Patents by Inventor Catherine Juckum

Catherine Juckum 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).

  • Publication number: 20080257456
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a siderurgical product made of carbon steel having a high copper content, according to which:—a liquid steel having the composition: 0.0005% 1%; 0.5 Cu 10%; 0 Mn 2%; 0 Si 5% 0 Ti 0.5%; 0 Nb 0.5%; 0 Ni 5%; 0 Al 2%, the remainder being iron and impurities, is produced;—said liquid steel is poured directly in the form of a thin strip having a thickness of no more than 10 mm;—the strip is subjected to forced cooling and/or is surrounded by a non-oxidizing atmosphere while having a temperature of more than 1000? C;—said thin strip is hot rolled at a reduction rate of at least 10%, the temperature at the end of the rolling process being such that all of the copper is still in a solid solution in the ferrite and/or austenite matrix;—and the strip is coiled. The invention also relates to a siderurgical product obtained according to said method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2008
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Inventors: Nicholas GUELTON, Michel Faral, Jean-Pierre Birat, Catherine Juckum
  • Patent number: 7425240
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a siderurgical product made of carbon steel having a high copper content, according to which: —a liquid steel having the composition: 0.0005%?1%; 0.5?Cu?10%; 0?Mn?2%; 0?Si?5% 0?Ti?0.5%; 0?Nb?0.5%; 0?Ni?5%; 0?Al?2%, the remainder being iron and impurities, is produced;—said liquid steel is poured directly in the form of a thin strip having a thickness of no more than 10 mm;—the strip is subjected to forced cooling and/or is surrounded by a non-oxidizing atmosphere while having a temperature of more than 1000? C.; —said thin strip is hot rolled at a reduction rate of at least 10%, the temperature at the end of the rolling process being such that all of the copper is still in a solid solution in the ferrite and/or austenite matrix;—and the strip is coiled. The invention also relates to a siderurgical product obtained according to said method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2008
    Assignee: Usinor
    Inventors: Nicolas Guelton, Michel Faral, Jean-Pierre Birat, Catherine Juckum
  • Publication number: 20050028898
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a siderurgical product made of carbon steel having a high copper content, according to which:—a liquid steel having the composition: 0.0005%?1%; O.5?Cu?10%; 0?Mn?2%; 0?Si?5% 0?Ti?0.5%; 0?Nb?0.5%; 0?Ni?5%; 0?Al?2%, the remainder being iron and impurities, is produced;—said liquid steel is poured directly in the form of a thin strip having a thickness of no more than 10 mm;—the strip is subjected to forced cooling and/or is surrounded by a non-oxidizing atmosphere while having a temperature of more than 1000? C.;—said thin strip is hot rolled at a reduction rate of at least 10%, the temperature at the end of the rolling process being such that all of the copper is still in a solid solution in the ferrite and/or austenite matrix;—and the strip is coiled. The invention also relates to a siderurgical product obtained according to said method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2003
    Publication date: February 10, 2005
    Applicant: Usinor
    Inventors: Nicolas Guelton, Michel Faral, Jean-Pierre Birat, Catherine Juckum
  • Patent number: 6852180
    Abstract: The invention relates to the iron and steel industry. More specifically, the invention describes the manufacture of steel strip intended to be converted into thin packaging, such as for drinks and preserved food.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2005
    Assignee: Usinor
    Inventors: Michel Faral, Michel Guttmann, Jean-Hubert Schmitt, Catherine Juckum, Helene Regle
  • Patent number: 6290787
    Abstract: The subject for the invention is a process for manufacturing strip. The process includes casting directly from liquid metal a steel strip 1.5 to 10 mm in thickness, subjecting the cast steel strip, in the austenitic phase, to a first hot rolling operation in one or more steps at a temperature of between 950° C. and the Ar3 temperature of said strip with an overall reduction ratio of at least 10%, then subjecting the hot rolled strip, in the ferritic phase, to a second hot rolling operation in one or more steps at a temperature below 850° C., with an overall reduction ratio of at least 50% in the presence of a lubricant, so as to obtain a hot-rolled sheet with a thickness of less than or equal to 2 mm, and recrystallizing the hot rolled sheet at a temperature between 700 and 800° C. The composition of the steel strip comprises (in weight %): carbon less than 0.1%, manganese from 0.03 to 2%, silicon from 0 to 0.5%, phosphorus from 0 to 0.1%, boron from 0 to 0.002%, titanium from 0 to 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2001
    Assignee: Sollac
    Inventors: Michel Babbit, Michel Faral, Catherine Juckum, Hélène Regle