Patents Assigned to QuesTek Innovations LLC
  • Patent number: 11780014
    Abstract: Exemplary martensitic steel alloys may be particularly suited for additive manufacturing applications. Exemplary atomized alloy powders usable in additive manufacturing may include carbon, nickel, manganese, chromium, and the balance iron and incidental impurities. Exemplary steel alloys can be molybdenum free.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: QUESTEK INNOVATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Amit Behera, Greg Olson
  • Patent number: 11780003
    Abstract: Provided herein are titanium alloys that can achieve a combination of high strength and high toughness or elongation, and a method to produce the alloys. By tolerating iron, oxygen, and other incidental elements and impurities, the alloys enable the use of lower quality scrap as raw materials. The alloys are castable and can form ?-phase laths in a basketweave morphology by a commercially feasible heat treatment that does not require hot-working or rapid cooling rates. The alloys comprise, by weight, about 3.0% to about 6.0% aluminum, 0% to about 1.5% tin, about 2.0% to about 4.0% vanadium, about 0.5% to about 4.5% molybdenum, about 1.0% to about 2.5% chromium, about 0.20% to about 0.55% iron, 0% to about 0.35% oxygen, 0% to about 0.007% boron, and 0% to about 0.60% other incidental elements and impurities, the balance of weight percent comprising titanium. There exists an unmet need to produce titanium alloys for use in aerospace applications which have a refined equiaxed grain structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: QuesTek Innovations LLC
    Inventors: James A. Wright, Jason Sebastian, Herng-Jeng Jou, Thomas S. Kozmel, II, Clay A. Houser
  • Patent number: 11773468
    Abstract: Materials, methods and techniques disclosed and contemplated herein relate to aluminum alloys. Generally, multicomponent aluminum alloys include aluminum, magnesium, silicon, and, in some instances, iron and/or manganese, and include Mg2Si phase precipitates. Example multicomponent aluminum alloys disclosed and contemplated herein are particularly suited for use in additive manufacturing operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: QUESTEK INNOVATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Jiadong Gong, Gregory B. Olson, David R. Snyder
  • Patent number: 11499212
    Abstract: Complex concentrated alloys include five or more elements, at least one of which is ruthenium. Example complex concentrated alloys can include nickel and chromium, iron, ruthenium, molybdenum, and/or tungsten. Example complex concentrated alloys have single phase microstructure of face centered cubic (FCC) and can be homogenous. Example complex concentrated alloys can exhibit improved corrosion resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: QUESTEK INNOVATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Pin Lu, James Saal, Greg Olson
  • Patent number: 11401585
    Abstract: Materials, methods and techniques disclosed and contemplated herein relate to multicomponent aluminum alloys. Generally, multicomponent aluminum alloys include aluminum, nickel, zirconium, and rare earth elements, and include L12 precipitates having an Al3X composition. Rare earth elements used in example multicomponent aluminum alloys disclosed and contemplated herein include erbium (Er), zirconium (Zr), yttrium (Y), and ytterbium (Yb). Example multicomponent aluminum alloys disclosed and contemplated herein are particularly suited for use in additive manufacturing operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: QUESTEK INNOVATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Jiadong Gong, Gregory B. Olson, David R. Snyder, Thomas S. Kozmel, II
  • Patent number: 11118247
    Abstract: Alloys, processes for preparing the alloys, and articles including the alloys are provided. The alloys can include, by weight, about 4% to about 7% aluminum, 0% to about 0.2% carbon, about 7% to about 11% cobalt, about 5% to about 9% chromium, about 0.01% to about 0.2% hafnium, about 0.5% to about 2% molybdenum, 0% to about 1.5% rhenium, about 8% to about 10.5% tantalum, about 0.01% to about 0.5% titanium, and about 6% to about 10% tungsten, the balance essentially nickel and incidental elements and impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: QUESTEK INNOVATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Jiadong Gong, David R. Snyder, Jason T. Sebastian
  • Patent number: 10941473
