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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:
Sep. 28, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Franz Josef Feikus, Bonn, DE;
Assignee:
VAW Aluminium AG, Bonn, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 2/634 ; F02F 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 2/634 ; F02F 1/00 ;
Abstract
The present invention includes a light metal cylinder block comprising a cylinder running face which is coated with silicon. The invention also includes a method by which the silicon is applied to the running face comprising melting powder metal silicon, which is fired at the face in a powdered metal beam, under heat of a laser which is fired at the running face at the point of impact of the powdered beam. Furthermore, the invention includes a device with which the cylinder block may be manufactured.