Patents Examined by Christopher S Kessler
  • Patent number: 11504795
    Abstract: A spot welded joint of at least two steel sheets is provided. At least one of the steel sheets presents yield strength above or equal to 600 MPa, an ultimate tensile strength above or equal to 1000 MPa, uniform elongation above or equal to 15%. The base metal chemical composition includes 0.05?C?0.21%, 4.0?Mn?7.0%, 0.5?Al?3.5%, Si?2.0%, Ti?0.2%, V?0.2%, Nb?0.2%, P?0.025%, B?0.0035%, and the spot welded joint contains a molten zone microstructure containing more than 0.5% of Al and containing a surface fraction of segregated areas lower than 1%, said segregated areas being zones larger than 20 ?m2 and containing more than the steel nominal phosphorus content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: ArcelorMittal
    Inventors: Astrid Perlade, Samuel Vignier, Frederic Kegel, Artem Arlazarov
  • Patent number: 11499498
    Abstract: A cylinder liner of the present invention is a cylinder liner mounted on a cylinder block and formed of flaky graphite cast iron, at least a nitrided layer is provided on an inner periphery of the cylinder liner, and a cross hatching section is formed on the inner periphery, a roughness curve of the inner periphery has a plateau honing shape, a ten-point average roughness Rz of the inner periphery pursuant to JIS B0601:1982 is 4.0 ?m or less, and an average value of an area ratio of pits generated in the inner periphery is 8% or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignees: TPR CO., LTD., TPR INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki Kuromasa, Koichi Hatakeyama, Takashi Ozawa
  • Patent number: 11473175
    Abstract: A method for producing a magnetic powder includes the steps of: mixing neodymium oxide, boron, and iron to prepare a first mixture; adding and mixing calcium to the first mixture to prepare a second mixture; mixing an alkali metal with the second mixture to prepare a third mixture; and placing a carbon sheet on the third mixture, placing silica sand (SiO2 sand) thereon, and then heating the same to a temperature of 800° C. to 1100° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Inventors: Eunjeong Shin, Juneho In, Jinhyeok Choe, Sangwoo Kim, Soon Jae Kwon, Hyounsoo Uh, Ikjin Choi, Ingyu Kim
  • Patent number: 11466353
    Abstract: Heat treatment of an Alloy 282 which has been subjected to an initial solution annealing followed by cooling can be heat treated by heating the Alloy 282 to a temperature between 954° C. and 1010° C. until the gamma prime (??) phase is sufficiently dissolved, and cooling the Alloy 282 to a temperature a sufficiently low temperature, and at a sufficiently high cooling rate, to suppress gamma prime precipitation. A component such as a turbine exhaust case and a gas turbine engine made of said alloy can be heat treated in the above manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: GKN Aerospace Sweden AB
    Inventors: Bengt Pettersson, Johan Ockborn
  • Patent number: 11459643
    Abstract: A high-strength and high-toughness tube for perforating gun, having a formulation of chemical elements in percentage by mass as follows: C: 0.15%-0.22%, Si: 0.1%-0.4%, Mn: 0.5%-1%, Cr: 0.3%-0.7%, Mo: 0.3%-0.7%, Nb: 0.01%-0.04%, V: 0.1%-0.2%, Ti: 0.02%-0.05%, B: 0.0015%-0.005%, Al: 0.01%-0.05%, Ca: 0.001%-0.004%, N?0.008%, and the balance of Fe and other inevitable impurities. Accordingly, further disclosed is a method for manufacturing a high-strength and high-toughness tube for perforating gun. The high-strength and high-toughness tube for perforating gun of the present invention has high strength, good toughness and uniform circumferential strength, and is suitable for application in the field of petroleum exploration and exploitation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: BAOSHAN IRON & STEEL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaoming Dong, Zhonghua Zhang, Cunyao Zhao
  • Patent number: 11458539
    Abstract: An apparatus for producing an object by additive manufacturing including a chamber for receiving a bath of material solidified by exposure to electromagnetic radiation, a support for positioning the object, and a solidifying device for solidifying a layer of the material. A registering device registers a characteristic of a calibration area related to the surface level of the bath of material and a control unit utilizes the characteristic to control the position of the emitted electromagnetic radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: ADDITIVE INDUSTRIES B.V.
