Boron Containing Patents (Class 420/121)
  • Patent number: 10662512
    Abstract: Provided is an abrasion-resistant steel including a predetermined chemical composition, in which content (mass %) of Mo and B satisfy Mo×B>0.0010, a mass fraction of Mo2FeB2 is from 0.0010 to 0.10%, an area ratio of martensite in a central portion in a thickness direction is 70% or more, Ceq obtained by the following (Formula 1) is 0.80% or less, and a plate thickness exceeds 50 mm; Ceq=C+Mn/6+(Cu+Ni)/15+(Cr+Mo+V)/5??(Formula 1) wherein, in (Formula 1), C, Mn, Cu, Ni, Cr, Mo, and V are contents (mass %) of each element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kyohei Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 10006112
    Abstract: A fluxing method is disclosed by which the melt of aluminum-contaminated Ni-based glass-forming alloys is fluxed using a fluxing agent based on boron and oxygen in order to reverse the adverse effects of aluminum impurities on the glass-forming ability and toughness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignees: Glassimetal Technology, Inc., Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jong Hyun Na, Michael Floyd, Danielle Duggins, David S. Lee, Marios D. Demetriou, William L. Johnson
  • Patent number: 9856550
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a high carbon hot rolled steel sheet having excellent material uniformity and a method for manufacturing the same, in which components and structure of the steel are precisely controlled and manufacturing conditions are adjusted to achieve excellence in material uniformity among hot rolled structures, thereby improving the dimensional precision of parts after formation, preventing defects during processing, and obtaining uniform structures and hardness distribution even after a final heat treatment process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: POSCO
    Inventors: Young-Roc Im, Jea-Chun Jeon, Byoung-Ho Lee
  • Patent number: 9752205
    Abstract: Provided is an iron-based amorphous alloy and a method of manufacturing the same. More particularly, provided is an high carbon iron-based amorphous alloy expressed by a general formula Fe?C?Si?BxPyCrz, wherein ?, ?, ?, x, y and z are atomic % of iron (Fe), carbon (C), silicon (Si), boron (B), phosphorus (P), and chrome (Cr) respectively, wherein ? is expressed by ?=100?(?+?+x+y+z) atomic %, ? is expressed by 13.5 atomic %???17.8 atomic %, ? is expressed by 0.30 atomic %???1.50 atomic %, x is expressed by 0.1 atomic %?x?4.0 atomic %, y is expressed by 0.8 atomic %?y?7.7 atomic %, and z is expressed by 0.1 atomic %?z?3.0 atomic %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignees: POSCO, RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Sang-Won Kim, Sang-Hoon Yoon, Seong Hoon Yi, Young-Geun Son, Eon-Byeong Park, Oh Joon Kwon, Sang-Wook Ha, Seung-Dueg Choi, Gab-Sik Byun
  • Patent number: 9340855
    Abstract: Iron-based metallurgical powders comprising vanadium are described, as well as compacted articles made thereof These articles have improved mechanical properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: Hoeganaes Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher T. Schade, Bruce Lindsley, Thomas Murphy, Wing-Hong Chen
  • Patent number: 9023158
    Abstract: A steel material superior in high temperature characteristics and toughness is provided, that is, a steel material containing, by mass %, C: 0.005% to 0.03%, Si: 0.05% to 0.40%, Mn: 0.40% to 1.70%, Nb: 0.02% to 0.25%, Ti: 0.005% to 0.025%, N: 0.0008% to 0.0045%, B: 0.0003% to 0.0030%, restricting P: 0.030% or less, S: 0.020% or less, Al: 0.03% or less, and having a balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities, where the contents of C and Nb satisfy C—Nb/7.74?0.02 and Ti-based oxides of a grain size of 0.05 to 10 ?m are present in a density of 30 to 300/mm2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation
    Inventors: Suguru Yoshida, Hiroshi Kita, Teruhisa Okumura, Hirokazu Sugiyama, Teruyuki Wakatsuki
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20150090377
    Abstract: A steel sheet for hot pressing use according to the present invention has a specified chemical component composition, wherein some of Ti-containing precipitates contained in the steel sheet, each of which having an equivalent circle diameter of 30 nm or less, have an average equivalent circle diameter of 6 nm or less, the precipitated Ti amount and the total Ti amount in the steel fulfill the relationship represented by formula (1) shown below, and the sum total of the fraction of bainite and the fraction of martensite in the metal microstructure is 80 area % or more. Precipitated Ti amount (mass %)?3.4[N]?0.5×[(total Ti amount (mass %))?3.4[N]]??(1) (In the formula (1), [N] represents the content (mass %) of N in the steel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2013
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Toshio Murakami, Junya Naitou, Keisuke Okita, Shushi Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20150079420
