By Arc Patents (Class 219/121.11)
  • Patent number: 11794265
    Abstract: A method for providing a welded joint includes: providing a first metal sheet having a first melting point; providing a second metal sheet having a second melting point, the second melting point being lower than the first melting point; providing a weld material; and joining the first metal sheet and the second metal sheet together by means of the weld material, thus defining a first joining interface between the first metal sheet and the weld material and a second joining interface between the second metal sheet and the weld material. The joining includes heating the second metal sheet at the second joining interface to a temperature higher than the second melting point, but lower than the first melting point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: C.R.F. Societa Consortile per Azioni
    Inventors: Rosanna Brun, Adriano Lateana, Piergiorgio Romanin
  • Patent number: 11684090
    Abstract: Features relating to a laser etching and/or tag writing machine are provided. The machine may include a tray assembly including a tray and a nest. The tray may hold an array of vaporizer cartridges. The tray may allow for a laser-etching operation to be performed by the machine on at least one or two sides of the vaporizer cartridges held by the tray. The tray may allow for the array of vaporizer cartridges to be rotated at the same time between laser etching operations. The tray may additionally and/or alternatively allow for the machine, such as via an antenna, to write data to an NFC tag of a corresponding vaporizer cartridge before, during, and/or after each laser etching operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: JUUL Labs, Inc.
    Inventors: Andy Mah, Timothy Roger Milberger, Darin Parnell Smedberg, Marko Markovic, Todd Farr
  • Patent number: 11597028
    Abstract: Clamping device (2) for clamping a non-consumable welding electrode (3) with an electrode holder (2A) which has a receiving chamber (2B) aligned in the longitudinal direction for receiving a welding electrode (3) which is insertable therein and at its front end has an end portion (2C) which widens conically towards the forward end and can be compressed by means of a clamping heat sink (2D) for holding the welding electrode (3), thus producing a large-surface cooling end face (KSF) for cooling the welding electrode (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Fronius International GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan PĂĽhringer, Martin Willinger, Josef Raxendorfer, Klaus Oberndorfer
  • Patent number: 11348757
    Abstract: In order to improve a yield of light generated by a collision between secondary electrons and gas molecules, the invention provides a charged particle beam device including: a charged particle beam source configured to irradiate a sample with a charged particle beam; a sample chamber configured to hold the sample and a gas molecule; a positive electrode configured to form an electric field that accelerates a secondary electron emitted from the sample; a photodetector configured to detect light generated by a collision between the accelerated secondary electron and the gas molecule; and a light condensing unit disposed between the sample and the photodetector, having a light emitting space in which the light is generated, and configured to condense the light generated in the light emitting space on a photodetector side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
    Inventors: Shuhei Yabu, Michio Hatano, Shin Imamura, Masaaki Komatsu
  • Patent number: 11331740
    Abstract: The present invention relates to noble metal-containing components prepared by cold metal transfer (CMT) methods, along with methods of preparing such components by CMT. More especially, an advantageous method of preparing a platinum metal group metal or alloy containing ignition device component by CMT is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Johnson Matthey Public Limited Company
    Inventors: Michael Clover, Stephan Herbst
  • Patent number: 11324961
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for providing hyperthermia therapy to a living subject, in particular a human, animal or plant. The apparatus has contains a signal generator, a signal modulator and an emitter to enable the apparatus to provide hyperthermia treatment. Hyperthermia therapy may be provided to a living subject by generating a signal, selectably modulating the signal and delivering the signal to the target location on the living subject. It is possible to interrupt any further use of the apparatus after a predetermined period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Inventors: Albert Nunez, Eric Miller, Gary Minker, Alex Nunez, Anthony Nunez, Jorge Barrera, Jose Antonio Collazo
  • Patent number: 10589921
