IP Library Granted Patent US 12,263,513
Granted Patent B2
US 12,263,513 · App. 17/298,955 · Granted Apr 1, 2025

Coated die for use in hot stamping

Inventor: Tatsuya Shouji (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Proterial, Ltd.
B21D22/02B21D22/022B21D37/01C23C28/34C23C28/42C23C28/44
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Patent No.
US 12,263,513
App. No.
17/298,955
Granted
Apr 1, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A coated die for use in hot stamping has a hard film having an alternating lamination section formed by alternating lamination of a1 layers consisting of nitride having 30% or more of chromium in atomic ratio in a metal part, and a2 layers consisting of nitride having 50% or more of vanadium in atomic ratio in a metal part. When t a1 and t a2 are defined as thicknesses of the a1 layer and the a2 layer respectively, a film thickness ratio Xb is defined as a film thickness ratio t a2 /t a1 of a1 layers and a2 layers adjacent to each other in a substrate-side region of the alternating lamination section and a film thickness ratio Xt is defined as a film thickness ratio t a2 /t a1 of a1 layers and a2 layers adjacent to each other in an outermost surface side region of the alternating lamination section, it holds that Xt>Xb.

Claims (7)

1. A coated die for use in hot stamping, which has a hard film on a work surface, wherein

the hard film has an alternating lamination section formed by alternating lamination of a1 layers consisting of nitride in which a metal part including semimetals has 30% or more of chromium in atomic ratio, and a2 layers consisting of nitride in which a metal part including semimetals has 50% or more of vanadium in atomic ratio, and

when ta 1 and ta 2 are defined as thicknesses of the a1 layer and the a2 layer respectively,

a film thickness ratio Xb is defined as a film thickness ratio t a2 /t a1 of a1 layers and a2 layers adjacent to each other in a substrate-side region of the alternating lamination section and a film thickness ratio Xt is defined as a film thickness ratio t a2 /t a1 of a1 layers and a2 layers adjacent to each other in an outermost surface side region of the alternating lamination section,

it holds that Xt>Xb,

the Xt is 1.2 or more, and the Xb is 1.0 or less.

2. The coated die for use in hot stamping according to claim 1 , wherein a total film thickness of the alternating lamination section is 6 μm or more.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 3, 2023
From: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
To: PROTERIAL, LTD.
Reel/Frame 063526/0046 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 6, 2021
From: SHOUJI, TATSUYA
To: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 056449/0054 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2018-226540 · Dec 3, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220032357A1 · Feb 3, 2022
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