Patents Examined by Alexandra M Moore
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Patent number: 11905416Abstract: Described herein is a polymerized biorenewable, previously modified, or functionalized oil, comprising a polymeric distribution having about 2 to 80 wt % oligomer content, a polydispersity index ranging from about 1.30 to about 2.20, and sulfur content ranging from 0.001 wt % to about 8 wt %. Methods of manufacturing the polymerized oil as well as its incorporation into asphalt paving, roofing, and coating applications are also described.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2018Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: CARGILL, INCORPORATEDInventors: Todd L. Kurth, Scott Nivens, Christopher Patrick Stevermer, Hassan Ali Tabatabaee
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Patent number: 11898014Abstract: The current invention concerns composition comprising bitumen, one or more plasticity modifying agent(s), and lignin, as well as methods and uses related to such compositions. In particular, compositions are disclosed with improved properties, such as mixing properties.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2016Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: Inbicon A/SInventors: Duy Michael Le, Mia Frosch Mogensbæk Foverskov
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Patent number: 11898039Abstract: Presented is a method of improving the incorporation of recycled bituminous products by using at least one surfactant as an alternative to the known rejuvenating oils, for the preparation of asphalt mixes containing recycled bituminous products. The use of such alternative surfactant(s) results in better mechanical properties of the asphalt mix, while using smaller amounts of fresh bitumen and greater amounts of recycled bituminous products.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2018Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: ARKEMA FRANCEInventors: Juan Antonio Gonzalez Leon, Gilles Barreto, Vincent Luca
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Patent number: 11898037Abstract: Disclosed herein are rejuvenating compositions for asphalt applications. In one aspect, the rejuvenating composition comprises a polymerized oil having a polymeric distribution ranging from about 2 to about 80 wt % oligomer content and Hildebrand solubility ranging from about 6 to about 12. In another aspect, the rejuvenating composition comprises an oil having a Hildebrand solubility ranging from about 6 to about 12 and a flash point ranging from about 100° C. to about 400° C. In yet another aspect, the rejuvenating composition comprises a modified oil having a Hildebrand solubility ranging from about 6 to about 12 and a flash point ranging from about 100° C. to about 400° C.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2018Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: CARGILL, INCORPORATEDInventors: Todd L. Kurth, Scott Nivens, Christopher Patrick Stevermer, Hassan Ali Tabatabaee
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Patent number: 11890677Abstract: An embodiment of the present disclosure is directed to a method of additive manufacturing. The method comprises: i) forming a first layer, the first layer comprising at least one material chosen from an article material, a support structure material and a fracturable material; ii) forming an additional layer on the first layer, the additional layer comprising at least one material chosen from the article material, the support structure material and the fracturable material; and iii) repeating ii) one or more times to form a three-dimensional build comprising an article and at least one support structure attached to the article at an interface, the interface comprising the fracturable material formed during one or more of i), ii) or iii), the fracturable material being formed by exposing a print material with a gas reactant. A three-dimensional build is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2021Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: XEROX CORPORATIONInventor: Daniel Bullard
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Patent number: 11883925Abstract: A polishing pad is equipped with a polishing layer having a polyurethane sheet, wherein a tan ? peak value change rate determined by formula: tan ? peak value change rate=|tan ? peakwet?tan ? peakdry|/tan ? peakdry×100, is not more than 15%, where tan ? peakwet represents the peak value of the loss tangent tan ?, of the polyurethane sheet in a wet state after being immersed in water for three days, within a temperature range of 20-100° C. in a tensile mode under an initial load of 148 g with a strain range of 0.1% at a measurement frequency of 1.6 Hz, and tan ? peakdry represents the peak value of the loss tangent tan ?, of the polyurethane sheet in a dry state without being immersed in water, within a temperature range of 20-100° C. in a tensile mode under an initial load of 148 g with a strain range of 0.1% at a measurement frequency of 1.6 Hz.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2019Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: FUJIBO HOLDINGS, INC.Inventors: Ryuma Matsuoka, Hiroshi Kurihara, Satsuki Narushima, Yamato Takamizawa
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Patent number: 11879062Abstract: A bituminous composition and a process for the preparation of bituminous mixes including at least one bitumen base, at least one compound of general formula Ar1-R1—Ar2 (I), and at least one compound of general formula R2—(NH)nCONH—X—(NHCO)p(NH)n—R?2 (II). The composition is used as road binder, notably for the preparation of bituminous mixes.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2019Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: TOTAL MARKETING SERVICESInventor: Régis Vincent
