ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,068, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering (Guangzhou, China).

"High-strength and high-damping aluminum-zinc bimetal alloy and preparation method thereof" was invented by Xianna Meng (Guangzhou, China), Zhipeng Wen (Guangzhou, China), Yi Wang (Guangzhou, China) and Lixing Ding (Guangzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A high-strength and high-damping Al-Zn bimetal alloy and a preparation method thereof are provided in the present application, belonging to the field of bimetal alloy materials. The high-strength and high-damping Al-Zn bimetal is obtained from an Al alloy and a Zn...