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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:
Jul. 25, 1989
Filed:
Jul. 18, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Animesh Bose, Troy, NY (US);
Randall M German, Latham, NY (US);
Assignee:
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C22C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
75248 ; 419 26 ; 419 29 ; 419 38 ; 419 56 ; 419 58 ; 419 60 ; 420430 ; 420590 ;
Abstract
A tungsten heavy alloy system is modified by replacing from 2% to 10% of the tungsten by weight with tantalum to increase the strength and hardness characteristics for the alloy. This renders the alloy particularly useful for kinetic energy penetrators.