Manganese Containing Patents (Class 420/404)
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Patent number: 11739400Abstract: A magnesium alloy of the present invention has a structure, comprising: 0.5-2.0 wt % of Zn; 0.3-0.8 wt % of Ca; at least 0.2 wt % of Zr; and the remainder comprising Mg and unavoidable impurities, wherein a nanometer-sized precipitate comprising Mg, Ca and Zn dispersed on the (0001) plane of a magnesium matrix, thereby achieving both formability and strength in a range of temperatures including room temperature.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2018Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCEInventors: Ming-Zhe Bian, Taisuke Sasaki, Kazuhiro Hono, Shigeharu Kamado, Taiki Nakata
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Patent number: 11732334Abstract: The invention relates to biodegradable, metal alloys, methods for their preparation and applications for their use. The alloys include magnesium and other components, such as, yttrium, calcium, zirconium, and zinc. These elements are alloyed together in specific combinations and amounts in order to achieve an alloy having desired properties and characteristics. In certain embodiments, strontium or cerium may be included as an additive. The resulting alloys are particularly suitable for forming various medical devices for implantation into the body of a patient.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2018Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATIONInventor: Prashant N. Kumta
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Patent number: 11326241Abstract: A plastic wrought magnesium alloy includes a Mg—Al—Bi—Sn—Ca—Y alloy, prepared from the following chemical components in percentage by mass: 3 to 6.0% of Al, 1 to 3.0% of Bi, 0.5 to 2.0% of Sn, 0.02 to 0.05% of Ca, 0.02 to 0.05% of Y and the balance of Mg, in which the percentage sum of Ca and Y elements is more than 0.05% and less than 0.1%.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2019Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: CITIC Dicastal CO., LTD.Inventors: Lixin Huang, Zuo Xu, Chunhai Liu, Zhihua Zhu, Lisheng Wang, Yongfei Li, Dong Guo
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Patent number: 10851442Abstract: According to one implementation, a magnesium-lithium alloy contains not less than 10.50 mass % and not more than 16.00 mass % lithium, not less than 5.00 mass % and not more than 12.00 mass % aluminum, and not less than 2.00 mass % and not more than 8.00 mass % calcium. According to one implementation, a rolled stock is made of the above-mentioned magnesium-lithium alloy. According to one implementation, a processed product includes the above-mentioned magnesium-lithium alloy as a material.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2017Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATIONInventors: Ayako Miura, Takayuki Goto
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Publication number: 20130144290Abstract: The invention relates to a magnesium alloy containing (in % by weight) more than 0.0 to 7.0% zinc, optionally more than 0.0 to 1.0% zirconium, optionally more than 0.0 to 1.0% calcium, optionally more than 0.0 to 1.0% manganese, optionally more than 0.0 to 0.5% silicon, optionally more than 0.0 to 1.0% silver, a max. up to 0.5% aluminum and at least one element selected from the group comprising more than 0.05 to 0.6% yttrium, more than 0.05 to 4.0% ytterbium, more than 0.05 to 4.0% gadolinium, with the residue being magnesium and impurities due to production. The invention also relates to a use of a magnesium alloy of this type and an implant therefrom and a method for producing a body of a magnesium alloy according to the invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2011Publication date: June 6, 2013Applicant: AIT AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GMBHInventors: Andreas Schiffl, Bernhard Mingler
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Patent number: 8293031Abstract: A magnesium alloy, comprising: Y: 0.5-10? Zn: 0.5-6?? Ca: 0.05-1?? Mn: ??0-0.5 Ag: 0-1 Ce: 0-1 Zr: 0-1 or Si: 0-0.4, wherein the amounts are based on weight-percent of the alloy and Mg, and manufacturing-related impurities constitute the remainder of the alloy to a total of 100 weight-percent. Also disclosed is a method for manufacturing such an alloy and a biodegradable implant formed therefrom.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2007Date of Patent: October 23, 2012Assignee: Biotronik VI Patent AGInventors: Bodo Gerold, Heinz Mueller, Joerg Loeffler, Anja Haenzi, Peter Uggowitzer
