Patents by Inventor Takehiro Takahashi

Takehiro Takahashi 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: 20220228245
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a plated steel sheet for hot stamping comprising a steel sheet and a Zn—Ni plating layer formed on at least one surface of the steel sheet, wherein the Zn—Ni plating layer has an Ni concentration of 8 mass % or more, a plating deposition amount of 10 g/m2 or more and 90 g/m2 or less per surface, and an average grain size of 50 nm or more, and a difference between a diffraction peak of the Zn—Ni plating layer after heat treating the plated steel sheet for hot stamping at 200° C. for 1 hour, and a diffraction peak of the Zn—Ni plating layer before heat treating it, is 0.3° or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takehiro TAKAHASHI, Daisuke MAEDA, Hiroshi TAKEBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20220219430
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a plated steel sheet for hot stamping comprising a steel sheet and a Zn—Ni plating layer formed on at least one surface of the steel sheet, wherein the Zn—Ni plating layer has an Ni concentration of 8 mass % or more, a plating deposition amount of 10 g/m2 or more and 90 g/m2 or less per surface, and an average grain size of 50 nm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takehiro TAKAHASHI, Daisuke MAEDA, Hiroshi TAKEBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20220213607
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a hot stamped body comprising a steel sheet and a plating layer formed on at least one surface of the steel sheet, wherein the plating layer is comprised of a. ZnO region present on a surface side of the plating layer and having an oxygen concentration of 10 mass % or more and an Ni—Fe—Zn alloy region present on a steel sheet side of the plating layer and having an oxygen concentration of less than 10 mass %, and an average concentration of a total of Fe, Mn and Si in the ZnO region is more than 0 mass % and less than 5 mass %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akinobu KOBAYASHI, Takehiro TAKAHASHI, Yasuaki KAWAMURA
  • Publication number: 20220213609
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a hot stamped body comprising a steel sheet and a plating layer formed on at least one surface of the steel sheet, wherein the plating layer is comprised of a ZnO region present on a surface side of the plating layer and having an oxygen concentration of 10 mass % or more and an Ni—Fe—Zn alloy region present on a steel sheet side of the plating layer and having an oxygen concentration of less than 10 mass %, and an average concentration of a total of Fe, Mn and Si in the ZnO region is 5 mass % or more and 30 mass % or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akinobu KOBAYASHI, Takehiro TAKAHASHI, Yasuaki KAWAMURA
  • Publication number: 20220216548
    Abstract: A battery case and method of production of the same realizing smaller size, higher mountability, longer service life, and lower cost than in the past, that is, a battery case comprising a container body and a container cover, in which battery case, one or both of the container body and the container cover are made from a laminated steel sheet comprised of a plated steel sheet on which a film having a polyolefin-based resin as a main constituent is laminated, a joined part of the container body and the container cover has a welded part of the plated steel sheet, a melt bonded part of the film, and a gap part between the welded part and the melt bonded part, where a length of gap part/thickness of plated steel sheet ?10.0 and a length of gap part/length of joined part <0.50, and at least part of the inside surface of the battery case is covered by the film, and a method of production of the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akinobu KOBAYASHI, Koichi NOSE, Yasuto GOTO, Takehiro TAKAHASHI, Tatsuo NAGATA, Masaharu IBARAGI
  • Patent number: 11352682
