Patents by Inventor James B. LeBleu, JR.

James B. LeBleu, JR. 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).

  • Low yield ratio dual phase steel linepipe with superior strain aging resistance
    Patent number: 9896748
    Abstract: A steel composition and method from making a dual phase steel therefrom. The dual phase steel may have carbon of about 0.05% by weight to about 0.12 wt %; niobium of about 0.005 wt % to about 0.03 wt %; titanium of about 0.005 wt % to about 0.02 wt %; nitrogen of about 0.001 wt % to about 0.01 wt %; silicon of about 0.01 wt % to about 0.5 wt %; manganese of about 0.5 wt % to about 2.0 wt %; and a total of molybdenum, chromium, vanadium and copper less than about 0.15 wt %. The steel may have a first phase consisting of ferrite and a second phase having one or more of carbide, pearlite, martensite, lower bainite, granular bainite, upper bainite, and degenerate upper bainite. A solute carbon content in the first phase may be about 0.01 wt % or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: Exxon Mobil Upstream Research Company
    Inventors: Jayoung Koo, Narasimha-Rao V. Bangaru, Swarupa Soma Bangaru, Hyun-Woo Jin, Adnan Ozekcin, Raghavan Ayer, Douglas P. Fairchild, Danny L. Beeson, Douglas S. Hoyt, James B. LeBleu, Jr., Shigeru Endo, Mitsuhiro Okatsu, Shinichi Kakihara, Moriyasu Nagae
  • Corrosion resistant alloy weldments in carbon steel structures and pipelines to accommodate high axial plastic strains
    Patent number: 9040865
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for joining materials having primarily ferritic properties is described. The method includes joining the ferritic materials using a welding process and a weld material having a primarily austenitic microstructure. The resulting weldment enhances the properties of yield ratio, uniform elongation, toughness and tearing resistance thereby producing superior strain capacity. High strain capacity produces a structure that accommodates high axial loading. The weldment can also accommodate larger than conventional weld flaws while maintaining sufficient strength, tearing resistance, and fracture toughness under high axial loading.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company
    Inventors: Danny L. Beeson, James B. LeBleu, Jr.
  • LOW YIELD RATIO DUAL PHASE STEEL LINEPIPE WITH SUPERIOR STRAIN AGING RESISTANCE
    Publication number: 20120125490
    Abstract: A steel composition and method from making a dual phase steel therefrom. The dual phase steel may have carbon of about 0.05% by weight to about 0.12 wt %; niobium of about 0.005 wt % to about 0.03 wt %; titanium of about 0.005 wt % to about 0.02 wt %; nitrogen of about 0.001 wt % to about 0.01 wt %; silicon of about 0.01 wt % to about 0.5 wt %; manganese of about 0.5 wt % to about 2.0 wt %; and a total of molybdenum, chromium, vanadium and copper less than about 0.15 wt %. The steel may have a first phase consisting of ferrite and a second phase having one or more of carbide, pearlite, martensite, lower bainite, granular bainite, upper bainite, and degenerate upper bainite. A solute carbon content in the first phase may be about 0.01 wt % or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2012
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Inventors: Jayoung Koo, Swarupa Bangaru, Hyun-Woo Jin, Adnan Ozekcin, Raghavan Ayer, Douglas P. Fairchild, Danny L. Beeson, Douglas S. Hoyt, James B. LeBleu, JR., Shigeru Endo, Mitsuhiro Okatsu, Shinichi Kakihara, Moriyasu Nagae
  • Corrosion Resistant Alloy Weldments In Carbon Steel Structures and Pipelines To Accommodate High Axial Plastic Strains
    Publication number: 20100089463
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for joining materials having primarily ferritic properties is described. The method includes joining the ferritic materials using a welding process and a weld material having a primarily austenitic microstructure. The resulting weldment enhances the properties of yield ratio, uniform elongation, toughness and tearing resistance thereby producing superior strain capacity. High strain capacity produces a structure that accommodates high axial loading. The weldment can also accommodate larger than conventional weld flaws while maintaining sufficient strength, tearing resistance, and fracture toughness under high axial loading.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2008
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Inventors: Danny L Beeson, James B. LeBleu, JR.
  • Low Yield Ratio Dual Phase Steel Linepipe with Superior Strain Aging Resistance
    Publication number: 20090301613
    Abstract: A steel composition and method from making a dual phase steel therefrom. The dual phase steel may have carbon of about 0.05% by weight to about 0.12 wt %; niobium of about 0.005 wt % to about 0.03 wt %; titanium of about 0.005 wt % to about 0.02 wt %; nitrogen of about 0.001 wt % to about 0.01 wt %; silicon of about 0.01 wt % to about 0.5 wt %; manganese of about 0.5 wt % to about 2.0 wt %; and a total of molybdenum, chromium, vanadium and copper less than about 0.15 wt %. The steel may have a first phase consisting of ferrite and a second phase having one or more of carbide, pearlite, martensite, lower bainite, granular bainite, upper bainite, and degenerate upper bainite. A solute carbon content in the first phase may be about 0.01 wt % or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2009
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Inventors: Jayoung Koo, Swarupa Soma Bangaru, Hyun-Woo Jin, Adnan Ozekcin, Raghavan Ayer, Douglas P. Fairchild, Danny L. Beeson, Douglas S. Hoyt, James B. LeBleu, JR., Shigeru Endo, Mitsuhiro Okatsu, Shinichi Kakihara, Moriyasu Nagae