Patents by Inventor Masaaki Uranaka
Masaaki Uranaka 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: 20240141469Abstract: High strength plated steel sheet having high hydrogen embrittlement resistance, that is, alloyed hot dip galvannealed steel sheet including steel sheet containing C: 0.05 to 0.40%, Si: 0.2 to 3.0%, Mn: 0.1 to 5.0%, and sol. Al: 0.4 to 1.50% and a alloyed hot dip galvannealed layer deposited on at least one surface of the steel sheet to 10 to 100 g/m2 and containing Fe: 5.0 to 15.0% and Al: 0.01 to 1.0%, having an internal oxidation layer including grain boundary oxides in a surface layer of the steel sheet, when examining a cross-section of a surface layer of the steel sheet, a Ratio A of the length of the grain boundary oxides projected an interface of the steel sheet and the alloyed hot dip galvannealed layer to the length of interface is 50% or more and 100% or less, and a surface depleted layer with a steel composition not including the grain boundary oxides which satisfies, by mass %, Si?0.6% and Al?0.05% is included at a depth of ½ of the average depth of the internal oxidation layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2022Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Keitaro MATSUDA, Takuya MITSUNOBU, Masaaki URANAKA, Jun MAKI, Hiroshi TAKEBAYASHI
-
Publication number: 20240117476Abstract: High strength steel sheet and plated steel sheet having high plateability, LME resistance, and hydrogen embrittlement resistance, that is, steel sheet containing C: 0.05 to 0.40%, Si: 0.2 to 3.0%, Mn: 0.1 to 5.0%, and sol. Al: 0.4 to 1.50%, having an internal oxidation layer including fine granular oxides in a surface layer of the steel sheet, a number density of fine granular oxides in the internal oxidation layer being 4.0/?m2 or more, and including a surface depleted layer with a steel composition not including oxides which satisfies, by mass %, Si?0.6% and Al?0.05% at a depth of ½ of the average depth of the internal oxidation layer calculated from the cross-sectional SEM image of the steel sheet, and a plated steel sheet using the same.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2022Publication date: April 11, 2024Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Masaaki URANAKA, Takuya MITSUNOBU, Keitaro MATSUDA, Hiroshi TAKEBAYASHI, Jun MAKI
-
Publication number: 20240117475Abstract: High strength steel sheet and plated steel sheet having high plateability, LME resistance, and hydrogen embrittlement resistance, that is, steel sheet containing C: 0.05 to 0.40%, Si: 0.2 to 3.0%, Mn: 0.1 to 5.0%, and sol. Al: 0.4 to 1.50%, having an internal oxidation layer including fine granular oxides and coarse granular oxides in a surface layer of the steel sheet, a number density of fine granular oxides in the internal oxidation layer being 4.0/?m2 or more, a number density of coarse granular oxides in the internal oxidation layer being 4.0/25 ?m2 or more and 30.0/25 ?m2 or less, and including a surface depleted layer with a steel composition not including oxides which satisfies, by mass %, Si?0.6% and Al?0.05% at a depth of ½ of the average depth of the internal oxidation layer calculated from the cross-sectional SEM image of the steel sheet, and a plated steel sheet using the same.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2022Publication date: April 11, 2024Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Takuya MITSUNOBU, Masaaki URANAKA, Keitaro MATSUDA, Hiroshi TAKEBAYASHI, Jun MAKI
-
Publication number: 20230399727Abstract: High strength steel sheet and plated steel sheet having high plateability, LME resistance, and hydrogen embrittlement resistance, that is, steel sheet containing C: 0.05 to 0.40%, Si: 0.2 to 3.0%, Mn: 0.1 to 5.0%, and sol. Al: 0.4 to 1.50%, having an internal oxidation layer including fine granular oxides, coarse granular oxides, and grain boundary oxides in a surface layer of the steel sheet, a number density of fine granular oxides in the internal oxidation layer being 4.0/?m2 or more, a number density of coarse granular oxides in the internal oxidation layer being 4.0/25 ?m2 or more, having a Ratio A of the length of the grain boundary oxides projected on the surface of the steel sheet to the length of the surface of the steel sheet when examining a cross-section of the surface layer of the steel sheet being 50% or more and 100% or less, and including a surface depleted layer with a steel composition not including oxides which satisfies, by mass %, Si?0.6% and Al?0.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2022Publication date: December 14, 2023Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Keitaro MATSUDA, Takuya MITSUNOBU, Masaaki URANAKA, Jun MAKI, Hiroshi TAKEBAYASHI
