Aluminum Containing Patents (Class 420/418)
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Patent number: 7951466Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 6, 2003Date of Patent: May 31, 2011Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.Inventors: Shinji Sakashita, Takashi Yashiki, Katsuhiro Matsukado, Takenori Nakayama
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Publication number: 20110091350Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2009Publication date: April 21, 2011Inventor: Jawad Haidar
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Publication number: 20110027121Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2010Publication date: February 3, 2011Inventors: Yoji Kosaka, Stephen P. Fox
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Publication number: 20100329919Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2010Publication date: December 30, 2010Inventors: Lance E. Jacobsen, Adam John Benish
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Publication number: 20100320317Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2010Publication date: December 23, 2010Applicant: TITANIUM METALS CORPORATIONInventor: John Fanning
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Publication number: 20100316525Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2009Publication date: December 16, 2010Applicants: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYInventors: Kentaro Shindo, Toshimitsu Tetsui, Masao Takeyama
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Publication number: 20100310410Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2010Publication date: December 9, 2010Inventors: Satoshi Matsumoto, Keisuke Nagashima, Takashi Maeda
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Publication number: 20100290944Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2010Publication date: November 18, 2010Inventors: Chon-Chen Lin, Shun-Fu Hu, Yen-Chi Hsu
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Patent number: 7767040Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 5, 2008Date of Patent: August 3, 2010Assignee: Titanium Metals CorporationInventors: Yoji Kosaka, Stephen P. Fox
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Publication number: 20100173171Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2007Publication date: July 8, 2010Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)Inventors: Takashi Yashiki, Kenji Yamamoto, Eiichiro Yoshikawa
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Patent number: 7722805Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 25, 2004Date of Patent: May 25, 2010Assignee: Institute of Metal Research Chinese Academy of SciencesInventors: Yulin Hao, Shujun Li, Rui Yang
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Patent number: 7704339Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 18, 2007Date of Patent: April 27, 2010Assignee: Rolls-Royce plcInventors: Wayne E Voice, Dawei Hu, Xinhua Wu, Michael Loretto
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Publication number: 20100074795Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2007Publication date: March 25, 2010Inventors: Kazuhiro Takahashi, Hideki Fujii, Kenichi Mori
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Patent number: 7682473Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 18, 2006Date of Patent: March 23, 2010Assignee: Board of Trustees of Michigan State UniversityInventor: Carl J. Boehlert
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Publication number: 20100047076Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2009Publication date: February 25, 2010Inventors: Yue G. Li, Paul A. Blenkinsop
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Publication number: 20100015003Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2007Publication date: January 21, 2010Applicant: TITANOX DEVELOPMENT LIMITEDInventors: Gorgees Adam, Jing Liang
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Patent number: 7563332Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 22, 2006Date of Patent: July 21, 2009Assignee: Korea Institute of Science and TechnologyInventors: Eric Fleury, Yu-Chan Kim, Ki-Bae Kim, Jayamani Jayaraj, Do-Hyang Kim, Byung-Joo Park
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Publication number: 20090181794Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2008Publication date: July 16, 2009Applicant: ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL MULTITECH CO., LTD.Inventors: Liang-Ho TSAI, Cheng-Tao LEE
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Publication number: 20090169415Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2006Publication date: July 2, 2009Applicants: IHI CORPORATION, ISHIKAWAJIMA PRECISION CASTING CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuyoshi Chikugo, Shigeyuki Sato
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Publication number: 20090129968Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2008Publication date: May 21, 2009Inventors: Yoji Kosaka, Stephen P. Fox
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Publication number: 20090074606Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2008Publication date: March 19, 2009Applicant: DAIDO TOKUSHUKO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Michiharu Ogawa, Toshiharu Noda
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Publication number: 20090035172Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2006Publication date: February 5, 2009Inventors: Heinz Sibum, Jurgen Kiese, Manfred Kramer
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Patent number: 7479194Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 8, 2005Date of Patent: January 20, 2009Assignee: United Technologies CorporationInventor: Daniel P. DeLuca
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Publication number: 20090004042Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2006Publication date: January 1, 2009Inventors: Satoshi Matsumoto, Keisuke Nagashima, Takashi Maeda
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Patent number: 7422644Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 3, 2006Date of Patent: September 9, 2008Assignee: Snecma MoteursInventors: Blandine Barbier, Philippe Gallois, Claude Mons, Agathe Venard, Pascal Vignolles
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Publication number: 20080193323Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2005Publication date: August 14, 2008Applicants: JAPAN BASIC MATERIAL CO., LTD., TOHOKU UNIVERSITYInventors: Xin Min Wang, Akihisa Inoue, Hiroyuki Tada, Tatsue Arakawa
