Patents by Inventor Louis F. Aprigliano

Louis F. Aprigliano 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).

  • Patent number: 9347138
    Abstract: A coating steel component with a pattern of an iron based matrix with crystalline particles metallurgically bound to the surface of a steel substrate for use as disc cutters or other components with one or more abrading surfaces that can experience significant abrasive wear, high point loads, and large shear stresses during use. The coated component contains a pattern of features in the shape of freckles or stripes that are laser formed and fused to the steel substrate. The features can display an inner core that is harder than the steel substrate but generally softer than the matrix surrounding the core, providing toughness and wear resistance to the features. The features result from processing an amorphous alloy where the resulting matrix can be amorphous, partially devitrified or fully devitrified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: UT-BATTELLE, LLC
    Inventors: Craig A. Blue, Frank Wong, Louis F. Aprigliano, Peter G. Engleman, William H. Peter, Tibor G. Rozgonyi, Levent Ozdemir
  • Patent number: 9080229
    Abstract: A composite stainless steel composition is composed essentially of, in terms of wt. % ranges: 25 to 28 Cr; 11 to 13 Ni; 7 to 8 W; 3.5 to 4 Mo; 3 to 3.5 B; 2 to 2.5 Mn; 1 to 1.5 Si; 0.3 to 1.7 C; up to 2 O; balance Fe. The composition has an austenitic matrix phase and a particulate, crystalline dispersed phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: UT-Battelle, LLC
    Inventors: Ryan R. Dehoff, Craig A. Blue, William H. Peter, Wei Chen, Louis F. Aprigliano
  • Publication number: 20140134451
    Abstract: A coating steel component with a pattern of an iron based matrix with crystalline particles metallurgically bound to the surface of a steel substrate for use as disc cutters or other components with one or more abrading surfaces that can experience significant abrasive wear, high point loads, and large shear stresses during use. The coated component contains a pattern of features in the shape of freckles or stripes that are laser formed and fused to the steel substrate. The features can display an inner core that is harder than the steel substrate but generally softer than the matrix surrounding the core, providing toughness and wear resistance to the features. The features result from processing an amorphous alloy where the resulting matrix can be amorphous, partially devitrified or fully devitrified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2014
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: UT-BATTELLE, LLC
    Inventors: CRAIG A. BLUE, FRANK WONG, LOUIS F. APRIGLIANO, PETER G. ENGLEMAN, WILLIAM H. PETER, TIBOR G. ROZGONYI, LEVENT OZDEMIR
  • Patent number: 8673455
    Abstract: A coating steel component with a pattern of an iron based matrix with crystalline particles metallurgically bound to the surface of a steel substrate for use as disc cutters or other components with one or more abrading surfaces that can experience significant abrasive wear, high point loads, and large shear stresses during use. The coated component contains a pattern of features in the shape of freckles or stripes that are laser formed and fused to the steel substrate. The features can display an inner core that is harder than the steel substrate but generally softer than the matrix surrounding the core, providing toughness and wear resistance to the features. The features result from processing an amorphous alloy where the resulting matrix can be amorphous, partially devitrified or fully devitrified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: UT-Battelle, LLC
    Inventors: Craig A. Blue, Frank Wong, Louis F. Aprigliano, Peter G. Engleman, William H. Peter, Tibor G. Rozgonyi, Levent Ozdemir
  • Patent number: 8524053
    Abstract: A method of coating a surface comprising providing a source of amorphous metal that contains manganese (1 to 3 atomic %), yttrium (0.1 to 10 atomic %), and silicon (0.3 to 3.1 atomic %) in the range of composition given in parentheses; and that contains the following elements in the specified range of composition given in parentheses: chromium (15 to 20 atomic %), molybdenum (2 to 15 atomic %), tungsten (1 to 3 atomic %), boron (5 to 16 atomic %), carbon (3 to 16 atomic %), and the balance iron; and applying said amorphous metal to the surface by a spray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Inventors: Joseph C. Farmer, Frank M. G. Wong, Jeffery J. Haslam, Xiaoyan (Jane) Ji, Sumner D. Day, Craig A. Blue, John D. K. Rivard, Louis F. Aprigliano, Leslie K. Kohler, Robert Bayles, Edward J. Lemieux, Nancy Yang, John H. Perepezko, Larry Kaufman, Arthur Heuer, Enrique J. Lavernia
  • Patent number: 8480864