    Abstract: An aerosol dispenser, an outer container for an aerosol dispenser and a preform for an outer container. The aerosol dispenser, outer container and preform each have a neck, which in turn has a crimp ring, to receive a valve cup clinched thereto. The crimp ring has slots which act as vents therethrough. The vents may be exposed to pressurized propellant and product due to deformation of the neck during undue internal pressurization. The vents to relieve propellant and product therethrough in the event of overpressurization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Andrew William Franckhauser, James Alexander Morley, Scott Edward Smith, Douglas Bruce Zeik, Nathan Daniel Grubbs
  • Patent number: 10562796
    Abstract: A liquid treatment apparatus includes a housing for storing a liquid, a first electrode at least part of which is arranged in the housing, a second electrode, a third electrode, a first power supply that, in operation, applies a first voltage between the first electrode and the second electrode to make the first electrode held effectively positive with respect to the second electrode, and a second power supply that, in operation, applies a second voltage between the second electrode and the third electrode to make the third electrode held effectively negative with respect to the second electrode. Plasma is generated inside a bubble, which is present in the liquid, when the liquid is stored in the housing and the first power supply applies the first voltage between the first electrode and the second electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Katsumi Imada, Masahiro Iseki
  • Patent number: 10233912
    Abstract: A plasma thruster includes extraction of a stream of positive ions. The plasma thruster includes a single ionization stage; injecting ionizable gas for said ionization stage comprising injecting a first gas and an electronegative second gas; creating an RF electric field to cause the gases to ionize in the ionization stage creating a first zone called the hot zone, in the ionization stage; the first gas being distributed in the hot first zone, the second gas being distributed in a second zone less hot than said first zone; extracting a stream of negative ions and a stream of positive ions, these being both connected to the ionization stage; and the extraction of a stream of positive ions and the extraction of a stream of negative ions, ensuring that the thruster is electrically neutral.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignees: ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE
    Inventors: Pascal Chabert, Ane Aanesland, Albert Meige, Gary Leray
  • Patent number: 10145753
    Abstract: A rotor is statically or dynamically balanced by driving the rotor to rotate at a desired speed, measuring an imbalance in the rotor, calculating an adjustment to be made in a mass distribution of the rotor based on the measured imbalance, and adjusting the mass distribution to reduce the imbalance. Mass adjustment is done by operating a laser to ablate material from the rotor according to operating parameters based on the adjustment calculated. The foregoing is done while the rotor is rotating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Agilent Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Gershon Perelman, Bartly Carlson
  • Patent number: 9953729
    Abstract: A radiation generating apparatus comprises a fuel storage unit 20 for storing a mixed liquid 61, a pressure application unit 10 for applying a pressure to the mixed liquid 61, a jet formation unit 30 for forming a jet 61a of the mixed liquid 61, a reaction unit 44 for forming the jet 61a of the mixed liquid 61 therein, a pressure adjustment unit 41 for setting a pressure in the reaction unit 44 lower than an internal pressure of the jet formation unit 30, and a light source unit 45 for irradiating a particle group 63a with laser light L1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Takeshi Watari, Katsunobu Nishihara, Masaru Takagi, Nakahiro Satoh, Toshiyuki Kawashima, Hirofumi Kan
  • Patent number: 9878392
    Abstract: The system and method described herein generally pertains to generating a lead in profile that defines acceleration before a cutting velocity is achieved to perform a cutting operation and a lead out profile that defines deceleration after the cutting operation is performed. The lead in profile defines acceleration from approximately zero (0) to the cutting velocity within a duration of time in order to perform the cutting operation, wherein the lead in profile is calculated based on the cutting velocity or a type of material of the workpiece, a start location for the cutting operation, and a thickness of the workpiece. The lead out profile defines deceleration from the cutting operation to approximately zero (0) within a duration of time, wherein the lead out profile is calculated based on the cutting velocity or a type of material of the workpiece, an end location for the cutting operation, and a thickness of the workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: LINCOLN GLOBAL, INC.
