Fe-base Component Patents (Class 428/681)
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Nickel-plated stainless steel sheet having excellent processability and manufacturing method thereof
Patent number: 11898262Abstract: Nickel-plated stainless steel sheets and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. Each of the nickel-plated stainless steel sheets includes a stainless steel base plate and a nickel plating layer formed on at least one surface of the stainless steel base plate by electroplating, in which the nickel plating layer includes a strike plating layer and a main plating layer which are sequentially laminated on the one surface of the stainless steel base plate.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2021Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: TCC Steel Corp.Inventors: Jin Hwan Chung, Tae Woo Kwon, Hyun Jun Baek, Yoon Han Kim, Jun Mo Jeon -
Patent number: 11754109Abstract: A polymeric fastener for use in the construction industry for fastening wood and other basic materials together. The polymeric fastener can be formed in the basic shape of a nail and/or a staple-like fastener. Preferred embodiments of the polymeric fastener include a hardened binder embedded with a filler and/or a core for adequate strength as required for use with a delivery device powered by pneumatics, hydraulics, or other mechanical systems.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2021Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: SR Systems, LLCInventors: Steve Zimmerman, Scott Drummond, Van T. Walworth
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Patent number: 10865495Abstract: The invention relates to a corrosion protection layer system for metal surfaces, said layer system comprising as the two top most layers: a) a discontinuous nickel-phosphorus layer and b) a chromium layer plated from a trivalent chromium electrolyte solution, and method of producing such a corrosion protection layer system. The corrosion protection layer system provides corrosion resistance of the nickel-phosphorus layer against sodium chloride with the protection of the chromium layer produced from a trivalent process again magnesium salts, without the need for any post-treatment.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2016Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: MacDermid Enthone GmbHInventors: Andreas Konigshofen, Ronny Kiefer
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Patent number: 9893260Abstract: Provided is a thermoelectric material which can increase its anomalous Nernst angle. The thermoelectric material of a magnetic material for a thermoelectric power generation device employs the anomalous Nernst effect, including iron doped with iridium.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2015Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCEInventors: Yohei Kinoshita, Yuya Sakuraba, Taisuke Sasaki, Kazuhiro Hono
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Patent number: 9513071Abstract: The invention relates to an iron-based brazing material comprising a brazing alloy, which alloy comprises: from about 9 wt % to about 30 wt % Cr, from about 5 wt % to about 25 wt % Ni, from about 0 wt % to about 9 wt % Mo, from about 0 wt % to about 5 wt % Mn, from about 0 wt % to about 1 wt % N, from about 6 wt % to about 20 wt % Si. Within the alloy is at least one of the B and the P are present as a melting point lowering supplement to Si, and wherein B is from about 0.1 wt % to about 1.5 wt %, or wherein P is from about 0.1 to about 15 wt % P. The brazing alloy may comprise contaminating elements as at least one of C, O, and S, and optionally the brazing alloy also comprises at least one micro-alloying element as V, Ti, W, Nb, or Ta, and the micro-alloying element is less than 1.5 wt % in the brazing alloy. All values are stated in weight percent, and wherein Si, B and P lower the liquidus temperature, that is the temperature when the brazing material is completely melted.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2011Date of Patent: December 6, 2016Assignee: ALFA LAVAL CORPORATE ABInventor: Per Erik Sjodin
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Patent number: 9513072Abstract: The invention relates to an iron-based brazing material comprising a brazing alloy, which alloy comprises: from about 9 wt % to about 30 wt % Cr, from about 5 wt % to about 25 wt % Ni, from about 0 wt % to about 9 wt % Mo, from about 0 wt % to about 5 wt % Mn, from about 0 wt % to about 1 wt % N, from about 6 wt % to about 20 wt % Si. Within the alloy is at least one of the B and the P are present as a melting point lowering supplement to Si, and wherein B is from about 0.1 wt % to about 1.5 wt %, or wherein P is from about 0.1 to about 15 wt % P. The brazing alloy may comprise contaminating elements as at least one of C, O, and S, and optionally the brazing alloy also comprises at least one micro-alloying element as V, Ti, W, Nb, or Ta, and the micro-alloying element is less than 1.5 wt % in the brazing alloy. All values are stated in weight percent, and wherein Si, B and P lower the liquidus temperature, that is the temperature when the brazing material is completely melted.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2014Date of Patent: December 6, 2016Assignee: ALFA LAVAL CORPORATE ABInventor: Per Erik Sjodin
