Patents by Inventor David Neal Hanlon

David Neal Hanlon has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10577682
    Abstract: A steel strip having a hot dip zinc based coating, the steel strip having the following composition, in weight %: C: 0.17-0.24 Mn: 1.8-2.5 Si: 0.65-1.25 Al: ?0.3 optionally: Nb: ?0.1 and/or V: ?0.3 and/or Ti: ?0.15 and/or Cr: ?0.5 and/or Mo: ?0.3, the remainder being iron and unavoidable impurities; with a Si/Mn ratio ?0.5 and a Si/C ratio ?3.0, with an Mn equivalent ME of at most 3.5, wherein ME=Mn+Cr+2 Mo (in wt. %); having a microstructure with (in vol. %): ferrite: 0-40, bainite: 20-70, martensite: 7-30, retained austenite: 5-20, pearlite: ?2, cementite: ?1; having a tensile strength in the range of 960-1100 MPa, a yield strength of at least 500 MPa, and a uniform elongation of at least 12%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: TATA STEEL IJMUIDEN B.V.
    Inventors: David Neal Hanlon, Marga Josina Zuijderwijk, Stefanus Matheus Cornelis Van Bohemen
  • Patent number: 10053757
    Abstract: A process for producing hot-rolled steel strip with a tensile strength of between 760 and 940 MPa and a steel produced therewith, suitable for producing parts by working such as press forming, bending or stretch flanging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: TATA STEEL IJMUIDEN BV
    Inventors: David Neal Hanlon, Theo Arnold Kop, Stefanus Matheus Cornelis Van Bohemen
  • Publication number: 20180100214
    Abstract: A steel for hot forming having the following composition in weight %: C: 0.12-0.24, Mn: 1.60-2.50, Si: ?0.195, Cr: ?0.9, Al: ?1.3, P: ?0.02, S: ?0.005, N: ?0.03, B: ?0.0004, O: ?0.008 and optionally: Ti: ?0.2, Mo: ?0.2, Nb: ?0.2, V: ?0.2, Ca: ?0.05, the remainder being iron and unavoidable impurities. Also a strip, sheet or blank produced with such a steel, a method for producing a hot formed product, such a product and the use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2016
    Publication date: April 12, 2018
    Applicant: TATA STEEL IJMUIDEN B.V.
    Inventors: David Neal HANLON, Guido Cornelis HENSEN, Stefanus Matheus, Cornelis VAN BOHEMEN
  • Patent number: 9908566
    Abstract: A high strength hot rolled steel sheet with an excellent combination of tensile strength of at least 550 MPa and formability, including weight percent at most 0.15% of C, at most 0.5% of Si, between 0.5 and 2.0% of Mn, at most 0.06% of P, at most 0.008% of S, at most 0.1% of Al sol, at most 0.02% of N, between 0.02 and 0.45% of V, between 0.05 and 0.7% of Mo, optionally between 0.01 and 0.1% of Nb, balance of Fe and inevitable impurities, wherein the steel sheet has a precipitation strengthened and substantially single-phase ferritic microstructure, wherein the volume fraction of the ferrite phase in said microstructure is not lower than 97%, and wherein the precipitates in the microstructure comprise fine precipitates of composite carbides containing Mo and V and optionally Nb.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: TATA STEEL IJMUIDEN B.V.
