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US 11,698,477 B2Granted
Visible quality additive manufactured aluminum mirror finishing
AssigneeRaytheon Company
InventorsJohn P. Schaefer, Paul Gasloli
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Abstract
A mirrored apparatus includes a substrate having a surface and including an additive manufactured aluminum and about 2 to about 30 weight % (wt. %) silicon. The mirrored apparatus also includes a finish layer arranged directly on the surface of the substrate. The finish layer includes a polished surface opposite the substrate. The mirrored apparatus further includes a reflective layer arranged on the polished surface of the finish layer.
Claims6
A mirrored apparatus comprising:
- a substrate having a surface and comprising an additive manufactured aluminum and about 2 to about 3 wt. % silicon;
- a binding layer arranged on the surface of the substrate, wherein the binding layer is titanium, nickel, nickel chromium, chromium, gold, aluminum, molybdenum, germanium, zinc sulfide, or any combination thereof;
- a finish layer arranged on the binding layer, the finish layer having a polished surface opposite the substrate;
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- a reflective layer arranged on the polished surface of the finish layer.
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