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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:
Jun. 15, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Morris C Bueneman, Florissant, MO (US);
Jack D. Dippold, Edwardsville, IL (US);
Brian Mravic, North Haven, CT (US);
Howard Muldrow, St. Charles, MO (US);
Peter W. Robinson, Branford, CT (US);
Assignee:
Olin Corporation, East Alton, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B22F 9/08 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B22F 9/08 ;
Abstract
A relatively high carbon, water-atomized, steel shot is softened via annealing to render it suitable for ballistic use. The annealing preferably includes decarburization from a surface layer or throughout and preferably provides the shot with a surface Knoop hardness of less than 250.