Macroscopically Anomalous Interface Between Layers Patents (Class 428/609)
  • Patent number: 6994917
    Abstract: A plate of an expanded metal and two metal plates are overlaid on one another. The expanded metal plate has a plurality of meshes. The linear expansion coefficient of the expanded metal is equal to or less than 8×10?6/° C., and the thermal conductivity of the metal plates is equal to or more than 200 W/(m·K). Then, the metal plates and the expanded metal plate are subjected to hot rolling to be rolled and joined. The rolling and joining are performed in two stages. In the first stage, the meshes of the expanded metal plate are filled with the material of the metal plates. In the second stage, the rolling and joining are performed such that the composite material has a predetermined thickness. The volumetric ratio of the expanded metal plate to the composite material is in a range between 20% and 70%, inclusive. The composite material, which has an improved thermal conductivity and strength and is suitable for heat dissipating substrate, is manufactured at a reduced cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2006
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki
    Inventors: Kyoichi Kinoshita, Takashi Yoshida, Tomohei Sugiyama, Hidehiro Kudo, Eiji Kono, Katsufumi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 6991856
    Abstract: Reactive foils and their uses are provided as localized heat sources useful, for example, in ignition, joining and propulsion. An improved reactive foil is preferably a freestanding multilayered foil structure made up of alternating layers selected from materials that will react with one another in an exothermic and self-propagating reaction. Upon reacting, this foil supplies highly localized heat energy that may be applied, for example, to joining layers, or directly to bulk materials that are to be joined. This foil heat-source allows rapid bonding to occur at room temperature in virtually any environment (e.g., air, vacuum, water, etc.). If a joining material is used, the foil reaction will supply enough heat to melt or soften the joining material, which upon cooling will form a strong bond, joining two or more bulk materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2006
    Assignee: Johns Hopkins University
    Inventors: Timothy P. Weihs, Michael Reiss, Omar Knio, Albert Joseph Swiston, Jr., David van Heerden, Todd Hufnagel
  • Patent number: 6974635
    Abstract: A lid material is provided which comprises: a core layer composed of an Fe—Ni alloy or an Fe—Ni—Co alloy; a nickel-based (Ni-based) metal layer press- and diffusion-bonded onto the core layer and composed of a Ni-based metal, such as pure Ni, mainly comprising Ni; and a brazing material layer press-bonded onto the Ni-based metal layer. The Ni-based metal layer has a maximum-to-minimum thickness ratio T1/T2 of 1.4 to 15. The lid material is produced by press-bonding a Ni-based metal foil onto a core sheet for formation of the Ni-based metal layer on the core layer, then diffusion-annealing the Ni-based metal layer and the core layer, and press-bonding a brazing material foil onto the Ni-based metal layer with a reduction ratio of 30 to 65%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2005
    Assignee: Neomax Materials Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Funamoto, Hidetoshi Noda, Masaaki Ishio
  • Patent number: 6949878
    Abstract: A multicolor light emission apparatus is disclosed which comprises a first organic EL element having a first maximum emission wavelength in a blue light wavelength region; and a second organic EL element having a second maximum emission wavelength longer than the first maximum emission wavelength; wherein the first organic EL element comprises a first light emission layer containing a first host and a first dopant, and the second organic EL element comprises a second emission layer containing a second host and a second dopant, and wherein each of the first and second hosts has an emission wavelength region which is shorter than the blue light wavelength region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2005
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Suzuri, Kazuo Genda, Hiroshi Kita
  • Patent number: 6946205
    Abstract: A wiring transfer sheet including a carrier base and a wiring layer formed thereon is produced so that an exposed area of a surface of the carrier base on which the wiring layer is formed has a plurality of concavities. By transferring the wiring layer to an electrically insulating substrate with this wiring transfer sheet, convexities which are complementary to the concavities are formed on the electrically insulating substrate. The convexities improve adhesion between a wiring board and a resin stacked thereon. Therefore, the wiring board thus obtained has surface coplanarity suitable for mounting a semiconductor bare chip and an electronic component as a whole, and a microscopical surface structure which adheres to a material stacked thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2005
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hideki Higashitani
  • Patent number: 6902825
    Abstract: A brazed sintered compact composed of first and second components, which are easily positioned relative to each other, enabling the provision of a good joining clearance. If a protrusion 3 of a first component 1 is fitted into a recess 13 of a second component 10, both components are able to be positioned relative to each other. Simultaneously, a joining clearance A can be easily obtained between a joining surface 2 of the first component 1 and a joining surface 12 of the second component 10, corresponding to a dimensional difference therebetween. Also, an inner side surface 4a of a storage groove 4 is aligned with a right or left end 11a of a leg 11, disposed opposite to the inner side surface 4a. Accordingly, it is possible to allow as much brazing material as properly needed to permeate between the joining surfaces 2 and 12. Further, as the surface tension of the surplus brazing material becomes unlikely to be developed in the storage grooves 4,4?, the backflow of the material is prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2005
