Patents by Inventor Ronald E. Boyer

Ronald E. Boyer has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Composite Cutting Tool
    Patent number: 6402438
    Abstract: A laser beam is directed onto a bonding surface of a steel tool body to form a molten melt pool. Particles of high speed steel alloy are flowed into the melt pool and melt in the melt pool. The laser beam is moved along the bonding surface to form solid lines of high speed steel laser cladding metallurgically bonded to the cutter portion at the bonding surface and to each other. The cladding is abraded to form the cutting edge of a composite cutting tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2002
    Assignee: Alvord-Polk, Inc.
    Inventor: Ronald E. Boyer
  • Laser-clad composite cutting tool and method
    Patent number: 6146476
    Abstract: A cutting tool has a tool body and cutters metallurgically bonded to the tool body. The cutters are formed from laser to the tool body, with each cutter having a cutting edge formed thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2000
    Assignee: Alvord-Polk, Inc.
    Inventor: Ronald E. Boyer