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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:
Mar. 13, 2007
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2004
Applicant:
Paul S. Prevey, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Inventor:
Paul S. Prevey, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Assignee:
Surface Technology Holdings, Ltd., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B24B 39/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
This invention relates to a method and an apparatus for performing the method of inducing compressive residual stress along the surface of a part. In the preferred embodiment of the invention, the method includes burnishing or deep rolling a surface using a first and a second roller or ball burnishing members, whereby the first and second burnishing members may have a different diameter and/or modulus of elasticity. In another preferred embodiment of the invention, the burnishing operations may be performed while the surface of the part is at different temperatures.