ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,616, issued on March 17, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea).

"Aluminum alloy sheet and manufacturing method thereof" was invented by Jongbo Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jiho Lim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hyungki Park (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Sungyoung Heo (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device according to various embodiments of the disclosure includes: a display; and a housing adjacent to the display, wherein at least a part of the housing includes: an aluminum alloy layer; a first film layer formed on the aluminum alloy layer; and a second film layer formed...