US Patent Issued to A.L.M.T. on April 1 for "Composite material" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,264,384, issued on April 1, was assigned to A.L.M.T. CORP. (Tokyo).

"Composite material" was invented by Isao Iwayama (Osaka, Japan), Ryota Matsugi (Osaka, Japan) and Takahiro Nishimizu (Sakata, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composite material contains a metallic phase, a non-metallic phase and a specific element. At least 90 mass % of the metallic phase is composed of at least one selected from the group consisting of Ag and Cu. The non-metallic phase includes a coated core material. The coated core material includes a core material and a carbide layer that covers at least a part of a surface of the core material. The core mate...