ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,762, issued on March 18, was assigned to NIPPON STEEL Corp. (Tokyo).
"Titanium alloy" was invented by Hiroshi Kamio (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "To provide a titanium alloy with superior corrosion resistance. The titanium alloy, having Alpha- and Beta-phases, containing: by mass %, Fe: 0.010 to 0.300%, Ru: 0.010 to 0.150%, Cr: 0 to 0.10%, Ni: 0 to 0.30%, Mo: 0 to 0.10%, Pt: 0 to 0.10%, Pd: 0 to 0.20%, Ir: 0 to 0.10%, Os: 0 to 0.10%, Rh: 0 to 0.10%, one type or two or more types of La, Ce, and Nd: 0 to 0.10% in total, one type or two or more types of Cu, Mn, Sn, and Zr: 0 to 0.20% in total, C: 0.10% or less, N: 0.05% or less...