IP Library Granted Patent US 12,428,691
Granted Patent B2
US 12,428,691 · App. 16/471,226 · Granted Sep 30, 2025

Cold-rolled steel sheet having excellent bendability and hole expandability and method for manufacturing same

Inventors: Chang-Hyo Seo (Gwangyang-si, KR); Yeon-Sang Ahn (Gwangyang-si, KR)
Assignee: POSCO CO., LTD
C21D8/0236C21D8/0205C21D8/0226C21D8/0273C21D9/46C22C38/001C22C38/02C22C38/04C22C38/06C22C38/14C22C38/26C22C38/32C21D2211/002C21D2211/005C21D2211/008
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Patent No.
US 12,428,691
App. No.
16/471,226
Granted
Sep 30, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided are a cold-rolled steel sheet and a method for manufacturing same, the steel sheet containing, by weight %, 0.03 to 0.07% of C, 0.3% or less of Si, 2.0 to 3.0% of Mn, 0.01 to 0.10% of Sol·Al, 0.3 to 1.2% of Cr, 0.03 to 0.08% of Ti, 0.01 to 0.05 of Nb, 0.0010 to 0.0050% of B, 0.001-0.10% of P, 0.010% or less of S, 0.010% or less of N, the balance being Fe and other impurities, and having a microstructure comprising 75% or more to less than 87% by area of a transformed structure and 13 to 25% by area of ferrite, wherein the transformed structure includes martensite and bainite, the martensite has an average particle diameter of 2 μm or less, the bainite has an average particle diameter of 3 μm or less, the bainite fraction of 3 μm or more is 5% or less.

Claims (9)

1. A cold-rolled steel sheet comprising:

0.03 wt % to 0.054 wt % of carbon (C), 0.3 wt % or less of silicon (Si) (including 0 wt %), 2.0 wt % to 3.0 wt % of manganese (Mn), 0.01 wt % to 0.10 wt % of soluble aluminum (Sol·Al), 0.3 wt % to 1.2 wt % of chromium (Cr), 0.03 wt % to 0.08 wt % of titanium (Ti), 0.01 wt % to 0.05 wt % of niobium (Nb), 0.0010 wt % to 0.0050 wt % of boron (B), 0.001 wt % to 0.10 wt % of phosphorous (P), 0.010 wt % or less of sulfur(S) (including 0 wt %), 0.010 wt % or less of nitrogen (N) (including 0 wt %), and the balance being iron (Fe) and other impurities;

a microstructure consisting of 75% or more to less than 87% by area of a transformed structure and 13% to 25% by area of ferrite, wherein the transformed structure includes martensite and bainite; and

a tensile strength of 780 MPa or more, an R/t of 0.5 or less, a hole expansion ratio (HER) of 65% or more, and a yield ratio of 0.8 or more,

wherein the martensite has an average particle diameter of 2 μm or less, the bainite has an average particle diameter of 3 μm or less, and a fraction of the bainite having a particle diameter of 3 μm or more is 5% or less, and

wherein a ratio of a hardness value (Hv) of the transformed structure to that of the ferrite is 1.4 or less, and the hardness value (Hv) of the transformed structure is 310 or more.

2. The cold-rolled steel sheet of claim 1 , wherein the transformed structure has a fraction of 83% to 87% by area.

3. The cold-rolled steel sheet of claim 1 , further comprising: a precipitate with 10 nm or less of diameter, provided as 150 precipitates/μm 2 or more.

4. The cold-rolled steel sheet of claim 1 , further comprising: a yield strength of 650 MPa or more, and an elongation of 12% or more.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 26, 2022
From: POSCO HOLDINGS INC.
To: POSCO CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 061773/0658 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 19, 2022
From: POSCO
To: POSCO HOLDINGS INC.
Reel/Frame 061476/0736 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 19, 2019
From: SEO, CHANG-HYO; AHN, YEON-SANG
To: POSCO
Reel/Frame 049523/0202 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2016-0176383 · Dec 22, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200239976A1 · Jul 30, 2020
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