Patents Assigned to Posco
  • Publication number: 20240242863
    Abstract: A non-oriented electrical steel sheet according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention contains, by wt %: 0.005% or less (excluding 0%) of C, 1.5 to 3.0% of Si, 0.4 to 1.5% of Mn, 0.005% or less (excluding 0%) of S, 0.0001 to 0.7% of Al, 0.005% or less (excluding 0%) of N, 0.005% or less (excluding 0%) of Ti, 0.001 to 0.02% of Cu, 0.01 to 0.05% of Sb, 0.001 to 0.1% of Sn, and 0.005 to 0.07% of P, wherein contents of Mn, Si, and Al satisfy the following [Expression 1], contents of Sb, Sn, and P satisfy the following [Expression 2], the non-oriented electrical steel sheet contains a balance of Fe and unavoidably incorporated impurities, and the number of (Mn, Cu)S precipitates of 0.5 ?m or less per area is 1/?m3 or less: 0.19 ? [ Mn ] / ( [ Si ] + 150 × [ Al ] ) ? 0.35 [ Expression ? 1 ] 1 / 2 * ? Sn < [ Sb ] + [ P ] < 0 . 0 ? 9 .
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Applicant: POSCO Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Hyung Don Joo, Jaewan Hong, Yong-Soo Kim, Junesoo Park, Yunsu Kim
  • Patent number: 12036600
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a torsion beam, the method comprising: a planarization step, in which a protruding portion of an upper mold presses the opposite end portions in the width direction of the blank to be plastically deformed to be flat while the opposite end portions in the width direction of the blank are supported by a side cam to face each other; a welding and bonding step for bonding the planarized opposite end portions in the width direction of the blank via welding; and a quenching step for heating the welded and bonded blank within a range of 900 to 970° C. for a retaining time within a range of 1 to 20 minutes and for cooling down the blank in a treatment liquid including at least one of water and oil in a range of 20 to 90° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignees: POSCO CO., LTD, AUSTEM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hong-Woo Lee, Dong-Yoon Seok, Myong-Ho Shin, Nam-Sik Sa
  • Patent number: 12037667
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a thick steel suitable for use as a line pipe, a sour-resistant material, or the like and, more specifically, to a high-strength steel having excellent resistance to sulfide stress cracking, and a method for manufacturing same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: POSCO CO., LTD
    Inventors: Seong-Ung Koh, Yoen-Jung Park, Hong-Ju Lee, Hyo-Shin Kim, Moo-Jong Bae
  • Patent number: 12037656
    Abstract: Provided is a steel sheet that can be used for automobile parts or the like, and relates to a steel sheet having an excellent balance of strength and ductility, and excellent workability, and a method for manufacturing same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: POSCO CO., LTD
    Inventors: Jae-Hoon Lee, Sang-Ho Han
  • Patent number: 12040110
    Abstract: Disclosed are an oriented electrical steel sheet and a manufacturing method thereof. An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a method of manufacturing an oriented electrical steel sheet, including: providing a slab including Si at 1.0 to 4.0 wt %, C at 0.1 to 0.4 wt %, and the remaining portion including Fe and other inevitably incorporated impurities; reheating the slab; producing a hot rolled steel sheet by hot rolling the slab; performing annealing of the hot rolled steel sheet; cold rolling the annealed hot rolled steel sheet; decarburizing and primary annealing the cold rolled steel sheet; cold rolling the decarburized and annealed steel sheet; and secondary annealing the cold rolled steel sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: POSCO CO., LTD
    Inventors: Hyun-Seok Ko, Kyu-Seok Han, Hyung-Ki Park, Jin-Wook Seo, Jae-Soo Lim, Hyung Don Joo
  • Patent number: 12030082
    Abstract: Provided is a bilayer composition for surface treatment of a steel plate and a surface-treated steel plate using same. The bilayer composition for surface treatment of a steel plate, comprising an undercoat coating composition including 1 to 12 wt % of a phenoxy resin, 0.001 to 1.0 wt % of colloidal silica, 0.001 to 1.0 wt % of a silane coupling agent, 0.1 to 1.0 wt % of a corrosion inhibitor, 0.001 to 1.0 wt % of a phosphoric acid compound as a long-term corrosion resistance improving agent, and a balance of water; and a topcoat coating composition including 0.1 to 5.0 wt % of an acrylic acid resin, 30 to 50 wt % of colloidal silica, 40 to 60 wt % of alkoxy silane, 5 to 15 wt % of an acrylate-based monomer, 0.01 to 1.00 wt % of an acidity control agent, and a balance of an organic solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: POSCO CO., LTD
    Inventors: Chang-Hoon Choi, Won-Ho Son, Hee-Jea Eun
  • Publication number: 20240221982
    Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a non-oriented electrical steel sheet and a method for manufacturing same. The non-oriented electrical steel sheet comprises, by wt %, 2.5-4% of Si, 0.1-1.0% of Mn, 0.001-0.005% of S, 0.002-0.01% of Cu, and the remainder of Fe and inevitable impurities, wherein FGS (average grain size of grains in the lower 10% or less based on grain size among total grains)?15 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2022