    Inventor: Christopher Williams
  • Patent number: 9769902
    Abstract: A laser sensor stimulator integrates laser units, an inertial measurement unit, a control unit, and ergonomic, modular design with GPS data feeds into a portable system that can be used to test energy sensors and warning devices and includes a user interface facilitates tracking and acquisition of items of interest by the laser sensor stimulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by Secretary of the Air Force
    Inventors: Anthony M. Cain, Danny J. Hugh, Donald R. Thomas, Shawn R. Davidson
  • Patent number: 9743505
    Abstract: The invention relates to a plasma torch, preferably to a plasma cutting torch, in which a plasma gas PG1 and/or PG2 flows through at least one feed through a housing of the plasma torch gas up to a nozzle opening. A hollow space connected to the feed(s) is also present within the housing and a valve which opens and closes an opening is arranged at the opening at said hollow space and a leading off of plasma gas PG1 and/or PG2 out of the feed(s) up to the nozzle opening can be achieved in the open state of this valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: KJELLBERG-STIFTUNG
    Inventors: Frank Laurisch, Timo Grundke, Rene Nogowski, Volker Krink
  • Patent number: 9724779
    Abstract: A tool (10) for processing a workpiece in a processing machine has a connecting portion (11) which is at the machine side during operation and is preferably standardized, for connecting the tool with a numerically controlled machine tool (30), a plasma duct (44) for conducting a generated plasma, and an outlet portion (13) which is at the workpiece side during operation and is disposed at the end of the duct (44), and which comprises one or a plurality of outlets (22) for supplying the plasma to a workpiece surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: SAUER ULTRASONIC GMBH
    Inventor: Florian Feucht
  • Patent number: 9686849
    Abstract: Certain embodiments described herein are directed to a torch that includes a suitable amount of a refractory material. In some embodiments, the torch can include one or more non-refractory materials in combination with a refractory material. In some embodiments, the torch can comprise a refractory material and an optically transparent window. In other embodiments, the torch can comprise a material comprising a melting point higher than the melting point of quartz.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: PerkinElmer Health Sciences, Inc.
    Inventor: Peter J Morrisroe
  • Patent number: 9646728
    Abstract: Disclosed is a plasma welding apparatus for a guide thimble and guide thimble end plug of a nuclear fuel assembly, which includes: a welding chamber (100) includes an end-plug inserting part (110) into which the end plug (10) is inserted, a guide-thimble inserting part (120) which is provided on the same axis as the end-plug inserting part (110) and into which the guide thimble (20) is inserted and fixed, a torch assembling part (130) to which a plasma welding torch (131) is assembled so as to make a right angle with the end-plug inserting part (110) and the guide-thimble inserting part (120), and argon inflow and outflow ports (141, 142) through which argon is supplied or discharged; an end-plug transfer unit (210) supplying the end plug (10) to the end-plug inserting part (110); and an guide-thimble transfer unit (220) transferring the guide thimble (20) to the guide-thimble inserting part (120).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: KEPCO NUCLEAR FUEL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ju Young Lee, Chang Hwan Hwang, Hung Soon Chang, Soon Ki Guk, Tae Hyung Na, Yeong Seon Oh
  • Patent number: 9618196
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the technical field of heating equipment, and particularly to a steam generator, comprising a shell and a heater fixed inside the shell, a gasification chamber for generating steam being formed between the heater and the shell, the gasification chamber being provided with a water inlet and a steam outlet. The gasification chamber comprises stepped or labyrinthic steam passages. As the gasification chamber inside the steam generator provided by the present invention comprises stepped or labyrinthic steam passages, heat both inside and outside the heating element is fully utilized, the steam passage is lengthened, and both the pressure and temperature are increased; consequently, high-temperature steam may be provided. Moreover, the time for ejecting steam is greatly shortened just several seconds from feeding water to ejecting steam, with high heat utilization efficiency. Moreover, the steam generator is small in size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: DONGGUAN PHEATON ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yungming Sun, Shunqing Ye, Linwen Yang, Lanhua Tian
  • Patent number: 9595458
