Patents Examined by Adam Krupicka
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Patent number: 11826980Abstract: A metal substrate provided with a surface texture wherein the Maximum Zero Normalised Auto Correlation (MZNAC) of the surface texture is in the range of 0.2-0.8, as well as a method to apply such surface textures on a metal substrate.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2020Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: TATA STEEL NEDERLAND TECHNOLOGY B.V.Inventors: Pieter Baart, Derk Jan Wentink
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Patent number: 11826857Abstract: This steel sheet is a steel sheet (100) formed by causing end surfaces of a first sheet material (111) and a second sheet material (113) to abut each other in an in-plane direction and welding the first sheet material (111) and the second sheet material (113) via a strip-shaped welded part (115), and in which a softened part (120) that is softened more than other parts in the welded part (115) is formed in at least a part of the welded part (115), and on a first end surface of the steel sheet in which an end part of the welded part (115) in a longitudinal direction is formed, a region in which the softened part (120) is not formed is provided in at least a part of the end part of the welded part (115) in the longitudinal direction, and a maximum value of a depth of the softened part (120) in a sheet thickness direction is, as a ratio to a sheet thickness of the steel sheet (100), 50% or less.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2020Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Takashi Yasutomi, Yasuhiro Ito
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Patent number: 11820100Abstract: A laminated metallic structure includes preformed metallic sheets of graduated three-dimensional sizes. The preformed metallic sheets have a three-dimensional shape and are nested together to form a preform. The preformed metallic sheets in the preform are bonded together to form a three-dimensional body, having a near-net three-dimensional shape.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2021Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Kenneth H. Griess, Gary E. Georgeson
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Patent number: 11810710Abstract: A method for producing a sintered R-T-B based magnet includes: preparing a sintered R-T-B based magnet work (R is a rare-earth element; and T is at least one selected from the group consisting of Fe, Co, Al, Mn and Si, and contains Fe with no exception); preparing an RL-RH-B-M based alloy; and a diffusion step of performing heat treatment while at least a portion of the RL-RH-B-M based alloy is attached to at least a portion of a surface of the sintered R-T-B based magnet work. In the RL-RH-B-M based alloy, the content of RL is 50 mass % or higher and 95 mass % or lower, the content of RH is 45 mass % or lower (including 0 mass %), the content of B is 0.1 mass % or higher and 3.0 mass % is lower; and the content of M is 4 mass % or higher and 49.9 mass % or lower.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2022Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: PROTERIAL, LTD.Inventor: Noriyuki Nozawa
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Patent number: 11802661Abstract: The present disclosure provides a composite structure, including first and second structure layers which are opposite to each other and adjustment bodies. The first structure layer includes first structure bodies. The second structure layer includes second structure bodies. The first structure bodies and the second structure bodies are staggered. First connecting portions protruding toward the second structure layer are provided at predetermined positions on the first structure bodies where the first structure bodies are staggered relative to the second structure bodies, and second connecting portions protruding toward the first structure layer are provided at predetermined positions on the second structure bodies where the second structure bodies are staggered relative to the first structure bodies, and the first connecting portions and the second connection portions are staggered.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2020Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignees: Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Yanxin Wang, Heecheol Kim
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Patent number: 11804313Abstract: Provided is silver powder including silver particles having closed pores inside the particles, wherein when cross sections of the silver particles are observed at a magnification of 10,000, an average of numbers of the pores having Heywood diameters of 200 nm or greater relative to an area of the cross sections is 0.01 pores/?m2 or less, and wherein when the cross sections of the silver particles are observed at a magnification of 40,000, an average of numbers of the pores having Heywood diameters of 10 nm or greater but less than 30 nm relative to the area of the cross sections is 25 pores/?m2 or more.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2019Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: Dowa Electronics Materials Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masanori Fujii, Yuma Higashi
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Patent number: 11801501Abstract: Provided are a composite in which metal nanoparticles are evenly dispersed and adsorbed to pores of a support, and a method of preparing the same. An amorphous nanostructure formed of inorganic polymers having a transition metal and a halogen element as a main chain via hydrogen bonding is used as a chemical template for forming the metal nanoparticles. The formed metal nanoparticles are evenly dispersed and adsorbed to the support with pores.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2019Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYInventors: Ka Hyun Hur, Min Seok Kim
