ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,264, issued on May 20, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Flame-resistant magnesium alloy and method for producing the same" was invented by Yuichi Ienaga (Saitama, Japan) and Yoichi Nosaka (Oita, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flame-resistant magnesium alloy which suppresses occurrence of combustion of molten metal during alloy melting for casting and a method for producing the same are provided. By having a magnesium alloy which contains a specific amount of a specific element and also a specific amount of a rare earth element (RE) in a specific amount, an oxide file of a rare earth element (RE), which is dense,...