    Abstract: In an inductively coupled plasma torch unit, two coils, a first ceramic block, and a second ceramic block are arranged, and an annular chamber is provided. Plasma generated in the chamber is ejected toward a substrate through an opening in the chamber. The chamber and the substrate are caused to relatively move having an orientation perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the opening, thereby processing the substrate. A shield cylinder is disposed around the coil inside a rotating cylindrical ceramic tube, thereby making it possible to achieve compatibility of ignitibility and shielding properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Okumura, Satoshi Suemasu
  • Patent number: 9455053
    Abstract: A method of providing an end-capped tubular ceramic composite for containing nuclear fuel (34) in a nuclear reactor involves the steps of providing a tubular ceramic composite (40), providing at least one end plug (14, 46, 48), applying (42) the at least one end plug material to the ends of the tubular ceramic composite, applying electrodes to the end plug and tubular ceramic composite and applying current in a plasma sintering means (10, 50) to provide a hermetically sealed tube (52). The invention also provides a sealed tube made by this method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignees: Westinghouse Electric Company LLC, KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA AKA Toshiba Corporation
    Inventors: Peng Xu, Edward J. Lahoda, Lars Hallstadius, Joon Hyung Choi, Shinichi Higuchi, Fumihisa Kano
  • Patent number: 8961716
    Abstract: An apparatus and method of uniformly heating, rheologically softening, and thermoplastically forming metallic glasses rapidly into a net shape using a rapid capacitor discharge forming (RCDF) tool are provided. The RCDF method utilizes the discharge of electrical energy stored in a capacitor to uniformly and rapidly heat a sample or charge of metallic glass alloy to a predetermined “process temperature” between the glass transition temperature of the amorphous material and the equilibrium melting point of the alloy in a time scale of several milliseconds or less. Once the sample is uniformly heated such that the entire sample block has a sufficiently low process viscosity it may be shaped into high quality amorphous bulk articles via any number of techniques including, for example, injection molding, dynamic forging, stamp forging, sheet forming, and blow molding in a time frame of less than 1 second.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: California Institute of Technology
    Inventors: William L. Johnson, Marios D. Demetriou, Joseph P. Schramm
  • Patent number: 8952292
    Abstract: A welding head is provided. The welding head includes a bracket and a plurality of blocks coupled to the bracket. Each of the plurality of blocks has a contact tip. The contact tips are adapted to receive an electrode. Further, at least one of the plurality of blocks is capable of variable positioning relative to the bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew J. Behmlander, Huijun Wang
  • Patent number: 8927901
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention relates to a system for buried-arc welding with thru-the-arc seam tracking. Another embodiment of the present invention relates to a method for buried-arc welding with thru-the-arc seam tracking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Alcoa Inc.
    Inventors: Israel Stol, Floyd Thompson, Richard S. Dulski
  • Publication number: 20150001191
    Abstract: There is provided a method for manufacturing a metal nanopowder having a uniform particle size distribution by uniformly applying current to the entirety of a metal raw material, while reducing energy usage, and an apparatus for manufacturing the same. The method includes disposing a metal foil in a reaction chamber; supplying direct current (DC) energy to the metal foil disposed in the reaction chamber; and supplying pulse energy to the metal foil to which the DC energy is supplied, thereby wire-exploding the metal foil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2013
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung Ho LEE, Jung Wook SEO
  • Publication number: 20140374386
    Abstract: There is provided a method of forming a nanoparticle including: preparing a wire formed of a material for forming a nano-sized particle; connecting the wire to first and second electrodes; pre-heating the wire using a pre-heating device; and applying energy to the wire using a power supply to form the nano-sized particle, wherein after the pre-heating is performed, a skin depth of the wire is larger than a radius of the wire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2013
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Applicant: Samsung Electro-Mechanics, Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung Ho LEE, Hee Bum LEE, Jung Wook SEO
  • Patent number: 8916792
    Abstract: A submerged arc welding system includes a robot having a first arm connected to a second arm, and at least one wire supply. A welding torch is connected to a first end of the second arm of the robot. A wire motor is mounted to a second end of the second arm of the robot. The wire motor moves wire from the wire supply along a wire path to the welding torch. The system further includes a flux supply and a flux delivery system configured to move flux from the flux supply along a flux path to the welding torch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Lincoln Global, Inc.
