Patents Examined by Michael Aboagye
  • Patent number: 12686894
    Abstract: A lance (1) for blowing oxygen onto a bath of molten steel including a tip (15) provided with first oxygen ejector (16) and a distributor (17) provided with second ejector (18).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2026
    Assignee: ArcelorMittal
    Inventor: Benoît Drelon
  • Patent number: 12674224
    Abstract: A gas injection device for introducing a process gas into a non-ferrous metal melt and/or slag, in particular a copper melt and/or copper slag, including a hollow-cylindrical lance which is formed from a refractory material and/or graphite, preferably includes a refractory material and/or graphite. The lance has an inlet opening for the process gas and a gas injection module connected to the hollow-cylindrical lance and formed from a refractory material and/or graphite, preferably including a refractory material and/or graphite, with at least one outlet opening for the process gas. The outlet opening includes at least one through-flow element formed from a ceramic material via which the process gas can be introduced into the melt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2026
    Assignee: SMS group GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Schüring, Nikolaus Peter Kurt Borowski
  • Patent number: 12674217
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a motor core production method including: a preparation step of preparing a laminate of electromagnetic steel sheets each processed into a predetermined shape; a first heating step of heating the laminate at an atmospheric temperature of 500° C. to 800° C. in an atmospheric gas comprising at least one kind selected from the group consisting of a low oxidizing gas and a reducing gas, and having a dew point of ?20° C. or lower; and a second heating step of soaking the laminate at 1,000° C. to 1,200° C. in a vacuum of 100 Pa or less after the first heating step, and a heat treatment device for performing the production method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2026
    Assignee: Daido Steel Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Koichiro Asai
  • Patent number: 12673362
    Abstract: A sliding nozzle device capable of allowing a maintenance robot to reliably and accurately recognize the position thereof. The sliding nozzle device includes: a fixed metal frame; and a sliding metal frame slidably provided to the fixed metal frame. The fixed metal frame is provided with a mark block for allowing a maintenance robot to recognize the position thereof. More specifically, the mark block is provided to protrude from a side surface or bottom surface of the fixed metal frame toward the sliding metal frame, at a position free from interference with the sliding metal frame during sliding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2026
    Assignee: KROSAKIHARIMA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshihiro Imahase, Mamoru Yoshimura, Yusuke Yamaguchi, Yudai Onoue
  • Patent number: 12663214
    Abstract: A vortex metal insertion system for a metal recycling furnace, the system having a molten metal flow cycling through the furnace and through a vortex bowl in the system. The system includes one or more process sensors in the furnace, an automated molten metal flow adjustment device, and a computer controller. The computer controller reads the sensor(s) and adjusts the adjustment device to control the flow of molten metal through the vortex bowl based on the reading(s). The system has an insertion port through which scrap metal and other materials may be controllably inserted into the molten metal flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2026
    Assignee: GPRE IP, LLC
    Inventors: John M. Peterman, Mark A. Roberts
  • Patent number: 12663212
    Abstract: A method for operating a blast furnace plant that includes a blast furnace, at least one material hopper for charging raw materials to the blast furnace, having a upper seal valve and a lower seal valve, and at least one hot stove that produces hot blast for the blast furnace, the method including at least one charging cycle with the following steps: opening the upper seal valve, introducing raw materials into the material hopper, closing the upper seal valve, pressure equalization of the material hopper with blast furnace top pressure, and opening the lower seal valve to discharge raw materials into the blast furnace, wherein, in order to provide a cost-effective way to minimize the explosion danger during operation of a top charging system, an offgas from the at least one hot stove is transferred by a transfer system to the at least one material hopper and, before the lower seal valve is opened, the offgas is injected into the material hopper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2026
    Assignee: PAUL WURTH S.A.
