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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 1986
Filed:
Apr. 04, 1985
Applicant:
Inventors:
Milton E Toaz, Bedford, OH (US);
Martin D Smalc, Parma, OH (US);
Assignee:
Imperial Clevite Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B22D / ; B22D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
428614 ; 428610 ;
Abstract
A metal article such as a piston for a diesel engine has at least one portion which includes a matrix composite reinforced by inorganic ceramic fibers, wherein the density of fibers and/or the fiber orientation in the matrix composite is varied to provide superior resistance to thermal fatigue while having superior strength and wear characteristics.