Patents Issued in June 12, 2018
  • Patent number: 9994913
    Abstract: Methods for identifying or diagnosing AKT inhibitor resistant cancers and methods an compositions for treating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventor: Kui Lin
  • Patent number: 9994914
    Abstract: A new in-frame deletion was found in exon 19 of the EGFR gene, the exon that is often mutated in tumors. The invention comprises methods of detecting the mutation, methods of prognosis and methods of predicting response to treatment based on the presence of absence of the mutation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Roche Molecular Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Bryan Hoglund, Janet Jin, Yan Li, Wei-Min Liu
  • Patent number: 9994915
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods for the diagnosis of human melanoma by assessing MITF, miR-211, TRPM1, and/or KCNMA1 and methods for the diagnosis of resistance to chemotherapeutic agents by assessing the regulatory pathways of PGC1?. Methods for treating melanoma, including drug-resistant melanoma, are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: SANFORD-BURNHAM MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventor: Ranjan Perera
  • Patent number: 9994916
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for detection of Neisseria gonorrhoeae are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, the presence or absence of N. gonorrhoeae in a sample is determined using nucleic acid-based testing methods using primers and/or probes that bind to opcA gene region of N. gonorrhoeae.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Keith Edward Thornton, Paul Madepogu, Danielle Koffenberger
  • Patent number: 9994917
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a method of genotyping a C. gattii sample, which can include forming a plurality of mixtures for nucleic amplification. The method can include amplification of specific sequences within the C. gattii genome that can provide definitive genotype information to distinguish between one or more types or subtypes of C. gattii.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignees: The Translational Genomics Research Institute, Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of Northern Arizona University
    Inventors: David Engelthaler, Elizabeth Driebe, Erin Kelley, Paul Keim
  • Patent number: 9994918
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a multiplex in vitro nucleic acid amplification method for identifying a species of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex present in a sample. The method includes detecting the presence or absence of a plurality of nucleic acid molecule targets in the sample in one reaction, wherein at least one of the nucleic acid molecule targets is present in the genome of one or more, but not all, of the species of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex. The invention also includes kits containing primers or probes for conducting this method, nucleic acids useful for performing this method and diagnostic techniques using these nucleic acids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: National University of Ireland, Galway
    Inventors: Kate Mary Reddington, Thomas Gerard Barry, Justin Joseph O'Grady, Terence James Smith
  • Patent number: 9994919
    Abstract: The disclosure concerns compositions and methods for determining the zygosity of corn plants containing one or more floury2 (fl2) mutations. In embodiments, the disclosure concerns a gene specific PCR-based molecular (KASPar®) assay for identifying the floury2 trait in plants. In certain embodiments, compositions and methods are disclosed for determining the zygosity of corn plants with respect to the fl2 allele. In particular embodiments, the assay may be used for fl2 germplasm identification, accelerating introgression and molecular breeding programs in corn and other plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: Wei Chen, Nathan Van Opdorp, Steve Plehn, Peter Friedemann, Nadia Chaidir, Siva Prasad Kumpatla
  • Patent number: 9994920
    Abstract: Various methods and compositions are provided for identifying and/or selecting soybean plants or soybean germplasm with resistance or improved resistance to soybean cyst nematode. In certain embodiments, the method comprises detecting at least one marker locus that is associated with resistance to soybean cyst nematode. In other embodiments, the method further comprises detecting at least one marker profile or haplotype associated with resistance to soybean cyst nematode. In further embodiments, the method comprises crossing a selected soybean plant with a second soybean plant. Further provided are markers, primers, probes and kits useful for identifying and/or selecting soybean plants or soybean germplasm with resistance or improved resistance to soybean cyst nematode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Joshua M Shendelman, John B Woodward, Meizhu Yang
