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    International Patents: Aluminum and Magnesium for Transportation Applications

    Editor’s Note: It is widely understood that vehicle mass reduction is influenced by government regulations, consumer preferences, costs (material, processing, and operational), fuel prices, OEM objectives that require specific physical and mechanical properties of use, and cradle-to-gate initiatives. Considering U.S. government initiatives, the Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy (EERE) supports all technologies for […]

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    International Patents: Aluminum Recycling and Recovery Processes

    Editors Note: In a new life cycle assessment report available for download, the Aluminum Association states that, from 1991 to 2022, the energy and carbon impact of primary aluminum production in North America has declined by 49% while that of recycled aluminum production dropped by 60%. This 157 page report analyzed data from over 100 […]

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    International Patents: Aluminum Extrusion Production Solutions

    Editor’s Note: As the official media sponsor of ET ’24, LMA published a special January 2024 issue devoted to aluminum extrusion technology and breaking extrusion news for readers to “Get Ready for ET ’24.” In that issue the focus of our patent review was on aluminum extrusion design aimed at optimizing requirements for a wide […]

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    Primary Aluminum Production Solutions: U.S. and Canada

    Editors Note: This survey focuses on primary aluminum production patents granted recently in the U.S. and Canada, neighboring countries working together since the industry began. Today, Canada is one of the largest aluminum exporters to the U.S. A large majority of Canada’s primary aluminum is exported to the U.S., making it an important raw material […]

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    Extruded Aluminum Design Leads the Way

    US11845323 — VEHICLE ROOF COMPRISING A SHADING ARRANGEMENT AND GUIDE RAILS — Webasto SE (Germany) — A vehicle roof having a plate-shaped body-shell element and a shading arrangement which has a shading element and guide rails for laterally guiding the shading element. At least one fixing element is formed integrally on each of the guide […]

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    Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling

    Editor’s Note: The lightest of all metals, lithium is a fundamental material for the production of lithium-ion rechargeable batteries (LIBs) which achieve high energy and power densities thanks to the unique atomic structure and electrochemical properties of lithium. Having been globally commercialized for some three decades, LIBs are available in various types, based on cathode […]

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    High Pressure Die Casting of Automotive Aluminum

    Editor’s Note: Since the June issue of Light Metal Age ran the Viami International Inc. article on aluminum giga-castings in car manufacturing, the topic of high pressure die casting (HPDC) has prompted interest as a focus of this column, especially as it applies to automotive applications. Such castings predominate in today’s cars that are powered […]