ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,641, issued on March 17, was assigned to UDDEHOLMS AB (Hagfors, Sweden).
"Wear resistant alloy" was invented by Magnus Tidesten (Hagfors, Sweden).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An alloy produced by powder metallurgy including a non-amorphous matrix. The alloy consists of, in weight % (wt. %): C 0-0.15, Si 0-2.5, Mn 0-15, Cr 0-25, Mo 4-35, B 0.2-2.8, optional elements, balance Fe and/or Ni apart from impurities. The alloy comprises 3-35 volume % hard phase particles, the hard phase particles comprises at least one of borides, nitrides, carbides and/or combinations thereof, at least 90% of the hard phase particles have a size of less t...