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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. 17, 1992
Filed:
Nov. 28, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Osamu Kawamura, Saitama, JP;
Teruo Takahashi, Saitama, JP;
Makoto Kano, Kanagawa, JP;
Ichiro Tanimoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignees:
Nippon Piston Ring Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Nissan Motor Company, Limited, Yokohama, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C22C / ; C22C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
148326 ; 148324 ; 148325 ;
Abstract
A high strength high chromium cast iron contains fine particle precipitated hard carbide. The precipitated hard carbide has an average particle size of 20 .mu.m or less and hardness of Hv 500 or more in martensite base matrix, and has area ratio in a range of 30% or more and 45% or less. The precipitated hard carbide has spheroidal ratio (surface area of sphere circumscribing the precipitated hard carbide versus actual surface area of precipitated hard carbide) of 40% or more.