Patents Examined by Colleen P Dunn
  • Patent number: 10497497
    Abstract: Disclosed is an R-T-B—Ga-based magnet material ahoy where R is at least one element selected from rare earth metals including Y and excluding Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, and Lu, and T is one or more transition metals with Fe being an essential element. The R-T-B—Ga-based magnet material alloy includes: an R2T14B phase 3 which is a principal phase, and an R-rich phase (1 and 2) which is a phase enriched with the R, wherein a non-crystalline phase 1 in the R-rich phase has a Ga content (mass %) that is higher than a Ga content (mass %) of a crystalline phase 2 in the R-rich phase. With this, it is possible to enhance the magnetic properties of rare earth magnets that are manufactured from the alloy and reduce variations in the magnetic properties thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: SANTOKU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiko Saguchi, Noriyuki Negi, Mitsuharu Yonemura
  • Patent number: 10494528
    Abstract: A product for incorporating ultraviolet radiation protection and antimicrobial protection into a synthetic polymer is disclosed which has a quantity of zinc oxide particles modified with a layer of a reactive group that forms a bond with a quantity of synthetic polymer chips having C—H bonds. A product for incorporating ultraviolet radiation protection and antimicrobial protection into a synthetic polymer prior to forming a synthetic material is also disclosed which has a quantity of synthetic polymer chips and a quantity of zinc oxide particles modified with a layer of a reactive group that forms a bond with the quantity of the synthetic polymer chips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: THE SWEET LIVING GROUP, LLC
    Inventors: Robert B Kramer, Ronald Kramer, Nicholas Marshall
  • Patent number: 10493598
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to polycrystalline diamond compact (“PDC”) including a polycrystalline diamond (“PCD”) table that bonded to a cobalt-nickel alloy cemented carbide substrate. The cobalt-nickel alloy cemented carbide substrate provides both erosion resistance and corrosion resistance to the cemented carbide substrate. In an embodiment, a PDC includes a cemented carbide substrate including cobalt-nickel alloy cementing constituent. The PDC further includes a PCD table bonded to the cemented carbide substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: US SYNTHETIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Debkumar Mukhopadhyay, Kenneth E. Bertagnolli
  • Patent number: 10487374
    Abstract: Described is a method of recovering a metal from a substrate having a metal sulphide, metal oxide, or combination thereof, by contacting the substrate with an aqueous oxidant to oxidize the metal sulphide to elemental sulphur and oxidized metal or convert the complex metal oxide to a metal salt, contacting the oxidized metal or simple metal oxide with ammonium hydroxide to form soluble a ammine complex of the metal to obtain a leachate and residual solids; separating the leachate from the residual solids; and recovering the metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Yava Technologies Inc.
    Inventor: Madhav Dahal
  • Patent number: 10486232
    Abstract: Provided herein are approaches for forming a conduit embedded within a component of a semiconductor manufacturing device (e.g., an ion implanter) using an additive manufacturing process (e.g., 3-D printing), wherein the conduit is configured to deliver a fluid throughout the component to provide heating, cooling, and gas distribution thereof. In one approach, the conduit includes a set of raised surface features formed on an inner surface of the conduit for varying fluid flow characteristics within the conduit. In another approach, the conduit may be formed in a helical configuration. In another approach, the conduit is formed with a polygonal cross section. In another approach, the component of the ion implanter includes at least one of an ion source, a plasma flood gun, a cooling plate, a platen, and/or an arc chamber base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: VARIAN SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT ASSOCIATES, INC.
