ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,435,392, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to SAFRAN (Paris).
"Nickel-based superalloy for manufacturing a part by powder forming" was invented by Sebastien Jean Richard (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Jeremy Rame (Moissy-Cramayel, France) and Edern Menou (Moissy-Cramayel, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a nickel-based superalloy including, in mass percentages: 5 to 6.5% aluminum, 4.5 to 7% cobalt, 14.5 to 16.5% chromium, 0 to 0.2% hafnium, 0 to 1.5% molybdenum, 2 to 3.5% tantalum, 0 to 2% titanium, 1 to 2.5% tungsten, 0 to 0.08% zirconium, 0 to 0.03% boron, 0 to 0.07% carbon, the remainder formed of nickel and unav...