Resistance spot welded member and resistance spot welding method therefor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2024367254-A1
Application number	US-202218561353-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Mar 14, 2022
Priority date	May 26, 2021
Publication date	Nov 7, 2024
Grant date	—

Abstract

A resistance spot welded member and a resistance spot welding method. The resistance spot welded member includes a resistance spot weld formed by resistance-spot-welding a plurality of steel sheets including at least one high strength coated steel sheet. The high strength coated steel sheet has a specific chemical composition. The at least one high strength coated steel sheet includes a coated layer, a base metal, and an Fe-based electroplated base layer interposed between the coated layer and the base metal. The amount of solute Si and the amount of solute Mn in a region on a steel sheet surface in the vicinity of the edge of the corona of the resistance spot weld are 35% or less of the amount of solute Si and 35% or less of the amount of solute Mn, respectively, at a position ¼ of the sheet thickness.

First claim

1 . A resistance spot welded member comprising a resistance spot weld formed by resistance-spot-welding a plurality of steel sheets including at least one high strength coated steel sheet having a chemical composition comprising, by mass %:
C: 0.10 to 0.40%; Si: 0.7 to 2.5%; Mn: 2.0 to 4.0%; P: 0.05% or less; S: 0.004% or less; Al: 0.01 to 1.00%; N: less than 0.010%; and the balance being Fe and incidental impurities, wherein the high strength coated steel sheet includes a coated layer, a base metal, and an Fe-based electroplated base layer interposed between the coated layer and the base metal, when a position on a steel sheet surface that is spaced 100 μm from an edge of a corona of the resistance spot weld in a direction toward a base metal zone along a steel sheet faying surface is denoted as a starting point S, an amount of solute Si and an amount of solute Mn in a region within 7 μm from the starting point S in a thickness direction are 35% or less of the amount of solute Si and 35% or less of the amount of solute Mn, respectively, at a position ¼ of a sheet thickness from the starting point S in the thickness direction, and when a position on the steel sheet surface that is spaced 50 μm from the edge of the corona in the direction toward the base metal zone along the steel sheet faying surface is denoted as a starting point T, an average number density of cementite grains having a grain diameter of 0.06 μm or more in a steel sheet microstructure in a region extending from in a range of 50 μm to 100 μm from the starting point T in the thickness direction is 0.08 grains/μm 2 or more.

2 . The resistance spot welded member according to claim 1 , wherein the chemical composition further comprises, by mass %, at least one selected from the group consisting of Nb: 0.05% or less, Ti: 0.05% or less, V: 0.05% or less, Cr: 1.0% or less, Mo: 0.50% or less, Cu: 0.50% or less, Ni: 0.50% or less, Sb: 0.020% or less, B: 0.010% or less, Ca: 0.0050% or less, and REMs: 0.0050% or less.

3 . The resistance spot welded member according to claim 1 , wherein the coated layer of the high strength coated steel sheet is a galvanized layer or a hot-dip galvannealed layer.

4 . The resistance spot welded member according to claim 1 , wherein the coating weight of the Fe-based electroplated layer is 0.5 g/m 2 or more per side.

5 . The resistance spot welded member according to claim 1 , wherein the high strength coated steel sheet has a tensile strength of 980 MPa or more.

6 . The resistance spot welded member according to claim 1 , wherein the high strength coated steel sheet has a microstructure including retained austenite at a volume fraction of 30% or less.

7 . A resistance spot welding method for the resistance spot welded member according to claim 1 , the method comprising:
a primary energization step of holding, between a pair of welding electrodes, a sheet set including the plurality of steel sheets including the at least one high strength coated steel sheet and performing energization under application of a welding force to thereby form a nugget, wherein a holding time Th(s) of the welding force after completion of the energization in the primary energization step satisfies a relation of formula (1):

0
<

T
⁢
h

≤

{

F
×

(

Iw
/
1.5

)

}

/
45

(
1
)

where, in formula (1), Th is the holding time(s) of the welding force in the primary energization step, F is the welding force (kN) in the primary energization step, and Iw is a value of a current (kA) in the primary energization step.

8 . The resistance spot welding method for the resistance spot welded member according to claim 7 , wherein the step of performing the energization includes:
performing the energization at the current value Iw (kA) while the sheet set is held between the welding electrodes with the welding force F (kN), or performing the energization using a transition process in which the current is increased continuously to the current value Iw (kA) while the sheet set is held between the welding electrodes with the welding force F (kN).

9 . The resistance spot welding method for the resistance spot welded member according to claim 7 , further comprising, after the primary energization step, a secondary energization step including:
performing energization at a current value equal to or higher than 1.1 times the current value Iw in the primary energization step for an energization time of 1.0 s or shorter, or performing energization at a current value equal to or lower than 0.9 times the current value Iw in the primary energization step for an energization time of 2.0 s or shorter.

10 . A resistance spot welding method for the resistance spot welded member according to claim 2 , the method comprising:
a primary energization step of holding, between a pair of welding electrodes, a sheet set including the plurality of steel sheets including the at least one high strength coated steel sheet and performing energization under application of a welding force to thereby form a nugget, wherein a holding time Th(s) of the welding force after completion of the energization in the primary energization step satisfies a relation of formula (1):

0
<

T
⁢
h

≤

{

F
×

(

Iw
/
1.5

)

}

/
45

(
1
)

where, in formula (1), Th is the holding time(s) of the welding force in the primary energization step, F is the welding force (kN) in the primary energization step, and Iw is a value of a current (kA) in the primary energization step.

11 . The resistance spot welding method for the resistance spot welded me

Assignees

• Jfe Steel Corp

Inventors

• Takashima Katsutoshi
• Yamamoto Shunsuke
• Hoshino Katsuya
• Matsuda Hiroshi

Classifications

• C21D8/00 Primary

  Modifying the physical properties of ferrous metals or ferrous alloys by deformation combined with, or followed by, heat treatment (hardening articles or materials formed by forging or rolling with no further heating beyond that required for the formation C21D1/02) · CPC title

• B23K11/163

  Welding of coated materials · CPC title

• C23C28/02

  only coatings {only including layers} of metallic material · CPC title

• C23C2/06

  Zinc or cadmium or alloys based thereon · CPC title

• C23C2/02

  Pretreatment of the material to be coated, e.g. for coating on selected surface areas (C23C2/30 takes precedence) · CPC title