ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,895, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to BYD Co. Ltd. (Shenzhen, China).

"Aluminum alloy and aluminum alloy structural member" was invented by Qiang Guo (Shenzhen, China), Mengde Wang (Shenzhen, China) and Wei An (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure discloses an aluminum alloy, based on a total mass of the aluminum alloy, including: 9-12% Si; 3.0-5.0% Zn; 1.5-2.6% Cu; 0.4-0.9% Mn; 0.2-0.6% Mg; 0.1-0.25% Fe; 0.03-0.35% Zr; 0.05-0.2% Ti; 0.005-0.04% Sr; 0.01-0.02% Ga; 0.005-0.01% Mo; 0.001-0.02% Cr; 0.005-0.3% Ni; 78.01-85.624% Al; and an impurity element."

The patent was filed on June 21, 2023, under ...