Patents by Inventor Tommy Flygare

Tommy Flygare 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).

  • Method of making a cemented carbide or cermet body
    Patent number: 9777349
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of making a cemented carbide or a cermet body comprising the steps of first forming a powder blend comprising powders forming hard constituents and metal binder. The powder blend is then subjected to a mixing operation using a non-contact mixer wherein acoustic waves achieving resonance conditions to form a mixed powder blend and then subjecting said mixed powder blend to a pressing and sintering operation. The method makes it possible to maintain the grain size, the grain size distribution and the morphology of the WC grains.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: SANDVIK INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AB
    Inventors: Carl-Johan Maderud, Tommy Flygare, Michael Carpenter, Jane Smith
  • METHOD OF MAKING A CEMENTED CARBIDE OR CERMET BODY
    Publication number: 20140271321
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of making a cemented carbide or a cermet body comprising the steps of first forming a powder blend comprising powders forming hard constituents and metal binder. The powder blend is then subjected to a mixing operation using a non-contact mixer wherein acoustic waves achieving resonance conditions to form a mixed powder blend and then subjecting said mixed powder blend to a pressing and sintering operation. The method makes it possible to maintain the grain size, the grain size distribution and the morphology of the WC grains.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2012
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: SANDVIK INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AB
    Inventors: Carl-Johan Maderud, Tommy Flygare, Michael Carpenter, Jane Smith