Patents Examined by Adam Krupicka
  • Patent number: 12388035
    Abstract: A structure including a solder layer has a substrate, a solder layer formed on the substrate, and an under barrier metal formed as an alloy layer containing Fe and Co between the substrate and the solder layer. An internal stress of the under barrier metal is 260 Mpa or less. The structure having an under barrier metal and a solder layer is produced by successively forming on the substrate, the under barrier metal and the solder layer by a plating method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Assignee: ISHIHARA CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaru Hatabe, Takahiro Tanaka, Hironori Yamada
  • Patent number: 12371768
    Abstract: The present invention relates to plates with a thickness of between 8 and 50 mm and made from aluminum alloy with a composition, as % by weight, Si: 0.7-1.3; Mg: 0.6-1.2; Mn: 0.65-1.0; Fe: 0.05-0.35; at least one element selected from Cr: 0.1-0.3 and Zr: 0.06-0.15; Ti<0.15; Cu<0.4; Zn<0.1; other elements <0.05 each and <0.15 in total, the remainder aluminum, and the method for manufacturing same. The plates according to the invention are particularly useful as precision plates, in particular for producing elements of machines, for example assembly or inspection equipment. The plates according to the invention have improved dimensional stability in particular during the machining steps, while having sufficient static mechanical properties, and excellent suitability for anodizing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignees: CONSTELLIUM ISSOIRE, CONSTELLIUM VALAIS SA (LTD)
    Inventors: Sylvie Arsene, Petar Ratchev, Nicolas Calabretto, Christophe Jaquerod
  • Patent number: 12351936
    Abstract: A layered plating stack which includes an underlying plating layer formed on a substrate; an intermediate plating layer; an outer plating layer; and at least one strike layer of noble metal. The noble metal of the strike layer is a different metal than the metal of the intermediate plating layer. The layered plating stack with the strike layer maintains contact resistance of below 25 mohms when tested under a load of at least approximately 30 grams after 1 or more days of exposure to a gaseous environment which includes Cl2, NO2 and SO2. The layered plating stack with the strike layer also maintains a contact resistance of below 25 mohms when tested under a load of at least approximately 30 grams with a wipe of at least approximately 0.1 mm after exposure to a gaseous environment which includes one or more of H2S, Cl2, NO2 and SO2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY SOLUTIONS GMBH
    Inventors: Suvrat Bhargava, Matthew Little, Martin William Bayes, Rodney Ivan Martens, Bradley M. Schultz
  • Patent number: 12343798
    Abstract: A multi-material structure includes a refractory portion with a metal or metal alloy of at least one of niobium (Nb), molybdenum (Mo), tantalum (Ta), tungsten (W), rhenium (Re), iridium (Ir), vanadium (V), and ruthenium (Ru). A structural portion is metallurgically joined with the refractory portion. The structural portion includes a titanium (Ti) alloy. At least one of the refractory and structural portions is additively manufactured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Jonathan D. Embler, William E. O'Connor, Tobias Schaedler, Eric C. Clough, Raymond Nguyen, Sonia Zacher
  • Patent number: 12276014
    Abstract: Micro alloyed steels with a yield strength of at least 485 MPa (70 ksi) with outstanding toughness behavior, good weldability and improved sulphide stress cracking resistance for line pipes, for applications as process pipes, flowlines or risers in the oil and gas industry. Tubular products, such as seamless pipes, can be made from this steel. A process for manufacturing tubular products can be performed with this steel. The seamless pipes can be used for line pipes, flowlines and risers in the oil and gas industry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: VALLOUREC TUBES FRANCE
    Inventors: Vicente Braz Da Trindade Filho, Julio Marcio Silveira E Silva, Cedric Linne, Ana Carolina Caldas Vilas Boas
  • Patent number: 12269081
