Fe Patents (Class 428/653)
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Publication number: 20080206593Abstract: A MIG welded joint between aluminum and steel members is obtained by overlapping the aluminum member and the steel member each other and performing MIG welding using a filler wire made of a 4000 or 5000 series aluminum alloy on an end face of the overlapped aluminum member, wherein the aluminum member has a thickness P ranging from 0.5 to 2.0 mm, and the steel member has a thickness Q satisfying the following formula: 0.6?Q/P?0.8, whereby a penetration depth of the steel member is equal to or less than 5% of the thickness Q thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2008Publication date: August 28, 2008Applicant: Sumitomo Light Metal Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Toshihiko Fukuda, Masaki Kumagai
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Publication number: 20080206592Abstract: A spangle-free, hot-dip galvanized steel sheet, and a method and device for manufacturing the same. The hot-dip galvanized steel sheet is characterized in that a solidified zinc crystal of hot-dip galvanized layer has an average crystalline texture particle diameter of 10 to 88 ?m and there is no solidification traces of dendrites upon observing under a microscope at a magnification of 100×. The method comprises dipping a steel sheet in a bath of a zinc-coating solution containing 0.13 to 0.3% by weight of aluminum; air-wiping the steel sheet to remove an excess of the coating solution; spraying water or an aqueous solution on the air-wiped steel sheet, using a steel sheet temperature in the range of a hot-dip galvanization temperature to 419° C. as a spray initiation temperature and using a steel sheet temperature in the range of 417° C. to 415° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2005Publication date: August 28, 2008Applicant: POSCOInventors: Sang-Heon Kim, Noi-Ha Cho, Yeong-Sool Jin
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Publication number: 20080206594Abstract: A MIG welded joint between aluminum and steel members is obtained by overlapping the aluminum member and the steel member each other and performing MIG welding using a filler wire made of a 4000 or 5000 series aluminum alloy on an end face of the overlapped aluminum member, wherein the aluminum member has a thickness P ranging from 0.5 to 2.0 mm, and the steel member has a thickness Q satisfying the following formula: 0.6?Q/P?0.8.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2008Publication date: August 28, 2008Applicant: Sumitomo Light Metal Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Toshihiko Fukuda, Masaki Kumagai
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Patent number: 7405010Abstract: A metallic body of carbon steel covered with an adhesive layer capable of adhering to a rubber matrix based on diene elastomer. The carbon content of the steel is between 0.35 and 1.2% by weight. The adhesive layer is formed of a metallic layer bearing aluminum oxides or hydroxides, which itself is covered with an organosilane film which is at least bifunctional, capable of ensuring, as coupling agent, the bond between the aluminum oxides or hydroxides on one hand, and the rubber matrix on the other hand.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2006Date of Patent: July 29, 2008Assignee: Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.Inventors: Bruno Grimberg, Yves Ravoire, Jean-Claude Tardivat, Le Tu Anh Vo
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Publication number: 20080102308Abstract: There is provided a method for joining an iron member and an aluminum member, the iron member including a plated layer at least on a joining side with the aluminum member; the aluminum member formed of an aluminum cladding material including an aluminum core material mainly formed of aluminum and an aluminum alloy layer with a melting point lower than that of the aluminum core material, cladded on a joining side with the iron member; the method including a step of stacking the iron member and the aluminum member, and a step of joining the iron member and the aluminum member.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2007Publication date: May 1, 2008Inventors: Kazuyoshi Doira, Noboru Hayashi, Masaaki Fujimoto
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Patent number: 7353981Abstract: A composite metal sheet for use in making lightweight cookware or as a food warming tray comprising a layer of aluminum roll bonded to a layer of stainless steel defining a food-contacting surface on a first side. The food warming tray embodiment also includes a layer of stainless steel mesh roll bonded on a second side. A method of making a composite metal sheet for cookware comprising the steps of: providing a roll pack of ordered layers consisting of (a) a layer of Alclad aluminum, (b) a layer of stainless steel foil, (c) a reusable plate or platen of stainless steel, (d) a layer of stainless steel foil, and (e) a layer of Alclad aluminum; heating the roll pack to a rolling temperature of about 725°-775° F., preferably about 750° F.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2005Date of Patent: April 8, 2008Assignee: All-Clad Metalcrafters LLCInventor: William A. Groll
