Patents Examined by Lucas Wang
  • Patent number: 8822038
    Abstract: An coated article includes a substrate; and a coating deposited on the substrate, wherein the coating is a titanium layer mixed with a first element and a second element, M is at least one element selected from a group consisting of iron, cobalt, nickel, copper, niobium, hafnium and tantalum; R is at least one element selected from a group consisting of scandium, yttrium and lanthanide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hsin-Pei Chang, Wen-Rong Chen, Huann-Wu Chiang, Cheng-Shi Chen, Shun-Mao Lin
  • Patent number: 8808872
    Abstract: A germanium containing nickel-based solder having a similar composition to a nickel-based superalloy is provided. As a result of which the proportion of ?? formed in the solder is reduced. The solder also includes chromium, cobalt, molybdenum, tungsten, aluminum, and titanium. A component including the solder is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Michael Ott, Sebastian Piegert, Peter Randelzhofer, Robert Singer
  • Patent number: 8771821
    Abstract: A honeycomb body is formed of at least one at least partially structured sheet-metal foil and has a plurality of channels. The sheet-metal foil has a course or profile direction and includes top-side connecting points and bottom-side connecting points to itself or to at least one additional smooth sheet-metal foil or structured sheet-metal foil. At least the top-side connecting points or bottom-side connecting points form a curved connection line and expansion joints between the respective connection points of the curved connection line. An exhaust-gas treatment unit and a motor vehicle are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: EMITEC Gesellschaft fuer Emissionstechnologie mbH
    Inventors: Rolf Brück, Peter Hirth, Kait Althöfer, Wolfgang Maus
  • Patent number: 8765269
    Abstract: An APIX100-grade high strength steel pipe includes a base material containing, in mass percentage, C: more than 0.03% and 0.08% or less, Si: 0.01% to 0.5%, Mn: 1.5% to 3.0%, P: 0.015% or less, S: 0.005% or less, Al: 0.01% to 0.08%, Nb: 0.005% to 0.025%, Ti: 0.005% to 0.025%, N: 0.001% to 0.010%, O: 0.005% or less, and B: 0.0003% to 0.0020%, further contains one or more of Cu, Ni, Cr, Mo, and V, satisfies 0.19?Pcm?0.25, the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities, and has a TS of 760 to 930 MPa, a uniform elongation of 5% or more, and a YR of 85% or less; the seam weld metal has a specific composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Junji Shimamura, Nobuyuki Ishikawa, Mitsuhiro Okatsu, Nobuo Shikanai
  • Patent number: 8740042
    Abstract: The invention provides a friction-welded part featuring easy design as well as a method of producing said part. The friction-welded part 1 is produced by friction-welding a first member 10 and a second member 20 together. The first member 10 is made of an aluminum alloy material, having a uniform cross-section portion 11 whose cross-sectional shape and size are not changed. The second member 20 is made of an aluminum alloy material, having a uniform cross-section portion 21 whose cross-sectional shape and size are not changed. According to the invention, the uniform cross-section portions 11 and 21 are friction-welded together to form the part 1. A heat affected zone “H” caused by friction welding is formed only in the uniform cross-section portions 11 and 21. The uniform cross-section portion 11 of the first member 10, and the uniform cross-section portion 21 of the second member 20, respectively, have a cylindrical shape, preferably having the same sectional dimension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignees: Nippon Light Metal Company, Ltd., Nikkeikin Aluminium Core Technology Company Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinichiro Sumi, Kou Mizuguchi, Hiroyuki Mochizuki, Kazuhiro Nakakura
  • Patent number: 8722202
    Abstract: A method and system for enhancing the heat transfer of turbine engine components is disclosed that includes applying a metallic coating having a high thermal conductivity to the cold side of a turbine component to enhance heat transfer away from the component. The metallic coating may be roughened to improve heat transfer. The metal coating may be a Ni—Al bond coating having an aluminum content greater than about 50 weight percent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Bangalore Aswatha Nagaraj, Marie Ann McMasters
  • Patent number: 8691395
