Patents Examined by Jie Yang
  • Patent number: 11965230
    Abstract: A hot rolled, ultra-high strength, complex metallographic structured or multi-phase structured steel that improves formability during stamping or forming process, while possessing one or more of the following properties: excellent castability, rollability and coatability, excellent structural performance, excellent stretch formability, excellent stretch flangeability, excellent dent resistance, excellent durability, excellent impact performance, excellent intrusion and crash resistance without the purposeful addition of boron.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: NUCOR CORPORATION
    Inventor: Weiping Sun
  • Patent number: 11959155
    Abstract: A magnesium alloy which has excellent tensile strength and elongation at a room temperature, as well as an excellent heat resistance represented by creep resistance is obtained. The magnesium alloy is produced which comprises 3.0% by mass or more and less than 6.0% by mass of Al, 0.10% by mass or more and 0.60% by mass or less of Mn, more than 0.50% by mass and less than 2.0% by mass of Ca, and more than 0.10% by mass and less than 0.40% by mass of Si, and has a balance composed of Mg and unavoidable impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Kurimoto, LTD.
    Inventors: Keisuke Yamori, Takeaki Miyamoto, Yasuhide Kanatsu, Akihiko Koshi, Masaaki Yamamoto, Jinsun Liao
  • Patent number: 11959158
    Abstract: A low-carbon and low alloy hot-work die steel with a high toughness at low temperatures and a high strength at high temperatures and a high hardenability, comprises the following components: C: 0.15-0.35%, Si: 0.40-0.90%, Mn: ?0.80%, Cr: 1.50-2.40%, Ni: 2.50-4.50%, Mo: 1.00-1.60%, V: 0.10-0.40%, W: 0.20-0.90%, P: ?0.02%, S?0.02%, and a balance of Fe matrix and other inevitable impurities. The above percentages are mass percentages. The material of the present invention can have a V notch impact energy of 30 J or more than 30 J at ?40° C., a high temperature strength of 380 MPa or more at 700° C., and a hardenability of 200 mm or more to ensure the consistency of internal and external microstructures. The materials of the present invention can be applied to hot-work molds used in special working conditions that require high toughness at low temperatures, high strength at high temperatures and high hardenability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: University of Science & Technology Beijing
    Inventors: Jinfeng Huang, Jin Zhang, Chao Zhao, Cheng Zhang
  • Patent number: 11952646
    Abstract: Provided is a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet including a base steel sheet, an intermediate layer which is disposed in contact with the base steel sheet and mainly includes silicon oxide, and an insulation coating which is disposed in contact with the intermediate layer and mainly includes phosphate and colloidal silica, in which the base steel sheet contains predetermined chemical composition, BN having an average particle size of 50 to 300 nm is present, when an emission intensity of B is measured using glow discharge emission analysis, predetermined conditions are satisfied, and a ratio of a major axis to a minor axis of BN is 1.5 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masato Yasuda, Yoshihiro Arita, Masaru Takahashi, Yoshiyuki Ushigami, Shohji Nagano
  • Patent number: 11946118
    Abstract: A titanium-based alloy composition consisting in weight percent, of: 3.0 to 7.0% aluminium, 3.0 to 10.0% vanadium, 3.0 to 10.0% molybdenum, 2.0 to 7.0% tin, 0.0 to 6.0% zirconium, 0.0 to 5.0% niobium, 0.0 to 0.5% iron, 0.0 to 4.0% chromium, 0.0 to 2.0 tungsten, 0.0 to 0.5 % nickel, 0.0 to 0.5% tantalum, or between 0.0 to 2. tantalum when the sum of niobium and tantalum is 5.0% or less, 0.0 to 0.5% cobalt, 0.0 to 0.75% silicon, 0.0 to 0.5% boron, 0.0 to 0.5% carbon, 0.0 to 0.5% oxygen, 0.0 to 0.5% hydrogen, 0.0 to 0.5% nitrogen, 0.0 to 0.5% palladium, 0.0 to 0.5% lanthanum, 0.0 to 0.5% manganese or 0.0 to 2.5% manganese when the sum of chromium and manganese is 4.0 wt. % or less, 0.0 to 1.0% hafnium, the balance being titanium and incidental impurities which satisfies the following relationship: 0.027V+0.178Fe+0.055(Mo+0.5W)+0.016Zr+0.044Cr+0.033(Nb+Ta)+0.053Sn>1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: ALLOYED LIMITED
