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- Nachgewiesen in: USPTO Patent Applications
- Sprachen: English
- Document Number: 20230129828
- Publication Date: April 27, 2023
- Appl. No: 17/914895
- Application Filed: March 25, 2021
- Assignees: JFE STEEL CORPORATION (Tokyo, JP)
- Claim: 1. A steel sheet having a chemical composition comprising, by mass %; Si: 0.20% to 2.00%; Mn: 1.00% or more and less than 2.70%; C: 0.120% to 0.400%; P: 0.001% to 0.100%; S: 0.0200% or less; Al: 0.010% to 2.000%; N: 0.0100% or less: optionally at least one selected from the group consisting of: Sb: 0.200% or less, and Sn: 0.200% or less: optionally at least one selected from the group consisting of: Ti: 0.200% or less, Nb: 0.200% or less, V: 0.100% or less, B: 0.0100% or less, Cu: 1.000% or less, Cr: 1.000% or less, Ni: 1.000% or less, Mo: 0.500% or less, Ta: 0.100% or less, W: 0.500% or less, Mg: 0.0200% or less, Zn: 0.020% or less, Co: 0.020% or less, Zr: 0.020% or less, Ca: 0.0200% or less, Ce: 0.0200% or less, Se: 0.0200% or less, Te: 0.0200% or less, Ge: 0.0200% or less, As: 0.0200% or less, Sr: 0.0200% or less, Cs: 0.0200% or less, Hf: 0.0200% or less, Pb: 0.0200% or less, Bi: 0.0200% or less, and REM (except Ce): 0.0200% or less: optionally an equivalent carbon content Ceq in a range of 0.490% or more and less than 0.697%; the remainder being Fe and incidental impurities, wherein: the steel sheet has a microstructure including a ferrite area fraction in a range of 15% to 70%, a bainitic ferrite area fraction in a range of 3% to 25%, a tempered martensite area fraction in a range of 1% to 15%, and a retained austenite volume fraction in a range of 5% to 30%, in a region within 4.9 μm in a thickness direction from a surface of the steel sheet, a region with a Si concentration not more than one-third of the Si concentration in the chemical composition of the steel sheet and with a Mn concentration not more than one-third of the Mn concentration in the chemical composition of the steel sheet has a thickness of 1.0 Wm or more, the lowest Si concentration LSi and the lowest Mn concentration LMn in the region within 4.9 μm in the thickness direction from the surface of the steel sheet and a Si concentration TSi and a Mn concentration TMn at a quarter thickness position of the steel sheet satisfy the following formula (1): LSi+LMn(TSi+TMn)/4 (1), the steel sheet has a tensile strength of 780 MPa or more and less than 1180 MPa, and optionally, an amount of diffusible hydrogen in the steel sheet is 0.50 ppm or less by mass.
- Claim: 2-4. (canceled)
- Claim: 5. The steel sheet according to claim 1, wherein: the steel sheet comprises a soft layer with a thickness in a range of 1.0 to 50.0 μm in the thickness direction, the soft layer being a region with hardness corresponding to 65% or less of the hardness at a quarter thickness position from the surface of the steel sheet, optionally crystal grains containing an oxide of Si and/or Mn in the region within 4.9 μm in the thickness direction from the surface of the steel sheet have an average grain size in a range of 1 to 15 μm, and optionally the Mn concentration LMn and the Mn concentration TMn satisfy the following formula (2): LMn≤TMn/3 (2).
- Claim: 6-7. (canceled)
- Claim: 8. The steel sheet according to claim 1, wherein the steel sheet comprises a hot-dip galvanized layer or a hot-dip galvannealed layer on a surface of the steel sheet.
- Claim: 9-10. (canceled)
- Claim: 11. A member produced by performing at least one of forming and welding on the steel sheet according to claim 1.
