ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,366,133, issued on July 22, was assigned to Hydril USA Distribution LLC (Houston).
"Hardfaced metal surface and method of manufacture" was invented by Jamie Clay Gamble (Houston), Eric Larson (Houston), Brian Baker (Houston), Daya Singh (Houston), Joseph Incavo (Houston), William Miller (Houston), Melissa Newbury (Houston) and Mark Reinmuller (Houston).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus is disclosed as including a first material volume with at least a hardened portion and a second material volume that includes at least two layers. The first material volume is composed of at least a hardenable alloy of steel. The at least two laye...