US Patent Issued to Arconic Technologies on July 28 for "6XXX aluminum alloys and methods for producing the same" (Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,577, issued on July 28, was assigned to Arconic Technologies LLC (Pittsburgh).

"6XXX aluminum alloys and methods for producing the same" was invented by Timothy A. Hosch (Plum, Pa.), Russell S. Long (Murrysville, Pa.), Edward M. Williams (Apollo, Pa.) and Lynette M. Karabin (Ruffs Dale, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "New 6xxx aluminum alloys are disclosed. In one approach, a new 6xxx aluminum alloy may include from 0.25-0.60 wt. % Fe, 0.8-1.2 wt. % Si, 0.35-1.1 wt. % Mg, 0.05-0.8 wt. % Mn, up to 0.30 wt. % Cu, up to 0.35 wt. % Zn, up to 0.15 wt. % Ti, up to 0.15 wt. % each of Cr, Zr, and V, the balance being aluminum, incidental ...