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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8097548 | High-density pressurelessly sintered zirconium diboride/silicon carbide composite bodies and a method for producing the same A method of sintering a ZrB2—SiC composite body at ambient pressures, including blending a first predetermined amount of ZrB2 powder with a second predetermined amount of SiC powder, wherein both powders are characterized by the presence of s... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8097547 | Sintered refactory material based on silicon carbide with a silicon nitride binder A sintered material based on silicon carbide (SiC) reactively sintered between 1,100° C. and 1,700° C. to form a silicon nitride binder (Si3N4), intended in particular for fabricating an aluminum electrolysis cell, including 0.05% to 1.5% of ... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8076254 | Sintered refractory block based on silicon carbide with a silicon nitride bond A sintered refractory block based on silicon carbide (SiC) with a silicon nitride (Si3N4) bond, for the manufacture of a aluminium electrolysis vessel, characterized in that it comprises, expressed in percentage by weight, at least 0.05% boron and/or between 0.05 an... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8003557 | Volume-change resistant silicon oxy-nitride or silicon oxy-nitride and silicon nitride bonded silicon carbide refractory A reaction sintered silicon carbide-based product, including a silicon carbide component, a bond component, wherein the bond component includes silicon oxynitride in excess of any silicon nitride of the bond component, and at least one boron component residual to an... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7951737 | Aluminum oxide-based composite sintered body and cutting insert A cutting insert 1 is made of an aluminum oxide-based composite sintered body constituted by a ternary ceramic material including aluminum oxide, silicon carbide, and a sialon. The sialon in the aluminum oxide-based composite sintered body is Si—Al—O—N ... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7888277 | Methods of repairing a substrate A precursor of a ceramic adhesive suitable for use in a vacuum, thermal, and microgravity environment. The precursor of the ceramic adhesive includes a silicon-based, preceramic polymer and at least one ceramic powder selected from the group consisting of aluminum o... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7723247 | Method for pressurelessly sintering zirconium diboride/silicon carbide composite bodies to high densities A method of sintering a ZrB2—SiC composite body at ambient pressures, including blending a first predetermined amount of ZrB2 powder with a second predetermined amount of SiC powder, wherein both powders are characterized by the presence of s... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7687421 | Sinterable nanopowder ceramic material and method for synthesis thereof The invention provides a method of synthesizing a Si/C/N/Ea/Fb/Gc/O multielement nanopowder that is directly suitable for sintering, E, F, and G representing three distinct metallic elements other than Si, and at least one of a, b, a... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7494949 | SiC refractory comprising silicon nitride bond thereto and method for production thereof A silicon nitride-bonded SiC refractory is provided, which includes SiC as a main phase and Si3N4 and/or Si2N2O as a secondary phase and which has a bending strength of 150 to 300 MPa and a bulk density of 2.6 to 2.9. A me... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7446066 | Reverse reaction sintering of SiN/SiC composites A method of making a composite sintered silicon nitride/silicon carbide body, including mixing a predetermined amount of silicon nitride powder with a predetermined amount of silicon carbide powder, heat-treating the resultant mixed powder at a temperature of betwee... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7378362 | Boron carbide based ceramic matrix composites The present invention is a composite material, a process and a product formed by the process. The composite is formed by a process that includes forming a fibrous structure comprising fibers into a preform, coating the fibers of the fibrous structure preform with el... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7368406 | Whisker-reinforced ceramic containing aluminum oxynitride and method of making the same A ceramic body, as well as a method for making the same, wherein the ceramic body contains aluminum oxynitride and whiskers, (and optionally) one or more of titanium carbonitride, and/or alumina, and/or zirconia, and/or other component(s). ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7342315 | Method to increase mechanical fracture robustness of porous low k dielectric materials The present invention provides an insulating layer 100 for an integrated circuit 110 comprising a porous silicon-based dielectric layer 120 located over a substrate 130. The insulating layer comprises a densified layer 140 comprisi... