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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7531022 | Liquid and its use for the preparation of hard metals A liquid for the preparation of powder mixtures on the basis of hard metals, comprising water and an inhibitor, wherein the inhibitor is in the form of at least one of the following materials: polyvinyllactam or wax emulsion, or the inhibitor is in the form of at le... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7354471 | Coated silver-containing particles, method and apparatus of manufacture, and silver-containing devices made therefrom Provided are silver-containing powders and a method and apparatus for manufacturing the silver-containing particles of high quality, of a small size and narrow size distribution. An aerosol is generated from liquid feed and sent to a furnace, where liquid in droplet... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7316725 | Copper powders methods for producing powders and devices fabricated from same Copper metal powders, methods for producing copper metal powders and products incorporating the powders. The copper metal powders have a small particle size, narrow size distribution and a spherical morphology. The method includes forming the metal particles in a co... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7314499 | Method and device for manufacturing advanced water containing ultra-fine gold particles Produce high-function water useful for consumption as healthy drinking water or in the production of health supplements, cosmetic products, food preservatives, freshness-keeping agents for food, insect repellents or deodorizers, wherein such water contains micro-dis... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7300672 | Titanium-group metal containing high-performance water, and its producing method and apparatus Produce titanium-group metal micro-dispersion water that contains ion vapor of titanium-group metal in micro-dispersed state and that can be used as a material for health products, medical products, cosmetics, etc., by using an apparatus comprising a water tank, a h... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7300491 | Method and apparatus for the production of metal powder Provide a method and apparatus for producing, in an economical manner, metal powder offering high purity and comprising uniform particle shape and size. Produce metal powder of titanium metal, etc., using an apparatus that comprises a power supply for high-voltage/c... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7211345 | Membrane electrode assemblies for use in fuel cells Electrocatalyst powders and methods for producing electrocatalyst powders, such as carbon composite electrocatalyst powders. The powders have a well-controlled microstructure and morphology. The method includes forming the particles from an aerosol of precursors by ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7172663 | Palladium-containing particles, method and apparatus of manufacture, palladium-containing devices made therefrom Provided are palladium-containing powders and a method and apparatus for manufacturing the palladium-containing particles of high quality, of a small size and narrow size distribution. An aerosol is generated from liquid feed and sent to a furnace, where liquid in d... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7138354 | Method for the fabrication of an electrocatalyst layer Electrocatalyst powders and methods for producing electrocatalyst powders, such as carbon composite electrocatalyst powders. The powders have a well-controlled microstructure and morphology. The method includes forming the particles from an aerosol of precursors by ... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7128852 | Aerosol method and apparatus, particulate products, and electronic devices made therefrom Provided is an aerosol method, and accompanying apparatus, for preparing powdered products of a variety of materials involving the use of an ultrasonic aerosol generator (106) including a plurality of ultrasonic transducers (120) underlying and ultraso... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7108735 | Method and device for manufacturing metallic particulates, and manufactured metallic particulates Produce metal particles offering high purity and uniform granular shape and size: by forming a combustion chamber comprising an injector nozzle for mixture gas of oxygen and hydrogen, an ignition device and a material metal feeder in the upper space of a high-pressu... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7097686 | Nickel powders, methods for producing powders and devices fabricated from same Nickel powder batches and methods for producing nickel powder batches. The powder batches include particles having a small particle size, narrow size distribution and a spherical morphology. The present invention is also directed to devices incorporating the nickel ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7087341 | Metal-air battery components and methods for making same Energy devices such as batteries and methods for fabricating the energy devices. The devices are small, thin and lightweight, yet provide sufficient power for many handheld electronics. ... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7066976 | Method for the production of electrocatalyst powders Electrocatalyst powders and methods for producing electrocatalyst powders, such as carbon composite electrocatalyst powders. The powders have a well-controlled microstructure and morphology. The method includes forming the particles from an aerosol of precursors by ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7037451 | Chemical-mechanical planarization slurries and powders and methods for using same Chemical-mechanical planarization slurries and methods for using the slurries wherein the slurry includes abrasive particles. The abrasive particles have a small particle size, narrow size distribution and a spherical morphology and the particles are substantially u... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6967183 | Electrocatalyst powders, methods for producing powders and devices fabricated from same Electrocatalyst powders and methods for producing electrocatalyst powders, such as carbon composite electrocatalyst powders. The powders have a well-controlled microstructure and morphology. The method includes forming the particles from an aerosol of precursors by ... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6911412 | Composite particles for electrocatalytic applications Electrocatalyst powders and methods for producing electrocatalyst powders, such as carbon composite electrocatalyst powders. The powders have a well-controlled microstructure and morphology. The method includes forming the particles from an aerosol of precursors by ... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6818041 | Magnetic alloy powder for permanent magnet and method for producing the same Magnetic alloy powder for a permanent magnet contains: R of about 20 mass percent to about 40 mass percent (R is Y, or at least one type of rare earth element); T of about 60 mass percent to about 79 mass percent (T is a transition metal including Fe as a primary co... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6699304 | Palladium-containing particles, method and apparatus of manufacture, palladium-containing devices made therefrom Provided are palladium-containing powders and a method and apparatus for manufacturing the palladium-containing particles of high quality, of a small size and narrow size distribution. An aerosol is generated from liquid feed and sent to a furnace, where ... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6685762 | Aerosol method and apparatus for making particulate products A process for making particles, the process including generating an aerosol stream which includes droplets of a precursor liquid dispersed in a carrier gas, the precursor liquid including a liquid vehicle and a precursor material, separating the precursor... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6494968 | Lamellar rare earth-iron-boron-based magnet alloy particles, process for producing the same and bonded magnet produced therefrom Lamellar rare earth-iron-boron-based magnet alloy particles for a bonded magnet, having an intrinsic coercive force (iHc) of not less than 3.5 kOe, a residual magnetic flux density (Br) of not less than 9.5 kG, and a maximum energy product ((BH)max | 12/17/2002 |
| 6478844 | Method for making hydrogen storage alloy A method for making a hydrided hydrogen storage alloy powder from component material. In the present method a material is worked at the same time it is hydrided. Working preferably involves comminution of the material.... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6364928 | Process and plant for producing atomized metal powder, metal powder and the use of the metal powder The present invention relates to a process for manufacturing atomized metal powder in an atomization plant comprising a casting box, a reactor vessel, a powder container and sedimentation equipment. The production process takes place with controlled therm... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6342087 | Stainless steel powder The invention concerns a process for producing low oxygen, essentially carbon free stainless steel powder, which comprises the steps of preparing molten steel which in addition to iron contains carbon and at least 10% of chromium, adjusting the carbon con... | 01/29/2002 |
| 6293989 | Method of producing nanophase WC/TiC/Co composite powder The present invention relates to a method of producing nanophase WC/TiC/Co composite powder by means of a mechano-chemical process comprising a combination of mechanical and chemical methods. For this purpose, the present invention provides a method of pr... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6290745 | Method and device for producing soft solder powder The invention relates to a method and device for producing soft solder powder without pressure, in particular for producing spherical fine metal particles having a grain size ranging from 1-100 microns and a liquidus temperature | 09/18/2001 |
