Patents by Inventor Hidekuni Murakami

Hidekuni Murakami has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20190271063
    Abstract: The present invention has as its object the provision of steel sheet for hot stamping use which is excellent in part strength after hot stamping and delayed fracture resistance comprised of large C content high strength steel sheet in which effective hydrogen traps are formed in the steel material. The steel sheet of the present invention solves this problem by forming Fe—Mn-based composite oxides in the steel sheet and trapping hydrogen at the interfaces of the composite oxides and matrix steel and in the voids around the composite oxides. Specifically, it provides steel sheet for hot stamping use which is comprised of chemical ingredients which contain, by mass %, C: 0.05 to 0.40%, Si: 0.02% or less, Mn: 0.1 to 3%, S: 0.02% or less, P: 0.03% or less, Al: 0.005% or less, Ti: 0.01% or less, N: 0.01% or less, one or both of Cr and Mo in a total of 0.005 to 1%, and O: 0.003 to 0.03% and which have a balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities and which contains average diameter 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhisa KUSUMI, Yuji OGAWA, Masayuki ABE, Hidekuni MURAKAMI, Kengo TAKEDA, Jun MAKI
  • Patent number: 10344360
    Abstract: The present invention has as its object the provision of steel sheet for hot stamping use which is excellent in part strength after hot stamping and delayed fracture resistance comprised of large C content high strength steel sheet in which effective hydrogen traps are formed in the steel material. The steel sheet of the present invention solves this problem by forming Fe—Mn-based composite oxides in the steel sheet and trapping hydrogen at the interfaces of the composite oxides and matrix steel and in the voids around the composite oxides. Specifically, it provides steel sheet for hot stamping use which is comprised of chemical ingredients which contain, by mass %, C: 0.05 to 0.40%, Si: 0.02% or less, Mn: 0.1 to 3%, S: 0.02% or less, P: 0.03% or less, Al: 0.005% or less, Ti: 0.01% or less, N: 0.01% or less, one or both of Cr and Mo in a total of 0.005 to 1%, and O: 0.003 to 0.03% and which have a balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities and which contains average diameter 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhisa Kusumi, Yuji Ogawa, Masayuki Abe, Hidekuni Murakami, Kengo Takeda, Jun Maki
  • Patent number: 9689052
    Abstract: The present invention provides a very thin steel sheet and production method thereof that, in a very thin steel sheet of 0.4 mm or less thickness, enable production at low addition of special elements, simultaneous achievement of both good workability and anti-aging property, and stable passing of even wide coil in a continuous annealing process, which very thin steel sheet and production method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidekuni Murakami, Seiichi Tanaka, Keiichiroh Torisu, Akihiro Jinno
  • Patent number: 9362032
    Abstract: A high-strength non-oriented electrical steel sheet contains: in mass %, C: 0.010% or less; Si: not less than 2.0% nor more than 4.0%; Mn: not less than 0.05% nor more than 0.50%; Al: not less than 0.2% nor more than 3.0%; N: 0.005% or less; S: not less than 0.005% nor more than 0.030%; and Cu: not less than 0.5% nor more than 3.0%, a balance being composed of Fe and inevitable impurities. An expression (1) is established where a Mn content is represented as [Mn] and a S content is represented as [S], and not less than 1.0×104 pieces nor more than 1.0×106 pieces of sulfide having a circle-equivalent diameter of not less than 0.1 ?m nor more than 1.0 ?m are contained per 1 mm2 10?[Mn]/[S]?50??(1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Arita, Masahiro Fujikura, Hidekuni Murakami
  • Patent number: 9073114
    Abstract: The present invention provides a non-aging enameling steel sheet having excellent fishscale resistance characteristics that is suitable for one-coat enameling and a method of producing the same. The enameling steel sheet comprises, in mass %, C: 0.010% or less, Mn: 0.03% to 1.30%, Si: 0.100% or less, Al: 0.010% or less, N: 0.0055% or less, P: 0.035% or less, S: 0.08% or less, O: 0.005% to 0.085%, Nb: 0.055% to 0.250%, and the balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities, in which steel sheet preferably an Fe—Nb—Mn system composite oxide is present, a distribution of Nb mass % concentrations is present in the composite oxide, and the ratio of Nb mass % concentration of a high-concentration portion (Nb max %) to Nb mass % concentration of a low-concentration portion (Nb min %) is Nb max %/Nb min %?1.2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidekuni Murakami, Satoshi Nishimura
