Patents by Inventor Hiromasa Takada

Hiromasa Takada 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).

  • Patent number: 10266908
    Abstract: A rolled steel bar for machine structural use includes a predetermined chemical composition comprising, by mass %, C: 0.45% to 0.65%, Si: higher than 1.00% to 1.50%, Mn: higher than 0.40% to 1.00%, P: 0.005% to 0.050%, S: 0.020% to 0.100%, V: 0.08% to 0.20%, Ti: 0% to 0.050%; Ca: 0% to 0.0030%, Zr: 0% to 0.0030%, Te: 0% to 0.0030%, and a remainder including Fe and impurities, wherein the impurities include: Cr: 0.10% or lower, Al: lower than 0.01%, and N: 0.0060% or lower. In the rolled steel bar for machine structural use, K1 obtained from “K1=C+Si/7+Mn/5+1.54×V” is 0.95 to 1.05, K2 obtained from “K2=139?28.6×Si+105×Mn?833×S?13420×N” is more than 35, a Mn content and a S content satisfy Mn/S?8.0, and a total decarburized depth of a surface layer is 500 ?m or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiromasa Takada, Shinya Teramoto, Osamu Ohyama
  • Patent number: 10260123
    Abstract: A rolled steel bar for machine structural use includes a predetermined chemical composition comprising, by mass %, C: 0.45% to 0.65%, Si: higher than 1.00% to 1.50%, Mn: higher than 0.40% to 1.00%, P: 0.005% to 0.050%, S: 0.020% to 0.100%, V: 0.08% to 0.20%, Ti: 0% to 0.050%; Ca: 0% to 0.0030%, Zr: 0% to 0.0030%, Te: 0% to 0.0030%, and a remainder including Fe and impurities, wherein the impurities include: Cr: 0.10% or lower, Al: lower than 0.01%, and N: 0.0060% or lower. In the rolled steel bar for machine structural use, K1 obtained from “K1=C+Si/7+Mn/5+1.54×V” is 0.95 to 1.05, K2 obtained from “K2=139?28.6×Si+105×Mn?833×S?13420×N” is more than 35, K3 obtained from “K3=137×C?44.0×Si” is 10.7 or more, a Mn content and a S content satisfy Mn/S?8.0, and a total decarburized depth in a surface layer is 500 ?m or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiromasa Takada, Shinya Teramoto, Osamu Ohyama
  • Patent number: 10119185
    Abstract: Steel for forging having high strength and superior machinability due to controlled cooling immediately after shaping by hot forging followed by tempering and having a lower specific gravity than ordinary steel for forging use, the steel containing C: 0.05 to 0.50%, Si: 0.01 to 1.50%, Mn: 3.0 to 7.0%, P: 0.001 to 0.050%, S: 0.020 to 0.200%, Al: 3.0 to 6.0%, Cr: 0.01 to 1.00%, and N: 0.0040 to 0.0200% and having a balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiromasa Takada, Suguru Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20170152578
    Abstract: A rolled steel bar for machine structural use includes a predetermined chemical composition. In the rolled steel bar for machine structural use, K1 obtained from “K1=C+Si/7+Mn/5+1.54×V” is 0.95 to 1.05, K2 obtained from “K2=139?28.6×Si+105×Mn?833×S?13420×N” is more than 35, a Mn content and a S content satisfy Mn/S?8.0, and a total decarburized depth of a surface layer is 500 ?m or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2015
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiromasa TAKADA, Shinya TERAMOTO, Osamu OHYAMA
  • Publication number: 20170137904
    Abstract: A rolled steel bar for machine structural use includes a predetermined chemical composition. In the rolled steel bar for machine structural use, K1 obtained from “K1=C+Si/7+Mn/5+1.54×V” is 0.95 to 1.05, K2 obtained from “K2=139?28.6×Si+105×Mn?833×S?13420×N” is more than 35, K3 obtained from “K3=137×C?44.0×Si” is 10.7 or more, a Mn content and a S content satisfy Mn/S?8.0, and a total decarburized depth in a surface layer is 500 ?m or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2015
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiromasa TAKADA, Shinya TERAMOTO, Osamu OHYAMA
  • Patent number: 9187797
    Abstract: The present invention provides a steel part for machine structural use whose fatigue strength and toughness are improved and a manufacturing method thereof. A steel part made of a steel containing, in mass %, C: 0.05 to 0.20%, Si: 0.10 to 1.00%, Mn: 0.75 to 3.00%, P: 0.001 to 0.050%, S: 0.001 to 0.200%, V: exceeding 0.20 to 0.25%, Cr: 0.01 to 1.00%, Al: 0.001 to 0.500%, and N: 0.0080 to 0.0200%, and a balance being composed of Fe and inevitable impurities, in which a steel structure contains a bainite structure having an area ratio of 95% or more, a bainite lath width is 5 ?m or less, V carbide having an average grain diameter of not less than 4 nm nor more than 7 nm dispersedly exists in the bainite structure, and an area ratio of V carbide in the bainite structure is 0.18% or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL AND SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinya Teramoto, Hiromasa Takada, Manabu Kubota, Yoichi Taniguchi, Junichi Nakatsuka, Kazuhiro Fujimura, Satoshi Koganemaru
