ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,903, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Weir Minerals Australia Ltd. (Artarmon, Australia).
"Alloy for high-stress gouging abrasion" was invented by Brook Hinckley (Carlingford, Australia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a manganese steel alloy having a heat-treated micro structure comprising an alloy composition, an austenitic ferrous matrix, and formed refractory particles dispersed throughout the austenitic ferrous matrix such that at least 10% of the formed refractory particles are located within crystallites of the austenitic ferrous matrix, as opposed to being located at grain boundaries between t...