  • Patent number: 9994921
    Abstract: The disclosed invention is related to methods, compositions, kits and isolated nucleic acid sequences for targeting Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) nucleic acid (eg. HSV-1 and/or HSV-2 nucleic acid). Compositions include amplification oligomers, detection probe oligomers and/or target capture oligomers. Kits and methods comprise at least one of these oligomers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: GEN-PROBE INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Damon K. Getman, Aparna Aiyer, Wendy Chen
  • Patent number: 9994922
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and compositions for assessing copy number of a target polynucleotide in a sample, methods and compositions for establishing a standard curve for a target polynucleotide, and the uses of the methods and compositions for detecting a pathogen, e.g., human papillomavirus (HPV).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Ningbo Health Gene Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong Wu, Tingting Sun, Linan Wu, Yingbin Huang, Jin Yan, Ding Yu, Xiangzhen Zan
  • Patent number: 9994923
    Abstract: Neutralizing PCSK9 variants that interact with low density lipoprotein receptor (LDLR) are described. Methods and compositions for treating disorders by administering a pharmaceutically effective amount of a neutralizing PCSK9 variant are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: Simon Mark Jackson, Derek Evan Piper
  • Patent number: 9994924
    Abstract: Methods and systems for fractionating lignocellulosic biomass including hemicellulose, cellulose and lignin, including exploding the biomass cells to devolatilize the biomass, hydrolyzing the hemicellulose to produce a liquid component including hemicellulosic sugars and a solid component including less than 10% hemicellulose, separating the liquid and solid components, vaporizing the cellulose in the solid component, and condensing the cellulosic sugar vapors. The methods and systems may vaporize the cellulose in a continuous steam reactor at a temperature of about 400-550° C. and a pressure of about 1-3 bara. Electromagnetic and/or electroacoustic treatment such as ultrasound and/or microwave treatment may be applied to the biomass immediately before or during cellulose hydrolysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: NOVA PANGAEA TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
    Inventor: Peter Herbert North
  • Patent number: 9994925
    Abstract: Provided is a cold work tool material capable of reducing dimensional changes which occur, due to heat treatment, in the longitudinal direction of the material during quenching and tempering. This cold work tool material is drawn through hot working, has an annealed structure including carbides, and is used after being quenched and tempered, wherein, in the annealed structure which is formed in a cross section parallel to a drawing direction due to the hot working of the cold work tool material, the standard deviation in the degree of orientation of carbides Oc, as determined by equation (1) below, is 6.0 or more for carbides having a circle equivalent diameter of 5.0 ?m or greater as observed in the annealed structure in the cross section at right angle to a direction perpendicular to the drawing direction. Oc=D×? . . .
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Shouji, Yukio Shinji, Katsufumi Kuroda
  • Patent number: 9994926
    Abstract: The invention provides a wear-resistant steel plate, which has the following chemical composition (wt. %): C: 0.36-0.45%, Si: 0.10-0.30%, Mn: 0.40-1.00%, P?0.015%, S?0.010%, Nb: 0.010-0.040%, Al: 0.010-0.080%, B: 0.0010-0.0020%, Ti: 0.005-0.050%, Ca: 0.0010-0.0080%, V?0.080%, Cr?1.00%, RE?0.10%, N?0.0080%, O?0.0060%, H?0.0004%, wherein the total amount of Nb and Ti is between 0.025% and 0.080%, the total amount of Al and Ti is between 0.030% and 0.12%, and the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities. The invention also provides a method of manufacturing the wear-resistant steel plate, comprising smelting, casting, rolling, post-rolling direct cooling and other steps. The wear-resistant steel plate obtained from the above composition and process has high hardness and excellent wear resistance, and is suitable for quick-wear devices in engineering machinery, such as crusher baffle, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Baoshan Iron & Steel Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hongbin Li, Liandeng Yao, Yuchuan Miao
