IP Library Granted Patent US 11,560,607
Granted Patent B2
US 11,560,607 · App. 16/956,417 · Granted Jan 24, 2023

Hot-rolled steel sheet having excellent expandability and method for manufacturing same

Inventors: Hyun-Taek Na (Gwangyang-si, KR); Seok-Jong Seo (Gwangyang-si, KR)
Assignee: POSCO Co., Ltd
C21D9/46B23K11/002B23K31/027C21D8/0226C21D8/0263C22C38/001C22C38/002C22C38/02C22C38/04C22C38/06C22C38/24C22C38/26C22C38/28B23K2101/06B23K2103/04C21D2211/002C21D2211/004C21D2211/005C21D2211/008
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Patent No.
US 11,560,607
App. No.
16/956,417
Granted
Jan 24, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to steel used for a sash component and the like of a vehicle and, more specifically, to a hot-rolled steel sheet for a high-strength electric resistance welded steel pipe having excellent expandability and a method for manufacturing same, the hot-rolled steel sheet having a smaller decrease in the strength of a welding heat-affected zone (HAZ) formed during electric resistance welding, in comparison with a base material.

Claims (14)

1. A hot-rolled steel sheet for an electric resistance welded steel pipe, comprising:

0.15 wt % to 0.22 wt % of carbon (C), 0.1 wt % to 1.0 wt % of silicon (Si), 0.8 wt % to 1.8 wt % of manganese (Mn), 0.001 wt % to 0.03 wt % of phosphorus (P), 0.001 wt % to 0.01 wt % of sulfur (S), 0.001 wt % to 0.19 wt % of soluble aluminum (Sol.Al), 0.3 wt % to 1.0 wt % of chromium (Cr), 0.01 wt % to 0.05 wt % of titanium (Ti), 0.025 wt % or less of niobium (Nb), 0.035 wt % or less of vanadium (V), 0.001 wt % to 0.01 wt % of nitrogen (N), and a balance of iron (Fe) and other inevitable impurities,

wherein the Mn and Si satisfy the following Relational Expression 1,

wherein a microstructure comprises a ferrite phase as a matrix structure and a hard phase composed of martensite and bainite phases,

wherein a fraction of grains in which the martensite phase and the bainite phase are mixed in a single grain of an entire fraction (area fraction) of the hard phase is 50% or more, and

a carbon distribution in the grain satisfies the following Relational Expression 2,

4<Mn/Si<12  [Relational Expression 1]

where, Mn and Si mean the weight content of each element,

1.2≤ PCB/PCC≤ 2.0  [Relational Expression 2]

where, PCB means a measure value of EPMA intensity of carbon at 70% point of a distance from a center of the grain in which the martensite and bainite phases are mixed in the hard phase to a boundary of the grain, and PCC means a measurement value of the EPMA intensity of carbon at a central point of the same grain.

2. The hot-rolled steel sheet for the electric resistance welded steel pipe of claim 1 , wherein the ferrite phase comprises an area fraction of 60 to 80%.

3. The hot-rolled steel sheet for the electric resistance welded steel pipe of claim 1 , wherein the hot-rolled steel sheet has a tensile strength (TS) of 980 MPa or more, and a yield ratio (YR=YS/TS) of 0.8 or less.

4. The hot-rolled steel sheet for the electric resistance welded steel pipe of claim 1 , wherein an expansion ratio of the pipe is 85% or more compared to an elongation of the hot-rolled steel sheet after pipemaking the hot-rolled steel sheet.

5. An electric resistance welded steel pipe that is manufactured by electric resistance welding the hot-rolled steel sheet of claim 1 .

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 26, 2022
From: POSCO HOLDINGS INC.
To: POSCO CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 061774/0129 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 28, 2022
From: POSCO
To: POSCO HOLDINGS INC.
Reel/Frame 061561/0705 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 22, 2020
From: NA, HYUN-TAEK; SEO, SEOK-JONG
To: POSCO
Reel/Frame 052996/0700 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2017-0177510 · Dec 21, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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