Patents Examined by Xiaobei Wang
  • Patent number: 11786969
    Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a sliding member formed by impregnating a porous base member made of a bronze-based alloy with a resin material, the sliding member including a sliding surface where both the porous base member and the resin material are exposed, the method including: a step of preparing a back metal layer; a porous base member formation step of forming the porous base member by depositing particles of the bronze-based alloy on a surface of the back metal layer and sintering the particles; an impregnation step of impregnating the porous base member with the resin material; a deformation step of deforming an end edge of the back metal layer in a direction away from the sliding surface; and a cutting step of cutting the porous base member impregnated with the resin material to form the sliding surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: DAIDO METAL COMPANY LTD.
    Inventors: Ayako Yamamoto, Yoshifumi Ito, Norihito Watanabe, Hirotaka Inoue, Akihiro Matsuoka
  • Patent number: 11780013
    Abstract: An optical mount part having a body that includes a composite of a titanium-zirconium-niobium alloy. The titanium-niobium-zirconium alloy includes titanium, about 13.5 to about 14.5 wt. % zirconium, and about 18 to about 19 weight % (wt. %) niobium. The titanium-niobium-zirconium alloy has a congruent melting temperature of about 1750 to about 1800° Celsius (° C.).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: RAYTHEON COMPANY
    Inventors: Sunder S. Rajan, Keith Carrigan, Kurt S. Ketola
  • Patent number: 11761071
    Abstract: Provided is a beryllium copper alloy bonded body including a first member made of a beryllium copper alloy and a second member made of a beryllium copper alloy, wherein the first member and the second member are bonded to each other via the nickel layer having a thickness of 8 ?m or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignees: NGK INSULATORS, LTD., Tatsuno Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro Ishikawa, Takenori Ichigi, Tsutomu Otaki
  • Patent number: 11762338
    Abstract: A non-magnetic watch component (1) comprising a substrate (4) made of a copper alloy, wherein at least one part of the substrate (4) has a surface layer (5) including CuxTiy intermetallics, and a method for manufacturing this watch component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Nivarox-FAR S.A.
    Inventor: Christian Charbon
  • Patent number: 11761065
    Abstract: A tungsten wire is a tungsten wire containing tungsten or a tungsten alloy, a diameter of the tungsten wire is at most 100 ?m, and a total number of torsional rotations to breakage per length of 50 mm of the tungsten wire is greater than or equal to 250×exp(?0.026×D) when a tension that is 50% of a breakage tension of the tungsten wire is applied as a load, D denoting the diameter of the tungsten wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Kanazawa, Naoki Kohyama, Yoshihiro Iguchi, Yui Nakai
  • Patent number: 11738412
    Abstract: An electrical assembly includes an electrical connector soldered to a conductive pad disposed on a glass surface by a solder alloy consisting essentially of 17% to 28% indium by weight, 12% to 20% zinc by weight, 1% to 6% silver by weight, 1% to 3% copper by weight, and a remaining weight of the solder alloy being tin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: APTIV TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
    Inventors: Stephen C. Antaya, William Falk, Justin Amalfitano, Amit Datta
  • Patent number: 11742141
    Abstract: A metal magnetic particle provided with an oxide layer on a surface of an alloy particle containing Fe and Si. The oxide layer has a first oxide layer, a second oxide layer, and a third oxide layer from a side of the alloy particle. All of the first oxide layer, the second oxide layer, and the third oxide layer contain Si. Also, in line analysis of element content by using a scanning transmission electron microscope-energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, the first oxide layer is a layer having Fe content smaller than Si content in the alloy particle, the second oxide layer is a layer having Fe content larger than the Si content in the alloy particle, and the third oxide layer is a layer having Fe content smaller than the Si content in the alloy particle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takuya Ishida, Makoto Yamamoto, Katsutoshi Uji, Yuya Ishida, Mitsuru Odahara
  • Patent number: 11732332
    Abstract: A nickel-base alloy welding material according to an embodiment comprises: Cr (chromium) larger than 30.0% and less than or equal to 36.0% by mass; C (carbon) less than or equal to 0.050% by mass; Fe (iron) larger than or equal to 1.00% and less than or equal to 3.00% by mass; Si (silicon) less than or equal to 0.50% by mass; Nb (niobium)+Ta (tantalum) less than or equal to 3.00% by mass; Ti (titanium) less than or equal to 0.70% by mass; Mn (manganese) larger than or equal to 0.10% and less than or equal to 3.50% by mass; Cu (copper) less than or equal to 0.5% by mass, and a remainder is Ni and unavoidable impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshinori Katayama, Wataru Kono, Minoru Obata, Yasuo Morishima, Takahiro Hayashi, Yumiko Abe, Daiki Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11732363
