US Patent Issued to American Superconductor on May 19 for "Electro-formed metal foils" (Massachusetts Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,635,422, issued on May 19, was assigned to American Superconductor Corp. (Ayer, Mass.).

"Electro-formed metal foils" was invented by Cornelis Leo Hans Thieme (Westborough, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process for producing a cube textured foil is described. The process includes providing a cube textured metal foil M. The process further includes electroplating an epitaxial layer of an alloy on the foil M, whereby the epitaxial layer substantially replicates the cube texture of the metal foil M. The process further includes electroplating a non-epitaxial layer of an alloy on the epitaxial layer. The process further includes separ...