IP Library Granted Patent US 10,544,475
Granted Patent B2
US 10,544,475 · App. 14/781,110 · Granted Jan 28, 2020

Hot-stamped steel, cold-rolled steel sheet and method for producing hot-stamped steel

Inventors: Yoshihiro Suwa (Amagasaki, JP); Toshiki Nonaka (Tokai, JP); Koichi Sato (Tokai, JP); Manabu Naruse (Tokoname, JP); Yasunori Iwasa (Spanish Fort, AL); Yoshifumi Kobayashi (Obu, JP)
Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
C21D8/0205C21D6/004C21D6/005C21D6/008C21D8/0226C21D8/0236C21D8/0278C22C38/001C22C38/002C22C38/005C22C38/02C22C38/04C22C38/06C22C38/08C22C38/12C22C38/14C22C38/16C22C38/18C22C38/22C22C38/28C22C38/32C23C2/06C23C2/12C23C2/28C25D7/0614
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Patent No.
US 10,544,475
App. No.
14/781,110
Granted
Jan 28, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A hot-stamped steel according to the present invention has a predetermined chemical composition, satisfies (5×[Si]+[Mn])/[C]>10 when [C] is the amount of C by mass %, [Si] is the amount of Si by mass %, and [Mn] is the amount of Mn by mass %, includes 40% to 95% ferrite and 5% to 60% martensite in area fraction, and optionally further includes 10% or less pearlite in area fraction, 5% or less retained austenite in volume fraction, and less than 40% bainite in area fraction. The total of the area fraction of ferrite and the area fraction of martensite is 60% or more, the hardness of martensite measured with a nanoindenter satisfies H2/H1<1.10 and σHM<20, and TS×λ which is product of tensile strength TS and hole expansion ratio λ is 50000 MPa·% or more.

Claims (40)

1. A hot-stamped steel comprising, by mass %:

C: 0.030% to 0.150%;

Si: 0.010% to 1.000%;

Mn: 0.50% or more and less than 1.50%;

P: 0.001% to 0.060%;

S: 0.001% to 0.010%;

N: 0.0005% to 0.0100%;

Al: 0.010% to 0.050%, and

optionally at least one of

B: 0.0005% to 0.0020%;

Mo: 0.01% to 0.50%;

Cr: 0.01% to 0.50%;

V: 0.001% to 0.100%;

Ti: 0.001% to 0.100%;

Nb: 0.001% to 0.050%;

Ni: 0.01% to 1.00%;

Cu: 0.01% to 1.00%;

Ca: 0.0005% to 0.0050%;

REM: 0.0005% to 0.0050%, and

a balance of Fe and impurities, wherein

when [C] is an amount of C by mass %, [Si] is an amount of Si by mass %, and [Mn] is an amount of Mn by mass %, a following expression (A) is satisfied,

the structure of the hot-stamped steel sheet consists of a ferrite, a martensite, and optionally one or more of a pearlite, a retained austenite, and a bainite,

an area fraction of the ferrite is 40% to 95% and an area fraction of the martensite is 5% to 60%,

a total of the area fraction of the ferrite and the area fraction of the martensite is 60% or more,

an area fraction of the pearlite is 10% or less, a volume fraction of the retained austenite is 5% or less, and an area fraction of the bainite is less than 40%,

a hardness of the martensite measured with a nanoindenter satisfies a following expression (B) and a following expression (C),

TS×λ which is a product of a tensile strength TS and a hole expansion ratio λ is 50000 MPa·% or more,

(5×[Si]+[Mn])/[C]>10  (A),

H2/H1<1.10  (B),

σHM<20  (C), and

the H 1 is an average hardness of the martensite in a surface portion of a sheet thickness of the hot-stamped steel, the surface portion is an area having a width of 200 μm in a thickness direction from an outermost layer, the H 2 is an average hardness of the martensite in a central portion of the sheet thickness of the hot-stamped steel, the central portion is an area having a width of 200 μm in the thickness direction at a center of the sheet thickness, and the σHM is a variance of the average hardness of the martensite in the central portion of the sheet thickness of the hot-stamped steel.

2. The hot-stamped steel according to claim 1 , wherein

an area fraction of MnS existing in the hot-stamped steel and having an equivalent circle diameter of 0.1 μm to 10 μm is 0.01% or less,

a following expression (D) is satisfied,

n 2/ n 1 <1.5  (D), and

the n 1 is an average number density per 10000 μm 2 of the MnS having an equivalent circle diameter of 0.1 μm to 10 μm in a ¼ portion of the sheet thickness of the hot-stamped steel, and the n 2 is an average number density per 10000 μm 2 of the MnS having an equivalent circle diameter of 0.1 μm to 10 μm in the central portion of the sheet thickness of the hot-stamped steel.

3. The hot-stamped steel according to claim 1 , wherein a hot-dip galvanized layer is formed on a surface thereof.

4. The hot-stamped steel according to claim 3 , wherein the hot-dip galvanized layer is alloyed.

5. The hot-stamped steel according to claim 1 , wherein an electrogalvanized layer is formed on a surface thereof.

6. The hot-stamped steel according to claim 1 , wherein an aluminized layer is formed on a surface thereof.

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 30, 2015
From: SUWA, YOSHIHIRO; NONAKA, TOSHIKI; SATO, KOICHI; NARUSE, MANABU; IWASA, YASUNORI; KOBAYASHI, YOSHIFUMI
To: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 036693/0594 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-076835 · Apr 2, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160060722A1 · Mar 3, 2016
Cited By (1)
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