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Patent number: 9457607Abstract: A image forming method is provided to form a high-quality color image having a wrinkle-like texture. A first primer layer 31 is formed by way of discharging first ink, which is photo-curable ink, onto a medium 40 in such a way as to make a perforated coat, and fully hardening the first ink by light irradiation; and a second primer layer 32 is formed by way of discharging second ink onto the medium 40 on which the first primer layer is already formed; and a color ink layer 33 is formed by way of discharging color ink onto the second primer layer.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2015Date of Patent: October 4, 2016Assignee: MIMAKI ENGINEERING CO., LTD.Inventor: Hirofumi Hara
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Patent number: 9080230Abstract: A steel alloy with excellent creep strength and corrosion resistance that is ferritic at usage temperatures above 620° C. has the following chemical composition (in wt. %): C?1.0%; Si?1.0%; Mn?1.0%; P max. 0.05%; S max. 0.01%; 2?Al?12%; 3?Cr?16%; 2?Ni?10% and/or 2?Co?10%, where 2?Ni+Co?[% Cr]+2.07×[% Al]>=0.95×([% Ni]+[% Co]); N max. 0.0200%. The remainder is iron with steel production-related impurities. Optionally, one or more elements of V, Ti, Ta, Zr, Nb, Mo and W, as well as one or more elements of Hf, B, Se, Y, Te, Sb, La and Zr with a cumulative content of <0.1% can be added. The steel structure includes uniformly distributed coherent precipitates based on a chromium-stabilized (Ni, Co)Al—B2 intermetallic ordered phase.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2009Date of Patent: July 14, 2015Assignee: VALLOUREC DEUTSCHLAND GMBHInventors: Bernd Hahn, Joachim Konrad, André Schneider, Charles Stallybrass
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Patent number: 8999518Abstract: The present invention discloses a hierarchical composite material comprising a ferrous alloy reinforced with titanium carbides according to a defined geometry, in which said reinforced portion comprises an alternating macro-microstructure of millimetric areas concentrated with micrometric globular particles of titanium carbide separated by millimetric areas essentially free of micrometric globular particles of titanium carbide, said areas concentrated with micrometric globular particles of titanium carbide forming a microstructure in which the micrometric interstices between said globular particles are also filled by said ferrous alloy.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2009Date of Patent: April 7, 2015Assignee: Magotteaux International S.A.Inventor: Francesco Vescera
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Patent number: 8986849Abstract: A hot stamped high strength part which is excellent in post painting anticorrosion property, which hot stamped high strength part has an alloy plating layer including an Al—Fe intermetallic compound phase on the surface of the steel sheet. The alloy plating layer is comprised from phases of a plurality of intermetallic compounds, a mean linear intercept length of crystal grains of a phase containing Al: 40 to 65 mass % among the phases of the plurality of intermetallic compounds is 3 to 20 ?m, an average value of thickness of the Al—Fe alloy plating layer is 10 to 50 ?m, and a ratio of the average value of thickness to the standard deviation of thickness of the Al—Fe alloy plating layer satisfies the following relationship: 0<standard deviation of thickness/average value of thickness?0.15.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2012Date of Patent: March 24, 2015Assignee: Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal CorporationInventors: Jun Maki, Kazuhisa Kusumi, Masayuki Abe, Masao Kurosaki
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Patent number: 8974865Abstract: A component and a method of processing a component are disclosed. The method includes providing a base metal having a feature, removing the feature to form a processed region, applying a first layer to the processed region, and applying a second layer to the first layer. The base metal, the first layer, and the second layer each have predetermined thermal expansion coefficients, yield strengths, and elongations. The processed component includes the first layer applied to a processed region of the base metal and a second layer applied to the first layer.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2011Date of Patent: March 10, 2015Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Dechao Lin, Yan Cui, Srikanth Chandrudu Kottilingam, Ganjiang Feng
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Publication number: 20150041023Abstract: On at least one surface of a base metal plate (1) of an ?-? transforming Fe or Fe alloy, a metal layer (2) containing ferrite former is formed. Next, the base metal plate (1) and the metal layer (2) are heated to an A3 point of the Fe or the Fe alloy, whereby the ferrite former are diffused into the base metal plate (1) to form an alloy region (1b) in a ferrite phase in which an accumulation degree of {200} planes is 25% or more and an accumulation degree of {222} planes is 40% or less. Next, the base metal plate (1) is heated to a temperature higher than the A3 point of the Fe or the Fe alloy, whereby the accumulation degree of the {200} planes is increased and the accumulation degree of the {222} planes is decreased while the alloy region (11b) is maintained in the ferrite phase.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2014Publication date: February 12, 2015Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATIONInventors: Tooru Inaguma, Miho Tomita, Youji Mizuhara, Hiroaki Sakamoto
