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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7347969 | Iron-based sintered compact and method for production thereof Provided is an iron-based sintered body with a rustproof function comprising a layer containing 0.01 to 5 at % of indium on the surface of the iron-based sintered body, or an iron-based sintered body with a rustproof function containing 0.01 to 5 at % of indium thro... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7319196 | Bonding wire and bonded connection A bonding wire (1) includes a matrix material (2) and a filler (3) embedded in this matrix material (2), the coefficient of thermal expansion of the filler (3) being lower than the coefficient of thermal expansion of the matrix mat... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7316724 | Multi-scale cermets for high temperature erosion-corrosion service A cermet composition represented by the formula (PQ)(RS)X comprising: a ceramic phase (PQ), a binder phase (RS) and X wherein X is at least one member selected from the group consisting of an oxide dispersoid E, an intermetallic compound F and a derivative compound ... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7275720 | Actively cooled ceramic thermal protection system An apparatus and method for thermal protection is provided. A thermal protection apparatus includes a porous layer attached to an inner structural member requiring thermal protection. The porous layer serves as both a cooling air plenum and a transpiring medium. The... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7226667 | Cast-iron insert and method of manufacturing same A cylinder liner has an outer circumferential surface around which another metal is to be cast. The cylinder liner also has a plurality of protrusions disposed on the outer circumferential surface and having respective substantially conical undercuts or necks which ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7222701 | Backing plate with friction material retention members and method and apparatus for manufacturing same A backing plate for a friction assembly includes a body having a first surface and a second surface and a thickness defined therebetween. One or more retention members are provided on the first surface for engaging a friction material mounted thereon. Each retention... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7216746 | Brake drum and process for manufacturing the same A brake drum has its strength elevated in its disk portion. The brake drum is formed from a composition having ceramics dispersed in a matrix. The disk portion has a high ceramic content and thereby a high strength. The brake drum has a disk portion and a cylindrica... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7153338 | Advanced erosion resistant oxide cermets One embodiment of 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 Al, Si, Mg, Ca, Y, Fe, Mn, Group IV, Group V... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7131768 | Extended temperature range EMF device A sensor and method of manufacturing an extended temperature range EMF sensor that is cost effective and highly reliable, with a stable EMF output and with an operating range of up to 1700° C. in hostile environments. The sensor is formed of highly stable dispersio... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7066235 | Method for manufacturing clad components A method for manufacturing a clad component in which a cladding workpiece having a section comprising a first metal onto which a number of metal beads are rigidly bonded is inserted into a mold. A molten second metal is poured into the mold, where it flows about and... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7014924 | Metal member to be cast-wrapped A metal member to be cast-wrapped by a metal cast article, a manufacturing method thereof and a metal cast article including the metal member cast-wrapped are provided. A hollow cylindrical metal member having an outer surface with projections to be cast-wrapped by ... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6991856 | Methods of making and using freestanding reactive multilayer foils Reactive foils and their uses are provided as localized heat sources useful, for example, in ignition, joining and propulsion. An improved reactive foil is preferably a freestanding multilayered foil structure made up of alternating layers selected from materials th... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6921510 | Method for preparing an article having a dispersoid distributed in a metallic matrix An article has a metallic matrix made of its constituent elements with a dispersoid distributed therein. The article is prepared by furnishing at least one nonmetallic matrix precursor compound. All of the nonmetallic matrix precursor compounds collectively include ... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6908588 | Process for manufacturing an evaporation source The invention relates to a process for manufacturing an evaporation source for physical vapor deposition. The evaporation source is formed of the actual sputtering target with an aluminum component and one or more further components as well as of a backing plate mad... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6783798 | Magnetic or magnetizable composite product and a method for making and using same Thin, flexible composite materials, which are magnetic or magnetizable and processes for producing and using the materials. The composite material contains a laminate formed from a mixture of magnetic or magnetizable particles, binder particles (and optionally activ... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6767649 | Rotor for a turbomachine, and process for producing a rotor of this type A rotor (10) for a turbomachine, comprising at least one first, preferably disk-like rotor section (12), which is exposed to high operating temperatures and consists of a particularly creep-resistant material, in particular a nickel-based alloy, and at... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6753093 | Heat dissipating material and manufacturing method thereof A heat spreader includes an electromagnetic soft iron sheet and a plating layer formed on the surface of the sheet. The plate is made of a rustproof metal. An electronic component is mounted on an aluminum base with an HITT substrate and the heat spreader in between... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6666994 | Conductive adhesive and packaging structure using the same The present invention provides a conductive adhesive and a packaging structure that can keep moisture-proof reliability even when a multipurpose base metal electrode is used. A conductive adhesive according to the present invention includes first particle... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6534194 | Method of making reactive multilayer foil and resulting product In accordance with the invention a reactive multilayer foil is fabricated by providing an assembly (stack or multilayer) of reactive layers, inserting the assembly into a jacket, deforming the jacketed assembly to reduce its cross sectional area, flatteni... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6524721 | Conductive adhesive and packaging structure using the same The present invention provides a conductive adhesive and a packaging structure that can keep moisture-proof reliability even when a multipurpose base metal electrode is used. A conductive adhesive according to the present invention includes first particle... