Patents Examined by Anthony M Liang
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Patent number: 11891675Abstract: Disclosed is a duplex stainless clad steel plate in which a duplex stainless steel plate as a cladding metal is bonded or joined to one or both surfaces of a base steel plate, in which the base steel plate comprises a predetermined chemical composition such that Nb/N is 3.0 or more and Ceq is 0.35 to 0.45, and the duplex stainless steel plate comprises: a predetermined chemical composition such that PI is 34.0 to 43.0; and a microstructure containing a ferrite phase in an area fraction of 35% to 65%, and in the microstructure, an amount of precipitated Cr is 2.00% or less and an amount of precipitated Mo is 0.50% or less.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2019Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Yota Kuronuma, Hirofumi Ohtsubo, Tomoyuki Yokota
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Patent number: 11889904Abstract: A discoloration resistant Gold alloy for jewelry characterized in that it comprises in weight: Gold, in the amount comprised between 755‰ and 770‰, Copper, in the amount comprised between 165‰ and 183‰, Silver, in the amount comprised between 28‰ and 50‰, Palladium, in the amount comprised between 19‰ and 23‰ and Iron, in the amount comprised between 2‰ and 6‰. and characterized by the absence of Vanadium.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2019Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: Argor-Heraeus SAInventors: Sergio Arnaboldi, Marta Rossini, Marco Nauer
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Patent number: 11890678Abstract: Systems and methods for removing an oxide layer in an additive manufacturing process are provided. A direct write machine may be used to create wire bonds for semiconductors. The direct write machine may deposit a conductive print material between bond pads to create interconnections. The bond pads may comprise aluminum and an aluminum oxide layer on an outer surface. The presence of an aluminum oxide layer may decrease the electrical connection between the wire bond and the aluminum substrate. To remove the aluminum oxide layer, an abrasive tool is provided to ultrasonically abrade the aluminum oxide layer while the conductive print material is being deposited. The conductive print material may include abrasive additives materials to further aid in abrading the aluminum oxide layer.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2021Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies, LLCInventors: Barbara D. Young, Jeffery J. Warger
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Patent number: 11891681Abstract: The present invention has as its technical problem to prevent cracking when producing a steel sheet by ferritic stainless steel sheet and provide a ferritic stainless steel sheet excellent in toughness and a part using the same. To solve this technical problem, the present invention provides steel comprised of, by mass %, C: 0.001 to 0.030%, Si: 0.01 to 1.00%, Mn: 0.01 to 1.00%, P: 0.010 to 0.050%, S: 0.0002 to 0.0100%, Cr: 10.0 to 20.0%, N: 0.001 to 0.030%, Nb: 0.10 to 0.40%, B: 0.0002 to 0.0030%, Al: 0.005 to 0.100%, and a balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities in which the amount of solute Nb being less than or equal to a smaller value of 0.20 and (Nb content-0.08) mass %.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2022Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: NIPPON STEEL STAINLESS STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Junichi Hamada, Atsutaka Hayashi
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Patent number: 11891673Abstract: A hot-shapable uncoated steel-plate workpiece is press hardened by first transporting the plate through a heating zone continuously or discontinuously and there heating the plate to an austenitizing temperature while blocking entry of oxygen into the heating zone. Then the heated plate is cooled in a cooling zone to a martensitizing temperature below the austenitizing temperature without contacting the heated plate with oxygen. Finally, immediately and without cooling of the cooled workpiece to a martensite start temperature, the cooled workpiece is deformed at least partially in a finishing press into a desired shape.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2021Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: BILSTEIN GMBH & CO. KGInventor: Seyed Amin Mousavi Rizi
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Patent number: 11884331Abstract: A center pillar manufacturing method includes: a first step of stacking a projected crest portion and a pair of projected joining wall portions of a primary steel plate on a secondary steel plate, and temporarily joining the primary steel plate to the secondary steel plate; a second step of forming a stiffener by subjecting the primary steel plate and the secondary steel plate to hot press; a third step of joining the stiffener to a center pillar outer member having an outer wall portion of the center pillar; and a fourth step of joining a pillar inner member having an inner wall portion of the center pillar to the pillar outer member after joining the stiffener.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2020Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventor: Hiroyuki Sakai
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Patent number: 11884995Abstract: There is provided a Co-based alloy material, having a chemical composition including: Al of 0.1 to 10 mass %; W of 3 to 45 mass %, the total content of Al and W being 50 mass % or less; O of 0.007 to 0.05 mass %; and the balance being Co and impurities, wherein in ? phase crystal grains as a matrix phase of the Co-based alloy material, segregation cells within an average size of 0.15 to 1.5 ?m are formed, wherein in the segregation cells, ?? phase grains within a size of 0.01 to 0.5 ?m including Co, Al and W are dispersively precipitated, and wherein on boundary regions of the segregation cells and grain boundaries of the ? phase crystal grains, ? phase grains within a size of 0.005 to 2 ?m including Co and W are dispersively precipitated.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2022Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Atsuo Ota, Shinya Imano
