Patents by Inventor Susan D. Strothers

Susan D. Strothers 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: 20230243027
    Abstract: A high strength aluminum alloy material comprises aluminum as a primary component and at least one of magnesium and silicon as a secondary component at a concentration of at least 0.2% by weight. The material has a Brinell hardness of at least 90 BHN, a yield strength of at least 250 MPa, an ultimate tensile strength of at least 275 MPa, and a percent elongation of at least 11.5%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Stephane Ferrasse, Frank C. Alford, Susan D. Strothers, Patrick Underwood
  • Patent number: 11649535
    Abstract: A method of forming a high strength aluminum alloy is disclosed. The method includes solutionizing to a temperature ranging from about 5° C. above a standard solutionizing temperature to about 5° C. below an incipient melting temperature for the aluminum material to form a heated aluminum material, which is then quenched. The aluminum material includes at least one of magnesium and silicon as a secondary component at a concentration of at least 0.2% by weight. The cooled aluminum material is subjected to ECAE processing using one of isothermal conditions and non-isothermal conditions. Isothermal conditions include having a billet and a die at the same temperature from about 80° C. to about 200° C. Non-isothermal conditions include having a billet at a temperature from about 80° C. to about 200° C. and a die at a temperature of at most 100° C. The aluminum material is than aged at a temperature from about 100° C. to about 175° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Stephane Ferrasse, Frank C. Alford, Susan D. Strothers, Patrick Underwood
  • Publication number: 20230143320
    Abstract: An aluminum or copper alloy sputtering chamber includes a front surface, a back surface opposite the front surface, and a sputter trap formed on at least a portion of the front surface A coating of titanium particles is formed on the sputter trap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2023
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Jaeyeon Kim, Patrick Underwood, Susan D. Strothers, Shih-Yao Lin, Michael D. Payton, Scott R. Sayles
  • Patent number: 11584985
    Abstract: A sputtering chamber component including a front surface, a back surface opposite the front surface, and a sputter trap formed on at least a portion of the back surface, and a coating of metallic particles formed on the sputter trap. The coating has a thickness from about 0.025 mm to about 2.54 mm (0.001 inches to about 0.1 inches) and is substantially free of impurities, and the particles of the coating are substantially diffused.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Jaeyeon Kim, Patrick Underwood, Susan D. Strothers, Shih-Yao Lin, Michael D. Payton, Scott R. Sayles
  • Patent number: 11450516
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to a planar sputtering target. In particular, the present disclosure provides a planar sputtering target comprising a planar sputtering surface and a back surface opposite the planar sputtering surface. The planar sputtering target is formed from a 2N purity tin having an average grain size from at least 10 mm to at most 100 mm. The present disclosure provides a method of manufacturing the tin planar sputtering target having an average grain size from at least 10 mm to at most 100 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Marc D. Ruggiero, Stephane Ferrasse, Frank C. Alford, Susan D. Strothers, Patrick K. Underwood
  • Patent number: 11421311
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method of forming a high strength aluminum alloy. The method comprises heating an aluminum material to a solutionizing temperature for a solutionizing time such that the magnesium and zinc are dispersed throughout the extruded aluminum material to form a solutionized aluminum material. The method includes quenching the solutionized aluminum material to form a quenched aluminum material. The method also includes aging the quenched aluminum material to form an aluminum alloy, then subjecting the aluminum alloy to an ECAE process to form a high strength aluminum alloy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Stephane Ferrasse, Wayne D. Meyer, Frank C. Alford, Marc D. Ruggiero, Patrick K. Underwood, Susan D. Strothers
  • Patent number: 11359273
    Abstract: A sputtering target comprising a forged aluminum material having an average grain size between about 15 and 55 microns. The aluminum material has at least one of the following: a homogeneous texture with minimal texture banding as measured by banding factor B below about 0.01; a texture gradient H of less than 0.2; or either weak (200) texture or near random texture characterized by maximum intensity of inverse pole figure less than 3 times random in multiple directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Stephane Ferrasse, Suresh Sundarraj, Frank C. Alford, Jeffrey J. Schaefer, Susan D. Strothers
  • Patent number: 11248286
    Abstract: A method of forming a high strength aluminum alloy. The method comprises subjecting an aluminum material containing at least one of magnesium, manganese, silicon, copper, and zinc at a concentration of at least 0.1% by weight to an equal channel angular extrusion (ECAE) process. The method produces a high strength aluminum alloy having an average grain size from about 0.2 ?m to about 0.8 ?m and a yield strength from about 300 MPa to about 650 MPa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Stephane Ferrasse, Susan D. Strothers, Patrick K. Underwood, Marc D. Ruggiero, Wayne D. Meyer, Lucia M. Feng, Frank C. Alford
  • Patent number: 10968510
    Abstract: A sputter trap formed on at least a portion of a sputtering chamber component has a plurality of particles and a particle size distribution plot with at least two different distributions. A method of forming a sputter trap having a particle size distribution plot with at least two different distributions is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Jaeyeon Kim, Patrick K. Underwood, Susan D. Strothers, Michael D. Payton, Scott R. Sayles
  • Publication number: 20210054490
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method of forming a high strength aluminum alloy. The method comprises heating an aluminum material to a solutionizing temperature for a solutionizing time such that the magnesium and zinc are dispersed throughout the extruded aluminum material to form a solutionized aluminum material. The method includes quenching the solutionized aluminum material to form a quenched aluminum material. The method also includes aging the quenched aluminum material to form an aluminum alloy, then subjecting the aluminum alloy to an ECAE process to form a high strength aluminum alloy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: Stephane Ferrasse, Wayne D. Meyer, Frank C. Alford, Marc D. Ruggiero, Patrick K. Underwood, Susan D. Strothers
  • Publication number: 20210050194
