Patents Examined by Elizabeth D. Ivey
  • Patent number: 11964329
    Abstract: A coated cutting tool comprising: a substrate and a coating layer, wherein the coating layer includes a lower layer and an upper layer; the lower layer includes one or two or more specific Ti compound layers; the upper layer includes an ?-type Al2O3 layer; an average thickness of the lower layer is 2.0 ?m to 15.0 ?m; an average thickness of the upper layer is 3.5 ?m to 15.0 ?m; in the upper layer, a ratio of a length of ?3 grain boundaries to a total length of 100% of a total grain boundary is more than 50% and 80% or less, and a ratio of the length of ?3 grain boundaries to a total length of 100% of CSL grain boundaries is 70% or more; and in the upper layer, a texture coefficient TC(0,0,12) of the ?-type Al2O3 layer is 8.0 or more and 8.9 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: TUNGALOY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tsukasa Shirochi
  • Patent number: 11952316
    Abstract: A composite green sheet includes a green sheet, and a bulk metal film provided on the green sheet. Examples of the metal forming the metal film may include aluminum, aluminum alloys, copper, copper alloy, or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: SHINKO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Michio Horiuchi, Tomotake Minemura
  • Patent number: 11942247
    Abstract: Increasing the chromium content of an electrical steel substrate to a level greater than or equal to about 0.45 weight percent (wt %) produced a much improved forsterite coating having superior and more uniform coloration, thickness and adhesion. Moreover, the so-formed forsterite coating provides greater tension potentially reducing the relative importance of any secondary coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Cleveland-Cliffs Steel Properties Inc.
    Inventors: Jerry William Schoen, Kimani Tirawa Partin, Christopher Mark Wilkins
  • Patent number: 11926564
    Abstract: Glasses that can be chemically strengthened and are colored by transition metals. Most of the glasses are black, with some having high damage resistance and compressive surface layers having high compressive stress and depth of layer after ion exchange. These colored glasses do not require a post-forming heat treatment to produce color and are formable by fusions drawing, rolling, slot drawing, and float glass processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Xiaoju Guo, Jeffrey Todd Kohli, John Christopher Mauro, Ronald Leroy Stewart
  • Patent number: 11883089
    Abstract: A vitreous enamel coating for an electrosurgical metal cutting blade, in which incident light striking the vitreous enamel coating is diffusely reflected or absorbed, and the vitreous enamel coating exhibits a 60° gloss value less than 100 gloss units as measured according to ASTM D523-14, Standard Test Method for Specular Gloss. The coating reduces glare from light sources such as a nearby plasma-mediated discharge, operating theater lights or lights provided on an electrosurgery apparatus. The coating may also lessen interference with markers, sensors or other instruments designed to measure light emitted by or passing through nearby tissue such as by transillumination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Xiaoming Cheng, William X. Siopes, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11866830
    Abstract: A blade has an airfoil having a tip. The blade has a metallic substrate and a coating system atop the substrate at the tip. The coating system has: a first layer of at least 99.0% weight nickel; an abrasive layer having a matrix and an abrasive at least partially embedded in the matrix; and a second layer between the first layer and the matrix. The second layer is tougher or more ductile than at least one of the first layer and the matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: RTX Corporation
    Inventors: Nathan T. Martel, Fadi S. Maalouf, William J. Joost
  • Patent number: 11846014
    Abstract: An evaporator body for a PVD coating system comprises a basic body and an evaporator surface, to which a titanium dihydride layer is applied. A titanium hydride layer comprises an organic carrier agent and titanium hydride as the single inorganic solid. The thickness of the layer is less than or equal to 10 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: KENNAMETAL INC.
