Patents by Inventor Gary Stephen Shipley

Gary Stephen Shipley 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).

  • Thermally stabilized nickel-cobalt materials and methods of thermally stabilizing the same
    Patent number: 11807929
    Abstract: Nickel-cobalt materials, methods of forming a nickel-cobalt material, and methods of thermally stabilizing a nickel-cobalt material are provided. A nickel-cobalt material may include a metal matrix composite with amorphous regions and crystalline regions substantially encompassed by a nanocrystalline grain structure with a grain size distribution of about 50 nanometers to about 800 nanometers, and the nanocrystalline grain structure may include widespread intragranular twinning. The metal matrix composite may have a chemical makeup that includes nickel, cobalt, and a dopant such as phosphorus and/or boron. A nickel-cobalt material may be heat treated within a first temperature zone below the onset temperature for grain growth and then within a second temperature zone above the onset temperature for grain growth in the material. Chemical composition and heat treatment may yield a thermally stabilized nickel-cobalt material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Unison Industries, LLC
    Inventors: Gordon Tajiri, Emily Marie Phelps, Joseph Richard Schmitt, Lakshmi Krishnan, Guru Venkata Dattu Jonnalagadda, Gary Stephen Shipley, Ashley Rose Dvorak
  • THERMALLY STABILIZED NICKEL-COBALT MATERIALS AND METHODS OF THERMALLY STABILIZING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20200291508
    Abstract: Nickel-cobalt materials, methods of forming a nickel-cobalt material, and methods of thermally stabilizing a nickel-cobalt material are provided. A nickel-cobalt material may include a metal matrix composite with amorphous regions and crystalline regions substantially encompassed by a nanocrystalline grain structure with a grain size distribution of about 50 nanometers to about 800 nanometers, and the nanocrystalline grain structure may include widespread intragranular twinning. The metal matrix composite may have a chemical makeup that includes nickel, cobalt, and a dopant such as phosphorus and/or boron. A nickel-cobalt material may be heat treated within a first temperature zone below the onset temperature for grain growth and then within a second temperature zone above the onset temperature for grain growth in the material. Chemical composition and heat treatment may yield a thermally stabilized nickel-cobalt material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Gordon Tajiri, Emily Marie Phelps, Joseph Richard Schmitt, Lakshmi Krishnan, Guru Venkata Dattu Jonnalagadda, Gary Stephen Shipley, Ashley Rose Dvorak