- Claim: 12. A method for producing the sheet the steel sheet according to claim 1, the method comprising: a hot-rolling step of hot-rolling a steel slab with the chemical composition followed by coiling at a coiling temperature in a range of 450° C. to 750° C.; a cold-rolling step of holding the steel sheet after the hot-rolling step in a temperature range of 400° C. or more for 3600 seconds or more, pickling the steel sheet, and cold-rolling the steel sheet at a rolling reduction of 30% or more; a first annealing step of holding the steel sheet after the cold-rolling step in a first annealing temperature range of 820° C. or more for 20 seconds or more; a second annealing step of holding the steel sheet after the first annealing step in an atmosphere with a dew-point temperature of −35° C. or more in a second annealing temperature range of 740° C. to 900° C. for 20 seconds or more, cooling the steel sheet, at an average cooling rate of 8° C./s or more from the second annealing temperature range to 550° C., to a cooling stop temperature in a range of 150° C. to 300° C., and bending and unbending the steel sheet 3 to 15 times in total using a roller having a radius in a range of 100 to 1000 mm during the cooling from 740° C. to the cooling stop temperature; a reheating step of reheating the steel sheet after the second annealing step to a reheating temperature range of (the cooling stop temperature+50° C.) to 500° C. and holding the steel sheet in the reheating temperature range for 10 seconds or more; optionally a plating step of performing hot-dip galvanizing on the steel sheet after the reheating step or performing the hot-dip galvanizing followed by reheating to a temperature in a range of 450° C. to 600° C. and performing alloying treatment; and optionally a dehydrogenation step of holding the steel sheet at a temperature in a range of 50° C. to 300° C. for 0.5 to 72.0 hours after the reheating step.
- Claim: 13. (canceled)
- Claim: 14. A method for producing steel sheet according to claim 1, the method comprising: a hot-rolling step of hot-rolling a steel slab with the chemical composition followed by coiling at a coiling temperature in a range of 450° C. to 750° C.; a cold-rolling step of holding the steel sheet after the hot-rolling step in a temperature range of 400° C. or more for 3600 seconds or more, pickling the steel sheet, and cold-rolling the steel sheet at a rolling reduction of 30% or more; a first annealing step of holding the steel sheet after the cold-rolling step in a first annealing temperature range of 820° C. or more for 20 seconds or more; a second annealing step of holding the steel sheet after the first annealing step in an atmosphere with a dew-point temperature of −35° C. or more in a second annealing temperature range of 740° C. to 900° C. for 20 seconds or more, cooling the steel sheet, at an average cooling rate of 8° C./s or more from the second annealing temperature range to 550° C., to a first cooling stop temperature in a range of 350° C. to 500° C., and bending and unbending the steel sheet 3 to 15 times in total using a roller having a radius in a range of 100 to 1000 mm during the cooling from 740° C. to the first cooling stop temperature; a plating step of performing hot-dip galvanizing on the steel sheet after the second annealing step or performing the hot-dip galvanizing followed by reheating to a temperature in a range of 450° C. to 600° C. and performing alloying treatment; a reheating step of cooling the steel sheet after the plating step to a second cooling stop temperature in a range of 50° C. to 350° C., reheating the steel sheet to a reheating temperature exceeding the second cooling stop temperature and in a range of 300° C. to 500° C., and holding the reheating temperature for 10 seconds or more; and optionally a dehydrogenation step of holding the steel sheet at a temperature in a range of 50° C. to 300° C. for 0.5 to 72.0 hours after the reheating step.
- Claim: 15-16. (canceled)
- Claim: 17. A method for producing a member, the method comprising performing at least one of forming and welding on the steel sheet produced by the method for producing the steel sheet according claim 12.
