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...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7442491 | Aluminum alloy blank for lithographic printing plate and support for lithographic printing plate There is provided an aluminum alloy blank for a lithographic printing plate including iron in a range of 0.20 to 0.80 wt %; and the balance being aluminum, a crystal grain refining element, and unavoidable impurity elements. The unavoidable impurity elements may inc... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7338629 | Integrated metal processing facility A system and method for forming and heat treating a metal casting are provided. ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7275582 | Methods and apparatus for heat treatment and sand removal for castings A system and method for heat treating castings and removing sand cores therefrom. The castings are initially located in indexed positions with their x, y, and z coordinates known. The castings are passed through a heat treatment station typically having a series of ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7258755 | Integrated metal processing facility An integrated metal processing facility in which molten metal is poured into a series of molds at a pouring station to form metal castings, which are then transferred to a heat treatment line. Prior to introduction of the castings into a heat treatment station of th... | 08/21/2007 |
| 6959476 | Aluminum automotive drive shaft A method for producing aluminum drive shafts from molten aluminum alloy using a continuous caster to cast the alloy into a slab. The method comprises providing a molten aluminum alloy consisting essentially of 0.2 to 0.8 wt. % Si, 0.05 to 0.4 wt. % Cu, 0.45 to 1.2 w... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6929726 | Sputtering target, Al interconnection film, and electronic component A sputtering target consists essentially of 0.1 to 50% by weight of at least one kind of element that forms an intermetallic compound with Al, and the balance of Al. The element that forms an intermetallic compound with Al is uniformly dispersed in the target textur... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6908590 | Aluminum alloy All aluminum alloy is disclosed that includes 6.5 to 8.5 percent silicon, 0.6 to 1.0 percent iron, 0.0 to 0.5 percent manganese, 0.35 to 0.65 percent magnesium, 0.0 to 1.0 percent zinc, 0.0 to 0.2 percent titanium, 2.0 to 2.5 percent copper, and aluminum as the rema... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6901990 | Method and system for processing castings A method and system of processing castings is provided in which one or more castings are deposited into a mobile furnace and moved from one station to another of a multi-station casting processing system. The interior of the mobile furnace is heated so as to maintai... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6800244 | Aluminum brazing alloy The invention relates to an aluminium brazing alloy, ideally suitable as fin stock material, having a composition, in weight %: Si 0.7-1.2, Mn 0.7-1.2, Mg up to 0.35, Fe up to 0.8, Zn up to 3.0, Ni up to 0.005, Cu up to 0.5, optionally one or more members selected f... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6786983 | Casting process and product An aluminum alloy product is provided that includes an ADC12 aluminum alloy, wherein the ADC12 aluminum alloy is cast into the product utilizing a high pressure, slow velocity casting technique. ... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6783869 | Aluminium alloy for an anti-friction element The invention relates to an aluminium alloy for an anti-friction element containing respectively, as a % by weight, 4.2% to 4.8% Zn, 3.0% to 7.0% Si, 0.8% to 1.2% Cu, 0.7% to 1.3% Pb, 0.12% to 0.18% Mg, 0% to 0.3% Mn and 0% to 0.2% Ni. Also incorporated, based on % ... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6736947 | Sputtering target, A1 interconnection film, and electronic component A sputtering target consists essentially of 0.1 to 50% by weight of at least one kind of element that forms an intermetallic compound with Al, and the balance of Al. The element that forms an intermetallic compound with Al is uniformly dispersed in the target textur... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6676898 | Bearing materials A bearing and a bearing alloy composition are described, the bearing alloy comprising in weight %: tin 5-10; copper 0.7-1.3; nickel 0.7-1.3; silicon 1.5-3.5; vanadium 0.1-0.3; manganese 0.1-0.3; and the balance being aluminium apart from unavoidable impur... