IP Library Granted Patent US 11,655,517
Granted Patent B2
US 11,655,517 · App. 16/761,953 · Granted May 23, 2023

Ultrahigh-strength and high-ductility steel sheet having excellent cold formability

Inventors: Joo-Hyun Ryu (Gwangyang-si, KR); Kyoo-Young Lee (Gwangyang-si, KR); Sea-Woong Lee (Gwangyang-si, KR)
Assignee: POSCO CO., LTD
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Patent No.
US 11,655,517
App. No.
16/761,953
Granted
May 23, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to an automotive steel sheet and, more specifically, provides: an ultrahigh-strength and high-ductility steel sheet ensuring ultrahigh strength and high ductility and, simultaneously, having excellent cold formability due to a high yield strength ratio, and improved collision characteristics.

Claims (9)

1. An ultrahigh-strength and high-ductility steel sheet having excellent cold formability, comprising, by weight percentage (wt %), carbon (C): 0.1% to 0.3%, manganese (Mn): 6% to 10%, phosphorus (P): 0.05% or less, sulfur (S): 0.02% or less, nitrogen (N): 0.02% or less, aluminum (Al): 0.5% or less (excluding 0%), at least one selected from the group consisting of titanium (Ti): 0.1% or less, niobium (Nb): 0.1% or less, vanadium (V): 0.2% or less, and molybdenum (Mo): 1% or less, a remainder of iron (Fe), and other unavoidable impurities,

wherein a microstructure comprises retained austenite having a volume fraction of 20% or more and annealed martensite having a volume fraction of 60% or more, and

the steel sheet contains 10 13 /m 2 or more precipitates, each having a size of 30 nm or less.

2. The steel sheet of claim 1 , further comprising silicon (Si) in an amount of 1.0 wt % or less.

3. The steel sheet of claim 1 , further comprising both epsilon martensite and alpha martensite in an amount of a total volume fraction of more than 0% and up to 20%.

4. The steel sheet of claim 1 , wherein the precipitate is one or more of a carbide, a nitride, and a complex carbonitride, and the precipitate contains at least one of titanium (Ti), niobium (Nb), vanadium (V), and molybdenum (Mo).

5. The steel sheet of claim 1 , further comprising at least one selected from the group consisting of nickel (Ni): 1 wt % or less, copper (Cu): 0.5 wt % or less, and chromium (Cr): 1 wt % or less.

6. The steel sheet of claim 1 , wherein the steel sheet has yield strength of 1000 MPa or more and tensile strength of 1250 MPa or more, a product of the tensile strength and elongation is 22000 MPa % or more, and hole expandability (HER) is 10% or more.

7. The steel sheet of claim 1 , wherein the steel sheet is one of a cold-rolled steel sheet, a hot-dip galvanized steel sheet, and an alloying hot-dip galvanized steel sheet.

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 May 7, 2020
From: RYU, JOO-HYUN; LEE, KYOO-YOUNG; LEE, SEA-WOONG
To: POSCO
Reel/Frame 052596/0072 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2017-0148175 · Nov 8, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210180150A1 · Jun 17, 2021