Titanium Base Patents (Class 420/417)
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Patent number: 8741077Abstract: Titanium-tungsten alloys are described comprising tungsten ranging from about 9% to about 20% by weight, and titanium ranging from about 91% to about 80% by weight, exhibiting a yield strength of at least 120,000 psi, and a ductility of at least 20% elongation. Methods of making the alloy, and products made with the alloys are also disclosed herein.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2011Date of Patent: June 3, 2014Assignee: Dynamet Technology, Inc.Inventors: Stanley Abkowitz, Susan M. Abkowitz, Harvey Fisher, Patricia J. Schwartz
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Patent number: 8741217Abstract: There is provided a titanium alloy for corrosion-resistant materials, which contains 0.01-0.12% by mass in total of at least one of platinum group elements; at least Si and one of, or both of, Sn and Mn, selected from the group consisting of Al, Cr, Zr, Nb, Si, Sn and Mn, wherein the total content of Al, Cr, Zr, Nb, Si, Sn and Mn is 5% by mass or less; and the residue comprising Ti and impurities.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2010Date of Patent: June 3, 2014Assignee: Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal CorporationInventors: Satoshi Matsumoto, Keisuke Nagashima, Takashi Maeda
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Publication number: 20140119977Abstract: Methods and compositions for depositing a metal containing film on a substrate are disclosed. A reactor and at least one substrate disposed in the reactor are provided. A metal containing precursor is provided and introduced into the reactor, which is maintained at a temperature of at least 100° C. A metal is deposited on to the substrate through a deposition process to form a thin film on the substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 3, 2014Publication date: May 1, 2014Applicant: L'Air Liquide, Société Anonyme pour I'Etude et I'Exploitation des Procédés Georges ClaudeInventors: Julien GATINEAU, Kazutaka Yanagita, Shingo Okubo
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Patent number: 8709178Abstract: The present invention provides a titanium material for hot rolling which enables reduction of defects on the surface (in the case of a flat material or strip coil, including not only the flat surfaces but also the side surfaces and edges) due to hot rolling. The titanium material for hot rolling has dimples imparted by cold plastic deformation whose mean value of the heights (Wc) of the undulation profile elements is 0.2 to 1.5 mm and mean value of the lengths (WSm) thereof is 3 to 15 mm. The invention also provides a method of producing the titanium material and a method of hot rolling the titanium material.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2010Date of Patent: April 29, 2014Assignees: Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation, Toho Titanium Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazuhiro Takahashi, Tomonori Kunieda, Kenichi Mori, Hiroaki Otsuka, Hideki Fujii, Yoshimasa Miyazaki, Takashi Oda, Hisamune Tanaka, Osamu Tada, Norio Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20140112820Abstract: A beta-based titanium alloy with a low elastic modulus includes 37 wt. % to 41 wt. % niobium (Nb), 5 wt. % to 8 wt. % zirconium (Zr), and a balance of titanium (Ti), with unavoidable impurities, and having an elastic modulus of 47 GPa or lower. The beta-based titanium alloy has a much lower elastic modulus than the typical biomedical titanium alloys, and thus can resolve the problem of so-called “stress shield effect.” Therefore, the beta-based titanium alloy can be widely used as a material for general civilian goods such as eyewear frames and headsets and sports and leisure goods, as well as a biomedical material for artificial bones, artificial teeth and artificial hip joints.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2013Publication date: April 24, 2014Applicant: KOREA INSTITUTE OF MACHINERY & MATERIALSInventors: Dong Geun LEE, Yong Tae LEE, Xujun MI, Wenjun YE, Songxiao HUI
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Publication number: 20140105781Abstract: A titanium based, ceramic reinforced alloy ingot for use in producing medical implants. An ingot is formed from an alloy having comprising from about 5 to about 35 wt. % niobium, from about 0.5 to about 3.5 wt. % A silicon, and from about 61.5 to about 94.5 wt. % of titanium. The alloy has a hexagonal crystal lattice a phase of from about 20 vol % to about 70 vol %, and a cubic body centered 13 crystal lattice phase of from about 30 vol. % to about 80 vol. %. The ingot has an ultimate tensile strength of about 940 MPa or more, and a Young's modulus of about 150 GPa or less. A molten substantially uniform admixture of a niobium, silicon, and titanium alloy is formed, cast into a shape, and cooled into an ingot. The ingot may then be formed into a medical implant and optionally annealed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2012Publication date: April 17, 2014Applicant: Pulse Technologies, Inc.Inventors: ANDREW E. FISK, Anatolii Demchyshyn, Mykola Kuzmenko, Sergei Firstov, Leonid Kulak