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Materials Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuhiko Yano, Toshiro Harakawa
  • Patent number: 6887590
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the manufacture of galvannealed metal sheet, wherein a hot strip is produced from an IF steel containing 0.01 to 0.1 wt. % silicon, wherein the hot strip is coiled at a coiler temperature no lower than 700° C. and no higher than 750° C., wherein a cold strip is rolled from the coiled hot strip, wherein the cold strip is recrystallization-annealed in an annealing furnace in an annealing gas atmosphere, wherein the cold strip thus annealed is provided with a zinc coating in a zinc bath, and wherein the coated cold strip is post-annealed at a galvannealing temperature no lower than 500° C. and no higher than 540° C. The invention also relates to a galvannealed metal sheet which possesses improved adhesion of the coating layer to the base material and proposes a method which is suited for the manufacture of metal sheet having such properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2005
    Assignee: ThyssenKrupp Stahl AG
    Inventors: Sabine Zeizinger, Horst Berndsen, Frank Friedel, Manfred Meurer, Michael Westholt
  • Patent number: 6881500
    Abstract: A chain including chain pins 15, which connect an inner link plate and an outer link plate, are made of carburized or refined steel, and have the entire surface on which a large number of dimples 17 are provided which are formed through a primary shot peening performed at an arc height value of 0.35 to 0.8 mmA. Furthermore, dimples 21 with a size smaller than that of the dimples 17 are formed by applying a secondary shot peening performed at an arc height value smaller than that of a primary shot peening to the dimples 17 which have been subjected to the primary shot peening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2005
    Assignee: Sugiyama Chain Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shinichiro Sugiyama
  • Patent number: 6878461
    Abstract: There is provided contact, sliding, fitting-in and ornamental members having a surface treatment structure in which contact resistance is low, and lubricating property and wear resistance are excellent, and capable of being used suitably for any use of contact, sliding, fitting-in or ornament, and a method for manufacturing the same. The surface treatment structure 1 having a plating layer formed on the surface of a substrate 2 comprises a lubrication plating layer 5 made of a plating layer of a metal matrix containing fine particles 4 having lubricating property, and a noble metal plating layer 7 formed on the lubrication plating layer 5. Preferably, an anti-diffusive plating layer 3 made of a metal plating layer is formed under the lubrication plating layer 5, and a joining layer 6 made of a strike plating layer of noble metal is formed between the lubrication plating layer 5 and the noble metal plating layer 7.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2005
    Assignee: Tsuneki Metal Plating Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Heihachi Kobayashi, Masato Takeshita, Minori Sugi
  • Patent number: 6863990
    Abstract: Enhancing wear and corrosion resistance of an industrial component by depositing a Ni-based alloy coating having a thickness of at least about 50 microns onto a surface of the industrial component by high velocity oxyfuel propulsion of a Ni-based alloy powder containing a) Cr, b) from about 15 to about 25 wt % Mo, c) no more than about 1 wt % Fe, and d) no more than about 1 wt % elements having an atomic number greater than 42. A Ni-based alloy powder for HVOF deposition containing a) Cr, b) from about 15 to about 25 wt % Mo, c) no more than about 1 wt % Fe, and d) no more than about 1 wt % elements having an atomic number greater than 42. A Ni-based coating on an industrial component having enhanced corrosion and wear resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2005
    Assignee: Deloro Stellite Holdings Corporation
    Inventors: James B. C. Wu, Matthew X. Yao
  • Patent number: 6857558
    Abstract: A method of forge welding laminates of titanium and titanium alloys includes interleaving first and second pluralities of metal pieces in an enclosure, filling the enclosure with an inert gas, heating the enclosure and the first and second pluralities of metal pieces, and mechanically pressing the enclosure on a first axis with a force sufficient to cause the first and second pluralities of metal pieces to forge-weld together. The first and second pluralities of metal pieces may be metallurgically dissimilar from each other, and may each comprise a percentage of titanium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2005
    Inventors: Robert Thomas Ferry, III, William Cottrell, Charles Bybee
  • Patent number: 6858287
    Abstract: The invention is a formable, bright metallized laminate that has superior optical and deformation properties. The metallized laminate is made from a plurality of discontinuous metal island layers deposited on a formable clear coat film. The invention is also a method that includes depositing a first discontinuous layer of metal islands upon a formable clear coat film and then depositing a second discontinuous layer of metal islands onto the first discontinuous layer of metal islands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2005
    Assignee: Soliant LLC
