ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,157, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Member and its manufacturing method" was invented by Haruhisa Iimuro (Toyota, Japan), Masahiro Uchimura (Toyota, Japan), Shunsuke Nara (Toyota, Japan) and Hidekazu Miyake (Nagoya, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for manufacturing a member, the member including: a first member made of a metal comprising a base material of which a surface is made of a material containing Al as a main component, and an irregular part formed as irregularities on the surface of the base material, the irregular part being made of the material used for the surface of...