Patents Issued in June 16, 2016
  • Publication number: 20160168637
    Abstract: This invention relates to genetic markers of mental illness, e.g., schizophrenia (SZ), and methods of use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2015
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Mark David Brennan, Timothy Lynn Ramsey
  • Publication number: 20160168638
    Abstract: Methods for predicting the development of sepsis in a subject at risk for developing sepsis are provided. In one method, features in a biomarker profile of the subject are evaluated. The subject is likely to develop sepsis if these features satisfy a particular value set. Methods for predicting the development of a stage of sepsis in a subject at risk for developing a stage of sepsis are provided. In one method, a plurality of features in a biomarker profile of the subject is evaluated. The subject is likely to have the stage of sepsis if these feature values satisfy a particular value set. Methods of diagnosing sepsis in a subject are provided. In one such method, a plurality of features in a biomarker profile of the subject is evaluated. The subject is likely to develop sepsis when the plurality of features satisfies a particular value set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2015
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: James A. Garrett, Sha-Sha Wang, Keith Thornton, Richard L. Moore, William Keating, William A. Nussbaumer, Craig C. Whiteford
  • Publication number: 20160168639
    Abstract: The present invention provides compositions and methods based on genetic polymorphisms that are associated with vascular diseases such as stroke. In particular, the present invention relates to genetic polymorphisms that have utility for such uses as predicting disease risk or predicting an individual's response to a treatment such as statins, including groups of polymorphisms that may be used as a signature marker set for such uses, as well as nucleic acid molecules containing the polymorphisms, variant proteins encoded by such nucleic acid molecules, reagents for detecting the polymorphic nucleic acid molecules and proteins, and methods of using the nucleic acid and proteins as well as methods of using reagents for their detection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2015
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: May LUKE, James J. DEVLIN
  • Publication number: 20160168640
    Abstract: The invention relates to methods of treating a patient suffering from an IL-33-mediated disorder, such as asthma, comprising administering to the patient an IL-33 axis binding antagonist based on the genotype of the IL1RL1 gene. The invention further relates to methods of determining whether a patient is at increased risk of an IL-33-mediated disorder, as well as methods of determining whether a patient suffering from such a disorder is likely to respond to a treatment comprising an IL-33 axis binding antagonist, based on the genotype of the IL1RL1 gene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2015
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Rajita KHOSLA, Vladimir RAMIREZ-CARROZZI, Tracy STATON, Brian YASPAN, Joseph ARRON, David CHOY, Amy DRESSEN
  • Publication number: 20160168641
    Abstract: Provided in the present invention are an affinity mediated amplification method of telomeric C-ssDNA with a template probe and a detection kit using this method for performing alternative lengthening detection of telomeres.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Ran CHEN, Xiaozheng JIN
  • Publication number: 20160168642
    Abstract: Provided is a new method for telomerase amplification—washing-free anchored-extension and telomeric-binding amplification (WATA). The method comprises: utilizing an anchored telomerase primer to conduct telomere TTAGGGG sequence (“G sequence”) extension; hybridizing with a template probe having a universal PCR primer sequence and six units of telomere CCCTAA sequence (“C sequence”) on the extended G sequence; removing the uncombined template probe via an enzyme digestion reaction; and the template probe combined with the G sequence conducts PCR reaction, the amplification product being a peculiar DNA fragment of a fixed length.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Ran CHEN, Xiaozheng JIN
  • Publication number: 20160168643
    Abstract: Provided herein is technology relating to performing methylation assays. In particular, the technology relates to internal controls for methylation assays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: David Alan Ahlquist, William Russell Taylor, Douglas W. Mahoney, Graham P. Lidgard, Hatim T. Allawi, Abram Michael Vaccaro
  • Publication number: 20160168644
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the quantitative analysis of complex nucleic acids (NA), i.e. their fragmentation/degradation and amplificability as a marker of biomolecular quality and integrity of a biosample. Said method comprises the steps of subjecting said NA to a multiplex polymerase chain reaction using primers to generate different-size amplicons (referred to as indicator PCR). For simplicity, a duplex PCR using one primer pair for the generation of a longer PCR product and a second primer pair for the generation of a shorter PCR product is being described as the most simple variant of this test. Following the duplex PCR amplification, the ratio between the yield of the longer PCR product and the yield of the shorter PCR product generated during duplex PCR is determined using a read-out that allows relative quantification between the two (e.g. Pyrosequencing).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Michael Neumaier, Parviz Ahmad Nejad
  • Publication number: 20160168645
