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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:
Apr. 11, 1989
Filed:
Jun. 24, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Dave K Creber, Kingston, CA;
Adam J Gesing, Kingston, CA;
Assignee:
Lanxide Technology Company, LP, Newark, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C04B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
264 57 ; 264 60 ; 264 82 ;
Abstract
Production of composite ceramic articles using a porous bed or preform of filler material with a molten metal in the presence of a vapor phase oxident, for effecting infiltrating growth of a polycrystalline matrix of a metal-oxidant reaction product into the filler bed or preform, wherein the filler material bed or preform has a first pore system of coarse interconnected pores, and a second pore system of finer interconnected pores defined by portions of the filler material which remain structurally stable in pore-defining arrangement during infiltration.