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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:
Apr. 29, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Akira Kubo, Stevenson Ranch, CA (US);
Assignee:
SGL Technic, Inc., Valencia, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 9/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 9/00 ;
Abstract
An article of manufacture including a graphite sheet having a texturized surface. The article of manufacture comprises, in one embodiment, about 90 to 99 percent vermicular graphite and about 1 to 10 percent of a filler (e.g., talc or mica). The article of manufacture may also include an insert in the form of a sheet of, for example, stainless steel, polyester film, or fiberglass fabric. Also, a method including combining an article having a surface texture with a graphite sheet, and imparting the surface texture to a surface of the graphite sheet.