Patents by Inventor Ramanujam Vedantham

Ramanujam Vedantham 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: 20230356360
    Abstract: An abrasive article can include a body including a bond material, abrasive particles, and a plurality of pores, wherein the bond material can comprise a vitreous material. In one embodiment, an average particle size of the abrasive particles can be between 0.1 microns to 5 microns, and a porosity of the body may be between 40 vol % to 70 vol %, wherein the porosity may define an average pore size (D50) of at least 0.1 microns and not greater than 5 microns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: CECILE O. MEJEAN, John S. HAGAN, Linda S. BATEMAN, Alexandre TEMPERELLI, Taewook HWANG, Ramanujam VEDANTHAM, John M. GULCIUS, Maureen A. BROSNAN
  • Patent number: 11667009
    Abstract: An abrasive article can include a body including a bond material, abrasive particles, and a plurality of pores, wherein the bond material can comprise a vitreous material. In one embodiment, an average particle size of the abrasive particles can be between 0.1 microns to 5 microns, and a porosity of the body may be between 40 vol % to 70 vol %, wherein the porosity may define an average pore size (D50) of at least 0.1 microns and not greater than 5 microns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignees: SAINT-GOBAIN ABRASIVES, INC., SAINT-GOBAIN ABRASIFS
    Inventors: Cecile O. Mejean, John S. Hagan, Linda S. Bateman, Alexandre Temperelli, Taewook Hwang, Ramanujam Vedantham, John M. Gulcius, Maureen A. Brosnan
  • Publication number: 20220009056
    Abstract: An abrasive article can include a body including a bond material, abrasive particles, and a plurality of pores, wherein the bond material can comprise a vitreous material. In one embodiment, an average particle size of the abrasive particles can be between 0.1 microns to 5 microns, and a porosity of the body may be between 40 vol % to 70 vol %, wherein the porosity may define an average pore size (D50) of at least 0.1 microns and not greater than 5 microns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: Cecile O. MEJEAN, John S. HAGAN, Linda S. BATEMAN, Alexandre TEMPERELLI, Taewook HWANG, Ramanujam VEDANTHAM, John M. GULCIUS, Maureen A. BROSNAN
  • Publication number: 20210214596
    Abstract: An abrasive article including a first abrasive body coupled to a substrate, the first abrasive body having abrasive particles including a superabrasive and a bond material including a vitreous material and a second abrasive body coupled to the substrate, the second abrasive body having abrasive particles including a superabrasive and a bond material including at least one non-vitreous phase material, and as wear rate differential between the first abrasive body and second abrasive body of at least 0.08 cc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2021
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: Ramanujam VEDANTHAM, Alexandre TEMPERELLI
  • Patent number: 10213902
    Abstract: An abrasive article including a body having a bond material comprising an inorganic material, abrasive particles contained within the bond materials; and pores contained within the bond material defining a porosity of at least 90 vol % and not greater than 97 vol % for a total volume of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignees: SAINT-GOBAIN ABRASIVES, INC., SAINT-GOBAIN ABRASIFS
    Inventors: Shivshankar Sivasubramanian, Signo T. Reis, Linda S. Bateman, Lisa A. Johnson, Rachana Upadhyay, Srinivasan Ramanath, Ramanujam Vedantham, Taewook Hwang, Andrew L. Biro
  • Patent number: 10105821
    Abstract: A bonded abrasive article suitable for processing hard materials such as sapphire. In an embodiment, an abrasive article includes a bonded abrasive body including a bond material comprising a metal, abrasive particles contained within the bond material having an average particle size of not greater than about 20 ?m, and a pore size standard deviation of not greater than about 16 ?m. An abrasive article can also include a bonded abrasive body having a bond material comprising metal, abrasive particles contained within the bond material having an average particle size of not greater than about 20 ?m, and an average pore size of not greater than about 110 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignees: SAINT-GOBAIN ABRASIVES, INC., SAINT-GOBAIN ABRASIFS
