Patents Examined by Colleen P Dunn
  • Patent number: 10119186
    Abstract: Provided is a maraging steel excellent in fatigue characteristics, including, in terms of % by mass: C: ?0.015%, Ni: from 12.0 to 20.0%, Mo: from 3.0 to 6.0%, Co: from 5.0 to 13.0%, Al: from 0.01 to 0.3%, Ti: from 0.2 to 2.0%, O: ?0.0020%, N: ?0.0020%, and Zr: from 0.001 to 0.02%, with the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: DAIDO STEEL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Sugiyama, Shigeki Ueta
  • Patent number: 10113216
    Abstract: A reinforced magnesium matrix composite includes a quasicrystal and alumina mixture particles reinforcement phase and a magnesium alloy matrix, where the weight ratio of the quasicrystal and alumina mixture particles reinforcement phase to the magnesium alloy matrix is (4-8) to 100; the magnesium alloy matrix including by weight 1000 parts of magnesium, 90 parts of aluminum, 10 parts of zinc, 1.5-5 parts of manganese, 0.5-1 part of silicon and 0.1-0.5 part of calcium; the quasicrystal and alumina mixture particles reinforcement phase including by weight 40 parts of magnesium, 50-60 parts of zinc, 5-10 parts of yttrium and 8-20 parts of nanometer alumina particles of which the diameter is 20-30 nm; and the quasicrystal and alumina mixture particles reinforcement phase having a size of 100-200 mesh.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: NORTH UNIVERSITY OF CHINA
    Inventors: Zhao Yuhong, Hou Hua, Jin Yuchun, Wu Jinke, Yang Ling
  • Patent number: 10112183
    Abstract: To provide a catalyst for purifying a combustion exhaust gas and a method for purifying a combustion exhaust gas. The denitration catalyst used in a method for purifying a combustion exhaust gas of removing a nitrogen oxide in the exhaust gas by making the catalyst into contact with the combustion exhaust gas having an alcohol as a reducing agent added thereto, contains zeolite as a support having supported thereon a catalyst metal, in a powder X-ray diffraction (XRD) measurement of the denitration catalyst a ratio (relative peak intensity ratio) r=I/J of a height I of a diffraction peak at a diffraction angle (2?) of from 7.8 to 10.0° and a height J of a diffraction peak at a diffraction angle (2?) of from 28.0 to 31.0° being in a range of from 3.0 to 5.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: Hitachi Zosen Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Yoshida, Susumu Hikazudani, Kana Shimizu, Emi Shono
  • Patent number: 10105820
    Abstract: A method of processing a polycrystalline diamond element is disclosed. The method may include depositing a vaporized material over a selected portion of a polycrystalline diamond element to form a protective coating over the selected portion. The polycrystalline diamond element may include a polycrystalline diamond table. The method may also include exposing at least a portion of the polycrystalline diamond element to a leaching solution such that the leaching solution contacts an exposed surface region of the polycrystalline diamond table and at least a portion of the protective coating. The method may also include removing the polycrystalline diamond element from the leaching solution. The protective coating may be substantially impermeable to the leaching solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: US SYNTHETIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Debkumar Mukhopadhyay, Kenneth Eugene Bertagnolli
  • Patent number: 10105826
    Abstract: Polycrystalline diamond bodies having an annular region of diamond grains and a core region of diamond grains and methods of making the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, a polycrystalline diamond body includes an annular region of inter-bonded diamond grains having a first characteristic property and a core region of inter-bonded diamond grains bonded to the annular region and having a second characteristic property that differs from the first characteristic property. The annular region decreases in thickness from a perimeter surface of the polycrystalline diamond body towards a centerline axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: DIAMOND INNOVATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Andrew Gledhill, Christopher Long, Alexanne Johnson, Joseph Rhodes
  • Patent number: 10109405
