Co- Or Ni-base Component Next To Fe-base Component Patents (Class 428/679)
  • Patent number: 4960651
    Abstract: Magnetic devices are disclosed which include an article comprising a substrate and a thin coating of a magnetic material, in which:(a) said substrate is a flexible, laminar material; (b) said magnetic material is an amorphous metal glass of high intrinsic magnetic permeability, with low or substantially zero magnetostriction, and with low coercivity; and (c) said thin coating of a magnetic material is not greater than 6 microns in thickness. This article can be used as, or to make, an antipilferage tag or marker. Deactivation materials and configurations are also disclosed, as well as techniques, in particular sputtering or PVD, for producing such a tag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1988
    Date of Patent: October 2, 1990
    Assignee: Scientific Generics Limited
    Inventors: Robert M. Pettigrew, Stephen H. Chambers, Dafydd G. Davies
  • Patent number: 4950550
    Abstract: A composite member particularly suited for anti-theft security systems is composed of a core of soft-magnetic material having a nickel-iron alloy (in weight percent) of 55 through 82 nickel, 0 through 4 molybdenum, the remainder iron, or an aluminum-iron alloy having 5 through 16% aluminum, the remainder iron, with a cobalt-vanadium-iron alloy or a cobalt-chromium-iron alloy envelope for the composite member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 1989
    Date of Patent: August 21, 1990
    Assignee: Vacuumschmelze GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Radeloff, Gerd Rauscher, Hans Warlimont
  • Patent number: 4946748
    Abstract: Disclosed is a coated steel sheet valuable for the production of a fuel vessel, in which a first covering layer comprising a Pb-Sn alloy as the main component is formed on a substrate comprising a steel sheet and an undercoat covering layer composed of at least one member selected from Ni, Co and Cu, which is formed on the surface of the steel sheet according to need, a second covering layer containing a compound containing Pb and P is formed on the first covering layer, a third covering layer containing at least one member selected from Sn, Ni and Co is formed on the second covering layer, and according to need, the surface portion of the third covering layer is modified with a treating liquid containing a phosphoric acid ion or a chromic acid ion. This coated steel sheet shows a highly improved corrosion resistance, forming processability, solderability, and weldability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 1989
    Date of Patent: August 7, 1990
    Assignee: Nippon Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Seijun Higuchi, Kenichi Asakawa, Toshinori Mizuguchi, Minoru Fujinaga
  • Patent number: 4943489
    Abstract: Composite pipe adapted for use, for example, in line pipes for crude oil or natural gas producing oil wells and having excellent corrosion resistance and mechanical properties to withstand high temperatures and high pressures, the composite pipe having an outer layer made of a material comprising in % by weight 0.05 to 0.20% of C, up to 1.0% of Si, up to 2.0% of Mn, up to 1.0% of Cr, 0.2 to 2.0% of Ni, up to 1.0% of Mo, 0.05 to 0.15% of V, up to 0.1% of Al, and the balance inevitable impurities and Fe, the material being up to 0.45 in carbon equivalent expressed by: ##EQU1## an inner layer made of stainless steel, high alloy steel or like corrosion resistant alloy, and an intermediate layer substantially intermediate between the outer layer and the inner layer in composition and having a thickness of 10 to 100 .mu.m, the intermediate layer providing a boundary between the outer and inner layers and being metallurgically joint to the outer layer and the inner layer integrally therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 24, 1990
    Assignee: Kubota Ltd.
