IP Library Granted Patent US 8,962,149
Granted Patent B2
US 8,962,149 · App. 13/390,493 · Granted Feb 24, 2015

Spot welded joint

Inventors: Hatsuhiko Oikawa (Tokyo, JP); Hideki Hamatani (Tokyo, JP); Masafumi Azuma (Tokyo, JP); Noriyuki Suzuki (Tokyo, JP); Fuminori Watanabe (Tokyo, JP); Naoki Maruyama (Tokyo, JP); Hiroyuki Kawata (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation
B23K11/115B23K11/166B32B15/011C22C38/001C22C38/02C22C38/04C22C38/06B23K2201/18B23K2201/34B23K2203/04
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Patent No.
US 8,962,149
App. No.
13/390,493
Granted
Feb 24, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a spot welded joint ( 10 ) which includes at least one thin steel plate with a tensile strength of 750 MPa to 1850 MPa and a carbon equivalent Ceq of equal to or more than 0.22 mass % to 0.55 mass % and in which a nugget ( 3 ) is formed in an interface of the thin steel plates ( 1 A, 1 B). In a nugget outer layer zone, a microstructure consists of a dendrite structure in which an average value of arm intervals is equal to or less than 12 μm, an average grain diameter of carbides contained in the microstructure is 5 nm to 100 nm, and a number density of carbides is equal to or more than 2×10 6 /mm 2 .

Claims (40)

1. A spot welded joint of a high-strength steel plate, comprising:

two or more thin steel plates which are spot welded to each other; and

a nugget formed in a joint surface of the thin steel plates,

wherein at least one of the two or more thin steel plates is a high-strength steel plate whose tensile strength is 750 MPa to 1850 MPa and whose carbon equivalent Ceq represented by formula (1) below is 0.22 mass % to 0.55 mass %, and

wherein, in a nugget outer layer zone being a zone except a similar figure zone which is 90% as large as an outer shape of the nugget in the nugget,

a microstructure consists of a dendrite structure in which an average value of arm intervals is equal to or less than 12 μm,

an average grain diameter of carbides contained in the microstructure is 5 nm to 100 nm, and a number density of the carbides is equal to or more than 2×10 6 /mm 2 ,

Ceq=[C]+[Si]/30+[Mn]/20+2[P]+4[S]  (1)

([C], [Si], [Mn], [P], and [S] each represent respective contents (mass %) of C, Si, Mn, P and S).

2. The spot welded joint of a high-strength steel plate according to claim 1 ,

wherein the high-strength steel plate contains:

C: 0.10 mass % to 0.40 mass %;

Si: 0.01 mass % to 2.50 mass %; and

Mn: 1.5 mass % to 3.0 mass %, and

wherein, in the high-strength steel plate,

P content is equal to or less than 0.03 mass %,

S content is equal to or less than 0.01 mass %,

N content is equal to or less than 0.0100 mass %,

O content is equal to or less than 0.007 mass %,

Al content is equal to or less than 1.00 mass %, and

the balance consists of Fe and an inevitable impurity.

3. The spot welded joint of a high-strength steel plate according to claim 2 , wherein the high-strength steel plate further contains at least one kind selected from the group consisting of:

Ti: 0.005 mass % to 0.10 mass %;

Nb: 0.005 mass % to 0.10 mass %; and

V: 0.005 mass % to 0.10 mass %.

4. The spot welded joint of a high-strength steel plate according to claim 3 , wherein the high-strength steel plate further contains at least one kind selected from the group consisting of:

B: 0.0001 mass % to 0.01 mass %;

Cr: 0.01 mass % to 2.0 mass %;

Ni: 0.01 mass % to 2.0 mass %;

Cu: 0.01 mass % to 2.0 mass %; and

Mo: 0.01 mass % to 0.8 mass %.

5. The spot welded joint of a high-strength steel plate according to claim 3 , wherein the high-strength steel plate further contains at least one kind selected from the group consisting of Ca, Ce, Mg, and REM within a range of 0.0001 mass % to 0.5 mass % in total.

6. The spot welded joint of a high-strength steel plate according to claim 2 , wherein the high-strength steel plate further contains at least one kind selected from the group consisting of:

B: 0.0001 mass % to 0.01 mass %;

Cr: 0.01 mass % to 2.0 mass %;

Ni: 0.01 mass % to 2.0 mass %;

Cu: 0.01 mass % to 2.0 mass %; and

Mo: 0.01 mass % to 0.8 mass %.

7. The spot welded joint of a high-strength steel plate according to claim 6 , wherein the high-strength steel plate further contains at least one kind selected from the group consisting of Ca, Ce, Mg, and REM within a range of 0.0001 mass % to 0.5 mass % in total.

8. The spot welded joint of a high-strength steel plate according to claim 2 , wherein the high-strength steel plate further contains at least one kind selected from the group consisting of Ca, Ce, Mg, and REM within a range of 0.0001 mass % to 0.5 mass % in total.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 14, 2019
From: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
To: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 049257/0828 →
MERGER Recorded Mar 12, 2013
From: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
To: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 029972/0326 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 15, 2012
From: OIKAWA, HATSUHIKO; HAMATANI, HIDEKI; AZUMA, MASAFUMI; SUZUKI, NORIYUKI; WATANABE, FUMINORI; MARUYAMA, NAOKI; KAWATA, HIROYUKI
To: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 027711/0639 →
Priority Claims (4)
JP 2009-199908 · Aug 31, 2009 · national
JP 2009-272076 · Nov 30, 2009 · national
JP 2010-106442 · May 6, 2010 · national
JP 2010-173929 · Aug 2, 2010 · national
Continuity (1)
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