Patents Examined by Kevin E Yoon
  • Patent number: 11542581
    Abstract: A titanium product includes an inner layer portion and a surface layer portion joined to the inner layer portion. The surface layer portion has a composition consisting of, by mass %, O: 0.4% or less, Fe: 0.5% or less, Cl: 0.020% or less, the balance: Ti and impurities. The inner layer portion 3 has pores and a composition consisting of, by mass %, O: 0.4% or less, Fe: 0.5% or less, Cl: more than 0.020% and 0.60%, the balance: Ti and impurities. The area fraction of the pores in the inner layer portion in a cross-section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the titanium product is more than 0% and not more than 30%. The Cl content (ClI) of the inner layer portion, a thickness (tS) of the surface layer portion, and a thickness (tI) of the inner layer portion satisfy the expression [ClI?0.03+0.02×tS/tI].
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Kitaura, Yoshihisa Shirai, Hideki Fujii
  • Patent number: 11534830
    Abstract: A tantalum powder, a tantalum powder compact, a tantalum powder sintered body, a tantalum anode, an electrolytic capacitor and a preparation method for tantalum powder. The tantalum powder contains boron element, and the tantalum powder has a specific surface area of greater than or equal to 4 m2/g; the ratio of the boron content of the tantalum powder to the specific surface area of the tantalum powder is 2˜16; the boron content is measured in weight ppm, and the specific surface area is measured in m2/g; Powder that can pass through a ?-mesh screen in the tantalum powder accounts for over 85% of the total weight of the tantalum powder, where ?=150˜170; and the tantalum powder with high CV has a low leakage current and dielectric loss, and good moldability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: NINGXIA ORIENT TANTALUM INDUSTRY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Haiyan Ma, Hui Li, Guoqing Luo, Yuewei Cheng, Chunxia Zhao, Xueqing Chen, Zhidao Wang, Fukun Lin, Guoqi Yang, Ning Wang, Yinghui Ma, Yanjie Wang, Lijun Li, Honggang Zhang
  • Patent number: 11535556
    Abstract: A phosphogypsum non-sintered ceramsite light aggregate composed of water and a mixture composed of phosphogypsum, mineral powder and cement. Raw materials of the mixture have weight percentages of phosphogypsum 80-90%, mineral powder 3.3-10%, cement 6.5-10%; the water has a weight of 17% of the total weight of the mixture. A method of preparing the phosphogypsum non-sintered ceramsite light aggregate. The phosphogypsum non-sintered ceramsite light aggregate is prepared by modification, granulation, curing, crushing, sieving and other processes by using phosphogypsum as a main material, cement as an alkaline activator, mineral powder as an active material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Inventors: Chiqiu Wu, Wei Lyu, Tao Sun, Wenhui Gong, Biao Hu, Yuzhen Wang
  • Patent number: 11534853
    Abstract: Process for manufacturing a part, in particular a composite cast part, includes the steps of: providing at least one insertion element; casting a casting material around at least a portion of the at least one insertion element such that at least one contact area is formed between the at least one insertion element and the casting material; and welding the at least one insertion element to the casting material in the contact area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Jean-Marc Segaud, Mario Senff
  • Patent number: 11534820
    Abstract: A crystallizer copper plate and a continuous casting crystallizer. The crystallizer copper plate is provided with a metal continuous casting die surface and a rear-side cooling fixed surface. The fixed surface is provided with fixing screw holes in a vertical column connected to a fixed water tank or an adapter backplate and mesas forming the surrounding of the screw holes. Reinforced bars are connected between multiple mesas of each column. Cooling channels lower than the fixed surface are provided between any two adjacent two columns of fixing screw holes. Flow-diverting cooling bars are provided at the middle of meniscus regions of the cooling channels. Either the top end or the bottom end of the flow-diverting cooling bar is a cone used for altering the direction of movement of a cooling medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: XIXIA LONGCHENG SPECIAL MATERIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xibin Wang, Jialiang Zhao, Chunyi Liao, Chao Ma, Yi Ren
  • Patent number: 11529678
    Abstract: The method can include: using a mold, casting an encapsulation onto a workpiece including solidifying the encapsulation around the workpiece in the mold and extracting the encapsulation from the mold, and cooling the extracted encapsulation using a vortex tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.