    Inventors: Akio Kuhara, Akira Yoshitake, Takeshi Torigoe, Shinji Amako
  • Patent number: 4940639
    Abstract: A Zn-Ni alloy electroplated steel sheet exhibiting improved corrosion resistance as well as improved adhesion upon impact and resistance to powdering and a manufacturing process therefor are disclosed. The electroplated steel sheet comprises a steel sheet; a thin Zn-Ni alloy electroplated underlayer on at least one side of the steel sheet in which microcracks having a width of 0.01-0.5 .mu.m and covering 10-60% of the surface area of the electrolplated layer are randomly oriented; and a Zn-Ni alloy electroplated toplayer. The underlayer is prepared by dipping the initially electroplated sheet into an acidic solution containing 20 g/l or more of Ni.sup.2+ and 20 g/l or more of Zn.sup.2+ with a ratio of Ni.sup.2+ /Zn.sup.2+ of 1.0.about.4.0 at a bath temperature of 40.about.70.degree. C. for a period of time (T, seconds) of (5.about.20) .times.W (W: weight of electroplated layer in g/m.sup.2) without applying an electric current to form an Ni-rich pretreated underlayer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 10, 1990
    Assignee: Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhide Ohshima, Nobukazu Suzuki
  • Patent number: 4940638
    Abstract: Plated steel sheet for a can comprises: a steel sheet; an Al or Al alloy plated film of 0.005 to 5 .mu.m in thickness on one surface of the steel sheet; and a plated film of 0.005 to 5 .mu.m in thickness on the other surface of the steel sheet, the plated film comprising a metal selected from the group consisting of Ti, Zn, Ni, Co, Cr, Mo and Sn; and furthermore, Plated steel sheet for a can comprises: a steel sheet; a Ti or Ti alloy plated film of 0.005 to 5 .mu.m in thickness on one surface of the steel sheet; and a plated film of 0.005 to 5 .mu.m in thickness on the other surface of the steel sheet, the plated film comprising a metal selected from the group consisting of Al, Zn, Co, Mo and Sn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 1988
    Date of Patent: July 10, 1990
    Assignee: NKK Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Adaniya, Yoshinori Yomura, Naoyuki Ooniwa, Yoshihiko Yasue, Hiroshi Kagechika, Tadahiko Mishima, Hiroshi Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 4917969
    Abstract: The invention comprises a process for the production of clad hot rolled strip. A steel slab as base material is cladded with a layer material of a corrosion-resistnt material. The slab is of a low-alloy steel having a carbon content of up to 0.25% by weight, the layer material preferably is stainless, more particularly a stainless austenitic steel or a wrought alloy on a nickel basis. The steel slab and the layer material are connected by explosive cladding, the resulting composite body being heated to rolling temperature and is subsequently rolled down to one quarter of the initial thickness with a high reduction of pass of phi greater than 0.10 and then rolled to final thickness of the hot rolled strip. The finish rolling temperature is in the range of 900.degree. C. The clad hot rolled strip is subjected to a cooling rate in the core of at least 8.degree. C./s to a cooling temperature of below 650.degree. C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 1988
    Date of Patent: April 17, 1990
    Assignee: Thyssen Stahl AG
    Inventors: Hans Pircher, Rudolf Kawalla, Gerd Sussek, Walter Wilms, Waldemar Wolpert
  • Patent number: 4911991
    Abstract: This invention relates to metal wire used to produce reinforcing elements for articles of elastomeric material. The wire is provided with a coating ensuring at the same time a good resistance to corrosion, good values of initial adhesion, and a low decay, due to ageing, of the bond with the elastomeric material, said coating being constituted by two concentric layers of a Zn/Ni alloy, where the radially inner layer contains Zn in an amount ranging between 60% and 90% based on total layer and the radially outer layer contains Ni in an amount ranging between 60% and 80% based on the total layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 1988
    Date of Patent: March 27, 1990
    Assignee: Pirelli Coordinamento Pneumatici S.p.A.
    Inventor: Wim J. Van Ooij
  • Patent number: 4910096
    Abstract: A cold-rolled steel strip having an electrodeposited nickel coating exhibiting a great diffusion depth, and a process for producing this strip. In order to develop a cold-rolled strip that can be produced economically, and which has a reduced tendency to stick, good deformability, deep coating diffusion, advantageous corrosion dehavior, and improved electrochemical behavior, and in order to develop a process for producing this strip, the thickness of the nickel coating should carry a coating of cobalt which has been electrodeposited to a thickness of 0.01 to 1.0 [m, and after having been coated, the cold-rolled strip should be subjected to a final heat treatment at a temperature of between 580.degree. and 710.degree. C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 1988
    Date of Patent: March 20, 1990
    Assignee: Hille & Muller
    Inventors: Dieter Junkers, Ferdinand Schmidt, Nikolaus Ferenczy
  • Patent number: 4909984
    Abstract: A high temperature protective coating formed by an alloy on the basis of nickel, cobalt, chromium, aluminum and also frequently of yttrium. There is improved adherence of the metallic oxide covering layer which forms on the protective coating and increased the oxidation and corrosion resistance. Silicon may be admixed to the alloy as a first addition. The amount of the silicon to be admixed to the alloy lies between 1 and 3% by weight. The oxidation and corrosion resistance can be increased by means of a further addition of zirconium in an amount of 1% by weight. The same results can be obtained by a further addition of tantalum, also in the amount of 1% by weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1988
