Patents by Inventor Scott R. Story

Scott R. Story 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: 20230323492
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method of making non-grain oriented (NGO) electrical steel. The method includes tapping the liquid steel out of a primary steelmaking furnace. Deoxidizing the liquid steel before or after transferring the deoxidized liquid steel to a ladle metallurgy furnace. Removing sulfur at the ladle metallurgy furnace (LMF). Adding fluxes and deoxidizer to the ladle slag and/or skimming off ladle slag to prevent sulfur reversion. Transferring the liquid steel from the ladle metallurgy furnace to an RH degasser for carbon removal by blowing oxygen. Adding fluxes at the RH before oxygen blowing to fortify the bottom layer of the ladle slag to prevent sulfur reversion. The removal of oxygen and sulfur prior to transferring the liquid steel to the RH degasser facilitates nitrogen removal and prevents carbon pick up during the step of adding fluxes and arcing for sulfur removal if sulfur removal is carried out at the LMF after carbon removal at the RH degasser in the conventional process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Yun Li, David L. Runner, Jonathan D. Youngblood, Scott R. Story
  • Publication number: 20230093078
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method of making low carbon steel. The method includes tapping the liquid steel out of a primary steelmaking furnace. Deoxidizing the liquid steel. Transferring the deoxidized liquid steel to a ladle metallurgy furnace. Removing sulfur at the ladle metallurgy furnace. Adding fluxes and arcing the liquid steel to prevent sulfur reversion. Transferring the liquid steel from the ladle metallurgy furnace to an RH degasser for carbon removal. The removal of oxygen and sulfur prior to transferring the liquid steel to the RH degasser facilitates nitrogen removal and prevents carbon pick up during the step sulfur removal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: Yun Li, David L. Runner, Jonathan D. Youngblood, Scott R. Story