US2020156177A1PendingUtilityA1

Overlap-welded member, automobile part, method of welding overlapped portion, and method of manufacturing overlap-welded member

Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPPriority: Aug 10, 2012Filed: Dec 10, 2019Published: May 21, 2020
Est. expiryAug 10, 2032(~6 yrs left)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
C22C 38/00B23K 2101/18B23K 11/115C21D 2211/008B23K 2103/04B23K 11/16C21D 9/50C22C 9/00B23K 31/12B23K 2101/006C21D 9/0068C21D 6/00B23K 11/11
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Abstract

The present invention provides an overlap-welded member in which an overlapped portion including plural steel sheet members is joined at a spot-welded portion, in which at least one of the plural steel sheet members contains martensite, and the spot-welded portion includes: a nugget formed through spot welding; a heat-affected zone formed in the vicinity of the nugget; the softest zone having the lowest Vickers hardness in the heat-affected zone; and a tempered area formed between a central portion of the nugget and the softest zone and made out of tempered martensite having Vickers hardness of not more than 120% in the case where Vickers hardness of the softest zone is 100%.

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1 . An overlap-welded member in which an overlapped portion including a plurality of steel sheet members is joined at a spot-welded portion, wherein
 at least one of the plurality of steel sheet members contains martensite; and   the spot-welded portion includes:
 a nugget formed through spot welding; 
 a heat-affected zone formed in the vicinity of the nugget; 
 a softest zone having the lowest Vickers hardness in the heat-affected zone; and 
 a tempered area formed between a central portion of the nugget and the softest zone and made out of tempered martensite having Vickers hardness of not more than 120% in a case where Vickers hardness of the softest zone is 100%. 
   
     
     
         2 . The overlap-welded member according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the plurality of steel sheet members include a hot-stamped member.   
     
     
         3 . An automobile part including the overlap-welded member according to  claim 1 .

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