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Publication number: 20150030878Abstract: The present application provides an ultrathin shielding film of high shielding effectiveness, comprising two or more solid shielding layers. An electrically-conductive adhesive layer is coated onto the outer surface at one side of the solid shielding layers, and one or more insulation film layers are formed on the outer surface at the other side of the solid shielding layers. A carrier film layer is provided on the outer surface of the insulation film layers. A protective film covers the lower surface of the electrically-conductive adhesive layer. The present application further discloses a manufacturing method of an ultrathin shielding film of high shielding effectiveness.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2012Publication date: January 29, 2015Applicant: GUANGZHOU FANG BANG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventor: Su Zhi
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COLD SPRAY BARRIER COATED COMPONENT OF A PLASMA PROCESSING CHAMBER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE THEREOF
Publication number: 20140315392Abstract: A cold spray barrier coated component of a semiconductor plasma processing chamber comprises a substrate having at least one metal surface wherein a portion of the metal surface is configured to form an electrical contact. A cold spray barrier coating is formed from a thermally and electrically conductive material on at least the metal surface configured to form the electrical contact of the substrate. Further, the cold spray barrier coating may also be located on a plasma exposed and/or process gas exposed surface of the component.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2013Publication date: October 23, 2014Applicant: Lam Research CorporationInventors: Lin Xu, Hong Shih, Anthony Amadio, Rajinder Dhindsa, John Michael Kerns, John Daugherty -
Patent number: 8828116Abstract: There is provided a metal powder for use in a selective laser sintering method for producing a three-dimensional shaped object, wherein the metal powder comprises a powder mixture of a precipitation-hardening metal composition. In particular, the metal powder of the present invention is configured to have a Fe-based component powder and a Ni-based component powder which are individually included in the powder mixture wherein a powder made of an alloy of Fe-based and Ni-based components is not included as a main powder in the powder mixture.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2011Date of Patent: September 9, 2014Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventor: Isao Fuwa
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Patent number: 8815407Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a sliding bearing which is usefully applicable to equipment to which high surface pressure is applied, by processing an inner surface of a sliding bearing manufactured in the form of a sintered body to be optimized to lubrication characteristics.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2011Date of Patent: August 26, 2014Assignee: Doosan Infracore Co. Ltd.Inventor: Choung Rae Lee
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Patent number: 8813342Abstract: A method for producing a single-clad or multiple-clad product includes providing a welded assembly comprising a cladding material disposed on a substrate material. Both the substrate material and the cladding material are individually selected alloys. At least a first edge of the cladding material of the welded assembly does not extend to a first edge of the substrate material and thereby provides a margin between the first edges. A material that is an alloy having hot strength greater than the cladding material is within the margin and adjacent the first edge of the cladding material. The welded assembly is hot rolled to provide a hot rolled band, and the material within the margin inhibits the cladding material from spreading beyond the edge of the substrate material during the hot rolling. In certain embodiments of the methods, the substrate material is stainless steel and the cladding material is nickel or a nickel alloy.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2013Date of Patent: August 26, 2014Assignee: ATI Properties, Inc.Inventors: David S. Bergstrom, Kris J. Schott, Mark A. Tarhay
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Publication number: 20140186653Abstract: A turbine component having a low residual stress ferromagnetic damping coating. The ferromagnetic damping coating may include a ferromagnetic damping material applied in at least partially molten powder form, which may be directed at a surface of the substrate at an application velocity so that it causes partial plastic deformation of the surface while adhering to the surface of the substrate and solidifying in less than 3 seconds to create a ferromagnetic damping coating, resulting in a coated substrate. The ferromagnetic damping coating has a balanced coating residual stress, including a tensile quenching stress component and a compressive peening stress component. The balanced coating residual stress is within a range of ±50 MPa without having to subject the coated substrate to a high temperature annealing process. The resulting coated substrate exhibits a high damping capacity.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2014Publication date: July 3, 2014Inventor: Mo-How Herman Shen
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Patent number: 8765269Abstract: An APIX100-grade high strength steel pipe includes a base material containing, in mass percentage, C: more than 0.03% and 0.08% or less, Si: 0.01% to 0.5%, Mn: 1.5% to 3.0%, P: 0.015% or less, S: 0.005% or less, Al: 0.01% to 0.08%, Nb: 0.005% to 0.025%, Ti: 0.005% to 0.025%, N: 0.001% to 0.010%, O: 0.005% or less, and B: 0.0003% to 0.0020%, further contains one or more of Cu, Ni, Cr, Mo, and V, satisfies 0.19?Pcm?0.25, the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities, and has a TS of 760 to 930 MPa, a uniform elongation of 5% or more, and a YR of 85% or less; the seam weld metal has a specific composition.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2010Date of Patent: July 1, 2014Assignee: JFE Steel CorporationInventors: Junji Shimamura, Nobuyuki Ishikawa, Mitsuhiro Okatsu, Nobuo Shikanai
