IP Library Granted Patent US 12,123,094
Granted Patent B2
US 12,123,094 · App. 17/297,757 · Granted Oct 22, 2024

Aluminum-based plated steel plate for hot press having excellent resistance against hydrogen delayed fracture and spot weldability, and method for manufacturing same

Inventors: Jin-Keun Oh (Gwangyang-si, KR); Seong-Woo Kim (Gwangyang-si, KR); Yeol-Rae Cho (Pohang-si, KR); Sang-Heon Kim (Gwangyang-si, KR)
Assignee: POSCO CO., LTD
C23C2/12B32B15/012C21D9/48C22C21/02C22C38/001C22C38/002C22C38/02C22C38/04C22C38/06C22C38/28C22C38/32C23C2/28C23C2/29C23C2/40
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Patent No.
US 12,123,094
App. No.
17/297,757
Granted
Oct 22, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides an aluminum-based plated steel plate used in hot-press forming, the steel plate comprising: a base steel plate; and a plating layer formed on the base steel plate, wherein the plating layer comprises: an alloying layer formed on the surface of the base steel plate and including one or more of Fe 3Al, FeAl(Si), Fe 2Al 5, and FeAl 3; and an aluminum layer formed on the alloying layer and having a thickness less than 10% of the thickness of the plating layer, and the plating layer has a thickness of 5-20 μm and an oxygen content of 10 weight % or less, as measured by GDS, at a depth of 0.1 μm from the surface of the plating layer.

Claims (17)

1. An aluminum-based plated steel sheet comprising:

a base steel sheet; and

a plating layer formed on a surface of the base steel sheet,

wherein the plating layer comprises:

an alloying layer formed on the surface of the base steel sheet and comprising at least one of Fe 3 Al, FeAl(Si), Fe 2 Al 5 , and FeAl 3 ; and

an aluminum layer formed on the alloying layer and having a thickness more than 0% and less than 5% of a thickness of the plating layer, the thickness of the plating layer is 5 μm or more and less than 10 μm; and

oxygen measured by GDS (Glow Discharge Spectrometer) at a depth of 0.1 μm from a surface of the plating layer is 10 wt % or less based on a total weight of the plated layer.

2. The aluminum-based plated steel sheet of claim 1 , wherein the plating layer includes, by wt % based on the total weight of the plating layer, more than 4% and 15% or less of silicon (Si), a balance of aluminum (Al), and other inevitable impurities when an alloy composition excluding an iron (Fe) content diffused from the base steel sheet is 100%.

3. The aluminum-based plated steel sheet of claim 2 , wherein the plating layer additionally includes, by wt % based on the total weight of the plating layer, 1.1% or less of Mg.

4. The aluminum-based plated steel sheet of claim 2 , wherein the plating layer additionally includes, by wt % based on the total weight of the plating layer, 0.9% or less of Mg.

5. The aluminum-based plated steel sheet of claim 2 , wherein the plating layer additionally includes, by wt % based on the total weight of the plating layer, 0.1% or less of Mg.

6. The aluminum-based plated steel sheet of claim 1 , wherein the base steel sheet includes, by wt % based on a total weight of the base steel sheet, 0.04% to 0.5% of carbon (C), 0.01% to 2% of silicon (Si), 0.01% to 10% of manganese (Mn), 0.001% to 1.0% of aluminum (Al), 0.05% or less of phosphorus (P), 0.02% or less of sulfur(S), 0.02% or less of nitrogen (N), a balance of iron (Fe), and other inevitable impurities.

7. The aluminum-based plated steel sheet of claim 6 , wherein the base steel sheet further includes one or more of 0.01% to 4.0% of a sum of one or more selected from the group consisting of chromium (Cr), molybdenum (Mo), and tungsten (W); 0.001% to 0.4% of a sum of one or more selected from the group consisting of titanium (Ti), niobium (Nb), zirconium (Zr), and vanadium (V); 0.005% to 2.0% of copper (Cu)+nickel (Ni); 0.001% to 1.0% of antimony (Sb)+tin (Sn); and 0.0001% to 0.01% of boron (B).

8. The aluminum-based plated steel sheet of claim 1 , wherein the thickness of the plating layer is 5 μm to 7.1 μm.

9. The aluminum-based plated steel sheet of claim 1 , wherein the aluminum layer is mainly formed of aluminum.

10. A hot press formed member obtained by hot press forming the aluminum-based plated steel sheet of claim 1 , wherein a diffusion layer consisted of at least one of FeAl(Si) and Fe 3 Al is formed on the base steel sheet and a thickness of the diffusion layer is 90% or more of an entire thickness of the plating layer.

11. The hot press formed member of claim 10 , wherein a content of diffusible hydrogen in the hot press formed member is 0.1 ppm or less, and a spot welding current range of the hot press formed member is 1 kA or more.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 26, 2022
From: POSCO HOLDINGS INC.
To: POSCO CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 061777/0937 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 28, 2022
From: POSCO
To: POSCO HOLDINGS INC.
Reel/Frame 061561/0730 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 27, 2021
From: OH, JIN-KEUN; KIM, SEONG-WOO; CHO, YEOL-RAE; KIM, SANG-HEON
To: POSCO
Reel/Frame 056378/0408 →
Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2018-0152575 · Nov 30, 2018 · national
KR 10-2019-0156853 · Nov 29, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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