    Date of Patent: March 20, 1990
    Assignee: BBC Aktiengesellschaft Brown, Boveri & Cie
    Inventors: Lorenz Singheiser, Georg Wahl, Bernd Jahnke
  • Patent number: 4908280
    Abstract: An anti-scratch nickel plated steel sheet and strip is provided which comprises, applying a nickel plating to both sides of the sheet or strip, subsequently plating a nickel phosphorus alloy on at least one or the other side of said plated layer, then subjecting said plated article to a heat treatment under conditions sufficient to form a nickel ferrous alloy layer and to obtain a hardening effect of said nickel phosphorus alloy plated layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 13, 1990
    Assignee: Toyo Kohan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Omura, Katsutada Yamada, Hideo Omura
  • Patent number: 4897318
    Abstract: Soft magnetic laminated materials having both superior wear resistance and a high saturation magnetization comprising Fe-Si alloy films 1 having small magnetostriction, and films 2 of an amorphous alloy or Fe-Si-Al alloy having both small magnetostriction and excellent wear resistance, said first and second films being alternately laminated, the thickness (t.sub.1) of the first film and the thickness (t.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 1989
    Date of Patent: January 30, 1990
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Sakakima, Koichi Osano, Yuuji Omata, Koichi Kugimiya, Satoru Mitani
  • Patent number: 4891274
    Abstract: A hot-dip aluminium coated steel sheet having excellent corrosion resistance and heat resistance, comprising a steel substrate containing 3 to 18% chromium, not more than 0.02% carbon, 0.1 to 1.5% manganese, 0.005 to 0.08% aluminium, not more than 0.1% silicon, with the balance being iron and unavoidable impurities, and aluminium coating on said sheet substrate. The coated sheet may further comprises a coating layer of nickel or nickel-iron alloy (Ni: 1 to 99%) beneath the aluminium coating, or an Al-Fe-Si-Ni-Cr alloy coating layer of 1 to 10.mu. in thickness and containing 0.05 to 5% nickel, 0.2 to 10% chromium, beneath the aluminium coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 1986
    Date of Patent: January 2, 1990
    Assignee: Nippon Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Seijun Higuchi, Kenichi Asakawa, Takayuki Ohmori, Koji Umeno, Nobuyoshi Okada, Minoru Fujinaga, Fumio Yamamoto, Katsuhiko Yabe
  • Patent number: 4872932
    Abstract: A rubbery composite material comprising a substrate and a rubber composition bonded thereto is prepared by metallizing a substrate with a thin film of zinc, copper, cobalt or an alloy thereof by dry plating such as vacuum deposition, iron plating, DC magnetron sputtering, bipolar sputtering, and RF sputtering processes, and pressing a vulcanizable rubber composition to the metallized substrate under heat and pressure to effect vulcanization bonding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 1988
    Date of Patent: October 10, 1989
    Assignee: Bridgestone Corporation
    Inventors: Masato Yoshikawa, Yukio Fukuura, Setsuo Akiyama, Makoto Nakamura, Kazuo Naito, Toshio Honda
  • Patent number: 4868070
    Abstract: In a method of manufacturing a vertical magnetization type recording medium, a soft magnetic film layer is formed on each of the two sides of a non-magnetic support, and then a vertical magnetization film layer is formed on each soft magnetic film layer thus formed, thereby to provide a vertical magnetization type recording medium which has both sides uniform in characteristics and has characteristics making it excellent as a vertical magnetization type recording medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 1987
    Date of Patent: September 19, 1989
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Makoto Nagao, Fusao Yamanaka, Akira Nahara
  • Patent number: 4842961
    Abstract: A lid or cover for a ceramic enclosure is formed of a substrate of an iron-based alloy, e.g., Kovar, alternately plated and coated with electrolytic nickel and electroless nickel, with an outer gold electroplate. The alternate electroplate and electroless nickel layers render the lid highly corrosion resistant without the need for an expensive, unrecoverable buried gold layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 1988
    Date of Patent: June 27, 1989
    Assignee: Advanced Materials Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Thomas J. Basile, Jean LaPlante
  • Patent number: 4839242
    Abstract: A titanium-clad steel and a method for its manufacture are disclosed. The titanium-clad steel comprises a steel base metal, a nickel insert which is bonded to the steel base metal, a low-carbon ferrous metal insert which contains at most 0.01 weight % of carbon and which is bonded to the nickel insert, and cladding of a titanium-based metal which is bonded to the low-carbon ferrous metal insert. A manufacturing method therefor comprises preparing a 4-layer clad assembly comprising the above materials, sealing the outer seams of the clad assembly by shielded arc welding, performing degassing treatment on at least the confronting surfaces of the inserts, heating the clad assembly to a temperature of 500.degree.-1050.degree. C., and performing hot rolling. The resulting titanium-clad steel has a high bonding strength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 1987
    Date of Patent: June 13, 1989
    Assignee: Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Junichiro Murayama, Yuichi Komizo
  • Patent number: 4837090
    Abstract: A corrosion resistant coating and process comprises the following layers applied in sequence over a ferrous metal substrate: a micro-throwing nickel-zinc alloy plating; an optional galvanically protective zinc metal plating; a zinc-nickel alloy plating containing 5 to 30 weight percent nickel; and an organic coating such as paint. The coating is preferably used with steel drill screw fasteners wherein it also reduces installation torque and drill time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 1988
