US Patent Issued to Hyundai Steel on March 24 for "Plated steel material having excellent processability and corrosion resistance" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,195, issued on March 24, was assigned to Hyundai Steel Co. (Incheon, South Korea).

"Plated steel material having excellent processability and corrosion resistance" was invented by Seon Jin Kim (Ansan, South Korea) and Jae Min Lee (Gimpo, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a plated steel material having excellent processability and corrosion resistance, the plated steel material comprising: a base iron; and a hot-dip alloy-plated layer formed on the base iron, the hot-dip alloy-plated layer comprising, in wt %, 5-30% of Al, 2-10% of Mg, and a balance of Zn and other inevitable impurities, wherei...