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Patent number: 8765052Abstract: Weld deposit compositions with improved abrasion and corrosion resistance are provided by balancing percent weights of Chromium (Cr), Titanium (Ti), Niobium (Nb), and Boron (B) to allow the Chromium content of the weld matrix to be minimally reduced during carbide formation. The result is an enriched Chromium matrix that has excellent corrosion resistance in combination with highly abrasion resistant dispersed carbides.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2012Date of Patent: July 1, 2014Assignee: Stoody CompanyInventors: Jack Wallin, Ravi Menon, Tim Barnhart
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Patent number: 8758893Abstract: The present invention provides enamelware and a glaze improving the bondability between the steel substrate and enamel layer and superior in resistance to dew point corrosion by sulfuric acid and hydrochloric acid, that is, a steel substrate of a composition containing, by mass %, Cu: 0.05 to 0.5%, Si: 0.1 to 2.0%, Mn: 0.05 to 2.0%, P: 0.005 to 0.10%, and S: 0.005 to 0.1%, restricting C to C: 0.20% or less, and comprising a balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities on the surface of which an enamel layer of a thickness of 50 to 700 ?m is provided. At that time, the content of Co oxides in the enamel layer is made, converted to Co, 0.01 to 10% and/or the content of Ni oxides is made, converted to Ni, 0.05 to 20% or the total content of Ni in the steel substrate and enamel layer is made 0.005 to 4.5% with respect to the total mass of the enamelware and/or the total content of Co is made 0.008 to 4.0% with respect to the total mass of the enamelware.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2007Date of Patent: June 24, 2014Assignee: Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal CorporationInventors: Satoshi Nishimura, Shunji Sakamoto, Hidekuni Murakami
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Patent number: 8753755Abstract: A body, such as a pick tool for cutting coal, includes a steel substrate and a hard face structure fused to the steel substrate. The hard face structure includes at least 1 weight percent Si, at least 5 weight percent Cr and at least 40 weight percent W. Substantially the balance of the hard face structure includes carbon and an iron group metal M selected from Fe, Co, Ni and alloy combinations of these elements. The hard face structure includes a plurality of elongate or platelike micro-structures having a mean length of at least 1 micron, a plurality of nano-particles having a mean size of less than 200 nanometers, and a binder material.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2011Date of Patent: June 17, 2014Assignee: Element Six GmbHInventors: Igor Yuri Konyashin, Bernd Heinrich Ries, Frank Friedrich Lachmann, Kersten Heinrich Schafer
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Publication number: 20140141277Abstract: The present invention relates generally to jewelry articles comprising a substrate and a metallic, external coating.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2014Publication date: May 22, 2014Applicant: Frederick Goldman, Inc.Inventor: Andrew Derrig
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Publication number: 20140141278Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a coated jewelry article or a coated component of a jewelry article, comprising a jewelry article or a component of a jewelry article, a first metallic coating, and a second metallic coating.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2014Publication date: May 22, 2014Applicant: Frederick Goldman, Inc.Inventor: Andrew Derrig
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Patent number: 8663818Abstract: The present invention provides a high corrosion resistance hot dip galvannealed steel material comprised of a Zn-based hot dip plated steel material achieving both a higher corrosion resistance of the plated layer itself by the added elements and sacrificial protection of iron metal by the plated layer or workability free of degradation caused of formation of intermetallic compounds by added elements, that is, a high corrosion resistance hot dip Zn plated steel material characterized in that an alloy plated layer containing Zn: 35 mass % or more, preferably 40 mass % or more, contains a non-equilibrium phase having a heat capacity by differential scanning calorimetry of 1 J/g or more. Furthermore, 5% or more, preferably 50% or more in terms of vol % is an amorphous phase. The alloy layer may contain, by mass %, Mg: 1 to 60% and Al: 0.07 to 59%, may further contain one or more elements selected from Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, and Cu in a total of 0.1 to 10%, and may in addition contain one or more elements of 0.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2007Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignee: Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal CorporationInventors: Koichi Nose, Kohei Tokuda, Yuichi Sato, Makoto Nakazawa
