Aluminum Containing Patents (Class 420/418)
  • Patent number: 7951466
    Abstract: A titanium alloy material includes a Ti—Al alloy and an oxide film on the Ti—Al alloy. The Ti—Al alloy contains 0.50-3.0 mass % Al and a balance of Ti and unavoidable impurities. The titanium alloy material has excellent hydrogen absorption resistance and can be used as a basic structural material in hydrogen absorption environments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinji Sakashita, Takashi Yashiki, Katsuhiro Matsukado, Takenori Nakayama
  • Publication number: 20110091350
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are reactors and methods for forming alloys based on titanium-aluminium or alloys based on titanium-aluminium inter-metallic compounds. The reactor comprises a first section having an inlet through which precursor material comprising titanium subchlorides and aluminium can be introduced. The first section is heatable to a first temperature at which reactions between the titanium subchlorides and aluminium can occur, and further comprises a gas outlet via which any gaseous by-product formed can be removed. The reactor also comprises a second section which can be heated to a second temperature at which reactions of material transferred from the first section can occur to form the titanium-aluminium based alloy, a gas driver adapted in use to cause any gaseous by-product formed in the reactions in the second section to move in a direction towards the first section, and an intermediate section between the first and second sections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2009
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Inventor: Jawad Haidar
  • Publication number: 20110027121
    Abstract: An oxidation resistant, high strength titanium alloy, particularly adapted for use in the manufacture of automotive exhaust system components and other applications requiring oxidation resistance and strength at elevated temperatures. The alloy comprises, in weight percent, iron less than 0.5, or 0.2 to less than 0.5%, oxygen 0.02 to less than 0.15%, silicon 0.15 to 0.6%, and balance titanium. Optional alloying elements are Al, Nb, V, Mo, Sn, Zr, Ni, Cr and Ta, with a total content of less than 1.5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2010
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Inventors: Yoji Kosaka, Stephen P. Fox
  • Publication number: 20100329919
    Abstract: A titanium base alloy powder having lesser amounts of aluminum and vanadium with an alkali or alkaline earth metal being present in an amount of less than about 200 ppm. The alloy powder is neither spherical nor angular and flake shaped. 6/4 alloy is specifically disclosed having a packing fraction or tap density between 4 and 11%, as is a method for making the various alloys.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2010
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Inventors: Lance E. Jacobsen, Adam John Benish
  • Publication number: 20100320317
    Abstract: A high strength near-beta titanium alloy including, in weight %, 5.3 to 5.7% aluminum, 4.8 to 5.2% vanadium, 0.7 to 0.9% iron, 4.6 to 5.3% molybdenum, 2.0 to 2.5% chromium, and 0.12 to 0.16% oxygen with balance titanium and incidental impurities is provided. An aviation system component comprising the high strength near-beta titanium alloy, and a method for the manufacture of a titanium alloy for use in high strength, deep hardenability, and excellent ductility applications are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2010
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Applicant: TITANIUM METALS CORPORATION
    Inventor: John Fanning
  • Publication number: 20100316525
    Abstract: A hot-forged TiAl-based alloy having excellent oxidation resistance and high strength at high temperatures, and a process for producing such an alloy. A TiAl-based alloy comprising Al: (40+a) atomic % and Nb: b atomic %, with the remainder being Ti and unavoidable impurities, wherein a and b satisfy formulas (1) and (2) below. 0?a?2??(1) 3+a?b?7+a??(2) Also, a TiAl-based alloy comprising Al: (40+a) atomic % and Nb: b atomic %, and further comprising one or more elements selected from the group consisting of V: c atomic %, Cr: d atomic % and Mo: e atomic %, with the remainder being Ti and unavoidable impurities, wherein a to e satisfy formulas (3) to (9) shown below. 0?a?2??(3) 3+a?b+1.0c+1.8d+3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2009
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicants: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Kentaro Shindo, Toshimitsu Tetsui, Masao Takeyama
  • Publication number: 20100310410
    Abstract: There is provided a titanium alloy for corrosion-resistant materials, which contains 0.01-0.12% by mass in total of at least one of platinum group elements; at least Si and one of, or both of, Sn and Mn, selected from the group consisting of Al, Cr, Zr, Nb, Si, Sn and Mn, wherein the total content of Al, Cr, Zr, Nb, Si, Sn and Mn is 5% by mass or less; and the residue comprising Ti and impurities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2010
