Patents Assigned to ACUCERA INC.
  • Patent number: 9545363
    Abstract: Provided is a machinable zirconia having high translucency as a sintered body which is formed to include a tetragonal zirconia composite powder containing 79.8 to 92 mol % ZrO2, 4.5 to 10.2 mol % Y2O3, 3.5 to 7.5 mol % Nb2O5 or 5.5 to 10.0 mol % Ta2O5, and a TiO2 nano powder which is added with a weight ratio of more than 0 wt % and up to 2.5 wt % to the composite powder, wherein a density of the sintered body is 99% or more, an average grain size of the sintered body is 2 ?m or larger, hardness of the sintered body is in a range of 4 to 10 GPa, fracture toughness of the sintered body is in a range of 9 to 14 MPa·m1/2, a strength of the sintered body is in a range of 400 to 1000 MPa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: ACUCERA INC.
    Inventors: Dae-Joon Kim, Sang Wook Kim, Seung Won Seo, Yong Hwan Jeong