US Patent Issued to SUMITOMO ELECTRIC SINTERED ALLOY on Dec. 9 for "Sintered member, and method for manufacturing sintered member" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,455, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to SUMITOMO ELECTRIC SINTERED ALLOY LTD. (Okayama, Japan).

"Sintered member, and method for manufacturing sintered member" was invented by Chihiro Takenaka (Okayama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sintered member including Fe as a main component thereof, includes a composition including Ni, Cr, Mo, and C, and a remainder including Fe and inevitable impurities, and a mixed-phase composition including a martensite phase and a residual austenite phase, wherein a Ni-content occupying the sintered member is larger than 2 mass % and less than or equal to 6 mass %, when a total content of elements ...