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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8110143 | Composite metal foam and methods of preparation thereof The present invention is directed to composite metal foams comprising hollow metallic spheres and a solid metal matrix. The composite metal foams show high strength, particularly in comparison to previous metal foams, while maintaining a favorable strength to densit... | 02/07/2012 |
| 7998401 | Method for producing aluminum composite material A method for producing an aluminum composite material having a great content of a ceramics with ease. The method (a) mixes an aluminum powder and ceramic particles, to prepare a mixed material, (b) subjects the mixed material to electric pressure sintering together ... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7862768 | Plain bearing and method of manufacturing the same A plain bearing is provided which has an Sn-and-Si-rich layer formed of an Al alloy containing Sn and Si, and a base material which does not contain Sn. The Sn-and-Si-rich layer have the sliding surface having an area ratio of Sn phase grains in a range of 6 to 40% ... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7854887 | Production method for metal matrix composite material A method of producing an aluminum matrix composite material is described that comprises the steps of: mixing an aluminum powder and a ceramic powder to prepare a mixed powder; providing a lower casing made of aluminum and formed in a hollow rectangular parallelepipe... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7854886 | Production method for metal matrix composite material A method of producing an aluminum matrix composite material is described that comprises the steps of: mixing an aluminum powder and a ceramic powder to prepare a mixed powder; providing a lower casing made of aluminum and formed in a hollow rectangular parallelepipe... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7749428 | Method of manufacturing a clad material of bronze alloy and steel A manufacturing method of a clad material composed of a bronze alloy and a steel is provided, including: scattering a bronze alloy powder on a steel back metal; sintering the bronze alloy powder to obtain a bilayer material having a porous bronze alloy layer on the ... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7687022 | Method for manufacturing a synchronizing ring To manufacture a synchronizing ring of a synchronizing device for a variable-ratio gear transmission, this synchronizing ring having a ring body having locking teeth on an outer circumference and a friction lining made of a carbon nonwoven material bonded to a durop... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7687021 | Method of fabricating a casing for turbine stator The invention provides a method of fabricating a turbine stator casing, the method comprising the operations consisting in: between the walls of portions of a mold, forming a cavity of shape corresponding to the shape of the shroud of said casing, securing soluble c... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7625520 | Manufacturing method for high yield rate of metal matrix composite sheet production A manufacturing method for producing metal matrix composite (MMC) sheets without intermediate process losses associated with extrusion and rolling edge cracks. The method results in theoretical sheet yield rates from the initial MMC billet of up to 100%, compared to... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7566414 | Method for manufacturing power-metallurgy processed NbSn superconducting wire, precursor to powder-metallurgy processed NbSn superconducting wire A method for manufacturing a powder-metallurgy processed Nb3Sn superconducting wire is provided. In the method, a sheath made of Nb or a Nb alloy is filled with a raw material powder containing Sn. The sheath filled with the raw material powder is subject... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7560065 | Method and system for manufacturing of multi-component complex shape parts consisting of monolithic and powder materials working at different performance conditions Method and system for manufacturing multi-component complex shape parts consisting of monolithic and powder materials working at different performance conditions based on hot isostatic pressing of the monolithic elements and powder material including preliminary hea... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7527762 | Method of producing heat pipe A method (100) of producing a heat pipe includes the following steps: (1) inserting a mandrel (10) into a hollow metal casing (20) with a space formed between the hollow metal casing and the mandrel; (2) filling into the space with a slurry (... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7521017 | Laser fabrication of discontinuously reinforced metal matrix composites Disclosed are reinforced metal matrix composites and methods of shaping powder materials to form such composites. Articles of manufacture are formed in layers by a laser fabrication process. In the process, powder is melted and cooled to form successive layers of a ... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7407082 | Advanced erosion resistant carbonitride cermets The invention includes a cermet composition represented by the formula (PQ)(RS) comprising: a ceramic phase (PQ) and a binder phase (RS) wherein, P is a metal selected from the group consisting of Ti, Zr, Hf, V, Nb, Ta, Cr, Mo, W, ... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7347882 | Method of manufacturing of abrasive tools A method of producing an abrasive tool, comprising the steps of preparing a blank of an abrasive tool including abrasing grains in a bond; placing the thusly formed blank in a container; covering the thusly formed blank in the container with at least a protective ma... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7347968 | Method to form multi-material components The invention shows how powder injection molding may be used to form a continuous body having multiple parts, each of which has different functional properties such as corrosion resistance or hardness, there being no connective materials such as solder or glue betwe... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7335427 | Preform and method of repairing nickel-base superalloys and components repaired thereby A process for repairing a turbine component of a turbomachine, as well as a sintered preform used in the process and a high gamma-prime nickel-base superalloy component repaired thereby. The sintered preform contains a sintered mixture of powders of a cobalt-base br... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7323140 | Moving microdroplets in a microfluidic device The present invention relates to a system and method for moving samples, such as fluid, within a microfluidic system using a plurality of gas actuators for applying pressure at different locations within the microfluidic. The system includes a substrate which forms ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7303724 | Composite metallic materials and structures and methods of making the same A composite material and method of making the same are disclosed. An example method for fabricating a composite material forms a core layer between opposing outer layers. The core layer includes a mixture of at least one metallic powder and at least one expanding ag... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7300623 | Contact material, composite sintered contact component and method of producing same A contact material which provides improved wear resistance as well as reduced adhesion utilizing the features of an intermetallic compound having an ordered phase, with the intention of (i) improving the seizure resistance and/or wear resistance of an implement bear... