Patents by Inventor Mitsuo Uno

Mitsuo Uno 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: 6391124
    Abstract: A non-heat treated soft-nitrided steel part respective contents of C, Si, Mn, P, Cr, Ti, V, N, Al, Pb, S and Ca of which are in specific ranges and which satisfies the following formulas (1) to (3). This part can be produced in a process of hot working, machining and soft-nitriding without any prior heat treatment, and has superior properties such as high fatigue strength and wear resistance. Fn1=−141.5(C %)−19.6(Mn %)+1280(N %)+95.6≦60  (1) Fn2=−103.8(C %)+59.1(Mn %)+850.4(N %)+360.9≧350  (2) Fn3=−13.4(C %)−3.45(Mn %)+112.7(N %)+13.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2002
    Assignees: Sumitomo Metals (Kokura) Ltd., Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hitoshi Matsumoto, Yoshihiko Kamada, Mitsuo Uno, Masato Kurita, Seiichi Koike, Mitsuo Takashima
  • Patent number: 6083455
    Abstract: The present invention relates to manufacturing methods of nitrided steel parts, having high tensile strength, high fatigue strength, and excellent bending roughness, through nitriding without thermal refining, to thus-manufactured steel parts, and to steel products for nitriding, and steels for nitriding having a specific chemical composition, serving as steel stock for the manufacture of such steel parts. The chemical composition is as follows: C: over 0.20 to 0.60%, Si: 0.05 to 1.0%, Mn: 0.20 to 1.50%, P: 0.08% or less, S: 0.005 to 0.10%, Cu: 0.30% or less, Ni: 0.30% or less, Cr: 0.30% or less, Mo: 0.30% or less, V: 0.20% or less, Nb: 0.05% or less, Ti: 0.003 to 0.03%, Al: 0.08% or less, Ca: 0.005% or less, Pb: 0.30% or less, N: 0.008 to 0.030%, and the balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities. Steel products preferably have the ferrite-pearlite microstructure having a ferrite percentage of not less than 10%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2000
    Assignee: Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masato Kurita, Koji Watari, Toru Kato, Harunori Kakimi, Mitsuo Uno, Masanori Sakamoto, Yoshihiko Kamada