US Patent Issued to Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation on July 15 for "Method for forming a metal matrix composite structure" (Australian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,071, issued on July 15, was assigned to Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (Acton, Australia).

"Method for forming a metal matrix composite structure" was invented by Daniel Liang (Clayton, Australia), Shiqin Yan (Clayton, Australia), Kun Yang (Clayton, Australia) and Andrew Yob (Clayton, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for friction stir forming a metal matrix composite (MMC) structure (76). The method includes the step of providing a substrate (12) comprising a metallic material and securing a preformed MMC layer (14, 16) comprising an MMC material in a position overlying at least a portio...