US Patent Issued to POSCO on March 17 for "High-strength wire rod having high hydrogen embrittlement resistance for cold heading, and method for manufacturing the same" (South Korean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,632, issued on March 17, was assigned to POSCO Co. LTD (Pohang-si, South Korea).

"High-strength wire rod having high hydrogen embrittlement resistance for cold heading, and method for manufacturing the same" was invented by Byung-In Jung (Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are a high-strength wire rod having high hydrogen embrittlement resistance for cold heading, and a method for manufacturing the high-strength wire rod. The high-strength wire rod for cold heading has a chemical composition including, by weight %, C: 0.3% to 0.5%, Si: 0.01% to 0.3%, Mn: 0.3% to 1.0%, Cr: 0.5% to 1.5%, Mo: 0.5% to ...