  • Patent number: 8758893
    Abstract: The present invention provides enamelware and a glaze improving the bondability between the steel substrate and enamel layer and superior in resistance to dew point corrosion by sulfuric acid and hydrochloric acid, that is, a steel substrate of a composition containing, by mass %, Cu: 0.05 to 0.5%, Si: 0.1 to 2.0%, Mn: 0.05 to 2.0%, P: 0.005 to 0.10%, and S: 0.005 to 0.1%, restricting C to C: 0.20% or less, and comprising a balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities on the surface of which an enamel layer of a thickness of 50 to 700 ?m is provided. At that time, the content of Co oxides in the enamel layer is made, converted to Co, 0.01 to 10% and/or the content of Ni oxides is made, converted to Ni, 0.05 to 20% or the total content of Ni in the steel substrate and enamel layer is made 0.005 to 4.5% with respect to the total mass of the enamelware and/or the total content of Co is made 0.008 to 4.0% with respect to the total mass of the enamelware.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Nishimura, Shunji Sakamoto, Hidekuni Murakami
  • Publication number: 20140030135
    Abstract: A high-strength non-oriented electrical steel sheet contains: in mass %, C: 0.010% or less; Si: not less than 2.0% nor more than 4.0%; Mn: not less than 0.05% nor more than 0.50%; Al: not less than 0.2% nor more than 3.0%; N: 0.005% or less; S: not less than 0.005% nor more than 0.030%; and Cu: not less than 0.5% nor more than 3.0%, a balance being composed of Fe and inevitable impurities. An expression (1) is established where a Mn content is represented as [Mn] and a S content is represented as [S], and not less than 1.0×104 pieces nor more than 1.0×106 pieces of sulfide having a circle-equivalent diameter of not less than 0.1 ?m nor more than 1.0 ?m are contained per 1 mm2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2012
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: Nippon Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Arita, Masahiro Fujikura, Hidekuni Murakami
  • Publication number: 20130340899
    Abstract: The present invention has as its object the provision of steel sheet for hot stamping use which is excellent in part strength after hot stamping and delayed fracture resistance comprised of large C content high strength steel sheet in which effective hydrogen traps are formed in the steel material. The steel sheet of the present invention solves this problem by forming Fe—Mn-based composite oxides in the steel sheet and trapping hydrogen at the interfaces of the composite oxides and matrix steel and in the voids around the composite oxides. Specifically, it provides steel sheet for hot stamping use which is comprised of chemical ingredients which contain, by mass %, C: 0.05 to 0.40%, Si: 0.02% or less, Mn: 0.1 to 3%, S: 0.02% or less, P: 0.03% or less, Al: 0.005% or less, Ti: 0.01% or less, N: 0.01% or less, one or both of Cr and Mo in a total of 0.005 to 1%, and O: 0.003 to 0.03% and which have a balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities and which contains average diameter 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2011
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Inventors: Kazuhisa Kusumi, Yuji Ogawa, Masayuki Abe, Hidekuni Murakami, Kengo Takeda, Jun Maki
  • Patent number: 8557058
    Abstract: The invention provides a non-oriented electrical steel sheet excellent in yield strength for use as an iron core material for high rpm motors that does not sacrifice yield or productivity in motor core punching or steel sheet production, which non-oriented electrical steel sheet is given a chemical composition of, in mass %, C: 0.01 to 0.05%, Si: 2.0 to 4.0%, Mn: 0.05 to 0.5%, Al: 3.0% or less and Nb: 0.01 to 0.05%, and optionally Ni at a preferable content of more than 0.5% and less than 3.0%, the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities, Mn and C contents expressed in mass % are made to satisfy Mn?0.6-10×C, recrystallized portion area fraction is made 50% or greater, yield strength in tensile testing is made 650 MPa or greater, and average-grain diameter viewed in steel sheet cross-section is made 40 ?m or less, and electrical steel sheet production is conducted using a hot-rolled sheet whose transition temperature in impact testing is 70° C. or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Arita, Hidekuni Murakami, Yutaka Matsumoto, Saori Haranaka, Takeshi Kubota
  • Patent number: 8491735
