IP Library Granted Patent US 9,777,353
Granted Patent B2
US 9,777,353 · App. 14/358,775 · Granted Oct 3, 2017

Hot-rolled steel sheet for nitriding, cold-rolled steel sheet for nitriding excellent in fatigue strength, manufacturing method thereof, and automobile part excellent in fatigue strength using the same

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Patent No.
US 9,777,353
App. No.
14/358,775
Granted
Oct 3, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A hot-rolled steel sheet for nitriding or a cold-rolled steel sheet for nitriding, in which a dislocation density within 50 μm in the sheet thickness direction from the surface is not less than 2.0 times nor more than 10.0 times as compared to a dislocation density at the position of ¼ in the sheet thickness direction; and a method of manufacturing the same. The manufacturing method comprises, on a hot-rolled steel sheet or a cold-rolled steel sheet, performing pickling, and then performing skin pass rolling under the condition that a reduction ratio is 0.5 to 5.0% and FIT, defined as a ratio of a line load F (kg/mm) of a rolling mill load divided by a sheet width of the steel sheet and a load T (kg/mm 2 ) per unit area to be applied in the longitudinal direction of the steel sheet, is 8000 or more.

Claims (34)

1. A steel sheet for nitriding, comprising:

in mass %,

C: not less than 0.0002% and not more than 0.07%;

Si: not less than 0.0010% and not more than 0.50%;

Mn: not less than 0.10% and not more than 1.33%;

P: not less than 0.003% and not more than 0.02%;

S: not less than 0.001% and not more than 0.02%;

Cr: greater than 0.80% and 1.20% or less;

Al: not less than 0.10% and not more than 0.50%;

V: not less than 0.05% and not more than 0.10%;

Ti: not less than 0.005% and not more than 0.10%;

B: not less than 0.0001% and not more than 0.0015%; and

a balance comprising Fe and inevitable impurities, wherein:

a dislocation density within 50 μm from a surface of the steel sheet in a sheet thickness direction is not less than 2.0 times and not more than 10.0 times a dislocation density at a position which is located at ¼ of a sheet thickness in the sheet thickness direction.

2. The steel sheet for nitriding according to claim 1 , further comprising:

one or both of, in mass %,

Mo: not less than 0.001 and not more than 0.20%; and

Nb: not less than 0.001 and not more than 0.050%.

3. A steel sheet for nitriding, comprising:

in mass %,

C: not less than 0.0002% and not more than 0.07%;

Si: not less than 0.0010% and not more than 0.50%;

Mn: not less than 0.10% and not more than 1.33%;

P: not less than 0.003% and not more than 0.02%;

S: not less than 0.001% and not more than 0.02%;

Cr: greater than 0.80% and 1.20% or less;

Al: not less than 0.10% and not more than 0.50%;

V: not less than 0.05% and not more than 0.10%;

Ti: not less than 0.005% and not more than 0.10%;

B: not less than 0.0001% and not more than 0.0015%; and

a balance comprising Fe and inevitable impurities,

wherein:

a dislocation density within 50 μm from a surface of the steel sheet in a sheet thickness direction is not less than 2.0 times and not more than 10.0 times a dislocation density at a position which is located at ¼ of a sheet thickness in the sheet thickness direction, and

the sheet thickness of the steel sheet is 1.6 to 5.0 mm.

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 Jun 16, 2014
From: SAKURADA, EISAKU; HIWATASHI, SHUNJI; HAYASHI, KUNIO; SUZUKI, SHINICHI
To: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 033108/0725 →