ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,398,439, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to ArcelorMittal (Luxembourg).

"Steel sheet for manufacturing press hardened parts, press hardened part having a combination of high strength and crash ductility, and manufacturing methods thereof" was invented by Martin Beauvais (Marange Silvange, France), Alice Dumont (Metz, France), Alexandre Gibot (Metz, France), Astrid Perlade (Le Ban-Saint-Martin, France) and Kangying Zhu (Metz, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A steel sheet for the manufacture of a press hardened part is provided, having a composition of: 0.15%less than equal toCless than equal to0.22%, 3.5%less than equal toMngreater ...