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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8062585 | Mercury releasing method A method includes releasing mercury in devices requiring mercury, in particular fluorescent lamps. The method includes the use of manganese-mercury compositions. ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 7700038 | Formed articles including master alloy, and methods of making and using the same A formed article for making alloying additions to metal melts includes particles of at least one master alloy and a binder material binding the particles of the master alloy in the formed article. The binder material changes form and frees the master alloy particles... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7442261 | Iron-base alloy containing chromium-tungsten carbide and a method of producing it In a method of producing an iron-based alloy containing chromium carbide, pieces of cemented carbide are added to an iron-based melt containing carbon, e.g. cast iron. Chromium, which regulates the solution of WC into the melt, is also added. The molten alloy is the... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7413589 | Method of producing hydrogen storage alloy A melt of a hydrogen storage alloy having an arbitrary composition is cooled gradually at a cooling rate of 5° C./min or less and solidified. Alternatively an alloy having an arbitrary composition, after heating to a temperature equal to or more than a melting poin... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7294209 | Apparatus and method for depositing material onto a substrate using a roll-to-roll mask A battery-operated device provided on a thin-film battery and a method for making. Some embodiments provide a system that includes a vacuum chamber, a plurality of pairs of source and take-up reels within the vacuum chamber, including a first source reel that suppli... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7270782 | Reduced temperature and pressure powder metallurgy process for consolidating rhenium alloys Pressure powder metallurgy process for consolidating refractory or rhenium alloys using a reduced temperature and elevated pressure. Rhenium metal has high temperature strength and wear resistance but has a very high melting point as a pure metal and thus is difficu... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7261856 | Electromigration effect-insignificant alloys and the alloys' designing method This invention takes advantage of the characteristics that the effective charge numbers of different metals have different values and even with different signs, and alloys are prepared with the metals of different signs of effective charge numbers. The effective cha... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7226493 | Method for grain refining of steel, grain refining alloy for steel and method for producing grain refining alloy The present invention relates to a method for grain refining of steel. A grain refining alloy having a composition FeXY where X is one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Cr, Mn, Si, Ni, and Mo and where Y is one or more oxide and/or sulphide and ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7201210 | Casting of aluminum based wrought alloys and aluminum based casting alloys Preferred embodiments of the present invention include methods that allow for casting alloys, and preferentially casting wrought alloys to circumvent problems such as, for example, hot tearing. Preferred embodiments of the present invention provide for alloys having... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7194801 | Thin-film battery having ultra-thin electrolyte and associated method A method and system for fabricating solid-state energy-storage devices including fabrication films for devices without an anneal step. A film of an energy-storage device is fabricated by depositing a first material layer to a location on a substrate. Energy is suppl... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7175687 | Advanced erosion-corrosion resistant boride cermets A cermet composition represented by the formula (PQ)(RS) comprising: a ceramic phase (PQ) and binder phase (RS) wherein, P is at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Group IV, Group V, Group VI elements, Q is boride, ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7177384 | Aluminum composite material, manufacturing method therefor, and basket and cask using the same A basket has a lattice-like section for accommodating individual used nuclear fuel in predetermined positions in a cask. The basket is made from aluminum composite material having good neutron absorption ability, excellent mechanical property and workability. The al... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7175686 | Erosion-corrosion resistant nitride 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 Si, Mn, Fe, Ti, Zr, Hf, V, Nb, Ta, Cr, Mo, W and mixture... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7169731 | Method for the synthesis of a fuel cell electrocatalyst A method for forming a supported metal-containing powder. The method comprises forming a dispersion of a particulate support in a solution, which comprises a solvent and a dissolved metal. Heat is removed from the dispersion to precipitate the dissolved metal from t... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7166169 | Vaporization source with baffle A vapor deposition source for depositing organic material includes a boat having a cavity for holding organic material and an aperture plate, having a plurality of spaced apertures, for enclosing the boat. The vapor deposition source also includes a heating element ... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7131189 | Continuous processing of thin-film batteries and like devices A system for making a thin-film device includes a substrate-supply station that supplies a substrate having a major surface area. The substrate has a first layer on a first surface area of the substrate's major surface area. Also included is a device for depositing ... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7074253 | Advanced erosion resistant carbide cermets with superior high temperature corrosion resistance Cermets are provided in which a substantially stoichiometric metal carbide ceramic phase along with a reprecipitated metal carbide phase, represented by the formula MxCy, is dispersed in a metal binder phase. In MxCy M is ... | 07/11/2006 |
