Patents by Inventor Kazumasa TSUTSUI
Kazumasa TSUTSUI 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: 20230323496Abstract: This hot-rolled steel sheet has a predetermined chemical composition, in a microstructure, in terms of area%, residual austenite is less than 3.0%, ferrite is less than 15.0%, and pearlite is less than 5.0%, an E value that indicates periodicity of the microstructure is less than 10.7, and an I value that indicates uniformity of the microstructure is less than 1.020, a standard deviation of a Mn concentration is 0.60 mass% or less, and a tensile strength is 780 MPa or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2021Publication date: October 12, 2023Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Mitsuru YOSHIDA, Hiroshi SHUTO, Kazumasa TSUTSUI, Koutarou HAYASHI
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Publication number: 20230304112Abstract: This hot rolled steel sheet has a predetermined chemical composition, in which the microstructure contains, by area%, polygonal ferrite: 2.0% or more and less than 10.0% and the remainder in the microstructure: more than 90.0% and 98.0% or less, and a correlation value that is obtained by analyzing the remainder in the microstructure in a SEM image of the microstructure is 0.82 to 0.95, and a maximum probability value is 0.0040 to 0.0200.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2021Publication date: September 28, 2023Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Shohei YABU, Kazumasa TSUTSUI, Takuya KUWAYAMA
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Publication number: 20230295760Abstract: This high-strength steel sheet contains predetermined chemical components, in a range from a surface to 1/10 of a sheet thickness in a sheet thickness direction, an average pole density of an orientation group 1 that is an orientation group expressed by ?1=0° to 90°, ?=50° to 60° and ?2=45° in terms of an Euler angle is 1.5 or less, an average pole density of an orientation group 2 that is an orientation group expressed by ?1=450 to 85°, ?=85° to 90° and ?2=45° in terms of the Euler angle is 1.5 or more, an S value that indicates a degree of randomness of surface properties is 7.5 or less, an E value that indicates a degree of concentration of the surface properties is 0.04 or more, and a tensile strength is 590 MPa or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2021Publication date: September 21, 2023Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Genki ABUKAWA, Hiroyuki TANAKA, Masafumi AZUMA, Kazumasa TSUTSUI
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Publication number: 20230295783Abstract: This hot-rolled steel sheet has a predetermined chemical composition, in a microstructure, in terms of area %, residual austenite is less than 3.0%, ferrite is 15.0% or more and less than 60.0%, and pearlite is less than 5.0%, an E value that indicates periodicity of the microstructure is 10.7 or more, and an I value that indicates uniformity of the microstructure is 1.020 or more, a standard deviation of a Mn concentration is 0.60 mass % or less, and a tensile strength is 980 MPa or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2021Publication date: September 21, 2023Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroshi SHUTO, Kazumasa TSUTSUI, Koutarou HAYASHI, Akifumi SAKAKIBARA, Jun ANDO, Toshiki SUGIYAMA
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Publication number: 20230279532Abstract: This hot-rolled steel sheet has a predetermined chemical composition, in a microstructure, in terms of area %, martensite and tempered martensite are more than 92.0% and 100.0% or less in total, residual austenite is less than 3.0%, and ferrite is less than 5.0%, an E value that indicates periodicity of the microstructure is 11.0 or more, the I value that indicates uniformity of the microstructure is less than 1.020, a standard deviation of a Mn concentration is 0.60 mass % or less, and a tensile strength is 980 MPa or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2021Publication date: September 7, 2023Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Kazumasa TSUTSUI, Hiroshi SHUTO, Koutarou HAYASHI, Mitsuru YOSHIDA
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Publication number: 20230257845Abstract: This hot-rolled steel sheet has a predetermined chemical composition, in a microstructure, in terms of area %, residual austenite is less than 3.0%, ferrite is 15.0% or more and less than 60.0%, and pearlite is less than 5.0%, an E value that indicates periodicity of the microstructure is 10.7 or more, and an I value that indicates uniformity of the microstructure is less than 1.020, a standard deviation of a Mn concentration is 0.60 mass % or less, and a tensile strength is 980 MPa or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2021Publication date: August 17, 2023Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroshi SHUTO, Kazumasa TSUTSUI, Koutarou HAYASHI, Akifumi SAKAKIBARA, Jun ANDO, Mitsuru YOSHIDA