    Inventors: Rolf Arjan Rijkenberg, David Neal Hanlon
  • Publication number: 20170191150
    Abstract: A steel strip having a hot dip zinc based coating, the steel strip having the following composition, in weight %: C: 0.17-0.24 Mn: 1.8-2.5 Si: 0.65-1.25 Al: ?0.3 optionally: Nb: ?0.1 and/or V: ?0.3 and/or Ti: ?0.15 and/or Cr: ?0.5 and/or Mo: ?0.3, the remainder being iron and unavoidable impurities; with a Si/Mn ratio ?0.5 and a Si/C ratio ?3.0, with an Mn equivalent ME of at most 3.5, wherein ME=Mn+Cr+2 Mo (in wt. %); having a microstructure with (in vol. %): ferrite: 0-40, bainite: 20-70, martensite: 7-30, retained austenite: 5-20, pearlite: ?2, cementite: ?1; having a tensile strength in the range of 960-1100 MPa, a yield strength of at least 500 MPa, and a uniform elongation of at least 12%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2015
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Inventors: David Neal HANLON, Marga Josina ZUIJDERWIJK, Stefanus Matheus Cornelis VAN BOHEMEN
  • Patent number: 9677150
    Abstract: A high strength hot dip galvanized steel strip including, in mass percent, of the following elements: 0.10-0.18% C, 1.90-2.50% Mn, 0.30-0.50% Si, 0.50-0.70% Al, 0.10-0.50% Cr, 0.001-0.10% P, 0.01-0.05% Nb, max 0.004% Ca, max 0.05% S, max 0.007% N, and optionally at least one of the following elements: 0.005-0.50% Ti, 0.005-0.50% V, 0.005-0.50% Mo, 0.005-0.50% Ni, 0.005-0.50% Cu, max 0.005% B, the balance Fe and inevitable impurities, wherein 0.80%<Al+Si<1.05% and Mn+Cr>2.10%. This steel offers improved formability at a high strength, has a good weldability and surface quality together with a good produce-ability and coat-ability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: TATA STEEL IJMUIDEN B.V.
    Inventors: Bernard Leo Ennis, David Neal Hanlon
  • Publication number: 20160289809
    Abstract: A steel for hot forming. The steel for hot forming has the following composition in weight%: C: 0.10-0.25, Mn: 1.4-2.6, Si:<0.4, Cr:<1.0, Al:<1.5, P:<0.02, S:<0.005, N:<0.03, B:<0.0004, 0:<0.008 and optionally: Ti:<0.3, Mo:<0.5, Nb:<0.3, V:<0.5, Ca:<0.05, the remainder being iron and unavoidable impurities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2014
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: David Neal HANLON, Stefanus Matheus, Cornelis VAN BOHEMEN
  • Publication number: 20150191807
    Abstract: A process for producing hot-rolled steel strip with a tensile strength of between 760 and 940 MPa and a steel produced therewith, suitable for producing parts by working such as press forming, bending or stretch flanging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2013
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Applicant: TATA STEEL IJMUIDEN BV
    Inventors: David Neal Hanlon, Theo Arnold Kop, Stefanus Matheus Cornelis Van Bohemen
  • Publication number: 20150099139
    Abstract: A high strength hot rolled steel sheet with an excellent combination of tensile strength of at least 550 MPa and formability, including weight percent at most 0.15% of C, at most 0.5% of Si, between 0.5 and 2.0% of Mn, at most 0.06% of P, at most 0.008% of S, at most 0.1% of Al sol, at most 0.02% of N, between 0.02 and 0.45% of V, between 0.05 and 0.7% of Mo, optionally between 0.01 and 0.1% of Nb, balance of Fe and inevitable impurities, wherein the steel sheet has a precipitation strengthened and substantially single-phase ferritic microstructure, wherein the volume fraction of the ferrite phase in said microstructure is not lower than 97%, and wherein the precipitates in the microstructure comprise fine precipitates of composite carbides containing Mo and V and optionally Nb.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2013
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventors: Rolf Arjan Rijkenberg, David Neal Hanlon
  • Publication number: 20150079420
