Patents by Inventor Yasuhiro Sakurada

Yasuhiro Sakurada 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: 10603746
    Abstract: A laser-welded shape section steel includes a web member and a flange member each made of a steel plate, the steel plate having an equivalent carbon content Ceql of not less than 0.075 and not more than 0.15, the equivalent carbon content Ceql being represented by the following formula: Ceql=C+(Si/50)+(Mn/25)+(P/2)+(Cr/25)+Ti, where a welded part, which is a joint part in which the web member and the flange member are joined, has a hardness of not less than 1.2 times and not more than 4 times as hard as that of the steel plate, and the welded part a protrusion length of not greater than 1 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL NISSHIN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toru Ienari, Yasuhiro Sakurada, Hiroshi Asada
  • Patent number: 10583527
    Abstract: A welded shaped steel manufacturing device includes: a plate conveying device configured to convey a web member and two flange members in a conveyance direction; and a laser welding device configured to laser-weld butt portions of ends of the web member butting against the two flange members for weld-bonding, wherein the plate conveying device includes a web member holding device having surface side rollers arranged at intervals in the conveyance direction in a position not to block laser irradiation from the laser welding device toward welding points, and wherein the web member is held with the surface side rollers over a predetermined range in the conveyance direction, and wherein side ends of the surface side rollers facing the two flange members are positioned along boundaries of areas having spatters dispersed from the welding points in a degree exceeding a predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL NISSHIN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Sakurada, Tooru Ienari, Hiroshi Asada
  • Publication number: 20190184492
    Abstract: A welded shaped steel manufacturing device includes: a plate conveying device configured to convey a web member and two flange members in a conveyance direction; and a laser welding device configured to laser-weld butt portions of ends of the web member butting against the two flange members for weld-bonding, wherein the plate conveying device includes a web member holding device having surface side rollers arranged at intervals in the conveyance direction in a position not to block laser irradiation from the laser welding device toward welding points, and wherein the web member is held with the surface side rollers over a predetermined range in the conveyance direction, and wherein side ends of the surface side rollers facing the two flange members are positioned along boundaries of areas having spatters dispersed from the welding points in a degree exceeding a predetermined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2019
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Applicant: NISSHIN STEEL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro SAKURADA, Tooru IENARI, Hiroshi ASADA
  • Patent number: 10293438
    Abstract: A welded shaped steel manufacturing device for weld-connecting a butt portion of a web member having an end butting perpendicularly against a flange member and thereafter correcting in shape the flange member subjected to thermal deformation caused by heat input during welding, the device includes: a corrective device including flange-member correcting rollers arranged for respective ends of the flange member, each configured to press each end on a web-member side of the flange member so as to correct the thermal deformation over a range of the flange member from each end thereof to the butt portion thereof against the web member, and web-member supporting rollers configured to support a web surface of the web member, wherein the flange-member correcting rollers arranged for the respective ends of the flange member apply independent pressures to the respective ends so as to correct the thermal deformation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: NISSHIN STEEL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Asada, Yasuhiro Sakurada, Tooru Ienari
  • Publication number: 20190084086
    Abstract: A laser-welded shape section steel includes a web member and a flange member each made of a steel plate, the steel plate having an equivalent carbon content Ceql of not less than 0.075 and not more than 0.15, the equivalent carbon content Ceql being represented by the following formula: Ceql=C+(Si/50)+(Mn/25)+(P/2)+(Cr/25)+Ti, where a welded part, which is a joint part in which the web member and the flange member are joined, has a hardness of not less than 1.2 times and not more than 4 times as hard as that of the steel plate, and the welded part a protrusion length of not greater than 1 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Toru Ienari, Yasuhiro Sakurada, Hiroshi Asada
  • Patent number: 10160610
    Abstract: Provided is a stacking device that stacks shaped steel with small-scale equipment using a transporting means with a simple structure. This shaped steel stacking device comprises: a stacking platform on which stacked shaped steel is loaded; a transporting platform that has a plurality of loading faces on which the shaped steel to be transported to the stacking platform is loaded; and a pushing means that pushes the shaped steel loaded on the transporting platform out toward the stacking platform. The transporting platform comprises a first loading face having a flat portion and a second loading face having a flat portion and an inclined portion. The inclined portion is formed on a side facing the stacking platform, and the first and second loading faces can be selected according to the order the shaped steel is pushed out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: NISSHIN STEEL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Sakurada, Hiroshi Asada, Tooru Ienari, Katsuyasu Matsuzawa