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Applicant: POSCO Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Junesoo Park, Jaewan Hong, Dae Hyun Song
  • Publication number: 20240222619
    Abstract: Provided is a positive active material for a lithium secondary battery including a compound represented by the following formula 1, wherein, a molar content of lithium present in a structure of the positive active material, measured through neutron diffraction analysis, is 1.02 to 1.15 per mole of the positive active material, and a c-axis lattice constant variation ratio of the R-3m structure is less than 2.3% for charge and discharge in the 2.5 V to 4.25 V range, [Chemical Formula 1] Li1+a(NibM11-b)1-aO2 in formula 1 above, 0<a<0.2, 0.8<b<1, and M1 is one or more elements selected from Co, Mn, Al, Mg, Ca, Ti, V, Cr, Zr, Nb, Mo, and W.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2022
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Applicants: POSCO Holdings Inc., RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, POSCO CHEMICAL CO., LTD
    Inventors: Inchul PARK, Hyungsub KIM, Sanghyuk LEE, Jung Hoon SONG, Junghoon KIM, Kwon Young CHOI, Ohmin KWON, Sang Cheol NAM, Seok Hyun SONG
  • Publication number: 20240209467
    Abstract: A preferable aspect of the present invention provides: an ultra-high-strength hot-rolled steel sheet containing, by weight, one or two of 0.40-0.60% of C, 0.7-1.5% of Mn, 0.3% or less (excluding 0%) of Si, 0.03% or less (including 0%) of P, 0.004% or less (including 0%) of S, 0.04% or less (excluding 0%) of Al, 0.3% or less (excluding 0%) of Cr, 0.3% or less (excluding 0%) of Mo, 0.9-1.5% of Ni, and 0.9-1.5% of Cu, 1.1% or more of Cu+Ni, 0.04% or less (excluding 0%) of Ti, 0.005% or less (excluding 0%) of B, 0.006% or less (excluding 0%) of N, and the balance Fe and other impurities, the alloy elements satisfying relational formulas 1 and 2 below, wherein a microstructure of the hot-rolled steel sheet comprises, by volume, 7% or more of ferrite and 93% or less of perlite; a steel pipe and a member each using the same; and manufacturing methods therefor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2024
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Applicant: POSCO CO., LTD
    Inventors: Hwan-Goo Seong, Yeol-Rae Cho, Seong-Beom Bae
  • Patent number: 12018181
    Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides: an adhesive coating composition enabling adherence (coupling) of an electrical steel sheet without using conventional coupling methods such as welding, clamping, and interlocking; an electrical steel sheet laminate to which the same is applied; and a method for manufacturing the same. An adhesive coating composition for an electrical steel sheet, according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, includes, on the basis of 100 wt % of total solids: 15 to 70 wt % of a first composition containing an organic resin and an organic/inorganic composite in which inorganic nanoparticles are substituted for an organic resin; 20 to 80 wt % of a second composition containing a metal phosphate and phosphoric acid; and 1 to 10 wt % of a coupling agent. The coupling agent may contain one or more of a silane-based coupling agent, a titanate-based coupling agent, and an aluminate-based coupling agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: POSCO CO., LTD
    Inventors: Jung-Woo Kim, Bongwoo Ha, Taeyoung No
  • Publication number: 20240203622
    Abstract: A non-oriented electrical steel sheet according to an embodiment of the present invention may include, by wt %, 2.5 to 4.0% of Si, 0.1 to 1.5% of A1, 0.1 to 1.5% of Mn, and the remainder of Fe and inevitable impurities. In the non-oriented electrical steel sheet according to an embodiment of the present invention, an average grain size is 50 to 100 ?m, and an area ratio of grains having a grain size of 20 ?m or less is 0.5% or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Applicant: POSCO Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Hunju Lee, Su-Yong Shin, Yunsu Kim
  • Publication number: 20240200175
    Abstract: A non-oriented electrical steel sheet includes by wt %, Si: 3.0 to 4.0%, Al: 0.1 to 1.5%, Mn: 0.1 to 0.5%, Cr: 2 to 20% of Mn content, a sum of Sn and Sb: 0.006 to 0.1%, C: 0.0010 to 0.0050%, and 0.0003 to 0.0050% of at least one of N, S, Ti, Nb, and V, and balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities, in which an area fraction of a grain having a grain diameter which is 10% or less of a thickness of the steel sheet is 0.5% or more, a number fraction of the grain is 20% or more, and an average grain diameter from a central layer to a surface layer in a thickness direction of the steel sheet satisfies a relationship of D(surface)/D(center)?0.6.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Applicant: POSCO Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Hunju Lee, Su-Yong Shin, Yunsu Kim
  • Publication number: 20240204213
    Abstract: Disclosed is a steel sheet having excellent hydrophilicity and conductivity. The steel sheet having excellent hydrophilicity and conductivity according to an embodiment may include a joint structure on the steel sheet, wherein the joint structure includes microprotrusions having inter-pitch intervals of 1 to 500 nm in an area fraction of 20% or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Applicant: POSCO Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Jonghee Kim, Jieon Park, Kwangmin Kim, Bosung Seo, Jinsuk Kim
