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US 12,359,295 · App. 18/024,384 · Granted Jul 15, 2025

Pre-coated steel sheet with aluminum or aluminum alloy pre-coating, manufacturing method and hot stamped components

Inventors: Hongliang Yi (Liaoning, CN); Shu Zhou (Shanghai, CN); Zeran Hou (Jiangsu, CN); Xiaochuan Xiong (Jiangsu, CN)
Assignee: Ironovation Materials Technology Co., Ltd.
C23C2/12B21D22/022C21D1/76C21D8/0257C21D9/46C22C38/06C22C38/34C22C38/42C22C38/44C22C38/54C22C38/58C23C2/20
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Patent No.
US 12,359,295
App. No.
18/024,384
Granted
Jul 15, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Pre-coated steel sheet with aluminum or aluminum alloy pre-coating, manufacturing method and hot stamped components, where the method for manufacturing a pre-coated steel sheet with aluminum or aluminum alloy pre-coating relates to the situation of 0.10%≤C 0 ≤0.30%, the dew point of the mixed atmosphere is controlled in the range of −40˜−15° C. and, where it relates to the situation of 0.30%<C 0 ≤0.50%, the dew point of the mixed atmosphere is controlled in the range of −36˜−12° C. A pre-coated steel sheet with aluminum or aluminum alloy pre-coating is obtained by the method and hot stamping components are obtained by the pre-coated steel sheet. The improved toughness and VDA peak force are achieved for the hot stamping components and then the collision safety of hot stamping components is elevated.

Claims (29)

1. A pre-coated steel sheet with aluminum or aluminum alloy pre-coating, a total thickness of the pre-coated steel sheet is 0.5˜3.0 mm, the pre-coated steel sheet consists of a substrate steel sheet and an aluminum or aluminum alloy pre-coating on the surface of the substrate steel sheet,

a carbon content Co of the substrate steel sheet is in the range of 0.10˜ 0.50% and a manganese content of the substrate steel sheet is in the range of 0.50˜10%,

a pre-coating thickness w 1 of the pre-coating is 5˜20 μm, wherein an Al content is not less than 60% by mass,

an initial low carbon zone exists within the substrate steel plate and adjacent to an interface between the substrate steel sheet and the pre-coating,

(1) as for 0.10% ≤C 0 ≤0.30%,

a) a carbon content C 1a in the substrate steel sheet at 6 μm from the interface satisfies 55.3% C 0 ≤C 1a ≤C 0 ; and

b) a carbon content C 1b in the substrate steel sheet at 10 μm from the interface satisfies 77.5% C 0 ≤C 1b ≤C 0 , and C 1b >C 1a ;

(2) as for 0.30%<C 0 ≤0.50%,

a) a carbon content C 2a in the substrate steel sheet at 6 μm from the interface satisfies 55% C 0 ≤C 2a ≤87% C 0 ; and

b) a carbon content C 1b in the substrate steel sheet at 10 μm from the interface satisfies 75% C 0 ≤C 2b ≤95% C 0 , and C 2b >C 2a .

2. The pre-coated steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein the total thickness is 0.7˜2.3 mm, wherein

59% C 0 ≤C 1a ≤90% C 0 , at the meantime, 77.5% C 0 ≤C 1b ≤95% C 0 and C 1b >C 1a ;

55% C 0 ≤C 2a ≤75% C 0 , at the meantime, 75% C 0 ≤C 2b ≤86% C 0 and C 2b >C 2a .

3. The pre-coated steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein the total thickness is 0.8˜2.0 mm, wherein

64% C 0 ≤C 1a ≤82% C 0 , at the meantime, 80% C 0 <C 1b ≤91.5% C 0 and C 1b >C 1a ;

55% C 0 ≤C 2a ≤70% C 0 , at the meantime, 75% C 0 <C 2b >85% C 0 .

4. The pre-coated steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein the substrate steel sheet comprises the following constituents by mass:

0.10˜0.50% C, 0.5˜10% Mn, 0˜0.01% B, 0˜0.4% Nb+Ti+V, 0.01˜2% Si, 0.01˜2% Al, 0.01˜5% Cr+Ni+Mo+Cu and 0˜2% Cr, 0˜2% Ni, 0˜2% Mo and 0˜2% Cu, and the balance of Fe and unavoidable impurity elements.

5. The pre-coated steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein the manufacturing method of pre-coated steel sheet comprises:

a) decarburization: the substrate steel sheet is heated to the first temperature in the range of 740˜880° C. in the atmosphere of H 2 and N 2 with the H 2 volume percentage of 2˜12%, the duration time is in the range of 30˜300 s, wherein the carbon content Co of the substrate steel sheet is in the range of 0.10˜0.50% and the manganese content is in the range of 0.50˜10%, as for 0.10%≤C 0 ≤0.30%, the dew point of the atmosphere should be controlled in the range of −40˜−17° C. and as for 0.30%≤C 0 ≤0.50%, the dew point of the atmosphere should be controlled in the range of −36˜−17° C.;

b) hot dipping: the heated substrate steel sheet is cooled to the second temperature in the range of 610˜680° C. and then dipped in the solution of temperature in the range of 610˜680° C.;

c) after the substrate steel sheet is out of the coating solution and before the coating solution on the surface solidifies, removing excessive coating solution on the surface by an air knife purge to control the pre-coating thickness w 1 on the surface; and

d) cooling the steel sheet to room temperature to obtain a pre-coated steel sheet with the aluminium and aluminium alloy pre-coating, wherein the thickness of pre-coating w 1 is 5˜20 μm, the thickness of pre-coated steel sheet is 0.5˜3.0 mm.

6. The pre-coated steel sheet according to claim 5 , wherein the first temperature is in the range of 740˜880° C., the total thickness is in the range of 0.7˜2.3 mm;

as for 0.10% ≤C 0 ≤0.30%, the dew point of the atmosphere should be controlled in −35˜−17° C.;

as for 0.30%≤C 0 ≤0.50%, the dew point of the atmosphere should be controlled in −30° C.˜−17° C.

7. The pre-coated steel sheet according to claim 5 , wherein the total thickness is in the range of 0.8˜2.0 mm;

as for 0.10% ≤C 0 ≤0.30%, the dew point of the atmosphere should be controlled in −31° C.˜−19° C.;

as for 0.30%<C 0 ≤0.50%, the dew point of the atmosphere should be controlled in −27° C.˜−17° C.

Assignments (3)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ASSIGNEE ADDRESS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 71992 FRAME: 41. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Aug 18, 2025
From: IRONOVATION MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
To: EASYFORMING TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 072480/0220 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 12, 2025
From: IRONOVATION MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
To: EASYFORMING TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 071992/0041 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 9, 2023
From: YI, HONGLIANG; ZHOU, SHU; HOU, ZERAN; XIONG, XIAOCHUAN
To: IRONOVATION MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 062927/0783 →
Priority Claims (1)
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