IP Library Granted Patent US 11,365,465
Granted Patent B2
US 11,365,465 · App. 16/098,015 · Granted Jun 21, 2022

Steel sheet

Inventors: Shohei Yabu (Tokyo, JP); Akihiro Uenishi (Tokyo, JP); Koutarou Hayashi (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
C22C38/06C21D6/005C21D6/008C21D8/0205C21D8/0226C21D8/0236C21D8/0263C21D9/46C22C38/00C22C38/001C22C38/002C22C38/005C22C38/02C22C38/04C22C38/08C22C38/12C22C38/14C22C38/16C22C38/18C22C38/58C21D2211/001C21D2211/002C21D2211/005C21D2211/008
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Patent No.
US 11,365,465
App. No.
16/098,015
Granted
Jun 21, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A steel sheet includes a predetermined chemical composition, and includes a steel microstructure represented by, in an area ratio, ferrite: 5% to 80%, a hard microstructure constituted of bainite, martensite or retained austenite or an arbitrary combination of the above: 20% to 95%, and a standard deviation of a line fraction of the hard microstructure on a line in a plane perpendicular to a thickness direction: 0.050 or less in a depth range where a depth from a surface when a thickness of a steel sheet is set as t is from 3t/8 to t/2.

Claims (45)

1. A steel sheet comprising:

a chemical composition represented by, in mass %,

C: 0.05% to 0.40%,

Si: 2.6% to 6.00%,

Mn: 1.50% to 10.00%,

Acid-soluble Al: 0.01% to 1.00%,

P: 0.10% or less,

S: 0.01% or less,

N: 0.01% or less,

Ti: 0.0% to 0.2%,

Nb: 0.0% to 0.2%,

V: 0.0% to 0.2%,

Cr: 0.0% to 1.0%,

Mo: 0.0% to 1.0%,

Cu: 0.0% to 1.0%,

Ni: 0.0% to 1.0%,

Ca: 0.00% to 0.01%,

Mg: 0.00% to 0.01%,

REM: 0.00% to 0.01%,

Zr: 0.00% to 0.01%, and

the balance: Fe and impurities, and comprising

a steel microstructure represented by, in an area ratio,

ferrite: 5% to 80%,

a hard microstructure constituted of bainite, martensite or retained austenite or an arbitrary combination of the above: 20% to 95%, wherein at least 5% is retained austenite, and

a standard deviation of a line fraction of the hard microstructure on a line in a plane perpendicular to a thickness direction: 0.050 or less in a depth range where a depth from a surface when a thickness of a steel sheet is set as t is from 3t/8 to t/2.

2. The steel sheet according to claim 1 ,

wherein in the chemical composition, in mass %,

Ti: 0.003% to 0.2%,

Nb: 0.003% to 0.2%, or

V: 0.003% to 0.2%,

or an arbitrary combination of the above is established.

3. The steel sheet according to claim 1 ,

in the chemical composition, in mass %,

Cr: 0.005% to 1.0%,

Mo: 0.005% to 1.0%,

Cu: 0.005% to 1.0%, or

Ni: 0.005% to 1.0%,

or an arbitrary combination of the above is established.

4. The steel sheet according to claim 1 ,

wherein in the chemical composition, in mass %,

Ca: 0.0003% to 0.01%,

Mg: 0.0003% to 0.01%,

REM: 0.0003% to 0.01%, or

Zr: 0.0003% to 0.01%,

or an arbitrary combination of the above is established.

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 Nov 1, 2018
From: YABU, SHOHEI; UENISHI, AKIHIRO; HAYASHI, KOUTAROU
To: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 047383/0290 →