Patents Assigned to Posco
  • Patent number: 11746401
    Abstract: Steel sheets and methods for manufacturing same useful for a line pipe or the like can have excellent hydrogen induced cracking resistance, and longitudinal strength uniformity. The Sttel sheets can include certain amounts of carbon (C), silicon (Si), manganese (Mn), phosphorus (P), sulfur (S), aluminum (Al), nitrogen (N), niobium (Nb), titanium (Ti), calcium (Ca), one or more selected from a group consisting of nickel (Ni), chromium (Cr), molybdenum (Mo), vanadium (V), and a balance of iron (Fe) and other inevitable impurities. A microstructure of the steel sheet can be comprised of ferrite or a composite structure of ferrite and acicular ferrite, and upper bainite is included in an area of 5% or less in a center portion of the thickness of the steel sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: POSCO CO., LTD
    Inventors: Seong-Ung Koh, Hyo-Shin Kim, Yoen-Jung Park
  • Patent number: 11740038
    Abstract: A ferritic stainless steel for an exhaust system heat exchanger having excellent sound absorption properties and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. The ferritic stainless steel for an exhaust system heat exchanger having excellent sound absorption properties includes, by weight percent, 0.001 to 0.01% of C, 0.001 to 0.01% of N, 0.2 to 1% of Si, 0.1 to 2% of Mn, 10 to 30% of Cr, 0.001 to 0.1% of Ti, 0.001 to 0.015% of Al, 0.3 to 0.6% of Nb, 0.01 to 2.5% of Mo, and the balance of Fe and other unavoidable impurities, wherein the number of inclusions existing in a ferrite matrix and satisfying the following Formula 1 is 5 ea/mm2 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: POSCO CO., LTD
    Inventors: Il Chan Jung, Jong Chul Kim, Jae Hong Shim, Deok Chan Ahn, Jin Suk Kim
  • Publication number: 20230268106
    Abstract: Disclosed are a soft magnetic iron-based powder, a preparation method therefor, and a soft magnetic component, which are applicable to various industrial fields such as a core of a motor. According to an embodiment of the disclosed soft magnetic iron-based powder, the powder comprises, in wt %, more than 2% of Si, more than 0.02% of Al, more than 0.05% of Mn, more than 0% and less than 0.1% of O, and the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities, and satisfies [Si]/[Al]>2, wherein the difference in [Si]+[Al]+[Mn] between D10 and D90 may be less than 10 wt %. [Si], [Al], and [Mn] represent wt % of respective elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicant: POSCO CO., LTD
    Inventors: Hyungjin Kim, Seil Lee, Jeasook Chung
  • Patent number: 11732323
    Abstract: One aspect of the present invention relates to a plated steel sheet for hot press forming, having an excellent impact property.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: POSCO
    Inventors: Seong-Woo Kim, Jin-Keun Oh, Yeol-Rae Cho
  • Patent number: 11732339
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a hot-rolled steel sheet utilized as material for heavy machinery, vehicle frames, and the like, and more specifically to a high-strength hot-rolled steel sheet having excellent bendability and low-temperature toughness and a method for manufacturing same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: POSCO CO., LTD
    Inventors: Sung-Il Kim, Hee-Sung Kang, Hyun-Seok Tak
  • Patent number: 11731397
    Abstract: Provided are an alloy coating steel plate and a method of manufacturing the same, and in this case, the alloy coating steel plate includes a steel, and an Al—Mg—Si alloy layer positioned on the steel plate, wherein the Al—Mg—Si alloy layer is formed to include Mg—Si alloy grains in an alloy layer configured in an Al—Mg alloy phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignees: POSCO CO., LTD, RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Ji Hoon Yang, Jae In Jeong, Yong Hwa Jung, Tae Yeob Kim
  • 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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