    Abstract: A method of coating a surface comprising providing a source of amorphous metal that contains manganese (1 to 3 atomic %), yttrium (0.1 to 10 atomic %), and silicon (0.3 to 3.1 atomic %) in the range of composition given in parentheses; and that contains the following elements in the specified range of composition given in parentheses: chromium (15 to 20 atomic %), molybdenum (2 to 15 atomic %), tungsten (1 to 3 atomic %), boron (5 to 16 atomic %), carbon (3 to 16 atomic %), and the balance iron; and applying said amorphous metal to the surface by a spray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Inventors: Joseph C. Farmer, Frank M. G. Wong, Jeffery J. Haslam, Xiaoyan (Jane) Ji, Sumner D. Day, Craig A. Blue, John D. K. Rivard, Louis F. Aprigliano, Leslie K. Kohler, Robert Bayles, Edward J. Lemieux, Nancy Yang, John H. Perepezko, Larry Kaufman, Arthur Heuer, Enrique J. Lavernia
  • Publication number: 20110204700
    Abstract: A coating steel component with a pattern of an iron based matrix with crystalline particles metallurgically bound to the surface of a steel substrate for use as disc cutters or other components with one or more abrading surfaces that can experience significant abrasive wear, high point loads, and large shear stresses during use. The coated component contains a pattern of features in the shape of freckles or stripes that are laser formed and fused to the steel substrate. The features can display an inner core that is harder than the steel substrate but generally softer than the matrix surrounding the core, providing toughness and wear resistance to the features. The features result from processing an amorphous alloy where the resulting matrix can be amorphous, partially devitrified or fully devitrified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2011
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Applicant: UT-Battelle, LLC
    Inventors: Craig A. Blue, Frank Wong, Louis F. Aprigliano, Peter G. Engleman, William H. Peter, Tibor G. Rozgonyi, Levent Ozdemir
  • Publication number: 20110165348
    Abstract: A method of coating a surface comprising providing a source of amorphous metal that contains manganese (1 to 3 atomic %), yttrium (0.1 to 10 atomic %), and silicon (0.3 to 3.1 atomic %) in the range of composition given in parentheses; and that contains the following elements in the specified range of composition given in parentheses: chromium (15 to 20 atomic %), molybdenum (2 to 15 atomic %), tungsten (1 to 3 atomic %), boron (5 to 16 atomic %), carbon (3 to 16 atomic %), and the balance iron; and applying said amorphous metal to the surface by a spray.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2011
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Applicant: Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC
    Inventors: Joseph C. Farmer, Frank M.G. Wong, Jeffery J. Haslam, Xiaoyan (Jane) Ji, Sumner D. Day, Craig A. Blue, John D.K. Rivard, Louis F. Aprigliano, Leslie K. Kohler, Robert Bayles, Edward J. Lemieux, Nancy Yang, John H. Perepezko, Larry Kaufman, Arthur Heuer, Enrique J. Lavernia
  • Patent number: 7939142
    Abstract: A coating steel component with a pattern of an iron based matrix with crystalline particles metallurgically bound to the surface of a steel substrate for use as disc cutters or other components with one or more abrading surfaces that can experience significant abrasive wear, high point loads, and large shear stresses during use. The coated component contains a pattern of features in the shape of freckles or stripes that are laser formed and fused to the steel substrate. The features can display an inner core that is harder than the steel substrate but generally softer than the matrix surrounding the core, providing toughness and wear resistance to the features. The features result from processing an amorphous alloy where the resulting matrix can be amorphous, partially devitrified or fully devitrified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: UT-Battelle, LLC
    Inventors: Craig A. Blue, Frank Wong, Louis F. Aprigliano, Peter G. Engleman, William H. Peter, Tibor G Rozgonyi, Levent Ozdemir
  • Publication number: 20100084052
    Abstract: A method of coating a surface comprising providing a source of amorphous metal that contains manganese (1 to 3 atomic %), yttrium (0.1 to 10 atomic %), and silicon (0.3 to 3.1 atomic %) in the range of composition given in parentheses; and that contains the following elements in the specified range of composition given in parentheses: chromium (15 to 20 atomic %), molybdenum (2 to 15 atomic %), tungsten (1 to 3 atomic %), boron (5 to 16 atomic %), carbon (3 to 16 atomic %), and the balance iron; and applying said amorphous metal to the surface by a spray.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2006
