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Steel sheet, member, and method for producing them

US11976341B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 30, 2021
Grant dateMay 7, 2024
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Expiry dateJun 30, 2041

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02P10/20
  • WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A steel sheet including a chemical composition satisfying an equivalent carbon content of 0.60% or more and less than 0.85%, and a steel microstructure with an area fraction of ferrite: less than 40%, tempered martensite and bainite: 40% or more in total, retained austenite: 3% to 15%, and ferrite, tempered martensite, bainite, and retained austenite: 93% or more in total. A 90-degree bending at a curvature radius/thickness ratio of 4.2 in a rolling (L) direction with respect to an axis extending in a width (C) direction causes a change of 0.40 or more in (a grain size in a thickness direction)/(a grain size in a direction perpendicular to the thickness) of the tempered martensite in an L cross section in a 0- to 50-μm region from a surface of the steel sheet on a compression side. The steel sheet has a tensile strength of 980 MPa or more.

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