    Inventor: Thomas R. Fields
  • Patent number: 6852428
    Abstract: Objects of the present invention are to provide a laminated heat resistant alloy plate has a large area, and to provide a manufacturing method therefor. The laminated heat resistant alloy plate according to the present invention is obtained by brazing a Ni alloy plate having plural striae formed thereon at a predetermined interval and a plate which is made of a material the same as or different from that of the Ni alloy plate with a sheet of Ni solder which is amorphous and does not contain organic binder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2005
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., Kinzoku Giken Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Norihide Hirota, Yusaku Sugimoto, Kazuhiko Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 6802430
    Abstract: A fuel tank and a fuel-filler tube, which maintain excellent corrosion-resistance over a long term even in a severely corrosive atmosphere, is made of a ferritic stainless steel sheet good of formability. The steel sheet, which has elongation of 30% or more after fracture by a uniaxial tensile test and minimum Lankford value (value-rmin) of 1.3 or more, is formed to a product shape, and paint is cathodically electrodeposited on a surface of the formed stainless steel sheet. The stainless steel sheet may be one coated with an Al or Zn plating layer. When the fuel tank or fuel-filler tube is fabricated by welding, Zn-rich paint is preferably applied to a welded part in prior to cathodic electrodeposition coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2004
    Assignee: Nisshin Steel Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kouki Tomimura, Yasutoshi Hideshima, Naoto Hiramatsu, Toshiro Adachi, Kazushi Shirayama
  • Patent number: 6783871
    Abstract: The instant invention is directed to a bonded product, such as a manifold, for gas or liquid chromatographs, and a method for making the same. The bonded product is made using the following steps: (i) contacting two or more steel sheets; (ii) heating the contacted sheets to a temperature substantially below the melting temperature of the sheets; (iii) applying pressure to the contacted sheets; and (iv) cooling the contacted sheets. No intermediate foreign material is used to bond the steel sheets, e.g., no welding material or TLP diffusion bonding plate is utilized. Nonetheless, a strong, leak free bond is generated at temperatures as low as 1700° F. (926.6° C.). The bond is molecular in nature, as evidenced by grains that grow from one sheet to another across the interface between the two sheets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2004
    Assignee: Agilent Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Peisheng Sheng
  • Publication number: 20040146736
    Abstract: (a) The metal matrix composite is suitable for the manufacture of flat or shaped titanium aluminide, zirconium aluminide, or niobium aluminide articles and layered metal composites having improved mechanical properties such as lightweight plates and sheets for aircraft and automotive applications, thin cross-section vanes and airfoils, heat-sinking lightweight electronic substrates, bulletproof structures for vests, partition walls and doors, as well as sporting goods such as helmets, golf clubs, sole plates, crown plates, etc. The composite material consists of a metal (e.g., Ti, Zr, or Nb-based alloy) matrix at least partially intercalated with a three-dimensional skeletal metal aluminide structure, whereby ductility of the matrix metal is higher than that of the metal aluminide skeleton. The method for manufacturing includes the following steps: (a) providing an aluminum skeleton structure having open porosity of 50-95 vol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2003
    Publication date: July 29, 2004
    Applicant: Advanced Materials Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Eugene Ivanov, Vladimir S. Moxson
  • Publication number: 20040142202
    Abstract: A plate of an expanded metal and two metal plates are overlaid on one another. The expanded metal plate has a plurality of meshes. The linear expansion coefficient of the expanded metal is equal to or less than 8×10−6/° C., and the thermal conductivity of the metal plates is equal to or more than 200 W/(m·K). Then, the metal plates and the expanded metal plate are subjected to hot rolling to be rolled and joined. The rolling and joining are performed in two stages. In the first stage, the meshes of the expanded metal plate are filled with the material of the metal plates. In the second stage, the rolling and joining are performed such that the composite material has a predetermined thickness. The volumetric ratio of the expanded metal plate to the composite material is in a range between 20% and 70%, inclusive. The composite material, which has an improved thermal conductivity and strength and is suitable for heat dissipating substrate, is manufactured at a reduced cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2004
    Publication date: July 22, 2004
    Inventors: Kyoichi Kinoshita, Takashi Yoshida, Tomohei Sugiyama, Hidehiro Kudo, Eiji Kono, Katsufumi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 6720087
    Abstract: The invention describes a temperature-stable protective coating over a metallic substrate surface (1), which coating includes at least one layer of material (4) consisting of MCrAlY, where M represents at least one of the elements selected from the group of materials consisting of Fe, Co and Ni. The invention also describes a production process for this coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2004
    Assignee: Alstom Technology LTD
    Inventors: Reinhard Fried, Alkan Goecmen, Abdus S. Khan
  • Patent number: 6692841
