US Patent Issued on April 21 for "Remote laser desensitization systems and methods for desensitizing aluminum and other metal alloys" (Nebraska Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,897, issued on April 21.

"Remote laser desensitization systems and methods for desensitizing aluminum and other metal alloys" was invented by Yongfeng Lu (Lincoln, Neb.), Leimin Deng (Lincoln, Neb.), Chenfei Zhang (Lincoln, Neb.), Shiding Sun (Lincoln, Neb.) and Lei Liu (Lincoln, Neb.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for desensitizing a metal alloy such as an aluminum (Al) alloy is presented. The surface of the alloy is treated by controlled laser beam irradiation. The scanning laser beam heats the alloy to reach a relative low temperature between a solvus temperature and a soften/annealing temperature of the metal alloy to c...