Patents Examined by Elizabeth Collister
  • Patent number: 11499208
    Abstract: There is provided a cobalt-based alloy product comprising: in mass %, 0.08-0.25% C; 0.1% or less B; 10-30% Cr; 5% or less Fe and 30% or less Ni, the total amount of Fe and Ni being 30% or less; W and/or Mo, the total amount of W and Mo being 5-12%; 0.5% or less Si; 0.5% or less Mn; 0.003-0.04% N; 0.5 to 2 mass % of an M component being a transition metal other than W and Mo and having an atomic radius of more than 130 pm; and the balance being Co and impurities. The impurities include 0.5% or less Al and 0.04% or less O. The product is a polycrystalline body of matrix phase crystal grains. In the matrix phase crystal grains, segregation cells with an average size of 0.13-2 ?m are formed, in which the M component is segregated in boundary regions of the segregation cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuting Wang, Shinya Imano, Shigenobu Eguchi
  • Patent number: 11492295
    Abstract: A method for producing a honeycomb structure, the method comprising the steps of: kneading a forming raw material containing a cordierite forming material and then forming it to produce a honeycomb formed body; and firing the honeycomb formed body to provide a honeycomb structure. In the producing method, from 0.1 to 6.0 parts by mass of a magnesium silicate mineral having a 2:1 ribbon type structure per 100 parts by mass of the cordierite forming material is added to the forming raw material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shingo Tokuda, Shuji Ueda, Takayuki Kanetake
  • Patent number: 11492683
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a density-optimized and high temperature-resistant alloy based on molybdenum-sili-con-boron, wherein vanadium is added to the base alloy in order to reduce the density.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: OTTO-VON-GUERICKE-UNIVERSITAT MAGDEBURG
    Inventor: Manja Kruger
  • Patent number: 11497085
    Abstract: A Fe—Cr alloy having a chemical composition with increased Si and Al contents, in which the chemical composition satisfies the following formula (1) in terms of the Si content, Al content, and Cr content: 14.0?% Si+1.15×% Al+0.35×% Cr ??(1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akito Mizutani, Tatsuhiko Hiratani, Mitsuyuki Fujisawa
  • Patent number: 11485107
    Abstract: A laminated structure includes a front facesheet, a rear facesheet and a core arrangement disposed there between. The core arrangement includes a plurality of ribs, the ribs disposed so as to form walls defining a reticulated lattice of cells. The ribs have a thickness in a first direction and a height in a second direction approximately orthogonal to the facesheets and to the first direction that extends between the first adhesive joint and the second adhesive joint, the height being at least 100× larger than the thickness. The core arrangement is bonded to the front facesheet by curing a first adhesive joint and bonded to the rear facesheet by curing a second adhesive joint, the first adhesive joint and the second adhesive joint being concurrently cured (co-cured) under pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Space Systems/Loral, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Parker, Jude Zils, Russell L. Beck, Douglas William Dietz
  • Patent number: 11471869
    Abstract: A honeycomb structure includes a pillar-shaped honeycomb structure body having a porous partition wall defining a plurality of cells serving as fluid through channel extending from an inflow end face to an outflow end face; and a circumferential wall surrounding the partition wall, wherein in a plane orthogonal to cell extending direction, the honeycomb structure body has a circumferential cell structure, a center cell structure having a cell structure different from the circumferential cell structure, and a boundary wall, the honeycomb structure body has intersection parts of the partition wall, including basic intersection parts and thick intersection parts having a thickness larger than that of the basic intersection parts, the thick intersection parts include at least one of: first thick intersection parts and second thick intersection parts, and in the circumferential cell structure, the intersection parts at least include the circumferential basic intersection parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuji Sasaki, Akifumi Kawakami, Takashi Kinoshita, Mitsuhiro Ito
  • Patent number: 11465137