    Abstract: Methods for classifying and for evaluating the prognosis of a subject having breast cancer are provided. The methods include prediction of breast cancer subtype using a supervised algorithm trained to stratify subjects on the basis of breast cancer intrinsic subtype. The prediction model is based on the gene expression profile of the intrinsic genes listed in Table 1. This prediction model can be used to accurately predict the intrinsic subtype of a subject diagnosed with or suspected of having breast cancer. Further provided are compositions and methods for predicting outcome or response to therapy of a subject diagnosed with or suspected of having breast cancer. These methods are useful for guiding or determining treatment options for a subject afflicted with breast cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2015
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Charles M. PEROU, Joel S. Parker, James S. Marron, Andrew Nobel, Philip S. Bernard, Matthew Ellis, Elaine Mardis, Torsten O. Nielsen, Maggie Cheang
  • Publication number: 20160168646
    Abstract: Methods for treating triple negative breast cancer with an androgen receptor inhibitor are provided, as well as methods for screening for the likelihood of the effectiveness of such treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2015
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Amy Christian Peterson, Hirdesh Uppal
  • Publication number: 20160168647
    Abstract: The invention features compositions and methods for a pre-cancer prognostic screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Sarah Hernandez, Tanja Dominko
  • Publication number: 20160168648
    Abstract: Provided herein is technology relating compositions and methods for detecting tissue cell-specific DNA in blood or blood products from a subject of a subject having cancer. The technology also relates to use of tissue cell-specific DNAs as internal controls for methylation assays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Hatim T. Allawi, Graham P. Lidgard
  • Publication number: 20160168649
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods of predicting the prognosis of a subject with prostate cancer. The methods include determining the expression level of a gene product of one or more of ZWILCH, DEPDC1, TPX2, CDCA3, HMGB2, MYC, CDC20, and/or KIF11. Expression of the gene product above a threshold level of expression indicates a poor prognosis such as a likelihood of relapse.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2016
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Joshi Alumkal, Shannon K. McWeeney
  • Publication number: 20160168650
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for rapid molecular profiling of tissue or other cellular specimens by placing a donor specimen in an assigned location in a recipient array, providing copies of the array, and performing a different biological analysis of each copy. The results of the different biological analyses are compared to determine if there are correlations between the results of the different biological analyses at each assigned location. In some embodiments, the specimens may be tissue specimens from different tumors, which are subjected to multiple parallel molecular (including genetic and immunological) analyses. The results of the parallel analyses are then used to detect common molecular characteristics of the genetic disorder type, which can subsequently be used in the diagnosis or treatment of the disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2016
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Olli-P Kallioniemi, Uwe Richard Muller, Guido Sauter, Kija Kononen, Maarit Barlund
  • Publication number: 20160168651
    Abstract: Compositions, methods and kits for detecting Chikungunya viral nucleic acids. Particularly described are methods for detecting very low levels of the viral nucleic acids using nucleic acid amplification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: James M. CARRICK, Jeffrey M. LINNEN
  • Publication number: 20160168652
    Abstract: A process for producing liquid pig iron (1), in which charge materials (2) containing iron oxide are reduced by a reducing gas (5) in a first reduction plant (4) to form a partially reduced first iron product (3) and are melted in a fusion gasifier (11) to form the liquid pig iron (1). The spent reducing gas (5) is introduced as export gas (6) into a second reduction plant (7), wherein a sulfur-containing gas (13) is introduced together with an oxygen-containing gas (9) and/or together with dust (16) into the fusion gasifier (11) and/or into the reducing gas line (12). Also, a device for carrying out the process. It is therefore possible for sulfur-containing gas (13) to be used for production of liquid pig iron (1), or DRI, with a simultaneous increase in productivity, without damaging the environment or adversely affecting the quality of the liquid pig iron (1) or of the DRI.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2014
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventor: Robert MILLNER
  • Publication number: 20160168653
    Abstract: Methods and systems for producing direct reduced iron (DRI), comprising: generating a syngas stream in a carbon dioxide (CO2) and steam reformer; and providing the syngas stream to a direct reduction (DR) shaft furnace as a reducing gas stream. The methods and systems also comprise combining the syngas stream with a recycled off-gas stream from the DR shaft furnace to form the reducing gas stream. The methods and systems further comprise removing carbon dioxide (CO2) from the recycled off-gas stream from the DR shaft furnace prior to combining it with the syngas stream to form the reducing gas stream. The methods and systems still further comprise feeding CO2 removed from the recycled off-gas stream from the DR shaft furnace to the CO2 and steam reformer. The methods and systems still further comprise feeding recycled off-gas from the recycled off-gas stream from the DR shaft furnace to the CO2 and steam reformer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Applicant: MIDREX TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Gary E. METIUS, Gregory D. HUGHES, James M. MCCLELLAND, JR.
