Eight Percent Or More Manganese Containing Patents (Class 148/329)
  • Patent number: 10329650
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a high manganese steel including: 0.5 to 1.2 wt % of carbon (C), 0.1 to 2.3 wt % of silicon (Si), 15 to 30 wt % of manganese (Mn), 7.0 to 13.0 wt % of aluminum (Al), 0.01 to 3.0 wt % of nickel (Ni), 0.01 to 0.5 wt % of chromium (Cr), 0.01 to 0.4 wt % of molybdenum (Mo), 0.01 to 0.5 wt % of vanadium (V), 0.005 to 0.3 wt % of niobium (Nb), 0.005 to 0.3 wt % of titanium (Ti), and remainder iron (Fe) and other inevitable impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Sung Chul Cha, Seong Guk Son, Seung Hyun Hong, Soon Woo Kwon
  • Patent number: 10253399
    Abstract: An energy-storing container is made of a lightweight steel having the following chemical composition (in wt %): C 0.04-2%; Mn 14-30%; Al 1.5-12%; Si 0.3-3%; Cr 0.12-6%, and additionally one or more of the following elements: Ti, V, Nb, B, Zr, Mo, Ni, Cu, W, Co, P, N, each at up to 5% and in total at up to 10%, wherein the remainder is Fe including common steel tramp elements, wherein the concrete alloy composition is selected in order to limit the ??-martensite fraction before or after a forming process to no more than 3%, with the stipulation that the ??-martensite equivalent according to 0.1*wt % Mn+wt % C+0.05*wt % Si is between 3.4 and 10.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: SALZGITTER FLACHSTAHL GMBH
    Inventors: Michael Braun, Manuel Otto, Zacharias Georgeou, Bianca Springub
  • Patent number: 10119185
    Abstract: Steel for forging having high strength and superior machinability due to controlled cooling immediately after shaping by hot forging followed by tempering and having a lower specific gravity than ordinary steel for forging use, the steel containing C: 0.05 to 0.50%, Si: 0.01 to 1.50%, Mn: 3.0 to 7.0%, P: 0.001 to 0.050%, S: 0.020 to 0.200%, Al: 3.0 to 6.0%, Cr: 0.01 to 1.00%, and N: 0.0040 to 0.0200% and having a balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiromasa Takada, Suguru Yoshida
  • Patent number: 10023951
    Abstract: A method to increase the damping of a substrate using a face-centered cubic ferromagnetic damping material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Inventor: Mo-How Herman Shen
  • Patent number: 9151706
    Abstract: In a method of determining a fatigue crack lifetime of a low-alloy steel material coming in contact with high-pressure hydrogen in a high-pressure hydrogen environment, estimate a fatigue crack acceleration starting point KmaxT of the low-alloy steel material using a crack-growth threshold stress intensity factor KIH-R obtained through a rising load test on the low-alloy steel material in a high-pressure hydrogen environment. The high-pressure hydrogen environment of the rising load test is a high-pressure hydrogen environment which has the same pressure and atmosphere as in the high-pressure hydrogen environment in which KmaxT is estimated and in which the test temperature tolerance between both environments is ±5° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: THE JAPAN STEEL WORKS, LTD.
    Inventor: Yoru Wada
  • Patent number: 9039961
    Abstract: The invention relates to a low-nickel austenitic stainless steel with high resistance to delayed cracking and the use of the steel. The steel contains in weight % 0.02-0.15% carbon, 7-15% manganese, 14-19% chromium, 0.1-4% nickel, 0.1-3% copper, 0.05-0.3% nitrogen, the balance of the steel being iron and inevitable impurities, and the chemical composition range in terms of the sum of carbon and nitrogen contents (C+N) and the measured Md3o-temperature is inside the area defined by the points ABCD which have the following values Point Md30° C. C+N % A?80 0.1 B+7 0.1 C?40 0.40 D?80 0.40.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Outokumpu Oyj
    Inventors: Juho Talonen, Suresh Kodukula, Tero Taulavuori
  • Publication number: 20150114526
    Abstract: Provided is a Fe—Mn—C-based twinning-induced plasticity (TWIP) steel which includes 13 wt % to 24 wt % of manganese (Mn), 0.4 wt % to 1.2 wt % of carbon (C), and iron (Fe) as well as other unavoidable impurities as a remainder, is manufactured by caliber rolling, has a microstructure including elongated grains that are elongated in a rolling direction, and has an average grain size of the elongated grains in a direction perpendicular to the rolling direction of 1 ?m or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2012
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: POSTECH ACADEMY-INDUSTRY FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Tae Kyung Lee, Chong Soo Lee, Seok Weon Song, Jae Hyung Kim, Kaneaki Tsuzaki, Motomichi Koyama
  • Publication number: 20150020928