    Abstract: A surface-treated steel sheet of the present invention includes a base steel sheet and a Ni—Co—Fe alloy-plated layer on at least one surface of the base steel sheet, in which, in the alloy-plated layer, a Ni coating weight is 7.1 to 18.5 g/m2, a Co coating weight is 0.65 to 3.6 g/m2, and a total of the Ni coating weight and the Co coating weight is in a range of 9.0 to 20.0 g/m2. In a surface layer of the alloy-plated layer, a Co concentration is in a range of 20 to 60 atom %, and a Fe concentration is in a range of 5 to 30 atom %. In the alloy-plated layer, a region having a thickness of 2 ?m or more, in which a total of a Ni concentration and the Co concentration is 10 atom % or more and the Fe concentration is 5 atom % or more, is present. The base steel sheet has a predetermined chemical composition, and a ferrite grain size number is 10 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takehiro Takahashi, Mamoru Saito, Kiyokazu Ishizuka, Yasuto Goto
  • Publication number: 20220152983
    Abstract: A plated steel includes: a steel; and a plating layer that is provided on a surface of the steel, in which the plating layer includes, by mass %, Al: 5.00% to 35.00%, Mg: 2.50% to 13.00%. Fe: 5.00% to 40.00%, Si: 0% to 2.00%, Ca: 0% to 2.00%, and a remainder of Zn and impurities, and in a cross section of the plating layer, the area fraction of a Zn solid-solution Fe2Al5 phase in which 5% or more of Zn is solid-soluted is 10% to 60% and the area fraction of a MgZn2 phase is 10% to 90%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya MITSUNOBU, Jun MAKI, Hiroshi TAKEBAYASHI, Takehiro TAKAHASHI, Kohei TOKUDA
  • Publication number: 20220145425
    Abstract: A plated steel sheet includes: a steel sheet; and a plating layer that is formed on at least a part of a surface of the steel sheet, in which a chemical composition of the plating layer includes, by mass %, Al: more than 5.00% and 35.00% or less, Mg: 3.00% to 15.00%, Si: 0% to 2.00%, Ca: 0% to 2.00%, and a remainder of Zn and impurities, in which in a cross section of the plating layer in a thickness direction, the area ratio of a lamellar structure in which an (Al—Zn) phase and a MgZn2 phase are arranged in layers is 10% to 90%, a lamellar spacing of the lamellar structure is 2.5 ?m or less, and the area ratio of an (Al—Zn) dendrite is 35% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya MITSUNOBU, Jun MAKI, Hiroshi TAKEBAYASHI, Takehiro TAKAHASHI, Kohei TOKUDA
  • Publication number: 20220119921
    Abstract: A plated steel sheet having excellent chemical convertibility includes: a steel; and a plating layer that is provided on a surface of the steel, in which the plating layer includes, by mass %, Al: 5.00% to 35.00%, Mg: 2.50% to 13.00%, Fe: 5.00% to 35.00%, Si: 0% to 2.00%, Ca: 0.03% to 2.00%, and a remainder consisting of Zn and impurities, and in a surface of the plating layer, the area fraction of a Fe—Al phase is 0% to 30%, the area fraction of a rod-like lamellar structure of Zn and MgZn2 is 5% to 90%, the area fraction of a massive MgZn2 phase is 10% to 70%, and the area fraction of a remainder is 10% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya MITSUNOBU, Jun MAKI, Hiroshi TAKEBAYASHI, Takehiro TAKAHASHI, Kohei TOKUDA
  • Publication number: 20220112589
    Abstract: A plated steel sheet having excellent post-coating corrosion resistance includes: a steel; and a plating layer that is provided on a surface of the steel, in which the plating layer includes, by mass %, Al: 5.00% to 35.00%, Mg: 2.50% to 13.00%, Fe: 5.00% to 35.00%, Si: 0% to 2.00%, Ca: 0% to 2.00%, and a remainder consisting of Zn and impurities, and in a cross section of the plating layer, the area fraction of a Fe2Al5 phase is 5.0% to 60.0%, the area fraction of an eutectic structure of Zn and MgZn2 is 10.0% to 80.0%, the area fraction of a massive MgZn2 phase is 5.0% to 40.0%, and the area fraction of a remainder is 10.0% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya MITSUNOBU, Jun MAKI, Hiroshi TAKEBAYASHI, Takehiro TAKAHASHI, Kohei TOKUDA
  • Patent number: 11283026
    Abstract: A compound that emits fluorescence and delayed fluorescence is provided as a material for an organic electroluminescent device of high efficiency, and an organic photoluminescent device and an organic electroluminescent device of high efficiency and high luminance are provided using this compound. The compound of general formula (1) having a tetraazatriphenylene ring structure is used as a constituent material of at least one organic layer in an organic electroluminescent device that includes a pair of electrodes, and one or more organic layers sandwiched between the pair of electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignees: Hodogaya Chemical Co., Ltd., Kyulux, Inc.
