Patents Assigned to United Precious Metal Refining, Inc.
  • Patent number: 7128792
    Abstract: A unique manganese silver alloy composition is provided, which alloy exhibits the long desired properties of exceptional as-cast hardness and reversible heat treatability, in addition to offering reduced fire scale, reduced voids and porosity, reduced grain size, and reduced oxide formation when heated consisting essentially of the following parts by weight: about 92.5–92.8% silver, about 2.0–3.0% copper, about 2.0–3.0% zinc, about 0.03–0.05% indium, about 0.01–0.03% tin, about 0.20–0.50% boron/copper alloy (22% boron, 98.0% copper) about 0.50–0.90% silicon/copper alloy (10.0% silicon, 90.0% copper), and 0.01%–0.10% manganese “30” (0.30% of a manganese-copper alloy containing about 30% manganese and about 70% copper).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2006
    Assignee: United Precious Metal Refining, Inc.
    Inventor: Ajit B. Menon
  • Patent number: 6951588
    Abstract: A nickel- and palladium-free 14-karat white gold alloy composition consists of the following parts by weight: about 58.34% gold, about 35–40% silver, about 0.5–1.80% tin, and about 0–0.75% germanium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2005
    Assignee: United Precious Metal Refining, Inc.
    Inventors: Melvin Bernhard, Ajit B. Menon
  • Publication number: 20050211342
    Abstract: A unique manganese silver alloy composition is provided, which alloy exhibits the long desired properties of exceptional as-cast hardness and reversible heat treatability, in addition to offering reduced fire scale, reduced voids and porosity, reduced grain size, and reduced oxide formation when heated consisting essentially of the following parts by weight: about 92.5-92.8% silver, about 2.0-3.0% copper, about 2.0-3.0% zinc, about 0.03-0.05% indium, about 0.01-0.03% tin, about 0.20-0.50% boron/copper alloy (22% boron, 98.0% copper) about 0.50-0.90% silicon/copper alloy (10.0% silicon, 90.0% copper), and 0.01%-0.10% manganese “30” (0.30% of a manganese-copper alloy containing about 30% manganese and about 70% copper).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2004
    Publication date: September 29, 2005
    Applicant: United Precious Metal Refining, Inc.
    Inventor: Ajit Menon