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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:
Nov. 17, 1998
Filed:
Apr. 24, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Victor A Ettel, Mississauga, CA;
John Ambrose, Burlington, CA;
Paul A Hynek, Burlington, CA;
Peter J Kalal, Mississauga, CA;
Lloyd M Timberg, Burlington, CA;
David K Vallbacka, Oakville, CA;
Assignee:
Inco Limited, Toronto, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B22F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
419-2 ; 427205 ;
Abstract
A process for varying the density of porous plated metal foams. Especially useful for battery plate applications, a plated foam is coated with a slurry of predetermined size metal power, particularly nickel, and then sintered. The resultant density of the metal foam may be adjusted as needed.