Patents Examined by Debbie Yee
  • Patent number: 4521663
    Abstract: Wear resistant coatings of highly alloyed filler metal are deposited on base materials of carbon and manganese bearing ferrous alloys and this, depending on the carbon and manganese content of the base material with or without buffer layer, employing low current levels such that the quotient current level/diameter of filler metal wire lies between 70 and 80 and the corresponding quotient for the buffer layer between 120 and 160.Selected as filler metal are alloys containing 3.0-4.5% Si, 1.5-2.0% Mn, and C.gtoreq.5%, preferred is the composition 5.5% C, 12.5% Cr, 2.0% Mn, 4.0% Si, 8.0% Mo, 8.0% Nb, 2.0% W, 1.0% V, 57.0% Fe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 1983
    Date of Patent: June 4, 1985
    Assignee: Swiss Aluminum Ltd.
    Inventor: Marinus C. Kesting
  • Patent number: 4518444
    Abstract: Material, in the form of bars, tubes, profiles, wires, sheets, or bands, which is, at least partially, composed of a constituent showing a one-way shape memory effect, and a further inactive constituent hindering the one-way effect of the first, and which collectively exhibits a significant two-way effect. The one-way shape memory constituent can be a Cu-Al-Ni, Cu-Al, TiV, Ti-Nb, Ni-Ti, or Ni-Ti-Cu alloy. Production of bi- or multi-constituent components by brazing, welding, roll bonding, extruding, powder metallurgical methods, hot isostatic pressing, or gluing, or by the application of metallic coatings (2) onto a core material (1) and subsequent diffusion treatment to produce an inactive surface layer (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 1982
    Date of Patent: May 21, 1985
    Assignee: BBC Brown, Boveri & Company, Limited
    Inventors: Joachim Albrecht, Thomas Duerig
  • Patent number: 4516716
    Abstract: Alloys consisting essentially of controlled amounts of boron, controlled amounts of silicon, and at least one element selected from Cr, Ni, Mn, Mo, V, W, Cb, Ti and when present these elements are present in the following amounts by weight from 0% to about 35% by weight of Cr, from 0 to about 25% by weight of Ni, from 0 to 12% by weight of Mn, from 0 to 5% by weight of Mo, from 0 to 5% by weight of V, from 0 to 15% by weight of W, from 0 to 3% by weight of Cb and from 0 to 2% by weight of Ti, balance of the alloy is iron in amounts greater than 50%. Such alloys are satisfactory brazing and hard surfacing alloys.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1983
    Date of Patent: May 14, 1985
    Assignee: GTE Products Corporation
    Inventor: Brian C. Coad
  • Patent number: 4517158
    Abstract: This invention provides a CME alloy of Fe-Ni-Cr-Ti-Al-Zr and one of Fe-Ni-Co-Cr-Ti-Al-Zr. The former CME alloy comprises from 40 to 44.5% by wt of Ni, from 4 to 6.5% by wt of chromium, from 0.5 to 1.9% by wt of Ti, from 0.1 to 1% by wt of Al and from 0.2 to 2% by wt of Zr. The latter CME alloy comprises from 30 to 44.5% by wt Ni and from 0.4 and 15% by wt of Co, and the same amounts of the other metals as in the former CME alloy. A CME alloy comprising the components having the above-defined concentrations has an upper temperature limit greater than 130.degree. C., at which temperature level its CME properties can be retained. The subject CME alloy also has great mechanical strength. This mechanical strength is more greatly improved by the addition of from 0.1 to 5.5% by wt of one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Mo, Nb, Ta and W.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 1984
    Date of Patent: May 14, 1985
    Assignee: Tokyo Shibaura Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masami Miyauchi, Masayuki Itoh
  • Patent number: 4514236
    Abstract: A non-magnetic austenitic alloy steel capable of producing the magnetic properties required in items such as Drill Collars in the as-rolled or as-rolled and direct quenched condition.The steel composition includes by weight up to 0.5% carbon from 10 to 25% manganese, up to 20% chromium, not less than 0.2% nitrogen and from 0.2% nitrogen and from 0.2 to 2.0% vanadium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 1983
    Date of Patent: April 30, 1985
    Assignee: British Steel Corporation
    Inventors: William T. Cook, Michael Cristinacce, Rajendra K. Amin
  • Patent number: 4514235
    Abstract: In a steel frog for rail crossings and rail switches, the frog point or, respectively, the surface of the frog being travelled upon by the wheels consists of an age-hardening steel having the composition______________________________________ C 0.01 to 0.05% Ti 0.1 to 1% Si 0.01 to 0.2% Cr 0 to 13% Mn 0.01 to 0.2% Al 0 to 0.2% Co 0 to 15% B 0 to 0.1% Mo 1.5 to 6% Zr 0 to 0.1% Ni 7 to 20% ______________________________________The frog is manufactured such that the surface being travelled upon by the wheels is applied by build-up welding onto a base body consisting of nominal rail steel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 1983
    Date of Patent: April 30, 1985
    Assignee: Voest-Alpine Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Hubert Augustin, Robert Pirker
  • Patent number: 4514359
    Abstract: A nonprecious alloy for porcelain-bonded dental restorations consists essentially of, in approximate percentage by weight, 25-30 chromium, 5-7 molybdenum, 0-1.0 each manganese and silicon, 0-0.3 carbon and 0-4 each gallium and indium, balance cobalt, these constituents accounting for at least 99.5 percent of the alloy, the sum of the manganese and silicon being at least about 0.5 percent and the sum of the gallium and indium being at least about 1.25 percent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 1983
    Date of Patent: April 30, 1985
    Assignee: Austenal International, Inc.