    Inventors: Cecile O. Mejean, Srinivasan Ramanath, Ramanujam Vedantham, John M. Gulcius, Rachana Upadhyay
  • Patent number: 10086499
    Abstract: An abrasive article includes a body having an annular surface including abrasive segments coupled to the annular surface, and the abrasive segments define an abrasive annular region and a percent abrasive surface area of not greater than 24% for the total surface area of the abrasive annular region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignees: SAINT-GOBAIN ABRASIVES, INC., SAINT-GOBAIN ABRASIFS
    Inventors: Cecile O. Mejean, Srinivasan Ramanath, Ramanujam Vedantham, Kelley McNeal
  • Publication number: 20170008153
    Abstract: An abrasive article including a body having a bond material comprising an inorganic material, abrasive particles contained within the bond materials; and pores contained within the bond material defining a porosity of at least 90 vol % and not greater than 97 vol % for a total volume of the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Shivshankar Sivasubramanian, Signo T. Reis, Linda S. Bateman, Lisa A. Johnson, Rachana Upadhyay, Srinivasan Ramanath, Ramanujam Vedantham, Taewook Hwang, Andrew L. Biro
  • Patent number: 9464365
    Abstract: A sapphire substrate includes a generally planar surface having a crystallographic orientation selected from the group consisting of a-plane, r-plane, m-plane, and c-plane orientations, and having a nTTV of not greater than about 0.037 ?m/cm2, wherein nTTV is total thickness variation normalized for surface area of the generally planar surface, the substrate having a diameter not less than about 9.0 cm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN CERAMICS & PLASTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Brahmanandam V. Tanikella, Palaniappan Chinnakaruppan, Robert A. Rizzuto, Isaac K. Cherian, Ramanujam Vedantham, Matthew A. Simpson
  • Publication number: 20160256982
    Abstract: An abrasive article includes a body having an annular surface including abrasive segments coupled to the annular surface, and the abrasive segments define an abrasive annular region and a percent abrasive surface area of not greater than 24% for the total surface area of the abrasive annular region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Inventors: Cecile O. MEJEAN, Srinivasan RAMANATH, Ramanujam VEDANTHAM, Kelley MCNEAL
  • Patent number: 9266220
    Abstract: An abrasive article including a bonded abrasive body having a bond material made of a vitrified material, abrasive particles comprising a first type of superabrasive material contained in the bond material, a porosity of at least about 50 vol % of the total volume of the bonded abrasive body, and a ?CTE of not greater than about 5.5 ppm/° C., wherein ?CTE is defined as a difference between a CTE of the bond material and a CTE of the abrasive particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignees: SAINT-GOBAIN ABRASIVES, INC., SAINT-GOBAIN ABRASIFS
    Inventors: Shivshankar Sivasubramanian, Srinivasan Ramanath, Ramanujam Vedantham, Rachana Upadhyay, Signo Reis
  • Publication number: 20150360346
    Abstract: A superabrasive resin product includes a superabrasive grain component, an oxide component, and a continuous phase defining a network of interconnected pores. The oxide component consists of an oxide of a lanthanoid, and the continuous phase includes a thermoplastic polymer component. The superabrasive grain component and the oxide component are distributed in the continuous phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2015
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Applicants: SAINT-GOBAIN ABRASIFS, SAINT-GOBAIN ABRASIVES, INC.
