Patents Examined by Stephani Hill
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Patent number: 12715037Abstract: The present application provides a method for manufacturing a metal foam. The present application can provide a method for manufacturing a metal foam, which is capable of forming a metal foam including uniformly formed pores and having excellent mechanical properties as well as the desired porosity, and a metal foam having the above characteristics. In addition, the present application can provide a method capable of forming a metal foam in which the above-mentioned physical properties are ensured, while being in the form of a thin film or sheet, within a fast process time, and such a metal foam.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2017Date of Patent: August 25, 2026Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.Inventors: Jong Min Shin, Dong Woo Yoo, Jin Kyu Lee
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Patent number: 12716107Abstract: A carbon steel sheet coated with a barrier pre-coating containing nickel and chromium in a weight ratio between 1.5 and 9, and a press hardening method for providing the carbon steel sheet coated with a barrier pre-coating comprising nickel and chromium are described.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2017Date of Patent: August 25, 2026Assignee: ArcelorMittalInventors: Cédric Georges, Florin Duminica, Thierry Sturel, Pascal Drillet
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Patent number: 12715039Abstract: A plasma atomization metal powder manufacturing process includes providing a heated metal source and contacting the heated metal source with the plasma of at least one plasma source under conditions effective for causing atomization of the heated metal source. The atomization may be carried out using a gas to metal ratio of less than about 20, thereby obtaining a raw metal powder having a 0-106 ?m particle size distribution yield of at least 80%. The process may further include aligning the heated metal source with the plasma of at least one plasma source. An atomizing system may include an alignment system positioned upstream of the plasma source and adapted to adjust an orientation of the metal source relative to the at least one plasma source.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2021Date of Patent: August 25, 2026Assignee: AP&C Advanced Powders & Coatings, Inc.Inventors: Frédéric Larouche, Matthieu Balmayer, Francis Trudeau-Lalonde
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Patent number: 12716120Abstract: A hot-rolled steel sheet for non-oriented electrical steel sheets includes, by mass %: C: 0.0010% to 0.0050%; Si: 1.90% to 3.50%; Al: 0.10% to 3.00%; Mn: 0.05% to 2.00%; P: 0.100% or less; S: 0.005% or less; N: 0.0040% or less; B: 0.0060% or less; Sn: 0% to 0.50%; Sb: 0% to 0.50%; Cu: 0% to 0.50%; REM: 0% to 0.0400%; Ca: 0% to 0.0400%; Mg: 0% to 0.0400%; and a remainder including Fe and impurities, in which a hardness HD of a deformed structure of a thickness middle portion (½t position) in a sheet width direction end portion of the hot-rolled steel sheet for non-oriented electrical steel sheets is Hv 220 or less.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2021Date of Patent: August 25, 2026Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Takeru Ichie, Yoshihiro Arita
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Patent number: 12715038Abstract: The present application provides a method for producing a film. In the present application, for example, a method for producing a film which can be applied to production of a heat-dissipating material such as a heat pipe can be provided.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2018Date of Patent: August 25, 2026Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.Inventors: So Jin Kim, Jong Min Shin, Dong Woo Yoo
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Patent number: 12703899Abstract: Provided is a NbC based cemented carbide and method of manufacture the same. The NbC based cemented carbide may be devoid of WC. The NbC based cemented carbide may be devoid of Co in the binder phase. The NbC based cemented carbide exhibits enhanced strength and thermal conductivity while maintaining desired toughness and hardness.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2020Date of Patent: August 11, 2026Assignee: HYPERION MATERIALS & TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Luis Fernando Garcia, Cristina Furio Badia
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Patent number: 12617016Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to methods of preparing substantially spherical metallic alloyed particles, having micron and sub-micron (i.e., nanometer)-scaled dimensions, and the powders so prepared, as well as articles derived from these powders. In particular embodiments, these metallic alloyed particles, comprising rare earth metals, can be prepared in sizes as small 80 nm in diameter with size variances as low as 2-5%.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2021Date of Patent: May 5, 2026Assignee: Noveon Magnetics Inc.Inventors: Miha Zakotnik, Davide Prosperi, Gojmir Furlan, Catalina O. Tudor, Alex Ivor Bevan
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Patent number: 12603203Abstract: A method of manufacturing an Sm—Fe—N magnet includes filling a metal sheath with a magnet powder including an Sm—Fe—N compound as a main component and sealing the metal sheath, applying a magnetic field to the magnet powder sealed in the metal sheath, and magnetizing the magnet powder by magnetically orienting the magnet powder and aligning a direction of magnetic orientation in one direction, preliminarily rolling the magnetically oriented magnet powder sealed in the metal sheath to make the magnetically oriented magnet powder into a green compact, and pressurizing the green compact sealed in the metal sheath and densifying the green compact to form a magnet body, wherein the preliminary rolling is performed by lightly rolling the magnetically oriented magnet powder sealed in the metal sheath with a pressure smaller than a pressure for pressurizing the green compact.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2021Date of Patent: April 14, 2026Assignee: IHI CorporationInventors: Haruki Eguchi, Akihiro Nomura, Natsuki Yoneyama, Hiroo Takahashi, Osamu Harasaki, Hiroki Yoshizawa, Isao Nakanowatari