    Abstract: A friction welded joint structure includes friction welded dissimilar first and second metallic materials. The first metallic material has a rigidity greater than the second metallic material. The angle of the first metallic material to a free edge of the first metallic material, at an end portion of a joined surface between the first and second metallic materials, is greater than or equal to 120 degrees or in the range of from 55 degrees to 85 degrees. A reaction layer between the first and second metallic materials is more than zero and less than or equal to 20 &mgr;m. The first metallic material is copper. The second, which has the smaller rigidity, is aluminum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2004
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Takahiko Shindo, Yoshiyasu Itoh, Katsumi Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20040013897
    Abstract: A brazed sintered compact composed of first and second components, which are easily positioned relative to each other, enabling the provision of a good joining clearance. If a protrusion 3 of a first component 1 is fitted into a recess 13 of a second component 10, both components are able to be positioned relative to each other. Simultaneously, a joining clearance A can be easily obtained between a joining surface 2 of the first component 1 and a joining surface 12 of the second component 10, corresponding to a dimensional difference therebetween. Also, an inner side surface 4a of a storage groove 4 is aligned with a right or left end 11a of a leg 11, disposed opposite to the inner side surface 4a. Accordingly, it is possible to allow as much brazing material as properly needed to permeate between the joining surfaces 2 and 12. Further, as the surface tension of the surplus brazing material becomes unlikely to be developed in the storage grooves 4, 4′, the backflow of the material is prevented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2003
    Publication date: January 22, 2004
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsuhiko Yano, Toshiro Harakawa
  • Publication number: 20040009365
    Abstract: The invention describes a temperature-stable protective coating over a metallic substrate surface (1), which coating includes at least one layer of material (4) consisting of MCrAlY, where M represents at least one of the elements selected from the group of materials consisting of Fe, Co and Ni. The invention also describes a production process for this coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2002
    Publication date: January 15, 2004
    Inventors: Reinhard Fried, Alkan Goecmen, Abdus S. Khan
  • Patent number: 6589671
    Abstract: A method for joining a first part to a second part wherein the first part comprises machine cast iron and the second part comprises case-hardened steel comprises abrading a surface on each of the parts which are to be welded together with a groove, fitting the abraded surfaces together to form a welding groove and high-energy beam welding within austenitic welding wire for joining the parts together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2003
    Assignee: Steyr-Daimler-Puch Fahrzeugtechnik AG & Co. KG
    Inventor: Oskar Kehrer
  • Patent number: 6569543
    Abstract: A composite material includes a structural carrier layer and a relatively thin metal foil layer separated by a release layer. The release layer, that may be an admixture of a metal such as nickel or chromium and a non-metal such as chromium oxide, nickel oxide, chromium phosphate or nickel phosphate, provides a release force for the metal foil layer from the carrier strip that is typically on the order of 0.1 pound per inch to 2 pounds per inch. This provides sufficient adhesion to prevent premature separation of the metal foil layer from the carrier layer, but easy removal of the carrier layer when desired. The metal foil layer may be electrolytically formed copper having a low height profile, on the order of 0.5 micron to 2.7 microns, bond strength enhancing agent coating a side of the metal foil layer. The enhanced surface is subsequently bonded to a dielectric and the carrier layer then removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2003
    Assignee: Olin Corporation
    Inventors: William R. Brenneman, Szuchain F. Chen, Derek E. Tyler
  • Patent number: 6534194
    Abstract: In accordance with the invention a reactive multilayer foil is fabricated by providing an assembly (stack or multilayer) of reactive layers, inserting the assembly into a jacket, deforming the jacketed assembly to reduce its cross sectional area, flattening the jacketed assembly into a sheet, and then removing the jacket. Advantageously, the assembly is wound into a cylinder before insertion into the jacket, and the jacketed assembly is cooled to a temperature below 100° C. during deforming. The resulting multilayer foil is advantageous as a freestanding reactive foil for use in bonding, ignition or propulsion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Assignee: Johns Hopkins University
    Inventors: Timothy P. Weihs, Michael Reiss
  • Publication number: 20030035968
    Abstract: The invention discloses a process for treating a ceramic protective layer (3) which is applied to the surface (2) of a gas turbine part (1). The roughness of the ceramic protective layer (3) is reduced at at least one first location (5), and the original roughness is retained at at least one second location (6). The roughness is advantageously retained at locations (6) on a turbine blade or vane (1) which are at risk of detachment, while the roughness of the remaining surface (2) is reduced in order to reduce the heat transfer to the surrounding hot-gas flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2002
    Publication date: February 20, 2003