    Abstract: The steel for hot forming has the following composition in weight %: C: 0.10-0.25, Mn: 1.4-2.8, Si: ?1.0, Cr: ?1.0, Ti: ?0.05, Nb: ?0.05, V: ?0.1, Mo: ?0.1, Al: ?0.05, P: ?0.02, S: ?0.005, Ca: ?0.005, O: ?0.01, N: ?0.02, B: ?0.0004, the remainder being iron and unavoidable impurities. Also disclosed is a strip, sheet or blank produced with such a steel, a method for producing a hot formed product, such a product and the use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventors: David Neal HANLON, Stefanus Matheus Cornelis VAN BOHEMEN
  • Publication number: 20150078956
    Abstract: A method forms a steel sheet having a tensile strength of 440 MPa or more into a press-formed part including a flange portion and other portions by press forming. The method includes: heating the steel sheet to a temperature of 400° C. to 700° C.; and press-forming the heated steel sheet by crash forming to obtain a press-formed part such that an average temperature difference among a flange portion and other portions of the press-formed part immediately after the formation is kept within 100° C. Geometric changes such as springback that occur in a panel can thus be suppressed, dimensional accuracy of the panel can be enhanced accordingly, and the desired mechanical properties can easily be obtained in the press-formed part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2013
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventors: Yoshikiyo Tamai, Yuichi Tokita, Toru Minote, Takeshi Fujita
  • Publication number: 20150064052
    Abstract: A method of forming a steel sheet having a tensile strength of 440 MPa or more into a press-formed part including a flange portion and other portions by press forming includes: heating the steel sheet to a temperature of 400° C. to 700° C.; and press-forming the heated steel sheet using draw forming to obtain a press-formed part, with the steel sheet being held at a press bottom dead point in the die for one second to five seconds. Geometric changes such as springback that occur in a panel can thus be suppressed, the dimensional accuracy of the panel can be enhanced, and the desired mechanical properties can easily be obtained in the press-formed part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2013
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventors: Yuichi Tokita, Yoshikiyo Tamai, Toru Minote, Takeshi Fujita
  • Publication number: 20150053315
    Abstract: Provided are: a boron-added high strength steel for bolt excellent in delayed fracture resistance even having a tensile strength of 1100 MPa or more without addition of large amounts of expensive alloy elements such as Cr and Mo: and a high strength bolt made from the boron-added high strength steel for bolt. The high strength steel for bolt contains C of 0.23% to less than 0.40%, Si of 0.23% to 1.50%, Mn of 0.30% to 1.45%, P of 0.03% or less (excluding 0%), S of 0.03% or less (excluding 0%), Cr of 0.05% to 1.5%, V of 0.02% to 0.30%, Ti of 0.02% to 0.1%, B of 0.0003% to 0.0050%, Al of 0.01% to 0.10%, and N of 0.002% to 0.010%, with the remainder being iron and inevitable impurities. The steel has a ratio ([Si]/[C]) of the Si content [Si] to the C content [C] of 1.0 or more and has a ferrite-pearlite mixed microstructure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2013
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Yosuke Matsumoto, Atsushi Inada, Masamichi Chiba
  • Publication number: 20150044086
    Abstract: A steel wire rod or steel bar as hot-rolled, including: by mass %: C: 0.1 to 0.6%, Si: 0.01 to 1.5%, Mn: 0.05 to 2.5%, Al: 0.015 to 0.3%, and N: 0.0040 to 0.0150%, and P: limited to 0.035% or less and S: limited to 0.025% or less, and the balance substantially consisting of iron and unavoidable impurities, wherein a depth of d (mm) from the surface of the surface layer region with 20 HV 0.2 or more higher, relative to HV 0.2 that is the average hardness in the region where the depth from the surface is from sectional radius R×0.5 (mm) to the center satisfies the formula (1); the steel structure of the surface layer region has a ferrite fraction of 10% or less by area ratio, with the balance being one or two or more of martensite, bainite and pearlite; the steel structure where the depth from the surface is from the sectional radius R×0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2013
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kei Miyanishi, Atsushi Monden, Shingo Yamasaki, Shunta Homma
  • Publication number: 20150030882
    Abstract: The invention relates to a steel plate, the chemical composition of which comprises, the contents being expressed by weight: 0.010%?C?0.20%, 0.06%?Mn?3%, Si?1.5%, 0.005%?Al?1.5%, S?0.030%, P?0.040%, 2.5%?Ti?7.2%, (0.45×Ti)?0.35%?B?(0.45×Ti)+0.70%, and optionally one or more elements chosen from: Ni?1%, Mo?1%, Cr?3%, Nb?0.1%, V?0.1%, the balance of the composition consisting of iron and inevitable impurities resulting from the smelting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2014
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Inventors: Frederic BONNET, Olivier BOUAZIZ, Jean-Claude CHEVALLOT
  • Publication number: 20150027602