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Inventors: Satoshi Matsumoto, Keisuke Nagashima, Takashi Maeda
  • Publication number: 20100290944
    Abstract: A titanium alloy for making a golf club head includes aluminum in an amount of greater than 8.0 wt % and not more than 10.0 wt %, molybdenum in an amount of greater than 0 wt % and not more than 2 wt %, vanadium in an amount of greater than 0 wt % and not more than 2 wt %, silicon in an amount of greater than 0 wt % and not more than 2 wt %, and a balance of titanium, based on a total weight of the alloy. A golf club head made by the titanium alloy is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2010
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Inventors: Chon-Chen Lin, Shun-Fu Hu, Yen-Chi Hsu
  • Patent number: 7767040
    Abstract: An oxidation resistant, high strength titanium alloy, particularly adapted for use in the manufacture of automotive exhaust system components and other applications requiring oxidation resistance and strength at elevated temperatures. The alloy comprises, in weight percent, iron less than 0.5, or 0.2 to less than 0.5%, oxygen 0.02 to less than 0.15%, silicon 0.15 to 0.6%, and balance titanium. Optional alloying elements are Al, Nb, V, Mo, Sn, Zr, Ni, Cr and Ta, with a total content of less than 1.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: Titanium Metals Corporation
    Inventors: Yoji Kosaka, Stephen P. Fox
  • Publication number: 20100173171
    Abstract: The present invention provides a titanium material having high-temperature oxidation resistance at high temperatures above 800° C. and an exhaust pipe made of this titanium material for an engine. A titanium alloy contains 0.15 to 2% by mass Si, has an Al content below 0.30% by mass, and has equiaxial structure having a mean grain size of 15 ?m or above. The high-temperature oxidation resistance of the titanium alloy at high temperatures above 800° C., such as 850° C., is improved by means including adding Nb, Mo and Cr in combination with Si to the titanium alloy, forming equiaxial structure of coarse grains, creating acicular structure, Si-enrichment of a surface layer of the titanium alloy, and reducing impurities including copper, oxygen and carbon contained in the titanium alloy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2007
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Takashi Yashiki, Kenji Yamamoto, Eiichiro Yoshikawa
  • Patent number: 7722805
    Abstract: The patent provides the titanium alloy with extra-low modulus and superelasticity containing 20˜35 wt. % niobium, 2˜15 wt. % zirconium, balanced titanium and other unavoidable impurity elements. The advantages of the invention alloy are shown as follows: The invention titanium alloy has superior cold processing capacity and low work hardening rate; It can be severely deformed by cold rolling and cold drawing; It has superelasticity, shape memory effect, damping capacity, low modulus, high strength, good corrosion resistance and high biocompatibility; The invention titanium alloy can be made into nano-size materials by cold deformation and extra high strength can be achieved by heat treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: Institute of Metal Research Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Inventors: Yulin Hao, Shujun Li, Rui Yang
  • Patent number: 7704339
    Abstract: A gamma titanium aluminide alloy consisting of 46 at % aluminium, 8 at % tantalum and the balance titanium plus incidental impurities has an alpha transus temperature T? between 1310° C. and 1320° C. The gamma titanium aluminide alloy was heated to a temperature T1=1330° C. and was held at T1=1330° C. for 1 hour or longer. The gamma titanium aluminide alloy was air cooled to ambient temperature to allow the massive transformation to go to completion. The gamma titanium aluminide alloy was heated to a temperature T2=1250° C. to 1290° C. and was held at T2 for 4 hours. The gamma titanium aluminide alloy was air cooled to ambient temperature. The gamma titanium aluminide alloy has a fine duplex microstructure comprising differently orientated alpha plates in a massively transformed gamma matrix. The heat treatment reduces quenching stresses and allows larger castings to be grain refined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce plc
    Inventors: Wayne E Voice, Dawei Hu, Xinhua Wu, Michael Loretto
  • Publication number: 20100074795