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Patent number: 11858045Abstract: Provided is a Fe-based sintered body which has both of a high hardness and a high thermal conductivity and which can be more stably produced. The Fe-based sintered body includes: a matrix (1) containing Fe as a main component; and a hard phase (4) dispersed in the matrix (1). The matrix (1) is formed in a network shape and contains ?Fe. The hard phase (4) contains TiC.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2019Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignees: Hiroshima University, Y-tec Corporation, keylex corporation, Mazda Motor CorporationInventors: Kazuhiro Matsugi, Yujiao Ke, Zhefeng Xu, Kenjiro Sugio, Yongbum Choi, Gen Sasaki, Hajime Suetsugu, Hiroki Kondo, Hideki Manabe, Kyotaro Yamane, Kenichi Hatakeyama, Keizo Kawasaki, Tsuyoshi Itaoka, Shinsaku Seno, Yasushi Tamura, Ichirou Ino, Yoshihide Hirao
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Patent number: 11857034Abstract: A titanium sintered body has an average crystal grain diameter on the surface of more than 30 ?m and 500 ?m or less, and a Vickers hardness on the surface of 300 or more and 800 or less. In the titanium sintered body, it is preferred that crystal structures on the surface have an average aspect ratio of 1 or more and 3 or less. Further, in the titanium sintered body, it is preferred that the oxygen content on the surface is 2000 ppm by mass or more and 5500 ppm by mass or less. Further, in the titanium sintered body, it is preferred that titanium is contained as a main component, and an ?-phase stabilizing element and a ?-phase stabilizing element are also present.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2018Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Inventor: Keisuke Itotsubo
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Patent number: 11851733Abstract: The manufacturing method of a porous silicon material of the present disclosure includes a particle forming step of melting a raw material containing Al as a first element in an amount of 50% by mass or more and Si in an amount of 50% by mass or less to obtain a silicon alloy, a pore forming step of removing the first element from the silicon alloy to obtain a porous material, and a heat treatment step of heating the porous material to diffuse elements other than Si to a surface of the porous material.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2022Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroyuki Kawaura, Yasuhito Kondo, Ryo Suzuki, Hiroshi Nozaki, Jun Yoshida, Tetsuya Waseda, Mitsutoshi Otaki
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Patent number: 11848152Abstract: The application discloses a coating material for fabricating rare earth magnets and a method using the coating material to prepare neodymium-iron-boron (NdFeB) magnets having high coercive force. The coating material includes: alloy powder A and low-melting-point metal powder B. The alloy powder A is heavy rare earth element R powder, or rare earth-metal alloy (RM) powder, or rare earth-metal-hydrogen alloy (RMH) powder. The heavy rare earth elements are Dy and/or Tb, metal is Fe or Co, or an alloy of Fe and Co, and H is hydrogen element. The low-melting-point metal powder B is one or two of Zn, Al, and Ga. The preparation method includes the following steps: the coating material is mixed into a slurry, and the slurry is coated on the surface of NdFeB magnet, and then apply a two-stage diffusion heat treatment to the magnet, followed by an annealing process to obtain a high-coercivity NdFeB magnet.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2020Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: NINGBO JINJI STRONG MAGNETIC MATERIAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Feng Xu, Long Meng, Shimao Shen, Yuanhu Hu
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Patent number: 11835679Abstract: The present invention provides a powder for forming a black light-shielding film having a specific surface area of 20 to 90 m2/g, which is measured by the BET method, comprising zirconium nitride as a main component, and containing magnesium and/or aluminum. If containing the magnesium, the content of the magnesium is 0.01 to 1.0% by mass relative to 100% by mass of the powder for forming a black light-shielding film, and if containing the aluminum, the content of the aluminum is 0.01 to 1.0% by mass relative to 100% by mass of the powder for forming the black light-shielding film.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2018Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS ELECTRONIC CHEMICALS CO., LTD.Inventors: Takashi Konishi, Kensuke Kageyama
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Patent number: 11826833Abstract: The present invention provides compositions and methods of making bimetallic metal alloys of composition for example, Rh/Pd; Rh/Pt; Rh/Ag; Rh/Au; Rh/Ru; Rh/Co; Rh/Ir; Rh/Ni; Ir/Pd; Ir/Pt; Ir/Ag; Ir/Au; Pd/Ni; Pd/Pt; Pd/Ag; Pd/Au; Pt/Ni; Pt/Ag; Pt/Au; Ni/Ag; Ni/Au; or Ag/Au prepared using microwave irradiation.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2021Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEMInventors: Simon M. Humphrey, Stephany Garcia
