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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2018
Ut-battelle, Llc, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Nemak Usa, Inc., Southfield, MI (US);
Fca Us Llc, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Amit Shyam, Knoxville, TN (US);
James A. Haynes, Knoxville, TN (US);
Jose Alejandro Gonzalez Villarreal, Garcia, MX;
Andres Fernando Rodriguez-Jasso, Garcia, MX;
Gregg Thomas Black, Wayne County, MI (US);
Christopher Randall Glaspie, Oakland County, MI (US);
Seyed M. Mirmiran, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
UT-Battelle, LLC, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Nemak USA, Inc., Southfield, MI (US);
FCA US LLC, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein are embodiments of an aging heat treatment that can be used to replace conventional aging steps when making alloy embodiments of the present disclosure. Embodiments of the disclosed aging heat treatment reduce cost and complexity in producing aluminum alloy-based components while also promoting and/or improving microstructure stability of the aluminum alloys.