Patents by Inventor Milivoj K. Brun

Milivoj K. Brun has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Microcomposite of metal boride and ceramic particles
    Patent number: 4512946
    Abstract: A particulate mixture of ceramic powder, boron and a hydride of a metal selected from the group consisting of hafnium, niobium, tantalum, titanium, vanadium, zirconium and mixtures thereof is hot pressed decomposing the hydride and reacting the resulting metal with boron producing a polycrystalline microcomposite comprised of a continuous phase of the boride of the metal which encapsulates at least about 20% by volume of the ceramic particles and which either encapsulates or is intermixed with the balance of said ceramic particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 1983
    Date of Patent: April 23, 1985
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Milivoj K. Brun, Minyoung Lee, Lawrence E. Szala