    Date of Patent: June 6, 1989
    Assignee: Whyco Chromium Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Jacob Hyner, Steven Gradowski
  • Patent number: 4833041
    Abstract: Corrosion and wear resistant metallic compositions containing nickel, cobalt, boron and thallium and articles coated therewith are described. Preferred electroless coatings contain nickel and cobalt in a ratio of about 45:1 to about 4:1 and are deposited as hard, amorphous alloy nodules of high nickel content dispersed or rooted in a softer alloy of high cobalt content. The coatings are preferably deposited on catalytically active substrates from an electroless coating bath containing nickel ions, cobalt ions, thallium ions, metal ion complexing agents and a borohydride reducing agent at pH about 12 to about 14. With post-coating heat treatment coated surfaces exhibit hardness levels as high as about 1300 Knoop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 1986
    Date of Patent: May 23, 1989
    Inventor: C. Edward McComas
  • Patent number: 4826738
    Abstract: The adherence of protective chromia (chromium oxide) scales on Ni-Cr coatings is substantially improved by limiting the amount of sulfur in the coating composition to below about 5 parts per million by weight. Volatilization of the chromium oxide scale is also reduced by controlling the sulfur content. The coatings of this invention have improved resistance to oxidation and hot corrosion degradation than the coatings of the prior art.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 1987
    Date of Patent: May 2, 1989
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventor: John G. Smeggil
  • Patent number: 4818626
    Abstract: To permit using a single firing step, sintered aluminum nitride ceramic bodies provided with firmly adhering electrically conductive films or resistive layers can be produced by sintering of the green ceramic bodies and the films or layers in common, if these films or layers additionally contain a mixture of aluminum nitride and rare earth metal oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 1987
    Date of Patent: April 4, 1989
    Assignee: W. C. Heraeus GmbH
    Inventors: Waltraud Werdecker, Dieter Brunner, Martin Kutzner
  • Patent number: 4814236
    Abstract: A laminated metal structure and a method of hardsurfacing stainless steel base metals are herein provided for resisting wear of steam turbine components at elevated temperatures. The laminated metal structure employs a buttering layer, sandwiched between the stainless steel base metal and a hardsurfacing layer. The buttering layer consists essentially of nickel or a nickel-based alloy and is selected to have a coefficient of thermal expansion which is between that of the base metal and that of the hardsurfacing material. This improved structure produces a relatively crack-free deposit that can provide greater service life for turbine components with less downtime due to repairs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 1987
    Date of Patent: March 21, 1989
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp.
    Inventors: Javaid I. Qureshi, Roland H. Kaufman, Michael E. Anderson, William L. Spahr
  • Patent number: 4810591
    Abstract: In construction of a composite type metal gasket having a hard metal substrate, use of Cu, Cu-base alloy, Al or Al-base alloys for covering layers well enhances sealing effect and consolidates substrate-covering bonding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1986
    Date of Patent: March 7, 1989
    Assignees: Hamamatsu Gasket Seisakusho Limited, Nippon Gakki Seizo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yakichi Sakai
  • Patent number: 4808486
    Abstract: A machine part such as a cylinder or a feeding screw of an injection molding machine and the like is produced such that a separating metallic plate is inserted in a mold adapted to mold the cylinder or the feeding screw, thereby providing two molding cavities on both sides of the separating plate, and melted metals adapted to form a main portion and a corrosion and wear resistant portion of the cylinder or feeding screw are poured into the two cavities. In this manner the two kinds of metals poured into the two cavities are metallurgically fused together with the separating plate interposed therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 1987
    Date of Patent: February 28, 1989
    Assignee: Toshiba Kikai Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Harutoshi Yamamoto, Zenichi Mochizuki, Sadasue Sakomoto
  • Patent number: 4806438
    Abstract: A titanium-clad steel with improved bonding properties and a method for the manufacture thereof are disclosed. The titanium-clad steel is characterized by comprising a Ti-cladding, a base metal steel, and an insert between them, the insert being made of an alloy consisting essentially of, in % by weight, 0.05% or less of carbon, 3 to 20% by weight of at least one of niobium (Nb) and vanadium (V), and a balance of iron.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 1987
    Date of Patent: February 21, 1989
    Assignee: Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Shigeharu Hinotani
  • Patent number: 4791025
    Abstract: A stainless steel wire for springs is proposed which has a colored coating of resinous paint thereon. The wire is coated with a paint, dried and baked to form a coating and is then drawn to a desired diameter. The coating has a good adhesiveness and good heat resistance. The stainless steel wire may be nickel-plated before painting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 1986
    Date of Patent: December 13, 1988
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Hiromori, Toshimi Nakahara
  • Patent number: 4777082
