Patents by Inventor James Daniel Bryant
James Daniel Bryant 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).
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Patent number: 11697151Abstract: New shape-cast 7xx aluminum alloys products are disclosed. The new shape-cast products may include from 3.0 to 8.0 wt. % Zn, from 1.0 to 3.0 wt. % Mg, where the wt. % Zn exceeds the wt. % Mg, from 0.35 to 1.0 wt. % Cu, where the wt. % Mg exceeds the wt. % Cu, from 0.05 to 0.30 wt. % V, from 0.01 to 1.0 wt. % of at least one secondary element (Mn, Cr, Zr, Ti, B, and combinations thereof), up to 0.50 wt. % Fe, and up to 0.25 wt. % Si, the balance being aluminum and other elements, wherein the aluminum casting alloy include not greater than 0.05 wt. % each of the other elements, and wherein the aluminum casting alloy includes not greater than 0.15 wt. % in total of the other elements.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2020Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignee: ALCOA USA CORP.Inventors: Xinyan Yan, Eider Simielli, Jen C. Lin, Wenping Zhang, James Daniel Bryant
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Patent number: 11447851Abstract: New 6xxx aluminum alloy sheet products and methods of making the same are disclosed. The new methods may include preparing a 6xxx aluminum alloy sheet product for solution heat treatment, solution heat treating and then quenching the 6xxx aluminum alloy sheet product, and then exposing the 6xxx aluminum alloy sheet product to a treatment temperature of from 30° C. to 60° C. for 0.2 to 300 seconds. After the exposing step, the 6xxx aluminum alloy sheet product may be coiled and then placed in an ambient environment. Due to the post-quench heating and subsequent exposure to ambient, a preselected amount of Newtonian cooling may be induced, thereby creating a unique and consistent microstructure within the 6xxx aluminum alloy sheet products.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2016Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: Arconic Technologies LLCInventors: James Daniel Bryant, Colleen E. Weller, Dirk C. Mooy, Zachariah D. Meissen
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Publication number: 20220081741Abstract: New aluminum alloys are disclosed. The new aluminum alloys may include from 0.70 to 1.4 wt. % Si, from 0.70 to 1.3 wt. % Mg, wherein (wt. % Mg)/(wt. % Si) is not greater than 1.40, from 0.70 - 3.0 wt. % Zn, from 0.55 to 1.3 wt. % Cu, wherein the total amount of Si+Mg+Zn+Cu is not greater than 4.25 wt. %, from 0.01 to 0.30 wt. % Fe, up to 0.70 wt. % Mn, up to 0.15 wt. % Cr, up to 0.20 wt. % Zr, up to 0.20 wt. % V, and up to 0.25 wt. % Ti, the balance being aluminum, optional incidental elements and impurities. The new aluminum alloys may realize an improved combination of properties, such as an improved combination of strength, formability and/or corrosion resistance.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2021Publication date: March 17, 2022Inventors: Timothy A. Hosch, James Daniel Bryant, Dirk C. Mooy
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Patent number: 11103919Abstract: New 7xx aluminum casting alloys are disclosed. The aluminum casting alloys generally include from 3.0 to 8.0 wt. % Zn, from 1.0 to 3.0 wt. % Mg, where the wt. % Zn exceeds the wt. % Mg, from 0.35 to 1.0 wt. % Cu, where the wt. % Mg exceeds the wt. % Cu, from 0.05 to 0.30 wt. % V, from 0.01 to 1.0 wt. % of at least one secondary element (Mn, Cr, Zr, Ti, B, and combinations thereof), up to 0.50 wt. % Fe, and up to 0.25 wt. % Si, the balance being aluminum and other elements, wherein the aluminum casting alloy include not greater than 0.05 wt. % each of the other elements, and wherein the aluminum casting alloy includes not greater than 0.15 wt. % in total of the other elements.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2015Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: ALCOA USA CORP.Inventors: Xinyan Yan, Eider Simielli, Jen C. Lin, Wenping Zhang, James Daniel Bryant
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Publication number: 20200384529Abstract: New shape-cast 7xx aluminum alloys products are disclosed. The new shape-cast products may include from 3.0 to 8.0 wt. % Zn, from 1.0 to 3.0 wt. % Mg, where the wt. % Zn exceeds the wt. % Mg, from 0.35 to 1.0 wt. % Cu, where the wt. % Mg exceeds the wt. % Cu, from 0.05 to 0.30 wt. % V, from 0.01 to 1.0 wt. % of at least one secondary element (Mn, Cr, Zr, Ti, B, and combinations thereof), up to 0.50 wt. % Fe, and up to 0.25 wt. % Si, the balance being aluminum and other elements, wherein the aluminum casting alloy include not greater than 0.05 wt. % each of the other elements, and wherein the aluminum casting alloy includes not greater than 0.15 wt. % in total of the other elements.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2020Publication date: December 10, 2020Inventors: Xinyan Yan, Eider Simielli, Jen C. Lin, Wenping Zhang, James Daniel Bryant
