IP Library Granted Patent US 8,951,367
Granted Patent B2
US 8,951,367 · App. 13/580,421 · Granted Feb 10, 2015

Ultra high strength cold rolled steel sheet having excellent bendability

Inventors: Kenji Kawamura (Chiba, JP); Kazuhiro Seto (Chiba, JP)
Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
C21D8/0236C22C38/02C22C38/04C22C38/06C21D8/0226C21D8/0257C22C38/001C21D2211/008
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Patent No.
US 8,951,367
App. No.
13/580,421
Granted
Feb 10, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A cold rolled steel sheet with excellent bendability contains C at 0.15 to 0.30%, Si at 0.01 to 1.8%, Mn at 1.5 to 3.0%, P at not more than 0.05%, S at not more than 0.005%, Al at 0.005 to 0.05% and N at not more than 0.005%, the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, and has a steel sheet superficial soft portion satisfying: Hv ( S )/ Hv ( C )≦0.8  (1) wherein Hv(S) is hardness of the steel sheet superficial soft portion, and Hv(C) is hardness of a steel sheet core portion, 0.10≦ t ( S )/ t ≦0.30  (2) wherein t(S) is thickness of the steel sheet superficial soft portion, and t is the sheet thickness.

Claims (13)

1. An ultra high strength cold rolled steel sheet with excellent bendability which comprises, in terms of mass %, C at 0.15 to 0.30%, Si at 0.01 to 1.8%, Mn at 1.5 to 3.0%, P at not more than 0.05%, S at not more than 0.005%, Al at 0.005 to 0.05% and N at not more than 0.005%, with the balance being represented by Fe and inevitable impurities, and has a steel sheet superficial soft portion satisfying Equations (1) and (2):

Hv ( S )/ Hv ( C )≦0.8  (1)

wherein Hv(S) is hardness of the steel sheet superficial soft portion, and Hv(C) is hardness of a steel sheet core portion,

0.10≦ t ( S )/ t≦ 0.30  (2)

wherein t(S) is a thickness of the steel sheet superficial soft portion, and t is sheet thickness,

the steel sheet superficial soft portion containing tempered-martensite at a volume fraction of not less than 90%, a microstructure of the steel sheet core portion including tempered-martensite,

the ultra high strength cold rolled steel sheet having a tensile strength of not less than 1270 MPa.

2. The steel sheet according to claim 1 , further comprising, in terms of mass %, one or more selected from Ti: 0.001 to 0.10%, Nb: 0.001 to 0.10% and V: 0.01 to 0.50%.

3. The steel sheet according to claim 1 , further comprising, in terms of mass %, B at 0.0001 to 0.005%.

4. The steel sheet according to claim 1 , further comprising, in terms of mass %, one or more selected from Cu: 0.01 to 0.50%, Ni: 0.01 to 0.50%, Mo: 0.01 to 0.50% and Cr: 0.01 to 0.50%.

5. The steel sheet according to claim 2 , further comprising, in terms of mass %, B at 0.0001 to 0.005%.

6. The steel sheet according to claim 2 , further comprising, in terms of mass %, one or more selected from Cu: 0.01 to 0.50%, Ni: 0.01 to 0.50%, Mo: 0.01 to 0.50% and Cr: 0.01 to 0.50%.

7. The steel sheet according to claim 3 , further comprising, in terms of mass %, one or more selected from Cu: 0.01 to 0.50%, Ni: 0.01 to 0.50%, Mo: 0.01 to 0.50% and Cr: 0.01 to 0.50%.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 22, 2012
From: KAWAMURA, KENJI; SETO, KAZUHIRO
To: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 029166/0221 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2010-041715 · Feb 26, 2010 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20130048151A1 · Feb 28, 2013