Patents Examined by Ryan L Heckman
  • Patent number: 11305347
    Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing a sintered component, which can suppress occurrence of edge chipping when a through-hole is formed in a powder-compact green body and also has a good productivity. The method for manufacturing a sintered component includes a molding step of press-molding a raw material powder containing a metal powder and thus fabricating a powder-compact green body; a drilling step of forming a hole in the powder-compact green body using a drill; a sintering step of sintering the powder-compact green body after drilling, wherein the drill used for drilling has a circular-arc shaped cutting edge on a point portion thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignees: Sumitomo Electric Sintered Alloy, Ltd., Nikken Tool Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasunori Sonoda, Ryota Take, Fumihiro Matsumoto, Tsuguru Sugimoto
  • Patent number: 11280547
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a sintering device and a sintering method thereof. The sintering device includes: a housing, defining a chamber; and at least one first heating mechanism and at least one second heating mechanism, disposed in the chamber, wherein the at least one first heating mechanism and the at least one second heating mechanism provide different heating temperatures for a workpiece to be processed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., ORDOS YUANSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Peng Ji, Xuwei Li
  • Patent number: 11273493
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a Ni alloy part includes a solution treatment step of solution treating a sintered compact, which is obtained by sintering and molding a precipitation hardening Ni alloy powder by metal injection molding, by allowing the sintered compact to hold at a temperature of not lower than 1050° C. but not higher than 1250° C. for one hour to five hours, followed by rapidly cooling to room temperature, where the precipitation hardening Ni alloy powder, and an aging treatment step of aging-treating the solution-treated sintered compact by allowing the solution-treated sintered compact to hold at the temperature of not lower than 600° C. but not higher than 800° C., followed by cooling to room temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuyasu Tsuno, Shuji Ikeda
  • Patent number: 11250976
    Abstract: The present invention provides a rare earth thin film magnet having Nd, Fe, and B as essential components, wherein the rare earth thin film magnet has a texture in which an ?-Fe phase and a Nd2Fe14B phase are alternately arranged three-dimensionally, and each phase has an average crystal grain size of 10 to 30 nm. An object of this invention is to provide a rare earth thin film magnet having superior mass productivity and reproducibility and favorable magnetic properties, as well as to provide the production method thereof and a target for producing the thin film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: JX Nippon Mining & Metals Corporation
    Inventors: Masaki Nakano, Hirotoshi Fukunaga, Takeshi Yanai, Masaru Itakura, Hironobu Sawatari
  • Patent number: 11242589
    Abstract: A steel processing line includes a dip tub and a stab roll. The dip tub is filled with a quantity of molten metal. At least a portion of the stab roll is submerged in the quantity of molten metal. The stab roll includes two journals. Each journal is received by an opening defined by a roller sleeve including a ceramic or refractory material. The roller sleeve is disposed between each journal and a bearing block. An inner dimension of each roller sleeve and an outer dimension of each respective journal defines a clearance. The inner dimension of each roller sleeve and the outer dimension of each respective journal is configured such that the clearance persists as the stab roll and the pair of roller sleeves are heated by the molten metal. Alternatively, inserts are fastened to an outer surface of each journal in lieu of the roller sleeves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Inventors: Joyce C. Niedringhaus, Daniel J. Cadotte, William F. Sersion, Jr., Tony Lee Webb, II
  • Patent number: 11225697
    Abstract: A hot rolled light-gauge martensitic steel sheet made by the steps comprising: (a) preparing a molten steel melt comprising: (i) by weight, between 0.20% and 0.35% carbon, less than 1.0% chromium, between 0.7% and 2.0% manganese, between 0.10% and 0.50% silicon, between 0.1% and 1.0% copper, less than 0.05% niobium, less than 0.5% molybdenum, and silicon killed containing less than 0.01% aluminum, and (ii) the remainder iron and impurities resulting from melting; (b) solidifying at a heat flux greater than 10.0 MW/m2 and cooling the molten melt into a steel sheet less than 2.0 mm in thickness in a non-oxidizing atmosphere to below 1080° C. and above Ar3 temperature at a cooling rate greater than 15° C./s; and (c) hot rolling the steel sheet to between 15% and 50% reduction and rapidly cooling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: NUCOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: James W. Watson, Paul Kelly, David C. Van Aken, Christopher Ronald Killmore
  • Patent number: 11220731
    Abstract: Provided is a hot-rolled coated steel sheet having a yield point elongation of less than 4% and a manufacturing method for the same. The hot-rolled steel sheet comprises, by weight, 0.03 to 0.06% of carbon (C), 0.5 to 1.5% of manganese (Mn), 0.01 to 0.25% of silicon (Si), 0.01 to 0.05% of aluminum (Al), 0.001 to 0.02% of phosphorus (P), 0.006% or less of sulfur (S), 0.0001 to 0.02% of titanium (Ti), 0.0001 to 0.03% of niobium (Nb), 0.001 to 0.005% of nitrogen (N), and a balance of iron (Fe) and inevitable impurities, wherein the Ti, Al and N satisfy the following relationship 1, and the Nb, C and N satisfy the following relationship 2: 0.03?(wt % Ti)×(wt % Al)×(wt % N)×106?0.20 (1), and 22?(mol % Nb)/{(mol % C)×(mol % N)}?1826 (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: POSCO