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Patent number: 8691343Abstract: Composite structures having a reinforced material interjoined with a substrate and methods of creating a composite material interjoined with a substrate. In some embodiments the composite structure may be a line or a spot or formed by reinforced material interjoined with the substrate. The methods typically include disposing a precursor material comprising titanium diboride and/or titanium monoboride on at least a portion of the substrate and heating the precursor material and the at least a portion of the substrate in the presence of an oxidation preventative until at least a portion of the precursor material forms reinforced material interjoined with the substrate. The precursor material may be disposed on the substrate as a sheet or a tape or a slurry or a paste. Localized surface heating may be used to heat the precursor material. The reinforced material typically comprises a titanium boron compound, such as titanium monoboride, and preferably comprises ?-titanium.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2008Date of Patent: April 8, 2014Assignee: Babcock & Wilcox Technical Services Y-12, LLCInventors: Roland D Seals, Edward B Ripley, Russell L Hallman
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Publication number: 20140093418Abstract: The invention relates to a part for a component for high-pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC), in particular a pump head for an HPLC pump, in which the strength has been increased by autofrettage and which consists of a material which is essentially chemically inert to the fluids used in HPLC. The invention further relates to an HPLC pump having a pump head which is configured as such a part.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2012Publication date: April 3, 2014Applicant: DIONEX SOFTRON GMBHInventors: Adolf Satzinger, Richard Schloderer, Stefan Andreas Seitz
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Publication number: 20140086788Abstract: A negative electrode active material for an electric device includes an alloy containing Si in a range from greater than or equal to 17% by mass to less than 90% by mass, Ti in a range from 10% by mass to 83% by mass exclusive, Ge in a range from 0% by mass to 73% by mass exclusive, and inevitable impurities as a residue. The negative electrode active material can be obtained with a multi DC magnetron sputtering apparatus by use of, for example, Si, Ti and Ge as targets. An electric device employing the negative electrode active material can achieve long cycle life, and ensure a high capacity and improved cycle durability.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2012Publication date: March 27, 2014Inventors: Manabu Watanabe, Masao Yoshida
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Publication number: 20140079583Abstract: Disclosed herein are titanium-tungsten alloys and composites wherein the tungsten comprises 0.5% to 40% by weight of the alloy. Also disclosed is a method of making such alloys and composites using powders of tungsten less then 3 ?m in size, such as 1 ?m or less. Also disclosed is a method of making the titanium alloy by powder metallurgy, and products made from such alloys or billets that may be cast, forged, or extruded. These methods of production can be used to make titanium alloys comprising other slow-diffusing beta stabilizers, such as but not limited to V, Nb, Mo, and Ta.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2013Publication date: March 20, 2014Applicant: Dynamet Technology, Inc.Inventors: Stanley Abkowitz, Susan M. Abkowitz, Harvey Fisher, Patricia J. Schwartz
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Publication number: 20140079881Abstract: A composition comprising titanium, a small amount of at least one platinum group metal and alloying elements for lowering melting point of the composition to below titanium beta transus temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2013Publication date: March 20, 2014Inventor: Pessach Seidel
