Patents by Inventor Nele Van Steenberge

Nele Van Steenberge 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).

  • Publication number: 20230104535
    Abstract: A process for manufacturing an additively-manufactured part from a metal powder having a composition having the following elements, expressed in content by weight: 6%?Ni?14%, 5%?Cr?10%, 0.5%?Si?2.5%, 0.5%?Ti?2%, C?0.04% and optionally containing 0.5%?Cu?2%, the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities resulting from the elaboration, the metal powder having a microstructure including in area fraction more than 98% of a body-centered cubic crystalline phase, the process having a step during which at least a part of the metal powder is melted in an atmosphere substantially composed of an inert gas other than Argon or of a combination of inert gases other than Argon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventors: Ana MARTINEZ SUAREZ, Laura MOLI, Laura DEL RIO FERNANDEZ, Nele VAN STEENBERGE, Lode DUPREZ
  • Publication number: 20230011220
    Abstract: A metal powder having a composition including the following elements, expressed in content by weight: 6.5%?Si?10%, 4.5%?Nb?10%, 0.2%?B?2.0%, 0.2%?Cu?2.0%, C?2% and optionally containing Ni?10 wt % and/or Co?10 wt % and/or Cr?7 wt % and/or Zr as a substitute for any part of Nb on a one-to-one basis and/or Mo as a substitute for any part of Nb on a one-to-one basis and/or P as a substitute for any part of Si on a one-to-one basis, the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities resulting from the elaboration, the metal powder having a microstructure including at least 5% in area fraction of an amorphous phase, the balance being made of crystalline ferritic phases with a grain size below 20 ?m and possible precipitates, the metal powder having a mean sphericity SPHT of at least 0.80.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Inventors: Manuel SANCHEZ PONCELA, Nele VAN STEENBERGE, Florencia GATTI, Sandra RODRIGUEZ
  • Publication number: 20220074029
    Abstract: A hot rolled steel having a composition including the following elements, expressed in percentage by weight: 15%?Nickel?25% 6%?Cobalt?12% 2%?Molybdenum?6% 0.1%?Titanium?1% 0.0001%?Carbon?0.03% 0.002%?Phosphorus?0.02% 0%?Sulfur?0.005%. 0 %?Nitrogen?0.01% and can contain one or more of the following optional elements 0%?Aluminum?0.1% 0%?Niobium?0.1% 0%?Vanadium?0.3% 0%?Copper?0.5% 0%?Chromium?0.5% the remainder composition being composed of iron and unavoidable impurities caused by processing, the microstructure of said steel sheet comprising in area fraction, 20% to 40% Tempered Martensite, at least 60% of Reverted Austenite and inter-metallic compounds of Molybdenum, Titanium and Nickel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Lode DUPREZ, Tom WATERSCHOOT, Nele VAN STEENBERGE, Laura MOLI SANCHEZ
  • Publication number: 20190112683
    Abstract: A rolled steel sheet suitable for enamelling, having a carbon profile, defined by a gradient in the C-level from a level Csurface at at least one surface of the sheet, to a level Cbulk in the bulk of the sheet, Cbulk being higher than Csurface, and with Cbulk higher than 0 and lower than 0.08 wt %, Csurface between 0 and 0.015 wt %, Al between 0.012 wt % and 0.07 wt %, Mn between 0.12 wt % and 0.45 wt % and O lower than 0.01 wt % and wherein the depth where the C-level reaches (Cbulk+Csurface)/2, is higher than 75 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicant: Arcelomittal Investigacion Y Desarrollo SL
    Inventors: Nele Van Steenberge, Marc Leveaux, Lode Duprez, Philippe Gousselot
  • Publication number: 20190112684