  • Publication number: 20160168654
    Abstract: A process for producing an agglomerate comprising heat treating an iron oxide-containing powder at a heating temperature of 900 to 1,200° C., and granulating an obtained heat treated powder, as a raw material, thereby producing an agglomerate, wherein the iron-oxide-containing powder has a 50% particle diameter of 2 ?m or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2014
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Osamu TSUCHIYA, Hidetoshi TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20160168655
    Abstract: There is provided a method for manufacturing a duplex stainless steel sheet having reduced inclusions through argon oxygen decarburization (AOD), ladle treatment (LT), and twin roll strip casting. The method includes deoxidizing molten steel using silicon (Si) during the AOD, wherein the molten steel has a silicon (Si) content of 0.55 wt % to 0.75 wt % at the end of the AOD.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2015
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Sung Jin PARK, Man Jin HA, Dae Sung LEE
  • Publication number: 20160168656
    Abstract: A high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet having excellent elongation, stretch flangeability, and bendability and a method for producing the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2013
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Hidetaka KAWABE, Takeshi YOKOTA, Reiko SUGIHARA, Daigo ITOH, Kazunori TAHARA
  • Publication number: 20160168657
    Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a surface-treated steel sheet for battery containers including: a first process of forming an iron-nickel alloy plating layer on at least one side of a steel sheet; a second process of forming a nickel plating layer on the iron-nickel alloy plating layer; and a third process of performing a thermal treatment after forming the nickel plating layer to form an iron-nickel alloy layer having an outermost surface, at which a content ratio of Fe atoms is 12 to 55% by atom, on an outermost layer by thermal diffusion. The invention makes it possible to provide the method for producing the surface-treated steel sheet for battery containers that can suppress the elution of iron inside the battery when being used for a battery container, whereby the service life of the battery can be extended and battery characteristics such as discharge characteristics can be improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2014
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Shinichirou HORIE, Koh YOSHIOKA, Kazuhiko ISHIHARA
  • Publication number: 20160168658
    Abstract: A method of forming a coating of an Al—Zn—Si—Mg alloy on a steel strip to form an Al—Zn—Mg—Si coated steel strip is disclosed. The method includes the steps of dipping steel strip into a bath of molten Al—Zn—Si—Mg alloy and forming a coating of the alloy on exposed surfaces of the steel strip and cooling the coated strip with cooling water. The cooling step includes controlling the pH of cooling water to be in a range of pH 5-9. Particular embodiments focus on Al—Zn—Si—Mg alloys that contain the following elements in % by weight: Zn: 2 to 19, Si: 0.01 to 2, Mg: 1 to 10, and Balance Al and unavoidable impurities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2013
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Wayne Andrew Renshaw, Aaron Kiffer Neufeld, Ross McDowall Smith, Geoff Tapsell
  • Publication number: 20160168659
    Abstract: A method includes melting of platinum or platinum-rhodium alloys doped with a zirconium additive, grinding of the resulting alloy to a fine powder by the electro-physical dispersion method, oxidative annealing of the powder, processing thereof into a compact material by the methods of powder metallurgy, and deformation-thermal treatment, wherein the electro-physical dispersion is carried out in a distilled water environment while sparging the same using an oxygen-containing gas mixture containing from 20 to 50% by volume of oxygen, and the sintering of briquettes is carried out in a vacuum at a temperature of 1200-1600° C. for 2-4 hours. It provides shortening operational duration of the prolonged oxidative annealing of a powder which is produced by electro-physically dispersing a zirconium-doped alloy, and also increasing the level of degassing of semi-finished products, which are produced by compressing the powder and are subsequently used in preparing glass melting apparatuses and bushing assemblies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2013