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7332221 | Boron carbide composite bodies, and methods for making same A composite body produced by a reactive infiltration process that possesses high mechanical strength, high hardness and high stiffness has applications in such diverse industries as precision equipment and ballistic armor. Specifically, the composite material featur... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7329101 | Ceramic composite with integrated compliance/wear layer The integral layer provides a ductile interface for attachment locations of a turbine engine component where a metallic surface is adjacent the attachment location. The ductile layer provides a favorable load distribution through the composite at the attachment loca... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7294596 | Sintered ceramic material with improved properties and method for its manufacturing A sintered ceramic material comprises a crystalline phase and an intergranular phase comprising a glass phase. The material is manufactured from a starting powder being mixed with an additive comprising one or more metal from a group of Li, Na, Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Sc, Y... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7267882 | Ceramic/metal material and method for making same An improved ceramic/metal composite material is disclosed which is fully reacted with aluminum. The composite is made from a ceramic preform, such as silicon carbide, having a binding agent, such as silica, that is contacted with a metal mixture or alloy, such as al... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7262145 | Whisker-reinforced ceramic containing aluminum oxynitride and method of making the same A ceramic body, as well as a method for making the same, wherein the ceramic body contains aluminum oxynitride and whiskers, (and optionally) one or more of titanium carbonitride, and/or alumina, and/or zirconia, and/or other component(s). ... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7255838 | Apparatus with nano-sized platinum black and oxygen-rich ceramic powder for filtering the incoming air into an internal combustion engine An air filter for an internal combustion engine having a rigid type ceramic filter element made by foaming oxygen-rich ceramic powder for creating a plurality of pass-through holes. In this way, the incoming air obtains a thorough contact with the oxygen-rich powder... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7244686 | Bearings produced from silicon nitride substances containing sintering additives and SiO The present invention is directed to bearings produced from a silicon nitride material. The silicon nitride material consists of a sintering aid selected from the group consisting of Al2O3 and Y2O3, silicon dioxide, and op... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7238308 | Process for the infiltration of porous carbon composites A process form producing ceramic composites comprising metal carbides, which comprises the steps production of a porous carbon-containing intermediate body, infiltration of the intermediate body with the melt of a carbon-forming metal, reaction of at least part of t... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7197972 | Boron carbide composite bodies, and methods for making same A composite body produced by a reactive infiltration process that possesses high mechanical strength, high hardness and high stiffness has applications in such diverse industries as precision equipment and ballistic armor. Specifically, the composite material featur... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7195722 | Compositions for ceramic igniters Ceramic igniter compositions are provided that contain components of conductive material and insulating material, where the insulating material component includes a relatively high concentration of metal oxide. Ceramic igniters of the invention are particularly effe... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7192891 | Method for forming a silicon oxide layer using spin-on glass A method is provided for forming silicon oxide layers during the processing of semiconductor devices by applying a SOG layer including polysilazane to a substrate and then substantially converting the SOG layer to a silicon oxide layer using an oxidant solution. The... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7179505 | Manufacturing method of MoSi-SiC nanocomposite coating The embodiments of the invention relate to a MoSi2-SiC nanocomposite coating layer formed on surfaces of refractory metals such as Mo, Nb, Ta, W and their alloys. The MoSi2-SiC nanocomposite coating layer is manufactured by forming a molybdenum... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7166550 | Ceramic composite body of silicon carbide/boron nitride/carbon A ceramic composite body comprising sintered silicon carbide as major phase, dispersed boron nitride/carbon granules as minor phase, and the boron nitride/carbon granules comprise hexagonal phase boron nitride powders bonded together by glassy carbon. The composite ... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7157394 | Stoichiometrically balanced silicon nitride ceramic for high performance cutting tools A silicon nitride based ceramic, that is highly effective for use as a cutting tool for the high speed machining of cast irons, that is essentially a homogeneous mixture consisting of both crystalline and whisker forms of beta silicon nitride that are interstitially... