US Patent Issued to Nemak S.A.B. on Nov. 4 for "Aluminum casting alloy, aluminum cast component and method for the production of an aluminum cast piece" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,280, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Nemak S.A.B. de C.V. (Nuevo Leon, Mexico).

"Aluminum casting alloy, aluminum cast component and method for the production of an aluminum cast piece" was invented by Glenn Edwin Byczynski (Tecumseh, Canada), Abdallah Elsayed (Cambridge, Canada) and Anthony Marco Lombardi (LaSalle, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides an aluminum casting alloy which has the potential for an optimized combination of high mechanical properties and high electric conductivity and which has a high castability as well. The aluminum casting alloy includes (in % by mass), Ce: 0.2-3.0%, Si: 0.5-1.5%,...