IP Library Granted Patent US 10,344,360
Granted Patent B2
US 10,344,360 · App. 14/003,881 · Granted Jul 9, 2019

Steel sheet for hot stamping use, method of production of same, and method of production of high strength part

Inventors: Kazuhisa Kusumi (Tokyo, JP); Yuji Ogawa (Tokyo, JP); Masayuki Abe (Tokyo, JP); Hidekuni Murakami (Tokyo, JP); Kengo Takeda (Tokyo, JP); Jun Maki (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
C22C38/02B21B1/22B21D22/022B32B15/013C21D8/005C22C38/001C22C38/002C22C38/04C22C38/06C22C38/12C22C38/14C22C38/16C22C38/22C22C38/24C22C38/28C22C38/30C22C38/32C21D6/005C21D8/0226C21D8/0236C21D8/0273
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Patent No.
US 10,344,360
App. No.
14/003,881
Granted
Jul 9, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention has as its object the provision of steel sheet for hot stamping use which is excellent in part strength after hot stamping and delayed fracture resistance comprised of large C content high strength steel sheet in which effective hydrogen traps are formed in the steel material. The steel sheet of the present invention solves this problem by forming Fe—Mn-based composite oxides in the steel sheet and trapping hydrogen at the interfaces of the composite oxides and matrix steel and in the voids around the composite oxides. Specifically, it provides steel sheet for hot stamping use which is comprised of chemical ingredients which contain, by mass %, C: 0.05 to 0.40%, Si: 0.02% or less, Mn: 0.1 to 3%, S: 0.02% or less, P: 0.03% or less, Al: 0.005% or less, Ti: 0.01% or less, N: 0.01% or less, one or both of Cr and Mo in a total of 0.005 to 1%, and O: 0.003 to 0.03% and which have a balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities and which contains average diameter 0.1 to 15 μm Fe—Mn-based composite oxide particles dispersed in the steel sheet or furthermore has crushed voids around the composite oxide particles, a method of production of the same, and a method of production of a hot stamped high strength part.

Claims (19)

1. A steel sheet for hot stamping use which is comprised of chemical ingredients which contain, by mass %,

C: 0.05 to 0.40%,

Si: 0.001 to 0.02%,

Mn: 0.1 to 3%,

Al: 0.0002 to 0.005%,

Ti: 0.0005 to 0.01%,

O: 0.003 to 0.03%,

N: 0.006% or less,

one or more of Cr and Mo in a total of 0.005 to 2%, and

a balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities,

provided that said steel sheet contains no W,

wherein the steel sheet contains average diameter 0.1 to 15 μm Fe—Mn-based composite oxide particles dispersed in the steel sheet.

2. The steel sheet for hot stamping use as set forth in claim 1 which further contains, by mass %, the ingredients which are included in one or more groups among the three groups of (a) to (c):

(a) B: 0.0005 to 0.01%;

(b) one or more of Nb, V, and Co in a total of 0.005 to 1%; and

(c) one or more of Ni and Cu in a total of 0.005 to 2%.

3. The steel sheet for hot stamping use as set forth in claim 1 or 2 , wherein there are voids around said composite oxide particles.

4. The steel sheet for hot stamping use as set forth in claim 1 or 2 , wherein the voids around said composite oxide particles have average sizes of 10 to 100% of the average size of said composite oxide particles.

5. The steel sheet for hot stamping use as set forth in claim 1 or 2 , wherein the steel sheet is plated by any of aluminum plating, zinc-aluminum plating, and zinc plating.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 14, 2019
From: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
To: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 049257/0828 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 9, 2013
From: KUSUMI, KAZUHISA; OGAWA, YUJI; ABE, MASAYUKI; MURAKAMI, HIDEKUNI; TAKEDA, KENGO; MAKI, JUN
To: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 031164/0134 →
Continuity (1)
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