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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:
Mar. 29, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2014
Applicant:
Alcoa Inc., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Inventors:
Dustin M. Bush, Avon Lake, OH (US);
Eric V. Roegner, Hudson, OH (US);
Edward L. Colvin, Newport, VA (US);
Larry N. Mueller, Solon, OH (US);
Roberto J. Rioja, Murrysville, PA (US);
Brandon Hendrickson Bodily, Broadview Heights, OH (US);
Assignee:
Alcoa Inc., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B21J 5/02 (2006.01); C22F 1/18 (2006.01); F01D 5/28 (2006.01); C23C 4/12 (2006.01); C23C 4/00 (2006.01); C23C 4/08 (2006.01); B21J 1/00 (2006.01); B21J 1/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B21J 5/02 (2013.01); B21J 1/003 (2013.01); B21J 1/06 (2013.01); C22F 1/18 (2013.01); C22F 1/183 (2013.01); C23C 4/005 (2013.01); C23C 4/01 (2016.01); C23C 4/08 (2013.01); C23C 4/12 (2013.01); F01D 5/28 (2013.01); F05D 2230/31 (2013.01); F05D 2300/174 (2013.01); Y10T 29/4998 (2015.01);
Abstract
Methods for producing forged products and other worked products are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method comprises using additive manufacturing to produce a metal shaped-preform and, after the using step, forging the metal shaped-preform into a final forged product. The final forged product may optionally be annealed.