Patents Examined by Pegah Parvini
  • Patent number: 12162114
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a polishing pad, a method of manufacturing the polishing pad, and a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device using the same. In the polishing pad, an unexpanded solid-phase blowing agent is included in a polishing composition when a polishing layer is manufactured, and the unexpanded solid-phase blowing agent is expanded during a curing process to form a plurality of uniform pores in the polishing layer, such that defects occurring on a surface of the semiconductor substrate may be prevented. In addition, the present disclosure may provide a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device to which the polishing pad is applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: SK ENPULSE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jong Wook Yun, Jae In Ahn, Eun Sun Joeng, Hye Young Heo, Jang Won Seo
  • Patent number: 12163207
    Abstract: A cubic boron nitride sintered material includes cubic boron nitride and a binder. The binder includes a first material and a second material. The first material is one or two or more first chemical species each including at least one first metallic element selected from the group consisting of tungsten, cobalt, and aluminum. Each of the first chemical species is a metal, an alloy, an intermetallic compound, a compound, or a solid solution. The second material is one or two or more second chemical species each including at least one second metallic element selected from the group consisting of titanium, zirconium, hafnium, vanadium, niobium, tantalum, and chromium. Each of the second chemical species is a solid solution derived from at least one selected from the group consisting of nitride, carbide, and carbonitride. In each of the second chemical species, 0.1 atom % to 10 atom % of aluminum is dissolved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignees: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC HARDMETAL CORP.
    Inventors: Akito Ishii, Yuichiro Watanabe, Katsumi Okamura, Yoshiki Asakawa, Akihiko Ueda, Satoru Kukino, Hisaya Hama
  • Patent number: 12157203
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a grinding wheel for grinding, configured such that a fiber-reinforced plastic (FRP) layer in a wheel outer peripheral part located on the outer surface of a wheel central part is provided at a position and thickness that vary depending on the type of weaving pattern layer, thereby exhibiting superior mechanical properties and superior vibration/shock absorption and offsetting effects compared to conventional grinding wheels, so problems such as cracking and fatigue failure due to burning do not occur, and moreover, the quality and productivity of processed products can be improved. Moreover, the grinding wheel is lighter in weight than conventional grinding wheels, and when an abrasive part is completely consumed, it can be replaced with a new abrasive part through removable attachment thereof, whereby the wheel outer peripheral part (wheel body) can be reused continuously, and the exchange time and the amount of tool wear can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: In Sun Lee, Hee Hyun Kim, Kwang Won Sung, Sang Won Lim
  • Patent number: 12145889
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of new materials technology, in particular to carbon nitride composite ceramic tool materials, preparation method and cutting tools thereof. The raw materials comprise carbon nitride, titanium carbonitride, molybdenum, nickel and cobalt, carbon nitride as the matrix phase, titanium carbonitride as the reinforcing phase are added to the carbon nitride based composite ceramic materials, with molybdenum, nickel and cobalt as a suitable sintering aid, dense composite tool material is obtained with vacuum hot press sintering method. The prepared carbon nitride based composite ceramic tool materials boast the advantages of low cost, high hardness, high bending strength and high fracture toughness, which is an important way to promote the innovation, development and popularization of carbon nitride materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignees: SHANDONG UNIVERSITY, YANSHAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Chuanzhen Huang, Yan Zhang, Hanlian Liu, Zhenyu Shi, Peng Yao, Zhen Wang, Longhua Xu, Shuiquan Huang, Jun Wang, Hongtao Zhu, Bin Zou
  • Patent number: 12138736
    Abstract: A polishing pad sheet which provides optimized interfacial properties for the laminated structure of a polishing pad based on appropriate elasticity and high durability, and in which the polishing pad having the polishing pad sheet applied thereto not only has its intrinsic function such as the polishing rate or the like, but also is capable of realizing the function without damage even during the polishing process in a wet environment for a long time, and a polishing pad to which the polishing pad sheet is applied. The polishing pad sheet includes: a first surface which is a polishing layer attachment surface; and a second surface which is a rear surface of the first surface, wherein the first surface has a value of the following Equation 1 of 4.20 to 5.50:4.20?(|Sv|)/Sz×P (%)?5.50.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: SK ENPULSE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung Hoon Yun, Kyung Hwan Kim, Jae In Ahn, Jang Won Seo
  • Patent number: 12139618
    Abstract: A silicon-containing oxide-coated aluminum nitride particle including an aluminum nitride particle and a silicon-containing oxide coating covering the surface of the aluminum nitride particle. The content of carbon atoms is less than 1000 ppm by mass, and an Si/Al atom ratio of the surface as measured by AES analysis is 0.29 or more and 5.0 or less. In another aspect, the coverage of the silicon-containing oxide coating covering the surface of the aluminum nitride particle as measured by LEIS analysis is 15% or more and 100% or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Resonac Corporation
    Inventors: Yuki Otsuka, Hidetoshi Okamoto, Naoki Minorikawa
  • Patent number: 12129390
    Abstract: The embodiments herein provide a solvent borne pigment paste comprising an alkyd, where the alkyd is obtainable by a process including the steps of a. producing an OH-functional alkyd from a non-drying oil or fatty acid, one or more polyols, and a first anhydride; where the non-drying oil or fatty acid has an iodine number ?115; b. esterification of the OH-functional alkyd with trimellitic anhydride (TMA), where at least 80% of the esterified TMA residues has two free carboxylic groups. In some embodiments, at least 85%, at least 90%, or at least 98% of the esterified TMA residues has two free carboxylic groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Akzo Nobel Coatings International B.V.
