ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,957, issued on July 22, was assigned to ArcelorMittal (Luxembourg).
"Method for manufacturing a rail and corresponding rail" was invented by Jose Arancon Alvarez (Aviles, Spain), David Alvarez Diez (Gozons, Spain), Jose Manuel Artimez Encina (Aviles, Spain), Francisca Garcia Caballero (Madrid) and Benjamin Pohu (Liege, Belgium).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for manufacturing a rail includes casting a steel to obtain a semi-product. The steel has a composition comprising 0.20%less than equal toCless than equal to0.60%, 1.0%less than equal toSiless than equal to2.0%, 0.60%less than equal toMnless than equal to 1.60% and 0.5les...