    Inventors: Mark Herman Else Vaes, Rob Peter Albert Van Haendel, Mark Johannes Magielsen, Chris Patrick Webb, Daniel Anthonius Johannes Kersten, Jonas Wintermans, Adrianus Johannes Petrus Maria Vermeer, Johannes Franciscus Willebrordus Peeters
  • Patent number: 11453055
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method of manufacturing a metal column using 3D printing technology. The method of manufacturing a metal column includes steps of: creasing a 3D-CAD design for printing the metal column; printing the metal column; pretreating the inner surface of a channel inside the metal column at low temperature; and coating the inner surface of the channel with a stationary phase so that the metal column is capable of separating a gas mixture into components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Ji Won Lee, Soo Yeol Phyo, Sun Choi, Sung Choi
  • Patent number: 11453931
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a medical Au—Pt—Pd alloy including Au, Pt, Pd, and inevitable impurities. The alloy has an alloy composition inside a polygon (A1-A2-A3-A4-A5-A6) surrounded by straight lines connected at point A1 (Au: 37.9 atom %, Pt: 0.1 atom %, and Pd: 62 atom %), point A2 (Au: 79.9 atom %, Pt: 0.1 atom %, and Pd: 20 atom %), point A3 (Au: 79.9 atom %, Pt: 20 atom %, and Pd: 0.1 atom %), point A4 (Au: 69.9 atom %, Pt: 30 atom %, and Pd: 0.1 atom %), point A5 (Au: 49 atom %, Pt: 30 atom %, and Pd: 21 atom %), and point A6 (Au: 39 atom %, Pt: 40 atom %, and Pd: 21 atom %) in a Au—Pt—Pd ternary state diagram. The metal structure of the alloy is optimized, and the metal structure is close to a single-phase structure, and has little precipitation of a Au-rich phase and a Pt-rich phase different in composition from a mother phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignees: TANAKA KIKINZOKU KOGYO K.K., TOKUSHIMA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Michimasa Okubo, Kenji Goto, Kunihiro Tanaka, Kojiro Shiraishi, Kunihiro Shima, Yuya Kato, Kenichi Hamada, Eiichi Honda, Emi Takegawa
  • Patent number: 11453953
    Abstract: The present invention provides a high-purity electrolytic copper 10 having a Cu purity excluding gas components (O, F, S, C, and Cl) is 99.9999 mass % or more, a content of S is 0.1 mass ppm or less, and an area ratio of crystals having a (101)±10° orientation is less than 40%, when crystal orientation is measured by electron backscatter diffraction in a cross section along a thickness direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshie Tarutani, Kenji Kubota, Kiyotaka Nakaya, Isao Arai
  • Patent number: 11447852
    Abstract: A high-strength galvanized steel sheet having improved post-work impact resistance, a method for producing the high-strength galvanized steel sheet, and a high-strength member produced using the steel sheet. The high-strength galvanized steel sheet includes a steel sheet having a microstructure including ferrite and carbide-free bainite, martensite and carbide-containing bainite, and retained austenite, the total area fraction of ferrite and carbide-free bainite being 0% to 55%, the total area fraction of martensite and carbide-containing bainite being 45% to 100%, and the area fraction of retained austenite being 0% to 5%. Additionally, a galvanizing layer is disposed on the steel sheet. The density of gaps that cut across the entire thickness of the galvanizing layer in a cross section of the galvanizing layer, which is taken in the thickness direction so as to be perpendicular to the rolling direction, is 10 gaps/mm or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Hasegawa, Yoshimasa Funakawa, Hiromi Yoshitomi, Yoichi Makimizu, Yoshitsugu Suzuki, Gentaro Takeda, Yoshikazu Suzuki, Yoshimasa Himei
  • Patent number: 11441210
    Abstract: A zinc-free gold alloy containing by weight between 37% and 38.5% of gold, between 4 and 32% of palladium and/or silver, between 25% and 54% of copper and between 0% and 10% of gallium. A timepiece or piece of jewellery or gemstone jewellery made of this alloy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Omega SA
    Inventors: Denis Vincent, Gregory Kissling, Christian Charbon, Vincent Fays, Stephane Lauper
  • Patent number: 11434541
    Abstract: A cold-rolled and heat-treated steel sheet, having a composition including, by weight percent: 0.10%?C?0.40%, 3.5%?Mn?8.0%, 0.5%?Si?2.5%, 0.003%?Al?3.0%, with Si+Al?0.8%, 0.001%?Mo?0.5%, S?0.010%, P?0.020%, N?0.008%, and optionally one or more elements selected from a group comprising Cr, Ti, Nb, V and B, such that: 0.01%?Cr?2.0%, 0.010%?Ti?0.080%, 0.010%?Nb?0.080%, 0.010%?V?0.30%, 0.0005%?B?0.003%, the remainder of the composition being iron and unavoidable impurities resulting from the smelting. The microstructure includes, in surface fraction, between 10% and 50% of retained austenite, at most 8% of fresh martensite, and tempered martensite. The retained austenite includes Mn-enriched austenite, having a Mn content higher than 1.3*Mn %, Mn % designating the Mn content of the steel sheet, a surface fraction of the Mn-enriched austenite with respect to the whole microstructure is between 2% and 12%, and Mn-poor austenite, having an Mn content between 0.5*Mn % and 1.3*Mn %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: ARCELORMITTAL
    Inventors: Coralie Magar, Kangying Zhu, Astrid Perlade
  • Patent number: 11434551
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to novel high entropy alloys, including refractory high entropy alloys, and methods of selecting high entropy alloys and refractory high entropy alloys with select nuclear application predetermined properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC
    Inventors: Salvador B. Rodriguez, Andrew Kustas, David Ames
  • Patent number: 11434550
    Abstract: A cubic boron nitride sintered material includes 40% by volume or more and 96% by volume or less of cubic boron nitride grains and 4% by volume or more and 60% by volume or less of a binder phase, and the cubic boron nitride grains have a dislocation density of less than 1×105/m2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC HARDMETAL CORP.
