ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,435,384, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to JFE STEEL Corp. (Tokyo).

"High-strength steel sheet and method for manufacturing same" was invented by Hidekazu Minami (Tokyo), Takeshi Yokota (Tokyo), Yoshiyasu Kawasaki (Tokyo) and Shotaro Terashima (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are a high-strength hot-dip galvanized steel sheet that has a tensile strength of 1180 MPa or more and excellent ductility, stretch flangeability, bendability and LME resistance and can manufacture parts with high dimensional accuracy, and its manufacturing method. The high-strength steel sheet with a tensile strength of 1180 MPa or more has a chemical ...