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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2021
Applicant:
Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 26/12 (2014.01); B23K 26/32 (2014.01); B23K 26/356 (2014.01); B23K 103/10 (2006.01); C21D 10/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 26/356 (2015.10); B23K 26/1224 (2015.10); B23K 26/125 (2013.01); B23K 26/32 (2013.01); C21D 10/005 (2013.01); B23K 2103/10 (2018.08);
Abstract
A method includes producing a functional structure on an aluminum surface with a local laser treatment of an aluminum surface. The local laser treatment is carried out with a pulsed laser system having a pulse duration of from 10 ns to 100 ns. The average power of the pulsed laser system is less than 5 kW.