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6605199 | Textured-metastable aluminum alloy sputter targets and method of manufacture An aluminum alloy sputter target having a sputter target face for sputtering the sputter target is provided. The sputter target face has a textured-metastable grain structure. The textured-metastable grain structure has a grain orientation ratio of at lea... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6572816 | Free-machinable hyper-eutectic Al-Si alloy A free-machinable hyper-eutectic Al--Si alloy includes 3.0-5.0 wt % Cu, 13-17 wt % Si, 0.2-0.5 wt % Fe, 2.5-6.0 wt % Bi, 0.005-0.02 wt % P, up to 0.1 wt % Mg, up to 0.1 wt % Ni, up to 0.5 wt% Mn and up to 0.5 wt % total sum of other elements, with the bal... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6511633 | Free-machinable eutectic Al-Si alloy A free-machinable eutectic Al--Si alloy including 3.0-5.0 wt % Cu, 10.0-13.0 wt % Si, 0.2-0.5 wt % Fe, 2.5-5.0 wt % Bi, 0.1-0.3 wt % Sb, up to 0.1 wt % Mg, up to 0.1 wt % Ni and up to 0.5 wt % total sum of other elements, with the balance of the alloy bei... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6485681 | Process for manufacturing thin pipes The invention relates to a method for manufacturing thin-walled pipes, which are made of a heat-resistant and wear-resistant aluminum-based material. The method comprises the spray-compacting of a thick-walled pipe made of a hypereutectic aluminum-silicon... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6465113 | Aluminum alloy brazing sheet for a heat exchanger An aluminum alloy brazing sheet having a four-layered structure, of sheet thickness 0.2 mm or less, and having a core alloy, a filler alloy of an Al--Si alloy on one surface of the core alloy, a sacrificial anode material of an Al--Zn alloy on the other s... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6440583 | Aluminum alloy for a welded construction and welded joint using the same Disclosed is an Al alloy for a welded construction having excellent welding characteristics, which Al alloy comprises 1.5 to 5 wt % of Si (hereinafter, wt % is referred to as %), 0.2 to 1.5% of Mg, 0.2 to 1.5% of Zn, 0.2 to 2% of Cu, 0.1 to 1.5% of Fe, an... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6416710 | High-strength aluminum alloy for pressure casting and cast aluminum alloy comprising the same A high-strength aluminum alloy for pressure casting exhibiting a tensile strength of not less than 35 kgf/mm2 and an elongation of not less than 5.0% is provided. The aluminum alloy comprises 3.5 to 5.0% of Cu, 6.5 to 7.5% of Si, not more than ... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6408938 | Heat exchanger An aluminum alloy containing (in wt. %): 0.2-0.5 Fe; 0.7-1.2 Si; 1.2-1.6 Mn; up to 0.3 Mg; up to 0.5 Cu; up to 0.2 Zn; up to 0.1 Ti is used to make the fins of heat exchangers particularly car radiators. The finstock has high post braze strength and therm... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6403232 | Aluminum brazing sheet A core material of an aluminum brazing sheet restricts Mg to less than 0.3 wt % and Fe to not more than 0.2 wt %, and contains more than 0.2 wt % and not more than 1.0 wt % of Cu, 0.3 to 1.3 wt % of Si, 0.3 to 1.5 wt % of Mn and the balance of Al and inev... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6399020 | Aluminum-silicon alloy having improved properties at elevated temperatures and articles cast therefrom An aluminum alloy suitable for high temperature applications, such as heavy duty pistons and other internal combustion applications, having the following composition, by weight percent (wt %): Silicon 11.0-14.0 ... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6355090 | Method of manufacturing aluminum alloy for flattening material and aluminum alloy flattening material for automobiles There is disclosed a method of producing an aluminum alloy for automotive parts, comprising adding a scrap of an aluminum wrought alloy or a pure aluminum ingot to an aluminum alloy casting scrap, melting the mixture to dilute impurities, and if necessary... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6352789 | Brazing sheet and method of making same The invention relates to a brazing sheet with a two-layer structure or a three-layer structure, having a core sheet made of an aluminium alloy core material and on one side or both sides thereof a brazing layer of an aluminium alloy containing silicon as ... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6350532 | Aluminum alloy composition and method of manufacture The invention relates to a recyclable aluminum foil. The foil is made of an alloy containing 0.2%-0.5% Si, 0.4%-0.8% Fe, 0.1%-0.3% Cu, and 0.05%-0.3% Mn by weight. with the balance aluminum and incidental impurities. The foil contains at least about 2% by... