Patents Examined by Richard P. Wesley
  • Patent number: 5273822
    Abstract: A fibrous electrically-conductive filler comprises fibrous aluminum borate as a core material and a layer of a electrically-conductive substance which covers the core material or comprises fibrous aluminum borate as a core material, a layer of titanium oxide which covers the fibrous aluminum borate and a layer of a electrically-conductive substance which covers the titanium oxide layer. The fibrous electrically-conductive filler can be prepared by a process comprising the step of directly forming a layer of a electrically-conductive substance doped with antimony or fluorine on the surface of fibrous aluminum borate, or the steps of forming, on the surface of the fibrous aluminum borate, an intermediate layer of titanium oxide in an amount ranging from 2 to 50% by weight on the basis of the weight of the fibrous aluminum borate and then forming a layer of a electrically-conductive substance doped with antimony or fluorine on the surface of fibrous aluminum borate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 1991
    Date of Patent: December 28, 1993
    Assignees: Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd., Metallgesellschaft Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Takao Hayashi, Norihiro Sato, Chikara Omotani, Manabu Hosoi, Nobuyoshi Kasahara, Wolf-Dieter Griebler, Jorg Hocken, Gunther Rudolph