    Inventor: Maurice Cameron
  • Patent number: 11529677
    Abstract: A vacuum sensor system includes a vacuum pump, vacuum tank, solenoid valve, filters, vacuum block, sensors, and a central processing unit (CPU). The vacuum sensor system monitors the performance of a vacuum system connected to a high pressure die casting machine to ensure that the components cast in the mold or die will have a greater yield of acceptable parts. More specifically, the vacuum sensor system uses sensors to monitor and analyze the vacuum pressure at multiple locations to determine which components are clogging and causing a loss of vacuum pressure in the system. When the CPU detects an anomaly in the pressure, the CPU provides notification in one or more of the following ways: sending a command to shut down the die casting machine; visual notification on the screen of the CPU; an audible warning signal; a visual notification on a semaphore installed on the machine; and/or an electronic notification to one or more users via email, text, or other form of telecommunication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Midland Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Dana Steen, William Frank Zbaracki, Ray Edwin Hammermeister, Brian Christian Hannah
  • Patent number: 11524331
    Abstract: A unidirectional or bidirectional sand dispensing device, including a discharge port (10), the discharge port includes a lower plate (11) and an upper plate (12), the upper plate is provided above the lower plate, an included angle between a horizontal plane and a straight line where an endpoint of a free end of the upper plate and an endpoint of a free end of the lower plate are located is a leakage angle (13), that is to say, a particulate material forms an inclined plane between the upper plate and the lower plate, and an included angle between the inclined plane and the horizontal plane is the leakage angle, which can be adjusted by changing relative positions of the upper plate and the lower plate. The direction of an opening of the sand passing passage is opposite to a moving direction during the sand dispensing operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Inventors: Fan Peng, Bao Yang, Jiejun He, Yunlong Xu, Yantao Wang
  • Patent number: 11518002
    Abstract: With a method for the production of a grinding tool, a tool base body is provided, which configures a three-dimensionally shaped adhesive sur-face by application of a bonding agent. The tool base body is positioned in a way that the adhesive surface is arranged in an electrostatic field, be-tween a first electrode and a second electrode. Into the electrostatic field, abrasive grains are introduced, which, due to the electrostatic field, move towards the adhesive surface and adhere to same. The grinding tool produced in this manner has a three-dimensionally shaped abrasive grain layer. The production of the grinding tool is simple, flexible and economical. The grinding tool has a randomly shaped abrasive grain layer and can be applied in a manifold manner with a high cutting performance and a long service life.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: PFERD MILWAUKEE BRUSH COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Thomas Mohn, Bernd Stuckenholz, Achim Schmitz
  • Patent number: 11498118
    Abstract: A method for producing a metal ingot by using an electron-beam melting furnace having an electron gun and a hearth that accumulates a molten metal of a metal raw material, wherein the metal raw material is supplied to the position on a supply line disposed along a second side wall of the hearth that accumulates the molten metal of the metal raw material. A first electron beam is radiated along a first irradiation line that is disposed along the supply line and is closer to a central part of the hearth relative to the supply line on the surface of the molten metal, wherein a surface temperature (T2) of the molten metal at the first irradiation line is made higher than an average surface temperature (T0) of the entire surface of the molten metal in the hearth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hitoshi Funagane, Kenji Hamaogi
  • Patent number: 11498871
    Abstract: A process for the production of a mineral foam includes separately preparing a slurry of cement and an aqueous foam, wherein the cement slurry includes water and Portland cement as well as calcium silicate hydrate crystallization seeds; contacting the slurry of cement with the aqueous foam to obtain a slurry of foamed cement; and casting the slurry of foamed cement and leave it to set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: HOLCIM TECHNOLOGY LTD
    Inventors: Pascal Bost, Serge Sabio, Christine Chaumilliat, Hélène Lombois-Burger
  • Patent number: 11484944
    Abstract: A three-dimensional printing system for manufacturing three-dimensional articles includes an apparatus, a filtration system, and a controller. The apparatus is a fabrication system that generates ignitable powder dust in an inert atmosphere fluid stream. The filtration system receives the fluid stream and has a plurality of filter units in a parallel arrangement including at least a first filter unit and a second filter unit. The controller is configured to control the filtration unit and to thereby individually operate the plurality of filter units in two states including a filtration state and an oxidation state. When one of the plurality of filter units is operating in the filtration state another of the plurality of filter units is operating in the oxidation state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: 3D SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Robert W. Beauchamp, Jonathan Watson
  • Patent number: 11484939
    Abstract: A venting device for venting a casting mold in the form of a chill vent having two mold halves which oppose each other and are complementary to each other in form and function, each mold half having a plurality of elevations and indentations in the areas facing each other and the elevations of one mold half engaging with the indentations of the second mold half, and a gap being formed between the two mold halves when the mold halves are placed on each other, air and surplus molten material flowing out through said gap when the casting mold is being filled, the gap having, in the flow direction of the molten material, a saw-toothed course having several sawtooth portions disposed in a row in the flow direction, each sawtooth portion having a leading edge inclined in the flow direction and a trailing edge inclined against the flow direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignees: INTERGUSS GIESSEREIPRODUKTE GMBH, MFSA MODELL-UND FORMENBAU GMBH
    Inventor: Carolin Schwarz
  • Patent number: 11472740
    Abstract: A preparation method of a plant-mixed warm regenerated asphalt mixture, comprises the following steps: preparing a RAP material, a new aggregate, a mineral powder, a new asphalt and a regenerant with a total mass percentage of 100%; heating and stirring the RAP material, adding the regenerant, and continuing to heat and stir; placing the product in a development bin for development, wherein a development temperature is 40° C. to 150° C., and a development time is 0.5 h to 6 h; mixing, heating and stirring a product with the new aggregate; and after mixing and heating the product with the new asphalt, adding the mineral powder, and stirring to mold. Addition of the regenerated asphalt mixture in the development process improves the regeneration effect of the old asphalt, and pavement performances of the formed regenerated asphalt mixture can fully reach that of a hot-mixed asphalt mixture produced entirely with new materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Jiangsu Tiannuo Road Materials Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhaomin Guo, Yuzhen Zhang, Hubing Xiao, Meng Xu
  • Patent number: 11446734
    Abstract: A casting nozzle for use in the casting of molten metal produces a stable flow pattern having an elongated section in the horizontal plane. The bore cross-sectional area contains, from entry to exit, at least two significant section area reductions to reduce turbulence, realign streamlines and affect flow distribution inside the nozzle. The bore cross-section has a local minimum value in a contraction section located between the entry section and an expansion section. Bore cross-sectional area decreases from the expansion section to the lower end of the nozzle. The two significant cross-sectional area reductions cooperate with other structures within the bore to stabilize flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Vesuvius Group, S.A.
