US Patent Issued to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS on April 15 for "Aluminum alloy for high pressure die casting of ultra-large vehicle body structures" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,276,010, issued on April 15, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Aluminum alloy for high pressure die casting of ultra-large vehicle body structures" was invented by Qigui Wang (Rochester Hills, Mich.), Liang Wang (Rochester Hills, Mich.), Daniel J. Wilson (Linden, Mich.), Dale A. Gerard (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.), Devin R. Hess (Clarkston, Mich.) and Paul Boone (Rochester Hills, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aluminum alloy for high pressure die casting of ultra-large vehicle body structures. The aluminum alloy includes about 4.00 to about 12.00 weight percent silicon (Si); about 0.20 weight percent ma...