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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:
May. 29, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2005
Applicants:
Charles E. Allen, Denison, TX (US);
Richard A. Flak, Provo, UT (US);
Scott M. Packer, Alpine, UT (US);
Russell J. Steel, Salem, UT (US);
Hobie Smith, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Charles E. Allen, Denison, TX (US);
Richard A. Flak, Provo, UT (US);
Scott M. Packer, Alpine, UT (US);
Russell J. Steel, Salem, UT (US);
Hobie Smith, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Megastir Technologies, LLC, Provo, UT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 31/02 (2006.01); B23K 20/12 (2006.01); B26B 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system and method for friction stir processing of a hand-held cutting edge, wherein friction stir processing techniques are used to modify the properties of the hand-held cutting edge to obtain superior edge retention and superior resistance to chipping of the hand-held cutting edge.