Patents by Inventor Jun Maki
Jun Maki 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).
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Publication number: 20210095368Abstract: Fe-Al-based plated hot-stamped member exhibiting excellent formed part corrosion resistance and post-coating corrosion resistance and manufacturing method. The hot-stamping member includes Fe-Al-based plated layer on one or both surfaces of a base material, the base material has a predetermined steel component, Fe-Al-based plated layer has a thickness of 10 ?m or more and 60 ?m or less, formed by A, B, C and D layers sequentially from a surface toward the base material, and each of the four layers is a Fe-Al-based intermetallic compound containing Al, Fe, Si, Mn and Cr for predetermined contents with the balance made up of impurities, the D layer further contains Kirkendall voids each of which cross-sectional area is 3 ?m2-30 ?m2 for 10 pieces/6000 ?m2 or more and 40 pieces/6000 ?m2 or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2019Publication date: April 1, 2021Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Soshi FUJITA, Yuki SUZUKI, Masahiro FUDA, Jun MAKI, Hideaki IRIKAWA, Tatsuya KUBOTA
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Publication number: 20200347489Abstract: An Al plated electric resistance welded steel pipe for hardening use suppressing the formation of scale to the inside of the plating layer while performing hot forming and an Al plated hollow member using that Al plated electric resistance welded steel pipe, wherein the Al plated electric resistance welded steel pipe for hardening use is comprised of a base material made of a tubular steel plate and having a predetermined chemical composition and an electric resistance welded zone provided at a seam portion of the steel plate and extending in a longitudinal direction of the steel plate, the base material is further provided with an intermetallic compound layer positioned on the surface of the steel plate and including an Al-Fe-Si-based intermetallic compound and an Al plating layer positioned on the surface of the intermetallic compound layer and containing Al and Si, and 70×X/D?Y/t?30 is satisfied, wherein X (?m) is a thickness of the intermetallic compound layer, Y (?m) is a thickness of the Al plating layeType: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2017Publication date: November 5, 2020Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Jun MAKI, Soshi FUJITA, Toyomitsu NAKAMURA
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Patent number: 10800933Abstract: A surface treatment solution for a plated steel sheet to be hot-pressed comprising a ZnO aqueous dispersion (A) and a water dispersible organic resin (B), wherein the ZnO aqueous dispersion (A) comprises water and ZnO particle size having 50 to 300 nm particles, the water dispersible organic resin (B) has a 5 to 45 mgKOH/g acid value and 5 to 300 nm emulsion particle size, and a mass ratio (WA/WB) of a mass of ZnO particles in the ZnO aqueous dispersion (WA) to a mass of solid content of the water dispersible organic resin (WB) is 30/70 to 95/5.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2016Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: NIHON PARKERIZING CO., LTD.Inventors: Soshi Fujita, Jun Maki, Shintaro Yamanaka, Masao Kurosaki, Tatsuya Suzuki, Kensuke Mizuno, Takumi Kozaki, Takahiro Kodama
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Publication number: 20200283867Abstract: Provided are a stainless steel sheet with good corrosion resistance, low contact resistance and good press workability without the use of expensive materials such as gold or rare metals, and a method of manufacture the same. A method of manufacturing a stainless steel sheet includes: preparing a slab having a chemical composition including, in mass %: 20 to 26% Cr, up to 0.1% N, up to 2.0% Si, etc. (step S1); performing hot rolling and cold rolling on the slab to produce a rolled steel sheet with a thickness of 50 to 200 ?m (step S2); an annealing step in which the rolled steel sheet is annealed and cooled in a gas atmosphere containing nitrogen (step S3); and pickling the rolled steel sheet after the annealing step with a solution containing a non-oxidizing acid (step S4). The stainless steel sheet has an N content of 0.6 to 2.0% by mass.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2017Publication date: September 10, 2020Applicant: NIPPON STEEL STAINLESS STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Hideya KAMINAKA, Yoshitaka NISHIYAMA, Koichi NOSE, Jun MAKI, Junko IMAMURA, Kohei MAEJIMA, Yuya TAKASHIMA
