Patents Examined by Adam Krupicka
  • Patent number: 11492686
    Abstract: An alloy which includes at least the following (in % by weight): carbon (C): 0.15%-0.25%; silicon (Si): 0.0%-0.08%; manganese (Mn): 0.03%-0.20%; chromium (Cr): 9.5%-10.5%; molybdenum (Mo): 0.4%-1.0%; tungsten (W): 1.6%-2.4%; cobalt (Co): 2.5%-3.5%; nickel (Ni): 0.0%-0.40%; boron (B): 0.003%-0.02%; nitrogen (N): 0.0%-0.40%; titanium (Ti): 0.02%-0.10%; vanadium (V): 0.10%-0.30%; niobium (Nb): 0.02%-0.08%; copper (Cu): 1.20%-2.10%; and aluminum (Al): 0.003%-0.06%, in particular 0.005%-0.04%; the remainder being iron (Fe).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: SIEMENS ENERGY GLOBAL GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Torsten Neddemeyer, Torsten-Ulf Kern, Karsten Kolk, Axel Bublitz
  • Patent number: 11491538
    Abstract: A method of producing composites of micro-engineered, coated particulates embedded in a matrix of metal, ceramic powders, or combinations thereof, capable of being tailored to exhibit application-specific desired thermal, physical and mechanical properties, such as High Altitude Exo-atmospheric Nuclear Standard (HAENS) I, II or III radiation protection, to form substitute materials for nickel, titanium, rhenium, magnesium, aluminum, graphite epoxy, and beryllium. The particulates are solid and/or hollow and may be coated with one or more layers of deposited materials before being combined within a substrate of powder metal, ceramic or some combination thereof which also may be coated. The combined micro-engineered nano design powder is consolidated using novel solid-state processes that prevent melting of the matrix and which involve the application of varying pressures to control the formation of the microstructure and resultant mechanical properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Inventor: Martha Elizabeth Hightower Baker
  • Patent number: 11473405
    Abstract: The device for preventing the formation of paraffin and asphaltene sediments and for the reduction of the viscosity of crude oil for use at an eruptive oil well, an oil well with pumpjack or for use at a pipeline, the stated device including six identical serially connected modules. Each module has an inlet spout and outlet spout. Crude oil under pressure passes through modules and simultaneously is in contact with different alloys. The device's elements consist of four different alloys that affect the crude oil while it passes through modules under pressure in the manner that it prevents the formation of paraffin and asphaltene deposits inside the pipeline or eruptive oil wells or oil wells with pumpjacks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Inventor: Antun Drvar
  • Patent number: 11473176
    Abstract: Provided are: an oriented electrical steel sheet having a high tension applied to a steel sheet and excellent adhesion to a film; and a method for producing the same. This oriented electrical steel sheet includes: a steel sheet; a film A containing a crystalline material disposed on the steel sheet; and a film B containing a vitreous material disposed on the film A, wherein an element profile, which is obtained by using a high-frequency glow discharge light-emission surface analysis method, in the direction from the film B to the steel sheet satisfies formulae (1) and (2). 0.35?(tA/tFe/2)?0.75 . . . (1), 0.25?(tA/2/tFe/2)?1.00 . . . (2), where tA represents the peak time of an alkali metal element profile, tA/2 represents the half time of an alkali metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Terashima, Karin Kokufu, Toshito Takamiya
  • Patent number: 11453936
    Abstract: Ferritic stainless steel securing corrosion resistance while being excellent in ridging resistance able to be stably provided, that is, ferritic stainless steel with excellent ridging resistance having a composition comprising, by mass %, C: 0.001 to 0.01%, Si: 0.3% or less, Mn: 0.3% or less, P: 0.04% or less, S: 0.01% or less, Cr: 10 to 21%, Al: 0.01 to 0.2%, Ti: 0.015 to 0.3%, O: 0.0005 to 0.0050%, N: 0.001 to 0.02%, Ca: 0.0015% or less, and Mg: 0.0003% to 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL STAINLESS STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigeru Kaneko, Katsuhiro Fuchigami, Yoshiharu Inoue
  • Patent number: 11446735
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are surface-functionalized powders which alter the solidification of the melted powders. Some variations provide a powdered material comprising a plurality of particles fabricated from a first material, wherein each of the particles has a particle surface area that is continuously or intermittently surface-functionalized with nanoparticles and/or microparticles selected to control solidification of the powdered material from a liquid state to a solid state. Other variations provide a method of controlling solidification of a powdered material, comprising melting at least a portion of the powdered material to a liquid state, and semi-passively controlling solidification of the powdered material from the liquid state to a solid state. Several techniques for semi-passive control are described in detail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: HRL Laboratories, LLC
    Inventors: John H. Martin, Tobias A. Schaedler, Brennan Yahata, Jacob M. Hundley, Jason A. Graetz, Adam F. Gross, William Carter
  • Patent number: 11434555