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Publication number: 20140030138Abstract: Crucible compositions and methods of using the crucible compositions to melt titanium and titanium alloys. More specifically, crucible compositions having intrinsic facecoats that are effective for melting titanium and titanium alloys for use in casting titanium-containing articles. Further embodiments are titanium-containing articles made from the titanium and titanium alloys melted in the crucible compositions. Another embodiment is a crucible curing device and methods of use thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2012Publication date: January 30, 2014Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Bernard Patrick BEWLAY, Stephen BANCHERI, Joan MCKIEVER, Brian ELLIS, Robert A. GIDDINGS
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Publication number: 20140017113Abstract: Processes by which bulk forms can be produced in a single continuous operation, as opposed to multi-stage deformation processes that involve a series of separate and discrete deformation operations or stages. Such processes generally entail deforming a solid body using a large-strain extrusion machining technique and deformation conditions that obtain a predetermined crystallographic texture in the continuous bulk form that differs from the crystallographic texture of the solid body.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2012Publication date: January 16, 2014Applicant: PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATIONInventors: Srinivasan Chandrasekar, Kevin Trumble, Wilfredo Moscoso, Mert Efe, Dinakar Sagapuram, Christopher J. Saldana, James Bradley Mann, Walter Dale Compton
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Publication number: 20130319637Abstract: The titanium alloy material of the invention is excellent in a deposition inhibiting property of scales mainly comprising calcium carbonate contained in water and exhibits an excellent formability during manufacture of a heat exchanger or the like. The titanium alloy material of the invention contains P in an amount of 0.005 to 0.30% (mass % here and hereinafter) and Sn in an amount of 0.01 to 3.0%, with the balance of Ti and unavoidable impurities. Further, in a case where the titanium alloy material contains one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Cu, Fe, and Ni, they may satisfy the following formula (1): Cu+4.9Fe+1.3Ni+0.5Sn?1.6??(1) in which Cu, Fe, Ni and Sn each represent the content (mass %) of the respective elements in the titanium alloy in the formula (1).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2013Publication date: December 5, 2013Inventors: Takashi KONNO, Akihiko Tatsumi, Kasumi Yanagisawa, Yoshio Itsumi, Hideto Oyama
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Patent number: 8597443Abstract: A method of forming an article from an ?-? titanium including, in weight percentages, from about 2.9 to about 5.0 aluminum, from about 2.0 to about 3.0 vanadium, from about 0.4 to about 2.0 iron, from about 0.2 to about 0.3 oxygen, from about 0.005 to about 0.3 carbon, from about 0.001 to about 0.02 nitrogen, and less than about 0.5 of other elements. The method comprises cold working the ?-? titanium alloy.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2011Date of Patent: December 3, 2013Assignee: ATI Properties, Inc.Inventors: John J. Hebda, Randall W. Hickman, Ronald A. Graham
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Patent number: 8597442Abstract: A method of forming an article from an ??? titanium including, in weight percentages, from about 2.9 to about 5.0 aluminum, from about 2.0 to about 3.0 vanadium, from about 0.4 to about 2.0 iron, from about 0.2 to about 0.3 oxygen, from about 0.005 to about 0.3 carbon, from about 0.001 to about 0.02 nitrogen, and less than about 0.5 of other elements. The method comprises cold working the ??? titanium alloy.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2011Date of Patent: December 3, 2013Assignee: ATI Properties, Inc.Inventors: John J. Hebda, Randall W. Hickman, Ronald A. Graham
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Publication number: 20130309518Abstract: A titanium alloy includes 15 to 27 atomic % (at %) of tantalum (Ta) and 0 to 8 at % of tin (Sn), the balance being titanium (Ti) and unavoidable impurities, when the entire amount of the titanium alloy is taken as 100 at %. Therefore, the titanium alloy provided has characteristics suitable for medical device materials, biocompatible materials, etc.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2012Publication date: November 21, 2013Applicants: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION SAITAMA UNIVERSITY, NIPPON PISTON RING CO., LTD.Inventors: Shunsuke Takeguchi, Yoshiki Ishikawa, Takasumi Kubo, Shin Ishida, Hiroki Takahashi, Masafumi Morita, Masahito Miki
