High strength steel pipe for an air bag and a process for its manufacture
US6878219B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 27, 2002 |
| Grant date | Apr 12, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 8, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC21D9/08
- WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
In order to manufacture a steel pipe for an air bag which can cope with increase in the pressure of gas blown into an air bag and decreases in the wall thickness of an accumulator, a steel having a composition, mass %, of:if necessary at least one of Mo: at most 0.50%, Ni: at most 1.5%, Cu: at most 0.5%, V: at most 0.2%, Ti: at most 0.1%, Nb: at most 0.1%, and B: at most 0.005%, andalso if necessary, at least one of Ca: at most 0.01%, Mg: at most 0.01%, and REM (rare earth elements): at most 0.01%,and a remainder of Fe and impurities is used to produce a steel pipe, and the pipe is then subjected to cold working to predetermined dimensions, then to heating to a temperature of at least the Ac1 transformation temperature followed by quenching, and then to tempering at a temperature no higher than the Ac1 transformation temperature.
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