Patents Examined by Weiping Zhu
  • Patent number: 11035249
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a gas turbine engine element, for example a shroud segment. An insert has at least one elongated feature received in a mold cavity. A powder injection molding feedstock is injected. When the green part is disengaged from the mold, each elongated feature is slid out of the green part to define a respective elongated passage. The cross-sectional dimension of the elongated feature may be 0.020 inches or less, and/or a ratio between the length and cross-sectional dimension of the elongated feature may be at least 25. The method may include, after debinding and sintering, projecting a coating material while defining an obstruction between source of coating material and the open end of each elongated feature with a shoulder of the element to prevent the coating material from reaching the open end, followed by machining to remove at least a part of the shoulder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.
    Inventors: Marc Campomanes, Orlando Scalzo, Bruno Chatelois
  • Patent number: 11027368
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an object by additive manufacturing is provided. The method includes lowering a build platform having a given layer of build material to powder provided on a window. The powder is irradiated to form a subsequent layer that corresponds to the given layer. The method then includes solidifying the subsequent layer, and raising the build platform and the subsequent layer away from the window. The steps are repeated until the desired object is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Todd Jay Rockstroh, William Thomas Carter
  • Patent number: 11020802
    Abstract: A method of forming monodispersed metal nanowires comprising; forming a reaction mixture including a metal salt, a capping agent and an ionic additive in a polar solvent at a first temperature; and forming metal nanowires by reducing the metal salt in the reaction mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Cambrios Film Solutions Corporation
    Inventor: Pierre-Marc Allemand
  • Patent number: 11021777
    Abstract: A triple-phase stainless steel and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The triple-phase stainless steel includes a ferrite phase formed in a central region, an austenite phase formed in an outermost region comprising a surface, and a martensite phase formed between the ferrite phase and the austenite phase. Thus, a triple-phase stainless steel having excellent corrosion resistance, high strength, and high toughness may be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: POSCO
    Inventor: Jung Hyun Kong
  • Patent number: 11014200
    Abstract: The invention concerns a brazing sheet comprising a core layer (5) and a braze cladding, said core layer (5) being aluminium or an aluminium alloy, said braze cladding comprising (a) a flux composite layer (2), which flux composite layer comprises a matrix of aluminium or an aluminium alloy, said matrix containing flux particles; (b) at least one filler alloy layer (1) not containing flux particles; and, (c) an aluminium or aluminium alloy layer (3) not containing flux particles, said layer forming the outermost surface of at least one side of the brazing sheet, wherein the flux composite layer (a) is positioned between said filler alloy layer (b) and said aluminium or aluminium alloy layer (c). The invention further concerns a method for its manufacturing, a cladding plate, use of the brazing sheet and a brazed heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Gränges AB
    Inventors: Stefan Nilsson, Roger Svensson, Richard Westergård, Torkel Stenqvist
  • Patent number: 11007609
    Abstract: A brazing sheet brazing suitable for brazing performed in an inert gas atmosphere or in a vacuum without using a flux includes a filler layered on a core. The core is composed of an aluminum alloy containing 0.20-1.3 mass % Mg. The filler is composed of an aluminum alloy containing Si: 6.0-13.0 mass % Si, 0.0040-0.070 mass % Bi, and 0.051-0.10 mass % Mg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: UACJ CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasunaga Itoh, Tomoki Yamayoshi
  • Patent number: 11011691
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound containing at least germanium, tellurium, bismuth and copper as constituent elements, wherein the longest axis of ubiquitous bismuth crystals and copper crystals is less than 2.0 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Satoshi Shimano, Yasujiro Taguchi, Yoshinori Tokura
  • Patent number: 11002390
