Patents Assigned to Posco
  • Publication number: 20230256495
    Abstract: Provided are a method and apparatus for manufacturing hot press formed parts for a multi-step process, the method comprising: a heating step for heating a strip material; a transferring step for transferring the heated strip material to a processing apparatus having mounted on a press a plurality of molds comprising a notching mold and/or a blanking mold, a forming mold, and a trimming mold; a notching step, for obtaining a notched material connected to the strip by means of a web portion by cutting a part of the material by means of the notching mold, and/or a blanking step for obtaining a blanked material separated from the strip by cutting a part of the material by means of the blanking mold; a forming step of transferring and positioning the material which has gone through the notching step and/or the blanking step near the forming mold, and then forming the material by means of the forming mold; and a trimming step for removing, by means of the trimming mold, an outer edge portion of the material which i
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Applicant: POSCO Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Hong-Gee Kim, Hyun-Sung Son
  • Patent number: 11725254
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing grain-oriented electrical steel sheet includes: manufacturing a steel slab having at least one of 2 wt % to 7 wt % of Si, 0.03 wt % to 0.10 wt % of Sn, and 0.01 wt % to 0.05 wt % of Sb; hot-rolling the steel slab to produce a hot-rolled sheet; cold-rolling the hot-rolled sheet to produce a cold-rolled sheet; primary recrystallization-annealing the cold-rolled sheet; applying an annealing separator to the primary recrystallization-annealed cold-rolled sheet and drying the same; and secondary recrystallization-annealing the cold-rolled sheet on which the annealing separator is applied. The primary recrystallization-annealing is performed so that the thickness of an oxide layer formed on the surface of the cold-rolled sheet is 0.5 ?m to 2.5 ?m, and the oxygen amount of the oxide layer is 600 ppm or more after the primary recrystallization-annealing, and in which a forsterite (Mg2SiO4) film can be removed in the secondary recrystallization-annealing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: POSCO CO., LTD
    Inventors: Min Soo Han, Hyung Don Joo, Jong Ho Park, Chang Soo Park, Byung Deug Hong
  • Patent number: 11718887
    Abstract: Disclosed is a ferritic stainless hot-rolled annealed steel sheet with excellent impact properties of 6 mm or more in thickness and a manufacturing method thereof. A ferritic stainless steel with excellent impact toughness according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes, in percent (%) by weight of the entire composition, C: more than 0 and 0.01% or less, Si: 0.8% or less, Mn: 0.5% or less, Cr: 10 to 14%, Ti: 0.01 to 0.45%, N: more than 0 and 0.015% or less, the remainder of iron (Fe) and other inevitable impurities, and an average misorientation between grains of microstructure is 0.6 to 1.1°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: POSCO CO., LTD
    Inventor: Jung Hyun Kong
  • Patent number: 11713925
    Abstract: A sagger for firing an object to be fired includes an active material for a secondary battery. Carbon dioxide that is a reaction by-product produced during a positive electrode active material firing process can be smoothly discharged from the sagger, and such a smooth discharge of carbon dioxide can lower a residual lithium concentration of a positive electrode active material and thus can improve dispersibility of a positive electrode active material slurry and also improve capacity of a battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignees: POSCO HOLDINGS INC., RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, POSCO FUTURE M CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young-Min Park, Woo-Taek Kim, Hyeon-Woo Kim, Soon-Cheol Hwang, Choong-Mo Yang, Yoon-Cheol Park, Keeyoung Jung
  • Publication number: 20230235438
    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 based steel sheet plating layer provided on at least one surface of the base steel sheet; and an Fe—Al based inhibition layer provided between the base steel sheet and the Zn—Mg—Al based plating layer, wherein the plating layer comprises, in wt %: 4% or more of Mg; 2.1 times or more of Mg content and 14.2% or less of Al; 0.2% or less (including 0%) of Si; 0.1% or less (including 0%) of Sn; the remainder Zn; and unavoidable impurities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Applicant: POSCO
    Inventors: Il-Ryoung Sohn, Sung-Joo Kim, Tae-Chul Kim, Bong-Hwan Yoo, Myung-Soo Kim, Jong-Sang Kim, Sang-Tae Han, Kwang-Won Kim
  • Publication number: 20230235423
    Abstract: An aspect of the present invention relates to a cold-rolled steel plate for hot forming, which is excellent in corrosion-resistance and spot-weldability, contains, by weight %, C: 0.1-0.4%, Si: 0.5-2.0%, Mn: 0.01-4.0%, Al: 0.001-0.4%, P: 0.001-0.05%, S: 0.0001-0.02%, Cr: 0.5% to less than 3.0%, N: 0.001-0.02%, and a balance of Fe and inevitable impurities, satisfying formula (1) below, and includes an Si amorphous oxidation layer continuously or discontinuously formed at a thickness of 1 nm-100 nm on the surface thereof. Formula (1): 1.4?0.4*Cr+Si?3.2 (wherein element symbols denote measurements of respective element contents by weight %).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2023
