Patents Examined by Kim S. Horger
  • Patent number: 11753693
    Abstract: Provided is a high-strength cold rolled steel sheet, a high-strength hot-dip galvanized steel sheet manufactured using the cold rolled steel sheet, and manufacturing methods therefor, the high-strength cold rolled steel sheet comprising, by wt %, 0.17-0.21% of carbon (C), 0.3-0.8% of silicon (Si), 2.7-3.3% of manganese (Mn), 0.3-0.7% of chromium (Cr), 0.01-0.3% of aluminum (Al), 0.01-0.03% of titanium (Ti), 0.001-0.003% of boron (B), 0.04% or less of phosphorus (P), 0.02% or less of sulfur (S), 0.01% or less of nitrogen (N) and the balance of iron (Fe) and other inevitable impurities, wherein the amounts of carbon (C), silicon (Si) and aluminum (Al) satisfy the following mathematical relation (1). [Mathematical relation (1)] [C]+([Si]+[Al])/5?0.35% (wherein [C], [Si] and [Al] respectively mean the wt % of C, Si and Al.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: POSCO CO., LTD
    Inventors: Young-Roc Im, Jong-Chan Park, Jai-Hyun Kwak, Min-Seo Koo
  • Patent number: 11746398
    Abstract: A metal composition that includes a first metal; and a second metal containing a first transition metal element added to a first alloy having a melting point higher than a melting point of the first metal, and the second metal is an alloy capable of producing an intermetallic compound with the first metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masumi Noguchi
  • Patent number: 11692248
    Abstract: To provide a sliding member, such as a piston ring for an internal combustion engine, having low friction and excellent toughness. The above-described problem is solved by a sliding member (10) such as a piston ring coated with a Cr—B—Ti—V—(Mn, Mo)—N-based alloy film (2) on a sliding surface (11) thereof, and configured so that the alloy film (2) contains one or both of Mn and Mo and has a total content of the Mn and the Mo within a range of 2 mass % or less. Preferably, a B content is within a range of 0.1 mass % to 1.5 mass %, inclusive, a V content is within a range of 0.05 mass % to 1 mass %, inclusive, and a Ti content is within a range of 0.05 mass % to 1.5 mass %, inclusive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: NIPPON PISTON RING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Noriaki Chida, Shota Seki
  • Patent number: 11687038
    Abstract: A watch outer packaging component is a watch outer packaging component formed of austenitized ferritic stainless steel including a base formed of a ferrite phase and a surfacing layer formed of an austenitized phase in which the ferrite phase is austenitized, the watch outer packaging component abutting on a sealing member that partitions between a space inside a watch and a space outside the watch, wherein the surfacing layer includes an outer surfacing layer provided at an outer surface facing the space outside the watch, and an inner surfacing layer provided at an inner surface facing the space inside the watch, and the inner surfacing layer is thinner in thickness than the outer surfacing layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Inventors: Atsushi Kobayashi, Yoshio Mishima
  • Patent number: 11674193
    Abstract: A canted coil spring includes a core wire 10 formed of steel having a pearlite structure; and a copper plating layer 20 formed of copper or a copper alloy and covering an outer circumferential surface 11 of the core wire 10. The steel contains 0.5 mass % or more and 1.0 mass % or less carbon, 0.1 mass % or more and 2.5 mass % or less silicon, and 0.3 mass % or more and 0.9 mass % or less manganese, with the balance being iron and inevitable impurities. The copper plating layer 20 has a crystallite size of 220±50 ?.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takumi Akada, Hiromu Izumida
  • Patent number: 11669049
    Abstract: A watch component comprising an austenitic ferritic stainless steel. The austenitic ferritic stainless steel includes a base portion composed of a ferrite phase, a surface layer composed of an austenitic phase, and a mixed layer formed between the base portion and the surface layer, wherein the mixed layer is composed of the ferrite phase and the austenitic phase. The surface layer contains 1.0 to 1.6 mass % of nitrogen, in which the surface layer has, at a surface of the surface layer, an oxide film having a thickness of 2.5 nm or greater, as calculated in terms of oxygen profiles in AES analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Inventor: Koki Takasawa
  • Patent number: 11644795
    Abstract: A watch component includes an austenized ferritic stainless steel including a base including a ferrite phase, a surface layer formed on a surface of the base, the surface layer including an austenized phase, and a mixed layer formed between the base and the surface layer, the mixed layer being a layer in which the ferrite phase and the austenized phase are mixed. In a cross section taken along a depth direction from the surface, a thickness of the mixed layer is 45% or less of a thickness of the surface layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Inventor: Koki Takasawa
  • Patent number: 11643730
