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US 12,697,659 B2

Systems and methods for direct deposition of thixotropic alloys

US 12,697,659 B2 is a granted patent from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), dated 2026-08-04. Applicant: GOODRICH CORPORATION. Its PDF downloads from this page without an account, up to 5 a day.

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Applicant
GOODRICH CORPORATION
Inventors
Sergey Mironets; Thomas J. Martin; Alexander Staroselsky
Publication date
2026-08-04
Filing date
2023-05-09
Document type
B2 Granted patent
Also written as
US 12,697,659 B2 · US12697659 · 12697659

Abstract

A method may comprise: placing a probe in a molten metal melt comprising a thixotropic metal alloy; injecting a gas into the molten metal melt to form a saturated slurry, the saturated slurry being at a temperature above a liquidus temperature of the thixotropic metal alloy after injecting the gas; removing the probe from the molten metal melt; and depositing the molten metal melt through an extruder of an additive manufacturing system.

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