Patents by Inventor Charles Robert Banning

Charles Robert Banning has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method for manufacturing castable metal matrix composite bodies and bodies produced thereby
    Patent number: 6223805
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel method for forming cast metal matrix composite bodies. In particular, the present invention relates to a novel method for forming or recycling metal matrix composite bodies so as to render such bodies in a condition for casting or recasting as a cast metal matrix composite body. Specifically, a scrap metal matrix composite body and preferably a scrap cast metal matrix composite body is placed into a crucible, optionally along with unreinforced matrix metal and/or virgin metal matrix composite material. Whether the scrap and/or virgin materials are placed into the crucible in solid or molten form, the contents of the crucible are ultimately rendered molten to form a composite melt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2001
    Assignee: Lanxide Technology Company, LP
    Inventors: Charles Robert Banning, John Thomas Burke, Alan Scott Nagelberg, Vilupanur Alwar Ravi, Michael Allan Richmond, Chwen Chih Yang