Patents by Inventor Rajasekhar Talla
Rajasekhar Talla 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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Publication number: 20240024940Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and method for forming a final hollow body from a metal strip. A forming system may include a forming station, a joining station, an inline heater, and a hydroforming station. Forming the final hollow body from the metal strip may include receiving the metal strip at the forming station and bending the metal strip to a desired cross-section with the forming station and such that longitudinal edges of the metal strip are abutting. In some aspects, the forming station includes at least one roller. The method may include welding the abutting longitudinal edges together as a seam region via the joining station and to form an intermediate hollow body. The method may include heating the seam region of the intermediate hollow body with the inline heater and hydroforming the intermediate hollow body to the final hollow body with the hydroforming station.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2021Publication date: January 25, 2024Applicant: Novelis Inc.Inventors: Debdutta Roy, David Anthony Gaensbauer, John Min Ho, Cullen Pearson, Adolfo Rais, Rajasekhar Talla, Carolyn Grace Kidwell, Natasha Iyer
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Patent number: 11814713Abstract: Described herein are methods of processing heat treatable aluminum alloys using an accelerated aging step, along with aluminum alloy products prepared according to the methods. The methods of processing the heat treatable alloys described herein provide a more efficient method for producing aluminum alloy products having the desired strength and formability properties. For example, conventional methods of processing alloys can require 24 hours of aging. The methods described herein, however, substantially reduce the aging time, often requiring eight hours or less of aging time.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2019Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: Novelis Inc.Inventors: Cedric Wu, Rajeev G. Kamat, Yudie Yuan, David Leyvraz, Julie Richard, Rahul Vilas Kulkarni, Peter Lloyd Redmond, Yi Wang, Rajasekhar Talla, Rashmi Ranjan Mohanty, Tudor Piroteala
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Patent number: 11806779Abstract: Provided herein are systems and methods for producing thick gauge aluminum alloy articles such as plates, shates, slabs, sheet plates or the like. A method for producing thick gauge aluminum alloy articles can include continuously casting an aluminum alloy article and hot or warm rolling the aluminum alloy article. Also provided herein is a continuous casting system for producing thick gauge aluminum alloy articles. The disclosed thick gauge aluminum alloy articles can be provided in any suitable temper.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2017Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: Novelis Inc.Inventors: Milan Felberbaum, Corrado Bassi, Sazol Kumar Das, Simon Barker, Tudor Piroteala, Rajasekhar Talla
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Patent number: 11746400Abstract: Provided herein are ultra-high strength aluminum alloys and products prepared therefrom, along with methods of processing the ultra-high strength aluminum alloys. The aluminum alloys described herein are high solute alloys, including significant amounts of zinc (Zn), magnesium (Mg), copper (Cu), and other elements in addition to aluminum. The aluminum alloys described herein are amenable to post-aging processing without cracking.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2020Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: Novelis Inc.Inventors: Sazol Kumar Das, Rajeev G. Kamat, Samuel Robert Wagstaff, Simon William Barker, Rajasekhar Talla, Tudor Piroteala
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Publication number: 20230226598Abstract: A continuous casting and rolling line for casting, rolling, and otherwise preparing metal strip can produce distributable metal strip without requiring cold rolling or the use of a solution heat treatment line. A metal strip can be continuously cast from a continuous casting device and coiled into a metal coil, optionally after being subjected to post-casting quenching. This intermediate coil can be stored until ready for hot rolling. The as-cast metal strip can undergo reheating prior to hot rolling, either during coil storage or immediately prior to hot rolling. The heated metal strip can be cooled to a rolling temperature and hot rolled through one or more roll stands. The rolled metal strip can optionally be reheated and quenched prior to coiling for delivery. This final coiled metal strip can be of the desired gauge and have the desired physical characteristics for distribution to a manufacturing facility.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2023Publication date: July 20, 2023Applicant: NOVELIS INC.Inventors: MILAN FELBERBAUM, SAZOL KUMAR DAS, AURELE MARIAUX, DUANE E. BENDZINSKI, CYRILLE BEZENCON, SIMON WILLIAM BARKER, CORRADO BASSI, RAJEEV G. KAMAT, TUDOR PIROTEALA, RAJASEKHAR TALLA, ROBERT BRUCE WAGSTAFF
