Powder Metal Innovations

  • 1st Powder forged helical gear

  • 1st In-house finished, machined carrier

  • 1st Ultra-high density (UHD) and high fatigue alloy (HFA) engine timing sprockets

  • 1st Parking gear

  • 1st Transmission sprocket

  • 1st Powder forged cam lobes for assembled camshafts

  • Metal powder blends, plus unique processing instructions

  • Forming processes for gears and helical gears, sprockets, and cam shafts

  • Powder forging and sinter hardening processes

  • Operations to affect properties such as strength, hardness, density, and wear resistance

  • Heat treating processes

Patents

Patent Number Date of Patent Inventors Patent Name
2,420,531 Canadian 04/01/2008 John C. Kosco, St. Marys Method for Producing Powdered Metal Materials
5,256,184 10/26/1993 John C. Kosco, St. Marys
William Neumann, Lakewood, Ohio		 Machinable and Wear Resistant Valve Seat Insert Alloy
5,613,180 03/18/1997 John C. Kosco, St. Marys High Density Ferrous Powder Metal Alloy
5,864,071 01/26/1999 John C. Kosco, St. Marys Powder Ferrous Metal Compositions Containing Aluminum
6,044,555 04/04/2000 Nedward A. Jacob, St. Marys;
Jerome E. Muroski, Johnsonburg		 Method for Producing Fully Dense Powdered Metal Helical Gear
6,277,045 08/21/2001 Nicole M. Waters Scheuer,
Utica; Mahlon C. Smith, IV,
Milford; Valentin I. Kavnatsky,
West Bloomfield; Robert B.
Deady; Plymouth, Steven S.
Filipovski, Canton, all of MI;
Reinhard Koch, Wachenroth,
DE; Barry Kline, DuBois, PA		 Thin Profile Cam Sprocket with Integrated Timing Target
6,338,747 01/15/2002 John C. Kosco, St. Marys Method for Producing Powder Metal Materials
6,473,964 11/05/2002 Gary L. Anderson, St. Marys;
John C. Kosco, St. Marys		 Method of Fabricating Camshafts
6,485,540 11/26/2002 John C. Kosco, St. Marys Method for Producing Powder Metal Material
6,592,809 7/15/2003 Gary L. Anderson, St. Marys
Jerome E. Muroski, St. Marys		 Method for Forming Powder Metal Gears
6,630,101 10/7/2003 Gary L. Anderson, St. Marys Method for Producing Powder Metal Gears
6,793,705 9/21/2004 John C. Kosco, St. Marys Powder Metal Materials Having High Temperature Wear and Corrosion Resistance
6,833,018 12/21/2004 John C. Kosco, St. Marys Powder Metal Materials Including Glass
7,364,803 4/29/08 Gary L. Anderson, St. Marys High Density Dual Helical Gear and Method for Manufacture Thereof
7,416,696 8/26/08 John C. Kosco, Peter G.
Imbrogno, St. Marys		 Powder Metal Materials and Parts and Methods of Making the Same
7,854,995 12/21/10 Gary L. Anderson, St. Marys High Density Dual Helical Gear
7,794,551 9/14/10 Peter G. Imbrogno, DuBois
John C. Kosco, St. Marys		 Carburization of Metal Articles
8,444,781 5/21/13 Gary L. Anderson Method of Strengthening Metal Parts Through Ausizing