  • Patent number: 8926767
    Abstract: The present invention provides a steel part for machine structural use whose fatigue strength and toughness are improved and a manufacturing method thereof. A steel part made of a steel containing, in mass %, C: 0.05 to 0.20%, Si: 0.10 to 1.00%, Mn: 0.75 to 3.00%, P: 0.001 to 0.050%, S: 0.001 to 0.200%, V: exceeding 0.25 to 0.50%, Cr: 0.01 to 1.00%, Al: 0.001 to 0.500%, and N: 0.0080 to 0.0200%, and a balance being composed of Fe and inevitable impurities, in which a steel structure contains a bainite structure having an area ratio of 95% or more, a bainite lath width is 5 ?m or less, V carbide having an average grain diameter of not less than 4 nm nor more than 7 nm dispersedly exists in the bainite structure, and an area ratio of V carbide in the bainite structure is 0.18% or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation
    Inventors: Shinya Teramoto, Hiromasa Takada, Manabu Kubota
  • Patent number: 8916008
    Abstract: The present invention provides a steel part for machine structural use whose fatigue strength and toughness are improved and a manufacturing method thereof. A steel part made of a steel containing, in mass %, C: 0.05 to 0.20%, Si: 0.10 to 1.00%, Mn: 0.75 to 3.00%, P: 0.001 to 0.050%, S: 0.001 to 0.200%, V: 0.05 to 0.20%, Cr: 0.01 to 1.00%, Al: 0.001 to 0.500%, and N: 0.0080 to 0.0200%, and a balance being composed of Fe and inevitable impurities, in which a steel structure contains a bainite structure having an area ratio of 95% or more, a bainite lath width is 5 ?m or less, V carbide having an average grain diameter of not less than 4 nm nor more than 7 nm dispersedly exists in the bainite structure, and an area ratio of V carbide in the bainite structure is 0.18% or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Nippon Steel and Sumitomo Metal Corporation
    Inventors: Shinya Teramoto, Hiromasa Takada, Manabu Kubota
  • Publication number: 20130186529
    Abstract: The present invention provides a steel part for machine structural use whose fatigue strength and toughness are improved and a manufacturing method thereof. A steel part made of a steel containing, in mass %, C: 0.05 to 0.20%, Si: 0.10 to 1.00%, Mn: 0.75 to 3.00%, P: 0.001 to 0.050%, S: 0.001 to 0.200%, V: exceeding 0.20 to 0.25%, Cr: 0.01 to 1.00%, Al: 0.001 to 0.500%, and N: 0.0080 to 0.0200%, and a balance being composed of Fe and inevitable impurities, in which a steel structure contains a bainite structure having an area ratio of 95% or more, a bainite lath width is 5 ?m or less, V carbide having an average grain diameter of not less than 4 nm nor more than 7 nm dispersedly exists in the bainite structure, and an area ratio of V carbide in the bainite structure is 0.18% or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2012
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL AND SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinya Teramoto, Hiromasa Takada, Manabu Kubota, Yoichi Taniguchi, Junichi Nakatsuka, Kazuhiro Fujimura, Satoshi Koganemaru
  • Publication number: 20130186528
    Abstract: The present invention provides a steel part for machine structural use whose fatigue strength and toughness are improved and a manufacturing method thereof. A steel part made of a steel containing, in mass %, C: 0.05 to 0.20%, Si: 0.10 to 1.00%, Mn: 0.75 to 3.00%, P: 0.001 to 0.050%, S: 0.001 to 0.200%, V: 0.05 to 0.20%, Cr: 0.01 to 1.00%, Al: 0.001 to 0.500%, and N: 0.0080 to 0.0200%, and a balance being composed of Fe and inevitable impurities, in which a steel structure contains a bainite structure having an area ratio of 95% or more, a bainite lath width is 5 ?m or less, V carbide having an average grain diameter of not less than 4 nm nor more than 7 nm dispersedly exists in the bainite structure, and an area ratio of V carbide in the bainite structure is 0.18% or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2012
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinya Teramoto, Hiromasa Takada, Manabu Kubota
  • Publication number: 20130167986