    Abstract: A fuel fitting assembly includes a monolithic fuel fitting formed by additive manufacturing. The fitting includes a first end, a second end, a conduit extending axially through the fitting from the first end to the second end, and a first sealing element. The first end is to be connected to a fuel line. The second end is to be connected to a device requiring or providing fuel. The first sealing element includes a sealing seat circumferentially surrounding the conduit at the second end of the fitting. The fuel fitting is integrally formed as a stack of layers of material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
    Inventor: Meggan Harris
  • Patent number: 10995389
    Abstract: A composition for sintering to fabricate a part comprising an alloy based on titanium aluminide, the composition including a powder of an alloy based on titanium aluminide, and an addition powder including a mixture of a metallic aluminum powder and of a metallic titanium powder. The composition includes 0.5% to 5% by weight of addition powder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Stéphane Knittel, Guillaume Fribourg
  • Patent number: 10989066
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an abradable coating for a turbine engine part, characterized by the fact that said coating includes a layer made of an abradable material, the surface asperities of which are filled with thermally bonded ceramic grains, forming a smooth, free surface having a low roughness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Michael Podgorski, Philippe Charles Alain Le Biez, Ludovic Edmond Camille Molliex, Serge Selezneff
  • Patent number: 10982306
    Abstract: A powder material for an additive manufacturing process and a method of manufacturing a three-dimensional article via an additive manufacturing process. The powder material comprises an iron-based alloy including alloying elements of carbon (C) and copper (Cu). The iron-based alloy may be formulated to achieve a precipitation strengthened microstructure comprising a lath martensite matrix phase and a Cu precipitate phase. The iron-based alloy may have a Cu weight fraction and a nickel (Ni) weight fraction, and the Ni weight fraction may be less than the Cu weight fraction of the iron-based alloy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Andrew C. Bobel, Anil K. Sachdev, Tyson W. Brown
  • Patent number: 10975460
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a steel powder having a composition containing, in mass %, 0.10?C<0.25, 0.005?Si?0.600, 2.00?Cr?6.00, ?0.0125×[Cr]+0.125?Mn??0.100×[Cr]+1.800 in which the [Cr] represents the value of Cr content in mass %, 0.01?Mo?1.80, ?0.00447×[Mo]+0.010?V??0.1117×[Mo]+0.901 in which the [Mo] represents the value of Mo content in mass %, 0.0002?N?0.3000, and the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: DAIDO STEEL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masamichi Kawano
  • Patent number: 10953372
    Abstract: Zeolite membrane sheets for separation of mixtures containing water are provided, as well as methods for making the same. Thin, but robust, zeolite membrane sheets having an inter-grown zeolite crystal film directly on a thin, less than 200 micron thick, porous support sheet free of any surface pores with a size above 10 microns. The zeolite membrane film thickness is less than about 10 microns above the support surface and less than about 5 microns below the support surface. Methods of preparing the membrane are disclosed which include coating of the support sheet surface with a seed coating solution containing the parent zeolite crystals with mean particle sizes from about 0.5 to 2.0 microns at loading of 0.05-0.5 mg/cm2 and subsequent growth of the seeded sheet in a growth reactor loaded with a growth solution over a temperature range of about 45° C. to about 120° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Battelle Memorial Institute
    Inventor: Wei Liu
  • Patent number: 10948121
    Abstract: A super-long thermal insulation steel jacket pipe and a machining process for making such a pipe are provided. The pipe is designed to exhibit good thermal insulation performance and corrosion resistance. An annular cavity of the pipe is in a vacuum state, and the pipe is internally provided with a support frame and filled with a phase change material. When the pipe is used for underground energy exploitation, temperature in a working steel pipe in the pipe can be effectively kept unaffected when external temperature decreases. The steel jacket pipe has long service life, and can greatly reduce costs of exploitation of petroleum and/or of an underground heat source, such as by reducing a heat loss in exploitation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: SHINDA (TANGSHAN) CREATIVE OIL & GAS EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shujun Zhang, Bin Zheng, Jianliang Duan, Jian Dong, Yueqing Lin, Xiang Liu, Fengshou Shangguan
  • Patent number: 10927869