    Abstract: A steel sheet for hot pressing use according to the present invention has a specified chemical component composition, wherein some of Ti-containing precipitates contained in the steel sheet, each of which having an equivalent circle diameter of 30 nm or less, have an average equivalent circle diameter of 3 nm or more, the precipitated Ti amount and the total Ti amount in the steel fulfill the relationship represented by formula (1) shown below, and the sum total of the fraction of bainite and the fraction of martensite in the metal microstructure is 80 area % or more. Precipitated Ti amount (mass %)?3.4[N]>0.5×[total Ti amount (mass %)?3.4[N]]??(1) (In the formula (1), [N] represents the content (mass %) of N in the steel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2013
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Toshio Murakami, Junya Naitou, Keisuke Okita, Shushi Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20150023835
    Abstract: Martensitic steel compositions and methods of production thereof are provided. More specifically, a martensitic steel having tensile strengths ranging from 1700 to 2200 MPa are provided. Most specifically, the present invention provides thin gage (thickness of ?1 mm) ultra high strength steel with an ultimate tensile strength of 1700 to 2200 MPa and methods of production thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2012
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: Rongjie Song, Narayan S. Pottore
  • Publication number: 20150024237
    Abstract: A hot stamping steel material, which secures good hydrogen embrittlement resistance even when the steel sheet after hot stamping is subjected to processing leading to remaining of stress, such as piercing and which is easily practicable, wherein the steel sheet has the chemical composition of: C: 0.18 to 0.26%; Si: more than 0.02% and not more than 0.05%; Mn: 1.0 to 1.5%; P: 0.03% or less; S: 0.02% or less; Al: 0.001 to 0.5%; N: 0.1% or less; O: 0.001 to 0.02%; Cr: 0 to 2.0%; Mo: 0 to 1.0%; V: 0 to 0.5%; W: 0 to 0.5%; Ni: 0 to 5.0%; B: 0 to 0.01%; Ti: 0 to 0.5%; Nb: 0 to 0.5%; Cu: 0 to 1.0%; and balance: Fe and impurities, in terms of % by mass, the concentration of a Mn-containing inclusion is not less than 0.010% by mass and less than 0.25% by mass, and the number ratio of a Mn oxide to the inclusion having a maximum length of 1.0 to 4.0 ?m is 10.0% or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Tanahashi, Toshimasa Tomokiyo
  • Publication number: 20150023834
    Abstract: A hot-rolled steel sheet including, in terms of % by mass, 0.030% to 0.120% of C, 1.20% or less of Si, 1.00% to 3.00% of Mn, 0.01% to 0.70% of Al, 0.05% to 0.20% of Ti, 0.01% to 0.10% of Nb, 0.020% or less of P, 0.010% or less of S, and 0.005% or less of N, and a balance consisting of Fe and impurities, in which 0.106?(C %-Ti %*12/48-Nb %*12/93)>0.012 is satisfied; a pole density of {112}(110) at a position of ¼ plate thickness is 5.7 or less; an aspect ratio (long axis/short axis) of prior austenite grains is 5.3 or less; a density of (Ti, Nb)C precipitates having a size of 20 nm or less is 109 pieces/mm3 or more; a yield ratio YR, which is the ratio of a tensile strength to a yield stress, is 0.80 or more; and a tensile strength is 590 MPa or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2013
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eisaku Sakurada, Kunio Hayashi, Koichi Sato, Shunji Hiwatashi
  • Patent number: 8900511
    Abstract: The present invention relates a high-strength nonmagnetic stainless steel, containing, by weight percent, 0.01 to 0.06% of C, 0.10 to 0.50% of Si, 20.5 to 24.5% of Mn, 0.040% or less of P, 0.010% or less of S, 3.1 to 6.0% of Ni, 0.10 to 0.80% of Cu, 20.5 to 24.5% of Cr, 0.10 to 1.50% of Mo, 0.0010 to 0.0050% of B, 0.010% or less of O, 0.65 to 0.90% of N, and the remainder being Fe and inevitable impurities; the steel satisfying the following formulae (1) to (4): [Cr]+3.3×[Mo]+16×[N]?30??(1), {Ni}/{Cr}?0.15??(2), 2.0?[Ni]/[Mo]?30.0??(3), and [C]×1000/[Cr]?2.5??(4), wherein [Cr], [Mo], [N], [Ni], [Mo] and [C] represent the content of Cr, the content of Mo, the content of N, the content of Ni, the content of Mo and the content of C in the steel, respectively, and {Ni} represents the sum of [Ni], [Cu] and [N], and {Cr} represents the sum of [Cr] and [Mo]. The present invention further relates to a high-strength nonmagnetic stainless steel part containing the steel and a process for producing the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Daido Tokushuko Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Koichi Ishikawa, Tetsuya Shimizu
  • Patent number: 8882937
    Abstract: The invention relates to a steel material composition, in particular for producing piston rings and cylinder sleeves, containing the following elements in the given fractions in relation to 100% by weight of the steel material: 0.03-2.0% by weight B, 0.5-1.2% by weight C, 70.1-97.3% by weight Fe, 0.1-3.0% by weight Mn and 2.0-10.0% by weight Si. Said composition can be produced by melting the starting materials and casting the melt in a pre-fabricated mold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Federal-Mogul Burscheid GmbH
    Inventor: Laszlo Pelsoeczy
  • Patent number: 8876986
