IP Library Granted Patent US 8,420,224
Granted Patent B2
US 8,420,224 · App. 12/735,628 · Granted Apr 16, 2013

Zinc-based plated steel sheet excellent in surface electrical conductivity having primary rust preventive thin film layer

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Patent No.
US 8,420,224
App. No.
12/735,628
Granted
Apr 16, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A zinc or zinc alloy plated steel sheet expressing a performance provided with both corrosion resistance and surface conductivity is provided. The zinc or zinc alloy plated steel sheet of the present invention is a zinc or zinc alloy plated steel sheet having an arithmetic average roughness Ra of a zinc-plated layer surface defined by JIS B 0601, obtained by a stylus-type surface roughness meter defined by JIS B 0651, of 0.3 μm to 2.0 μm and a maximum peak height Rp of 4.0 μm to 20.0 μm, wherein the arithmetic average roughness Ra (peak) obtained by measuring a range of evaluation length of 20 μm of peak parts of 80% or more of the Rp by an electron beam 3D roughness analyzer is 70% or more of the arithmetic average roughness Ra (average) obtained by measuring a range of evaluation length of 20 μm of parts of a height of ±20% about an average line, obtained by a stylus-type surface roughness meter, by an electron beam 3D roughness analyzer.

Claims (8)

1. A rust preventive coated zinc or zinc alloy plated steel sheet superior in surface conductivity, comprising:

a zinc or zinc alloy plated steel sheet coated with a thin-film primary rust preventive coating layer;

the thin-film primary rust preventive coating layer having an average thickness of 0.2 μm to 5.0 μm,

the zinc or zinc alloy plated steel sheet having an arithmetic average roughness of a zinc plated layer surface, Ra, of 0.3 μm to 2.0 μm, as defined by JIS B 0601, obtained using a stylus-type surface roughness meter, as defined by JIS B 0651, and a maximum peak height, Rp, of 4.0 μm to 20.0 μm, wherein

the arithmetic average roughness of a zinc plated layer surface, Ra (peak), obtained by measuring a range of evaluation length of 20 μm of peak parts of 80% or more of the Rp by an electron beam 3D roughness analyzer is 70% or more of the arithmetic average roughness, Ra (average), obtained by measuring a range of evaluation length of 20 μm of parts of a height of ±20% about an average line, obtained by a stylus-type surface roughness meter, by an electron beam 3D roughness analyzer.

2. The rust preventive coated zinc or zinc alloy plated steel sheet as set forth in claim 1 , wherein

the area of the parts where the arithmetic average roughness Ra 5(peak) obtained by measuring a range of evaluation length of 20 μm of peak parts of 80% or more of the Rp defined by JIS B 0601, obtained by a stylus-type surface roughness meter, by an electron beam 3D roughness analyzer is less than 70% of the arithmetic average roughness Ra (average) obtained by measuring a range of evaluation length of 20 μm of parts of a height of ±20% about an average line, obtained by a stylus-type surface roughness meter, by an electron beam 3D roughness analyzer is 5% or less of the zinc-plated surface area as a whole.

3. The rust preventive coated zinc or zinc alloy plated steel sheet as set forth in claim 1 or 2 , wherein the arithmetic average roughness Ra (peak) obtained by measuring a range of evaluation length of 20 μm of peak parts of 80% or more of the Rp defined by JIS B 0601, obtained by a stylus-type surface roughness meter, by an electron beam 3D roughness analyzer is 0.03 μm to 1.0 μm.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 14, 2019
From: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
To: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 049257/0828 →
MERGER Recorded Feb 16, 2013
From: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
To: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 029822/0654 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 12, 2010
From: TAKAHASHI, AKIRA; MORISHITA, ATSUSHI
To: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 025135/0687 →