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Publication number: 20120107171Abstract: A magnesium alloy sheet having good press formability, a magnesium alloy structural member produced by pressing the sheet, and a method for producing a magnesium alloy sheet are provided. The magnesium alloy sheet is composed of a magnesium alloy containing Al and Mn. When a region from a surface of the alloy sheet to 30% of the thickness of the alloy sheet in a thickness direction of the magnesium alloy sheet is defined as a surface region and when a 200 ?m2 sub-region is arbitrarily selected from this surface region, the number precipitated impurity grains containing both Al and Mg and having a maximum diameter of 0.5 to 5 ?m is 5 or less. When a 50 ?m2 subregion is arbitrarily selected from the surface region, the number of crystallized impurity grains containing both Al and Mn and having a maximum diameter of 0.1 to 1 ?m is 15 or less. In the grains of the crystallized phases, the mass ratio Al/Mn of Al to Mn is 2 to 5.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2010Publication date: May 3, 2012Applicant: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Takahiho Kitamura, Yukihiro Oishi, Nozomu Kawabe
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Publication number: 20120100035Abstract: A magnesium alloy sheet having high impact resistance at low temperature, a magnesium alloy structural member using this sheet, and a method for producing a magnesium alloy sheet are provided. The magnesium alloy sheet is composed of a magnesium alloy containing Al and Mn. When a region from a surface of the alloy sheet to 30% of the thickness of the alloy sheet in a thickness direction of the magnesium alloy sheet is defined as a surface region and when a 50 ?m2 sub-region is arbitrarily selected from this surface region, the number of grains that are crystallized phases containing both Al and Mn is 15 or less. The maximum diameter of each of the crystallized phases is 0.1 to 1 ?m and the mass ratio Al/Mn of Al to Mn is 2 to 5. This magnesium alloy sheet has high impact resistance since it contains crystallized phases that are small in size and in amount contained and cause breaking and the like, and exhibits good mechanical properties even in a low-temperature environment.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2010Publication date: April 26, 2012Applicant: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Yukihiro Oishi, Takahiro Kitamura, Nozomu Kawabe
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Publication number: 20090291015Abstract: The invention relates to a magnesium-based alloy and a semi-finished product produced therefrom with uniformly small grain size and high cold forming capability. In order to create a fine-grain billet from an ingot, the material of which is highly formable (deep-drawable) at increased temperature and at room temperature and has desirable corrosion properties, according to the invention a magnesium-based alloy (L1, L2) is provided, containing in % by weight zinc (Zn) more than 0.8, but less than 6.2, zirconium (Zr) traces, but less than 1.0, manganese (Mn) more than 0.04, but less than 0.6, calcium (Ca) more than 0.04, but less than 2.0, silicon (Si) traces, but less than 1.0, antimony (Sb) traces, but less than 0.5, silver (Ag) more than 0.1, but less than 2.0, the rest being magnesium and production-related contaminants.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2007Publication date: November 26, 2009Inventors: Peter J. Uggowitzer, Joerg F. Loeffler, Franz Riemelmoser, Maria Kuehlein, Michael Kettner, Helmut Kilian
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Publication number: 20090035171Abstract: Provided is a high-strength and high-toughness magnesium alloy which has practical level of both the strength and the toughness for expanded applications of the magnesium alloys, and is a method for manufacturing thereof. The high-strength and high-toughness magnesium alloy of the present invention contains: a atom % in total of at least one metal of Cu, Ni, and Co; and b atom % in total of at least one element selected from the group consisting of Y, Dy, Er, Ho, Gd, Tb, and Tm, while a and b satisfying the following formulae (1) to (3), 0.2?a?10??(1) 0.2?b?10??(2) 2/3a?2/3<b.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2007Publication date: February 5, 2009Inventors: Yoshihito Kawamura, Michiaki Yamasaki, Takaomi Itoi, Mitsuji Hirohashi
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Publication number: 20080311423Abstract: The invention is to provide a magnesium alloy material such as a magnesium alloy cast material or a magnesium alloy rolled material, excellent in mechanical characteristics and surface precision, a producing method capable of stably producing such material, a magnesium alloy formed article utilizing the rolled material, and a producing method therefor. The invention provides a producing method for a magnesium alloy material, including a melting step of melting a magnesium alloy in a melting furnace to obtain a molten metal, a transfer step of transferring the molten metal from the melting furnace to a molten metal reservoir, and a casting step of supplying a movable mold with the molten metal from the molten metal reservoir, through a pouring gate, and solidifying the molten metal to continuously produce a cast material. In a process from the melting step to the casting step, parts contacted by the molten metal are formed by a low-oxygen material having an oxygen content of 20 mass % or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2005Publication date: December 18, 2008Inventors: Masatada Numano, Yoshihiro Nakai, Toshiya Ikeda, Taichiro Nishikawa