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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7910052 | Near β-type titanium alloy A near-beta titanium alloy having higher strength than ‘Ti-17’ is provided, while suppressing cost increase. Such a near-&bgr; titanium alloy consists of, in weight percent, 0.5-7% of V, 0.5-2.5% of Fe, 0.5-5% of Mo, 0.5-5% of Cr, 3-7% of Al, and the balance of ... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7332043 | Titanium-based alloy and method of heat treatment of large-sized semifinished items of this alloy The inventive titanium alloy comprises, expressed in mass %: aluminium 4.0-6.3; vanadium 4.5-5.9; molybdenum 4.5-5.9; chromium 2.0-3.6; ferrum 0.2-0.5; the rest being titanium. An equivalent molybdenum content is determined as corresponding to Moequiv≧1... | 02/19/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7175721 | Method for preparing Cr-Ti-V type hydrogen occlusion alloy The invention relates to a method for producing high-performance Cr—Ti—V hydrogen storage alloys utilizing a thermit process, whereby residence of adversely affecting impurities is inhibited, addition of not less than 10 at % of Ti as an alloy component is reali... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7082868 | Lightweight armor with repeat hit and high energy absorption capabilities A lightweight armor with repeat hit capability includes at least one layer of material that absorbs energy upon being impacted by an object through a reversible phase change and/or an elastic strain deformation of at least 5%. Once the energy of the object has been ... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7060239 | Quasicrystalline alloys and their use as coatings The present invention relates to an icosahedral, quasicrystalline compound or compound present in the form of an approximant having the nominal composition: TivCrwAlxSiyOz, in which v=60-65; w=25-30; x=0-6; Y=8-... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7008489 | High strength titanium alloy An alpha-beta, titanium-base alloy with improved ductility at high strength levels compared to commercially available alloys, such as Ti-17. The alloy exhibits at least a 20% improvement in ductility at a given strength level compared to Ti-17. The alloy comprises, ... | 03/07/2006 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6918971 | Titanium sheet, plate, bar or wire having high ductility and low material anisotropy and method of producing the same A sheet, a plate, a bar or wire is made of Ti and has high ductility and low material anistropy in a plane of a sheet or plate, or in a sectional plane of a bar or a wire and contains Fe, in mass, at 0.15-0.5%, N at 0.015-0.041 and 0, with the balance Ti and unavoid... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6849231 | α-β type titanium alloy There is provided an α-β type titanium alloy having a normal-temperature strength equivalent to, or exceeding that of a Ti-6Al-4V alloy generally used as a high-strength titanium alloy, and excellent in hot workability including hot forgeability and subsequent sec... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6800243 | Titanium alloy and method for heat treatment of large-sized semifinished materials of said alloy The inventive titanium alloy comprises, expressed in mass %: aluminium 4.0-6.0; vanadium 4.5-5.0; molybdenum 4.5-5.0; chromium 2.0-3.6; ferrum 0.2-0.5; the rest being titanium. An equivalent molybdenum content is determined as corresponding to Moequiv.≧... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6786985 | Alpha-beta Ti-Ai-V-Mo-Fe alloy High strength alpha-beta alloy comprising essentially Al: 4.5-5.5%, V: 3.0-5.0%, Mo: 0.3-1.8%, Fe: 0.2-1.2%, oxygen 0.12-0.25% Ti: balance. All other incidental elements should be less than 0.1% for each element and less than 0.5% in total. The alloy possesses impro... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6726784 | α+β type titanium alloy, process for producing titanium alloy, process for coil rolling, and process for producing cold-rolled coil of titanium alloy A high strength and ductility α+β type titanium alloy, comprising at least one is isomorphous β stabilizing element in a Mo equivalence of 2.0-4.5 mass %, at least one eutectic β stabilizing element in an Fe equivalence of 0.3-2.0 mass %, Si in an amount of 0.1-... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6669791 | TiAl 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 ... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6632396 | Titanium-based alloy Titanium-based alloy contains, % by mass: aluminum 2.2 to 3.8; vanadium 4.5 to 5.9; moloybdenum 4.5 to 5.9; chromium 2.0 to 3.6; iron 0.2 to 0.8; zirconium 0.0l to 0.08; carbon 0.01 to 0.25; oxygen 0.03 to 0.25; titanium being the balance. The alloy posse... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6454882 | Titanium alloy having enhanced notch toughness A titanium alpha-beta alloy having enhanced notch toughness comprises titanium, aluminum, and vanadium and is characterized by a microstructure having equiaxed alpha grains whose volume fraction is about 75 to 85 percent, a maximum grain size of the micro... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6338764 | Hydrogen-absorbing alloy and hydrogen-absorbing alloy electrode To provide a hydrogen absorbing alloy having a BCC (body-centered cubic structure) as a crystal structure, and particularly a hydrogen-absorbing alloy for a nickel-hydride cell having excellent discharge capacity and durability (cycle characteristics), sa... | 01/15/2002 |