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Publication number: 20130302645Abstract: An article includes a microscale composite material having a matrix with titanium boride particles configured to form an insert in a metallic mass being comprised of material other than a consolidated titanium-based metallic composition having titanium particles.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2013Publication date: November 14, 2013Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Andrew Philip WOODFIELD, Eric Allen OTT, Clifford Earl SHAMBLEN
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Patent number: 8551396Abstract: Provided herein are materials that can achieve up to 14% hydrogen absorption by weight in ambient conditions, which is a marked improvement over the hydrogen absorption values found in the prior art. Further provided are experimental conditions necessary to produce these materials. In order to produce the hydrogen storage material, a transition metal (or Lithium) is vaporized in a pi bond gas in conditions that permit only a few bonding collisions to occur between the vaporized transition metal atoms and pi bond gas molecules before the resulting bonded material is collected.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2008Date of Patent: October 8, 2013Assignee: University of Virginia Patent FoundationInventors: Bellave S. Shivaram, Adam B. Phillips
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Publication number: 20130224066Abstract: The disclosure relates generally to mold compositions and methods of molding and the articles so molded. More specifically, the disclosure relates to mold compositions, intrinsic facecoat compositions, and methods for casting titanium-containing articles, and the titanium-containing articles so molded.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 29, 2012Publication date: August 29, 2013Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Bernard Patrick BEWLAY, Stephen BANCHERI, Michael WEIMER, Joan McKIEVER, Brian ELLIS
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Patent number: 8512630Abstract: The present invention relates to pulverulent materials suitable for storing hydrogen, and more particularly to a method of preparing such a material, in which: (A) a composite metallic material having a specific granular structure is prepared by co-melting the following mixtures: a first metallic mixture (m1), which is an alloy (a1) of body-centered cubic crystal structure, based on titanium, vanadium, chromium and/or manganese, or a mixture of these metals in the proportions of the alloy (a1); and a second mixture (m2), which is an alloy (a2), comprising 38 to 42% zirconium, niobium, molybdenum, hafnium, tantalum and/or tungsten and 56 to 60 mol % of nickel and/or copper, or else a mixture of these metals in the proportions of the alloy (a2), with a mass ratio (m2)/(m1+m2) ranging from 0.1 wt % to 20 wt %; and (B) the composite metallic material thus obtained is hydrogenated, whereby the composite material is fragmented (hydrogen decrepitation).Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2012Date of Patent: August 20, 2013Assignee: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (C.N.R.S.)Inventors: Jean Charbonnier, Patricia De Rango, Daniel Fruchart, Salvatore Miraglia, Sophie Rivoirard, Natalia Skryabina
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Publication number: 20130209824Abstract: A titanium alloy contains niobium from 8 to 18% by weight; zirconium from 2 to 15% by weight; tin from 0 to 8% by weight; yttrium from 0.0 to 0.3% by weight, and a balance essentially titanium. The titanium alloy has a low Young's modulus, high yield strength, excellent cold bending properties, and good cold stamping and forming performance.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2012Publication date: August 15, 2013Applicant: RTI International Metals, Inc.Inventors: Fusheng Sun, Kuang-O Yu, Ernest M. Crist, JR.
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Patent number: 8492002Abstract: An alloy having from about 5 to about 15 wt % Ta, from 0 to about 5 wt % Nb, from about 0.5 to about 15 wt % Zr, and the balance Ti is disclosed. The alloy is particularly intended for medical devices, such as implants for the body.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2009Date of Patent: July 23, 2013Assignee: Sandvik Intellectual Property ABInventor: Susanne Norgren
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Publication number: 20130164167Abstract: A method to extract and refine metal products from metal-bearing ores, including a method to extract and refine titanium products. Titanium products can be extracted from titanium-bearing ores with TiO2 and impurity levels unsuitable for conventional methods.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2012Publication date: June 27, 2013Applicant: UNIVERSAL TECHNICAL RESOURCE SERVICES, INC.Inventor: UNIVERSAL TECHNICAL RESOURCE SERVICES, INC.