    Inventor: David A. Mate
  • Patent number: 8901454
    Abstract: In a method for controlling pulse arc welding where an arc is created between a wire and a base material, a pulse waveform different from the pulse waveform for steady-state welding is outputted when a predetermined time has passed since short-circuit welding control was started at arc start, and after a sufficiently large melt pool is formed, the pulse waveform for the steady-state welding is outputted. This reduces the generation of spatters after an arc is created and until the arc is stabilized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Nakagawa, Atsuhiro Kawamoto, Junji Fujiwara, Masaru Kowa
  • Patent number: 8878100
    Abstract: Methods are provided for joining two panels by welding together a seam formed at a flange of each panel using a welding tractor adapted to travel along the seam to be welded. A welding tractor adapted for use in the methods is also provided, as is a welded panel product fabricated using the methods provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: John Bean Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Larry D. Martin, Brian E. Lone, James P. Gast
  • Patent number: 8872056
    Abstract: A method for metalworking using an adjustable vacuum and support system for evacuating particulate matter, smoke, excess gas, and molten metal from a work area during welding and for providing adjustable support to a welding head. The vacuum system has a vacuum head and a vacuum nozzle. An adjustable mounting bracket has a first portion fixed to the vacuum head and a second portion securable to the welding head. The bracket arrangement establishes pivotal and slidable couplings between the welding head and the vacuum head. The vacuum nozzle has a support surface for being rested on a surface of a workpiece to support the vacuum head and the welding head. The support surface can be a base bevel surface at the tip of the nozzle, and an opposed suction bevel surface can have a nozzle aperture interposed therealong.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Inventor: Charles Klangos
  • Patent number: 8822875
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for using optical interferometry in the context of material modification processes such as surgical laser or welding applications. An imaging optical source that produces imaging light. A feedback controller controls at least one processing parameter of the material modification process based on an interferometry output generated using the imaging light. A method of processing interferograms is provided based on homodyne filtering. A method of generating a record of a material modification process using an interferometry output is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Queen's University at Kingston
    Inventors: Paul J. L. Webster, James M. Fraser, Victor X. D. Yang
  • Publication number: 20140202997
    Abstract: Surface asperities, such as roughness characteristics, are reduced or otherwise mitigated via the control of surface regions including the asperities in different regimes. In accordance with various embodiments, the height of both high-frequency and low-frequency surface asperities is reduced by controlling characteristics of a surface region under a first regime to flow material from the surface asperities. A second regime is implemented to reduce a height of high-frequency surface asperities in the surface region by controlling characteristics of the surface region under a second regime to flow material that is predominantly from the high-frequency surface asperities, the controlled characteristics in the second regime being different than the controlled characteristics in the first regime. Such aspects may include, for example, controlling melt pools in each regime via energy pulses, to respectively mitigate/reduce the asperities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2013
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Venkata Madhukanth Vadali, Chao Ma, Neil Arthur Duffie, Xiaochun Li, Frank Ewald Pfefferkorn
  • Patent number: 8766132
    Abstract: A method of identifying and selecting welding electrodes and welding output parameters on a welding power source is provided. The method includes identifying electrodes and/or electrode packaging with distinct colors and/or patterns which correspond to properties of the electrode. The method also may include employing distinguishable identifying markings on a power supply which correspond to the electrodes to be used to allow for easy setting of output parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Lincoln Global, Inc.
