ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,675, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to NIPPON STEEL Corp. (Tokyo).
"Hot-stamping formed body" was invented by Kodai Murasawa (Tokyo), Shingo Fujinaka (Tokyo) and Yuri Toda (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This hot-stamping formed body includes, as a chemical composition, by mass %: C: 0.15% or more and 0.50% or less; Si: 0.10% or more and 3.00% or less; Mn: 0.10% or more and 3.00% or less; P: less than 0.10%; S: less than 0.10%; N: less than 0.10%; Ti: 0.020% or more and 0.150% or less; B: 0.002% or more and 0.010% or less; optionally Al, Cr, Mo, Co, Ni, Cu, V, W, Ca, Mg, and REM; and a remainder including Fe and impurities, in...