Patents by Inventor Stuart David McDonald

Stuart David McDonald 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: 11980974
    Abstract: In a method for manufacturing a solder joint part, at least one of a first metal base material and a second metal base material is an alloy containing Ni in an amount of more than 0 wt % and less than 44 wt % and Cu in an amount of more than 56 wt %, and solder is a solder alloy containing Ga and inevitable impurities or a solder alloy containing Ga as a main component and having a melting point of 30° C. or lower. The method includes applying the solder to a surface of the first metal base material and placing the second metal base material on the applied solder, and heating the first and second metal base materials to a temperature of 90° C. or lower in a specified atmosphere or in a liquid to generate CuGa2 or (Cu, Ni)Ga2 between the first and second metal base materials, thereby joining the first and second metal material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignees: Nihon Superior Co., Ltd., The University of Queensland
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Nogita, Stuart David Mcdonald, Shiqian Liu, Tetsuro Nishimura, Takatoshi Nishimura, Tetsuya Akaiwa
  • Publication number: 20240137267
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for asset utilization and trigger-based automation. A network management system may receive a receive a network management configuration that identifies a configuration of a set of assets to be allocated to a service. The network management system may generate an asset utilization dataset including a set of utilization values associated with the set of assets generated over a time. The asset utilization data set may be used to train a machine-learning model configured to generated predictions corresponding to a future utilization associated with the set of assets. The network management system may then execute the machine-learning model predict utilization of a first asset. Upon determining that the predicted utilization is greater than a threshold, the network management system may execute an action associated with the set of assets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: James Michael Brinksma, Alexander Kenneth Godwin, Nathan Oliver Grey, Marcelo Alejandro McAndrew, Stuart David McDonald, Michael John Vitale
  • Publication number: 20220009040
    Abstract: In a method for manufacturing a solder joint part, at least one of a first metal base material and a second metal base material is an alloy containing Ni in an amount of more than 0 wt % and less than 44 wt % and Cu in an amount of more than 56 wt %, and solder is a solder alloy containing Ga and inevitable impurities or a solder alloy containing Ga as a main component and having a melting point of 30° C. or lower. The method includes applying the solder to a surface of the first metal base material and placing the second metal base material on the applied solder, and heating the first and second metal base materials to a temperature of 90° C. or lower in a specified atmosphere or in a liquid to generate CuGa2 or (Cu, Ni)Ga2 between the first and second metal base materials, thereby joining the first and second metal material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: Kazuhiro NOGITA, Stuart David MCDONALD, Shiqian LIU, Tetsuro NISHIMURA, Takatoshi NISHIMURA, Tetsuya AKAIWA
  • Patent number: 9999945
    Abstract: A solder alloy may include a Sn—Cu hypereutectic area having Cu in the amount of up to 7.6 weight percent, from 0.006 to 0.5 weight percent of Al, Al2O3, or a combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignees: NIHON SUPERIOR CO., LTD., THE UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND
    Inventors: Tetsuro Nishimura, Kazuhiro Nogita, Stuart David McDonald, Jonathan James Read, Tina Ventura
  • Publication number: 20140030140
    Abstract: A solder alloy may include a Sn—Cu hypereutectic area having Cu in the amount of up to 7.6 weight percent, from 0.006 to 0.5 weight percent of Al, Al2O3, or a combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2012
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicants: THE UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND, NIHON SUPERIOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuro Nishimura, Kazuhiro Nogita, Stuart David McDonald, Jonathan James Read, Tina Ventura
  • Patent number: 8097101
    Abstract: A method of forming a hypoeutectic aluminium silicon alloy including the steps of: forming an aluminium melt including greater than zero and less than about 12 wt % silicon, adding 20-3000 ppm of a eutectic modifying element selected from the group consisting of strontium, sodium, antimony, barium, calcium, yttrium, lithium, potassium, ytterbium, europium and mischmetal; and either adding nucleant particles and/or causing nucleant particles to be formed in the melt, the nucleant particles being selected from the group of TiSix, MnCx, AlP, AlBx and CrBx wherein x is an integer of 1 or 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: Cast Centre Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Arne Kristian Dahle, Liming Lu, Kazuhiro Nogita, Stuart David McDonald
  • Publication number: 20090297394
    Abstract: A method of forming a hypoeutectic aluminium silicon alloy including the steps of: forming an aluminium melt including greater than zero and less than about 12 wt % silicon, adding 20-3000 ppm of a eutectic modifying element selected from the group consisting of strontium, sodium, antimony, barium, calcium, yttrium, lithium, potassium, ytterbium, europium and mischmetal; and either adding nucleant particles and/or causing nucleant particles to be formed in the melt, the nucleant particles being selected from the group of TiSix, MnCx, AlP, AlBx and CrBx wherein x is an integer of 1 or 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2005
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Applicant: CAST CENTRE PTY LTD
    Inventors: Arne Kristian Dahle, Liming Lu, Kazuhiro Nogita, Stuart David McDonald