IP Library Granted Patent US 11,519,061
Granted Patent B2
US 11,519,061 · App. 15/751,113 · Granted Dec 6, 2022

Steel sheet

Inventors: Riki Okamoto (Tokyo, JP); Hiroyuki Kawata (Tokyo, JP); Masafumi Azuma (Tokyo, JP); Akihiro Uenishi (Tokyo, JP); Naoki Maruyama (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
C22C38/58C21D8/005C21D8/1222C21D8/1233C21D8/1261C21D9/46C22C38/00C22C38/001C22C38/002C22C38/005C22C38/02C22C38/04C22C38/06C22C38/08C22C38/12C22C38/14C22C38/16C22C38/34C22C38/42C22C38/44C22C38/46C22C38/48C22C38/50C22C38/54C23C2/06C23C2/28C25D5/36C25D5/48C25D7/0614C21D2201/05C21D2211/001C21D2211/002C21D2211/004C21D2211/005C21D2211/008
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Patent No.
US 11,519,061
App. No.
15/751,113
Granted
Dec 6, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A steel sheet includes: a predetermined chemical composition; and a steel structure represented by, in area %, first martensite in which two or more iron carbides each having a circle-equivalent diameter of 2 nm to 500 nm are contained in each lath: 20% to 95%, ferrite: 15% or less, retained austenite: 15% or less, and the balance: bainite, or second martensite in which less than two iron carbides each having a circle-equivalent diameter of 2 nm to 500 nm are contained in each lath, or the both of these, in which the total area fraction of ND//<111> orientation grains and ND//<100> orientation grains is 40% or less, and the content of solid-solution C is 0.44 ppm or more.

Claims (43)

1. A steel sheet, comprising:

a chemical composition represented by,

in mass %,

C: 0.05% to 0.40%,

Si: 0.05% to 3.0%,

Mn: 1.5% to 3.5%,

Al: 1.5% or less,

N: 0.010% or less,

P: 0.10% or less,

S: 0.005% or less,

Nb: 0.00% to 0.04%,

Ti: 0.00% to 0.08%,

V and Ta: 0.0% to 0.3% in total,

Cr, Cu, Ni, Sn, and Mo: 0.0% to 1.0% in total,

B: 0.000% to 0.005%,

Ca: 0.000% to 0.005%,

Ce: 0.000% to 0.005%,

La: 0.000% to 0.005%, and

the balance: Fe and impurities; and

a steel structure represented by,

in area %,

first martensite in which two or more iron carbides each having a circle-equivalent diameter of 2 nm to 500 nm are contained in each lath: 20% to 95%,

ferrite: 15% or less,

retained austenite: 15% or less, and

the balance: bainite, or second martensite in which less than two iron carbides each having a circle-equivalent diameter of 2 nm to 500 nm are contained in each lath, or the both of these, wherein

the total area fraction of ND//<111> orientation grains and ND//<100> orientation grains is 37% or less,

the content of solid-solution C is 0.44 ppm or more,

the ND//<111> orientation grain is a crystal grain having a crystal orientation parallel to the normal direction of a sheet surface being a crystal orientation having a deviation from the <111> direction of 10° or less, and

the ND//<100> orientation grain is a crystal grain having a crystal orientation parallel to the normal direction of the sheet surface being a crystal orientation having a deviation from the <100> direction of 10° or less.

2. The steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein

in the chemical composition,

V and Ta: 0.01% to 0.3% in total is established.

3. The steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein

in the chemical composition,

Cr, Cu, Ni, Sn, and Mo: 0.1% to 1.0% in total is established.

4. The steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein

in the chemical composition,

B: 0.0003% to 0.005% is established.

5. The steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein one or more of:

Ca: 0.001% to 0.005%,

Ce: 0.001% to 0.005%, and

La: 0.001% to 0.005%,

are contained in the chemical composition.

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 Feb 8, 2018
From: OKAMOTO, RIKI; KAWATA, HIROYUKI; AZUMA, MASAFUMI; UENISHI, AKIHIRO; MARUYAMA, NAOKI
To: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 044871/0365 →