IP Library Granted Patent US 11,401,571
Granted Patent B2
US 11,401,571 · App. 15/538,404 · Granted Aug 2, 2022

Hot-rolled steel sheet

Inventors: Tatsuo Yokoi (Tokyo, JP); Mitsuru Yoshida (Tokyo, JP); Natsuko Sugiura (Tokyo, JP); Hiroshi Shuto (Tokyo, JP); Masayuki Wakita (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
C21D9/46B21B3/02C21D6/001C21D6/002C21D6/005C21D6/007C21D6/008C21D8/0205C21D8/0226C21D8/0263C22C38/00C22C38/001C22C38/002C22C38/005C22C38/008C22C38/02C22C38/04C22C38/06C22C38/08C22C38/10C22C38/12C22C38/14C22C38/16C22C38/18C22C38/58B21B2261/20C21D2211/001C21D2211/002C21D2211/005C21D2211/008C21D2211/009
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Patent No.
US 11,401,571
App. No.
15/538,404
Granted
Aug 2, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A hot-rolled steel sheet includes a specific chemical composition, and includes a microstructure represented by, in vol %: retained austenite: 2% to 30%; ferrite: 20% to 85%; bainite: 10% to 60%; pearlite: 5% or less; and martensite: 10% or less. A proportion of grains having an intragranular misorientation of 5° to 14° in all grains is 5% to 50% by area ratio, the grain being defined as an area which is surrounded by a boundary having a misorientation of 15° or more and has a circle-equivalent diameter of 0.3 μm or more.

Claims (67)

1. A hot-rolled steel sheet, comprising:

a chemical composition represented by, in mass%:

C: 0.06% to 0.22%;

Si: 1.0% to 3.2%;

Mn: 0.8% to 2.2%;

P: 0.05% or less;

S: 0.005% or less;

Al: 0.01% to 1.00%;

N: 0.006% or less;

Cr: 0.00% to 1.00%;

Mo: 0.000% to 1.000%;

Ni: 0.000% to 2.000%;

Cu: 0.000% to 2.000%;

B: 0.0000% to 0.0050%;

Ti: 0.000% to 0.005%;

Nb: 0.000% to 0.200%;

V: 0.000% to 1.000%;

W: 0.000% to 1.000%;

Sn: 0.0000% to 0.2000%;

Zr: 0.0000% to 0.2000%;

As: 0.0000% to 0.5000%;

Co: 0.0000% to 1.0000%;

Ca: 0.0000% to 0.0100%;

Mg: 0.0000% to 0.0100%;

REM: 0.0000% to 0.1000%; and balance: Fe and impurities; and

a microstructure represented by, in vol %:

retained austenite: 9% to 30%;

ferrite: 60% to 85%;

bainite: 10% to 31%;

pearlite: 5% or less; and

martensite: 10% or less, wherein

a proportion of grains having an intragranular misorientation of 5° to 14° in all grains is 5% to 50% by area ratio, the grain being defined as an area which is surrounded by a boundary having a grain boundary misorientation of 15° or more and has a circle-equivalent diameter of 0.3 μm or more.

2. The hot-rolled steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein, in the chemical composition, Cr: 0.05% to 1.00%, in mass %, is satisfied.

3. The hot-rolled steel sheet according to claim 2 , wherein, the chemical composition comprises,

Mo: 0.001% to 1.000%,

Ni: 0.001% to 2.000%,

Cu: 0.001% to 2.000%,

B: 0.0001% to 0.0050%,

Ti: 0.001% to 0.005%,

Nb: 0.001% to 0.200%,

V: 0.001% to 1.000%,

W: 0.001% to 1.000%,

Sn: 0.0001% to 0.2000%,

Zr: 0.0001% to 0.2000%,

As: 0.0001% to 0.5000%,

Co: 0.0001% to 1.0000%,

Ca: 0.0001% to 0.0100%,

Mg: 0.0001% to 0.0100%, or

REM: 0.0001% to 0.1000%, or

any combination thereof.

4. The hot-rolled steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein, the chemical composition comprises,

Mo: 0.001% to 1.000%,

Ni: 0.001% to 2.000%,

Cu: 0.001% to 2.000%,

B: 0.0001% to 0.0050%,

Ti: 0.001% to 0.005%,

Nb: 0.001% to 0.200%,

V: 0.001% to 1.000%,

W: 0.001% to 1.000%,

Sn: 0.0001% to 0.2000%,

Zr: 0.0001% to 0.2000%,

As: 0.0001% to 0.5000%,

Co: 0.0001% to 1.0000%,

Ca: 0.0001% to 0.0100%,

Mg: 0.0001% to 0.0100%, or

REM: 0.0001% to 0.1000%, or

any combination 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 Jun 22, 2017
From: YOKOI, TATSUO; YOSHIDA, MITSURU; SUGIURA, NATSUKO; SHUTO, HIROSHI; WAKITA, MASAYUKI
To: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 042776/0514 →