    Inventors: Joshua M. Abeshaus, Jordan B. Tye
  • Patent number: 10487384
    Abstract: There are provided: an Ni-based alloy member including a ?? phase precipitation with 36 to 60 volume % and exhibiting a high durable temperature and good cold workability; a method for producing the member; an Ni-based alloy product to be used as a precursor of the member; and a method for producing the product. The Ni-based alloy product has a two-phase structure composed of a ? phase and a ?? phase being incoherent to the ? phase, the incoherent ?? phase being present at a ratio of 20 volume % or higher. The Ni-based alloy member produced by cold working the Ni-based alloy product and subsequently by conducting heat treatment comprises a ? phase and a ?? phase being coherent to the ? phase, the coherent ?? phase being present at a ratio of 36 to 60 volume %, and has a predetermined shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinya Imano, Hironori Kamoshida
  • Patent number: 10478898
    Abstract: A silver particles manufacturing method comprises following steps: providing a silver containing compound; providing an organic solution; adding the silver containing compound into the organic solution, to perform ultrasonic vibrations or a heating process until the silver containing compound is dissolved completely into the organic solution, to form a silver ion solution; performing the ultrasonic vibrations or the heating process, and then let the solution settle down for a period, to form a silver particles synthesized solution; and placing the silver particles synthesized solution into a centrifuge to perform centrifugation and separation, to obtain ?m-scale silver particles and nm-scale silver particles. The silver particles manufacturing method has the advantages of low pollution, low cost, high yield, and mass production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: NATIONAL CHUNG-SHAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Chien-Liang Chang, Wu-Ching Hung, Wei-Jen Liu, Kuei-Ting Hsu, Jhao-Yi Wu, Pin-Chun Lin
  • Patent number: 10483025
    Abstract: A superconductive coil module includes a superconductive coil a superconductive coil and a shaking coil. The superconductive coil includes a bobbin having a cylindrical shape, and a superconductive wire member of superconductive property, which surrounds an outer circumferential surface of the bobbin. The superconductive coil is configured to generate a magnetic field along a radial direction in case of a charging event. The shaking coil is disposed adjacent to the superconductive wire member, and is configured to generate an alternating magnetic field to decrease a magnitude of a screening current induced magnetic field formed in the superconductive wire member. Thus, the superconductive coil module includes the shaking coil to decrease the magnitude of a screening current induced magnetic field formed in the superconductive wire member using a voltex shaking effect to maintain a central magnetic field uniform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Korea University Research and Business Foundation
    Inventors: Hai Gun Lee, Kwang Lok Kim, Seong Gyeom Kim
  • Patent number: 10471513
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for preparing nano-copper powder, comprising: (1) providing a dispersion solution, containing copper salt precursor and disperser, the disperser is dissoluble in both water and weak solvents, and is an acrylic modified polyurethane disperser; (2) providing a reducer dispersion solution, containing reducer, the reducer is organic borane; (3) contacting the reducer dispersion solution with the dispersion solution in a condition enough to reduce the copper salt precursor by the reducer into elementary copper; (4) separating copper nano-particles from reaction solution obtained by step (3), and drying separated copper nano-particles by spray drying, so as to obtain the nano-copper powder. The nano-copper powder prepared by the method in accordance with the present invention is dispersible in both water and environment-friendly weak solvents, which can be used to prepare weak solvent-type electrically conductive ink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Inventors: Xingye Zhang, Yanlin Song
  • Patent number: 10472523
    Abstract: An additive for incorporating ultraviolet radiation protection into a synthetic polymer with the additive and the synthetic polymer for forming a synthetic material is disclosed which has a quantity of zinc oxide particles modified with a layer of a reactive group that forms a bond with a synthetic polymer having C—H bonds. A product for incorporating ultraviolet radiation protection into a synthetic polymer prior to forming a synthetic material has a quantity of a synthetic polymer and a quantity of zinc oxide particles modified with a layer of a reactive group that forms a bond with the quantity of the synthetic polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: THE SWEET LIVING GROUP, LLC