    Abstract: Disclosed is a high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet having improved stretch-flange formability and excellent hydrogen embrittlement resistance. In addition to Fe, C, Si, Mn, P, S, N, and Al, the steel sheet contains V or at least one element of Nb, Ti and Zr. The contents of the at least one element of Nb, Ti and Zr, if present, satisfy the expression of [% C]?[% Nb]/92.9×12?[% Ti]/47.9×12?[% Zr]/91.2×12>0.03. The steel sheet has an area ratio of tempered martensite of 50% or more with ferrite as the remainder. The number of precipitates having a circle-equivalent diameter of 1 to 10 nm is 20 particles or more per 1 ?m2 of the tempered martensite. The number of precipitates containing V or the at least one element of Nb, Ti and Zr and having a circle-equivalent diameter of 20 nm or more is 10 particles or less per 1 ?m2 of the tempered martensite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideo Hata, Toshio Murakami, Akira Ibano, Fumio Yuse, Junichiro Kinugasa
  • Publication number: 20140314616
    Abstract: Provided is a hot-rolled steel sheet having a composition containing 0.04 mass percent to 0.20 mass percent C, 0.7 mass percent to 2.3 mass percent Si, 0.8 mass percent to 2.8 mass percent Mn, 0.1 mass percent or less P, 0.01 mass percent or less S, 0.1 mass percent or less Al, and 0.008 mass percent or less N, the remainder being Fe and inevitable impurities. Internal oxides containing one or more selected from the group consisting of Si, Mn, and Fe are present at grain boundaries and in grains in a base metal. The internal oxides present at the grain boundaries in the base metal are located within 5 ?m from the surface of the base metal. The difference between the depths at which the internal oxides are formed in the cross direction of the steel sheet is 2 ?m or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2012
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mai Miyata, Yoshitsugu Suzuki, Yasunobu Nagataki, Yoshiyasu Kawasaki, Hirokazu Sugihara
  • Patent number: 8864922
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a precipitation hardening cold-rolled steel sheet with an excellent yield ratio. The method may include the steps of hot rolling a steel slab with finish rolling at a temperature of Ar3 transformation point or more to form a hot-rolled steel sheet, coiling the hot-rolled steel sheet at a temperature of 550-600 ° C., cold rolling the hot-rolled steel sheet at a reduction ratio of 50% or more; and recovery-recrystallization annealing the cold-rolled steel sheet at a line speed of 150-200 mpm and at a temperature of 780-820° C. in a continuous annealing furnace. The recovery-recrystallization annealing may provide a recrystallization ratio of 65-75%. The steel slab includes, by weight %: C: 0.07-0.10%, Mn: 1.41-1.70%, P: 0.05-0.07%, S: 0.005% or less, N: 0.005% or less, acid-soluble Al: 0.10-0.15%, Nb: 0.06-0.09%, B: 0.0008-0.0012%, Sb: 0.02-0.06%, and the balance comprising Fe and other unavoidable impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: POSCO
    Inventor: Sang-Ho Han
  • Publication number: 20140301888
    Abstract: This H-beam steel contains, in mass %, C, Si, Mn, Al, Ti, N, O, Nb, and B. The H-beam steel has composition in which the amount of Nb and the amount of B satisfy, in mass %, 0.070?Nb+125B?0.155, and has a metal structure in which, in a microstructure, an area fraction of bainite is not less than 70%, a total of an area fraction of pearlite and an area fraction of cementite is not more than 15%, and the remainder is at least one of ferrite and island martensite. The effective crystalline-grain size of the bainite is not more than 40 ?m, and the thickness of a flange falls in a range of 12 to 40 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2012
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Inventors: Kazutoshi Ichikawa, Teruyuki Wakatsuki, Noriaki Onodera, Kohichi Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 8828153
    Abstract: A high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet providing a product with a good surface condition after press forming, having excellent bake hardenability and anti room temperature aging property, and having a dual phase structure with a tensile strength of at least 340 MPa is provided. A high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet has a structure comprising a main phase which is a ferrite and a secondary phase which is a low temperature transformation product including a martensite and has a hardness distribution of the ferrite phase in an arbitrary cross section having a length of 10 mm in the widthwise 10 direction of the sheet which satisfies the relationship prescribed by (HV(max)?HV(ave))<0.5×(Hv(ave). HV(max) is the maximum Vickers hardness of ferrite grains in a region at a distance of from (?)t to (¼)t in the thickness direction from the surface when the thickness of the high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet is t, and Hv(ave) is the average Vickers hardness of ferrite grains in this region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation
    Inventors: Jun Haga, Nobusato Kojima
  • Patent number: 8802241
