IP Library Granted Patent US 10,982,298
Granted Patent B2
US 10,982,298 · App. 16/466,714 · Granted Apr 20, 2021

Hot-dip galvanized steel plate with excellent bake hardenability and anti-aging property at room temperature

Inventors: Sang-Ho Han (Gwangyang-si, KR); Je-Woong Lee (Gwangyang-si, KR)
Assignee: POSCO
C21D9/46B32B15/012B32B15/013B32B15/04B32B15/043B32B15/18C21D6/002C21D6/005C21D6/008C21D8/0205C21D8/0273C21D8/0463C21D8/0473C21D9/48C22C38/001C22C38/002C22C38/004C22C38/02C22C38/04C22C38/06C22C38/12C22C38/18C22C38/22C22C38/32C22C38/38C23C2/02C23C2/04C23C2/06C23C2/12C23C2/26C23C2/28C23C2/40C23C28/025C23C28/3225C23C30/00C23C30/005C21D2211/002C21D2211/005C21D2211/008Y10T428/12757Y10T428/12799Y10T428/12972
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Patent No.
US 10,982,298
App. No.
16/466,714
Granted
Apr 20, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a hot-dip galvanized steel plate which is applicable as a material for a vehicle outer panel and has an excellent bake hardenability and anti-aging property at room temperature, and a method for manufacturing a hot-dip galvanized steel plate, the method comprising a process including the steps of: winding a hot-rolled steel plate, followed by cooling at a speed of 0.002-0.027° C./sec; cold-rolling the cooled steel plate; continuously annealing the cold-rolled steel plate; and cooling the annealed steel plate in the multi-stage manner of primary to third rounds.

Claims (17)

1. A hot-dip galvanized steel sheet comprising:

a cold-rolled steel sheet; and

a hot-dip galvanized layer formed on the cold-rolled steel sheet,

wherein the cold-rolled steel sheet comprises, by weight %, 0.005 to 0.08% of C, 1.3 to 2.3% of Mn, 1.0% or less of Cr excluding 0%, 0.1% or less of P excluding 0%, 0.01% or less of S excluding 0%, 0.01% or less of N excluding 0%, 0.01 to 0.06% of sol.Al, one or more of 0.3% or less of Si, 0.2% or less of Mo and 0.003% or less of B, and a balance of Fe and inevitable impurities,

wherein ferrite and martensite are included as a microstructure of the cold-rolled steel sheet, and

wherein, K, an average concentration ratio of solid solution carbon before and after baking determined by Expression 1 below, is 0.2 to 0.7,

K=C 1 /C 2   [Expression 1]

where C 1 and C 2 are an average concentration of solid solution C before and after baking performed for 20 minutes at 140° C., respectively, in an area within 100 nm in a direction of a ferrite grain from a grain boundary of ferrite and martensite at a t/4 position (t=a thickness of the cold-rolled sheet) from a surface of the cold-rolled steel sheet.

2. The hot-dip galvanized steel sheet of claim 1 , wherein the cold the microstructure comprises: 90 to 99 area % of the ferrite and 1 to 10 area % of the martensite.

3. The hot-dip galvanized steel sheet of claim 1 , wherein the microstructure further comprises bainite, and an area ratio of bainite, B, defined by Expression 2 below, is 3 or less,

B={A B /(A F +A M +A B )}×100  [Expression 2]

where A F indicates an area ratio of ferrite, A M indicates an area ratio of martensite, and A B is an area ratio of bainite.

4. The hot-dip galvanized steel sheet of claim 1 , wherein the cold-rolled steel sheet satisfies Relational Expression 1 below,

0.001≤[Mn]/150+[Cr]/100+[Mo]/90≤0.026  [Relational Expression 1]

where Mn, Cr, and Mo indicate a content of each element by weight %.

5. The hot-dip galvanized steel sheet of claim 1 , wherein the hot-dip galvanized layer comprises: one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Si, Al, and Mg.

6. The hot-dip galvanized steel sheet of claim 1 , wherein, after the baking, an amount of bake hardenability, BH, is 35 MPa or higher, and when a heat treatment is performed for 1 hour at 100° C., an yield point, YP-El, is 0.2% or less, including 0%.

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 Jun 5, 2019
From: HAN, SANG-HO; LEE, JE-WOONG
To: POSCO
Reel/Frame 049376/0243 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2016-0165916 · Dec 7, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
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