Patents Assigned to Saint Gobain/Norton Company Industrial Ceramics Corp.
  • Brazing of diamond film to tungsten carbide
    Patent number: 5738698
    Abstract: The reliability of a braze joint formed between a diamond film and a tungsten carbide body is increased by use of a vanadium-containing braze. The braze joint exhibits an average shear strength greater than about 40,000 pounds per square inch, (276 MPa) and the braze exhibits a contact angle with the diamond film of less than about 15.degree..
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 14, 1998
    Assignee: Saint Gobain/Norton Company Industrial Ceramics Corp.
    Inventors: Rakesh R. Kapoor, Bela G. Nagy, Louis K. Bigelow