IP Library Granted Patent US 11,505,846
Granted Patent B2
US 11,505,846 · App. 16/475,321 · Granted Nov 22, 2022

Hot stamped part and manufacturing method thereof

Inventors: Genki Abukawa (Tokyo, JP); Kunio Hayashi (Tokyo, JP); Kazuo Hikida (Tokyo, JP); Kaoru Kawasaki (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
C21D9/48C21D1/673C21D6/004C21D6/005C21D6/008C21D6/02C22C38/001C22C38/002C22C38/02C22C38/04C22C38/06C22C38/44C22C38/48C22C38/50C22C38/54C22C38/58C21D2211/001C21D2211/008
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Patent No.
US 11,505,846
App. No.
16/475,321
Granted
Nov 22, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A blank material is formed from a steel sheet, a first quenching of the blank material is performed, and a second quenching of the blank material is performed after the first quenching. When the first quenching is performed, the blank material is heated to a first temperature of not lower than (Ac3 point—50)° C. nor higher than 1200° C. at an average heating rate of 2° C./sec or more, and the blank material is cooled from the first temperature to a second temperature of 250° C. or lower. When the second quenching is performed, the blank material is heated from the second temperature to a third temperature of not lower than (Ac3 point—50)° C. nor higher than 1200° C. at an average heating rate of 2° C./sec or more, and the blank material is cooled from the third temperature to a fourth temperature of 250° C. or lower. Forming of the blank material is performed in the first quenching or the second quenching or both of the above.

Claims (52)

1. A hot stamped part obtained by a manufacturing method of the hot stamped part comprising

a microstructure represented by

an area fraction of fresh martensite and tempered martensite: 80% or more in total,

a prior austenite grain diameter: 20 μm or less, and

an average grain diameter of carbides: not less than 0.3 μm nor more than 0.5 μm,

the manufacturing method of the hot stamped part comprising

a step of forming a blank material from a steel sheet;

wherein the steel sheet has a chemical composition represented by,

in mass %,

C: 0.27% to 0.60%,

Mn: 0.50% to 5.00%,

Si: 2.00% or less,

P: 0.030% or less,

S: 0.0100% or less,

acid-soluble Al (sol. Al): 0.100% or less,

N: 0.0100% or less,

B: 0.0000% to 0.0050%,

Cr: 0.00% to 0.50%,

Mo: 0.00% to 0.50%,

Ti: 0.000% to 0.100%,

Nb: 0.000% to 0.100%,

V: 0.000% to 0.100%,

Cu: 0.000% to 1.000%,

Ni: 0.000% to 1.000%,

O: 0.00% to 0.02%,

W: 0.0% to 0.1%,

Ta: 0.0% to 0.1%,

Sn: 0.00% to 0.05%,

Sb: 0.00% to 0.05%,

As: 0.00% to 0.05%,

Mg: 0.00% to 0.05%,

Ca: 0.00% to 0.05%,

Y: 0.00% to 0.05%,

Zr: 0.00% to 0.05%,

La: 0.00% to 0.05%, or

Ce: 0.00% to 0.05%, and

the balance: Fe and impurities;

a step of performing a first quenching of the blank material; and

a step of performing a second quenching of the blank material after the first quenching,

wherein the step of performing the first quenching comprises:

a step of heating the blank material to a first temperature of not lower than (Ac3 point—50)° C. nor higher than 1200° C. at an average heating rate of 2° C./sec or more; and

a step of cooling the blank material from the first temperature to a second temperature of 250° C. or lower,

wherein the step of performing the second quenching comprises:

a step of heating the blank material from the second temperature to a third temperature of not lower than (Ac3 point—50)° C. nor higher than 1200° C. at an average heating rate of 2° C./sec or more; and

a step of cooling the blank material from the third temperature to a fourth temperature of 250° C. or lower, and

wherein forming of the blank material is performed in the first quenching or the second quenching or both of the first quenching and the second quenching.

2. The hot stamped part obtained by the manufacturing method of the hot stamped part according to claim 1 , wherein a Vickers hardness is 550 Hv or more.

3. The hot stamped part obtained by the manufacturing method of the hot stamped part according to claim 1 , comprising a step of holding at the first temperature for one second or longer between the step of heating to the first temperature and the step of cooling to the second temperature.

4. The hot stamped part obtained by the manufacturing method of the hot stamped part according to claim 1 , wherein the third temperature is not lower than (Ac3 point—50)° C. nor higher than 1000° C.

5. The hot stamped part obtained by the manufacturing method of the hot stamped part according to claim 1 , wherein heating from the second temperature to the third temperature is performed at an average heating rate of 5° C./sec or more.

6. The hot stamped part obtained by the manufacturing method of the hot stamped part according to claim 1 , comprising a step of holding at the third temperature for not shorter than 0.1 seconds nor longer than 300 seconds between the step of heating to the third temperature and the step of cooling to the fourth temperature.

7. The hot stamped part obtained by the manufacturing method of the hot stamped part according to claim 1 , wherein the step of performing the second quenching comprises a step of cooling the blank material to a fifth temperature from 0.700° C. to Ms point—50° C. at an average cooling rate of 20° C./sec.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 12, 2022
From: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
To: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 061398/0143 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 2, 2019
From: ABUKAWA, GENKI; HAYASHI, KUNIO; HIKIDA, KAZUO; KAWASAKI, KAORU
To: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 049652/0594 →
Continuity (1)
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