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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:
Jun. 18, 1996
Filed:
Apr. 05, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd., Nagoya, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C04B / ; C04B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
501 89 ; 501 91 ; 501 92 ; 501127 ;
Abstract
An aluminum oxide based sintered body and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. The aluminum oxide based sintered body is composed of silicon compounds of from about 5 to about 40 mole %, calculated as a carbide, at least one metal or metal compound of from 0.5 to about 25 mole %, calculated as metals, selected from Ti, Nb, Ta, Cr and Mo, and the remainder of Al.sub.2 O.sub.3, and a molar ratio of the metals with respect to the silicon compounds, calculated as a carbide is about 4 or less.