    Abstract: Provided are an austenitic steel having excellent machinability and ultra-low temperature toughness in a weld heat-affected zone including 15 wt % to 35 wt % of manganese (Mn), carbon (C) satisfying 23.6C+Mn?28 and 33.5C?Mn?23, 5 wt % or less (excluding 0 wt %) of copper (Cu), chromium (Cr) satisfying 28.5C+4.4Cr?57 (excluding 0 wt %), and iron (Fe) as well as other unavoidable impurities as a remainder, wherein a Charpy impact value of a weld heat-affected zone at ?196° C. is 41 J or more, and a method of manufacturing the steel. According to the present invention, a low-cost ultra-low temperature steel may be obtained, a stable austenite phase may be formed at low temperature, carbide formation may be effectively suppressed, and a structural steel having excellent machinability and ultra-low temperature toughness in a weld heat-affected zone may be provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2012
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: Soon-Gi Lee, Jong-Kyo Choi, Young-Hwan Park, Hee-Goon Noh, Hyun-Kwan Cho, In-Shik Suh, In-Gyu Park, Hong-Ju Lee
  • Publication number: 20140261918
    Abstract: Improved steel compositions and methods of making the same are provided. The present disclosure provides advantageous wear resistant steel. More particularly, the present disclosure provides high manganese (Mn) steel having enhanced wear resistance, and methods for fabricating high manganese steel compositions having enhanced wear resistance. The advantageous steel compositions/components of the present disclosure improve one or more of the following properties: wear resistance, ductility, crack resistance, erosion resistance, fatigue life, surface hardness, stress corrosion resistance, fatigue resistance, and/or environmental cracking resistance. In general, the present disclosure provides high manganese steels tailored to resist wear and/or erosion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company
    Inventors: HyunWoo Jin, Ning Ma, Raghavan Ayer, Russell Robert Mueller, Hak-Cheol Lee, Jong-Kyo Choi, In-Shik Suh
  • Publication number: 20140230971
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing the high strength steel sheet having excellent formability includes hot-rolling a steel slab having a chemical composition containing, by mass %, C: 0.03% or more and 0.35% or less, Si: 0.5% or more and 3.0% or less, Mn: 3.5% or more and 10.0% or less, P: 0.1% or less, S: 0.01% or less, N: 0.008% or less and the balance comprising Fe and inevitable impurities, coiling the hot-rolled steel sheet at a temperature range of the Ar1 transformation point to the Ar1 transformation point+(the Ar3 transformation point?the Ar1 transformation point)/2, cooling the coiled steel sheet down to 200° C. or lower, heating and holding the cooled steel sheet at a temperature range of the Ac1 transformation point?200° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiyasu Kawasaki, Hiroshi Hasegawa, Tatsuya Nakagaito, Yasunobu Nagataki
  • Patent number: 8778097
    Abstract: A low specific gravity and high strength steel sheet includes C of 0.2% to 0.8%, Mn of 2% to 10%, P of 0.02% or less, S of 0.015% or less, Al of 3% to 15%, and N of 0.01% or less. A ratio of Mn/Al is 0.4 to 1.0. Retained austenite in a structure is included in the range of 1% or more. The steel sheet further includes one or two or more elements selected from the group consisting of Si of 0.1% to 2.0%, Cr of 0.1% to 0.3%, Mo of 0.05% to 0.5%, Ni of 0.1% to 2.0%, Cu of 0.1% to 1.0%, B of 0.0005% to 0.003%, Ti of 0.01% to 0.2%, Zr of 0.005% to 0.2%, Nb of 0.005% to 0.2%, W of 0.1% to 1.0%, Sb of 0.005% to 0.2%, and Ca of 0.001% to 0.2%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Posco
    Inventors: Kwang Geun Chin, Jai Hyun Kwak
  • Publication number: 20140190594
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed and formulations and methods to provide alloys having relative high strength and ductility. The alloys may be provided in seamless tubular form and characterized by their particular alloy chemistries and identifiable crystalline grain size morphology. The alloys are such that they include boride pinning phases. In what is termed a Class 1 Steel the alloys indicate tensile strengths of 700 MPa to 1400 MPa and elongations of 10-70%. Class 2 Steel indicates tensile strengths of 800 MPa to 1800 MPa and elongations of 5-65%. Class 3 Steel indicates tensile strengths of 1000 MPa to 2000 MPa and elongations of 0.5-15%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2014
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Inventors: Daniel James BRANAGAN, Sheng CHENG, Longzhou MA, Jason K. WALLESER, Grant G. JUSTICE, Andrew T. BALL, Kurtis CLARK, Scott LARISH, Alissa PETERSON, Patrick E. MACK, Brian D. MERKLE, Brian E. MEACHAM, Alla V. SERGUEEVA
