ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,378,642, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Tesla Inc. (Austin, Texas).
"Aluminum alloys for die casting" was invented by Sivanesh Palanivel (San Jose, Calif.), Charlie Kuehmann (Los Gatos, Calif.), Jason Robert Stucki (Livermore, Calif.), Ethan Filip (Los Altos, Calif.) and Paul K. Edwards (Seattle).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A high performance die castable aluminum alloy is described, wherein the aluminum alloy is characterized as having a high yield strength and high conductivity compared to conventional aluminum alloys, and also a high flowability and low susceptibility to hot tearing when die cast. The aluminum alloy may contain 4-...