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Publication number: 20200232077Abstract: A sheet includes: a base; an Al-plating layer on at least one of opposite surfaces of the base; an intermediate coating layer on a surface of the Al-plating layer; and a surface coating layer formed on a surface of the intermediate coating layer and containing ZnO particles with a mean particle size of 0.10 ?m or more and 5.00 ?m or less and an organic resin such that an amount of coating of the ZnO particles is 0.5 g/m2 or more and 10.0 g/m2 or less in terms of metallic zinc.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2018Publication date: July 23, 2020Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Shinichi YAMAGUCHI, Jun MAKI, Soshi FUJITA, Shintaro YAMANAKA, Michiko KONNO, Tetsuya TOBA
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Publication number: 20200189233Abstract: A hot stamped member has a steel, an Al—Fe intermetallic compound layer formed on the steel, and an oxide film layer formed on the Al—Fe intermetallic compound layer, in which the oxide film layer is made up of one or more A group elements selected from the group consisting of Be, Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Sc, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, and Zn, Al, oxygen, and impurities, a proportion of the A group element in the oxide film layer excluding the oxygen is 0.01 atom % or more and 80 atom % or less, a thickness t of the oxide film layer is 0.1 to 10.0 ?m, and, in the case of measuring the A group element in the oxide film layer in a thickness direction from a surface of the oxide film layer using a GDS, a maximum value of a detection intensity of the A group element in a range from the surface to one-third of the thickness t is 3.0 times or more an average value of detection intensities of the A group element in a range from two thirds of the thickness t to t.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2018Publication date: June 18, 2020Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Yuki SUZUKI, Soshi FUJITA, Jun MAKI, Kazuhisa KUSUMI, Masahiro FUDA, Hideaki IRIKAWA
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Publication number: 20190390303Abstract: There is provided a coated steel product having a steel product and a coating layer including a Zn—Al—Mg alloy layer disposed on a surface of the steel product, in which the Zn—Al—Mg alloy layer has a Zn phase, the Zn phase contains a Mg—Sn intermetallic compound phase, and the coating layer consists of Zn: more than 65.0%, Al: from more than 5.0% to less than 25.0%, Mg: from more than 3.0% to less than 12.5%, Sn: 0.1% to 20.0% in terms of percent (%) by mass, given amounts of optional elements, and impurities, and has a chemical composition that satisfies the following Formulas 1 to 5: Bi+In<Sn??Formula 1: Y+La+Ce?Ca??Formula 2: Si<Sn??Formula 3: 0?Cr+Ti+Ni+Co+V+Nb+Cu+Mn<0.25??Formula 4: 0?Sr+Sb+Pb+B<0.5.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2018Publication date: December 26, 2019Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Kohei TOKUDA, Jun MAKI, Yasuto GOTO, Takuya MITSUNOBU
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Patent number: 10505205Abstract: A titanium product for a separator of a proton exchange membrane fuel cell according to the present invention includes: a base material that consists of commercially pure titanium; a first oxide layer that is formed in a surface layer of the titanium product, consists of TiO2 of a rutile crystallinity, and has a thickness of 0.1 to 1.5 nm; and a second oxide layer that is formed between the base material and the first oxide layer, consists of TiOx (1<x<2), and has a thickness of 3 to 20 nm. This titanium product is suitable to be used as a separator of a proton exchange membrane fuel cell that has a high corrosion resistance in an environment in a fuel cell, is capable of keeping a low contact resistance with an electrode consisting of carbon fiber and the like, and is inexpensive.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2016Date of Patent: December 10, 2019Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Junko Imamura, Yoshitaka Nishiyama, Yasuhiro Masaki, Jun Maki, Shunsuke Taniguchi, Hideya Kaminaka