    Inventor: Enrique Alabort Martinez
  • Patent number: 11939651
    Abstract: Provided is an Al—Fe-alloy plated steel sheet for hot forming, having excellent TWB welding characteristics since excellent hardness uniformity of a TWB weld zone after hot forming is obtained by suitably controlling a batch annealing condition, after plating Al, such that an Al—Fe-alloy layer is formed; a hot forming member; and manufacturing methods therefor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: POSCO CO., LTD
    Inventors: Seong-Woo Kim, Jin-Keun Oh, Yeol-Rae Cho, Hyeon-Jeong Shin
  • Patent number: 11926886
    Abstract: A master alloy including an alloy composition including magnesium (Mg) at a concentration of greater than or equal to about 1.00 wt. % to less than or equal to about 90 wt. %, boron (B) at a concentration of greater than or equal to about 0.01 wt. % to less than or equal to about 20 wt. %, and aluminum (Al) at a concentration of greater than or equal to about 0.1 wt. % to less than or equal to about 90 wt. %, wherein the alloy composition includes MgB2 particles at a volume fraction greater than or equal to about 0.01% to less than or equal to about 20%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Henry Zhan, Congjie Wang
  • Patent number: 11926888
    Abstract: Provided is an annealing separator with which a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet having a forsterite film with excellent appearance uniformity and adhesion can be obtained. The annealing separator for grain-oriented electrical steel sheet comprises: magnesia that contains 0.05 mass % or more and 0.20 mass % or less of B, a phosphate in 0.1 parts by mass or more and 1.0 part by mass or less in terms of P per 100 parts by mass of the magnesia, and titanium oxide in 1.0 part by mass or more and 10.0 parts by mass or less per 100 parts by mass of the magnesia where the titanium oxide contains one or more types of alkali metals in a total amount of 0.050 mass % or more and 1.0 mass % or less, where an amount of P adsorbed on per 1 g of the titanium oxide is 1.0×10?4 g or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Terashima, Makoto Watanabe, Toshito Takamiya, Karin Kokufu
  • Patent number: 11920218
    Abstract: This invention generally relates to the field of nonferrous metallurgy, namely to titanium alloy materials with specified mechanical properties for manufacturing the aircraft fasteners. A stock for high strength fastener is manufactured from wrought titanium alloy containing, in weight percentages, 5.5 to 6.5 Al, 3.0 to 4.5 V, 1.0 to 2.0 Mo, 0.3 to 1.5 Fe, 0.3 to 1.5 Cr, 0.05 to 0.5 Zr, 0.15 to 0.3 O, 0.05 max. N, 0.08 max. C, 0.25 max. Si, balance titanium and inevitable impurities, having the value of aluminum structural equivalent [Al] eq in the range of 7.5 to 9.5, and the value of molybdenum structural equivalent [Mo] eq in the range of 6.0 to 8.5, where the equivalents are defined by the following equations: [Al] eq=[Al]+[O]×10+[Zr]/6; [Mo] eq=[Mo]+[V]/1.5+[Cr]×1.25+[Fe]×2.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignees: The Boeing Company, VSMPO-AVISMA Corporation
    Inventors: Natalia G. Mitropolskaya, Robert D. Briggs, Michael Leder, Alexey Zaitsev, Igor Puzakov, Natalia Tarenkova
  • Patent number: 11920219
    Abstract: The present invention provides a TiAl-based alloy, including: Al: 41 to 43 at %; Fe: 0 to 2.5 at %; Ni: 0 to 2.5 at %; Mo: 0 to 2.0 at %; W: 0 to 2.0 at %; Cr: 0 to 4.5 at %; Mn: 0 to 5.5 at %; V: 0 to 10 at %; Nb: 0 to 10 at %; C: 0.3 to 0.7 at %; and a remainder consisting of Ti and inevitable impurities, in which an alloy element parameter “P=(41.5?Al)/3+Fe+Ni+Mo+W+0.5 Cr+0.4 Mn+0.2 V+0.2 Nb—C” is in a composition range of 1.1 to 1.9, and the TiAl-based alloy has a microstructure consisting of a ? phase of 5 to 30 area %, a ? phase of 0.5 to 5 area %, and a lamellar structure occupying a remaining part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: National Institute for Materials Science
