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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8153541 | Ceramic article A ceramic article comprises ceramic fibers having an aspect ratio of greater than 3:1 and ceramic particles. The ceramic fibers are substantially randomly oriented in three dimensions in the ceramic article. A method of forming the ceramic article includes the step ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8114799 | Functionally gradient SiC/SiC ceramic matrix composites with tailored properties for turbine engine applications A ceramic matrix composite with a ceramic matrix and a gradient layering of coating on ceramic fibers. The coating typically improves the performance of the composite in one direction while degrading it in another direction. For a SiC-SiC ceramic matrix composite, a... | 02/14/2012 |
| 7494950 | Bone cement compositions having fiber-reinforcement and/or increased flowability The present invention relates in general to implantable compositions, and method for preparing same, containing a calcium salt-containing component, optionally demineralized bone, a plurality of discrete fibers, optionally a flow additive, and optionally continuous ... | 02/24/2009 |
| 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 |
| 7368491 | Phosphorus-containing silazane composition, phosphorus-containing siliceous film, phosphorus-containing siliceous filler, method for producing phosphorus-containing siliceous film, and semiconductor device An objective of the present invention is to provide a phosphorous-containing siliceous material having a specific permittivity of not more than 3.5. The phosphorus-containing silazane composition according to the present invention is characterized by comprising a po... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7348286 | Ceramic composite material and method of its manufacture Ceramic composite material that has excellent mechanical properties within a range from room temperature to high temperature and high die release with respect to glass, resins, ceramics, and similar substances. The ceramic composite material is composed of a ceramic... | 03/25/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7320799 | Coatings, coated articles and methods of manufacture thereof A multi-layer coating is particularly useful for the coating of implants such as orthopedic and dental implants, particularly metallic implants. The multi-layer coating has both high bond strength to implants and excellent bioactivity with the surrounding body tissu... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7306828 | Fabrication of reinforced composite material comprising carbon nanotubes, fullerenes, and vapor-grown carbon fibers for thermal barrier materials, structural ceramics, and multifunctional nanocomposite ceramics The present invention is directed towards a ceramic nanocomposite comprising a nanostructured carbon component inside a ceramic host. The ceramic nanocomposite may further comprise vapor grown carbon fibers. Such nanostructured carbon materials impart both structura... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7300621 | Method of making a ceramic matrix composite utilizing partially stabilized fibers A green body ceramic matrix composite material (30) is formed using ceramic fibers (32) in an intermediate state disposed in a green body ceramic matrix material (34). The fibers may be in either a dry but unfired (green) condition or in a parti... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7277269 | Refractory metal nickel electrodes for capacitors A capacitor with conductive layers arranged in parallel relationship. The conductive layers have nickel alloyed or add mixed with a refractory metal in an amount sufficient to raise the melting temperature of said conductive layer at least 1° C. above the melting t... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7261846 | Fiber-reinforced ceramic brake linings A ceramic brake lining which is reinforced with carbon fibers and has a matrix which consists essentially of silicon carbide together with silicon and/or carbon, wherein the reinforcing fibers used are long fibers having a mean length of at least 10 mm which are ali... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7261864 | Catalyst carrier holding material and catalytic converter To provide a catalyst carrier holding material which is particularly useful for catalytic converters, by exhibiting heat resistance and high compression resistance in high temperature ranges, as well as excellent wind erosion resistance. The catalyst carrier holding... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7229491 | Poly(sialate-disiloxo)-based geopolymeric cement and production method thereof The invention relates to a geopolymeric cement or binder comprising an amorphous vitreous matrix consisting of a poly(sialate-disiloxo)-type geopolymeric compound, having approximation formula (Na, K, Ca)(—Si—O—Al—O—Si—O—Si—O) or (Na, K, Ca)-PSDS. Th... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7223465 | SiC/SiC composites incorporating uncoated fibers to improve interlaminar strength The present invention is a ceramic matrix composite turbine engine component, wherein the component has a region of expected higher interlaminate stress during normal engine operation. The component includes both coated fiber tows and uncoated fiber tows arranged to... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7208432 | Friction lining for braking system components The invention relates to friction linings for structural and functional elements used in braking systems, especially in systems for motor vehicles. Said friction linings consist of an inorganic composite material which in turn consists of a glass or glass ceramics m... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7198839 | Ceramic fiber insulation impregnated with an infra-red retardant coating and method for production thereof The invented insulation is a ceramic fiber insulation wherein the ceramic fibers are treated with a coating which contains transition metal oxides. The invented process for coating the insulation is a process of applying the transition metal oxide coating to the fib... | 04/03/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7175796 | Method for producing ceramic brake disks from bmc The invention relates to a method for producing ceramic brake discs, comprising the following steps: a) producing a BMC compound (2) with a matrix consisting of phenol resin and with carbon reinforcement fibres, the length of the carbon fibres being between 6 mm and... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7153465 | Method of producing hybrid tubular metal/ceramic composites There are disclosed inventions relating to tubular hybrid metal/ceramic composites and the methods of making them wherein the ceramic chosen has a lower thermal expansion than that of the metal. ... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7150837 | Isotropic pitch-based materials for thermal insulation Insulation materials suited to high temperature applications, such as the insulation of furnaces, are formed from a mixture of pitch carbon fibers, such as isotropic pitch carbon fibers, and a binder comprising a solution of sugar in water. The sugar solution is pre... