IP Library Granted Patent US 8,453,482
Granted Patent B2
US 8,453,482 · App. 12/736,462 · Granted Jun 4, 2013

Plated steel sheet and method of hot-stamping plated steel sheet

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Patent No.
US 8,453,482
App. No.
12/736,462
Granted
Jun 4, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

In a plated steel sheet having an aluminum-plating layer comprising at least Al formed on one side or both sides of the steel sheet, there is provided a plated steel sheet which, owing to the presence of a surface coating layer containing a compound having wurtzite crystal structure on the aluminum-plating layer, has excellent lubricity, prevents the plating thickness from becoming uneven during heating, and can improve formability and productivity in hot stamping, and a method of hot-stamping the plated steel sheet.

Claims (3)

1. An aluminum-plated steel sheet for hot stamping characterized in comprising an aluminum-plating layer formed on one side or both sides of a steel sheet, and a surface coating layer overlaid on the aluminum-plating layer(s) and containing at least a compound having wurtzite crystal structure, wherein the aluminum-plating layer contains 3 to 15 mass % of Si, the compound having wurtzite crystal structure is ZnO, and the ZnO content in the surface coating layer on each side of the steel sheet calculated as Zn is 0.5 to 7 g/m 2 .

2. The aluminum-plated steel sheet set out in claim 1 , wherein the ZnO content in the surface coating layer on each side of the steel sheet calculated as Zn is 0.5 to 7 g/m 2 , the grain size of the ZnO is 50 to 300 nm, and the surface coating layer contains in addition to ZnO a resin component and/or a silane coupling agent at a weight ratio relative to ZnO of 5 to 30%.

3. The aluminum-plated steel sheet set out in claim 1 , wherein the ZnO content in the surface coating layer on each side of the steel sheet calculated as Zn is 0.5 to 7 g/m 2 , the grain size of the ZnO is 50 to 300 nm, and the surface coating layer contains in addition to ZnO a resin component and/or a silane coupling agent at a weight ratio relative to ZnO of 5 to 30%, and the steel sheet has holes in the surface coating layer owing to heating of the steel sheet to 850° C. to 1100° C.

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 28, 2013
From: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
To: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 029894/0749 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 7, 2010
From: MAKI, JUN; KUROSAKI, MASAO; SUGIYAMA, SEIJI
To: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 025140/0556 →