Patents by Inventor Ravi Shahani

Ravi Shahani 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: 20240227023
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a part (20) including forming successive metal layers (201 . . . 20n), stacked on each other, each layer being formed by depositing an aluminum alloy (15), the aluminum alloy being subjected to an energy input so as to melt down and form said layer when solidifying, the method being characterized in that: during the manufacture of the part, before the formation of each layer, the aluminum alloy powder is maintained at a temperature higher than or equal to 25° C. and lower than 160° C. or comprised from 300° C. to 500° C.; the method includes applying, to the part, a post-manufacture heat treatment at a temperature comprised from 300° C. to 400° C.; the post-manufacture heat treatment begins with an increase in temperature, the increase being performed at a temperature rise rate higher than 5° C. per minute; the method does not include solution heat treatment followed by quenching.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Bechir CHEHAB, Ravi SHAHANI
  • Publication number: 20230191489
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a part, comprising the production of successive solid metallic layers (201...20n), each layer being produced by depositing a metal (25) called filler metal, said method being characterized in that the part has a specific grain structure. The invention also relates to a part obtained by means of this method and an alternative method. The alloy used in the additive manufacturing method of the invention makes it possible to obtain parts with exceptional properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Bechir CHEHAB, Ravi SHAHANI
  • Publication number: 20230191488
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a part, comprising the production of successive solid metallic layers (201 . . . 20n), each layer being produced by depositing a metal (25) called filler metal, said filler metal consisting of an aluminium alloy comprising at least the following alloying elements: Zr, in a mass fraction of 0.60 to 1.40%, Mn, in a mass fraction of 2.00 to 5.00%, Ni, in a mass fraction of 1.00 to 5.00%, Cu, in a mass fraction of 1.00 to 5.00%. The invention also relates to a part obtained by means of the method. The alloy used in the additive manufacturing method of the invention makes it possible to obtain parts with exceptional properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Bechir CHEHAB, Ravi SHAHANI
  • Publication number: 20220389543
    Abstract: Process for manufacturing a part (20) including a formation of successive metal layers (201 . . . 20n), which are superimposed on each other, each layer being formed by depositing a filler metal (15, 25), the filler metal being subjected to a supply of energy so as to become molten and to constitute, upon solidifying, said layer, the process being characterized in that the filler metal (15, 25) is an aluminum alloy including the following alloy elements (% by weight); Mg: 2.0%-5.0%; Zr: 0.5%-1.0%; Fe: 0.6%-3.0%; optionally Zn: ?0.5%; optionally Cu: ?0.5%; other alloy elements, in total ?4.0%, and individually ?1.0%; impurities: <0.05% individually, and in total <0.15%; remainder aluminum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Bechir CHEHAB, Jochen ALTENBEREND, Ravi SHAHANI
  • Patent number: 11459641
    Abstract: The invention relates to a thin sheet metal for a reinforcing or structural part of a car body, consisting of an aluminum alloy. The invention also relates to the method for producing such a sheet metal and to the use of such a sheet metal for producing a reinforcing or structural part for a car body. The sheet metals according to the invention advantageously have a modulus of elasticity of at least 77 GPa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: CONSTELLIUM NEUF-BRISACH
