ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,668, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to BYD AUTO INDUSTRY COMPANY Ltd. (Shenzhen, China) and Huawei Technologies'Co.'Ltd.' (Shenzhen, China).

"Aluminum alloy and application thereof" was invented by Qiang Guo (Shenzhen, China), Mengde Wang (Shenzhen, China), Tao Yang (Shenzhen, China), Rong Wang (Shenzhen, China), Wei An (Shenzhen, China) and Jingsong Fu (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aluminum alloy and applications thereof are disclosed. Based on the total weight of the aluminum alloy, the aluminum alloy includes: 8-11% of Si, 2-4% of Cu, 0.6-4% of Zn, 0.65-1.1% of Mn, 0.35-0.65% of Mg, 0.001-0.05% of Cr, 0.01-0....