ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,689, issued on April 29, was assigned to Ohio State Innovation Foundation (Columbus, Ohio).
"Titanium alloys for additive manufacturing" was invented by Brian Welk (Columbus, Ohio) and Hamish Fraser (Columbus, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are titanium alloys for use in additive manufacturing that comprise a titanium material and a beta eutectoid stabilizer. The beta eutectoid stabilizer can be present in an effective amount to produce an equiaxed grain structure when the titanium alloy is melted or sintered during an additive manufacturing process. Also provided are methods of forming objects via additive manufacturin...