  • Patent number: 9994927
    Abstract: A support may include a hollow metallic tube having two opposing ends and a body extending over a longitudinal axis of the tube. The tube may have a steel composition that may include, by weight, the following concentrations: approximately 0.19 to 0.27% carbon; approximately 0.0005% to 0.004% boron; approximately 1.5% to 2.5% manganese; and less than or equal to approximately 0.35% chromium, the balance including iron and inevitable impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: L&W Engineering
    Inventors: Jim Wines, Joshua Forquer, Jason Bigelow
  • Patent number: 9994928
    Abstract: There is provided a method and system for recycling by-products containing large amounts of useful components and discharged in the form of dust and sludge from a coal-based molten iron making process to reuse the by-products in a reduced iron agglomeration process. The system includes: a fluidized reduction furnace reducing fine iron ore; a reduced iron tank connected to the fluidized reduction furnace through a reduced iron discharge pipe for storing the reduced iron and supplying the reduced iron in an agglomeration system; an agglomeration system agglomerating the reduced iron transferred from the reduced iron tank; and a transfer unit transferring compactions of by-products discharged from a molten iron making process through a by-product supply pipe. The compactions of the by-products are supplied to at least one selected from the group consisting of the fluidized reduction furnace, the reduced iron supply pipe, and the reduced iron tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: POSCO
    Inventors: Min-Young Cho, Hyun-Soo Kim, Dal-Hoi Lee, Jong-Yeol Lee, Shi-Kyung Yoon, Moo-Eob Choi, Chang-Kuk Ko
  • Patent number: 9994929
    Abstract: Processes for the production of tantalum alloys and niobium are disclosed. The processes use aluminothermic reactions to reduce tantalum pentoxide to tantalum metal or niobium pentoxide to niobium metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: ATI PROPERTIES LLC
    Inventors: Arnel M. Fajardo, John W. Foltz, IV
  • Patent number: 9994930
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods for a simplified process for preparing lithium carbonate from concentrated lithium brine which can be used for battery grade, pharmaceutical and other high purity grade applications. Impure lithium carbonate is precipitated from lithium concentrated brine, preferably lowered in magnesium, subsequently suspended in aqueous solution and reacted with carbon dioxide to form dissolved lithium bicarbonate. The insoluble impurities are filtered and the dissolved boron and metal impurities such calcium, magnesium and iron are physically separated from the lithium bicarbonate solution using ion selective mediums or other selective processes. Lithium carbonate is then subsequently precipitated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Orocobre Limited
    Inventors: Peter Ehren, Jose De Castro Alem
  • Patent number: 9994931
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of extracting lithium from a solution including lithium. The method of extracting lithium from a solution including lithium includes: separating the solution including lithium into a monovalent ion-containing solution and a solution including ions having more than divalence using a separation membrane having a negative charge on its surface; removing impurities from the monovalent ion-containing solution; and precipitating lithium dissolved in the monovalent ion-containing solution into lithium phosphate by adding a phosphorus-supplying material to the monovalent ion-containing solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignees: POSCO, RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Uong Chon, Gi-Chun Han, Ki Young Kim, So Ra Jung, Kee Uek Jeung, Chang Ho Song, Young Seok Jang
  • Patent number: 9994932
