Patents by Inventor Tobias Vela Martin

Tobias Vela Martin 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).

  • High-strength steels for the formation of wear-protective lubricious tribofilms directly from hydrocarbon fluids
    Patent number: 11781195
    Abstract: Methods for forming carbon-based lubricious and/or wear-protective films in situ on the surface of steel alloys are provided. The methods use chromium-containing steel alloys, molybdenum-containing steel alloys, and steel alloys that contain both copper and nickel. When such alloys are subjected to a rubbing motion in the presence of a hydrocarbon fluid, the chromium, molybdenum, copper, and nickel in the steel alloy catalyzes the formation of solid carbon-containing films that reduce the friction, wear, or both of the contacting surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Northwestern University
    Inventors: Yip-Wah Chung, Qian Wang, Arman Mohammad Khan, Tobias Vela Martin
  • HIGH-STRENGTH STEELS FOR THE FORMATION OF WEAR-PROTECTIVE LUBRICIOUS TRIBOFILMS DIRECTLY FROM HYDROCARBON FLUIDS
    Publication number: 20220195549
    Abstract: Methods for forming carbon-based lubricious and/or wear-protective films in situ on the surface of steel alloys are provided. The methods use chromium-containing steel alloys, molybdenum-containing steel alloys, and steel alloys that contain both copper and nickel. When such alloys are subjected to a rubbing motion in the presence of a hydrocarbon fluid, the chromium, molybdenum, copper, and nickel in the steel alloy catalyzes the formation of solid carbon-containing films that reduce the friction, wear, or both of the contacting surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Yip-Wah Chung, Qian Wang, Arman Mohammad Khan, Tobias Vela Martin