Patents Examined by Xiaowei Su
  • Patent number: 12629747
    Abstract: A method for producing a dual-phase steel strip in a system having a finish-rolling train with a first stand group that includes at least one first finish-rolling stand, and a second stand group that includes at least one stand cooler. The system has a cooling section that includes a first cooling section group and a second cooling section group. Immediately following finish-rolling of a finish-rolled strip, the finish-rolled strip is fed to the second stand group, and force-cooled to a second exit temperature (TA2) so that upon exiting the second stand group the strip has a predominantly austenitic structure. Once the force-cooling stops, a ferritic and austenitic structure forms in the finish-rolled strip during transport. The finish-rolled strip is force-cooled to a fourth exit temperature (TA4) in the second cooling section group so that, upon exiting, the finish-rolled strip has a dual-phase structure composed of martensite and ferrite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2026
    Assignee: Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH
    Inventors: Kerstin Baumgartner, Heinz Fürst, Simon Grosseiber, Thomas Lengauer, Gero Schwarz
  • Patent number: 12633451
    Abstract: The production method for a rare-earth sintered magnet according to the present disclosure comprises: a step for producing a molded article by compression-molding a slurry containing a rare-earth element-containing alloy powder and a dispersion medium using a wet-molding device; and a step for sintering the molded article. When the slurry is being poured into the inside of a space forming a cavity of the wet-molding device, a magnetic field is not applied. By pressing of the slurry, the dispersion medium contained in the slurry starts to be removed from the inside of the space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2026
    Assignee: PROTERIAL, LTD.
    Inventor: Takashi Tsukada
  • Patent number: 12626844
    Abstract: The method includes slab-heating a steel slab to a temperature of higher than a ?-phase precipitation temperature and 1380° C. or lower, subjecting the steel slab to rough rolling including at least two passes of rolling at a predetermined temperature with an introduced sheet thickness true strain ?t of 0.50 or more and to finish rolling with a rolling finish temperature of 900° C. or higher to obtain a hot-rolled sheet, cooling the hot-rolled sheet for 1 second or longer at a cooling rate of 70° C./s or higher within 2 seconds after finish rolling, coiling the sheet at a coiling temperature of 600° C. or lower, performing hot-rolled sheet annealing for soaking at a predetermined soaking temperature, and then performing cold rolling, primary recrystallization annealing, and secondary recrystallization annealing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2026
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigehiro Takajo, Hiroi Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 12624431
    Abstract: A magnetic body of the coil component contains, as soft magnetic alloy grains, first grains whose alloy components are substantially Fe, Si, and Cr, and second grains which contain, as alloy components, Fe, Si, and an element other than Si or Cr that oxidizes more easily than Fe; the first grains have, on their surface, an amorphous oxide film containing Si and Cr; the second grains have, on their surface, a crystalline oxide layer containing the element other than Si or Cr that oxidizes more easily than Fe; and the crystalline oxide forms adhesion parts, each contacting a multiple number of the first grains via the amorphous oxide film thereof and coupling or bridging the multiple number of the first grains. The coil component can offer improved mechanical strength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2026
    Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoko Orimo, Tomoo Kashiwa
  • Patent number: 12624410
    Abstract: A steel sheet with a tensile strength (TS) of 780 MPa or more and less than 1180 MPa, a member, and a method for producing them. In a region of the steel sheet within 4.9 ?m in the thickness direction, a region with a Si concentration not more than one-third of the Si concentration in the chemical composition of the steel sheet and with a Mn concentration not more than one-third of the Mn concentration in the chemical composition of the steel sheet has a thickness of 1.0 ?m or more. The lowest Si concentration LSi and the lowest Mn concentration LMn in the region within 4.9 ?m from the surface of the steel sheet and a Si concentration TSi and a Mn concentration TMn at a quarter thickness position of the steel sheet satisfy the following formula (1): LSi+LMn?(TSi+TMn)/4??(1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2026