    Abstract: Welding methods and welded joints for improving corrosion resistance of the joint between a plurality of high-strength aluminum alloy structural members are described herein. An example method can include applying a first weld at a junction between the plurality of high-strength aluminum alloy structural members using a first filler metal, and applying a second weld on at least a portion of a toe of the first weld using a second filler metal. The second weld can be applied using a fusion welding process (e.g., an arc welding process or a high energy beam welding process). Additionally, the secondary weld can alter a secondary phase of the first weld.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: OHIO STATE INNOVATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Wei Zhang, Tyler Borchers
  • Patent number: 10927439
    Abstract: Disclosed is an austenitic stainless steel alloy that includes or consists of, by weight, about 24% to about 26% chromium, about 11% to about 13% nickel, about 4.5% to about 5.5% manganese, about 1.3% to about 1.7% silicon, about 1.2% to about 1.6% niobium, about 0.40% to about 0.50% carbon, about 0.2% to about 0.4% nitrogen, and a balance of iron with inevitable/unavoidable impurities. The alloy is suitable for use in turbocharger turbine applications for temperatures up to about 1050° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: GARRETT TRANSPORTATION I INC
    Inventors: Balasubramani Nandagopal, Marc Wilson
  • Patent number: 10919218
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and program for calibrating an additive manufacturing apparatus. In one aspect, a method is disclosed for calibrating an additive manufacturing apparatus. The method includes forming a first solidified portion within a first scan region, wherein the solidified portion within the first scan region is formed by irradiating a build material while a build unit is in a first location. The method further includes forming a second solidified portion within a second scan region, wherein the second solidified portion within the second scan region is formed by irradiating a build material while a build unit is in a second location different from said first location. An alignment of the additive manufacturing apparatus determined based on the detected alignment of the first solidified portion and the second solidified portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Justin Mamrak, Zachary Fieldman
  • Patent number: 10913132
    Abstract: A solder composition contains: flux composition containing (A) rosin-based resin, (B) activator, and (C) solvent; and (D): solder powder with a melting point of 200 to 250 degrees C. The component (A) contains (A1) rosin-based resin with a softening point of 120 degrees C. or more and an acid number of 220 mgKOH/g or more and (A2) rosin-based resin with a softening point of 100 degrees C. or less and an acid number of 20 mgKOH/g or less. The component (C) contains (C1) hexanediol solvent with a melting point of 40 degrees C. or more and a boiling point of 220 degrees C. or less and (C2) solvent with a viscosity of 10 mPa·s or less at 20 degrees C. and a boiling point of 270 degrees C. or more. A content of the component (A1) ranges from 15 to 25 mass % with respect to the flux composition (100 mass %).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: TAMURA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Yamashita, Jun Aoki, Shinichi Usukura, Satoshi Okumura
  • Patent number: 10906137
    Abstract: A solder composition of the invention contains solder powders and a flux composition. The flux composition contains (A) a resin and (B) an activator. The (B) component contains (B1) an organic acid, and (B2) a pyridine compound represented by a formula (1) below. A chlorine concentration is 900 mass ppm or less, a bromine concentration is 900 mass ppm or less, an iodine concentration is 900 mass ppm or less and a total halogen concentration is 1500 mass ppm or less in the solder composition. In the formula (1), X1, X2 and X3 are the same or different, each of X1, X2 and X3 representing a hydrogen atom, a hydroxyl group, a methyl group, an ethyl group or a propyl group, and all of X1, X2 and X3 are not simultaneously hydrogen atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: TAMURA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shoichi Nakaji, Daiki Amino, Hiro Einishi
  • Patent number: 10899940
    Abstract: Disclosed herein as a printing method and system which includes providing a substrate and depositing an interlayer composition including a polymer selected from the group of epoxy resins, polyvinyl phenols and poly(melamine-co-formaldehyde) and an interlayer composition solvent on the substrate. The interlayer composition is cured to form cured interlayer. A conductive metal ink composition is deposited on the cured interlayer and the conductive metal ink composition is cured to form a solid metal trace on the cured interlayer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Naveen Chopra, Chad Smithson, Kurt Halfyard, Gail Song, Michelle Chretien