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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. 13, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 08, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Yasufumi Aihara, Nagoya, JP;
Akira Narukawa, Yokkaichi, JP;
Keiichiro Watanabe, Kasugai, JP;
Shinji Kawasaki, Nagoya, JP;
Assignee:
NGK Insulators, Ltd., Nagoya, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C04B 3/510 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C04B 3/510 ;
Abstract
A process is disclosed for producing a corrosion-resistant ceramic member, which process includes the steps of preparing a sintered body made of a ceramic material containing at least aluminum, immersing the ceramic sintered body in hydrofluoric acid, and forming a film of aluminum fluoride at a surface layer portion of the ceramic sintered body by heating the ceramic sintered body.