    Inventor: Toshimitsu Tetsui
  • Patent number: 11917917
    Abstract: A thermoelectric conversion element that has a power generation layer containing an iron-aluminum based magnetic alloy material containing equal to or more than 70 weight percent of iron and aluminum in total. The power generation layer generates an electromotive force, due to an anomalous Nernst effect that develops in the magnetic alloy material in response to a temperature gradient applied thereto, in a direction intersecting both the magnetization direction of the magnetic alloy material and the direction of the applied temperature gradient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiro Kirihara, Yasutomo Omori, Ryohto Sawada, Masahiko Ishida, Koichi Terashima, Yuma Iwasaki, Hiroko Someya
  • Patent number: 11916230
    Abstract: A negative electrode active material includes a hydrogen storage alloy. The hydrogen storage alloy has an A2B7 crystal structure. The hydrogen storage alloy includes nickel. The saturation magnetization per unit mass is 1.9 emu·g?1 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Masato Hozumi, Motoyoshi Okumura, Takeo Okanishi, Atsushi Minagata
  • Patent number: 11913102
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a Nb and Al-containing titanium-copper alloy strip, characterized in that the weight percentage composition of the titanium-copper alloy strip comprises: 2.00-4.50 wt % Ti, 0.005-0.4 wt % Nb, and 0.01-0.5 wt % Al, balance being Cu and unavoidable impurities. Preferably, in the microstructure of the titanium-copper alloy strip, the number of Nb and Al-containing intermetallic compound particles with a particle size of 50-500 nm is not less than 1×105/mm2, and the number of Nb and Al-containing intermetallic compound particles with a particle size greater than 1 ?m is not more than 1×103/mm2. Under the condition of ensuring excellent bendability, the titanium-copper alloy strip has excellent stability, especially the stability of mechanical properties at high temperatures. The present invention also relates to a method for producing the titanium-copper alloy strip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: NINGBO BOWAY ALLOY PLATE & STRIP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ning Tang, Zhenkai Zhang, Yuepeng Zhi, Jian Yang, Bo Wu
  • Patent number: 11913103
    Abstract: There is provided a copper alloy consisting of: Ni: 10 to 15% by weight, Sn: 5.0% by weight or more, Mn: 0 to 0.5% by weight, Zr: 0 to 0.5% by weight, at least one selected from the group consisting of Nb, Fe, Al, Ti, B, Zn, Si, Co, P, Mg, and Bi: 0 to 0.2% by weight in total, and the balance being Cu and inevitable impurities. The copper alloy has, in an X-ray diffraction profile, (i) a peak in the vicinity of 2?=46 to 50° having a peak intensity of 30% or more with respect to a peak intensity in the vicinity of 2?=84 to 88° and (ii) a peak in the vicinity of 2?=40 to 42° having a peak intensity of 2.0% or more with respect to a peak intensity in the vicinity of 2?=84 to 88°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryota Takeuchi, Takanori Asano
  • Patent number: 11905580
    Abstract: The seamless steel pipe according to the present disclosure has a chemical composition consisting of, in mass %, C: 0.15 to 0.45%, Si: 0.05 to 1.00%, Mn: 0.01 to 1.00%, P: 0.030% or less, S: 0.0050% or less, Al: 0.005 to 0.070%, Cr: 0.30 to 1.50%, Mo: 0.25 to 2.00%, Ti: 0.002 to 0.020%, Nb: 0.002 to 0.100%, B: 0.0005 to 0.0040%, rare earth metal: 0.0001 to 0.0015%, Ca: 0.0001 to 0.0100%, N: 0.0100% or less and O: 0.0020% or less, with the balance being Fe and impurities, and satisfying Formula (1) described in the description. A predicted maximum major axis of inclusions is 150 ?m or less, the predicted maximum major axis being predicted by means of extreme value statistical processing. The yield strength is within a range of 758 to 862 MPa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki Kamitani, Nobuaki Komatsubara, Seiya Okada, Atsushi Soma, Yuji Arai, Shinji Yoshida