    Abstract: In an optical recording medium comprising a substrate and a recording layer thin film comprised of a rare earth element and a transition metal, for example, TbFeCo on the substrate, a metal thin film layer having a high magnetic permeability, for example, Permalloy is formed on the recording layer. A transparent dielectric film layer may be formed between the substrate and the recording layer thin film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 1987
    Date of Patent: October 11, 1988
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Hideki Ishizaki, Takayoshi Kobuke, Suguru Takayama
  • Patent number: 4774148
    Abstract: Composite sheet material, used for shielding magnetism and electromagnetic waves, principally made of an electrodeposited iron foil, as the core, with a thickness of at least 10 .mu.m which is applied on either side surface thereof a plating layer with a respectively predetermined metal, and of, a covering layer which is formed of a suitable sheet-like material and which is to be laminated on at least one of the two plating layers through the medium of an adhesive layer. A variety of products utilizing this composite sheet material as an essential elements thereof which stretches over a wide field wherein magnetic and electronic shield is required, for example: magnetic-card holders; magnetic-card protection cases or boxes; envelopes and containers for keeping and transporting magnetic recording media; wallpapers for various special rooms, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1986
    Date of Patent: September 27, 1988
    Assignees: Showa Laminate Printing Co., Ltd., J & M Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hideo Goto
  • Patent number: 4766042
    Abstract: A plastics processing machine component, such as a lined composite heating cylinder or a hardfaced feed screw, wherein a layer of a hard, corrosion-resistant alloy is joined to a component substrate in the form of the part to be protected. The alloy has a composition, in weight percent, of from about 12 to about 16 percent molybdenum, from about 10 to about 14 percent chromium, up to about 1.2 percent carbon, up to about 3.5 percent silicon, from about 0.5 to about 3.5 percent boron, balance nickel. Such alloys are resistant to corrosion damage from hydrogen chloride and hydrogen fluoride environments, have sufficient fluidity to permit centrifugal casting in the temperature range of 1800.degree. F. to 2250.degree. F., and can be tailored to have hardnesses from about 45 to over 60 R.sub.c.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 1987
    Date of Patent: August 23, 1988
    Inventor: Tony U. Otani
  • Patent number: 4762755
    Abstract: A ferromagnetic material is composed of an iron alloy which contains 2 to 12% by weight of silicon and 5 to 25% by weight of at least one element selected from the group consisting of ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, iridium, platinum, gold and silver. This ferromagnetic material exhibits a high saturation flux density and good corrosion resistance. Excellent magnetic characteristics are obtained by a multilayered film which is obtained by alternatingly laminating the above ferromagnetic material and a spacer layer composed of other material. Further, a markedly increased recording density is exhibited by a magnetic head for perpendicular magnetic recording, when the end of the main pole is composed of the ferromagnetic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 1984
    Date of Patent: August 9, 1988
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuo Shiiki, Noriyuki Kumasaka, Yoshihiro Shiroishi, Hitoshi Nakamura, Yoshihiro Hamakawa, Noritoshi Saito, Shigeo Aoki, Kiminari Shinagawa, Mitsuhiro Kudo
  • Patent number: 4758479
    Abstract: Corrosion resistant electrodeposit comprising a solid solution of phosphorus and nickel supersaturated with zinc. The electrodeposit is formed from an electrolyte containing nickel chloride, zinc chloride and sodium hypophosphite having a nickel ion to zinc ion molar ratio between about 7 and about 12 and deposited at current densities greater than about 0.6 A/cm.sup.2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 1987
    Date of Patent: July 19, 1988
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Sundararajan Swathirajan, Youssef M. Mikhail
  • Patent number: 4754950
    Abstract: There is disclosed a valve comprising one valve seat ring, of a disc or a body, having a surface composed of a Cr-Mn-Fe system or a Cr-Ni-Fe system Fe-based precipitation hardening type alloy, and another valve seat ring thereof having a surface composed of a Cr-Ni system Ni-based alloy having a hardness Hv of 400 or more.The valves of this invention can have excellent wear resistance, cavitation erosion resistance and galling resistance, and since emitting no cobalt, the valves of this invention are suitable for various plants such as chemical plants, particularly nuclear power plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 1985
    Date of Patent: July 5, 1988
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Kaoru Tada, Mituo Kawai, Tetsuo Fujiwara, Noriyuki Chujyo, Masahiko Hasunuma, Yuji Yasuda
  • Patent number: 4753853
    Abstract: A double-layered magnetooptical recording medium consists of two exchange-coupled layers that permit perpendicular magnetization, one layer having a low Curie point and a high coercive force and the other layer having a high Curie point and a low coercive force. The layer having low coercive force is made of a transition metal rich amporphous Gd.sub.U (Fe.sub.V Co.sub.100-V).sub.100-U alloy having the following compositional range, and the layer having high coercive force is made of a transition metal rich amorphous Tb.sub.W Fe.sub.100-W alloy having the following compositional range:U=20-26 atomic %,V=50-80 atomic %, andW=27-33 atomic %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 1985
    Date of Patent: June 28, 1988
    Assignee: Nippon Kogaku K.K.
