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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2024
Applicant:
Battelle Memorial Institute, Richland, WA (US);
Inventors:
Aashish Rohatgi, Richland, WA (US);
Jon L. Helgeland, Richland, WA (US);
Jens T. Darsell, Richland, WA (US);
Mert Efe, West Richland, WA (US);
Naveen K. Karri, Richland, WA (US);
Katherine E. Rader, Richland, WA (US);
Assignee:
Battelle Memorial Institute, Richland, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B22D 27/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B22D 27/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
Implementations are described herein that include placing an amount of liquid metal into a container and applying sound energy at one or more locations of the container while the metal cools. Articles can be formed that include a bulk region and one or more modified regions proximate to boundaries of the articles that correspond to the one or more locations at which the sound energy was applied.