ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,511, issued on June 24, was assigned to AHRESTY Corp. (Toyohashi, Japan).

"Aluminum alloy diecast, diecast unit and method for producing same" was invented by Shunzo Aoyama (Toyohashi, Japan), Kazuki Sasaki (Toyohashi, Japan) and Yoshiteru Kondo (Toyohashi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is an aluminum alloy diecast that can be unlikely to crack at a part to be press-fitted while the proof stress of a main body part is being secured, and can eliminate the need for heat treatment to the main body part at the time of production. The aluminum alloy diecast (11) includes a part to be press-fitted (13) into which a joining ...