  • Publication number: 20140158257
    Abstract: In a method for producing a motor vehicle component and a motor vehicle component produced according to the invention a steel sheet with a stacking fault energy between 10 and 40 mJ/m2 and a manganese content between 10 and 30% is provided, which is prone to twin formation at room temperature and has at least regions with a predominantly austenitic microstructure. Regions of this steel sheet are first temperature treated to a temperature between +30° C. and ?250° C. and subsequently cold formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2013
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: Benteler Automobiltechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Frehn, Thomas Niendorf, Christian Rüsing, Hans Jürgen Maier
  • Patent number: 8703047
    Abstract: As a stainless steel for a metal part for clothing ornament capable of working into a complicated form part and having such nonmagnetic properties that the worked part can cope with the detection through needle detecting device is provided a high-Mn austenitic stainless steel having a chemical composition comprising C: 0.02-0.12 mass %, Si: 0.05-1.5 mass %, Mn: 10.0-22.0 mass %, S: not more than 0.03 mass %, Ni: 4.0-12.0 mass %, Cr: 14.0-25.0 mass % and N: 0.07-0.17 mass %, provided that these components are contained so that ? cal (mass %) represented by the following equation (1) is not more than 5.5 mass %: ? cal (mass %)=(Cr+0.48Si+1.21Mo+2.2(V+Ti)+0.15Nb)?(Ni+0.47Cu+0.11Mn?0.0101Mn2+26.4C+20.1N)?4.7??(1) and having a magnetic permeability of not more than 1.003 under a magnetic field of 200 kA/m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Nippon Yakin Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeru Hirata, Yuji Ikegami, Kazuhiro Yamakawa
  • Publication number: 20140050941
    Abstract: A high strength steel sheet including, by mass, C: 0.03% or more and 0.25% or less, Si: 0.4% or more and 2.5% or less, Mn: 3.5% or more and 10.0% or less, P: 0.1% or less, S: 0.01% or less, Al: 0.01% or more and 2.5% or less, N: 0.008% or less, Si+Al: 1.0% or more, the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities. The area ratio of ferrite is 30% or more and 80% or less, the area ratio of martensite is 0% or more and 17% or less, the volume fraction of retained austenite is 8% or more, and the average grain size of retained austenite is 2 ?m or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2012
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Inventors: Yoshiyasu Kawasaki, Hiroshi Hasegawa, Shinjiro Kaneko, Yasunobu Nagataki
  • Patent number: 8647450
    Abstract: A bead wire has a composition of Mn: 5-35 at % and Al: 5-20 at % and the remainder being Fe and inevitable impurities, in which a steel structure is an austenite single-phase structure, and achieves weight reduction and high ductility without reducing strength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Bridgestone Corporation
    Inventors: Masami Kikuchi, Yukio Aoike, Takashi Yokoi
  • Patent number: 8591672
    Abstract: The invention provides medical devices comprising high-strength alloys which degrade over time in the body of a human or animal, at controlled degradation rates, without generating emboli. In one embodiment the alloy is formed into a bone fixation device such as an anchor, screw, plate, support or rod. In another embodiment the alloy is formed into a tissue fastening device such as staple. In yet another embodiment, the alloy is formed into a dental implant or a stent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Bio DG, Inc.
    Inventors: Gordon F. Janko, Herbert R. Radisch, Thomas A. Trozera
  • Publication number: 20130209833
    Abstract: Hot-rolled or cold-rolled steel plate, method for manufacturing same and use thereof in the automotive industry A hot-rolled or cold-rolled steel plate, characterized in that its composition is in weight percentages: 0.6%?C?0.9%; 17%?Mn?22%; 0.2%?Al?0.9%; 0.2%?Si?1.1% with 0.85%?Al+Si?1.9%; 1.2%?Cu?1.9%; S?0.030%; P?0.080%; N?0.1%; optionally: Nb?0.25% and preferably comprised between 0.070 and 0.25%; V?0.5% and preferably comprised between 0.050 and 0.5%; Ti?0.5%, and preferably comprised between 0.040 and 0.5%; Ni?2%; trace amounts Cr?2%, preferably?1%; B?0.010%, and preferably, comprised between 0.0005% and 0.010%; the remainder being iron and impurities resulting from the production. A method for manufacturing this plate, the use of this plate in the automotive industry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2011
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: ARCELORMITTAL INVESTIGACION Y DESARROLLO, S.L.