    Abstract: Aluminum alloys are provided. The alloys can include one or more of zinc, magnesium, copper, zirconium, yttrium, erbium, ytterbium, scandium, silver, and the balance of aluminum and incidental elements and impurities. The alloys can be used for additive manufacturing of various articles, such as aircraft components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: QUESTEK INNOVATIONS LLC
    Inventors: David R. Snyder, James Saal, Jason T. Sebastian, Gregory B. Olson, Jiadong Gong
  • Patent number: 10711329
    Abstract: A beryllium-free high-strength copper alloy includes, about 10-30 vol % of L12-(Ni,Cu)3(Al,Sn), and substantially excludes cellular discontinuous precipitation around grain boundaries. The alloy may include at least one component selected from the group consisting of: Ag, Cr, Mn, Nb, Ti, and V, and the balance Cu.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: QuesTek Innovations LLC
    Inventors: James A. Wright, Abhijeet Misra
  • Patent number: 10597757
    Abstract: Alloys, processes for preparing the alloys, and articles including the alloys are provided. The alloys can include, by weight, about 0.01% to about 1% vanadium, 0% to about 0.04% carbon, 0% to about 8% niobium, 0% to about 1% titanium, 0% to about 0.04% boron, 0% to about 1% tungsten, 0% to about 1% tantalum, 0% to about 1% hafnium, and 0% to about 1% ruthenium, the balance essentially molybdenum and incidental elements and impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: QUESTEK INNOVATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Jiadong Gong, David R. Snyder, Jason T. Sebastian, William Arthur Counts, Abhijeet Misra, James A. Wright
  • Patent number: 10519529
    Abstract: An alloy includes, in weight percentage, about 20.0% to about 25.0% chromium, 0% to about 5.0% molybdenum, about 3.0% to about 15.0% cobalt, about 1.5% to about 6.0% niobium, about 1.0% to about 3.0% tantalum, about 1.0% to about 5.0% tungsten, 0% to about 1.0% aluminum, 0% to about 0.05% carbon, 0% to about 0.01% titanium, and the balance nickel and incidental elements and impurities, wherein the alloy includes L12 and D022 precipitates in a compact morphology.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: QUESTEK INNOVATIONS LLC
    Inventors: James A. Wright, Weiming Huang, Abhijeet Misra, Jeremy Hoishun Li, Jiadong Gong, Dana J. Frankel
  • Patent number: 10471503
    Abstract: Provided herein are titanium alloys that can achieve a combination of high strength and high toughness or elongation, and a method to produce the alloys. By tolerating iron, oxygen, and other incidental elements and impurities, the alloys enable the use of lower quality scrap as raw materials. The alloys are castable and can form ?-phase laths in a basketweave morphology by a commercially feasible heat treatment that does not require hot-working or rapid cooling rates. The alloys comprise, by weight, about 3.0% to about 6.0% aluminum, 0% to about 1.5% tin, about 2.0% to about 4.0% vanadium, about 0.5% to about 4.5% molybdenum, about 1.0% to about 2.5% chromium, about 0.20% to about 0.55% iron, 0% to about 0.35% oxygen, 0% to about 0.007% boron, and 0% to about 0.60% other incidental elements and impurities, the balance of weight percent comprising titanium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Questek Innovations LLC
    Inventors: James A. Wright, Jason Sebastian, Herng-Jen Jou
  • Patent number: 10351921
    Abstract: A martensitic stainless steel alloy is strengthened by copper-nucleated nitride precipitates. The alloy includes, in combination by weight percent, about 10.0 to about 12.5 Cr, about 2.0 to about 7.5 Ni, up to about 17.0 Co, about 0.6 to about 1.5 Mo, about 0.5 to about 2.3 Cu, up to about 0.6 Mn, up to about 0.4 Si, about 0.05 to about 0.15 V, up to about 0.10 N, up to about 0.035 C, up to about 0.01 W, and the balance Fe and incidental elements and impurities. The nitride precipitates may be enriched by one or more transition metals. A case hardened, corrosion resistant variant has a reduced weight percent of Ni, enabling increased use of Cr, and decreased Co.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: QuesTek Innovations LLC
    Inventors: David R. Snyder, Jiadong Gong, Jason T. Sebastian, James A. Wright, Herng-Jeng Jou, Zechariah Feinberg
  • Patent number: 10351922
    Abstract: Alloys, a process for preparing the alloys, and manufactured articles including the alloys are described herein. The alloys include, by weight, about 11.5% to about 14.5% chromium, about 0.01% to about 3.0% nickel, about 0.1% to about 1.0% copper, about 0.1% to about 0.2% carbon, about 0.01% to about 0.1% niobium, 0% to about 5% cobalt, 0% to about 3.0% molybdenum, and 0% to about 0.5% titanium, the balance essentially iron and incidental elements and impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: QuesTek Innovations LLC
