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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2024

Filed:

Dec. 18, 2020
Applicant:

Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);

Inventors:

Scott Wesley Smith, Aptos, CA (US);

Servando D. Cuellar, San Francisco, CA (US);

Michael A. Reale, San Jose, CA (US);

Ivan Audon Lucatero Sanchez, Soquel, CA (US);

Assignee:

Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C22C 21/00 (2006.01); B22F 10/10 (2021.01); B22F 10/20 (2021.01); B22F 10/31 (2021.01); B22F 10/36 (2021.01); B22F 12/00 (2021.01); B22F 12/40 (2021.01); C22C 1/04 (2023.01); C22C 5/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C22C 21/00 (2013.01); B22F 10/10 (2021.01); B22F 10/20 (2021.01); B22F 10/31 (2021.01); B22F 10/36 (2021.01); B22F 12/00 (2021.01); B22F 12/40 (2021.01); C22C 1/0416 (2013.01); C22C 5/06 (2013.01); B22F 2203/00 (2013.01); B22F 2301/00 (2013.01); C22C 2202/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

Printable high-strength alloys, including aluminum alloys can be produced in an additive manufacturing process. Such alloys can include aluminum-silver ('Al—Ag') alloys that are produced by a laser melting process using a powder bed fusion. The results of the process and the characteristics of the produced alloy can be determined by controlling at least an energy beam power, an energy beam speed, and/or an energy beam size. The operational parameters can be controlled with high precision to produce a printable, high-strength aluminum alloy.


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