Patents by Inventor Yasuaki Sugizaki

Yasuaki Sugizaki 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: 7951465
    Abstract: To provide a steel-aluminum welded material and a spot welding method therefor having high weld strength. The steel-aluminum welded material 3 includes a steel material 1 and an aluminum material 2 having predetermined widths. The area of a nugget 5 of a spot-welded part is determined as a function of the thickness of the aluminum material 2, and the area of a part of the nugget 5 corresponding to a part having a thickness in a range between 0.5 and 10 ?m of an interface reaction layer 6 is defined as a function of the thickness of the aluminum material 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Wataru Urushihara, Mikako Takeda, Katsushi Matsumoto, Jun Katoh, Yasuaki Sugizaki, Hidekazu Ido
  • Patent number: 7364630
    Abstract: The present invention provides an Al—Mg—Si alloy sheet in which the production of ridging marks during press forming is noticeably inhibited, and in addition, provides a manufacturing method capable of providing such an aluminum alloy sheet, and an intermediate material in the manufacture thereof. The Al—Mg—Si alloy sheet in accordance with the present invention is characterized by having a prescribed composition, and characterized in that respective textures are present therein with a good balance. Further, in accordance with the manufacturing method, and the intermediate material in the manufacture thereof of the present invention, it is possible to manufacture the alloy with high efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2008
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsushi Matsumoto, Yasuaki Sugizaki
  • Publication number: 20070212565
    Abstract: To provide a steel-aluminum welded material and a spot welding method therefor having high weld strength. The steel-aluminum welded material 3 includes a steel material 1 and an aluminum material 2 having predetermined widths. The area of a nugget 5 of a spot-welded part is determined as a function of the thickness of the aluminum material 2, and the area of a part of the nugget 5 corresponding to a part having a thickness in a range between 0.5 and 10 ?m of an interface reaction layer 6 is defined as a function of the thickness of the aluminum material 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2005
    Publication date: September 13, 2007
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Wataru Urushihara, Mikako Takeda, Katsushi Matsumoto, Jun Katoh, Yasuaki Sugizaki, Hidekazu Ido
  • Patent number: 7125515
    Abstract: A aluminum base alloy containing boron and manufacturing method thereof, said alloy exhibiting good mechanical properties (such as high-temperature strength and creep strength) over a long period of time and also having a neutron absorbing capacity owing to boron present therein in the form of a compound without segregation. The alloy contains 0.5–10 mass % of boron with an isotopic element satisfying a relation of 10B/(10B +11B)?30%. said boron being present in the form of a boron compound which is 300 ?m or below in size. The alloy is obtained by melting at a temperature in excess of 950° C. and cast at a temperature in the range of 800° C. to 950° C., in such a way that the molten metal is kept for 60–180° seconds until it cools from 950° C. to the casting temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2006
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Aruga, Katsura Kajihara, Yasuaki Sugizaki
  • Publication number: 20060137783
    Abstract: A aluminum base alloy containing boron and manufacturing method thereof, said alloy exhibiting good mechanical properties (such as high-temperature strength and creep strength) over a long period of time and also having a neutron absorbing capacity owing to boron present therein in the form of a compound without segregation. The alloy contains 0.5-10 mass % of boron with an isotopic element satisfying a relation of 10B/(10B+11B)?30%, said boron being present in the form of a boron compound which is 300 ?m or below in size. The alloy is obtained by melting at a temperature in excess of 950° C. and cast at a temperature in the range of 800° C. to 950° C., in such a way that the molten metal is kept for 60-1800 seconds until it cools from 950° C. to the casting temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2003
    Publication date: June 29, 2006
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Aruga, Katsura Kajihara, Yasuaki Sugizaki
  • Publication number: 20040187985
