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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2017
Filed:
May. 29, 2013
Applicant:
Kobe Steel, Ltd., Kobe-shi, JP;
Inventors:
Tomokazu Masuda, Kobe, JP;
Katsura Kajihara, Kobe, JP;
Toshio Murakami, Kobe, JP;
Masaaki Miura, Kakogawa, JP;
Muneaki Ikeda, Kakogawa, JP;
Assignee:
Kobe Steel, Ltd., Kobe-shi, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C22C 38/02 (2006.01); C22C 38/04 (2006.01); C22C 38/06 (2006.01); C22C 38/34 (2006.01); C22C 38/38 (2006.01); C22C 38/18 (2006.01); C22C 38/40 (2006.01); C21D 8/02 (2006.01); C21D 9/46 (2006.01); C21D 8/12 (2006.01); C22C 38/00 (2006.01); C22C 38/08 (2006.01); C22C 38/12 (2006.01); C22C 38/16 (2006.01); C21D 1/18 (2006.01); C21D 1/25 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C22C 38/38 (2013.01); C21D 1/18 (2013.01); C21D 8/0226 (2013.01); C21D 8/0236 (2013.01); C21D 8/0263 (2013.01); C21D 8/1272 (2013.01); C21D 9/46 (2013.01); C22C 38/001 (2013.01); C22C 38/002 (2013.01); C22C 38/005 (2013.01); C22C 38/02 (2013.01); C22C 38/04 (2013.01); C22C 38/06 (2013.01); C22C 38/08 (2013.01); C22C 38/12 (2013.01); C22C 38/16 (2013.01); C22C 38/18 (2013.01); C22C 38/34 (2013.01); C21D 1/25 (2013.01); C21D 2211/002 (2013.01); C21D 2211/005 (2013.01); C21D 2211/008 (2013.01);
Abstract
In a steel sheet having a specific chemical composition and having a microstructure including ferrite that is a soft first phase by 20-50% in terms of the area ratio, the remainder being tempered martensite and/or tempered bainite that is a hard second phase, the microstructure of steel of a surface layer section of the steel sheet from the surface to the depth of 100 μm and a center section of t/4-3t/4 (t is the sheet thickness) is controlled.