Patents by Inventor Mikael B. Sundqvist

Mikael B. Sundqvist 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).

  • Heat-Treatment Process for a Steel
    Publication number: 20110073222
    Abstract: A process for inducing a compressive residual stress in a surface region of a steel component, the process comprising a heat treatment having the following steps: (i) providing a component comprising a steel composition; (ii) induction heating at least a part of the component followed by quenching said at least part, wherein the hardness in a surface region of the component is increased; and (iii) subsequently performing a martensite and/or bainite through hardening step to obtain a microstructure comprising martensite and/or bainite.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2008
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Inventors: Ingemar Strandell, Peter Neuman, Mikael B. Sundqvist, Steven Lane