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Waleriy Nikolaevich EFIMOV, Olga Nikolaevna GOREVAYA, Evgeniy Aleksandrovich PAVLOV, Pavel Aleksandrovich KHORIKOV, Sergey Ivanovich EL'TSIN, Andrey Anatol'evich GUSHCHINSKIY
  • Publication number: 20160168660
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of preparing an anisotropic complex sintered magnet having MnBi, that includes: (a) preparing a non-magnetic phase MnBi-based ribbon by a rapidly solidification process (RSP); (b) heat treating the non-magnetic phase MnBi-based ribbon to convert the non-magnetic phase MnBi-based ribbon into a magnetic phase MnBi-based ribbon; (c) grinding the magnetic phase MnBi-based ribbon to form a MnBi hard magnetic phase powder; (d) mixing the MnBi hard magnetic phase powder with a rare-earth hard magnetic phase powder; (e) magnetic field molding the mixture obtained in step (d) by applying an external magnetic field to form a molded article; and (f) sintering the molded article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2015
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jinbae KIM, Yangwoo BYUN, Sanggeun CHO
  • Publication number: 20160168661
    Abstract: A thermal barrier-coated Ni alloy component includes: a substrate made of a Ni alloy containing Al; an intermediate layer formed on a surface of the substrate; and a thermal barrier layer made of a ceramic and formed on a surface of the intermediate layer. The intermediate layer includes a ?? layer, which is formed from a ??-Ni3Al phase on the surface on the thermal barrier layer side, and contains Pt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2016
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Applicants: IHI Corporation, NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE
    Inventors: Hiroki YOSHIZAWA, Akira Tateno, Akihiro Sato, Kota Sasaki, Masato Ishida, Yoshito Yasui, Hideyuki Murakami, Hiromichi Murakami
  • Publication number: 20160168662
    Abstract: A cobalt-nickel alloy composition comprising by weight (wt %): about 31 to 42 percent cobalt (Co); about 26 to 31 percent nickel (Ni); about 10 to 16 percent chromium (Cr); about 4 to 6 percent aluminium (Al); about 6 to 15 percent tungsten (W); the Co and Ni being present in an atomic ratio of about 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Applicant: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
    Inventors: Mark Christopher HARDY, David DYE, Howard James STONE, Huiyu YAN
  • Publication number: 20160168663
    Abstract: A composition comprises, in weight percent: Al as a largest constituent; 3.0 6.0 Cr; 1.5 4.0 Mn; 0.1 3.5 Co; and 0.3 2.0 Zr.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2014
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Applicant: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Thomas J. Watson, Iuliana Cernatescu
  • Publication number: 20160168664
    Abstract: An alloy, comprising up to 2% by weight of manganese and the balance zinc broadens the use of low cost zinc in coinage and token applications as well as in electrical and electronic applications. Additions of small amounts of manganese can have a significant effect on lowering the conductivity of zinc and its alloys.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2014
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Applicant: The United States Playing Card Company
    Inventors: Carl R. DelSorbo, Randy Beets, William Lee Ketner, David Vernon Kyaw
  • Publication number: 20160168665
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an aluminium casting alloy having (in % by weight) Cu: 6.0-8.0%, Mn: 0.3-0.055%, Zr: 0.18-0.25%, Si: 3.0-7.0%, Ti: 0.05-0.2%. Sr: up to 0.03%, V: up to 0.04%, Fe: up to 0.25%, remainder aluminium and unavoidable impurities, and a casting for a combustion engine. The aluminium casting alloy according to the invention has high mechanical properties after a longer operating duration at high temperatures and at the same time can be cast without any problems. Furthermore, the casting according to the invention has optimised mechanical properties during operation at high temperatures and at the same time can be produced in an operationally reliable manner in terms of casting technology.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2014
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventor: Michael Rafetzeder
  • Publication number: 20160168666