    Inventors: Rodrigue Ngoumeni Yappi, Hubert Josef Schweiger, Rudolf Karl Grau
  • Patent number: 11801668
    Abstract: The invention relates to multilayer oxide ceramic bodies and in particular presintered multilayer oxide ceramic blanks and oxide ceramic green bodies, which comprise at least two different layers and are suitable for dental applications, wherein at least one layer contains La2O3 and the at least two different layers differ in their content of La2O3. These bodies can be thermally densified by further sintering without distortion and are therefore particularly suitable for the production of dental restorations. The invention also relates to a process for the production of such multilayer oxide ceramic bodies as well as a process for the production of dental restorations using the multilayer oxide ceramic bodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Ivoclar Vivadent AG
    Inventors: Jörg Reinshagen, Henning Meyhöfer
  • Patent number: 11795102
    Abstract: A coated glass article and of a system and method for forming a coated glass article are provided. The process includes applying a first coating precursor material to the first surface of the glass article and supporting the glass article via a gas bearing. The process includes heating the glass article and the coating precursor material to above a glass transition temperature of the glass article while the glass article is supported by the gas bearing such that during heating, a property of the first coating precursor material changes forming a coating layer on the first surface of the glass article from the first precursor material. The high temperature and/or non-contact coating formation may form a coating layer with one or more new physical properties, such as a deep diffusion layer within the glass, and may form highly consistent coatings on multiple sides of the glass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Theresa Chang, Ming-Huang Huang, Linda Gaskill, Peter Joseph Lezzi, Kevin Lee Wasson
  • Patent number: 11773480
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to using MXene compositions as templates for the deposition of oriented perovskite films, and compositions derived from such methods. Certain specific embodiments include methods preparing an oriented perovskite, perovskite-type, or perovskite-like film, the methods comprising: (a) depositing at least one perovskite, perovskite-type, or perovskite-like composition or precursor composition using chemical vapor deposition (CVD), physical vapor deposition (PVD), or atomic layer deposition (ALD) onto a film or layer of a MXene composition supported on a substrate to form a layered composition or precursor composition; and either (b) (1) heat treating or annealing the layered precursor composition to form a layered perovskite-type structure comprising at least one oriented perovskite, perovskite-type, or perovskite-like composition; or (2) annealing the layered composition; or (3) both (1) and (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Drexel University
    Inventors: Zongquan Gu, Babak Anasori, Andrew Lewis Bennett-Jackson, Matthias Falmbigl, Dominic Imbrenda, Yury Gogotsi, Jonathan E. Spanier
  • Patent number: 11773494
    Abstract: A surface treatment layer for a titanium-containing substrate includes a disordered metal oxide lattice having metal nitride compounds doped in the disordered metal oxide lattice. A method of surface treating a metal substrate includes introducing oxygen to a titanium-containing substrate to thereby form an oxide layer within the titanium-containing substrate, and, after the step of introducing oxygen, introducing nitrogen to the titanium-containing substrate to thereby modify the oxide layer to form a surface treatment layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: The University of Akron
    Inventor: Brandon Strahin
  • Patent number: 11764037
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are surface coatings for plasma components that have the benefit of being robust against chemical and plasma physical attack in aggressive (e.g., fluorine-based) plasma environments. The coatings also provide low plasma surface recombination rates for active oxygen, nitrogen, fluorine, and hydrogen species when compared with other known surface treatments. The coatings can be applied to any plasma system component not requiring etching or plasma cleaning including but not limited to materials like quartz, aluminum, or anodized aluminum. Additionally, the efficiency of the system is increased by applying a non-reactive coating to system components thereby increasing the flow of excited plasma species to the plasma chamber of the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: ENTEGRIS, INC.