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Publication number: 20230211401Abstract: Systems and methods are described for roll-forming metal substrates. The metal substrates are subjected to induction heating during the roll-forming process by exposure to time-varying magnetic fields, such as by exposure to a rotating permanent magnet, or exposure to laser radiation from a laser source. Heating of the metal substrates allows improved formability or plasticity of the substrate in order to reduce or eliminate damage to the substrate during roll-forming to low bending radius to thickness ratios. Heating of the high-strength metal substrates can also function to temper the substrates and/or improve surface corrosion resistance and form high-strength end products with desirable properties.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2021Publication date: July 6, 2023Applicant: Novelis Inc.Inventors: Julio Malpica, Rajeev G. Kamat, Anna E. Janoff, Rajasekhar Talla, Brian Matthew Walczak, Debdutta Roy, David Anthony Gaensbauer, John Min Ho, Cullen Pearson, Adolfo Rais, Carolyn Grace Kidwell, Natasha Iyer, Julie Richard, David Leyvraz, Aude Celine Despois, Stefan Felix Kempa
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Patent number: 11692255Abstract: Described herein are 7xxx series aluminum alloys with unexpected properties and novel methods of producing such aluminum alloys. The aluminum alloys exhibit high strength and are highly formable. The alloys are produced by continuous casting and can be hot rolled to a final gauge and/or a final temper. The alloys can be used in automotive, transportation, industrial, and electronics applications, just to name a few.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2017Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: Novelis Inc.Inventors: Milan Felberbaum, Sazol Kumar Das, Duane E. Bendzinski, Rajeev G. Kamat, Tudor Piroteala, Rajasekhar Talla
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Patent number: 11590565Abstract: A continuous casting and rolling line for casting, rolling, and otherwise preparing metal strip can produce distributable metal strip without requiring cold rolling or the use of a solution heat treatment line. A metal strip can be continuously cast from a continuous casting device and coiled into a metal coil, optionally after being subjected to post-casting quenching. This intermediate coil can be stored until ready for hot rolling. The as-cast metal strip can undergo reheating prior to hot rolling, either during coil storage or immediately prior to hot rolling. The heated metal strip can be cooled to a rolling temperature and hot rolled through one or more roll stands. The rolled metal strip can optionally be reheated and quenched prior to coiling for delivery. This final coiled metal strip can be of the desired gauge and have the desired physical characteristics for distribution to a manufacturing facility.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2020Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: Novelis Inc.Inventors: Milan Felberbaum, Sazol Kumar Das, Aurele Mariaux, Duane E. Bendzinski, Cyrille Bezencon, Simon William Barker, Corrado Bassi, Rajeev G. Kamat, Tudor Piroteala, Rajasekhar Talla, Robert Bruce Wagstaff
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Patent number: 11466352Abstract: Described herein are formable, high strength aluminum alloy products and methods of preparing and processing the same. The methods of preparing and processing the aluminum alloy products include casting an aluminum alloy and performing tailored rolling and downstream thermal processing steps. The resulting aluminum alloy products possess high strength and formability properties.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2019Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: Novelis Inc.Inventors: Sazol Kumar Das, Rajeev G. Kamat, Rajasekhar Talla, Tudor Piroteala