- Claim: 18. A steel sheet having a chemical composition comprising, by mass %; Si: 0.20% to 2.00%; Mn: 1.00% or more and less than 2.70%; C: 0.120% to 0.400%; P: 0.001% to 0.100%; S: 0.0200% or less; Al: 0.010% to 2.000%; N: 0.0100% or less; optionally at least one selected from the group consisting of: Sb: 0.200% or less, and Sn: 0.200% or less: optionally at least one selected from the group consisting of: Ti: 0.200% or less, Nb: 0.200% or less, V: 0.100% or less, B: 0.0100% or less, Cu: 1.000% or less, Cr: 1.000% or less, Ni: 1.000% or less, Mo: 0.500% or less, Ta: 0.100% or less, W: 0.500% or less, Mg: 0.0200% or less, Zn: 0.020% or less, Co: 0.020% or less, Zr: 0.020% or less, Ca: 0.0200% or less, Ce: 0.0200% or less, Se: 0.0200% or less, Te: 0.0200% or less, Ge: 0.0200% or less, As: 0.0200% or less, Sr: 0.0200% or less, Cs: 0.0200% or less, Hf: 0.0200% or less, Pb: 0.0200% or less, Bi: 0.0200% or less, and REM (except Ce): 0.0200% or less: optionally an equivalent carbon content Ceq in a range of 0.490% or more and less than 0.697%; the remainder being Fe and incidental impurities, wherein: the steel sheet has a steel microstructure including a ferrite area fraction in a range of 15% to 70%, a bainitic ferrite area fraction in a range of 3% to 25%, a tempered martensite area fraction in a range of 1% to 15%, and a retained austenite volume fraction in a range of 5% to 30%, in a region within 15.0 μm in a thickness direction from a surface of the steel sheet, a region with a Si concentration not more than one-third of the Si concentration in the chemical composition of the steel sheet and with a Mn concentration not more than one-third of the Mn concentration in the chemical composition of the steel sheet has a thickness of 1.0 μm or more, the lowest Si concentration LSi and the lowest Mn concentration LMn in the region within 15.0 μm in the thickness direction from the surface of the steel sheet and a Si concentration TSi and a Mn concentration TMn at a quarter thickness position of the steel sheet satisfy the following formula (1); LSi+LMn≤(TSi+TMn)/4 (1), and the steel sheet has a tensile strength of 780 MPa or more and less than 1180 MPa, and optionally, an amount of diffusible hydrogen in the steel sheet is 0.50 ppm or less by mass.
- Claim: 19-21. (canceled)
- Claim: 22. The steel sheet according to claim 18, wherein: the steel sheet comprises a soft layer with a thickness in a range of 1.0 to 50.0 μm in the thickness direction, the soft layer being a region with hardness corresponding to 65% or less of the hardness at a quarter thickness position from the surface of the steel sheet, optionally crystal grains containing an oxide of Si and/or Mn in the region within 4.9 μm in the thickness direction from the surface of the steel sheet have an average grain size in a range of 1 to 15 Mm, and optionally the Mn concentration LMn and the Mn concentration TMn satisfy the following formula (2): LMn≤TMn/3 (2).
- Claim: 23-24. (canceled)
- Claim: 25. The steel sheet according to claim 18, wherein the steel sheet comprises a hot-dip galvanized layer or a hot-dip galvannealed layer on a surface of the steel sheet.
- Claim: 26-27. (canceled)
- Claim: 28. A member produced by performing at least one of forming and welding on the steel sheet according to claim 18.
- Claim: 29. A method for producing the steel sheet according to claim 18, the method comprising: a hot-rolling step of hot-rolling a steel slab with the chemical composition followed by coiling at a coiling temperature in a range of 450° C. to 750° C.; a cold-rolling step of holding the steel sheet after the hot-rolling step in a temperature range of 400° C. or more for 3600 seconds or more, pickling the steel sheet, and cold-rolling the steel sheet at a rolling reduction of 30% or more; a first annealing step of holding the steel sheet after the cold-rolling step in a first annealing temperature range of 820° C. or more for 20 seconds or more; a second annealing step of holding the steel sheet after the first annealing step in an atmosphere with a dew-point temperature of −35° C. to 20° C. in a second annealing temperature range of 740° C. to 900° C. for 20 seconds or more, cooling the steel sheet, at an average cooling rate of 8° C./s or more from the second annealing temperature range to 550° C., to a cooling stop temperature in a range of 150° C. to 300° C., and bending and unbending the steel sheet 3 to 15 times in total using a roller having a radius in a range of 100 mm to 1000 mm during the cooling from 740° C. to the cooling stop temperature; a reheating step of reheating the steel sheet after the second annealing step to a reheating temperature range of (the cooling stop temperature+50° C.) to 500° C. and holding the steel sheet in the reheating temperature range for 10 seconds or more; optionally a plating step of performing hot-dip galvanizing on the steel sheet after the reheating step or performing the hot-dip galvanizing followed by reheating to a temperature in a range of 450° C. to 600° C. and performing alloying treatment; and optionally a dehydrogenation step of holding the steel sheet at a temperature in a range of 50° C. to 300° C. for 0.5 to 72.0 hours after the reheating step.
