Patents by Inventor Nobukazu Kitagawa

Nobukazu Kitagawa 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: 10633730
    Abstract: Provided is a material for a cold-rolled stainless steel sheet having a chemical composition containing, by mass %, C: 0.01% to 0.05%, Si: 0.02% to 0.75%, Mn: 0.1% to 1.0%, P: 0.04% or less, S: 0.01% or less, Cr: 16.0% to 18.0%, Al: 0.001% to 0.10%, N: 0.01% to 0.06% and the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities. The material has a metallographic structure including a martensite phase having an area ratio of 5% to 50% and the balance being a ferrite phase. A ferrite phase in portions extending from surface layers of front and back surfaces of a steel sheet has an average grain diameter of 20 ?m or more and 50 ?m or less, and a ferrite phase in a central portion of the sheet includes an unrecrystallized ferrite phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Ayako Ta, Yukihiro Matsubara, Yukio Kimura, Masataka Yoshino, Keisuke Nakazono, Sumio Kaiho, Saiichi Murata, Nobukazu Kitagawa
  • Publication number: 20170275744
    Abstract: Provided is a material for a cold-rolled stainless steel sheet having a chemical composition containing, by mass %, C: 0.01% to 0.05%, Si: 0.02% to 0.75%, Mn: 0.1% to 1.0%, P: 0.04% or less, S: 0.01% or less, Cr: 16.0% to 18.0%, Al: 0.001% to 0.10%, N: 0.01% to 0.06% and the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities. The material has a metallographic structure including a martensite phase having an area ratio of 5% to 50% and the balance being a ferrite phase. A ferrite phase in portions extending from surface layers of front and back surfaces of a steel sheet has an average grain diameter of 20 ?m or more and 50 ?m or less, and a ferrite phase in a central portion of the sheet includes an unrecrystallized ferrite phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2015
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ayako Ta, Yukihiro Matsubara, Yukio Kimura, Masataka Yoshino, Keisuke Nakazono, Sumio Kaiho, Saiichi Murata, Nobukazu Kitagawa
  • Patent number: 6627256
    Abstract: Slag coating is accomplished by blowing a gas from a top-blown lance such that slag is splashed uniformly onto the barrel and throat near the trunnion of the converter; the lance height is adjusted to 0.7-3.0 m and the gas flow rate is adjusted to 250-600 Nm3/min and, after gas blowing, the remaining molten slag is incorporated with a slag solidifier containing MgO or CaO and the molten slag is splashed toward the desired part of the converter wall that needs repair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2003
    Assignee: Kawasaki Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Tanaka, Nobukazu Kitagawa, Haruji Okuda