Patents by Inventor Toshihiko Ooi
Toshihiko Ooi 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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Patent number: 10662516Abstract: Provided is a hot-dip Al—Zn—Mg—Si coated steel sheet having good corrosion resistance in flat parts and edge parts, and also having excellent worked part corrosion resistance. The hot-dip Al—Zn—Mg—Si coated steel sheet includes a base steel sheet and a hot-dip coating on a surface of the base steel sheet. The hot-dip coating includes an interfacial alloy layer present at an interface with the base steel sheet and a main layer present on the interfacial alloy layer, and contains from 25 mass % to 80 mass % of Al, from greater than 0.6 mass % to 15 mass % of Si, and from greater than 0.1 mass % to 25 mass % of Mg. The Mg content and Si content in the hot-dip coating satisfy formula (1): MMg/(MSi?0.6)>1.7??(1) where MMg represents the Mg content (mass %) and MSi represents the Si content (mass %).Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2016Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Toshihiko Ooi, Yohei Sato, Yoichi Tobiyama, Toshiyuki Okuma, Akihiko Furuta, Masahiro Yoshida, Yoshitsugu Suzuki, Satoru Ando, Akira Matsuzaki
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Publication number: 20180051366Abstract: Provided is a hot-dip Al—Zn—Mg—Si coated steel sheet having good corrosion resistance in flat parts and edge parts, and also having excellent worked part corrosion resistance. The hot-dip Al—Zn—Mg—Si coated steel sheet includes a base steel sheet and a hot-dip coating on a surface of the base steel sheet. The hot-dip coating includes an interfacial alloy layer present at an interface with the base steel sheet and a main layer present on the interfacial alloy layer, and contains from 25 mass % to 80 mass % of Al, from greater than 0.6 mass % to 15 mass % of Si, and from greater than 0.1 mass % to 25 mass % of Mg. The Mg content and Si content in the hot-dip coating satisfy formula (1): MMg/(MSi?0.6)>1.7 ??(1) where MMg represents the Mg content (mass %) and MSi represents the Si content (mass %).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2016Publication date: February 22, 2018Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Toshihiko OOI, Yohei SATO, Yoichi TOBIYAMA, Toshiyuki OKUMA, Akihiko FURUTA, Masahiro YOSHIDA, Yoshitsugu SUZUKI, Satoru ANDO, Akira MATSUZAKI
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Publication number: 20150337428Abstract: A hot-dip Al—Zn alloy coated steel sheet having good corrosion resistance in flat parts as well as good workability and thereby has excellent corrosion resistance in worked parts. The upper layer of the hot-dip coating has a composition containing Al in an amount of 20 mass % to 95 mass %, Si in an amount of 10% or less of the Al content, at least one of Ca and Mg, the total content of Ca and Mg being 0.01 mass % to 10 mass %, and the balance including Zn and incidental impurities, and the mean Vickers hardness of the hot-dip coating is 50 Hv to 100 Hv.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2014Publication date: November 26, 2015Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Toshihiko OOI, Toshiyuki OKUMA, Akihiko FURUTA, Masahiro YOSHIDA, Akira MATSUZAKI, Satoru ANDO
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Patent number: 8389128Abstract: A high tensile-strength galvanized steel sheet includes C: at least 0.05% but less than 0.12%, Si: at least 0.01% but less than 0.35%, Mn: 2.0% to 3.5%, P: 0.001% to 0.020%, S: 0.0001% to 0.0030%, Al: 0.005% to 0.1%, N: 0.0001% to 0.0060%, Cr: more than 0.5% but not more than 2.0%, Mo: 0.01% to 0.50%, Ti: 0.010% to 0.080%, Nb: 0.010% to 0.080%, and B: 0.0001% to 0.0030%, the remainder being Fe and unavoidable impurities, wherein the high tensile-strength galvanized steel sheet has a microstructure that contains 20% to 70% by volume ferrite having an average grain size of 5 ?m or less. The high tensile-strength galvanized steel sheet has a tensile strength of at least 980 MPa, and excellent formability and weldability.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2008Date of Patent: March 5, 2013Assignee: JFE Steel CorporationInventors: Shusaku Takagi, Hidetaka Kawabe, Kohei Hasegawa, Toshihiko Ooi, Yasuaki Okita, Michitaka Sakurai
