US Patent Issued to NOVELIS on March 11 for "Age-hardenable and highly formable aluminum alloys and methods of making the same" (Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,247,271, issued on March 11, was assigned to NOVELIS INC. (Atlanta).

"Age-hardenable and highly formable aluminum alloys and methods of making the same" was invented by Aurele Mariaux (Sierre, Switzerland), Aude Celine Despois (Grone, Switzerland), Milan Felberbaum (Lausanne, Switzerland) and Guillaume Florey (Veyras, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are new aluminum alloy products and methods of making these alloys. The aluminum alloy products are age-hardenable, display high strength and formability, and allow for the use of recycled scrap. The aluminum alloys can serve as the core in a clad aluminum alloy pr...