    Inventors: Hwan-Goo Seong, Seong-Beom Bae
  • Patent number: 11213889
    Abstract: An oxygen solid solution titanium sintered compact includes a matrix made of a titanium component having an ?-phase, oxygen atoms dissolved as a solute of solid solution in a crystal lattice of the titanium component, and metal atoms dissolved as a solute of solid solution in the crystal lattice of the titanium component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignees: HI-LEX CORPORATION
    Inventor: Katsuyoshi Kondoh
  • Patent number: 11215600
    Abstract: A method for electromagnetic and real-time measurement of a percentage of austenite contained in a steel strip in continuous motion during in-line manufacture or transformation thereof, by a device including the steel strip and a measuring device including at least: an alternating-current generator; a first coil supplied by the alternating-current generator, called a transmitting coil, and a second coil, called a receiving coil, the first and second coils being arranged parallel to each other or coaxial and on both sides of the steel strip, a distance between the coils being fixed and between 10 and 200 mm; a core of ferromagnetic material being a center of each coil, respectively; and at least one voltage-measuring device connected to terminals of the receiving coil, being a multimeter or an electronic acquisition system having an analog-digital converter coupled to a computer, to obtain the percentage of austenite contained in the steel strip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: CENTRE DE RECHERCHES METALLURGIQUES ASBL—CENTRUM VOOR RESEARCH IN DE METALLURGIE VZW
    Inventors: Guy Monfort, Genevieve Moreas, Olivier Herbiet
  • Patent number: 11168388
    Abstract: A steel processing line includes a roller submerged in a quantity of molten metal. The roller includes two journals. Each journal is received by an opening defined by a roller sleeve having a ceramic or refractory material. The roller sleeve is disposed between each journal and a bearing block to reduce or prevent wear on the journal. An inner dimension of each roller sleeve and an outer dimension of each respective journal defines a clearance. The inner dimension of each roller sleeve and the outer dimension of each respective journal is configured such that the clearance persists as the roller and the pair of roller sleeves are heated by the molten metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Inventors: Joyce C. Niedringhaus, Daniel J. Cadotte, William F. Sersion, Jr., Tony Lee Webb
  • Patent number: 11139474
    Abstract: A method for preparing a material having an Sn:Sb intermetallic phase includes at least the steps of mixing chemical elements Sn and Sb, and treating the mixture with microwaves. An electrode is manufactured by using the material having an Sn:Sb intermetallic phase; forming the material in a form of powder; mixing the powder with carbon, a binder and a solvent to form an ink; coating a current collector with the ink; and drying the electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignees: HUTCHINSON, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTPELLIER
    Inventors: David Ayme-Perrot, Philippe Sonntag, Philippe Antitomaso, Laure Monconduit, Francoise Morato-Lallemand, Philippe Girard
  • Patent number: 11136650
    Abstract: A titanium alloy melt includes about 7.0 to about 9.0 percent by weight vanadium (V), about 3.0 to about 4.5 percent by weight aluminum (Al), about 0.8 to about 1.5 percent by weight iron (Fe), at most about 0.15 percent by weight oxygen (O), and titanium (Ti) and a titanium alloy powder, formed from the titanium alloy melt, includes about 7.0 to about 9.0 percent by weight vanadium (V), about 3.0 to about 4.5 percent by weight aluminum (Al), about 0.8 to about 1.5 percent by weight iron (Fe), at most about 0.18 percent by weight oxygen (O), and titanium (Ti).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Joe Pecina, Robert Burkett, Gary M. Backhaus
  • Patent number: 11114225
    Abstract: A rare-earth thin film magnet is provided which includes Nd, Fe and B as essential components, characterized by including a Si substrate having an oxide film present on a surface thereof, a Nd base film formed as a first layer over the Si substrate, and a Nd—Fe—B film formed as a second layer on the first layer. The rare earth thin film magnet and a production process therefor provides a rare earth thin film magnet suffering neither film separation nor substrate breakage and having satisfactory magnetic properties even when the second layer has composition in the range of 0.120 ?Nd/(Nd+Fe)<0.150, which corresponds to a compositional range in the vicinity of a stoichiometric composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: JX NIPPON MINING & METALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaki Nakano, Hirotoshi Fukunaga, Takeshi Yanai, Hironobu Sawatari
  • Patent number: 11065690
    Abstract: A powder deposition apparatus has a build plate, a powder source, a recoater arm, and an energy beam. The recoater arm is formed from ferromagnetic material. The recoater arm is arranged to deliver a layer of powder from the powder source across the working surface of the build plate prior to the energy beam fusing a predetermined portion of the delivered powder layer. The recoater arm comprises a magnetic portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
