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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:
May. 28, 1996
Filed:
Dec. 05, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Martin J Murphy, Hoggeston Near Winslow, Buckinghamshire MK18 3LL, GB;
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B22F / ; B22F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
428545 ; 428546 ; 428552 ; 428565 ; 428614 ;
Abstract
A metal matrix composite component e.g. a brake disc, is provided with a protective coating to prevent displacement of the reinforcing filler in the matrix when the component is placed under load. Preferably the protective coating is metal, alloy, composite, refractory or ceramic applied e.g. by electro-plating.