Patents by Inventor Michael A. Bechler

Michael A. Bechler 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).

  • Laser clad cutting edge for agricultural cutting components
    Patent number: 10462963
    Abstract: An agricultural cutting blade has top and bottom surfaces and mounting apertures extending through top and bottom surfaces. A cutting edge support surface (e.g. that may be a flat, pointed or rounded) is formed on the cutting blade body with the cutting edge support extending along a side of the cutting blade body transversely between the top and bottom surfaces. A clad material deposited upon the cutting edge support such as by laser cladding process. The clad material can be built up, that is layered in partial or full overlapping relation to provide at least 2 and often more than 4 layers of clad material at one or more locations. A cutting edge provided by the clad material that may be a ground surface into a laser clad bead.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Kondex Corporation
    Inventors: Neal J. Stoffel, Juan G. Sotelo, Keith A. Johnson, Michael A. Bechler
  • LASER CLAD CUTTING EDGE FOR AGRICULTURAL CUTTING COMPONENTS
    Publication number: 20160157423
    Abstract: An agricultural cutting blade has top and bottom surfaces and mounting apertures extending through top and bottom surfaces. A cutting edge support surface (e.g. that may be a flat, pointed or rounded) is formed on the cutting blade body with the cutting edge support extending along a side of the cutting blade body transversely between the top and bottom surfaces. A clad material deposited upon the cutting edge support such as by laser cladding process. The clad material can be built up, that is layered in partial or full overlapping relation to provide at least 2 and often more than 4 layers of clad material at one or more locations. A cutting edge provided by the clad material that may be a ground surface into a laser clad bead.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2016
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Applicant: Kondex Corporation
    Inventors: Neal J. Stoffel, Juan G. Sotelo, Keith A. Johnson, Michael A. Bechler
  • Laser Clad Cutting Edge for Agricultural Cutting Components
    Publication number: 20130233145
    Abstract: An agricultural cutting blade has top and bottom surfaces and mounting apertures extending through top and bottom surfaces. A cutting edge support surface (e.g. that may be a flat, pointed or rounded) is formed on the cutting blade body with the cutting edge support extending along a side of the cutting blade body transversely between the top and bottom surfaces. A clad material deposited upon the cutting edge support such as by laser cladding process. The clad material can be built up, that is layered in partial or full overlapping relation to provide at least 2 and often more than 4 layers of clad material at one or more locations. A cutting edge provided by the clad material that may be a ground surface into a laser clad bead.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2013
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: Kondex Corporation
    Inventors: Juan G. Sotelo, Neal J. Stoffel, Keith A. Johnson, Michael A. Bechler