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Publication number: 20190366686Abstract: The present invention provides an alloyed Al plated steel sheet for hot stamping, which is a steel sheet having, on the surface, an Al—Fe alloyed layer that includes an A phase (Fe—Al-based alloy phase including 45% to 85% of Fe and 4% to 13% of Si) and has a thickness of 15 ?m or more, in which a proportion of a length occupied by the A phase in an uppermost surface of a cross section perpendicular to the surface of the steel sheet is 10% or more and 50% or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2017Publication date: December 5, 2019Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Masahiro FUDA, Jun MAKI, Soshi FUJITA, Kazuhisa KUSUMI, Shinichiro TABATA
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Publication number: 20190271063Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2019Publication date: September 5, 2019Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuhisa KUSUMI, Yuji OGAWA, Masayuki ABE, Hidekuni MURAKAMI, Kengo TAKEDA, Jun MAKI
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Patent number: 10344360Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 9, 2011Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuhisa Kusumi, Yuji Ogawa, Masayuki Abe, Hidekuni Murakami, Kengo Takeda, Jun Maki
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Publication number: 20190160519Abstract: [Object] There are provided automobile parts and a method for manufacturing the automobile parts. The automobile parts have an excellent corrosion resistance after coated with a electrodeposition paint with smaller thickness, improve formability and productivity in hot pressing, and also improve chemical conversion treatability after hot press-forming.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2019Publication date: May 30, 2019Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATIONInventors: Jun MAKI, Shintaro YAMANAKA, Hideaki IRIKAWA
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Patent number: 10232426Abstract: [Object] There are provided automobile parts and a method for manufacturing the automobile parts. The automobile parts have an excellent corrosion resistance after coated with a electrodeposition paint with smaller thickness, improve formability and productivity in hot pressing, and also improve chemical conversion treatability after hot press-forming.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2014Date of Patent: March 19, 2019Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATIONInventors: Jun Maki, Shintaro Yamanaka, Hideaki Irikawa
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Plated steel sheet for hot pressing, hot pressing method for plated steel sheet, and automobile part
Patent number: 10196717Abstract: To provide a plated steel sheet for hot pressing, a hot pressing method for the plated steel sheet, and an automobile part made by the hot pressing method that has an excellent lubricity with less deposition amount and can improve formability and productivity in hot pressing work and also can improve chemical conversion treatability after hot press forming, there is provided an Al plating layer formed on one side or both sides of the steel sheet, the Al plating layer containing at least Al, and further containing one or more elements, at a total content of 0.02 to 2 mass %, selected from Mg, Ca, Sr, Li, Na, and K; and a surface coating layer laminated on the Al plating layer and containing at least ZnO.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2014Date of Patent: February 5, 2019Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATIONInventors: Jun Maki, Shintaro Yamanaka, Masao Kurosaki -
Publication number: 20190010565Abstract: Provided is an austenitic heat resistant alloy having high creep strength and high toughness even in a high temperature environment. This austenitic heat resistant alloy has a chemical composition consisting of: in mass %, C: 0.03 to less than 0.25%, Si: 0.01 to 2.0%, Mn: not more than 2.0%, Cr: 10 to less than 30%, Ni: more than 25 to 45%, Al: more than 2.5 to less than 4.5%, Nb: 0.2 to 3.5%, N: not more than 0.025%, with the balance being Fe and impurities, wherein P and S in the impurities are respectively, P: not more than 0.04% and S: not more than 0.01%. In the structure, a total volume ratio of precipitates having a circle equivalent diameter of not less than 6 ?m is not more than 5%.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2017Publication date: January 10, 2019Applicant: Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal CorporationInventors: Norifumi Kochi, Jun Maki, Yoshitaka Nishiyama
