US Patent Issued to UT-BATTELLE, LEGGERA TECHNOLOGIES, FCA US on Nov. 3 for "Magnesium alloys for thixomolding applications" (Tennessee, Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,781,314, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to UT-BATTELLE LLC (Oak Ridge, Tenn.), LEGGERA TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Orion Township, Mich.) and FCA US LLC (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

"Magnesium alloys for thixomolding applications" was invented by Govindarajan Muralidharan (Knoxville, Tenn.), Bryan Macek (Auburn Hills, Mich.) and Nathan Sanko (Orion Township, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A magnesium alloy includes, in weight percent Al: 4.5-6.5; Zn: 0.05-3.0; Ca: 0-1.5; Sn: 0-4.0; Mn: 0.1-0.5; Si: 0-0.5; B+Sr: 0-0.5; less than 0.1 Fe; less than 0.1 Cu; less than 0.01 Ni; and Mg: Balance. A process for thixomolding, and a large dimension magnesium ...