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Publication number: 20210046540Abstract: A continuous casting and rolling line for casting, rolling, and otherwise preparing metal strip can produce distributable metal strip without requiring cold rolling or the use of a solution heat treatment line. A metal strip can be continuously cast from a continuous casting device and coiled into a metal coil, optionally after being subjected to post-casting quenching. This intermediate coil can be stored until ready for hot rolling. The as-cast metal strip can undergo reheating prior to hot rolling, either during coil storage or immediately prior to hot rolling. The heated metal strip can be cooled to a rolling temperature and hot rolled through one or more roll stands. The rolled metal strip can optionally be reheated and quenched prior to coiling for delivery. This final coiled metal strip can be of the desired gauge and have the desired physical characteristics for distribution to a manufacturing facility.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2020Publication date: February 18, 2021Applicant: NOVELIS INC.Inventors: MILAN FELBERBAUM, SAZOL KUMAR DAS, AURELE MARIAUX, DUANE E. BENDZINSKI, CYRILLE BEZENCON, SIMON WILLIAM BARKER, CORRADO BASSI, RAJEEV G. KAMAT, TUDOR PIROTEALA, RAJASEKHAR TALLA, ROBERT BRUCE WAGSTAFF
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Patent number: 10913107Abstract: A continuous casting and rolling line for casting, rolling, and otherwise preparing metal strip can produce distributable metal strip without requiring cold rolling or the use of a solution heat treatment line. A metal strip can be continuously cast from a continuous casting device and coiled into a metal coil, optionally after being subjected to post-casting quenching. This intermediate coil can be stored until ready for hot rolling. The as-cast metal strip can undergo reheating prior to hot rolling, either during coil storage or immediately prior to hot rolling. The heated metal strip can be cooled to a rolling temperature and hot rolled through one or more roll stands. The rolled metal strip can optionally be reheated and quenched prior to coiling for delivery. This final coiled metal strip can be of the desired gauge and have the desired physical characteristics for distribution to a manufacturing facility.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2017Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: Novelis Inc.Inventors: Milan Felberbaum, Sazol Kumar Das, Aurele Mariaux, Duane E. Bendzinski, Cyrille Bezencon, Simon William Barker, Corrado Bassi, Rajeev G. Kamat, Tudor Piroteala, Rajasekhar Talla, Robert Bruce Wagstaff
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Publication number: 20200377976Abstract: Provided herein are ultra-high strength aluminum alloys and products prepared therefrom, along with methods of processing the ultra-high strength aluminum alloys. The aluminum alloys described herein are high solute alloys, including significant amounts of zinc (Zn), magnesium (Mg), copper (Cu), and other elements in addition to aluminum. The aluminum alloys described herein are amenable to post-aging processing without cracking.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2020Publication date: December 3, 2020Applicant: Novelis Inc.Inventors: Sazol Kumar Das, Rajeev G. Kamat, Samuel Robert Wagstaff, Simon William Barker, Rajasekhar Talla, Tudor Piroteala
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Publication number: 20200149141Abstract: Described herein are methods of processing heat treatable aluminum alloys using an accelerated aging step, along with aluminum alloy products prepared according to the methods. The methods of processing the heat treatable alloys described herein provide a more efficient method for producing aluminum alloy products having the desired strength and formability properties. For example, conventional methods of processing alloys can require 24 hours of aging. The methods described herein, however, substantially reduce the aging time, often requiring eight hours or less of aging time.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2019Publication date: May 14, 2020Applicant: Novelis Inc.Inventors: Cedric Wu, Rajeev G. Kamat, Yudie Yuan, David Leyvraz, Julie Richard, Rahul Vilas Kulkarni, Peter Lloyd Redmond, Yi Wang, Rajasekhar Talla, Rashmi Ranjan Mohanty, Tudor Piroteala
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Publication number: 20200123641Abstract: Described herein are formable, high strength aluminum alloy products and methods of preparing and processing the same. The methods of preparing and processing the aluminum alloy products include casting an aluminum alloy and performing tailored rolling and downstream thermal processing steps. The resulting aluminum alloy products possess high strength and formability properties.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2019Publication date: April 23, 2020Applicant: Novelis Inc.Inventors: Sazol Kumar Das, Rajeev G. Kamat, Rajasekhar Talla, Tudor Piroteala