    Inventors: Gordon Anderson, Reinhard Fried, Michael Loetzerich, Markus Oehl, Stefan Schlechtriem, Joerg Stengele
  • Publication number: 20030031889
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a joined structure of dissimilar metallic materials having different characteristics. More specifically, the invention relates to a joined structure of a current-carrying contact or arching contact which are used for, e.g., a power breaker, or a coating end structure of a metal base and a coating material for improving conductivity and heat resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2002
    Publication date: February 13, 2003
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Takahiko Shindo, Yoshiyasu Itoh, Katsumi Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20030027011
    Abstract: The invention described herein provides an organic-inorganic multilayer coating system comprising an advanced nanostructured layer-by-layer hybrid coating for the corrosion inhibition of metals. Electrochemically-active corrosion inhibitors are adsorbed onto a layer-by-layer assembled organic-inorganic multilayer coating, preferably used in combination with a topcoat sol-gel barrier layer, to provide enhanced corrosion protection of metal substrates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2002
    Publication date: February 6, 2003
    Inventors: Nicholas Kotov, Edward T. Knobbe, Olga Kachurina, Tammy L. Metroke
  • Publication number: 20020192490
    Abstract: A sliding bearing being improved in resistance to seizure under a high bearing pressure condition, the bearing having a lining of a copper alloy in which Ag and Sn are preset as additive metals in solid solution state and form a hexagonal compound or an eutectic between themselves or with Cu The improved bearing has a back metal having, adhered thereon, a copper alloy wherein 0.1 to 2 wt. % of Ag and 1 to 10 wt. % of Sn are present as essential metal components and the residue is composed essentially of Cu, and a surface obtained by covering a roughened surface, which is positioned on the opposite side to said back metal of copper alloy and has a roughness (R z) of about 0.5 to about 10% mgr m with an overlay of a thermosetting resin, such as a polyimide resin, a polyamideimide resin, an epoxy resin and a phenol resin, containing MoS 2 in an amount of 55 to 90 wt %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 1999
    Publication date: December 19, 2002
    Inventors: HIROSHI KANAYAMA, SHINYA KAWAKAMI, TAKASHI TOMIKAWA, SOJI KAMIYA
  • Publication number: 20020192363
    Abstract: The present invention provides a unique method for the electroless co-deposition of metal and hard particles on an electrical contact surface to provide electrical, thermal, and mechanical connections between the particle enhanced contact surface and an opposing contact surface, and to enhance the thermal and electrical conductivity between the contact surfaces and their corresponding substrates. The innovative method is able to uniformly deposit metal and particles of any shape, and with a wide range of density and sizes, on contact surfaces, and can be adjusted to provide any desired surface area coverage in desirable deposition patterns. The co-deposited contact surface can, for example, be easily joined to another surface of any type by nonconductive adhesive, resulting in a connection that is mechanically robust, chemically inert, and inherently electrically conductive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2001
    Publication date: December 19, 2002
    Inventors: Robert J. Bahn, Bin Zou, Herbert J. Neuhaus, Fred A. Blum
  • Patent number: 6479168
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for laser lap welding a pair of metal members together. At least one of the pair of metals having a protective metal layer. Each of the metal members having a melt temperature greater than the melt temperature of the protective metal layer. The method includes placing one end of the pair of metal members in an overlapping relation to an other end of the pair of metal members to form an overlapping section. The method also includes inserting a metal alloying agent between the pair of metal members of the overlapping section to form a gap therebetween. A laser welder is used to join the pair of metal members and the alloy agent together so that the protective metal layer and the alloying agent are melted to form an alloy layer between the pair of metal members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2002
    Assignee: The Regents of The University of Michigan
    Inventors: Jyoti Mazumder, Ashish Dasgupta, Michael Bembenek
  • Publication number: 20020160219
    Abstract: A composite material includes a structural carrier layer and a relatively thin metal foil layer separated by a release layer. The release layer, that may be an admixture of a metal such as nickel or chromium and a non-metal such as chromium oxide, nickel oxide, chromium phosphate or nickel phosphate, provides a release force for the metal foil layer from the carrier strip that is typically on the order of 0.1 pound per inch to 2 pounds per inch. This provides sufficient adhesion to prevent premature separation of the metal foil layer from the carrier layer, but easy removal of the carrier layer when desired. The metal foil layer may be electrolytically formed copper having a low height profile, on the order of 0.5 micron to 2.7 microns, bond strength enhancing agent coating a side of the metal foil layer. The enhanced surface is subsequently bonded to a dielectric and the carrier layer then removed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2001
    Publication date: October 31, 2002
    Applicant: Olin Corporation
    Inventors: William L. Brenneman, Szuchain F. Chen, Derek E. Tyler
  • Publication number: 20020146584
