429 patents
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Utility
Methods for producing a three-dimensional vehicle door frame inner reinforcement element, for producing a vehicle door frame and for producing a vehicle reinforcement structure
21 Feb 23
A method is for producing a three-dimensional vehicle door frame inner reinforcement element (52) including an inner center pillar part (66), an inner front pillar part (68) and an inner side rail part (64) joining the inner center pillar part (66) and the inner front pillar part (68).
Nicolas Schneider, Yves Drouadaine
Filed: 2 Feb 21
Utility
Apparatus for dip-coating a metal strip using a movable overflow
21 Feb 23
An equipment for the continuous hot dip-coating of a metal strip including an annealing furnace, a tank containing a liquid metal bath, a snout connecting the annealing furnace and the tank, through which the metal strip runs in a protective atmosphere and the lower part of the snout, the snout tip, is at least partly immersed in the liquid metal bath in order to define with the surface of the bath, and inside this snout, a liquid seal and a separate overflow attached/hold to the snout through fixings, the overflow including at least one tray, placed in the vicinity of the strip when entering the liquid metal bath and encompassed by the liquid seal.
Angel Garcia Martino, Inocencio Garcia-Chapa
Filed: 3 Apr 19
Utility
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16 Feb 23
A spot welded joint of at least two steel sheets is provided.
Astrid Perlade, Samuel Vignier, Frederic Kegel, Artem Arlazarov
Filed: 7 Oct 22
Utility
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14 Feb 23
Method for the manufacture of a galvannealed steel sheet includes the following steps: A) the provision of a pre-coated steel sheet coated with a first coating comprising iron and nickel, such steel sheet having the following chemical composition in weight percent 0.10<C<0.40%, 1.5<Mn<3.0%, 0.7<Si<2.0%, 0.05<Al<1.0%, 0.75<(Si+Al)<3.0% and on a purely optional basis, one or more elements such as Nb≤0.5%, B≤0.005%, Cr≤1.0%, Mo≤0.50%, Ni≤1.0%, Ti≤0.5%, the remainder of the composition making up of iron and inevitable impurities resulting from the elaboration, B) the thermal treatment of such pre-coated steel sheet at a temperature between 600 to 1000° C., C) the hot-dip coating of the steel sheet obtained in step B) with a second coating based on zinc and D) an alloying treatment to form a galvannealed steel sheet.
Anirban Chakraborty, Hassan Ghassemi-Armaki
Filed: 19 Oct 18
Utility
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9 Feb 23
A steel sheet has a composition comprising 0.060%≤C≤0.085%, 1.8%≤Mn≤2.0%, 0.4%≤Cr≤0.6%, 0.1%≤Si≤0.5%, 0.010%≤Nb≤0.025%, 3.42N≤Ti≤0.035%, 0≤Mo≤0.030%, 0.020%≤Al≤0.060%, 0.0012%≤B≤0.0030%, S≤0.005%, P≤0.050%, 0.002%≤N≤0.007% and optionally 0.0005%≤Ca≤0.005%, the remainder of the composition being iron and unavoidable impurities.
Josée DRILLET
Filed: 18 Dec 19
Utility
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9 Feb 23
A hot rolled plate or forging of an austenitic steel not susceptible to relaxation cracking is provided.
Bernard Bonnefois, Amelie Fanica, Lionel Coudreuse, Tassa Oriana, Johannes Cornelis Van Wortel
Filed: 21 Mar 22
Utility
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9 Feb 23
A reinforcement frame (1) for a battery pack (2) of an electric or hybrid vehicle (37), the battery pack including a plurality of battery cells lying on and secured to a shield element, the reinforcement frame including at least: a reinforcement frame fastening portion (3) provided to be secured to both the battery pack and the body of the vehicle, and a reinforcement frame hollow portion (4) provided to surround at least the battery cells.
Gagan TANDON, Robert ZUMMALLEN
Filed: 8 Dec 20
Utility
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9 Feb 23
A pre-coated steel sheet wherein at least a region at the periphery (7) of at least one (6a,6b) of the opposite faces (6a,6b) of said pre-coated sheet (1,1′) is coated with an additional coating (8) selected for increasing the vapor pressure between the pre-coating (2) and said additional coating (8) during a laser welding method up to a critical pressure at which the pre-coating (2) is ejected away from the weld (14).