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Applicant: POSCO Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Jin-Keun OH, Yeol-Rae CHO, A-Ra CHO, Jin-Ho CHA, Si-Myoung HEO, Jeong-Won SEO, Seong-Woo KIM
  • Publication number: 20230235517
    Abstract: A guide tube according to an embodiment of the present invention may comprise: a tube main body member; a rib member arranged in the longitudinal direction of the tube main body member and coupled to the inner surface of the tube main body member; and a rail support member connected to the rib member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2021
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Applicant: POSCO Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Woo-Yeon Cho
  • Publication number: 20230235434
    Abstract: An oriented electrical steel sheet according to an embodiment of the present invention includes, in a unit of wt %, Si at 1.0 wt % to 5.0 wt %, C at 0.005 wt % or less (excluding 0 wt %), Mn at 0.001 wt % to 0.1 wt %, Cu at 0.001 wt % to 0.1 wt %, S at 0.001 wt % to 0.020 wt %, Se at 0.001 wt % to 0.050 wt %, Al at 0.0005 wt % to 0.010 wt %, N at 0.0005 wt % to 0.005 wt %, and the remainder of Fe and inevitable impurities. The oriented electrical steel sheet according to the embodiment of the present invention satisfies Equation 1. 16?(10×[Mn]+[Cu])/([S]+[Se])+(0.02?[Al])/[N]?20??[Equation 1] (In Equation 1, [Mn], [Cu], [S], [Se], [Al], and [N] represent contents (wt %) of Mn, Cu, S, Se, Al, and N, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Applicant: POSCO CO., LTD
    Inventors: Jae Kyoum KIM, Kyu-Seok HAN, Chang Soo PARK, Jin-Wook SEO, Yujun PARK
  • Patent number: 11708623
    Abstract: The present invention relates to material utilized for heavy construction machinery, vehicle frames, reinforcing members, and the like, and more specifically to a high-strength steel sheet having excellent impact resistance and a method for manufacturing same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: POSCO CO., LTD
    Inventors: Sung-Il Kim, Seok-Jong Seo
  • Publication number: 20230231150
    Abstract: Disclosed is a stainless steel for a fuel cell separator, more specifically, a stainless steel for a fuel cell separator having a low contact resistance. According to an embodiment of the stainless steel for a fuel cell separator disclosed herein, an arithmetic mean summit curvature Ssc of the surface defined according to the ISO 25178 standard is at least 6.0 ?m?1, a root mean square surface slope Sdq is at least 23, and a contact resistance is at most 10 m?·cm2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Applicant: POSCO
    Inventors: Kwangmin Kim, Yongho Kim, Bo-sung Seo, Dong-hoon Kim
  • Publication number: 20230227956
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a hot-press formed part comprising a plated steel sheet and an aluminum alloy plated layer formed on the plated steel sheet, wherein the aluminum alloy plated layer comprises: an alloying layer (I) formed on the plated steel sheet and containing, by weight %, 5-30% of Al; an alloying layer (II) formed on the alloying layer (I) and containing, by weight %, 30 to 60% of Al; an alloying layer (III) formed on the alloying layer (II) and containing, by weight %, 20-50% of Al and 5-20% of Si; and an alloying layer (IV) formed continuously or discontinuously on at least a part of the surface of the alloying layer (III), and containing 30-60% of Al, wherein the rate of the alloying layer (III) exposed on the outermost surface of the aluminum alloy plated layer is 10% or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2023
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Applicant: POSCO CO, LTD
    Inventors: Seong-Woo KIM, Jin-Keun OH, Sang-Heon KIM, Hyo-Sik CHUN
  • Publication number: 20230211581
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an aluminum-based plated steel that is provided for vehicles by hot forming, an aluminum-based alloy plated steel manufactured using the same, and method of manufacturing thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2023
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Applicant: POSCO CO., LTD
    Inventors: Jin-Keun OH, Il-Ryoung SOHN, Seong-Woo KIM, Jeom-Soo SHIN
  • Patent number: 11692259
    Abstract: Provided are a hot-dip zinc plated steel material and a method for preparing same, the hot-dip zinc plated steel material comprising: base iron comprising 0.01-1.6 wt % of Si and 1.2-3.1 wt % of Mn; a Zn—Al—Mg alloy plating layer; and an Al-rich layer formed on the interface of the base iron and Zn—Al—Mg alloy plating layer, wherein the rate of occupied surface area of the Al-rich layer is 70% or higher (including 100%).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: POSCO
    Inventors: Il-Ryoung Sohn, Dae-Young Kang, Jong-Sang Kim, Tae-Chul Kim, Min-Suk Oh
  • Patent number: 11692251