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiyasu Kawasaki, Lingling Yang, Shotaro Terashima, Hidekazu Minami, Tatsuya Nakagaito, Shunsuke Yamamoto, Katsuya Hoshino, Yuki Takeda
  • Patent number: 12624430
    Abstract: The iron alloy particle is a particle including an iron alloy. The particle includes multiple mixed-phase particles, each including nanocrystals of 10 nm or more and 100 nm or less (i.e., from 10 nm to 100 nm) in crystallite size and an amorphous phase; and a grain boundary layer between the mixed-phase particles. Also, the iron alloy has a composition containing Fe, Si, P, B, C, and Cu.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2026
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Manabu Nakano
  • Patent number: 12624432
    Abstract: A metal powder having a composition including the following elements, expressed in content by weight: 6.5%?Si?10%, 4.5%?Nb?10%, 0.2%?B?2.0%, 0.2%?Cu?2.0%, C?2% and optionally containing Ni?10 wt % and/or Co?10 wt % and/or Cr?7 wt % and/or Zr as a substitute for any part of Nb on a one-to-one basis and/or Mo as a substitute for any part of Nb on a one-to-one basis and/or P as a substitute for any part of Si on a one-to-one basis, the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities resulting from the elaboration, the metal powder having a microstructure including at least 5% in area fraction of an amorphous phase, the balance being made of crystalline ferritic phases with a grain size below 20 ?m and possible precipitates, the metal powder having a mean sphericity SPHT of at least 0.80.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2026
    Assignee: ArcelorMittal
    Inventors: Manuel Sanchez Poncela, Nele Van Steenberge, Florencia Gatti, Sandra Rodriguez
  • Patent number: 12612686
    Abstract: Provided is a steel comprising the following chemical composition in percentage by mass: 0.150-0.250% of C, 0.10-0.50% of Si, 0.60-1.50% of Mn, 0.30-1.20% of Cr, 0.20-0.80% of Mo, 2.00-4.00% of Ni, 0-0.10% of Nb, 0.0010-0.0050% of B, 0-0.12% of V, 0.003-0.06% of Ti, 0.01-0.08% of Al, the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities. Also provided is a steel bar and a manufacturing method thereof. The steel bar is made from the above steel. The manufacturing method comprises the steps of smelting and casting, heating, forging or rolling, quenching, and tempering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2026
    Assignee: BAOSHAN IRON & STEEL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Zhang, Sixin Zhao, Jiaqiang Gao, Wei Wang
  • Patent number: 12609222
    Abstract: A rare-earth cobalt permanent magnet according to the present disclosure comprises: 24 to 26 mass % of a rare-earth element R including Sm; 25 to 27 mass % of Fe; 4.0 to 7.0 mass % of Cu; 2.0 to 3.5 mass % of Zr; and Co and an unavoidable impurity as a remainder. The rare-earth element R is any one of a combination of Sm and Nd, a combination of Sm and Pr, or a combination of Sm, Nd, and Pr. The rare-earth cobalt permanent magnet includes a cell phase that includes a crystalline phase of a Th2Zn17 structure and a cell wall that includes a crystalline phase of an RCo5 structure enclosing the cell phase, and the concentration of the rare-earth element R in the cell wall is higher than the concentration of the rare-earth element R in the cell phase by no less than 25 atomic %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2026
    Assignees: KYUSHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, TOKIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaaki Takezawa, Hiroaki Machida, Teruhiko Fujiwara, Yu Kanamori
  • Patent number: 12595542
    Abstract: Provided is a technique that can produce a hot dip Zn—Al—Mg-based alloy coated steel product with a good plating appearance, without the need for heating of a steel product prior to immersion in a hot dip plating bath. Flux (11) for hot dip Zn—Al—Mg-based alloy plating contains: ZnCl2; and a low-reactive chloride which has low reactivity with respect to Mg in a plating bath and contains at least two chlorides selected from the compound group consisting of alkali metal chlorides and alkaline-earth metal chlorides, and a composition of the ZnCl2 and the low-reactive chloride is adjusted so that a liquidus temperature of the flux is 450° C. or lower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2026
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koutarou Ishii, Takao Tsujimura
  • Patent number: 12564900
    Abstract: A method for producing a part includes providing a first and a second precoated sheet (1,2), butt welding the first and second precoated sheets (1) to obtain a blank (15), and heating the blank (15) to a heat treatment temperature at least 10° C. lower than the full austenitization temperature of the weld joint (22) and at least 15° C. higher than a minimum temperature Tmin: T min ( ° ? C . ) = AC ? 3 ? ( WJ ) - ? IC max 1 ? 0 ? 0 ? ( Ac ? 3 ? ( W ? J ) - 6 ? 7 ? 3 - 40 × Al ) .