    Inventors: Robert B Kramer, Ronald Kramer, Nicholas Marshall
  • Patent number: 10465265
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an aluminum alloy with enhanced penetration resistance for a heat exchanger, the alloy containing copper (Cu), silicon (Si), and iron (Fe) equal to or smaller than predetermined contents respectively, and further containing zirconium (Zr) and the remainder being aluminum (Al). Further, the present disclosure provides an aluminum extruded tube and/or an aluminum fin with enhanced penetration resistance made of the alloy respectively. Further, the present disclosure provides a heat exchanger comprising the tube and/or fin. Addition and content-control of the alloy element may spread corrosion initiations and suppress intergranular corrosion to create uniform corrosion. In this manner, the present alloy have superior corrosion resistance compared to pitting corrosion of a previous alloy for a heat exchanger, and, at the same time, have an extrusion rate equal to that of the previous A1070.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Research & Busines Foundation Sungkyunkwan University
    Inventors: Jung Gu Kim, In Jun Park
  • Patent number: 10464132
    Abstract: A method for producing a raw material powder of a permanent magnet, includes: preparing a material powder of a permanent magnet, measuring magnetic characteristics of the material powder, and judging the quality of the material powder as the raw material powder based on a preliminarily determined relation between magnetic characteristics and the structure of the material powder. A method for producing a permanent magnet includes integrating material powders judged as good in the step of judging the quality as raw material powders by the method for producing a raw material powder of a permanent magnet. A method for inspecting a permanent magnet material powder includes transmitting a magnetic field to a material powder of a permanent magnet, receiving the magnetic field from the material powder, and measuring a magnetic field difference between the transmitted magnetic field and the received magnetic field as magnetic characteristics of the material powder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Noritsugu Sakuma, Hidefumi Kishimoto, Mikiya Nozaki, Masao Yano, Tetsuya Shoji, Akira Manabe
  • Patent number: 10468166
    Abstract: A NdFeB system sintered magnet produced by the grain boundary diffusion method that has a high coercive force and squareness ratio with only a small decrease in the maximum energy product. The NdFeB system sintered magnet has a base material produced by orienting powder of a NdFeB system alloy and sintering the powder, with Dy and/or Tb (the “Dy and/or Tb” is hereinafter called RH) attached to and diffused from a surface of the base material through the grain boundary inside the base material by a grain boundary diffusion treatment, wherein the difference Cs-Cd3 between the RH content Cs (wt %) in the grain boundary reaching the surface to which RH is attached and the RH content Cd3 (wt %) in the grain boundary at a depth of 3 mm from the aforementioned attachment surface is equal to or smaller than 20 wt %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: INTERMETALLICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masato Sagawa, Tetsuhiko Mizoguchi
  • Patent number: 10460854
    Abstract: A superconducting wire includes a multilayer stack and a covering layer (stabilizing layer or protective layer). The multilayer stack includes a substrate having a main surface and a superconducting material layer formed on the main surface. The covering layer (stabilizing layer or protective layer) is disposed on at least the superconducting material layer. A front surface portion of the covering layer (stabilizing layer or protective layer) located on the superconducting material layer (front surface portion of the stabilizing layer or upper surface of the protective layer) has a concave shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Yamaguchi, Tatsuoki Nagaishi, Masaya Konishi, Kotaro Ohki, Genki Honda, Tatsuhiko Yoshihara
  • Patent number: 10450622
    Abstract: A method for heat treating a manganese steel product whose alloy comprises: a carbon fraction (C) between 0.09 and 0.15 wt. %, and a manganese fraction (Mn) in the range of 3.5 wt. %?Mn?4.9 wt. %, the method comprising: performing a first annealing process (S4.1) with the substeps heating (E1) the steel product to a first holding temperature (T1), which lies above 780° C., holding (H1) the steel product during a first time period (?1) at the first holding temperature (T1), cooling (A1) the steel product, performing a second annealing process (S4.2) with the substeps heating (E2) the steel product to a holding temperature (T2), which lies above 630° C. and below 660° C., holding (H2) the steel product during a second time period (?2) at the holding temperature (T2), cooling (A2) the steel product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: VOESTALPINE STAHL GMBH
