| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 7591745 |
Strong, lightweight article containing a fine-grained metallic layer |
September 22, 2009 |
| Articles for automotive, manufacturing and industrial applications including shafts or tubes used, for example, as golf club shafts, ski and hiking poles, fishing rods or bicycle frames, skate blades and snowboards are at least partially electroplated with fine-grained layers of selected |
| 7553553 |
Article comprising a fine-grained metallic material and a polymeric material |
June 30, 2009 |
| Lightweight articles comprising a polymeric material at least partially coated with a fine-grained metallic material are disclosed. The fine-grained metallic material has an average grain size of 2 nm to 5,000 nm, a thickness between 25 micron and 5 cm, and a hardness between 200 VHN |
| 7387578 |
Strong, lightweight article containing a fine-grained metallic layer |
June 17, 2008 |
| Articles for automotive, manufacturing and industrial applications including shafts or tubes used, for example, as golf club shafts, ski and hiking poles, fishing rods or bicycle frames, skate blades and snowboards are at least partially electroplated with fine-grained layers of selected |
| 7354354 |
Article comprising a fine-grained metallic material and a polymeric material |
April 8, 2008 |
| Lightweight articles comprising a polymeric material at least partially coated with a fine-grained metallic material are disclosed. The fine-grained metallic material has an average grain size of 2 nm to 5,000 nm, a thickness between 25 micron and 5 cm, and a hardness between 200 VHN |
| 7320832 |
Fine-grained metallic coatings having the coefficient of thermal expansion matched to the one of |
January 22, 2008 |
| Fine-grained (average grain size 1 nm to 1,000 nm) metallic coatings optionally containing solid particulates dispersed therein are disclosed. The fine-grained metallic materials are significantly harder and stronger than conventional coatings of the same chemical composition due to |
| 6802917 |
Perforated current collectors for storage batteries and electrochemical cells, having improved r |
October 12, 2004 |
| A process for enhancing chemical stability and corrosion resistance is described for perforated current collectors made by continuous production processes for use in electrochemical cells, including storage batteries such as lead-acid batteries. The process relies on utilizing a strip |
| 6610154 |
Surface treatment of austenitic Ni-Fe-Cr based alloys for improved resistance to intergranular c |
August 26, 2003 |
| A surface treatment process for enhancing the resistance to intergranular corrosion and intergranular cracking of components fabricated from austenitic Ni--Fe--Cr based alloys comprising the application of surface deformation to the component, to a depth in the range of 0.01 mm to 0.5 |
| 6592686 |
Lead and lead alloys with enhanced creep and/or intergranular corrosion resistance, especially f |
July 15, 2003 |
| Recrystallized lead and lead alloy positive electrodes for lead acid batteries having an increased percentage of special grain boundaries in the microstructure, preferably to at least 50%, which have been provided by a process comprising steps of working or straining the lead or lead |
| 6589298 |
Surface treatment of metallic components of electrochemical cells for improved adhesion and corr |
July 8, 2003 |
| A process for enhancing chemical stability, corrosion resistance and for improved adhesion characteristics is described for use on metal or metal-alloy non-consumable electrodes, current collectors or other metallic articles used in electrochemical cells. The process includes peening |
| 6344097 |
Surface treatment of austenitic Ni-Fe-Cr-based alloys for improved resistance to intergranular-c |
February 5, 2002 |
| A surface treatment process for enhancing the intergranular corrosion and intergranular cracking resistance of components fabricated from austenitic Ni--Fe--Cr based alloys comprised of the application of surface cold work to a depth in the range of 0.01 mm to 0.5 mm, for example by high |
| 6342110 |
Lead and lead alloys with enhanced creep and/or intergranular corrosion resistance, especially f |
January 29, 2002 |
| Recrystallized lead and lead alloy positive electrodes for lead acid batteries having an increased percentage of special grain boundaries in the microstructure, preferably to at least 50%, which have been provided by a process comprising steps of working or straining the lead or lead |
| 6129795 |
Metallurgical method for processing nickel- and iron-based superalloys |
October 10, 2000 |
| A method is provided for improving the microstructure of nickel and iron-based precipitation strengthened superalloys used in high temperature applications by increasing the frequency of "special", low-.SIGMA. CSL grain boundaries to levels in excess of 50%. Processing entails applying |