Yunhong (Norman) ZHOU, Dulal Chandra SAHA, Elliot BIRO, Andrew MACWAN, Adrian Piotr GERLICH, Shehryar KHAN
Filed: 15 Dec 20
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7 Feb 23
A cold rolled and heat treated steel sheet having a composition with the following elements, expressed in percentage by weight: 0.10%≤Carbon≤0.5%,1%≤Manganese≤3.4%, 0.5%≤Silicon≤2.5%, 0.03%≤Aluminum≤1.5%, 0%≤Sulfur≤0.003% 0.002%≤Phosphorus≤0.02%, 0%≤Nitrogen≤0.01% and can contain one or more of the following optional elements 0.05%≤Chromium≤1%, 0.001%≤Molybdenum≤0.5%, 0.001%≤Niobium≤0.1%, 0.001%≤Titanium≤0.1%, 0.01%≤Copper≤2%, 0.01%≤Nickel≤3%, 0.0001%≤Calcium≤0.005%, 0%≤Vanadium≤0.1%, 0%≤Boron≤0.003%, 0%≤Cerium≤0.1%, 0%≤Magnesium≤0.010%, 0%≤Zirconium≤0.010% the remainder composition being composed of iron and unavoidable impurities caused by processing, the microstructure of the steel sheet having in area fraction, 10 to 30% Residual Austenite, 10 to 40% Bainite, 5% to 50% Annealed Martensite, 1% to 20% Quenched Martensite and less than 30% Tempered Martensite, wherein the cumulated amounts of Bainite and Residual Austenite is more than or equal to 25%.
Jean-Marc Pipard, Artem Arlazarov
Filed: 5 Nov 18
Utility
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7 Feb 23
A steel part includes a steel sheet substrate and a coating on at least one surface of the steel sheet substrate.
Jean-Michel Mataigne, Didier Dauchelle, Florence Bertrand
Filed: 14 May 20
Utility
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2 Feb 23
A metal powder for additive manufacturing having a composition including the following elements, expressed in content by weight: 0.01%≤C≤0.2%, 2.5%≤Ti≤10%, (0.45×Ti)−1.35%≤B≤(0.45×Ti)+0.70%, S≤0.03%, P≤0.04%, N≤0.05%, O≤0.05% and optionally containing: Si≤1.5%, Mn≤3%, Al≤1.5%, Ni≤1%, Mo≤1%, Cr≤3%, Cu≤1%, Nb≤0.1%, V≤0.5% and including eutectic precipitates of TiB2 and optionally of Fe2B, the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities resulting from the elaboration, the metal powder having a mean roundness of at least 0.70.
Valérie DAESCHLER, Frédéric BONNET, Rosalia REMENTERIA FERNANDEZ, Diego Alejandro SEGOVIA PEREZ
Filed: 20 Dec 19
Utility
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2 Feb 23
A heat treated and cold rolled steel sheet having a composition including of the following elements 0.09%≤Carbon≤0.15%, 1.8%≤Manganese≤2.5%, 0.2%≤Silicon≤0.7%, 0.01%≤Aluminum≤0.1%, 0%≤Phosphorus≤0.09%, 0%≤Sulfur≤0.09%, 0%≤Nitrogen≤0.09%, 0%≤Niobium≤0.1%, 0%≤Titanium≤0.1%, 0%≤Chromium≤1%, 0%≤Molybdenum≤1%, 0%≤Vanadium≤0.1%, 0%≤Calcium≤0.005%, 0%≤Boron≤0.01%, 0%≤Cerium≤0.1%, 0%≤Magnesium≤0.05%, 0%≤Zirconium≤0.05% the remainder composition being composed of iron and unavoidable impurities caused by processing, the microstructure of said steel sheet comprising in area fraction, 65 to 85% Tempered Martensite, 0% to 5% Residual Austenite and a cumulative presence of Ferrite and Bainite between 15 and 35%.
Matthieu SIEBENTRITT, Dorien DE KNIJF, Julien LAMOUCHE
Filed: 13 Dec 19
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2 Feb 23
A hot rolled and heat-treated steel sheet having a composition including, by weight percent C 0.12-0.25% Mn 3.0-8.0%, Si 0.70-1.50%, Al 0.3-1.2%, B 0.0002-0.004%, S≤0.010%, P≤0.020%, N≤0.008%, the remainder of the composition being iron and unavoidable impurities resulting from the smelting, and having a microstructure consisting of, in surface fraction: between 5% and 45% of ferrite, between 25% and 85% of partitioned martensite, the partitioned martensite having a carbides density less than 2×106 /mm2, between 10% and 30% of retained austenite, less than 8% of fresh martensite, a part of the fresh martensite being combined with retained austenite in the shape of martensite-austenite islands in total surface fraction less than 10%, and a pancaking index lower than 5.
