ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,285, issued on July 15, was assigned to CONSTELLIUM NEUF-BRISACH (Biesheim, France).

"Strip of aluminium alloy for manufacturing brazed heat exchangers" was invented by Bechir Chehab (Voiron, France), Armelle Danielou (Les Echelles, France), Pablo Lorenzino (Voiron, France) and Lionel Peguet (Quaix en Chartreuse, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A strip intended for the manufacture of brazed heat exchangers, having a core made of an alloy with the composition (weight %): Si: 0.10-0.30%, preferably 0.15-0.25% Fegreater than0.25%, preferably 0.1-0.2% Cu: 0.85-1.1%, preferably 0.9-1.0% Mn: 1.2-1.7%, preferably 1.2-1.4% Mg: 0.1-0.3%...