Patents Examined by Christopher Douglas Moody
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Patent number: 10851432Abstract: The present invention discloses an ultra-high strength and ultra-high toughness casing steel, having a microstructure of tempered sorbite, and the content of chemical elements by mass percent thereof being as follows: C: 0.1-0.22%, Si: 0.1-0.4%, Mn: 0.5-1.5%, Cr: 1-1.5%, Mo: 1-1.5%, Nb: 0.01-0.04%, V: 0.2-0.3%, Al: 0.01-0.05%, Ca: 0.0005-0.005%, the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities. Correspondingly, the invention also discloses a casing obtained by processing the ultra-high strength and ultra-high toughness casing steel and a manufacturing method thereof. The ultra-high strength and ultra-toughness casing steel and the casing of the present invention have a strength of 155 ksi or more and an impact toughness greater than 10% of its yield strength value, thereby realizing a combination of ultra-high strength and ultra-high toughness.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2016Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: BAOSHAN IRON & STEEL CO., LTD.Inventors: Xiaoming Dong, Zhonghua Zhang, Xiaodong Jin
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Patent number: 10844465Abstract: Stainless steel alloys, and turbocharger kinematic components fabricated from such alloys (for example by sintering), are provided. A stainless steel alloy, or component fabricated therefrom, includes, by weight, about 20% to about 35% chromium, about 10% to about 15% nickel, about 10% to about 15% cobalt, about 10% to about 15% molybdenum, about 2.0% to about 4.0% carbon, about 0.4% to about 2.5% silicon, about 0.0% to about 1.0% niobium, and a balance of iron and other inevitable/unavoidable impurities.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2017Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: GARRETT TRANSPORTATION I INC.Inventors: Marc Wilson, Karel Svaricek, Marek Slouka, Ondrej Bojda, Klara Siskova, Jiri Saul, Radim Mrazek, Antonin Forbelsky, Richard Kocur
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Patent number: 10837095Abstract: A hollow stabilizer production method of a hollow stabilizer used for a vehicle includes attaching a first mounting member and a second mounting member respectively to one end and another end of a formed steel tube and heating the steel tube. The method includes feeding a carburizing gas into the interior space of the heated steel tube through the first mounting member, and collecting the air and/or the surplus carburizing gas from the interior space through the second mounting member to thereby carburize the steel tube inner surface. The method includes rapidly cooling the heated steel tube to thereby quench the steel tube continuously from the carburization.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2018Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: NHK SPRING CO., LTD.Inventors: Morimichi Kai, Akira Tange
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Patent number: 10815554Abstract: A ferritic alloy comprising in weight %: C: 0.01-0.1; N: 0.001-0.1; O: ?0.2; B: ?0.01; Cr: 9.0-13.0; Al: 2.5-8.0; Si: ?0.5; Mn: ?0.4; Y: ?2.2; Sc+Ce+La: ?0.2; Mo+W: ?4.0; Ti: ?1.7; Zr: ?3.3; Nb: ?3.3; V: ?1.8; Hf+Ta+Th: ?6.5; the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities, wherein, the amounts of Ti+Zr+Nb+V+Hf+Ta+Th and C, N and O are balanced such that: at ? ? % ? ? Ti + at ? ? % ? ? Zr + at ? ? % ? ? Nb + at ? ? % ? ? V + at ? ? % ? ? Hf + at ? ? % ? ? Ta + at ? ? % ? ? Th - x * at ? ? % ? ? O - at ? ? % ? ? N at ? ? % ? ? C ? 1 wherein x is 0.5 unless the content of Y is more than or equal to 0.01 wt % then x is 0.67.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2015Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: Sandvik Intellectual Property ABInventors: Fernando Rave, Peter Szakalos, Bo Jonsson, Jesper Ejenstam, Susanne Hellstrom Selin
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Patent number: 10811695Abstract: The present technology relates to processes for recycling alkaline and/or carbon zinc batteries. In particular, the present technology relates to a process for recycling alkaline and/or carbon zinc batteries that provides a consistent and measurable amount of material (e.g., discarded batteries) to be recycled and may enhance the recovery of certain materials during the recycling process.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2016Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: Energizer Brands, LLCInventors: David Muska, Donald Goedde, Richard Resnick
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Patent number: 10801084Abstract: Provided are a material for cold rolled stainless steel sheets having sufficient corrosion resistance, excellent surface quality, excellent formability, and excellent ridging resistance; a method for manufacturing the same; and a cold rolled steel sheet. A material for cold rolled stainless steel sheets according to the present invention contains C: 0.005% to 0.025%, Si: 0.02% to 0.50%, Mn: 0.55% to 1.0%, P: 0.040% or less, S: 0.01% or less, Cr: 15.5% to 18.0%, Ni: 0.01% to 1.0%, Al: 0.001% to 0.10%, and N: 0.005% to 0.025% on a mass basis, the remainder being Fe and inevitable impurities, and has a metallographic structure containing 5% to 20% of a martensite phase in terms of volume fraction, the remainder being a ferrite phase.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2015Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: JFE Steel CorporationInventors: Akito Mizutani, Masataka Yoshino, Mitsuyuki Fujisawa, Chikara Kami