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Patent number: 11820897Abstract: Compositions for forming an improved vapor mitigation barrier are contemplated, such compositions being formed as an aqueous mixture of an asphalt component and a latex component, with the latex component including a chemically resistant latex, the chemically resistant latex being an acrylonitrile butadiene copolymer, an elastomeric fluoropolymer, or both. Such compositions, when cured and formed into a vapor mitigation barrier, may be seen to substantially mitigate diffusion of chlorinated hydrocarbons across the barriers. Also contemplated are methods for forming such vapor mitigation barriers, as well as vapor mitigation barrier products formed via the application of such compositions to various substrates.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2018Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: REGENESIS BIOREMEDIATION PRODUCTSInventors: Kristen A. Thoreson, Hieu Nguyen, Scott B. Wilson
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Patent number: 11814695Abstract: A high-strength galvanized steel sheet and a method for producing the steel sheet. The steel sheet has a composition that includes C: 0.030% to 0.250%, Si: 0.01% to 3.00%, Mn: 2.00% to 10.00%, P: 0.001% to 0.100%, S: 0.0001% to 0.0200%, N: 0.0005% to 0.0100%, Ti: 0.005% to 0.200%, on a mass basis, and Fe and inevitable impurities. Additionally, the steel sheet has concentration of solute Mn at a depth of 5 ?m or less from a surface of the steel sheet that is 1.50% by mass or less, and a value obtained by dividing the average mass percentage of Mn in retained austenite by the average mass percentage of Mn in ferrite is 2.0 or more.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2016Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Mai Aoyama, Minoru Tanaka, Yoshitsugu Suzuki, Yoshiyasu Kawasaki, Hideyuki Takahashi
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Patent number: 11794248Abstract: A multi-stage gas atomization preparation method of titanium alloy spherical powder for a 3D printing technology includes the following steps: bar preparation and machining step, multi-stage gas atomization powder preparation step through vacuum induction, and powder screening step. The collision probability of the metal droplets at the gas atomization stage is reduced by controlling the gas atomization pressure and the feeding speed of the titanium alloy electrode bar in a hierarchical manner, so that the collaborative control of the particle size and the surface quality of the titanium alloy 3D printing powder in the gas atomization preparation process is realized.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2023Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: SHENYANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGYInventors: Ge Zhou, Zhipeng Zhang, Haoyu Zhang, Yaqian Chen, Nannan Zhang, Xiaojiao Zuo, Xin Wang, Siqian Zhang, Lijia Chen
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Patent number: 11787945Abstract: Described herein is a polymerized biorenewable, petroleum based, previously modified, or functionalized oil, comprising a polymeric distribution having about 2 to about 80 wt % oligomer content, a polydispersity index ranging from about 1.0 to about 5.0, and sulfur content ranging from 0.001 wt % to about 8 wt %. Methods of manufacturing the polymerized oil as well as its incorporation into asphalt paving, roofing, and coating applications are also described.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2018Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: CARGILL, INCORPORATEDInventors: Todd L. Kurth, Scott Nivens, Christopher Patrick Stevermer, Hassan Ali Tabatabaee
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Patent number: 11787740Abstract: Asphalt binders and bituminous compositions comprising additives such as naphthenic acid esters. In certain embodiments the ester compounds may be useful as rheology modifiers for use in bituminous binders in road paving applications.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2021Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: Heritage Research GroupInventor: Perry Eyster
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Patent number: 11788172Abstract: Disclosed is a preparation method of a magnesium matrix composite reinforced with SiC particles, belonging to the technical field of metallurgical materials, including the following steps: (1) carrying out oxidation pretreatment on SiC particles; (2) laying a piece of magnesium alloy on a bottom, laying a layer of oxidized SiC particles, then repeating a laying operation of a layer of magnesium alloy and a layer of SiC particles until the magnesium alloy and the SiC particles are completely laid, introducing inert gases, heating and melting, then performing cinder scrapping; (3) cooling to a semisolid temperature of the magnesium alloys for semisolid mechanical stirring, heating, and mechanically stirring again; (4) cooling again to the semisolid temperature of the magnesium alloys, then casting into a blank; and (5) heating the blank to the semisolid temperature of the magnesium alloys and extruding to obtain the magnesium matrix composite reinforced with SiC particles.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2023Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: Taiyuan University of TechnologyInventors: Zhiyong You, Aoxue Jiang
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Patent number: 11780014Abstract: Exemplary martensitic steel alloys may be particularly suited for additive manufacturing applications. Exemplary atomized alloy powders usable in additive manufacturing may include carbon, nickel, manganese, chromium, and the balance iron and incidental impurities. Exemplary steel alloys can be molybdenum free.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2021Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: QUESTEK INNOVATIONS LLCInventors: Amit Behera, Greg Olson