Patents by Inventor Simone Leipert

Simone Leipert 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).

  • Developing the texture of a material
    Patent number: 6976380
    Abstract: Developing a texture of a material includes receiving a billet of material having an initial texture. The billet is associated with an extrusion procedure having extrusion routes executed as passes. The following is repeated for each pass to transform the initial texture to a developed texture: the billet is extruded through an inlet channel of an equal channel angular extrusion die according to the routes, and the billet is extruded through an outlet channel of the equal channel angular extrusion die according to the extrusion routes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2005
    Assignee: The Texas A&M University System
    Inventors: Karl T. Hartwig, Jr., Simone Leipert