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Patent number: 10119183Abstract: New magnesium-zinc aluminum alloy bodies and methods of producing the same are disclosed. The new magnesium-zinc aluminum alloy bodies generally include 3.0-6.0 wt. % magnesium and 2.5-5.0 wt. % zinc, where at least one of the magnesium and the zinc is the predominate alloying element of the aluminum alloy bodies other than aluminum, and wherein (wt. % Mg)/(wt. % Zn) is from 0.6 to 2.40, and may be produced by preparing the aluminum alloy body for post-solutionizing cold work, cold working by at least 25%, and then thermally treating. The new magnesium-zinc aluminum alloy bodies may realize improved strength and other properties.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2017Date of Patent: November 6, 2018Assignee: ARCONIC INC.Inventors: Jen C. Lin, John M. Newman, Ralph R. Sawtell, Rajeev G. Kamat, Darl G. Boysel, Gary H. Bray, James Daniel Bryant, Brett P. Connor, Mario Greco, Gino Norman Iasella, David J. McNeish, Shawn J. Murtha, Roberto J. Rioja, Shawn P. Sullivan
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Patent number: 10047423Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods for producing new 6xxx aluminum alloy sheet products having tailored precipitate phase particle size distributions. The tailored precipitate phase particle size distributions may be produced by preparing a 6xxx aluminum alloy sheet for precipitate phase modification, and then modifying an initial precipitate phase particle size distribution of the material. The modifying may include heating the intermediate gauge strip to a temperature of from 440° C. (825° F.) to 500° C. (932° F.) and for a time sufficient to create a modified strip product having a modified (tailored) precipitate phase particle size distribution. The modified strip product may realize improved properties.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2017Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: Arconic Inc.Inventors: James Daniel Bryant, Colleen Elizabeth Weller, Cyril F. Bell, II, Barbara Lucille Hyde, Dirk C. Mooy
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Patent number: 10030295Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods for producing new 6xxx aluminum alloy sheet products having tailored precipitate phase particle size distributions. The tailored precipitate phase particle size distributions may be produced by preparing a 6xxx aluminum alloy sheet for precipitate phase modification, and then modifying an initial precipitate phase particle size distribution of the material. The modifying may include heating the intermediate gauge strip to a temperature of from 440° C. (825° F.) to 500° C. (932° F.) and for a time sufficient to create a modified strip product having a modified (tailored) precipitate phase particle size distribution. The modified strip product may realize improved properties.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2017Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: Arconic Inc.Inventors: James Daniel Bryant, Colleen Elizabeth Weller, Cyril F. Bell, II, Barbara Lucille Hyde, Dirk C. Mooy
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Publication number: 20180112296Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods of producing heat-treatable as-cast plate, and products based on the same. Generally, the new methods comprise continuously delivering a molten aluminum alloy having at least one of zinc (Zn), magnesium (Mg), silicon (Si), and copper (Cu) to a molten belt caster, continuously solidifying the molten aluminum alloy into an aluminum alloy plate via the horizontal belt caster, then continuously discharging the aluminum alloy plate at an exit of the horizontal belt caster, and then quenching the discharged aluminum alloy plate via a quenching apparatus located proximal the exit of the horizontal belt caster.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2017Publication date: April 26, 2018Inventors: James Daniel Bryant, Xinyan Yan, Adam Schaut
