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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 23, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kelly S. Coles, New Berlin, WI (US);
Steven J. Brahm, Muskego, WI (US);
Assignee:
MHE Technologies, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C22C 3/800 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C22C 3/800 ;
Abstract
A specialized induction facility provides localized heating in only the desired wear areas of a crane wheel while leaving the supporting material “as-forged” and ductile. The wear area of a crane wheel is hardened such that flanges extending out from a working tread surface are not completely through hardened.