    Inventors: Masatoshi Sato, Hideki Akasaka
  • Patent number: 4748089
    Abstract: A multilayered ferromagnetic amorphous alloy film is constituted by a plurality of main ferromagnetic material alloy films of a ferromagnetic amorphous alloy laminated one upon another with a spacer ferromagnetic material layer interposed therebetween, the spacer ferromagnetic material layer being of a ferromagnetic material different from the ferromagnetic alloy. Also disclosed is a magnetic head employing the above-described multilayered film for, at least, a portion of a core thereof. The multilayered film has excellent magnetic characteristics and is easily patterned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 1984
    Date of Patent: May 31, 1988
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Noriyuki Kumasaka, Kazuo Shiiki, Shigekazu Otomo, Yoshihiro Shiroishi, Takeo Yamashita, Noritoshi Saito, Kiminari Shinagawa, Mitsuhiro Kudo
  • Patent number: 4745037
    Abstract: Brazing of metal parts employing a thin, homogeneous, ductile, filler metal foil is disclosed. The brazing foil, useful for brazing stainless steels, is less than about 0.064 mm (0.0025 inch) thick and has a composition consisting essentially of 0 to about 6 atom percent iron, 0 to about 21 atom percent chromium, 0 to about 4 atom percent molybdenum, 0 to about 5 atom percent tungsten, 0 to about 20 atom percent cobalt, 0 to about 19 atom percent boron, 0 to about 12 atom percent silicon, 0 to about 22 atom percent phosphorus, 0 to about 3 atom percent carbon and the balance nickel and incidental impurities. In addition to containing the foregoing elements within the above-noted composition ranges, the composition must be such that the total of iron, chromium, molybdenum, tungsten, cobalt and nickel ranges from about 70 to 84 atom percent and the total of boron, silicon, phosphorus and carbon ranges from about 16 to 30 atom percent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 1986
    Date of Patent: May 17, 1988
    Assignee: Allied Corporation
    Inventors: Nicholas DeCristofaro, Peter Sexton
  • Patent number: 4737418
    Abstract: A lid for closing an electronics package exhibits a high corrosion resistance. The lid is formed of a metal substrate which is clad with rolled or worked nickel, and covered with a layer of gold or precious metal electroplate. At edges of the lid, which are not covered with cladding, a layer of nickel is electroplated, employing the dogbone effect to concentrate the metallization at the edges. The rolled or worked metal has a much smaller porosity than an electroplated layer, and the nickel cladding can be applied to the desired thickness in much less time than nickel electroplate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1986
    Date of Patent: April 12, 1988
    Assignee: Advanced Materials Technology Corp.
