Patents by Inventor Seong-Ho Han

Seong-Ho Han has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20260146354
    Abstract: The steel sheet for plating according to an aspect of the present invention has a GDS profile of an Mn element and a GDS profile of an Si element, which are observed from the surface to the depth, sequentially including a maximum point and a minimum point, wherein a difference of converted concentration of Mn is 10% or more, and a difference of converted concentration of Si is 10% or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2023
    Publication date: May 28, 2026
    Applicant: POSCO CO., LTD
    Inventors: Jin-Ho Jung, Won-Hwi Lee, Seong-Choon Kwon, Ki-Cheol Kang, Seong-Ho Han, Jae-Hoon Lee, Yong-Hoon Choi
  • Publication number: 20260009111
    Abstract: The steel sheet according to an aspect of the present invention has a GDS profile of an Mn element and a GDS profile of an Si element, which are observed from the surface to the depth, sequentially including a maximum point and a minimum point, wherein a difference of converted concentration of Mn is 80% or more, and a difference of converted concentration of Si is 50% or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2023
    Publication date: January 8, 2026
    Applicant: POSCO CO., LTD
    Inventors: Jin-Ho Jung, Won-Hwi Lee, Seong-Choon Kwon, Ki-Cheol Kang, Seong-Ho Han, Jae-Hoon Lee, Yong-Hoon Choi
  • Publication number: 20250305099
    Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing a high-strength hot-dip galvanized steel sheet. The method includes: heating a slab at 1100 to 1300° C., the slab containing, 0.003 to 0.005% of C, 0.05% or less of Si, 0.4 to 1.0% of Mn, 0.04 to 0.06% of P, 0.01% or less of S, 0.005% or less of N, 0.1% or less of S. Al, 0.05 to 0.08% of Mo, 0.005 to 0.03% of Ti, 0.02 to 0.035% of Nb, 0.06 to 0.1% of Cu, 0.0015% or less of B, and a balance of Fe and inevitable impurities; hot-rolling the heated steel slab to a finish temperature of 920 to 970° C., and coiling the heated steel slab at 600 to 650° C.; cold-rolling the coiled steel sheet; annealing the cold-rolled steel sheet at 760 to 830° C. and hot-dip galvanizing the cold-rolled steel sheet; and alloying heat-treating the hot-dip galvanized steel sheet at 500 to 560° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2025
    Publication date: October 2, 2025
    Inventors: Yu-Mi HA, Jun-Sung YEOM, Seong-Ho HAN
  • Patent number: 12359291
    Abstract: Provided are a high-strength galvanized steel sheet having excellent distinctness of image after painting and a manufacturing method therefor. The steel sheet includes: by mass %, 0.003 to 0.005% of C, 0.05% or less of Si, 0.4 to 1.0% of Mn, 0.04 to 0.06% of P, 0.01% or less of S, 0.005% or less of N, 0.1% or less of S. Al, 0.05 to 0.08% of Mo, 0.005 to 0.03% of Ti, 0.02 to 0.035% of Nb, 0.06 to 0.1% of Cu, 0.0015% or less of B, and a balance of Fe and inevitable impurities. The alloy microstructure has ferrite in an amount of 95% by area fraction or greater, and the ferrite has a grain average size of 15 ?m or less, with the ultra-fine grain 5 ?m or less having an occupancy ratio to 7 to 10% within 1 mm×1 mm area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: POSCO CO., LTD
    Inventors: Yu-Mi Ha, Jun-Sung Yeom, Seong-Ho Han
  • Publication number: 20250051889
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a high-strength steel sheet having excellent formability and a high yield ratio, and a manufacturing method therefor, and more particularly, to a high-strength steel sheet having excellent formability and a high yield ratio, and a manufacturing method therefor, the steel sheet having various uses such as that of vehicle parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Applicant: POSCO CO., LTD
    Inventors: Jae-Hoon LEE, Seong-Ho HAN, Yong-Hoon CHOI
  • Patent number: 12180559