    Abstract: The hot-rolled steel sheet includes, in % by mass, 0.10% or more and 0.50% or less of C; 0.10% or more and 3.0% or less of Si; 0.5% or more and 3.0% or less of Mn; 0.10% or less of P; 0.010% or less of S; 1.00% or less of Al; 0.010% or less of N; 0% or more and 0.20% or less of Ti; 0% or more and 0.100% or less of Nb; 0% or more and 0.0060% or less of Ca; 0% or more and 0.50% or less of Mo; and 0% or more and 1.00% or less of Cr; with the balance comprising Fe and impurities, and an average grain size of prior austenite in a structure is 0.1 ?m or larger and 3.0 ?m or smaller, and a sheet crown quantity corresponding to a thickness difference between a width center portion and a portion away, by 10 mm, from a width edge portion in the widthwise direction toward the width center portion is 80 ?m or smaller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Toyoda, Tetsuya Hirashima, Riki Okamoto
  • Patent number: 11420262
    Abstract: Systems and methods for co-casting of additively manufactured, high precision Interface Nodes are disclosed. The Interface Node includes an integrated structure including one or more complex or sophisticated features and functions. Co-casting of Interface Nodes by casting a part onto the Interface Node results in a hybrid structure comprising the cast part and the additively manufactured Interface Node. The interface node may include at least one of a node-to-tube connection, node-to-panel connection, or a node-to-extrusion connection. In an embodiment, engineered surfaces may be provided on the Interface Node to improve the blend between the Interface Node and the cast part during the co-casting process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Narender Shankar Lakshman, Broc William TenHouten, Kevin Robert Czinger, Antonio Bernerd Martinez, Jon Paul Gunner, Muhammad Faizan Zafar
  • Patent number: 11377718
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a steel for a mold, having a composition containing, in mass %, 0.045?C?0.090, 0.01?Si?0.50, 0.10?Mn?0.60, 0.80?Ni?1.10, 6.60?Cr?8.60, 0.01?Mo?0.70, 0.001?V?0.200, 0.007?Al?0.150, and 0.0002?N?0.0500, with the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: DAIDO STEEL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masamichi Kawano
  • Patent number: 11377719
    Abstract: A hot-rolled steel sheet for a heavy-wall, high-strength line pipe, the steel sheet having a chemical composition including, in mass %, C: 0.02 to 0.20%, Mn: 0.80 to 2.10%, Si: 0.01 to 0.50%, P: 0.034% or less, S: 0.0050% or less, Nb: 0.01 to 0.15%, Ti: 0.001 to 0.030%, and Al: 0.001 to 0.080%, the balance being Fe and incidental impurities, the steel sheet having a microstructure in which a main phase is a continuous cooling transformation structure and in which {001}? grains in a plane whose normal direction is the sheet width direction constitute an area fraction of 10% or less and have a combined size of 10 ?m or less, wherein the steel sheet has a tensile strength of 520 MPa or greater, and, in a drop weight tear test, a temperature at which a percent ductile fracture reaches 85% is ?25° C. or lower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Sota Goto, Hiroshi Nakata, Junji Shimamura
  • Patent number: 11370279
    Abstract: An Al-steel assembly is provided. The assembly includes an aluminum-based element and a steel element on at least one surface of the aluminum-based element. The steel element has a metal coating made of a zinc-aluminum-magnesium alloy and includes from 2.3% to 3.3% by weight of magnesium and from 3.6% to 3.9% by weight of aluminum. A coated surface of the steel element is in contact with the aluminum-based element in an assembly zone and a protective coating coats the assembly around and adjacent the assembly zone. A body-in-white, further assembly and method are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: ARCELORMITTAL
    Inventors: Christian Allely, Astrid Coffigny-Gregoire, Laurence Dosdat, Stéphane Morel
  • Patent number: 11359495
    Abstract: A member may have a primary major surface and a secondary major surface. The member may form an array of apertures extending from the primary major surface to the secondary major surface. The array of apertures includes at least one aperture comprising two or more conduits. The axis of each conduit intersects the axis of each other conduit in the aperture. The cross-section of at least one of the conduits perpendicular to its axis may be circular. In some embodiments, an aperture may comprise two or three conduits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignees: Rolls- Royce Corporation, Rolls-Royce North American Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: James Loebig, James Christopher Muskat, Christopher Dwayne DeBruhl
  • Patent number: 11353996
    Abstract: Covers for touch-sensing devices include a shielding layer; and a substrate, in which the substrate covers the shielding layer, and the substrate and the shielding layer are integrated and form a coplanar surface. The coplanar surface is a smooth surface, which has a surface roughness Ra in a range from about 0.05 ?m to about 0.5 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: TPK Universal Solutions Limited
    Inventors: Shun-Jie Yang, Shih-Ching Chen, Chen-Hui Cheng
  • Patent number: 11351593
