Patents Assigned to SSAB Technology AB
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Patent number: 12134873Abstract: Disclosed is a bucket for an earth-working or materials-handling machine having a top portion, a first and a second bucket side wall, a bucket floor extending from a front cutting edge up to the top portion, wherein the front cutting edge, the first and second side walls and the top portion form a bucket opening, seen from a front view of the bucket, the bucket floor has an inside facing towards the bucket opening and an outside facing away from the bucket opening, characterized in that the bucket floor has at least one floor section being attached to the bucket floor, optionally by at least one weld interface between the at least one floor section and the bucket floor provided in the proximity of the front cutting edge; and at least one protection element for protecting at least a part of the floor section, and/or at least a part of the optional at least one weld interface, which at least one protection element is mounted on the inside of the bucket floor in the proximity of the front cutting edge.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2019Date of Patent: November 5, 2024Assignee: SSAB TECHNOLOGY ABInventor: Brian Coulson
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Patent number: 12123854Abstract: A method and test system for calculating and evaluating hardness and other properties of a material are disclosed. The method and test system use a 3D measurement equipment to read a shape of an indent created on a surface of the material, process the topographic map of the indent and generate a profile of the indent together with a corresponding HB value.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2019Date of Patent: October 22, 2024Assignee: SSAB TECHNOLOGY ABInventor: Anders Carlestam
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Patent number: 12065281Abstract: Described is a pallet box assembly for receiving and transporting heavy and/or high temperature objects. The pallet box assembly includes a tub and frame configured for receiving the tub. The tub has a bottom plate comprising two lateral side portions and at least one upwardly arc-shaped portion therebetween. Each of the two side portions further has a bent section, the bent section forming a longitudinally extending corner portion of the tub, and a substantially vertical section connecting to the bent section, the substantially vertical section reaching upwards from the bent section to align and connect to the respective side plate, wherein the substantially vertical section and the respective side plates further includes a longitudinally extending connection area.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2021Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignees: SSAB WEAR SOLUTIONS LLC, SSAB TECHNOLOGY ABInventors: Ross Wylie, Simon Lizotte-Latendresse, Anders Isaksson, Michal Ciszewski, Bill Donohue
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Patent number: 12024753Abstract: A hot-rolled strip steel product is described having a chemical composition consisting of, in terms of weight percentages (wt. %): 0.030%-0.10% C, 0%-1.10% Si, 0.50%-2.0% Mn, <0.020% P, <0.010% S, <0.010% N, 0%-0.60% Cr, 0%-0.20% Ni, 0%-0.25% Cu, 0%-0.30% Mo, 0%-0.15% Al, 0%-0.10% Nb, 0.10%-0.30% V, <0.020% Ti, 0%-0.0010% B, remainder being Fe and inevitable impurities, wherein the hot rolled strip steel product has a a microstructure comprising, in terms of volume percentages (vol. %), ferrite?90, wherein the ferrite structure comprises bainite, at least 50% of polygonal ferrite and at most 10% quasi-polygonal ferrite, and wherein the steel strip product has an average hole expansion ratio?50%, a yield strength (Rp0.2%) longitudinal to rolling direction of ?660 MPa and a tensile strength?760 MPa.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2021Date of Patent: July 2, 2024Assignee: SSAB TECHNOLOGY ABInventors: Vili Kesti, Ari Hirvi, Tommi Liimatainen, Mikko Hemmilä, Pasi Suikkanen, Erik Nymann, Martin Lind, Robin Nilsson, Juha Pyykkönen
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Patent number: 11982067Abstract: Disclosed is a bucket for an earth-working or materials-handling machine having a top portion, a first and a second side wall, a bucket floor extending from a front cutting edge up to the top portion, wherein the front cutting edge, the first and second side walls and the top portion form a bucket opening, seen from a front view of the bucket, the bucket floor has an inside facing towards the bucket opening and an outside facing away from the bucket opening, characterized in that the bucket floor comprises a first and a second rail section, wherein each one of the rail sections has at least one detachable wear component connected to the bucket floor, the bucket floor further has at least one inverted keel section with a trough portion on the outside of the bucket floor and a ridge portion on the inside of the bucket floor.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2019Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: SSAB TECHNOLOGY ABInventor: Brian Coulson
