US Patent Issued to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS on June 23 for "Aluminum extrusions including co-extruded insulated, coated and/or non-circular shaped reinforcing wires" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,726, issued on June 23, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Aluminum extrusions including co-extruded insulated, coated and/or non-circular shaped reinforcing wires" was invented by Andrew Clay Bobel (Troy, Mich.), Diptak Bhattacharya (Royal Oak, Mich.) and Jeffrey A. Abell (Rochester Hills, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A co-extruded part includes an aluminum extrusion and a plurality of reinforcing wires. The plurality of wires include an outer coating layer, a non-circular cross section, and/or an outer layer including woven glass fibers. The plurality of wires are arranged in the aluminum extrus...