    Inventor: Henry L. Andrews
  • Patent number: 4512804
    Abstract: A work-hardenable austenitic manganese steel has a base composition (each in percent by weight) of 0.7 to 1.7 carbon, 5.0 to 18.0 manganese, 0 to 3.0 chromium, 0 to 4.0 nickel, 0 to 2.5 molybdenum, 0.1 to 0.9 silicon, up to 0.1 phosphorus and contains micro-alloying elements of 0.0 to 0.05 titanium, 0.0 to 0.05 zirconium and 0.0 to 0.05 vanadium; the remainder being iron and impurities arising from the melting process. The ratio of carbon to manganese is in the range of 1:4 to 1:14 and the total amount of micro-alloying elements is limited to a range of 0.002 to 0.05 percent by weight. The melt of the base composition is tapped at 1,450.degree. C. to 1,600.degree. C. into a casting ladle in which the micro-alloying elements are added. An ingot is cast, cooled, reheated to austenitization temperatures and quenched.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 1983
    Date of Patent: April 23, 1985
    Assignee: Vereinigte Edelstahlwerke Aktiengesellschaft (VEW)
    Inventor: Bernd Kos
  • Patent number: 4512820
    Abstract: In-pile parts for a nuclear reactor made of alloy consisting essentially of by weight 0.01-0.2% C, 10-21% Cr, 1-4% Ti, 0.3-2% Nb, 0.1-2% Al and the balance Ni wherein Ti content being higher than Nb content, said alloy having the microstructure of chromium carbides precipitated in the grain boundaries and a .gamma.' phase precipitated in the grains with the matrix thereof being austenite in microstructure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 1981
    Date of Patent: April 23, 1985
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhiko Mori, Shigeo Hattori, Isao Masaoka, Hisao Itow
  • Patent number: 4507366
    Abstract: The object of the invention is to improve the performance of the rolls of roughing and finishing stands of a hot strip train or mill and in particular to retard as far as possible the banding phenomenon, namely the phenomenon of the incrusting of hard oxides or scale formed at the conventional rolling temperatures.For this purpose, the roll is made, at least in the working region thereof, from a chrome steel in which the ratio between the respective contents of chromium and carbon is between 7 and 12 and in which the content of equivalent carbon is between 1.5 and 1.7%. This content of equivalent carbon is calculated as the sum of the content of carbon and the content of chromium, the latter being given a coefficient 0.05.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 1983
    Date of Patent: March 26, 1985
    Assignee: Union Siderurgique du Nord et de l'est de la France
    Inventors: Jean C. Werquin, Bernard Mercier
  • Patent number: 4502886
    Abstract: A non-magnetic austenitic stainless steel, and a drill collar fabricated therefrom solely by hot forging, the steel having a 0.2% yield strength of at least 85 ksi in the hot worked condition, high stress corrosion cracking resistance, good ductility, and low magnetic permeability even if cold worked, and consisting essentially of, in weight percent, from 0.12% to 0.20% carbon, 11% to 14% manganese, about 16% to about 19% chromium, 1.5% to 2.7% nickel, 0.30% to 0.45% nitrogen, 0.5% to 1.0% copper, about 0.75% maximum molybdenum, about 0.80% maximum silicon, about 0.04% maximum phosphorus, about 0.025% maximum sulfur, and balance essentially iron, with the carbon:nitrogen ratio not greater than 0.6:1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 1983
    Date of Patent: March 5, 1985
    Assignee: Armco Inc.
