This steel sheet has a predetermined chemical composition, the metallurgical structure at a thickness ¼ portion is, by area ratio, martensite: 40% to 97%, ferrite+bainite: 50% or less, residual austenite: 3% to 20% and a remainder in microstructure: 5% or less, the aspect ratio of residual austenite having an aspect ratio of 3 or more is 80% or more with respect to the total area of residual austenite, and the number of carbides having a grain diameter of 8 to 40 nm per square micrometer is five or more in the residual austenite.

A method for producing a machine component excellent in pitting resistance characteristics and toughness includes a carburizing step, performed on a steel material containing 0.13-0.30% C and 0.90-2.00% Cr in mass % and at least one of Si, Mn, Ni, Mo, Nb, V, Ti, B, Al, and N, balance Fe and unavoidable impurities; heating the material to 850-1030° C. to attain carbon concentration in a surface of 0.8-1.5%; cooling the material at an average rate of 5° C./sec or lower from a temperature higher than the A.sub.cm point of a surface layer to a cooling end temperature that is at least 50° C. lower than the A.sub.1 point to cause the surface layer to have a pearlite or bainite structure with dispersion; spheroidizing annealing at a temperature not higher than the A.sub.cm point at the surface layer; heating the material to not higher than the A.sub.cm point at the surface layer; and performing tempering.

A high-strength steel sheet includes a chemical composition including: by mass %, C: 0.080 to 0.500%, Si: 2.50% or less, Mn: 0.50 to 5.00%, P: 0.100% or less, S: 0.0100% or less, Al: 0.001 to 2.500%, N: 0.0150% or less, O: 0.0050% or less, and the balance: Fe and inevitable impurities. The high-strength steel sheet satisfying a predetermined formula has a microstructure in a region from ⅛t to ⅜t from a steel sheet surface. The microstructure includes: by volume %, 20% or more of acicular ferrite, 20% or more of an island-shaped hard structure including residual austenite, 2% to 25% of residual austenite, and 20% or less of aggregated ferrite.

A galvanized steel sheet includes: a steel sheet having a chemical composition satisfying an equivalent carbon content Ceq of 0.35% or more and less than 0.60%, and a specified steel microstructure; and a galvanized layer on a surface of the steel sheet. The retained austenite has a solute C content of 0.6% or more by mass, and retained austenite grains with an aspect ratio of less than 2.0 constitute 50% or more of all retained austenite grains. In 90-degree bending at a curvature radius/thickness ratio of 4.2 in a rolling (L) direction with respect to an axis extending in a width (C) direction, an L cross section in a 0 to 50 μm region from a surface of the steel sheet on a compression side has a number density of voids of 1000/mm.sup.2 or less, and the galvanized steel sheet has a tensile strength of 590 MPa or more.

A galvannealed steel sheet according to one aspect of the present invention has a hot-dip galvannealed layer on at least one surface of the steel sheet, and the steel sheet has a predetermined chemical composition, in which the steel sheet contains 10% or more and 90% or less of ferrite, and 10% or more of tempered martensite and tempered bainite in terms of an area ratio, a sum of the ferrite, the tempered martensite, and the tempered bainite is 90% or more, carbides having a major axis of 50 nm or more and 300 nm or less are contained in grains of the ferrite in a number density of 20/μm.sup.2 or more, and a two-dimensional homogeneous dispersion ratio S of Mn is 0.75 or more and 1.30 or less.

A utility cart is an apparatus that allows a user to easily carry and access items which are placed inside of the utility car. The utility cart includes a carriage, a base, and a wheel assembly. The carriage further includes a plurality of elongated supports and a closed-shape frame. The plurality of elongated supports and the closed-shape frame define a funnel-like structural shape of the carriage which allows a user to easily access items which are placed inside of the utility cart. The base provides a structural foundation for the utility cart and the wheel assembly is integrated into the base. The wheel assembly provides a conveyance means which allows the utility cart to be translated along the ground or other surface.

A production method for a high-strength steel sheet having a tensile strength TS of 780 MPa or more is provided. The production method comprises: heating a steel slab having a predetermined chemical composition; hotrolling the steel slab; coiling the hot-rolled sheet; subjecting the hot-rolled sheet to pickling treatment; holding the hot-rolled sheet in a pre-determined temperature range for predetermined time; cold rolling the hot-rolled sheet to obtain a cold-rolled sheet; subjecting the cold-rolled sheet to first annealing treatment; cooling the cold-rolled sheet at a pre-determined average cooling rate; cooling the cold-rolled sheet to room temperature; reheating the clod-rolled sheet to perform second annealing treatment; cooling the cold-rolled sheet at a first average cooling rate; cooling the cold-rolled sheet at a second average cooling rate; reheating the cold-rolled sheet to a predetermined reheating temperature range; and holding the cold-rolled sheet in the reheating temperature range.

A high-strength steel sheet excellent in formability, toughness and weldability has a chemical composition including: by mass %, C: 0.05 to 0.30%, Si: 2.50% or less, Mn: 0.50 to 3.50%, P: 0.100% or less, S: 0.0100% or less, Al: 0.001 to 2.500%, N: 0.0150% or less, O: 0.0050% or less, and the balance consisting of Fe and inevitable impurities. The high-strength steel sheet has a microstructure in a region from ⅛t (t: sheet thickness) to ⅜t (t: sheet thickness) from a steel sheet surface, the microstructure including: by volume %, acicular ferrite (3): 20% or more, and martensite (4):10% or more, aggregated ferrite: 20% or less, residual austenite: 2.0% or less, and the martensite satisfies a formula (A),

[00001]$\begin{array}{cc}\underset{i=1}{\overset{5}{.Math.}}\frac{d_i}{{a_i}^{1.5}}\le 10.0& \left(A\right)\end{array}$

Provided is a steel sheet suitably used for an automobile structural member and the like, and more particularly, to a steel sheet having high strength and excellent formability that may prevent processing defects such as cracks or wrinkles occurring during the press-forming, and a method for producing the same.

A high-strength galvanized steel sheet and a method for producing the steel sheet. The steel sheet has a composition that includes C: 0.030% to 0.250%, Si: 0.01% to 3.00%, Mn: 2.00% to 10.00%, P: 0.001% to 0.100%, S: 0.0001% to 0.0200%, N: 0.0005% to 0.0100%, Ti: 0.005% to 0.200%, on a mass basis, and Fe and inevitable impurities. Additionally, the steel sheet has concentration of solute Mn at a depth of 5 μm or less from a surface of the steel sheet that is 1.50% by mass or less, and a value obtained by dividing the average mass percentage of Mn in retained austenite by the average mass percentage of Mn in ferrite is 2.0 or more.