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Publication number: 20190284667Abstract: Provided herein are continuously cast aluminum alloy products exhibiting uniform surface characteristics. The aluminum alloy products have a first surface comprising a width, wherein the first surface comprises an average of 50 exudates or less per square centimeter across the width of the first surface. Also provided herein are methods of making aluminum alloy products having improved surface characteristics. Further provided are methods and systems for manufacturing aluminum alloy products, such as sheets, having reduced surface defects.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2019Publication date: September 19, 2019Inventors: Simon William BARKER, Rajasekhar TALLA, Sazol Kumar DAS, Tudor PIROTEALA, Milan FELBERBAUM, Samuel Robert WAGSTAFF
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Publication number: 20190062886Abstract: The present disclosure generally provides 7xxx series aluminum alloy products in a stable T4 temper. The disclosure also provides methods of making such products, for example, using processes that include a combination of casting, rolling, solutionizing, quenching, reheating, and slow cooling. The disclosure also provides various end uses of such products, such as in automotive, transportation, electronics, and industrial applications.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2018Publication date: February 28, 2019Applicant: Novelis Inc.Inventors: David Leyvraz, Samuel R. Wagstaff, Steve Clerc, Rajasekhar Talla, Rajeev G. Kamat
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Publication number: 20180202031Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods of processing 7xxx aluminum alloys using a rapid pre-aging step, along with alloys prepared according to the methods. The aluminum alloy products described herein have high strength when subjected to a rapid pre-aging step, as described above, and subsequent thermal treatment, such as paint baking or coating. The alloys prepared and processed according to the methods described herein can be used, for example, in automotive, transportation, electronics, and industrial applications.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2018Publication date: July 19, 2018Applicant: Novelis Inc.Inventors: Cedric Wu, Rahul Vilas Kulkarni, Rajeev G. Kamat, Rashmi Ranjan Mohanty, Rajasekhar Talla
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Publication number: 20180117650Abstract: A continuous casting and rolling line for casting, rolling, and otherwise preparing metal strip can produce distributable metal strip without requiring cold rolling or the use of a solution heat treatment line. A metal strip can be continuously cast from a continuous casting device and coiled into a metal coil, optionally after being subjected to post-casting quenching. This intermediate coil can be stored until ready for hot rolling. The as-cast metal strip can undergo reheating prior to hot rolling, either during coil storage or immediately prior to hot rolling. The heated metal strip can be cooled to a rolling temperature and hot rolled through one or more roll stands. The rolled metal strip can optionally be reheated and quenched prior to coiling for delivery. This final coiled metal strip can be of the desired gauge and have the desired physical characteristics for distribution to a manufacturing facility.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2017Publication date: May 3, 2018Applicant: NOVELIS INC.Inventors: Milan Felberbaum, Sazol Kumar Das, Aurele Mariaux, Duane E. Bendzinski, Cyrille Bezencon, Simon William Barker, Corrado Bassi, Rajeev G. Kamat, Tudor Piroteala, Rajasekhar Talla, Robert Bruce Wagstaff
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Publication number: 20180119262Abstract: Described herein are 7xxx series aluminum alloys with unexpected properties and novel methods of producing such aluminum alloys. The aluminum alloys exhibit high strength and are highly formable. The alloys are produced by continuous casting and can be hot rolled to a final gauge and/or a final temper. The alloys can be used in automotive, transportation, industrial, and electronics applications, just to name a few.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2017Publication date: May 3, 2018Applicant: NOVELIS INC.Inventors: Milan Felberbaum, Sazol Kumar Das, Duane E. Bendzinski, Rajeev G. Kamat, Tudor Piroteala, Rajasekhar Talla
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Publication number: 20180117669Abstract: Provided herein are systems and methods for producing thick gauge aluminum alloy articles such as plates, shates, slabs, sheet plates or the like. A method for producing thick gauge aluminum alloy articles can include continuously casting an aluminum alloy article and hot or warm rolling the aluminum alloy article. Also provided herein is a continuous casting system for producing thick gauge aluminum alloy articles. The disclosed thick gauge aluminum alloy articles can be provided in any suitable temper.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2017Publication date: May 3, 2018Applicant: Novelis Inc.Inventors: Milan Felberbaum, Corrado Bassi, Sazol Kumar Das, Simon Barker, Tudor Piroteala, Rajasekhar Talla