Patents Examined by Helene Klemanski
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Patent number: 10378092Abstract: A coinage alloy for coinage includes nickel present in an amount from 4 wt. % to 11 wt. %, based on a total weight of the coinage alloy; zinc present in an amount from 20 wt. % to 35 wt. %, based on the total weight of the coinage alloy; manganese present in an amount from 3 wt. % to 6 wt. %, based on a total weight of the coinage alloy; copper; an electrical conductivity from 5% International Annealed Copper Standard (IACS) to 6% IACS measured in accordance with ASTM E1004-09 (2009); and a color comprising a yellowness vector b* that is from 6 to 11, based on a CIE L*a*b* color space and determined in accordance with ASTM Standard E308-15 (2015).Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2016Date of Patent: August 13, 2019Assignee: GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCEInventors: Eric A. Lass, Mark R. Stoudt, Carelyn Campbell
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Patent number: 10364366Abstract: There is provided a water-based ink for ink-jet recording containing: water; at least one of quinacridone and a derivative thereof; and a dye represented by the following formula (1).Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2016Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Satoshi Okuda, Mitsunori Maeda, Yuki Okumura
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Patent number: 10364486Abstract: A nanocomposite comprising metal and carbon-based nanotube (CNT), wherein the carbon-based nanotube comprises a doping element selected from the group consisting of boron (B), iron (Fe), zinc (Zn), nickel (Ni), cadmium (Cd), tin (Sn), antimony (Sb), Nitrogen (N) and the combination thereof, and methods of making the nanocomposite.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2015Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: The Penn State Research FoundationInventor: Kofi W. Adu
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Patent number: 10358697Abstract: The present invention provides a Cu—Co—Ni—Si alloy for an electronic component having improved reliability in which in addition to high strength and high electrical conduction, bendability generally difficult to achieve with strength is also provided to a Corson copper alloy. The present invention is a Cu—Co—Ni—Si alloy for an electronic component comprising 0.5 to 3.0% by mass of Co and 0.1 to 1.0% by mass of Ni, a concentration (% by mass) ratio of Ni to Co (Ni/Co) being adjusted in the range of 0.1 to 1.0, the alloy comprising Si so that a (Co+Ni)/Si mass ratio is in the range of 3 to 5, and comprising a balance comprising Cu and unavoidable impurities, wherein a coefficient of variation of concentration ratios of Co to Ni (Co/Ni) measured for at least 100 second-phase particles is 20% or less.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2016Date of Patent: July 23, 2019Assignee: JX Nippon Mining & Metals CorporationInventor: Hiroyasu Horie
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Patent number: 10358688Abstract: A steel plate has excellent strength and toughness in a mid-thickness part thereof, despite having a plate thickness of 100 mm or greater. The steel plate has a chemical composition containing specific amounts of C, Si, Mn, P, S, Cr, Ni, Al, N, B, and O, with the balance being Fe and incidental impurities, and having an equivalent carbon content CeqIIW of 0.65 or greater. The steel plate has a yield strength of 620 MPa or greater, a plate thickness of 100 mm or greater, and has a microstructure in which prior ? grain size in a mid-thickness part of the steel plate has a maximum value, expressed as an equivalent circle diameter, of 150 ?m or less, and a total area ratio of martensite and bainite in the mid-thickness part is 80% or greater.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2015Date of Patent: July 23, 2019Assignee: JFE Steel CorporationInventors: Shigeki Kitsuya, Katsuyuki Ichimiya, Kazukuni Hase, Shigeru Endo
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Patent number: 10358567Abstract: A compound is represented by the following formula (1). In the compound represented by Formula (1), at least one of R1 to R24 is a group particularly high electron withdrawing property, such as a sulfonic acid group and a carboxylic acid group or a group having the next highest electron withdrawing property to the sulfonic acid group and the carboxylic acid group, such as a halogen atom.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2017Date of Patent: July 23, 2019Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yutaka Tani, Masanori Seki, Yoshio Kinoshita, Keigo Gouda