| 5908486 | Strengthening of metallic alloys with nanometer-size oxide dispersions Austenitic stainless steels and nickel-base alloys containing, by wt. %, 0.1 to 3.0% V, 0.01 to 0.08% C, 0.01 to 0.5% N, 0.05% max. each of Al and Ti, and 0.005 to 0.10% O, are strengthened and ductility retained by atomization of a metal melt under cover... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5628046 | Process for preparing a powder mixture and its use A process for fabrication of sintered articles from a molybdenum-containing steel alloy by atomization, pressing, and sintering. The melt used for atomization has a molybdenum content determined as a function of the sintering temperature which lies in a r... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5567890 | Iron-based powder composition having good dimensional stability after sintering An iron-based powder for producing highly resistant components with a small local variation in dimensional change, by powder compacting and sintering. The powder contains, in addition to Fe, 0.5-4.5% by weight Ni, 0.65-2.25% by weight Mo and 0.35-0.65% by... | 10/22/1996 |
| 5480472 | Method for forming an electrical contact material A method for forming an electrical contact material comprises the steps of melting a mixture of Cu and Cr into a molten alloy, atomizing the molten alloy into fine particles to obtain alloyed particles. Cr particles in the alloyed powder disintegrate to l... | 01/02/1996 |
| 5464463 | Heat resistant aluminum alloy powder heat resistant aluminum alloy and heat and wear resistant aluminum alloy-based composite material Disclosed are heat resistant aluminum alloy powder and alloy including Ni in an amount of from 5.7 to 20% by weight, Si in an amount of from 6.0 to 25% by weight, at least one of Fe in an amount of from 0.6 to 8.0% by weight and Cu in an amount of from 0.... | 11/07/1995 |
| 5462575 | Co-Cr-Mo powder metallurgy articles and process for their manufacture A powder metallurgy article formed from a Co--Cr--Mo alloy powder and a method for making the article are disclosed. The Co--Cr--Mo alloy powder contains, in weight percent, about 0.35% max. C, about 1.00% max. Mn, about 1.00% max. Si, about 26.0-30.0% Cr... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5435825 | Aluminum matrix composite powder Disclosed herein is an aluminum matrix composite powder comprising 1 to 40% by weight of ceramic particles dispersed in a matrix of aluminum-silicon alloy. The matrix of the composite may further comprise at least one of Cu, Mg and transition metals. The ... | 07/25/1995 |
| 5421854 | Method for making palladium and palladium oxide powders by aerosol decomposition A method for the manufacture of finely divided particles of palladium, palladium oxide or mixtures thereof comprising the sequential steps: A. Forming an unsaturated solution of thermally decomposable palladium-containing compound in a thermally volatilizable ... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5387294 | Hard surfacing alloy with precipitated metal carbides and process A hard surfacing alloy which has a Rockwell C hardness of greater than about 50 and which includes tungsten carbide, chromium carbide and bi-metallic chromium and tungsten carbide crystals which are precipitated in the alloy. Alloys of the present inventi... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5352269 | Spray conversion process for the production of nanophase composite powders A process is described for the production of composite powders with ultrafine microstructures. The process involves three coordinated steps: 1) preparation and mixing of an appropriate starting solution; 2) spray drying to form a chemically homogeneous precursor po... | 10/04/1994 |
| 5312476 | Zinc alloy powder for alkaline cell and method for production of the same A non-amalgamated zinc alloy powder for use in an alkaline cell which consists of elements component selected from among the following combinations (1) to (3): (1) 0.01 to 0.5% by weight of bismuth, 0.01 to 0.5% by weight of indium, not less than 0.005% b... | 05/17/1994 |
| 5302182 | Method of preparing particles with a controlled narrow distribution The method for preparing metal powders with a narrow particle size distribution includes providing a disintegrator with a working chamber containing counter-rotating disks equipped with teeth designed to impart high tangential velocities to particles cont... | 04/12/1994 |
| 5238482 | Prealloyed high-vanadium, cold work tool steel particles and methods for producing the same Prealloyed high-vanadium, cold work tool steel particles are provided for use in the powder-metallurgy production of tool steel articles. The particles are of a cold work tool steel alloy having an MC-type vanadium carbide dispersion of a carbide particle... | 08/24/1993 |
| 5141571 | Hard surfacing alloy with precipitated bi-metallic tungsten chromium metal carbides and process A hard surfacing alloy which has a Rockwell C hardness of greater than about 50 and which includes tungsten carbide, chromium carbide and bi-metallic chromium and tungsten carbide crystals which are precipitated in the alloy. Alloys of the present inventi... | 08/25/1992 |