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Patent number: 7261782Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 5, 2001Date of Patent: August 28, 2007Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Chuo KenkyushoInventors: JungHwan Hwang, Tadahiko Furuta, Kazuaki Nishino, Takashi Saito
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Patent number: 7175721Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 25, 2002Date of Patent: February 13, 2007Assignee: Santoku CorporationInventors: Hiroaki Takata, Yutaka Oka, Junichi Nakagawa, Akira Neoda
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Patent number: 7166367Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 1, 2005Date of Patent: January 23, 2007Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.Inventors: Takashi Yashiki, Kenji Yamamoto, Wataru Urushihara
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Patent number: 7060239Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 31, 2003Date of Patent: June 13, 2006Assignee: Alstom Technology Ltd.Inventors: Valery Shklover, Maxim Konter, Anton Kaiser, Kenneth Franklin Kelton
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Patent number: 7037389Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 28, 2003Date of Patent: May 2, 2006Assignee: Snecma MoteursInventors: Blandine Barbier, Philippe Gallois, Claude Mons, Agathe Venard, Pascal Vignolles
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Patent number: 7008489Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 22, 2003Date of Patent: March 7, 2006Assignee: Ti-Pro LLCInventor: Paul J. Bania
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Patent number: 6997995Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 16, 2001Date of Patent: February 14, 2006Assignees: Leistrits Turbinenkomponenten Remscheid GmbH, Rolls-Royce Deutschland LTD & Co KGInventors: Peter Janschek, Lothar Knippschild, Karl Schreiber, Dan Roth-Fagaraseanu
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Patent number: 6979375Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 1, 2001Date of Patent: December 27, 2005Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Chuo KenkyushoInventors: Tadahiko Furuta, Yoshiki Seno, JungHwan Hwang, Kazuaki Nishino, Takashi Saito
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Patent number: 6974507Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 3, 2003Date of Patent: December 13, 2005Assignee: United Technologies CorporationInventor: Daniel P. DeLuca
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Patent number: 6923934Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 6, 2002Date of Patent: August 2, 2005Assignee: Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co., Ltd.Inventor: Sadao Nishikiori
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Patent number: 6921441Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 25, 2003Date of Patent: July 26, 2005Assignee: Furukawa Techno Material Co., Ltd.Inventors: Toyonobu Tanaka, Hiroshi Horikawa, Shuichi Miyazaki, Hideki Hosoda
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Patent number: 6918971Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 22, 2002Date of Patent: July 19, 2005Assignee: Nippon Steel CorporationInventors: Hideki Fujii, Isamu Takayama, Yoshito Yamashita, Mitsuo Ishii, Kazuhiro Takahashi
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Patent number: 6918942Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 6, 2003Date of Patent: July 19, 2005Assignee: Toho Titanium Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshihiro Hatta, Toshihiko Sakai, Takeshi Shiraki, Takeshi Sannohe, Osamu Tada
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Patent number: 6805759Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 7, 2003Date of Patent: October 19, 2004Assignee: Plansee AktiengesellschaftInventors: Andreas Hoffmann, Heinrich Kestler
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Publication number: 20040136859Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 5, 2004Publication date: July 15, 2004Applicant: CANA LAB CORPORATIONInventors: Jiin-Huey Chern Lin, Chien-Ping Ju, Wen-Wei Cheng, Dan Jae Lin, Chih-Min Lee
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Patent number: 6726784Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 16, 2002Date of Patent: April 27, 2004Inventors: Hideto Oyama, Takayuki Kida, Kazumi Furutani, Masamitsu Fujii
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Publication number: 20040078086Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2003Publication date: April 22, 2004Inventor: Victor E. Gunther
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Publication number: 20040071585Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2002Publication date: April 15, 2004Applicants: Toyo Ink Mfg. Co., Ltd., ELCORSY TECHNOLOGY INC.Inventors: Shigeto Hashimoto, Toshio Ohyama, Hisao Kamiya, Michio Okabe, Takayoshi Shimizu
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Patent number: 6692586Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 23, 2001Date of Patent: February 17, 2004Assignee: Rolls-Royce CorporationInventors: Raymond R. Xu, Amit Chatterjee
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Patent number: 6676897Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 3, 2001Date of Patent: January 13, 2004Assignee: Alstom (Switzerland) LtdInventors: Mohamed Nazmy, Markus Staubli
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Patent number: 6669791Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 22, 2001Date of Patent: December 30, 2003Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Toshimitsu Tetsui, Kentaro Shindo, Masao Takeyama
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Patent number: 6632396Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 13, 2001Date of Patent: October 14, 2003Inventors: Vladislav Valentinovich Tetjukhin, Jurv Ivanovich Zakharov, Igor Vasilievich Levin
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Publication number: 20030188810Abstract: A super-elastic titanium alloy for medical use consisting essentially of:Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2003Publication date: October 9, 2003Inventors: Toyonobu Tanaka, Hiroshi Horikawa, Shuichi Miyazaki, Hideki Hosoda
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Publication number: 20030124021Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2001Publication date: July 3, 2003Inventors: Mohamed Nazmy, Markus Staubli