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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:
Oct. 09, 2001
Filed:
May. 24, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mary Helen McCay, Monteagle, TN (US);
T. Dwayne McCay, Monteagle, TN (US);
John A. Hopkins, Tullahoma, TN (US);
Narendra B. Dahotre, Tullahoma, TN (US);
Frederick A. Schwartz, Woodbury, TN (US);
John Brice Bible, South Pittsburg, TN (US);
Assignee:
The University of Tennessee Research Corporation, Knoxville, TN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 1/422 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 1/422 ;
Abstract
This invention is directed toward a method for enhancing the wear resistance of an aluminum cylinder bore comprising laser alloying of the cylinder bore with selected precursors. The present invention is particularly well suited for enhancing the wear resistance caused by corrosion in an aluminum block engine comprising aluminum cylinder bores.