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Publication number: 20130164166Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a titanium plate having high strength and excellent workability. In order to achieve this object, the present invention provides a titanium material having an iron content of 0.60% by mass or less and an oxygen content of 0.15% by mass or less, with the balance being titanium and unavoidable impurities, the titanium material having a worked structure formed by working accompanied by plastic deformation and a recrystallized structure formed by annealing after the working, wherein the titanium material is formed such that the average particle size of crystal grains of the recrystallized structure is 1 ?m or more and 5 ?m or less, and the area of a non-recrystallized part in the cross-sectional area of the titanium material is more than 0% and 30% or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2010Publication date: June 27, 2013Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshihisa Shirai, Hideto Seto
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Patent number: 8440031Abstract: A nickel-titanium-rare earth (Ni—Ti-RE) alloy comprises nickel at a concentration of from about 35 at. % to about 65 at. %, a rare earth element at a concentration of from about 1.5 at. % to about 15 at. %, boron at a concentration of up to about 0.1 at. %, with the balance of the alloy being titanium. In addition to enhanced radiopacity compared to binary Ni—Ti alloys and improved workability, the Ni—Ti-RE alloy preferably exhibits superelastic behavior. A method of processing a Ni—Ti-RE alloy includes providing a nickel-titanium-rare earth alloy comprising nickel at a concentration of from about 35 at. % to about 65 at. %, a rare earth element at a concentration of from about 1.5 at. % to about 15 at. %, the balance being titanium; heating the alloy in a homogenization temperature range below a critical temperature; and forming spheroids of a rare earth-rich second phase in the alloy while in the homogenization temperature range.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2010Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Assignees: Cook Medical Technologies LLC, University of LimerickInventors: Tofail Ansar Md. Syed, James M. Carlson, Abbasi A. Gandhi, Peter Tiernan, Lisa O'Donoghue, James Butler
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Patent number: 8431231Abstract: The present invention provides a titanium material having high-temperature oxidation resistance at high temperatures above 800° C. and an exhaust pipe made of this titanium material for an engine. A titanium alloy contains 0.15 to 2% by mass Si, has an Al content below 0.30% by mass, and has equiaxial structure having a mean grain size of 15 ?m or above. The high-temperature oxidation resistance of the titanium alloy at high temperatures above 800° C., such as 850° C., is improved by means including adding Nb, Mo and Cr in combination with Si to the titanium alloy, forming equiaxial structure of coarse grains, creating acicular structure, Si-enrichment of a surface layer of the titanium alloy, and reducing impurities including copper, oxygen and carbon contained in the titanium alloy.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2007Date of Patent: April 30, 2013Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.Inventors: Takashi Yashiki, Kenji Yamamoto, Eiichiro Yoshikawa
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Publication number: 20130089458Abstract: A method for shaping a component cast from a titanium alloy including firstly heating the component to a plastic temperature such that it becomes plastically deformable and subsequently subjecting the component to a deformation process to thereby plastically deform the component to a desired geometric shape.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2012Publication date: April 11, 2013Applicant: ROLLS-ROYCE PLCInventor: ROLLS-ROYCE PLC
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Publication number: 20130084206Abstract: A method for production of metallic titanium and metallic titanium obtained with the method are provided. The method for production of metallic titanium comprises: taking a titaniferous material as the anode, a metal material as the cathode, and a molten salt material as the electrolyte, and carrying out electrolysis under electrolytic conditions to obtain metallic titanium; wherein, the titaniferous material is in a porous structure, with 1 mm˜10 mm average pore diameter and 20%˜60% porosity, and at least a part of the titanium element in the titaniferous material exists in the form of TiOx, wherein, 2>x>0. With the method provided in the present invention, the process is simplified, and the yield ratio and purity of the obtained metallic titanium are higher.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2012Publication date: April 4, 2013Applicant: PanGang Group Panzhihua Iron & Steel Research Institute Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yuchang Zhou, Tianzhu Mu, Beilei Yan, Sanchao Zhao, Yangjun Yang