    Abstract: The present invention provides a ?-type titanium alloy keeping the content of the relatively expensive ?-stabilizing elements such as V or Mo down to a total of 10 mass % or less and reducing the effects of composition segregation of Fe and Cr and thereby able to keep the Young's modulus and density relatively low. The ?-type titanium alloy of the present invention comprises, by mass %, when Al: 2 to 5%, 1) Fe: 2 to 4%, Cr: 6.2 to 11%, and V: 4 to 10%, 2) Fe: 2 to 4%, Cr: 5 to 11%, and Mo: 4 to 10%, or 3) Fe: 2 to 4%, Cr: 5.5 to 11%, and Mo+V (total of Mo and V): 4 to 10% in range, and a balance of substantially Ti. These include Zr added in amounts of 1 to 4 mass %. Furthermore, by making the oxygen equivalent Q 0.15 to 0.30 or leaving the alloy in the work hardened state or by applying both, the tensile strength before aging heat treatment can be further increased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2007
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Takahashi, Hideki Fujii, Kenichi Mori
  • Patent number: 7682473
    Abstract: A method for forming a finished implant prosthesis which comprises: (a) providing an unforged alloy consisting essentially of Ti(x %)Al(y %)Nb wherein x is between about 45 to 54% by atoms, y is between about 15 to 25% by atoms and the balance is niobium; (b) forging the alloy at an elevated temperature below a melting point of the alloy in a shape which is an implant preform; and (c) machining the implant preform to provide a machined implant; and (d) finishing the exposed surfaces of the implant so as to provide the exposed surfaces with a finish which provides biocompatibility, to thereby form the implant prosthesis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: Board of Trustees of Michigan State University
    Inventor: Carl J. Boehlert
  • Publication number: 20100047076
    Abstract: A beta titanium alloy comprises 25 wt % vanadium, 15 wt % chromium, 2 wt % aluminium, up to 0.15 wt % oxygen, 0.1 to 0.3 wt % carbon and the balance titanium plus incidental impurities. The carbon is present in the form of titanium carbide precipitates distributed throughout the beta titanium alloy matrix, the titanium carbide precipitates refine the grain size of the beta titanium alloy matrix and remove oxygen from the beta titanium alloy matrix to reduce precipitation of alpha titanium in the beta titanium alloy matrix to increase the ductility of the beta titanium alloy. The alloy is useful for gas turbine engine compressor blades (10), compressor vanes, compressor casings etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2009
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Inventors: Yue G. Li, Paul A. Blenkinsop
  • Publication number: 20100015003
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the production of metal alloy powders, in particular the invention relates to a process for producing titanium metal alloys from titanium dioxide and aluminium. Optionally the process can also include the use of one or more other oxides (metal or non-metal). The result is at least a Ti—Al alloy powder. If another metal oxide is used the result is a Ti-ternary alloy powder. If SiO2 is used the result is a Ti—Al—Si alloy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2007
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Applicant: TITANOX DEVELOPMENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Gorgees Adam, Jing Liang
  • Patent number: 7563332
    Abstract: A nanometer-sized porous metallic glass and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. The porous metallic glass includes Ti (titanium) at 50.0 at % to 70.0 at %, Y (yttrium) at 0.5 at % to 10.0 at %, Al (aluminum) at 10.0 at % to 30.0 at %, Co (cobalt) at 10.0 at % to 30.0 at %, and impurities. Ti+Y+Al+Co+the impurities=100.0 at %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2009
    Assignee: Korea Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Eric Fleury, Yu-Chan Kim, Ki-Bae Kim, Jayamani Jayaraj, Do-Hyang Kim, Byung-Joo Park
  • Publication number: 20090181794
    Abstract: A titanium-aluminum alloy applied to a golf club head includes 88 wt % to 92 wt % titanium (Ti) and 7.5 wt % to 10 wt % aluminum (Al), and an elongation of the titanium-aluminum alloy is from 8% to 16%. Minor elements such as niobium (Nb), vanadium (V), molybdenum (Mo), chromium (Cr), iron (Fe), silicon (Si), oxygen (O), and nitrogen (N) may be selectively added into the titanium-aluminum alloy, so as to form a high extensibility material with a tensile strength from 650 Mpa to 950 Mpa, which can be applied to a main body. A golf club head combining a high-stiffness hitting surface, which is made of 6Al-4V—Ti titanium alloy or ? alloy, can achieve a golf club head product with good hitting sense, desirable damping capability, expected golf-controlling capability, and a customized feature of an adjustable angle at a club portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2008
    Publication date: July 16, 2009
    Applicant: ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL MULTITECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Liang-Ho TSAI, Cheng-Tao LEE
  • Publication number: 20090169415