    Inventors: Karel Hindrik Van Streun, Eric Harry Jacobus Rijlaarsdam
  • Patent number: 12129422
    Abstract: A coated abrasive article comprising a substrate and a plurality of abrasive particles having an average solidity of at least 0.87 and less than 0.97, wherein each of the abrasive particles of the plurality of abrasive particles comprises a body and striations extending along an exterior surface of the body in a direction of a length of the body. Further directed to a plurality of extruded shaped abrasive particles comprising an average solidity of at least 0.87.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN CERAMICS & PLASTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Samuel S. Marlin, Ralph Bauer, Stefan Vujcic, Paul W. Rehrig, Marie-Camille Auscher, Mark Hampden-Smith, Brahmanandam V. Tanikella
  • Patent number: 12122017
    Abstract: A coated abrasive article comprising a backing, an adhesive layer disposed in a discontinuous distribution on at least a portion of the backing, wherein the discontinuous distribution comprises a plurality of adhesive contact regions and at least one shaped abrasive particle is disposed on a majority of each of the discrete adhesive contact regions, wherein at least 50% of the shaped abrasive particles comprise a predetermined side orientation and have a tilt angle of at least 45 degrees, wherein the shaped abrasive particles comprise a polycrystalline material and are free of binder, wherein the first plurality of discrete adhesive contact regions comprise a predetermined two-dimensional shape as viewed from above, and wherein each of the discrete contact regions comprises a length, a width, or a combination thereof that substantially corresponds to a dimension of the at least one abrasive particle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignees: SAINT-GOBAIN ABRASIVES, INC., SAINT-GOBAIN ABRASIFS
    Inventors: Anuj Seth, Vivek Cheruvari Kottieth Raman, Darrell K. Everts
  • Patent number: 12122953
    Abstract: A shaped abrasive particle including a body comprising a first major surface, a second major surface, and a side surface extending between the first major surface and the second major surface, the body comprising a sharpness-shape-strength factor (3SF) within a range between about 0.7 and about 1.7 and a Shape Index within a range between at least about 0.01 and not greater than about 0.49.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN CERAMICS & PLASTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Christopher Arcona, David F. Louapre, Samuel S. Marlin, Doruk O. Yener, Jennifer H. Czerepinski, Kristin Breder, Flavien Fremy
  • Patent number: 12104111
    Abstract: A superabrasive compact and a method of making the superabrasive compact are disclosed. A superabrasive compact may comprise a diamond table and a substrate. The diamond table may be attached to the substrate. The diamond table may include bonded diamond grains defining interstitial channels. The interstitial channels may be filled with non-catalytic binder materials in some regions. The interstitial channels in some other regions may be filled with a catalytic materials from the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignees: CNPC USA CORPORATION, BEIJING HUAMEI, INC, CHINA NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kai Zhang, Chris Cheng, Xiao Feng, Qi Peng, Xiongwen Yang
  • Patent number: 12098447
    Abstract: A rock drill insert made of cemented carbide includes hard constituents of tungsten carbide (WC) in a binder phase of Ni—Cr, or Ni—Co—Cr, and a balance of WC and unavoidable impurities. The cemented carbide has a 3.5-18 wt % binder phase. The binder phase has >0 wt % Ni. The mass ratio Cr/(Ni+Co) is 0.02-0.19. A difference between the hardness at 0.3 mm depth at some point of the surface of the rock drill insert and the minimum hardness of the bulk of the rock drill insert is at least 30 HV3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Sandvik Mining and Construction Tools AB
    Inventors: Mirjam Lilja, Jose Maria Tarrago Cifre, Ida Borgh, Malin Martensson, Ioannis Arvanitidis, Krystof Turba
  • Patent number: 12098597
    Abstract: A cutting element comprises a supporting substrate, and a cutting table attached to an end of the supporting substrate. The cutting table comprises inter-bonded diamond particles, and a thermally stable material within interstitial spaces between the inter-bonded diamond particles. The thermally stable material comprises a carbide precipitate having the general chemical formula, A3XZn-1, where A comprises one or more of Sc, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Y, Zr, Nb, Mo, Tc, Ru, Rh, Pd, Ag, Cd, Hf, Ta, W, Re, Os, Ir, Pt, Au, Hg, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Pm, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Lu, Ac, Th, Pa, and U; X comprises one or more of Al, Ga, Sn, Be, Bi, Te, Sb, Se, As, Ge, Si, B, and P; Z comprises C; and n is greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to 0.75. A method of forming a cutting element, an earth-boring tool, a supporting substrate, and a method of forming a supporting substrate are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Wanjun Cao, Marc Bird
