MUMBAI, India, July 5 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517059881 A) filed by Jfe Steel Corporation, Tokyo, on June 23, for 'tailor welded blank, and tailor welded blank production method and tailor welded blank production apparatus.'
Inventor(s) include Matsushita Muneo.
The application for the patent was published on July 4, under issue no. 27/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "Provided is a tailored blank material which, even when using thin steel sheets as a material, can be produced with high productivity at low cost and which has excellent press formability. The tailored blank material includes a butt joint which comprises a stir zone and thermomechanica...