IP Library Granted Patent US 12,435,382
Granted Patent B2
US 12,435,382 · App. 17/792,985 · Granted Oct 7, 2025

Hot-rolled steel sheet

Inventors: Hiroshi Shuto (Tokyo, JP); Kazumasa Tsutsui (Tokyo, JP); Jun Ando (Tokyo, JP); Koutarou Hayashi (Tokyo, JP); Akifumi Sakakibara (Tokyo, JP); Shunsuke Kobayashi (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
C21D8/0226C21D9/46C22C38/001C22C38/002C22C38/02C22C38/04C22C38/06C21D2211/001C21D2211/005C21D2211/009
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Patent No.
US 12,435,382
App. No.
17/792,985
Granted
Oct 7, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

This hot-rolled steel sheet has a predetermined chemical composition, in which a metallographic structure contains, by area %, less than 3.0% of residual austenite, 15.0% or more and less than 60.0% of ferrite, and less than 5.0% of pearlite, has a ratio L 60 /L 7 of a length L 60 of a grain boundary having a crystal misorientation of 60° to a length L 7 of a grain boundary having a crystal misorientation of 7° about a < 110 > direction of 0.60 or more, has a standard deviation of a Mn concentration of 0.60 mass % or less, and has a tensile strength of 980 MPa or more.

Claims (50)

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

C: 0.050% to 0.250%;

Si: 0.05% to 3.00%;

Mn: 1.00% to 4.00%;

one or more of Ti, Nb, or V: 0.060% to 0.500% in total;

sol. Al: 0.001% to 2.000%;

P: 0.100% or less;

S: 0.0300% or less;

N: 0.1000% or less;

O: 0.0100% or less;

Cu: 0% to 2.00%;

Cr: 0% to 2.00%;

Mo: 0% to 1.00%;

Ni: 0% to 2.00%;

B: 0% to 0.0100%;

Ca: 0% to 0.0200%;

Mg: 0% to 0.0200%;

REM: 0% to 0.1000%;

Bi: 0% to 0.020%;

one or more of Zr, Co, Zn, or W: 0% to 1.00% in total;

Sn: 0% to 0.050%; and

a remainder comprising Fe and impurities,

wherein the metallographic structure

contains, by area %, less than 3.0% of residual austenite, 15.0% or more and less than 60.0% of ferrite, and less than 5.0% of pearlite,

has a ratio L 60 /L 7 of a length L 60 of a grain boundary having a crystal misorientation of 60° to a length L 7 of a grain boundary having a crystal misorientation of 7° about a < 110 > direction of 0.60 or more,

has a standard deviation of a Mn concentration of 0.60 mass % or less, and has a tensile strength of 980 MPa or more.

2. The hot-rolled steel sheet according to claim 1 ,

wherein an average grain size of a surface layer is less than 3.0 μm.

3. The hot-rolled steel sheet according to claim 1 ,

wherein the hot-rolled steel sheet includes, as the chemical composition, by mass %, one or two or more selected from the group of

Cu: 0.01% to 2.00%,

Cr: 0.01% to 2.00%,

Mo: 0.01% to 1.00%,

Ni: 0.02% to 2.00%,

B: 0.0001% to 0.0100%,

Ca: 0.0005% to 0.0200%,

Mg: 0.0005% to 0.0200%,

REM: 0.0005% to 0.1000%, and

Bi: 0.0005% to 0.020%.

4. The hot-rolled steel sheet according to claim 2 ,

wherein the hot-rolled steel sheet includes, as the chemical composition, by mass %, one or two or more selected from the group of

Cu: 0.01% to 2.00%,

Cr: 0.01% to 2.00%,

Mo: 0.01% to 1.00%,

Ni: 0.02% to 2.00%,

B: 0.0001% to 0.0100%,

Ca: 0.0005% to 0.0200%,

Mg: 0.0005% to 0.0200%,

REM: 0.0005% to 0.1000%, and

Bi: 0.0005% to 0.020%.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 15, 2022
From: SHUTO, HIROSHI; TSUTSUI, KAZUMASA; ANDO, JUN; HAYASHI, KOUTAROU; SAKAKIBARA, AKIFUMI; KOBAYASHI, SHUNSUKE
To: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 060522/0891 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-010944 · Jan 27, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230055479A1 · Feb 23, 2023
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