    Inventors: Colin Scott, Philippe Cugy
  • Patent number: 8454765
    Abstract: An austenitic, substantially ferrite-free steel alloy and a process for producing components therefrom. This Abstract is not intended to define the invention disclosed in the specification, nor intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignees: Boehler Edelstahl GmbH & Co. KG, Schoeller-Bleckmann Oilfield Technology GmbH
    Inventors: Gabriele Saller, Herbert Aigner, Josef Bernauer, Raimund Huber
  • Publication number: 20130118647
    Abstract: A method of producing an austenitic steel strip or sheet excellent in resistance to delayed cracking and a steel produced thereby.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2011
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Applicant: TATA STEEL IJMUIDEN BV
    Inventors: Basjan Berkhout, Marcus Cornelis Maria Cornelissen, Jayesh Ramjibhai Patel
  • Publication number: 20130087253
    Abstract: A high strength steel sheet has tensile strength of at least 1470 MPa and (tensile strength×total elongation) of at least 29000 MPa·% with a composition including, by mass %, C: 0.30% to 0.73%, Si: 3.0% or less, Al: 3.0% or less, Si+Al: at least 0.7%, Cr: 0.2% to 8.0%, Mn: 10.0% or less, Cr+Mn: at least 1.0%, P: 0.1% or less, S: 0.07% or less, N: 0.010% or less, and remainder as Fe and incidental impurities; and processing the steel sheet such that microstructure satisfies area ratio of martensite with respect to the microstructure of 15% to 90%; content of retained austenite of 10% to 50%; at least 50% of the martensite is constituted of tempered martensite and area ratio of the tempered martensite with respect to the microstructure is at least 10%; and area ratio of polygonal ferrite with respect to the microstructure is 10% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2011
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Matsuda, Yoshimasa Funakawa, Yasushi Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20130081740
    Abstract: A novel FeMnAlC alloy, comprising 23˜34 wt. % Mn, 6˜12 wt. % Al, and 1.4˜2.2 wt. % C with the balance being Fe, is disclosed. The as-quenched alloy contains an extremely high density of nano-sized (Fe,Mn)3AlCx carbides (??-carbides) formed within austenite matrix by spinodal decomposition during quenching. With almost equivalent elongation, the yield strength of the present alloys after aging is about 30% higher than that of the optimally aged FeMnAlC (C?1.3 wt. %) alloy systems disclosed in prior arts. Moreover, the as-quenched alloy is directly nitrided at 450˜550° C., the resultant surface microhardness and corrosion resistance in 3.5% NaCl solution are far superior to those obtained previously for the optimally nitrided commercial alloy steels and stainless steels, presumably due to the formation of a nitrided layer consisting predominantly of AlN.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2012
    Publication date: April 4, 2013
    Applicant: NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY
    Inventor: NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY
  • Publication number: 20130048150
    Abstract: A method for producing a workpiece having properties which are adjustable across a wall thickness or strip thickness of the workpiece, includes the steps of subjecting the workpiece to a decarburizing annealing treatment under an oxidizing atmosphere and to an accelerated cooling and/or a cold forming for generating a property gradient of the workpiece, wherein the workpiece is made of an austenitic lightweight steel which has an alloy composition which includes by weight percent 0.2% to 1% carbon, 0.05% to <15% aluminum, 0.05% to 6.0% silicon, 9% to <30% manganese, and at least one element selected from the group consisting of chromium, copper, boron, titanium, zirconium, vanadium and niobium, wherein chromium=4.0%; titanium+zirconium=0.7%; niobium+vanadium=0.5%, boron=1%, the remainder iron including common steel companion elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2011
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: SALZGITTER FLACHSTAHL GMBH
    Inventors: Daniela John, Manuel Otto, Rune Schmidt-Jürgensen, Thomas Evertz, Zacharias Georgeou, Bianca Springub
  • Publication number: 20130037179
    Abstract: A casting of a white cast iron alloy and a method of producing the casting are disclosed. A white cast alloy is also disclosed. The casting has a solution treated microstructure that comprises a ferrous matrix of retained austenite and chromium carbides dispersed in the matrix, with the carbides comprising 15 to 60% volume fraction of the alloy. The matrix composition comprises: manganese: 8 to 20 wt %; carbon: 0.8 to 1.5 wt %; chromium: 5 to 15 wt %; and iron: balance (including incidental impurities).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2011
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Applicant: WEIR MINERALS AUSTRALIA LTD
    Inventor: Kevin Dolman
  • Patent number: 8337749
    Abstract: An austenitic stainless steel composition including relatively low Ni and Mo levels, and exhibiting corrosion resistance, resistance to elevated temperature deformation, and formability properties comparable to certain alloys including higher Ni and Mo levels. Embodiments of the austenitic stainless steel include, in weight percentages, up to 0.20 C, 2.0-9.0 Mn, up to 2.0 Si, 15.0-23.0 Cr, 1.0-9.5 Ni, up to 3.0 Mo, up to 3.0 Cu, 0.05-0.35 N, (7.5(% C))?(% Nb+% Ti+% V+% Ta+% Zr)?1.5, Fe, and incidental impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: ATI Properties, Inc.
    Inventors: David S. Bergstrom, James M. Rakowski
  • Patent number: 8246762
    Abstract: The invention provides medical devices comprising high-strength alloys which degrade over time in the body of a human or animal, at controlled degradation rates, without generating emboli. In one embodiment the alloy is formed into a bone fixation device such as an anchor, screw, plate, support or rod. In another embodiment the alloy is formed into a tissue fastening device such as staple. In yet another embodiment, the alloy is formed into a dental implant or a stent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Bio DG, Inc.
