Patents Examined by Ngocaan Mai
  • Patent number: 4943488
    Abstract: An improved temperature stable synthetic polycrystalline diamond (PCD) product includes at least one temperature stable PCD integrally and chemically bonded to a matrix carrier support through a carbide forming layer which is of a thickness of at least about 1 micron, the layer on at least one surface of the PCD is in turn bonded to the matrix carrier. A wide variety of shapes, sizes and configurations of such products is achieved through relatively low temperature and relatively low pressure processing. Various products of various geometries are described as well as the details of the processing to achieve chemical bonding of the PCD elements in a variety of support matrix carrier materials to form a unitary structure having a temperature stability up to about 1,200 degrees C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 1988
    Date of Patent: July 24, 1990
    Assignee: Norton Company
    Inventors: Chien-Min Sung, Sy-Hwa Chen, Leo Merrill, Louis K. Bigelow