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for producing sandwich structures (1) between metallic and nonmetallic materials, in which a bond layer (3) is applied to a surface (10) of a metallic base body (2), a nonmetallic material (5) is then applied to the bond layer, and in which the bond layer (3) is produced from individual welded-on rivets (4) which have a mushroom-like shape with web (8) and head (9). The process is characterized in that the mushroom-shaped rivets (4) are prefabricated in a first process step, in a second process step these rivets (4) are sorted for mechanical further processing, oriented and introduced into a welding unit (15) in such a manner that in a third process step the rivets (4) are successively welded, in each case by means of the free end of their web (8), onto the surface (10) of the base body (2), thereby forming anchor points for the nonmetallic material (5). The invention also relates to the sandwich structures (1) produced using the process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2002
    Publication date: October 10, 2002
    Inventor: Reinhard Fried
  • Publication number: 20020134128
    Abstract: A metal member to be cast-wrapped by a metal cast article, a manufacturing method thereof and a metal cast article including the metal member cast-wrapped are provided. A hollow cylindrical metal member having an outer surface with projections to be cast-wrapped by a metal cast article is manufactured in such a manner that a hollow cylindrical metal raw material 13 is inserted in a die 17 having a inner peripheral surface with longitudinal grooves of a depth H and a width W, and the hollow cylindrical metal raw material 13 is subjected to hot-extrusion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2002
    Publication date: September 26, 2002
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Koyama, Mitsunori Arimura, Kaoru Mitsuuchi, Toshiyuki Shibasaki, Yoshiaki Itou, Ryuji Shiga, Kouji Yamada
  • Patent number: 6444331
    Abstract: A roughened bond coat comprises a screen that includes interwoven wires defining openings and a metallic material disposed on the screen. The screen and metallic material form a roughened bond coat possessing an uneven, undulated, and irregular surface. The metallic material may be one of a slurry and a powder, and applied by coating and spraying, respectively. A thermal barrier coating system, which is formed with and incorporates the roughened bond coat, exhibits greater adhesion of a thermal barrier coating and bond coat due to an increased interfacial surface area provided by the uneven, undulated, and irregular surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2002
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Ann Melinda Ritter, Melvin Robert Jackson, Curtis Alan Johnson
  • Publication number: 20020009609
    Abstract: A roughened bond coat comprises a screen that includes interwoven wires defining openings and a metallic material disposed on the screen. The screen and metallic material form a roughened bond coat possessing an uneven, undulated, and irregular surface. The metallic material may be one of a slurry and a powder, and applied by coating and spraying, respectively. A thermal barrier coating system, which is formed with and incorporates the roughened bond coat, exhibits greater adhesion of a thermal barrier coating and bond coat due to an increased interfacial surface area provided by the uneven, undulated, and irregular surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2001
    Publication date: January 24, 2002
    Inventors: Ann Melinda Ritter, Melvin Robert Jackson, Curtis Alan Johnson
  • Publication number: 20020004142
    Abstract: A method of providing a roughened bond coat, for example in a thermal barrier coating system, comprises providing an oxidation-resistant plasma-sprayed layer onto a substrate and disposing a slurry overlayer on the oxidation-resistant plasma-sprayed layer. These steps form a roughened bond coat possessing an uneven, undulated, and irregular surface. A roughened bond coat in a thermal barrier coating system reduces de-bonding of the bond coat and a thermal barrier coating layer, which is desirable to maintain the insulation features of the thermal barrier coating system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2001
    Publication date: January 10, 2002
    Inventors: Ann Melinda Ritter, Melvin Robert Jackson, Curtis Alan Johnson
  • Publication number: 20010016265
    Abstract: In order to obtain a sliding material which does not include lead particles and is harmless to the environment, there is provided a sliding material which includes, by volume, 3 to 40% bismuth particles but no lead particles, while having a low coefficient of friction and excellent wear resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2000
    Publication date: August 23, 2001
    Inventors: Takahiro Niwa, Hideki Iwata, Nobutaka Hiramatsu, Takayuki Shibayama
  • Publication number: 20010007717
    Abstract: In a case where a welding of a member is performed through a friction stir welding, to restrain the generation of a clearance in a portion to be joined by the welding and to provide a joint having a good joining portion, abutting faces of members are formed with slanting surfaces. A friction stir welding is carried out from an upper portion. The welding is carried out with the slanting surfaces resisting the forces produced in forming the welding bead. Since the slanting on surfaces are provided, a flow-out of the material in the welding bead can be restrained, and further a bending of the joining portion can be restrained. Further, a tab is arranged at a beginning end and a finish end of the welding and then the welding is carried out starting at one tab and ending at the other tab.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2001