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a flame-retardant magnesium alloy having mechanical properties of a long period stacking ordered magnesium alloy and having an ignition temperature of 800° C. or more is provided. In the method of manufacturing a flame-retardant magnesium alloy, a flame-retardant magnesium alloy which contains a atomic % of Zn, b atomic % of at least one element selected from a group consisting of Gd, Tb, Tm and Lu, and x atomic % of Ca and in which a remaining part is formed of Mg and a, b and x satisfy Formulae 1 to 4 below is melted. 0.2?a?5.0??(Formula 1) 0.5?b?5.0??(Formula 2) 0.5a?0.5?b??(Formula 3) 0<x?0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2014
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Applicant: National University Corporation Kumamoto University
    Inventors: Yoshihito KAWAMURA, Jonghyun KIM
  • Publication number: 20160168667
    Abstract: A protective coating has 15 to 39 wgt.-% Co, 10 to 25 wgt.-% Cr, 5 to 15 wgt.-% AI, 0.05 to 1 wgt.-% Y, 0.5 to 10 wgt.-% Fe, the remainder Ni and impurities. A gas turbine component has this protective coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2014
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Xin-Hai Li
  • Publication number: 20160168668
    Abstract: The present invention is related to a method of fabricating an aluminum matrix composite by a simple process of heating a mixture of a ceramic reinforcing phase and aluminum in nitrogen containing atmosphere and an aluminum matrix composite fabricated by the same. The aluminum matrix composite may be fabricated by heating to temperatures even lower than the melting temperature of aluminum as well as to temperatures higher. The exothermic nitridation reaction contributes to the melting of the aluminum matrix and the aluminum nitride formed in-situ as a result may act as an additional reinforcing phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2015
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Kon-Bae LEE, Jae-Pyoung AHN, Hae Sung KIM, Hyunjoo CHOI
  • Publication number: 20160168669
    Abstract: A high strength cold-rolled steel sheet has excellent surface appearance and a composition consisting essentially of, in mass %, C: 0.0005-0.025%, Si: at most 0.2%, Mn: 0.3-2.5%, P: at most 0.15%, S: at most 0.02%, N: at most 0.006%, sol. Al: less than 0.005%, Ti: 0.005-0.05%, and Nb: 0.020-0.200% with the mass ratio (Nb/Ti) of the contents of Nb and Ti being at least 2, either boron at most 0.0020% or one or more of Cr, Mo, V, W, Cu, and Ni, each at most 1%, and a remainder of Fe and impurities. The sheet has excellent press formability and tensile strength by having an r value in a direction at 45° with respect to the rolling direction (r45) of at least 1.80 and/or a mean r value (rm) of at least 1.60, and a tensile strength of at least 340 MPa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2016
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Seiji FURUHASHI, Jun Haga, Takayuki Nishi
  • Publication number: 20160168670
    Abstract: Embodiments of wear resistant ferrous alloys are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, ferrous alloys can have a matrix which includes near spherical and hypereutectic borides and/or borocarbides while at the same time avoiding the formation of rod-like borides and/or borocarbides. In some embodiments, the wear resistant ferrous alloys can be used as a coating, such as a hardfacing layer, to add protection to different components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Justin Lee Cheney, Cameron Eibl
  • Publication number: 20160168671
    Abstract: A metal powder for powder metallurgy according to the invention contains Fe as a principal component, Cr in a proportion of 6 mass % or more and 32 mass % or less, Si in a proportion of 0.3 mass % or more and 3 mass % or less, and C in a proportion of 0.005 mass % or more and 1.4 mass % or less, wherein when one element selected from the group consisting of Ti, V, Y, Zr, Nb, Hf, and Ta is defined as a first element, and one element selected from the group and having a larger group number in the periodic table than that of the first element or having the same group number in the periodic table as that of the first element and a larger period number than that of the first element is defined as a second element, the first element is contained in a proportion of 0.01 mass % or more and 2 mass % or less, and the second element is contained in a proportion of 0.01 mass % or more and 2 mass % or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Takayuki TAMURA, Hidefumi NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20160168672