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to a planar sputtering target. In particular, the present disclosure provides a planar sputtering target comprising a planar sputtering surface and a back surface opposite the planar sputtering surface. The planar sputtering target is formed from a 2N purity tin having an average grain size from at least 10 mm to at most 100 mm. The present disclosure provides a method of manufacturing the tin planar sputtering target having an average grain size from at least 10 mm to at most 100 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventors: Marc D. Ruggiero, Stephane Ferrasse, Frank C. Alford, Susan D. Strothers, Patrick K. Underwood
  • Patent number: 10900102
    Abstract: A method of forming a high strength aluminum alloy. The method comprises heating an aluminum material including scandium to a solutionizing temperature of the aluminum material such that scandium is dispersed throughout the aluminum material to form an aluminum alloy. The method further comprises extruding the aluminum alloy with equal channel angular extrusion to form a high strength aluminum alloy, such that the high strength aluminum alloy has a yield strength greater than about 40 ksi after being at a temperature from about 300° C. to about 400° C. for at least one hour.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Stephane Ferrasse, Frank C. Alford, Michael R. Pinter, Susan D. Strothers
  • Patent number: 10851447
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method of forming a high strength aluminum alloy. The method comprises heating an aluminum material to a solutionizing temperature for a solutionizing time such that the magnesium and zinc are dispersed throughout the extruded aluminum material to form a solutionized aluminum material. The method includes quenching the solutionized aluminum material to form a quenched aluminum material. The method also includes aging the quenched aluminum material to form an aluminum alloy, then subjecting the aluminum alloy to an ECAE process to form a high strength aluminum alloy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Stephane Ferrasse, Wayne D. Meyer, Frank C. Alford, Marc D. Ruggiero, Patrick K. Underwood, Susan D. Strothers
  • Patent number: 10760156
    Abstract: A method of forming a high strength copper alloy. The method comprises heating a copper material including from about 2 wt. % to about 20 wt. % manganese by weight of the copper material to a temperature above 400° C., allowing the copper material to cool to a temperature from about 325° C. to about 350° C. to form a cooled copper material, and extruding the cooled copper material with equal channel angular extrusion to form a cooled copper manganese alloy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Stephane Ferrasse, Frank C. Alford, Susan D. Strothers, Ira G. Nolander, Michael R. Pinter, Patrick Underwood
  • Publication number: 20200270730
    Abstract: A method of forming a high strength aluminum alloy. The method comprises subjecting an aluminum material containing at least one of magnesium, manganese, silicon, copper, and zinc at a concentration of at least 0.1% by weight to an equal channel angular extrusion (ECAE) process. The method produces a high strength aluminum alloy having an average grain size from about 0.2 ?m to about 0.8 ?m and a yield strength from about 300 MPa to about 650 MPa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: Stephane Ferrasse, Susan D. Strothers, Patrick K. Underwood, Marc D. Ruggiero, Wayne D. Meyer, Lucia M. Feng, Frank C. Alford
  • Publication number: 20200240004
    Abstract: A sputter trap formed on at least a portion of a sputtering chamber component has a plurality of particles and a particle size distribution plot with at least two different distributions. A method of forming a sputter trap having a particle size distribution plot with at least two different distributions is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: Jaeyeon Kim, Patrick K. Underwood, Susan D. Strothers, Michael D. Payton, Scott R. Sayles
  • Patent number: 10655212
    Abstract: A sputter trap formed on at least a portion of a sputtering chamber component has a plurality of particles and a particle size distribution plot with at least two different distributions. A method of forming a sputter trap having a particle size distribution plot with at least two different distributions is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: Honeywell Internatonal Inc
    Inventors: Jaeyeon Kim, Patrick K. Underwood, Susan D. Strothers, Michael D. Payton, Scott R. Sayles
  • Publication number: 20200131611
    Abstract: A method of forming a high strength aluminum alloy is disclosed. The method includes solutionizing to a temperature ranging from about 5° C. above a standard solutionizing temperature to about 5° C. below an incipient melting temperature for the aluminum material to form a heated aluminum material, which is then quenched. The aluminum material includes at least one of magnesium and silicon as a secondary component at a concentration of at least 0.2% by weight. The cooled aluminum material is subjected to ECAE processing using one of isothermal conditions and non-isothermal conditions. Isothermal conditions include having a billet and a die at the same temperature from about 80° C. to about 200° C. Non-isothermal conditions include having a billet at a temperature from about 80° C. to about 200° C. and a die at a temperature of at most 100° C. The aluminum material is than aged at a temperature from about 100° C. to about 175° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Stephane Ferrasse, Frank C. Alford, Susan D. Strothers, Patrick Underwood
  • Publication number: 20200048761
    Abstract: A sputtering chamber component including a front surface, a back surface opposite the front surface, and a sputter trap formed on at least a portion of the back surface, and a coating of metallic particles formed on the sputter trap. The coating has a thickness from about 0.025 mm to about 2.54 mm (0.001 inches to about 0.1 inches) and is substantially free of impurities, and the particles of the coating are substantially diffused.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Inventors: Jaeyeon Kim, Patrick Underwood, Susan D. Strothers, Shih-Yao Lin, Michael D. Payton, Scott R. Sayles
  • Publication number: 20190112702
    Abstract: A method of forming a high strength copper alloy. The method comprises heating a copper material including from about 2 wt. % to about 20 wt. % manganese by weight of the copper material to a temperature above 400° C., allowing the copper material to cool to a temperature from about 325° C. to about 350° C. to form a cooled copper material, and extruding the cooled copper material with equal channel angular extrusion to form a cooled copper manganese alloy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Stephane Ferrasse, Frank C. Alford, Susan D. Strothers, Ira G. Nolander, Michael R. Pinter, Patrick Underwood