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a mold which has low reactivity with molten alloys and which is inexpensive, a method for manufacturing the same and a molded article using the mold. A mold 40 in accordance with the present invention serves for manufacturing a molded article 60 of a titanium-aluminum alloy or a titanium alloy. At least an initial layer 44a of a cavity surface 43 of a mold body 41 constituting the mold 40 is formed of a calcined product of a slurry comprising a filler having cerium oxide as a main component and a binder having silica sol as a main component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2006
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Applicants: IHI CORPORATION, ISHIKAWAJIMA PRECISION CASTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Chikugo, Shigeyuki Sato
  • Publication number: 20090129968
    Abstract: An oxidation resistant, high strength titanium alloy, particularly adapted for use in the manufacture of automotive exhaust system components and other applications requiring oxidation resistance and strength at elevated temperatures. The alloy comprises, in weight percent, iron less than 0.5, or 0.2 to less than 0.5%, oxygen 0.02 to less than 0.15%, silicon 0.15 to 0.6%, and balance titanium. Optional alloying elements are Al, Nb, V, Mo, Sn, Zr, Ni, Cr and Ta, with a total content of less than 1.5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2008
    Publication date: May 21, 2009
    Inventors: Yoji Kosaka, Stephen P. Fox
  • Publication number: 20090074606
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a low density titanium alloy, containing: 7.1 to 10.0 mass % of Al; 0.1 to 3.0 mass % of Fe; 0.01 to 0.3 mass % of O; 0.5 mass % or less of N; 0.5 mass % or less of C; and a remainder being Ti and inevitable impurities; a golf club head using the alloy; and a production method for a low density titanium alloy part using the alloy. The alloy of the invention may further contain 0.01 to 2.0 mass % of V. The alloy of the invention has higher specific strength as compared to the Ti-6Al-4V alloy, is excellent in hot workability, and is reduced in cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2008
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Applicant: DAIDO TOKUSHUKO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Michiharu Ogawa, Toshiharu Noda
  • Publication number: 20090035172
    Abstract: The invention relates to a titanium alloy which, even under the influence of high application temperatures, has a low tendency to becoming brittle as a result of coarse grain formation. The titanium alloy thus comprises (in wt. %) Fe:=2%, Si:0.1=0.8%, O:=0.3%, C:=0.1%, one or more elements of the Lanthanide group at total levels of 0.01-2% and, optionally, one or more elements from the group Al, O at total levels of a maximum of 1%, one or more elements from the group Mo, Ta, Nb, Zr, Mn, Cr, Co, Ni, Cu, V, Si, or H at total levels of a maximum of 3%, the remainder being titanium and unavoidable impurities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2006
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Inventors: Heinz Sibum, Jurgen Kiese, Manfred Kramer
  • Patent number: 7479194
    Abstract: A damage tolerant microstructure for a lamellar alloy, such as a lamellar ?TiAl alloy, is provided in accordance with the present invention. The alloy comprises a matrix and a plurality of grains or lamellar colonies, a portion of which exhibit a nonplanar morphology within said matrix. Each of the lamellar colonies contains a multitude of lamella with irregularly repeating order. The ?TiAl platelets have a triangular (octahedral) unit cell and stack with ? twins. The ?2Ti3Al platelets are irregularly interspersed. The unit cell for ?2Ti3Al is hexagonal. Each of the layers has a curved, nonplanar structure for resisting crack formation and growth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2009
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventor: Daniel P. DeLuca
  • Publication number: 20090004042
    Abstract: An object is to provide a titanium alloy for corrosion-resistant materials that is capable of being produced at low cost while maintaining the capability to suppress the deterioration of corrosion resistance. According to the present invention, there is provided a titanium alloy for corrosion-resistant materials, which contains 0.01-0.12% by mass in total of at least one of platinum group elements, at least one of Al, Cr, Zr, Nb, Si, Sn and Mn, and the residue comprising Ti and impurities, in which the total content of Al, Cr, Zr, Nb, Si, Sn and Mn is 5% by mass or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2006
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Inventors: Satoshi Matsumoto, Keisuke Nagashima, Takashi Maeda
  • Patent number: 7422644
    Abstract: The present invention provides non-axially symmetrical manufactured parts of thickness less than 10 mm, made of ? or quasi-? titanium alloy, having a core microstructure constituted by whole grains presenting a slenderness ratio greater than 4 and an equivalent diameter lying in the range 10 ?m to 300 ?m. The invention also provides a method of manufacturing the parts by forging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Assignee: Snecma Moteurs