    Abstract: The disclosure provides for anti-scale deposition coatings for use on surface, such as on oilfield parts. The coating includes a first, sublayer of a metal, ceramic, or metal-ceramic composite, which is characterized in having a hardness in excess of 35 HRC. The coating includes a second, top layer over the first layer, that is a polymer. A surface of the first layer may be conditioned to have a roughened or patterned topology for receipt of and adherence with the at least one top layer. The first layer may provide the coating with hardness, and the at least one top layer may provide the coating with low-friction and anti-scale properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Manuel Marya, Virendra Singh
  • Patent number: 11643733
    Abstract: A substrate is coated with a multi-layer coating, comprising in order: (i) a first functional layer comprising ta-C, (ii) a second functional layer comprising ta-C, (iii) (a) a third functional layer comprising ta-C and a first intermediate layer comprising a carbide of a first element, or (b) a first intermediate layer comprising a carbide of a first element, and a second intermediate layer comprising the first element, wherein the ta-C has a hydrogen content less than 10% and an sp2 content less than 30%; wherein (i) the Young's modulus or (ii) the hardness or (iii) both the Young's modulus and the hardness independently stay the same or increase from layer to layer in (iii) (a) from the first intermediate layer to the first functional layer, or in (iii) (b) from the second intermediate layer to the first functional layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: NANOFILM TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
    Inventors: Xu Shi, Zhi Tang
  • Patent number: 11628512
    Abstract: Disclosed is a clad steel plate with further improved low temperature toughness along with excellent HIC resistance while ensuring a tensile strength of 535 MPa or more. A clad steel plate includes: a base steel; and a clad metal made of a corrosion resistant alloy bonded to one surface of the base steel, in which the base steel has: a chemical composition with appropriately controlled values of ACR and PHIC; and a steel microstructure in which bainite is present in an area fraction of 94% or more at a ½ thickness position in a thickness direction of the base steel, and with an average crystal grain size of 25 ?m or less, and shear strength at a bonded interface between the base steel and the cladding metal is 300 MPa or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryosuke Sakai, Yota Kuronuma, Junji Shimamura, Tomoyuki Yokota
  • Patent number: 11624103
    Abstract: Disclose is a copper alloy for a laser cladding valve seat. the copper alloy may include an amount of about 15.0 to 25.0 wt % of Ni, an amount of about 1.0 to 4.0 wt % of Si, an amount of about 0.5 to 1.0 wt % of B, an amount of about 1.0 to 2.0 wt % of Cr, an amount of about 5.0 to 15.0 wt % of Co, an amount of about 2.0 to 20.0 wt % of Mo, an amount of about 0.1 to 0.5 wt % of Ti and the balance Cu, all the wt % based on the total weight of the copper alloy. Particularly, the copper alloy may not include Fe, and may include Ti silicacide. Further disclosed is a laser cladding valve seat including the copper alloy, which does not generate cracks and is excellent in wear resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Young-Nam Kim, Go-Woon Jung, Gi-Bum Kim, Han-Jae Kim
  • Patent number: 11607867
    Abstract: A clad material (30) includes a first layer (31) made of stainless steel, a second layer (32) made of Cu or a Cu alloy and roll-bonded to the first layer, and a third layer (33) made of stainless steel and roll-bonded to a side of the second layer opposite to the first layer. The clad material has an overall thickness of 1 mm or less, and in a cross-sectional view along a stacking direction, a minimum thickness of the first layer in the stacking direction and a minimum thickness of the third layer in the stacking direction are 70% or more and less than 100% of an average thickness of the first layer in the stacking direction and an average thickness of the third layer in the stacking direction, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
    Inventor: Shinji Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 11572315
    Abstract: A thermal insulation member is directly or indirectly sandwiched between a first object and a second object and thereby suppresses or interrupts heat transfer between the first object and the second object. The thermal insulation member comprises: a first main surface opposed to the first object; and a second main surface positioned on the opposite side from the first main surface and opposed to the second object. The thermal insulation member has a porous structure of ceramic having pores. ZrO2 particles and different type material exist on surfaces of the ZrO2 particles form a skeleton of the porous structure. The different type material includes at least one selected out of SiO2, TiO2, La2O3, and Y2O3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Akinobu Oribe, Takahiro Tomita, Hiroharu Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11575136
    Abstract: There is provided a metal member capable of effectively preventing a coating layer from peeling off from a base. The metal member in an embodiment is a metal member that is used in a solid-oxide type electrochemical stack, and includes: a base formed of ferritic stainless steel; and a metal film provided on the base, in which the metal film includes a first metal layer containing Co and a second metal layer made of Mn, and is a stack in which the first metal layer and the second metal layer are sequentially stacked from the side of the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Riko Inuzuka, Norikazu Osada, Masato Yoshino, Masahiro Asayama, Shohei Kobayashi, Tsuneji Kameda