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Publication number: 20130052076Abstract: A process for recovering metal from a process material comprising the metal and a component that is more volatile than the metal, which process comprises: transporting the process material in a retort provided in a furnace, the retort being operated under vacuum and at a temperature sufficient to cause sublimation of the component from the process material thereby producing purified metal; depositing the component that has been sublimed on a cool surface; removing purified metal from the retort; and removing deposited component from the cool surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2011Publication date: February 28, 2013Inventors: Andrew Chryss, Andreas Monch, Jasbir Khosa, Matthew Richards, David Freeman
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Publication number: 20130017118Abstract: An asymmetric rolling method for rolling a rolling material by using at least one pair of working rolls comprises rolls rotating at the same linear velocity and having different diameters. An asymmetric rolling apparatus may comprise a first roll contacting a first surface of a rolling material, a second roll having a diameter different from that of the first roll and contacting a second surface of the rolling material opposite to the first surface, and a power providing unit for providing power to each of the first and second rolls to adjust a ratio between angular velocities of the first and second rolls.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2011Publication date: January 17, 2013Applicant: Gangnung-Wonju National University Industry Academy Cooperation GroupInventors: Hyo-Tae Jeong, Byung-Hak Choe
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Patent number: 8349096Abstract: An oxidation resistant, high strength titanium alloy, particularly adapted for use in the manufacture of automotive exhaust system components and other applications requiring oxidation resistance and strength at elevated temperatures. The alloy comprises, in weight percent, iron less than 0.5, or 0.2 to less than 0.5%, oxygen 0.02 to less than 0.15%, silicon 0.15 to 0.6%, and balance titanium. Optional alloying elements are Al, Nb, V, Mo, Sn, Zr, Ni, Cr and Ta, with a total content of less than 1.5.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2010Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Titanium Metals CorporationInventors: Yoji Kosaka, Stephen P. Fox
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Patent number: 8349248Abstract: A metallic material is made from at least one refractory metal or an alloy based on at least one refractory metal. The metallic material has an oxygen content of about 1,000 to about 30,000 ?g/g and the oxygen is interstitial.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2006Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Heraeus Precious Metals GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Jens Trotzschel, Bernd Spaniol
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Publication number: 20130004362Abstract: A process for producing a medical instrument, such as a stent and a guide wire, which has an excellent fatigue life; and a medical instrument, such as a stent and a guide wire, which has an excellent fatigue life. The process for producing a medical instrument includes: a preparation step of preparing a medical instrument including a NiTi-based alloy as a base material; and an ion irradiation step of irradiating the medical instrument prepared in the preparation step with Xe ions. The medical instrument is produced by irradiating a medical instrument including a NiTi-based alloy as a base material with Xe ions.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2011Publication date: January 3, 2013Applicants: NAGATA SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Ryoichi Soba, Hiraku Murayama, Kensuke Uemura
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Patent number: 8343514Abstract: The invention is related to a sol-gel nanostructured titania reservoir and its synthesis which is biocompatible with brain tissue. The pore size distribution, crystallite size and the extent of the crystalline phase distribution of anatase, brookite and rutile can be fully controlled. This device may be used to contain neurological drugs. It may be inserted directly into brain tissue for the purpose of the controlled time release of drugs over a period of from 6 months to three years.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2006Date of Patent: January 1, 2013Assignee: Universidad Autonome MetropolitanaInventor: Tessy Maria Lopez-Goerne
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Publication number: 20120282132Abstract: Methods of the invention allow rapid production of high-porous, large-surface-area nanostructured metal and/or metal oxide at attractive low cost applicable to a wide variety of commercial applications such as sensors, catalysts and photovoltaics.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2010Publication date: November 8, 2012Inventors: James J. Watkins, Christos Fotios Karanikas, David Reisner, Xinqing Ma, Jeff Roth, T. Danny Xiao, Stephen Paul Murphy