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Patent number: 11794280Abstract: A hot formed joined blank includes a first metal blank having an ultimate tensile strength of ?about 1300 MPa to ?about 2000 MPa and defining a first surface, a second metal blank having an ultimate tensile strength of ?about 400 MPa to ?about 1200 MPa and defining a second coated surface having a coating disposed thereon. The coating includes aluminum and silicon or in alternative variations, zinc. A third surface of the second metal blank is joined to the first surface of the first metal blank to form the hot formed joined blank. A weld nugget is disposed along a boundary between the first and second metal blanks that is configured to join the first and second metal blanks, where the weld nugget optionally includes less than or equal to about 1.5 weight percent aluminum or a microstructure comprising austenite and delta-ferrite.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2022Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Mingfeng Shi, Sarah Tedesco, Qi Lu, Jason J. Coryell, Jianfeng Wang
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Patent number: 11795520Abstract: A hot-pressed member having excellent bending collapsibility, a method for manufacturing the same, and a method for manufacturing a steel sheet for the hot-pressed member. The hot-pressed member includes a steel sheet as a base material, the steel sheet having a specified chemical composition. The hot-pressed member has a microstructure in which a martensite microstructure is present in a volume fraction of 70% or greater, and a number density of inclusions having a longest diameter of 25 ?m or greater is 0.02/mm2 or less. The hot-pressed member has a tensile strength of 1.8 GPa or greater.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2019Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Shimpei Yoshioka, Yoshihiko Ono, Katsutoshi Takashima, Takayuki Futatsuka, Kentaro Sato
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Patent number: 11795671Abstract: Provided is a faucet fixture to which antifouling functionality is imparted without causing localized corrosion. The present invention is a faucet fixture comprising a metal base material and a plating layer partially formed on the surface of the metal base material. The metal base material contains at least one metal element species selected from the group consisting of copper, zinc, and tin. The plating layer contains at least one metal element species selected from the group consisting of chromium and nickel. An organic layer is further provided on the plating layer, with a passive layer present on the surface of the plating layer being interposed therebetween. The organic layer is bonded to the passive layer via the bonding of a metal element (M), which constitutes the passive layer, and a phosphorus atom (P) in at least one type of group (X) selected from the group consisting of phosphonate groups, phosphate groups, and phosphinate groups, with an oxygen atom (O) interposed therebetween (M-O—P bond).Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2021Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: TOTO LTD.Inventors: Saori Ukigai, Ryojiro Hijikata, Ryo Koga
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Patent number: 11788176Abstract: A steel for manufacturing a component by hot forming after austenization includes in weight % less than or equal to 0.2%, carbon (C), less than or equal to 3.5% silicon (Si), 1.5-16.0% manganese (Mn), 8.0-14.0% chromium (Cr), less than or equal to 6.0% nickel (Ni), less than or equal to 1.0% nitrogen (N), less than or equal to 1.2% niobium (Nb) linked to the formula Nb=4x(C+N), less than or equal to 1.2% titanium (Ti) so that Ti=4x(C+N)+0.15, and optionally less than or equal to 2.0% molybdenum (Mo), less than or equal to 0.15% vanadium (V), less than or equal to 2.0% copper (Cu), less than 0.2% aluminum (Al), less than or equal to 0.05% boron (B), the rest being iron and evitable impurities.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2018Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: OUTOKUMPU OYJInventors: Jasminko Skrlec, Stefan Lindner
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Patent number: 11772043Abstract: A metal lattice for a carbon dioxide scrubber includes a metal lattice body defining a plurality of intersecting ligaments, wherein nodes are formed at intersections of the plurality of intersecting ligaments, wherein a node density of the metal lattice body varies.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2021Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand CorporationInventors: Matthew E. Lynch, Thomas P. Filburn, Tahany Ibrahim El-Wardany, Peter J. Walsh
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Patent number: 11766743Abstract: A frame as a multi-layer steel plate is a multi-layer steel plate including a plurality of steel plates being stacked, outer peripheries of which have a plurality of sides, in which positions of the plurality of sides of the plurality of steel plates include portions located at identical positions in plan view, the plurality of steel plates are fixed to each other by welding at the plurality of sides located at the identical positions in plan view, and among the plurality of steel plates, at least one of the steel plates is processed into a shape different from a shape of other steel plates.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2019Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Yosaku Tamura
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Patent number: 11759883Abstract: A friction stir welded assembly includes a first workpiece having an interior portion with opposed interior walls, a second workpiece having an interior portion with opposed interior walls, and an insert positioned within the interior portion of the first workpiece and the interior portion of the second workpiece. The insert extends between and abuts at least one of the opposed interior walls of the first workpiece and the opposed interior walls of the second workpiece and a friction stir weld is between the first workpiece to the second workpiece. A joining end of the first workpiece and a joining end of the second workpiece form a butt joint or a lap joint between the first and second workpieces, and the friction stir weld is a butt weld or a lap weld, respectively, between the first and second workpieces.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2020Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Harvey Krage, Gerald J. Heath, David Anthony Wagner
