IP Library Granted Patent US 11,208,705
Granted Patent B2
US 11,208,705 · App. 16/759,678 · Granted Dec 28, 2021

High-strength cold-rolled steel sheet

Inventors: Yuri Toda (Tokyo, JP); Kunio Hayashi (Tokyo, JP); Katsuya Nakano (Tokyo, JP); Eisaku Sakurada (Tokyo, JP); Akihiro Uenishi (Tokyo, JP); Kengo Takeda (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
C21D9/46B32B15/013C21D6/004C21D6/005C21D6/008C21D8/0205C21D8/0226C21D8/0236C22C38/001C22C38/002C22C38/005C22C38/02C22C38/06C22C38/20C22C38/44C22C38/46C22C38/48C22C38/50C22C38/54C22C38/58C23C2/06C23C2/40C21D2211/001C21D2211/002C21D2211/005C21D2211/008
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Patent No.
US 11,208,705
App. No.
16/759,678
Granted
Dec 28, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet which is a steel sheet having a tensile strength of 980 MPa or more has a predetermined chemical component composition, a metallographic microstructure of the steel sheet contains, by area ratio, ferrite and granular bainite: 10% or more and 50% or less in total, one or both of upper bainite and lower bainite: 10% or more and 50% or less in total, tempered martensite: more than 0% and 30% or less, retained austenite: 5% or more, and one or more of pearlite, cementite, and martensite: 0% to 10% in total, and an area ratio of the ferrite with respect to a total area ratio of the ferrite and the granular bainite is 25% or less.

Claims (69)

1. A high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet comprising, as a chemical composition, by mass %:

C: 0.15% or more and 0.30% or less;

P: 0.040% or less;

S: 0.0100% or less;

N: 0.0100% or less;

O: 0.0060% or less;

one or both of Si and Al: 0.70% or more and 2.50% or less in total;

one or both of Mn and Cr: 1.50% or more and 3.50% or less in total;

Mo: 0% or more and 1.00% or less;

Ni: 0% or more and 1.00% or less;

Cu: 0% or more and 1.00% or less;

Nb: 0% or more and 0.30% or less;

Ti: 0% or more and 0.30% or less;

V: 0% or more and 0.30% or less;

B: 0% or more and 0.0050% or less;

Ca: 0% or more and 0.0400% or less;

Mg: 0% or more and 0.0400% or less;

REM: 0% or more and 0.0400% or less; and

a remainder of Fe and impurities

wherein a metallographic microstructure of the steel sheet contains, by area ratio,

one or both of ferrite and granular bainite: 10% or more and 50% or less in total,

one or both of upper bainite and lower bainite: 10% or more and 50% or less in total,

tempered martensite: more than 0% and 30% or less,

retained austenite: 5% or more, and

one or more of pearlite, cementite, and martensite: 0% to 10% in total,

an area ratio of the ferrite with respect to a total area ratio of the ferrite and the granular bainite is 25% or less, if the area ratio is determined from a cross-section of the steel sheet in a rolling direction or a cross-section in a direction perpendicular to the rolling direction at a magnification of 1,000 to 50,000 times and the structure is observed by electron back scattering diffraction (EBSD), X-ray diffraction, and a scanning electron microscope after corrosion using a nital reagent or a lepera liquid, and

the steel sheet has a tensile strength of 980 MPa or more, when the tensile strength is measured by collecting a test piece in a direction perpendicular to the rolling direction of the steel sheet and by performing a tensile test according to Japanese Industrial Standards JISZ2242.

2. The high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet according to claim 1 ,

wherein the martensite is contained in an amount of 3% or less by area ratio in the metallographic microstructure.

3. The high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet according to claim 1 ,

wherein the chemical composition contains, by mass %, one or more selected from

Mo: 0.01% or more and 1.00% or less,

Ni: 0.05% or more and 1.00% or less,

Cu: 0.05% or more and 1.00% or less,

Nb: 0.005% or more and 0.30% or less,

Ti: 0.005% or more and 0.30% or less,

V: 0.005% or more and 0.30% or less,

B: 0.0001% or more and 0.0050% or less,

Ca: 0.0005% or more and 0.0400% or less,

Mg: 0.0005% or more and 0.0400% or less, and

REM: 0.0005% or more and 0.0400% or less.

4. The high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein

a hot-dip galvanized layer is formed on a surface of the steel sheet.

5. The high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein

an alloyed hot-dip galvannealed layer is formed on a surface of the steel sheet.

6. The high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet according to claim 2 ,

wherein the chemical composition contains, by mass %, one or more selected from

Mo: 0.01% or more and 1.00% or less,

Ni: 0.05% or more and 1.00% or less,

Cu: 0.05% or more and 1.00% or less,

Nb: 0.005% or more and 0.30% or less,

Ti: 0.005% or more and 0.30% or less,

V: 0.005% or more and 0.30% or less,

B: 0.0001% or more and 0.0050% or less,

Ca: 0.0005% or more and 0.0400% or less,

Mg: 0.0005% or more and 0.0400% or less, and

REM: 0.0005% or more and 0.0400% or less.

7. The high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet according to claim 2 , wherein

a hot-dip galvanized layer is formed on a surface of the steel sheet.

8. The high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet according to claim 3 , wherein

a hot-dip galvanized layer is formed on a surface of the steel sheet.

9. The high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet according to claim 6 , wherein

a hot-dip galvanized layer is formed on a surface of the steel sheet.

10. The high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet according to claim 2 , wherein

an alloyed hot-dip galvannealed layer is formed on a surface of the steel sheet.

11. The high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet according to claim 3 , wherein

an alloyed hot-dip galvannealed layer is formed on a surface of the steel sheet.

12. The high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet according to claim 6 , wherein

an alloyed hot-dip galvannealed layer is formed on a surface of the steel sheet.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 28, 2020
From: TODA, YURI; HAYASHI, KUNIO; NAKANO, KATSUYA; SAKURADA, EISAKU; UENISHI, AKIHIRO; TAKEDA, KENGO
To: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
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