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Publication number: 20120283336Abstract: The instant invention relates to shaped transition metal particles, in particular in the form of a dispersion in an aqueous and/or organic medium, the manufacture thereof and their use as an infrared (IR) absorbing agent, an IR curing agent for coatings, an additive in conductive formulations, an antimicrobial agent or for sensoring organic and/or inorganic compounds. Further, the invention relates to dispersions comprising said shaped particles and an aqueous and/or organic medium, such as a thermoplastic or crosslinkable polymer, as well as to antimicrobial compositions and products.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2010Publication date: November 8, 2012Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Nikolay A. Grigorenko, Andreas Muehlebach, Michael Muehlebach, Florian Muehlebach
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Publication number: 20120276750Abstract: A method and apparatus are presented for reducing halide-based contamination within deposited titanium-based thin films. Halide adsorbing materials are utilized within the deposition chamber to remove halides, such as chlorine and chlorides, during the deposition process so that contamination of the titanium-based film is minimized. A method for regenerating the halide adsorbing material is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2012Publication date: November 1, 2012Applicant: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: Garo J. Derderian, Cem Basceri, Donald L. Westmoreland
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Publication number: 20120270059Abstract: Disclosed herein is a connection means 58 made from metal, and in particular Al, Mg, Cu or Ti, or an alloy comprising one or more thereof. The connection means 58 is made from a compound material of said metal reinforced by nanoparticles, in particular CNT, wherein the reinforced metal has a microstructure comprising metal crystallites at least partly separated by said nanoparticles.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2010Publication date: October 25, 2012Inventors: Henning Zoz, Michael Dvorak, Horst Adams
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Publication number: 20120267001Abstract: A titanium alloy material for exhaust system parts which is excellent in oxidation resistance able to be used for an exhaust manifold, exhaust pipe, catalyst device, muffler, or other part characterized by containing, by mass %, Cu: 0.5 to 1.5%, Sn: 0.5 to 1.5%, Si: 0.1% to 0.6%, and O: 0.1% or less, a total of the contents of Cu and Sn being 1.4 to 2.7%, and having a balance of Ti and unavoidable impurities. A titanium alloy material for exhaust system parts which is excellent in oxidation resistance and cold workability.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2010Publication date: October 25, 2012Inventors: Hiroaki Otsuka, Hideki Fujii
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Patent number: 8293032Abstract: A process which can make a titanium alloy bolt at ambient temperature is disclosed. A Ti—Fe—O alloy is used as a material. It has a screw thread formed thereon by drawing and rolling.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2006Date of Patent: October 23, 2012Assignees: Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Meira Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroyuki Horimura, Kosuke Doi, Hideaki Sumitomo
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Publication number: 20120219736Abstract: Method, and articles therefrom, for providing a hard, abrasion-resistant, attractive, oxide surface layer of selectable thickness and having an outer appearance within the scale from gray to black, to a zirconium titanium alloy article by heating the article in an oxygen containing atmosphere.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2012Publication date: August 30, 2012Inventor: Gad Zak
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Publication number: 20120193084Abstract: Disclosed is a pure titanium sheet having a strength corresponding to JIS Grade 2 level (215 MPa in terms of 0.2% yield strength) or more and having satisfactory stamping formability. The pure titanium sheet includes titanium and inevitable impurities, has a 0.2% yield strength of 215 MPa or more, has an average grain size d of its structure of 25 ?m or more and 75 ?m or less, and has a hexagonal crystal structure, in which respective grains in the hexagonal crystal structure have an average of Schmidt factors (SF) of (11-22) twins with a rolling direction as axes, and the average Schmidt factor (SF) and the average grain size d satisfy following Expression (1): 0.055?[SF/?d]?0.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2012Publication date: August 2, 2012Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)Inventors: Akihisa FUJITA, Yoshio Itsumi, Hideto Oyama, Takeshi Kudo, Shogo Murakami