    Inventors: Blandine Barbier, Philippe Gallois, Claude Mons, Agathe Venard, Pascal Vignolles
  • Publication number: 20080193323
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to develop a shape memory and superelastic alloy that does not contain nickel, and has superelasticity and shape memory properties even if being subjected to heat treatment in spite of high biocompatibility, moreover having high cold workability. The Ti—Nb—Zr base alloy is comprising an alloy composition consisting of 40 to 60 wt % Ti, 18 to 30 wt % Nb, 18 to 30 wt % Zr, and 0.77 to 3.7 wt % at least one metal additional element selected from Al, Sn, In and Ga. The Ti—Nb—Zr base alloy is a practical alloy in which the principal components form a strong and dense oxidation film to exhibit high biocompatibility, and also the alloy has superelasticity and shape memory properties, high cold workability, and high low-temperature properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2005
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Applicants: JAPAN BASIC MATERIAL CO., LTD., TOHOKU UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Xin Min Wang, Akihisa Inoue, Hiroyuki Tada, Tatsue Arakawa
  • Patent number: 7261782
    Abstract: A titanium alloy obtained by a cold-working step, in which 10% or more of cold working is applied to a raw titanium alloy, comprising a Va group element and the balance of titanium substantially, and an aging treatment step, in which a cold-worked member, obtained after the cold-working step, is subjected to an aging treatment so that the parameter “P” falls in a range of from 8.0 to 18.5 at a treatment temperature falling in a range of from 150° C. to 600° C.; and characterized in that its tensile elastic limit strength is 950 MPa or more and its elastic deformation capability is 1.6% or more. This titanium alloy is of high elastic deformation capability as well as high tensile elastic limit strength, and can be utilized in a variety of products extensively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2007
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Chuo Kenkyusho
    Inventors: JungHwan Hwang, Tadahiko Furuta, Kazuaki Nishino, Takashi Saito
  • Patent number: 7175721
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing high-performance Cr—Ti—V hydrogen storage alloys utilizing a thermit process, whereby residence of adversely affecting impurities is inhibited, addition of not less than 10 at % of Ti as an alloy component is realized, and thermal burden on the crucible used in the method is reduced. The method includes the steps of: (A) providing an alloy material (1) comprising a Cr oxide, a V oxide, and a reducing agent Al, and an alloy material (2) comprising Ti; (B) placing the alloy materials in a crucible for thermit reduction so that the alloy material (1) is placed above the alloy material (2); (C) igniting the alloy material (1) placed in step (B) and melting all metal elements contained in the alloy materials the with heat of the thermit reaction of the alloy material (1); and (D) making the alloy melt obtained in step (C) into an alloy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2007
    Assignee: Santoku Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Takata, Yutaka Oka, Junichi Nakagawa, Akira Neoda
  • Patent number: 7166367
    Abstract: A titanium alloy having excellent high-temperature oxidation and corrosion resistance is disclosed which comprises, by mass, Al: 0.30–1.50%, and Si: 0.10–1.0%. Preferably, amass ratio Si/Al is not less than 1/3. More preferably, the titanium alloy further comprises Nb: 0.1–0.5% by mass. The titanium alloy is useful as an exhaust system material for a vehicle or a motorbike, which enhances corrosion and high-temperature oxidation resistance, while utilizing inherent lightness and corrosion resistance of an original titanium alloy without impairing economy and workability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2007
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Yashiki, Kenji Yamamoto, Wataru Urushihara
  • Patent number: 7060239
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an icosahedral, quasicrystalline compound or compound present in the form of an approximant having the nominal composition: TivCrwAlxSiyOz, in which v=60-65; w=25-30; x=0-6; Y=8-15; z=8-20; and in which the atom percent of oxygen is in the range of between 8 and 15%, and that of aluminum in the range of between 2 to 5%. Due to their layered structure and ceramic intermediate layers, compounds of this type exhibit excellent properties, in particular for use as coatings for gas turbine components, such as for example, rotor blades or guide vanes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2006
    Assignee: Alstom Technology Ltd.