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6337136 | Aluminum alloy support for lithographic printing plate and process for producing substrate for support The present invention provides a support for a lithographic printing plate prepared by cold rolling a sheet while intermediate annealing is omitted to save energy and the number of the cold rolling steps are decreased to simplify the sheet production step... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6335106 | Slide bearing material The invention relates to an aluminium-based slide bearing material, comprising an aluminium alloy with 10-25% wt. tin, as well as copper, nikel and manganese additions. The invention seeks to provide a material with improved load-bearing capacity and form... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6316125 | Aluminum welding process and composition for use in same The invention provides a new and improved process and exothermic reaction mixture for producing molten weld metal. The molten weld metal is used in joining one metallic piece with at least one other metallic piece. The process and exothermic reaction mixt... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6290785 | Heat treatable aluminum alloys having low earing The present invention provides an improved process for continuously casting aluminum alloys and improved aluminum alloy compositions. The process includes the steps of continuously annealing the cold rolled strip in an intermediate anneal using an inducti... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6194082 | Support for lithographic printing plate A support for a lithographic printing plate in which uniform pits are efficiently formed by electrochemically graining treatment, always independently of electrolytic conditions to give excellent printing performance, which comprises an aluminum alloy pla... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6183887 | Heat protection element consisting of a quasicrystalline aluminum alloy A composite structure including a substrate and a heat protection element on the substrate, wherein the heat protection element includes a quasicrystalline aluminium alloy of one or a number of quasicrystalline phases which are either quasicrystalline pha... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6153025 | High corrosion resistant aluminum alloy containing titanium A corrosion-resistant and high tensile strength aluminum-based alloy consisting of, by weight, about 0.06-0.25% iron, 0.05-0.15% silicon, 0.03-0.08% manganese, 0.10-0.18% titanium, 0.10-0.18% chromium, up to 0.50% copper, up to 0.70% zinc, up to 0.02% inc... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6126898 | Cast aluminium-copper alloy An aluminum-copper alloy comprising substantially insoluble particles which occupy the interdendritic regions of the alloy.... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6113850 | 2XXX series aluminum alloy An A-rated, aluminum alloy suitable for machining, said alloy consisting essentially of: about 4-5.75 wt. % copper, about 0.2-0.9 wt. % bismuth, about 0.12-1.0 wt. % tin, the ratio of bismuth to tin ranging from about 0.8:1 to 5:1, up to about 0.7 wt. % i... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6080360 | Coating for a cylinder of a reciprocating engine A coating for a cylinder bore of a reciprocating engine with an iron, aluminum, or magnesium base comprises a hypereutectic aluminum/silicon alloy. The alloy is applied to a cylinder wall by thermal spraying.... | 06/27/2000 |
| 6077363 | Al-Cu-Mg sheet metals with low levels of residual stress A metal sheet with a total thickness >0.5 mm comprising an AlCuMg aluminum alloy consisting essentially of Al and, in percent by weight: ______________________________________ 3.5 < Cu < 5.0 1.0 < Mg < 2.0 S... | 06/20/2000 |
| 5996471 | Aluminum alloy for internal-combustion piston, and aluminum alloy piston An aluminum alloy for internal-combustion engine pistons has good high-temperature strength and good abrasion resistance. It comprises from 2 to 5% by weight of copper, from 13 to 16% by weight of silicon, from 0.2 to 1.3% by weight of magnesium, from 1.0... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5980657 | Alloy for enhanced filling of high aspect ratio dual damascene structures An integrated circuit alloy is described which reduces the alloy melting temperature for improved coverage of high aspect ratio features with a reduced deposition pressure. The alloy is used to fabricate metal contacts and interconnects in integrated circ... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5900210 | High-strength and high-ductility aluminum-base alloy A high-strength and high-ductility aluminum-base alloy consisting of a composition of general formula: Alba1 Mna Sib or Alba1 Mna Sib TMc (wherein TM is one or more elements selected ... | 05/04/1999 |