    Inventors: Gordon F. Janko, Herbert R. Radisch, Jr., Thomas A. Trozera
  • Publication number: 20120145286
    Abstract: Hadfield steel and a method for obtaining the same, which steel has better mechanical properties than basic Hadfield steel, without detriment to any of them, which has a homogenous grain size distribution, thus allowing new applications, having the following chemical composition: 0.90 to 1.35% by weight of C, 11.00 to 14.00% by weight of Mn, 0.80% maximum by weight of Si, 0.07% maximum by weight of P, 0.05% maximum by weight of S and an amount of hafnium greater than or equal to 0.01% and less than 0.1% by weight, the rest being iron and impurities associated with iron, and where the percentages are expressed by weight with respect to the total weight of the steel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2011
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: FUNDACION TECNALIA RESEARCH & INNOVATION
    Inventor: Patricia CABALLERO OGUIZA
  • Publication number: 20110308673
    Abstract: A hot-rolled austenitic manganese steel strip having a chemical composition in percent by weight of 0.4%?C?1.2%, 12.0%?Mn?25.0%, P?0.01% and Al?0.05% has a product of elongation at break in % and tensile strength in MPa of above 65,000 MPa %, in particular above 70,000 MPa %. A cold-rolled austenitic manganese steel strip having the same chemical composition achieves a product of elongation at break in % and tensile strength in MPa of above 75,000 MPa %, in particular above 80,000 MPa %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2011
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Applicant: voestalpine Stahl GmbH
    Inventors: Reinhold Schneider, Ludovic Samek, Enno Arenholz, Klemens Mraczek, Mario Hartl
  • Patent number: 8052924
    Abstract: There is provided a high strength steel plate with high manganese having excellent burring workability, which is used for structural members, bumper reinforcing materials and impact absorbing materials of automobiles, etc. The high strength steel plate includes, by weight: C: 0.2 to 1.0%, Mn: 10 to 25%, Al: 0.3 to 3.0%, S: 0.05% or less, P: 0.05% or less, and the balance of Fe and inevitable impurities, wherein the chemical elements satisfactorily have a grain size of 18 ?m or more. The high strength steel plate can be useful to facilitate formation of automobile parts since it has excellent physical properties such as elongation and hole expansibility as well as strength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: Posco
    Inventors: Sung Kyu Kim, Kwang Geun Chin
  • Patent number: 7976650
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for manufacturing a corrosion-resistant cold-rolled sheet of iron-carbon-manganese austenitic steel, comprising the following steps: a sheet whose chemical composition comprises, the contents being expressed by weight: 0.35%?C?1.05%, 16%?Mn?24%, the balance of the composition consisting of iron and inevitable impurities resulting from its smelting, is provided; said sheet is cold-rolled; and a recrystallization annealing treatment is carried out on said sheet in a furnace containing a gas chosen from gases that are reducing with respect to iron, the parameters of said annealing being chosen in such a way that said sheet is covered on both its sides with an essentially amorphous (Fe,Mn)O oxide sublayer and with an external crystalline manganese oxide (MnO) layer, the total thickness of these two layers being equal to or greater than 0.5 microns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: ARCELOR France
    Inventors: Pascal Drillet, Daniel Bouleau
  • Publication number: 20100258218
    Abstract: The present invention features a high-strength and light TWIP steel sheet which can be used to manufacture vehicle body parts, and a method of manufacturing the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2009
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seung Hyun Hong, Se Jin Ko
  • Patent number: 7799148
    Abstract: Iron-carbon-manganese austenitic steel sheet, the chemical composition of which comprises, the contents being expressed by weight: 0.45%?C?0.75%; 15%?Mn?26%; Si?3%; Al?0.050%; S?0.030%; P?0.080%; N?0.1%; at least one metal element chosen from vanadium, titanium, niobium, chromium and molybdenum, where 0.050%?V?0.50%; 0.040%?Ti?0.50; 0.070%?Nb?0.50%; 0.070%?Cr?2%; 0.14%?Mo?2%; and, optionally, one or more elements chosen from 0.0005%?B?0.003%; Ni?1%; Cu?5%, the balance of the composition consisting of iron and inevitable impurities resulting from the smelting, the amounts of said at least one metal element in the form of precipitated carbides, nitrides or carbonitrides being: 0.030%?Vp?0.150%; 0.030%?Tip?0.130%; 0.040%?Nbp?0.220%; 0.070%?Crp?0.6%; 0.14%?Mop?0.44%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Arcelor France
    Inventors: Colin Scott, Philippe Cugy, Maurita Roscini, Anne Dez, Dominique Cornette
  • Patent number: 7749431
