US Patent Issued to POSCO on Jan. 20 for "Wire rod and component, for cold forging, each having excellent delayed fracture resistance characteristics, and manufacturing methods therefor" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,117, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to POSCO (Pohang-si, South Korea).

"Wire rod and component, for cold forging, each having excellent delayed fracture resistance characteristics, and manufacturing methods therefor" was invented by Byung-in Jung (Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea) and Yong-sik Park (Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are a wire rod and a component, for cold forging, each having excellent delayed fracture resistance characteristics and applicable to high-strength bolts and the like and a manufacturing method therefor.According to an embodiment, a heat-treated component having excellen...