    Abstract: Provided are a plated steel sheet for hot press forming including: a base steel sheet containing, by wt %, 0.14 to 0.5% of C, 0.001 to 1% of Si, 0.3 to 4% of Mn, 0.001 to 0.015% of P, 0.0001 to 0.02% of S, 0.001 to 0.1% of Al, 0.001 to 1% of Cr, 0.001 to 0.02% of N, 0.1% or less of Ti, 0.01% or less of B, 0.005 to 0.1% of Sb, and a balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities; an aluminum or aluminum alloy plating layer provided on at least one surface of the base steel sheet; and a Sb-rich layer provided between the base steel sheet and the plating layer, wherein the plated steel sheet for hot press forming satisfies the following Relational Expressions 1-1 and 1-2, a hot press formed member manufactured using the same, and methods for manufacturing the plated steel sheet for hot press forming and the hot press formed member. [Relational Expression 1-1] Sb max Sb coat ? 1.2 [Relational Expression 1-2] ( S ? b max - Sb c ? o ? a ? t ) 2 × ? ? t ? 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: POSCO CO., LTD
    Inventors: Sang-Heon Kim, Jin-Keun Oh, Seong-Woo Kim, Sang-Bin Han
  • Patent number: 12247293
    Abstract: This hot-dip Zn-based plated steel sheet includes a steel sheet and a plating layer formed on at least part of a surface of the steel sheet, in which the plating layer has a chemical composition that includes, by mass %, Al: 6.00% to 35.00%, Mg: 2.00% to 12.00%, Ca: 0.005% to 2.00%, Si: 0% to 2.00%, Fe: 0% to 2.00%, Sb: 0% to 0.50%, Sr: 0% to 0.50%, Pb: 0% to 0.50%, Sn; 0% to 1.00%, Cu: 0% to 1.00%, Ti: 0% to 1.00%, Ni: 0% to 1.00%, Mn: 0% to 1.00%, Cr: 0% to 1.00%, and a remainder: Zn and impurities; the plating layer has an area ratio of a MgZn2 phase in a range of 15% to 60% in a cross section in a thickness direction, and the MgZn2 phase includes a Ca-based intermetallic compound having a circle equivalent diameter of 0.10 ?m or smaller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya Mitsunobu, Makoto Akahoshi, Hiroshi Takebayashi, Takehiro Takahashi
  • Patent number: 12240022
    Abstract: The invention relates to a sheet steel skin-pass rolled with a deterministic surface structure, and to a method for producing it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe AG
    Inventors: Oliver Vogt, Fabian Junge, Burak William Centinkaya
  • Patent number: 12230421
    Abstract: A hermetic terminal includes a metal outer ring made of a low resistance conductor having a through hole, a lead made of a low resistance conductor inserted in the through hole of the metal outer ring, and an insulating material made of high expansion glass for sealing the metal outer ring and the lead.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: SCHOTT Japan Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto Tanaka, Hiroshi Kato, Tetsushi Morikawa, Akira Okuno
  • Patent number: 12226037
    Abstract: Disclosed is an artificial tree having a plurality of electrified tree sections that couple together to provide power and/or command signals to devices connected thereto. One or more tree sections may have a trunk portion, one or more electrical connectors having a plurality of terminals, branches, a light string, and an electrical distribution system located at least partially within the trunk portion. A first tree section may be configured to couple to a second tree section such that an electrical connector of the first tree section is in electrical connection with an electrical connector of the second tree section, thereby mechanically and electrically connecting the first tree section to the second tree section such that power and/or the control data are transmitted to the second tree section. Further, each trunk segment may include an axial electrical connector that permits adjacent trunk segments to connect in a plurality of radial orientations relative to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Belgravia Wood Limited
    Inventor: Jason Loomis
  • Patent number: 12220744
    Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods are directed to coated powder for three dimensional additive manufacturing. The powder may include a first material coated with a second material, with the coating advantageously resisting segregation of the first material and the second material during handling processes associated with fabrication. The reduced segregation of the first material and the second material may facilitate forming finished three-dimensional parts with improved homogeneity of microstructures and, thus, improved physicochemical properties. More generally, the reduced segregation of the first material and the second material achievable through coating the first material with the second material may facilitate binder jet fabrication using a wider array of combinations of first material and second material as compared to binder jet fabrication using mixtures of constituent powders of the first material and the second material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: Desktop Metal, Inc.