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Patent number: 7348068Abstract: A surface-treated steel sheet includes a steel sheet; a plating layer containing at least one metal selected from zinc and aluminum; a first layer film containing (?) 1 to 2000 mg/m2 of silica in terms of SiO2, (?) a total of 1 to 1000 mg/m2 of phosphoric acid groups in terms of P, (?) a total of 0.5 to 800 mg/m2 of at least one metal selected from Mg, Mn, and Al, and (?) 0.1 to 50 mg/m2 of a tetravalent vanadium compound; and a second layer film formed to a thickness of 0.1 to 5 ?m on the first layer film and containing a resin (A) having at least one type of functional group selected from OH and COOH groups, and at least one rust-proofing additive (B) selected from (a) a phosphate, (b) Ca ion-exchanged silica, (c) a molybdate, (d) silicon oxide, and (e) at least one organic compound selected from triazoles, thiols, thiadiazoles, thiazoles, and thiurams.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2004Date of Patent: March 25, 2008Assignee: JFE Steel CorporationInventors: Takeshi Matsuda, Akira Matsuzaki, Kazuhisa Okai
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Publication number: 20080038581Abstract: The disclosed subject matter relates to a metal multi-layered film structure that includes two types of metal films including first metal films and second metal films alternately formed on a resin substrate. The first metal films can be composed of an aluminum-based material having a film thickness between 0.7 nm and 20 nm. The second metal films can be composed of a metal selected from the group consisting of stainless steel-based materials, nickel-based materials, cobalt-based materials, titanium-based materials and chromium-based materials, having a film thickness ranging from 1 nm to 20 nm. This metal multi-layered film structure can be manufactured through a method of sputtering. The metal multi-layered film structure is suitable for an extension reflector for vehicular lamps.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2007Publication date: February 14, 2008Inventors: Yoshio Suzuki, Akira Suzuki
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Patent number: 7291402Abstract: The invention is to provide a surface-treated steel sheet of good white rust resistance with no chromium in its surface treatment film, and it has realized a surface-treated steel sheet of higher-level corrosion resistance by forming a reaction layer of plating metal with a barrier layer effective for anticorrosion not in a two-layered film but in a single-layered film.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2003Date of Patent: November 6, 2007Assignees: JFE Steel Corporation, Kansai Paint Co., Ltd.Inventors: Okai Kazuhisa, Akira Matsuzaki, Naoto Yoshimi, Takahiro Kubota, Masaaki Yamashita, Hisato Noro, Haruo Nakamichi, Kaoru Sato, Hiroyasu Matsuki, Reijiro Nishida, Masahiro Murata, Shoichi Tanaka, Yoshikazu Morohoshi, Shingo Amaki
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Patent number: 7249405Abstract: Disclosed is a magnetic recording medium and a method for manufacturing the same to provide a magnetic recording medium reducing medium noise and having excellent thermal stability. The magnetic recording medium includes a substantially amorphous seed layer and a polycrystal underlayer made of crystal grains having a substantially columnar structure, the polycrystal underlayer contacting thereto. In a boundary between the seed layer and the underlayer, fine grooves having a period up to as large as the magnetic layer crystal grain diameter are formed in the disc circumferential direction. Accordingly, the magnetic recording medium is allowed to have a grain shape with a value obtained by dividing the average grain diameter for the disc circumferential direction by the average grain diameter for the disc radial direction of no less than 0.5 and no more than 0.9, thus achieving simultaneously reduction of the medium noise and thermal stability.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2005Date of Patent: July 31, 2007Assignee: Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Japan, Ltd.Inventors: Yoshio Takahashi, Yotsuo Yahisa, Yoshiyuki Hirayama
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Patent number: 7244512Abstract: A method of manufacturing electric machines comprised of geometrically patterned arrays of permanent magnets, soft magnetic materials, and electrical conductors deposited by kinetic spraying methods directly atop a carrier. The magnets and planar coils of the present invention may be integrally formed atop carriers to form electrical machines such as motors, generators, alternators, solenoids, and actuators. The manufacturing techniques used in this invention may produce highly defined articles that do not require additional shaping or attaching steps. Very high-purity permanent and soft magnetic materials, and conductors with low oxidation are produced.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2004Date of Patent: July 17, 2007Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: John Ginder, Robert McCune, Franco Leonardi
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Patent number: 7238431Abstract: The present invention provides a plated steel material, said plated steel material having a plated layer which contains Al of 4% or more in mass, excellent in surface smoothness even when a cooling rate is low. In the present invention: a plated layer which contains Al of 4% or more in mass and has an Al-type intermetallic compound in an Al phase or abutting on an Al phase is formed on the surface of a steel material; in particular, high corrosion-resistance is secured in various environments by using a plated layer containing Al of 4 to 20% and Mg of 1 to 10% in mass with the balance consisting of Zn and unavoidable impurities or a plated layer containing Al of 4 to 20%, Mg of 1 to 10% and Si of 0.001 to 2% in mass with the balance consisting of Zn and unavoidable impurities; said plated layer contains an intermetallic compound having a melting point of 600° C. or higher by 0.001 to 0.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2003Date of Patent: July 3, 2007Assignee: Nippon Steel CorporationInventors: Kazuhiko Honda, Akira Takahashi, Yoshihiro Suemune, Hidetoshi Hatanaka, Tsuyoshi Miyake, Wataru Yamada, Koki Tanaka
