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US 2006/0137333 A1Published application
Exhaust manifold comprising aluminide
AssigneeUmicore AG & Co. KG
InventorsWilliam LaBarge, Conrad Anderson, Joachim Kupe
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Abstract
In one embodiment, the exhaust manifold can comprise: an exhaust conduit having an inner surface, and an aluminide layer disposed on at least a portion of the inner surface of the manifold. In one embodiment, the method for making the exhaust manifold can comprise oxidizing aluminum on an inner surface of the manifold to form the aluminide layer.
Claims24
An exhaust manifold, comprising:
- an exhaust conduit having an inner surface;
- and
- an aluminide layer disposed on at least a portion of the inner surface of the manifold.
A method for making an exhaust manifold having an aluminide layer, comprising:
- oxidizing aluminum on an inner surface of the manifold to form the aluminide layer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.