    Abstract: Embodiments herein relate to a method of making roll formed objects of a bulk solidifying amorphous alloy comprising a metal alloy, and articles thereof. The roll forming includes forming a portion of the bulk solidifying amorphous alloy at a temperature greater than a glass transition temperature (Tg) of the metal alloy. The roll forming is done such that a time-temperature profile of the portion during the roll forming does not traverse through a region bounding a crystalline region of the metal alloy in a time-temperature-transformation (TTT) diagram of the metal alloy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher D. Prest, Joseph C. Poole, Joseph Stevick, Theodore A. Waniuk, Quoc Tran Pham
  • Patent number: 9994933
    Abstract: A copper alloy sheet has a chemical composition containing 0.7 to 4.0 wt % of Ni, 0.2 to 1.5 wt % of Si, and the balance being copper and unavoidable impurities, the copper alloy sheet having a crystal orientation which satisfies I{200}/I0{200}?1.0, assuming that the intensity of X-ray diffraction on the {200} crystal plane on the surface of the copper alloy sheet is I{200} and that the intensity of X-ray diffraction on the {200} crystal plane of the standard powder of pure copper is I0{200}, and which satisfies I{200}/I{422}?15, assuming that the intensity of X-ray diffraction on the {422} crystal plane on the surface of the copper alloy sheet is I{422}.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: DOWA METAL TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Weilin Gao, Tomotsugu Aoyama, Hisashi Suda, Hiroto Narieda, Akira Sugawara, Akifumi Onodera
  • Patent number: 9994934
    Abstract: Disclosed is a TiAl alloy for high-temperature applications which comprises not more than 43 at. % of Al, from 3 at. % to 8 at. % of Nb, from 0.2 at. % to 3 at. % of Mo and/or Mn, from 0.05 at. % to 0.5 at. % of B, from 0.1 at. % to 0.5 at. % of C, from 0.1 at. % to 0.5 at. % of Si and Ti as balance. Also disclosed is a process for producing a component made of this TiAl alloy and the use of corresponding TiAl alloys in components of flow machines at operating temperatures up to 850° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: MTU Aero Engines AG
    Inventors: Wilfried Smarsly, Helmut Clemens, Emanuel Schwaighofer
  • Patent number: 9994935
    Abstract: Magnesium alloys comprising a long period stacking order (LPSO) phase having an 14H-i or an 18R-i structure are provided. The alloys comprise magnesium as a majority element, a first alloying element that is larger than magnesium and a second alloying element that is smaller than magnesium. The first alloying elements include non-rare earth elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Northwestern University
    Inventors: Christopher M. Wolverton, James E. Saal
  • Patent number: 9994936
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide processes for forming and removing epitaxial films and materials from growth wafers by epitaxial lift off (ELO) processes. In some embodiments, the growth wafer has edge surfaces with an off-axis orientation which is utilized during the ELO process. The off-axis orientation of the edge surface provides an additional variable for controlling the etch rate during the ELO process- and therefore the etch front may be modulated to prevent the formation of high stress points which reduces or prevents stressing and cracking the epitaxial film stack. In one embodiment, the growth wafer is rectangular and has an edge surface with an off-axis orientation rotated by an angle greater than 0° and up to 90° relative to an edge orientation of <110> at 0°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Alta Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Gmitter, Gang He, Melissa Archer, Siew Neo
  • Patent number: 9994937
    Abstract: A method for controlling the formation of molybdenum solid solution in Mo—Si—B composites which comprises processing at 1400° C. or less to minimize, if not prevent, the silicon from going into solid solution in the molybdenum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Imaging Systems Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Carol Ann Wedding, Joe K. Cochran, Oliver M. Strbik, III, Peter E. Marshall
  • Patent number: 9994938
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an Fe—Ni-based alloy having excellent high-temperature characteristics and hydrogen embrittlement resistance, which has a composition containing, in terms of % by mass, C: 0.005% to 0.10%, Si: 0.01% to 0.10%, P: 0.015% or less, S: 0.003% or less, Ni: 23.0% to 27.0%, Cr: 12.0% to 16.0%, Mo: 0.01% or less, Nb: 0.01% or less, W: 2.5% to 6.0%, Al: 1.5% to 2.5%, and Ti: 1.5% to 2.5%, the balance being Fe and other unavoidable impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: THE JAPAN STEEL WORKS, LTD.