- Claim: 30. (canceled)
- Claim: 31. A method for producing the steel sheet according to claim 18, the method comprising: a hot-rolling step of hot-rolling a steel slab with the chemical composition followed by coiling at a coiling temperature in a range of 450° C. to 750° C.; a cold-rolling step of holding the steel sheet after the hot-rolling step in a temperature range of 400° C. or more for 3600 seconds or more, pickling the steel sheet, and cold-rolling the steel sheet at a rolling reduction of 30% or more; a first annealing step of holding the steel sheet after the cold-rolling step in a first annealing temperature range of 820° C. or more for 20 seconds or more; a second annealing step of holding the steel sheet after the first annealing step in an atmosphere with a dew-point temperature of −35° C. to 20° C. in a second annealing temperature range of 740° C. to 900° C. for 20 seconds or more, cooling the steel sheet, at an average cooling rate of 8° C./s or more from the second annealing temperature range to 550° C., to a first cooling stop temperature in a range of 350° C. to 500° C., and bending and unbending the steel sheet 3 to 15 times in total using a roller having a radius in a range of 100 to 1000 mm during the cooling from 740° C. to the first cooling stop temperature; a plating step of performing hot-dip galvanizing on the steel sheet after the second annealing step or performing the hot-dip galvanizing followed by reheating to a temperature range of 450° C. to 600° C. and performing alloying treatment; a reheating step of cooling the steel sheet after the plating step to a second cooling stop temperature in a range of 50° C. to 350° C., reheating the steel sheet to a reheating temperature exceeding the second cooling stop temperature and in a range of 300° C. to 500° C., and holding the reheating temperature for 10 seconds or more; and optionally a dehydrogenation step of holding the steel sheet at a temperature in a range of 50° C. to 300° C. for 0.5 to 72.0 hours after the reheating step.
- Claim: 32-33. (canceled)
- Claim: 34. A method for producing a member, the method comprising performing at least one of forming and welding on the steel sheet produced by the method for producing the steel sheet according to claim 29.
- Claim: 35. The steel sheet according to claim 5, wherein the steel sheet comprises a hot-dip galvanized layer or a hot-dip galvannealed layer on a surface of the steel sheet.
- Claim: 36. A member produced by performing at least one of forming and welding on the steel sheet according to claim 5.
- Claim: 37. A member produced by performing at least one of forming and welding on the steel sheet according to claim 8.
- Claim: 38. A member produced by performing at least one of forming and welding on the steel sheet according to claim 35.
- Claim: 39. A method for producing a member, the method comprising performing at least one of forming and welding on the steel sheet produced by the method for producing the steel sheet according to claim 14.
- Claim: 40. The steel sheet according to claim 22, wherein the steel sheet comprises a hot-dip galvanized layer or a hot-dip galvannealed layer on a surface of the steel sheet.
- Claim: 41. A member produced by performing at least one of forming and welding on the steel sheet according to claim 22.
- Claim: 42. A member produced by performing at least one of forming and welding on the steel sheet according to claim 25.
- Claim: 43. A member produced by performing at least one of forming and welding on the steel sheet according to claim 40.
- Claim: 44. A method for producing a member, the method comprising performing at least one of forming and welding on the steel sheet produced by the method for producing the steel sheet according to claim 31.
- Current International Class: 21; 22; 22; 22; 22; 23; 21
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