    Abstract: Provided are a bake-hardened hot-dip galvanized steel sheet with excellent powdering resistance, and a manufacturing method therefor. The bake-hardened hot-dip galvanized steel sheet comprises, by wt %, 0.0001-0.005% of carbon (C), 0.1-1.2% of manganese (Mn), 0.02% or less of silicon (Si) (excluding 0%), 0.01-0.04% of phosphorus (P), 0.01% or less of sulfur (S) (excluding 0%), 0.01% or less of nitrogen (N) (excluding 0%), 0.01-0.06% of aluminum (sol.Al), 0.003-0.015% of niobium (Nb), 0.0005-0.0035% of boron (B), 0.01-0.1% of chromium (Cr), 0.005-0.05% of molybdenum (Mo), 0.003% or less of titanium (Ti) (excluding 0%), and the balance of Fe and inevitable impurities, and satisfies relationships 1 and 2, wherein the microstructure thereof is ferrite single phase and satisfies relationship 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: POSCO CO., LTD
    Inventors: Sang-Hyun Kim, Seong-Ho Han, Chung-Won Kim, Yu-Mi Ha
  • Publication number: 20240043952
    Abstract: Provided is a plated, ultra-low carbon steel sheet which has excellent strength, formability, and surface properties to allow for the weight lightness of automobiles and a manufacturing method therefor and, more specifically, to a galvanized steel sheet and a manufacturing method therefor, wherein the galvanized steel sheet has high strength and high formability and as such, can be suitably used as a material for an automobile outer body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Yong-Hoon CHOI, Yu-Mi HA, Seong-Ho HAN, Jun-Sung YEOM
  • Publication number: 20240026484
    Abstract: Provided is a plated steel sheet having excellent surface quality, as well as having excellent formability while also having high strength characteristics; and a method for manufacturing same. The plated steel sheet includes: base iron; and a plating layer provided on at least one surface of the base iron. The base iron includes by weight: 0.002 to 0.01% of carbon (C), 0.1% or less of silicon (Si), 0.4 to 1.0% of manganese (Mn), 0.04 to 0.1% of phosphorus (P), 0.01% or less of sulfur (S), 0.005% or less of nitrogen (N), 0.1% or less of aluminum (S·Al), 0.005 to 0.03% of titanium (Ti), 0.01 to 0.05% of niobium (Nb), 0.06 to 0.1% of copper (Cu), 0.0015% or less of boron (B), a content of molybdenum (Mo). The base iron includes ferrite as a matrix structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Yu-Mi HA, Jun-Sung YEOM, Sang-Ho HAN, Seong-Ho HAN, Yong-Hoon CHOI
  • Publication number: 20240011116
    Abstract: Provided are a bake-hardened hot-dip galvanized steel sheet with excellent powdering resistance, and a manufacturing method therefor. The bake-hardened hot-dip galvanized steel sheet comprises, by wt %, 0.0001-0.005% of carbon (C), 0.1-1.2% of manganese (Mn), 0.02% or less of silicon (Si) (excluding 0%), 0.01-0.04% of phosphorus (P), 0.01% or less of sulfur (S) (excluding 0%), 0.01% or less of nitrogen (N) (excluding 0%), 0.01-0.06% of aluminum (sol.Al), 0.003-0.015% of niobium (Nb), 0.0005-0.0035% of boron (B), 0.01-0.1% of chromium (Cr), 0.005-0.05% of molybdenum (Mo), 0.003% or less of titanium (Ti) (excluding 0%), and the balance of Fe and inevitable impurities, and satisfies relationships 1 and 2, wherein the microstructure thereof is ferrite single phase and satisfies relationship 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2021
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Sang-Hyun KIM, Seong-Ho HAN, Chung-Won KIM, Yu-Mi HA
  • Publication number: 20230399726
    Abstract: Provided are a high-strength galvanized steel sheet having excellent distinctness of image after painting and a manufacturing method therefor. The steel sheet includes: by mass %, 0.003 to 0.005% of C, 0.05% or less of Si, 0.4 to 1.0% of Mn, 0.04 to 0.06% of P, 0.01% or less of S, 0.005% or less of N, 0.1% or less of S. Al, 0.05 to 0.08% of Mo, 0.005 to 0.03% of Ti, 0.02 to 0.035% of Nb, 0.06 to 0.1% of Cu, 0.0015% or less of B, and a balance of Fe and inevitable impurities. The alloy microstructure has ferrite in an amount of 95% by area fraction or greater, and the ferrite has a grain average size of 15 ?m or less, with the ultra-fine grain 5 ?m or less having an occupancy ratio to 7 to 10% within 1 mm×1 mm area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: Yu-Mi HA, Jun-Sung YEOM, Seong-Ho HAN
  • Publication number: 20230024446
    Abstract: Provided is a steel sheet having properties particularly suitable as a material of automotive external panels because bake hardenability and room-temperature aging resistance are excellent, and a method of manufacturing the steel sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Je-Woong LEE, Yong-Hoon CHOI, Yu-Mi HA, Seong-Ho HAN
