ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,790, issued on April 21, was assigned to Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG (Herzogenaurach, Germany) and Continental Autonomous Mobility Germany GmbH (Ingolstadt, Germany).

"Welding methods for making die cast mould part and actuator housing" was invented by Christian Braun (Nuremberg, Germany), Hajo Gugel (Munich) and Johannes Seeger (Nuremberg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A welding method includes welding a die cast mould part made of an Al-Mg-Fe alloy in a fluid-tight manner to at least one other metal part. A Mg content of 4%less than equal toMgless than equal to4.6% and an Fe content of 1.31%less than equal toFeles...