    Abstract: A high-strength stainless steel, having good mechanical properties and corrosion resistance in a high-pressure hydrogen gas environment, is used as a container or other device for high-pressure hydrogen gas, and consists of, by mass %, C: not more than 0.04%, Si: not more than 1.0%, Mn: 7 to 30%, Cr: 15 to 22%, Ni: 5 to 20%, V: 0.001 to 1.0%, N: 0.20 to 0.50% and Al: not more than 0.10%, and the balance Fe and impurities. Among the impurities, P is not more than 0.030%, S is not more than 0.005%, and Ti, Zr and Hf are not more than 0.01% respectively, and the contents of Cr, Mn and N satisfy the relationship, 2.5Cr+3.4Mn?300N. The weld metal of the welded joint of the container or other device made of the said stainless steel satisfies the relationship, ?11?Nieq?1.1×Creq??8.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaaki Igarashi, Hiroyuki Semba, Mitsuo Miyahara, Kazuhiro Ogawa, Tomohiko Omura
  • Patent number: 7708841
    Abstract: An austenitic, substantially ferrite-free steel alloy and a process for producing components therefrom. This Abstract is not intended to define the invention disclosed in the specification, nor intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignees: Boehler Edelstahl GmbH & Co KG, Schoeller-Bleckmann Oilfield Technology GmbH
    Inventors: Gabriele Saller, Herbert Aigner, Josef Bernauer, Raimund Huber
  • Publication number: 20100037993
    Abstract: The present invention provides a TWIP steel sheet that has an austenite matrix structure and includes 15-25 wt % of manganese. The TWIP steel sheet has a recrystallization texture in which brass orientation is suppressed and {3 5 2} <2 2 1> is developed as its main orientation during heat treatment subsequent to cold rolling, and has an average plastic strain ratio of 1.2 or more, preferably 1.5 or more. Since this TWIP steel sheet has high workability and strength, complicated vehicle body components can be easily manufactured through a press molding process without cracking or rupturing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2008
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: So Youn Kim, Seung Hyun Hong
  • Patent number: 7658883
    Abstract: Novel carbon-plus-nitrogen corrosion-resistant ferrous and austenitic alloys, apparatus incorporating an inventive alloy, and methods of making and using the apparatus are described. The corrosion-resistant ferrous and austenitic alloys comprise no greater than about 4 wt. % nickel, are characterized by a strength greater than about 700 MPa (100 ksi), and, when being essentially free of molybdenum (<0.3 wt. %), have minimum Pitting Resistance Equivalence (PRE) numbers of 20 and minimum Measure of Alloying for Corrosion Resistance numbers (MARC) of 30 because of the use of both carbon and nitrogen. The ferrous and austenitic alloys are particularly formulated for use in oilfield operations, especially sour oil and gas wells and reservoirs. This abstract allows a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the disclosure. It will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2010
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Manuel Marya, Rashmi Bhavsar
  • Publication number: 20100012233
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an ultra high strength TWIP steel sheet having an austenite matrix texture, comprising 0.15˜0.30 wt % of carbon, 0.01˜0.03 wt % of silicon, 15˜25 wt % of manganese, 1.2˜3.0 wt % of aluminum, 0.020 wt % or less of phosphorus, 0.001˜0.002 wt % of sulfur, and residual iron and other inevitable impurities, wherein the TWIP steel sheet is cold-rolled at a reduction ratio of 35˜40% per pass under a condition of 180˜220 Mpa in front and rear tension, and thus has an average plastic strain ratio of 1.2 or more. The ultra high strength TWIP steel sheet has an improved average plastic strain ratio and excellent formability because it has a developed Goss orientation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2009
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Applicant: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventor: Seung Hyun Hong
  • Publication number: 20090308499
    Abstract: An austenitic steel sheet excellent in resistance to delayed cracking, the composition of said steel comprising, in weight: 0,35%<C<1,05%, 15%<Mn<26%, Si<3%, Al<0,050%, S<0,030%, P<0,080%, N<0,1%, at least one metallic element X chosen among vanadium, titanium, niobium, molybdenum, chromium: 0,050%<V<0,50%, 0,040%?Ti<0,50%, 0,070%<Nb<0,50%, 0,14%<Mo<2%, 0,070%<Cr<2% and optionally, one or several elements chosen among 0,0005%<B<0,010%, Ni<2%, Cu<5%, the remainder being iron and unavoidable impurities inherent to fabrication, including hydrogen, the quantity Xp of said at least one metallic element under the form of carbides, nitrides or carbonitrides being, in weight: 0,030%<VP<0,40%, 0,030%<Tip<0,50%, 0,040%<Nbp<0,40%, 0,14%<Mop<0,44%, 0,070%<Crp<0,6%, the hydrogen content IImax designating the maximal hydrogen content that can be measured from a series of at least five specimens, and the quantity Xp, in weight, b
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2007
    Publication date: December 17, 2009
    Applicants: ARCELORMITTAL FRANCE, THYSSENKRUPP STEEL AG
    Inventors: Colin Scott, Philippe Cugy, Christian Allely
