Patents Examined by Jessee R. Roe
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Patent number: 11848441Abstract: A zinc foil is provided that can be used as a negative electrode active material, and in a battery including the zinc foil as a negative electrode active material, the amount of gas generated during long term storage of the battery is reduced as compared with that in a battery including a conventional zinc foil. The zinc foil contains zinc as a main material and bismuth. The bismuth content is 100 ppm or more and 10000 ppm or less on a mass basis. The zinc crystal grain size is 0.2 ?m or more and 8 ?m or less. The bismuth crystal grain size is less than 1000 nm, as measured in a backscattered electron image obtained using a scanning electron microscope. The zinc foil is free of aluminum and/or lead, or even if the zinc foil contains aluminum and/or lead, the aluminum content is 1% or less on a mass basis and/or the lead content is 200 ppm or less on a mass basis.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2019Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Inventors: Tsuneyoshi Kamada, Naoki Kumada, Masashi Sakano, Hidetoshi Inoue, Hideyuki Nagaoka, Yasuhiro Ochi
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Patent number: 11840749Abstract: A magnesium-lithium-based alloy contains Mg, Li, and Al, and a sum of a content of the Mg and a content of the Li is 90% by mass or more. The magnesium-lithium-based alloy contains Ge.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2020Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Keiichi Ishizuka
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Patent number: 11841191Abstract: The disclosure discloses a magnesium alloy material smelting device, comprising a furnace, a disc packing device, the disc packing device comprising a stirring shaft, a packing basket, a disc stirring head, the stirring shaft connected with a packing basket, the bottom of the packing basket connected with a disc stirring head, the disc stirring head comprising a plurality of stirring wings, the stirring wings connected with the packing basket and the stirring disc, the connecting ends of the stirring wings connected with each other, the stirring ends extending to the edge of the stirring disc, and the sidewall of the packing basket provided with a liquid passage hole; during the process of preparing and processing the magnesium alloy, the disc stirring head may accelerate the diffusion, the rotation of the disc stirring head may divide the melt into upper and lower layers, and the upper layer of the melt forms a solution vortex to accelerate the diffusion of the master alloy elements; the lower melt keeps relType: GrantFiled: February 21, 2022Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: CITIC Dicastal Co., Ltd.Inventors: Lixin Huang, Shiwen Xu, Meng Li, Haiping Chang, Zhen Li, Zhen Peng
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Patent number: 11840748Abstract: An aluminum alloy forging includes 0.30 mass % or more and 1.0 mass % or less of Cu; 0.63 mass % or more and 1.30 mass % or less of Mg; 0.45 mass % or more and 1.45 mass % or less of Si; the balance being Al and inevitable impurities, wherein the following relations are satisfied, [Mg content]×1.587??4.1×[Cu content]2+7.8×[Cu content]?1.9??(1) [Si content]×2.730??4.1×[Cu content]2+7.8×[Cu content]?1.9??(2) and the ratio of the integrated intensity Q1 of the X-ray diffraction peak of the CuAl2 phase to the integrated intensity Q2 of the X-ray diffraction peak of the (200) plane of the Al phase obtained by the X-ray diffraction method, Q1/Q2, is 2×10?1 or less.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2022Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: RESONAC CORPORATIONInventor: Takuya Arayama
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Patent number: 11840765Abstract: Methods for treating steel, along with the resulting treated steel, are provided. The method may comprise: nitriding a carburized Ferrium steel component such that the Ferrium steel component has a surface portion with a nitrogen content that is greater than 0% to about 5% by weight. Nitriding the Ferrium steel component may increase the surface hardness of the Ferrium steel. The surface portion may have a nitrogen content of about 0.05% to about 0.5% by weight.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2021Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: GE Avio S.r.l.Inventors: Lorenzo Rigo, Andrea Piazza, Diana Di Gioia
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Patent number: 11839158Abstract: Provided is a silicide-based alloy material with which environmental load can be reduced and high thermoelectric conversion performance can be obtained. Provided is a silicide-based alloy material including silicon and ruthenium as main components, in which when the contents of silicon and ruthenium are denoted by Si and Ru, respectively, the atomic ratio of the devices constituting the alloy material satisfies the following: 45 atm %?Si/(Ru+Si)?70 atm % 30 atm %?Ru/(Ru+Si)?55 atm %.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2020Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: TOSOH CORPORATIONInventors: Yoichiro Koda, Ryo Akiike, Hideto Kuramochi