    Inventors: Valery Shklover, Maxim Konter, Anton Kaiser, Kenneth Franklin Kelton
  • Patent number: 7037389
    Abstract: The present invention provides non-axially symmetrical manufactured parts of thickness less than 10 mm, made of ? or quasi-? titanium alloy, having a core microstructure constituted by whole grains presenting a slenderness ratio greater than 4 and an equivalent diameter lying in the range 10 ?m to 300 ?m. The invention also provides a method of manufacturing the parts by forging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2006
    Assignee: Snecma Moteurs
    Inventors: Blandine Barbier, Philippe Gallois, Claude Mons, Agathe Venard, Pascal Vignolles
  • Patent number: 7008489
    Abstract: An alpha-beta, titanium-base alloy with improved ductility at high strength levels compared to commercially available alloys, such as Ti-17. The alloy exhibits at least a 20% improvement in ductility at a given strength level compared to Ti-17. The alloy comprises, in weight %, 3.2 to 4.2 Al, 1.7 to 2.3 Sn, 2 to 2.6 Zr, 2.9 to 3.5 Cr, 2.3 to 2.9 Mo, 2 to 2.6 V, 0.25 to 0.75 Fe, 0.01 to 0.8 Si, 0.21 max. Oxygen and balance Ti and incidental impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2006
    Assignee: Ti-Pro LLC
    Inventor: Paul J. Bania
  • Patent number: 6997995
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing components with a high load capacity from ?+? TiAl alloys, especially for producing components for aircraft engines or stationary gas turbines. According to this method, enclosed TiAl blanks of globular structure are preformed by isothermal primary forming in the ?+?? or ? phase area. The preforms are then shaped out into components with a predeterminable contour by means of at least one isothermal secondary forming process, with dynamic recrystallization in the ?+?? or ? phase area. The microstructure is adjusted by solution annealing the components in the ? phase area and then cooling them off rapidly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2006
    Assignees: Leistrits Turbinenkomponenten Remscheid GmbH, Rolls-Royce Deutschland LTD & Co KG
    Inventors: Peter Janschek, Lothar Knippschild, Karl Schreiber, Dan Roth-Fagaraseanu
  • Patent number: 6979375
    Abstract: A titanium alloy member is characterized in that it comprise 40% by weight or more titanium (Ti), a IVa group element and/or a Va group element other than the titanium, wherein a summed amount including the IVa group element and/or the Va group element as well as the titanium is 90% by weight or more, and one or more members made in an amount of from 0.2 to 2.0% by weight and selected from an interstitial element group consisting of oxygen, nitrogen and carbon, and that its basic structure is a body-centered tetragonal crystal or a body-centered cubic crystal in which a ratio (c/a) of a distance between atoms on the c-axis with respect to a distance between atoms on the a-axis falls in a range of from 0.9 to 1.1. This titanium alloy member has such working properties that conventional titanium alloys do not have, is flexible, exhibits a high strength, and can be utilized in a variety of products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2005
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Chuo Kenkyusho
    Inventors: Tadahiko Furuta, Yoshiki Seno, JungHwan Hwang, Kazuaki Nishino, Takashi Saito
  • Patent number: 6974507
    Abstract: A damage tolerant microstructure for a lamellar alloy, such as a lamellar ?TiAl alloy, is provided in accordance with the present invention. The alloy comprises a matrix and a plurality of grains or lamellar colonies, a portion of which exhibit a nonplanar morphology within said matrix. Each of the lamellar colonies contains a multitude of lamella with irregularly repeating order. The ?TiAl platelets have a triangular (octahedral) unit cell and stack with ? twins. The ?2Ti3Al platelets are irregularly interspersed. The unit cell for ?2Ti3Al is hexagonal. Each of the layers has a curved, nonplanar structure for resisting crack formation and growth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2005
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventor: Daniel P. DeLuca
  • Patent number: 6923934
    Abstract: TiAl alloy includes 46 to 50 at % of Al, 5 at % or less of combination of Mo, V and Si, provided that Si content is 0.7 at % or less, and Mo content satisfies an equation of ?0.3x +17.5 at % or less where x represents Al (at %), and the remainder being Ti and inevitable impurities. Mo may be replaced by Fe or combination of Mo and Fe. TiAl alloy is heated to a melt, poured into a mold, and cooled at a rate of 150 to 250° C./min within a temperature range of 1500 to 1100° C. The resulting product can be used as cast. If desired, however, heat treatment such as HIP or homogenization may be performed within a temperature range of 1100 to 800° C. After the heat treatment, the melt is cooled at a rate of 100° C./min or more until room temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2005