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Patent number: 7238430Abstract: A method of coating of steel products such as plate and sheet using an aluminum-zinc coating alloy includes modifying the coating bath with a particulate compound constituent in effective amounts to control the spangle facet size of the coated product, improve tension bend rust stain performance, and improve coated product paintability. Constituents include borides such as titanium boride and aluminum borides, carbides such as titanium carbide, and aluminides such as titanium aluminide. The method produces a coated steel product that does not require temper rolling for painting.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2005Date of Patent: July 3, 2007Assignee: ISG Technologies Inc.Inventors: Erin T. McDevitt, Fritz J. Friedersdorf, H. E. George Rommal
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Patent number: 7229700Abstract: A novel coating composition is provided for imparting corrosion and wear resistance to metal substrates. The novel coating composition is thermally applied and comprises an aluminum alloy mixed with a hard, inert matrix. The coating composition has found particular use in providing corrosion and wear resistance to metal seat rails used to secure aircrafts seats to the aircraft frame.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2004Date of Patent: June 12, 2007Assignee: BASF Catalysts, LLC.Inventors: Peter F. Ruggiero, Marc J. Froning
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Patent number: 7226667Abstract: A cylinder liner has an outer circumferential surface around which another metal is to be cast. The cylinder liner also has a plurality of protrusions disposed on the outer circumferential surface and having respective substantially conical undercuts or necks which are progressively spread outwardly from the outer circumferential surface. The protrusions have respective flat faces on the distal ends of the undercuts.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2003Date of Patent: June 5, 2007Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Haruki Kodama, Tomonori Fukumoto
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Patent number: 7208231Abstract: Cookware having improved uniform heat transfer over the entire cross section thereof, the cookware formed from a multi-layered composite metal having a layer of stainless steel roll bonded at or near the core of the composite. The stainless layer is roll bonded to layers of aluminum which, in turn, is roll bonded to layers of stainless steel or aluminum. The layer of stainless steel adjacent to the cooking range may be a ferromagnetic grade of stainless steel if induction-type heating is desired. The cookware may include a non-stick surface applied thereto.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2005Date of Patent: April 24, 2007Assignee: All-Clad Metalcrafters LLCInventor: William A. Groll
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Patent number: 7179539Abstract: An electric machine made from kinetically sprayed permanent magnet material and a binder material form a composite admixture having microstructure of permanent magnet material embedded in the binder material. The admixture has a permanent magnetic moment. The magnets of the present invention may be integrally formed atop carriers to form electrical machines such as motors, generators, alternators, solenoids, and actuators. The manufacturing techniques used in this invention may produce highly defined articles that do not require additional shaping or attaching steps. Very high-purity permanent and soft magnetic materials, and conductors with low oxidation are produced.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2002Date of Patent: February 20, 2007Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Franco Leonardi, John Matthew Ginder, Robert Corbly McCune
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Patent number: 7147934Abstract: A chemically processed steel sheet comprises a steel base coated with an Al—Si alloy plating layer, whose Si content is preferably adjusted to 5–13 mass % as a whole and to 7–80 mass % at a surface, and a converted layer generated on the surface of the plating layer. The converted layer contains both soluble and scarcely-soluble compounds. The soluble compound, such as a manganese oxide or hydroxide, or a valve metal fluoride, is once dissolved into water in an atmosphere and then re-precipitated as scarcely-soluble compounds at defective parts of the converted layer. The scarcely-soluble compounds act as a barrier for corrosion prevention of a base steel. Due to the re-precipitation, i.e., self-repairing faculty, excellent corrosion resistance of the converted layer is still maintained even after defects are introduced therein during plastic deformation of the steel sheet.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2004Date of Patent: December 12, 2006Assignee: Nisshin Steel Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masaya Yamamoto, Mitsuo Asabuki, Shigeyasu Morikawa, Shinya Furukawa, Hirofumi Taketsu