    Inventors: Petar Ratchev, Jean-Philippe Masse, Christophe Chabriol, Ravi Shahani, Lukasz Dolega
  • Publication number: 20220126367
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a part (20) including a formation of successive metallic layers (201 . . . 20n), superimposed on one another, each layer being formed by the deposition of a filler metal (15, 25), the filler metal being subjected to an energy input so as to melt and constitute, when solidifying, said layer, the method being characterized in that the filler metal (15, 25) is an aluminum alloy including the following alloy elements (weight %): Ni: >3% and ?7%; Fe: 0%-4%; optionally Zr: ?0.5%; optionally Si: ?0.5%; optionally Cu: ?1%; optionally Mg: ?0.5%; other alloy elements: <0.1% individually, and <0.5% all in all; impurities: <0.05% individually, and <0.15% all in all; the remainder consisting of aluminum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Bechir CHEHAB, Ravi SHAHANI
  • Publication number: 20220119926
    Abstract: An object of the invention is a method for manufacturing a part including a formation of successive metallic layers (201, . . . 20n), superimposed on one another, each layer being formed by the deposition of a filler metal (15, 35), the filler metal being subjected to an energy supply so as to melt and constitute, when solidifying, said layer, the method being characterized in that the filler metal (15, 35) is an aluminum alloy including the following alloy elements, in weight percents: Mg: 0%-6%; Zr: 0.7%-2.5%, preferably according to a first variant >1% and ?2.5%; or preferably according to a second variant 0.7-2%; and possibly 0.7-1.6%; and possibly 0.7-1.4%; and possibly 0.8-1.4%; and possibly 0.8-1.2%; at least one alloy element selected from Fe, Cu, Mn, Ni and/or La: at least 0.1%, preferably at least 0.25%, more preferably at least 0.5% per element; impurities: <0.05% individually, and preferably <0.15% all in all.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Bechir CHEHAB, Ravi SHAHANI
  • Patent number: 10661389
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the laser welding of monolithic semi-finished products made from aluminium alloy, without filler wire, known to the person skilled in the art as “remote laser welding”, comprising the following steps: supplying at least two aluminium alloy semi-finished products, of which at least one is a rolled sheet of composition (wt.-%): Si: 2.5-14, preferably 2.7-5.0; Fe: 0.05-0.80, preferably 0.15-0.60; Cu: ?0.20, preferably ?0.10, also <0.05, and even <200, also 100 ppm; Mg: 0.05-0.80, preferably 0.20-0.40; Mn: ?0.70, preferably ?0.30; Cr: <0.35; Ti: 0.02-0.30; Sr up to 500 ppm; Na up to 200 ppm; Sb up to 0.15%, other elements <0.05 each and <0.15 total, remainder aluminium, on the condition that A: 5.2 Fe+1.95 Si?0.5 Cu?Mg?7.0; and welding semi-finished products made from aluminium alloy, without filler wire, a method known the person skilled in the art as “remote laser welding”.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Constellium Neuf-Brisach
    Inventors: Jean-Philippe Masse, Ravi Shahani
  • Patent number: 10458009
    Abstract: A wrought aluminium alloy product having the following chemical composition, expressed in wt %: 1.3%?Si?12%, 1.35%?Fe?1.8% wherein the total Fe+Si content is higher than 3.4%, preferably 3.6%; 0.15%?Cu?6%; 0.6%?Mg?3%; optionally, one or more of the following elements: Mn?1%; Cr?0.25%; Ni?3%; Zn?1%; Ti?0.1%; Bi?0.7%; In?0.7%; Sn?0.7%; other elements <0.05% each and 0.15% in total; and the balance aluminium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: CONSTELLIUM EXTRUSIONS DECIN S.R.O.