    Inventors: Shinya Sato, Rinzo Kayano, Tatsuya Takahashi, Koichi Takasawa
  • Patent number: 9994939
    Abstract: A high-strength galvanized steel sheet comprising a cold-rolled steel sheet, an intermetallic compound formed on the cold-rolled steel sheet, and a galvanizing layer formed on the intermetallic compound, the cold-rolled steel sheet having a specific composition and a microstructure having a martensite area ratio of 7% or more and less than 25% and a ferrite area ratio of 50% or more and which includes a base metal surface portion in which the amount of internal oxides per single side is 0.05 g/m2 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoshitsugu Suzuki
  • Patent number: 9994940
    Abstract: This high carbon steel wire rod, which has excellent drawability in addition to high strength required for a wire rod, contains 0.6-1.5% of C, 0.1-1.5% of Si, 0.1-1.5% of Mn, 0.02% or less of P (excluding 0%), 0.02% or less of S (excluding 0%), 0.03-0.12% of Ti, 0.001-0.01% of B and 0.001-0.005% of N, with solid-solved B being 0.0002% or more, solid-solved N being 0.0010% or less, and the balance being made up of iron and inevitable impurities. In addition, the content of Ti solid-solved in the steel is 0.002% by mass or more, and the content of Ti that formed carbides is 0.020% by mass or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Oura, Nao Yoshihara
  • Patent number: 9994941
    Abstract: A high strength cold rolled steel sheet has a chemical composition including, by mass %, C: 0.06 to 0.13%, Si: 1.2 to 2.3%, Mn: 0.6 to 1.6%, P: not more than 0.10%, S: not more than 0.010%, Al: 0.01 to 0.10% and N: not more than 0.010%, the balance comprising Fe and inevitable impurities. The steel sheet includes a microstructure containing not less than 90% in terms of volume fraction of ferrite with an average grain diameter of less than 20 ?m and 1.0 to 10% in terms of volume fraction of pearlite with an average grain diameter of less than 5 ?m. The ferrite has an average Vickers hardness of not less than 130. The steel sheet has a yield ratio of not less than 65% and a tensile strength of not less than 590 MPa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Katsutoshi Takashima, Yuki Toji, Kohei Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 9994942
    Abstract: A steel material contains: by mass %, C: greater than 0.05% to 0.18%; Mn: 1% to 3%; Si: greater than 0.5% to 1.8%; Al: 0.01% to 0.5%; N: 0.001% to 0.015%; one or both of V and Ti: 0.01% to 0.3% in total; Cr: 0% to 0.25%; Mo: 0% to 0.35%; a balance: Fe and impurities; and 80% or more of bainite by area %, and 5% or more in total of one or two or more selected from a group consisting of ferrite, martensite and austenite by area %, in which an average block size of the above-described bainite is less than 2.0 ?m, an average grain diameter of all of the above-described ferrite, martensite and austenite is less than 1.0 ?m, an average nanohardness of the above-described bainite is 4.0 GPa to 5.0 GPa, and MX-type carbides each having a circle-equivalent diameter of 10 nm or more exist with an average grain spacing of 300 nm or less therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kaori Kawano, Yasuaki Tanaka, Masahito Tasaka, Yoshiaki Nakazawa, Toshiro Tomida
  • Patent number: 9994943
    Abstract: Rolled steel bar for hot forging consisting, by mass percent, of C: 0.25-0.50%, Si: 0.40-1.0%, Mn: 1.0-1.6%, S: 0.005-0.035%, Al: 0.005-0.050%, V: 0.10-0.30%, N: 0.005-0.030% with the balance being Fe and impurities, i.e., P: 0.035% or less and O: 0.0030% or less, wherein Fn1=C+Si/10+Mn/5+5Cr/22+1.65V?5S/7 is 0.90 to 1.20. The predicted maximum width of nonmetallic inclusions at the time when a cumulative distribution function obtained by extreme value statistical processing by taking the width of nonmetallic inclusion in an R1/2 part of a longitudinal cross section of the steel bar as W (mm) is 99.99% is 100 ?m or narrower. The number density of sulfides each having a circle-equivalent diameter of 0.3 to 1.0 ?m observed per unit area of the R1/2 part of a transverse cross section of the steel bar is 500 pieces/mm2 or higher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignees: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION, DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoki Matsui, Masashi Higashida, Hitoshi Matsumoto, Yutaka Neishi, Taizo Makino, Kouji Morita, Yoshihiro Tanimura, Naoyuki Sashima, Toshimasa Itou
  • Patent number: 9994944
