Patents by Inventor Edward P. Van Note

Edward P. Van Note 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).

  • Cobalt chrome forging of femoral knee implants and other components
    Patent number: 7168283
    Abstract: A method of creating a cobalt chronic femoral knee component includes the steps of: providing a forging press including first and second bust forging die parts spaced apart from each other and movable toward each other, the first and second bust forging die parts including respective femoral knee component shaped cavities; placing a cobalt chrome ingot heated to a temperature of between about 2050° F. and about 2300° F. between the first and second bust forging die parts in alignment with the femoral knee component shaped cavities; and bringing the first and second bust forging dies parts together in a bust blow against the cobalt chronic ingot under a pressure between about 1500 tons and 2000 tons creating a femoral knee bust forging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2007
    Assignee: AST Acquisitions, LLC
    Inventors: Edward P. Van Note, Reaghn Azelton