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Patent number: 11827955Abstract: Nickel alloys, methods of making nickel alloys, articles including the nickel alloys, uses of the alloys, and methods of treating nickel alloys are described. The inventive heat resistant structural materials are suitable for applications requiring high yield stress at room temperature and good creep strength at high temperatures, such as in gas turbines, steam turbines, fossil energy boilers, aero engines, power generation systems using fluids such as supercritical carbon dioxide (e.g., advanced ultra-supercritical power plants), concentrated solar power plants, nuclear power plants, molten salt reactors: turbine blades, casings, valves, heat exchangers and recuperators.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2021Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: Battelle Memorial InstituteInventors: Martin Detrois, Paul D. Jablonski, Jeffrey A. Hawk
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Patent number: 11821059Abstract: Provided are a Ni-based alloy capable of being melted and solidified and excellent in corrosion resistance and abrasion resistance, a Ni-based alloy powder, a Ni-based alloy member, and a product including a Ni-based alloy member. The Ni-based alloy excellent in corrosion resistance and abrasion resistance includes, by mass %: Cr: 8.5% to 23.0%; Mo: 8.5% to 27.0%; Ta: 0.5% to 2.5%; W: 15.0 to 51.0%; and C: 1.0 to 3.5%, the balance being Ni and unavoidable impurities, in which the mass ratios Ni:Cr:Mo of Ni, Cr and Mo are 2.5 to 3.5:1:1.0 to 1.5.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2020Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: Proterial, Ltd.Inventors: Hiroshi Shiratori, Kazuya Shinagawa, Shuho Koseki, Yasuhiko Otsubo, Kousuke Kuwabara
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Patent number: 11821060Abstract: A nickel-based superalloy includes, in atomic percentages, 13% to 21% chromium, 15% to 26% cobalt, 4% to 8% aluminum, 4.5% to 8% titanium, 8% to 18% iron, boron in an atomic percentage less than or equal to 0.5% or no boron, carbon in an atomic percentage less than or equal to 1% or no carbon, at least one additional element selected from molybdenum, tungsten, tantalum and niobium, a total atomic content of the at least one additional element being less than or equal to 1.5% or no such at least one additional element, the remainder being nickel and unavoidable impurities, with a sum of the atomic percentages of aluminum and titanium being comprised between 8.5% and 15%. The novel superalloy composition has a limited density and exhibiting, when hot, good mechanical properties as well as good resistance to oxidation and corrosion.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2020Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignees: SAFRAN, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, UNIVERSITE PARIS EST CRETEIL VAL DE MARNEInventors: Pierre Jean Sallot, Clara Desgranges, Anne-Laure Rouffie, Jean-Philippe François Couzinie, Guy Dirras, Ivan Georges Guillot, Jean-Marc Eric Joubert, Mathilde Madeleine Louise Laurent, Loic Perriere, Thomas Philippe Joseph Rieger
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Patent number: 11813672Abstract: The invention relates to a manufacturing system including a holder suitable to hold first particles of a first powder in proximity to one another, and a connection scheme which, when employed, connects the first particles to one another to form a part.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2021Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: GRID LOGIC INCORPORATEDInventors: Matthew J. Holcomb, Ira James Holcomb, Jr.
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Patent number: 11814705Abstract: An Inconel 625 alloy with high aluminum content and a preparation method thereof are provided. The alloy includes following components by mass percentage: chromium 5˜13%, ferrum 5%, niobium 4.15%, molybdenum 10%, aluminum 5˜9% and a rest is nickel. The preparation method includes: step (1): weighing reactive materials according to a preset ratio and putting the reactive materials into a planetary ball miller for ball milling; step (2): pressing the ball milled reactive materials into a cake-shaped slab; step (3) putting the cake-shaped slab into a reactor and putting an igniter on the cake-shaped slab, then adding the reactor with protective gas, heating up until a self-propagating reaction occurs in the reactor, thereby obtaining a base alloy; step (4): performing secondary smelting on the base alloy to obtain an ingot; step (5): performing a solution treatment on the ingot to obtain the Inconel 625 alloy with high aluminum content.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2022Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: Lanzhou University of TechnologyInventors: Peiqing La, Mingchen Du, Jing Jin, Penghui Yang, Jie Sheng, Haicun Yu, Yunteng Gao, Linlin Du, Zemin Bai
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Patent number: 11814704Abstract: An alloy includes a composition, in weight percent, of aluminum from about 1.3% to about 1.8%, cobalt from about 1.5% to about 4.0%, chromium from about 18.0% to about 22.0%, iron from about 4.0% to about 10.0%, molybdenum from about 1.0% to about 3.0%, niobium from about 1.0% to about 2.5%, titanium from about 1.3% to about 1.8%, tungsten from about 0.8% to about 1.2%, carbon from about 0.01% to about 0.08%, and balance nickel and incidental impurities. The alloy has a stress rupture life at 700° C. and 393.7 MPa (57.1 ksi) of at least 300 hours and a room temperature percent elongation of at least 15% after aging at 700° C. for 1,000 hours.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2022Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: HUNTINGTON ALLOYS CORPORATIONInventors: Brian A. Baker, John J. Debarbadillo