  • Publication number: 20210292862
    Abstract: A high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet and a hot-dipped galvanized steel sheet with low deviation of material properties and excellent formability, and a method for manufacturing same are provided. The present invention relates to a low-yield-ratio high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet with low deviation of directional material and excellent formability, comprising 0.05-0.15 wt % of C, 0.2-1.5 wt % of Si, 2.2-3.0 wt % of Mn, 0.001-0.10 wt % of P, 0.010 wt % or less of S, 0.01-0.10 wt % of sol.Al, 0.010 wt % or less of N, and the balance of Fe and impurities, satisfying Si/(Mn+Si)?0.5, wherein the microstructure of the steel sheet includes 40% or more of ferrite, 10% or less of bainite, 3% or less of residual austenite, and a balance of martensite, and the area fraction of a Mn band present in the martensite phase is 5% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Seong-Ho HAN, Sang-Ho HAN
  • Patent number: 11104974
    Abstract: Provided is a cold-rolled steel sheet manufactured by a cold-rolled steel sheet manufacturing method comprising a continuous annealing step, which has a composition comprising, by weight %: C: 0.1-0.15%; Si: 0.2% or less (including 0%); Mn: 2.3-3.0%; P: 0.001-0.10%; S: 0.010% or less (including 0%); Sol.Al: 0.01-0.10%; N: 0.010% or less (excluding 0%); Cr: 0.3-0.9%; B: 0.0010-0.0030%; Ti: 0.01-0.03%; Nb:0.01-0.03%; the balance being Fe and other impurities, and satisfies following relationship 1. [relationship 1] 1650?5541.4C+239Mn+169.1Cr+0.74SS-1.36RCS?1688, in which microstructure comprises, in area %, at least 90% of martensite and tempered martensite; and 10% or less of ferrite and bainite, in which the fraction of the tempered martensite in the martensite and the tempered martensite is 90% or more, in area %, and the ratio (b/a) of the C+Mn concentration (a) in the martensite to the C+Mn concentration (b) in the ferrite and the bainite is 0.65 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: POSCO
    Inventors: Min-Seo Koo, Seong-Ho Han
  • Patent number: 10351924
    Abstract: A hot-dip galvanized steel sheet includes a base steel sheet and a hot-dip galvanized layer formed on the base steel sheet, the base steel sheet including, by wt %, C:0.02% to 0.08%, Mn:1.3% to 2.1%, Si:0.3% or less (excluding 0%), Cr:1.0% or less (excluding 0%), P:0.1% or less (excluding 0%), S: 0.01% or less (excluding 0%), N:0.01% or less (excluding 0%), sol.Al: 0.02% to 0.06%, Mo:0.2% or less (excluding 0%), B:0.003% or less (excluding 0%), and a balance of Fe and inevitable impurities, wherein the base steel sheet has a microstructure comprising 90% or more by area of ferrite, 3% or less by area of bainite as described in Formula 1, and martensite as a remainder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: POSCO
    Inventors: Sang-Ho Han, Seong-Ho Han
  • Publication number: 20180363090
    Abstract: Provided is a cold-rolled steel sheet manufactured by a cold-rolled steel sheet manufacturing method comprising a continuous annealing step, which has a composition comprising, by weight %: C: 0.1-0.15%; Si: 0.2% or less (including 0%); Mn: 2.3-3.0%; P: 0.001-0.10%; S: 0.010% or less (including 0%); Sol.Al: 0.01-0.10%; N: 0.010% or less (excluding 0%); Cr: 0.3-0.9%; B: 0.0010-0.0030%; Ti: 0.01-0.03%; Nb:0.01-0.03%; the balance being Fe and other impurities, and satisfies following relationship 1. [relationship 1] 1650?5541.4C+239Mn+169.1Cr+0.74SS?1.36RCS?1688, in which microstructure comprises, in area %, at least 90% of martensite and tempered martensite; and 10% or less of ferrite and bainite, in which the fraction of the tempered martensite in the martensite and the tempered martensite is 90% or more, in area %, and the ratio (b/a) of the C+Mn concentration (a) in the martensite to the C+Mn concentration (b) in the ferrite and the bainite is 0.65 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Inventors: Min-Seo KOO, Seong-Ho HAN
  • Publication number: 20180002771
