ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,723, issued on April 29, was assigned to Jiangsu Xingda Steel Tyre Cord Co. Ltd. (China).
"Post-plating treatment method for one-step brass-electroplated steel wire" was invented by Xiang Liu (Jiangsu, China), Na Li (Jiangsu, China), Weigang Miao (Jiangsu, China), Lili Yao (Jiangsu, China), Xianghui Liu (Jiangsu, China), Xin Hua (Jiangsu, China), Yubo Wei (Jiangsu, China) and Chenlu Zhu (Jiangsu, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a post-plating treatment method for a one-step brass-electroplated steel wire, comprising the following steps: electroplating the surface of the steel wire with a brass alloy; immediately wash...