  • Patent number: 10144091
    Abstract: A welded portion shape of a cross-section perpendicular to the shaped steel longitudinal direction is set to satisfy a>0 mm, b>0 mm, c?0.14 Tw, d?0 mm, e?0 mm, a+d?2 mm and b+e?2 mm; where a is a front melting width of the web material (on the laser beam irradiation side), b is a rear melting width of the web material (on the laser beam non-irradiation side), c is a maximum weld penetration depth, in a plate pressure direction, into the flange material, d is a front melting width of the flange material (on the laser beam irradiation side), e is a rear melting width of the flange material (on the laser beam non-irradiation side), and Tw is the plate thickness of the web material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: NISSHIN STEEL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Sakurada, Takefumi Nakako, Hiroshi Asada
  • Publication number: 20180015570
    Abstract: A welded shaped steel manufacturing device for weld-connecting a butt portion of a web member having an end butting perpendicularly against a flange member and thereafter correcting in shape the flange member subjected to thermal deformation caused by heat input during welding, the device includes: a corrective device including flange-member correcting rollers arranged for respective ends of the flange member, each configured to press each end on a web-member side of the flange member so as to correct the thermal deformation over a range of the flange member from each end thereof to the butt portion thereof against the web member, and web-member supporting rollers configured to support a web surface of the web member, wherein the flange-member correcting rollers arranged for the respective ends of the flange member apply independent pressures to the respective ends so as to correct the thermal deformation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Applicant: NISSHIN STEEL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi ASADA, Yasuhiro SAKURADA, Tooru IENARI
  • Publication number: 20180002117
    Abstract: Provided is a stacking device that stacks shaped steel with small-scale equipment using a transporting means with a simple structure. This shaped steel stacking device comprises: a stacking platform on which stacked shaped steel is loaded, a transporting platform that has a plurality of loading faces on which the shaped steel to be transported to the stacking platform is loaded: and a pushing means that pushes the shaped steel loaded on the transporting platform out toward the slacking platform. The transporting platform comprises a first loading face having a flat portion and a second loading face having a flat portion and an inclined portion. The inclined portion is formed on a side facing the stacking platform, and the first and second loading faces can he selected according to the order the shaped steel is pushed out.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2016
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventors: Yasuhiro SAKURADA, Hiroshi ASADA, Tooru IENARI, Katsuyasu MATSUZAWA
  • Publication number: 20160250716
    Abstract: A welded shaped steel manufacturing device includes: a plate conveying device configured to convey a web member and two flange members in a conveyance direction; and a laser welding device configured to laser-weld butt portions of ends of the web member butting against the two flange members for weld-bonding, wherein the plate conveying device includes a web member holding device having surface side rollers arranged at intervals in the conveyance direction in a position not to block laser irradiation from the laser welding device toward welding points, and wherein the web member is held with the surface side rollers over a predetermined range in the conveyance direction, and wherein side ends of the surface side rollers facing the two flange members are positioned along boundaries of areas having spatters dispersed from the welding points in a degree exceeding a predetermined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2016
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Applicant: NISSHIN STEEL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro SAKURADA, Tooru IENARI, Hiroshi ASADA
  • Publication number: 20150273630
    Abstract: A welded portion shape of a cross-section perpendicular to the shaped steel longitudinal direction is set to satisfy a>0 mm, b>0 mm, c?0.14Tw, d?0 mm, e?0 mm, a+d?2 mm and b+e?2 mm; where a is a front melting width of the web material (on the laser beam irradiation side), b is a rear melting width of the web material (on the laser beam non-irradiation side), c is a maximum weld penetration depth, in a plate pressure direction, into the flange material, d is a front melting width of the flange material (on the laser beam irradiation side), e is a rear melting width of the flange material (on the laser beam non-irradiation side), and Tw is the plate thickness of the web material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2012
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicant: NISSHIN STEEL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Sakurada, Takefumi Nakako, Hiroshi Asada
  • Patent number: D825783
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Inventors: Tooru Ienari, Yasuhiro Sakurada, Hiroshi Asada