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US 12,655,494 · App. 18/016,141 · Granted Jun 16, 2026

Hot-rolled steel sheet

Inventors: Hiroshi Shuto (Tokyo, JP); Kazumasa Tsutsui (Tokyo, JP); Koutarou Hayashi (Tokyo, JP); Akifumi Sakakibara (Tokyo, JP); Jun Ando (Tokyo, JP); Mitsuru Yoshida (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
C21D9/46C21D1/84C21D8/02C21D8/0226C22C38/001C22C38/002C22C38/005C22C38/008C22C38/02C22C38/04C22C38/06C22C38/08C22C38/10C22C38/12C22C38/14C22C38/16C22C38/50C21D2211/001C21D2211/005C21D2211/009
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Patent No.
US 12,655,494
App. No.
18/016,141
Granted
Jun 16, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

This hot-rolled steel sheet has a predetermined chemical composition, in a microstructure, in terms of area %, residual austenite is less than 3.0%, ferrite is 15.0% or more and less than 60.0%, and pearlite is less than 5.0%, an E value that indicates periodicity of the microstructure is 10.7 or more, and an I value that indicates uniformity of the microstructure is less than 1.020, a standard deviation of a Mn concentration is 0.60 mass % or less, and a tensile strength is 980 MPa or more.

Claims (49)

1 . A hot-rolled steel sheet comprising, in terms of mass %, as a chemical composition:

C: 0.050% to 0.250%;

Si: 0.05% to 3.00%;

Mn: 1.00% to 4.00%;

one or more of Ti, Nb, and V: 0.060% to 0.500% in total;

sol. Al: 0.001% to 2.000%;

P: 0.100% or less;

S: 0.0300% or less;

N: 0.1000% or less;

O: 0.0100% or less;

Cu: 0% to 2.00%;

Cr: 0% to 2.00%;

Mo: 0% to 1.00%;

Ni: 0% to 2.00%;

B: 0% to 0.0100%;

Ca: 0% to 0.0200%;

Mg: 0% to 0.0200%;

REM: 0% to 0.1000%;

Bi: 0% to 0.020%;

one or more of Zr, Co, Zn, and W: 0% to 1.00% in total;

Sn: 0% to 0.05%; and

a remainder comprising Fe and impurities,

wherein, in a microstructure,

in terms of area %, residual austenite is less than 3.0%, ferrite is 15.0% or more and less than 60.0%, and pearlite is less than 5.0%,

an E value that indicates periodicity of the microstructure is 10.7 or more, and an I value that indicates uniformity of the microstructure is less than 1.020,

a standard deviation of a Mn concentration is 0.60 mass % or less, and

a tensile strength is 980 MPa or more.

2 . The hot-rolled steel sheet according to claim 1 ,

wherein an average crystal grain size of a surface layer is less than 3.0 m.

3 . The hot-rolled steel sheet according to claim 1 , further comprising, in terms of mass %, one or more of, as the chemical composition:

Cu: 0.01% to 2.00%;

Cr: 0.01% to 2.00%;

Mo: 0.01% to 1.00%;

Ni: 0.02% to 2.00%;

B: 0.0001% to 0.0100%;

Ca: 0.0005% to 0.0200%;

Mg: 0.0005% to 0.0200%;

REM: 0.0005% to 0.1000%; and

Bi: 0.0005% to 0.020%.

4 . The hot-rolled steel sheet according to claim 2 , further comprising, in terms of mass %, one or more of, as the chemical composition:

Cu: 0.01% to 2.00%;

Cr: 0.01% to 2.00%;

Mo: 0.01% to 1.00%;

Ni: 0.02% to 2.00%;

B: 0.0001% to 0.0100%;

Ca: 0.0005% to 0.0200%;

Mg: 0.0005% to 0.0200%;

REM: 0.0005% to 0.1000%; and

Bi: 0.0005% to 0.020%.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 17, 2023
From: SHUTO, HIROSHI; TSUTSUI, KAZUMASA; HAYASHI, KOUTAROU; SAKAKIBARA, AKIFUMI; ANDO, JUN; YOSHIDA, MITSURU
To: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 062397/0475 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-143743 · Aug 27, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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