ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,669, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to BYD Co. Ltd. (Shenzhen, China).

"Die-cast aluminum alloy and preparation method and use thereof" was invented by Yunchun Li (Shenzhen, China), Qiang Guo (Shenzhen, China), Youping Ren (Shenzhen, China) and Yongliang Xie (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A die-cast aluminum alloy and a preparation method and use thereof are disclosed. Based on the total mass of the die-cast aluminum alloy, the die-cast aluminum alloy includes: 4-9 wt % of Mg; 1.6-2.8 wt % of Si; 1.1-2 wt % of Zn; wt % of Mn; 0.1-0.3 wt % of Ti; 0.009-0.05 wt % of Be; the balance of Al; and less than 0.2 wt % of ine...