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Patent number: 10774403Abstract: An iron-based alloy powder for powder metallurgy contains 2.0 mass % to 5.0 mass % of Cu, the balance being Fe and incidental impurities. From 1/10 to 8/10 of the Cu is diffusion bonded in powder-form to the surfaces of iron powder that serves as a raw material for the iron-based alloy powder, and the remainder of the Cu is contained in this iron powder as a pre-alloy. The iron-based alloy powder has superior compressibility to conventional Cu pre-alloyed iron-based alloy powders and enables production of a high strength sinter-forged member even when sintered at a lower temperature than conventional iron-based alloy powders containing mixed Cu powder.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2015Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignees: JFE STEEL CORPORATION, HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventors: Naomichi Nakamura, Akio Sonobe, Akio Kobayashi
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Patent number: 10766242Abstract: A consolidating device for an additive manufacturing system is provided. The consolidating device includes at least one first energy beam generator, at least one second energy beam generator, at least one first lens, at least one second lens, and at least one reflective element. The first energy beam generator is configured to generate a first energy beam. The second energy beam generator is configured to generate a second energy beam. The first lens has a first entrance pupil and is positioned between the first energy beam generator and the layer of material. The second lens has a second entrance pupil and is positioned between the first lens and the layer of material. The first entrance pupil and the second entrance pupil substantially overlap. The reflective element is positioned between the first lens and the second lens, and is configured to reflect the second energy beam onto the layer of material.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2017Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Jason Harris Karp, Victor Petrovich Ostroverkhov
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Patent number: 10711329Abstract: A beryllium-free high-strength copper alloy includes, about 10-30 vol % of L12-(Ni,Cu)3(Al,Sn), and substantially excludes cellular discontinuous precipitation around grain boundaries. The alloy may include at least one component selected from the group consisting of: Ag, Cr, Mn, Nb, Ti, and V, and the balance Cu.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2017Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: QuesTek Innovations LLCInventors: James A. Wright, Abhijeet Misra
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Patent number: 10710155Abstract: Provided is a mixed powder for powder metallurgy having a chemical system not using Ni which causes non-uniform metallic microstructure in a sintered body. A mixed powder for powder metallurgy comprises: a partially diffusion alloyed steel powder in which Mo diffusionally adheres to a particle surface of an iron-based powder; a Cu powder; and a graphite powder, wherein the mixed powder for powder metallurgy has a chemical composition containing Mo: 0.2 mass % to 1.5 mass %, Cu: 0.5 mass % to 4.0 mass %, and C: 0.1 mass % to 1.0 mass %, with the balance consisting of Fe and inevitable impurities, and the partially diffusion alloyed steel powder has: a mean particle diameter of 30 ?m to 120 ?m; a specific surface area of less than 0.10 m2/g; and a circularity of particles with a diameter in a range from 50 ?m to 100 ?m of 0.65 or less.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2016Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Takuya Takashita, Akio Kobayashi, Naomichi Nakamura, Itsuya Sato
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Patent number: 10695830Abstract: Provided is a copper powder which can be suitably utilized in applications such as an electrically conductive paste and an electromagnetic wave shield. A copper powder according to the present invention has a dendritic shape having a linearly grown main stem and a plurality of branches separated from the main stem, the main stem and the branches are constituted as flat plate-shaped copper particles having a cross-sectional average thickness of from 0.02 ?m to 5.0 ?m to be determined by scanning electron microscopic SEM observation gather, the average particle diameter D50 of the copper powder is from 1.0 ?m to 100 ?m, and the maximum height in the vertical direction with respect to the flat plate-shaped surface of the copper particles is 1/10 or less with respect to the maximum length in the horizontal direction of the flat plate-shaped surface of the copper particles.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2015Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroshi Okada, Yu Yamashita
