IP Library Granted Patent US 10,563,281
Granted Patent B2
US 10,563,281 · App. 15/563,997 · Granted Feb 18, 2020

Heat-treated steel sheet member and method for producing the same

Inventors: Yoshihiro Suwa (Tokyo, JP); Shinichiro Tabata (Tokyo, JP); Masafumi Azuma (Tokyo, JP); Kazuo Hikida (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
C21D9/46C21D1/18C21D6/004C21D6/005C21D6/008C21D8/0205C21D8/0263C22C38/001C22C38/002C22C38/005C22C38/06C22C38/24C22C38/34C22C38/42C22C38/44C22C38/48C22C38/50C22C38/54C22C38/58C21D2211/001C21D2211/008
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Patent No.
US 10,563,281
App. No.
15/563,997
Granted
Feb 18, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A heat-treated steel sheet member having a composition including, by mass %: C: 0.05 to 0.50%; Si: 0.50 to 5.0%; Mn: 1.5 to 4.0%; P: 0.05% or less; S: 0.05% or less; N: 0.01% or less; Ti: 0.01 to 0.10%; B: 0.0005 to 0.010%; Cr: 0 to 1.0%; Ni: 0 to 2.0%; Cu; 0 to 1.0%; Mo: 0 to 1.0%; V: 0 to 1.0%; Ca: 0 to 0.01%; Al: 0 to 1.0%; Nb: 0 to 1.0%; REM: 0 to 0.1%; and the balance: Fe and impurities. The steel sheet member has a microstructure comprising mainly martensite and retained austenite of which a volume ratio is 0.2 to 1.0%, a number density of retained carbide in the steel sheet member having circle-equivalent diameters of 0.1 mm or larger is 4.0×10 3 /mm 2 or lower, a tensile strength is 1.4 GPa or higher, and a yield ratio is 0.65 or higher.

Claims (83)

1. A heat-treated steel sheet member having a chemical composition comprising, by mass %:

C: 0.05 to 0.50%;

Si: 0.50 to 5.0%;

Mn: 1.5 to 4.0%;

P: 0.05% or less;

S: 0.05% or less;

N: 0.01% or less;

Ti: 0.01 to 0.10%;

B: 0.0005 to 0.010%;

Cr: 0 to 1.0%;

Ni: 0 to 2.0%;

Cu: 0 to 1.0%;

Mo: 0 to 1.0%;

V: 0 to 1.0%;

Ca: 0 to 0.01%;

Al: 0 to 1.0%;

Nb: 0 to 1.0%;

REM: 0 to 0.1%; and

the balance: Fe and impurities, wherein

the steel sheet member has a steel micro-structure comprising: martensite of which a volume ratio is 95% or higher; and retained austenite of which a volume ratio is 0.2 to 1.0%,

a number density of retained carbide being present in the steel sheet member and having circle-equivalent diameters of 0.1 μm or larger is 4.0×10 3 /mm 2 or lower,

the steel sheet member has a tensile strength is 1.4 GPa or higher, and

the steel sheet member has a yield ratio is 0.65 or higher.

2. The heat-treated steel sheet member according to claim 1 , wherein the chemical composition contains, by mass %, one or more elements selected from:

Cr: 0.01 to 1.0%;

Ni: 0.1 to 2.0%;

Cu: 0.1 to 1.0%;

Mo: 0.1 to 1.0%;

V: 0.1 to 1.0%;

Ca: 0.001 to 0.01%;

Al: 0.01 to 1.0%;

Nb: 0.01 to 1.0%; and

REM: 0.001 to 0.1%.

3. The heat-treated steel sheet member according to claim 1 , wherein an Mn segregation degree α expressed by a following formula (ii) is 1.6 or lower:

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

4. The heat-treated steel sheet member according to claim 1 , wherein a value of an index of cleanliness of steel specified in JIS G 0555 (2003) is 0.10% or lower.

