.~ Component of composite having metal continuous phase interengaged with nonmetal continuous phase
DEFINITION
Classification: 428/545
(under subclass 544) Subject matter directed to composite (e.g., multilayer) material in which a component (e.g., a single layer) has a continuum (matrix or continuous phase) of elemental metal and also a continuum of nonfluent nonmetal interengaged or interenmeshed with the metal continuum.
(1) Note. To be included within the definition of interengaged, the two phases must be related in an interlaced, reticulated, interwoven, etc., fashion.
(2) Note. A mere dispersion of particles in a matrix does not come within the purview of this subclass.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
539.5, for noncomposite (e.g., single layer) stock-material* having a metal continuum interengaged with a solid nonmetal continuum.
548+, for composite metallic stock which contains metal particles.
615+, for composite metallic stock in general. SEE OR SEARCH CLASS
75, Specialized Metallurgical Processes, Compositions for Use Therein, Consolidated Metal Powder Compositions, and Loose
Metal Particulate Mixtures,
230+, for a consolidated metal particle composition containing nonmetal.
200, Electricity: Circuit Makers and Breakers,
264, for a contact comprising an infiltrated porous substance.
419, Powder Metallurgy Processes,
28, for processes of mechanically working particulate metal subsequent to sintering.
442, Fabric (Woven, Knitted, or Nonwoven Textile or Cloth, etc.),
228+, and 376+ for a fabric including a free metal or alloy constituent.
