US Patent Issued to Hyundai Steel on March 11 for "Aluminum coated blank and manufacturing method thereof" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,246,512, issued on March 11, was assigned to Hyundai Steel Co. (Incheon, South Korea).

"Aluminum coated blank and manufacturing method thereof" was invented by Chang Yong Lee (Incheon, South Korea), Joo Sik Hyun (Incheon, South Korea), Sang Hyeon Park (Incheon, South Korea) and Jeong Seok Kim (Incheon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aluminum-based blank comprises a first plated steel plate and a second plated steel plate, connected at their boundary by a joint."

The patent was filed on Dec. 8, 2022, under Application No. 18/077,459.

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