  • Publication number: 20240201626
    Abstract: The present invention relates to printing equipment for printing images such as letters, pictures and the like on the surface of metal such as a steel plate, that may stably print images on the surface of metal at high speed, a printing method using the same, and a printed metal material obtained therefrom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2022
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Applicant: POSCO CO., LTD
    Inventors: Sun-Hong Park, Jin-Tae Kim
  • Publication number: 20240198633
    Abstract: Provided is a steel sheet for a hot press formed member having excellent painting adhesion and post-painting corrosion resistance, and a method for manufacturing the same. A steel sheet for hot press forming according to one aspect of the present invention comprises a base steel sheet and a plated layer formed on a surface of the base steel sheet, wherein the ratio of an area occupied by pores to the entire area of a surface layer portion may be 10% or more in a cross section of the surface layer portion observed when the plated layer is cut in a thickness direction thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2024
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Applicant: POSCO CO., LTD
    Inventors: Jin-Keun OH, Seong-Woo KIM, Hyeon-Jeong SHIN, A-Ra CHO
  • Patent number: 12012656
    Abstract: Provided is an apparatus for cooling a hot-dip plated steel sheet, the apparatus being capable of reducing comb-pattern surface defects occurring on the edge portion of the hot-dip plated steel sheet. The apparatus includes: a gas knife for spraying wiping gas to a steel sheet that has passed through a plating bath, thereby adjusting the plating thickness thereof; a defect prevention portion installed downstream of the gas knife so as to spray cooling gas to the steel sheet, thereby cooling same; and a moving portion for driving the defect prevention portion such that same moves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: POSCO CO., LTD
    Inventor: Yong-Hun Kweon
  • Publication number: 20240191329
    Abstract: Provided is an Al—Fe-alloy plated steel sheet for hot forming, having excellent TWB welding characteristics since excellent hardness uniformity of a TWB weld zone after hot forming is obtained by suitably controlling a batch annealing condition, after plating Al, such that an Al—Fe-alloy layer is formed; a hot forming member; and manufacturing methods therefor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2024
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Applicant: POSCO CO., LTD
    Inventors: Seong-Woo KIM, Jin-Keun OH, Yeol-Rae CHO, Hyeon-Jeong SHIN
  • Publication number: 20240194899
    Abstract: Disclosed is a steel plate with excellent hydrophilicity and conductivity. The steel plate with excellent hydrophilicity and conductivity according to an embodiment may include a joint structure on the steel plate and including fine protrusions having inter-pitch intervals of 1 to 500 nm, wherein the fine protrusions have a texture including a (111) orientation in an area ratio of 10% or more and a (001) orientation in an area ratio of 10% or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Applicant: POSCO Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Jonghee Kim, Bosung Seo, Jinsuk Kim, Jieon Park, Kwangmin Kim
  • Patent number: 12006576
    Abstract: Provided are a plated steel sheet and a method for manufacturing same, the plated steel sheet comprising: a base steel sheet; a Zn—Mg—Al plating layer provided on at least one surface of the base steel sheet; and an Fe—Al inhibition layer provided between the base steel sheet and the Zn—Mg—Al plating layer. The plating layer comprises, by weight %, 4 to 10% of Mg and 5.1-25% of Al and the remainder being Zn and unavoidable impurities with respect to components not including iron (Fe) diffused from the base steel sheet. The plating layer comprises a 24-50% MgZn2 phase in phase fraction. In the MgZn2 phase, an Al single phase is present in the ratio of 1-30% relative to the cross-sectional area of the total MgZn2 phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignees: POSCO, STEEL & CONVERGENCE TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH ASSOCIATION, POSCO COATED & COLOR STEEL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung-Joo Kim, Kyung-Kwan Park, Moon-Hi Hong, Heung-Yun Kim, Tae-Yeul Park, Myung-Soo Kim, Il-Ryoung Sohn, Tae-Chul Kim, Dae-Young Kang
  • Publication number: 20240186041
    Abstract: According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a grain oriented electrical sheet includes: a plurality of deformed parts formed on a surface of the electrical sheet along a rolling direction, in which an interval between the deformed parts is changed over an entire length of the sheet in response to an index Ks of sensitivity calculated by Equation 1 below, and at least two areas having a different interval between the deformed parts exist. Ks=(0.7×Ds+0.3×B8)/10??[Equation 1] (in Equation 1, Ks denotes an index of sensitivity, Ds denotes a particle size of grain (mm), and B8 denotes a magnetic flux density T measured at magnetic field strength of 800 A/m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Applicant: POSCO Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Ohyeoul Kwon, Woosin Kim, Kyuseok Han