Patents by Inventor Pascal Drillet

Pascal Drillet 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: 20210262055
    Abstract: A pre-coated steel strip is provided. The steel strip includes a strip of base steel having a length, a width, a first side, and a second side. The length of the strip is at least 100 m and the width is at least 600 mm. An aluminum or an aluminum alloy pre-coating is on at least part of at least one of the first or second sides of the strip of base steel. A thickness tp of the pre-coating is from 20 to 33 micrometers at every location on at least one of the first or second sides. Processes, coated stamped products and land motor vehicles are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: Pascal DRILLET, Dominique Spehner, Ronald Kefferstein
  • Patent number: 11041226
    Abstract: A pre-coated steel strip is provided. The steel strip includes a strip of base steel having a length, a width, a first side, and a second side. The length of the strip is at least 100 m and the width is at least 600 mm. An aluminum or an aluminum alloy pre-coating is on at least part of at least one of the first or second sides of the strip of base steel. A thickness tp of the pre-coating is from 20 to 33 micrometers at every location on at least one of the first or second sides. Processes, coated stamped products and land motor vehicles are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: ArcelorMittal
    Inventors: Pascal Drillet, Dominique Spehner, Ronald Kefferstein
  • Patent number: 10961602
    Abstract: A pre-coated steel strip is provided. The steel strip includes a strip of base steel having a length, a width, a first side, and a second side. The length of the strip is at least 100 m and the width is at least 600 mm. An aluminum or an aluminum alloy pre-coating is on at least part of at least one of the first or second sides of the strip of base steel. A thickness tp of the pre-coating is from 20 to 33 micrometers at every location on at least one of the first or second sides. Processes, coated stamped products and land motor vehicles are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: ArcelorMittal
    Inventors: Pascal Drillet, Dominique Spehner, Ronald Kefferstein
  • Publication number: 20200399734
    Abstract: A process for manufacturing a non-stamped prealloyed steel coil, sheet or blank, comprising the following successive steps of: providing a non-stamped precoated steel coil, sheet or blank composed of a steel substrate covered by a precoating of aluminum, or aluminum-based alloy, or aluminum alloy, wherein the precoating thickness is comprised between 10 and 35 micrometers on each side of the steel coil, sheet or blank, then heating the non-stamped steel coil, sheet or blank in a furnace under an atmosphere containing at least 5% oxygen, up to a temperature ?1 comprised between 750 and 1000° C., for a duration t1 comprised between t1min and t1max, wherein: t1min=23500/(?1?729.5) and t1max=4.946×1041×?1?13.08, t1 designating the total duration in the furnace, ?1 being expressed in ° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Alexandre BLAISE, Pascal DRILLET, Thierry STUREL
  • Patent number: 10597747
    Abstract: A pre-coated steel strip is provided. The steel strip includes a strip of base steel having a length, a width, a first side, and a second side. The length of the strip is at least 100 m and the width is at least 600 mm. An aluminum or an aluminum alloy pre-coating is on at least part of at least one of the first or second sides of the strip of base steel. A thickness tp of the pre-coating is from 20 to 33 micrometers at every location on at least one of the first or second sides. Processes, coated stamped products and land motor vehicles are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: ArcelorMittal
    Inventors: Pascal Drillet, Dominique Spehner, Ronald Kefferstein
  • Patent number: 10590507
    Abstract: A pre-coated steel strip is provided. The steel strip includes a strip of base steel having a length, a width, a first side, and a second side. The length of the strip is at least 100 m and the width is at least 600 mm. An aluminum or an aluminum alloy pre-coating is on at least part of at least one of the first or second sides of the strip of base steel. A thickness tp of the pre-coating is from 20 to 33 micrometers at every location on at least one of the first or second sides. Processes, coated stamped products and land motor vehicles are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: ArcelorMittal
    Inventors: Pascal Drillet, Dominique Spehner, Ronald Kefferstein
  • Patent number: 10577674
    Abstract: A pre-coated steel strip is provided. The steel strip includes a strip of base steel having a length, a width, a first side, and a second side. The length of the strip is at least 100 m and the width is at least 600 mm. An aluminum or an aluminum alloy pre-coating is on at least part of at least one of the first or second sides of the strip of base steel. A thickness tp of the pre-coating is from 20 to 33 micrometers at every location on at least one of the first or second sides. Processes, coated stamped products and land motor vehicles are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: ArcelorMittal
