US Patent Issued to The University of Hong Kong on April 21 for "Al-Si coated press hardening component, a preparation method and use thereof" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,878, issued on April 21, was assigned to The University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong).

"Al-Si coated press hardening component, a preparation method and use thereof" was invented by Mingxin Huang (Hong Kong) and Ming Guan (Hong Kong).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An Al-Si coated press hardening component, wherein the Al-Si coating comprises a low-Al content ferrite layer with an Al content of less than 5 wt % and a thickness of greater than 5 micro metre, and having a maximum bending angle of the Al-Si coated press hardening component is greater than 65deg. The thickness of the tough low-Al content ferrite layer in the Al-Si coating afte...