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Patent number: 12580124Abstract: A grain boundary diffusion method for a bulk rare earth permanent magnetic material includes the following steps: (1) fabricating an initial magnet by a sintering, hot pressing, or hot deformation process; (2) loading a grain boundary diffusion alloy source on a surface of the magnet through electrodeposition, chemical vapor deposition (CVD), physical vapor deposition (PVD), direct physical contact, or adhesive bonding; and (3) placing the initial magnet loaded with the grain boundary diffusion alloy source in a SPS device, and heating to obtain a final magnet. The current, plasma, and pressure in an SPS process can be controlled to significantly improve elemental diffusion coefficient and enhance the diffusion depth. The bulk rare earth permanent magnetic material undergoing grain boundary diffusion fabricated in the present disclosure has a significant increase in magnetic properties that catering to commercial demands for industrial production.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2022Date of Patent: March 17, 2026Assignees: ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY, ZHEJIANG INNUOVO MAGNETICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Jiaying Jin, Mi Yan, Zhonghua Wei, Dongliang Zhao, Yongming Tao
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Patent number: 12565689Abstract: Disclosed is a ferritic stainless steel having improved magnetization including, in percent by weight (wt %), 0.01% or less (excluding 0) of C, 0.003% or less (excluding 0) of N, 15 to 18% of Cr, 0.3 to 1.0% of Mn, 0.2 to 0.3% of Si, 0.005% or less (excluding 0) of Al, 0.005% or less (excluding 0) of Ti, and the balance of Fe and inevitable impurities, and satisfying the following equation, (Ti+Al+8*(C+N)/Mn)?0.3??Equation (1): (wherein Ti, Al, C, N, and Mn denote amounts (wt %) of the respective elements).Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2020Date of Patent: March 3, 2026Assignee: POSCOInventors: Kye-Man Lee, Hyung-Gu Kang
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Patent number: 12540385Abstract: A metal plate used for manufacturing a deposition mask has a thickness of equal to or less than 30 ?m. An average cross-sectional area of the crystals grains on a cross section of the metal plate is from 0.5 ?m2 to 50 ?m2. The average cross-sectional area of crystal grains is calculated by analyzing measurement results obtained by an EBSD method, the measuring results being analyzed by an area method under conditions where a portion with a difference in crystal orientation of 5 degrees or more is recognized as a crystal grain boundary.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2021Date of Patent: February 3, 2026Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Chikao Ikenaga, Chiaki Hatsuta, Hiroki Oka, Sachiyo Matsuura, Hideyuki Okamoto, Masato Ushikusa
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Patent number: 12515254Abstract: A process for manufacturing an additively-manufactured part from a metal powder having a composition having the following elements, expressed in content by weight: 6%?Ni?14%, 5%?Cr?10%, 0.5%?Si?2.5%, 0.5%?Ti?2%, C?0.04% and optionally containing 0.5%?Cu?2%, the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities resulting from the elaboration, the metal powder having a microstructure including in area fraction more than 98% of a body-centered cubic crystalline phase, the process having a step during which at least a part of the metal powder is melted in an atmosphere substantially composed of an inert gas other than Argon or of a combination of inert gases other than Argon.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2019Date of Patent: January 6, 2026Assignee: ArcelorMittalInventors: Ana Martinez Suarez, Laura Moli, Laura Del Rio Fernandez, Nele Van Steenberge, Lode Duprez
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Patent number: 12438121Abstract: Methods for die attachment of multichip and single components may involve printing a sintering paste on a substrate or on the back side of a die. Printing may involve stencil printing, screen printing, or a dispensing process. Paste may be printed on the back side of an entire wafer prior to dicing, or on the back side of an individual die. Sintering films may also be fabricated and transferred to a wafer, die or substrate. A post-sintering step may increase throughput.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2016Date of Patent: October 7, 2025Assignee: ALPHA ASSEMBLY SOLUTIONS INC.Inventors: Oscar Khaselev, Bawa Singh, Bin Mo, Michael T. Marczi, Monnir Boureghda
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Patent number: 12427572Abstract: A method for the powder metallurgical production of a component may include providing a mould, filling a first metallurgical powder into the mould such that an outer contact surface of the first metallurgical powder in the mould forms an angle of 55° to 65° with an axis of a future green product, and filling a second metallurgical powder that is distinct from the first metallurgical powder into the mould such that the second metallurgical powder adjoins the outer contact surface of the first metallurgical powder. The method may also include producing the green product out of the first metallurgical powder and the second metallurgical powder, and sintering the green product to produce the component.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2021Date of Patent: September 30, 2025Assignee: Mahle International GmbHInventors: Heiko Grueneberg, Alexander Jakob, Klaus Wintrich