    Abstract: A rolled steel sheet suitable for enameling, having a carbon profile, defined by a gradient in the C-level from a level Csurface at at least one surface of the sheet, to a level Cbulk in the bulk of the sheet, Cbulk being higher than Csurface, and with Cbulk higher than 0 and lower than 0.08 wt %, Csurface between 0 and 0.015 wt %, Al between 0.012 wt % and 0.07 wt %, Mn between 0.12 wt % and 0.45 wt % and O lower than 0.01 wt % and wherein the depth where the C-level reaches (Cbulk+Csurface)/2, is higher than 75 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicant: Arcelormittal Investigacion Y Desarrollo SL
    Inventors: Nele Van Steenberge, Marc Leveaux, Lode Duprez, Philippe Gousselot
  • Publication number: 20140065434
    Abstract: The present invention is related to a rolled steel sheet suitable for enamelling, said sheet having a carbon profile, defined by a gradient in the C-level from a level Csurface at at least one surface of the sheet, to a level Cbulk in the bulk of the sheet, Cbulk being higher than Csurface, and with: Cbulk higher than 0 and lower than or equal to 0.08 wt %, Csurface between 0 and 0.015 wt %, Al between 0.012 wt % and 0.07 wt %, Mn between 0.12 wt % and 0.45 wt %, O lower than 0.01 wt % and optionally: Cu between 0.025 wt % and 0.1 wt %, S between 0.008 wt % and 0.04 wt %, Ca between 0.0005 wt % and 0.005 wt %, the balance being Fe and incidental impurities, and wherein the depth where the C-level reaches Cbulk+Csurface)/2, is higher than 75 ?m. The invention is equally related to a method for producing said steel sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2011
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: Arcelormittal Investigacion Y Desarrollo SL
    Inventors: Nele Van Steenberge, Marc Leveaux, Lode Duprez, Philippe Gousselot
  • Patent number: 8657967
    Abstract: The present invention is related to process for producing an amorphous Fe-based bulk metallic glass product, formed of an alloy having a chemical formula of Fe100-a-b-c-d-x-y MaNbbSicBdIxJy wherein: • M is Co and/or Ni, •I is one or more elements of the group consisting of Al, Cr, Cu, Mn, C and P, •J is one or more elements of the group consisting of Ti, S, N and O and wherein a, b, c, d, x and y are satisfying the following conditions: 0 wt. %<a?46. 1 wt. %, 5.4 wt. %?b?12.4 wt. %, 2.2 wt. %?c?4.4 wt. %, 2 wt. %<d?6 wt. %, x?2 wt. % and y?0.2 wt. %, the process comprising the steps of producing a master alloy by melting starting materials, comprising Fe-containing alloys, and by melting said master and pouring the molten alloy into a mold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: OCAS Onderzoekscentrum voor Aanwending van Staal N.V.
    Inventors: Daniel Ruiz Romera, Serge Claessens, Marc De Wulf, Nele Van Steenberge, Joachim Antonissen
  • Publication number: 20110162759
    Abstract: The present invention is related to process for producing an amorphous Fe-based bulk metallic glass product, formed of an alloy having a chemical formula of Fe100-a-b-c-d-x-y MaNbbSicBdIxJy wherein: .M is Co and/or Ni, .I is one or more elements of the group consisting of Al, Cr, Cu, Mn, C and P, .J is one or more elements of the group consisting of Ti, S, N and O and wherein a, b, c, d, x and y are satisfying the following conditions: 0 wt. %<a?46. 1 wt. %, 5.4 wt. %?b?12.4 wt. %, 2.2 wt. %?c?4.4 wt. %, 2 wt. %<d?6 wt. %, x?2 wt. % and y?0.2 wt. %, the process comprising the steps of producing a master alloy by melting starting materials, comprising Fe-containing alloys, and by melting said master and pouring the molten alloy into a mould.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2009
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Applicant: OCAS Onderzoekscentrum voor Aanwending van Staal N.V.
    Inventors: Daniel Ruiz Romera, Serge Claessens, Marc De Wulf, Nele Van Steenberge, Joachim Antonissen