ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,676, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to UACJ Corp. (Tokyo).

"Aluminum alloy brazing sheet and method for producing same" was invented by Hidetoshi Kumagai (Tokyo) and Tomoki Yamayoshi (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a brazing sheet exhibiting excellent brazing properties where an aluminum material is brazed in an inert gas atmosphere such as a nitrogen gas atmosphere without using a flux. The aluminum alloy brazing sheet used for brazing in an inert gas atmosphere without using a flux, the aluminum alloy brazing sheet comprises: a core material; and a brazing material cladded on one side surface or both side surface...