    Abstract: Disclosed are a pressure vessel steel sheet and a method for manufacturing the same, the steel sheet comprising: by wt %, 0.10-0.20% of C, 0.15-0.40% of Si, 1.15-1.50% of Mn, 0.45-0.60% of Mo, 0.03-0.30% of Cu, 0.025% or less of P, 0.025% or less of S and 0.005-0.06% of sol. Al; two or more selected from the group consisting of 0.03-0.30% of Cr, 0.002-0.025% of Nb and 0.002-0.025% of Zr, and the balance of Fe and inevitable impurities, wherein the structure comprises a mixture structure of ferrite, perlite and tempered bainite after post weld heat treatment (PWHT) for 60 hours at 600-660° C., and the area fraction of the tempered bainite is at least 10% (excluding 100%).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: POSCO CO., LTD
    Inventor: Soon-Taik Hong
  • Patent number: 11685962
    Abstract: An annealing separator composition for a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: 100 parts by weight of at least one of a magnesium oxide and a magnesium hydroxide; and 30 to 250 parts by weight of a metal hydroxide including at least one of a nickel hydroxide and a cobalt hydroxide, wherein an average particle diameter of the metal hydroxide is 0.01 to 80 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: POSCO CO., LTD
    Inventors: Min Soo Han, Yunsu Kim, Jong-Tae Park
  • Publication number: 20230196895
    Abstract: A method for monitoring a state of wearing safety protective equipment according to an embodiment includes receiving an image from a site monitoring device installed at an operation site determining whether a work performed in a monitoring area corresponds to a dangerous work by analyzing the image; detecting a target worker and a body area of the target worker when it is determined that the work corresponds to the dangerous work as a result of determining whether the work performed in the monitoring area corresponds to the dangerous work; determining a type of safety protective equipment required for the target worker; and determining the state of the target worker wearing the safety protective equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicants: POSCO Co., Ltd, RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, POSTECH Research and Business Development Foundation
    Inventors: jinwoo Lee, Daijin Kim, Dongmin Cha, Joonyeon Lee, Geon Tae Ahn, Hyeongjin Jeon
  • Patent number: 11680305
    Abstract: Provided is a high strength steel sheet having an excellent high-temperature elongation characteristic. The sheet includes, by weight %, 0.4-0.9% of C, 0.01-1.5% of Cr, 0.03% or less (exclusive of 0%) of P, 0.01% or less (exclusive of 0%) of S, 0.01% or less (exclusive of 0%) of N, 0.01% or less (exclusive of 0%) of sol. Al, and a balance of Fe and inevitable impurities, and comprises at least one among 2.1% or less (exclusive of 0%) of Mn and 1.6% or less (exclusive of 0%) of Si; the sheet has a microcrystalline structure including pearlite having an area fraction of 80% or more and ferrite having an area fraction of 20% or less; and the pearlite includes cementite having a major axis length of 200 nm or shorter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: POSCO CO., LTD
    Inventors: Je-Woong Lee, Sang-Ho Han
  • Patent number: 11682790
    Abstract: A sulfide solid electrolyte includes: an ionic conductor including a PS43? unit, a P2S64? unit, and a P2S74? unit; and a lithium compound containing a halogen element, wherein a molar ratio of the P2S64? unit to the PS43? unit is about 1:1 to about 5:1, and a molar amount of the P2S74? unit with respect to the total molar amount of the PS43? unit, the P2S64? unit, and the P2S74? unit is greater than 0 to about 60%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD., POSCO JK SOLID SOLUTION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyorang Kang, Minsuk Lee, Taeheung Kim, Duckki Yoon, Hyungsik Lim
  • Patent number: 11674194
    Abstract: The purpose of one aspect of the present disclosure is to provide: a cold rolled steel sheet for a flux-cored wire, having excellent low temperature toughness, welding workability and processability; and a manufacturing method thereof. One embodiment of the present disclosure provides: a cold rolled steel sheet for a flux-cored wire, comprising, by wt %, 0.005-0.10% of C, 0.05-0.25% of Mn, 0.05% or less of Si (excluding 0%), 0.0005-0.01% of P, 0.008% or less of S (excluding 0%), 0.005-0.06% of Al, 0.0005-0.003% of N, 0.8-1.7% of Ni, 0.1-0.5% of Cr, and a balance of Fe and inevitable impurities, and having 0.10-0.75 of WN defined by Relationship 1 below; and a manufacturing method therefor. WN=(31×C+0.5×Mn+20×Al)×(Ni)×(0.6×Cr).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: POSCO CO., LTD
    Inventors: Jai-Ik Kim, Min-Gwan Seong, Jin-A Kim
  • Publication number: 20230175108
    Abstract: Disclosed is a high-strength austenitic stainless steel and a method for producing same, wherein the austenitic stainless steel has high productivity due to excellent hot workability thereof and a superior cost reduction effect due to a large decrease in content of nickel (Ni) which is a high-priced element, and has a yield strength of 450 MPa or more and an elongation of 45% or more after cold rolling and annealing and an ultra-high strength of 1800 MPa or more even after skin pass rolling, and a method for producing same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: POSCO
    Inventors: Seokweon Song, Jong-su Paek, Hak Kim