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6444330 | Composite part containing metallic foam and method for producing said composite part A sandwich component, which comprises at least two massive metallic sheet metal parts located opposite one another and a metal powder layer to be expanded, which is arranged between the sheet metal parts, is shown, in which the sandwich component has addi... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6426154 | Ceramic circuit board The present invention provides a ceramic circuit board comprising: a ceramic substrate and a metal circuit plate bonded to the ceramic substrate through a brazing material layer; wherein the brazing material layer is composed of Al--Si group brazing mater... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6110399 | Compositions and method for providing anisotropic conductive pathways and bonds between two sets of conductors The invention provides a composition (3) comprising: (i) a ferrofluid comprising a colloidal suspension (4) of ferromagnetic particles in a non-magnetic carrier liquid, and (ii) a plurality of electrically-conductive particles (5) having substantially uniform ... | 08/29/2000 |
| 5963778 | Method for producing near net shape planar sputtering targets and an intermediate therefor A preferred method for producing a pair of sputter targets includes the step of machining fist and second backing plates to form surfaces having near net profiles characteristic of an ion source, the sputtering material and the target shape. A preform is ... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5875830 | Metallic articles having heat transfer channels and method of making Metallic articles having heat transfer channels are produced by solidification of molten metallic material about pre-formed channel defining members such that a solidified metallic deposit having heat transfer channels is formed. The channel defining memb... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5812925 | Low temperature bonding of materials A method for joining a first metal surface to a second metal surface that includes providing powder metal particles substantially all of which have hardnesses lower than the hardnesses of the first and second metal surfaces, at normal temperatures; locati... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5780164 | Computer disk substrate, the process for making same, and the material made therefrom A hard drive disk substrate is formed of a multi-phase ceramic-based material having at least two phases with amorphous phases being present in an amount less than about 1 volume percent based on the volume of the ceramic-based material or at least one ph... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5740515 | Erosion/corrosion protective coating for high-temperature components An article of manufacture which is subject to erosive and corrosive attack in a high-temperature environment is formed of a substrate of nickel or cobalt-based superalloy, and a protective silicide coating disposed on the substrate. A thermal barrier laye... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5672435 | Hard disk drive components and methods of making same Hard disk drive components, such as, sliders, load beams, support arms, actuators, actuator bearings, spacers, clamps, spindles, ball bearings, thrust bearings, journal bearings, base plates, housings, and covers, formed of a multi-phase ceramic-based mat... | 09/30/1997 |
| 5643683 | Wet type sliding apparatus A wet type sliding apparatus in which a multilayer sliding member is used in the presence of a lubricating oil, characterized in that the multilayer sliding member is composed of (1) a backing metal layer, (2) a porous, sintered layer provided thereon and... | 07/01/1997 |
| 5634189 | Structural component made of metal or ceramic having a solid outer shell and a porous core and its method of manufacture A structural component is formed with an outer shell of sintered, solid, powder particles, and a porous core of sintered, hollow, bodies arranged in layers. The hollow bodies are of increased diameter in the layers in a direction from the outer periphery ... | 05/27/1997 |
| 5581799 | Brazeable aluminum material and a method of producing same A brazeable aluminum material is composed of an aluminum core and a brazing agent layer consisting of a brazing agent thermally sprayed onto and covering a surface of the core. A number of unmolten minute particles of the brazing agent are present in the ... | 12/03/1996 |
| 5572725 | Epitaxially strengthened single crystal aluminum garnet reinforcement fibers Reinforcement fibers are formed from a single crystal garnet body--suitably an aluminum garnet, desirably a rare earth aluminum garnet--having an epitaxial surface layer of a second garnet having a lattice constant larger than that of the body garnet so a... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5564064 | Integral porous-core metal bodies and in situ method of manufacture thereof A method for forming a gas-filled consolidated metal billet, involving preparing a metallic shell container, filling the shell with a metal core material and pressurized gas, and consolidating the shell and its contents to form the billet. The consolidate... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5510193 | Supported polycrystalline diamond compact having a cubic boron nitride interlayer for improved physical properties Metal carbide supported polycrystalline diamond (PCD) compacts having improved shear strength and impact resistance properties, and a method for making the same under high temperature/high pressure (HT/HP) processing conditions. A sintered polycrystalline... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5506061 | Method for the preparation of metal matrix composite materials A method for preparing deagglomerated fibres and/or particles and for providing the fibres and/or particles with a substantially uniform protective coating, the fibres and/or particles being of a material selected from the group consisting of carbides oxi... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5455118 | Plating for metal matrix composites The present invention describes a plated component and plating method in which the plating adheres to the reinforcement particles on the surface of a composite component. This allows the component to be processed above 400° C. without blistering. The pla... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5422190 | Via fill paste and method of using the same containing specific amounts of silver, gold and refractory oxides The present invention provides a new and useful via fill paste for use in the construction of electronic circuit devices. The unique via fill paste is capable of electrically connecting conductive layers made of dissimilar metals such as gold and silver. ... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5418072 | Totally consumable brazing encapsulate for use in joining aluminum surfaces A consumable brazing encapsulate is used for joining aluminum to metal surfaces, e.g. aluminum, copper, brass or steel surfaces, by brazing. The encapsulate comprises a mixture of particles of an eutectic forming metal selected from the group consisting o... | 05/23/1995 |
| 5387471 | Wear-resistant coating for a nickel alloy part A coating for a part made of a nickel alloy of the following type: Cr: 15% to 20%, Co: 8% to 20%, Mo: 1.5% to 4%, Ti: 3% to 5%, Al: 3% to 3.5%, W: ࣘ3.8%, Fe: ࣘ1.2%, Nb: ࣘ0.9%, C: ࣘ0.1%, B: ࣘ0.01%, and Ta: ࣘ2.8%, the remainder being Ni, the coa... | 02/07/1995 |
