Patents by Inventor Tom Waterschoot

Tom Waterschoot 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: 20230058956
    Abstract: A hot rolled steel sheet having a composition including the following elements, 0.18%?Carbon?0.3%, 1.8%?Manganese?4.5%. 0.8%?Silicon?2%,0 001%?Aluminum ?0.2%, 0.1%?Molybdenum?1%, 0.001%?Titanium?0.2%, 0.0001%?Boron?0.01%, 0%?Phosphorus?0.09%, 0%?Sulfur?0.09%.,0%?Nitrogen?0.09%, 0%?Chromium?0.5%, 0%?Niobium?0.1%, 0%?Vanadium?0.5%, 0%?Nickel?1%, 0%?Copper?1%, 0%?Calcium?0.005%, 0%?Magnesium?0.0010% the remainder composition being composed of iron and unavoidable impurities caused by processing, the microstructure of said steel sheet including in area fraction, of at least 70% martensite, 8% to 25% residual austenite, wherein the shape factor of the residual austenite is between 4 and 12.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventors: Dorien DE KNIJF, Lode DUPREZ, Koenraad THEUWISSEN, Tom WATERSCHOOT
  • Publication number: 20220074029
    Abstract: A hot rolled steel having a composition including the following elements, expressed in percentage by weight: 15%?Nickel?25% 6%?Cobalt?12% 2%?Molybdenum?6% 0.1%?Titanium?1% 0.0001%?Carbon?0.03% 0.002%?Phosphorus?0.02% 0%?Sulfur?0.005%. 0 %?Nitrogen?0.01% and can contain one or more of the following optional elements 0%?Aluminum?0.1% 0%?Niobium?0.1% 0%?Vanadium?0.3% 0%?Copper?0.5% 0%?Chromium?0.5% the remainder composition being composed of iron and unavoidable impurities caused by processing, the microstructure of said steel sheet comprising in area fraction, 20% to 40% Tempered Martensite, at least 60% of Reverted Austenite and inter-metallic compounds of Molybdenum, Titanium and Nickel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Lode DUPREZ, Tom WATERSCHOOT, Nele VAN STEENBERGE, Laura MOLI SANCHEZ
  • Publication number: 20210348245
    Abstract: A hot rolled steel product having a composition including in percentage by weight: 0.06%?C?0.18%, 0.01%?Ni?0.6%, 0.001%?Cu?2%, 0.001%?Cr?2%, 0.001%?Si?0.8%, 0%?N?0.008%, 0%?P?0.03%, 0%?S?0.03%, 0.001%?Mo?0.5%, 0.001%?Nb?0.1%, 0.001%?V?0.5%, 0.001%?Ti?0.1% and one or more following optional elements 0.2%?Mn?2%, 0.005%?Al?0.1%, 0%?B?0.003%, 0%?Ca?0.01%, 0%?Mg?0.010% the remainder composition being composed of iron and unavoidable impurities caused by processing, such product having a tertiary scale layer including, in area fraction, a total amount of at least 50% of magnetite and ferrite wherein ferrite is at least 25%, 0% to 50% of wustite, and 0% to 10% of hematite, such scale layer having a thickness between 5 microns and 40 microns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Eva DIAZ GONZALEZ, Lieven BRACKE, Tom WATERSCHOOT, Joost DESTRYCKER
  • Publication number: 20110168300
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cold-rolled and annealed Dual-Phase steel sheet having a strength between 980 and 1100 MPa, and a breaking elongation greater than 9%, of which the composition comprises, the contents being expressed by weight: 0.055%?C?0.095%, 2%?Mn?2.6%, 0.005%?Si?0.35%, S?0.005%, P?0.050%, 0.1?Al?0.3%, 0.05%?Mo?0.25%, 0.2%?Cr?0.5%, it being understood that Cr+2Mo?0.6%, Ni?0.1%, 0.010?Nb?0.040%, 0.010?Ti?0.050%, 0.0005?B?0.0025%, and 0.002%?N?0.007%, the remainder of the composition consisting of iron and the inevitable impurities resulting from the smelting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2009
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: ARCELORMITTAL INVESTIGACION Y DESARROLLO SL
    Inventors: Antoine Moulin, Veronique Sardoy, Catherine Vinci, Gloria Restrepo Garces, Tom Waterschoot, Mohamed Goune