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US 12,637,746 · App. 18/288,478 · Granted May 26, 2026

Steel sheet for hot stamping and hot stamped product

Inventor: Jun Haga (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
C22C38/32B21D22/022C21D1/84C21D6/001C21D6/002C21D6/005C21D6/008C21D8/02C21D8/0226C21D8/0236C21D8/0263C21D8/0278C21D9/46C22C38/001C22C38/002C22C38/005C22C38/02C22C38/04C22C38/06C22C38/08C22C38/12C22C38/14C22C38/22C22C38/26C22C38/28C21D2211/008
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Patent No.
US 12,637,746
App. No.
18/288,478
Granted
May 26, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A steel sheet for hot stamping has a predetermined chemical composition, in which, when a Mo content of the steel sheet is measured by line analysis using an electron probe micro-analyzer (EPMA) in a range of 0.05 mm in a sheet thickness direction, in which a ¼ depth position of a sheet thickness of the steel sheet from a surface of the steel sheet is a center, a maximum value of the Mo content, a minimum value of the Mo content, and an average value of the Mo content satisfy ([Mo] MAX −[Mo] MIN )/[Mo] AVE <0.50, and a standard deviation of a Vickers hardness in a region of 0.3 mm in the sheet thickness direction and 0.6 mm in a direction perpendicular to the sheet thickness direction, in which the ¼ depth position of the sheet thickness of the steel sheet from the surface of the steel sheet is a center, is 20 (Hv) or less.

Claims (130)

1 . A steel sheet for hot stamping comprising, as a chemical composition, by mass %:

C: more than 0.40% and 0.70% or less;

Si: less than 2.00%;

Mn: 0.01% or more and less than 0.50%;

P: 0.200% or less;

S: 0.0200% or less;

sol. Al: 0.001% to 1.000%;

N: 0.0200% or less;

Mo: 0.01% or more and less than 0.50%;

B: 0.0002% to 0.0200%;

Ti: 0% to 0.200%;

Nb: 0% to 0.200%;

V: 0% to 0.200%;

Zr: 0% to 0.200%;

Cr: 0% to 2.00%;

W: 0% to 2.00%;

Cu: 0% to 2.00%;

Ni: 0% to 2.00%;

Ca: 0% to 0.0100%;

Mg: 0% to 0.0100%;

REM: 0% to 0.1000%;

Bi: 0% to 0.0500%; and

a remainder: Fe and impurities,

wherein, when a Mo content of the steel sheet is measured by line analysis using an electron probe micro-analyzer (EPMA) in a range of 0.05 mm in a sheet thickness direction, in which a ¼ depth position of a sheet thickness of the steel sheet from a surface of the steel sheet is a center, a maximum value of the Mo content, a minimum value of the Mo content, and an average value of the Mo content satisfy Expression (i), and

a standard deviation of a Vickers hardness in a region of 0.3 mm in the sheet thickness direction and 0.6 mm in a direction perpendicular to the sheet thickness direction, in which the ¼ depth position of the sheet thickness of the steel sheet from the surface of the steel sheet is a center, is 20 (Hv) or less,

(

[

Mo

]

MAX

-

[

Mo

]

MIN

)

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/

[

Mo

]

AVE

<

0

.

5

⁢

0

(

i

)

wherein meaning of each symbol in Expression (i) is as follows,

[Mo] MAX : the maximum value of the Mo content (mass %),

[Mo] MIN : the minimum value of the Mo content (mass %), and

[MO] AVE : the average value of the Mo content (mass %).

2 . The steel sheet for hot stamping according to claim 1 , wherein the chemical composition contains, by mass %, one or more of:

Ti: 0.001% to 0.200%;

Nb: 0.001% to 0.200%;

V: 0.001% to 0.200%; and

Zr: 0.001% to 0.200%.

3 . The steel sheet for hot stamping according to claim 1 , wherein the chemical composition contains, by mass %, one or more of:

Cr: 0.001% to 2.00%;

W: 0.001% to 2.00%;

Cu: 0.001% to 2.00%; and

Ni: 0.001% to 2.00%.

4 . The steel sheet for hot stamping according to claim 1 , wherein the chemical composition contains, by mass %, one or more of

Ca: 0.0001% to 0.0100%;

Mg: 0.0001% to 0.0100%; and

REM: 0.0001% to 0.1000%.

5 . The steel sheet for hot stamping according to claim 1 , wherein the chemical composition contains, by mass %:

Bi: 0.0001% to 0.0500%.

6 . A hot stamped product comprising:

a base steel sheet,

wherein the base steel sheet includes, as a chemical composition, by mass %,

C: more than 0.40% and 0.70% or less,

Si: less than 2.00%,

Mn: 0.01% or more and less than 0.50%,

P: 0.200% or less,

S: 0.0200% or less,

sol. Al: 0.001% to 1.000%,

N: 0.0200% or less,

Mo: 0.01% or more and less than 0.50%,

B: 0.0002% to 0.0200%,

Ti: 0% to 0.200%,

Nb: 0% to 0.200%,

V: 0% to 0.200%,

Zr: 0% to 0.200%,

Cr: 0% to 2.00%,

W: 0% to 2.00%,

Cu: 0% to 2.00%,

Ni: 0% to 2.00%,

Ca: 0% to 0.0100%,

Mg: 0% to 0.0100%,

REM: 0% to 0.1000%,

Bi: 0% to 0.0500%, and

a remainder: Fe and impurities,

when a Mo content of the base steel sheet is measured by line analysis using an EPMA in a range of 0.05 mm in a sheet thickness direction, in which a ¼ depth position of a sheet thickness of the base steel sheet from a surface of the base steel sheet is a center, a maximum value of the Mo content, a minimum value of the Mo content, and an average value of the Mo content satisfy Expression (ii),

a metallographic microstructure of the base steel sheet contains 90.0% or more of martensite,

a standard deviation of a Vickers hardness in a region of 0.3 mm in the sheet thickness direction and 0.6 mm in a direction perpendicular to the sheet thickness direction, in which the ¼ depth position of the sheet thickness of the base steel sheet from the surface of the base steel sheet is a center, is 20 (Hv) or less, and

a tensile strength of the base steel sheet is 2,300 MPa or more,

(

[

Mo

]

mMAX

-

[

Mo

]

mMIN

)

⁢

/

[

Mo

]

mAVE

<

0

.

5

⁢

0

(

ii

)

wherein meaning of each symbol in Expression (ii) is as follows,

[Mo] mMAX : the maximum value of the Mo content of the base steel sheet (mass %),

[Mo] mMIN : the minimum value of the Mo content of the base steel sheet (mass %), and

[Mo] mAVE : the average value of the Mo content of the base steel sheet (mass %).

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 26, 2023
From: HAGA, JUN
To: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 065365/0525 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-081622 · May 13, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
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