US Patent Issued to TAE Technologies on Feb. 24 for "Systems, devices, and methods for deformation reduction and resistance in metallic bodies" (Russian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,563,659, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to TAE Technologies Inc. (Foothill Ranch, Calif.).

"Systems, devices, and methods for deformation reduction and resistance in metallic bodies" was invented by Sergey Y. Taskaev (Novosibirsk, Russia), Alexandr N. Makarov (Novosibirsk, Russia) and Evgeniia O. Sokolova (Novosibirsk, Russia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Metallic bodies are provided having a lithium layer and a metallic substrate. The metallic bodies can exhibit increased resistance to radiation-induced deformations such as blistering. Methods are provided for transitioning the metallic bodies into more blister resistant configuration...