  • Publication number: 20090165897
    Abstract: Substantially austenitic steel having high strength and good formability for cold rolling including (in weight percent): 0.05 to 1.0% C; 11.0 to 14.9% Mn; 1.0 to 5.0% Al; O to 2.5% Ni the remainder being iron and unavoidable impurities, wherein the microstructure includes at least 75% in volume of austenite, and wherein (Ni+Mn) is from 11.0 to 15.9%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2006
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Applicant: Corus Staal BV
    Inventor: Calum McEwan
  • Publication number: 20080271823
    Abstract: Coating steel strips comprising, in % by weight, C: ?1.6%, Mn: 6-30%, Al: ?10%, Ni: ?10%, Cr: ?10%, Si: ?8%, Cu: ?3%, Nb: ?0.6%, Ti: ?0.3%, V: ?0.3%, P: ?0.1%, B: ?0.01%, the rest being iron and unavoidable impurities, and a method of forming steel strips are described. Up to now, such steel strips were not adequately coatable, with a metal coating ensuring outstanding corrosion-resistance and good welding properties. This is ensured by applying an aluminium layer to the steel strip before final annealing and applying the metal coating to said aluminium layer after final annealing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2006
    Publication date: November 6, 2008
    Applicant: Thyssenkrupp Steel AG
    Inventors: Harald Hofmann, Manfred Meurer, Bernd Schuhmacher, Slavcho Topalski
  • Patent number: 7442264
    Abstract: The use is described, in the fabrication of apparatus and equipment used in refining and in petrochemicals (for example furnace, reactor or line elements), of a steel composition comprising: at most 0.25% C; more than 1% up to 10% Mn; 1.5% to 5% Si; at most 0.03% P; at most 0.03% S; 4% to 10% Cr; 0.5% to 2% Mo; at most 0.40% V; and at most 0.10% N; the complement to 100% being essentially iron. Steels comprising: at most 0.15% C; more than 2% up to 10% Mn; 1.5% to 5% Si; at most 0.03% P; at most 0.03% S; 4% to 10% Cr; more than 0.5% up to 2% Mo; at most 0.40% V; and at most 0.10% N; the complement to 100% being essentially iron; are themselves novel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2008
    Assignee: Institute Francais du Petrole
    Inventors: Francois Ropital, Xavier Longaygue
  • Publication number: 20070209738
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a high strength and high toughness alloy with a low density and the method of making thereof. The alloy essentially comprises 15 to 33 wt % of manganese, 6 to 10 wt % of aluminum, 0.6 to 1.2 wt % of carbon, 0.1 to 1.0 wt % of silicon, and the balance of iron. The alloy has excellent properties of a density of 6.6 to 6.9 g/cm3, an elongation of 25 to 70%, and a tensile strength of 100 to 190 ksi. In particularly, and the alloy is useful for golf club heads with excellent properties. Further, the use of the alloy reduces pits and defects generated during the electroplating process of the heads. Therefore, the defect rate of the product is remarkably decreased so that the cost is reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2006
    Publication date: September 13, 2007
    Applicant: National Chiao Tung University
    Inventors: Tzeng-Feng Liu, Jian-Wei Lee
  • Patent number: 6908589
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide high manganese cast iron containing spheroidal vanadium carbide and method for making which is nonmagnetic as well as superior mechanical properties such as wear-resistance and toughness, and further does not require a water toughing heat treatment which has been needed when nonmagnetic high manganese steel (high manganese cast steel) is obtained by crystallized spheroidal vanadium in austenite matrix, and the high manganese cast iron containing spheroidal vanadium carbide is comprised of C 1.5˜4.0 weight %, V 6˜15 weight %, Si 0.2˜4.0 weight %, Mn 10˜18 weight %, Mg 0.01˜0.1 weight %, remaining iron (Fe) and inevitable impurities, spheroidal vanadium carbide is crystallized within a structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2005
    Assignees: Osaka Prefecture, Kabushiki Kaisha Sankyogokin Chuzoasho, Okamoto Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tadashi Kitudo, Mamoru Takemura, Mituaki Matumuro, Hideto Matumoto, Takao Horie, Kazumichi Shimizu
  • Patent number: 6692838
    Abstract: The invention includes a composition of matter which is resistant to metal dusting and a method for preventing metal dusting on metal surfaces exposed to carbon supersaturated environments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2004
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company
    Inventors: Trikur Anantharaman Ramanarayanan, ChangMin Chun
  • Publication number: 20030145911
    Abstract: A steel strip or sheet steel having good cold formability and high-strength is described, comprising a light steel having (in weight-percent) C: ≦1.00%, Mn: 7.00-30.00%, Al: 1.00-10.00%, Si: >2.50-8.00%, Al+Si: >3.50-12.00%, B: >0.00-<0.01%, as well as alternately Ni: <8.00%, Cu: <3.00%, N: <0.60%, Nb: <0.30%, Ti: <0.30%, V: <0.30%, P: <0.01%, with the remainder iron and unavoidable impurities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2003
