Patents by Inventor August Kasak

August Kasak 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).

  • Powder-metallurgy steel article with high vanadium-carbide content
    Patent number: 4249945
    Abstract: A powder metallurgy tool steel article for use in applications requiring high wear resistance having a carbide content of 10 to 18 volume percent of substantially all MC-type vanadium carbides, which carbides are substantially spherical and uniformly dispersed; the carbon content of the article is balanced relative to the carbide formers vanadium, chromium and molybdenum to provide an amount of carbon in the matrix of the article sufficient to permit the article to be heat treated to a hardness of at least 56 R.sub.c.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 1978
    Date of Patent: February 10, 1981
    Assignee: Crucible Inc.
    Inventors: Walter T. Haswell, August Kasak