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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6974633 | Structural members having improved resistance to fatigue crack growth An extruded structural member having improved damage tolerance containing a base section (6); a stiffening section having at least one pair of structural stiffeners (10), the structural stiffeners integral with the base section (6) and projectin... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6972110 | Aluminum alloy products having improved property combinations and method for artificially aging same Aluminum alloy products, such as plate, forgings and extrusions, suitable for use in making aerospace structural components like integral wing spars, ribs and webs, comprises about: 6 to 10 wt. % Zn; 1.2 to 1.9 wt. % Mg; 1.2 to 2.2 wt. % Cu, with Mg≦(Cu+0.3); and ... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6925711 | Micro-textured heat transfer surfaces A wrought aluminum sheet product having a textured surface for improved heat transfer properties. A plurality of textured features having dimensions of about 1-50 microns is roll textured onto one or both sides of the sheet. The aluminum sheet may be used as the fin... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6918975 | Aluminum alloy extrusions having a substantially unrecrystallized structure A substantially unrecrystallized extrusion comprising about 3.6 to about 4.2 wt. % copper, about 1.0 to about 1.6 wt. % magnesium, about 0.3 to about 0.8 wt. % manganese, about 0.05 to 0.25% zirconium, the balance substantially aluminum, incidental elements and impu... | 07/19/2005 |