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Patent number: 11873616Abstract: Described is a bucket for an earth-working or materials-handling machine, having a top portion comprising a web section, a first and a second bucket side wall and a bucket floor extending from a front cutting edge of the bucket up to the top portion. The front cutting edge, the first and second side walls and the top portion form an opening of the bucket, seen from a front view of the bucket. The bucket has a first inner reinforcement beam element provided on an inside of the bucket adjacent the opening, connecting the first side wall to the web section and extending in a width direction (w) of the bucket from the first side wall towards the second side wall, wherein the first inner reinforcement beam element and the web section, as seen in a sectional plane taken perpendicularly to the width direction (w), form a first perimeter profile enclosing an area.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2019Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: SSAB TECHNOLOGY ABInventor: Brian Coulson
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Patent number: 11655528Abstract: Described is a hot-rolled steel having a tensile strength of at least 950 MPa and a microstructure that includes bainite at an area ratio of 70% or more; the balance being: martensite at an area ratio of 30% or less, and optionally ferrite at an area ratio of 20% or less. The hot-rolled steel has a chemical composition containing (in mass-%): C: 0.07-0.10, Si: 0.01-0.25, Mn: 1.5-2.0, Cr: 0.5-1.0, Ni: 0.1-0.5, Cu: 0.1-0.3, Mo: 0.01-0.2, Al: 0.01-0.05, Nb: 0.015-0.04, V: 0-0.1, i.e. optionally up to 0.1 mass-% Vanadium, Ti: 0-0.1, whereby the balance is Fe and unavoidable impurities.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2018Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: SSAB TECHNOLOGY ABInventor: Erik Nymann
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Patent number: 11633770Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for air bending a plate of material such as steel which is characterised by having two bending steps, wherein the bending punch in the second bending step has a smaller radius and/or the die width used in the second bending step is smaller than the die width used in the first bending step. The method of the disclosure can achieve a significant improvement in the bendability of materials, particularly high strength steels. The disclosure also provides new bending apparatus that are specifically adapted to carrying out the method of the disclosure, including a nested double die having a second narrower die residing below and within the first die, and an adjustable die having a height adjustment means (either in the support, bending punch or both) capable of accommodating movement of the material during the adjustment to form the second die width.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2016Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: SSAB TECHNOLOGY ABInventor: Lars Troive
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Patent number: 11572603Abstract: Disclosed is a hot-rolled steel strip having a tensile strength greater than 875 MPa and containing in mass-%: C 0.06-0.12, Si 0-0.5, Mn 0.70-2.20, Nb 0.005-0.100, Ti 0.01-0.10, V 0.11-0.40, whereby the total amount of V+Nb+Ti is 0.20-0.40 Al 0.005-0.150, B 0-0.0008, Cr 0-1.0, whereby the total amount of Mn+Cr is 0.9-2.5, Mo 0-0.5, Cu 0-0.5, Ni 0-1.0, P 0-0.05, S 0-0.01, Zr 0-0.1 Co 0-0.1 W 0-0.1 Ca 0-0.005, N 0-0.01, balance Fe and unavoidable impurities, and having a microstructure at ¼ thickness that is: at least 90% martensite and bainite with island-shaped martensite-austenite (MA) constituents, the remainder being: less than 5% polygonal ferrite and quasi-polygonal ferrite, less than 5% pearlite, less than 5% austenite, so that the total area percentage is 100%.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2019Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: SSAB TECHNOLOGY ABInventors: Mikko Hemmilä, Tommi Liimatainen, Ari Hirvi
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Patent number: 11549915Abstract: Described is a method for estimating a material property of an object by means of a laser ultrasonic (LUS) measurement equipment comprising a generation laser, a detection laser and a detector.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2020Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: SSAB TECHNOLOGY ABInventor: Mikael Malmström
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Patent number: 11535909Abstract: A steel sheet product and a method for manufacturing the steel sheet product are described, the method includes the steps: providing at least two steel sheets extending in a longitudinal direction (A), cleaning longitudinal edges of the steel sheets by removing any surface oxide layers therefrom, joining the steel sheets along the cleaned longitudinal edges using butt welding without filler material to form a weld, wherein inert gas protection is applied on both a top side and a root side of the weld during welding, thereby obtaining a welded steel sheet product, removal of excess material from the weld, and hardening of the welded steel sheet product by means of heat treatment and subsequent quenching.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2020Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: SSAB TECHNOLOGY ABInventors: Anders Carlestam, Oskar Thorstensson, Hans Eidelöf, Jonas Thunell, Jimmy Knutsson