    Inventors: Ravi Shahani, Lukasz Dolega, Ivo Kolarik
  • Publication number: 20180347016
    Abstract: The invention relates to a thin sheet metal for a reinforcing or structural part of a car body, consisting of an aluminium alloy of the following composition, in weight per cent: Si: 10-14; Mg: 0.05-0.8; Cu: 0-0.2; Fe: 0-0.5; Mn: 0-0.5; optionally at least one element selected from Na, Ca, Sr, Ba, Yt and Li, the quantity of said element if selected being between 0.01 and 0.05 for Na, Ca, Sr, Ba and Yt and between 0.1 and 0.3 for Li; Sb: 0-0.05; Cr: 0-0.1; Ti: 0-0.2; other elements amounting to <0.05 each and a total of <0.15; and the remainder being aluminium. The invention also relates to the method for producing such a sheet metal and to the use of such a sheet metal for producing a reinforcing or strucural part for a car body. The sheet metals according to the invention advantageously have a modulus of elasticity of at least 77 GPa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2016
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Petar RATCHEV, Jean-Philippe MASSE, Christophe CHABRIOL, Ravi SHAHANI, Lukasz DOLEGA
  • Publication number: 20180185962
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the laser welding of monolithic semi-finished products made from aluminium alloy, without filler wire, known to the person skilled in the art as “remote laser welding”, comprising the following steps: supplying at least two aluminium alloy semi-finished products, of which at least one is a rolled sheet of composition (wt.-%): Si: 2.5-14, preferably 2.7-5.0; Fe: 0.05-0.80, preferably 0.15-0.60; Cu: ?0.20, preferably ?0.10, also <0.05, and even <200, also 100 ppm; Mg: 0.05-0.80, preferably 0.20-0.40; Mn: ?0.70, preferably ?0.30; Cr: <0.35; Ti: 0.02-0.30; Sr up to 500 ppm; Na up to 200 ppm; Sb up to 0.15%, other elements <0.05 each and <0.15 total, remainder aluminium, on the condition that A: 5.2 Fe+1.95 Si?0.5 Cu?Mg?7.0; and welding semi-finished products made from aluminium alloy, without filler wire, a method known the person skilled in the art as “remote laser welding”.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Applicant: Constellium Neuf-Brisach
    Inventors: Jean-Philippe MASSE, Ravi SHAHANI
  • Publication number: 20150129370
    Abstract: A wrought aluminium alloy product having the following chemical composition, expressed in wt %: 1.3%?Si?12%, 1.35%?Fe?1.8% wherein the total Fe+Si content is higher than 3.4%, preferably 3.6%; 0.15%?Cu?6%; 0.6%?Mg?3%; optionally, one or more of the following elements: Mn?1%; Cr?0.25%; Ni?3%; Zn?1%; Ti?0.1%; Bi?0.7%; In?0.7%; Sn?0.7%; other elements <0.05% each and 0.15% in total; and the balance aluminium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventors: Ravi Shahani, Lukasz Dolega, Ivo Kolarik
  • Patent number: 8996994
    Abstract: Tools and techniques are described for providing multi-lingual word hyphenation using inductive machine learning on training data. Methods provided by these techniques may receive training data that includes hyphenated words, and may inductively generate hyphenation patterns that represent substrings of these words. The hyphenation patterns may include the substrings and hyphenation codes associated with characters occurring in the substrings. The methods may receive induction parameters applicable to generating the hyphenation patterns, and may store the hyphenation patterns into a language-specific lexicon file. These methods may also receive requests to hyphenate input words that occur in a human language, and may evaluate how to process the request based on the language. The methods may search for hyphenation patterns occurring in the input words, with the hyphenation patterns being stored in the lexicon file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Siarhei Alonichau, Ravi Shahani, Kevin Powell
  • Patent number: 8600968
    Abstract: Computer-readable media, computer systems, and computing methods are provided for recommending websites that are relevant to a current website to which a user has navigated. A search engine is used to track a set of websites the user has visited immediately prior to the current website, while predictive model(s) are used to generate a sequence of websites that include the current website and the tracked websites. The sequence is compared against strings of websites within a browser-history log to identify matching strings, where the matching strings include the sequence and a respective candidate website. A probability of relevance is computed from a frequency that each of the matching strings has been visited within a predefined time frame. The probability of relevance for each of the matching strings is ranked against one another to distill the highest-ranked matching strings, which are parsed to extract and present the candidate websites included therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Roman Holenstein, Qing Chang, Zhenghao Wang, Ravi Shahani
  • Publication number: 20130009422
    Abstract: Auto body roof comprising at least one steel part and a skin part made of aluminum alloy that is attached to the steel part before painting. The aluminum part comprises a sheet of the following composition: Si: 0.7-1.3, Fe<0.5, Cu: 0.5-1.1, Mn: 0.4-1.0, Mg: 0.6-1.2, Zn<0.7, Cr 0.25, Zr+Ti 0.20, other elements <0.05 each and <0.15 total, and the remainder aluminum. The aluminum part, after solution treatment, quenching and age-hardening for three weeks at room temperature, possesses a yield strength R0.2 of less than 170 MPa, and preferably 160 MPa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2012
