US Patent Issued to NIPPON STEEL on Dec. 9 for "Coated and plated steel sheet or coated and plated steel strip" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,478, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to NIPPON STEEL Corp. (Tokyo).

"Coated and plated steel sheet or coated and plated steel strip" was invented by Takashi Fujii (Tokyo) and Kohei Ueda (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coated and plated steel sheet or coated and plated steel strip including: a steel sheet or a steel strip; a plating layer provided on one surface or both surfaces of the steel sheet or steel strip and containing zinc; a chemical conversion coating provided on the plating layer provided on one surface of the steel sheet or steel strip or provided on at least one of the plating layers provided on both surfaces of th...