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2026
    Assignee: ArcelorMittal
    Inventors: Francis Schmit, Maria Poirier, Sadok Gaied
  • Patent number: 12559807
    Abstract: In a double-oriented electrical steel sheet according to an embodiment of the present invention, the fraction of crystal grains having an orientation within 15° from {100} <001> is 50 to 75%, and the fraction of crystal grains having an orientation within 15° from {100}<380> is 50 to 75%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2026
    Assignee: POSCO
    Inventors: Hyunwoo Mun, Se Il Lee
  • Patent number: 12558724
    Abstract: A method for fabrication of an anisotropic magnet comprises placing magnet alloy feedstock particles in a deformable metallic container and thermomechanically working the filled container in a manner to elongate the filled container and reduce its cross-sectional area to consolidate the magnet alloy particles to an elongated shape and impart a preferential grain texture to the consolidated, elongated shape. The consolidated, elongated shape is machined to a near-final magnet shape that has a smaller dimension such as magnet length and that includes a metallic tubular skin thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2026
    Assignee: Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Jun Cui, Ryan T. Ott, Wei Tang, Xubo Liu, Cajetan Ikenna Nlebedim, Gaoyuan Ouyang, Chaochao Pan
  • Patent number: 12553096
    Abstract: A blank (100) includes a main portion (110) that is made of steel having a tensile strength of 1450 MPa or more and a softened portion (120), the ratio of Vickers hardness of the softened portion (120) to the Vickers hardness of the main portion (110) is 0.7 or more and 0.95 or less, and the softened portion (120) is disposed at a position different from a position of the main portion (110) in an in-plane direction. A structural member (200) includes a first member (210), a second member (220), and a weld (W) at which the first member (210) and the second member (220) are welded to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2026
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Ito, Takashi Yasutomi, Soma Sonobe
  • Patent number: 12534775
    Abstract: A method of cooling control for a steel plate, a cooling control device, and a method of manufacturing a steel plate, which adjust an upper/lower water ratio and prevent C-warping during cooling. The method of cooling control includes: determining an upper/lower water ratio of a steel plate being cooled wherein at least one of a C-warping amount and a curvature is within a target permissible range, based on a past operating condition, a past upper/lower water ratio when cooling under the past operating condition has been implemented, and at least one of a past C-warping amount and a past curvature measured by a shape measuring meter at an outgoing side of a cooling zone when the cooling under the past operating condition is implemented; and adjusting an amount of cooling water to be blown onto the steel plate to reach the upper/lower water ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2026
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi Ueoka, Takahiro Hirano, Ori Kumano
  • Patent number: 12531174
    Abstract: Disclosed are an R-T-B-based permanent magnet material, a preparation method therefor and the use thereof. The R-T-B-based permanent magnet material I comprises the following components: 29.0-32.5% of R including RH, 0.30 to 0.50 wt. % of Cu, 0.05 to 0.20 wt. % of Ti, 0.85 to 1.05 wt. % of B, 0.1 to 0.3 wt. % of C, 66 to 68 wt. % of Fe, wherein R is a rare earth element and R at least includes Nd; and RH is a heavy rare earth element and RH at least includes Tb or Dy, A Cu—Ti—C grain boundary phase is formed in the R-T-B-based permanent magnet material I, and Hcj is significantly improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2026