    Inventors: Johan Richaud, Waldemar Heinbichner
  • Patent number: 11440842
    Abstract: The invention belongs to the technical field of the resource treatment of industrial wastes, and particularly relates to a method for preparing a cementing material using smelting industrial waste slag after utilizing the simultaneous removal of SO2 and NOx in flue gas and an application of the cementing material obtained by the same. According to the invention, SO2 and NOx in the flue gas can be treated with the smelting industrial waste slag, meeting requirement of flue gas desulfurization and denitration; moreover, the smelting industrial waste slag can be purified and separated by means of waste gas resources to obtain a cementing material, realizing the resource utilization of the smelting industrial waste slag and waste gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: KUNMING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Ping Ning, Jiacheng Bao, Xin Sun, Yansu Luo, Kai Li, Chi Wang
  • Patent number: 11440085
    Abstract: This mold equipment is mold equipment provided with a mold, an electromagnetic brake device, and a control device. An immersion nozzle is provided with a pair of discharge holes of molten metal, the electromagnetic brake device is provided with an iron core including a pair of teeth and coils wound around the respective teeth, the coils on one side are connected in series in a first circuit, the coils on the other side are connected in series in a second circuit, and the control device is able to independently control voltage and current applied to each of the first and second circuits for each circuit, detects a drift of a discharge flow between the pair of discharge holes on the basis of the voltage applied to the coils in the first circuit and the voltage applied to the coils in the second circuit, and controls the current flowing through the first circuit and the current flowing through the second circuit on the basis of a detection result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Okada, Shintaro Oga, Yuichi Tsukaguchi
  • Patent number: 11440087
    Abstract: A casting plunger system for a die casting machine includes a stationary system part and a system part which moves relative to the stationary system part in a respective casting cycle for the introduction of melt material into a casting mould. The moved system part has a plunger, a plunger rod and a rod drive unit, and is configured to decelerate at the end of a mould filling phase of the casting cycle under the effect of pressure on the melt material. A casting method for a die casting machine is provided with such a plunger system. The moved system part has a mass which can be adjusted variably between different casting cycles, and/or the moved system part consists of a moved main system part and an additional mass unit which is arranged so as to be movable relative to the main system part and is configured to decelerate, at the end of the mould fill phase of the casting cycle, later by a predefined delay time than the main system part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Oskar Frech GmbH + Co. KG
    Inventor: Peter Maurer
  • Patent number: 11433442
    Abstract: A continuous casting and rolling plant for the continuous production of steel bars or profiles, the plant comprising in sequence, along a processing line, a continuous casting machine adapted to cast a billet; a first cutting device; a second cutting device; a rolling train adapted to roll the billet; wherein the continuous casting machine comprises a crystallizer, and is adapted to cast the billet at least at a first casting speed v1 and at a second casting speed v2 greater than the first casting speed v1; wherein the first cutting device is arranged at a first distance from the crystallizer expressed in meters, along the processing line, calculated according to a specific mathematical relation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: DANIELI & C. OFFICINE MECCANICHE S.p.A.
    Inventors: Andrea De Luca, Daniele Andreatta, Federico Tortul
  • Patent number: 11420251
    Abstract: A casting mold for a crankcase of an internal combustion engine includes a water jacket core which has a frame core and a cooling duct core. A land core is provided which is designed and positioned in such a way as to form a cooling duct in an inter-cylinder land of a crankcase. The land core is retained in the frame core and is, or can be, centered using a top core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellscaft
    Inventors: Michael Bachmayer, Andreas Sachsenhauser, Stefan Schmidberger, Thomas Schwabl