    Inventors: Pascal Drillet, Dominique Spehner, Ronald Kefferstein
  • Patent number: 10550447
    Abstract: A pre-coated steel strip is provided. The steel strip includes a strip of base steel having a length, a width, a first side, and a second side. The length of the strip is at least 100 m and the width is at least 600 mm. An aluminum or an aluminum alloy pre-coating is on at least part of at least one of the first or second sides of the strip of base steel. A thickness tp of the pre-coating is from 20 to 33 micrometers at every location on at least one of the first or second sides. Processes, coated stamped products and land motor vehicles are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: ArcelorMittal
    Inventors: Pascal Drillet, Dominique Spehner, Ronald Kefferstein
  • Patent number: 10428400
    Abstract: A hot-rolled steel sheet having a tensile strength greater than 800 MPa and an elongation at break greater than 10% is provided. A composition of the steel includes, the contents being expressed by weight: 0.050%?C?0.090%, 1%?Mn?2%, 0.015%?Al?0.050%, 0.1%?Si?0.3%, 0.10%?Mo?0.40%, S?0.010%, P?0.025%, 0.003%?N?0.009%, 0.12%?V?0.22%, Ti?0.005%, Nb?0.020% and optionally, Cr?0.45%. A balance of the composition includes iron and inevitable impurities resulting from the smelting. A microstructure of the sheet or part includes, as a surface fraction, at least 80% upper bainite, and a remainder includes lower bainite, martensite and residual austenite. A sum of the martensite and residual austenite, as a surface fraction, is less than 5%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: ARCELORMITTAL FRANCE
    Inventors: Pascal Drillet, Damien Ormston
  • Publication number: 20190276912
    Abstract: A pre-coated steel strip is provided. The steel strip includes a strip of base steel having a length, a width, a first side, and a second side. The length of the strip is at least 100 m and the width is at least 600 mm. An aluminum or an aluminum alloy pre-coating is on at least part of at least one of the first or second sides of the strip of base steel. A thickness tp of the pre-coating is from 20 to 33 micrometers at every location on at least one of the first or second sides. Processes, coated stamped products and land motor vehicles are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Pascal DRILLET, Dominique Spehner, Ronald Kefferstein
  • Publication number: 20190271056
    Abstract: A pre-coated steel strip is provided. The steel strip includes a strip of base steel having a length, a width, a first side, and a second side. The length of the strip is at least 100 m and the width is at least 600 mm. An aluminum or an aluminum alloy pre-coating is on at least part of at least one of the first or second sides of the strip of base steel. A thickness tp of the pre-coating is from 20 to 33 micrometers at every location on at least one of the first or second sides. Processes, coated stamped products and land motor vehicles are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Inventors: Pascal DRILLET, Dominique Spehner, Ronald Kefferstein
  • Publication number: 20190271055
    Abstract: A pre-coated steel strip is provided. The steel strip includes a strip of base steel having a length, a width, a first side, and a second side. The length of the strip is at least 100 m and the width is at least 600 mm. An aluminum or an aluminum alloy pre-coating is on at least part of at least one of the first or second sides of the strip of base steel. A thickness tp of the pre-coating is from 20 to 33 micrometers at every location on at least one of the first or second sides. Processes, coated stamped products and land motor vehicles are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Inventors: Pascal DRILLET, Dominique Spehner, Ronald Kefferstein
  • Publication number: 20190271057
    Abstract: A pre-coated steel strip is provided. The steel strip includesa strip of base steel having a length, a width, a first side, and a second side. The length of the strip is at least 100 m and the width is at least 600 mm. An aluminum or an aluminum alloy pre-coating is on at least part of at least one of the first or second sides of the strip of base steel. A thickness tp of the pre-coating is from 20 to 33 micrometers at every location on at least one of the first or second sides. Processes, coated stamped products and land motor vehicles are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Inventors: Pascal DRILLET, Dominique Spehner, Ronald Kefferstein
  • Publication number: 20190271058
    Abstract: A pre-coated steel strip is provided. The steel strip includes a strip of base steel having a length, a width, a first side, and a second side. The length of the strip is at least 100 m and the width is at least 600 mm. An aluminum or an aluminum alloy pre-coating is on at least part of at least one of the first or second sides of the strip of base steel. A thickness tp of the pre-coating is from 20 to 33 micrometers at every location on at least one of the first or second sides. Processes, coated stamped products and land motor vehicles are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Inventors: Pascal DRILLET, Dominique Spehner, Ronald Kefferstein