    Abstract: A coated substrate includes a coating, wherein the coating includes, starting from the substrate in this order: a. a layer of diamond-like carbon, b. a metallic multi-ply layer, wherein the metallic multi-ply layer contains b1) tin and at least one alloying element for tin, or b2) magnesium and at least one alloying element for magnesium, wherein the metallic multi-ply layer is formed from two, three, or more plies, wherein one or more plies contain tin and one or more plies made of at least one alloying element for tin selected from antimony, copper, lead, silver, indium, gallium and/or germanium, are arranged alternatingly, or wherein one or more plies contain magnesium and one or more plies made of at least one alloying element for magnesium selected from aluminum, bismuth, manganese, copper, cadmium, iron, strontium, zirconium, thorium, lithium, nickel, lead, silver, chromium, silicon, tin, gadolinium, yttrium, calcium and/or antimony, are arranged alternatingly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Julian Lingner, Jan Hagen, Norbert Huhn, Julie Ruff
  • Patent number: 11713513
    Abstract: To provide a surface-treated steel sheet for battery containers excellent in workability while maintaining battery characteristics and liquid leakage resistance, and a manufacturing method thereof. A surface-treated steel sheet for battery containers according to the present invention includes a Ni—Co—Fe-based diffusion alloy plating layer on at least one surface of a base steel sheet, in which the diffusion alloy plating layer is consisted of a Ni—Fe alloy layer and a Ni—Co—Fe alloy layer, which are arranged sequentially from the base steel sheet side, the diffusion alloy plating layer has a Ni coating weight within a range of 3.0 g/m2 or more and less than 8.74 g/m2 and a Co coating weight within a range of 0.26 g/m2 or more and 1.6 g/m2 or less, with a total of the Ni coating weight and the Co coating weight being less than 9.0 g/m2, when a surface of the diffusion alloy plating layer is analyzed by an X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, Co: 19.5 to 60%, Fe: 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mamoru Saito, Takehiro Takahashi, Kiyokazu Ishizuka
  • Patent number: 11707783
    Abstract: A manufacturing facility of a sintered product according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes: a molding apparatus configured to press-mold raw material powder containing metal powder to fabricate powder compacts; a marking apparatus configured to mark a product ID including a serial number on each of the powder compacts; a batch processing apparatus configured to perform a predetermined batch process on intermediate materials which are the powder compacts or sintered articles of the powder compacts; a reader apparatus configured to read the product ID of each of the intermediate materials loaded in a batch case of the batch processing apparatus; and a server apparatus configured to communicate with the apparatuses. The server apparatus includes: a communication unit configured to receive a read value of the product ID from the reader apparatus; and a control unit configured to specify a load position of each of the intermediate materials in the batch case based on the received read value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC SINTERED ALLOY, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Terai, Masayuki Tauchi, Kenji Nawachi, Naoto Igarashi
  • Patent number: 11705250
    Abstract: A magnetic shielding material includes a material comprising manganese bismuth (MnBi) and tungsten (W), where a ratio of MnBi:W is in a range of 50:50 to about 70:30. A radiation shielding product includes a part including manganese bismuth (MnBi) and tungsten (W), and a plurality of layers having a defined thickness in a z-direction, wherein each layer extends along an x-y plane perpendicular to the z-direction. At least some of the plurality of layers form a functional gradient in the z-direction and/or along the x-y plane, and the functional gradient is defined by a first layer comprising a ratio of MnBi:W being less than 100:0 and an nth layer above the first layer comprising a ratio of MnBi:W greater than 0:100.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignees: Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC, American Ceramic Technology
    Inventors: Scott McCall, Richard Culbertson
  • Patent number: 11691227
    Abstract: A solid wire for electroslag welding, including Fe and, by mass % based on a total mass of the wire: C: more than 0% and 0.03% or less; Si: more than 0% and 0.10% or less; Mn: more than 0% and 0.25% or less; Ni: 10.5%-14.0%; S: more than 0% and 0.010% or less; Al: more than 0% and 0.250% or less; REM: 0.002%-0.080%; and O: more than 0% and 0.0090% or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidenori Nako, Tomoko Sugimura, Keito Ishizaki, Yoshihiko Kitagawa
  • Patent number: 11685979
    Abstract: Disclosed is a new diffusion-bonded powder consisting of an iron powder having 1-5%, preferably 1.5-4% and most preferably 1.5-3.5% by weight of copper particles diffusion bonded to the surfaces of the iron powder particles. The new diffusion bonded powder is suitable for producing components having high sintered density and minimum variation in copper content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: HÖGANÄS AB (PUBL)