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Patent number: 7097915Abstract: A separator plate for the production of printed circuit board components by pressing individual layers, which separator plate includes a metallic core layer and a coating on at least one side of the core layer, wherein the coating on the core layer, which is made of a comparatively well heat-conductive metal, is comprised of an outer metal layer applied to the core layer by cold-plating and made of a metal having a comparatively high surface hardness.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2003Date of Patent: August 29, 2006Assignee: C2C Technologie fur Leiterplatten GmbHInventor: Ernst D Backhau
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Patent number: 7078111Abstract: Disclosed is a brazing sheet product including a core metal sheet (1), on at least one side of the core metal sheet (1) a clad layer (2) made of an aluminium brazing alloy comprising silicon in an amount in the range of 4 to 14% by weight, and on at least one outersurface of the clad layer (2) a layer comprising iron or iron alloy (4), and on the outersurface of the layer comprising iron or iron alloy (4) a further layer (3) including a metal X, whereby X is selected from the group consisting of tin, zinc, bismuth, indium, antimony, strontium, titanium, manganese, copper, or combinations of two or more thereof. Also, disclosed is a method of manufacturing such a brazing product, and a brazed assembly including at least one component made of this brazing product.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2003Date of Patent: July 18, 2006Assignee: Corus Aluminium Walzprodukte GmbHInventors: Adrianus Jacobus Wittebrood, Jacques Hubert Olga Joseph Wijenberg
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Patent number: 7074496Abstract: A multilayer aluminum-base alloy bearing formed by bonding a bearing alloy layer made of an aluminum-base alloy to a steel back metal through an intermediate layer made of an aluminum-base alloy, the intermediate layer being composed of two layers, that is, a lower layer and an upper layer, the lower layer in contact with the steel back metal being lower in hardness than the upper layer. Since the lower layer is soft, it is excellent in bonding property for the back metal, and since the upper layer is hard, it withstands a load exerted on the bearing alloy layer.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2004Date of Patent: July 11, 2006Assignee: Daido Metal Company LTDInventors: Yukihiko Kagohara, Takeshi Hoshina, Hideo Ishikawa, Masaaki Sakamoto
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Patent number: 7056596Abstract: A method for coating a surface of a track component with a coating containing aluminum by means of an arc spraying process. In order to form a coating that exhibits a high resistance to sliding and abrasive wear, aluminum and silicon are applied to the surface in a ratio of 3:2 ?Al:Si?4:1 by an arc spraying process.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2003Date of Patent: June 6, 2006Assignees: BWG GmbH & Co. KG, Vae GmbHInventors: Walter Kunitz, Joachim Heilscher, Stefan Schmedders
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Patent number: 7056597Abstract: Disclosed is a brazing sheet product comprising a core metal sheet, on at least one side of the core sheet a clad layer of an aluminium brazing alloy comprising silicon in an amount in the range of 4 to 14% by weight, and further comprising on at least one outersurface of the clad layer a coated layer of iron-X alloy, wherein X is selected from one or more members of the group consisting of tin, zinc, manganese, and copper, and such that the clad layer and all layers exterior thereto form a metal filler for a brazing operation and having a composition with the proviso that the mol-ratio of Fe:X is in the range of 10:(0.3 to 6). The invention also relates to a method of manufacturing such a brazing product, and to a brazed assembly comprising at least one component made of this brazing product.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2003Date of Patent: June 6, 2006Assignee: Corus Aluminium Walzprodukte GmbHInventors: Adrianus Jacobus Wittebrood, Jacques Hubert Olga Joseph Wijenberg
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Patent number: 7041387Abstract: Disclosed is a multi-layered Al-base bearing consisting of a steel back layer, an intermediate Al alloy layer and an Al-base bearing alloy layer which contains one or more elements selected from the group of Cu, Zn, Mg and Si, and which is bonded to the steel back layer via the intermediate Al alloy layer. The bearing is subjected to solution treatment at a temperature of not lower than 400° C. The intermediate Al alloy layer has a sub-layer being in direct contact with the steel back layer, and at least one sub-layer positioned closer than the former sub-layer to the Al-base bearing alloy layer. The former sub-layer consists of an Al alloy contains 2 to 8 mass % Si, and has a thickness proportion of 5 to 25% to the entire thickness of the intermediate Al alloy layer.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2003Date of Patent: May 9, 2006Assignee: Daido Metal Company Ltd.Inventors: Yukihiko Kagohara, Takeshi Hoshina, Hideo Ishikawa, Masaaki Sakamoto
