USOO895.0465B2 (12) United States Patent (10) Patent No.: US 8,950.465 B2 Lin et al. (45) Date of Patent: Feb. 10, 2015 (54) ALUMINUMALLOYS, ALUMINUMALLOY (2013.01); C22C 21/00 (2013.01); C25D II/04 PRODUCTS AND METHODS FOR MAKING (2013.01); C25D 1 1/18 (2013.01) THE SAME USPC .......................... 164/113; 164/69.1; 164/76.1 (58) Field of Classification Search (71) Applicant: Alcoa Inc., Pittsburgh, PA (US) USPC ........................................ 164/69.1, 76.1, 113 See application file for complete search history. (72) Inventors: Jen C. Lin, Export, PA (US); James R. Fields, Export, PA (US); Albert L. Askin, Lower Burrell, PA (US); Xinyan (56) References Cited Yan, Murrysville, PA (US); Ralph R. 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Primary Examiner — Kevin P Kerns 12, 2010, now Pat. No. 8,349,462. (74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm — Greenberg Traurig, LLP (60) Provisional application No. 61/187,183, filed on Jun. 15, 2009, provisional application No. 61/221,943, (57) ABSTRACT Decorative shape cast products and methods, systems, com (Continued) positions and apparatus for producing the same are described. Int. Cl In one embodiment, the decorative shape cast products are (51) nt. C. produced from an Al Ni or Al Ni-Mn alloy, with a tai B22D 7/00 (2006.01) lored microstructure to facilitate production of anodized B22D 25/00 (2006.01) decorative shape cast product having the appropriate finish C22C2L/00 (2006.01) and mechanical properties. (Continued) (52) U.S. C. 8 Claims, 60 Drawing Sheets CPC ................ 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