ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,892, issued on April 21, was assigned to Hyundai Steel Co. (Incheon, South Korea).

"Member for automobile structure" was invented by Hye Jin Kim (Incheon, South Korea), Kyu Yeon Hwang (Incheon, South Korea), Jin Ho Lee (Incheon, South Korea), Hyun Yeong Jung (Incheon, South Korea) and Seung Pill Jung (Incheon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One embodiment of the present invention discloses a member for automobile structure including a base steel sheet and a plating layer covering at least one surface of the base steel sheet, wherein the member for automobile structure has a tensile strength of 1350 MPa or greater and a y...