Patents by Inventor Philip M. O'Larey

Philip M. O'Larey 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).

  • Patent number: 7073559
    Abstract: A method of producing metal fibers including melting a mixture of at least a fiber metal and a matrix metal, cooling the mixture to form a bulk matrix comprising at least a fiber phase and a matrix phase and removing at least a substantial portion of the matrix phase from the fiber phase. Additionally, the method may include deforming the bulk matrix. In certain embodiments, the fiber metal may be at least one of niobium, a niobium alloy, tantalum and a tantalum alloy and the matrix metal may be at least one of copper and a copper alloy. The substantial portion of the matrix phase may be removed, in certain embodiments, by dissolving of the matrix phase in a suitable mineral acid, such as, but not limited to, nitric acid, sulfuric acid, hydrochloric acid and phosphoric acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2006
    Assignee: ATI Properties, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip M. O'Larey, John J. Hebda, Ronald A. Graham
  • Patent number: 5454163
    Abstract: A method of making a porous plug suitable for use as a phase separator, heat exchanger tube, wherein very small uniform holes are produced in a matrix by placing a first material in a matrix of a second material to form a bundle or billet comprising said materials, reducing the cross-section of the bundle or billet by drawing or extrusion to form a reduced cross-section rod, and then etching away one of the materials to leave a matrix with very small uniform holes therein. The reduced rod may be bundled with other similarly reduced rods to form a bundle which is again drawn to further reduce the cross-section thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 3, 1995
    Inventors: William K. McDonald, Philip M. O'Larey