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Patent number: 10344366Abstract: A coinage alloy for coinage includes nickel present in an amount from 13 wt. % to 16 wt. %, based on a total weight of the coinage alloy; zinc present in an amount from 25 wt. % to 32 wt. %, based on the total weight of the coinage alloy; manganese present in an amount from 1 wt. % to 4 wt. %, based on a total weight of the coinage alloy; copper; an electrical conductivity from 5% International Annealed Copper Standard (IACS) to 6% IACS; and a color comprising a yellowness vector b* that is from 5 to 10, based on a CIE L*a*b* color space and determined in accordance with ASTM Standard E308-15 (2015).Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2016Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCEInventors: Eric A. Lass, Mark R. Stoudt, Carelyn Campbell, Tsineng Tony Ying
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Patent number: 10347388Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a conductive copper paste which is curable in an ambient atmosphere, has a long pot life, and, has a low specific resistance even under a high-temperature and short-time curing condition, wherein the specific resistance after curing does not greatly vary depending on a copper powder content. The conductive copper paste provided is characterized by containing (A) a copper powder, (B) a thermosetting resin, (C) a fatty acid that is liquid at normal temperature, and (D) triethanolamine. Preferably, component (B) is a resol-type phenol resin. More preferably, the content of component (B) is 10 to 20 parts by mass with respect to a total of 100 parts by mass of component (A) and component (B).Type: GrantFiled: February 29, 2016Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: NAMICS CORPORATIONInventors: Masashi Kajita, Takashi Sakamoto, Shigeko Konno, Tomoyuki Takahashi
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Patent number: 10338048Abstract: Food freshness indicator ink and method for the manufacture of a food freshness indicator ink. It comprises a varnish that constitutes between 90-98% of the total, the varnish comprising between 5-25% of the total amount of the varnish of at least one film-forming resin or at least one vinylic resin or a mixture thereof, between 10-25% of the amount of the resin of a plasticizer additive and between 50-75% of the total amount of the varnish of solvents, and between 2-10% of the total of metallic salts.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2015Date of Patent: July 2, 2019Assignees: CHIMIGRAF IBÉRICA, S.L., INSTITUTO TECNOLOGICO DEL EMBALAJE, TRANSPORTE Y LOGÍ´STICA (ITENE), UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE VALENCIAInventors: Ugo La Valle Sansone, Antonio López Muñoz, Emilio Fernández García, Joaquín Cortiella Martorell, Núria Herranz Solana, Inmaculada Lorente Gómez, Maria Teresa Calvo Vilanova, Susana Aucejo Romero, Ramón Martínez Mañez, José Luis Vivancos Bono, Patricia Zaragoza Torres, José Vicente Ros Lis
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Patent number: 10329636Abstract: A high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet having good ductility, hole expandability, and delayed fracture resistance and being excellent in material homogeneity. The steel sheet has a chemical composition containing, in mass %, C: 0.15 to 0.25%, Si: 1.2 to 2.2%, Mn: 1.7 to 2.5%, P: 0.05% or less, S: 0.005% or less, Al: 0.01 to 0.10%, N: 0.006% or less, Ti: 0.003 to 0.030%, B: 0.0002 to 0.0050%, and Fe and inevitable impurities. The steel sheet has a microstructure that includes ferrite having an average crystal grain diameter of 4 ?m or less at a volume fraction of 5 to 20%, retained austenite at a volume fraction of 5% or less, including 0%, and tempered martensite at a volume fraction of 80 to 95%. Additionally, the mean free path of the ferrite is 3.0 to 7.5 ?m.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2015Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Katsutoshi Takashima, Kohei Hasegawa