    Abstract: In an embodiment of a steel sheet having high Young's modulus, the steel can include in terms of mass %, e.g., C: 0.0005 to 0.30%, Si: 2.3% or less, Mn: 2.7 to 5.0%, P: 0.15% or less, 0.015% or less, Mo: 0.15 to 1.5%, B: 0.0006 to 0.01%, and Al: 0.15% or less, with the remainder being Fe and unavoidable impurities. One or both of {110}<223> pole density and {110}<111> pole density in the ? sheet thickness layer can be 10 or more, and a Young's modulus in a rolling direction can be more than 230 GPa. Other embodiments can include, e.g., Mn: 0.1 to 5.0%, N: 0.01% or less, and one or more of Mo: 0.005 to 1.5%, Nb: 0.005 to 0.20%, Ti: at least 48/14×N (mass %) and 0.2% or less, and B: 0.0001 to 0.01%, at a total content of 0.015 to 1.91 mass %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation
    Inventors: Natsuko Sugiura, Naoki Yoshinaga, Shunji Hiwatashi, Manabu Takahashi, Koji Hanya, Nobuyoshi Uno, Ryoichi Kanno, Akihiro Miyasaka, Takehide Senuma
  • Patent number: 8802005
    Abstract: The present invention is steel for surface hardening for machine structural use which contains, by mass %, C: 0.3 to 0.6%, Si: 0.02 to 2.0%, Mn: 0.35 to less than 1.5%, and Al: 0.01 to 0.5%, is restricted to B: less than 0.0003%, S: 0.0001 to 0.021%, N: 0.003 to 0.0055%, P: 0.0001 to 0.03%, and O: 0.0001 to 0.0050%, has a ratio Mn/S of Mn and S satisfying 70 to 30,000, has a balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities, and, when nitrided, then induction hardened, has a surface hardenability of a Vicker's hardness when tempered at 300° C. of 650 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation
    Inventors: Atsushi Mizuno, Masayuki Hashimura, Kei Miyanishi, Shuji Kozawa
  • Patent number: 8795443
    Abstract: A steel sheet undergone precipitation strengthening and refinement in crystal grain size by containing at least one element of 0.005% to 0.05% of Nb, 0.005% to 0.05% of Ti, and 0.0005% to 0.005% of B as a chemical composition is produced through continuous annealing. A steel containing at least one element of Nb, Ti, and B is hot rolled, cooled at a cooling rate of 40° C./s or less, and coiled at 550° C. or higher to facilitate precipitation of cementite after recrystallization annealing. As a result, a steel sheet for a can having a tensile strength of 450 to 550 MPa, a total elongation of 20% or more, and a yield elongation of 5% or less is produced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Yuka Nishihara, Katsumi Kojima, Hiroki Iwasa, Yoshun Yamashita
  • Patent number: 8764918
    Abstract: The present invention provides high strength steel pipe for line pipe superior in low temperature toughness suppressed in drop of toughness of the HAZ and a method of production of the same, more particularly high strength steel plate for line pipe used as a material for high strength steel pipe for line pipe and a method of production of the same, in particular high strength steel pipe for line pipe superior in low temperature toughness characterized in that the chemical compositions of the base metal is, by mass %, C: 0.020 to 0.080%, Si: 0.01 to 0.50%, Mo: 0.01 to 0.15%, Al: 0.0005 to 0.030%, and Nb: 0.0001 to 0.030% contained in a range of C+0.25Si+0.1Mo+Al+Nb: 0.100% or less and the mixture of austenite and martensite present along prior austenite grain boundaries of the reheated part of the heat affected zone has a width of 10 ?m or less and a length of 50 ?m or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation
    Inventors: Takuya Hara, Hitoshi Asahi, Yoshio Terada
  • Patent number: 8765269
    Abstract: An APIX100-grade high strength steel pipe includes a base material containing, in mass percentage, C: more than 0.03% and 0.08% or less, Si: 0.01% to 0.5%, Mn: 1.5% to 3.0%, P: 0.015% or less, S: 0.005% or less, Al: 0.01% to 0.08%, Nb: 0.005% to 0.025%, Ti: 0.005% to 0.025%, N: 0.001% to 0.010%, O: 0.005% or less, and B: 0.0003% to 0.0020%, further contains one or more of Cu, Ni, Cr, Mo, and V, satisfies 0.19?Pcm?0.25, the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities, and has a TS of 760 to 930 MPa, a uniform elongation of 5% or more, and a YR of 85% or less; the seam weld metal has a specific composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Junji Shimamura, Nobuyuki Ishikawa, Mitsuhiro Okatsu, Nobuo Shikanai
  • Patent number: 8747577
    Abstract: High yield ratio high-strength hot rolled thin steel sheet superior in weldability and ductility comprising, by mass %, C: over 0.030 to less than 0.10%, Si: 0.30 to 0.80%, Mn: 1.7 to 3.2%, P: 0.001 to 0.02%, S: 0.0001 to 0.006%, Al: 0.060% or less, N: 0.0001 to 0.0070%, containing further Ti: 0.01 to 0.055%, Nb: 0.012 to 0.055%, Mo: 0.07 to 0.55%, B: 0.0005 to 0.0040%, and simultaneously satisfying 1.1?14×Ti(%)+20×Nb(%)+3×Mo(%)+300×B(%)?3.7, the balance comprised of iron and unavoidable impurities, and having a yield ratio of 0.64 to less than 0.92, a TS×El1/2 of 3320 or more, an YR×TS×El1/2 of 2320 or more, and a maximum tensile strength (TS) of 780 MPa or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation
    Inventors: Naoki Yoshinaga, Shunji Hiwatashi, Yasuharu Sakuma, Atsushi Itami
  • Patent number: 8747578