    Abstract: A steel for cold forging/nitriding has, by mass percent, C: 0.01 to 0.15%, Si?0.35%, Mn: 0.10 to 0.90%, P?0.030%, S?0.030%, Cr: 0.50 to 2.0%, V: 0.10 to 0.50%, Al: 0.01 to 0.10%, N?0.0080%, and O?0.0030%, further according to need a specific amount of one or more elements selected from Mo, Cu, Ni, Ti, Nb, Zr, Pb, Ca, Bi, Te, Se and Sb, with the balance being Fe and impurities, and further satisfying the conditions of [399×C+26×Si+123×Mn+30×Cr+32×Mo+19×V?160], [20?(669.3×logeC?1959.6×logeN?6983.3)×(0.067×Mo+0.147×V)?80], [140×Cr+125×Al+235×V?160] and [90?511×C+33×Mn+56×Cu+15×Ni+36×Cr+5×Mo+134×V?170] are excellent in cold forgeability and machinability after cold forging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideki Imataka, Masayuki Horimoto, Yusuke Usui, Yuya Gyotoku
  • Patent number: 9994945
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy wire rod includes Mg: 0.1-1.0 mass %, Si: 0.1-1.2 mass %, Fe: 0.10-1.40 mass %, Ti: 0-0.100 mass %, B: 0-0.030 mass %, Cu: 0-1.00 mass %, Ag: 0-0.50 mass %, Au: 0-0.50 mass %, Mn: 0-1.00 mass %, Cr: 0-1.00 mass %, Zr: 0-0.50 mass %, Hf: 0-0.50 mass %, V: 0-0.50 mass %, Sc: 0-0.50 mass %, Co: 0-0.50 mass %, Ni: 0-0.50 mass %, and the balance: Al and inevitable impurities. In a cross section parallel to a wire rod lengthwise direction and including a center line of the wire rod, no void having an area greater than 20 ?m2 is present, or even in a case where at least one void having an area greater than 20 ?m2 is present, a presence ratio of the at least one void per 1000 ?m2 is on average in a range of less than or equal to one void/1000 ?m2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignees: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Sho Yoshida, Shigeki Sekiya, Kengo Mitose
  • Patent number: 9994946
    Abstract: A process for producing a high strength, homogeneous copper-nickel-tin alloy with high strength includes preparing a molten mixture of copper, nickel, and tin; pressure assist casting the molten mixture to form a casting; and thermally treating the casting. Novel combinations of properties can be attained for the alloy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: MATERION CORPORATION
    Inventors: W. Raymond Cribb, Fritz C. Grensing
  • Patent number: 9994947
    Abstract: A method for producing a Ti-6Al-4V article, includes providing a work piece of a Ti-6Al-4V alloy having a beta-transus temperature; subjecting the work piece to a beta solution heat treatment process in a furnace with a vacuum at a temperature above the beta transus; quenching the work piece in the furnace using high pressure inert gas following the subjecting of the work piece in the beta solution heat treatment process; and subjecting the work piece to an overage heat treatment process in the furnace with a vacuum to overage the work piece following the quenching of the work piece. The work piece can be a bolt blank that is further manufactured into a titanium bolt with pre-machined wave form threads and wave form rolling process utilized to manufacture threads into the bolt blank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Todd David Walker, Gregory William Lundeen
  • Patent number: 9994948
    Abstract: Method for producing oxide layers which protect against wear and/or corrosion on barrier layer-forming metals, preferably aluminum, magnesium and titanium, alloys and mixtures thereof by means of laser treatment, characterized in that on the surface a continuous near-surface oxygen-plasma is produced to form the oxide layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: AHC OBERFLÄCHENTECHNIK GMBH
    Inventors: Marc Weidenbach, Peter Kurze, Hermann Hans Urlberger
  • Patent number: 9994949
    Abstract: A method may include annealing a material including iron and nitrogen in the presence of an applied magnetic field to form at least one Fe16N2 phase domain. The applied magnetic field may have a strength of at least about 0.2 Tesla (T).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignees: Regents of the University of Minnesota, UT-Battelle, LLC
    Inventors: Michael P. Brady, Orlando Rios, Yanfeng Jiang, Gerard M. Ludtka, Craig A. Bridges, Jian-Ping Wang, Xiaowei Zhang, Lawrence F. Allard, Edgar Lara-Curzio
  • Patent number: 9994950
    Abstract: A method for depositing a piezoelectric film may be provided containing AlN on a substrate by means of magnetron sputtering of at least two targets—of which at least one target contains aluminum—within a vacuum chamber, into which a mixture of gases containing at least reactive nitrogen gas and an inert gas is introduced, and during which magnetron sputtering the unipolar pulse mode and the bipolar pulse mode are alternately used. A film may be provided containing AlN of formula AlXNYOZ, where (0.1?X?1.2); (0.1?Y?1.2) and (0.001?Z?0.1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignees: FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V., TU DRESDEN
