Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
134 words
A brazing filler for use in bonding a ceramic to one of a metal, glass or ceramic, said brazing filler comprising one of a low thermal expansion metal layer, a low Young's modulus metal layer and a combination low thermal expansion metal layer and a low Young's modulus metal layer, in combination with a filler consisting of one of an Ag layer, Cu layer, Ag-Cu alloy layer, and a combination of Ag and Cu layers, and an adjacent Ti layer, the Ti content being in the range of 3 to 80% of the total weight of said brazing filler, one of said low thermal expansion metal layer and said low Young's modulus metal layer being adjacent to and integral with any one of said Ag layer, Cu layer, Ag-Cu alloy layer and Ti layer.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
134 words
A brazing filler for use in bonding a ceramic to one of a metal, glass or ceramic, said brazing filler comprising one of a low thermal expansion metal layer, a low Young's modulus metal layer and a combination low thermal expansion metal layer and a low Young's modulus metal layer, in combination with a filler consisting of one of an Ag layer, Cu layer, Ag-Cu alloy layer, and a combination of Ag and Cu layers, and an adjacent Ti layer, the Ti content being in the range of 3 to 80% of the total weight of said brazing filler, one of said low thermal expansion metal layer and said low Young's modulus metal layer being adjacent to and integral with any one of said Ag layer, Cu layer, Ag-Cu alloy layer and Ti layer.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
186 words
A composite prepared by the following steps: placing between a ceramic and one of a metal, glass and ceramic a brazing filler comprising one of a low thermal expansion metal layer, a low Young's modulus metal layer, and a combination low thermal expansion metal layer and a low Young's modulus metal layer, and a filler consisting of one of an Ag layer, a Cu layer, Ag-Cu alloy layer, and a combination of Ag and Cu layers, and an adjacent Ti layer, the Ti content being in the range of 3 to 80% of the total weight of said brazing filler, said ceramic being in contact with one of said Ag layer, Cu layer, Ag-Cu alloy layer, combination of Ag and Cu layers and Ti layer, said one of said low thermal expansion metal layer, low Young's modulus metal layer and said combination low thermal expansion layer and low Young's modulus metal layer being adjacent to and integral with one of said Ag layer, Cu layer, Ag-Cu alloy layer, combination of Ag and Cu layers and Ti layer that is not in contact with said ceramic; and
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
186 words
A composite prepared by the following steps: placing between a ceramic and one of a metal, glass and ceramic a brazing filler comprising one of a low thermal expansion metal layer, a low Young's modulus metal layer, and a combination low thermal expansion metal layer and a low Young's modulus metal layer, and a filler consisting of one of an Ag layer, a Cu layer, Ag-Cu alloy layer, and a combination of Ag and Cu layers, and an adjacent Ti layer, the Ti content being in the range of 3 to 80% of the total weight of said brazing filler, said ceramic being in contact with one of said Ag layer, Cu layer, Ag-Cu alloy layer, combination of Ag and Cu layers and Ti layer, said one of said low thermal expansion metal layer, low Young's modulus metal layer and said combination low thermal expansion layer and low Young's modulus metal layer being adjacent to and integral with one of said Ag layer, Cu layer, Ag-Cu alloy layer, combination of Ag and Cu layers and Ti layer that is not in contact with said ceramic; and
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
21 words
heating the assembly in a nonoxidizing atmospshere to bond said ceramic either to said one of said metal, glass and ceramic.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
21 words
heating the assembly in a nonoxidizing atmospshere to bond said ceramic either to said one of said metal, glass and ceramic.