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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. 05, 1987
Filed:
Aug. 13, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Tsuguyasu Wada, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Daniel J Adenis, Lancaster, PA (US);
Thomas B Cox, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
AMAX Inc., Greenwich, CT (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B22D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
164461 ; 164 97 ; 428627 ;
Abstract
Reinforced composite aluminum-matrix articles containing a non-oxide reinforcing material, such as silicon carbide fibers or particles, are produced by a casting process wherein a small amount of lithium less than about 1%, by weight, is included in a melt of aluminum matrix alloy to facilitate wetting of the reinforcing material and ready dispersal thereof in the aluminum matrix alloy.