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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 1993
Filed:
Sep. 05, 1991
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jerry C LaSalle, Montclair, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Allied-Signal Inc., Morristownship, Morris County, NJ (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C22F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
148439 ; 148698 ; 148700 ;
Abstract
A component composed of a rapidly solidified aluminum-lithium alloy is subjected to thermal treatment at a temperature greater than 500.degree. C. for a time period greater than 5 hours under a protective atmosphere. Thus case toughened, the component exhibits notched impact toughness from 40 to 250% greater than that exhibited prior to the thermal treatment.