ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,208, issued on March 24, was assigned to ArcelorMittal (Luxembourg).
"Coated metallic substrate" was invented by Daniel Chaleix (Verny, France), Christian Allely (Metz, France), Eric Silberberg (Haltinne, Belgium), Sergio Pace (Jodoigne, Belgium) and Lucie Gaouyat (Angleur, Belgium).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coated metallic substrate including at least a first coating consisting of aluminum is provided. The first coating has a thickness between 1.0 and 4.5 micro metre and is directly topped by a second coating based on zinc, such second coating having a thickness between 1.5 and 9.0 micro metre. The thickness ratio of the firs...