    Inventors: Paul Tockert, Lutwin Franziskus, Roger Ries, Marc Schon, Marc Schweitzer
  • Patent number: 12650264
    Abstract: An apparatus for monitoring an apparatus for the inductive heating of a metal material, including a detection device and an evaluation device. In order to automate the loading of the inductive heating apparatus with bulk material or metal material, according to the invention the detection device is an optical sensor for detecting distance and the evaluation device is designed to determine, on the basis of the distance detected by the detection device, the fill level of the inductive heating apparatus and to output a corresponding signal, the signal being suitable for further use in a control process for the feeding of metal material to the inductive heating apparatus. The invention also relates to a method for automatically loading an apparatus for the inductive heating of a metal material and to a control system for an apparatus for the inductive heating of a metal material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2026
    Assignee: Otto Junker GmbH
    Inventors: Christof Dahmen, Wilfried Schmitz
  • Patent number: 12631397
    Abstract: The present invention provides a powder-material flying melting furnace having dual regenerative chambers, which can be widely used in the fields of glass production, iron-making, non-ferrous metal smelting and solid fuel gasification. In the powder-material flying melting furnace having dual regenerative chambers of the present invention, a blow gas inlet is provided in a common feed pipeline or a raw material feeding pipeline, a forced feeding equipment is arranged on the feed inlets, and the raw material feeding pipeline is configured to be a movable feeding pipeline, such that the melts can be effectively prevented from being condensed and bonded on the inner walls of the feeding inlets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2026
    Inventor: Zhiwei Chen
  • Patent number: 12618118
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a high efficiency processing method and plant for multiphase steel slag. The plant comprises a steel slag feeding equipment and a rotary drum for processing steel slag. The feeding equipment comprises a feeding chute; the processing plant further comprises a storage bin is provided between the feeding chute and the rotary drum, the storage bin is in a shape of barrel, with one end forming a rotatable fit with a lower opening end of the chute with a funnel, the other end being connected with a processing chamber of the rotary drum and coaxial with the rotary drum. With the storage bin that is inclined and provided between the front of the rotary drum and the feeding chute, working as buffer transition section, the safe rotary drum processing for each type of steel slag can be achieved without using the slag removal equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2026
    Assignee: BAOSHAN IRON & STEEL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yongli Xiao, Yongqian Li
  • Patent number: 12612677
    Abstract: Provided is a method for efficiently promoting a leaching reaction of copper. Equipment for leaching copper includes a reactor for leaching reaction and a controller for oxidation-reduction potential. The reactor is configured to be provided with a leaching solution containing iodine and iron. The reactor is configured to be capable of being tightly sealed during the leaching reaction. The controller for oxidation-reduction potential is configured so that, during the leaching reaction, the oxidation-reduction potential of the leaching solution can be maintained at 500 mV (based on Ag/AgCl reference) or higher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2026
    Assignee: JX ADVANCED METALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira Miura, Ronny Winarko, Wenying Liu
  • Patent number: 12601022
    Abstract: A burner comprises a primary nozzle for injecting an oxygen-rich gas. The primary nozzle is designed as a supersonic nozzle. A coaxial nozzle having an annular outlet opening is provided for injecting a fuel gas. The coaxial nozzle is designed as a subsonic nozzle and is coaxial to the primary nozzle. The primary nozzle has a convergent portion and a divergent portion, which adjoin each other at a radius of the narrowest cross-section. The annular outlet opening is located at an end face of the burner. The fuel gas, in the form of hydrogen or a mixture of hydrogen and a hydrocarbon-containing gas, is injected at a fixed inlet pressure and a fixed inlet volumetric flow rate, with respect to a planned thermal power of the burner. In contrast, the inlet pressure and the inlet volumetric flow rate of the oxygen-rich gas are varied according to the application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2026
    Assignee: SMS group GmbH
    Inventors: Hans-Jürgen Odenthal, Andreas Kemminger, Peter Starke, Ralf Nörthemann
  • Patent number: 12595524
    Abstract: An induction hardening system for inductively hardening a component includes a first inductor group with at least two inductors configured to heat a region to be hardened on the component, a drive unit configured to move the component along the at least two inductors, and a generator. The at least two inductors are electrically energized by the generator, and the generator is configured to send a current of a same frequency and a same strength to the at least two inductors of the first inductor group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2026
    Assignee: AKTIEBOLAGET SKF
    Inventors: Gerhard Wagner, Fred Menig, Martina Sticht, Michael Wendel
  • Patent number: 12595529
    Abstract: An oxidation step for sulfide and transition ores prior to CN leaching to recover 60 to 90 percent of metals from those ores. Use of tona, soda ash or carbonate source in treating sulfide and transition ores for CN leaching recovery of metals, including gold and silver. The oxidation of sulfide and transition ores in the presence of carbonate. Low moisture content in the heap, to enhance available oxygen, during the oxidation of sulfide and transition ores in the presence of carbonate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2026
    Assignee: Alderley Gold Corp.