  • Patent number: 12097592
    Abstract: An abrasive article can include a body including a bond material, abrasive particles, and a plurality of pores, wherein the bond material can comprise a vitreous material. In one embodiment, an average particle size of the abrasive particles can be between 0.1 microns to 5 microns, and a porosity of the body may be between 40 vol % to 70 vol %, wherein the porosity may define an average pore size (D50) of at least 0.1 microns and not greater than 5 microns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignees: SAINT-GOBAIN ABRASIVES, INC., SAINT-GOBAIN ABRASIFS
    Inventors: Cecile O. Mejean, John S. Hagan, Linda S. Bateman, Alexandre Temperelli, Taewook Hwang, Ramanujam Vedantham, John M. Gulcius, Maureen A. Brosnan
  • Patent number: 12090605
    Abstract: A grinding wheel with excellent grinding performance and providing stable grinding over a long period of time is provided. A glass filler-containing metal bond grinding wheel (10) includes a metal bond layer (14) including abrasive grains (11), a metal bond (12), and a glass filler (13). The glass filler-containing metal bond grinding wheel (10) has abrasive grains (11) that are diamonds and/or cubic boron nitrides, the metal bond (12) is a metal containing Cu, the ratio of the glass filler (13) volume to the metal bond (12) volume is 0.025 or more to 1.0 or less, and the metal bond (12) and the glass filler (13) are mutually diffused.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: NORITAKE CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Takahiro Nakao, Shoichi Takayama, Takuo Nomura, Yuji Ichinose
  • Patent number: 12091557
    Abstract: A pigment including a pre-flake; and a coating of nanoparticles present on a surface of the pre-flake, wherein the nanoparticles can be present in the coating in an amount greater than about 40% by volume is disclosed. A method of making a pigment is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: John Edward Book, Alberto Argoitia, Jaroslaw Zieba
  • Patent number: 12084920
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to methods of fabricating leached polycrystalline diamond compacts (“PDCs”) in which a polycrystalline diamond table thereof is leached and resized to provide a leached region having a selected geometry. Creating a leached region having such a selected geometry may improve the performance of the PDC in various conditions, such as impact strength and/or thermal stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: US SYNTHETIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Greg Carlos Topham
  • Patent number: 12084611
    Abstract: A fixed abrasive article having a body including abrasive particles contained within a bond material, the abrasive particles including shaped abrasive particles or elongated abrasive particles having an aspect ratio of length:width of at least 1.1:1, each of the shaped abrasive particles or elongated abrasive particles having a predetermined position or a predetermined three-axis orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignees: SAINT-GOBAIN ABRASIVES, INC., SAINT-GOBAIN ABRASIFS
    Inventors: Adam P. Bujnowski, Kelley McNeal, Nan Y. Pacella, Srikanth Rapaka, Joseph R. Rich, Katherine M. Sahlin, Nilanjan Sarangi, Andrew B. Schoch
  • Patent number: 12064851
    Abstract: An abrasive article including a bonded abrasive body having a certain Homogeneity Factor and a multimodal distribution of abrasive particle sizes where the particles size of a first mode is no greater than 80% of a particle size of a second mode. The bonded body can also have a consistent hardness throughout the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignees: SAINT-GOBAIN ABRASIVES, INC., SAINT-GOBAIN ABRASIFS
    Inventors: Maureen A. Brosnan, Srikanth Rapaka, Nilanjan Sarangi, Charles W. Bleakney, IV, Craig M. Adams, Run Toun
  • Patent number: 12064852
    Abstract: An abrasive article including a bonded abrasive having a body of a diameter of at least 260 mm and a volume of at least 20 cubic centimeters, the body also having a bond material including an inorganic material, abrasive particles having an abrasive particle size of at least 40 microns contained in the bond material, and a certain Homogeneity Factor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignees: SAINT-GOBAIN ABRASIVES, INC., SAINT-GOBAIN ABRASIFS
    Inventors: Srikanth Rapaka, Nilanjan Sarangi, Roger P. Zaleski