    Assignee: Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sadao Nishikiori
  • Patent number: 6921441
    Abstract: A super-elastic titanium alloy for medical use consisting essentially of: a molybdenum (Mo) as a ? stabilizer element of titanium (Ti): from 2 to 12 at %; an ? stabilizer element of the titanium (Ti): from 0.1 to 14 at %; and the balance being titanium (Ti) and inevitable impurities. The ? stabilizer element is at least one element selected from the group consisting of aluminum (Al), gallium (Ga) and germanium (Ge).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2005
    Assignee: Furukawa Techno Material Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toyonobu Tanaka, Hiroshi Horikawa, Shuichi Miyazaki, Hideki Hosoda
  • Patent number: 6918971
    Abstract: A sheet, a plate, a bar or wire is made of Ti and has high ductility and low material anistropy in a plane of a sheet or plate, or in a sectional plane of a bar or a wire and contains Fe, in mass, at 0.15-0.5%, N at 0.015-0.041 and 0, with the balance Ti and unavoidable impurities. When the Fe content is defined as [Fe], the N content as [N] and the 0 content as [0], the oxygen equivalent value Q=[0]+2.77[N]+0.1 [Fe] is 0.11-0.28.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2005
    Assignee: Nippon Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Hideki Fujii, Isamu Takayama, Yoshito Yamashita, Mitsuo Ishii, Kazuhiro Takahashi
  • Patent number: 6918942
    Abstract: Titanium-aluminum alloy is prepared as a master alloy, and the aluminum master alloy and a pure titanium material are melted by an electron beam to yield titanium alloy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2005
    Assignee: Toho Titanium Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Hatta, Toshihiko Sakai, Takeshi Shiraki, Takeshi Sannohe, Osamu Tada
  • Patent number: 6805759
    Abstract: A shaped part or article of manufacture is formed of a selected gamma titanium aluminide alloy with outstanding mechanical properties which can be produced particularly economically. First, a semi-finished article is formed in a hot forming process with a degree of deformation of greater than 65%. Then the semi-finished article is shaped with the alloy being in a solid-liquid phase by applying mechanical forming forces during at least part of the shaping process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2004
    Assignee: Plansee Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Andreas Hoffmann, Heinrich Kestler
  • Publication number: 20040136859
    Abstract: In order to improve castability of a titanium alloy, 0.01-5 wt %, preferably 0.1-3 wt %, of bismuth is introduced into the titanium alloy, based on the weight of bismuth and the titanium alloy. The titanium alloy is suitable for making a dental casting or a medical implant by casting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2004
    Publication date: July 15, 2004
    Applicant: CANA LAB CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jiin-Huey Chern Lin, Chien-Ping Ju, Wen-Wei Cheng, Dan Jae Lin, Chih-Min Lee
  • Patent number: 6726784
    Abstract: A high strength and ductility &agr;+&bgr; type titanium alloy, comprising at least one is isomorphous &bgr; stabilizing element in a Mo equivalence of 2.0-4.5 mass %, at least one eutectic &bgr; stabilizing element in an Fe equivalence of 0.3-2.0 mass %, Si in an amount of 0.1-1.5 mass %, and C in an amount of 0.01-0.15% mass, and has a &bgr; transformation temperature no lower than 940° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2004
    Inventors: Hideto Oyama, Takayuki Kida, Kazumi Furutani, Masamitsu Fujii
  • Publication number: 20040078086
    Abstract: A composition of a porous body for use as biomaterial according to the present invention is produced by adding Al (aluminum) in the amount of 0.1 to 3.0 atomic % to a porous composition consisting of titanium, nickel, iron and molybdenum, and it promotes the growth of living tissue and cells into pores. By the addition of Al to Ni, Ti, Fe and Mo, the temperature of formation of the liquid phase is lowered, and thus the diffusion of the constitutional elements of the composition is promoted, and the uniform distribution of the constitutional elements increases. As a result, the proportion of micropores in the porous body becomes increased to the extent that the distribution of micropores having the size in the range of 10−2 &mgr;m˜10 &mgr;m is more than 5% in the metal bridge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2003
    Publication date: April 22, 2004
    Inventor: Victor E. Gunther
  • Publication number: 20040071585