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Patent number: 7041386Abstract: A method of coating of steel products such as plate and sheet using an aluminum-zinc coating alloy includes modifying the coating bath with a particulate compound constituent in effective amounts to control the spangle facet size of the coated product, improve tension bend rust stain performance, and improve coated product paintability. Constituents include borides such as titanium boride and aluminum borides, carbides such as titanium carbide, andaluminides such as titanium aluminide. The method produces a coated steel product does not require temper rolling for painting.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2004Date of Patent: May 9, 2006Assignee: ISG Technologies Inc.Inventor: Erin T. McDevitt
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Patent number: 7041181Abstract: A hardenable steel workpiece having two regions is first hardened so that both regions are of generally the same low ductility. Then only one of the regions is hot coated so as to increase the ductility of the one region while not heating and changing the ductility of the other region. The workpiece can be hardened by hot working or tempering. The hot coating can be done by dipping the one region in molten zinc.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2003Date of Patent: May 9, 2006Assignee: Benteler Automobil Technik GmbHInventor: Stefan Gosmann
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Patent number: 6953062Abstract: The present invention provides a fuel tank or a fuel pipe excellent particularly in the corrosion resistance of the outer surface in a salt damage environment, and is a fuel tank or a fuel pipe excellent in corrosion resistance characterized by: being formed by using a steel sheet or a steel pipe containing Cr of 9.0 to 25.0 mass % as the base material; on the outer surface thereof, having any one or more of welded portions, brazed portions and structurally gapped portions contacting components; and having one or more of metals, whose electrode potential in a 5%-NaCl aqueous solution at 30° C. is ?0.4 V or less relative to a saturated calomel electrode, attached to at least a part or parts of said portion(s) of the outer surface in an electrically conductive manner.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2002Date of Patent: October 11, 2005Assignee: Nippon Steel CorporationInventors: Shunji Sakamoto, Akihiko Takahashi, Michio Kaneko, Toshio Tanoue, Kenji Kato, Naoto Ono, Masao Kikuchi
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Patent number: 6926971Abstract: Cookware having improved uniform heat transfer over the entire cross section thereof, the cookware formed from a multi-layered composite metal having a layer of titanium roll bonded at or near the core of the composite. The titanium layer is roll bonded to layers of aluminum which, in turn, is roll bonded to layers of stainless steel. The layer of stainless steel adjacent to the cooking range may be a ferritic stainless steel if induction-type heating is desired. The multi-layered composite is also suitable for making a sole plate for an iron. Both the cookware and sole plate may include a non-stick surface applied thereto.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2003Date of Patent: August 9, 2005Assignee: All-Clad Metalcrafters LLCInventor: William A. Groll
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Patent number: 6913841Abstract: Liquid aluminum is sprayed onto an iron article to produce a thin tenacious non-corrodible layer. In one embodiment, an iron article is heated to at least 400° F. or preferably until cherry red. It is sprayed with a fine aluminum mist generated by heating aluminum in a container and then passing a gas under pressure through the container and out through a heat resistant ceramic nozzle. In another embodiment, aluminum is heated to at least 2000° F. in a container to produce a pool of liquid aluminum. Pressure is applied to the container to project the liquid aluminum in the form of a fine mist through a ceramic nozzle onto the iron article. The aluminum mist produces a tenacious aluminum layer on the iron article that is workable, weldable and non-corrodible. The aluminum layer is a permanent part of the iron article and cannot be removed by conventional means, such as buffing with a wire wheel driven by a electric motor.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2003Date of Patent: July 5, 2005Inventor: Charles J. Upchurch
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Patent number: 6913839Abstract: A coated article having a high resistance to particle-impact damage has a substrate, and a layered coating overlying the substrate. The layered coating includes a substantially continuous quasicrystalline layer, and a substantially continuous ductile metallic layer in facing contact with the quasicrystalline layer. The coated article is preferably used in applications where it is subjected to particle-impact conditions.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2003Date of Patent: July 5, 2005Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Ramgopal Darolia, Robert Edward Schafrik
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Patent number: 6890667Abstract: A magnetic recording medium having a soft magnetic underlayer structure that includes two soft underlayers is presented. A thick first soft underlayer, disposed on the medium substrate, is made of material which provides a low magnitude of magnetization saturation (Bsat) and high permeability. The first soft underlayer can be formed by plating or high-rate sputtering. The second soft underlayer, which has a lesser thickness than the first soft underlayer, is made of a material which provides a relatively high magnitude of Bsat and low permeability. The second soft underlayer can be formed by low-rate sputtering. The first soft under layer can be isolated from other layers in the medium by an exchange isolation layer. The second soft underlayer can be exchange coupled to a radial exchange pin layer disposed on the exchange isolation layer.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2002Date of Patent: May 10, 2005Assignee: Maxtor CorporationInventors: Bruce Lairson, Mourad Benakli
