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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:
Jan. 21, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 02, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
William J. Baxter, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Assignee:
General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 1/504 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 1/504 ;
Abstract
A metal matrix composite and method of making same wherein a metallic matrix includes fibrous reinforcements and non-fibrous pest particles that have shell walls controlled thick enough to improve fatigue properties of the composite.