    Inventor: James A. Slattery
  • Patent number: 4731301
    Abstract: Coated steel sheet of high corrosion resistance comprises a sheet of steel containing not more than 0.1% by weight of carbon, 0.005 to 0.08% by weight of soluble aluminum and 0.2 to 20% by weight of chromium, the balance being iron and unavoidable impurities. The steel carries a nickel or nickel alloy layer formed on at least one surface thereof and having a thickness of 0.001 to 1.5 microns and a layer of tin formed on the nickel or nickel alloy layer and having a thickness of at least 0.05 micron. A method of producing it is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1985
    Date of Patent: March 15, 1988
    Assignee: Nippon Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Seijun Higuchi, Yashichi Oyagi, Tomonari Oga, Toshinori Mizuguchi, Senkichi Tsujimura, Toshinori Katayama, Fumio Yamamoto, Kenichi Asakawa
  • Patent number: 4725512
    Abstract: A process for protecting an article from wear, wherein a frictionally transformable material is provided at the surface of the article, and then the surface of the article is subjected to frictional wear. The wear transforms the outermost layer of the material to the amorphous state, which is more wear resistant and corrosion resistant than is the material in its nonamorphous state. As the material is worn away gradually, the frictional transformation continues, thereby replenishing the amorphous outermost layer, so that a protective outermost layer remains.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 1984
    Date of Patent: February 16, 1988
    Assignee: Dresser Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: David M. Scruggs
  • Patent number: 4714659
    Abstract: Thermal protective shield to be used in connection with hot gases in engines, particularly for the combustion of solid, liquid or gaseous fuels or in e.g. Stirling engines driven by solar energy. The thermal protective shield consists of a multi-layer material, wherein at least two layers are joined to each other over a surface corresponding to the entire surface exposed to the hot gases, and wherein the outer layer facing the hot gas consits of an alloy of the type iron-chrome-aluminium. Preferably, the layers are joined together by hot-rolling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 1984
    Date of Patent: December 22, 1987
    Assignee: Bulten-Kanthal AB
    Inventors: Hakan Lindgren, Bjorn Anderson
  • Patent number: 4707417
    Abstract: A magnetic alloy thin film consisting essentially of a first Fe-Al-Si or Fe-Ni alloy thin film of high permeability and a second Fe-Si alloy thin film directly formed on the first thin film and having high saturation magnetic flux density. The ratio in thickness of the first and second films is preferably in the range of from 1:0.1 to 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 1985
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1987
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Masatoshi Hayakawa, Koichi Aso, Yoshitaka Ochiai, Hideki Matsuda, Kazuhiko Hayashi, Wataru Ishikawa, You Iwasaki
  • Patent number: 4707416
    Abstract: A composite material composed of a non-oxide type ceramic and iron or an alloy thereof is disclosed, wherein the non-oxide type ceramic is formed with a copper metallized surface and bonded to the iron or alloy thereof with an intermediate layer of Invar steel, Kovar or copper disposed between the copper metallized surface and the iron or alloy thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 1985
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1987
    Assignee: Agency of Industrial Science and Technology
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Ebata, Ryozo Hayami, Nobuyuki Tamari, Yasuo Toibana, Makoto Kinoshita
  • Patent number: 4704338
    Abstract: A two-stage bonding technique for bonding high density silicon nitride and other ceramic materials to stainless steel and other hard metals, and multilayered ceramic-metal composites prepared by the technique are disclosed. The technique involves initially slurry coating a surface of the ceramic material at about 1500.degree. C. in a vacuum with a refractory material and the stainless steel is then pressure bonded to the metallic coated surface by brazing it with nickel-copper-silver or nickel-copper-manganese alloys at a temperature in the range of about 850.degree. to 950.degree. C. in a vacuum. The two-stage bonding technique minimizes the temperature-expansion mismatch between the dissimilar materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 1986
    Date of Patent: November 3, 1987
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy
    Inventors: Richard L. Landingham, Thomas E. Shell
  • Patent number: 4700863
    Abstract: This invention identifies methods and articles designed to circumvent metallurgical problems associated with hermetically closing an all cast iron nuclear waste package by welding. It involves welding nickel-carbon alloy inserts which are bonded to the mating plug and main body components of the package. The welding inserts might be bonded in place during casting of the package components. When the waste package closure weld is made, the most severe thermal effects of the process are restricted to the nickel-carbon insert material which is far better able to accommodate them than is cast iron. Use of nickel-carbon weld inserts should eliminate any need for pre-weld and post-weld heat treatments which are a problem to apply to nuclear waste packages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 1986
    Date of Patent: October 20, 1987
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy
    Inventors: Arthur M. Filippi, Richard P. Sprecace
  • Patent number: 4693942
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an apex seal for rotary piston engines, comprising steps of providing a substrate made of an iron based material and having a portion wherein a sliding surface is provided, spraying the portion of the substrate with a molten-state Co-Mo-Si type intermetallic compound to form a coating of the compound, heating the coating of the compound by applying electron beams or laser beams to thereby make the intermetal compound dispersed in the substrate, heating the substrate to 580.degree. to 780.degree. C. to anneal it and machining the substrate into a configuration of the apex seal. The apex seal made in accordance with this method is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 1986
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1987
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Tsutomu Shimizu, Jun Miyata, Koji Yagii
  • Patent number: 4689279
    Abstract: A solid solution, nonmagnetic, austenitic nickel base alloy class is described. It contains: about 12 to 21 weight percent chromium; a concentration of molybdenum and/or tungsten, such that the sum of the weight percent molybdenum and one third the weight percent tungsten present is between 1 and 7 weight percent and wherein the w % tungsten is less than 12 w %; about 4 to 13 w % iron; small but effective amounts of the desulfurizing agent, manganese; and up to about 2.5 w % silicon. Carbon may be present at levels up to 0.15 w % and cobalt may be present at levels up to 2 w %. The above elements are balanced to provide alloys having a mean thermal expansion coefficient, .alpha..sub.(RT-T), for T.ltoreq.1000.degree. F., of less than 8.3.times.10.sup.-6 in./in./.degree.F., and preferably less than 8.times.10.sup.-6 in./in./.degree.F.In addition, a precipitation hardening, non-magnetic, austenitic nickel base alloy class is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 1983
    Date of Patent: August 25, 1987
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp.