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Publication number: 20230133134Abstract: This hot-rolled steel sheet has a predetermined chemical composition, in a microstructure, by area %, ferrite is less than 15.0%, residual austenite is less than 3.0%, L52/L7, which is a ratio of a length L52 of a grain boundary having a crystal orientation difference of 52° to a length L7 of a grain boundary having a crystal orientation difference of 7° about a <110> direction is 0.10 to 0.18, a standard deviation of a Mn concentration is 0.60 mass % or, less, and a tensile strength is 980 MPa or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2021Publication date: May 4, 2023Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Mutsumi SAKAKIBARA, Hiroshi SHUTO, Kazumasa TSUTSUI, Koutarou HAYASHI
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Publication number: 20230055479Abstract: This hot-rolled steel sheet has a predetermined chemical composition, in which a metallographic structure contains, by area %, less than 3.0% of residual austenite, 15.0% or more and less than 60.0% of ferrite, and less than 5.0% of pearlite, has a ratio L60/L7 of a length L60 of a grain boundary having a crystal misorientation of 60° to a length L7 of a grain boundary having a crystal misorientation of 7° about a <110> direction of 0.60 or more, has a standard deviation of a Mn concentration of 0.60 mass % or less, and has a tensile strength of 980 MPa or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2020Publication date: February 23, 2023Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroshi SHUTO, Kazumasa TSUTSUI, Jun ANDO, Koutarou HAYASHI, Akifumi SAKAKIBARA, Shunsuke KOBAYASHI
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Publication number: 20230047602Abstract: This hot-rolled steel sheet has a predetermined chemical composition, in which a metallographic structure contains, by area %, more than 92.0% and 100.0% or less of martensite and tempered martensite in total, less than 3.0% of residual austenite, and less than 5.0% of ferrite, has a ratio S60/S7, which is a ratio of a density S60 of a length of a grain boundary having a crystal misorientation of 60° to a density S7 of a length of a grain boundary having a crystal misorientation of 7° about a <110> direction, of more than 0.34 and less than 0.60, has a standard deviation of a Mn concentration of 0.60 mass % or less, and has a tensile strength of 980 MPa or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2020Publication date: February 16, 2023Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Kazumasa TSUTSUI, Hiroshi SHUTO, Koutarou HAYASHI
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Publication number: 20220389554Abstract: This hot-rolled steel sheet has a predetermined chemical composition, in which a microstructure contains, by area %, less than 3.0% of residual austenite, 15.0% or more and less than 60.0% of ferrite, and less than 5.0% of pearlite, has a ratio L60/L7 of a length L60 of a grain boundary having a crystal misorientation of 60° to a length L7 of a grain boundary having a crystal misorientation of 7° about a<110> direction of less than 0.60, has a standard deviation of a Mn concentration of 0.60 mass % or less, and has a tensile strength of 980 MPa or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2020Publication date: December 8, 2022Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroshi SHUTO, Kazumasa TSUTSUI, Koutarou HAYASHI, Akifumi SAKAKIBARA, Jun ANDO, Shota ENDO
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Publication number: 20220259692Abstract: This hot-rolled steel sheet has a predetermined chemical composition, in which a microstructure contains, by area %, bainite: 80.0% or more, ferrite: 10.0% or less, and a remainder in the microstructure: 10.0% or less, a total density of a length L7 of a grain boundary having a crystal orientation difference of 7° and a length L68 of a grain boundary having a crystal orientation difference of 68° about a <110> direction in the bainite is 0.35 to 0.60 ?m/?m2, and a tensile strength is 780 MPa or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2020Publication date: August 18, 2022Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Shohei YABU, Kunio HAYASHI, Koutarou HAYASHI, Kazumasa TSUTSUI
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Publication number: 20220081748Abstract: This hot-rolled steel sheet has a predetermined chemical composition, in which a metallographic structure contains, by area %, 3.0% or more of retained austenite, has a ratio L52/L7 of a length L52 of a grain boundary having a crystal misorientation of 52° to a length L7 of a grain boundary having a crystal misorientation of 7° about a <110> direction of more than 0.18, has a standard deviation of a Mn concentration of 0.60 mass % or less, and has a tensile strength of 1180 MPa or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2020Publication date: March 17, 2022Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Koutarou HAYASHI, Hiroshi SHUTO, Kazumasa TSUTSUI, Hiroshi KAIDO