    Abstract: The present invention provides a steel part for machine structural use whose fatigue strength and toughness are improved and a manufacturing method thereof. A steel part made of a steel containing, in mass %, C: 0.05 to 0.20%, Si: 0.10 to 1.00%, Mn: 0.75 to 3.00%, P: 0.001 to 0.050%, S: 0.001 to 0.200%, V: exceeding 0.25 to 0.50%, Cr: 0.01 to 1.00%, Al: 0.001 to 0.500%, and N: 0.0080 to 0.0200%, and a balance being composed of Fe and inevitable impurities, in which a steel structure contains a bainite structure having an area ratio of 95% or more, a bainite lath width is 5 ?m or less, V carbide having an average grain diameter of not less than 4 nm nor more than 7 nm dispersedly exists in the bainite structure, and an area ratio of V carbide in the bainite structure is 0.18% or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2012
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL AND SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinya Teramoto, Hiromasa Takada, Manabu Kubota
  • Patent number: 8186696
    Abstract: A steel tie rod end includes a shaft portion and first and second fitting portions. A minimum area portion having a small radially cross-sectional area is provided for the shaft portion, and 90% or above of a steel structure of the minimum area portion is formed of martensite or tempered martensite. The surface hardness of the minimum area portion and the average hardness of the radial cross section of the minimum area portion are 600 Hv or below, and the average hardness of the radial cross section of the first fitting portion and the average hardness of the radial cross section of the second fitting portion are 300 Hv or below. A method of manufacturing a steel tie rod end includes a quenching process of heating only a prospective shaft portion by high frequency to an austenitizing temperature and then rapidly cooling the prospective shaft portion by water or cooling medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Nippon Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Komoto, Hitoshi Sakuma, Takashi Hirano, Hiroyuki Mizuno, Shinya Teramoto, Masahiro Toda, Hiromasa Takada, Makoto Okonogi
  • Patent number: 8151809
    Abstract: A nozzle portion having jet nozzles for jetting a cleaning liquid, a nozzle cover covering the nozzle portion from a front side, a piston connected to the nozzle portion, and moved integrally with the nozzle portion and the nozzle cover in a movement direction, and a cylinder movably supporting the piston are provided. A bracket which includes arms located in abutment with or in proximity with a rear surface of the nozzle cover and regulates an inclination of the nozzle cover with respect to the movement direction is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsumi Nakada, Hiromasa Takada
  • Publication number: 20110318218
    Abstract: Steel for forging having high strength and superior machinability due to controlled cooling immediately after shaping by hot forging followed by tempering and having a lower specific gravity than ordinary steel for forging use, the steel containing C: 0.05 to 0.50%, Si: 0.01 to 1.50%, Mn: 3.0 to 7.0%, P: 0.001 to 0.050%, S: 0.020 to 0.200%, Al: 3.0 to 6.0%, Cr: 0.01 to 1.00%, and N: 0.0040 to 0.0200% and having a balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2010
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Inventors: Hiromasa Takada, Suguru Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20110163512
    Abstract: A steel tie rod end includes a shaft portion and first and second fitting portions. A minimum area portion having a small radially cross-sectional area is provided for the shaft portion, and 90% or above of a steel structure of the minimum area portion is formed of martensite or tempered martensite. The surface hardness of the minimum area portion and the average hardness of the radial cross section of the minimum area portion are 600 Hv or below, and the average hardness of the radial cross section of the first fitting portion and the average hardness of the radial cross section of the second fitting portion are 300 Hv or below. A method of manufacturing a steel tie rod end includes a quenching process of heating only a prospective shaft portion by high frequency to an austenitizing temperature and then rapidly cooling the prospective shaft portion by water or cooling medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2009
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Komoto, Hitoshi Sakuma, Takashi Hirano, Hiroyuki Mizuno, Shinya Teramoto, Masahiro Toda, Hiromasa Takada, Makoto Okonogi
