IP Library Granted Patent US 12,435,385
Granted Patent B2
US 12,435,385 · App. 18/664,762 · Granted Oct 7, 2025

Plated steel sheet for hot press forming having excellent impact property, hot press formed part, and manufacturing method thereof

Inventors: Seong-Woo Kim (Gwangyang-si, KR); Jin-Keun Oh (Gwangyang-si, KR); Yeol-Rae Cho (Gwangyang-si, KR)
Assignee: POSCO CO., LTD
C21D9/46B32B15/012C21D6/002C21D6/005C21D6/008C21D8/0205C21D8/0226C22C21/02C22C38/001C22C38/002C22C38/02C22C38/06C22C38/22C22C38/24C22C38/26C22C38/28C22C38/32C22C38/38C23C2/02C23C2/0224C23C2/024C23C2/12C23C2/28C23C2/29C23C2/40C21D2211/001C21D2211/005C21D2211/008C21D2211/009Y10T428/12757
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Patent No.
US 12,435,385
App. No.
18/664,762
Granted
Oct 7, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

One aspect of the present invention relates to a plated steel sheet for hot press forming, having an excellent impact property.

Claims (35)

1. A hot press formed part comprising:

a base material;

a plated layer comprising aluminum (Al) on the base material; and

a carbon-enriched region is formed in a surface layer region of the base material,

wherein the carbon-enriched region means a region which the carbon content is 110% or more of an average carbon amount (C 0 ) of the base material,

wherein the surface layer region means a region from an interface between the base material and the plated layer to a depth of 200 μm wherein the interface between the base material and the plated layer means a point at which aluminum (Al) content is 1 wt %,

wherein the aluminum (Al) content is analyzed by a Glow Discharge Spectrometer (GDS) method, and

wherein a thickness of the carbon-enriched region is 150 μm or less.

2. The hot press formed part of claim 1 , wherein the thickness of the carbon-enriched region is 10 μm or more.

3. The hot press formed part of claim 1 , wherein a microstructure of the base material comprises 10% or less of ferrite phase.

4. The hot press formed part of claim 1 , wherein the base material comprises, by wt %, 0.15-0.4% of C, 0.1-1.0% of Si, 0.6-3.0% of Mn, 0.001-0.05% of P, 0.0001-0.02% of S, 0.01-0.1% of Al, 0.001-0.02% of N, 0.001-0.01% of B, 0.01-0.5% of Cr, 0.01-0.05% of Ti, and the balance of Fe and inevitable impurities.

5. The hot press formed part of claim 4 , wherein the base material further comprises, by wt %, at least one selected from Mo, Nb, and V in such a manner that a sum thereof is 0.05 to 0.5 wt %.

6. The hot press formed part of claim 1 , wherein the hot press formed part has tensile strength (TS) of 1300 MPa or more and impact absorption energy (IE) of 4.0 J or more measured using a sample having a thickness of 1.5 mm at 25° C.

7. The hot press formed part of claim 1 , wherein the hot press formed part has a product (TS×IE) of tensile strength (TS) and impact absorption energy (IE), measured using a sample having a thickness of 1.5 mm at 25° C., greater than or equal to 8000 MPa·J.

8. The hot press formed part of claim 1 , wherein the thickness of the carbon-enriched region is 21 μm to 150 μm.

9. The hot press formed part of claim 8 , wherein the thickness of the carbon-enriched region is 40 μm to 150 μm.

10. The hot press formed part of claim 9 , wherein the thickness of the carbon-enriched region is 51 μm to 150 μm.

11. A hot press formed part comprising:

a base material;

a plated layer comprising aluminum (Al) on the base material; and

a carbon-enriched region is formed in a surface layer region of the base material,

wherein the carbon-enriched region means a region which the carbon content is 110% or more of an average carbon amount (C 0 ) of the base material,

wherein the surface layer region means a region from an interface between the base material and the plated layer to a depth of 200 μm

wherein the interface between the base material and the plated layer means a point at which aluminum (Al) content is 1 wt %,

wherein the aluminum (Al) content is analyzed by a Glow Discharge Spectrometer (GDS) method, and

wherein the carbon-enriched region is spaced from the interface between the base material and the plated layer.

12. The hot press formed part of claim 11 , wherein the thickness of the carbon-enriched region is 10 μm or more and 150 μm or less.

13. The hot press formed part of claim 11 , wherein a microstructure of the base material comprises 10% or less of ferrite phase.

14. The hot press formed part of claim 11 , wherein the base material comprises, by wt %, 0.15-0.4% of C, 0.1−1.0% of Si, 0.6−3.0% of Mn, 0.001−0.05% of P, 0.0001−0.02% of S, 0.01−0.1% of Al, 0.001-−0.02% of N, 0.001−0.01% of B, 0.01−0.5% of Cr, 0.01−0.05% of Ti, and the balance of Fe and inevitable impurities.

15. The hot press formed part of claim 14 , wherein the base material further comprises, by wt %, at least one selected from Mo, Nb, and V in such a manner that a sum thereof is 0.05 to 0.5 wt %.

16. The hot press formed part of claim 11 , wherein the hot press formed part has tensile strength (TS) of 1300 MPa or more and impact absorption energy (IE) of 4.0 J or more measured using a sample having a thickness of 1.5 mm at 25° C.

17. The hot press formed part of claim 11 , wherein the hot press formed part has a product (TS×IE) of tensile strength (TS) and impact absorption energy (IE), measured using a sample having a thickness of 1.5 mm at 25° C., greater than or equal to 8000 MPa·J.

18. The hot press formed part of claim 11 , wherein the thickness of the carbon-enriched region is 21 μm to 150 μm.

19. The hot press formed part of claim 18 , wherein the thickness of the carbon-enriched region is 40 μm to 150 μm.

20. The hot press formed part of claim 19 , wherein the thickness of the carbon-enriched region is 51 μm to 150 μm.

Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2016-0178236 · Dec 23, 2016 · national
Continuity (5)
Continuation 18199740 · May 19, 2023
Division 17666972 · Feb 8, 2022
Continuation 17154177 · Jan 21, 2021
Division 16470762
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