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Annular diamond bodies
Assignee: Diamond Innovations Inc
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Filing: 1994-09-23
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Granted: 1996-09-03
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Expires: 2014-09-23
Abstract
Abstract An annular body, which may be a die for drawing wire, comprises an annular transparent CVD diamond body having an opening of uniform diameter with an interior surface in a region of smaller diamond grains and an external surface in a region of larger diamond grains.
Inventors
- 👤 Thomas R. Anthony
- 👤 Friedel S. Knemeyer
- 👤 Bradley E. Williams
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-26 21:24
CPC Classifications
B; B21; B21C; B21C3/00; B21C3/02; B21C3/025
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 30
Claim 1
Independent Claim
96 words
An annular body comprising a transparent CVD diamond body having an opening of uniform diameter, the opening establishing an interior surface in the annular body and with said interior surface in a region of smaller diamond grains and an external surface defined by a periphery of the annular body and having a region of larger diamond grains, wherein said opening extends entirely through said body along an axial direction, said body including diamond grains having a, 110 orientation extending substantially radially to the axial direction so that the grains do not extend parallel to one another.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
96 words
An annular body comprising a transparent CVD diamond body having an opening of uniform diameter, the opening establishing an interior surface in the annular body and with said interior surface in a region of smaller diamond grains and an external surface defined by a periphery of the annular body and having a region of larger diamond grains, wherein said opening extends entirely through said body along an axial direction, said body including diamond grains having a, 110 orientation extending substantially radially to the axial direction so that the grains do not extend parallel to one another.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
19 words
An annular body in accordance with claim 1 wherein said interior surface corresponds to an initial diamond growth surface.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
52 words
An annular body in accordance with claim 1 for drawing wire wherein said opening comprises a wire bearing portion of substantially circular cross-section determinative of the diameter of the wire being positioned in said region of smaller and said wire bearing portion comprises a straight bore section having a circular cross section.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
36 words
An annular body in accordance with claim 3 wherein said opening tapers outwardly in one direction from said straight bore section toward said first surface and tapers outwardly in the opposite direction toward said second surface.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
39 words
An annular body in accordance with claim 4 wherein said outward taper in said one direction forms a exit taper for the wire and said outward taper in the other direction toward said second surface forms an entrance taper.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
24 words
An annular body in accordance with claim 5 wherein said entrance taper extends for a greater distance along the axial direction than exit taper.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
24 words
An annular body in accordance with claim 4 wherein said body has a thickness as measured along the axial direction of about 0.3-10 millimeters.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
46 words
An annular body in accordance with claim 4 wherein said diamond is grown by chemical vapor deposition on a substrate by a filament process, Selected from the group consisting of Si, C (graphite), Ge, Mo, Nb, V, Ta, W, Ti, Zr or Hf or alloys thereof.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
30 words
An annular body in accordance with claim 4 wherein said diamond comprises a film of substantially transparent columns of diamond crystals having a <110> orientation normal to the axial direction.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
31 words
An annular body in accordance with claim 4 wherein said diamond said opposing surfaces have been planarized by mechanical lapping and/or chemical, laser, or ion finishing to the desired surface finish.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
33 words
An annular body in accordance with claim 1 wherein said diamond body comprises a plurality of diamond grains and said opening has a wire bearing portion substantially within a plurality of diamond grains.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
19 words
An annular body in accordance with claim 11 wherein said interior surface corresponds to an initial diamond growth surface.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
23 words
An annular body in accordance with claim 12 wherein said wire bearing portion comprises a straight bore section having a circular cross section.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
36 words
An annular body in accordance with claim 13 wherein said opening tapers outwardly in one direction from said straight bore section toward said first surface and tapers outwardly in the opposite direction toward said second surface.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
39 words
An annular body in accordance with claim 14 wherein said outward taper in said one direction forms an exit taper for the wire and said outward taper in the other direction toward said second surface forms an entrance taper.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
43 words
An annular body in accordance with claim 1 wherein process for making the film is made by passing a mixture of gases over a filament for an appropriate length of time to build up the thickness of said substrate to a desired thickness.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
20 words
An annular body in accordance with claim 1 wherein said body has a thermal conductivity greater than about 4 watts/cm-K.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
25 words
An annular body in accordance with claim 1 wherein said body is non-opaque and contains hydrogen and oxygen greater than about 1 part per million.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
28 words
An annular body in accordance with claim 1 wherein said body preferably contains less than one part per million of catalyst material, such as iron, nickel, or cobalt.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
35 words
An annular body in accordance with claim 1 wherein said body contains greater than 10 parts per billion and less than 10 parts per million of Nb, V, Ta, Mo, W, Ti, Zr or Hf.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
27 words
An annular body in accordance with claim 1 wherein said body comprises more than one part per million of a halogen, i.e. fluorine, chlorine, bromine, or iodine.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
15 words
An annular body in accordance with claim 1 which has a single centrally positioned opening.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
33 words
An annular body in accordance with claim 1 wherein the diamond body or any part thereof is mounted in or attached to a fixture which is suitable for the support of the die.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
24 words
An annular body in accordance with claim 1 wherein the diamond has an electrical resistivity less than 1000 ohms per centimeter at room temperature.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
24 words
An annular body in accordance with claim 1 wherein the diamond has an electrical resistivity greater than 1,000,000 ohms per centimeter at room temperature.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
26 words
An annular body in accordance with claim 1 which has no voids greater than 10 microns in diameter, or inclusions of another material or carbon phase.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
20 words
An annular body in accordance with claim 1 which has a thermal conductivity of more than 4 watts per centimeter-Kelvin.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
22 words
An annular body in accordance with claim 1 formed from a diamond layer deposited by microwave, plasma, flame or dc jet process.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
13 words
An annular body in accordance with claim 1 having saturated dangling carbon atoms.
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