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7279228 | Wear-resistant sintered contact material, wear-resistant sintered composite contact component and method of producing the same A wear-resistant iron-based sintered contact material is provided which is sintered by powder sintering so as to have high density, high seizure resistance and wear resistance. A wear-resistant iron-based sintered composite contact component composed of the wear-res... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7273026 | Roller follower body The present invention relates to a roller follower, comprising an outer surface, enclosing a first cavity, a second cavity, and a transition opening, wherein the first cavity includes a first inner surface configured to house a cylindrical insert the second cavity i... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7270786 | Methods and systems for processing microfluidic samples of particle containing fluids The present invention relates to a microfluidic system for processing a cell-containing liquid. The system includes a microfabricated substrate having an enrichment channel to prepare an enriched cell sample from the cell-containing liquid. A flow through member is ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7255933 | Multi-layer sliding part and a method for its manufacture A multi-layer sliding part is prepared by a process including mixing 1–50 parts by volume of a Cu-plated solid lubricant powder with 100 parts by volume of a Cu-based alloy powder comprising 5–20 mass % of Sn and a remainder of Cu to form a mixed powder, sinteri... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7241416 | Metal injection molded turbine rotor and metal injection molded shaft connection attachment thereto A rotor shaft assembly (101) of a type used in a turbocharger, manufactured by mounting a powder compact of a titanium aluminide rotor (203) to a powder compact of a steel shaft (207), with a metal powder admixed with a binder (211) inter... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7238018 | Method and apparatus for heating plastic extruding die A coil surrounding only the tip of nozzles of a plastic extruding die is provided. By passing a high frequency current through the coil to selectively heat only the tip of the nozzles. Further, in a plastic extruding die in which a high frequency current is passed t... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7226671 | Use of powder metal sintering/diffusion bonding to enable applying silicon carbide or rhenium alloys to face seal rotors A method for making aerospace face seal rotors reinforced by rhenium metal, alloy, or composite in combination with silicon carbide or other ceramic. The resulting rotor also is disclosed. Ceramic grains, preferably silicon carbide (SiC), are mixed with powdered met... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7195825 | Multi-layer sliding part and a method for its manufacture A multi-layer sliding part is prepared by a process including mixing 1–50 parts by volume of a Cu-plated solid lubricant powder with 100 parts by volume of a Cu-based alloy powder comprising 5–20 mass % of Sn and a remainder of Cu to form a mixed powder, sinteri... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7192557 | Methods and systems for releasing intracellular material from cells within microfluidic samples of fluids The present invention relates to a microfluidic system for processing a cell-containing liquid. The system includes a lysing zone to receive the cell-containing sample and a positioning element to position the cell-containing sample in a lysing position in the vicin... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7186369 | Method of forming a part made of a molybdenum-copper composite material The present invention relates to a method of forming a part made of a molybdenum-copper composite material. The composite material is formed by forming a mixture of molybdenum, phenolic, and wax, laser sintering the mixture to form a green form, placing the green fo... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7187744 | Method of providing a nuclear fuel and a fuel element provided by such a method A method for providing a nuclear fuel includes forming a uranium-molybdenum alloy that provides an enhanced reactivity in research, test and radioisotope production nuclear reactors. In this uranium-molybdenum alloy, the uranium is enriched in the isotope 235-U, whi... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7183633 | Optical cross-connect system An optical cross-connect switch comprises a base (216), a flap (211) and one or more electrically conductive landing pads (222) connected to the flap (211). The flap (211) has a bottom portion that is movably coupled to the base ( | 02/27/2007 |
| 7180155 | Method for manufacturing thin-film multilayer electronic component and thin-film multilayer electronic component In a method for manufacturing a thin-film multilayer electronic component, dielectric thin films and thin-film internal electrodes are alternately layered on each other to form a laminate. The thin-film internal electrodes are alternately displaced in a predetermine... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7175802 | Refurbishing spent sputtering targets Spent sputtering targets are refurbished by filling the depleted region of the target with new sputter material using a hot isostatic pressing or HIP'ing technique. ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7156149 | Method for producing a stratified composite material A method is described for producing a stratified composite material, with a layer of sinterable solids particles being applied to a strip-like metal carrier and being sintered with liquid phase by the supply of heat continuously in the forward feed direction. In ord... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7156284 | Low temperature methods of bonding components and related structures Methods of bonding two components may include positioning the components relative to one another to obtain a desired orientation. Once the desired orientation is obtained, the components can be bonded in the desired orientation with metal wherein a temperature of bo... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7156851 | Implant and process of modifying an implant surface An implant and a process of modifying an implant surface, which implant is in particular a hip implant, a tooth implant, a bone screw, fixation pin or a fixation nail (pin-fixation), comprising a metallic base body, which implant has a surface modified by a material... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7147819 | Method for producing highly porous metallic moulded bodies close to the desired final contours The invention relates to a method for producing highly porous, metallic molded bodies. The inventive method consists of the following steps: a metallic powder used as a starting material is mixed with a dummy; a green body is pressed out of the mixture; the green bo... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7141206 | Method of manufacturing closed section structure filled with foam and closed section structure manufactured by the same An aluminum plate (13) is first plastic-deformed (FIG. 3D) in such a way as to envelop a foaming-agent compact (14), which is not foamed yet. Then, terminals of the aluminum plate (13) are integrally seam-welded (FIG. 3E) to thereb... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7126810 | Cryogenic capacitors This invention describes a means by which performance characteristics of capacitors can be improved. This is achieved by reducing the temperature, preferably but not exclusively to cryogenic temperatures below 100 K. This is based on the observation that the dielect... | 10/24/2006 |