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a grain oriented electrical steel sheet having excellent core loss and to a method for manufacturing same. The electrical steel sheet according to one aspect of the present invention may have a composition comprising, by weight %, Si: 1.0 to 4.0%, Al: 0.1 to 4.0%, and a rare earth element: 0.0001 to 0.5% by the total content of the whole rare earth element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: POSCO
    Inventors: Byung-Deug Hong, Dong-Kyun Kim
  • Patent number: 10105798
    Abstract: A method for improving the surface of an aluminum alloy article includes manufacturing the aluminum alloy article using an additive manufacturing technique, wherein the article as-manufactured includes one or more of cracks, roughness, or porosity at a surface of the article; coating the surface of the aluminum alloy article with a diffusion element, the diffusion element being capable of diffusing at least 0.2 mils into the article; heating the aluminum alloy article coated with the diffusion element to cause the diffusion element to diffuse the at least 0.2 mils into the article, thereby forming a diffusion layer of at least 0.2 mils in thickness comprising both aluminum alloy and diffusion element; and removing the diffusion layer from the aluminum alloy article, whereby upon the removing, a resulting improved surface of the article comprises fewer or smaller cracks, reduced roughness, or reduced porosity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Andy Szuromi, Steve Starr, Donald G. Godfrey, Mark C. Morris
  • Patent number: 10106714
    Abstract: A shaped abrasive particle including a body having a length (l), a width (w), and a height (hi), wherein the height is at least about 28% of the width, and a percent flashing (f) of at least about 10% and not greater than about 45% for a total side area of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN CERAMICS & PLASTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Doruk O. Yener, Jennifer H. Czerepinski, Michael D. Kavanaugh, Samuel S. Marlin, Kristin K. Breder, Sujatha Iyengar
  • Patent number: 10106875
    Abstract: A steel material includes: a composition containing, by mass, C: 0.05% to 0.60%, Si: 0.01% to 2.0%, Mn: 0.3% to 3.0%, P: 0.001% to 0.040%, S: 0.0001% to 0.010%, N: 0.0001% to 0.0060%, Al: 0.01% to 1.5%, one or more elements selected from Ti: 0.01% to 0.20%, Nb: 0.01% to 0.20%, and V: 0.01% or more and less than 0.05%, and one or more elements selected from B: 0.0001% to 0.01%, Mo: 0.005% to 2.0%, and Cr: 0.005% to 3.0%, with the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities; and a steel microstructure that includes 95% or more of tempered martensite on a volume fraction basis, that includes a precipitate having a diameter of 100 nm or less and including one or more elements selected from Ti, Nb, and V and one or more elements selected from carbon and nitrogen at a density of 50 particles/?m2 or more, and that includes prior austenite having a grain diameter of 3 ?m or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Shusaku Takagi, Akihide Nagao
  • Patent number: 10106873
    Abstract: A hot-rolled steel sheet including, in terms of % by mass, 0.030% to 0.120% of C, 1.20% or less of Si, 1.00% to 3.00% of Mn, 0.01% to 0.70% of Al, 0.05% to 0.20% of Ti, 0.01% to 0.10% of Nb, 0.020% or less of P, 0.010% or less of S, and 0.005% or less of N, and a balance consisting of Fe and impurities, in which 0.106?(C %-Ti %*12/48-Nb %*12/93)?0.012 is satisfied; a pole density of {112}(110) at a position of ¼ plate thickness is 5.7 or less; an aspect ratio (long axis/short axis) of prior austenite grains is 5.3 or less; a density of (Ti, Nb)C precipitates having a size of 20 nm or less is 109 pieces/mm3 or more; a yield ratio YR, which is the ratio of a tensile strength to a yield stress, is 0.80 or more; and a tensile strength is 590 MPa or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eisaku Sakurada, Kunio Hayashi, Koichi Sato, Shunji Hiwatashi
  • Patent number: 10099321
