This inventor holds 1 USPTO granted patent. Top assignee: Amax Incorporated. Active years: 1987.
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Company Filing History:
Years Active: 1987
Title: Eric Kalns and the Mo-Hf-C Alloy Composition.
Introduction
Eric Kalns is an inventor associated with Corvallis, Oregon, and Amax Incorporated. His patent work includes an alloy composition designed to improve the material’s resistance to cracking during manufacturing while retaining its strength at elevated temperatures.
Latest Patents
The available information identifies one patent associated with Kalns: “Mo-Hf-C Alloy Composition.” It describes a molybdenum-hafnium-carbon alloy containing approximately 0.6% to 1% hafnium and 0.045% to 0.08% carbon by weight, with the balance essentially molybdenum. The composition is designed to reduce cracking during ingot casting and billet hot forging compared with alloys containing higher amounts of hafnium and carbon, without substantially diminishing elevated-temperature strength. Kalns is credited with 1 patent.
Career Highlights
Kalns’s documented patent contribution focuses on alloy composition and manufacturing performance. The invention addresses the balance between reducing cracks during casting and forging and preserving strength at high temperatures.
Collaborations
Edward P. Whelan is identified as Kalns’s coworker. The available information does not specify their roles in developing the alloy or the patent.
Conclusion
Eric Kalns’s recorded invention is a molybdenum-hafnium-carbon alloy intended to improve manufacturing crack resistance while maintaining strength at elevated temperatures.
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