  • Patent number: 11566299
    Abstract: An iron-based alloy includes, in weight percent, carbon from about 0.75 to about 2 percent; manganese from about 0.1 to about 1 percent; silicon from about 0.1 to about 1 percent; chromium from about 3 to about 6 percent; nickel up to about 4 percent; vanadium from about 1 to about 3 percent; molybdenum from about 4 to about 7 percent; tungsten from about 4 to about 7 percent; cobalt from about 4 to about 7 percent; boron up to about 0.1 percent; nitrogen from about 0.001 to about 0.15 percent, aluminum from about 0.001 to about 0.6 percent, copper from about 0.1 to about 1 percent, sulfur up to about 0.3 percent, phosphorus up to about 0.3 percent, up to about 5 percent total of tantalum, titanium, hafnium and zirconium; iron from about 65 to about 80 percent; and incidental impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: L.E. Jones Company
    Inventors: Cong Yue Qiao, David M Doll
  • Patent number: 11554992
    Abstract: The bonded ceramic assembly of the present disclosure includes a first substrate made of ceramic, a second substrate made of ceramic, and a bonding layer positioned between the first substrate and the second substrate. The bonding layer contains aluminum, at least one of calcium and magnesium, a rare earth element, silicon, and oxygen. Out of a total 100 mass % of all of the components making up the bonding layer, the bonding layer contains from 33 mass % to 65 mass % aluminum in terms of oxide, a total of from 27 mass % to 60 mass % calcium and magnesium in terms of oxide, and from 2 mass % to 12 mass % rare earth element in terms of oxide. The silicon content, in terms of oxide, of the surface of the bonding layer is greater than the silicon content, in terms of oxide, of the interior of the bonding layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Kiyotaka Nakamura, Masayuki Moriyama
  • Patent number: 11551839
    Abstract: A motor comprising a steel sheet used as a core material of the motor, wherein the steel sheet includes a composition including: by mass %, 0.010% or less of C; 2.0% to 7.0% of Si; 2.0% or less of Al; 0.05% to 1.0% of Mn; 0.005% or less of S; 0.005% or less of N; and balance Fe and inevitable impurities; the steel sheet includes a magnetic flux density changing area where a change ?B in magnetic flux density to a change ?H=50 A/m in a magnetic field, is equal to or higher than 0.50 T; a thickness of the steel sheet is 0.05 mm to 0.20 mm; and an eddy-current loss of the steel sheet, at 1000 Hz?1.0 T, is equal to or less than 0.55 of a total iron loss.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Souichiro Yoshizaki, Yoshiaki Zaizen, Kunihiro Senda
  • Patent number: 11551838
    Abstract: A grain-oriented electrical steel sheet according to the present invention has a steel sheet surface provided with grooves. An average protrusion height of the surface protrusion extending along a longitudinal direction of the groove is more than 5 ?m and not more than 10 ?m. When the surface protrusion is viewed in a cross section including the longitudinal direction of the groove and a normal direction of the steel sheet surface, the surface protrusion includes specific portions each having a height of 50% or more with respect to a height of each peak point appearing on a profile line of the surface protrusion. In the longitudinal direction of the groove, the total length of the specific portions is a length of 30% or more with respect to an overall length of the surface protrusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi Arai, Hideyuki Hamamura, Shunsuke Okumura, Kimihiko Sugiyama
  • Patent number: 11541516
    Abstract: A tool bit with a surface layer metallurgically bonded on a substrate layer using electrospark deposition (ESD) that allows the tool bit to reduce camout and engage a fastener head for one-handed starting and removal. The surface layer has a rougher finish, compared to conventional tool bits, and therefore better grips engagement surfaces of a mating recess of the fastener during use. The reduction of camout provides greater durability to the tool bit and resists erosion and wear of the engagement surfaces of the fastener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Snap-on Incorporated
    Inventor: Ottoleo Kuter-Arnebeck
  • Patent number: 11542620
    Abstract: A steel sheet for a container according to the present invention includes: a base steel sheet; a metal chromium layer; and a chromium-containing layer, in which the metal chromium layer is located on at least one surface of the base steel sheet, the chromium-containing layer is located on the metal chromium layer and contains a granular trivalent chromium compound, or contains a granular trivalent chromium compound and granular metal chromium, the metal chromium layer and the chromium-containing layer are separately disposed in two layers on the base steel sheet, in the chromium-containing layer, an average particle size of the trivalent chromium compound and the metal chromium is 10 nm or more and 100 nm or less, and an adhesion amount of the chromium-containing layer is 1.0 mg/m2 or more and 100 mg/m2 or less in terms of a Cr content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Tani, Shigeru Hirano