Liquidmetal Technologies Inc (LQMT)

[chipboarder]

So I'm sitting in front of the TV watching a baseball game with my laptop and I search 7000 series aluminum alloys. Lots of things pop up but one catches my eye. An Alcoa patent application entitled "Improved 7xxx aluminum alloys and methods of for producing the same". Its a copy of an application dated 7/17/13 Publication #EP2614170 A2 and Application #20110824141. Its 24 pages but scanning the claims, I see claim 35 says "the aluminum body alloy of claim 27, wherein the aluminum alloy body is predominately unrecrystallized". Claim 36 describes variation of 75% unrecystallized.

Most of the patent deals with novel tempering methods to improve properties beyond what can be achieved with the T6 protocol.

These guys are describing non-crystalline aluminum alloys..do they qualify as BMG's? Could be splitting hairs.

No mention of further downstream processing like moulding.

Might have to read the whole thing...ugh