    Inventors: George Blankenship, Rob Micco, Arthur B Papineau
  • Patent number: 8762107
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for determining calibration factors of an induction tool that includes three receiver coils, each having a distinct orientation. The method includes: placing the induction logging tool in a first position at a first height above a surface of the earth; performing a first set of measurements of conductivity using the receiver coils with the induction logging tool in the first position at the first height; placing the induction logging tool in a second position at a second height above the surface of the earth; performing a second set of measurements of conductivity using the receiver coils with the induction logging tool in the second position at the second height; and determining the calibration factors that correct conductivity measurements performed by the induction logging tool in a borehole penetrating the earth using the first and second sets of measurements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: Luis Pelegri, Hans-Martin Maurer
  • Patent number: 8704132
    Abstract: In a welding wire storage device for a welding system including a housing with a wire core surrounding the welding wire being arcuately arranged to lie freely in a free space of the housing, one end of the wire core is fixed in an end region of the housing and a measuring means is provided to detect the deflection of the wire core. In order to provide a very simple and compact structure for such a welding wire storage device, the wire core is displaceably mounted in a guide element on the opposite end region, and two coupling mechanisms, for connection with a wire guide hose for the wire core are arranged on the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Fronius International GmbH
    Inventors: Josef Artelsmair, Christian Stumpfl
  • Patent number: 8681923
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of manufacturing a core shroud for a nuclear plant and a nuclear power plant structure in which a groove portion is easily assembled in the case of manufacturing the core shroud having a weld structure of a nuclear power plant by a laser welding, and it is possible to obtain a weld joint portion in which a plastic distortion region and a residual stress are as small as possible, going with a solidification shrinkage of the weld portion. At a time of welding butted portions of a plurality of members constructing a core shroud, a root face is provided in the butted portion, a length of the root face is set to 25% to 95% of a thickness of the thinner one of the butted portions of a plurality of members, a narrow groove is provided in the other than the root face, and the butted portions are welded by a laser welding using a weld wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Eiji Ashida, Xudong Zhang, Shoh Tarasawa, Masaya Okada, Yusuke Anma
  • Patent number: 8613816
    Abstract: An apparatus and method of uniformly heating, rheologically softening, and thermoplastically forming magnetic metallic glasses rapidly into a net shape using a rapid capacitor discharge forming (RCDF) tool are provided. The RCDF method utilizes the discharge of electrical energy stored in a capacitor to uniformly and rapidly heat a sample or charge of metallic glass alloy to a predetermined “process temperature” between the glass transition temperature of the amorphous material and the equilibrium melting point of the alloy in a time scale of several milliseconds or less. Once the sample is uniformly heated such that the entire sample block has a sufficiently low process viscosity it may be shaped into high quality amorphous bulk articles via any number of techniques including, for example, injection molding, dynamic forging, stamp forging, sheet forming, and blow molding in a time frame of less than 1 second.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignee: California Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Georg Kaltenboeck, Joseph P. Schramm, Marios D. Demetriou, William L. Johnson
  • Patent number: 8613814
    Abstract: A forging apparatus and method of uniformly heating, rheologically softening, and thermoplastically forming metallic glasses rapidly into a net shape using a rapid capacitor discharge forming (RCDF) tool are provided. The RCDF method utilizes the discharge of electrical energy stored in a capacitor to uniformly and rapidly heat a sample or charge of metallic glass alloy to a predetermined “process temperature” between the glass transition temperature of the amorphous material and the equilibrium melting point of the alloy in a time scale of several milliseconds or less. Once the sample is uniformly heated such that the entire sample block has a sufficiently low process viscosity it may be shaped into high quality amorphous bulk articles via forging in a time frame of less than 1 second.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignee: California Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Georg Kaltenboeck, Joseph P. Schramm, Marios D. Demetriou, William L. Johnson
  • Patent number: 8613815
    Abstract: An apparatus and method of uniformly heating, rheologically softening, and thermoplastically forming metallic glasses rapidly into a net shape using a rapid capacitor discharge forming (RCDF) tool are provided. The RCDF method utilizes the discharge of electrical energy stored in a capacitor to uniformly and rapidly heat a sample or charge of metallic glass alloy to a predetermined “process temperature” between the glass transition temperature of the amorphous material and the equilibrium melting point of the alloy in a time scale of several milliseconds or less. Once the sample is uniformly heated such that the entire sample block has a sufficiently low process viscosity it may be shaped into high quality amorphous bulk articles via any number of techniques including, for example, injection molding, dynamic forging, stamp forging, sheet forming, and blow molding in a time frame of less than 1 second.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignee: California Institute of Technology
