IP Library Granted Patent US 10,787,727
Granted Patent B2
US 10,787,727 · App. 16/312,214 · Granted Sep 29, 2020

Steel sheet

Inventors: Kunio Hayashi (Tokyo, JP); Masafumi Azuma (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
C22C38/02C21D9/46C22C38/12C22C38/14C22C38/42C22C38/44C22C38/46C22C38/54C22C38/58C21D2211/001C21D2211/002C21D2211/005C21D2211/008C21D2211/009
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Patent No.
US 10,787,727
App. No.
16/312,214
Granted
Sep 29, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A steel sheet includes a predetermined chemical composition, and includes a steel structure represented by, in a volume fraction, tempered martensite and bainite: 70% or more and less than 92% in total, retained austenite: 8% or more and less than 30%, ferrite: less than 10%, fresh martensite: less than 10%, and pearlite: less than 10%. A number density of iron-base carbides in tempered martensite and lower bainite is 1.0×10 6 (pieces/mm 2 ) or more, and an effective crystal grain diameter of tempered martensite and bainite is 5 μm or less.

Claims (49)

1. A steel sheet comprising:

a chemical composition represented by, in mass %,

C: 0.15% to 0.45%,

Si: 1.0% to 2.5%,

Mn: 1.2% to 3.5%,

Al: 0.001% to 2.0%,

P: 0.02% or less,

S: 0.02% or less,

N: 0.007% or less,

O: 0.01% or less,

Mo: 0.0% to 1.0%,

Cr: 0.0% to 2.0%,

Ni: 0.0% to 2.0%,

Cu: 0.0% to 2.0%,

Nb: 0.0% to 0.3%,

Ti: 0.0% to 0.3%,

V: 0.0% to 0.3%,

B: 0.00% to 0.01%,

Ca: 0.00% to 0.01%,

Mg: 0.00% to 0.01%,

REM: 0.00% to 0.01%, and

the balance: Fe and impurities, and comprising

a steel structure represented by, in a volume fraction,

tempered martensite and bainite including lower bainite: 70% or more and less than 92% in total,

retained austenite: 8% or more and less than 30%,

ferrite: less than 10%,

fresh martensite: less than 10%, and

pearlite: less than 10%, in which

a number density of iron-base carbides in the tempered martensite and lower bainite is, in term of pieces/mm 2 , 1.0×10 6 or more, and

an effective crystal grain diameter of the tempered martensite and the bainite is 5 μm or less.

2. The steel sheet according to claim 1 ,

wherein the chemical composition further comprises, in mass %, one type or more selected from the group consisting of

Mo: 0.01% to 1.0%,

Cr: 0.05% to 2.0%,

Ni: 0.05% to 2.0%, and

Cu: 0.05% to 2.0%.

3. The steel sheet according to claim 1 ,

wherein the chemical composition further comprises, in mass %, one type or more selected from the group consisting of:

Nb: 0.005% to 0.3%,

Ti: 0.005% to 0.3%, and

V: 0.005% to 0.3%.

4. The steel sheet according to claim 1 ,

wherein the chemical composition further comprises, in mass %,

B: 0.0001% to 0.01%.

5. The steel sheet according to claim 1 ,

wherein the chemical composition further comprises, in mass %, one type or more selected from the group consisting of

Ca: 0.0005% to 0.01%,

Mg: 0.0005% to 0.01%, and

REM: 0.0005% to 0.01%.

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 Dec 27, 2018
From: HAYASHI, KUNIO; AZUMA, MASAFUMI
To: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 047862/0722 →
Continuity (1)
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