Patents by Inventor XIZHOU KAI

XIZHOU KAI 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).

  • Patent number: 12042885
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy flux-cored welding wire and a fabrication method thereof are provided. In the present disclosure, a mixed salt is used as a filler for the flux-cored welding wire, and a reaction between the mixed salt and a welding base metal is directly induced through welding heat to produce in situ nanoparticles, which not only reduces a production cost of the welding wire, but also enhances the bonding between the added particles and the base metal through the prominent wettability between the in-situ enhancement particles and the base metal; and a rare earth element is added to significantly refine grains, which provides a new idea for the selection of a flux-cored welding wire for 7XXX aluminum alloy welding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: JIANGSU UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Yutao Zhao, Chang Miao, Xizhou Kai, Chengchao Du, Rui Cao, Zhuangzhuang Xu
  • Publication number: 20240227087
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy flux-cored welding wire and a fabrication method thereof are provided. In the present disclosure, a mixed salt is used as a filler for the flux-cored welding wire, and a reaction between the mixed salt and a welding base metal is directly induced through welding heat to produce in situ nanoparticles, which not only reduces a production cost of the welding wire, but also enhances the bonding between the added particles and the base metal through the prominent wettability between the in-situ enhancement particles and the base metal; and a rare earth element is added to significantly refine grains, which provides a new idea for the selection of a flux-cored welding wire for 7XXX aluminum alloy welding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2022
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicant: JIANGSU UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Yutao ZHAO, Chang MIAO, Xizhou KAI, Chengchao DU, Rui CAO, Zhuangzhuang XU
  • Publication number: 20240200167
    Abstract: An AMC, and in particular to an AMC with high strength, high toughness, high thermal conductivity, and good weldability for a 5G base station and a preparation method thereof. A strip of the AMC with high strength, high toughness, high thermal conductivity, and good weldability for a 5G base station can be prepared by an electromagnetically and ultrasonically-controlled twin-roll continuous casting device developed and designed based on chemical composition designing, in-situ nanoparticle strengthening and refinement, and REM microalloying.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Applicant: Jiangsu University
    Inventors: Yutao ZHAO, Xizhou KAI, Gang CHEN, Yanjie PENG, Ran TAO, Xiangfeng LIANG
  • Publication number: 20240200166
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an aluminum alloy material, and specifically to a weldable in-situ nano-strengthened rare-earth metal (REM)-containing aluminum alloy with high strength and toughness and a preparation method thereof. In the present disclosure, in-situ nano-ceramic particles and REMs simultaneously introduced into an Al—Zn—Mg alloy can effectively refine the grains and significantly improve the strength and toughness of the alloy; and REM-containing nano-precipitated phases and in-situ nanoparticles distributed in the grains or at grain boundaries can also significantly increase a recrystallization temperature of the alloy, effectively inhibit the dynamic recovery, reduce the re-dissolution of alloying elements, and improve the weldability of the alloy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Applicant: Jiangsu University
    Inventors: Xizhou KAI, Yutao ZHAO, Yanjie PENG, Gang CHEN, Ruikun CHEN, Lin WU, Ran TAO, Xiangfeng LIANG
  • Patent number: 11761059
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for preparing an in-situ ternary nanoparticle-reinforced aluminum matrix composite (AMC). In this method, an in-situ reaction generation technique is used, and with a powder containing formation elements for producing reinforcing particles as a reactant, in conjunction with a low-frequency rotating magnetic field/ultrasonic field regulation technique, an aluminum-based composite material is prepared using nanoparticle intermediate alloy re-melting. An AA6016-based composite material reinforced by ternary nanoparticles has an average particle size of 65 nm, and has an obvious refinement phenomenon compared with unitary and dual-phase nanoparticles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Jiangsu University
    Inventors: Yutao Zhao, Liwei Jin, Wei Qian, Xizhou Kai, Xu Gao
  • Patent number: 11753706
    Abstract: A graphene and in-situ nano-ZrB2 particle-co-reinforced aluminum matrix composite (AMC) and a preparation method thereof are provided. The preparation method includes: heating an aluminum alloy for melting, adding potassium fluoroborate and potassium fluorozirconate to produce ZrB2 particles in-situ, additionally adding a mixture of pre-prepared copper-coated graphene and an aluminum powder, and stirring with an electromagnetic field for uniform dispersion; and ultrasonically treating the resulting melt to improve the dispersion of the in-situ nano-ZrB2 particles and the graphene, casting for molding to obtain a casting, and subjecting the casting to homogenization and rolling for deformation to obtain the graphene and in-situ nano-ZrB2 particle-co-reinforced AMC. The in-situ generation of the reinforcement nano-ZrB2 particles in an aluminum alloy melt increases the number of interfaces in the composite and also increases the dislocation density.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: JIANGSU UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Yutao Zhao, Gang Chen, Chuang Guan, Xizhou Kai, Wei Qian, Luyao Huang, Xu Gao, Liwei Jin
  • Publication number: 20230193427
