IP Library Granted Patent US 9,290,834
Granted Patent B2
US 9,290,834 · App. 14/349,503 · Granted Mar 22, 2016

High-strength galvanized steel sheet having excellent formability and crashworthiness

Inventors: Hiroshi Hasegawa (Fukuyama, JP); Tatsuya Nakagaito (Chiba, JP); Shinjiro Kaneko (Chiba, JP); Yasunobu Nagataki (Chiyoda-ku, JP); Yoshitsugu Suzuki (Fukuyama, JP)
Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
C23C2/02B32B15/013C21D8/0263C21D8/0284C21D8/1272C21D9/46C22C38/001C22C38/002C22C38/02C22C38/04C22C38/06C22C38/14C22C38/58C23C2/06C23C2/28C21D8/0226C21D8/0236C21D2211/001C21D2211/008C22C38/005C22C38/08C22C38/12C22C38/16C22C38/28C22C38/32C22C38/38Y10T428/12799Y10T428/12972
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Patent No.
US 9,290,834
App. No.
14/349,503
Granted
Mar 22, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A galvanized steel sheet has a composition containing, by mass %, C: 0.05% or more and 0.5% or less, Si: 0.01% or more and 2.5% or less, Mn: 0.5% or more and 3.5% or less, P: 0.003% or more and 0.100% or less, S: 0.02% or less, Al: 0.010% or more and 0.5% or less, B: 0.0002% or more and 0.005% or less, Ti: 0.05% or less, a relationship of Ti>4N being satisfied, and the balance comprising Fe and inevitable impurities, and a microstructure containing 60% or more and 95% or less of tempered martensite in terms of area ratio and 5% or more and 20% or less of retained austenite in terms of area ratio.

Claims (17)

1. A high-strength galvanized steel sheet having excellent formability and crashworthiness, comprising a substrate and a galvanized layer provided on a surface of the substrate, wherein the substrate has a composition containing, by mass %,

C: 0.05% or more and 0.5% or less, Si: 0.01% or more and 2.5% or less, Mn: 0.5% or more and 3.5% or less, P: 0.003% or more and 0.100% or less, S: 0.02% or less, Al: 0.010% or more and 0.5% or less, B: 0.0002% or more and 0.005% or less, Ti: 0.05% or less, a relationship of Ti>4N being satisfied, and the balance comprising Fe and inevitable impurities, and a microstructure containing 60% or more and 95% or less of tempered martensite in terms of area ratio and 5% or more and 20% or less of retained austenite in terms of area ratio, the tempered martensite having an average grain diameter of 5 μM or less.

2. The high-strength galvanized steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein the microstructure further contains between 0% and 10% of ferrite in terms of area ratio and/or between 0% and 10% of martensite in terms of area ratio.

3. The high-strength galvanized steel sheet according to claim 2 , wherein the composition further contains at least one selected from the group consisting of, by mass %, Cr: 0.005% or more and 2.00% or less, Mo: 0.005% or more and 2.00% or less, V: 0.005% or more and 2.00% or less, Ni: 0.005% or more and 2.00% or less, and Cu: 0.005% or more and 2.00% or less.

4. The high-strength galvanized steel sheet according to claim 2 , wherein the composition further contains, by mass %, Nb: 0.01% or more and 0.20% or less.

5. The high-strength galvanized steel sheet according to claim 2 , wherein the composition further contains, by mass %, at least one selected from the group consisting of Ca: 0.001% or more and 0.005% or less and REM: 0.001% or more and 0.005% or less.

6. The high-strength galvanized steel sheet according to claim 2 , wherein the galvanized layer is a galvannealed layer.

7. The high-strength galvanized steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein the composition further contains at least one selected from the group consisting of, by mass %, Cr: 0.005% or more and 2.00% or less, Mo: 0.005% or more and 2.00% or less, V: 0.005% or more and 2.00% or less, Ni: 0.005% or more and 2.00% or less, and Cu: 0.005% or more and 2.00% or less.

8. The high-strength galvanized steel sheet according to claim 3 , wherein the composition further contains, by mass %, Nb: 0.01% or more and 0.20% or less.

9. The high-strength galvanized steel sheet according to claim 7 , wherein the composition further contains, by mass %, at least one selected from the group consisting of Ca: 0.001% or more and 0.005% or less and REM: 0.001% or more and 0.005% or less.

10. The high-strength galvanized steel sheet according to claim 7 , wherein the galvanized layer is a galvannealed layer.

11. The high-strength galvanized steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein the composition further contains, by mass %, Nb: 0.01% or more and 0.20% or less.

12. The high-strength galvanized steel sheet according to claim 11 , wherein the composition further contains, by mass %, at least one selected from the group consisting of Ca: 0.001% or more and 0.005% or less and REM: 0.001% or more and 0.005% or less.

13. The high-strength galvanized steel sheet according to claim 11 , wherein the galvanized layer is a galvannealed layer.

14. The high-strength galvanized steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein the composition further contains, by mass %, at least one selected from the group consisting of Ca: 0.001% or more and 0.005% or less and REM: 0.001% or more and 0.005% or less.

15. The high-strength galvanized steel sheet according to claim 14 , wherein the galvanized layer is a galvannealed layer.

16. The high-strength galvanized steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein the galvanized layer is a galvannealed layer.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 25, 2014
From: HASEGAWA, HIROSHI; NAKAGAITO, TATSUYA; KANEKO, SHINJIRO; NAGATAKI, YASUNOBU; SUZUKI, YOSHITSUGU
To: JLE STEEL CORPORATION
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Continuity (1)
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