US Patent Issued to UACJ on July 15 for "Monolayer aluminum alloy material for brazing and method of manufacturing an aluminum structure" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,286, issued on July 15, was assigned to UACJ Corp. (Tokyo).

"Monolayer aluminum alloy material for brazing and method of manufacturing an aluminum structure" was invented by Dai Yamamoto (Aichi, Japan), Phumprasop Kanokploy (Aichi, Japan) and Makoto Ando (Aichi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A brazing, monolayer, aluminum-alloy material has a chemical composition composed of Si: 1.5 mass % or more and 3.5 mass % or less, Fe: 0.05 mass % or more and 2.00 mass % or less, Mn: 0.1 mass % or more and 2.0 mass % or less, Mg: 0.005 mass % or more and 0.500 mass % or less, and Bi: 0.010 mass % or more and 0.500 mass % or less, the rem...