US Patent Issued to Kobe Steel on June 10 for "Covered electrode for high-Cr ferritic heat-resistant steels" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,325,090, issued on June 10, was assigned to Kobe Steel Ltd. (Kobe, Japan).

"Covered electrode for high-Cr ferritic heat-resistant steels" was invented by Hiromi Oyamada (Kanagawa, Japan), Hideaki Takauchi (Kanagawa, Japan), Yoshimasa Muranishi (Kanagawa, Japan), Shigenobu Namba (Hyogo, Japan) and Takeo Miyamura (Hyogo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a covered electrode for high-Cr ferritic heat-resistant steels with which it is possible to obtain weld metal that has the toughness required for weld parts and has excellent high temperature strength. The covered electrode for high-Cr ferritic heat-resistant steels includes...