    Inventor: Carlo Waldfried
  • Patent number: 11732321
    Abstract: Provided are: a steel sheet having a high strength and excellent stretch formability; and a method of producing the same. The steel sheet has prescribed chemical composition and structure, in which the integration degree of the (111)<112> orientation of ferrite is 3.0 or higher, and the integration degree of the (252)<2-11> orientation of martensite and tempered martensite is 5.0 or lower. The method of producing the steel sheet includes: the step of continuously casting a molten steel having the prescribed chemical composition, and performing 5 to 40% rolling reduction at a temperature of 800° C. to lower than 1,200° C. in a period after the continuous casting until cooling to room temperature; the hot rolling step of performing hot rolling with a finishing temperature of 650 to 950° C.; the step of coiling the resulting hot-rolled steel sheet at a coiling temperature of 400 to 700° C.; the step of retaining the hot-rolled steel sheet at (coiling start temperature+20° C. to 100° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kengo Takeda, Hitoshi Nikaido, Hiroyuki Kawata, Takafumi Yokoyama
  • Patent number: 11718065
    Abstract: A composite structure may include at least two nonwoven, polymeric layers bonded to each other. At least one nonwoven, polymeric layer may include inorganic particulate filler in an amount up to about 40% by weight of the nonwoven layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Imertech SAS
    Inventors: Craig Deporter, Larry H. McAmish, David James Whiteman, Octavius Othello Oju Davies
  • Patent number: 11715629
    Abstract: A plasma processing device member according to the disclosure includes a base material and a film formed of an oxide, or fluoride, or oxyfluoride, or nitride of a rare-earth element, the film being disposed on at least part of the base material, the film including a surface to be exposed to plasma, the surface having an area occupancy of open pores of 8% by area or more, and an average diameter of open pores of 8 ?m or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Ishikawa, Takashi Hino, Shuichi Saito
  • Patent number: 11697619
    Abstract: A pore-free ceramic is provided that has a high modulus of elasticity and a low coefficient of thermal expansion. A process for producing a corresponding ceramic is also provided. The pore free ceramic is a dimensionally stable substrate material in applications subjected to temperature gradients including semiconductor manufacture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: SCHOTT AG
    Inventors: Bianca Schreder, Ute Wölfel, Stefanie Hansen
  • Patent number: 11673840
    Abstract: A complex composite particle is made of a coal dust and binder composite that is pyrolyzed. Constituent portions of the composite react together causing the particles to increase in density and reduce in size during pyrolyzation, yielding a particle suitable for use as a proppant or in a composite structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Dynamic Material Systems LLC
    Inventors: Arnold Hill, William Easter, Walter Sherwood
  • Patent number: 11642870
    Abstract: A glass carrier-attached copper foil is provided that is suitable for production of a desired circuit mounting board ensuring electric conduction over the entire copper layer, reducing separation of the copper layer at the cut edge even if the copper foil is downsized, and having an intended circuit pattern with a fine pitch. The glass carrier-attached copper foil includes a glass carrier, a release layer provided on the glass carrier, and a copper layer provided on the release layer. The release layer has a function to enable release of the copper layer from the glass carrier. The glass carrier-attached copper foil has a plurality of releasable regions including the release layer and an unreleasable region not including the release layer. The unreleasable region has a pattern defining the releasable regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUI MINING & SMELTING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Rintaro Ishii
  • Patent number: 11633769
    Abstract: To provide a chassis for a small electronic device that can be formed efficiently by drawing work with low cost, is hard to cause forming failure, and causes no damage on the surface thereof on forming to provide an excellent appearance. The rolled aluminum alloy laminated sheet material is for forming a chassis for a small electronic device by drawing work, and contains a rolled aluminum alloy sheet material having a 0.2% proof stress of 200 MPa or more, and a covering material laminated at least one surface of both surfaces of the rolled aluminum alloy sheet material, and the covering material contains any one of a synthetic resin film, and a laminated material containing a metal foil having synthetic resin films laminated on both surfaces thereof. The rolled aluminum alloy sheet material may have a fibrous crystalline structure extending in a direction perpendicular to a thickness direction thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: RESONAC PACKAGING CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masanori Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 11566318
    Abstract: An article comprises a body and a conformal protective layer on at least one surface of the body. The conformal protective layer is a plasma resistant rare earth oxide film having a thickness of less than 1000 ?m, wherein the plasma resistant rare earth oxide film is selected from a group consisting of an Er—Y composition, an Er—Al—Y composition, an Er—Y—Zr composition, and an Er—Al composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Jennifer Y. Sun, Vahid Firouzdor, Biraja Prasad Kanungo, Tom K. Cho, Vedapuram S. Achutharaman, Ying Zhang