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7151066 | Silicon nitride anti-wear member and process for producing the same A silicon nitride wear resistant member is composed of a ceramic sintered body containing 55 to 75 mass % of silicon nitride, 12 to 28 mass % of silicon carbide, 3 to 15 mass % of at least one element selected from the group consisting of Mo, W, Ta, and Nb in terms ... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7144545 | Process for the production of ceramic bearing components The invention relates to a process for the production of ceramic bearing components in which a mixture of a metallo-organic compound and a chemically reactive filling substance is subjected to a pyrolysis reaction and the resulting product. ... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7132061 | Electroconductive silicon nitride based composite sintered body and method for preparation thereof A conductive silicon nitride composite sintered body having an average grain size of 100 nm or less and whose relative roughness (Ra) after electric discharge machining is 0.3 μm or less can be obtained by grinding/mixing a silicon nitride powder and a metal powder... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7128850 | Electrically conductive Si-Ti-C-N ceramics Composite materials containing silicon, titanium, carbon, and nitrogen, formed by spark plasma sintering of ceramic starting materials to a high relative density, demonstrate unusually high electrical conductivity as well as high-performance mechanical and chemical ... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7128963 | Ceramic composite body, method for fabricating ceramic composite bodies, and armor using ceramic composite bodies A ceramic composite body includes at least two layers: material layer A and material layer B. Material layer A contains phases of a metal and the carbide of this metal. Material layer B contains silicon carbide that has been loosely bound by sintering. A method for ... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7109138 | Composition for preparation of silicon carbide powder The synergistic composition consists of a mixture of a source of pure silica such as silicon dioxide, a source of carbon such as activated charcoal, β-silicon carbide and a source of iron such as ferric nitrate. The cost effective synergistic composition is useful ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7087112 | Nitride ceramics to mount aluminum nitride seed for sublimation growth An apparatus and method for fabricating a mount for an aluminum nitride (AlN) seed for single crystal aluminum nitride growth is provided. A holder having a proximal base and wall portions extending therefrom is fabricated from crystal growth crucible material, and ... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7077991 | Nanocomposites of silicon nitride, silicon carbide, and boron nitride Densified composites of silicon nitride, silicon carbide, and boron nitride that exhibit high creep resistance are obtained by sintering a mixture of amorphous powders of silicon nitride, silicon carbide, and boron nitride in the presence of an electric field under ... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7067775 | Treatment for improving the stability of silicon carbide heating elements A treatment and an object so treated, which may be used to improve the electrical stability, energy efficiency and performance of silicon carbide heating elements is disclosed. Use is made of colloidal binders and silicides to treat silicon carbide heating elements ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7060653 | Method of producing gas occluding material The gas storage method comprises a step of keeping a gas to be stored and an adsorbent in a vessel at a low temperature below the liquefaction temperature of the gas to be stored so that the gas to be stored is adsorbed onto the adsorbent in a liquefied state, a ste... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7056849 | Nanoscale ordered composites of covalent ceramics for high-temperature structural applications via block-copolymer-assisted assembly and method of making A method of making nanoscale ordered composites of covalent ceramics through block copolymer-assisted assembly. At least one polymeric precursor is mixed with a block copolymer, and self-assembly of the mixture proceeds through an annealing process. During the annea... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7056850 | Wear-resistant silicon nitride member and method of manufacture thereof The present invention provides a wear resistant member composed of silicon nitride sintered body containing 2–10 mass % of rare earth element in terms of oxide thereof as sintering agent, 2–7 mass % of MgAl2O4 spinel, 1–10 mass % of silic... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7049256 | SiAlON containing ytterbium and method of making A SiAlON ceramic body made from a starting powder mixture that includes silicon nitride powder, and one or more powders that provide aluminum, oxygen, nitrogen and ytterbium to the SiAlON ceramic. The SiAlON ceramic body includes a two phase composite comprising alp... | 05/23/2006 |