    Abstract: There is provided a high-strength steel material for oil well having a chemical composition consisting, by mass percent, of C: 0.60-1.4%, Si: 0.05-1.00%, Mn: 12-25%, Al: 0.003-0.06%, P: <0.03%, S: ?0.03%, N: <0.1%, Cr: ?0% and <5.0%, Mo: ?0% and <3.0%, Cu: ?0% and <1.0%, Ni: ?0% and <1.0%, V: 0-0.5%, Nb: 0-0.5%, Ta: 0-0.5%, Ti: 0-0.5%, Zr: 0-0.5%, Ca: ?0% and <0.005%, Mg: ?0% and <0.005%, B: 0-0.015%, the balance: Fe and impurities, wherein Nieq [=Ni+30C+0.5Mn] is 27.5 or higher, a metal micro-structure is a structure consisting mainly of an FCC structure, a total volume fraction of ferrite and ?? martensite is less than 0.10%, and a yield strength is 862 MPa or higher.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2014
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOM METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji KOBAYASHI, Yusaku TOMIO
  • Publication number: 20160168673
    Abstract: Ferritic stainless steel that is excellent in terms of corrosion resistance of a weld zone. The ferritic stainless steel includes, by mass %, C: 0.001% or more and 0.025% or less, Si: 0.05% or more and 0.30% or less, Mn: 0.35% or more and 2.0% or less, P: 0.05% or less, S: 0.01% or less, Al: 0.05% or more and 0.80% or less, N: 0.001% or more and 0.025% or less, Cr: 16.0% or more and 20.0% or less, Ti: 0.12% or more and 0.50% or less, Nb: 0.002% or more and 0.050% or less, Cu: 0.30% or more and 0.80% or less, Ni: 0.05% or more and less than 0.50%, V: 0.01% or more and 0.50% or less, and Fe and inevitable impurities such that Expression (1) is satisfied: 0.50<25×C+18×N+Ni+0.11×Mn+0.46×Cu??(1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2014
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masataka YOSHINO, Hiroki OTA
  • Publication number: 20160168674
    Abstract: A iron-based amorphous alloy thin strip having a chemical composition represented by a chemical formula of FexBySiz (wherein x is 78-83 at %, y is 8-15 at % and z is 6-13 at %), wherein the number of air pockets at a surface contacting with a cooling roll is not more than 8 pockets/mm2 and an average length in a circumferential direction of the roll is not more than 0.5 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2014
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Applicant: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Seiji Okabe, Nobuo Shiga, Takeshi Imamura
  • Publication number: 20160168675
    Abstract: The present disclosure is drawn to amorphous thin metal films and associated methods. Generally, an amorphous thin metal film can comprise a combination of four metals or metalloids including: 5 at % to 85 at % of a metalloid selected from the group of carbon, silicon, and boron; 5 at % to 85 at % of a first metal; 5 at % to 85 at % of a second metal; and 5 at % to 85 at % of a third metal wherein each metal is independently selected from the group of titanium, vanadium, chromium, cobalt, nickel, zirconium, niobium, molybdenum, rhodium, palladium, hafnium, tantalum, tungsten, iridium, and platinum, wherein the first metal, the second metal, and the third metal are different metals. Typically, the four elements account for at least 70 at % of the amorphous thin metal film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2013
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Applicants: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Oregon State University
    Inventors: James Elmer ABBOTT, JR., Arun K. AGARWAL, Roberto A. PUGLIESE, Greg Scott LONG, Stephen HORVATH, Douglas A. KESZLER, John WAGER, Kristopher OLSEN, John MCGLONE
  • Publication number: 20160168676
    Abstract: Methods of processing an air-quenchable aluminum alloy component are provided. The method may include solution heat treating the component, air-quenching the component, and artificially aging the component to a yield strength of at least 200 MPa. The air-quenching may include cooling at a rate of 6° C./s to 25° C./s. The solution heat treatment may include heat treating the component at a temperature of 520° C. to 540° C. and the artificial aging step may include heat treating the component at 235° C. to 255° C. for 0.5 to 2 hours. The disclosed methods may produce a high strength (e.g., over 200 MPa) and high bendability (e.g., r/t ratio up to 0.3) component that does not significantly distort during the quenching process. The disclosed methods may be used to produce structural components having complex shapes, such as multiple, non-coplanar mating surface, while staying within predetermined tolerances.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: S. George LUCKEY, Jr., Stephen Thomas KOZAK, Mark KELLER, Suranjeeta DHAR
  • Publication number: 20160168677