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Patent number: 11878349Abstract: A three-dimensional (3D) metal object manufacturing apparatus is equipped with two solid metal moving mechanisms that are independently operated to move two different metals into the receptacle of a vessel in a melted metal drop ejecting apparatus. The ejector is operated to form object features with melted metal drops of one of the two different metals and to form support features with melted metal drops of the other of the two different metals. The thermal expansion coefficients of the two metals are sufficiently different that the support features easily separate from the object features after the object and support features cool.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2021Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Seemit Praharaj, Douglas K. Herrmann, Thomas J. Wyble, Jason M. LeFevre, Chu-Heng Liu, Paul J. McConville
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Patent number: 11878373Abstract: A brazing material for brazing a brazed plate heat exchanger comprising a number of heat exchanger plates being provided with a pressed pattern of ridges and grooves adapted to provide contact points between neighbouring heat exchanger plates, such that the heat exchanger plates are kept on a distance from one another and such that interplate flow channels for media to exchange heat are formed between the heat exchanger plates comprises a brazing alloy comprising at least one melting point depressing element and metals resembling the composition of the heat exchanger plates. The brazing material comprises a mixture between grains of a melting brazing material having solidus and liquidus temperatures lower than a brazing temperature and a non-melting brazing material having solidus and liquidus temperatures above the brazing temperature.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2022Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: SWEP International ABInventors: Tomas Dahlberg, Niclas Bornegård
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Patent number: 11876002Abstract: A method for interconnecting components of an electronic system includes depositing a sintering solution onto a first component to form an interconnection layer, the sintering solution comprising a solvent, metal nanoparticles dispersed in the solvent, and a stabilizing agent adsorbed onto the nanoparticles. More than 95.0%, preferably more than 99.0% of the mass of the nanoparticles include a metal selected from silver, gold, copper and alloys thereof and have a polyhedral shape with an aspect ratio greater than 0.8. The method also includes eliminating, at least partially, the solvent from the layer to form an ordered agglomerate in which the nanoparticles are regularly disposed in three axes, the stabilizing agent binding them together and maintaining at least a portion of the nanoparticles at a distance from each other, debinding and sintering the layer, and depositing a second component in contact with the layer before or during debinding or sintering.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2021Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignees: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, UNIVERSITE DE BORDEAUX, INSTITUT POLYTECHNIQUE DE BORDEAUXInventors: Maxime Bronchy, Etienne Duguet, Céline Feautrier, Mona Treguer-Delapierre
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Patent number: 11872631Abstract: Compositions and methods of making compositions for additive manufacturing of composite powders including metal ceramic alloyed material is described.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2021Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyInventor: Ethan Parsons
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Patent number: 11872634Abstract: An expeditionary additive manufacturing (ExAM) system [10] for manufacturing metal parts [20] includes a mobile foundry system [12] configured to produce an alloy powder [14] from a feedstock [16], and an additive manufacturing system [18] configured to fabricate a part using the alloy powder [14]. The additive manufacturing system [18] includes a computer system [50] having parts data and machine learning programs in signal communication with a cloud service. The parts data [56] can include material specifications, drawings, process specifications, assembly instructions, and product verification requirements for the part [20]. An expeditionary additive manufacturing (ExAM) method for making metal parts [20] includes the steps of transporting the mobile foundry system [12] and the additive manufacturing system [18] to a desired location; making the alloy powder [14] at the location using the mobile foundry system; and building a part [20] at the location using the additive manufacturing system [18].Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2023Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: MolyWorks Material CorporationInventors: Christopher Paul Eonta, Andrew VanOs LaTOUR, Matthew Charles, Tom Reed, Kai Prager
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Patent number: 11866811Abstract: Proposed is a Fe-based alloy and a filler metal including the same. The Fe-based alloy contains 15% to 25% by weight of nickel (Ni), 0.5% to 3% by weight of manganese (Mn), 2% to 8% by weight of cobalt (Co), 0.1% to 0.5% by weight of carbon (C), and the balance iron (Fe) and unavoidable impurities.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2021Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGYInventors: Hyo Yun Jung, Kwang Su Choi, Ji Yong Hwang
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Patent number: 11859261Abstract: A method for the manufacturing of an object. The method includes receiving a desired alloy composition for the object, depositing a plurality of foils in a stack to form the object, applying heat to the stack at a first temperature to bond the plurality of foils to each other, and applying heat to the stack at a second temperature to homogenize the composition of the stack. The homogenized stack has the desired alloy composition.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2023Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: Alloy Enterprises, Inc.Inventors: Nicholas Mykulowycz, Alison Forsyth, Alan Lai, Lyle Cheatham
