IP Library Granted Patent US 12,435,384
Granted Patent B2
US 12,435,384 · App. 17/630,504 · Granted Oct 7, 2025

High-strength steel sheet and method for manufacturing same

Inventors: Hidekazu Minami (Tokyo, JP); Takeshi Yokota (Tokyo, JP); Yoshiyasu Kawasaki (Tokyo, JP); Shotaro Terashima (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
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Patent No.
US 12,435,384
App. No.
17/630,504
Granted
Oct 7, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided are a high-strength hot-dip galvanized steel sheet that has a tensile strength of 1180 MPa or more and excellent ductility, stretch flangeability, bendability and LME resistance and can manufacture parts with high dimensional accuracy, and its manufacturing method. The high-strength steel sheet with a tensile strength of 1180 MPa or more has a chemical composition containing C, Si, Mn, P, S, Al and N, with [% Si], [% Mn], [% P], [% Mo] and [% Cr] satisfying a predetermined relationship and the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, and a steel microstructure including ferrite, tempered martensite and bainite, and retained austenite, where the diffusible hydrogen amount in the steel sheet is 0.60 mass ppm or less, a thickness of softened surface layer is 5 μm or more and 150 μm or less, and a frequency of coincidence boundary in the steel sheet surface layer after a high-temperature tensile test is 0.45 or less.

Claims (63)

1. A high-strength steel sheet having a tensile strength of 1180 MPa or more, and a yield ratio YR is 65% or more and 70% or less, which comprises

a chemical composition containing, in mass %,

C: 0.120% or more and 0.250% or less,

Si: 0.80% or more and 2.00% or less,

Mn: more than 2.45% and 4.00% or less,

P: 0.001% or more and 0.100% or less,

S: 0.0200% or less,

Al: 0.010% or more and 1.000% or less, and

N: 0.0100% or less, with

Mn eq obtained with the following expression (1) satisfying a relationship of 3.00% or more and 4.20% or less, and

the balance consisting of Fe and inevitable impurities, wherein

Mn eq =0.26×[% Si]+[% Mn]+3.5×[% P]+2.68×[% Mo]+1.29×[% Cr]  (1)

where the [% X] in the expression (1) represents a content of element X in mass % in the steel, and the [% X] is 0 when the element X is not contained, and

a steel microstructure wherein

an area ratio of ferrite is 25% or less,

a total area ratio of tempered martensite and bainite is 65% or more and 96% or less,

an area ratio of quenched martensite is 15% or less,

a volume fraction of retained austenite is 4% or more and 20% or less,

an amount of diffusible hydrogen in the steel sheet is 0.60 mass ppm or less,

a thickness of softened surface layer is 5 μm or more and 150 μm or less,

should a high-temperature tensile test be performed on the steel sheet, a frequency of coincidence boundary in a surface layer of the steel sheet after the high-temperature tensile test is 0.45 or less, and

the yield ratio YR is expressed by “yield stress YS/tensile strength TS” of the steel sheet.

2. The high-strength steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein a ratio of C-strength of a surface layer to C-strength of a ¼ thickness position of the steel sheet is 0.70 or less.

3. The high-strength steel sheet according to claim 2 , wherein the chemical composition further contains, in mass %, at least one selected from the group consisting of

Mo: 0.500% or less,

Cr: 0.300% or less,

Ca: 0.0200% or less,

Sb: 0.200% or less,

Ti: 0.100% or less,

Nb: 0.100% or less,

V: 0.100% or less,

B: 0.0100% or less,

Cu: 1.00% or less,

Ni: 0.50% or less,

Sn: 0.200% or less,

Ta: 0.100% or less,

Mg: 0.0200% or less,

Zn: 0.020% or less,

Co: 0.020% or less,

Zr: 0.020% or less, and

REM: 0.0200% or less.

4. The high-strength steel sheet according to claim 3 , which comprises a coating or plating layer on a surface of the steel sheet.

5. The high-strength steel sheet according to claim 2 , which comprises a coating or plating layer on a surface of the steel sheet.

6. The high-strength steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein the chemical composition further contains, in mass %, at least one selected from the group consisting of

Mo: 0.500% or less,

Cr: 0.300% or less,

Ca: 0.0200% or less,

Sb: 0.200% or less,

Ti: 0.100% or less,

Nb: 0.100% or less,

V: 0.100% or less,

B: 0.0100% or less,

Cu: 1.00% or less,

Ni: 0.50% or less,

Sn: 0.200% or less,

Ta: 0.100% or less,

Mg: 0.0200% or less,

Zn: 0.020% or less,

Co: 0.020% or less,

Zr: 0.020% or less, and

REM: 0.0200% or less.

7. The high-strength steel sheet according to claim 6 , which comprises a coating or plating layer on a surface of the steel sheet.

8. The high-strength steel sheet according to claim 1 , which comprises a coating or plating layer on a surface of the steel sheet.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 27, 2022
From: MINAMI, HIDEKAZU; YOKOTA, TAKESHI; KAWASAKI, YOSHIYASU; TERASHIMA, SHOTARO
To: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 058784/0517 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-140307 · Jul 30, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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