US Patent Issued to Salzgitter Flachstahl, Mannesmann Precision Tubes on Sept. 30 for "Steel material for a torsionally stressed component, method for producing a torsionally stressed component from said steel material, and component made thereof" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,693, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH (Salzgitter, Germany) and Mannesmann Precision Tubes GmbH (Mulheim an der Ruhr, Germany).

"Steel material for a torsionally stressed component, method for producing a torsionally stressed component from said steel material, and component made thereof" was invented by Michael Braun (Wolfenbuttel, Germany), Steffen Zimmermann (Korschenbroich, Germany) and Karl Meiwes (Cologne, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A steel material for a torsionally stressed component, such as a driveshaft, having a minimum tensile strength of 800 MPs, and the microstructure consists ...