    Abstract: A soldering flux of the present invention contains, as a base resin, an acrylic resin (A) having an acid value of 0 to 70, and an acrylic resin (B) having an acid value of 30 to 230. The acrylic resin (A) is obtained by polymerization of a monomer mixture containing alkyl(meth)acrylate having an alkyl group having carbon atoms of 12 to 23. The acrylic resin (B) is obtained by polymerization of a monomer mixture containing alkyl(meth)acrylate having an alkyl group having carbon atoms of 6 to 10. The acid value of the acrylic resin (B) is higher than the acid value of the acrylic resin (A), and a difference between these two resins is 15 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: HARIMA CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Kosuke Inoue, Tetsuyuki Shigesada, Kenichi Takeshima, Takuji Sukekawa, Masao Murata
  • Patent number: 10099289
    Abstract: Provided is a method for forming a three dimensional article comprising the steps of: providing at least one electron beam source emitting an electron beam for at least one of heating or fusing said powder material, where said electron beam source comprises a cathode, an anode, and a grid between said cathode and anode; controlling the electron beam source in at least two modes during said formation of said three dimensional article; applying a predetermined accelerator voltage between said cathode and said anode; applying a predetermined number of different grid voltages between said grid and said cathode for producing a corresponding predetermined number of electron beam currents; and at least one of creating or updating a look-up table or mathematical function during one of the at least two modes, wherein said look-up table or mathematical function defines a relationship between a desired electron beam current and an applied grid voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: Arcam AB
    Inventor: Daniel Jonasson
  • Patent number: 10100380
    Abstract: A rail cooling device configured to forcibly cool a rail by jetting a coolant includes a porous plate nozzle including a plurality of nozzle holes configured to jet the coolant to an underside of the base of the rail to cool the underside of the base of the rail. Ends in a width direction of the porous plate nozzle correspond to ends of the underside of the base of the rail. Nozzle holes of the porous plate nozzle at the ends of the width direction are smaller than nozzle holes of the porous plate nozzle at a central part in the width direction, and a maximum value of a distance between centers of the nozzle holes at both ends in the width direction is 30% or more of a width of the underside of the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryo Matsuoka, Makoto Nakaseko, Rinya Kojo, Tomoo Horita, Hideki Takahashi, Yoshikazu Yoshida, Tatsumi Kimura, Mineyasu Takemasa, Yuzuru Kataoka
  • Patent number: 10096403
    Abstract: A superconductive wire conductor is produced by: embedding a plurality of deposition substrates formed to have a predetermined size in parallel with each other to a connection base material to connect and integrate therewith; depositing an intermediate layer, a superconductive layer and a protective layer on a deposition surface side of the deposition substrate; and winding a single or multiple integrated superconductive conductors around a desired core material, separating each single superconductive wire from the integrated superconductive conductor and winding each superconductive wire around the core material or winding the integrated or separated wire alternately, whereby a superconductive conductor having a good superconductive characteristic without a problem regarding a shape thereof such as local protrusions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yoshinori Nagasu
  • Patent number: 10094009
    Abstract: A sintered alloy having superior heat resistance and superior wear resistance and also having corrosion resistance against salt damage that may occur in cold-weather regions, and a production method therefor, are provided. The sintered alloy consists of, by mass %, 32.4 to 48.4% of Cr, 2.9 to 10.0% of Mo, 0.9 to 2.9% of Si, 0.3 to 1.8% of P, 0.7 to 3.9% of C, and the balance of Fe and inevitable impurities, and it has a density ratio of not less than 90% and includes carbides that are dispersed in a matrix of a metallic structure thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: HITACHI CHEMICAL COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Daisuke Fukae, Hideaki Kawata
  • Patent number: 10096415
