ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,205, issued on March 24, was assigned to POSCO (Pohang-si, South Korea).

"Steel sheet plated with Al-Fe alloy for hot press forming having excellent corrosion resistance and heat resistance, hot press formed part, and manufacturing method therefor" was invented by Seong-Woo Kim (Gwangyang-si, South Korea), Jin-Keun Oh (Gwangyang-si, South Korea), Sang-Heon Kim (Gwangyang-si, South Korea) and Yeol-Rae Cho (Pohang-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of manufacturing a steel sheet plated with an Al-Fe alloy for hot forming. The method includes: aluminum-plating and coiling a base steel sheet to obtain an aluminum-pl...