    Abstract: A composite material for brazing having features of: forming a homogenous distribution of components in the brazing filler material even after brazing; having an excellent workability; offering low manufacturing costs; and having satisfactory corrosion resistivity as desired. The composite material for brazing has a lamination of a brazing filler material layer thereon, wherein the brazing filler material layer is a layer of alloy that includes copper, aluminum, and nickel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi Cable, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideyuki Sagawa, Kazuma Kuroki, Hiromitsu Kuroda
  • Patent number: 8679643
    Abstract: A plated steel sheet for cans with excellent secondary adhesion of an organic film and high corrosion resistance is provided, that is, a plated steel sheet for cans, which is a plated steel sheet having a alloy tin layer and a metallic tin layer in sequence from the steel sheet side, wherein a chemical conversion layer comprising tin oxide in an amount of 0.3 to 5.0 mC/cm2 in terms of electricity necessary for reduction and tin phosphate in an amount of 0.5 to 5.0 mg/m2 in terms of P is provided on the metallic tin layer and zirconium(IV) oxide in an amount of 0.2 to 5 mg/m2 in terms of Zr is provided on the chemical conversion layer. A production method thereof is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation
    Inventor: Hiromitsu Date
  • Patent number: 8663818
    Abstract: The present invention provides a high corrosion resistance hot dip galvannealed steel material comprised of a Zn-based hot dip plated steel material achieving both a higher corrosion resistance of the plated layer itself by the added elements and sacrificial protection of iron metal by the plated layer or workability free of degradation caused of formation of intermetallic compounds by added elements, that is, a high corrosion resistance hot dip Zn plated steel material characterized in that an alloy plated layer containing Zn: 35 mass % or more, preferably 40 mass % or more, contains a non-equilibrium phase having a heat capacity by differential scanning calorimetry of 1 J/g or more. Furthermore, 5% or more, preferably 50% or more in terms of vol % is an amorphous phase. The alloy layer may contain, by mass %, Mg: 1 to 60% and Al: 0.07 to 59%, may further contain one or more elements selected from Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, and Cu in a total of 0.1 to 10%, and may in addition contain one or more elements of 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation
    Inventors: Koichi Nose, Kohei Tokuda, Yuichi Sato, Makoto Nakazawa
  • Patent number: 8586194
    Abstract: Magnetic materials and methods exhibit large magnetic-field-induced deformation/strain (MFIS) through the magnetic-field-induced motion of crystallographic interfaces. The preferred materials are porous, polycrystalline composite structures of nodes connected by struts wherein the struts may be monocrystalline or polycrystalline. The materials are preferably made from magnetic shape memory alloy, including polycrystalline Ni—Mn—Ga, formed into an open-pore foam, for example, by space-holder technique. Removal of constraints that interfere with MFIS has been accomplished by introducing pores with sizes similar to grains, resulting in MFIS values of 0.12% in polycrystalline Ni—Mn—Ga foams, close to the best commercial magnetostrictive materials. Further removal of constraints has been accomplished by introducing pores smaller than the grain size, dramatically increasing MFIS to 2.0-8.7%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignees: Boise State University, Northwestern University
    Inventors: Peter Mullner, Markus Chmielus, Cassie Witherspoon, David C. Dunand, Xuexi Zhang, Yuttanant Boonyongmaneerat
  • Patent number: 8580350
    Abstract: A method of forming a corrosion resistant neutron absorbing coating comprising the steps of spray or deposition or sputtering or welding processing to form a composite material made of a spray or deposition or sputtering or welding material, and a neutron absorbing material. Also a corrosion resistant neutron absorbing coating comprising a composite material made of a spray or deposition or sputtering or welding material, and a neutron absorbing material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignees: Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC, Sandia Corporation, The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: Jor-Shan Choi, Joseph C. Farmer, Chuck K. Lee, Jeffrey Walker, Paige Russell, Jon Kirkwood, Nancy Yang, Victor Champagne