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a steel sheet for Vitreous enameling excellent in enameling properties (bubbling and black spot resistance, enamel adhesiveness and fish scale resistance) and workability, and a method for producing the same, and is characterized in that the steel sheet contains, in mass of, C: 0.010% or less, Mn: 0.03 to 1.3%, Si: 0.03% or less, Al: 0.02% or less, N: 0.0055% or less, P: below 0.035%, and S: over 0.025% to 0.08%; and the density change of the steel sheet from before an annealing to after an annealing at 850° C. for 20 hours, in a hydrogen atmosphere is 0.02% or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation
    Inventors: Hidekuni Murakami, Satoshi Nishimura, Shiro Sanagi
  • Patent number: 8236111
    Abstract: The present invention provides a product for enameling and an enameled product that achieve adhesion, bubble/black spot defect resistance and fishscale resistance, even when preprocessing and ground coating are omitted, which product comprise a steel sheet having on the surface thereof an oxide film of 0.10 ?m to 400 ?m thickness comprising oxides of components of the steel sheet, which steel sheet comprises, in mass %, C: 0.0001% to 0.040%, Si: 0.0001% to 0.50%, Mn: 0.001% to 2.00%, P: 0.0001% to 0.10%, S: 0.0001% to 0.060%, Al: 0.0001% to 0.10%, N: 0.0001% to 0.015%, and O: 0.0001% to 0.070%, further comprises one or more of Ni: 0.01% to 2.00%, Co: 0.0005% to 2.00%, Cr: 0.001% to 2.00%, Cu: 0.01% to 2.00%, Mo: 0.0001% to 2.00%, and Ti: 0.0005% to 0.50%, where Ni+Co+Cr/2+Cu+Mo+Ti: 0.010% to 8.0%, the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Nippon Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Hidekuni Murakami, Satoshi Nishimura
  • Publication number: 20120067469
    Abstract: The present invention provides a very thin steel sheet and production method thereof that, in a very thin steel sheet of 0.4 mm or less thickness, enable production at low addition of special elements, simultaneous achievement of both good workability and anti-aging property, and stable passing of even wide coil in a continuous annealing process, which very thin steel sheet and production method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2010
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Inventors: Hidekuni Murakami, Seiichi Tanaka, Keiichiroh Torisu, Akihiro Jinno
  • Patent number: 8097094
    Abstract: The present invention has as its object to stably produce a high strength electrical steel sheet and a processed part of the same which is high in strength and has wear resistant and is superior in magnetic flux density and core loss without greatly changing the cold rollability and production processes from those of conventional electrical steel sheet and provides a high strength electrical steel sheet characterized by containing, by mass %, C: 0.06% or less, Si: 0.2 to 6.5%, Mn: 0.05 to 3.0%, P: 0.30% or less, S or Se: 0.040% or less, Al: 2.50% or less, Cu: 0.6 to 8.0%, N: 0.0400% or less, and a balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities and containing in the steel a metal phase composed of Cu of a size of 0.1 ?m or less. The method of production of the same comprises holding in a temperature range of 300° C. to 720° C. for 5 seconds or more for heat treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: Nippon Steel Corporation
    Inventor: Hidekuni Murakami
  • Patent number: 7922837
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a steel sheet for Vitreous enameling excellent in enameling properties (bubbling and black spot resistance, enamel adhesiveness and fish scale resistance) and workability, and a method for producing the same, and is characterized in that the steel sheet contains, in mass of, C: 0.010% or less, Mn: 0.03 to 1.3%, Si: 0.03% or less, Al: 0.02% or less, N: 0.0055% or less, P: below 0.035%, and S: over 0.025% to 0.08%; and the density change of the steel sheet from before an annealing to after an annealing at 850° C. for 20 hours, in a hydrogen atmosphere is 0.02% or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: Nippon Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Hidekuni Murakami, Satoshi Nishimura, Shiro Sanagi
  • Publication number: 20110056592
    Abstract: A high-strength non-oriented electrical steel sheet contains: by mass %, C: not less than 0.002% nor more than 0.05%; Si: not less than 2.0% nor more than 4.0%; Mn: not less than 0.05% nor more than 1.0%; N: not less than 0.002% nor more than 0.05%; and Cu: not less than 0.5% nor more than 3.0%. An Al content is 3.0% or less, and when a Nb content (%) is set to [Nb], a Zr content (%) is set to [Zr], a Ti content (%) is set to [Ti], a V content (%) is set to [V], a C content (%) is set to [C], and an N content (%) is set to [N], Formula (1) and Formula (2) are satisfied. A balance is composed of Fe and inevitable impurities, a recrystallization area ratio is 50% or more, yield stress at a tensile test is 700 MPa or more, fracture elongation is 10% or more, and an eddy current loss We10/400 (W/kg) satisfies Formula (3) in relation to a sheet thickness t (mm) of the steel sheet. 2.0×10?4?[Nb]/93+[Zr]/91+[Ti]/48+[V]/51 ??(1) 1.0×10?3?[C]/12+[N]/14?([Nb]/93+[Zr]/91+[Ti]/48+[V]/51)?3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2009
