ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,289, issued on May 20, was assigned to Arconic Technologies LLC (Pittsburgh).
"Preparation of 7XXX aluminum alloys for adhesive bonding" was invented by June M. Epp (Pittsburgh) and Ali Unal (Export, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A preparation method for adhesive bonding of magnesium-containing aluminum alloy products includes a magnesium-containing aluminum alloy product including a matrix and a surface oxide layer overlying the matrix. The magnesium-containing aluminum alloy product also includes intermetallic particles at least proximal the surface oxide layer. The method also includes ablating at least some of the intermetal...