ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,788, issued on July 14.
"Titanium-based laminate structures fabricated using blended elemental powder metallurgy and hot isostatic pressing" was invented by Sergey Prikhodko (Los Angeles).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure is directed to a laminate structure and method of making the laminate structure. The laminate structure includes an alloy layer and one or more metal matrix composite (MMC) layers. The alloy layer includes a titanium alloy. Each MMC layer includes a titanium alloy reinforced with 5 vol. % to 50 vol. % particles of TiC or TiB. The alloy layer and the one or more MMC layers are joined by applying ho...