    Inventors: Chihaya Adachi, Takuma Yasuda, Katsuyuki Shizu, Takehiro Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20220033988
    Abstract: A Ni-plated steel sheet according to an aspect of the present invention includes: a base steel sheet; an Fe—Ni diffusion alloy region disposed on the base steel sheet; and a Ni plating region disposed on the Fe—Ni diffusion alloy region, in which an average equivalent circle diameter of crystal grains made of Ni (fcc) in the Ni plating region measured in a cross section perpendicular to a rolled surface of the base steel sheet is 0.2 to 4.0 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuto GOTO, Kiyokazu ISHIZUKA, Takehiro TAKAHASHI
  • Patent number: 11239439
    Abstract: To provide a light-emitting material of a light emitting layer, particularly a dopant material or a host material of a light emitting layer emitting delayed fluorescence, or a material suitable for a hole blocking layer, as a material for an organic electroluminescent device having a high efficiency, and also to provide an organic photoluminescent device or an organic electroluminescent device having a high efficiency and a high luminance, particularly an organic EL device suppressed in the roll-off phenomenon, by using the material. A material for an organic electroluminescent device, containing a benzonitrile derivative of the following general formula (1), and an organic electroluminescent device containing a pair of electrodes and one layer or plural layers including at least a light emitting layer intervening between the electrodes, the organic electroluminescent device using the material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignees: Hodogaya Chemical Co., Ltd., Hirata Corporation, Kyulux, Inc.
    Inventors: Chihaya Adachi, Jun-Ichi Nishide, Yasuhide Hiraga, Takehiro Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20220010450
    Abstract: A Ni-coated steel sheet according to an aspect of the present invention includes: a base steel sheet; a diffusion alloy layer disposed on the base steel sheet; and a Ni-coated layer disposed on the diffusion alloy layer, in which a depth-hardness curve obtained by continuously performing Vickers hardness measurement on a cross section perpendicular to a rolled surface of the base steel sheet from a surface layer of the Ni-coated layer to the base steel sheet using a nanoindenter includes, in the diffusion alloy layer, a peak indicating a Vickers hardness of 1.50 times or more a Vickers hardness of the surface layer of the Ni-coated layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takehiro TAKAHASHI, Yasuto GOTO, Jun MAKI
  • Publication number: 20210269932
    Abstract: A surface-treated steel sheet of the present invention includes a base steel sheet and a Ni—Co—Fe alloy-plated layer on at least one surface of the base steel sheet, in which, in the alloy-plated layer, a Ni coating weight is 7.1 to 18.5 g/m2, a Co coating weight is 0.65 to 3.6 g/m2, and a total of the Ni coating weight and the Co coating weight is in a range of 9.0 to 20.0 g/m2. In a surface layer of the alloy-plated layer, a Co concentration is in a range of 20 to 60 atom %, and a Fe concentration is in a range of 5 to 30 atom %. In the alloy-plated layer, a region having a thickness of 2 ?m or more, in which a total of a Ni concentration and the Co concentration is 10 atom % or more and the Fe concentration is 5 atom % or more, is present. The base steel sheet has a predetermined chemical composition, and a ferrite grain size number is 10 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2019
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takehiro TAKAHASHI, Mamoru SAITO, Kiyokazu ISHIZUKA, Yasuto GOTO
  • Publication number: 20210269929