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: CONSTELLIUM FRANCE
    Inventors: Myriam Bouet-Griffon, Gilles Guiglionda, Ravi Shahani, Pierre Gavoille, Salim Dermarkar, Guy Michel Raynaud
  • Publication number: 20120271805
    Abstract: Computer-readable media, computer systems, and computing methods are provided for recommending websites that are relevant to a current website to which a user has navigated. A search engine is used to track a set of websites the user has visited immediately prior to the current website, while predictive model(s) are used to generate a sequence of websites that include the current website and the tracked websites. The sequence is compared against strings of websites within a browser-history log to identify matching strings, where the matching strings include the sequence and a respective candidate website. A probability of relevance is computed from a frequency that each of the matching strings has been visited within a predefined time frame. The probability of relevance for each of the matching strings is ranked against one another to distill the highest-ranked matching strings, which are parsed to extract and present the candidate websites included therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2011
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Roman Holenstein, Qing (Elaine) Chang, Zhenghao Wang, Ravi Shahani
  • Patent number: 8090669
    Abstract: Architecture that employs adaptive learning algorithms to adapt a data correction tool to user-specific behavior during runtime. The architecture includes a framework for training and measuring adaptive learning algorithms, adapting the current text correction tool codebase, and one or more different adaptive learning algorithms. This enables a text correction system to adapt the behavior of the text correction system to an individual user based on the user's interaction with the data correction system. This also facilitates the testing and improvements in an adaptive learning algorithm at the vendor before shipping in a product to the end-user. This reduces the risk of shipping a feature the precise behavior of which is different for each user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Ravi Shahani, Siarhei Alonichau, Benjamin Childs
  • Publication number: 20100185631
    Abstract: Various technologies and techniques are disclosed for aggregating and using data collected from multiple computers to modify a later behavior of those computers. In one implementation, a data aggregation system is described. A data collector is operable to collect behavior data over a network from one or more applications used by the computers, and to save the behavior data to a data store. A data installer is operable to access the behavior data in the data store and convert the behavior data into a format that will modify a future operation of at least one of the applications that is used on at least one of the computers. A method for creating and distributing a custom dictionary from data collected from multiple computers is described. A method for identifying related documents from data collected from multiple computers is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2009
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Nicholas Van Caldwell, Ravi Shahani, Kevin Roland Powell, Jonathan Ludwig, Courtney Anne O'keef, Phan Huy Tu
  • Publication number: 20090281972
    Abstract: Architecture that employs adaptive learning algorithms to adapt a data correction tool to user-specific behavior during runtime. The architecture includes a framework for training and measuring adaptive learning algorithms, adapting the current text correction tool codebase, and one or more different adaptive learning algorithms. This enables a text correction system to adapt the behavior of the text correction system to an individual user based on the user's interaction with the data correction system. This also facilitates the testing and improvements in an adaptive learning algorithm at the vendor before shipping in a product to the end-user. This reduces the risk of shipping a feature the precise behavior of which is different for each user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2008
    Publication date: November 12, 2009
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ravi Shahani, Siarhei Alonichau, Benjamin Childs
  • Patent number: 7613719
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of manipulating a software application and processing data stored in a data source. The method includes receiving a natural language input and analyze the natural language input to identify semantic information contained therein. Portions of the natural language input are associated with command objects and entity objects of a schema based on the semantic information and the natural language input. The method also includes rendering data from the data source in a table of columns and rows based on the schema and the associated portions of the natural language input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2009
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Su Chin Chang, Ravi Shahani, Michael Calcagno, Robert Stumberger, Nicholas Caldwell, Allan Folting, Charles David Ellis