    Publication date: April 8, 2010
    Inventors: Joseph C. Farmer, Frank M. G. Wong, Jeffery J. Haslam, Xiaoyan (Jane) Ji, Sumner D. Day, Craig A. Blue, John D. K. Rivard, Louis F. Aprigliano, Leslie K. Kohler, Robert Bayles, Edward J. Lemieux, Nancy Yang, John H. Perepezko, Larry Kaufman, Arthur Heuer, Enrique J. Lavernia
  • Publication number: 20080185188
    Abstract: A coating steel component with a pattern of an iron based matrix with crystalline particles metallurgically bound to the surface of a steel substrate for use as disc cutters or other components with one or more abrading surfaces that can experience significant abrasive wear, high point loads, and large shear stresses during use. The coated component contains a pattern of features in the shape of freckles or stripes that are laser formed and fused to the steel substrate. The features can display an inner core that is harder than the steel substrate but generally softer than the matrix surrounding the core, providing toughness and wear resistance to the features. The features result from processing an amorphous alloy where the resulting matrix can be amorphous, partially devitrified or fully devitrified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2007
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Inventors: Craig A. Blue, Frank Wong, Louis F. Aprigliano, Peter G. Engleman, William H. Peter, Tibor G. Rozgonyi, Levent Ozdemir
  • Patent number: 5164361
    Abstract: A method for making superconducting ceramic filaments by joining the ceramic to a normal conducting metal in such a way that minimal mechanical working, drawing, or extrusion is needed to arrive at a fine filamentary shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1989
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1992
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Louis F. Aprigliano, Richard J. Stockhausen
  • Patent number: 5147731
    Abstract: A corrosion resistant structure having an outer ceramic layer of alumina stabilized zirconia resistant to oxidation at high temperatures, over a base alloy selected from the group consisting of CoCrAlY and NiCrAlY and applied to the base alloy by physical vapor deposition process, such as reactive magnetron sputtering wherein the outer ceramic layer has a thickness of from about 0.5 .mu.m to about 200 .mu.m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1992
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Charles M. Gilmore, Earl F. Skelton, Louis F. Aprigliano, Syed B. Qadri
  • Patent number: 4983571
    Abstract: A method for improving the superconducting transition temperature of the MBa.sub.2 Cu.sub.3 O.sub.x where M is selected from the group consisting of Y, Er, Eu, Yb, Dy and Ho and where x is a value of from 6 to 7 ceramic by utilizing specific sequences of heat treating times and temperatures in conjunction with the use of silver oxide in making superconducting devices or wires for ultimate use in motors, generators and electrical circuits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 1990
    Date of Patent: January 8, 1991
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: A. Srinivasa Rao, Om P. Arora, Louis F. Aprigliano
  • Patent number: 4639399
    Abstract: A three layer composite coating for gas turbine engine materials and other materials exposed to high temperatures, thermal cycling, and corrosive environments. The base layer is Aluminide or an MCrAlY composite, where M is a metal selected from the group consisting of nickel or cobalt, alone or in combination. The middle layer is a ceramic composite. The outer layer is composed of nickel oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 1985
    Date of Patent: January 27, 1987
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventor: Louis F. Aprigliano
  • Patent number: 3980220
    Abstract: A method of fabricating large cylindrical sections of titanium or other metals for applications such as pressure hulls from cylindrical segments wherein mated segments are capped off and evacuated, atmospheric pressure being used to force the mating surfaces together during diffusion welding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 1974
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1976
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Robert J. Wolfe, Charles A. Zanis, Louis F. Aprigliano
  • Patent number: H2157
    Abstract: Nickel and chromium as the exclusive components of an alloy is formed by mixing under cover of nitrogen gas and spray casting thereof wherein a molten outflow stream of such alloy components is atomized by exposure to jets of the nitrogen gas after pressurization, resulting in formation of molten alloy metal droplets deposited on to a surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Louis F. Aprigliano, Leslie K. Kohler