ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,378,641, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to C-TEC Constellium Technology Center (Voreppe, France).
"Process for manufacturing an aluminium alloy part" was invented by Bechir Chehab (Voiron, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process for manufacturing a part comprising a formation of successive metal layers, superimposed on one another, wherein each layer is formed by the deposition of a filler metal, the filler metal being subjected to an input of energy so as to melt and to constitute said layer by solidifying, the process being characterized in that the filler metal is an aluminium alloy comprising the following alloy elements (% by...