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Patent number: 8586194Abstract: Magnetic materials and methods exhibit large magnetic-field-induced deformation/strain (MFIS) through the magnetic-field-induced motion of crystallographic interfaces. The preferred materials are porous, polycrystalline composite structures of nodes connected by struts wherein the struts may be monocrystalline or polycrystalline. The materials are preferably made from magnetic shape memory alloy, including polycrystalline Ni—Mn—Ga, formed into an open-pore foam, for example, by space-holder technique. Removal of constraints that interfere with MFIS has been accomplished by introducing pores with sizes similar to grains, resulting in MFIS values of 0.12% in polycrystalline Ni—Mn—Ga foams, close to the best commercial magnetostrictive materials. Further removal of constraints has been accomplished by introducing pores smaller than the grain size, dramatically increasing MFIS to 2.0-8.7%.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2010Date of Patent: November 19, 2013Assignees: Boise State University, Northwestern UniversityInventors: Peter Mullner, Markus Chmielus, Cassie Witherspoon, David C. Dunand, Xuexi Zhang, Yuttanant Boonyongmaneerat
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Publication number: 20130260177Abstract: Weld deposit compositions with improved abrasion and corrosion resistance are provided by balancing percent weights of Chromium (Cr), Titanium (Ti), Niobium (Nb), and Boron (B) to allow the Chromium content of the weld matrix to be minimally reduced during carbide formation. The result is an enriched Chromium matrix that has excellent corrosion resistance in combination with highly abrasion resistant dispersed carbides.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2012Publication date: October 3, 2013Applicant: STOODY COMPANYInventors: Jack Wallin, Ravi Menon, Tim Barnhart
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Publication number: 20130224516Abstract: Equipment having a protective coating layer for use in abrasive environments, e.g., sulfur-containing environments, is disclosed. The coating is formed from a single-component feedstock, as a Fe-based alloy composition comprising at least two refractory elements selected from Cr, V, Nb, Mo and W in an amount of up to 30% each and a total concentration of up to 40%. In one embodiment, the coating is applied by thermal spraying, followed by heat treatment for at least a portion of the refractory elements in the coating to fuse into the substrate forming a metallurgically bonded coating. The coating has an adhesion strength of at least 7,000 psi measured according to ASTM D4541. The coating layer is further characterized as being impermeable to corrosive environments showing no pin holes in the ferroxyl test according to ASTM A967 Practice E.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 29, 2012Publication date: August 29, 2013Inventors: Grzegorz Jan Kusinski, Justin Lee Cheney
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Publication number: 20130115478Abstract: Free standing articles or articles at least partially coated with substantially porosity free, fine-grained and/or amorphous Co-bearing metallic materials optionally containing solid particulates dispersed therein, are disclosed. The electrodeposited metallic layers and/or patches comprising Co provide, enhance or restore strength, wear and/or lubricity of substrates without reducing the fatigue performance compared to either uncoated or equivalent thickness chromium coated substrate. The fine-grained and/or amorphous metallic coatings comprising Co are particularly suited for articles exposed to thermal cycling, fatigue and other stresses and/or in applications requiring anti-microbial properties.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2012Publication date: May 9, 2013Applicant: INTEGRAN TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventor: INTEGRAN TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
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Patent number: 8426033Abstract: Provided are precipitation hardened high strength nickel based alloy welds that yield improved properties and performance in joining high strength metals. The advantageous weldments include two or more segments of ferrous or non-ferrous components, and fusion welds, friction stir welds, electron beam welds, laser beam welds, or a combination thereof bonding adjacent segments of the components together, wherein the welds comprise a precipitation hardened nickel based alloy weld metal composition including greater than or equal to 1.4 wt % of combined aluminum and titanium based on the total weight of the nickel based alloy weld metal composition. Also provided are methods for forming the welds from the nickel based alloy weld compositions, wherein the precipitation hardening occurs in the as-welded condition. The nickel based welds do not require a separate heat treatment step after welding to produce advantageous strength properties.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2008Date of Patent: April 23, 2013Assignee: ExxonMobil Research and Engineering CompanyInventors: Raghavan Ayer, Neeraj Srinivas Thirumalai, Hyun-Woo Jin, Daniel B. Lillig, Douglas Paul Fairchild, Steven Jeffrey Ford
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Patent number: 8404356Abstract: A contact material which provides improved wear resistance as well as reduced adhesion utilizing the features of an intermetallic compound having an ordered phase, with the intention of (i) improving the seizure resistance and/or wear resistance of an implement bearing which slides under low-speed, high-surface-pressure conditions and is susceptible to lubricant starvation; (ii) preventing abnormal noises; and (iii) achieving prolonged greasing intervals. The contact material contains 10% by volume or more a metallic alloy phase having such a composition range that causes an order-disorder transition. The metallic alloy phase is a Fe base alloy phase containing one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Al, Si, Co and Ni.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2005Date of Patent: March 26, 2013Assignee: Komatsu, Ltd.Inventors: Takemori Takayama, Yoshikiyo Tanaka, Tetsuo Onishi