    Inventors: Enno Arenholz, Ludovic Samek
  • Patent number: 10442698
    Abstract: A process for producing a hexafluorophosphate salt comprises neutralizing hexafluorophosphoric acid with an organic Lewis base, to obtain an organic hexafluorophosphate salt. The organic hexafluorophosphate salt is reacted with an alkali hydroxide selected from an alkali metal hydroxide (other than LiOH) and an alkaline earth metal hydroxide, in a non-aqueous suspension medium, to obtain an alkali hexafluorophosphate salt as a precipitate. A liquid phase comprising the non-aqueous suspension medium, any unreacted organic Lewis base and any water that has formed during the reaction to form the precipitate, is removed. Thereby, the alkali hexafluorophosphate salt is recovered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: THE SOUTH AFRICAN NUCLEAR ENERGY CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Mpho Diphago Stanley Lekgoathi, Johannes Petrus Le Roux
  • Patent number: 10446294
    Abstract: A coated conductor comprises a substrate supporting a ReBCO superconductor adapted to carry current in a superconducting state. The superconductor is characterized in having peaks in critical current (Jc) of at least 0.2 MA/cm2 in a magnetic field of about 1 Tesla when the field is applied normal to the surface of the superconductor and when the field is applied parallel to the surface of the superconductor, and further characterized in that the superconductor includes horizontal defects and columnar detects in a size and an amount sufficient to result in the said critical current response. The conductor is characterized in that the ratio of the height of the peaks in the Jc is in the range from 3:1 with the ratio of the field perpendicular (0 degrees) to the field parallel (+/?90 degrees) to the range from 3:1 with the ratio of the field parallel to the field perpendicular.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Superconductor Technologies Inc.
    Inventor: Jeong-Uk Huh
  • Patent number: 10442976
    Abstract: An oil-soluble coated particle flow modifier, a preparation method thereof, and a use thereof in fractured-vuggy carbonate reservoirs mining. The oil-soluble coated particle flow modifier is of a core-shell structure, which has a core layer of a coated core and a shell layer of a coating agent, wherein the coated core is made of a plugging material, and the coating agent consists of petroleum resin and hollow beads. Based on the total weight of the coated particle flow modifier, the content of the petroleum resin, the hollow beads, the cotton linters, and the coated cores is 10-40 wt %, 9-40 wt %, 1-10 wt %, and 35-80 wt %, respectively. A preparation method of the coated particle flow modifier and a use of the coated particle flow modifier in fractured-vuggy carbonate reservoirs mining to improve oil recovery is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignees: China University of Geosciences (Beijing), China University of Petroleum (East China)
    Inventors: Qing You, Caili Dai, Long He, Jichao Fang, Baolei Jiao, Liang Li, Guang Zhao, Yifei Liu, Yan Zhang, Pan Wang
  • Patent number: 10435827
    Abstract: A scouring article including a monolithic nonwoven pad with a semi-densified fibrous layer that is integral to the monolithic nonwoven pad and that provides a major surface of the monolithic nonwoven pad, and methods of making and using.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: James P. Endle, John M. Brandner, Lauren K. Carlson, Robert J. Maki, Stephen M. Sanocki
  • Patent number: 10428585
    Abstract: Cutting elements for use with earth-boring tools include a cutting table having at least two sections where a boundary between the at least two sections is at least partially defined by a discontinuity formed in the cutting table. Earth-boring tools including a tool body and a plurality of cutting elements carried by the tool body. The cutting elements include a cutting table secured to a substrate. The cutting table includes a plurality of adjacent sections, each having a discrete cutting edge where at least one section is configured to be selectively detached from the substrate in order to substantially expose a cutting edge of an adjacent section. Methods for fabricating cutting elements for use with an earth-boring tool including forming a cutting table comprising a plurality of adjacent sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Baker Hughes, a GE company, LLC
    Inventors: Danny E. Scott, Timothy K. Marvel, Yavuz Kadioglu, Michael R. Wells