-
Patent number: 10266910Abstract: A steel sheet hot-dip coated with a Zn—Al—Mg-based system, wherein the steel sheet material has a predetermined chemical composition; a Ti/C equivalent ratio represented by Formula (1) described in the specification is 0.4 to 1.5; a bainitic ferrite single phase or a phase including a bainitic ferrite phase and a ferrite phase exists as a main phase; the area ratio of a hard second phase and cementite is 3% or less; the ratio of small-angle boundaries with a difference in crystal orientation of 2° to 15° is 30% to 75%; and Ti-containing carbides having an average particle size of 20 nm or less are dispersed and precipitated and a method of manufacturing thereof.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2014Date of Patent: April 23, 2019Assignee: NISSHIN STEEL CO., LTD.Inventors: Kentarou Hirata, Shinya Uesugi, Yukio Katagiri, Masaaki Uranaka, Tomoharu Shigetomi
-
Publication number: 20190010596Abstract: A high-strength plated steel plate for a welded structural member having a steel composition containing from 0.050 to 0.150% of C, from 0.001 to 1.00% of Si, from 1.00 to 2.50% of Mn, from 0.005 to 0.050% of P, from 0.001 to 0.020% of S, and from 0.005 to 0.100% of Al, having a steel base material having a metal structure containing a ferrite phase and a second phase containing mainly martensite having an average crystal grain diameter of 8 mm or less, and having a chemical composition and a thickness t (mm) of the steel base material regulated to obtain a value, C/0.2+Si/5.0+Mn/1.3+Cr/1.0+Mo/1.2+0.4t?0.7(Cr+Mo)1/2, of 2.9 or less. The high-strength plated steel plate is excellent in corrosion resistance of the welded portion, resistance to liquid metal embrittlement cracking, and bending workability.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2018Publication date: January 10, 2019Inventors: Kentaro HIRATA, Yukio KATAGIRI, Shigeru MORIKAWA, Masaaki URANAKA
-
Patent number: 10100395Abstract: A high-strength plated steel plate for a welded structural member having a steel composition containing from 0.050 to 0.150% of C, from 0.001 to 1.00% of Si, from 1.00 to 2.50% of Mn, from 0.005 to 0.050% of P, from 0.001 to 0.020% of S, and from 0.005 to 0.100% of Al, having a steel base material having a metal structure containing a ferrite phase and a second phase containing mainly martensite having an average crystal grain diameter of 8 mm or less, and having a chemical composition and a thickness t (mm) of the steel base material regulated to obtain a value, C/0.2+Si/5.0+Mn/1.3+Cr/1.0+Mo/1.2+0.4t?0.7(Cr+Mo)1/2, of 2.9 or less. The high-strength plated steel plate is excellent in corrosion resistance of the welded portion, resistance to liquid metal embrittlement cracking, and bending workability.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2014Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: NISSHIN STEEL CO., LTD.Inventors: Kentaro Hirata, Yukio Katagiri, Shigeru Morikawa, Masaaki Uranaka
-
Patent number: 9592772Abstract: [Problem] To provide a steel sheet hot-dip-plated with a Zn—Al—Mg-based alloy coating, which is remarkably improved in point of all the burring workability, the liquid metal embrittlement cracking resistance and the corrosion resistance in the welded part thereof, as a steel material favorable for arc-welded structural members.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2012Date of Patent: March 14, 2017Assignee: NISSHIN STEEL CO., LTD.Inventors: Kentaro Hirata, Yukio Katagiri, Susumu Fujiwara, Kazuaki Hosomi, Masaaki Uranaka
-
Publication number: 20170051379Abstract: [Problem] To produce a hot-dip Zn—Al—Mg alloy coated steel sheet that is excellent in coating adhesion, by using, as a base sheet for coating, a steel sheet that is imparted with resistance to liquid metal embrittlement cracking by adding B. [Solution] A hot-dip zinc alloy coated steel sheet excellent in coating adhesion containing at least one of a Si simple oxide, a Mn simple oxide, a Cr simple oxide, a Si—Mn composite oxide, a Si—Cr composite oxide, a Mn—Cr composite oxide, and a Si—Mn—Cr composite oxide in a portion within 10 ?m from an interface between a steel sheet as a base sheet for coating, and a hot-dip galvanized layer formed on a surface thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2016Publication date: February 23, 2017Inventors: Masaaki URANAKA, Takeshi SHIMIZU, Kentaro HIRATA