    Abstract: Disclosed are a non-oriented electrical steel plate with low iron loss and high magnetic conductivity and a manufacturing process therefor. The casting blank of the steel plate comprises the following components: Si: 0.1-2.0 wt %, Al: 0.1-1.0 wt %, Mn: 0.10-1.0 wt %, C: ?0.005 wt %, P: ?0.2 wt %, S: ?0.005 wt %, N: ?0.005 wt %, the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities. The magnetic conductivity of the steel plate meets the following relationship formula: ?10+?13+?15?13982?586.5P15/50; ?10+?13+?15?10000, wherein P15/50 is the iron loss at a magnetic induction intensity of 1.5 T at 50 Hz; ?10, ?13, and ?15 is are relative magnetic conductivities at induction intensities of 1.0 T, 1.3 T, and 1.5 T at 50 Hz, respectively. The steel plate can be used for manufacturing highly effective and ultra-highly effective electric motors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: BAOSHAN IRON & STEEL CO., LTD
    Inventors: Aihua Ma, Bo Wang, Xiandong Liu, Liang Zou, Shishu Xie, Hongxu Hei
  • Patent number: 10086498
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to coated abrasive articles that include active filler particles in a supersize coat, a make coat, or combinations thereof, as well as methods of making and using said coated abrasive articles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignees: SAINT-GOBAIN ABRASIVES, INC., SAINT-GOBAIN ABRASIFS
    Inventor: Julienne C. Regele
  • Patent number: 10087499
    Abstract: There are provided a high-strength hot-rolled steel sheet securing low-temperature toughness and having excellent stretch flangeability by controlling a structural fraction and a hardness difference among structures, and a manufacturing method thereof. A hot-rolled steel sheet contains: C: 0.01 to 0.2%; Si: 0.001 to 2.5% or less; Mn: 0.10 to 4.0% or less; P: 0.10% or less; S: less than 0.03%; Al: 0.001 to 2.0%; N: less than 0.01%; Ti: (0.005+48/14[N]+48/32[S]) % or more and 0.3% or less; Nb: 0 to 0.06%; Cu: 0 to 1.2%; Ni: 0 to 0.6%; Mo: 0 to 1%; V: 0 to 0.2%; Cr: 0 to 2%; Mg: 0 to 0.01%; Ca: 0 to 0.01%; REM: 0 to 0.1%; and B: 0 to 0.002%, and has: an texture in which, at a central portion of a sheet thickness located between ? to ? thickness positions of the sheet thickness from a surface of the steel sheet, an average value of X-ray random intensity ratios of a group of {100}<011> to {223}<110> orientations of a sheet plane is 6.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Shuto, Tatsuo Yokoi, Yuuki Kanzawa, Nobuhiro Fujita, Ryohta Niiya, Shinya Saitoh
  • Patent number: 10090083
    Abstract: A combined electrical power and hydrogen energy infrastructure includes a superconducting electrical transmission line. One or more fluid paths are adapted to cool one or more superconductors of the electrical transmission line to a superconducting operating condition and to deliver hydrogen in a liquid state. The combined electrical power and hydrogen energy infrastructure also includes a supply apparatus to pump hydrogen into the one or more paths and to cool and pressurize the hydrogen to maintain the hydrogen in a liquid state. A distribution apparatus is operatively coupled to the one or more fluid paths at a different location along or at an end of the electrical transmission line to draw off the hydrogen for distribution of the hydrogen for use as a hydrogen fuel. An electrical transmission line and a method for supplying a fluid via an electrical transmission line are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Lighthouse Energy Solutions LLC
    Inventors: William A. Carter, Scott C. Carter, Ilkka T. Pylkkanen
  • Patent number: 10086433
    Abstract: A process for producing an electrode material by infiltrating a highly conductive metal such as Cu into a porous object containing heat-resistant elements. Before an infiltration step in which the highly conductive metal is infiltrated, a HIP treatment is given to a powder containing the heat-resistant elements (or to a molded object obtained by molding a powder containing the heat-resistant elements). The composition is controlled so that the HIP treatment yields a porous object which has a degree of filling of 70% or higher, more preferably 75% or higher. The highly conductive metal is infiltrated into the porous object having the controlled composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: MEIDENSHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kaoru Kitakizaki, Keita Ishikawa, Shota Hayashi, Nobutaka Suzuki