IP Library Granted Patent US 10,294,541
Granted Patent B2
US 10,294,541 · App. 15/101,384 · Granted May 21, 2019

Quenched steel sheet having excellent strength and ductility

Inventors: Kyong-Su Park (Pohang-si, KR); Jae-Hoon Jang (Pohang-si, KR)
Assignee: POSCO
C21D9/46C21D1/18C21D8/02C21D8/021C21D8/0236C21D8/0436C21D8/0447C21D8/0473C22C38/00C22C38/002C22C38/02C22C38/04C21D2201/00C21D2211/001C21D2211/005C21D2211/008C21D2211/009
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Patent No.
US 10,294,541
App. No.
15/101,384
Granted
May 21, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed are a quenched steel sheet and a method for manufacturing the same. The quenched steel sheet according to an aspect of the present invention contains, in terms of wt %, C: 0.05˜0.25%, Si: 0.5% or less (excluding 0), Mn: 0.1˜2.0%, P: 0.05% or less, S: 0.03% or less, the remainder Fe, and other unavoidable impurities, wherein a refined structure of the steel sheet comprises 90 volume % or more of martensite with a first hardness and martensite with a second hardness.

Claims (14)

1. A quenched steel sheet comprising, by wt %, carbon (C): 0.05% to 0.25%, silicon (Si): 0.5% or less (with the exception of 0), manganese (Mn): 0.1% to 2.0%, phosphorus (P): 0.05% or less, sulfur (S): 0.03% or less, iron (Fe) as a residual component thereof, and other unavoidable impurities,

wherein the quenched steel sheet includes 90 volume % or more of martensite having a first hardness and martensite having a second hardness as a microstructure of the steel,

wherein the martensite having the first hardness and the martensite having the second hardness as a microstructure are formed in an entire area of the steel sheet,

wherein the first hardness has a greater hardness value than a hardness value of the second hardness, and a ratio of a difference between the first hardness and the second hardness to the first hardness satisfies relational expression 1,

5≤(first hardness-second hardness)/(first hardness)*100≤30, and  [Relational Expression 1]

wherein average packet sizes of the martensite having the first hardness and the martensite having the second hardness are 20 μm or less.

2. The quenched steel sheet of claim 1 , wherein a tensile strength of the steel sheet is 1200 MPa or more, and elongation of the steel sheet is 7% or more.

3. A quenched steel sheet provided by cold rolling and heat treating a steel sheet comprising, by wt %, carbon (C): 0.05% to 0.25%, silicon (Si): 0.5% or less (with the exception of 0), manganese (Mn): 0.1% to 2.0%, phosphorus (P): 0.05% or less, sulfur (S): 0.03% or less, iron (Fe) as a residual component thereof, and other unavoidable impurities, and comprising ferrite and pearlite as a microstructure,

wherein the microstructure of the quenched steel sheet includes 90 volume % or more of martensite having a first hardness and martensite having a second hardness, the martensite having the first hardness is provided through transformation occurring from pearlite before heat treatment and in a region adjacent to the pearlite before heat treatment, and the martensite having the second hardness is provided through transformation occurring from ferrite before heat treatment and in a region adjacent to the ferrite before heat treatment,

wherein the martensite having the first hardness and the martensite having the second hardness as a microstructure are formed in an entire area of the steel sheet,

wherein the first hardness has a greater hardness value than a hardness value of the second hardness, and a ratio of a difference between the first hardness and the second hardness to the first hardness satisfies relational expression 1,

5≤(first hardness-second hardness)/(first hardness)*100≤30, and  [Relational Expression 1]

wherein average packet sizes of the martensite having the first hardness and the martensite having the second hardness are 20 μm or less.

4. The quenched steel sheet of claim 3 , wherein a tensile strength of the steel sheet is 1200 MPa or more, and elongation of the steel sheet is 7% or more.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 26, 2022
From: POSCO HOLDINGS INC.
To: POSCO CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 061777/0974 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 28, 2022
From: POSCO
To: POSCO HOLDINGS INC.
Reel/Frame 061562/0012 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 2, 2016
From: PARK, KYONG-SU; JANG, JAE-HOON
To: POSCO
Reel/Frame 038791/0606 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2013-0161430 · Dec 23, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160348207A1 · Dec 1, 2016