ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,392,048, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to COVENTYA GMBH (Gutersloh, Germany).

"Method for producing a corrosion-resistant aluminum-silicon alloy casting, such corrosion-resistant aluminum-silicon alloy casting and its use" was invented by Can Akyil (Istanbul), Pinar Afsin (Istanbul), Guney Akdas (Istanbul) and Michael Krumm (Bielefeld, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is related to the field of metal surface preparation by anodizing processes and refers to a method for producing a corrosion-resistant aluminum-silicon alloy casting and more particularly to the optimization of the anodizing cast aluminum parts...