    Abstract: The present invention provides an Al—Mg—Si alloy sheet in which the production of ridging marks during press forming is noticeably inhibited, and in addition, provides a manufacturing method capable of providing such an aluminum alloy sheet, and an intermediate material in the manufacture thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2004
    Publication date: September 30, 2004
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Katsushi Matsumoto, Yasuaki Sugizaki
  • Patent number: 6334916
    Abstract: The present invention provides an Al—Mg—Si based alloy sheet whose press-formability (particularly, deep-drawing formability, stretch-formability and bendability) is made higher than conventional Al—Mg—Si based alloy sheets of JIS 6000 series. For texture of the Al—Mg—Si based alloy sheet, orientation density of at least Cube orientation is controlled in accordance with a sort of press forming, so that press-formability improved to match with the press forming is provided. For example, to improve deep-drawing formability of an Al—Mg—Si based alloy sheet, the ratio of orientation density of Goss orientation to the orientation density of the Cube orientation (Goss/Cube) is set to 0.3 or less, and a grain size is set to 80 &mgr;m or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2002
    Assignee: Kobe Steel Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsushi Matsumoto, Yasuaki Sugizaki, Masahiro Yanagawa, Yuichi Seki
  • Patent number: 5882778
    Abstract: A hard coating formed on a substrate material and having a first layer and a second layer of which, the first layer is a compound composed of one or more types of metallic elements selected to include at least aluminum or titanium from a group comprising aluminum, titanium and silicon; and also selected from one or more types of non-metallic elements from a group comprising boron, carbon and nitrogen, and the second layer is a lamination of AlBN on the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1999
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Sieko Sho
    Inventors: Yasuaki Sugizaki, Chunghsien Tsai, Tsutomu Ikeda, Yasuyuki Yamada, Yusuke Tanaka, Yasunori Wada, Yasushi Onishi
  • Patent number: 5496651
    Abstract: A machine part comprises: a base part formed of a titanium alloy or an aluminum alloy and having a roughened surface of Ra 0.5 .mu.m or above and PPI.sub.50 or above; and a Ni--P electrodeposit layer formed over the surface of the base part by an electroplating process using a Ni--P plating bath containing a stress relaxing agent, and having a stress of 20 kgf/mm.sup.2 or below. The machine part has a small specific gravity, excellent seizure resistance, wear resistance and fatigue strength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 5, 1996
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho
    Inventors: Hidetoshi Nishimoto, Yasuaki Sugizaki, Kenji Umei, Hiroshi Satoh, Yoshinori Terada, Tatsuya Yasunaga, Takenori Nakayama, Yasunori Wada, Keiji Ueda
  • Patent number: 5437835
    Abstract: A corrosion resistant Ti based alloy comprising:Cr: 0.005-2.0 wt %, and further comprising one or more of elements selected from:Ni: 0.005-2.0 wt %, Pd: 0.005-2.0 wt %, Ru: 0.005-2.0 wt %, Pt: 0.005-2.0 wt %, Os: 0.005-2.0 wt %, Ir: 0.005-2.0 wt %, Rh: 0.005-2.0 wt %, andthe balance of Ti and inevitable impurities.Cr may be replaced with one or more of 0.005-1.5 wt % of Cu and 0.005-1.5 wt % of Si, or 0.005-2.0 wt % of Al. The corrosion resistant Ti based alloy has excellent corrosion resistance also in a non-oxidative atmosphere and also has an excellent crevice corrosion resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 1, 1995
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho
    Inventors: Yasuaki Sugizaki, Keiji Ueda, Hiroshi Satoh, Hidetoshi Nishimoto, Tatsuya Yasunaga, Takashi Yashiki
  • Patent number: 5316722
    Abstract: A corrosion resistant Ti based alloy comprising:Cr: 0.005-2.0 wt %, and furthercomprising one or more of elements selected from:______________________________________ Ni: 0.005-2.0 wt %, Pd: 0.005-2.0 wt %, Ru: 0.005-2.0 wt %, Pt: 0.005-2.0 wt %, Os: 0.005-2.0 wt %, Ir: 0.005-2.0 wt %, Rh: 0.005-2.0 wt %, and ______________________________________the balance of Ti and inevitable impurities.Cr may be replaced with one or more of 0.005-1.5 wt % of Cu and 0.005-1.5 wt % of Si, or 0.005-2.0 wt % of Al. The corrosion resistant Ti based alloy has excellent corrosion resistance also in a non-oxidative atmosphere and also has an excellent crevice corrosion resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 31, 1994
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho
    Inventors: Yasuaki Sugizaki, Keiji Ueda, Hiroshi Satoh, Hidetoshi Nishimoto, Tatsuya Yasunaga, Takashi Yashiki