  • Patent number: 7824508
    Abstract: The present invention provides a fine grain surface layer steel part having a high proof strength ratio equal to or higher than that of conventional quenched and tempered materials, that is, a fine grain surface layer steel part containing, by mass %, C: 0.45% to 0.70%, Nb: 0.01% to 0.60%, Si: 0.10% to 1.50%, Mn: 0.40% to 2.0%, P: 0.10% or less, S: 0.001% to 0.15%, and N: 0.003% to 0.025% and having a balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities, where the surface layer and inside at all or part of the part have structures of different average particle sizes of ferrite crystal grains surrounded by high angle grain boundaries of a misorientation angle of 15 degrees or more and a method of production of that part comprising warm forging locations where strength is required to a predetermined shape at 1000° C. to 800° C. during which working so as to give an equivalent strain of 1.5 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Nippon Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Shinya Teramoto, Hiromasa Takada
  • Publication number: 20090095383
    Abstract: The present invention provides a fine grain surface layer steel part having a high proof strength ratio equal to or higher than that of conventional quenched and tempered materials, that is, a fine grain surface layer steel part containing, by mass %, C: 0.45% to 0.70%, Nb: 0.01% to 0.60%, Si: 0.10% to 1.50%, Mn: 0.40% to 2.0%, P: 0.10% or less, S: 0.001% to 0.15%, and N: 0.003% to 0.025% and having a balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities, where the surface layer and inside at all or part of the part have structures of different average particle sizes of ferrite crystal grains surrounded by high angle grain boundaries of a misorientation angle of 15 degrees or more and a method of production of that part comprising warm forging locations where strength is required to a predetermined shape at 1000° C. to 800° C. during which working so as to give an equivalent strain of 1.5 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2007
    Publication date: April 16, 2009
    Applicant: Nippon Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Shinya Teramoto, Hiromasa Takada
  • Publication number: 20090084418
    Abstract: A nozzle portion having jet nozzles for jetting a cleaning liquid, a nozzle cover covering the nozzle portion from a front side, a piston connected to the nozzle portion, and moved integrally with the nozzle portion and the nozzle cover in a movement direction, and a cylinder movably supporting the piston are provided. A bracket which includes arms located in abutment with or in proximity with a rear surface of the nozzle cover and regulates an inclination of the nozzle cover with respect to the movement direction is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2008
    Publication date: April 2, 2009
    Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Katsumi Nakada, Hiromasa Takada
  • Patent number: 7434748
    Abstract: There are disposed a spray nozzle 12 which includes a supported section 13 and a spray section 14 for spraying cleaning water; a nozzle holder 9 into which the supported section 13 of the spray nozzle 12 is inserted and which supports the spray nozzle 12 so as to allow rotation only about an axis extending in the direction in which the spray nozzle 12 is inserted into the nozzle holder 9; and a water-supply unit 5 which has a fluid passage for supplying cleaning water to the spray nozzle 12 and to which the nozzle holder 9 is connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2008
    Assignee: Koito Manufacturing Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiromasa Takada, Masato Hagiwara
  • Publication number: 20050121539
    Abstract: There are disposed a spray nozzle 12 which includes a supported section 13 and a spray section 14 for spraying cleaning water; a nozzle holder 9 into which the supported section 13 of the spray nozzle 12 is inserted and which supports the spray nozzle 12 so as to allow rotation only about an axis extending in the direction in which the spray nozzle 12 is inserted into the nozzle holder 9; and a water-supply unit 5 which has a fluid passage for supplying cleaning water to the spray nozzle 12 and to which the nozzle holder 9 is connected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2004
    Publication date: June 9, 2005
    Inventors: Hiromasa Takada, Masato Hagiwara