ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,607,211, issued on April 21, was assigned to NIPPON STEEL Corp. (Tokyo).
"Welded joint and automobile member" was invented by Takuya Mitsunobu (Tokyo), Hiroshi Takebayashi (Tokyo) and Takehiro Takahashi (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure inhibits liquid metal embrittlement (LME) cracking and improves corrosion resistance in a welded joint obtained by spot welding a first steel sheet and a second steel sheet. In the welded joint of the present disclosure, a first plating layer is provided on a surface of the first steel sheet facing the second steel sheet, no plating layer is present on or a second plating layer...