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Patent number: 11759821Abstract: Porous solid members are provided that include, disposed on at least a portion of the internal surfaces of a plurality of channels thereof, a plurality of superhydrophobic particles. These particles inhibit ingress of water or other aqueous fluids into the internal spaces of the porous solid member, reducing the occurrence of corrosion, biological growth, or other unwanted effects of fluids present in the internal spaces. The porous solid member could be fabricated using 3D printing methods, e.g., the member could be a 3D printed aluminum or other metal(s). The plurality of superhydrophobic particles can be disposed on the internal surfaces of the channels within the porous solid member via a number of processes, e.g., by delivering the particles into the channels while disposed in a payload fluid that later evaporates.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2020Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: Waymo LLCInventor: John Simpson
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Patent number: 11751709Abstract: An apparatus is provided including a base, a main trunk body coupled to the base, and a plurality of branches coupled to the main trunk body. The apparatus includes a plurality of scent component devices coupled to the main trunk body or the plurality of branches, where the plurality of scent component devices are disposed in receiving portions of the main trunk body or the plurality of branches. Further, each scent component device may be inserted into the receiving portions of the main trunk body or the branches, where the scent component device is configured to receive one or more scent modules including a scent material. When the scent component device is activated, the scent component device releases or diffuses a distinct scent using the scent material into an area that the apparatus is disposed.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2021Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Inventors: Stella In, Hyunjeung In
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Patent number: 11749431Abstract: This electrical steel sheet includes a base steel sheet, a first insulation coating formed on a first surface of the base steel sheet and having adhesiveness, and a second insulation coating formed on a second surface of the base steel sheet which is a back surface to the first surface and having adhesiveness, in which an average pencil hardness of the first insulation coating is HB or higher and 3 H or lower, and an average pencil hardness of the second insulation coating is higher than the average pencil hardness of the first insulation coating.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2021Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Ichiro Tanaka, Kazutoshi Takeda, Minako Fukuchi, Shinsuke Takatani, Shuichi Yamazaki
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Patent number: 11738600Abstract: The steel wire for the steel cord of the present invention includes a plating layer of Cu-M-Zn (M is one or two elements of Co, Ni, Cr, Mo, Al, In, or Sn) and has a concentration gradient in which the M content ratio in a region from the surface to ¼ of the plating layer is 40% or more compared with the M content ratio in the entire region of the plating layer, and the steel cord for rubber reinforcement is obtained by a manufacturing method comprising: performing sequential plating on a surface of a steel wire in the order of Cu?M?Zn; performing a primary diffusion, for concentration gradient of M, by subjecting the sequentially plated steel wire to high-frequency induction heating using 1-500 MHz; and performing a secondary diffusion, following the primary diffusion, by medium-frequency induction heating using 10-500 KHz.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2019Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: Trefil Arbed Korea Co. LTDInventors: Pyeong Yeol Park, Hong Ki Kim, Dong Kil Lee, Sang Ho Kim
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Patent number: 11739425Abstract: An electronic device may include conductive structures having a visible-light-reflecting coating. The coating may include a seed layer, transition layers, a neutral-color base layer, and an uppermost layer that forms a single-layer interference film. The neutral-color base layer may be opaque to visible light. The interference film may include silicon and may have an absorption coefficient between 0 and 1. The interference film may include, for example, CrSiN or CrSiCN. The composition of the interference film, the thickness of the interference film, and/or the composition of the base layer may be selected to provide the coating with a desired color near the middle of the visible spectrum (e.g., at green wavelengths). The color may be relatively stable even if the thickness of the coating varies across its area.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2020Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Brian S. Tryon, Lijie Bao, Martin Melcher, Sonja R. Postak
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Patent number: 11738246Abstract: Provided is a golf shaft, capable of ensuring peeling resistance of a colored layer to endure a bending process and the like. The golf shaft has a metal element tube, and a colored plating layer being a colored layer formed on a surface of the element tube, wherein the colored plating layer has a first strike plating layer on the element tube side, a satin-like plating layer layered on a surface of the first strike plating layer, a second strike plating layer layered on a surface of the satin-like plating layer, and a decorative plating layer layered on a surface of the second strike plating layer and colored according to a color of the colored plating layer.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2021Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: NHK Spring Co., Ltd.Inventor: Akihisa Inoue