MUMBAI, India, June 27 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517054334 A) filed by Nippon Steel Corporation, Tokyo, on June 5, for 'structural member and method for manufacturing same.'

Inventor(s) include Kubo, Masahiro; and Suzuki, Toshiya.

The application for the patent was published on June 27, under issue no. 26/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "This method for manufacturing structural members (10, 10A, 10B) comprises a heating step for heating a material (M) formed from a metal plate; and a molding step for using a mold (20) to mold the heated material (M) into the structural members (10, 10A, 10B). The mold (20) includes a lower mold (21), a pad (23), and ...