MUMBAI, India, Aug. 1 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517067940 A) filed by Jfe Steel Corporation, Tokyo, on July 16, for 'steel sheet and member, and methods of producing same.'

Inventor(s) include Tobata Junya; and Kimura Hideyuki.

The application for the patent was published on Aug. 1, under issue no. 31/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention provides a steel sheet which has a TS of 1180 MPa or more and a high EL, while being excellent in terms of toughness and collision characteristics after coating and baking. The steel sheet has a predetermined component composition, and has a structure that has an area fraction of tempered martensite of 83% or more, an area fraction of retained austenite of less than 3%, and a total area fraction of ferrite and bainitic ferrite of not less than 5% but less than 15%. The grain boundary density of 20 or more in the tempered martensite is 1.0 m/m2 or more, and the structure satisfies formula (1). (1): KAM(S)/KAM(C) 1.00."

The patent application was internationally filed on Nov. 21, 2023, under International application No.PCT/JP2023/041851.

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