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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7364394 | Break away fastening system A fastening system is providing, the fastening system has a weld stud having an annular weldment portion and a fracturable nut. The fracturable nut and stud construction is configured to fail under torsional load prior to the structural parts failure. ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7273337 | Partially coated fastener assembly and method for coating A fastener assembly includes a row of fasteners having a head, a tip, and a portion of a shank coated with a polymer composition. The polymer composition includes a polymer material such as polyurethane and metal particles. The polymer composition is used to provide... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7220397 | Modified oxygen reduced valve metal oxides Pressed material such as anodes are described and formed from oxygen reduced oxide powders using additives, such as binders and/or lubricants. Methods to form the pressed material are also described, such as with the use of atomizing, spray drying, fluid bed process... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7169468 | Resin bonded rare earth magnet A resin bonded rare earth magnet, compression molded from rare earth-transition alloy powder and thermosetting resin, having a magnet 1 comprising a mixture of thermosetting resin and rare earth-transition alloy powder with a particle size of between 20 and 3... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7149074 | Methods of making a niobium metal oxide Methods to at least partially reduce a niobium oxide are described wherein the process includes heat treating the niobium oxide in the presence of a getter material and in an atmosphere which permits the transfer of oxygen atoms from the niobium oxide to the getter ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7135141 | Method of manufacturing a sintered body A method of manufacturing a sintered body, in which a material powder composed of metallic powder or alloy powder, a getter material having a higher oxidation potential than that of the material powder, and a hydride, which constitutes a hydrogen source, are sealed ... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7119303 | Welding current nozzle material The invention relates to a welding current nozzle material used in the welding current nozzle for feeding filler material in MIG-type welding. The material used in the welding current nozzle according to the invention is a copper-based alloy where silver is alloyed.... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7094987 | Hollow thermal spray electrode wire having multiple layers An electrode wire for use in a thermal spray process. The electrode wire is formed with a first layer of a first material formed as tubular outer layer and a second layer of a second material, different from the first material, formed as a tubular inner layer locate... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7087860 | Straight polarity metal cored wires A core composition of a metal-cored wire comprising a combination of graphite and potassium compounds has been proven to stabilize the arc in a straight polarity welding configuration. In particular, adding a combination of graphite and potassium manganese titanate ... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7051435 | Process for repairing turbine components A process for repairing a turbine component comprises overlaying a preform of a brazing material onto a surface of the turbine component, wherein the surface comprises a damaged portion; securing the preform of a brazing material to the surface; and heating the turb... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7001644 | Surface-active photoinitiators A process for the production of coatings with scratch-resistant durable surfaces that comprise as photoinitiator (B) in a photocurable formulation at least one surface-active photoinitiator, concentrated at the surface of the formulation, of formula (Ia) or (Ib), wh... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6939413 | Flux binder system A welding flux that includes a flux agent and a binder. The binder includes a colloidal binder formed from small particles of silicon dioxide. The binder can be dried at lower temperatures to thereby for a greater range of fluxing agents and/or metal alloys to be in... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6908420 | Dimensionally stabilized roller body A roller body for a roller, for pressure-treating or temperature-treating or combined pressure- and temperature-treating a web-shaped medium, for example paper, includes a casting body made of an iron-based alloy comprising graphite lamellae. Particular regions of t... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6773824 | Clad power metallurgy article and method for producing the same A clad article of a substrate of one powdered metal that is clad with a second dissimilar powdered metal. A separation layer may be provided between the substrate and the clad layer to separate these layers during consolidation and to facilitate bonding thereof. The... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6740424 | Surface coated aluminum fine powder and aqueous chromium-free corrosion inhibiting coating composition including the same A chromium-free corrosion inhibiting coating composition, which does not utilize harmful chromium compounds and can be used for corrosion inhibition of a metal surface, comprising a slurry mixture in which coated aluminum fine powder treated with a hydrophilic coupl... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6692839 | Titanium based composites and coatings and methods of production A titanium based composite which includes a Ti(Al,O) base matrix, discrete ceramic particles, and an oxide layer on the surface of the composite. The discrete ceramic particles are integrally associated with the Ti(Al,O) base matrix and the oxide layer, s... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6670049 | Metal/ceramic composite protective coating and its application An environmental coating is applied to the surface of a titanium-base alloy substrate to protect the surface from oxidation, corrosion, erosion, and other damage. The coating is a mixture of a metal and a ceramic, each selected to contribute to the protec... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6623690 | Clad power metallurgy article and method for producing the same A clad article of a substrate of one powdered metal that is clad with a second dissimilar powdered metal. A separation layer may be provided between the substrate and the clad layer to separate these layers during consolidation and to facilitate bonding t... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6544645 | Fiber reinforced aluminum matrix composite wire Composite wire comprising polycrystalline -Al2 O3 fibers within a matrix of aluminum, or an alloy of aluminum and up to about 2% copper. The resulting materials are characterized by their high strength and low weight are parti... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6541124 | Drill resistant hard plate A drill resistant plate, which presents a rough surface of hardened particles to drilling attack, and which tends to snap or destroy drill bits before they can began drilling. The plate is made by brazing hard particles into a matrix of brazing material a... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6479165 | Arc spraying method There is disclosed a material wire for wear-resistant and trobologically favorable shaped bodies manufactured by the arc spraying method, which comprises a covering (12) and a filling (14). The covering (12) comprises an alloy based on aluminium with at l... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6475635 | Sliding material made of copper alloy, method of producing same, and sliding bearing A copper alloy sliding material which can bring about superior resistance to fatigue as well as good anti-seizure property without containing any Pb. The copper alloy sliding material is made to have the structure in which both of the hard copper alloy ph... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6468669 | Article having turbulation and method of providing turbulation on an article An article includes turbulation material bonded to a surface of a substrate via a bonding agent, such as a braze alloy. In an embodiment, the turbulation material includes a particulate phase of discrete metal alloy particles having an average particle si... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6460597 | Method of making fiber reinforced aluminum matrix composite Method of making articles comprising polycrystalline -Al2 O3 fibers within a matrix of aluminum, or an alloy of aluminum and up to about 2% copper.... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6447927 | Fiber reinforced aluminum matrix composite A composite metal matrix formed of polycrystalline -Al2 O3 fibers encapsulated within a matrix of substantially pure elemental aluminum, or an alloy elemental aluminum and up to about 2% copper is disclosed. The resulting mate... | 09/10/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6440578 | Adhesive compositions for bonding different members bonding method using the composition and composite members bonded by the bonding method An adhesive composition is provided for bonding two or more different members which can give a bonded material having excellent heat resistance characteristics while inhibiting breakage of the materials to be bonded by reducing the expansion coefficient, ... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6420318 | Ceramic superconductor/metal composite materials employing the superconducting proximity effect Superconducting composite materials having particles of superconducting material disposed in a metal matrix material with a high electron-boson coupling coefficient (λ). The superconducting particles can comprise any type of superconductor including Lave... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6372362 | METHOD FOR FORMING COMPOSITE VAPOR-DEPOSITED FILMS WITH VARIED COMPOSITIONS FORMED IN THE INITIAL AND FINAL STAGES OF DEPOSITION, COMPOSITE VAPOR-DEPOSITION MATERIAL FOR THE FILM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURE THEREOF A method for forming a composite vapor-deposited film one side of which suitable for vapor-deposition on a phosphor surface of a CRT, such as a color television picture tube, has high light reflectivity, and the other side of which has a property to absor... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6346327 | Chrome coated article An article is coated with a multi-layer coating comprising a polymeric layer deposited on the surface of the article and a decorative chrome, chrome/nickel alloy, or chromium nitride layer deposited on the polymeric layer.... | 02/12/2002 |
| 6344270 | Metal matrix composite wires, cables, and method Metal matrix composite wires that include at least one tow comprising a plurality of substantially continuous, longitudinally positioned fibers in a metal matrix. The fibers are selected from the group of ceramic fibers carbon fibers, and mixtures thereof... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6245425 | Fiber reinforced aluminum matrix composite wire Wire comprising polycrystalline -Al2 O3 fibers within a matrix of substantially pure elemental aluminum, or an alloy elemental aluminum and up to about 2% copper.... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6224990 | Binder systems for powder metallurgy compacts The application of polypropylene carbonate in solution to valve metal powders having relatively high surface area, then evaporating the solvent under static (non-agitating) conditions. The static drying of the coated valve metal powder produces a semi-sol... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6221504 | Coating consisting of hypereutectic aluminum/silicon alloy and/or an aluminum/silicon composite material A tribological coating made of a copper-free highly hypereutectic aluminum/silicon alloy and/or of a copper-free aluminum/silicon composite material composed such that fine silicon primary crystals and/or silicon particles, intermetallic phases, and oxide... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6103397 | Metallic porous product and composite product thereof and method of producing the same A metallic porous product is produced by applying a slurry of a mixture of skeleton constituent metal particles and property modifying particles to an inflammable porous foam, burning the inflammable porous foam having open pores by heat to provide a meta... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6085963 | Work piece repair A method of repairing a worn surface of a work piece especially but not exclusively a fin surface of a down hole stabilizer tool basically comprising placing an array of hard wearing trapezoids e.g. of tungsten on the surface to be repaired and occupying ... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6051613 | Nitrogen monoxide production suppressor A pharmaceutical composition containing an extract from inflammatory tissue inoculated with vaccinia virus may be used to suppress the death of cells caused by endotoxin, and suppress excessive production of nitrogen monoxide induced by endotoxin. The ext... | 04/18/2000 |
| 6045925 | Encapsulated nanometer magnetic particles Composite nanoparticles comprising an elemental metal core surrounded by a metal-containing shell material are described wherein the particles have an average diameter of from about 5-500 nm; the core metal is preferably selected from the group consisting... | 04/04/2000 |
| 5998336 | Ceramic/metal and A15/metal superconducting composite materials exploiting the superconducting proximity effect and method of making the same A composite superconducting material made of coated particles of ceramic superconducting material and a metal matrix material. The metal matrix material fills the regions between the coated particles. The coating material is a material that is chemically ... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5910376 | Hardfacing of gamma titanium aluminides A gamma titanium aluminide substrate is hardfaced by providing a hardfacing material with a titanium-aluminum, gamma-titanium aluminide alloy component having a composition of titanium and about 42 to about 49 atomic percent aluminum, and a nonmetallic po... | 06/08/1999 |
