IP Library Granted Patent US 10,711,322
Granted Patent B2
US 10,711,322 · App. 16/267,973 · Granted Jul 14, 2020

Hot-pressed steel sheet member, method of manufacturing the same, and steel sheet for hot pressing

Inventors: Koutarou Hayashi (Tokyo, JP); Toshinobu Nishibata (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
C21D9/46C21D1/673C21D7/13C21D8/0221C21D8/0247C22C38/00C22C38/001C22C38/002C22C38/005C22C38/02C22C38/04C22C38/06C22C38/08C22C38/12C22C38/14C22C38/16C22C38/18C22C38/38C21D1/18C21D2211/001C21D2211/003C21D2211/005C21D2211/008
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,711,322
App. No.
16/267,973
Granted
Jul 14, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A steel sheet for hot pressing includes: a specific chemical composition; and a steel structure comprising ferrite and cementite and represented, in area %: a total area ratio of bainite and martensite: 0% to 10%; and an area ratio of cementite: 1% or more; and a concentration of Mn in the cementite is 5% or more.

Claims (47)

1. A steel sheet for hot pressing, comprising:

a chemical composition represented by, in mass %:

C: 0.10% to 0.34%;

Si: 0.5% to 2.0%;

Mn: 1.0% to 3.0%;

sol. Al: 0.001% to 1.0% or less;

P: 0.05% or less;

S: 0.01% or less;

N: 0.01% or less;

Ti: 0% to 0.20%;

Nb: 0% to 0.20%;

V: 0% to 0.20%;

Cr: 0% to 1.0%;

Mo: 0% to 1.0%;

Cu: 0% to 1.0%;

Ni: 0% to 1.0%;

Ca: 0% to 0.01%;

Mg: 0% to 0.01%;

REM: 0% to 0.01%;

Zr: 0% to 0.01%;

B: 0% to 0.01%;

Bi: 0% to 0.01%; and

balance: Fe and impurities; and

a steel structure comprising ferrite and cementite, represented, in area %:

a total area ratio of bainite and martensite: 0% to 10%; and

an area ratio of cementite: 1% or more, and

wherein a concentration of Mn in the cementite is 5 mass % or more.

2. The steel sheet for hot pressing according to claim 1 , wherein the chemical composition comprises one or more selected from, in mass %:

Ti: 0.003% to 0.20%;

Nb: 0.003% to 0.20%;

V: 0.003% to 0.20%;

Cr: 0.005% to 1.0%;

Mo: 0.005% to 1.0%;

Cu: 0.005% to 1.0%; and

Ni: 0.005% to 1.0%.

3. The steel sheet for hot pressing according to claim 1 , wherein the chemical composition comprises one or more selected from, in mass %:

Ca: 0.0003% to 0.01%;

Mg: 0.0003% to 0.01%;

REM: 0.0003% to 0.01%; and

Zr: 0.0003% to 0.01%.

4. The steel sheet for hot pressing according to claim 1 , wherein the chemical composition comprises, in mass %, B: 0.0003% to 0.01%.

5. The steel sheet for hot pressing according to claim 1 , wherein the chemical composition comprises, in mass %, Bi: 0.0003% to 0.01%.

6. A method of manufacturing a hot-pressed steel sheet member, comprising:

a step of heating the steel sheet for hot pressing according to claim 1 in a temperature zone of 720° C. to an Ac 3 point for causing a concentration of Mn in austenite to be equal to or more than 1.20 times a concentration of Mn in the ferrite; and

a step of hot pressing and cooling down to an Ms point at an average cooling rate of 10° C./second to 500° C./second after the heating,

wherein a reduced C content on a surface of the steel sheet for hot pressing during a time period from completion of the step of heating to start of the step of hot pressing is less than 0.0005 mass %.

7. The method of manufacturing the hot-pressed steel sheet member according to claim 6 , wherein a time period for which the steel sheet for hot pressing is exposed to the atmosphere during the time period from completion of the step of heating to start of the step of hot pressing is less than 15 seconds.

Assignments (1)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 14, 2019
From: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
To: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
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