Patents by Inventor Michael Masleid

Michael Masleid 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).

  • Method for maintaining the optimal amount of inert gas being injected into cast steel
    Patent number: 12083590
    Abstract: A method for maintaining the optimal argon injection flow rate which will result in production of steel slab of a chosen alloy having optimal cleanliness. The steel is cast using an argon injected slide gate. The selected steel has a known optimal argon injection flow rate Qb* for casting steel of optimal cleanliness. The method involves calculating the present steel pressure and determining the present injection flow rate conductance Gb? of the argon injected slide gate during either of 1) a steel pressure change event; or 2) an argon flow change event. The measurements are used to calculate present argon pressure required to insure the required injection flow rate of argon into the steel for optimal cleanliness of the cast steel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: ArcelorMittal
    Inventors: Michael Masleid, Bruce Ross Forman, Bernard O. Chukwulebe
  • METHOD FOR MAINTAINING THE OPTIMAL AMOUNT OF INERT GAS BEING INJECTED INTO CAST STEEL
    Publication number: 20230201919
    Abstract: A method for maintaining the optimal argon injection flow rate which will result in production of steel slab of a chosen alloy having optimal cleanliness. The steel is cast using an argon injected slide gate. The selected steel has a known optimal argon injection flow rate Qb* for casting steel of optimal cleanliness. The method involves calculating the present steel pressure and determining the present injection flow rate conductance Gb? of the argon injected slide gate during either of 1) a steel pressure change event; or 2) an argon flow change event. The measurements are used to calculate present argon pressure required to insure the required injection flow rate of argon into the steel for optimal cleanliness of the cast steel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2020
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Michael MASLEID, Bruce Ross FORMAN, Bernard O. CHUKWULEBE
  • Method and apparatus for determining the health and remaining service life of austenitic steel reformer tubes and the like
    Patent number: 10060882
    Abstract: Testing methods and apparatus for testing the health of steel tubes used in reformers and other tubes and pipes used in other high temperature applications are provided. The method includes the steps of transmitting two sinusoidal electromagnetic signals, each having a different frequency F1 and F2, into the reformer tube, receiving a response signal, and analyzing the received response signal's intermodulation frequencies to determine the state of the steel reformer tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: ArcelorMittal
    Inventors: Michael Masleid, Zofia Niemczura, George Tsvik
  • Method and Apparatus for Determining the Health and Remaining Service Life of Austenitic Steel Reformer Tubes and the Like
    Publication number: 20160195496
    Abstract: Testing methods and apparatus for testing the health of steel tubes used in reformers and other tubes and pipes used in other high temperature applications are provided. The method includes the steps of transmitting two sinusoidal electromagnetic signals, each having a different frequency F1 and F2, into the reformer tube, receiving a response signal, and analyzing the received response signal's intermodulation frequencies to determine the state of the steel reformer tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2013
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Inventors: Michael Masleid, Zofia Niemczura, George Tsvik