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- Nachgewiesen in: USPTO Patent Applications
- Sprachen: English
- Document Number: 20230366064
- Publication Date: November 16, 2023
- Appl. No: 18/028820
- Application Filed: October 01, 2021
- Claim: 1-44. (canceled)
- Claim: 45. A platinum alloy composition consisting, in weight percent, of: 0.0 to 10.0 gold, 0.0 to 5.0 cobalt, 0.0 to 10.0 copper, 0.0 to 7.0 iron, 0.0 to 4.0 gallium, 0.0 to 3.0 indium, 0.0 to 5.0 iridium, 0.0 to 10.0 manganese, 0.0 to 7.0 nickel, 0.0 to 15.0 palladium, 0.0 to 5.0 rhenium, 0.0 to 5.0 rhodium, 0.0 to 10.0 ruthenium, 0.0 to 3.0 tin, 85.0 or more platinum and incidental impurities, wherein two or more of gallium, indium and tin are present in an amount of 0.1 or more, wherein the following equation is satisfied in which WCo, WCu, WFe, WGa, WIn, WNi, WPd, WSn, WRh, WIr, WAu, WRu, WRe and WMn are the weight percent of cobalt, copper, iron, gallium, indium, nickel, palladium, tin, rhodium, iridium, gold, ruthenium, rhenium, and manganese in the alloy respectively 60+WPd*2.5+WRh*3.4+WIr*6.455+WAu*11.93+WRu*13.241+WCu*14.328+WRe*16.6+WNi*16.9+WMn*18.48+WCo*18.69+WFe*21.879+WIn*29+WSn*28.207+WGa*42.379≥150 and wherein one of the following conditions is satisfied in which WCo, WCu, WFe, WGa, WIn, WNi, WPd, WSn, WMn, WRu, WIr, WRh, WAu, WPt and WRe are the weight percent of cobalt, copper, iron, gallium, indium, nickel, palladium, tin, manganese, ruthenium, iridium, rhodium, gold, platinum and rhenium in the alloy respectively −0.1028*WCo−0.1201*WCu−0.2113*WFe−0.3368*WGa−0.1125*WIn−0.1639*WNi−0.015*WPd−0.1959*WSn+17.276261−0.20*WMn+0.0678*WRu+0.035*WIr+0.045*WRh−0.059*WAu+0.066*WRe≤16.0 when WPt<95.0 and −0.1028*WCo−0.1201*WCu−0.2113*WFe−0.3368*WGa−0.1125*WIn−0.1639*WNi−0.015*WPd−0.1959*WSn+17.276261−0.20*WMn+0.0678*WRu+0.035*WIr+0.045*WRh−0.059*WAu+0.066*WRe≤16.6 when WPt≥95.0 and wherein the following equations are satisfied in which WCo, WCu, WFe, WGa, WIn, WNi, WPd, WSn, and WAu are the weight percent of cobalt, copper, iron, gallium, indium, nickel, palladium, tin, and gold in the alloy 0.35WAu+0.6WSn+0.6WIn+WGa≤3.75 WCo+WPd+WFe+NNi+WCu≥1.0 WSn+WInWGa≥0.25.
- Claim: 46. The platinum alloy composition of claim 45, consisting, in weight percent, of 5.0 or less nickel, preferably 4.0 or less nickel.
- Claim: 47. The platinum alloy composition of claim 45, wherein the following equation is satisfied in which WGa, WIn, and WSn are the weight percent of gallium, indium, and tin in the alloy WSn+WIn+WGa≥0.4.
- Claim: 48. The platinum alloy composition of claim 45, consisting, in weight percent, of 2.5 or less indium, preferably 2.0 or less indium, preferably 1.0 or less indium.
- Claim: 49. The platinum alloy composition of claim 45, consisting, in weight percent, of 2.5 or less tin, preferably 2.0 or less tin, more preferably 1.0 or less tin.
- Claim: 50. The platinum alloy composition of claim 45, wherein the alloy composition has a solidification range of 200° C. or less, preferably wherein the alloy composition has a solidification range of 150° C. or less, more preferably wherein the alloy composition has a solidification range of 125° C. or less, more preferably wherein the alloy composition has a solidification range of 100° C. or less, even more preferably wherein the alloy composition has a solidification range of 75° C. or less, most preferably wherein the alloy composition has a solidification range of 50° C. or less.
- Claim: 51. The platinum alloy composition of claim 45, wherein the following equation is satisfied in which WCo, WFe, WNi, and WPd are the weight percent of cobalt, iron, nickel, and palladium in the alloy respectively (WCo+WPd)/11+(WFe+WNi)/2.2≥1.0
- Claim: 52. The platinum alloy composition of claim 45, consisting, in weight percent, of 2.0 or less gallium, preferably 1.5 or less gallium.
- Claim: 53. The platinum alloy composition of claim 45, wherein the following equation is satisfied in which WIr and WRu are the weight percent of iridium and ruthenium in the alloy respectively 2.5WIr+3.0WRu≤7.5
- Claim: 54. The platinum alloy composition of claim 45, wherein at least two, preferably at least three, elements selected from the following list are present: gold, cobalt, copper, iron, gallium, indium, iridium, manganese, nickel, palladium, rhenium, rhodium, ruthenium, tin.
- Claim: 55. The platinum alloy composition of claim 45, wherein the following equation is satisfied in which WCo, WCu, WFe, WNi, and WPd are the weight percent of cobalt, copper, iron, nickel and palladium in the alloy WCo+WPd+WFe+WNi+WCu≥2.0.
- Claim: 56. The platinum alloy composition of claim 45, wherein the following equation is satisfied in which WCo, WFe, and WNi, are the weight percent of cobalt, iron, and nickel in the alloy 3.0≤WCo+WFe+WNi≤4.5.
- Claim: 57. The platinum alloy composition of claim 45, wherein the following equation is satisfied in which WGa, WIn, and WSn, are the weight percent of gallium, indium and tin in the alloy 0.4≤WGa+WIn+WSn≤2.2.
- Claim: 58. The platinum alloy composition of claim 45, wherein the two or more of gallium, indium and tin are indium and gallium and the following equation is satisfied in which WGa and WIn, are the weight percent of gallium and indium in the alloy 0.5WIn≤WGa≤1.5WIn.
- Claim: 59. The platinum alloy composition of claim 45, wherein the two or more of gallium, indium and tin are tin and gallium and the following equation is satisfied in which WGa and WSn, are the weight percent of gallium and tin in the alloy 0.5WSn≤WGa≤1.5WSn
- Claim: 60. The platinum alloy composition claim 45, wherein the two or more of gallium, indium and tin are indium and tin and the following equation is satisfied in which WIn, and WSn, are the weight percent of indium and tin in the alloy 0.5WIn≤WSn≤1.5WIn
- Claim: 61. The platinum alloy composition claim 45, wherein the two or more of gallium, indium and tin are indium, tin and gallium and the following equations are satisfied in which WGa, WIn, and WSn, are the weight percent of gallium, indium and tin in the alloy 0.3WIn≤WGa≤1.3WIn 0.3WSn≤WGa≤1.3WSn 0.3WIn≤WSn≤1.3WIn
- Claim: 62. The platinum alloy composition of claim 45, consisting of platinum, indium, nickel and tin.
- Claim: 63. The platinum alloy composition of claim 45, consisting, in weight percent, of 0.5 or more indium.
- Claim: 64. A platinum alloy composition consisting, in weight percent, of about 0.653 indium, about 3.405 nickel and about 0.654 tin, with the remainder being platinum and incidental impurities.
- Current International Class: 22
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