Process and steel alloys for manufacturing high strength steel components with superior rigidity and energy absorption
US10323307B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 17, 2015 |
| Grant date | Jun 18, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 15, 2038 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC22C38/42
- WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A steel alloy and process for producing a hot formed component. The process includes providing a steel alloy sheet having a chemical composition (wt %) within a range of 0.3-0.85 C, 1.0-6.0 Mn, 1.0-4.0 Si+Al and the remainder being tramp elements and impurities. The steel alloy sheet is heated to within a temperature range between 700-900° C. for a time between 1-180 seconds and hot formed. Thereafter, the hot formed sheet is cooled to ambient temperature. Then, cooled hot formed sheet is tempered at a temperature between 200-600° C. for a time between 20-3000 seconds and cooled again to ambient temperature. The tempered and cooled sheet has a tensile strength between 1400-2400 MPa and at least 10% elongation to failure, and/or a product of tensile strength times percent elongation to failure of at least 16000 MPa·%.
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