    Inventors: William L. Johnson, Marios D. Demetriou, Joseph P. Schramm
  • Patent number: 8613813
    Abstract: An apparatus and method of uniformly heating, rheologically softening, and thermoplastically forming metallic glasses rapidly into a net shape using a rapid capacitor discharge forming (RCDF) tool are provided. The RCDF method utilizes the discharge of electrical energy stored in a capacitor to uniformly and rapidly heat a sample or charge of metallic glass alloy to a predetermined “process temperature” between the glass transition temperature of the amorphous material and the equilibrium melting point of the alloy in a time scale of several milliseconds or less. Once the sample is uniformly heated such that the entire sample block has a sufficiently low process viscosity it may be shaped into high quality amorphous bulk articles via any number of techniques including, for example, injection molding, dynamic forging, stamp forging, and blow molding in a time frame of less than 1 second.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignee: California Institute of Technology
    Inventors: William L. Johnson, Marios D. Demetriou, Choong Paul Kim, Joseph P. Schramm
  • Publication number: 20130327751
    Abstract: A welding wire feeder includes a welding wire feed drive configured to drive welding wire towards a welding application, wire feed control circuitry coupled to and configured to control the welding wire feed drive. The welding wire feeder includes power conversion circuitry configured to receive polarized input power from a welding power source via input connections with defined polarities and to convert the polarized input power to welding output, sensing circuitry configured to detect the polarity of the polarized input power when connected to the input connections, and welding process control circuitry. The welding process control circuitry is coupled to the power conversion circuitry and the sensing circuitry. The welding process control circuitry is configured to provide the polarized input power to the power conversion circuitry only if the polarity of the polarized input power corresponds to the defined polarities of the input connections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Applicant: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventors: Anthony Van Bergen Salsich, Edward G. Beistle
  • Patent number: 8550328
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for joining objects made of metal, plastic, hybrid structures or ceramic by means of heat input such as soldering or welding, wherein materials such as particles, in particular nanoparticles, elements, atoms, molecules or ions are introduced into the joint. It is proposed according to the invention that a gas stream brings gaseous compounds to the joint which decompose at elevated temperature and deposit particles as heat is being applied to the joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Linde Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Wolfgang Danzer
  • Patent number: 8481883
    Abstract: A welding apparatus for welding a work-piece includes an energy source configured to generate a weld in a zone of the work-piece, with the work-piece characterized by a layer. The apparatus also includes a first wheel characterized by a first circumference and a first set of protrusions disposed on the first circumference, and a second wheel characterized by a second circumference and a second set of protrusions disposed on the second circumference. Each of the first and second wheels is configured to rotate relative to the work-piece, and the first and second sets of protrusions are configured to disrupt the layer as the work-piece is traversed between the first and second wheels. The energy source generates the weld in the zone of the work-piece following the disruption of the layer. A method employing the disclosed welding apparatus is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: David Yang, Pei-Chung Wang
  • Publication number: 20130153549
    Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus and method for manufacturing a swing-ring plate. More particularly, the apparatus and method for manufacturing the swing-ring plate comprises a bending mechanism that moves a linear plate cut to a certain length from a first side to a second side, and bends the linear plate so as to face both ends thereof each other to form a ring shape; a pre-bonding mechanism that fixes the bent plate in the ring shape and pre-bonds the ends in the horizontal and vertical directions; and a final bonding mechanism that completely bonds the pre-bonded part of the plate by revolving around the fixed pre-bonded plate and positioning so that the top and bottom surfaces of the pre-bonded plate face upward.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: HANARO TECH CO., LTD
    Inventor: Si Hwa Lee
  • Publication number: 20130119252
    Abstract: To provide a gas field ion source having a high angular current density, the gas field ion source is configured such that at least a base body of an emitter tip configuring the gas field ion source is a single crystal metal, such that the apex of the emitter tip is formed into a pyramid shape or a cone shape having a single atom at the top, and such that the extraction voltage in the case of ionizing helium gas by the single atom is set to 10 kV or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2011