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Publication number: 20120189486Abstract: Semi-finished products for the production of devices containing thermoelastic materials with improved reliability and reproducibility are described. The semi-finished products are based on an alloy of Ni—Ti plus elements X and/or Y. The nickel amount is comprised between 40 and 52 atom %, X is comprised between 0.1 and 1 atom %, Y is comprised between 1 and 10 atom % and the balance is titanium. The one or more additional elements X are chosen from Al, Ta, Hf, Si, Ca, Ce, La, Re, Nb, V, W, Y, Zr, Mo, and B. The one or more additional elements Y are chosen from Al, Ag, Au, Co, Cr, Fe, Mn, Mo, Nb, Pd, Pt, Ta and W.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2012Publication date: July 26, 2012Applicant: SAES SMART MATERIALSInventors: Francis E. SCZERZENIE, Graeme William PAUL
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Publication number: 20120171515Abstract: An coated article includes a substrate; and a coating deposited on the substrate, wherein the coating is a titanium layer mixed with a first element and a second element, M is at least one element selected from a group consisting of iron, cobalt, nickel, copper, niobium, hafnium and tantalum; R is at least one element selected from a group consisting of scandium, yttrium and lanthanide.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2011Publication date: July 5, 2012Applicants: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD.Inventors: HSIN-PEI CHANG, WEN-RONG CHEN, HUANN-WU CHIANG, CHENG-SHI CHEN, SHUN-MAO LIN
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Publication number: 20120148437Abstract: The present invention provides a heat resistant titanium alloy sheet excellent in cold workability having high temperature strength characteristics better than JIS Type 2 pure titanium and having a cold workability and high temperature oxidation resistance equal to or better than that of JIS Class 2 pure titanium comprising, by mass %, 0.3 to 1.8% of Cu, 0.18% or less of oxygen, 0.30% or less of Fe, and, as needed, at least one of Sn, Zr, Mo, Nb, and Cr in a total of 0.3 to 1.5%, and the balance of Ti and less than 0.3% of impurity elements and a method of production characterized by performing the final annealing at 650 to 830° C. or performing the hot-rolled sheet or coil annealing or intermediate annealing at 650 to 830° C. and the final annealing after cold working at 600 to 650° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2011Publication date: June 14, 2012Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Hideki FUJII, Hiroaki Otsuka, Kazuhiro Takahashi
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Publication number: 20120148436Abstract: Nanomaterial preparation methods, compositions, and articles are disclosed and claimed. Such methods can provide nanomaterials with improved morphologies relative to previous methods. Such materials are useful in electronic applications.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2011Publication date: June 14, 2012Inventors: David R. Whitcomb, William D. Ramsden, Doreen C. Lynch
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Patent number: 8177947Abstract: Provided is a sputtering target in which the ratio of X-ray intensity of (110) measured with X-ray diffraction is 0.4 or less, and even 0.2 or less in a Ta or Ta alloy target. Further provided is a sputtering target in which the ratio of X-ray intensity of (110) on a Ta or Ta alloy target surface measured with X-ray diffraction is 0.8 or less, and the ratio of the foregoing X-ray intensity at a depth of 100 ?m or deeper is 0.4 or less. This Ta or Ta alloy target is capable of minimizing the fluctuation of the deposition speed for each target throughout the target life of a sputtering target, and thereby improving and stabilizing the production efficiency of semiconductors during the sputtering process, and contributing to the reduction of production costs.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2006Date of Patent: May 15, 2012Assignee: JX Nippon Mining & Metals CorporationInventor: Hirohito Miyashita
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Patent number: 8168012Abstract: The present invention relates to a binary single phase titanium-zirconium alloy suitable for the production of surgical implants. The alloy includes a zirconium content of less than 25% but more than 5% by weight, and 0.1% to 0.3% by weight of oxygen as a strength enhancing additive, and not more than 1% by weight of other strength enhancing additives and technical impurities.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2009Date of Patent: May 1, 2012Assignee: Straumann Holding AGInventor: Samuel Steinemann
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Patent number: 8152941Abstract: Semi-finished products for the production of devices containing thermoelastic materials with improved reliability and reproducibility are described. The semi-finished products are based on an alloy of Ni—Ti plus elements X and/or Y. The nickel amount is comprised between 40 and 52 atom %, X is comprised between 0.1 and 1 atom %, Y is comprised between 1 and 10 atom % and the balance is titanium. The one or more additional elements X are chosen from Al, Ta, Hf, Si, Ca, Ce, La, Re, Nb, V, W, Y, Zr, Mo, and B. The one or more additional elements Y are chosen from Al, Ag, Au, Co, Cr, Fe, Mn, Mo, Nb, Pd, Pt, Ta and W.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2010Date of Patent: April 10, 2012Assignee: SAES Smart MaterialsInventors: Francis E. Sczerzenie, Graeme William Paul