Patents by Inventor Zachary Cole Sims

Zachary Cole Sims 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).

  • Castable high temperature nickel-rare earth element alloys
    Patent number: 11859266
    Abstract: A product includes a material having: nickel and at least one rare earth element. The at least one rare earth element is present in the material in a weight percentage in a range of about 2% to about 20% relative to a total weight of the material. A method includes forming a material comprising an alloy of nickel and at least one rare earth element. The at least one rare earth element is present in the material in a weight percentage in a range of about 2% to about 20% relative to a total weight of the material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignees: Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC, Eck Industries, Inc., Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc., University of Tennessee Research Foundation, UT-Battelle, LLC
    Inventors: Scott K. McCall, Alexander Baker, Hunter B. Henderson, Tian Li, Aurelien Perron, Zachary Cole Sims, David Weiss, Ryan T. Ott, Orlando Rios, Max Neveau
  • Aluminum alloys with improved intergranular corrosion resistance properties and methods of making and using the same
    Patent number: 11761061
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of aluminum-based alloys having improved intergranular corrosion resistance. Methods of making and using the disclosed alloy embodiments also are disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignees: UT-Battelle, LLC, University of Tennessee Research Foundation, Eck Industries Incorporated, Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC, Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Orlando Rios, Hunter B. Henderson, David Weiss, Scott McCall, Eric Thomas Stromme, Zachary Cole Sims, Ryan Ott, Fanqiang Meng, Michael Kesler, Kevin Anderson
  • CASTABLE HIGH TEMPERATURE NICKEL-RARE EARTH ELEMENT ALLOYS
    Publication number: 20220275483
    Abstract: A product includes a material having: nickel and at least one rare earth element. The at least one rare earth element is present in the material in a weight percentage in a range of about 2% to about 20% relative to a total weight of the material. A method includes forming a material comprising an alloy of nickel and at least one rare earth element. The at least one rare earth element is present in the material in a weight percentage in a range of about 2% to about 20% relative to a total weight of the material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Scott K. McCall, Alexander Baker, Hunter B. Henderson, Tian Li, Aurelien Perron, Zachary Cole Sims, David Weiss, Ryan T. Ott, Orlando Rios, Max Neveau
  • ENHANCED ANODIZATION FUNCTIONALITY IN AL-RARE EARTH ELEMENT-BASED ALLOYS
    Publication number: 20220145486
    Abstract: A product includes an aluminum alloy having an anodized layer. The alloy has a bulk composition including at least 1 wt. % of one or more rare earth elements (REEs). A product includes microstructures extending across a boundary defined between an anodized layer and an unoxidized alloy. Each microstructure includes an intermetallic phase transitioning to an oxidized intermetallic phase across the boundary. A product includes an anodized layer where up to 90% of a thickness of the layer includes voids resulting at least in part from dissolution of a rare earth element oxidized intermetallic phase. The voids are in a morphology of the dissolved oxidized intermetallic phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Scott K. McCall, David Weiss, Michael S. Kesler, Michael J. Thompson, Orlando Rios, Hunter B. Henderson, Zachary Cole Sims, Ryan T. Ott
  • ALUMINUM ALLOYS WITH IMPROVED INTERGRANULAR CORROSION RESISTANCE PROPERTIES AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20190085431
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of aluminum-based alloys having improved intergranular corrosion resistance. Methods of making and using the disclosed alloy embodiments also are disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Orlando Rios, Hunter B. Henderson, David Weiss, Scott McCall, Eric Thomas Stromme, Zachary Cole Sims, Ryan Ott, Fanqiang Meng, Michael Kesler, Kevin Anderson
  • RAPIDLY SOLIDIFIED ALUMINUM-RARE EARTH ELEMENT ALLOY AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20180237893
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of rapidly solidified alloys that comprise aluminum, a rare earth element, one or more additional alloying elements, such as aluminum, and an optional additive component. The alloy embodiments exhibit a unique microstructure as compared to microstructures obtained from other alloys that are not rapidly cooled. The disclosed aluminum-rare earth element alloys also exhibit improved mechanical properties without the need for post-processing heat treatments and further do not exhibit substantial coarsening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2018
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Inventors: Orlando Rios, Scott McCall, Ryan Ott, Zachary Cole Sims, Eric Thomas Stromme, Michael Kesler, Hunter B. Henderson, Michael McGuire