    Inventors: David R. Snyder, Jiadong Gong, Jason T. Sebastian, James A. Wright, Herng-Jeng Jou, Zechariah Feinberg
  • Patent number: 9914987
    Abstract: A martensitic stainless steel alloy is strengthened by copper-nucleated nitride precipitates. The alloy includes, in combination by weight percent, about 10.0 to about 12.5 Cr, about 2.0 to about 7.5 Ni, up to about 17.0 Co, about 0.6 to about 1.5 Mo, about 0.5 to about 2.3 Cu, up to about 0.6 Mn, up to about 0.4 Si, about 0.05 to about 0.15 V, up to about 0.10 N, up to about 0.035 C, up to about 0.01 W, and the balance Fe and incidental elements and impurities. The nitride precipitates may be enriched by one or more transition metals. A case hardened, corrosion resistant variant has a reduced weight percent of Ni, enabling increased use of Cr, and decreased Co.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: QuesTek Innovations LLC
    Inventors: David R. Snyder, Jiadong Gong, Jason T. Sebastian, James A. Wright, Herng-Jeng Jou, Zechariah Feinberg
  • Patent number: 9845520
    Abstract: A beryllium-free high-strength copper alloy includes, about 10-30 vol % of L12-(Ni,Cu)3(Al,Sn), and substantially excludes cellular discontinuous precipitation around grain boundaries. The alloy may include at least one component selected from the group consisting of: Ag, Cr, Mn, Nb, Ti, and V, and the balance Cu.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: Questek Innovations LLC
    Inventors: James A. Wright, Abhijeet Misra
  • Patent number: 9631262
    Abstract: Alloys, processes for preparing the alloys, and manufactured articles including the alloys are described. The alloys include, by weight, about 10% to about 20% chromium, about 4% to about 7% titanium, about 1% to about 3% vanadium, 0% to about 10% iron, less than about 3% nickel, 0% to about 10% tungsten, less than about 1% molybdenum, and the balance of weight percent including cobalt and incidental elements and impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: QUESTEK INNOVATIONS LLC
    Inventors: James A. Wright, Jeremy Hoishun Li
  • Patent number: 8808471
    Abstract: A martensitic stainless steel alloy is strengthened by copper-nucleated nitride precipitates. The alloy includes, in combination by weight percent, about 10.0 to about 12.5 Cr, about 2.0 to about 7.5 Ni, up to about 17.0 Co, about 0.6 to about 1.5 Mo, about 0.5 to about 2.3 Cu, up to about 0.6 Mn, up to about 0.4 Si, about 0.05 to about 0.15 V, up to about 0.10 N, up to about 0.035 C, up to about 0.01 W, and the balance Fe and incidental elements and impurities. The nitride precipitates may be enriched by one or more transition metals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: QuesTek Innovations LLC
    Inventors: James A. Wright, Gregory B. Olson, Weijia Tang
  • Patent number: 8801872
    Abstract: A case hardened gear steel having enhanced core fracture toughness includes by weight percent about 16.3Co, 7.5Ni, 3.5Cr, 1.75Mo, 0.2W, 0.11C, 0.03Ti, and 0.02V and the balance Fe, characterized as a predominantly lath martensitic microstructure essentially free of topologically close-packed (TCP) phases and carburized to include fine M2C carbides to provide a case hardness of at least about 62 HRC and a core toughness of at least about 50 ksi?in.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: QuesTek Innovations, LLC
    Inventors: James A. Wright, Jason Sebastian
  • Publication number: 20140060707
    Abstract: Alloys, processes for preparing the alloys, and manufactured articles including the alloys are described. The alloys include, by weight, about 10% to about 20% chromium, about 4% to about 7% titanium, about 1% to about 3% vanadium, 0% to about 10% iron, less than about 3% nickel, 0% to about 10% tungsten, less than about 1% molybdenum, and the balance of weight percent including cobalt and incidental elements and impurities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: QuesTek Innovations LLC
    Inventors: James A. Wright, Jeremy Hoishun Li
  • Patent number: 8518192
    Abstract: A lead-free copper alloy includes, in combination by weight, about 10.0% to about 20.0% bismuth, about 0.05% to about 0.3% phosphorous, about 2.2% to about 10.0% tin, up to about 5.0% antimony, and up to about 0.02% boron, the balance essentially copper and incidental elements and impurities. The alloy contains no more than about 0.05 wt. % or 0.10 wt. % lead.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: QuesTek Innovations, LLC
    Inventors: Abhijeet Misra, Jason Sebastian, James A. Wright