Patents by Inventor Babu Patel

Babu Patel has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Metallurgical vessel lining with configured perforation structure
    Patent number: 10507523
    Abstract: A lining for a metallurgical vessel is configured to have an engineered porosity. The lining contains a plurality of regions, each extending in a primary plane of the lining, each region having a differing value of total pore or perforation area as measured in a primary plane of the lining. The lining may be used to form part or all of the working surface of the floors or walls of the vessel. In casting use the lining produces an oxidation buffering layer at an interphase of metal melt extending from the interface between metal melt and the walls and floor of the metallurgical vessel, such that when in casting use, the metal flow rate in said oxidation buffering layer is substantially nil, and the concentration of endogenous inclusions, in particular oxides, in said oxidation buffering layer is substantially higher than in the bulk of the metal melt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: VESUVIUS USA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dominique Janssen, Roger Maddalena, Jose Simoes, Babu Patel, Sunilkumar C. Pillai
  • METALLURGICAL VESSEL LINING WITH CONFIGURED PERFORATION STRUCTURE
    Publication number: 20180078999
    Abstract: A lining for a metallurgical vessel is configured to have an engineered porosity. The lining contains a plurality of regions, each extending in a primary plane of the lining, each region having a differing value of total pore or perforation area as measured in a primary plane of the lining. The lining may be used to form part or all of the working surface of the floors or walls of the vessel. In casting use the lining produces an oxidation buffering layer at an interphase of metal melt extending from the interface between metal melt and the walls and floor of the metallurgical vessel, such that when in casting use, the metal flow rate in said oxidation buffering layer is substantially nil, and the concentration of endogenous inclusions, in particular oxides, in said oxidation buffering layer is substantially higher than in the bulk of the metal melt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2016
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Applicant: VESUVIUS CRUCIBLE COMPANY
    Inventors: Dominique Janssen, Roger Maddalena, Jose Simoes, Babu Patel, Sunilkumar C. Pillai