    Publication date: July 12, 2001
    Inventors: Masakuni Ezumi, Kinya Aota, Yasuo Ishimaru, Takeshi Kawasaki
  • Patent number: 6251526
    Abstract: The cast part (1) comprises a basic body (2) of a first material and a coating of at least one second material. The second material is applied to a co-cast skeleton structure (3) on the surface (20) of the basic body, with it forming a covering (4) or a covering layer (42).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2001
    Assignee: Sulzer Innotec AG
    Inventor: Fritz Staub
  • Patent number: 6251527
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to the application of a liner material which is corrosion resistant to a strong and tough core aluminum alloy which has been grooved out creating a liner bed resulting in an Alclad structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2001
    Assignee: Alcoa Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Victor Schelin, Lynn E. Oswald, Brian C. Reynolds, Cherlyn J. Augenstein
  • Patent number: 6238806
    Abstract: A clad material of a clad steel pipe is disposed on at least one of an internal surface and external surface of a base material, the clad material having two lateral edges which are welded together to form the pipe. A thickness of the clad material at the two ends of the clad material in a lengthwise direction is predetermined at a first value, the first value which enables absorption of a discrepancy in thickness when connecting the clad steel pipe to another clad steel pipe; and wherein a thickness of the clad material at other parts other than the two ends is determined to be at a second value which is smaller than the first value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2001
    Assignee: The Japan Steel Works, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Sakuraba, Masahiko Taguchi, Yasunobu Saitoh
  • Patent number: 6214478
    Abstract: Methods for casting thin-walled structural elements made of alloy for automobile bodies using the diecasting, thixocasting, or thixoforming methods, as well as corresponding structural elements are described. In order to produce by these methods in particular body side wall parts including the A, B and C pillars, the castings are cast in several casting slices. The casting slices of a casting are cast, staggered timewise in succession using the same method and from the same alloy but in different casting molds or different parts of a casting mold. At the seams, the casting slices are cast together along a defined shapewise contour. The casting slices can be case together indirectly with interposition of a separate seam strip. However, they can also be cast onto one another, with an already cast first casting slice being placed in a second casting mold and cast together therein with the second casting slice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2001
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventors: Guido Soell, Wolfgang Fussnegger
  • Patent number: 6207294
    Abstract: An explosive laminated cutting tool which provides a self sharpening edge. The improved cutting tool s preferably comprised of two softer metals adhered to a hard central layer forming the cutting edge, with the central layer being made of such a material as tungsten carbide. The central laminate layer is preferably perforated to allow the outer layers to fuse through the perforations to adhere to one another, thus creating a strongly bonded laminated cutting structure which may be self sharpening. A method for manufacturing the cutting tool is also described. Another embodiment comprises a laminate wherein one of the layers has a plurality of recesses in the surface facing another layer. The recesses are filled with particles such as tungsten carbide or diamond. When the layers are explosively welded together, the particles are fused in the weld area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2001
    Inventor: Philip A. Rutter
  • Patent number: 6189197
    Abstract: Bimetallic coin or a medal and a method for producing the same, which is easy to form a ring and an insert composing the coin or the medal, yet costs low, and can assure a higher joining force between the ring and the insert. The method includes processes for forming a ring by subjecting a first metal to blanking, annealing, and pickling, forming an insert thicker than the ring by subjecting a second metal to blanking and annealing, forming a thickened rim on each side, and an annular ridge around the circumferential surface of the insert, and pickling the insert, and joining the ring and the insert by causing plastic metal flow of the ridge of the insert into the inner circumferential surface of the ring through pressing the insert inserted in the center of the ring; and a bimetallic coin formed with the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2001
    Assignee: Poongsan Corporation
    Inventor: Won Hone Kim
  • Patent number: 6106961
    Abstract: There is disclosed a sliding sheet material for high-temperature use which can be easily produced, and has satisfactory durability while maintaining excellent properties of exfoliated graphite such as cushioning properties and heat-resistance. The sliding sheet material includes a sheet-shaped exfoliated graphite, and at least two layers of wire net embedded in the exfoliated graphite sheet, the wire net layers being disposed substantially parallel to each other. The wire net layers are partially exposed to obverse and reverse sides of the exfoliated graphite. The satisfactory durability of the sliding sheet material is achieved by the exposed wire nets, and the sliding sheet material can be easily produced, and exhibits excellent cushioning properties and heat resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2000
    Assignee: Daido Metal Company Ltd.