5. The heat-treated steel sheet member according to claim 2 , wherein an Mn segregation degree α expressed by a following formula (ii) is 1.6 or lower:

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

6. The heat-treated steel sheet member according to claim 2 , wherein a value of an index of cleanliness of steel specified in JIS G 0555 (2003) is 0.10% or lower.

7. The heat-treated steel sheet member according to claim 3 , wherein a value of an index of cleanliness of steel specified in JIS G 0555 (2003) is 0.10% or lower.

8. The heat-treated steel sheet member according to claim 5 , wherein a value of an index of cleanliness of steel specified in JIS G 0555 (2003) is 0.10% or lower.

9. A method for producing a heat-treated steel sheet member, the method comprising:

heating a steel sheet, which has a chemical composition as defined below, a maximum height roughness Rz on a surface of 3.0 to 10.0 μm, and a number density of carbide having circle-equivalent diameters of 0.1 μm or larger is 8.0×10 3 /mm 2 or lower, up to a temperature range from an Ac 3 point to the Ac 3 point+200° C. at an average temperature rise rate of 5° C./s or higher;

subsequently, cooling the steel sheet from the temperature range down to an Ms point at an upper critical cooling rate or higher; and

subsequently, cooling the steel sheet from the Ms point down to 100° C. at an average cooling rate of 60° C./s or higher, to result in the heat-treated steel sheet member wherein

the chemical composition of the steel sheet comprises, by mass %:

C: 0.05 to 0.50%;

Si: 0.50 to 5.0%;

Mn: 1.5 to 4.0%;

P: 0.05% or less;

S: 0.05% or less;

N: 0.01% or less;

Ti: 0.01 to 0.10%;

B: 0.0005 to 0.010%;

Cr: 0 to 1.0%;

Ni: 0 to 2.0%;

Cu: 0 to 1.0%;

Mo: 0 to 1.0%;

V: 0 to 1.0%;

Ca: 0 to 0.01%;

Al: 0 to 1.0%;

Nb: 0 to 1.0%;

REM: 0 to 0.1%; and

the balance: Fe and impurities, wherein

the steel sheet member has:

a steel micro-structure comprising: martensite of which a volume ratio is 95% or higher; and retained austenite of which a volume ratio is 0.2 to 1.0%,

a number density of retained carbide being present in the steel sheet member and having circle-equivalent diameters of 0.1 μm or larger is 4.0×10 3 /mm 2 or lower,

a tensile strength is 1.4 GPa or higher, and

a yield ratio is 0.65 or higher.

10. The method for producing a heat-treated steel sheet member according to claim 9 , wherein the chemical composition contains, by mass %, one or more elements selected from:

Cr: 0.01 to 1.0%;

Ni: 0.1 to 2.0%;

Cu: 0.1 to 1.0%;

Mo: 0.1 to 1.0%;

V: 0.1 to 1.0%;

Ca: 0.001 to 0.01%;

Al: 0.01 to 1.0%;

Nb: 0.01 to 1.0%; and

REM: 0.001 to 0.1%.

11. The method for producing a heat-treated steel sheet member according to claim 9 , wherein an Mn segregation degree α expressed by a following formula (ii) is 1.6 or lower:

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

12. The method for producing a heat-treated steel sheet member according to claim 9 , wherein a value of an index of cleanliness of steel specified in JIS G 0555 (2003) is 0.10% or lower.

13. The method for producing a heat-treated steel sheet member according to claim 9 , wherein the steel sheet is subjected to hot forming after being heated up to the temperature range and before being cooled down to the Ms point.

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 Oct 3, 2017
From: SUWA, YOSHIHIRO; TABATA, SHINICHIRO; AZUMA, MASAFUMI; HIKIDA, KAZUO
To: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 043763/0832 →
Priority Claims (4)
JP 2015-079388 · Apr 8, 2015 · national
JP 2015-079391 · Apr 8, 2015 · national
JP 2015-141645 · Jul 15, 2015 · national
JP 2015-141648 · Jul 15, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
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