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Patent number: 6833199Abstract: A joined structure has high strength, which is used for manufacturing a joint made from different metal materials. In the joined structure in which the different metal materials are joined, a reaction product layer to be generated on the joined interface is set to have a thickness of 0.5 &mgr;m or less. Moreover, the reaction product layer is allowed to intermittently exist on the joined interface. Furthermore, the reaction product layer contains a base material crystal consisting of base material atoms of 90 atom % or more on the joined interface.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2002Date of Patent: December 21, 2004Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masashi Fujita, Masayuki Narita, Yasuyuki Hama, Kenji Ikeuchi, Makoto Takahashi
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Publication number: 20040229079Abstract: Induction cookware made from a composite metal sheet comprising a layer of a ferromagnetic material and an outer decorative metal layer of copper, anodized, brushed or polished aluminum, or the like. The decorative outer layer has a thickness at least on the bottom wall thereof of between 0.0002 to 0.003 inch.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2003Publication date: November 18, 2004Inventor: William A. Groll
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Patent number: 6815087Abstract: An aluminum-coated structural member includes an Al—Si—Fe alloy layer formed on a steel substrate layer. The alloy layer includes a softer region having a hardness smaller than or equal to a hardness of the steel substrate layer, extends from the surface of the steel substrate layer toward a surface of the alloy layer, over a depth range greater than or equal to 50% of a thickness of the alloy layer. The Al—Si—Fe alloy layer has an oxide weight smaller than or equal to 500 mg/dm2.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2003Date of Patent: November 9, 2004Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kiyoshi Takagi, Eizaburo Nakanishi, Tomoyuki Yoshida
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Patent number: 6797410Abstract: A steel composition, in which, Si content is regulated to a given range and Nb and Cu or Ni, Mo are compositively added, and a recrystallization annealing is carried out to form an internal oxide layer just beneath a surface of a steel sheet and a surface oxide simultaneously formed on the surface of the steel sheet is removed by pickling. As a result, the formation of oxides of Si, Mn and the like is considerably decreased on the surface of the steel sheet in a subsequent heating before plating because the above internal oxide layer acts as a diffusion barrier. Thus, there can be obtained high tensile strength hot-dipped steel sheets having a considerably excellent plating property.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2002Date of Patent: September 28, 2004Assignee: JFE Steel CorporationInventors: Kazuhide Ishii, Kazuaki Kyono, Chiaki Kato, Kazuo Mochizuki
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Publication number: 20040175594Abstract: A compressor having a corrosive resistant coating is disclosed. The coating has a first spray coated metallic layer. A sealant layer is disposed over the sprayed metallic coating which has an organic component, a solvent component, and an inorganic phase.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2004Publication date: September 9, 2004Inventors: Kirk E. Cooper, Marc J. Scancarello, Todd A. DeVore, Don G. Reu
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Patent number: 6783870Abstract: This invention describes the roll bonding of Al and Ni-bearing Cu alloys to suitable substrates to produce self-brazing materials for the elevated temperature, aggressive environment application. The Al and Ni-bearing Cu alloy for the self-brazing layers can be obtained by cladding layers of elemental Ni and Al to Cu. The Al content in the self-brazing layers can be varied from 2 to 100%. The Ni content in the self-brazing Cu alloy can be varied from 10 to 100%. Additional alloying elements in the commercial Cu alloys such as Fe, Cr, Si, Mn, Sn and Zn are unavoidable. Trace elements in the commercial alloys such as Pb, Ag and As will also affect the brazing and shall be reduced.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2001Date of Patent: August 31, 2004Assignee: Engineered Materials Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Gardner S. Haynes, Bijendra Jha, Chen-Chung S. Chang
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Publication number: 20040161629Abstract: A method of coating of steel products such as plate and sheet using an aluminum-zinc coating alloy includes modifying the coating bath with a particulate compound constituent in effective amounts to control the spangle facet size of the coated product, improve tension bend rust stain performance, and improve coated product paintability. Constituents include borides such as titanium boride and aluminum borides, carbides such as titanium carbide, and aluminides such as titanium aluminide. The method produces a coated steel product that does not require temper rolling for painting.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2004Publication date: August 19, 2004Inventor: Erin T. McDevitt