    Abstract: A graphene and in-situ nano-ZrB2 particle-co-reinforced aluminum matrix composite (AMC) and a preparation method thereof are provided. The preparation method includes: heating an aluminum alloy for melting, adding potassium fluoroborate and potassium fluorozirconate to produce ZrB2 particles in-situ, additionally adding a mixture of pre-prepared copper-coated graphene and an aluminum powder, and stirring with an electromagnetic field for uniform dispersion; and ultrasonically treating the resulting melt to improve the dispersion of the in-situ nano-ZrB2 particles and the graphene, casting for molding to obtain a casting, and subjecting the casting to homogenization and rolling for deformation to obtain the graphene and in-situ nano-ZrB2 particle-co-reinforced AMC. The in-situ generation of the reinforcement nano-ZrB2 particles in an aluminum alloy melt increases the number of interfaces in the composite and also increases the dislocation density.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: JIANGSU UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Yutao ZHAO, Gang CHEN, Chuang GUAN, Xizhou KAI, Wei QIAN, Luyao HUANG, Xu GAO, Liwei JIN
  • Patent number: 11643709
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an aluminum matrix composite (AMC), and particularly to a method and apparatus for preparing an AMC with a high strength, a high toughness, and a high neutron absorption. The present invention combines a high-neutron-absorption and highly stable micro-B4C extrinsic reinforcement with an in-situ nano-reinforcement containing elements B, Cd, and Hf and having high neutron capture ability, achieves efficient absorption of neutrons by using the large cross-sectional area of the micro-reinforcement, achieves effective capture of rays penetrating gaps of the micro-reinforcement by means of the highly dispersed in-situ nano-reinforcement, and significantly improves the toughness of the composite material by means of the high-dispersion toughening effect of the nano-reinforcement, obtaining a particle-reinforced aluminum matrix composite (PAMC) having high toughness and high neutron absorption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Jiangsu University
    Inventors: Xizhou Kai, Yutao Zhao, Yanjie Peng, Gang Chen, Xiaojing Xu, Lin Wu, Shuoming Huang, Ruikun Chen
  • Publication number: 20220282356
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an aluminum matrix composite (AMC), and particularly to a method and apparatus for preparing an AMC with a high strength, a high toughness, and a high neutron absorption. The present invention combines a high-neutron-absorption and highly stable micro-B4C extrinsic reinforcement with an in-situ nano-reinforcement containing elements B, Cd, and Hf and having high neutron capture ability, achieves efficient absorption of neutrons by using the large cross-sectional area of the micro-reinforcement, achieves effective capture of rays penetrating gaps of the micro-reinforcement by means of the highly dispersed in-situ nano-reinforcement, and significantly improves the toughness of the composite material by means of the high-dispersion toughening effect of the nano-reinforcement, obtaining a particle-reinforced aluminum matrix composite (PAMC) having high toughness and high neutron absorption.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicant: Jiangsu University
    Inventors: Xizhou KAI, Yutao ZHAO, Yanjie PENG, Gang CHEN, Xiaojing XU, Lin WU, Shuoming HUANG, Ruikun CHEN
  • Publication number: 20220251683
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for preparing an in-situ ternary nanoparticle-reinforced aluminum matrix composite (AMC). In this method, an in-situ reaction generation technique is used, and with a powder containing formation elements for producing reinforcing particles as a reactant, in conjunction with a low-frequency rotating magnetic field/ultrasonic field regulation technique, an aluminum-based composite material is prepared using nanoparticle intermediate alloy re-melting. An AA6016-based composite material reinforced by ternary nanoparticles has an average particle size of 65 nm, and has an obvious refinement phenomenon compared with unitary and dual-phase nanoparticles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2020
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Applicant: Jiangsu University
    Inventors: Yutao ZHAO, Liwei JIN, Wei QIAN, Xizhou KAI, Xu GAO
  • Patent number: 10781507
    Abstract: Provided are an anti-fatigue in-situ aluminum-based nanocomposite material for heavy-load automobile hubs and a preparation method therefor. By means of the fine adjustment of components and a forming process, in situ nano-compositing, micro-alloying and rapid compression moulding techniques are combined. That is, after the addition of Zr and B, an in-situ reaction occurs to form a nano ZrB2 ceramic reinforcement, which is distributed in aluminum crystals and crystal boundaries and bonded to a metallurgical interface kept firm with the matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignees: Jiangsu University, Sumec Wheels Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yutao Zhao, Yuanpu Peng, Tongxiang Fan, Xizhou Kai, Gang Chen, Wenling Wang
  • Publication number: 20190010580
    Abstract: Provided are an anti-fatigue in-situ aluminium-based nanocomposite material for heavy-load automobile hubs and a preparation method therefor. By means of the fine adjustment of components and a forming process, in situ nano-compositing, micro-alloying and rapid compression moulding techniques are combined. That is, after the addition of elements Zr and B, an in-situ reaction occurs to form a nano ZrB2 ceramic reinforcement which is distributed in aluminium crystals and crystal boundaries and bonded to a metallurgical interface kept firm with the matrix.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2016
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Inventors: YUTAO ZHAO, YUANPU PENG, TONGXIANG FAN, XIZHOU KAI, GANG CHEN, WENLING WANG