Patents Examined by Colleen P Dunn
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Patent number: 10497497Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 12, 2018Date of Patent: December 3, 2019Assignee: SANTOKU CORPORATIONInventors: Akihiko Saguchi, Noriyuki Negi, Mitsuharu Yonemura
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Patent number: 10494528Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 12, 2018Date of Patent: December 3, 2019Assignee: THE SWEET LIVING GROUP, LLCInventors: Robert B Kramer, Ronald Kramer, Nicholas Marshall
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Patent number: 10493598Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 3, 2014Date of Patent: December 3, 2019Assignee: US SYNTHETIC CORPORATIONInventors: Debkumar Mukhopadhyay, Kenneth E. Bertagnolli
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Patent number: 10487374Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 28, 2014Date of Patent: November 26, 2019Assignee: Yava Technologies Inc.Inventor: Madhav Dahal
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Patent number: 10486232Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 21, 2015Date of Patent: November 26, 2019Assignee: VARIAN SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT ASSOCIATES, INC.Inventors: Joshua M. Abeshaus, Jordan B. Tye
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Patent number: 10487384Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 17, 2013Date of Patent: November 26, 2019Assignee: Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd.Inventors: Shinya Imano, Hironori Kamoshida
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Patent number: 10478898Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 8, 2015Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: NATIONAL CHUNG-SHAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYInventors: Chien-Liang Chang, Wu-Ching Hung, Wei-Jen Liu, Kuei-Ting Hsu, Jhao-Yi Wu, Pin-Chun Lin
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Patent number: 10483025Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 1, 2017Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: Korea University Research and Business FoundationInventors: Hai Gun Lee, Kwang Lok Kim, Seong Gyeom Kim
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Patent number: 10471513Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 30, 2015Date of Patent: November 12, 2019Assignee: Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of SciencesInventors: Xingye Zhang, Yanlin Song
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Patent number: 10472523Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 12, 2018Date of Patent: November 12, 2019Assignee: THE SWEET LIVING GROUP, LLCInventors: Robert B Kramer, Ronald Kramer, Nicholas Marshall
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Patent number: 10465265Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 26, 2014Date of Patent: November 5, 2019Assignee: Research & Busines Foundation Sungkyunkwan UniversityInventors: Jung Gu Kim, In Jun Park
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Patent number: 10464132Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 24, 2013Date of Patent: November 5, 2019Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Noritsugu Sakuma, Hidefumi Kishimoto, Mikiya Nozaki, Masao Yano, Tetsuya Shoji, Akira Manabe
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Patent number: 10468166Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 27, 2012Date of Patent: November 5, 2019Assignee: INTERMETALLICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Masato Sagawa, Tetsuhiko Mizoguchi
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Patent number: 10460854Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 16, 2015Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Takashi Yamaguchi, Tatsuoki Nagaishi, Masaya Konishi, Kotaro Ohki, Genki Honda, Tatsuhiko Yoshihara
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Patent number: 10450622Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 20, 2013Date of Patent: October 22, 2019Assignee: VOESTALPINE STAHL GMBHInventors: Enno Arenholz, Ludovic Samek
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Patent number: 10442698Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 31, 2014Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: THE SOUTH AFRICAN NUCLEAR ENERGY CORPORATION LIMITEDInventors: Mpho Diphago Stanley Lekgoathi, Johannes Petrus Le Roux
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Patent number: 10446294Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 2, 2017Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: Superconductor Technologies Inc.Inventor: Jeong-Uk Huh
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Patent number: 10442976Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 14, 2019Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignees: 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
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Patent number: 10435827Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 16, 2015Date of Patent: October 8, 2019Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANYInventors: James P. Endle, John M. Brandner, Lauren K. Carlson, Robert J. Maki, Stephen M. Sanocki
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Patent number: 10428585Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 5, 2017Date of Patent: October 1, 2019Assignee: Baker Hughes, a GE company, LLCInventors: Danny E. Scott, Timothy K. Marvel, Yavuz Kadioglu, Michael R. Wells