    Abstract: A surface-treated steel sheet of the present invention includes a base steel sheet and a Ni—Co—Fe alloy-plated layer on at least one surface of the base steel sheet, in which, in the alloy-plated layer, a Ni coating weight is 7.1 to 32.5 g/m2, a Co coating weight is 0.65 to 5.2 g/m2, and a total of the Ni coating weight and the Co coating weight is in a range of 9.0 to 35.0 g/m2. In an outermost layer of the alloy-plated layer, a Co concentration is in a range of 20 to 60 atom %, and a Fe concentration is in a range of 5 to 30 atom %. In the alloy-plated layer, a region having a thickness of 2 ?m or more, in which a total of a Ni concentration and the Co concentration is 10 atom % or more and the Fe concentration is 5 atom % or more, is present, and the base steel sheet has a predetermined chemical composition, and a ferrite grain size number is 9.0 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2019
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takehiro TAKAHASHI, Mamoru SAITO, Kiyokazu ISHIZUKA, Yasuto GOTO
  • Patent number: 11084252
    Abstract: A surface-treated steel sheet according to an aspect of the present invention includes: a steel sheet as a base metal and a coating layer, in which the coating layer includes a Ni—Co alloy coating layer, a Ni—Fe alloy layer, and a Ni layer, in the coating layer, a total adhesion amount of Co is 0.2 g/m2 to 2.3 g/m2, and a total adhesion amount of Ni is 8.9 g/m2 or more, the Ni layer has a thickness of 0.3 ?m to 3.0 ?m, an atomic concentration of Co on a surface of the Ni—Co alloy coating layer is 20 at % to 70 at %, and a Co concentration gradient y in the coating layer in a depth direction is 50 mass %/?m to 400 mass %/?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mamoru Saito, Takehiro Takahashi, Kiyokazu Ishizuka
  • Publication number: 20210147996
    Abstract: A Ni diffusion-plated steel sheet of the present invention includes a base steel sheet and a Fe—Ni diffusion alloy-plating layer positioned on at least one surface of the base steel sheet, a Ni coating weight of the Fe—Ni diffusion alloy-plating layer is 9.0 to 35 g/m2, a Fe concentration Cs of an outermost layer of the Fe—Ni diffusion alloy-plating layer is 10 to 55 mass %, the base steel sheet has a predetermined chemical composition, and a ferrite grain size number specified by JIS G 0551 (2013) of the base steel sheet is 10.0 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takehiro TAKAHASHI, Kiyokazu ISHIZUKA, Yasuto GOTO
  • Patent number: 10951127
    Abstract: A power conversion apparatus includes a plurality of power conversion units, a common bus bar, and a plurality of unit bus bars provided so as to correspond to the plurality of the power conversion units respectively and connecting each DC side of the plurality of the power conversion units to the common bus bar. Each of the power conversion units includes a casing having a first surface on which a first outer plate of a magnetic material is arranged, and the first outer plate is arranged in a vicinity of a corresponding unit bus bar and faces the corresponding unit bus bar with a gap so that an inductance value of the corresponding unit bus bar is increased to an inductance value capable of suppressing an inflow of a ripple current from another power conversion unit in the power conversion apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyoshi Komatsu, Takehiro Takahashi, Yukihisa Iijima
  • Publication number: 20210032765
    Abstract: A Ni diffusion-plated steel sheet of the present invention includes a base steel sheet and a Fe—Ni diffusion alloy-plating layer positioned on at least one surface of the base steel sheet, an Ni coating weight of the Fe—Ni diffusion alloy-plating layer is 9.0 to 20 g/m2, a Fe concentration Cs of an outermost layer of the Fe—Ni diffusion alloy-plating layer is 10 to 55 mass %, the base steel sheet has a predetermined chemical composition, and a ferrite grain size number specified by JIS G 0551 (2013) of the base steel sheet is 11.0 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takehiro TAKAHASHI, Kiyokazu ISHIZUKA, Yasuto GOTO