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of a sheet made of an aluminium alloy for manufacturing a stamped bodywork or structural part of a motor vehicle body, also referred to as a “body in white”, wherein said sheet has a yield strength Rp0.2 no lower than 60 MPa and a tensile elongation Ag0 no lower than 34%. The invention also relates to a method for making such a stamped bodywork or structural part for a motor vehicle body, made from said sheet and selected in the group including inner panels or linings for car doors, a passenger compartment floor, a boot floor, a spare wheel housing, or even a passenger compartment side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2014
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Herve RIBES, Gilles GUIGLIONDA, Dominique DANIEL
  • Publication number: 20160168678
    Abstract: The present invention provides an ultrafine-grained profile of twin-crystal wrought magnesium alloys, preparation process and use of the same. In the process, raw materials of magnesium alloys are firstly smelted and cast, and are subjected to solution treatment at 300˜500° C.; then a preform is pre-deformed, so that a great amount of twin crystal microstructure forms in the magnesium alloys and the grain size of not larger than 100 ?m is achieved; subsequently continuous ECAP process is performed at 200˜350° C., and the die is replaced in according to requirement so as to obtain the desired profile. The ultrafine-grained profile of magnesium alloys prepared in the invention has the grain sizes of from 100 to 450 nm, the tensile strength of 300˜400 MPa, and the elongation of 20˜35%. The length of the profile can be more than 10 m, meeting the needs of continuous production.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2015
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Li LI, Yufeng ZHENG, Zhen LI, Qingfu CHEN, Diantao ZHANG, Jingtao LI
  • Publication number: 20160168679
    Abstract: A process for obtaining a substrate provided with a coating, in which the coating includes a pattern with spatial modulation of at least one property of the coating, includes performing a heat treatment, using a laser radiation, of a continuous coating deposited on the substrate. The heat treatment is such that the substrate is irradiated with the laser radiation focused on the coating in the form of at least one laser line, keeping the coating continuous and without melting of the coating, and a relative displacement of the substrate and of the laser line focused on the coating is imposed in a direction transverse to the longitudinal direction of the laser line, while temporally modulating during this relative displacement the power of the laser line as a function of the speed of relative displacement and of the dimensions of the pattern in the direction of relative displacement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2014
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Nicolas NADAUD, Emmanuel MIMOUN, Brice DUBOST
  • Publication number: 20160168680
    Abstract: A method includes heating an initial titanium alloy comprising a duplex microstructure at a first solution temperature that is below a phase transition temperature of the alloy. Substantially all secondary alpha phase domains may dissolve during the heating. The method also includes cooling the initial titanium alloy at a first cooling rate to form a recrystallized annealed titanium alloy comprising primary alpha phase domains. The method further includes heating the recrystallized annealed titanium alloy to a second solution temperature that is below the phase transition temperature of the alloy. The method additionally includes cooling the recrystallized annealed titanium alloy at a second cooling rate to form a treated titanium alloy comprising the duplex microstructure. The second cooling rate is different than the first cooling rate. A distribution of crystallographic orientations of primary alpha phase domains in the treated titanium alloy may be different than in the initial titanium alloy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2015
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventor: Michael George Glavicic
  • Publication number: 20160168681
    Abstract: The present invention is notably directed to a microfluidic surface processing device including a microfluidic probe head with at least one aperture, on a face, including at least an outlet aperture; and a surface processing structure extending outward and perpendicular with respect to the face, the processing structure being further dimensioned and located with respect to the outlet aperture such that it can intercept a flowpath of liquid dispensed via the outlet aperture. The present invention is further directed to related apparatuses and methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2016