    Inventors: Frederick C. Hull, Sun-Keun Hwang
  • Patent number: 4687712
    Abstract: A vertical magnetic recording medium comprises a non-magnetic substrate, a permalloy film consisting of plural permalloy layers separated by at least one non-magnetic layer placed therein, each of said plurality of permalloy layers being 2000 .ANG. or less thick, and a Co-Cr vertical magnetization film formed on the permalloy film directly or through another non-magnetic layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 1984
    Date of Patent: August 18, 1987
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryuji Sugita, Kazuyoshi Honda, Hiroshi Nishida, Kyoji Noda
  • Patent number: 4686152
    Abstract: Disclosed is a packaging material which comprises a laminate having an iron foil having a tensile strength (.sigma..sub.B) in the range represented by the following formula:100 kg/mm.sup.2 .gtoreq..sigma..sub.B .gtoreq.30 kg/mm.sup.2and a thickness (T) in the range represented by the following formula:120 .mu.m.gtoreq.T.gtoreq.15 .mu.mand being provided with a surface treatment layer containing metallic tin, metallic chromium or metallic nickel, and an organic resin covering having a total thickness (t) in the range represented by the following formula:T.sup.1/n C/.sigma..sub.B .gtoreq.t.gtoreq.3 .mu.mwherein n is 5.6 and C is 4630.A metal or pigment having an action of improving the processability, an anti-corrosive action and a hiding action is incorporated or contained in the organic resin coating layer. This packaging material is excellent in processability, corrosion resistance, storability, appearance characteristics and safety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 1985
    Date of Patent: August 11, 1987
    Assignee: Toyo Seikan Kaisha, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Matsubayashi, Kazumi Hirota, Hisao Iwamoto, Tamio Fujiwara, Nobuyuki Sato, Tadahiko Katsura
  • Patent number: 4681817
    Abstract: This piston ring has a composite plated layer at least on its outwardly facing sliding surface. The composite plated layer includes a quantity of hard particles of a granular dispersion material dispersed in a matrix of matrix metal consisting essentially of nickel-cobalt-phosphorous alloy containing about 10% to about 40% by weight of cobalt, about 2% to about 15% by weight of phosphorous, and remainder substantially nickel. It may also further include a quantity of lubricating particles having average particle diameter of from about 0.5 microns to about 20 microns and having a content of from about 5% to about 3% by volume. Yet further, the composite plated layer may include a quantity of short fibrous dispersion material dispersed in the matrix of matrix metal. Thereby, the wear on the piston ring, and also the wear on the cylinder bore in which it slides, are reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1985
    Date of Patent: July 21, 1987
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Riken
    Inventor: Manabu Shinada
  • Patent number: 4677032
    Abstract: A thin film metal alloy medium for vertical recording has a magnetic film structure of individual films, each film being made up of a non-magnetic layer and a magnetic layer. In a preferred embodiment of the medium, each of the layers is a cobalt-chromium-tantalum (CoCrTa) alloy, the tantalum concentration being varied in the different layers in order to provide either the non-magnetic or the magnetic properties to the layers. The medium also includes a soft magnetic underlayer film structure between the substrate and the magnetic film structure to provide a magnetic flux return path. Each film in the underlayer film structure comprises a CoCrTa non-magnetic layer and a CoCrTa magnetic layer, each magnetic layer being sufficiently thin such that the underlayer film structure exhibits in-plane magnetization with no perpendicular magnetic anisotropy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 1985
    Date of Patent: June 30, 1987
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Clifford J. Robinson
  • Patent number: 4677034
    Abstract: Low temperature regime hot corrosion of superalloy components in gas turbines is reduced by the application thereover of cobalt-chromium alloys, the chromium content of such coatings (final composition) being in the 37.5-50 weight percent range. To the extent practicable, aluminum content in these coatings is kept to a minimum. In any event, during the annealing step some small amount at least of aluminum migrates from the superalloy into the coating. At completion of the annealing operation, the alluminum content at the exterior surface of the final coating, however, is to be less than the concentration of aluminum that will form a continuous film of aluminum oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 1983
    Date of Patent: June 30, 1987
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Krisham L. Luthra