    Abstract: A high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet and a hot-dipped galvanized steel sheet with low deviation of material properties and excellent formability, and a method for manufacturing same are provided. The present invention relates to a low-yield-ratio high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet with low deviation of directional material and excellent formability, comprising 0.05-0.15 wt % of C, 0.2-1.5 wt % of Si, 2.2-3.0 wt % of Mn, 0.001-0.10 wt % of P, 0.010 wt % or less of S, 0.01-0.10 wt % of sol.Al, 0.010 wt % or less of N, and the balance of Fe and impurities, satisfying Si/(Mn+Si)?0.5, wherein the microstructure of the steel sheet includes 40% or more of ferrite, 10% or less of bainite, 3% or less of residual austenite, and a balance of martensite, and the area fraction of a Mn band present in the martensite phase is 5% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2015
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventors: Seong-Ho HAN, Sang-Ho HAN
  • Publication number: 20160340755
    Abstract: A hot-dip galvanized steel sheet includes a base steel sheet and a hot-dip galvanized layer formed on the base steel sheet, the base steel sheet including, by wt %, C: 0.02% to 0.08%, Mn: 1.3% to 2.1%, Si: 0.3% or less (excluding 0%), Cr: 1.0% or less (excluding 0%), P: 0.1% or less (excluding 0%), S: 0.01% or less (excluding 0%), N: 0.01% or less (excluding 0%), sol.Al: 0.02% to 0.06%, Mo: 0.2% or less (excluding 0%), B: 0.003% or less (excluding 0%), and a balance of Fe and inevitable impurities, wherein the base steel sheet has a microstructure comprising 90% or more by area of ferrite, 3% or less by area of bainite as described in Formula 1, and martensite as a remainder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2015
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventor: Seong-Ho Han
  • Patent number: 9011615
    Abstract: Provided are a bake hardening steel having a crystalline grain size of ASTM No. 9 or more and a method for preparing the bake hardening steel by controlling the winding, rolling and cooling conditions. The bake hardening steel includes: C:0.0016˜0.0025%, Si:0.02% or less, P:0.01˜0.05%, S:0.01% or less, sol.Al:0.08˜0.12%, N:0.0025% or less, Ti:0.003% or less, Nb:0.003˜0.011%, Mo:0.01˜0.1%, B:0.0005˜0.0015% or less, balance Fe and other inevitable impurities, wherein % is weight %, and Mn and P satisfy the relation of ?30(° C.)?803P?24.4Mn?58.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: POSCO
    Inventors: Seong-Ho Han, Il-Ryoung Sohn, Shin-Hwan Kang, Min-Ki Seun
  • Patent number: 8518191
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a high strength cold-rolled steel sheet, which has superior bake hardenability, aging resistance at room temperature and secondary work embrittlement resistance, and a method for manufacturing the same. The steel sheet has a grain size of ASTM No. of 9 or more after annealing, a BH of 30 MPa or more, an AI of 30 MPa or less, and a tensile strength of 340˜390 MPa through appropriate control of solute elements in steel by addition of a small amount of Ti, addition of Al and Mo, and control of manufacturing conditions, and refinement of crystal grains after annealing. The cold-rolled steel sheet and the galvannealed steel sheet produced using the cold-rolled steel sheet have the superior bake hardenability, aging resistance at room temperature, and secondary work embrittlement resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: POSCO
    Inventor: Seong-Ho Han
  • Publication number: 20120138198
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a high strength cold-rolled steel sheet, which has superior bake hardenability, aging resistance at room temperature and secondary work embrittlement resistance, and a method for manufacturing the same. The steel sheet has a grain size of ASTM No. of 9 or more after annealing, a BH of 30 MPa or more, an AI of 30 MPa or less, and a tensile strength of 340˜390 MPa through appropriate control of solute elements in steel by addition of a small amount of Ti, addition of Al and Mo, and control of manufacturing conditions, and refinement of crystal grains after annealing. The cold-rolled steel sheet and the galvannealed steel sheet produced using the cold-rolled steel sheet have the superior bake hardenability, aging resistance at room temperature, and secondary work embrittlement resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2012
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: POSCO
    Inventor: Seong-Ho HAN