    Publication date: August 7, 2003
    Inventors: Harald Hoffmann, Bernhard Engl, Manfred Menne, Thomas Heller, Werner Zimmermann
  • Patent number: 6572713
    Abstract: An austenitic manganese steel microalloyed with nitrogen, vanadium and titanium used for castings such as mantles, bowls and jaws manufactured as wear components of crushers in the mining and aggregate industries, hammers used in scrap shredders, frogs and switches used in railway crossings and buckets and track shoes used in mining power shovels. These novel compositions exhibit a fine grain size having carbonitride precipitates that result in castings having a wear life 20-70% longer than prior art castings. The austenitic manganese steel includes, in weight percentages, the following: about 11.0% to 24.0% manganese, about 1.0% to 1.4% carbon, up to about 1% silicon, up to about 1.9% chromium, up to about 0.25% nickel, up to about 1.0% molybdenum, up to about 0.2% aluminum, up to about 0.25% copper, phosphorus and sulfur present as impurities in amounts of about 0.07% max and about 0.06% max. respectively, microalloying additions of titanium in the amounts of about 0.020-0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2003
    Assignee: The Frog Switch and Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Jerzy W. Kucharczyk, Karl R. Funk, Bernd Kos
  • Patent number: 6387192
    Abstract: The invention relates to an easily cold-workable, in particular easily deep-drawable ultra high strength austenitic lightweight construction steel with an ultimate tensile strength of up to 1100 MPa and with TRIP and TWIP characteristics, as well as its use for motor vehicle body sheetmetal components, structural components used for stiffening, as well as cryogenic containers and pipelines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2002
    Inventors: Georg Frommeyer, Oliver Grässel
  • Publication number: 20020048529
    Abstract: An austenitic manganese steel microalloyed with nitrogen, vanadium and titanium used for castings such as mantles, bowls and jaws manufactured as wear components of crushers in the mining and aggregate industries, hammers used in scrap shredders, frogs and switches used in railway crossings and buckets and track shoes used in mining power shovels. These novel compositions exhibit a fine grain size having carbonitride precipitates that result in castings having a wear life 20-70% longer than prior art castings. The austenitic manganese steel includes, in weight percentages, the following: about 11.0% to 24.0% manganese, about 1.0% to 1.4% carbon, up to about 1% silicon, up to about 1.9% chromium, up to about 0.25% nickel, up to about 1.0% molybdenum, up to about 0.2% aluminum, up to about 0.25% copper, phosphorus and sulfur present as impurities in amounts of about 0.07% max and about 0.06% max. respectively, microalloying additions of titanium in the amounts of about 0.020-0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2001
    Publication date: April 25, 2002
    Applicant: The Frog Switch and Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Jerzy W. Kucharczyk, Karl R. Funk, Bernd Kos
  • Patent number: 5634990
    Abstract: An Fe-Mn vibration damping alloy steel having a mixture structure of .epsilon., .alpha.' and .gamma.. The alloy steel consists of iron, manganese from 10 to 24% by weight and limited amounts of impurities. The alloy steel is manufactured by preparing an ingot at a temperature of 1000.degree. C. to 1300.degree. C. for 12 to 40 hours to homogenize the ingot and hot-rolling the homogenized ingot to produce a rolled alloy bar or plate, performing solid solution treatment on the alloy steel at 900.degree. C. to 1100.degree. C. for 30 to 60 minutes, cooling the alloy steel by air or water, and cold rolling the alloy steel at a reduction rate of greater than 0% and below 30% at around room temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 3, 1997
    Assignee: Woojin Osk Corporation
    Inventors: Chong-Sool Choi, Man-Eob Lee, Seung-Han Baek, Yong-Chul Son, Jeong-Cheol Kim, Joong-Hwan Jun, Young-Sam Ko
  • Patent number: 5308408
    Abstract: A wear resisting steel of the Hadfield-type and method for its production are provided. This iron base alloy contains in its basic composition following alloying carbon, manganese, silicon and optionally chromium, and/or molybdenum, and/or tungsten. The matrix of the steel is formed by the ductile austenite. Carbides appear on the grain boundaries in the form of roundish, hard, separate precipitates. In the grain boundary zone and inside the grains are hard, needle-shaped nitride and carbonitrides to improve the wear resistance especially against abrasive wear. In accordance with the method the steel is solution heat treated at a temperature range below 1100.degree. C. (e.g., 950.degree. to below 1100.degree. C.) so that carbide, nitride and carbonitride precipitates formed in the microstructure following casting are partially but not completely dissolved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 3, 1994
    Assignee: Lokomo Oy
    Inventor: Reijo Katila