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Patent number: 12365028Abstract: A metallic part is disclosed. The part may comprise a functionally graded monolithic structure characterized by a variation between a first material composition of a tubular preform and a second material composition of at least one of a secondary structural element wherein each of the first material composition and the second material composition comprises at least one of a titanium metal or an alloy of titanium. The first material composition may comprise an alpha-beta titanium alloy. The second material composition may comprise a beta titanium alloy.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2022Date of Patent: July 22, 2025Assignee: GOODRICH CORPORATIONInventors: Noel C. Haynes, Roque Panza-Giosa, Sergey Mironets
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Patent number: 12325067Abstract: Method for manufacturing an aluminium alloy part by additive manufacturing that includes a step in which a layer of a mixture of powders is locally melted then solidified, wherein the mixture of powders includes: first particles that include at least 80 wt. % aluminium and up to 20 wt. % one or more additional elements, and second particles of ZrSi2, the mixture of powders including 1.8 wt. % to 4 wt. % second particles.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2021Date of Patent: June 10, 2025Assignee: COMMISSARIAT À L'ÉNERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ÉNERGIES ALTERNATIVESInventors: Mathieu Opprecht, Jean-Paul Garandet, Guilhem Roux
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Patent number: 12283411Abstract: After a first heat treatment step, an ambient temperature of a stack is held so that the stack is kept in a temperature range that allows the stack to be crystallized by heating the end of the stack to a second temperature range in the second heat treatment step; and a following expression (1) is satisfied, where Q1 represents an amount of heat required to heat the stack to the first temperature range in the first heat treatment step, Q2 represents an amount of heat that is applied to the stack when heating the end of the stack to the second temperature range in the second heat treatment step, Q3 represents an amount of heat that is released during crystallization of the stack, and Q4 represents an amount of heat required to heat the entire stack to the crystallization start temperature Q1+Q2+Q3>Q4??(1).Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2019Date of Patent: April 22, 2025Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yu Takanezawa, Tomohiro Takao, Hideki Manabe, Shinichi Hiramatsu, Kensuke Komori
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Patent number: 12246377Abstract: The present disclosure is drawn to powder bed materials. The powder bed material can include from 20 wt % to 95 wt % of a large particulate metal and from 5 wt % to 80 wt % of a small particulate metal. The large particulate metal can have a D50 particle size distribution value ranging from 20 ?m to 100 ?m and an average aspect ratio from 1:1 to 1.1:1. The small particulate metal can have a D50 particle size distribution value ranging from 1 ?m to 15 ?m and an average aspect ratio from greater than 1.1 to 2.1.Type: GrantFiled: January 2, 2018Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Krzysztof Nauka, Seongsik Chang
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Patent number: 12227818Abstract: A method of producing an amorphous alloy ribbon having a composition of Fe100-a-bBaSibCc (13.0 atom %?a?16.0 atom %, 2.5 atom %?b?5.0 atom %, 0.20 atom %?c?0.35 atom %, and 79.0 atom %?(100-a-b)?83.0 atom %) includes: preparing an alloy ribbon; and, in a state in which the alloy ribbon is tensioned with a tensile stress of from 5 MPa to 100 MPa, increasing a temperature of the alloy ribbon to from 410° C. to 480° C., at an average temperature increase rate of from 50° C./sec to less than 800° C./sec, and decreasing a temperature of the thus heated alloy ribbon to a temperature of a heat transfer medium for temperature-decreasing, at an average temperature decrease rate of from 120° C./sec to less than 600° C./sec, wherein the temperature increase and decrease are performed by contacting the traveling alloy ribbon with a heat transfer medium.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2018Date of Patent: February 18, 2025Assignees: Proterial, Ltd., Metglas, Inc.Inventors: Daichi Azuma, Naoki Ito
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Patent number: 12217907Abstract: A rare-earth magnet and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The method includes: preparing Sm—Fe—N magnetic powder; preparing reforming material powder containing metallic zinc; mixing the magnetic powder and the reforming material powder to obtain mixed powder; subjecting the mixed powder to compression molding in a magnetic field to obtain a magnetic-field molded body; subjecting the magnetic-field molded body to pressure sintering to obtain a sintered body; and subjecting the sintered body to heat treatment. A content proportion of the metallic zinc in the reforming material powder is 10 to 30% by mass with respect to the mixed powder. When a temperature and time in conditions for the heat treatment are defined as x° C. and y hours, respectively, the formulas y??0.32x+136 and 350?x?410 are met.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2021Date of Patent: February 4, 2025Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, NICHIA CORPORATIONInventors: Masaaki Ito, Daisuke Ichigozaki, Noritsugu Sakuma, Akihito Kinoshita, Michiya Kume, Hisashi Maehara