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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:
Mar. 15, 1988
Filed:
Oct. 22, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Steven J Savage, Stockholm, SE;
C Edward Harper, Jr, Fairborn, OH (US);
Assignee:
Systems Research Laboratories, Inc., Dayton, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23H / ; B23H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
219 / ; 204164 ; 219 / ;
Abstract
Powders, and particularly metallic powders, are produced by electro-discharge machining of electrically conductive electrodes made of the desired materials in a cryogenic dielectric. When a sufficient quantity of powder has been produced, the cryogenic dielectric is allowed to evaporate, leaving the powders available for recovery. Powders formed by this process have unique microstructures, and thus unique properties, as a result of rapid cooling in the cryogenic medium. By using an inert cryogenic dielectric, such as argon, powders uncontaminated by the dielectric are produced.