    Abstract: A rotary slitting blade for fabricating expanded metal products includes opposed end surfaces and an outer circumferential surface extending from one of the end surfaces to the other of the end surfaces. A plurality of notches are formed in each of the end surfaces. The notches include curved surfaces having convex curvatures that smoothly transition into one of the end surfaces and/or the outer circumferential surface. The rotary slitting blade improves the quality of a resulting expanded metal product by reducing or eliminating tears, cracks, and fractures in the expanded metal product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Structa Wire ULC
    Inventors: Abraham Jacob Sacks, Jeffrey Leonard Sacks, William Spilchen, Narcis Rugina
  • Patent number: 11332813
    Abstract: The steel material according to the present disclosure contains a chemical composition consisting of, in mass %, C: more than 0.50 to 0.80%, Si: 0.05 to 1.00%, Mn: 0.05 to 1.00%, P: 0.025% or less, S: 0.0100% or less, Al: 0.005 to 0.100%, Cr: 0.20 to 1.50%, Mo: 0.25 to 1.50%, Ti: 0.002 to 0.050%, B: 0.0001 to 0.0050%, N: 0.0100% or less and O: 0.0100% or less, with the balance being Fe and impurities. The steel material contains an amount of dissolved C within a range of 0.010 to 0.060 mass %. The steel material also has a yield strength within a range of 862 to less than 965 MPa, and a yield ratio of the steel material is 90% or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinji Yoshida, Yuji Arai, Atsushi Soma, Hiroki Kamitani
  • Patent number: 11318533
    Abstract: A method for producing a green compact uses a pressing tool including a die, a first punch to be displaced in an axial direction, a second punch to be displaced in a radial direction through a channel in the die and a receptacle having a filling opening. The method includes locating the second punch before or during filling of a powdery material into the receptacle so as to be outwardly offset in the radial direction relative to an inner peripheral surface, filling the powdery material into the receptacle, and moving at least the first punch and the second punch and compressing the material in the receptacle, with the second punch being moved in the radial direction toward the receptacle only so far that it is disposed flush with a region of the inner peripheral surface. A pressing tool, a green compact and a sintered part are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: GKN Sinter Metals Engineering GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Tiller, Rainer Schmitt, Nils Bornemann
  • Patent number: 11319631
    Abstract: A steel substrate coated on at least one of its faces with a metallic coating based on zinc or its alloys wherein the metallic coating is itself coated with a zincsulphate-based layer—includes at least one of the compounds selected from among zincsulphate monohydrate, zincsulphate tetrahydrate and zincsulphate heptahydrate, wherein the zincsulphate-based layer has neither zinc hydroxysulphate nor free water molecules nor free hydroxyl groups, the surface density of sulphur in the zincsulphate-based layer being greater than or equal to 0.5 mg/m2. A corresponding treatment method is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: ArcelorMittal
    Inventors: Lydia Rachiele, Frida Gilbert, Christophe Klam, Akshay Bansal
  • Patent number: 11313005
    Abstract: The seamless steel pipe of the present embodiment consists of in mass %, C: 0.21 to 0.35%, Si: 0.10 to 0.50%, Mn: 0.05 to 1.00%, P: 0.025% or less, S: 0.010% or less, Al: 0.005 to 0.100%, N: 0.010% or less, Cr: 0.05 to 1.50%, Mo: 0.10 to 1.50%, Nb: 0.010 to 0.050%, B: 0.0003 to 0.0050%, and Ti: 0.002 to 0.050%, the balance being Fe and impurities. In a main body region of the seamless steel pipe, a grain size number of prior-austenite grain conforming to ASTM E112 is 7.0 or more, a difference between a maximum value and a minimum value of the grain size number is 1.0 or less, yield strength is 655 to less than 862 MPa, and a difference between a maximum value and a minimum value of tensile strength is 27.6 MPa or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Nippon Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Atsushi Soma, Yuji Arai, Yosuke Tatebayashi, Keisuke Furo, Takenori Kuramoto, Hiroki Kamitani, Kouji Yamane
  • Patent number: 11305337
    Abstract: A method of forming a casting with a flow passage may include forming a core obtained by filling a tubular pipe with a filler; inserting the core into a mold having a cavity corresponding to a shape of the casting to be formed; performing a casting process by injecting molten metal into the cavity; and removing the filler from the core, wherein the casting process is performed through a high-pressure casting process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ji-Yong Lee, Cheol-Ung Lee, Young-Rae Jo, Jin-Ho Yoo
  • Patent number: 11286547
    Abstract: This ferritic stainless steel includes: in terms of % by mass, C: 0.001% to 0.100%; Si: 0.01% to 5.00%; Mn: 0.01% to 2.00%; P: 0.050% or less; S: 0.0100% or less; Cr: 9.0% to 25.0%; Ti: 0.001% to 1.00%; Al: 0.001% to 5.000%; and N: 0.001% to 0.050%, with a balance being Fe and impurities, wherein in a region from a steel surface to a depth of 5 nm, and not exceeding a thickness of a passive film, a total amount of Al and Si is 1.0 atomic % or more, an amount of Cr is 10.0 atomic % or more, and an amount of Fe is 85.0 atomic % or less, in terms of cation fraction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL STAINLESS STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masatoshi Abe, Junichi Hamada, Nobuhiko Hiraide, Atsutaka Hayashi