ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,519, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to NIPPON STEEL Corp. (Tokyo).

"Pre-coated plated steel sheet and molded product" was invented by Hiroyasu Furukawa (Tokyo), Takashi Fujii (Tokyo), Fumio Shibao (Tokyo), Kohei Ueda (Tokyo), Akira Nakagawa (Tokyo), Yuki Yamamura (Tokyo) and Naoto Sasaki (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "To further improve, even under OT bending with the use of a Zn-Al-Mg-based alloy plated steel sheet as a base sheet, corrosion resistance regarding corrosion under paint film at a OT bent portion and a periphery thereof, without causing occurrence of cracks and peeling in the paint film.A pre-coated plated steel...