    Inventors: James N. Cordea, Joseph C. Jasper, Harshad V. Sheth
  • Patent number: 4502900
    Abstract: This invention relates to a wrought aluminum alloy, to its use for making semifinished and finished products and to processes of improving the properties, particularly the strength properties, of semifinished and finished products made of that alloy.A wrought aluminum alloy is proposed which contains 1.15 to 2.0% manganese, more than 1.0 and up to 2.0% silicon, 0.25 to 0.65% magnesium, 0.2 to 1.0% iron, not in excess of 0.3% copper, not in excess of 0.2% zinc, not in excess of 0.1% zirconium, not in excess of 0.1% titanium, balance aluminum and other impurities in a total not in excess of 0.2%.In FIG. 1, the ultimate tensile stresses which can be obtained with three different combinations of cooling rate and subsequent final cold reduction are plotted as a function of the magnesium content, the prior art being represented by magnesium contents of 0.2% and less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 1983
    Date of Patent: March 5, 1985
    Assignee: Vereinigte Deutsche Metallwerke AG
    Inventor: Heinz J. Althoff
  • Patent number: 4501612
    Abstract: A process for the production of a compacted graphite cast iron which is substantially free of carbides in castings as thin as 0.15 inches, and with nodularities of less than 20% by volume without postinoculation, which comprises adding aluminum to a compacted graphite cast iron, such that the compacted graphite cast iron consists essentially of about 0.5 to 7% by weight aluminum, about 2.5 to 4% carbon, 0 to about 1.5% silicon, with the remainder iron and inevitable impurities.The compacted graphite cast iron produced thereby is useful in the production of castings with both thick and thin sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1983
    Date of Patent: February 26, 1985
    Assignee: The University of Alabama
    Inventors: Doru M. Stefanescu, Freddy Martinez
  • Patent number: 4501627
    Abstract: This invention relates to a wrought aluminum alloy, to its use for making semifinished and finished products and to processes of improving the properties, particularly the strength properties, of semifinished and finished products made of that alloy.The efforts to improve the properties of aluminum alloys are often successful but restrict the field of application of the material; this is undesirable in view of the need to save raw materials and energy. For this reason a wrought aluminum alloy is desired which has a very wide field of application and which can be made to have properties in a wide range, possibly as a result of a processing under different conditions. The manufacture and recycling of such alloy should not involve special difficulties and the alloy should require only unproblematic alloying elements which are conventionally used with aluminum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 1983
    Date of Patent: February 26, 1985
    Assignee: Vereinigte Deutsche Metallwerke AG
    Inventor: Heinz J. Althoff
  • Patent number: 4500351
    Abstract: A casting alloy is provided containing about 0.02% to 0.05% carbon, about 23% to about 25% chromium, about 8% to 12% nickel, about 5% to 7% molybdenum, about 0.4% to 0.8% manganese, about 0.1% to 0.3% silicon, about 0.1% to 0.4% nitrogen, and the balance essentially iron, the alloy having a duplex austenite-ferrite grain structure, and being resistant to the corrosive effects of acids, chloride solutions and seawater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 1984
    Date of Patent: February 19, 1985
    Assignee: Amax Inc.
    Inventors: Armand P. Bond, Abraham Poznansky, Paul J. Grobner
  • Patent number: 4499158
    Abstract: A welded structural member adapted to be subjected to a flowing fluid and comprising a base member consisting mainly of iron and a coating layer formed by a build-up welding on the surface of the base member, the coating layer having a higher erosion resistance than the base member. The coating layer contains 0.03 to 0.4 wt % of C, 0.1 to 1 wt % of Si, 0.5 to 20 wt % of Mn, 1 to 5.5 wt %, of Ni, 1 to 12 wt % of Co, 8 to 23 wt % of Cr and the balance Fe. The structure of the coating layer is mainly unstable austenite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 1983
    Date of Patent: February 12, 1985
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Onuma, Fumio Hataya
  • Patent number: 4499360
    Abstract: A high-temperature reaction solder, for silicon carbide materials, containing 20-45% cobalt and 80-55% silicon by weight, and a process for brazing are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 1983
    Date of Patent: February 12, 1985
    Assignee: Dornier System GmbH
    Inventor: Reinhard Rottenbacher
  • Patent number: 4498928
    Abstract: A two-phase ductile iron-based alloy which is resistant to oxidation and fidation at high temperatures is disclosed. The alloy contains from about 8 to 20 wt % of Cr; about 6 to 30 wt % of Ni; about 3 to 11.5 wt % of Al; and 0 to 2 wt % of Mo; about 0 to 1 wt % of Si; about 0 to 2 wt % of Mn; about to 0 to 0.1 wt % of C; about 0 to 0.02 wt % of S; about 0 to 0.02 wt % of P; about 0 to 1 wt % of Ti; about 0 to 2 wt % of Nb and Ta; and the balance of Fe. The atomic ratio of nickel to aluminum is between 0.8 and 1.2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 1984
    Date of Patent: February 12, 1985
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Interior
    Inventors: Laurance L. Oden, John S. Dunning
  • Patent number: 4497772
    Abstract: Reactive metal-palladium-copper-nickel alloys are suitable for brazing ceramics, other non-metallic and metallic materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 1983
    Date of Patent: February 5, 1985
    Assignee: GTE Products Corporation
    Inventor: Howard Mizuhara
  • Patent number: 4494998
    Abstract: Process for producing austenitic stainless steels, which process prevents occurrence of rolling defects, particularly slivers. Specifically, process for controlling casting conditions on the basis of nitrogen contents in the molten steel and further controlling hot working conditions including heating conditions and working temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 1982
    Date of Patent: January 22, 1985
    Assignee: Nippon Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Masanori Ueda, Ryousuke Takahashi, Hidemaro Takeuchi