IP Library Granted Patent US 12,655,492
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US 12,655,492 · App. 16/765,960 · Granted Jun 16, 2026

Ultrahigh strength cold-rolled steel sheet and manufacturing method thereof

Inventors: Min-Seo Koo (Gwangyang-si, KR); In-Shik Suh (Pohang-si, KR)
Assignee: POSCO CO., LTD
C21D8/0236C21D8/0226C21D8/0473C21D9/46C22C38/001C22C38/002C22C38/02C22C38/04C22C38/06C22C38/12C22C38/14C22C38/32C21D2211/002C21D2211/005C21D2211/008
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Patent No.
US 12,655,492
App. No.
16/765,960
Granted
Jun 16, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

An ultrahigh strength cold-rolled steel sheet and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. An ultrahigh strength cold-rolled steel sheet, according to a preferred aspect of the present invention, comprises, in percentage by weight: C: 0.25 to 0.4%; Si: 0.5% or less (excluding 0); Mn: 3.0 to 4.0%; P: 0.03% or less (excluding 0); S: 0.015% or less (excluding 0); Al: 0.1% or less; Cr: 1% or less (excluding 0); Ti: 48/14*[N] to 0.1% or less; Nb: 0.1% or less (excluding 0); B: 0.005% or less (excluding 0); N: 0.01% or less (excluding 0); and a balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities, and a microstructure includes 90% or more (including 100%) of martensite, and one or two kinds of 10% or less (including 0%) of ferrite and bainite.

Claims (43)

1 . An ultrahigh strength cold-rolled steel sheet, comprising, in percentage by weight:

C: 0.25 to 0.4%;

Si: 0.5% or less, excluding 0;

Mn: 3.16 to 4.0%;

P: 0.03% or less, excluding 0;

S: 0.015% or less, excluding 0;

Al: 0.1% or less, excluding 0;

Cr: 1% or less, excluding 0;

Ti: 48/14*[N] or more and 0.1% or less;

Nb: 0.1% or less, excluding 0;

B: 0.005% or less, excluding 0;

N: 0.01% or less, excluding 0; and

a balance of Fe and other unavoidable impurities,

wherein the cold-rolled steel sheet is an as-rolled cold-rolled steel sheet,

wherein the as-rolled cold-rolled steel sheet has a microstructure consisting of 90% or more (including 100%) of martensite, and one or two of 10% or less (including 0%) of ferrite and bainite, and

wherein the as-rolled cold-rolled steel sheet has:

a tensile strength of 1700 MPa or more, and

a yield strength of 1200 MPa or more.

2 . The steel sheet of claim 1 , comprising, in percentage by weight:

Mn: 3.53 to 4.0%.

3 . The steel sheet of claim 1 , comprising, in percentage by weight:

N: 0.0042% to 0.01%.

4 . The steel sheet of claim 1 , wherein a wave height (ΔH) is 3 mm or less in an edge portion after cutting a steel sheet in the width direction thereof to provide a sample 1000 mm long in the longitudinal direction.

5 . The steel sheet of claim 1 , wherein the microstructure consists of 90% (excluding 100%) or more of martensite, and 10% or less (excluding 0%) of ferrite and bainite.

6 . An ultrahigh strength cold-rolled steel sheet, comprising, in percentage by weight:

C: 0.25 to 0.4%;

Si: 0.5% or less, excluding 0;

Mn: 3.53 to 4.0%;

P: 0.03% or less, excluding 0;

S: 0.015% or less, excluding 0;

Al: 0.1% or less, excluding 0;

Cr: 1% or less, excluding 0;

Ti: 48/14*[N] or more and 0.1% or less;

Nb: 0.1% or less, excluding 0;

B: 0.005% or less, excluding 0;

N: 0.0042% to 0.01%; and

a balance of Fe and other unavoidable impurities,

wherein a wave height (ΔH) is 3 mm or less in an edge portion after cutting a steel sheet in the width direction thereof to provide a sample 1000 mm long in the longitudinal direction,

wherein the cold-rolled steel sheet is an as-rolled cold-rolled steel sheet,

wherein the as-rolled cold-rolled steel sheet has a microstructure consisting of 90% or more (including 100%) of martensite, and one or two of 10% or less (including 0%) of ferrite and bainite, and

wherein the as-rolled cold-rolled steel sheet has:

a tensile strength of 1700 MPa or more, and

a yield strength of 1200 MPa or more.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 26, 2022
From: POSCO HOLDINGS INC.
To: POSCO CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 061774/0129 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 28, 2022
From: POSCO
To: POSCO HOLDINGS INC.
Reel/Frame 061561/0705 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 22, 2020
From: KOO, MIN-SEO; SUH, IN-SHIK
To: POSCO
Reel/Frame 052732/0057 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2017-0178957 · Dec 24, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200362430A1 · Nov 19, 2020
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