    Assignee: FUJIAN GOLDEN DRAGON RARE-EARTH Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Qin Lan, Jiaying Huang, Dakun Chen
  • Patent number: 12529124
    Abstract: Disclosed are a low-silicon and low-carbon equivalent GPa grade multi-phase steel plate/steel strip and a manufacturing method therefor. The steel plate/steel strip comprises the following components in percentages by weight: 0.03-0.07% of C, 0.1-0.5% of Si, 1.7-2.0% of Mn, P?0.02%, S?0.01%, N?0.01%, 0.01-0.05% of Al, 0.4-0.7% of Cr, 0.001-0.005% of B, and 0.07-0.15% of Ti, and also comprises one or both of 0.15-0.4% of Mo or 0.02-0.08% of Nb, with the balance being Fe and other inevitable impurities; and at the same time, the steel plate/steel strip satisfies: the content of available B*?0.001, the content of available B*=B-[Ti-3.4N-1.2(C-Nb/7.8)]/22, CE<0.58, and CE=C+Mn/6+(Cr+Mo+V)/5+(Si+Ni+Cu)/15. The steel plate has a tensile strength of ?980 MPa and a yield strength of ?780 MPa, and a hole expansion rate of >50% if an original hole is a punched hole or a hole expansion rate of >60% if the original hole is a reamed hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2026
    Assignee: BAOSHAN IRON & STEEL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hanlong Zhang, Yiqiang Sun, Xinping Mao, Cheng Wang, Yulong Zhang, Xinyan Jin, Shuize Wang, Li Wang
  • Patent number: 12522903
    Abstract: Provided is an austenitic stainless steel having excellent hot workability and exhibiting enhanced corrosion resistance of welded parts of hot-rolled and cold-rolled materials. The austenitic stainless steel having excellent corrosion resistance of welded parts according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes, in percent (%) by weight, 0.02 to 0.07% of C, 0.2 to 0.7% of Si, 2.5 to 4.0% of Mn, 2.5 to 4.0% of Ni, 17.0 to 19.0% of Cr, less than 0.1% of P, less than 0.01% of S, 1.0 to 3.0% of Cu, 0.1 to 0.2% of N, and the remainder of Fe and other inevitable impurities, wherein a crack resistance index (CRN) represented by Formula (1) below is equal to or greater than 0. CRN=542+715C?27Si?1.49Mn+38.8Ni?52.5Cr+35.8Cu+939N??(1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2026
    Assignee: POSCO CO., LTD
    Inventors: Jae-Hwa Lee, Bong-Wn Kim, Gyu Jin Jo
  • Patent number: 12515281
    Abstract: An objective of the present invention is to provide a flux that suppresses occurrence of flux drying up during soldering and occurrence of precipitation during storing. The flux comprising, based on the whole flux, 3.5 to 11% by mass of a rosin ester, more than 0% by mass and 18% by mass or less of a rosin resin other than a rosin ester, and 70% by mass or more and less than 96.5% by mass of a solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2026
    Assignee: SENJU METAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshihiko Orui, Hiroaki Handa, Hiroyuki Yamasaki
  • Patent number: 12516392
    Abstract: This hot-rolled steel sheet has a predetermined chemical composition, the number % of crystal grains of bainite that are in contact with both tempered martensite and residual austenite is 80% or more of all crystal grains of the bainite, a C concentration in the residual austenite is 0.80 mass % or more, an average crystal grain size of the residual austenite is 0.70 ?m or less, and a standard deviation of Vickers hardness is 25 HV0.01 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2026
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mutsumi Sakakibara, Hiroshi Shuto, Hiroshi Tanei, Takaaki Tsutsumi, Shota Ishitsuka, Shinsuke Kai, Akifumi Sakakibara