Metal founding – Process – Shaping liquid metal against a forming surface
Reexamination Certificate
2004-01-20
2009-11-24
Lin, Kuang (Department: 1793)
Metal founding
Process
Shaping liquid metal against a forming surface
C148S403000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07621314
ABSTRACT:
Metallic foams comprising high viscosity materials and apparatuses and methods of manufacturing such foams, and more particularly methods for controllably manufacturing metallic foams from bulk-solidifying amorphous alloys are provided.
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Demetriou Marios D.
Johnson William L.
Schroers Jan
Veazey Christopher Thomas
California Institute of Technology
Kauth, Pomeroy, Peck & Bailey LLP
Lin Kuang
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