    Abstract: A steel having excellent formability, fatigue endurance after quenching, low temperature toughness, resistance for hydrogen embrittlement, and corrosion fatigue endurance. A method includes heating a steel slab at 1160° C. to 1320° C., hot-finish-rolling the steel slab at a finisher delivery temperature of 750° C. to 980° C., and then coiling the hot-rolled steel at a coiling temperature of 560° C. to 740° C. after slow cooling for a time of 2 seconds or more to produce a hot-rolled steel strip having a structure in which the ferrite grain diameter df corresponding to a circle is 1.1 ?m to less than 1.2 ?m and the ferrite volume fraction Vf is 30% to 98%, the steel slab containing 0.18 to 0.29% of C, 0.06 to 0.45% of Si, 0.91 to 1.85% of Mn, 0.019% or less of P, 0.0029% or less of S, 0.015 to 0.075% of sol. Al, 0.0049% or less of N, 0.0049% or less of O, 0.0001 to 0.0029% of B, 0.001 to 0.019% of Nb, 0.001 to 0.029% of Ti, 0.001 to 0.195% of Cr, and 0.001 to 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignees: JFE Steel Corporation, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shunsuke Toyoda, Kei Sakata, Akio Sato, Kouichi Kaneko, Hiroshi Kawaguchi
  • Publication number: 20140150930
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a hot press forming steel plate made of a composition comprising: 0.3-1.0 wt % of C; 0.0-4.0 wt % of Mn; 1.0-2.0 wt % of Si; 0.01-2.0 wt % of Al; 0.015 wt % or less of S; 0.01 wt % or less of N; and the remainder being Fe and unavoidable impurities. Further, the present. invention relates to a method for manufacturing the hot press forming steel plate, characterized by comprising the steps of: heating, to between 1100 and 1300° C., a steel slab having the composition; performing hot rolling finishing between. an Ar3 transformation point and 950° C.; and performing winding between MS and 720° C. Further, the present invention. relates to a hot press formed member characterized by having the composition, and having a dual phase microstructure made of bainite and residual austenite.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2011
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Inventors: Kyoo-Young Lee, Jin-Keun Oh, Jong-Sang Kim, Tae-Kyo Han
  • Patent number: 8715427
    Abstract: The present invention is related to a steel composition, a process for producing a steel product having said composition, and said steel product itself. According to the invention, a cold-rolled, possibly hot dip galvanized steel sheet is produced with thicknesses lower than 1 mm, and tensile strengths between 800 MPa and 1600 MPa, while the A80 elongation is between 5 and 17%, depending on the process parameters. The composition is such that these high strength levels may be obtained, while maintaining good formability and optimal coating quality after galvanising. The invention is equally related to a hot rolled product of the same composition, with higher thickness (typically about 2 mm) and excellent coating quality after galvanising.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: ArcelorMittal France SA
    Inventors: Sven Vandeputte, Christophe Mesplont, Sigrid Jacobs
  • Patent number: 8679267
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an iron based alloy composition that may include iron present in the range of 45 to 70 atomic percent, nickel present in the range of 10 to 30 atomic percent, cobalt present in the range of 0 to 15 atomic percent, boron present in the range of 7 to 25 atomic percent, carbon present in the range of 0 to 6 atomic percent, and silicon present in the range of 0 to 2 atomic percent, wherein the alloy composition exhibits an elastic strain of greater than 0.5% and a tensile strength of greater than 1 GPa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: The NanoSteel Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel James Branagan, Brian E. Meacham, Alla V. Sergueeva
  • Patent number: 8663400
    Abstract: Provided is a low alloy steel for high-pressure hydrogen gas environments, which contains, by mass percent, C: 0.15 to 0.60%, Si: 0.05 to 0.5%, Mn: 0.05 to 3.0%, P: not more than 0.025%, S: not more than 0.010%, Al: 0.005 to 0.10%, Mo: 0.5 to 3.0%, V: 0.05 to 0.30%, O (oxygen): not more than 0.01%, N: not more than 0.03%, and the balance Fe and impurities, and has tensile strength of not less than 900 MPa. This low alloy steel desirably contains B of 0.0003 to 0.003%, but in this case, N is limited to not more than 0.010%. It is desirable to contain at least one among Cr, Nb, Ti, Zr, and Ca. The contents of Mo and V desirably satisfy the following formula (1): [Mo(%)]·[V(%)]0.2?0.32??(1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomohiko Omura, Mitsuo Miyahara, Hiroyuki Semba, Masaaki Igarashi
  • Patent number: 8663399
    Abstract: An iron-based amorphous alloy and magnetic core with an iron-based amorphous alloy having a chemical composition with a formula FeaBbSicCd, where 81<a?84, 10?b?18, 0<c?5 and 0<d<1.5, numbers being in atomic percent, with incidental impurities, simultaneously have a value of a saturation magnetic induction exceeding 1.6 tesla, a Curie temperature of at least 300° C. and a crystallization temperature of at least 400° C. When cast in a ribbon form, such an amorphous metal alloy is ductile and thermally stable, and is suitable for various electric devices because of high magnetic stability at such devices' operating temperatures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignees: Metglas, Inc., Hitachi Metals, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryusuke Hasegawa, Daichi Azuma, Yoshihito Yoshizawa, Yuichi Ogawa
  • Publication number: 20140044987