    Inventor: Randy Buffington
  • Patent number: 12589431
    Abstract: Provided are intelligent temperature control method and system for die-casting die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2026
    Assignee: ASSAB TOOLING TECHNOLOGY (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chihchung Liang
  • Patent number: 12578143
    Abstract: A molten metal furnace in which molten metal leakage may be avoided or controlled and heat radiation from the furnace body may be controlled. The molten metal furnace has an outer wall on its outer periphery, a molten metal storage part for holding a molten metal therein, and an inner wall forming the molten metal storage part and having a plurality of lining layers, wherein a first lining layer of the plurality of lining layers, having a surface to be in contact with the molten metal, is formed of a refractory material, wherein a sealing material is provided along at least two boundaries present in a range between the first lining layer and the outer wall, and wherein a lining layer sandwiched between layers of the sealing material is formed of a thermal insulation board containing at least silicon dioxide (SiO2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2026
    Assignee: Tounetsu Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kiyata Mochizuki
  • Patent number: 12573679
    Abstract: The present application provides a system and method for discharging and processing of lithium ion batteries to extract one or more metals. The extracted metals are in a powder form that can be reused at second stage processing facilities. The extracted metal powder can include lithium and at least one of cobalt, nickel, manganese, and carbon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2025
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2026
    Assignee: BLUE WHALE MATERIALS LLC
    Inventor: Minjae Oh
  • Patent number: 12571061
    Abstract: A blowing control method for maintaining a mushroom head of a bottom-blowing nozzle converter is disclosed. Considering the actual state of the mushroom head at the end of the bottom-blowing nozzle tip, the real-time molten steel overheating change during the blowing process, the process requirements of different stages of blowing conversion, and the macroscopic heat balance of the converter, the oxygen-carbon dioxide-lime powder blowing parameters of the inner tube of the bottom-blowing nozzle are dynamically adjusted during the converter smelting process of the bottom-blowing nozzle converter so as to control the cooling intensity, thus achieving precise control of the size of the mushroom head. The present invention maintains the basic stability of the size of the mushroom head at the end of the bottom-blowing nozzle tip, avoiding nozzle blockage caused by an oversized mushroom head and rapid erosion of the nozzle caused by an undersized mushroom head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2026
    Assignee: SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Shaoyan Hu, Rong Zhu, Deyong Wang
  • Patent number: 12565688
    Abstract: A method for a blast furnace includes pulverizing coal to make pulverized coal, and pulverizing iron ore to make pulverized iron ore, and injecting the pulverized coal and the pulverized iron ore from a tuyere. A loss on ignition of the iron ore is greater than or equal to 9% by mass and less than or equal to 12% by mass, an injection rate of the pulverized coal is greater than or equal to 150 kg/tp, and an injection rate of the pulverized iron ore is greater than or equal to 2.5 kg/tp and less than or equal to 50.0 kg/tp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2026
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shoji Ikuta, Akito Kasai
  • Patent number: 12544828
    Abstract: A method of molten metal continuous casting utilizing an impact pad having a non-wavy spherical top in the tundish that is impacted by the stream of molten metal entering into the tundish wherein the flow of molten metal within the tundish is optimized to improve flow patterns, reduce dead zone areas, prevent splashing while filling the empty tundish, and eliminating the open “red” eye forming in the molten metal surface layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2026
    Assignee: I.P.C. REFRACTORIES, SPOL, S.R.O.
    Inventor: Ivan Priesol
  • Patent number: 12540363
    Abstract: A method for detecting a fluctuation of a solidified layer, and a method for operating a blast furnace by employing the relevant method. In the method for detecting a fluctuation of a solidified layer, the fluctuation of the solidified layer in the lower part of a blast furnace is detected by using the amount of heat supplied to pig iron in the lower part of the blast furnace and the amount of heat in the pig iron tapped in a predetermined period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2026
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhira Ichikawa, Takeshi Sato, Tetsuya Yamamoto, Tomohiko Ito