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Patent number: 11505841Abstract: A high-strength steel product is described that includes a composition consisting of, in terms of weight percentages, 0.02% to 0.05% C, 0.1% to 0.6% Si, 1.1% to 2.0% Mn, 0.01% to 0.15% Al, 0.01% to 0.08% Nb, 0.5% or less Cu, 0.5% or less Cr, 0.7% or less Ni, 0.03% or less Ti, 0.1% or less Mo, 0.1% or less V, 0.0005% or less B, 0.015% or less P, 0.005% or less S, and the remainder being Fe and inevitable impurities, wherein the steel product has a microstructure comprising a matrix consisting of, in terms of volume percentages, 40% to 80% quasi-polygonal ferrite, 20% to 40% polygonal ferrite, 20% or less bainite, and the remainder being pearlite and martensite of 20% or less.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2019Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: SSAB TECHNOLOGY ABInventors: Jouni Tast, Teppo Pikkarainen, Tommi Liimatainen, Kati Rytinki
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Patent number: 11440454Abstract: The present invention is in the form of a body (111) adapted to be fitted to a truck having at least two axles. The body is capable of tipping once fitted to the truck. The body comprises two side surfaces (13) interconnected by a longitudinal surface (21) to keep the side surfaces in spaced apart relation. The longitudinal surface and the side surface define a cavity (30) for receiving a payload. The longitudinal surface is configured such that the payload is self-centering as the body is loaded, such that in operation the distribution of load on each of the at least two axles remain substantially the same between a first payload having a first volume and a second payload having a second volume, neither payload resulting in the gross vehicle weight limit being exceeded.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2019Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: SSAB Technology ABInventors: John De Jager, Alex Cespedes, Ian Cornfoot
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Patent number: 11391010Abstract: Bucket for an earth-working or materials-handling machine, which comprises a floor and a side wall, and at least one wear component that is removably attached to the floor and the side wall by means of at least one mechanical fastener. The floor and the side wall are disconnectably connected to each other via the at least one wear component so as to form a replaceable bucket corner edge along at least a part of the floor and the side wall.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2018Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: SSAB TECHNOLOGY ABInventor: Brian Coulson
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Patent number: 11332905Abstract: The present disclosure regards a pile for a pile wall, said pile extending longitudinally between a first and a second end and comprising at least one perimeter profile in a cross section being essentially perpendicular to the longitudinal extension of said pile, said perimeter profile enclosing an uninterrupted area in said cross section, wherein at least one section of the perimeter profile extends outwardly forming a first male connection portion, and the uninterrupted area extends into the first male connection portion, thereby forming a load bearing portion of the pile. Furthermore, the present disclosure also regards a connection arrangement and a manufacturing method.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2019Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: SSAB TECHNOLOGY ABInventor: Tapani Koivuranta
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Patent number: 10883905Abstract: Method for characterizing a material (10), characterized in that it comprises the steps of carrying out a bending test and calculating a cross-section moment, M of said material (10) using the following equation: M = F · L m ? ( ? 1 ) 2 · cos 2 ? ( ? 1 ) where F is the applied bending force, Lm (?1) is the moment arm, and ?1 is the bending angle. The expression for the moment, M, fulfils the condition for energy equilibrium: ?Fds=?2Md?2 when the true bending angle, ?2 is: ? 1 - ? t · sin ? ( ? 1 ) L m ? d ? ? ? 1 .Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2016Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Assignee: SSAB TECHNOLOGY ABInventor: Lars Troive
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Patent number: D874526Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2019Date of Patent: February 4, 2020Assignee: SSAB Technology ABInventors: Baneesh Edavankattil, Richard Ladny, Teguh Budiman
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Patent number: D875791Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2017Date of Patent: February 18, 2020Assignee: SSAB Technology ABInventors: Baneesh Edavankattil, Brian Coulson, Richard Ladny, Teguh Budiman
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Patent number: D949931Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2021Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Assignee: SSAB Technology ABInventor: Brian Coulson
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Patent number: D1009090Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2022Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: SSAB TECHNOLOGY ABInventor: Brian Coulson