-
Patent number: 9523142Abstract: A method for producing a hot-dip zinc alloy coated steel sheet excellent in coating adhesion, comprising: hot-rolling a steel sheet, subjecting the base sheet for coating to a reduction heat treatment, and subjecting the base sheet for coating to hot-dip zinc alloy coating. The hot-dip alloy coated steel sheet is excellent in coating adhesion, by using, as a base sheet for coating, a steel sheet that is imparted with resistance to liquid metal embrittlement cracking by adding B. The hot-dip zinc alloy coated steel sheet excellent in coating adhesion contains at least one of a Si simple oxide, a Mn simple oxide, a Cr simple oxide, a Si—Mn composite oxide, a Si—Cr composite oxide, a Mn—Cr composite oxide, and a Si—Mn—Cr composite oxide in a portion within 10 ?m from an interface between a steel sheet as a base sheet and a hot-dip galvanized layer formed on a surface thereof.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2014Date of Patent: December 20, 2016Assignee: NISSHIN STEEL CO., LTD.Inventors: Masaaki Uranaka, Takeshi Shimizu, Kentaro Hirata
-
Publication number: 20160319386Abstract: A steel sheet hot-dip coated with a Zn—Al—Mg-based system, wherein the steel sheet material has a predetermined chemical composition; a Ti/C equivalent ratio represented by Formula (1) described in the specification is 0.4 to 1.5; a bainitic ferrite single phase or a phase including a bainitic ferrite phase and a ferrite phase exists as a main phase; the area ratio of a hard second phase and cementite is 3% or less; the ratio of small-angle boundaries with a difference in crystal orientation of 2° to 15° is 30% to 75%; and Ti-containing carbides having an average particle size of 20 nm or less are dispersed and precipitated and a method of manufacturing thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2014Publication date: November 3, 2016Applicant: Nisshin Steel Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kentarou HIRATA, Shinya UESUGI, Yukio KATAGIRI, Masaaki URANAKA, Tomoharu SHIGETOMI
-
Publication number: 20160032438Abstract: A high-strength plated steel plate for a welded structural member having a steel composition containing from 0.050 to 0.150% of C, from 0.001 to 1.00% of Si, from 1.00 to 2.50% of Mn, from 0.005 to 0.050% of P, from 0.001 to 0.020% of S, and from 0.005 to 0.100% of Al, having a steel base material having a metal structure containing a ferrite phase and a second phase containing mainly martensite having an average crystal grain diameter of 8 mm or less, and having a chemical composition and a thickness t (mm) of the steel base material regulated to obtain a value, C/0.2+Si/5.0+Mn/1.3+Cr/1.0+Mo/1.2+0.4t?0.7(Cr+Mo)1/2, of 2.9 or less. The high-strength plated steel plate is excellent in corrosion resistance of the welded portion, resistance to liquid metal embrittlement cracking, and bending workability.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2014Publication date: February 4, 2016Inventors: Kentaro HIRATA, Yukio KATAGIRI, Shigeru MORIKAWA, Masaaki URANAKA
-
Publication number: 20160024632Abstract: [Problem] To produce a hot-dip Zn—Al—Mg alloy coated steel sheet that is excellent in coating adhesion, by using, as a base sheet for coating, a steel sheet that is imparted with resistance to liquid metal embrittlement cracking by adding B. [Solution] A hot-dip zinc alloy coated steel sheet excellent in coating adhesion containing at least one of a Si simple oxide, a Mn simple oxide, a Cr simple oxide, a Si—Mn composite oxide, a Si—Cr composite oxide, a Mn—Cr composite oxide, and a Si—Mn—Cr composite oxide in a portion within 10 ?m from an interface between a steel sheet as a base sheet for coating, and a hot-dip galvanized layer formed on a surface thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2014Publication date: January 28, 2016Inventors: Masaaki URANAKA, Takeshi SHIMIZU, Kentaro HIRATA
-
Publication number: 20130337287Abstract: [Problem] To provide a steel sheet hot-dip-plated with a Zn—Al—Mg-based alloy coating, which is remarkably improved in point of all the burring workability, the liquid metal embrittlement cracking resistance and the corrosion resistance in the welded part thereof, as a steel material favorable for arc-welded structural members.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2012Publication date: December 19, 2013Applicant: Nisshin Steel CO. LtdInventors: Kentaro Hirata, Yukio Katagiri, Susumu Fujiwara, Kazuaki Hosomi, Masaaki Uranaka