ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,441, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Hyundai Steel Co. (Incheon, South Korea).
"Dent-resistant cold-rolled steel sheet having excellent dent-resistance properties, dent-resistant plated steel sheet, and method for manufacturing same" was invented by Byoung Jin Kim (Jeollanam-do, South Korea), Chun Ku Kang (Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea), Young Ju Park (Jeollanam-do, South Korea), Ha Young Yu (Seoul, South Korea), Min Ho Jang (Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea), Seong Kyung Han (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Sung Yul Huh (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a dent-resistant cold-rolled...