  • Publication number: 20190144963
    Abstract: A carbon steel sheet coated with a barrier pre-coating containing nickel and chromium in a weight ratio between 1.5 and 9, and a press hardening method for providing the carbon steel sheet coated with a barrier pre-coating comprising nickel and chromium are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2017
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventors: Cédric GEORGES, Florin DUMINICA, Thierry STUREL, Pascal DRILLET
  • Patent number: 10214792
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hot-rolled steel sheet having a tensile strength greater than 800 MPa and an elongation at break greater than 10%, the composition of which comprises, the contents being expressed by weight: 0.050%?C?0.090%, 1%?Mn?2%, 0.015%?Al?0.050%, 0.1%?Si?0.3%, 0.10%?Mo?0.40%, S?0.010%, P?0.025%, 0.003%?N?0.009%, 0.12%?V?0.22%, Ti?0.005%, Nb?0.020% and, optionally, Cr?0.45%, the balance of the composition consisting of iron and inevitable impurities resulting from the smelting, the microstructure of the sheet or the part comprising, as a surface fraction, at least 80% upper bainite, the possible complement consisting of lower bainite, martensite and residual austenite, the sum of the martensite and residual austenite contents being less than 5%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: ArcelorMittal France
    Inventors: Pascal Drillet, Damien Ormston
  • Patent number: 10131117
    Abstract: A manufacturing process of a hot stamped coated part comprising the following successive steps, in this order: providing a hot rolled or cold rolled steel sheet comprising a steel substrate and an aluminium-silicon alloy precoating, the precoating containing more than 50% of free aluminium and having a thickness comprised between 15 and 50 micrometers, then cutting the steel sheet to obtain a precoated steel blank, then heating the blank under non protective atmosphere up to a temperature Ti comprised between Te?10° C. and Te, Te being the eutectic or solidus temperature of the precoating, then heating the blank from the temperature Ti up to a temperature Tm comprised between 840 and 950° C. under non protective atmosphere with a heating rate V comprised between 30° C./s and 90° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: ARCELORMITTAL INVESTIGACION Y DESARROLLO, S.L.
    Inventors: Isabelle Thirion, Thomas Vietoris, Raisa Grigorieva, Pascal Drillet, Ludwig Schaller, Karl Michael Bader, Uwe Paar, Michael Alsmann
  • Publication number: 20180202017
    Abstract: A press hardened steel part is provided. The steel of the part has a chemical composition including, in weight: 0.062%?C?0.095%, 1.4%?Mn?1.9%, 0.2%?Si?0.5%, 0.020%?Al?0.070%, 0.02%?Cr?0.1%, wherein: 1.5%?(C+Mn+Si+Cr)?2.7%, 0.040%?Nb?0.060%, 3.4×N?Ti?8×N wherein: 0.044%?(Nb+Ti)?0.090%, 0.0005?B?0.004%, 0.001%?N?0.009%, 0.0005%?S?0.003%, 0.001%?P?0.020%, optionally: 0.0001%?Ca?0.003%, and the remainder being Fe and unavoidable impurities. The microstructure of the part includes, in a majority of the part, in surface fractions: less than 40% of bainite, less than 5% of austenite, less than 5% of ferrite, and a remainder being martensite. The martensite is fresh martensite and self-tempered martensite.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Applicant: ArcelorMittal
    Inventors: Pascal Drillet, Maria Poirier, Sujay Sarkar
  • Publication number: 20180163282
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hot-rolled steel sheet having a tensile strength greater than 800 MPa and an elongation at break greater than 10%, the composition of which comprises, the contents being expressed by weight: 0.050%?C?0.090%, 1%?Mn?2%, 0.015%?Al?0.050%, 0.1%?Si?0.3%, 0.10%?Mo?0.40%, S?0.010%, P?0.025%, 0.003%?N?0.009%, 0.12%?V?0.22%, Ti?0.005%, Nb?0.020% and, optionally, Cr?0.45%, the balance of the composition consisting of iron and inevitable impurities resulting from the smelting, the microstructure of the sheet or the part comprising, as a surface fraction, at least 80% upper bainite, the possible complement consisting of lower bainite, martensite and residual austenite, the sum of the martensite and residual austenite contents being less than 5%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Inventors: Pascal DRILLET, Damien ORMSTON
  • Publication number: 20180148806
    Abstract: A hot-rolled steel sheet having a tensile strength greater than 800 MPa and an elongation at break greater than 10% is provided. A composition of the steel includes, the contents being expressed by weight: 0.050%?C?0.090%, 1%?Mn?2%, 0.015%?Al?0.050%, 0.1%?Si?0.3%, 0.10%?Mo?0.40%, S?0.010%, P?0.025%, 0.003%?N?0.009%, 0.12%?V?0.22%, Ti?0.005%, Nb?0.020% and optionally, Cr?0.45%. A balance of the composition includes iron and inevitable impurities resulting from the smelting. A microstructure of the sheet or part includes, as a surface fraction, at least 80% upper bainite, and a remainder includes lower bainite, martensite and residual austenite. A sum of the martensite and residual austenite, as a surface fraction, is less than 5%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Inventors: Pascal DRILLET, Damien ORMSTON