IP Library Granted Patent US 11,649,531
Granted Patent B2
US 11,649,531 · App. 16/314,945 · Granted May 16, 2023

Steel sheet and plated steel sheet

Inventors: Kohichi Sano (Tokyo, JP); Makoto Uno (Tokyo, JP); Ryoichi Nishiyama (Tokyo, JP); Yuji Yamaguchi (Tokyo, JP); Natsuko Sugiura (Tokyo, JP); Masahiro Nakata (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
C22C38/04C22C38/00C22C38/001C22C38/06C22C38/08C22C38/12C22C38/14C22C38/32C22C38/34C22C38/38C22C38/42C22C38/48C22C38/50C22C38/54C22C38/58C23C2/405C21D9/46C21D2211/002C21D2211/005C22C49/11C22C2200/02C22C2204/00
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Patent No.
US 11,649,531
App. No.
16/314,945
Granted
May 16, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A steel sheet has a specific chemical composition and has a structure represented by, by area ratio, ferrite: 5 to 60%, and bainite: 40 to 95%. When a region that is surrounded by a grain boundary having a misorientation of 15° or more and has a circle-equivalent diameter of 0.3 μm or more is defined as a crystal grain, the proportion of crystal grains each having an intragranular misorientation of 5 to 14° to all crystal grains is 20 to 100% by area ratio. A precipitate density of Ti(C,N) and Nb(C,N) each having a circle-equivalent diameter of 10 nm or less is 10 10 precipitates/mm 3 or more. A ratio (Hvs/Hvc) of a hardness at 20 μm in depth from a surface (Hvs) to a hardness of the center of a sheet thickness (Hvc) is 0.85 or more.

Claims (56)

1. A steel sheet, comprising:

a chemical composition represented by, in mass %,

C: 0.008 to 0.150%,

Si: 0.01 to 1.70%,

Mn: 0.60 to 2.50%,

Al: 0.015 to 0.60%,

Ti: 0 to 0.200%,

Nb: 0 to 0.200%,

Ti+Nb: 0.015 to 0.200%,

Cr: 0 to 1.0%,

B: 0 to 0.10%,

Mo: 0 to 1.0%,

Cu: 0 to 2.0%,

Ni: 0 to 2.0%,

Mg: 0 to 0.05%,

REM: 0 to 0.05%,

Ca: 0 to 0.05%,

Zr: 0 to 0.05%,

P: 0.05% or less,

S: 0.0200% or less,

N: 0.0060% or less, and

balance: Fe and impurities; and

a structure represented by, by area ratio,

ferrite: 5 to 60%, and

bainite: 40 to 85%, wherein

a region that is surrounded by a grain boundary having a misorientation of 150 or more and having a circle-equivalent diameter of 0.3 μm or more is defined as a crystal grain, and the proportion of crystal grains each having an intragranular misorientation of 5 to 14° to all crystal grains is 20 to 100% by area ratio,

a precipitate density of Ti(C,N) and Nb(C,N) each having a circle-equivalent diameter of 10 nm or less is 10 10 precipitates/mm 3 or more, and

a ratio (Hvs/Hvc) of a hardness at 20 μm in depth from a surface (Hvs) to a hardness of the center of a sheet thickness (Hvc) is 0.85 or more.

2. The steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein

an average dislocation density is 1×10 14 m −2 or less.

3. The steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein

a tensile strength is 480 MPa or more,

a ratio of the tensile strength and a yield strength is 0.80 or more,

a product of the tensile strength and a limit form height in a saddle-type stretch-flange test is 19500 mm·MPa or more, and

a fatigue strength ratio is 0.45 or more.

4. The steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein

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

Cr: 0.05 to 1.0%, and

B: 0.0005 to 0.10%.

5. The steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein

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

Mo: 0.01 to 1.0%,

Cu: 0.01 to 2.0%, and

Ni: 0.01% to 2.0%.

6. The steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein

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

Ca: 0.0001 to 0.05%,

Mg: 0.0001 to 0.05%,

Zr: 0.0001 to 0.05%, and

REM: 0.0001 to 0.05%.

7. The steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein

a plating layer is formed on a surface of the steel sheet.

8. The steel sheet according to claim 7 , wherein

the plating layer is a hot-dip galvanizing layer.

9. The steel sheet according to claim 8 , wherein

the plating layer is an alloyed hot-dip galvanizing layer.

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 Jan 4, 2019
From: SANO, KOHICHI; UNO, MAKOTO; NISHIYAMA, RYOICHI; YAMAGUCHI, YUJI; SUGIURA, NATSUKO; NAKATA, MASAHIRO
To: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 047900/0516 →