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Patent number: 10174413Abstract: An Al-based alloy plated steel material includes: a steel material and a coating layer formed on a surface of the steel material, wherein the coating layer includes an Al-based alloy plating layer containing, in mass %, not less than 10% nor more than 50% Fe and not less than 3% nor more than 15% Si, and formed on the surface of the steel material; a layer containing ZnO and formed above a surface of the Al alloy plating layer; and a ZnAl2O4 layer with a thickness of not less than 0.05 ?m nor more than 2 ?m, formed between the Al alloy plating layer and the layer containing ZnO.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2014Date of Patent: January 8, 2019Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATIONInventors: Shintaro Yamanaka, Jun Maki, Masao Kurosaki
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Publication number: 20180323447Abstract: This titanium product includes a base metal, and a complex oxide film formed on the surface of the base metal. The base metal has a chemical composition consisting of, by mass %, platinum group elements: 0 to 0.15%, rare earth elements: 0 to 0.1%, and a balance: Ti and impurities. The complex oxide film contains a complex oxide of Ti and one or more elements selected from La, Ce, Nd, Sr and Ca, and has a thickness of 1 to 20 nm. The average grain size at the base metal surface is preferably from 20 to 300 ?m.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2016Publication date: November 8, 2018Inventors: Junko IMAMURA, Jun MAKI, Koichi NOSE, Hideya KAMINAKA
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Patent number: 10092938Abstract: The present invention provides plated steel sheet for hot press use which is excellent in hot lubricity, coating adhesion, spot weldability, and coated corrosion resistance and a method of hot pressing plated steel sheet. The present invention is Plated steel sheet for hot press use and a method of hot pressing plated steel sheet characterized by being plated steel sheet for hot press use which contains an Al plating layer which is formed on one surface or both surfaces of said steel sheet, and a surface coating layer which is formed on said Al plating layer, said surface coating layer containing at least one Zn compound which is selected from a group comprised of Zn hydroxide, Zn phosphate, and a Zn organic acid.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2013Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATIONInventors: Shintaro Yamanaka, Jun Maki, Masao Kurosaki, Kazuhisa Kusumi
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Patent number: 10040270Abstract: A galvannealed steel sheet includes a plating layer containing 7.2-10.6 mass % of Fe, 0.2-0.4 mass % of Al, and 0.1 mass % or more of at least one of Ni, Co, Cu, and In, and the balance of Zn and impurities. In a vertical cross-section of the plating layer, an average thickness of a ? phase is 0.2 ?m or less, and an average thickness of a ? phase is 0.5 ?m or less. In the ? phase, at least one of Ni, Co, Cu, and In are contained at a ratio in the ? phase of 0.5 mass % or more. A phase existing in contact with the ? phase is a mixed phase of ?1 phase and ? phase, and a ? phase percentage defined by “(? phase/? phase contact interface length)/(? phase/? phase contact interface length+?1 phase/? phase contact interface length)×100” is 10% or more.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2014Date of Patent: August 7, 2018Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATIONInventors: Masao Kurosaki, Jun Maki, Shintaro Yamanaka, Hiroyuki Tanaka
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Publication number: 20180201123Abstract: A hot stamp molded body includes: a steel sheet (30); a first plating layer (10) on a first surface (31) of the steel sheet (30); and a second plating layer (20) on a second surface (32) of the steel sheet (30). The first plating layer (10) includes: a first Al—Fe—Si alloy layer (11) on the first surface (31); and a first Al—Si alloy layer (12) on the first Al—Fe—Si alloy layer (11). The second plating layer (20) includes: a second Al—Fe—Si alloy layer (21) on the second surface (32); and a second Al—Si alloy layer (22) on the second Al—Fe—Si alloy layer (21). A coating weight of the first plating layer (10) is 31 g/m2 to 60 g/m2 and a coating weight of the second plating layer (20) is 5 g/m2 to 29 g/m2.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2014Publication date: July 19, 2018Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATIONInventors: Jun MAKI, Shinichi YAMAGUCHI, Kunio NISHIMURA