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Patent number: 10323304Abstract: An Al casting alloy contains the following alloy components: Si: >3.8 wt.-% to 5.8 wt.-%, Mg: 0.1 wt.-% to 0.6 wt.-%, Cr: 0.05 wt.-% to 1.3 wt.-%, Fe: <0.18 wt.-%, Mn: <0.06 wt.-%, Ti: <0.2 wt.-%, Cu: ?0.03 wt.-%, Sr; 0.010 to 0.030 wt.-%, Zr: <0.006 wt.-%, Zn: <0.006 wt.-%, Contaminants: <0.1 wt.-%, and is supplemented to 100 wt.-% with Al, in each instance.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2015Date of Patent: June 18, 2019Assignee: KSM Castings Group GmbHInventors: Klaus Greven, Thomas Buschjohann, Manikandan Loganathan
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Patent number: 10323150Abstract: An azo compound and an ink composition containing the azo compound are used as inks for ink jet recording and have excellent gas (ozone) resistance when recording is done on special ink jet paper. The azo compound is represented by formula (1) or a tautomer thereof, or a salt of these. In formula (1), R1 represents a C1-C4 alkyl group, R2 represents a cyano group, R3 and R4 each independently represent a C1-C4 alkoxy, R5-R10 each independently represent a group represented by formula (2), and R11-R13 each independently represent a nitro group.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2016Date of Patent: June 18, 2019Assignee: NIPPON KAYAKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takashi Yoneda, Junya Masegi, Kenji Ooshima, Taku Iino
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Patent number: 10316385Abstract: A high-tensile-strength steel plate is provided with a new chemical composition design that guarantees the same properties as a 50 mm thick steel plate even in a steel plate with a thickness of 100 mm or greater, without the yield stress being affected by the plate thickness. By mass %, the chemical composition includes C: 0.02% to 0.08%, Si: 0.01% to 0.35%, Mn: 1.4% to 2.0%, P: 0.007% or less, S: 0.0035% or less, Al: 0.010% to 0.060%, Ni: 0.5% to 2.0%, Mo: 0.10% to 0.50%, Nb: 0.005% to 0.040%, Ti: 0.005% to 0.025%, B: less than 0.0003%, N: 0.002% to 0.005%, Ca: 0.0005% to 0.0050%, and O: 0.003% or less, with the components additionally satisfying a predetermined relationship.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2015Date of Patent: June 11, 2019Assignee: JFE Steel CorporationInventors: Katsuyuki Ichimiya, Masao Yuga, Kazukuni Hase, Shigeru Endo
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Patent number: 10316398Abstract: The invention relates to a high-tensile brass alloy comprising 58-66 wt % Cu; 1.6-7 wt % Mn; 0.2-6 wt % Ni; 0.2-5.1 wt % Al; 0.1-3 wt % Si; ?1.5 wt % Fe; ?0.5 wt % Sn; ?0.5 wt % Pb; and the remainder Zn together with unavoidable impurities. Also described are a high-tensile brass product with such an alloy composition, and a method for manufacturing such a product made of a high-tensile brass alloy.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2015Date of Patent: June 11, 2019Assignee: OTTO FUCHS KOMMANDITGESELLSCHAFTInventors: Thomas Plett, Hermann Gummert, Björn Reetz
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Patent number: 10316203Abstract: The present invention relates to adhesion promoting composition comprising: (a) an organotitanate adhesion promoter; and (b) at least one surface active agent; and (c) optionally comprises at least one solvent; wherein the surface active agent comprises a compound selected from the group comprising a surfactant and a polymeric surfactant; wherein the adhesion promoting composition imparts adhesion on a polymer film even if: (i) quality of the film substrate has degraded, (ii) the film substrate has inconsistent surface treatments across the films. In second aspect, the present invention relates to ink compositions comprising the adhesion promoting composition. In third aspect, the present invention relates to a method for improving the adhesion of an ink composition to a substrate, wherein the ink composition comprises adhesion promoting composition.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2015Date of Patent: June 11, 2019Assignee: Dorf Ketal Chemicals (India) Private LimitedInventors: Mahesh Subramaniyam, Michael Michalczyk
