ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,001, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Nemak S.A.B. de C.V. (Nuevo Leon, Mexico).

"Casting mold and method for producing a casting" was invented by Dirk Schnubel (Saarbrucken, Germany), Gerald Klaus (Saarbrucken, Germany) and Thomas Frederik Linke (Merzig, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A casting mould for producing a casting formed from a light metal alloy, in particular a housing for an electric drive for a motor vehicle. The casting mould advantageously has at least one sand core which is designed and arranged in the casting mould in such a way that the at least at least one sand core can be completely surrounded, at leas...