ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,742,222, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to BAOSHAN IRON & STEEL Co. LTD. (Shanghai).
"Method for manufacturing hot-dip galvanized steel sheet, and steel sheet and vehicle component" was invented by Xinyan Jin (Shanghai), Yong Zhong (Shanghai), Meng Chen (Shanghai), Xufei Li (Shanghai) and Li Wang (Shanghai).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a hot-dip galvanized steel sheet, comprising performing a heat treatment step, a hot dip plating step, and an alloying treatment step on a steel sheet having high Si and Mn content. The heat treatment step comprises a first heating phase and a s...