ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,423, issued on May 12, was assigned to BYD Co. Ltd. (Shenzhen, China).
"Aluminum alloy and preparation method thereof, and aluminum alloy structural member" was invented by Qiang Guo (Shenzhen, China), Mengmeng Cao (Shenzhen, China) and Quanyu Gong (Shenzhen, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aluminum alloy is provided. Based on the total weight of the aluminum alloy, in percentage by weight, the aluminum alloy includes: 11-15% of Zn; 7.5-9% of Si; 1.2-2% of Cu; 0.3-0.5% of Mn; 0.05-0.3% of Mg; 0.1-0.2% of Ni; 0.001-0.04% of Sr; 0.05-0.3% of Ti; 0.01-0.15% of Fe; and 72.51-79.79% of Al."
The patent was filed on March 26, 2020, ...