Patents by Inventor Bruce Wayne Hofer

Bruce Wayne Hofer 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).

  • Process equipment wear surfaces of extended resistance and methods for their manufacture
    Patent number: 8105692
    Abstract: A method for producing process equipment having a wear surface having extended resistance to one or more of abrasion, erosion, or corrosion, associated with fillers or solids processed by said process equipment includes applying to said process equipment wear surface a metal matrix coating filled with superabrasive particles. Diamond and cubic boron nitride superabrasive particles can fill the metal matrix, which can be a nickel coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Diamond Innovations Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy Dumm, John William Lucek, John Petreanu, Marc Gary Davidson, Bruce Wayne Hofer