  • Patent number: 11898218
    Abstract: Provided is a material for hot stamping including: a steel sheet including carbon (C) in an amount of 0.28 wt % to 0.50 wt %, silicon (Si) in an amount of 0.15 wt % to 0.70 wt %, manganese (Mn) in an amount of 0.5 wt % to 2.0 wt %, phosphorus (P) in an amount less than or equal to 0.05 wt %, sulfur (S) in an amount less than or equal to 0.01 wt %, chromium (Cr) in an amount of 0.1 wt % to 0.5 wt %, boron (B) in an amount of 0.001 wt % to 0.005 wt %, balance iron (Fe), and other inevitable impurities; and fine precipitates distributed in the steel sheet, wherein the fine precipitates include nitride or carbide of at least one of titanium (Ti), niobium (Nb), and vanadium (V), and trap hydrogen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Hyundai Steel Company
    Inventors: Nu Ri Shin, Hun Chul Kang, Ji Hee Son, Byoung Hoon Kim
  • Patent number: 11898230
    Abstract: A high-strength steel sheet according to the present invention includes a specific chemical composition, and a steel structure in which a total area fraction of martensite and bainite in a position of ¼ of a sheet thickness is 95% or more and 100% or less, the balance in a case where the total area fraction is not 100% contains retained austenite, and an area fraction of ferrite in a region extending up to 10 ?m in a sheet thickness direction from a surface is 10% or more and 40% or less, in which a tensile strength is 1320 MPa or more, and a Vickers hardness in a position of 15 ?m in the sheet thickness direction from the surface satisfies a specified formula.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Shimpei Yoshioka, Yoshihiko Ono
  • Patent number: 11891863
    Abstract: Hardfacing is used to protect wear surfaces of drill bits and other downhole tools. A hardfacing member can be formed by heating a metal matrix material, e.g., via a laser process, injecting a plurality of particles into the heated metal matrix material, disposing the mixture on at least a portion of a substrate thereby forming a hardfacing member having a particle-embedded metal matrix material, and attaching the hardfacing member to a main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Krutibas Panda, Brian Lee Doud
  • Patent number: 11834734
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a stainless steel fastener includes following operations. Firstly, a stainless steel blank is prepared and contains from 1 to 3.5 wt % molybdenum, from 10 to 16 wt % chromium, from 0.5 to 3.5 wt % nickel, from 0.05 to 0.3 wt % nitrogen, carbon which is not more than 0.2 wt %, iron, and other inevitable compositions. Initially, a steel crystalline structure of the blank is martensite whose hardness ranges from 230 to 350 HV. Then, the blank is annealed to transform a partial crystalline structure of the steel crystalline structure into ferrite. The annealed blank experiences a cutting operation, a head forming operation, and a thread forming operation sequentially. Thereafter, a heat treating operation is executed to transform the partial crystalline structure from ferrite into martensite to complete a stainless steel fastener whose hardness is increased and is at least 500 HV, which facilitates a direct drilling effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Inventor: Hsiang Wu
  • Patent number: 11834737
    Abstract: The titanium alloy coating film of the present invention is represented by (Ti1-aMoa)1-xNx, which satisfies 0.0423 a?0.32 and 0.40?x?0.60 and in which the film hardness thereof satisfies at least a condition of 3,000 HV or more; and the titanium alloy target material is represented by Ti1-aMoa, which satisfies 0.04?a?0.32, and in which, when an X-ray diffraction profile is measured on a surface of the target material, a diffraction peak intensity attributed to a single metal phase of Mo is not detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: DAIDO STEEL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiromasa Takeda, Wataru Araki, Kazuya Sakaguchi, Katsuko Ofuji, Jun Totsuka, Kazuki Minami