IP Library Granted Patent US 11,168,389
Granted Patent B2
US 11,168,389 · App. 16/064,804 · Granted Nov 9, 2021

Plated steel sheet having fine and even plating structure

Inventor: Su Young Kim (Pohang-si, KR)
Assignee: POSCO
C23C2/28B32B15/01B32B15/013B32B15/04B32B15/043B32B15/18C22C18/04C23C2/00C23C2/003C23C2/06C23C2/16C23C2/20C23C2/22C23C2/26C23C2/40C23C18/00C23C28/02C23C28/021C23C28/023C23C28/025C23C28/3225C23C30/00C23C30/005Y10T428/12729Y10T428/12757Y10T428/12799Y10T428/12951Y10T428/12958Y10T428/12972Y10T428/12979Y10T428/12993
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Patent No.
US 11,168,389
App. No.
16/064,804
Granted
Nov 9, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a plated steel sheet having an excellent quality with fine and even plating texture, the plated steel sheet including a base steel sheet and a Zn plating layer formed on the base steel sheet, wherein a Zn crystal in the plating layer has a size of 5 μm or less.

Claims (40)

1. A plated steel sheet having a fine and even plating texture, the plated steel sheet comprising:

a Zn-based plating layer formed on a steel sheet,

wherein the Zn-based plating layer includes a Zn single-phase texture having an average particle size of 5 μm or less; and

a Zn single-phase distribution B/A in the plating layer satisfies a condition of being 0.5 to 1.0, and thus the Zn single-phase is formed having an even distribution with respect to a thickness direction of the plating layer,

wherein A is a fraction of the entire Zn single-phase with respect to the thickness direction of the plating layer and B is a fraction of the Zn single-phase in an outer surface layer portion of the plating layer, the surface layer portion being defined by a region from an outer surface of the plating layer to a centerpoint of the plating layer in the thickness direction of the plating layer, and

wherein A is 15 to 40% by area.

2. The plated steel sheet of claim 1 , wherein:

a size of a sequin of the plating layer is 300 to 500 μm.

3. The plated steel sheet of claim 1 , wherein:

the plating layer has a contact-type pressure cooling pattern on a surface thereof.

4. The plated steel sheet of claim 3 , wherein:

the contact-type pressure cooling pattern is in the form of a woven cloth, a net, or an irregularly intertwined line.

5. The plated steel sheet of claim 1 , wherein:

the plating layer further includes a Mg component, and

the plating layer includes a MgZn 2 phase.

6. The plated steel sheet of claim 5 , wherein:

a (112)/(201) ratio on the MgZn 2 phase is 0.6 or more.

7. The plated steel sheet of claim 6 , wherein:

the plating layer is a Zn—Al—Mg alloy plating layer further including an Al component.

8. The plated steel sheet of claim 6 , wherein:

a thickness of the plating layer is 5 to 50 μm.

9. A plated steel sheet having a fine and even plating texture, the plated steel sheet comprising:

a Zn-based plating layer formed on a steel sheet,

wherein the Zn-based plating layer includes a Zn single-phase texture having an average particle size of 5 μm or less; and

a Zn single-phase distribution B/A in the plating layer satisfies a condition of being 0.5 to 1.0, and thus the Zn single-phase is formed having an even distribution with respect to a thickness direction of the plating layer,

wherein A is a fraction of the entire Zn single-phase with respect to the thickness direction of the plating layer and B is a fraction of the Zn single-phase in an outer surface layer portion of the plating layer, the surface layer portion being defined by a region from an outer surface of the plating layer to a centerpoint of an entire thickness of the plating layer in the thickness direction of the plating layer,

wherein the plating layer has a pattern on a surface thereof, and

wherein the pattern is in the form of a woven cloth, a net, or an irregularly intertwined line.

10. A plated steel sheet having a fine and even plating texture, the plated steel sheet comprising:

a Zn-based plating layer formed on a steel sheet,

wherein the Zn-based plating layer includes a Zn single-phase texture having an average particle size of 5 μm or less; and

a Zn single-phase distribution B/A in the plating layer satisfies a condition of being 0.5 to 1.0, and thus the Zn single-phase is formed having an even distribution with respect to a thickness direction of the plating layer,

wherein A is a fraction of the entire Zn single-phase with respect to the thickness direction of the plating layer and B is a fraction of the Zn single-phase in an outer surface layer portion of the plating layer, the surface layer portion being defined by a region from an outer surface of the plating layer to a centerpoint of an entire thickness of the plating layer in the thickness direction of the plating layer, and

wherein the plating layer further includes a Mg component, and the plating layer includes a MgZn 2 phase.

11. The plated steel sheet of claim 10 , wherein:

a (112)/(201) ratio on the MgZn 2 phase is 0.6 or more.

12. The plated steel sheet of claim 11 , wherein:

the plating layer is a Zn—Al—Mg alloy plating layer further including an Al component.

13. The plated steel sheet of claim 11 , wherein:

a thickness of the plating layer is 5 to 50 μm.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 26, 2022
From: POSCO HOLDINGS INC.
To: POSCO CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 061778/0785 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 28, 2022
From: POSCO
To: POSCO HOLDINGS INC.
Reel/Frame 061561/0923 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 23, 2018
From: KIM, SU YOUNG
To: POSCO
Reel/Frame 046427/0891 →
Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2015-0186313 · Dec 24, 2015 · national
KR 10-2016-0157102 · Nov 24, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
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