bundle reinforced composite material is rein... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5722324 | Ink trough apparatus for a printing press An ink trough for a printing press is formed between two rollers and two side members on opposite ends of the rollers. The rollers can be operated independently for ink removal and cleaning purposes.... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5488984 | Electric motor rotor lamination treatment to prevent rotor soldering A method for the mass production of squirrel-cage rotors for electric motors includes the step of die casting-in-place rotor bars within the slots formed by stacked steel laminations. The molten metal alloy utilized in the method is high conductivity alum... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5435966 | Reduced metal content ceramic composite bodies This invention relates generally to a novel method for removing metal from a formed self-supporting body. A self-supporting body is made by reactively infiltrating a molten parent metal into a bed or mass containing a boron donor material and a carbon don... | 07/25/1995 |
| 5394928 | Cast composite material with high-silicon aluminum matrix alloy and its applications A cast composite material is formed from about 5 to about 35 volume percent of particulate reinforcement, preferably silicon carbide particles, embedded in an aluminum alloy matrix having from about 8.5 to about 12.6, most preferably about 9.5 to about 11... | 03/07/1995 |
| 5366686 | Method for producing articles by reactive infiltration A method for producing an article including a refractory compound by infiltrating a preform with a liquid infiltrant and initiating a reaction between the preform and the liquid infiltrant to establish a reaction front which propagates in a direction oppo... | 11/22/1994 |
| 5350003 | Removing metal from composite bodies and resulting products The present invention relates to a novel process for removal of at least a portion of at least one metallic component of a metallic constituent from a multi-phase composite body. Particularly, by providing at least one of an infiltration enhancer or an in... | 09/27/1994 |
| 5240066 | Method of casting amorphous and microcrystalline microwires A method for preparing glass-coated microwires is provided. A metal in a glass tube is superheated in a high frequency induction field, whereby the glass tube softens. A thin capillary tube is drawn from the softened glass and the glass tube fills with mo... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5236032 | Method of manufacture of metal composite material including intermetallic compounds with no micropores A metal matrix composite material having uniformly dispersed intermetallic compounds and no micropores is manufactured by forming a porous preform including 60% to 80% by volume fine fragments essentially made of aluminum, 1% to 10% by volume fine fragmen... | 08/17/1993 |
| 5232040 | Method for reducing metal content of self-supporting composite bodies and articles formed thereby This invention relates generally to a novel method for removing metal from a formed self-supporting body. A self-supporting body is made by reactively infiltrating a molten parent metal into a bed or mass containing a boron source material and a carbon so... | 08/03/1993 |
| 5070591 | Method for clad-coating refractory and transition metals and ceramic particles Metal and ceramic particles of various morphologies are clad with a coating from the transition metal group consisting of silver, gold, copper, nickel, iron, cobalt, aluminum etc., or combinations thereof, to provide improved coated particles for microele... | 12/10/1991 |
| 5025849 | Centrifugal casting of composites Tubes or other symmetrical shapes are formed of composite materials, such silicon carbide and aluminum, by spin casting. The reinforcing material can be precast into a billet or bar of the matrix metal, remelted and introduced into a spinning mold. Tubes... | 06/25/1991 |
| 5000244 | Lost foam casting of dual alloy engine block In a preferred embodiment, a compound aluminium alloy engine block casting comprises at least a piston-travel region of a cylinder wall section formed of a first alloy, preferably hypereutectic aluminum-silicon alloy, and a remainder including a crankcase... | 03/19/1991 |
| 4949773 | Production method of a mold for continuous casting This invention relates to a production method of a mold for continuous casting comprising the steps of: providing a cooled water path in the mold water cooling mechanism; filling the cooled water path with a wax; making the wax surface uniform; providing ... | 08/21/1990 |
| 4890662 | Mixing and cooling techniques A method and system for forming a composite mixture of at least two materials, at least one of which is a metal or metal alloy. The materials in a molten state are supplied via inlet channels to a mixing region so as to indirectly impinge on each other an... | 01/02/1990 |
| 4890380 | Method of manufacturing a fuse with an envelope of non-porous rigid ceramic A high power current-limiting fuse comprises a cylindrical envelope which closely surrounds a metallic fusible element in the form of a wire or ribbon. The cylindrical envelope is made of high density rigid ceramic such as Alumina of formula Al2 | 01/02/1990 |