    Inventors: Hagen Bartzsch, Daniel Glöß, Peter Frach, Stephan Barth
  • Patent number: 9994951
    Abstract: A method of: providing one or more spent sputtering targets comprising a photovoltaic compound and grinding the photovoltaic compound in an inert environment to form a powder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Robel Y. Bekele, Jason D. Myers, Jesse A. Frantz, Vinh Q. Nguyen, Jasbinder S. Sanghera, Allan J. Bruce, Michael Cyrus, Sergey V. Frolov
  • Patent number: 9994952
    Abstract: A component, the surface of which is at least partially covered with a coating, wherein the coating comprises a PVD coating arranged between a first paint layer and a second paint layer and the first paint layer forms a base coat layer on the surface and the second paint layer forms a top coat layer having a top coat thickness on the PVD coating, wherein at least the top coat layer was produced with UV-curable paint. Proceeding from the interface of the PVD coating in a region smaller than the top coat thickness, the top coat layer has a lower degree of cross-linking induced by UV light than in the part of the top coat layer connected to said region. The invention relates in particular to a method for producing such a component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Oerlikon Surface Solutions AG, Pfäffikon
    Inventors: Ruediger Schaefer, Martin Kaspar
  • Patent number: 9994953
    Abstract: Nano technologies are widely recognized as enabling enhanced and new functionality in a wide range of applications and products. Many different ways have been developed to create and apply these nanomaterials. One method for making dry nanocoatings is vapor deposition. There exists a need for a portable machine that can apply nanocoatings to a wide of range of surfaces in a wide range of locations. The present invention comprises such a portable machine that can apply nanocoatings to a wide of range of surfaces in a wide range of locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: nGimat Co.
    Inventors: Andrew Tye Hunt, Ian Campbell, Holly E. Harris
  • Patent number: 9994954
    Abstract: A composition comprising dihydropyrazinyl anions that can be coordinated as 6 electron ligands to a broad range of different metals to yield volatile metal complexes for ALD and CVD depositions are described herein. Also described herein are undeprotonated dihydropyrazines that can coordinate to metals as stabilizing neutral ligands. In one embodiment, the composition is used for the direct liquid injection delivery of the metal dihydropyrazinyl complex precursor to the chamber of an ALD or CVD chamber for the deposition of metal-containing thin films such as, for example, ruthenium or cobalt metal films.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: VERSUM MATERIALS US, LLC
    Inventors: John Anthony Thomas Norman, Sergei Vladimirovich Ivanov, Xinjian Lei
  • Patent number: 9994955
    Abstract: The present invention provides a raw material vaporization and supply device including a raw material receiving tank, a vaporizer for vaporizing liquid pressure-fed from the liquid receiving tank, a flow rate control device for adjusting a flow rate of raw material gas from the vaporizer, and a heating device for heating the vaporizer, the high-temperature pressure-type flow rate control device, and desired sections of flow passages connected to these devices, wherein Al2O3 passivation treatment, Cr2O3 passivation treatment, or FeF2 passivation treatment is applied to liquid contact parts or gas contact parts of metal surfaces of at least any of the raw material receiving tank, the vaporizer, the flow rate control device, the flow passages that links these component devices, or opening-and-closing valves that are disposed in the flow passages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: FUJIKIN INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Atsushi Hidaka, Masaaki Nagase, Satoru Yamashita, Kouji Nishino, Nobukazu Ikeda
  • Patent number: 9994956
    Abstract: An apparatus for in situ fabrication of multilayer heterostructures is provided comprising a first vacuum chamber adapted for atomic layer deposition and comprising a first stage docking assembly configured to dock a detachable stage configured to support a substrate; a second vacuum chamber adapted for ultra-high vacuum physical or chemical vapor deposition and comprising a second stage docking assembly configured to dock the detachable stage; a load lock vacuum chamber between the first and second vacuum chambers and comprising a third stage docking assembly configured to dock the detachable stage, the load lock vacuum chamber coupled to the first vacuum chamber via a first shared valve and coupled to the second vacuum chamber via a second shared valve; and a substrate transport vacuum chamber comprising a substrate transfer device, the substrate transfer device configured to detachably couple to the detachable stage and to transfer the substrate supported by the detachable stage in situ between the first v