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Inventors: Yoshimi Kawanami, Shinichi Matsubara, Hironori Moritani, Noriaki Arai, Hiroyasu Shichi, Tomihiro Hashizume, Hiroyasu Kaga, Norihide Saho, Hiroyuki Muto, Yoichi Ose
  • Patent number: 8440142
    Abstract: A dual-mode non-thermal plasma reactor includes an air-buffering chamber, a magnetic element provided on the air-buffering chamber, a first electrode disposed in the air-buffering chamber, a second electrode disposed in the air-buffering chamber opposite to the first electrode, a high-voltage power supply connected to the first and second electrodes and an air-swirling chamber located between the first and second electrodes. The air-swirling chamber includes a first isolating film covering on an internal side of the first electrode, a second isolating film covering on an internal side of the second electrode and an isolating tube placed between the first and second isolating films. An air passageway is defined through the first and second isolating films. An air-swirling space is defined by the first and second isolating films and the isolating tube. The isolating tube includes at least one tunnel in communication with the air-swirling space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Atomic Energy Council—Institute of Nuclear Energy Research
    Inventors: Jyh-Ming Yan, Yung-Chih Chen, Shiaw-Huei Chen, Ming-Song Yang, Men-Han Huang
  • Publication number: 20130098881
    Abstract: An arc evaporation source having fast film-forming speed includes: at least one circumference magnet surrounding the circumference of a target, wherein the magnetization direction of the magnet runs orthogonal to the target surface; a non-ring shaped first permanent magnet on the target's rear surface side has a polarity in the same direction as the circumference magnet, and is arranged so that its magnetization direction runs orthogonal to the target's surface; a non-ring shaped second permanent magnet arranged either on the rear surface side of the first permanent magnet or between the first permanent magnet and the target, so as to leave a gap from the first permanent magnet, has a polarity in the same direction as the circumference magnet, and is arranged so that its magnetization direction runs orthogonal to the surface of the target; and a magnetic body between the first permanent magnet and the second permanent magnet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2011
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Shinichi Tanifuji, Kenji Yamamoto, Homare Nomura, Yoshinori Kurokawa, Naoyuki Goto
  • Publication number: 20130092665
    Abstract: A magnetically impelled arc butt (MIAB) welding device positioned on the rig floor heats facing ends of a pair of wellbore tubulars. After the facing ends are heated and/or melted, a force application device compressively engages the facing ends to form a welded joint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2011
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Applicant: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Thomas Hassel, Aret Varahram, Florian Baer, Sven Mitulla, Joerg Lehr, Ludger Leo Josef Overmeyer, Han Lothar Wohlgemuth, Friedrich-Wilhelm Bach
  • Publication number: 20130056447
    Abstract: Copper conductor members or other copper-based workpieces are welded using a suitable copper alloy material that is reactive with the joining surfaces of the copper members. The reactive metal material may be applied as a thin metal foil strip between assembled facing joining surfaces. The members are pressed together against the reactive material and electrical resistance heated in forming the weld. Practices are adapted for forming many such welds in the pairs of facing ends of conductor bars or wires assembled, for example, in slots in a stator for a vehicle traction motor. Practices are disclosed for shaping and automated placement of suitably sized and shaped foils of reactive metal. Practices are also disclosed for use of a resistance welding tool in aligning and heating the many pairs of conductors to be welded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2012
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Thomas A. Perry, James G. Schroth, David R. Sigler
  • Publication number: 20130049350
    Abstract: A method for providing a watermarking wire mesh, particularly for producing security paper and the like, comprising in sequence the following steps: associating stably at least one electrotype element at a preset region of a first working face of a watermarking wire mesh; deforming plastically at least one predefined portion of the watermarking wire mesh, which comprises at least partially the at least one electrotype element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2010
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: FEDRIGONI S.P.A.
    Inventor: Pasquale Pallota
  • Publication number: 20130037526
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for automatically inspecting and repairing printed circuit boards includes an inspection functionality automatically inspecting printed circuit boards and providing a machine readable indication of regions thereon requiring repair. An automatic repair functionality employs the machine readable indication to repair the printed circuit boards at some of the regions thereon requiring repair. An automatic repair reformulation functionality automatically reinspects the printed circuit boards following an initial automatic repair operation, and provides to the automatic repair functionality a reformulated machine readable indication of regions thereon requiring repair.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2012
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Applicant: ORBOTECH LTD.
    Inventor: Orbotech Ltd.