US Patent Issued to Magnesium Products of America on April 7 for "Cast magnesium alloy with improved ductility" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,535, issued on April 7, was assigned to Magnesium Products of America Inc..

"Cast magnesium alloy with improved ductility" was invented by Gerry Gang Wang (London, Canada) and Jonathan Patrick Weiler (London, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A magnesium alloy can include magnesium, about 3.4 wt % to about 5.5 wt % aluminum, about 0.40 wt % to about 1.5 wt % zinc, and about 0.26 wt % to about 0.36 wt % manganese. The magnesium alloy may exhibit an ultimate tensile strength from about 210 MPa to about 260 MPa, a yield strength from about 100 MPa to about 135 MPa, and an elongation from about 8% to about 15%. The magnesium alloy ma...