    Abstract: The steel for hot forming has the following composition in weight %: C: 0.10-0.25, Mn: 1.4-2.8, Si: ?1.0, Cr: ?1.0, Ti: ?0.05, Nb: ?0.05, V: ?0.1, Mo: ?0.1, Al: ?0.05, P: ?0.02, S: ?0.005, Ca: ?0.005, O: ?0.01, N: ?0.02, B: ?0.0004, the remainder being iron and unavoidable impurities. Also disclosed is a strip, sheet or blank produced with such a steel, a method for producing a hot formed product, such a product and the use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventors: David Neal HANLON, Stefanus Matheus Cornelis VAN BOHEMEN
  • Publication number: 20150044504
    Abstract: A high strength hot dip galvanized steel strip including, in mass percent, of the following elements: 0.10-0.18% C, 1.90-2.50% Mn, 0.30-0.50% Si, 0.50-0.70% Al, 0.10-0.50% Cr, 0.001-0.10% P, 0.01-0.05% Nb, max 0.004% Ca, max 0.05% S, max 0.007% N, and optionally at least one of the following elements: 0.005-0.50% Ti, 0.005-0.50% V, 0.005-0.50% Mo, 0.005-0.50% Ni, 0.005-0.50% Cu, max 0.005% B, the balance Fe and inevitable impurities, wherein 0.80%<Al+Si<1.05% and Mn+Cr>2.10%. This steel offers improved formability at a high strength, has a good weldability and surface quality together with a good produce-ability and coat-ability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventors: Bernard Leo Ennis, David Neal HANLON
  • Patent number: 8882938
    Abstract: A high strength hot dip galvanized steel strip including, in mass percent, of the following elements: 0.10-0.18% C, 1.90-2.50% Mn, 0.30-0.50% Si, 0.50-0.70% Al, 0.10-0.50% Cr, 0.001-0.10% P, 0.01-0.05% Nb, max 0.004% Ca, max 0.05% S, max 0.007% N, and optionally at least one of the following elements: 0.005-0.50% Ti, 0.005-0.50% V, 0.005-0.50% Mo, 0.005-0.50% Ni, 0.005-0.50% Cu, max 0.005% B, the balance Fe and inevitable impurities, wherein 0.80%<Al+Si<1.05% and Mn+Cr>2.10%. This steel offers improved formability at a high strength, has a good weldability and surface quality together with a good produce-ability and coat-ability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Tata Steel Ijmuiden B.V.
    Inventors: Bernard Leo Ennis, David Neal Hanlon
  • Publication number: 20140147697
    Abstract: An apparatus for producing annealed steels and annealed steels produced thereby.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2012
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicants: TATA STEEL NEDERLAND TECHNOLOGY BV, TATA STEEL IJMUIDEN BV
    Inventors: Basjan Berkhout, David Neal Hanlon, Steven Celotto, Gerardus Jacobus Paulussen, Jacques Pierre Jean Verberne
  • Publication number: 20120288733
    Abstract: A high strength hot dip galvanized steel strip including, in mass percent, of the following elements: 0.10-0.18% C, 1.90-2.50% Mn, 0.30-0.50% Si, 0.50-0.70% Al, 0.10-0.50% Cr, 0.001-0.10% P, 0.01-0.05% Nb, max 0.004% Ca, max 0.05% S, max 0.007% N, and optionally at least one of the following elements: 0.005-0.50% Ti, 0.005-0.50% V, 0.005-0.50% Mo, 0.005-0.50% Ni, 0.005-0.50% Cu, max 0.005% B, the balance Fe and inevitable impurities, wherein 0.80%<Al+Si<1.05% and Mn+Cr>2.10%. This steel offers improved formability at a high strength, has a good weldability and surface quality together with a good produce-ability and coat-ability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Applicant: Tata Steel IJmuiden B.V.
    Inventors: Bernard Leo Ennis, David Neal Hanlon
  • Publication number: 20100139816
    Abstract: Cold rolled and continuously annealed high strength steel strip including (in wt %): 0.04-0.30% C, 1.0-3.5% Mn, 0-1.0% Si, 0-2.0% Al, 0-1.0% Cr, 0-0.02% P, 0-0.01% S, 0-0.25% V, 0-0.1% Nb, 0-0.20% Ti, 0-0.015% N, 0-0.010% B, unavoidable impurities, balance iron, provided with a hot dip galvanized or galvannealed zinc alloy coating layer, wherein the zinc alloy is 0.3-4.0% Mg and 0.05-6.0% Al; optionally at most 0.2% of one or more additional elements; unavoidable impurities; the remainder being zinc, and method for producing it.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2008
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Inventors: David Neal Hanlon, Margot Julia Vlot