    Inventor: Animesh Bose
  • Patent number: 12224093
    Abstract: A multilayer magnetic sheet includes at least one first layer in which a plurality of magnetic strips are arranged side by side; at least one second layer in which the plurality of magnetic strips are arranged side by side, a direction of the long side of the at least one second layer intersecting that of the at least one first layer; and at least one third layer in which the plurality of magnetic strips are arranged side by side, a direction of the long side of the at least one third layer being the same as that of the at least one first layer. A position of the long side in the at least one first layer and a position of the long side in the at least one third layer are separated from each other by 0.5 mm or more in a direction in which the short side extends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: PROTERIAL, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuo Kuriyama, Kouhei Miyano, Yuichi Ogawa
  • Patent number: 12221389
    Abstract: There is provided an aluminum/ceramic bonding substrate having a ceramic substrate, an aluminum plate of an aluminum alloy which is bonded directly to one side of the ceramic substrate, an aluminum base plate of the aluminum alloy which is bonded directly to the other side of the ceramic substrate, and a plate-shaped reinforcing member which has a higher strength than that of the aluminum base plate and which is arranged in the aluminum base plate to be bonded directly to the aluminum base plate, wherein the aluminum alloy contains 0.01 to 0.2% by weight of magnesium, 0.01 to 0.1% by weight of silicon, and the balance being aluminum and unavoidable impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignees: DOWA METALTECH CO., LTD., Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Kobayashi, Takuma Tsubota, Hideyo Osanai, Daisuke Oya
  • Patent number: 12209313
    Abstract: A metal member includes a metal substrate, a first intermediate plating layer, a second intermediate plating layer, and a precious metal plating layer. The metal substrate includes a surface constituted of a plurality of crystal grains. The first intermediate plating layer is directly formed on the plurality of crystal grains of the metal substrate, contains a nickel element, and is non-oriented with respect to each crystal orientation of the plurality of crystal grains of the metal substrate. The second intermediate plating layer is directly formed on the first intermediate plating layer. The precious metal plating layer is formed on the second intermediate plating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignees: NGK ELECTRONICS DEVICES, INC., NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
    Inventor: Shigeru Yoshimura
  • Patent number: 12203193
    Abstract: Provided is a preparation method for an ultrahigh-conductivity multilayer single-crystal laminated copper material, where multiple layers of single-crystal copper foils are laminated together to form a laminate, and the laminate is pressurized and annealed as one piece by performing pressurizing and high-temperature annealing at the same time, or the laminate is pressed as one piece by means of direct hot rolling, thereby obtaining an ultrahigh-conductivity multi-layer single-crystal laminated copper material, whereby, according to the method, multiple layers of single-crystal copper foils are used as raw materials, an ultrahigh-conductivity multi-layer single-crystal laminated copper material is prepared by means of hot rolling or pressing and annealing, and the conductivity of the copper material is greater than or equal to 105% IACS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: PEKING UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Kaihui Liu, Muhong Wu, Dapeng Yu, Enge Wang
  • Patent number: 12196262
    Abstract: The present invention provides a sliding member which enables further reduction of friction and improvement of seizure resistance without deteriorating wear resistance of a sliding surface. The sliding member includes a porous metal base material, and a resin material with which the porous metal base material is impregnated. The sliding member includes an exposed sliding surface. The sliding surface includes a top surface made of the resin material, and a bottom surface made of the porous metal base material. A height from the bottom surface to the top surface is 10 to 30 ?m, and the resin material includes fluorine resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: DAIDO METAL COMPANY LTD.
    Inventors: Ayako Yamamoto, Yoshifumi Ito
  • Patent number: 12180568
    Abstract: The invention is related to a soft-magnetic powder comprising coated particles, the coated particles comprising a core and a shell, the core having an average particle size D50 in a range from 0.1 ?m to 100 ?m and comprising iron, wherein the shell has a thickness of not more than 20 nm and comprises at least two solid oxides and wherein the shell comprises at least three layers and the shell comprises more than one layers of a first solid oxide and at least one layer of a second solid oxide, wherein the more than one layers of the first solid oxide and the at least one layer of the second solid oxide are arranged in an alternating manner. The invention is further related to a process for the production of the soft-magnetic powder, a use of the soft-magnetic powder and an electronic component comprising the soft-magnetic powder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Robert Prunchak, Jose A. Jimenez, Rene Koenig, Rastko Joksimovic
  • Patent number: 12160959
    Abstract: A bonded body includes a ceramic substrate and a copper plate, in which the copper plate is bonded to the ceramic substrate via a bonding layer, the copper plate includes a surface perpendicular to a direction in which the ceramic substrate and the copper plate are bonded, and a number percentage of copper crystal grains having major diameters greater than 400 ?m in three 5 mm×5 mm regions included in the surface is not less than 0% and not more than 5%. The bonding temperature is favorably not more than 800° C. The number percentage of the copper crystal grains having major diameters greater than 400 ?m is favorably not more than 1%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA MATERIALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Maki Yonetsu, Seiichi Suenaga, Sachiko Fujisawa, Takashi Sano
  • Patent number: 12134810
    Abstract: These steel sheet for hot stamping and hot-stamping formed body have predetermined chemical composition and metallographic structures, and, in textures of a surface layer region and an inside region, ratios between a pole density of an orientation group consisting of {001}<1-10> to {001}<?1-10> and a pole density of an orientation group consisting of {111}<1-10> to {111}<?1-12> are controlled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke Maeda, Yuri Toda, Shingo Fujinaka
  • Patent number: 12129534
    Abstract: This hot-stamping formed body has a predetermined chemical composition and has a metallographic structure consisting of, by area ratio, a total of 10% to 30% of ferrite and granular bainite and a remainder in microstructure consisting of one or more of martensite, bainite, and tempered martensite, and, in textures of a surface layer region and an inside region, ratios between a pole density of an orientation group consisting of {001}<1-10> to {001}<?1-10> and a pole density of an orientation group consisting of {111}<1-10> to {111}<?1-12> are controlled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuri Toda, Daisuke Maeda, Shingo Fujinaka