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Patent number: 9765419Abstract: New methods for aging aluminum alloys having zinc and magnesium are disclosed. The methods may include first aging the aluminum alloy at a first temperature of from about 310° F. to 530° F. and for a first aging time of from 1 minute to 6 hours, and then second aging the aluminum alloy at a second temperature for a second aging time of at least 30 minutes, with the second temperature being lower than the first temperature.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2014Date of Patent: September 19, 2017Assignee: ALCOA USA CORP.Inventors: Xinyan Yan, Wenping Zhang, Dana Clark, James Daniel Bryant, Jen Lin
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Publication number: 20170137920Abstract: New magnesium-zinc aluminum alloy bodies and methods of producing the same are disclosed. The new magnesium-zinc aluminum alloy bodies generally include 3.0-6.0 wt. % magnesium and 2.5-5.0 wt. % zinc, where at least one of the magnesium and the zinc is the predominate alloying element of the aluminum alloy bodies other than aluminum, and wherein (wt. % Mg)/(wt. % Zn) is from 0.6 to 2.40, and may be produced by preparing the aluminum alloy body for post-solutionizing cold work, cold working by at least 25%, and then thermally treating. The new magnesium-zinc aluminum alloy bodies may realize improved strength and other properties.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2017Publication date: May 18, 2017Inventors: Jen C. Lin, John M. Newman, Ralph R. Sawtell, Rajeev G. Kamat, Darl G. Boysel, Gary H. Bray, James Daniel Bryant, Brett P. Connor, Mario Greco, Gino Norman Iasella, David J. McNeish, Shawn J. Murtha, Roberto J. Rioja, Shawn P. Sullivan
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Publication number: 20170121795Abstract: New wrought 7xxx aluminum alloys are disclosed. The new wrought 7xxx aluminum alloys generally include from 3.75 to 8.0 wt. % Zn, from 1.25 to 3.0 wt. % Mg, where the wt. % Zn exceeds the wt. % Mg, from 0.35 to 1.35 wt. % Cu, from 0.04 to 0.20 wt. % V, from 0.06 to 0.20 wt. % Zr, where V+Zr?0.23 wt. %, from 0.01 to 0.25 wt. % Ti, up to 0.50 wt. % Mn, up to 0.40 wt. % Cr, up to 0.35 wt. % Fe, and up to 0.25 wt. % Si, the balance being aluminum and impurities, wherein the wrought 7xxx aluminum alloy include not greater than 0.10 wt. % each of any one impurity, and wherein the wrought 7xxx aluminum alloy includes not greater than 0.35 wt. % in total of the impurities.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2016Publication date: May 4, 2017Inventors: Xinyan Yan, James Daniel Bryant, Jen C. Lin, Wenping Zhang, Eider Simielli
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Patent number: 9587298Abstract: New magnesium-zinc aluminum alloy bodies and methods of producing the same are disclosed. The new magnesium-zinc aluminum alloy bodies generally include 3.0-6.0 wt. % magnesium and 2.5-5.0 wt. % zinc, where at least one of the magnesium and the zinc is the predominate alloying element of the aluminum alloy bodies other than aluminum, and wherein (wt. % Mg)/(wt. % Zn) is from 0.6 to 2.40, and may be produced by preparing the aluminum alloy body for post-solutionizing cold work, cold working by at least 25%, and then thermally treating. The new magnesium-zinc aluminum alloy bodies may realize improved strength and other properties.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2013Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: ARCONIC INC.Inventors: Jen C. Lin, John M. Newman, Ralph R. Sawtell, Rajeev G. Kamat, Darl G. Boysel, Gary H. Bray, James Daniel Bryant, Brett P. Connor, Mario Greco, Gino Norman Iasella, David J. McNeish, Shawn J. Murtha, Roberto J. Rioja, Shawn P. Sullivan
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Publication number: 20160348225Abstract: New 6xxx aluminum alloy sheet products and methods of making the same are disclosed. The new methods may include preparing a 6xxx aluminum alloy sheet product for solution heat treatment, solution heat treating and then quenching the 6xxx aluminum alloy sheet product, and then exposing the 6xxx aluminum alloy sheet product to a treatment temperature of from 30° C. to 60° C. for 0.2 to 300 seconds. After the exposing step, the 6xxx aluminum alloy sheet product may be coiled and then placed in an ambient environment. Due to the post-quench heating and subsequent exposure to ambient, a preselected amount of Newtonian cooling may be induced, thereby creating a unique and consistent microstructure within the 6xxx aluminum alloy sheet products.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2016Publication date: December 1, 2016Inventors: James Daniel Bryant, Colleen E. Weller, Dirk C. Mooy, Zachariah D. Meissen
