ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,222, issued on June 16, was assigned to NIPPON LIGHT METAL COMPANY LTD. (Tokyo) and TOYO ALUMINIUM K.K. (Osaka, Japan).

"Aluminum alloy molded body and production method therefor" was invented by Masato Yatsukura (Tokyo), Takashi Nagao (Shizuoka, Japan), Tsuguharu Tashiro (Shizuoka, Japan) and Jun Kusui (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The purpose of the present invention is to provide an aluminum alloy molded body that has excellent thermal stability and does not contain a rare earth element, and to provide a production method for the same. More specifically, the present invention provides an aluminum alloy molded body t...