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: University of Kansas
    Inventors: Judy Z. Wu, Rongtao Lu, Alan Elliot, Allen Hase
  • Patent number: 9994957
    Abstract: Provided is a preliminary treatment method for a workpiece capable of shortening a cycle time by preventing a nodule from being formed on a carbon film. The preliminary treatment method for the workpiece is performed before a carbon film is formed on a surface of a workpiece W. A bias voltage is applied to the workpiece W disposed in a treatment space S maintained at a predetermined vacuum degree while an oxygen gas is supplied to the treatment space S before a material gas is supplied to the treatment space S, oxygen plasma is generated along the surface of the workpiece W, and oxygen, hydrogen, or water stuck to the surface of the workpiece W is removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Kobayashi, Junya Funatsu
  • Patent number: 9994958
    Abstract: A coating is formed from one layer or two or more layers, at least one of the layers includes a multi-layer structure in which a first unit layer composed of TiN and a second unit layer composed of Ti1-xAlxN are alternately stacked, the first unit layer has an fcc crystal structure, and the second unit layer has an fcc crystal structure, X in Ti1-xAlxN being not smaller than 0.6 and not greater than 0.9.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC HARDMETAL CORP.
    Inventors: Anongsack Paseuth, Hideaki Kanaoka, Susumu Okuno
  • Patent number: 9994959
    Abstract: Articles and methods for forming ceramic/polymer composite structures for electrode protection in electrochemical cells, including rechargeable lithium batteries, are presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Sion Power Corporation
    Inventors: Michael G. Laramie, Yuriy V. Mikhaylik, James A. Phipps, Veronika G. Viner
  • Patent number: 9994960
    Abstract: Articles and methods for forming ceramic/polymer composite structures for electrode protection in electrochemical cells, including rechargeable lithium batteries, are presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Sion Power Corporation
    Inventors: Michael G. Laramie, Yuriy V. Mikhaylik, James A. Phipps, Veronika G. Viner
  • Patent number: 9994961
    Abstract: A metallic alloy includes Cu and one or more metals M selected from the group consisting of Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni and Zn, wherein the alloy has a surface in the form of a vermiculated arrangement of irregular, nanoporous lands separated by troughs or channels. It can be made by contacting a precursor alloy including Cu, M and Al with a caustic liquid under conditions sufficient to remove the Al. Or, a metallic alloy includes Cu and one or more metals M selected from the group consisting of Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni and Zn, wherein the one or more metals M in total constitute in a range of 3 at. % to 7 at. %, relative to the total of Cu and M. Both types of alloy can be used as an electrocatalyst in a water electrolyzer or a hydrogen fuel cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignees: UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE, THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK
    Inventors: Feng Jiao, Qi Lu, Gregory S. Hutchings, Jingguang Chen
  • Patent number: 9994962
    Abstract: An apparatus for separating a mixture of two liquids of different densities which liquids are substantially insoluble in one another includes a hollow permeable body having a recess for receiving a first fluid which can flow from the recess through the permeable body to an exterior of the permeable body. A housing surrounds and is spaced from the exterior of the permeable body. The housing has an inlet for a second fluid and an outlet for a mixture of the first and second fluid. A baffle or baffles are provided in the space between the exterior of the permeable body and the housing, and to define a mixing channel in space between the exterior of the permeable body and the housing so that the second fluid can enter the housing inlet and flow through the mixing channel to the outlet, while picking up fluid on the exterior of the permeable body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: MINEXTECH, LLC
    Inventors: William Daniel Ernt, George M. Galik