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Patent number: 9249487Abstract: New methods for aging aluminum alloys having zinc and magnesium are disclosed. The methods may include first aging the aluminum alloy at a first temperature of from about 330° F. to 530° F. and for a first aging time of from 1 minute to 6 hours, and then second aging the aluminum alloy at a second temperature for a second aging time of at least 30 minutes, with the second temperature being lower than the first temperature.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2013Date of Patent: February 2, 2016Assignee: ALCOA INC.Inventors: Xinyan Yan, Wenping Zhang, Dana Clark, James Daniel Bryant, Jen Lin
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Publication number: 20150376754Abstract: New methods for aging aluminum alloys having zinc and magnesium are disclosed. The methods may include first aging the aluminum alloy at a first temperature of from about 330° F. to 530° F. and for a first aging time of from 1 minute to 6 hours, and then second aging the aluminum alloy at a second temperature for a second aging time of at least 30 minutes, with the second temperature being lower than the first temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2013Publication date: December 31, 2015Inventors: Xinyan Yan, Wenping Zhang, Dana Clark, James Daniel Bryant, Jen Lin
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Publication number: 20150315680Abstract: New 7xx aluminum casting alloys are disclosed. The aluminum casting alloys generally include from 3.0 to 8.0 wt. % Zn, from 1.0 to 3.0 wt. % Mg, where the wt. % Zn exceeds the wt. % Mg, from 0.35 to 1.0 wt. % Cu, where the wt. % Mg exceeds the wt. % Cu, from 0.05 to 0.30 wt. % V, from 0.01 to 1.0 wt. % of at least one secondary element (Mn, Cr, Zr, Ti, B, and combinations thereof), up to 0.50 wt. % Fe, and up to 0.25 wt. % Si, the balance being aluminum and other elements, wherein the aluminum casting alloy include not greater than 0.05 wt. % each of the other elements, and wherein the aluminum casting alloy includes not greater than 0.15 wt. % in total of the other elements.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2015Publication date: November 5, 2015Inventors: Xinyan Yan, Eider Simielli, Jen C. Lin, Wenping Zhang, James Daniel Bryant
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Publication number: 20150259774Abstract: New methods for aging aluminum alloys having zinc and magnesium are disclosed. The methods may include first aging the aluminum alloy at a first temperature of from about 310° F. to 530° F. and for a first aging time of from 1 minute to 6 hours, and then second aging the aluminum alloy at a second temperature for a second aging time of at least 30 minutes, with the second temperature being lower than the first temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2014Publication date: September 17, 2015Applicant: ALCOA INC.Inventors: Xinyan Yan, Wenping Zhang, Dana Clark, James Daniel Bryant, Jen Lin
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Publication number: 20140230974Abstract: New magnesium-zinc aluminum alloy bodies and methods of producing the same are disclosed. The new magnesium-zinc aluminum alloy bodies generally include 3.0-6.0 wt. % magnesium and 2.5-5.0 wt. % zinc, where at least one of the magnesium and the zinc is the predominate alloying element of the aluminum alloy bodies other than aluminum, and wherein (wt. % Mg)/(wt. % Zn) is from 0.6 to 2.40, and may be produced by preparing the aluminum alloy body for post-solutionizing cold work, cold working by at least 25%, and then thermally treating. The new magnesium-zinc aluminum alloy bodies may realize improved strength and other properties.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2013Publication date: August 21, 2014Applicant: ALCOA INC.Inventors: Jen C. Lin, John M. Newman, Ralph R. Sawtell, Rajeev G. Kamat, Darl G. Boysel, Gary H. Bray, James Daniel Bryant, Brett P. Connor, Mario Greco, Gino Norman Iasella, David J. McNeish, Shawn J. Murtha, Roberto J. Rioja, Shawn P. Sullivan
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Patent number: 8608968Abstract: Described herein are compounds, compositions, and methods useful for bioremediation of a contamination. In particular, described herein are compositions that include one or methyl esters of a fatty acid and one or more bioremediation reagents, and methods for their use.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2007Date of Patent: December 17, 2013Assignee: Carus CorporationInventors: James Daniel Bryant, Keith Meyer