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7138190 | Composite containing reinforcing fibers comprising carbon Composite which contains reinforcing fibers comprising carbon and whose matrix comprises silicon carbide, silicon and copper, with the mass fraction of copper in the composite being up to 55%, processes for producing it, in particular by liquid infiltration of C/C i... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7112547 | Highly heat-resistant inorganic fiber-bonded ceramic component and process for the production thereof Production processes of an inorganic fiber-bonded ceramic component comprising inorganic fibers mainly comprising Si, M, C and O, an inorganic substance mainly comprising Si and O and boundary layers comprising carbon as a main component; and an inorganic fiber-bond... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7054137 | Refractory metal nickel electrodes for capacitors A capacitor with conductive layers arranged in parallel relationship. The conductive layers have nickel alloyed with a refractory metal in an amount sufficient to raise the melting temperature of said conductive layer at least 1° C. above the melting temperature of... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7048996 | Temperature resistant material comprising short metal fibers A temperature resistant material, comprising a temperature resistant matrix and a set of short metal fibers, which characterized in that the set of short metal fibers represents at least 0.5% by weight of the temperature resistant material. The set of short metal fi... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7045219 | Short metal fibers The present invention relates to short metal fibers. A set of short metal fibers, with an equivalent diameter ranging from 1 to 150 $(m)m, comprises entangled and curved fibers. At least 10% of the short metal fibers are entangled, whereas the length of the curved f... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7041370 | Metal non-oxide coated substrates Metal non-oxide coated substrates having an outer coating derived from the substrate are disclosed. The three dimensional inorganic substrate having a coating of metal non-oxide on at least a portion of all three dimensions thereof produced by a unique process, have... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7022175 | Initial solids mixture for a later organic coating application An initial solids mixture for a later organic coating, such as pigmented coatings, films, priming coats, etc., e.g., for a coil coating method in which an initial solids mixture is applied to a substrate, e.g., broad strip, and this is thereby pre-coated, wherein th... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7012035 | Fibre composite ceramic with a high thermal conductivity Material from a fibre composite ceramic, constructed from a) a dense fabric or cluster of three-dimensional oriented fibres with a high thermal conductivity, b) a crystalline matrix of β-silicon carbide, that is produced in a CVI process o... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7008695 | Metal non-oxide coated substrates Layered metal non-oxide coated substrates are disclosed comprising a three dimensional inorganic substrate having a coating of metal non-oxide derived from a pre-associated coating on at least a portion of all three dimensions thereof, produced by a unique process h... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6987076 | Bonded fibrous materials A composite material comprises inorganic-bonded alkaline earth silicate fibers in which any bonding agents or fillers comprise low amounts of aluminum so that the composite material comprises less than 1% by weight aluminum expressed as Al2—O3 | 01/17/2006 |
| 6986940 | Fiber reinforced composite article, fiber member, and method for making A fiber reinforced composite article, comprising a matrix and reinforcing fibers and subjected during operation concurrently to a plurality of temperatures and stresses, varying between a plurality of regions of the article, experiences different stresses concurrent... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6979490 | Fiber-reinforced ceramic composite material comprising a matrix with a nanolayered microstructure A fiber-reinforced ceramic matrix composite material exhibiting increased matrix cracking strength and fracture toughness is produced by sequentially depositing a plurality of 5-500 nanometer-thick layers of a primary ceramic matrix material phase periodically separ... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6976532 | Anisotropic thermal applications of composites of ceramics and carbon nanotubes Ceramic materials are converted to materials with anisotropic thermal properties by forming the ceramics into composites with carbon nanotubes dispersed therein and uniaxially compressing the composites in a direction in which a lower thermal conductivity is desired... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6960378 | Tubular microstructures via controlled nanoparticle assembly A process for producing microtubes from nanoparticles includes forming a dispersion of the nanoparticles in a liquid phase and freeze-drying the dispersion to produce microtubes. The nanoparticles have surface functionality capable of self-bonding and bonding with t... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6936341 | Fiber-reinforced ceramic material Process for a fiber-reinforced ceramic material whose reinforcing fibers are present in the form of at least one of woven fabrics, short fibers and long fibers, wherein the mass ratio of the fibers in the form of woven fabrics, short fibers and long fibers is 0-35:2... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6911260 | Reinforced carbon nanotubes The present invention relates generally to reinforced carbon nanotubes, and more particularly to reinforced carbon nanotubes having a plurality of microparticulate carbide or oxide materials formed substantially on the surface of such reinforced carbon nanotubes com... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6905992 | Ceramic body reinforced with coarse silicon carbide whiskers and method for making the same A ceramic composite made by compacting a starting powder blend. The composite includes between about 50 volume percent and about 99 volume percent of a ceramic matrix; and between about 1 volume percent and about 50 volume percent as-processed silicon carbide whiske... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6902692 | Process for making a fiber reinforced article A fiber reinforced composite article comprising a matrix and reinforcing fibers, and different operating temperature and stress combinations each across opposed surfaces and through the matrix, is made by first measuring each of the combinations. Then discrete regio... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6896968 | Coatings and method for protecting carbon-containing components from oxidation A protective coating for a carbon-containing component comprises a material selected from the group consisting of non-stoichiometric silicon and carbon; non-stoichiometric silicon and oxygen; non-stoichiometric silicon and nitrogen; compounds of silicon, oxygen, and... | 05/24/2005 |