| 6319340 | Ti-V-A1 based superelasticity alloy and process for preparation thereof A Ti--V--Al based superelastic alloy wherein the proportions of Ti, Al and V, based on the total weight of the three components, fall within the range defined by the lines joining the following points of A, B, C and D shown in the ternary composition diag... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6270719 | Modified electrochemical hydrogen storage alloy having increased capacity, rate capability and catalytic activity A modified Ti--V--Zr--Ni--Mn--Cr electrochemical hydrogen storage alloy which has at least one of the following characteristics: 1) an increased charge/discharge rate capability over that the base Ti--V--Zr--Ni--Mn--Cr electrochemical hydrogen storage all... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6258182 | Pseudoelastic ଲ titanium alloy and uses therefor The disclosed ଲ titanium alloys contain alloying elements of molybdenum between 10.0 and 12.0 weight percent, aluminum between 2.8 and 4.0 weight percent, chromium and vanadium between 0.0 and 2.0 weight percent, and niobium between 0.0 and 4.0 weig... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6174495 | Titanium aluminide for precision casting Titanium aluminide for precision casting, having the following chemical composition: Al: 31.3 to 32.0 wt %, Fe: 0.5 to 1.0 wt %, V: 1.0 to 1.5 wt %, and B: 0.03 to 0.06 wt %, with the remainder being Ti and inevitable impurities. A melt of this titanium alumin... | 01/16/2001 |
| 6165414 | Titanium aluminide for precision casting and method of casting using titanium aluminide A titanium aluminide having the following chemical composition: Al: 33.5-34.5 wt %, Fe: 1.5-2.0 wt %, V: 1.5-2.0 wt %, and B: 0.05-0.10 wt %, with the remainder being Ti and inevitable impurities. Greatly decreased is a ratio of 댒 phase (Ti3 | 12/26/2000 |
| 6136060 | Low cost high speed titanium and its alloy production A method for refining a titanium metal containing ore such as rutile or illmenite or mixtures to produce titanium ingots or titanium alloys and compounds of titanium involves production of titanium tetrachloride as a molten slag, by processing the ore in ... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6053993 | Titanium-aluminum-vanadium alloys and products made using such alloys A method for forming titanium alloys is described comprising first forming an ingot that includes: (a) from about 5.5 to about 6.75 weight percent aluminum (preferably from about 5.75 to about 6.5 weight percent aluminum), (b) from about 3.5 to about 4.5 ... | 04/25/2000 |
| 6007923 | Titanium alloy, member made of the titanium alloy and method for producing the titanium alloy member A joined tubular body comprises a titanium alloy pipe of which crystal grain is hard to coarsen at the time of welding or hot-extruding, which consists by weight percentage of at least one element selected from 0.01~10% of S, 0.01~10% of Se and 0.01~10% o... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5980655 | Titanium-aluminum-vanadium alloys and products made therefrom Titanium alloys comprising from about 2.5% to about 5.4% aluminum, from about 2.0% to about 3.4% vanadium, from about 0.2% to about 2.0% iron, and from 0.2% to about 0.3% oxygen are described. Such alloys also can comprise elements selected from the group... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5868879 | Composite article, alloy and method A mixed oxide ceramic product is made directly from a metal alloy of titanium, zirconium and/or hafnium and niobium, tantalum or hafnium, where the normally combustible alloy of titanium and zirconium or hafnium is passivated by the addition of more than ... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5849112 | Three phase -ଲ titanium alloy microstructure The invention is a process for simultaneously improving at least two mechanical properties of mill-processed (+ଲ) titanium alloy, which may or may not contain silicon, which includes steps of heat treating the mill-processed titanium alloy su... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5792288 | Titanium alloy with solutive and intermetallic reinforcement An alloy made of Titanium, Aluminum, Vanadium, and Copper. The combination enhances the strength of the metal. Such alloy can be used where high strength metal is required. When Molybdenum Sulfide is added to the alloy, it will provide a solid lubricating... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5776626 | Hydrogen-occluding alloy and hydrogen-occluding alloy electrode Disclosed are a hydrogen-occluding alloy electrode comprising an alloy powder wherein the alloy comprises a Ti-V solid solution mother phase and a secondary phase predominantly containing a Ti-Ni phase or an AB2 Laves phase in which the seconda... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5759484 | High strength and high ductility titanium alloy Disclosed is a Ti alloy which can provide a high strength and achieve a high ductility only with an annealing treatment without being provided a solution treating and aging process by adding O, C and Fe in a good balance to a basic chemical composition sy... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5733425 | Titanium alloy anode for electrolyzing manganese dioxide This invention relates to a titanium alloy anode for the electrolytic production of manganese dioxide, wherein the alloy anode is made of titanium as a base metal, and comprises at least three other metals selected from the group consisting of manganese, ... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5613849 | Dental care material and manufacturing method A dental care material comprising a titanium sintered body has no harmful effects on the human body and easily produces products with complicated shapes having a high level of strength. A mixture of titanium powder and an organic binder is injection molde... | 03/25/1997 |
| 5514333 | High strength and high ductility tial-based intermetallic compound and process for producing the same A high strength and high ductility TiAl-based intermetallic compound includes a content of aluminum in a range represented by 42.0 atom %ࣘAlࣘ50.0 atom %, a content of vanadium in a range represented by 1.0 atom %ࣘVࣘ3.0 atom %, a content of niobium... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5509979 | Titanium alloy and method for production thereof A titanium alloy possessing an equiaxial two-phase (+ଲ) structure having an average grain size in the range of from 1 μm to 10 μm is obtained by a prescribed heat treatment of a titanium alloy material having a composition represented by th... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5503798 | High-temperature creep-resistant material A multiphase, high-temperature material contains an intermetallic base alloy of the Ti3 Al type, which is intended especially for use in heat engines such as internal combustion engines, gas turbines and aircraft engines. The material contains ... | 04/02/1996 |