    Inventors: Adam P. Chir, Richard Mellor
  • Patent number: 11059101
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosed technology include an additive manufacturing method including: applying a mixture of metal powder and a carrier agent to a substrate; removing a portion of the carrier agent from the applied mixture; and fusing the metal powder remaining in the applied mixture to the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: DDM SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Suman Das, Marvin Kilgo
  • Patent number: 11041224
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a portable multi-azimuth ultrasonic-assisted vibration rolling device and an application method thereof. The vibration rolling device includes an ultrasonic rolling unit, a hydraulic power unit, a pneumatic cooling unit, a main body frame and an indexing device; an amplitude transformer assembly at the ultrasonic rolling unit comes into rolling contact with the surface of a tooth space of a gear workpiece, the hydraulic power unit is articulated with the main body frame, and the hydraulic power unit is articulated with the horn assembly, the indexing device is provided at the main body frame, and the gear workpiece is mounted at the indexing device. The present invention has the advantages that the device is flexible and portable, enables a transducer to be cooled continuously, and facilitates fixation of a rolling steel ball and adjustment of a station of the gear workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Inventors: Guofu Gao, Zhaojie Yuan, Yi Wang, Bo Zhao, Daohui Xiang, Yongqin Wang
  • Patent number: 11027334
    Abstract: A micro-nano composite powder dedicated for laser repair of tiny crack on stainless steel surface, includes 3 wt %-7 wt % of nano-WC, 0.5 wt %-2 wt % of nano-Al2O3, 0.2 wt %-0.8 wt % of micro-V powder and the balance of micro stainless steel powder. The stainless steel powder includes 0.08 wt % of C, 0.5 wt % of Si, 1.46 wt % of Mn, 0.03 wt % of P, 0.005 wt % of S, 19 wt % of Cr, 9.5 wt % of Ni, 0.5 wt % of Mo and the balance of Fe. The micro and nano powders are mixed through ball milling and mixed with anhydrous ethanol. The composite powder is suitable for laser repair of tiny crack on the surface of stainless steel part with high toughness requirement. After laser repair, the composite powder can be fused with the substrate, the repaired layer and the substrate are metallurgically bonded at the interface, the repaired layer contains fine grains, and therefore the compatibility and fracture property of the repaired layer are improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Wei Jiang, Xianfeng Jiang, Yinyin Li
  • Patent number: 10960496
    Abstract: There is provided a solder alloy in which 0.5 mass % or more and 1.25 mass % or less of Sb, In satisfying the following formula (I) or (II) when [Sb] is set as a Sb content percentage (mass %) and [In] is set as an In content percentage (mass %): in a case of 0.5?[Sb]?1.0, 5.5?[In]?5.50+1.06[Sb] . . . (I), in a case of 1.0<[Sb]?1.25, 5.5?[In]?6.35+0.212[Sb] . . . (II) (in the formula, [Sb] indicates a Sb content percentage (mass %) and [In] indicates an In content percentage (mass %)), 0.5 mass % or more and 1.2 mass % or less of Cu, 0.1 mass % or more and 3.0 mass % or less of Bi, 1.0 mass % or more and 4.0 mass % or less of Ag, and 0 mass % or more and 0.025 mass % or less of Co are contained, and has the remainder consisting essentially of Sn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinnosuke Akiyama, Kiyohiro Hine, Hidetoshi Kitaura, Akio Furusawa
  • Patent number: 10950373
    Abstract: An R-TM-B hot-pressed and deformed magnet (here, R represents a rare earth metal selected from the group consisting of Nd, Dy, Pr, Tb, Ho, Sm, Sc, Y, La, Ce, Pm, Eu, Gd, Er, Tm, Yb, Lu, and a combination thereof, and TM represents a transition metal) of the present invention comprises flat type anisotropic magnetized crystal grains and a nonmagnetic alloy distributed in a boundary surface between the crystal grains, and thus the magnet of the present invention has an excellent magnetic shielding effect as compared with an existing permanent magnet since the crystal gains can be completely enclosed in the nonmagnetic alloy, so that a hot-pressed and deformed magnet with enhanced coercive force can be manufactured through a more economical process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Seok Namkung, Deokhai Park, Namseok Kang
  • Patent number: 10920298
    Abstract: A steel plate having excellent resistance to fatigue crack growth and manufacturing method thereof, wherein the components of the steel plate in weight percentage are: 0.040-0.070% of C, 0.40-0.70% of Si, 1.30-1.60% of Mn, less than or equal to 0.013% of P, less than or equal to 0.003% of S, less than or equal to 0.30% of Cu, less than or equal to 0.30% of Ni, less than or equal to 0.10% of Mo, 0.008-0.018% of Ti, 0.015-0.030% of Nb, less than or equal to 0.0040% of N, 0.0010-0.0040% of Ca, and the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities. By controlling [% C]×[% Si] between 0.022-0.042, {([% C]+3.33[% Nb])×[% Si]}×Vcooling rate/Tcooling-stopping between 1.15×10?4˜2.2×10?3, carrying out a Ca treatment, and Ca/S=1.0-3.0 and (% Ca)×(% S) 0.28?1.0×10?3, the optimizing the TMCP process, the finished steel plate has a microstructure which a duplex-phase structure of ferrite+uniformly and dispersedly distributed bainite and has an improved resistance to fatigue crack growth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Baoshan Iron & Steel Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zicheng Liu, Qing Shi