IP Library Granted Patent US 12,435,383
Granted Patent B2
US 12,435,383 · App. 16/467,226 · Granted Oct 7, 2025

High strength multi-phase steel having excellent burring properties at low temperature, and method for producing same

Inventors: Sung-Il Kim (Gwangyang-si, KR); Seok-Jong Seo (Gwangyang-si, KR); Hyun-Taek Na (Gwangyang-si, KR)
Assignee: POSCO CO., LTD
C21D9/46C21D6/002C21D6/005C21D6/008C21D8/0205C21D8/0226C22C38/001C22C38/002C22C38/02C22C38/04C22C38/06C22C38/22C22C38/24C22C38/26C22C38/28C22C38/32C21D2211/001C21D2211/002C21D2211/005C21D2211/008
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Patent No.
US 12,435,383
App. No.
16/467,226
Granted
Oct 7, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a high strength multi-phase steel having excellent burring properties at low temperature, and a method for producing the same. More specifically, provided are a high strength multi-phase steel having excellent burring properties at low temperature, and a method for producing the same, wherein the multi-phase steel can be appropriately used as a member, a lower arm, a reinforcement material, a connection material, or the like for a vehicle chassis component.

Claims (11)

1. A multi-phase steel comprising: by weight, carbon (C): 0.05% to 0.14%, silicon (Si): 0.01% to 1.0%, manganese (Mn): 1.0% to 3.0%, aluminum (Al): 0.01% to 0.1%, chromium (Cr): 0.005% to 1.0%, molybdenum (Mo): 0.003% to 0.3%, phosphorus (P): 0.001% to 0.05%, sulfur(S): 0.01% or less, nitrogen (N): 0.001% to 0.01%, niobium (Nb): 0.005% to 0.06%, titanium (Ti): 0.005% to 0.13%, vanadium (V): 0.003% to 0.2%, boron (B): 0.0003% to 0.003%, a remainder of iron (Fe), and other inevitable impurities, wherein [C]* defined by the following Equations 1 and 2 is 0.022 or more and 0.10 or less, and the following Relationship 1 is satisfied,

[C]*=([C]+[N])−([C]+[N])×S  [Equation 1]

S=([Nb]/93+[Ti]/48+[V]/51+[Mo]/96)/([C]/12+[N]/14)  [Equation 2]

[Mn]+2.8[Mo]+1.5[Cr]+500[B]≤4.0  [Relationship 1]

where each of [C], [N], [Nb], [Ti], [V], [Mn], [Cr], [B], and [Mo] refers to a weight percentage (wt %) of respective elements;

a microstructure comprising: ferrite; bainite; and martensite-austenite (MA) constituents;

a yield strength of 560 MPa or more; and

a bake hardenability (BH) of 40 MPa or more,

wherein a sum of area ratios of the ferrite and the bainite is 97% to 99%, and an area ratio of the martensite-austenite (MA) constituents is 1% to 3%, wherein an area ratio of the ferrite is 20% or more, and an area ratio of the bainite is 17% or more, and

wherein, in the martensite-austenite (MA) constituents, a number of austenite structures having a diameter of 10 μm or more is 1×10 4 /cm 2 or less, including 0/cm 2 , and a number of austenite structures having a diameter of less than 10 μm is 1×10 8 /cm 2 or more.

2. The multi-phase steel according to claim 1 , wherein a product of hole expanding ratio (HER) and tensile strength of the multi-phase steel at −30° C. is 30,000 MPa·% or more.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 26, 2022
From: POSCO HOLDINGS INC.
To: POSCO CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 061773/0658 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 19, 2022
From: POSCO
To: POSCO HOLDINGS INC.
Reel/Frame 061476/0736 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 6, 2019
From: KIM, SUNG-IL; SEO, SEOK-JONG; NA, HYUN-TAEK
To: POSCO
Reel/Frame 049394/0779 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2016-0169718 · Dec 13, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200080167A1 · Mar 12, 2020
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