IP Library Granted Patent US 10,232,426
Granted Patent B2
US 10,232,426 · App. 15/106,136 · Granted Mar 19, 2019

Automobile part and method for manufacturing automobile part

Inventors: Jun Maki (Tokyo, JP); Shintaro Yamanaka (Tokyo, JP); Hideaki Irikawa (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
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Patent No.
US 10,232,426
App. No.
15/106,136
Granted
Mar 19, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

[Object] There are provided automobile parts and a method for manufacturing the automobile parts. The automobile parts have an excellent corrosion resistance after coated with a electrodeposition paint with smaller thickness, improve formability and productivity in hot pressing, and also improve chemical conversion treatability after hot press-forming. [Solution] An automobile part according to the present invention includes: a formed steel sheet having an intermetallic compound layer formed on a surface of the steel sheet, the intermetallic compound layer being formed of Al—Fe intermetallic compound having a thickness of 10 μm or more and 50 μm or less, the intermetallic compound layer including a diffusion layer positioned in closest proximity to the steel sheet, the diffusion layer having a thickness of 10 μm or less; a surface coating layer provided on a surface of the intermetallic compound layer, the surface coating layer including a coating containing ZnO and a zinc phosphate coating and having a surface roughness of 3 μm or more and 20 μm or less as a maximum profile height Rt in accordance with JIS B0601 (2001); and an electrodeposition paint film provided on a surface of the surface coating layer and having a thickness of 6 μm or more and less than 15 μm.

Claims (12)

1. An automobile part, comprising:

a formed steel sheet having an intermetallic compound layer formed on a surface of the steel sheet, the intermetallic compound layer, being formed of Al—Fe intermetallic compound having a thickness of 10 μm or more and 50 μm or less, the intermetallic compound layer including a diffusion layer positioned in closest proximity to the steel sheet, the diffusion layer having a thickness of 10 μm or less;

a surface coating layer provided on a surface of the intermetallic compound layer, the surface coating layer including a coating containing ZnO and a zinc phosphate coating and having a surface roughness of 3 μm or more and 20 μm or less as a maximum profile height Rt in accordance with JIS B0601 (2001); and

an electrodeposition paint film provided on a surface of the surface coating layer and having a thickness of 6 μm or more and less than 15 μm,

wherein the steel sheet is an Al plated steel sheet having an Al plating layer formed on a surface of the steel sheet serving as a base metal, and

wherein the Al plating layer has an average primary crystal diameter of 4 μm or more and 40 μm or less before hot pressing.

2. The automobile part according to claim 1 , wherein the maximum profile height Rt is 7 μm or more and 14 μm or less.

3. The automobile part according to claim 1 , wherein a content of ZnO is 0.3 g/m 2 or more and 3 g/m 2 or less in metallic Zn equivalent for one surface.

4. The automobile part according to claim 1 , wherein an amount of the Al plating layer is 30 g/m 2 or more and 110 g/m 2 or less for one surface.

5. The automobile part according to claim 1 , wherein the ZnO has an average grain size of 50 μm or more and 1000 nm or less in diameter.

6. The automobile part according to claim 5 , wherein a content of ZnO is 0.3 g/m 2 or more and 3 g/m 2 or less in metallic Zn equivalent for one surface.

7. The automobile part according to claim 6 , wherein an amount of the Al plating layer is 30 g/m 2 or more and 110 g/m 2 or less for one surface.

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 20, 2016
From: MAKI, JUN; YAMANAKA, SHINTARO; IRIKAWA, HIDEAKI
To: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 038959/0046 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-267794 · Dec 25, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
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