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Publication number: 20120135271Abstract: A hot dip Al—Zn coated steel sheet exhibits excellent corrosion resistance. The Al content in a coated film is 20-95% by mass. The Ca content is 0.01-10% by mass. Alternatively, the total content of Ca and Mg is 0.01-10% by mass. Preferably, the coated film includes an upper layer and an alloy phase present at the interface to a substrate steel sheet, and Ca or Ca and Mg are contained primarily in the upper layer. Also preferably, the Ca or Ca and Mg include an intermetallic compound with at least one type selected from Zn, Al, and Si. If Ca or Ca and Mg are contained in the coated film, as described above, these elements are contained in corrosion products generated in a bonded portion and exert effects of stabilizing the corrosion products and retarding proceeding of corrosion thereafter. Then, as a result, the corrosion resistance is improved.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2010Publication date: May 31, 2012Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Toshihiko Ooi, Hiroki Nakamura, Shinji Ootsuka, Hiroyuki Masuoka, Masahiro Yoshida
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Publication number: 20100132849Abstract: A high tensile-strength galvanized steel sheet includes C: at least 0.05% but less than 0.12%, Si: at least 0.01% but less than 0.35%, Mn: 2.0% to 3.5%, P: 0.001% to 0.020%, S: 0.0001% to 0.0030%, Al: 0.005% to 0.1%, N: 0.0001% to 0.0060%, Cr: more than 0.5% but not more than 2.0%, Mo: 0.01% to 0.50%, Ti: 0.010% to 0.080%, Nb: 0.010% to 0.080%, and B: 0.0001% to 0.0030%, the remainder being Fe and unavoidable impurities, wherein the high tensile-strength galvanized steel sheet has a microstructure that contains 20% to 70% by volume ferrite having an average grain size of 5 ?m or less. The high tensile-strength galvanized steel sheet has a tensile strength of at least 980 MPa, and excellent formability and weldability.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2008Publication date: June 3, 2010Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Shusaku Takagi, Hidetaka Kawabe, Kohei Hasegawa, Toshihiko Ooi, Yasuaki Okita, Michitaka Sakurai
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Patent number: 6610422Abstract: The method for manufacturing coated steel sheet has the steps of: immersing a steel sheet in a hot-dip coating bath to form an Al—Zn base coating layer containing 20 to 95 mass % Al on the steel sheet, forming a passivated layer on the coating layer; and applying thermal history to the coating layer. The thermal history is applied immediately after the steel sheet left the hot-dip coating bath or in a temperature range of from T(° C.) between 130° C. and 300° C. to 100° C.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2002Date of Patent: August 26, 2003Assignee: NKK CorporationInventors: Toshihiko Ooi, Takafumi Yamaji, Keiji Yoshida, Yuichiro Tanaka, Junichi Inagaki, Masaaki Yamashita, Yasuhiro Majima, Nobuyuki Ishida, Yuichi Fukushima, Norio Inoue, Shinji Hori
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Patent number: 6315829Abstract: An apparatus for hot-dip coating a steel strip, comprising: (a) an annealing furnace for continuously annealing the steel strip, the annealing furnace having an entrance side and an exit side; (b) a coating pot having a molten metal coating bath for coating the annealed steel strip; (c) a snout through which the annealed steel strip is introduced into the molten metal coating bath, one end of the snout being connected to the annealing furnace and the other end being immersed into the molten metal coating bath; (d) a seal device for sealing between the annealing furnace and the snout, the seal device being disposed at the exit side of the annealing furnace; and (e) a discharge device for discharging a gas containing a metal vapor from the snout to outside of the snout, the metal vapor being evaporated from the molten metal coating bath in the snout.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2000Date of Patent: November 13, 2001Assignee: NKK CorporationInventors: Toshio Ishii, Munehiro Ishioka, Akira Hiraya, Seishi Hatakeyama, Nobuyuki Ishida, Teruhisa Kuwana, Kazumi Jiromaru, Toshihiko Ooi, Hideyuki Suzuki, Shinichi Tomonaga, Hitoshi Oishi, Kentaro Akashi, Takayuki Fukui
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Patent number: 6093452Abstract: A method for hot-dip coating a steel strip comprises: (a) continuously annealing the steel strip in an annealing furnace; (b) introducing the annealed steel strip into a molten metal coating bath through a snout; (c) dipping the annealed steel strip into the molten metal coating bath; (d) controlling a pressure inside of the snout; and (e) discharging a gas containing a metal vapor from the snout to outside of the snout. An apparatus comprises an annealing furnace, a coating pot, a control device for controlling a pressure inside the snout and a gas discharging device.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 1998Date of Patent: July 25, 2000Assignee: NKK CorporationInventors: Toshio Ishii, Munehiro Ishioka, Akira Hiraya, Seishi Hatakeyama, Nobuyuki Ishida, Teruhisa Kuwana, Kazumi Jiromaru, Toshihiko Ooi, Hideyuki Suzuki, Shinichi Tomonaga, Hitoshi Oishi, Kentaro Akashi, Takayuki Fukui