    Abstract: A honeycomb structure includes a central area and a reinforced outer peripheral area. For a boundary cell having cell walls with different wall thicknesses on two sides parallel with an imaginary parallel line, a thin wall thickness t1<a thick wall thickness t3, an inner wall thickness t2<an outer wall thickness t4, t1=t2, and t3=t4. The honeycomb structure includes a cross-shaped unit having a thin wall, an inner wall, a cell wall, and a cell wall and a cross-shaped unit having a thick wall, an outer wall, a cell wall, and a cell wall. The honeycomb structure also includes cross-shaped units extending vertically and horizontally from alternate cell vertexes arranged from a cell vertex as a starting point. In the central area and the reinforced outer peripheral area, the cell walls of each cross-shaped unit have a substantially equal wall thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naohiro Hayashi, Kenichi Ito
  • Patent number: 11462367
    Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing a contact material, including the steps of: forming a Ni alloy film having a film thickness of 40 nm or more and 110 nm or less on a surface of WC powder having an average particle diameter of 2 ?m or more and 10 ?m or less by an electroless Ni plating method; performing heat treatment for degassing at a temperature of 500° C. or more and 860° C. or less; crushing Ni alloy-coated WC powder after the heat treatment; mixing the crushed Ni alloy-coated WC powder and Cu powder having an average particle diameter of 1 ?m or more and 100 ?m or less; and compressing the resultant mixture, followed by sintering the mixture at a temperature of more than 1,083° C. and less than 1,455° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Chibahara
  • Patent number: 11459649
    Abstract: A titanium sheet including the following chemical components in mass %: Cu: 0.70 to 1.50%, Cr: 0 to 0.40%, Mn: 0 to 0.50%, Si: 0.10 to 0.30%, O: 0 to 0.10%, Fe: 0 to 0.06%, N: 0 to 0.03%, C: 0 to 0.08%, H: 0 to 0.013%, elements except the above and Ti: 0 to 0.1% each, with a total amount of the elements being 0.3% or less, and the balance: Ti, wherein A value defined by Formula (1) is 1.15 to 2.5 mass %, and the titanium sheet having a metal microstructure in which an area fraction of an ? phase is 95% or more, an area fraction of a ? phase is 5% or less, and an area fraction of an intermetallic compound is 1% or less, wherein an average crystal grain size D (?m) of the ? phase is 20 to 70 ?m and satisfies Formula (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidenori Takebe, Kazuhiro Takahashi, Hideki Fujii
  • Patent number: 11458519
    Abstract: In various embodiments, three-dimensional layered metallic parts are substantially free of gaps between successive layers, are substantially free of cracks, and have densities no less than 97% of the theoretical density of the metallic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: H.C. Stark Solutions Coldwater, LLC
    Inventor: Michael Thomas Stawovy
  • Patent number: 11454150
    Abstract: A thermal shock resistant and asymmetric honeycomb ceramic wall-flow filter includes an inlet honeycomb ceramic surface and an outlet honeycomb ceramic surface. Inlet channels and outlet channels are provided on both the inlet honeycomb ceramic surface and the outlet honeycomb ceramic surface. The inlet channels are in communication with the outlet channels. Outlet ends of the inlet channels and inlet ends of the outlet channels are sealed. An inner diameter of the inlet channel is greater than that of the outlet channel. A cross-section of the inlet channel is a square, or two adjacent edges are connected by two connecting lines, or two adjacent edges are connected by two connecting lines or a circular arc located between the two connecting lines. The filter has good mechanical properties, low back pressure, and excellent thermal shock resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: SHANDONG SINOCERA FUNCTIONAL MATERIAL CO., LTD
    Inventors: Xibin Song, Bing Zhang, Xi Zhang
  • Patent number: 11434554
    Abstract: The steel material according to the present disclosure contains a chemical composition consisting of, in mass %, C: 0.20 to 0.50%, Si: 0.05 to 0.50%, Mn: 0.05 to 1.00%, P: 0.030% or less, S: less than 0.0050%, Al: 0.005 to 0.050%, Cr: 0.10 to 1.50%, Mo: 0.25 to 1.80%, Ti: 0.002 to 0.050%, Nb: 0.002 to 0.100%, B: 0.0001 to 0.0050%, N: 0.0070% or less and O: less than 0.0050% with the balance being Fe and impurities. A yield strength is within a range of 655 to 1069 MPa, and a yield ratio is 85% or more. A proportion of KAM values of 1° or less is 30 area % or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki Kamitani, Atsushi Soma, Keiichi Kondo, Shinji Yoshida, Yuji Arai
  • Patent number: 11426823
    Abstract: The disclosed technology generally relates welding electrodes, and more particularly to covered consumable welding electrodes. In an aspect, a consumable welding electrode comprises a core wire comprising a steel composition and a coating formed on the core wire. The coating comprises weld metal alloying elements comprising Fe, C, Mn, Si, Ni, Mo, V and Cr that are arranged such that an undiluted weld metal formed from the covered welding electrode has a combination of high tensile strength and high impact strength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: LINCOLN GLOBAL, INC.