    Abstract: A steel sheet for a hot stamping member contains, as a chemical composition, 0.10 mass % to 0.35 mass % of C; 0.01 mass % to 1.0 mass % of Si; 0.3 mass % to 2.3 mass % of Mn; 0.01 mass % to 0.5 mass % of Al; limited to 0.03 mass % or less of P; limited to 0.02 mass % or less of S; limited to 0.1 mass % or less of N; and a balance consisting of Fe and unavoidable impurities, in which a standard deviation of diameters of iron carbides which are contained in a region from a surface to a ¼ thickness position of the steel sheet is less than or equal to 0.8 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2012
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Tanahashi, Jun Maki
  • Publication number: 20140044585
    Abstract: There is provided a hot press-formed product, including a thin steel sheet formed by a hot press-forming method, and having a metallic structure that contains retained austenite at 3% to 20% by volume, whereby balance between strength and elongation can be controlled in a proper range and high ductility can be achieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Junya Naitou, Toshio Murakami, Shushi Ikeda, Keisuke Okita
  • Patent number: 8647449
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are iron-based alloys having a microstructure comprising a fine-grained ferritic matrix and having a 60+ Rockwell C surface, wherein the ferritic matrix comprises <10 ?m carbide precipitates. Also disclosed are methods of welding comprising forming a crack free hardbanding weld overlay coating with such an iron-based alloy. Also disclosed are families of alloys capable of forming crack-free weld overlays after multiple welding passes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Scoperta, Inc.
    Inventors: Justin Lee Cheney, John Hamilton Madok
  • Patent number: 8632641
    Abstract: The present invention encloses a kind of the high-alloy cold work die steel wherein the steel in wt % consisting of: C 1.0˜2.5, Si?1.3, Mn?1.5, Cr 6.0˜15.0, V?2.5, B 0.01˜0.4, and the balance is Fe with unavoidable impurities. The hardness and toughness of the die steel of the present invention are the same as Cr12MoV or Cr12Mo1V1, and even exceed them. And, the steel does not contain Mo with high price, the cost is lower than Cr12MoV or Cr12Mo1V1 accordingly, and the die steel of the present invention has a longer usage life, which is specially applied to make cold work moulds with high accuracy and long use life.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Ningbo Hopesun New Material Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kaihua Hu
  • Patent number: 8617462
    Abstract: A steel for an oil well pipe, having high strength and excellent SSC resistance, consists of, by mass %, C: 0.30 to 0.60%, Si: 0.05 to 0.5%, Mn: 0.05 to 1.0%, Al: 0.005 to 0.10%, Cr+Mo: 1.5 to 3.0%, wherein Mo is 0.5% or more, V: 0.05 to 0.3%, Nb: 0 to 0.1%, Ti: 0 to 0.1%, Zr: 0 to 0.1%, N (nitrogen): 0 to 0.03%, Ca: 0 to 0.01%, and the balance Fe and impurities; P 0.025% or less, S 0.01% or less, B 0.0010% or less and O (oxygen) 0.01% or less. The method involves heating the steel at 1150° C. or more; producing a seamless steel pipe by hot working; water-cooling the pipe to a temperature in a range of 400 to 600° C. immediately after finishing the working; and subjecting the pipe to a heat treatment for bainite isothermal transformation in a range of 400 to 600° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation
    Inventor: Tomohiko Omura
  • Patent number: 8562759
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are iron-based alloys having a structure comprising fine-grained ferritic matrix and having a 60+ Rockwell C surface, wherein the ferritic matrix comprises <10 ?m Nb and W carbide precipitates. Also disclosed are methods of welding comprising forming a crack free hardbanding weld overlay coating with such an iron-based alloy. Also disclosed are methods of designing an alloy capable of forming a crack free hardbanding weld overlay, the methods comprising the step determining an amorphous forming epicenter composition, determining a variant composition having a predetermined change in constituent elements from the amorphous forming epicenter composition, and forming and analyzing an alloy having the variant composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Scoperta, Inc.
    Inventors: Justin Lee Cheney, John Hamilton Madok
  • Patent number: 8562760
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are iron-based alloys having a microstructure comprising a fine-grained ferritic matrix and having a 60+ Rockwell C surface, wherein the ferritic matrix comprises <10 ?m Nb and W carbide precipitates. Also disclosed are methods of welding comprising forming a crack free hardbanding weld overlay coating with such an iron-based alloy. Also disclosed are methods of designing an alloy capable of forming a crack free hardbanding weld overlay, the methods comprising the steps of determining an amorphous forming epicenter composition, determining a variant composition having a predetermined change in constituent elements from the amorphous forming epicenter composition, and forming and analyzing an alloy having the variant composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Scoperta, Inc.
