US Patent Issued to Baoshan Iron and Steel on July 7 for "Aluminum plated steel sheet, thermoformed component, and manufacturing methods" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,674,227, issued on July 7, was assigned to Baoshan Iron and Steel Co Ltd (China).

"Aluminum plated steel sheet, thermoformed component, and manufacturing methods" was invented by Ning Tan (Shanghai), Hao Liu (Shanghai) and Xinyan Jin (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aluminum plated steel sheet includes a substrate and a plating layer on the surface of the substrate. The microstructure of the plating layer includes a Mg2Si phase and an AlMgSiFe phase; an average grain diameter of the Mg2Si phase is 0.001-5 micro metre. This aluminum plated steel sheet can alleviate the problem of melting-induced roller sticking and hydrogen embr...