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Patent number: 10316383Abstract: There is provided an austenitic stainless steel having a high strength and an excellent hydrogen brittleness resistance and further having an excellent machinability. The austenitic stainless steel of the present embodiment has a chemical composition including: in mass %, C: 0.10% or less; Si: 1.0% or less; Mn: 2.1 to 6.0%; P: 0.045% or less; S: 0.1% or less; Ni: 8.0 to 16.0%; Cr: 15.0 to 30.0%; Mo: 1.0 to 5.0%; N: 0.05 to 0.45%; Nb: 0 to 0.50%; and V: 0 to 0.50%, with the balance being Fe and impurities, and satisfying Formula (1). The austenitic stainless steel of the present embodiment has a grain size number of less than 8.0 and a tensile strength of 690 MPa or more. 15?12.6C+1.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2015Date of Patent: June 11, 2019Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATIONInventors: Etsuo Dan, Masaaki Terunuma, Takahiro Osuki, Tomohiko Omura, Jun Nakamura
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Patent number: 10308994Abstract: A seamless steel tube has a particular composition and a structure with an average prior ? grain size of 150 ?m or less in an axial cross-section after cold drawing and heat treatment. The structure retards the growth of a fatigue crack. The steel tube has a tensile strength TS of 500 MPa or more and good internal pressure fatigue resistance and is suitable for use as a fuel injection tube under high injection pressures. The composition of the steel tube may further contain at least one of Cu, Ni, Cr, Mo, and B; at least one of Ti, Nb, and V; and/or Ca.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2015Date of Patent: June 4, 2019Assignee: JFE Steel CorporationInventors: Yoshikazu Kawabata, Manabu Nishino, Makio Gunji
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Patent number: 10301736Abstract: The invention relates to an inorganic aqueous surface treatment agent for a single-face electrogalvanized, chromium free surface treated steel plate, a single-face electrogalvanized, chromium-free surface treated steel plate used for fuel tanks and a process of making the same.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2014Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: Baoshan Iron & Steel Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yanliang Zhao, Yigang Dai, Jianping Zhang, Lan Zhu
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Patent number: 10300564Abstract: A weld joint with an excellent CTOD property is produced with a weld metal, using a steel plate as a base metal. The steel plate has a chemical composition including C: 0.03% to 0.09%, Si: 0.01% to 0.35%, Mn: 1.3% to 2.0%, P: 0.012% or less, S: 0.0035% or less, Al: 0.01% to 0.06%, Ni: less than 0.3%, Mo: less than 0.10%, Nb: 0.005% to 0.023%, Ti: 0.005% to 0.025%, B: less than 0.0003%, N: 0.002% to 0.005%, Ca: 0.0005% to 0.0050%, and O: 0.0030% or less, with the components additionally satisfying a predetermined relationship. The weld metal has a chemical composition including C: 0.040% to 0.090%, Si: 0.1% to 0.8%, Mn: 1.0% to 2.5%, Al: 0.020% or less, Ni: 0.1% to 1.0%, Mo: 0.05% to 0.50%, Ti: 0.005% to 0.050%, and B: 0.0015% or less, the balance being Fe and incidental impurities.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2015Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: JFE Steel CorporationInventors: Katsuyuki Ichimiya, Masao Yuga, Kazukuni Hase, Shigeru Endo
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Patent number: 10301497Abstract: A conductive structure is provided. The conductive ink composition includes a silver complex formed by mixing a silver carboxylate, at least one dissolving agent that dissolves the silver carboxylate, and a catalyst. The catalyst includes an amine that decarboxylates the silver carboxylate to make the conductive ink composition. The catalyst decarboxylates the silver carboxylate at a temperature of 100° C. or less. An ink composition comprising a metallic salt with a sterically bulky counter ion and a ligand is also provided. An ink composition for making a conductive structure, comprising a reducible metal complex formed by mixing: a reducing agent, wherein the reducing agent is dissolved in a dissolving agent; and at least one metal salt or metal complex comprising a Group 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, or 12 metal, wherein the reducing agent reduces the metal to form the conductive structure is further provided.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2015Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: ELECTRONINKS INCORPORATEDInventor: Steven Brett Walker