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Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2014

Filed:

Nov. 03, 2006
Applicants:

Takeshi Yokota, Kawasaki, JP;

Akio Kobayashi, Kawasaki, JP;

Kazuhiro Seto, Kawasaki, JP;

Yoshihiro Hosoya, Chiba, JP;

Thomas Heller, Duisburg, DE;

Brigitte Hammer, Voerde, DE;

Rolf Bode, Wesel, DE;

Günter Stich, Bochum, DE;

Inventors:

Takeshi Yokota, Kawasaki, JP;

Akio Kobayashi, Kawasaki, JP;

Kazuhiro Seto, Kawasaki, JP;

Yoshihiro Hosoya, Chiba, JP;

Thomas Heller, Duisburg, DE;

Brigitte Hammer, Voerde, DE;

Rolf Bode, Wesel, DE;

Günter Stich, Bochum, DE;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C22C 38/06 (2006.01); C22C 38/12 (2006.01); C22C 38/14 (2006.01); C21D 8/02 (2006.01); C22C 38/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C21D 8/0226 (2013.01); C22C 38/12 (2013.01); C22C 38/06 (2013.01); C22C 38/14 (2013.01); C22C 38/04 (2013.01);
Abstract

A high strength steel, including about 0.05 to about 0.25% of C, less than about 0.5% of Si, about 0.5 to about 3.0% of Mn, not more than about 0.06% of P, not more than about 0.01% of S, about 0.50 to about 3.0% of Sol. Al, not more than about 0.02% of N, about 0.1 to about 0.8% of Mo, about 0.02 to about 0.40% of Ti, and the balance of iron and unavoidable impurities, wherein the steel has a structure formed of at least three phases including a bainite phase, and a retained austenite phase in addition to a ferrite phase having a composite carbide containing Ti and Mo dispersed and precipitated therein, wherein the total volume of the ferrite phase and the bainite phase is not smaller than 80%, the volume of the bainite phase is about 5% to about 60%, and the volume of the retained austenite phase is about 3 to about 20%.


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