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Patent number: 10669604Abstract: A bolt is provided that has high strength and excellent hydrogen embrittlement resistance characteristics. A bolt according to an embodiment of the present invention consists of, in mass %, C: 0.32 to 0.39%, Si: 0.15% or less, Mn: 0.40 to 0.65%, P: 0.020% or less, S: 0.020% or less, Cr: 0.85 to 1.25%, Al: 0.005 to 0.060%, Ti: 0.010 to 0.050%, B: 0.0010 to 0.0030%, N: 0.0015 to 0.0080%, O: 0.0015% or less, Mo: 0 to 0.05%, V: 0 to 0.05%, Cu: 0 to 0.50%, Ni: 0 to 0.30%, and Nb: 0 to 0.05%, with the balance being Fe and impurities. The bolt satisfies Formula (1) and Formula (2), and has a tensile strength of 1000 to 1300 MPa and satisfies Formula (3). 4.9?10C+Si+2Mn+Cr+4Mo+5V?6.1??(1) Mn/Cr?0.55??(2) [dissolved Cr]/Cr?0.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2016Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignees: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION, AOYAMA SEISAKUSHO CO., LTD.Inventors: Yutaka Neishi, Makoto Kosaka, Naoki Matsui, Tetsushi Chida, Keisuke Chiba, Hideo Kanisawa, Kazutaka Aoyama, Kazuoki Shibuya, Ryoko Inagaki
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Patent number: 10669600Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet including: a heating process of heating a slab having a predetermined chemical composition at T1° C. of 1150° C. to 1300° C., retaining the slab for 5 minutes to 30 hours, lowering the temperature of the slab to T2° C. of T1?50° C. or lower, heating the slab at T3° C. of 1280° C. to 1450° C., and retaining the slab for 5 minutes to 60 minutes; a hot-rolling process of hot-rolling the slab that is heated to obtain a hot-rolled steel sheet; a cold-rolling process; an intermediate annealing process of performing intermediate annealing with respect to the hot-rolled steel sheet at least one time before the cold-rolling process or before a final pass of the cold-rolling process after interrupting the cold-rolling; an annealing separating agent applying process; and a secondary film applying process. In the cold-rolling process, a retention treatment is performed during a plurality of passes.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2016Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Hirotoshi Tada, Nobusato Morishige, Naoto Masumitsu, Junichi Takaobushi, Shin Furutaku, Masaru Takahashi
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Patent number: 10655195Abstract: The disclosure is to provide a martensitic stainless steel excellent in strength, workability and corrosion resistance. The martensitic stainless steel comprises a chemical composition containing, in mass %: C: 0.020% or more and less than 0.10%, Si: 0.01% or more and 2.0% or less, Mn: 0.01% or more and 3.0% or less, P: 0.050% or less, S: 0.050% or less, Cr: 10.0% or more and 16.0% or less, Ni: 0.01% or more and 0.80% or less, Al: 0.001% or more and 0.50% or less, and N: more than 0.050% and 0.20% or less, satisfying N % C %, and the balance containing Fe and incidental impurities, where C % and N % indicate respectively the contents of C and N (mass %) in the steel.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2016Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Tetsuyuki Nakamura, Takashi Samukawa, Mitsuyuki Fujisawa, Chikara Kami
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Patent number: 10570475Abstract: Disclosed is a high-strength steel sheet having a predetermined chemical composition, satisfying the condition that Mn content divided by B content equals 2100 or less, and a steel microstructure that contains, by area, 25-80% of ferrite and bainitic ferrite in total, 3-20% of martensite, and that contains, by volume, 10% or more of retained austenite, in which the retained austenite has a mean grain size of 2 ?m or less, a mean Mn content in the retained austenite in mass % is at least 1.2 times the Mn content in the steel sheet in mass %, and an aggregate of retained austenite formed by seven or more identically-oriented retained austenite grains accounts for 60% or more by area of the entire retained austenite.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2015Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshiyasu Kawasaki, Hiroshi Matsuda, Yoshie Obata, Shinjiro Kaneko, Takeshi Yokota, Kazuhiro Seto
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Patent number: 10549348Abstract: A method comprising the steps of: distributing a titanium alloy or pure titanium powder layer on a work table inside a vacuum chamber, directing at least one electron beam from at least one electron beam source over the work table causing the powder layer to fuse in selected locations, distributing a second powder layer on the work table of a titanium alloy or pure titanium inside the build chamber, directing the at least one electron beam over the work table causing the second powder layer to fuse in selected locations, and releasing a predefined concentration of the gas from the metal powder into the vacuum chamber when at least one of heating or fusing the metal powder layer, wherein at least one gas comprising hydrogen is absorbed into or chemically bonded to the titanium or titanium alloy powder to a concentration of 0.01-0.5% by weight of the hydrogen.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2017Date of Patent: February 4, 2020Assignee: Arcam ABInventor: Ulf Ackelid