Patents by Inventor Timothy John Hurd

Timothy John Hurd 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).

  • Aluminum casting alloy
    Patent number: 6607616
    Abstract: The invention relates to an aluminum casting alloy and to cast products made thereof consisting of, in weight percent: Mg 1.0-2.6, Si 0.5-2.0, Mn 0.9-1.4, Fe<0.50, Cu<1.0, Zn<0.30, Ti<0.20, Be<0.003, balance aluminum and inevitable impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2003
    Assignee: Corus Aluminium Voerde GmbH
    Inventors: Martinus Godefridus Johannes Spanjers, Timothy John Hurd
  • Aluminium alloy for use in a brazed assembly
    Patent number: 6413331
    Abstract: Aluminum alloy in the form of a sheet, plate or extrusion, having a composition in the range (in weight %): Si <0.15 Mn 0.7-1.5 Mg up to 0.8 Cu 0.5-1.5 Fe <0.4 Cr <0.30 Ti <0.30 V <0.30 Zr <0.30 others each < 0.05 total < 0.15 balance aluminium and said aluminum alloy is provided in an aged condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2002
    Assignee: Corus Aluminium Walzprodukte GmbH
    Inventors: Timothy John Hurd, Nicolaas Dirk Adrianus Kooij, Achim Bürger, Klaus Vieregge
  • Aluminium extrusion alloy
    Patent number: 6391129
    Abstract: The invention relates to an aluminium extrusion alloy comprising in weight percent: Mn 1.0-1.4, Cu 0.2-2.0, Mg 0.1-0.6, Si 0.15-1.0, Fe 0.8 max., Zn 0.25 max., Ti 0.15 max., Cr 0.35 max., Zr and/or V in total 0.25 max., others up to 0.05 each, total 0.15, balance aluminium, and with the proviso that (Cu+Mg)>0.7, and which aluminium extrusion alloy is particularly suitable for application in brazed assemblies, and the invention further relates to a method of its manufacture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2002
    Assignees: Corus Aluminium N.V., Corus Aluminium Walzprodukte GmbH
    Inventors: Timothy John Hurd, Klaus Vieregge, Louis Walter Marie Paul Tack, Arne Mulkers
  • Aluminum casting alloy
    Publication number: 20020043309
    Abstract: The invention relates to an aluminum casting alloy and to cast products made thereof consisting of, in weight percent: Mg 1.0 - 2.6, Si 0.5 - 2.0, Mn 0.9 - 1.4, Fe<0.50, Cu<1.0, Zn<0.30, Ti<0.20, Be<0.003, balance aluminum and inevitable impurities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2001
    Publication date: April 18, 2002
    Inventors: Martinus Godefridus Johannes Spanjers, Timothy John Hurd
  • Brazing sheet and method of making same
    Patent number: 6352789
    Abstract: The invention relates to a brazing sheet with a two-layer structure or a three-layer structure, having a core sheet made of an aluminium alloy core material and on one side or both sides thereof a brazing layer of an aluminium alloy containing silicon as main alloying element, wherein the aluminium alloy of the core sheet has the composition (in weight %) Mn 0.5 to 1.5 Cu 0.5 to 2.0 Si 0.3 to 1.5 Mg <0.05 Fe <0.4 Ti <0.15 Cr <0.35 Zr and/or V <0.35 in total Zn <0.25 balance aluminium and unavoidable impurities, and wherein said brazing sheet has a post-braze 0.2% yield strength of at least 50 MPa and having a corrosion life of more than 12 days in a SWAAT test without perforations in accordance with ASTM G-85, and further to a method of its manufacture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2002
    Assignee: Corus Aluminium Walzprodukte GmbH
    Inventors: Timothy John Hurd, Nicolaas Dirk Adrianus Kooij, Achim Bürger, Klaus Vieregge