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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. 06, 1988
Filed:
Dec. 03, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
William B Hillig, Ballston Lake, NY (US);
Henry C McGuigan, Schenectady, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C04B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
501 95 ; 264D / ;
Abstract
A process for producing a slip cast ceramic body which comprises preparing a slip comprised of a suspension of ceramic material in a liquid vehicle, said ceramic material being comprised of a mixture of whiskers and particulates wherein the volume ratio of whiskers to particulates ranges from about 1:5 to about 1:1, said ceramic material being present in an amount greater than 4% by volume of the slip, said whiskers being present in an amount greater than about 2% by volume of said slip, and casting the slip in a porous mold.