US Patent Issued to Kobe Steel on July 7 for "High-strength cold-rolled steel sheet, hot-dipped galvanized steel sheet, alloyed hot-dipped galvanized steel sheet, and methods for producing of these" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,674,216, issued on July 7, was assigned to Kobe Steel Ltd. (Kobe, Japan).

"High-strength cold-rolled steel sheet, hot-dipped galvanized steel sheet, alloyed hot-dipped galvanized steel sheet, and methods for producing of these" was invented by Shinjiro Kanetada (Kakogawa, Japan) and Michiharu Nakaya (Kakogawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet according to one aspect of the present invention contains, in % by mass: C: 0.070 to 0.140%; Si: 0.80 to 1.80%; and Mn: 1.80 to 2.80%, with the balance being iron and unavoidable impurities; in area ratio in a structure observed with a scanning electron mic...