    Inventors: Caroline Larsson, Ulf Engström, Christophe Szabo
  • Patent number: 11685982
    Abstract: An improved atomized powder metal material containing an increased amount of free graphite after heat treatment and/or sintering is provided. The powder metal material is typically a ferrous alloy and includes carbon in an amount of 1.0 wt. % to 6.5 wt. % and silicon in an amount of 0.1 wt. % to 6.0 wt. %, based on the total weight of the powder metal material. The powder metal material can also include various other alloying elements, for example at least one of nickel (Ni), cobalt (Co), copper (Cu), tin (Sn), aluminum (Al), sulfur (S), phosphorous (P), boron (B), nitrogen (N), chromium (Cr), manganese (Mn), molybdenum (Mo), vanadium (V), niobium (Nb), tungsten (W), titanium (Ti), tantalum (Ta) zirconium (Zr), zinc (Zn), strontium (Sr), calcium (Ca), barium (Ba) magnesium (Mg), lithium (Li), sodium (Na), and potassium (K).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignees: Tenneco Inc., Le Corporation de L'Ecole Polytechnique De Montreal
    Inventors: Mathieu Boisvert, Gilles L'Esperance, Philippe Beaulieu, Denis B. Christopherson, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11674195
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an ultra-high-strength plated steel sheet and a method for molding the same, and more particularly, to an ultra-high-strength plated steel sheet having high tensile strength without the occurrence of plating peeling and hydrogen delayed fracture phenomenon during roll forming molding, and a method for molding the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hyuck-Min Kwon
  • Patent number: 11674221
    Abstract: Disclosed are barrier coatings for fused silica components used in semiconductor processing. In particular, the present disclosure concerns protective substrate-barrier coatings composed of corrosion-resilient metal compounds which provide superior resistance to erosion/corrosion when a coated substrate is subjected to the acidic environments at elevated temperatures typical for semiconductor processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignees: CONAX TECHNOLOGIES, Alfred University
    Inventors: Matthew M. Hall, Timothy Keenan, Lana Margaret Placek, Scott Michael Kroon, William Sean Halligan, Michael Edward Ferraro
  • Patent number: 11674210
    Abstract: An abradable powder composition is includes a metal component, a lubricant component, and a polymer component. A portion of the metal component is wrapped in the lubricant component to achieve high lubricity and abradability. The abradable powder composition can be used to form an abradable seal coating provided for use in a turbo machinery having a housing and a wheel having multiple blades. The housing houses the wheel which rotates therein. The seal coating is formed on the inner walls of housing adjacent where the wheel blades pass during their rotation. When the wheel is rotated such that the blades contact the seal coating, it is abraded to form a close fit gap. The abradable seal coating preferably does not produce significant wear of the blade tips or transfer abradable material significantly to the blade tips upon being abraded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Metal Improvement Company, LLC
    Inventors: Xinqing Ma, Richard Bajan, Peter F. Ruggiero
  • Patent number: 11667996
    Abstract: A solid aluminum-fiber composite comprising: (i) an aluminum-containing matrix comprising elemental aluminum; (ii) coated or uncoated fibers embedded within said aluminum-containing matrix, wherein said fibers have a different composition than said aluminum-containing matrix and impart additional strength to said aluminum-containing matrix as compared to said aluminum-containing matrix in the absence of said fibers embedded therein; and (iii) an intermetallic layer present as an interface between each of said fibers and the aluminum-containing matrix, wherein said intermetallic layer has a composition different from said aluminum-containing matrix and said fibers, and said intermetallic layer contains at least one element that is also present in the aluminum-containing matrix and at least one element present in the fibers, whether from the coated or interior portion of the fibers. Methods of producing the above-described composite are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignees: UT-Battelle, LLC, Eck Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Orlando Rios, Michael S. Kesler, Zachary C. Sims, Edgar Lara-Curzio, David Weiss
  • Patent number: 11669048
    Abstract: A watch component includes a metal material obtained by performing a nitrogen absorption treatment on a base material, the base material being a ferritic stainless steel that contains, by mass %, 18 to 22% of Cr, 1.3 to 2.8% of Mo, 0.05 to 0.50% of Nb, less than 0.5% of Ni, less than 0.8% of Mn, less than 0.5% of Si, less than 0.10% of P, less than 0.05% of S, less than 0.05% of N, and less than 0.05% of C, with a remainder thereof being composed of Fe and an unavoidable impurity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Inventor: Koki Takasawa