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Publication number: 20040131879Abstract: Disclosed is a brazing sheet product including a core metal sheet (1), on at least one side of the core metal sheet (1) a clad layer (2) made of an aluminium brazing alloy comprising silicon in an amount in the range of 4 to 14% by weight, and on at least one outersurface of the clad layer (2) a layer comprising iron or iron alloy (4), and on the outersurface of the layer comprising iron or iron alloy (4) a further layer (3) including a metal X, whereby X is selected from the group consisting of tin, zinc, bismuth, indium, antimony, strontium, titanium, manganese, copper, or combinations of two or more thereof. Also, disclosed is a method of manufacturing such a brazing product, and a brazed assembly including at least one component made of this brazing product.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2003Publication date: July 8, 2004Inventors: Adrianus Jacobus Wittebrood, Jacques Hubert Olga Joseph, Wijenberg
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Publication number: 20040126611Abstract: The invention relates to method for applying a sealing coating on a metal wire and to a metal wire coated with a sealing coating. The sealing coating is giving the metal wire an improved corrosion resistance. The sealing coating may further comprise one or more coloring pigments.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2003Publication date: July 1, 2004Inventors: Danny Gonnissen, Nico Fourneau
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Patent number: 6749951Abstract: A coated article having a high resistance to wear damage has a substrate, and a layered coating overlying the substrate. The layered coating includes a ductile metallic layer overlying and in facing contact with the substrate, and a protective layer overlying and in facing contact with the ductile metallic layer and including a mixture of a quasicrystalline metallic phase and a non-quasicrystalline ductile phase. The coated article is preferably used in applications where it is subjected to wear conditions.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2003Date of Patent: June 15, 2004Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Ramgopal Darolia, Robert Edward Schafrik
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Publication number: 20040110025Abstract: The process of the present invention is directed to a method for making zinc or zinc-aluminum alloy additions to galvanizing baths. The process involves addition of a wire of zinc or zinc-aluminum alloy introduced directly into a molten galvanizing bath to more rapidly achieve a desired zinc or zinc-aluminum chemistry thereby reducing the time required to make the bath addition.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2002Publication date: June 10, 2004Applicant: Specialty Minerals (Michigan) Inc.Inventor: Paul Allan Kelly
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Publication number: 20040101707Abstract: A plate-shaped composite material has a first member and a second member. The first member is an expanded metal formed of a metal plate. The coefficient of linear expansion of the metal plate is less than or equal to 8×10−6/degrees Celsius. The first member suppresses thermal expansion of the composite material. The coefficient of thermal conductivity of the second member is greater than or equal to 200 W/(m×K). The second member maintains the coefficient of thermal conductivity of the composite material. This structure provides a reliable coefficient of thermal conductivity and high strength. The structure is suitable for a cooling substrate on which electronic elements such as semiconductors are mounted.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2003Publication date: May 27, 2004Inventors: Katsufumi Tanaka, Tomohei Sugiyama, Kyoichi Kinoshita, Takashi Yoshida, Eiji Kono, Hidehiro Kudo, Manabu Miyoshi
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Patent number: 6733903Abstract: Disclosed are an insert of pour-around die casting, which is incorporated by an aluminum alloy die casting and has an organic film formed on the surface of the insert, wherein the organic film contains a higher fatty acid ester, a petroleum sulfonate and a mineral oil and has a thickness of from 0.5 to 2 &mgr;m, a rust preventive oil used therefor, and a method for incorporating the insert with an aluminum alloy die casting.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 1999Date of Patent: May 11, 2004Assignees: Teipi Industry Co., Ltd., Teikoku Piston Ring Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takahiro Suzuki, Akinari Nobumoto, Giichiro Saito
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Patent number: 6730414Abstract: A chemically processed steel sheet comprising a steel base coated with an Al—Si alloy plating layer, whose Si content is preferably adjusted to approximately 5-13 mass % as a whole and to approximately 7-80 mass % at a surface, and a converted layer generated on the surface of the plating layer. The converted layer contains both soluble and scarcely-soluble compounds. The soluble compound such as a manganese oxide or hydroxide or a valve metal fluoride is once dissolved to water in an atmosphere and then re-precipitated as scarcely-soluble compounds at defective parts of the converted layer. The scarcely-soluble compounds act as a barrier for corrosion-prevention of a base steel. Due to the re-precipitation, that is self-repairing faculty, excellent corrosion resistance of the converted layer is still maintained even after defects are introduced therein during plastic deformation of the steel sheet.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2001Date of Patent: May 4, 2004Assignee: Nisshin Steel Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masaya Yamamoto, Mitsuo Asabuki, Shigeyasu Morikawa, Shinya Furukawa, Hirofumi Taketsu
