US Patent Issued to MAGNA INTERNATIONAL on July 22 for "Non-heat-treated casting alloys for automotive structural applications" (Canadian, American, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,966, issued on July 22, was assigned to MAGNA INTERNATIONAL INC. (Aurora, Canada).

"Non-heat-treated casting alloys for automotive structural applications" was invented by Chris Alfred (Brampton, Canada), Xiaoping Niu (Brampton, Canada), Juergen Wuest (Markt Schwaben, Germany) and Randy Beals (Grand Ledge, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aluminum alloy for die casting parts used in automotive structural applications is provided. According to example embodiments, the alloy includes 0.6 to 2.0 wt. % manganese, 0.5 to 4.0 wt. % magnesium, 0.0 to 1.0 wt. % iron, 0.0 to 3.0 wt. % zinc, 0.0 to 3.0 wt. % silicon, 0.0 to 1.0 wt. % zi...