    Inventors: Kouki Ozaki, Masatoshi Inoue, Shigehiro Kawai, Yutaka Yamada, Hideyumi Matsumura, Takayuki Shibayama
  • Patent number: 6074763
    Abstract: A cylinder-liner blank which preferably consists of a hypereutectic aluminum/silicon alloy and is cast into a crankcase. A special surface treatment achieves better material bonding of the liner in the crankcase. The blank has a roughness of 30 to 60 .mu.m on its outside, in the form of pyramid-like or lancet-like protruding material scabs or material accumulations. To obtain this roughness, the surface is blasted with particles which are broken so as to have sharp edges and consist of a brittle hard material, preferably high-grade corundum, with an average grain size of about 70 .mu.m. A fine fraction is formed and is continuously separated off. The average grain size is maintained by adding new particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2000
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventors: Franz Rueckert, Peter Stocker
  • Patent number: 6074764
    Abstract: The cladding material 10 comprises a metal substrate 1, an expanded metal mesh 3 placed on the metal substrate 1 and a corrosion resistant metal lining 4 is placed in contact with the metal mesh 3 in opposition to the metal substrate 1 with the metal mesh 3 inbetween. A metal mesh layer placed on said metal substrate 1 may comprise an expanded metal whose openings are formed by making staggered cuts in a metal plate over the whole part thereof so that each cut passes through the thickness of said metal plate, and expanding said metal plate in a direction intersecting the length of said cuts thereby opening each cut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2000
    Assignee: Showa Entetsu Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Akira Takayasu
  • Patent number: 6044541
    Abstract: A bimetallic coin or blank is produced from a disc-shaped core and an annular outer component. The metal alloy material of the core is relatively harder than the metal alloy material of the outer member. The two components are bonded to each other by pressure flow of the material of the core toward and into the inner edge of the outer member. According to the invention, the peripheral edge of the core is shaped or nosed such that it extends radially outwardly. During minting, the pressure of the dies causes the material of the core to flow radially outwardly, thus causing the shaped peripheral edge of the core to penetrate into the softer material of the outer member's inner edge and, thereby, form a tongue and groove connection which resists relative axial and rotational movement between the outer member and the core. The shaping of the core also facilitates the fast speed placement of the core into the ring during the minting operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2000
    Assignee: Royal Canadian Mint
    Inventor: Hieu Cong Truong
  • Patent number: 5989726
    Abstract: A highly reliable multi-layer ceramic electronic part in which is compact, in which cracks tend not to occur in the ceramic element even in cases where it is handled in bulk by a chip mounting device. A plurality of electrodes (internal electrodes) are disposed within a ceramic element whose length L.ltoreq.1.0 mm, height H.ltoreq.0.5 mm and width W.ltoreq.0.5 mm. The thickness t.sub.1 of a ceramic outer layer portion of the multi-layer ceramic electronic part, is 0.15 mm or less. The thickness of the ceramic outer layer portion t.sub.1 and the thickness t.sub.2 of the portion where the internal electrodes are disposed have the relationship 1/4 t.sub.2 .ltoreq.t.sub.1.ltoreq.1/3 t.sub.2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1999
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Noji, Mamoru Ogawa
  • Patent number: 5910377
    Abstract: The present invention provides a clad steel plate of a base material and a cover material attached to the base material. The base material has holes with rising rims and the rims pass through the covering material and expand over its surface to unite the base and covering materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 8, 1999
    Assignees: Shinsozaihanbai Kabushiki Kaisha, Akiyama Gasket Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Katsuro Tsukamoto, Susumu Ishikawa