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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:
Sep. 15, 1987
Filed:
Jan. 07, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Mazda Motor Corporation, Hiroshima, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B / ; F01C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
428614 ; 428679 ; 418178 ; 418179 ;
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.