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Patent number: 8387228Abstract: A method for producing a single-clad or multiple-clad product includes providing a welded assembly comprising a cladding material disposed on a substrate material. Both the substrate material and the cladding material are individually selected alloys. At least a first edge of the cladding material of the welded assembly does not extend to a first edge of the substrate material and thereby provides a margin between the first edges. A material that is an alloy having hot strength greater than the cladding material is within the margin and adjacent the first edge of the cladding material. The welded assembly is hot rolled to provide a hot rolled band, and the material within the margin inhibits the cladding material from spreading beyond the edge of the substrate material during the hot rolling. In certain embodiments of the methods, the substrate material is stainless steel and the cladding material is nickel or a nickel alloy.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2004Date of Patent: March 5, 2013Assignee: ATI Properties, Inc.Inventors: David S. Bergstrom, Kris J. Schott, Mark A. Tarhay
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Publication number: 20130040160Abstract: A method for manufacturing a plate including multiple metal layers is provided. The method includes: disposing a semi-finished plate formed of a first metal in a mold, wherein a surface of the semi-finished plate is roughened; and injecting a second metal in liquid form onto the roughened surface of the semi-finished plate, so as to form a second metal layer on the semi-finished plate, wherein the second metal in liquid form covers and fills the roughened surface of the semi-finished plate. Not only does the multi-layer metal plate manufactured according to the method have the strength and elasticity of a composite metal, but also increase the joining, bonding or engagement strength between the first and second metal layers without laser welding.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2012Publication date: February 14, 2013Applicants: Dongguan Grand Fame Industry, Zoltrix Material (Guangzhou) limitedInventors: Zoltrix Material (Guangzhou) limited, Dongguan Grand Fame Industry
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Patent number: 8308622Abstract: A centrifugally cast composite roll comprising an outer layer having a composition comprising by mass 2.5-9% of C, 0.1-3.5% of Si, 0.1-3.5% of Mn, and 11-40% of V, the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities; an intermediate layer made of a high-speed steel alloy, which is formed inside the outer layer; and an inner layer made of cast iron or steel, which is formed inside the intermediate layer.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2006Date of Patent: November 13, 2012Assignee: Hitachi Metals, Ltd.Inventors: Kiyoshi Furushima, Shunji Matsumoto, Ryota Honda, Kiyoshi Hayashi, Takashi Honda, Masatsugu Uchida, Seiji Oyama, Takuya Osue
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Publication number: 20120276413Abstract: A process for surface treating iron-based alloy includes providing a substrate made of iron-based alloy. A chromium-oxygen-nitrogen layer is then formed on the substrate by sputtering. An iridium layer is formed on the chromium-oxygen-nitrogen layer by sputtering. A boron-nitrogen layer is next formed on the iridium layer by sputtering.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2011Publication date: November 1, 2012Applicants: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD.Inventors: HSIN-PEI CHANG, WEN-RONG CHEN, HUANN-WU CHIANG, CHENG-SHI CHEN, YING-YING WANG
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Patent number: 8293376Abstract: A steel strip having a metal coating on at least one surface of the strip. The coating includes an aluminum-zinc-silicon alloy containing magnesium and has small spangles. The magnesium concentration is between 1 and 5% by weight.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2006Date of Patent: October 23, 2012Assignee: Bluescope Steel LimitedInventors: Qiyang Liu, David Willis
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Patent number: 8293378Abstract: A protective coating for a metal substrate is provided that is light, durable, galvanically protective, and easily applied at the site of manufacture. The coating has at least two layers, one of which is a galvanizing layer and one of which is a micro-composite of a galvanic metal and a non-conducting material, such as polymer. Such coatings are useful for example to protect pipes or other metal surfaces in corrosive environments. Methods of producing the coating are provided, including methods that use advanced spraying techniques to provide very thin but consistent layers. Using the advanced spraying methods the composite layer can be created by co-spraying the galvanic metal and the nonconductive material onto the surface of the galvanic coating. Optionally, an outer coat of insulating material can be applied to provide further protection to the surface.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2008Date of Patent: October 23, 2012Assignee: United States Pipe and Foundry Company LLCInventors: William H. Owen, A. Michael Horton, James Weber