    Inventors: Justin Lee Cheney, John Hamilton Madok
  • Publication number: 20130272913
    Abstract: This steel wire material contains 0.05%-1.2% C (“%” means “% by mass,” same hereinafter for chemical components.), 0.01%-0.7% Si, 0.1%-1.5% Mn, 0.02% max. P (not including 0%), 0.02% max. S (not including 0%), and 0.005% max. N (not including 0%), with the remainder being iron and unavoidable impurities. The steel wire material has a scale 6.0-20 ?m thick and holes of an equivalent circle diameter of 1 ?m max. in said scale that occupy 10% by area max. Said scale does not detach in the cooling process after hot rolling or during storage or transportation but can readily detach during mechanical descaling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2011
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Mikako Takeda, Shohei Nakakubo, Kazuhiko Kirihara, Masayuki Endo
  • Publication number: 20130272914
    Abstract: The steel wire material of the present invention contains 0.05 to 1.2% of C (mass %; same for the chemical components hereafter), 0.01 to 0.5% of Si, 0.1 to 1.5% of Mn, 0.02% or less (but not 0%) of P, 0.02% or less (but not 0%) of S, and 0.005% or less (but not 0%) of N, with the balance being iron and inevitable impurities. The wire material has a scale layer that is no thicker than 7.0 ?m or less. The scale layer has an FeO percentage of 30 to 80 vol % and an Fe2SiO4 percentage of less than 0.1 vol %. The scale layer that is formed will not peel when cooled after hot rolling or during storage and transport, but will easily peel during mechanical descaling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2012
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel. Ltd.)
    Inventors: Mikako Takeda, Shohei Nakakubo, Kazuhiko Kirihara, Masayuki Endo
  • Patent number: 8558166
    Abstract: A method for determining boron isotopic composition by PTIMS (Positive Thermal Ionization Mass Spectrometry)-static double collection realizes simultaneous static collection of m/e309 peak and m/e308 peak by double Faraday cups through adjusting the two parameters Focus Quad and Dispersion Quad in Zoom Optics, and completes high-accuracy determination of boron isotopic composition. The method includes (1) determining Focus Quad and Dispersion Quad parameters in the Zoom Optics of the ion source; (2) determining the two parallel cups in the Faraday collector and their parameters; (3) determining the collection mass number of the center cup of the Faraday collector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Nanjing University
    Inventors: Shaoyong Jiang, Haizhen Wei
  • Publication number: 20130266820
    Abstract: A work piece for use in abrasive environments with hardbanding is provided. The work piece has at least a protective layer deposited onto at least a portion to be protected. The deposited layer exhibits a hardness of at least 50 Rc, a wear rate of less than 0.5 grams of mass loss as measured according to ASTM G65-04, Procedure A, a wear rate on a contacting secondary body comprising carbon steel of less than 0.005 grams as measured according to modified ASTM G77 wear test. The deposited alloy forms an iron matrix comprising embedded hard particles in an amount of less than 15 vol. %. The embedded hard particles have an average particle size of ranging from 100 nm to 5 ?m. In one embodiment, the deposition is via welding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2012
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: c/o Chevron Corporation
    Inventors: Grzegorz Jan Kusinski, Justin Lee Cheney, John Hamilton Madok
  • Publication number: 20130213534
    Abstract: A steel material which is suitable for hot press working or hot three-dimensional bending and direct quench and which can be used to manufacture a high-strength formed article with sufficient quench hardening even by short time heating at a low temperature has a chemical composition comprising, in mass percent, C: 0.05-0.35%, Si: at most 0.5%, Mn: 0.5-2.5%, P: at most 0.03%, S: at most 0.01%, sol. Al: at most 0.1%, N: at most 0.01%, and optionally at least one element selected from the group consisting of B: 0.0001-0.005%, Ti: 0.01-0.1%, Cr: 0.18-0.5%, Nb: 0.03-0.1%, Ni: 0.18-1.0%, and Mo: 0.03-0.5% and has a steel structure in which the spheroidization ratio of carbides is 0.60-0.90.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2012
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Applicant: SUMITOMO METAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuo HIKITA, Nobusato KOJIMA
  • Publication number: 20130216423
    Abstract: This high carbon steel wire rod, which has excellent drawability in addition to high strength required for a wire rod, contains 0.6-1.5% of C, 0.1-1.5% of Si, 0.1-1.5% of Mn, 0.02% or less of P (excluding 0%), 0.02% or less of S (excluding 0%), 0.03-0.12% of Ti, 0.001-0.01% of B and 0.001-0.005% of N, with solid-solved B being 0.0002% or more, solid-solved N being 0.0010% or less, and the balance being made up of iron and inevitable impurities. In addition, the content of Ti solid-solved in the steel is 0.002% by mass or more, and the content of Ti that formed carbides is 0.020% by mass or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2011
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Hiroshi Oura, Nao Yoshihara