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Urs T. Duerig, Robert Lovchik
  • Publication number: 20160168682
    Abstract: The invention pertains to a structure for use in a humid environment, comprising: a primary structural element, which primary structural element is made of metal and is provided with a coating, which coating has a composition comprising zinc in a content of at least 40 wt % based on the weight of the coating, a secondary structural element, which secondary structural element is made of metal and is provided with a coating, which coating is an alloy comprising aluminum and manganese, in which alloy the content of aluminum and manganese together is at least 90 wt % based on the weight of the coating, which alloy comprises more aluminum by weight than manganese, and wherein the primary structural element and the secondary structural element are in electrical contact with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2014
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Joost Remi Margueritte DE STRYCKER, Krista Godelieve Oscar VAN DEN BERGH
  • Publication number: 20160168683
    Abstract: A method is provided. The method includes providing a steel substrate having two faces coated by dipping the substrate in a bath, altering layers of magnesium oxide or magnesium hydroxide formed on the outer surfaces of the metal coatings by applying mechanical forces, rinsing and drying the outer surfaces, applying a conversion solution on the outer surfaces and painting the outer surfaces of the metal coatings. A metal sheet is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2016
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Tiago MACHADO AMORIM, Joëlle RICHARD, Eric JACQUESON, Audrey LHERMEROULT, Pascale FELTIN, Jean-Michel LEMAIRE, Christian ALLELY, Luc DIEZ, Jean-Michel MATAIGNE
  • Publication number: 20160168684
    Abstract: Articles having coatings that are resistant to high temperature degradation are described, along with methods for making such articles. The article comprises a coating disposed on a substrate. The coating comprises a plurality of elongated surface-connected voids. The article further includes a protective agent disposed within at least some of the voids of the coating; the protective agent comprises a substance capable of chemically reacting with liquid nominal CMAS to form a solid crystalline product outside the crystallization field of said nominal CMAS. This solid crystalline product has a melting temperature greater than about 1200 degrees Celsius. The method generally includes disposing the protective agent noted above within the surface connected voids of the coating at an effective concentration to substantially prevent incursion of CMAS materials into the voids in which the protective agent is disposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2014
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Kristen Hall Brosnan, Shahana Chaterjee, Wayne Charles Hasz, Mohandas Nayak, Digamber Gurudas Porob, Gopi Chandran Ramachandran, Larry Steven Rosenzweig, Shankar Sivaramakrishnan, Alok Mani Srivastava, Venkat Subramaniam Venkataramani
  • Publication number: 20160168685
    Abstract: This relates to a process for manufacturing a microstructured coating on a substrate, which comprises a step of spraying molten particles having a diameter comprised between 0.05 ?m and 5 ?m onto the substrate, the spraying being carried out by at least one plasma torch, which is moved relative to the substrate, the movement parameters and/or the flowrate of particles sprayed by the plasma torches being variable as a function of the position of the plasma torches, ensuring a variable thickness for the coating formed by the particles, at various points of the substrate. The embodiment also relates to a wall having a coating obtained by this process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Thierry SURPLY, Alain PORTE, Bertrand RIVES
  • Publication number: 20160168686
    Abstract: A method for performing reactive sputtering processes while maintaining the sputtering characteristic at: the target as well as the deposition rate constant, or at least in an acceptable range for the industrial production context, independent of the target age.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2014
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Applicant: Oerlikon Surface Solutions AG, Trübbach
    Inventors: Denis Kurapov, Siegfried Krassnitzer