Astrid PERLADE, Kangying ZHU, Coralie JUNG, Frédéric KEGEL
Filed: 17 Dec 20
Utility
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2 Feb 23
A heat treated and cold rolled steel sheet having a composition including of the following elements 0.09%≤Carbon≤0.15%, 1.8%≤Manganese≤2.5%, 0.2%≤Silicon≤0.7%, 0.01%≤Aluminum≤0.1%, 0%≤Phosphorus≤0.09%, 0%≤Sulfur≤0.09%, 0%≤Nitrogen≤0.09%, 0%≤Niobium≤0.1%, 0%≤Titanium≤0.1%, 0%≤Chromium≤1%, 0%≤Molybdenum≤1%, 0%≤Vanadium≤0.1%, 0%≤Calcium≤0.005%, 0%≤Boron≤0.01%, 0%≤Cerium≤0.1%, 0%≤Magnesium≤0.05%, 0%≤Zirconium≤0.05% the remainder composition being composed of iron and unavoidable impurities caused by processing, the microstructure of said steel sheet comprising in area fraction, 65 to 85% Tempered Martensite, 0% to 5% Residual Austenite and a cumulative presence of Ferrite and Bainite between 15 and 35%.
Matthieu SIEBENTRITT, Julien LAMOUCHE, Dorien DE KNIJF
Filed: 10 Dec 20
Utility
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31 Jan 23
A method of production non grain-oriented Fe—Si steel sheet is provided.
Elke Leunis, Tom Van De Putte, Sigrid Jacobs, Wahib Saikaly
Filed: 20 Oct 15
Utility
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31 Jan 23
The present invention relates to a method for the manufacture of a coated steel sheet comprising the following successive steps: A. the coating of the steel sheet with a first coating consisting of nickel and having a thickness between 600 nm and 1400 nm, the steel sheet having the following composition in weight: 0.10<C<0.40%, 1.5<Mn<3.0%, 0.7<Si<3.0%, 0.05<Al<1.0%, 0.75<(Si+Al)<3.0%, and on a purely optional basis, one or more elements such as Nb≤0.5%, B≤0.010%, Cr≤1.0%, Mo≤0.50%, Ni≤1.0%, Ti≤0.5%, the remainder of the composition making up of iron and inevitable impurities resulting from the elaboration, B. the recrystallization annealing at a temperature between 820 to 1200° C., C. the coating with a second coating based on zinc not comprising nickel.
Anirban Chakraborty, Hassan Ghassemi-Armaki, Pascal Bertho, Christian Allely
Filed: 15 Nov 18
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26 Jan 23
A hot rolled steel sheet having a composition including, by weight percent:C:0.10-0.25%, Mn:3.5-5.0%, Si:0.80-1.60%, B:0.0003-0.004%, S≤0.010%, P≤0.020%, N≤0.008% the remainder of the composition being iron and unavoidable impurities resulting from the smelting, and having a microstructure consisting of, in surface fraction: between 50% and 80% of lath bainite, lower than 30% of granular bainite, the rest being martensite, martensite-austenite islands and austenite films, and having less than 20% of martensite and M-A islands having the multiplication of the maximum length Lmax of the grain by the maximum width Wmax of the grain higher than 1 μm2.
Astrid PERLADE, Kangying ZHU, Coralie JUNG, Frederic KEGEL
Filed: 17 Dec 20
Utility
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19 Jan 23
Method for producing a precoated steel blank including the successive steps of: —providing a precoated steel strip including a steel substrate having, on at least one of its main faces, a precoating, the precoating including an intermetallic alloy layer and a metallic layer extending atop said intermetallic alloy layer, the metallic layer being a layer of aluminum, a layer of aluminum alloy or a layer of aluminum-based alloy, —laser cutting the precoated steel strip in order to obtain at least one precoated steel blank, the precoated steel blank including a laser cut edge surface resulting from the laser cutting operation, the laser cut edge surface including a substrate portion and a precoating portion, wherein the laser cutting is carried out in such a way that the substrate portion of the laser cut edge directly resulting from the cutting operation has an oxygen content greater than or equal to 15% in weight.
Quentin BERNARDI, Bernard LUQUET
Filed: 19 Dec 19
Utility
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19 Jan 23
Sebastian COBO, Christian ALLELY, Martin BEAUVAIS, Anis AOUAFI, Emmanuel LUCAS
Filed: 13 Sep 22
Utility
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17 Jan 23
A method for producing a high strength uncoated steel sheet having an improved strength and an improved formability, including the steps of: providing an uncoated steel sheet; annealing the sheet at an annealing temperature TA higher than 865° C. but less than 1000° C. for a time of more than 30 s; cooling the sheet down to a quenching temperature QT between 310° C. and 375° C., at a cooling speed of at least 30° C./s; heating the sheet up to a partitioning temperature PT between 370° C. and 470° C. and maintaining the sheet at the partitioning temperature for a partitioning time Pt between 50 s and 150 s; and cooling the sheet down to the room temperature.
Rashmi Ranjan Mohanty, Hyun Jo Jun, Dongwei Fan, Pavan K. C. Venkatasurya
Filed: 3 Jul 15