    Inventors: Machiko Abe, Satoru Kukino, Michiko Matsukawa
  • Patent number: 11427891
    Abstract: A piping article is provided that comprises a piping component comprising a piping body with an open end. The piping component is formed of an alloy comprising from about 12% to about 16% zinc, from about 0.5% to about 2.0% silicon, and a balance of copper (by weight). The alloy comprises an ultimate tensile strength of from about 200 N/mm2 to about 300 N/mm2, a yield strength of from about 75 N/mm2 to about 225 N/mm2, and an elongation of from about 15% to about 60%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: NIBCO Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin L. Lawrence, Rudy L. Smith, Wesley D. Coy, Kenneth Edgar McCoy, Todd Morehead
  • Patent number: 11427892
    Abstract: A nickel base super alloy or blade alloy having Ni as a main constituent and the following elements or portions in wt %: Fe: 2 to 8, Al: 6.1 to 6.8, Cr: 12.5 to 15, W: 1.5 to 4.5, Ta: 2.5 to 5.5, Hf: 1.2 to 2, C: 0.03 to 0.13, B: 0.005 to 0.02, Zr: 0.005 to 0.02, and Si: 0.005 to 0.02.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: SIEMENS ENERGY GLOBAL GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Magnus Hasselqvist
  • Patent number: 11421298
    Abstract: There is provided an electric resistance welded steel tube having a yield strength of 896 MPa or more, and excellent low-cycle fatigue resistance, for coiled tubing without performing whole-tube quenching treatment and reheating-tempering treatment after performing electric resistance welding and a method for manufacturing the same. The steel tube includes, by mass %, C, Si, Mn, P, S, Al, Cr, Cu, Ni, Mo, Nb, V, Ti, and N at a specific content. The steel tube has a microstructure that contains 2% to 10% retained austenite and 20% or less martensite on a volume fraction basis, and the remainder being bainite. The yield strength is set to 896 MPa or more and the uniform elongation is set to 9.0% or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihide Matsumoto, Hiroshi Nakata, Shunsuke Toyoda
  • Patent number: 11414730
    Abstract: The present invention discloses magnesium alloys, bicycle rims made of magnesium alloys, and methods of preparing the alloys and bicycle components made of the alloys. The alloys may include the following components in percentage by weight: 5.5-6.0% of Zn, 0.3-0.6% of Zr, 0.5-2.0% of lanthanum-rich mixed rare earth and the balance of Mg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Inventors: Chunjiang Ma, Jun Yang
  • Patent number: 11414720
    Abstract: A high-strength steel sheet for warm working having excellent warm workability, and a method for manufacturing the steel sheet. The steel sheet has a chemical composition including, by mass %, C: 0.05% to 0.20%, Si: 3.0% or less, Mn: 3.5% to 8.0%, P: 0.100% or less, S: 0.02% or less, Al: 0.01% to 3.0%, N: 0.010% or less, one or more selected from Nb: 0.005% to 0.20%, Ti: 0.005% to 0.20%, Mo: 0.005% to 1.0%, and V: 0.005% to 1.0%. The steel sheet has a microstructure including, in terms of area ratio, 10% to 60% of retained austenite, 10% to 80% of ferrite, 10% to 50% of martensite, and 0% to 5% of bainite, in which a C content in the retained austenite is less than 0.40 mass % and the average crystal grain diameter of the retained austenite, the martensite, and the ferrite is 2.0 ?m or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Hasegawa, Yoshimasa Funakawa
  • Patent number: 11408060
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an amorphous alloy having low frictional resistance and capable of improving abrasion resistance, a target made of the amorphous alloy, and a compressor comprising a layer of the amorphous alloy as a coating layer. According to the present invention, it is possible to secure high hardness and a low elastic modulus of the coating layer by controlling a microstructure having an amorphous phase as a primary phase by using Ti-based three-component to five-component amorphous alloys. As a result, it is possible to prevent the coating layer from being peeled off from a matrix or destroyed, and thus it is possible to achieve the effect of improving reliability or durability of a mechanical apparatus such as a compressor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignees: LG Electronics Inc., Seoul National University R&DB Foundation
    Inventors: Kyoung Jin Ku, Dong Han Kim, Joungwook Kim, Hangjin Ban, Bumdong Sa, Eun Soo Park, Wook Ha Ryu, Kyung-Jun Kim, Jinwoo Kim, Heh Sang Ahn