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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. 26, 1991
Filed:
Nov. 14, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Imperial Chemical Industries PLC, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C22C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
428614 ; 428924 ;
Abstract
A metal matrix composite comprises essentially-aligned, fine-diameter inorganic oxide fibers embedded in a metal matrix material such as a light metal, for example aluminium or magnesium or an alloy thereof. In a particular embodiment the fibers are nominally-continuous and preferably are of mean diameter below 5 microns. The composite can be made by liquid infiltration of a fiber preform comprising the fibres bound together with an inorganic or an organic binder or (in the case of short fibers) by extrusion of a mixture, for example a suspension, of the fibers and powdered metal matrix material.