ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,749, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to NIPPON STEEL Corp. (Tokyo).
"Plated steel sheet" was invented by Takuya Mitsunobu (Tokyo), Masaaki Uranaka (Tokyo), Masahiro Matsuba (Tokyo) and Toyomitsu Nakamura (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "To more reliably suppress LME and blowhole formation while maintaining excellent corrosion resistance.A plated steel sheet according to the present invention, includes: a steel sheet as a base material; a plating layer located on at least part of a surface of the steel sheet; and an oxide layer located on a surface of the plating layer, where a chemical composition of the plating layer is made up...