IP Library Granted Patent US 12,534,810
Granted Patent B2
US 12,534,810 · App. 18/000,128 · Granted Jan 27, 2026

Al coating layer-equipped stainless steel sheet

Inventors: Akito Mizutani (Tokyo, JP); Mitsuyuki Fujisawa (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
C23C30/005C22C38/02C22C38/04C22C38/06C22C38/40
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Patent No.
US 12,534,810
App. No.
18/000,128
Granted
Jan 27, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

An Al coating layer-equipped stainless steel sheet having a base steel sheet and an Al coating layer on a surface of the base steel sheet. In the Al coating layer-equipped stainless steel sheet, the base steel sheet is a stainless steel sheet having a thickness of 100 μm or less and a predetermined chemical composition, the Al coating layer has a thickness of 0.5 μm to 10.0 μm, and a total content of Fe and Cr at a first depth of the Al coating layer is 20 mass % to 70 mass %.

Claims (32)

1 . An Al coating layer-equipped stainless steel sheet comprising:

a base steel sheet; and

an Al coating layer on a surface of the base steel sheet,

wherein the base steel sheet is a stainless steel sheet having a thickness of 100 μm or less and a chemical composition containing, in mass %,

C: 0.030% or less,

Si: 1.00% or less,

Mn: 1.00% or less,

P: 0.040% or less,

S: 0.010% or less,

Cr: 11.0% to 30.0%,

Al: 1.53% to 6.50%,

Ni: 0.01% to 0.50%, and

N: 0.020% or less,

with a balance consisting of Fe and inevitable impurities,

a thickness of the Al coating layer is 0.5 μm to 3.5 μm, and

a total content of Fe and Cr at a first depth of the Al coating layer is 20 mass % to 70 mass %,

where the first depth of the Al coating layer is a depth of (depth a +depth b)/2 from a surface of the Al coating layer,

the depth a is a depth at which an Al strength is [maximum Al strength]/2, in a depth region from the surface of the Al coating layer to a point A of an Al concentration profile in a depth direction, the point A being a depth at which the Al strength is the maximum Al strength in the Al concentration profile, and

the depth b is a depth at which the Al strength is ([maximum Al strength]+[Al strength corresponding to the Al content in the base steel sheet])/2, in a depth region from the point A to an interface between the base steel sheet and the Al coating layer of the Al concentration profile.

2 . The Al coating layer-equipped stainless steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein the chemical composition of the base steel sheet further contains, in mass %, one or more selected from the group consisting of

Cu: 0.10% or less,

Ti: 0.50% or less,

Nb: 0.50% or less,

V: 0.50% or less,

Zr: 0.20% or less,

Hf: 0.20% or less,

Mo: 6.00% or less,

W: 6.00% or less,

B: 0.0050% or less,

REM: 0.20% or less,

Ca: 0.0100% or less, and

Mg: 0.0100% or less.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 29, 2022
From: MIZUTANI, AKITO; FUJISAWA, MITSUYUKI
To: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 061897/0534 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-114356 · Jul 1, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230193474A1 · Jun 22, 2023
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