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Arita, Hidekuni Murakami, Yoshiyuki Ushigami, Takeshi Kubota
  • Patent number: 7854808
    Abstract: To provide a non-aging steel sheet for vitreous enameling, the steel sheet being excellent in resistance to bubbles and black spots, without the employment of decarbonization and denitrification annealing that raises the cost of production and also without the addition of expensive elements such as Nb, Ti, etc. that raise the cost of alloys. The steel sheet comprises, in mass, to C: 0.0050% or less, Si: 0.50% or less, Mn: 0.005 to 1.0%, P: 10×(B?11/14×N) to 0.10%, S: 0.080% or less, Al: 0.050% or less, N: 0.0005 to 0.020%, B: 0.60×N to 0.020%, and O: 0.002 to 0.0800%, and the shape of B nitrides is controlled mainly by adjusting hot-rolling conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Assignee: Nippon Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Hidekuni Murakami, Satoshi Nishimura
  • Publication number: 20100158744
    Abstract: The present invention has as its object the production of high strength electrical steel sheet, having a high strength of a tensile strength TS of for example 500 MPa or more, having wear resistance, and having superior magnetic properties of magnetic flux density and iron loss, that is, provides a method of production of high strength electrical steel sheet containing, by mass %, C: 0.060% or less, Si: 0.2 to 6.5%, Mn: 0.05 to 3.0%, P: 0.30% or less, S or Se: 0.040% or less, Al: 2.50% or less, N: 0.020% or less, and further one or more of Cu: 0.001 to 30.0% and Nb: 0.03 to 8.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2006
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Inventor: Hidekuni Murakami
  • Patent number: 7736449
    Abstract: The present invention stably provides a high-strength hot-dip galvanized steel sheet having a high tensile strength and no non-plated portions and being excellent in workability and surface properties even when the employed equipment has only a reduction annealing furnace and a steel sheet containing relatively large amounts of Si, Mn and Al that are regarded as likely to cause non-plated portions is used as the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Nippon Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Takada, Masayoshi Suehiro, Masao Kurosaki, Hidekuni Murakami, Hiroyasu Fujii, Haruhiko Eguchi, Hisaaki Sato
  • Publication number: 20100086431
    Abstract: The present invention provides a non-aging enameling steel sheet having excellent fishscale resistance characteristics that is suitable for one-coat enameling and a method of producing the same. The enameling steel sheet comprises, in mass %, C: 0.010% or less, Mn: 0.03% to 1.30%, Si: 0.100% or less, Al: 0.010% or less, N: 0.0055% or less, P: 0.035% or less, S: 0.08% or less, O: 0.005% to 0.085%, Nb: 0.055% to 0.250%, and the balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities, in which steel sheet preferably an Fe—Nb—Mn system composite oxide is present, a distribution of Nb mass % concentrations is present in the composite oxide, and the ratio of Nb mass % concentration of a high-concentration portion (Nb max %) to Nb mass % concentration of a low-concentration portion (Nb min %) is Nb max %/Nb min % ?1.2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2007
    Publication date: April 8, 2010
    Inventors: Hidekuni Murakami, Satoshi Nishimura
  • Publication number: 20100040872
    Abstract: The present invention provides a product for enameling and an enameled product that achieve adhesion, bubble/black spot defect resistance and fishscale resistance, even when preprocessing and ground coating are omitted, which product comprise a steel sheet having on the surface thereof an oxide film of 0.10 ?m to 400 ?m thickness comprising oxides of components of the steel sheet, which steel sheet comprises, in mass %, C: 0.0001% to 0.040%, Si: 0.0001% to 0.50%, Mn: 0.001% to 2.00%, P: 0.0001% to 0.10%, S: 0.0001% to 0.060%, Al: 0.0001% to 0.10%, N: 0.0001% to 0.015%, and O: 0.0001% to 0.070%, further comprises one or more of Ni:0.01% to 2.00%, Co: 0.0005% to 2.00%, Cr: 0.001% to 2.00%, Cu: 0.01% to 2.00%, Mo: 0.0001% to 2.00%, and Ti: 0.0005% to 0.50%, where Ni+Co+Cr/2+Cu+Mo+Ti: 0.010% to 8.0%, the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2007
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Inventors: Hidekuni Murakami, Satoshi Nishimura