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Publication number: 20120263971Abstract: A composition comprises a binary alloy of iron and one of manganese, molybdenum, or vanadium, wherein the manganese, molybdenum, or vanadium is present in the binary alloy in an amount effective to form a conductive oxide on the binary alloy, the oxidation state of the manganese, the molybdenum, and the vanadium is greater than the oxidation state of iron in the conductive oxide, and the conductive oxide has a contact resistance of less than 5×104 milli-ohms measured in accordance with ASTM B667-97 (2009).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2011Publication date: October 18, 2012Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUTInventors: Mark AINDOW, S. Pamir ALPAY, Joseph V. MANTESE
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Publication number: 20120208045Abstract: An amorphous coating and method of fabricating the same on a substrate is disclosed. An amorphous iron based powder is located onto an aluminum alloy substrate. Pressure is applied to the powder and substrate at a processing temperature below a crystallization temperature of the powder. The powder and substrate are then spark plasma sintered for infiltrating the substrate material into the powder for resulting in a composite amorphous coating. The powder and substrate are then rapidly heated and held for 15 minutes at the processing temperature. The powder and substrate are then rapidly cooled at a cooling rate of approximately 150° C./minute. In one embodiment, the powder is comprised of Fe48Cr15Mo14Y2C15B6 alloy composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2012Publication date: August 16, 2012Applicant: THE BOARD OF REGENTS FOR OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITYInventors: SANDIP P. HARIMKAR, ASHISH KUMAR SINGH
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Publication number: 20120183807Abstract: A brazing filler metal with excellent wetting behaviour on stainless steel base material is provided. The brazing filler metal produces a brazed joint with high strength and good corrosion resistance. The brazing filler metal is suitable for brazing stainless steel and other materials where corrosion resistance and high strength is required. Typical examples of applications are heat exchangers and catalytic converters. The iron-chromium based brazing filler metal powder comprises: 11-35 wt % chromium, 0-30 wt % nickel, 2-20 wt % copper, 2-10 wt % silicon, 4-10 wt % phosphorous, 0-10 wt % manganese, and at least 20 wt % iron, and if Si is equal to or less than 6 wt % then P should be above 8 wt %, and if P is less or equal to 8 wt % then Si should be above 6 wt %.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2010Publication date: July 19, 2012Applicant: HOGANAS ABInventor: Ulrika Persson
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Publication number: 20120177944Abstract: The present invention relates to a brass-plated steel cord capable of further improving initial adhesiveness and heat-resistant adhesiveness between a coating rubber and a steel cord and also imparting excellent durability to a resulting rubber article, and more particularly to a brass-plated steel cord, wherein an outermost surface thereof contains 0.3 to 1.7 atomic % of phosphorus, 4.93 to 14 atomic % of zinc, and 0.01 to 2.0 atomic % of a metal having an ionization tendency lower than that of zinc and higher than that of copper as measured by XPS (X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy), and an amount of zinc in the outermost surface is 30 to 90 atomic % based on 100 atomic % of a total amount of zinc and copper.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2010Publication date: July 12, 2012Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventor: Shinichi Toyosawa
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Publication number: 20120138194Abstract: A galvanized dual phase steel sheet with a martensite phase and a ferrite phase and a composition containing within the following ranges by weight: carbon from about 0.01% to about 0.18%; manganese from about 0.2% to about 3%; silicon?about 1.2%; aluminum from about 0.01% to about 0.1%; one or both of chromium and nickel from about 0.1% to about 3.5%; calcium from about 0.0003% to about 0.01%; phosphorus?about 0.1%; sulfur?about 0.03%; nitrogen?about 0.02%; molybdenum?about 1%; one or more of niobium and titanium?about 1%; and boron?about 0.006% by weight; and with the balance of the composition being iron and incidental ingredients. The steel sheet may be both galvanized and galvannealed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2011Publication date: June 7, 2012Applicant: NUCOR CORPORATIONInventor: Weiping Sun
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Publication number: 20120129004Abstract: A housing includes a magnesium or magnesium alloy substrate, a first metal layer formed on the substrate by physical vapor deposition, and a second metal layer formed on the first metal layer by electroplating. The first metal layer is comprised of one or more metals selected from the group consisting of zinc, iron, copper, and nickel.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2011Publication date: May 24, 2012Applicants: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD.Inventors: HSIN-PEI CHANG, WEN-RONG CHEN, HUANN-WU CHIANG, CHENG-SHI CHEN, MAN-XI ZHANG
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Patent number: 8163401Abstract: The invention relates to a component having a coating system, which comprises at least one bonding coat applied directly onto the component and at least one thermal barrier coat formed on the bonding coat, the bonding coat comprising from 22 to 36 wt. % Cr, from 15 to 30 wt. % Ni, at most 55 ppm Al, and Fe as a basis.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2009Date of Patent: April 24, 2012Assignee: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventors: Jochen Barnikel, Friedhelm Schmitz
