Internal Gradient Materials, Implements and Methods
AssigneeVerd Steel, Inc.
InventorCorey W. RADTKE
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Abstract
An implement including a first plate and a second plate, each plate having a contact surface which abuts a contact surface of the other plate to establish an interface plane, and a gradient of at least one additive that is more concentrated at the interface plane and less concentrated in decreasing amounts progressing away from the interface plane and the contact surface for each plate, wherein the at least one additive alters at least one property of each plate. Materials with internal gradients and methods of making same.
Claims13
An implement comprising a first plate and a second plate, each plate having a contact surface which abuts a contact surface of the other plate to establish an interface plane, and a gradient of at least one additive that is more concentrated at the interface plane and less concentrated in decreasing amounts progressing away from the interface plane and the contact surface for each plate, wherein the at least one additive alters at least one property of each plate.
A method of making an implement comprising:
- selecting a first plate and a second plate, each plate having a contact surface;
- placing at least one additive on at least one of the contact surfaces;
- bringing the contact surfaces together;
- applying pressure to force the first plate and the second plate against each other;
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- applying at least one type of energy to the first plate and the second plate to fuse the plates together and to establish an interface plane at the contact surfaces with a gradient of the at least one additive that is more concentrated at the interface plane and less concentrated in decreasing amounts progressing away from the interface plane and the contact surface for each plate, wherein the at least one additive alters at least one property of each plate.
A material formed to have an internal gradient, the material comprising a first portion and a second portion, each portion having a contact surface which abuts a contact surface of the other portion to establish an interface plane, and a gradient of at least one additive that is more concentrated at the interface plane and less concentrated in decreasing amounts progressing away from the interface plane and the contact surface for each portion, wherein the at least one additive alters at least one property of each portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.