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Patent number: 11807916Abstract: Nickel-cobalt alloy for powder, wherein the contents (in wt %) are defined as follows: C>0-max. 0.1% S max. 0.015% Cr 13-23% Ni the rest (>30%) Mn max. 1.0% Si max. 1.0% Mo 1-6% Ti>0-3% Nb+Ta 3-8% Cu max. 0.5% Fe>0-max. 10% Al>0-<4.0% V up to 4% Zr>0-max. 0.1% Co>12-<35% W up to 4% Hf up to 3.0% O max. 0.1% N>0-max. 0.1% Mg>0-max. 0.01% B>0-max. 0.02% P>0-max. 0.03% Ar 0-max. 0.08% Se max. 0.0005% Bi max. 0.00005% Pb max. 0.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2020Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: VDM METALS INTERNATIONAL GMBHInventors: Bodo Gehrmann, Tatiana Hentrich, Christina Schmidt, Katrin Brunnert
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Patent number: 11807917Abstract: An aluminum alloy wire, more specifically an aluminum-scandium wire, is adapted for an additive processing operation. A spool of material, containing an aluminum alloy wire, and a method of performing an additive processing operation, using an aluminum alloy wire, are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2020Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: II-VI DELAWARE, INCInventors: Wen-Qing Xu, Shailesh Patkar, Xiaoming Li, Di Lan, Stephen P. Rummel
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Patent number: 11807925Abstract: A probe pin material including a Ag—Pd—Cu-based alloy essentially including Ag, Pd and Cu, B as a first additive element, and at least any element of Zn, Bi and Sn, as a second additive element. A concentration of the first additive element is 0.1 mass % or more and 1.5 mass % or less, and a concentration of the second additive element is 0.1 mass % or more and 1.0 mass % or less. A Ag concentration, a Pd concentration and a Cu concentration in the Ag—Pd—Cu-based alloy are required as follows: a Ag concentration (SAg), a Pd concentration (SPd) and a Cu concentration (SCu) converted as given that a Ag—Pd—Cu ternary alloy is formed from only such three elements all fall within a predetermined range in a Ag—Pd—Cu ternary system phase diagram. The probe pin material is excellent in resistance value and hardness/wear resistance, and also is enhanced in bending resistance.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2022Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: TANAKA KIKINZOKU KOGYO K.K.Inventors: Takeshi Fuse, Kunihiro Shima, Takeyuki Sagae, Shinji Kouno
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Patent number: 11796253Abstract: A furnace structure includes a roof assembly of at least one layer of refractory material, and a metal plate that covers the at least one layer of refractory material and is configured to dissipate heat from the furnace structure; a plurality of sidewalls fixed to the roof, each of the sidewalls comprising refractory material at an interior surface and a metal wall plate at an outer surface; and a plurality of infrared emitters disposed in an opening in at least one of the refractory material of the sidewalls or the refractory material of the roof.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2022Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Inventor: James William Masten, Jr.
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Patent number: 11795524Abstract: The present invention relates to a medical Pt—W alloy, containing 10 mass % or more and 15 mass % or less of W, with the balance being Pt and inevitable impurities, in which a Zr content is 1000 ppm or less. Limiting the Zr content can improve workability, particularly workability at the stage of hot working. Regarding impurity control, further limiting a Ca content to 250 ppm or less can provide more suitable workability. The present invention is good in workability in processing into a wire included in an embolic coil, a guide wire or the like.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2022Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: TANAKA KIKINZOKU KOGYO K.K.Inventors: Yuki Horinouchi, Michimasa Okubo, Mizuki Nihei, Akira Inoue, Takeyuki Sagae
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Patent number: 11795534Abstract: The invention relates to a device for the hot-dip galvanizing of components, comprising a galvanizing tank for holding the zinc melt in a tank interior formed by a wall of the galvanizing tank, according to the invention a monitoring apparatus being provided for monitoring the wall thickness of the wall of the galvanizing tank during the galvanizing operation. The invention further relates to a corresponding method for hot-dip galvanizing.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2018Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Inventor: Thomas Pinger
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Patent number: 11794287Abstract: A weld filler is proposed which significantly improves the weldability of some nickel-based superalloys and includes the following constituents (in wt %): 14.6%-15.6% chromium (Cr), 10.4%-11.4% cobalt (Co) 4.6%-5.0%, molybdenum (Mo), 4.4%-5.2% tungsten (W), 1.4%-1.8% tantalum (Ta), 3.0%-3.7% aluminum (Al), 0.7-1.3% titanium (Ti), 0.14%-0.16% carbon (C), 0.0425-0.0575% zirconium, 0.7%-1.2% hafnium (Hf), at most 0.15% iron, at most 0.1% manganese, at most 0.1% silicon, at most 0.1% vanadium, at most 0.015% boron, trace elements, and remainder nickel.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2021Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: SIEMENS ENERGY, INC.Inventor: Thaddeus Strusinski
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Patent number: 11794306Abstract: A fluid end having a longitudinal bore less than about 36 inches in diameter has an internal surface that is cold-worked to have compressive stresses of at least 15 ksi (103.42 MPa) beneath the metal surface up to about 40 mils (1.016 mm).Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2019Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: Superior Shot Peening, Inc.Inventors: Daniel Spinner, Van Blasingame, Albert Johnson