IP Library Granted Patent US 10,060,005
Granted Patent B2
US 10,060,005 · App. 15/128,559 · Granted Aug 28, 2018

High-strength hot-formed steel sheet member

Inventors: Kazuo Hikida (Tokyo, JP); Shinichiro Tabata (Tokyo, JP); Nobusato Kojima (Tokyo, JP); Takahiro Moriki (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
C21D9/46B22D11/001C21D8/0226C21D8/0236C21D8/0263C22C38/001C22C38/002C22C38/02C22C38/04C22C38/06C22C38/20C22C38/22C22C38/24C22C38/26C22C38/28C22C38/32C22C38/48C22C38/50C22C38/54C23C2/06C23C2/40C25D3/22
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Patent No.
US 10,060,005
App. No.
15/128,559
Granted
Aug 28, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A high-strength hot-formed steel sheet member exhibiting both a consistent hardness and delayed-fracture resistance, and is characterized in that: the high-strength hot-formed steel sheet member has a prescribed chemical composition; the degree of Mn segregation α (=[maximum Mn concentration (mass %) at the sheet center in the thickness direction]/[average Mn concentration (mass %) at a depth of ¼ of the total thickness of the sheet from the surface]) is less than or equal to 1.6; the steel purity value as defined in JIS G 0555 (2003) is less than or equal to 0.08%; the average grain size for prior γ grains is less than or equal to 10 μm; and the number density of the residual carbides is less than or equal to 4×10 3 particles/mm 2 .

Claims (30)

1. A high-strength hot-formed steel sheet member having a chemical composition comprising, by mass %,

C: 0.25 to 0.40%,

Si: 0.005 to 0.14%,

Mn: 1.50% or less,

P: 0.02% or less,

S: 0.005% or less,

sol. Al: 0.0002 to 1.0%,

N: 0.01% or less,

Cr: 0.25 to 3.00%,

Ti: 0.01 to 0.05%,

Nb: 0.01 to 0.50%,

B: 0.001 to 0.01%, and

a balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities;

a total of content of Mn and content of Cr of 1.5 to 3.5%;

an Mn segregation ratio α represented by the following formula (i) of 1.6 or less;

a value of cleanliness of steel prescribed by JIS G 0555 (2003) of 0.08% or less;

having an average grain size of prior γ-grains of 10 μm or less; and

a number density of residual carbides present of 4×10 3 /mm 2 or less:

α=[Maximum Mn concentration at center part in sheet thickness(mass %)]/[Average Mn concentration at position of ¼ sheet thickness depth from surface(mass %)]  (i).

2. The high-strength hot-formed steel sheet member according to claim 1 wherein said chemical composition further includes, by mass %, one or more elements selected from

Ni: 0 to 3.0%,

Cu: 0 to 1.0%,

Mo: 0 to 2.0%,

V: 0 to 0.1%, and

Ca: 0 to 0.01%.

3. The high-strength hot-formed steel sheet member according to claim 2 having a plating layer at the surface of said steel sheet.

4. The high-strength hot-formed steel sheet member according to claim 2 wherein said steel sheet member has a tensile strength of 1.7 GPa or more.

5. The high-strength hot-formed steel sheet member according to claim 1 having a plating layer at the surface of said steel sheet.

6. The high-strength hot-formed steel sheet member according to claim 5 wherein said steel sheet member has a tensile strength of 1.7 GPa or more.

7. The high-strength hot-formed steel sheet member according to claim 1 wherein said steel sheet member has a tensile strength of 1.7 GPa or more.

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 26, 2016
From: HIKIDA, KAZUO; TABATA, SHINICHIRO; KOJIMA, NOBUSATO; MORIKI, TAKAHIRO
To: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 039855/0100 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2014-063941 · Mar 26, 2014 · national
JP 2014-063944 · Mar 26, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
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