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Patent number: 6716540Abstract: A multilayer film formed body comprises an outermost layer comprising a diamondlike carbon film, a substrate comprising an iron material, and an intermediate layer comprising a first layer on the substrate side, and a second layer on the outermost layer side. The first layer comprises at least either metal of Cr and Al, and a second layer comprises an amorphous layer including carbon and at least either metal of Cr and Al. The second layer has a gradient structure where the metal decreases as the position becomes closer to the outermost layer. The hardness of the second layer increases stepwise or continuously as the position becomes closer to the outermost layer. The hardness of the second layer close to the first layer is close to the hardness of the first layer. The hardness of the second layer close to the outermost layer is close to the hardness of the outermost layer.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2002Date of Patent: April 6, 2004Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko ShoInventors: Toshimitsu Kohara, Koichiro Akari, Eiji Iwamura
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Publication number: 20040058188Abstract: Cookware having improved uniform heat transfer over the entire cross section thereof, the cookware formed from a multi-layered composite metal having a layer of titanium roll bonded at or near the core of the composite. The titanium layer is roll bonded to layers of aluminum which, in turn, is roll bonded to layers of stainless steel. The layer of stainless steel adjacent to the cooking range may be a ferritic stainless steel if induction-type heating is desired. The multi-layered composite is also suitable for making a sole plate for an iron. Both the cookware and sole plate may include a non-stick surface applied thereto.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2003Publication date: March 25, 2004Inventor: William A. Groll
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Superhigh-strength dual-phase steel sheet of excellent fatigue characteristic in a spot welded joint
Patent number: 6709535Abstract: A superhigh-strength dual-phase steel sheet containing ferritic microstructure and a martensitic microstructure—containing composite-phase steel sheet containing: C: 0.08-0.20% (mass% here and hereinafter), Si: 0.5% or less (inclusive of 0%) Mn: 3.0% or less (exclusive of 0%) P: 0.02% or less (inclusive of 0%) S: 0.02% or less (inclusive of 0%), and Al: 0.001-0.15%, and further containing Mo: 0.05-1.5%, and Cr: 0.05-1.5%, and which satisfying that: the average Vickers hardness of the ferritic microstructure is 150 Hv or more and the average Vickers hardness of the martensitic microstructure is 500 Hv or more, the superhigh-strength dual-phase steel sheets being of excellent fatigue characteristic in a spot welded joint.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2002Date of Patent: March 23, 2004Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.Inventors: Yukihiro Utsumi, Yoshinobu Omiya, Manabu Kamura -
Patent number: 6696168Abstract: A composite strip of compacted powders, which has a three layers structure, is continuously obtained by means of a rolling machine for powder compacting. The composite strip is sintered at a temperature of 460° C. to 550° C. to form a sintered composite strip. The sintered composite strip is continuously bonded by rolling to a steel strip. The bonded composite strip is optionally subjected to a heat treatment of heating at a temperature of 250° C. to 400° C. followed by heating to a temperature of 400° C. to 510° C., holding the strip under the temperature for not less than 30 seconds, and rapidly cooling down to 300° C. at a cooling rate of not lower than 50° C./minute, whereby obtaining a multi-layered composite material consisting of the steel strip, a sintered bonding layer, a sintered sliding layer and a sintered sacrificial layer.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2002Date of Patent: February 24, 2004Assignee: NDC Company Ltd.Inventors: Yasukuni Hasegawa, Koue Ohkawa, Hiroyuki Sugawara
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Patent number: 6689489Abstract: A method of coating of steel products such as plate and sheet using an aluminum-zinc coating alloy includes modifying the coating bath with a particulate compound constituent in effective amounts to control the spangle facet size of the coated product, improve tension bend rust stain performance, and improve coated product paintability. Constituents include borides such as titanium boride and aluminum borides, carbides such as titanium carbide, and aluminides such as titanium aluminide. The method produces a coated steel product that does not require temper rolling for painting.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2002Date of Patent: February 10, 2004Assignee: ISG Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Erin T. McDevitt