    Inventors: Rachana UPADHYAY, Ramanujam VEDANTHAM
  • Patent number: 9138866
    Abstract: A superabrasive resin product includes a superabrasive grain component, an oxide component, and a continuous phase defining a network of interconnected pores. The oxide component consists of an oxide of a lanthanoid, and the continuous phase includes a thermoplastic polymer component. The superabrasive grain component and the oxide component are distributed in the continuous phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignees: SAINT-GOBAIN ABRASIVES, INC., SAINT-GOBAIN ABRASIFS
    Inventors: Ramanujam Vedantham, Rachana Upadhyay
  • Publication number: 20150183086
    Abstract: A bonded abrasive article suitable for processing hard materials such as sapphire. In an embodiment, an abrasive article includes a bonded abrasive body including a bond material comprising a metal, abrasive particles contained within the bond material having an average particle size of not greater than about 20 ?m, and a pore size standard deviation of not greater than about 16 ?m. An abrasive article can also include a bonded abrasive body having a bond material comprising metal, abrasive particles contained within the bond material having an average particle size of not greater than about 20 ?m, and an average pore size of not greater than about 110 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2014
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Inventors: Cecile O. MEJEAN, Srinivasan RAMANATH, Ramanujam VEDANTHAM, John M. GULCIUS, Rachana UPADHYAY
  • Patent number: 9022840
    Abstract: An abrasive tool including a CMP pad conditioner having a substrate including a first major surface, a second major surface opposite the first major surface, and a side surface extending between the first major surface and the second major, wherein a first layer of abrasive grains is attached to the first major surface and a second layer of abrasive grains is attached to the second major surface. The conditioner further includes a first sealing member extending in a peripheral direction along a portion of the side surface of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignees: Saint-Gobain Abrasives, Inc., Saint-Gobain Abrasifs
    Inventors: Charles Dinh-Ngoc, Srinivasan Ramanath, Eric M. Schulz, Jianhui Wu, Thomas Puthanangady, Ramanujam Vedantham, Taewook Hwang
  • Publication number: 20150059256
    Abstract: An abrasive article including a bonded abrasive body including a bond material having a metal, abrasive particles contained within the bond material, and a filler blend including fine filler particles and coarse filler particles and defining a filler particle size ratio (Ff/Fc) of not greater than about 0.97, where Ff represents the average particle of the fine filler particles and Fc represents the average particle size of the coarse filler particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventors: Cecile O. MEJEAN, Srinivasan RAMANATH, John M. GULCIUS, Ramanujam VEDANTHAM, Rachana UPADHYAY
  • Patent number: 8905823
    Abstract: An abrasive tool for conditioning CMP pads includes abrasive grains coupled to a substrate through a metal bond and a coating, e.g., a fluorine-doped nanocomposite coating. The abrasive grains can be arranged in a self-avoiding random distribution. In one implementation, an abrasive tool includes a coated plate and a coated abrasive article that has two abrading surfaces. Other implementations related to a process for producing an abrasive tool that includes a coating at one or more of its surfaces. Also described are methods for dressing a CMP pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignees: Saint-Gobain Abrasives, Inc., Saint-Gobain Abrasifs
    Inventors: Jianhui Wu, Taewook Hwang, Ramanujam Vedantham, Charles Dinh-Ngoc, Thomas K. Puthanangady, Eric M. Schulz, Srinivasan Ramanath
  • Publication number: 20140335308
    Abstract: A sapphire substrate includes a generally planar surface having a crystallographic orientation selected from the group consisting of a-plane, r-plane, m-plane, and c-plane orientations, and having a nTTV of not greater than about 0.037 ?m/cm2, wherein nTTV is total thickness variation normalized for surface area of the generally planar surface, the substrate having a diameter not less than about 9.0 cm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Inventors: Brahmanandam V. Tanikella, Palaniappan Chinnakaruppan, Robert A. Rizzuto, Isaac K. Cherian, Ramanujam Vedantham, Matthew A. Simpson
  • Publication number: 20140290149
    Abstract: A vitrified superabrasive product includes a superabrasive component and a vitrified bond component in which the superabrasive component is dispersed. The vitrified bond includes an oxide of a lanthanoid. Additionally, the vitrified bond component defines pores that can be essentially all less than 800 ?m in diameter. Seventy percent of the pores are in a range of between about 40 ?m and about 500 ?m and have an average aspect ratio less than about 2. The porosity is in a range of between about 50% and about 90% of the total volume of the superabrasive product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventors: Ramanujam VEDANTHAM, Rachana UPADHYAY, Gilles QUEREL
  • Publication number: 20140234568
    Abstract: A sapphire substrate includes a generally planar surface having a crystallographic orientation selected from the group consisting of a-plane, r-plane, m-plane, and c-plane orientations, and having a nTTV of not greater than about 0.037 ?m/cm2, wherein nTTV is total thickness variation normalized for surface area of the generally planar surface, the substrate having a diameter not less than about 9.0 cm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2014
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: Saint-Gobain Ceramics & Plastics, Inc.
    Inventors: Brahmanandam V. Tanikella, Palaniappan Chinnakaruppan, Robert A. Rizzuto, Isaac K. Cherian, Ramanujam Vedantham, Matthew A. Simpson