| 6986801 | Method of producing reduced iron compacts in rotary hearth-type reducing furnace, reduced iron compacts, and method of producing molten iron using them There is provided a method of producing reduced iron compacts with high crushing strength, low powderization and a high reduction rate in a solid reduction-type firing reducing furnace such as a rotary hearth-type reducing furnace, as well as reduced iron compacts o... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6962613 | Low-temperature fabrication of thin-film energy-storage devices A method and system for fabricating solid-state energy-storage devices including fabrication films for devices without an anneal step, especially a cathode anneal of thin-film batteries. A film of an energy-storage device is fabricated by depositing a first material... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6960319 | Tungsten alloys for penetrator application and method of making the same Disclosed is a flow-softening tungsten alloy having the general formula: W100-pAiBjCkDe wherein W is tungsten; A is one or more elements selected from the ... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6946096 | 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... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6926754 | Method for preparing metallic superalloy articles having thermophysically melt incompatible alloying elements, without melting An article of a base metal alloyed with an alloying element is prepared by mixing a chemically reducible nonmetallic base-metal precursor compound of a base metal and a chemically reducible nonmetallic alloying-element precursor compound of an alloying element to fo... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6926755 | Method for preparing aluminum-base metallic alloy articles without melting An article of aluminum base-metal alloyed with an alloying element is prepared by mixing a chemically reducible nonmetallic base-metal precursor compound of the aluminum base-metal and a chemically reducible nonmetallic alloying-element precursor compound of an allo... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6924164 | Method of continuous processing of thin-film batteries and like devices A method of making a thin-film device including a substrate-supply station that supplies a substrate. The substrate has a first layer on the substrate. Also described is a method and device for depositing a second layer onto the first layer, wherein energy supplied ... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6921497 | Composition of matter tailoring: system I The present invention relates to new compositions of matter, particularly metals and alloys, and methods of making such compositions. The new compositions of matter exhibit long-range ordering and unique electronic character. ... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6918973 | Alloy and method of producing the same In accordance with a preferred embodiment of the invention, an alloy or other composite material is provided formed of a bulk metallic glass matrix with a microstructure of crystalline metal particles. The alloy preferably has a composition of (XaNib... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6918942 | Process for production of titanium alloy Titanium-aluminum alloy is prepared as a master alloy, and the aluminum master alloy and a pure titanium material are melted by an electron beam to yield titanium alloy. ... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6916356 | Method for preparing aluminum-silicon alloys A method for preparing Al—Si alloys by introducing into the molten aluminum, at a temperature of between 700 and 850° C., metallurgical silicon particles having a granulometry of less than 10 mm. The silicon particles, upon reaching the temperature of the molten ... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6906436 | Solid state activity-activated battery device and method A system includes a thin-film battery and an activity-activated switch. The system is placed on a substrate with an adhesive backing. In some embodiments, the substrate is flexible. Also formed on the substrate is an electrical circuit that includes electronics. The... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6866818 | Method of using a spray formed copper-nickel-manganese alloy A method for the manufacture of tools and components for the offshore field and the mining industry, in particular, for drilling installations, using a spray formed Cu—Ni—Mn alloy of 10 to 25% Ni, 10 to 25% Mn, the remainder being copper and common impurities. D... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6855189 | Method for removing chrome and/or nickel from liquid slags In a method for removing chromium oxide and nickel oxide, and combinations thereof, from liquid slags or slag mixtures, in which the liquid slag is A charged onto a metal bath, in particular an iron bath, and reduced by feeding carbon or carbon carriers, the carbon ... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6835227 | Process for manufacturing alloy powder with dual consumable rotary electrodes arc melting A process for manufacturing alloy powder with dual consumable rotary electrodes arc melting is suitable for manufacturing pure and low-surface-area powder of metal, active metals and their alloys. In the process, rotary electrode and tungsten electrode adopted by co... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6824585 | Low cost high speed titanium and its alloy production A method for refining a titanium metal containing ore such as rutile or ilmenite or mixtures to produce titanium ingots or titanium alloys and compounds of titanium involves production of titanium tetrachloride by processing the ore with a chlorinating procedure and... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6821500 | Thermal synthesis apparatus and process An apparatus for thermal conversion of one or more reactants to desired end products includes an insulated reactor chamber having a high temperature heater such as a plasma torch at its inlet end and, optionally, a restrictive convergent-divergent nozzle at its outl... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6805759 | Shaped part made of an intermetallic gamma titanium aluminide material, and production method A shaped part or article of manufacture is formed of a selected gamma titanium aluminide alloy with outstanding mechanical properties which can be produced particularly economically. First, a semi-finished article is formed in a hot forming process with a degree of ... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6805723 | Method and reactor for production of aluminum by carbothermic reduction of alumina A hollow partition wall is employed to feed carbon material to an underflow of a carbothermic reduction furnace used to make aluminum. The partition wall divides a low temperature reaction zone where aluminum oxide is reacted with carbon to form aluminum carbide and... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6733566 | Petroleum coke melt cover for aluminum and magnesium alloys A method for preventing oxidation of molten aluminum alloy and magnesium alloy surfaces, the method comprising providing a molten aluminum alloy or magnesium alloy having a molten aluminum or magnesium alloy surface; covering the molten aluminum or magnesium alloy s... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6723282 | Metal product containing ceramic dispersoids form in-situ A novel method for producing a ceramic phase particle dispersoid in metal and a novel product composed thereof. The method includes (a) providing a molten composition consisting essentially of molten aluminum alloy containing molten metal selected form the group con... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6699306 | Control method for copper density in a solder dipping bath This method controls a copper density in a dip solder bath holding a molten solder alloy containing at least copper as an essential composition thereof during a dip soldering step of one of a printed circuit board with a surfaced copper foil and a compone... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6682585 | Refining nonferrous metals and alloys with gases having reduced global warming potential An improved method of processing both primary and secondary nonferrous metal and alloys of said metals using a refining gas is provided. The improvement involves refining said non-ferrous metal and alloys with a gaseous mixture including at least one comp... | 01/27/2004 |
