Patents by Inventor Fanqiang Meng

Fanqiang Meng 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).

  • Thermo-mechanical Processing Of High-Performance Al-RE Alloys
    Publication number: 20250019800
    Abstract: Production of a bulk Al-RE alloy body (product) using cast billets/ingots (cooling rates<100 C/s) or rapidly solidified Al-RE particulates (cooling rates 102-106° C./second) that have beneficial microstructural refinements that are further refined by subsequent consolidation to produce a consolidated bulk alloy product having excellent mechanical properties over a wide temperature range such as up to and above 230° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2024
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Inventors: Ryan T. Ott, Orlando Rios, Zachary C. Sims, David Weiss, Michael S. Kesler, Fanqiang Meng, Scott K. McCall, Hunter B. Henderson
  • Thermo-mechanical processing of high-performance Al-RE alloys
    Patent number: 12134804
    Abstract: Production of a bulk Al-RE alloy body (product) using cast billets/ingots (cooling rates <100 C/s) or rapidly solidified Al-RE particulates (cooling rates 102-106° C./second) that have beneficial microstructural refinements that are further refined by subsequent consolidation to produce a consolidated bulk alloy product having excellent mechanical properties over a wide temperature range such as up to and above 230° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignees: Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc., Lawrence Livermore, National Security, LLC
    Inventors: Ryan T. Ott, Orlando Rios, Zachary C. Sims, David Weiss, Michael G. Kesler, Fanqiang Meng, Scott K. McCall, Hunter B. Henderson
  • Aluminum alloys with improved intergranular corrosion resistance properties and methods of making and using the same
    Patent number: 11761061
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of aluminum-based alloys having improved intergranular corrosion resistance. Methods of making and using the disclosed alloy embodiments also are disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignees: UT-Battelle, LLC, University of Tennessee Research Foundation, Eck Industries Incorporated, Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC, Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Orlando Rios, Hunter B. Henderson, David Weiss, Scott McCall, Eric Thomas Stromme, Zachary Cole Sims, Ryan Ott, Fanqiang Meng, Michael Kesler, Kevin Anderson
  • Al-Ce Alloy Based Composites
    Publication number: 20230235432
    Abstract: MMC’s comprising an Al—RE alloy-based matrix and ceramic, metal and/or intermetallic reinforcement particulates dispersed in the alloy matrix provide improved strength and ductility wherein the reinforcement particulates have a higher melting temperature than the matrix alloy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2023
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: Ryan T. Ott, Fanqiang Meng, Scott K. McCall, Hunter B. Henderson, Oriando Rios, Zachary C. Sims, David Weiss
  • Thermo-mechanical Processing Of High-Performance Al-RE Alloys
    Publication number: 20220380868
    Abstract: Production of a bulk Al-RE alloy body (product) using cast billets/ingots (cooling rates <100 C/s) or rapidly solidified Al-RE particulates (cooling rates 102-106° C./second) that have beneficial microstructural refinements that are further refined by subsequent consolidation to produce a consolidated bulk alloy product having excellent mechanical properties over a wide temperature range such as up to and above 230° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Ryan T. Ott, Orlando Rios, Zachary C. Sims, David Weiss, Michael G. Kesler, Fanqiang Meng, Scott K. McCall, Hunter B. Henderson
  • ALUMINUM ALLOYS WITH IMPROVED INTERGRANULAR CORROSION RESISTANCE PROPERTIES AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20190085431
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of aluminum-based alloys having improved intergranular corrosion resistance. Methods of making and using the disclosed alloy embodiments also are disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Orlando Rios, Hunter B. Henderson, David Weiss, Scott McCall, Eric Thomas Stromme, Zachary Cole Sims, Ryan Ott, Fanqiang Meng, Michael Kesler, Kevin Anderson