ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,025, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to BAE Systems plc (London).
"Powder hot isostatic pressing cycle" was invented by Howard James Price (Balderstone, Great Britain), Peter Neil Stewart (Balderstone, Great Britain) and Sean Gallagher (Balderstone, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of fabricating, at least in part, an article from a precursor thereof, the method comprising: providing the precursor, wherein the precursor comprises a metal having a closed pore therein; and hot isostatic pressing, HIPing, the precursor at an Nth temperature of a set of temperatures, at an Nth pressure of a set of pressures and for a...