    Inventor: Stefano Sorrentino
  • Patent number: 11426688
    Abstract: A honeycomb structure including a plurality of porous honeycomb block bodies bound via joining material layers A. Each of the porous honeycomb block bodies includes a plurality of porous honeycomb segments bound via joining material layers B, each of the porous honeycomb segment includes: partition walls that defines a plurality of cells to form flow paths for a fluid, each of cells extending from an inflow end face that is an end face on a fluid inflow side to an outflow end face that is an end face on a fluid outflow side; and an outer peripheral wall located at the outermost periphery. At least a part of the joining material layers A has higher toughness than that of the joining material layers B.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun Inoue, Michio Suzuki, Yoshitaka Tabuchi, Keisuke Kimura
  • Patent number: 11426896
    Abstract: A honeycomb structure includes a central area and a reinforced outer peripheral area. A reference boundary cell with an inner wall orthogonal to an imaginary straight line, adjacent to the honeycomb center, and thinner than an outer wall adjacent to the honeycomb periphery has a reference wall different in wall thickness from the other three cell walls among the remaining four cell walls excluding the inner wall and the outer wall. The honeycomb structure includes a reference Y-shaped unit having the reference wall, the outer wall, and a cell wall. The honeycomb structure includes a plurality of Y-shaped units extending in the same directions as the reference Y-shaped unit. For every Y-shaped unit in the central area and the reinforced outer peripheral area of the honeycomb structure, the cell walls of each Y-shaped unit has an equal wall thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi Ito, Naohiro Hayashi
  • Patent number: 11427901
    Abstract: Provided is a wire rod that has superior machinability by cutting regardless of the type of tool material and the type of lubricant and even in the case where no lubricant is used. A wire rod for cutting work comprises: a specific chemical composition; and Vickers hardness that satisfies the following expressions (1) and (2) in the case where an average aspect ratio of ferrite grains at a position of ¼ of a diameter from a surface of the wire rod for cutting work is more than 2.8, and satisfies the following expressions (3) and (4) in the case where the average aspect ratio is 2.8 or less, Have?350??(1) H??30??(2) Have?250??(3) H??20??(4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuta Imanami, Kazuaki Fukuoka, Kimihiro Nishimura
  • Patent number: 11427894
    Abstract: A family of cobalt based dental alloys suitable for PFM and SLM applications that do not exhibit ferromagnetism and that are capable of meeting the ADA requirements for a “noble” alloy are provided. The dental alloys comprise at least 25 wt. % of noble metals selected from either platinum alone or a combination of platinum and ruthenium, and from 23 to 32 wt. % chromium. Additional additive materials may be included in concentrations up to 3 wt. %. The ruthenium optionally comprises up to 8 wt. %, and in some embodiments from at least 5 wt. % to 8 wt. % of the noble metals such that the dental alloys are capable of meeting the ADA requirements for a “noble” alloy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: The Argen Corporation
    Inventor: Paul Cascone
  • Patent number: 11427889
    Abstract: A copper alloy for engine valve seats manufactured by laser cladding improves wear resistance of the copper alloy. The copper alloy includes 12 to 24 wt % of Ni, 2 to 4 wt % of Si, 4 to 12 wt % of Mo, 15 to 35 wt % of Fe, and the remaining wt % of Cu and impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Young Nam Kim, Min Woo Kang, Seung Hyun Hong
  • Patent number: 11427893
    Abstract: A Co-based alloy heat exchanger comprises: in mass %, 0.08-0.25% C; 0.1% or less B; 10-30% Cr; 5% or less Fe and 30% or less Ni, the total amount of Fe and Ni being 30% or less; W and/or Mo, the total amount of W and Mo being 5-12%; Ti, Zr, Nb and Ta, the total amount of Ti, Zr, Nb and Ta being 0.5-2%; 0.5% or less Si; 0.5% or less Mn; 0.003-0.04% N; and the balance being Co and impurities. The impurities include 0.5% or less Al, and 0.04% or less O. The heat exchanger is a polycrystalline body of matrix crystal grains with an average size of 5-100 ?m. In the matrix crystal grains, segregation cells with an average size of 0.13-2 ?m are formed, wherein components constituting an MC type carbide comprising Ti, Zr, Nb and/or Ta are segregated in boundary regions of the segregation cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuting Wang, Shinya Imano
  • Patent number: 11420296
    Abstract: A series of welding filler wires with innovative composition design for fusion welding precipitation-hardened lightweight austenitic Fe—Mn—Al—C alloys. The first class of the welding filler wires is composed of 23-34 wt. % Mn, 7.5-11.5 wt. % Al, 1.35-1.95 wt. % C, with the balance being essentially Fe. After fusion welding, there are high-density of nano-sized (˜3-5 nm) (Fe,Mn)3AlC carbides (?-carbides) uniformly distributed within the austenite dendrite cells in the fusion zone (FZ). The amount of nano-sized (˜6-10 nm) ?-carbides existing within the eutectic regions is significantly increased and the size of the austenite dendrite cells is substantially reduced. The second class of welding filler wires has the composition of 23-34 wt. % Mn, 7.5-11.5 wt. % Al, 1.40-1.95 wt. % C, 0.1-2.5 wt. % Ti, 0.1-3.0 wt. % Nb, 0.1-2.5 wt. % V, with the balance being essentially Fe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Inventors: Te-Fu Fang, Chien-Fa Liao