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Patent number: 8147994Abstract: A layered structure includes an amorphous Ta layer, a metallic oxide layer formed from zinc oxide (ZnO) or magnesium oxide (MgO) on the Ta layer, and a FePt magnetic layer formed on the metallic oxide layer. Therefore, an L10 structural FePt ordered alloy is obtained at a temperature of 300° C. or lower.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2009Date of Patent: April 3, 2012Assignee: TDK CorporationInventors: Hironobu Matsuzawa, Tsutomu Chou
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Publication number: 20120070680Abstract: Provided is a friction material composition comprising: a binder; a fibrous base material; an abrasive material; an inorganic filler; and an organic filler, wherein the friction material composition further comprises: at least one selected from the group consisting of zinc, a cellulose fiber as the fibrous base materials and a flame retardant fiber as the fibrous base materials; an iron-based fiber as the fibrous base material in an specified amount; and an inorganic abrasive material having a Mohs hardness of 8 or higher and a particle size of 1 ?m or larger as the abrasive material in an amount of 1 wt % or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2009Publication date: March 22, 2012Inventors: Mitsuo Unno, Manabu Ono, Takashi Kikudome
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Publication number: 20120058363Abstract: The invention relates to a coated lightweight metal disk, in particular a brake disk, comprising a support disk made of a thermally resistant lightweight metal alloy, and a heat-insulating friction layer formed from a metal alloy that includes nanocrystals. The friction layer can be applied directly to the support disk without adding an insulating intermediate layer. Because of the thermally insulating effect of the friction layer, only a moderate amount of heat is transferred to the support disk.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2010Publication date: March 8, 2012Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Clemens Maria Verpoort, Maik Broda
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Publication number: 20120021247Abstract: Disclosed is a refrigeration circuit-forming member which has a metal surface and is used for a refrigeration circuit in which HFO-1234yf that is a refrigerant configured of molecules having a double bond is used. The metal surface, which comes into contact with the HFO-1234yf, is covered with a coating layer that is not reactive with the HFO-1234yf within the range of temperature at which the HFO-1234yf is used. The coating layer is formed of any of a coating film that is firmly fixed to the metal surface, a coating layer that is formed by adhesion of a specific component added into the lubricant oil, and a coating layer that is formed by modification of the metal surface layer itself that forms the metal surface. Consequently, the chemical instability that is caused when the refrigerant HFO-1234yf comes into contact with the metal can be eliminated.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2010Publication date: January 26, 2012Inventors: Shunji Komatsu, Takashi Suzuki
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Publication number: 20120015212Abstract: The invention provides a method of cooling a rail weld zone. The method includes a first rail web portion cooling process of cooling a rail web portion cooling region of the rail weld zone in a part of a temperature range until the completion of transformation from austenite to pearlite, a second rail web portion cooling process of cooling the rail web portion cooling region after the entire rail web portion of the rail weld zone is transformed to pearlite, a foot portion cooling process of cooling a foot portion of the rail weld zone, and a head portion cooling process of cooling a head portion of the rail weld zone. When cooling time of the first and second rail web portion cooling processes is t minute, a k value satisfies an expression represented as ?0.1t+0.63?k??0.1t+2.33.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2010Publication date: January 19, 2012Applicant: Nippon Steel CorporationInventors: Kenichi Karimine, Masaharu Ueda, Katsuya Iwano, Seiji Sugiyama
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Publication number: 20120006522Abstract: Disclosed are amorphous, ductile brazing foils with a composition consisting essentially of FeRestNiaCrbSicBdPe, wherein 0 atomic %?a<25 atomic %; 0 atomic %?b?15 atomic %; 1 atomic %?c?10 atomic %; 4 atomic %?d?15 atomic %; 1 atomic %?e?9 atomic %; any impurities?0.5 atomic %; rest Fe, wherein 2 atomic %?c+e?10 atomic % and 15 atomic %?c+d+e?22 atomic %, or consisting essentially of FeRestNiaCrbMofCugSicBdPe, wherein 0 atomic %?a<25 atomic %; 0 atomic %?b?15 atomic %; 1 atomic %<c?10 atomic %; 4 atomic %?d?15 atomic %; 1 atomic %?e?9 atomic %; 0 atomic %<f?3 atomic %; 0 atomic %?g?3 atomic %; any impurities?0.5 atomic %; rest Fe, wherein 2 atomic %?c+e?10 atomic % and 15 atomic %?c+d+e?22 atomic %. Also disclosed are brazed objects formed using these foils, particularly exhaust gas recirculation coolers and oil coolers, and methods for making the brazing foils and for making the brazed parts.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2011Publication date: January 12, 2012Applicant: Vacuumschmelze GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Thomas HARTMANN, Dieter Nuetzel