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Patent number: 11857851Abstract: A golf club head, preferably a putter head, comprising at least one structural support member is disclosed herein. The structural support member has a smooth, organic-looking aesthetic, with a continuously changing curvature along its spline and at least one surface, and preferably connects one portion of the golf club head to another portion. Where the support member connects to other portions of the golf club head, the surfaces of the member have a curvature that changes smoothly and continuously, lacking any sharp corners. The support member may be part of a lattice structure formed via binder jetting.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2023Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp.Inventors: Brandon D. DeMille, William C. Watson, Eric Stubben, David R. Handy, Irina Ivanova, Patrick Dawson
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Patent number: 11858207Abstract: This invention teaches a quality assurance system for additive manufacturing. This invention teaches a multi-sensor, real-time quality system including sensors, affiliated hardware, and data processing algorithms that are Lagrangian-Eulerian with respect to the reference frames of its associated input measurements. The quality system for Additive Manufacturing is capable of measuring true in-process state variables associated with an additive manufacturing process, i.e., those in-process variables that define a feasible process space within which the process is deemed nominal. The in-process state variables can also be correlated to the part structure or microstructure and can then be useful in identifying particular locations within the part likely to include defects.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2023Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: Sigma Additive Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Vivek R. Dave, R. Bruce Madigan, Mark J. Cola, Martin S. Piltch
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Patent number: 11859269Abstract: Disclosed are a high strength-ductility matched oxide-particles dispersion steel, a preparation method and application thereof, belonging to the technical field of novel structural materials. The high strength-ductility matched oxide-particles dispersion steel comprises the following components in percentage by mass: chromium (Cr) 11.0-13.0 percent (%), tungsten (W) 1.0-2.0%, vanadium (V) 0.1-0.2%, yttrium (Y) 0.3-0.4%, oxygen (O) 0.05-0.15%, silicon (Si) 1.5-2.5%, carbon (C) ?0.0016%, with iron (Fe) and unavoidable impurities accounting for a rest. The high strength-ductility matched oxide-particles dispersion steel in the present application is prepared, using a powder metallurgical preparation method, by introducing high-content of silicon elements and introducing high-density oxide particles with a complete core-shell structure using a specific heat treatment regime.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2023Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BEIJINGInventors: You Wang, Zhangjian Zhou
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Patent number: 11854736Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for preparing a high-coercivity sintered NdFeB magnet. The method including the steps of: S1, Providing a NdFeB powder as a main material; S2, Vacuum coating a layer of a rare earth alloy RxH(100-x) on a surface of a metal nano-powder M to obtain an auxiliary alloy material with a core-shell structure, with R being selected from one or more of Dy, Tb, Pr, Nd, La, and Ce; H being selected from one or more of Cu, Al, and Ga; the nano-powder M being selected from one or more of Mo, W, Zr, Ti, and Nb; 0?x?90 wt. %; S3, Adding the auxiliary alloy material obtained by step S2 to the NdFeB powder of step S1 and mixing, then orientation pressing of the mixture to obtain a compact body; and S4, Sintering and annealing treatment of the compact body to obtain the high-coercivity sintered NdFeB magnet.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2022Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: Yantai Dongxing Magnetic Materials Inc.Inventors: Kunkun Yang, Chuanshen Wang, Zhongjie Peng, Kaihong Ding
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Patent number: 11851732Abstract: A method for preparing a grid alloy of a lead battery, comprising the following steps: (1) preparing an aluminum-lanthanum-cerium rare earth mother alloy by using a molten salt electrolysis method; (2) melting the aluminum-lanthanum-cerium rare earth mother alloy with sodium and partial lead and uniformly stirring same to prepare an intermediate alloy; and (3) melting the intermediate alloy with calcium, tin and remaining lead and uniformly stirring same to form a grid alloy of a lead battery.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2018Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: TIANNENG BATTERY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Fei Dai, Qing Liu, Genfang Gao, Qiushi Yao, Xufeng Tang, Shu Hu, Wenwei Zhou, Zhenglin Xiong, Dan Li, Qingshan Tian
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Patent number: 11851723Abstract: Some variations provide a carbon-negative carbon product that is characterized by a carbon intensity less than 0 kg CO2e per metric ton of the carbon-negative carbon product, wherein the carbon-negative carbon product contains at least about 50 wt % carbon. In some embodiments, the carbon intensity is less than ?500 kg CO2e per metric ton of the carbon-negative carbon product. Other variations provide a carbon-negative metal product (e.g., a steel product) that is characterized by a carbon intensity less than 0 kg CO2e per metric ton of the carbon-negative metal product, wherein the metal product contains from 50 wt % to 100 wt % of one or more metals and optionally one or more alloying elements. In some embodiments, the carbon-negative metal product is characterized by a carbon intensity less than ?200 kg CO2e per metric ton of the carbon-negative metal product. The carbon-negative metal product can contain a wide variety of metals.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2022Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: CARBON TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS, LLCInventors: James A. Mennell, Daren Daugaard, Dustin Slack