US Patent Issued to POSCO on May 13 for "Hot press formed product having excellent corrosion resistance and method for preparing same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,544, issued on May 13, was assigned to POSCO Co. LTD (Pohang-si, South Korea).

"Hot press formed product having excellent corrosion resistance and method for preparing same" was invented by Il-Ryoung Sohn (Gwangyang-si, South Korea), Hyeon-Seok Hwang (Gwangyang-si, South Korea) and Jong-Sang Kim (Gwangyang-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a hot press formed product, which is prepared by means of hot press forming of a Zn-Al-Mg-based plated steel material comprising base iron and a Zn-Al-Mg-based plated layer, and a method for preparing the same, the hot press formed product comprising an oxide layer formed o...