    Abstract: A Ti alloy for a positive electrode for electrocoagulation printing contains, as a weight percentage, 28.0 to 35.0% of Al, 0.1% or less of C, 0.05% or less of N, 0.3% or less of O, and Ti. The Ti alloy may further contain one or more elements selected from the group consisting of 0.5 to 15.0% of Nb, 0.5 to 15.0% of Ta, 0.1 to 1.0% of Hf, 0.1 to 1.0% of Zr, 1.0 to 6.0% of W, 1.0 to 6.0% of Mo, 0.5 to 6.0% of Cr, 0.5 to 6.0% of Mn, 0.5 to 6.0% of V, 0.1 to 1.0% of Si, and 0.005 to 0.10% of B, by weight. A positive electrode for electrocoagulation printing has a surface composed of a Ti alloy containing Al.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2002
    Publication date: April 15, 2004
    Applicants: Toyo Ink Mfg. Co., Ltd., ELCORSY TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Shigeto Hashimoto, Toshio Ohyama, Hisao Kamiya, Michio Okabe, Takayoshi Shimizu
  • Patent number: 6692586
    Abstract: This invention relates to a high temperature melting composition and a method of using the composition for brazing high temperature niobium-based substrates, such as niobium-based refractory metal-intermetallic compositions (RMIC), including but not restricted to niobium-silicide composite alloys. The high temperature melting composition can include one or more alloys. The alloys include a base element selected from titanium, tantalum, niobium, hafnium, silicon, and germanium. The alloys also include at least one secondary element that is different from the base element. The secondary element can be selected from chromium, aluminum, niobium, boron, silicon, germanium and mixtures thereof. When two or more alloys are included in the composition, it is preferable, but not required, to select at least one lower melting alloy and at least one higher melting alloy. The composition is preferably a homogeneous mixture of the two or more alloys combined in powder form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2004
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce Corporation
    Inventors: Raymond R. Xu, Amit Chatterjee
  • Patent number: 6676897
    Abstract: The invention relates to a high-temperature alloy for a mechanically highly stressed component of a thermal machine based on doped TiAl and a method to improve a mechanical property of the alloy. The alloy has the following composition (in atomic %): 44.5 to <46 Al, 1-4 W, 0.1-1.5 Si, 0.0001-4 B, and the rest Ti and contaminations due to the manufacturing process. The alloy is characterized by improved heat resistance and ductility at high temperatures, and at the same time good oxidation and corrosion resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Assignee: Alstom (Switzerland) Ltd
    Inventors: Mohamed Nazmy, Markus Staubli
  • Patent number: 6669791
    Abstract: A TiAl based alloy having excellent strength as well as an improvement in toughness at room temperature, in particular an improvement in impact properties at room temperature, and a production method thereof, and a blade using the same are provided. This TiAl based alloy has a microstructure in which lamellar grains having a mean grain diameter of from 1 to 50 &mgr;m are closely arranged. The alloy composition is Ti-(42-48)Al-(5-10) (Cr and/or V) or Ti-(38-43)Al-(4-10)Mn. The alloy can be obtained by subjecting the alloy to high-speed plastic working in the cooling process, after the alloy has been held in an equilibrium temperature range of the &agr; phase or the (&agr;+&bgr;) phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2003
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshimitsu Tetsui, Kentaro Shindo, Masao Takeyama
  • Patent number: 6632396
    Abstract: Titanium-based alloy contains, % by mass: aluminum 2.2 to 3.8; vanadium 4.5 to 5.9; moloybdenum 4.5 to 5.9; chromium 2.0 to 3.6; iron 0.2 to 0.8; zirconium 0.0l to 0.08; carbon 0.01 to 0.25; oxygen 0.03 to 0.25; titanium being the balance. The alloy possesses high ability to volume deformation in cold state (is easily rolled into rods), does not have tendency to form high-melting inclusions and is efficiently enforced with thermal treatment with obtaining of high level of strength and plasticity characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2003
    Inventors: Vladislav Valentinovich Tetjukhin, Jurv Ivanovich Zakharov, Igor Vasilievich Levin
  • Publication number: 20030188810
    Abstract: A super-elastic titanium alloy for medical use consisting essentially of:
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2003
    Publication date: October 9, 2003
    Inventors: Toyonobu Tanaka, Hiroshi Horikawa, Shuichi Miyazaki, Hideki Hosoda
  • Publication number: 20030124021
    Abstract: The invention relates to a high-temperature alloy for a mechanically highly stressed component of a thermal machine based on doped TiAl and a method to improve a mechanical property of the alloy. The alloy has the following composition (in atomic %): 44.5 to <46 Al, 1-4 W, 0.1-1.5 Si, 0.0001-4 B, and the rest Ti and contaminations due to the manufacturing process. The alloy is characterized by improved heat resistance and ductility at high temperatures, and at the same time good oxidation and corrosion resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2001
    Publication date: July 3, 2003
    Inventors: Mohamed Nazmy, Markus Staubli