IP Library Granted Patent US 8,932,729
Granted Patent B2
US 8,932,729 · App. 14/348,526 · Granted Jan 13, 2015

High-strength hot-dip galvanized steel sheet excellent in impact resistance property and high-strength alloyed hot-dip galvanized steel sheet

View Patent ↗
Loading inventors, assignments & file history…
Monitor This Case
Get email alerts when status or documents change.
Order Certified Copies
Most orders are placed with the USPTO same day — all within 24 business hours.
Order via The Patent Place →
Pre-filled with this patent's details
Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 8,932,729
App. No.
14/348,526
Granted
Jan 13, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A base steel sheet has a hot-dip galvanized layer formed on a surface thereof, in which, in a steel sheet structure in a range of ⅛ thickness to ⅜ thickness centered around ¼ thickness of a sheet thickness from a surface, a volume fraction of a retained austenite phase is 5% or less, and a total volume fraction of phases of bainite, bainitic ferrite, fresh martensite, and tempered martensite is 40% or more, an average effective crystal grain diameter is 5.0 μm or less, a maximum effective crystal grain diameter is 20 μm or less, and a decarburized layer with a thickness of 0.01 μm to 10.0 μm is formed on a surface layer portion, in which a density of oxides dispersed in the decarburized layer is 1.0×10 12 to 1.0×10 16 oxides/m 2 , and an average grain diameter of the oxides is 500 nm or less.

Claims (31)

1. A high-strength hot-dip galvanized steel sheet excellent in impact resistance property, comprising

a hot-dip galvanized layer formed on a surface of a base steel sheet containing, by mass %,

C: 0.075 to 0.400%,

Si: 0.01 to 2.00%,

Mn: 0.80 to 3.50%,

P: 0.0001 to 0.100%,

S: 0.0001 to 0.0100%,

Al: 0.001 to 2.00%,

O: 0.0001 to 0.0100%,

N: 0.0001 to 0.0100%, and

a balance composed of Fe and inevitable impurities, wherein:

the base steel sheet has a steel sheet structure in a range of ⅛ thickness to ⅜ thickness centered around ¼ thickness of a sheet thickness from a surface, in which a volume fraction of a retained austenite phase is 5% or less, and a total volume fraction of a bainite phase, a bainitic ferrite phase, a fresh martensite phase and a tempered martensite phase is 40% or more;

an average effective crystal grain diameter and a maximum effective crystal grain diameter in the range of ⅛ thickness to ⅜ thickness centered around ¼ thickness of the sheet thickness from the surface are 5.0 μm or less and 20 μm or less, respectively; and

a decarburized layer with a thickness of 0.01 μm to 10.0 μm is formed on a surface layer portion, in which a density of oxides dispersed in the decarburized layer is 1.0×10 12 to 1.0×10 16 oxides/m 2 , and an average grain diameter of the oxides is 500 nm or less.

2. The high-strength hot-dip galvanized steel sheet excellent in impact resistance property according to claim 1 , wherein

the base steel sheet further contains, by mass %, one or two or more selected from

Ti: 0.001 to 0.150%,

Nb: 0.001 to 0.100%, and

V: 0.001 to 0.300%.

3. The high-strength hot-dip galvanized steel sheet excellent in impact resistance property according to claim 1 , wherein

the base steel sheet further contains one or two or more selected from

Cr: 0.01 to 2.00%,

Ni: 0.01 to 2.00%,

Cu: 0.01 to 2.00%,

Mo: 0.01 to 2.00%,

B: 0.0001 to 0.0100%, and

W: 0.01 to 2.00%.

4. The high-strength hot-dip galvanized steel sheet excellent in impact resistance property according to claim 1 , wherein

the base steel sheet further contains 0.0001 to 0.0100% in total of one or two or more selected from Ca, Ce, Mg, Zr, La, and REM.

5. A high-strength alloyed hot-dip galvanized steel sheet excellent in impact resistance property, comprising

the hot-dip galvanized layer of the high-strength hot-dip galvanized steel sheet according to claim 1 , the hot-dip galvanized layer being alloyed.

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 Mar 31, 2014
From: KAWATA, HIROYUKI; MARUYAMA, NAOKI; MURASATO, AKINOBU; MINAMI, AKINOBU; YASUI, TAKESHI; KUWAYAMA, TAKUYA; BAN, HIROYUKI; HIRAMATSU, KAORU
To: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 032566/0422 →