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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2013
Kobe Steel, Ltd., Kobe-shi, JP;
Junya Naitou, Kobe, JP;
Toshio Murakami, Kobe, JP;
Shushi Ikeda, Nagoya, JP;
Keisuke Okita, Kobe, JP;
Kobe Steel, Ltd., Kobe-shi, JP;
Abstract
Provided is a hot-press molded article that can achieve a high level of balance between high strength and extension by region and has a region corresponding to an energy absorption site and a shock resistant site within a single molded article without applying a welding method by means of having first region having a metal structure containing both 80-97 area % of martensite and 3-20 area % of residual austenite, the remaining structure comprising no more than 5 area %, and a second region having a metal structure comprising 30-80 area % of ferrite, less than 30 area % (exclusive of 0 area %) of bainitic ferrite, no greater than 30 area % (exclusive of 0 area %) of martensite, and 3-20 area % of residual austenite.