US Patent Issued to POSCO on Dec. 9 for "High strength steel sheet having superior workability and method for manufacturing same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,444, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to POSCO (Pohang-si, South Korea).

"High strength steel sheet having superior workability and method for manufacturing same" was invented by Jae-Hoon Lee (Gwangyang-si, South Korea), Tae-Kyo Han (Gwangyang-si, South Korea) and Sang-Hwan Lee (Incheon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a steel sheet which can be used for automobile parts and the like, and relates to a steel sheet having a superior balance of strength and ductility and strength and hole expansion ratio and superior bending formability, and a method for manufacturing same."

The patent was filed on Nov. 24, 2020, un...