Patents by Inventor Yuichi Futamura

Yuichi Futamura 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: 20240051427
    Abstract: A comparison system includes: a first acquisition unit which acquires a first input/output electrical power amount of a first electrical power device including a first terminal, the first input/output electrical power amount being an input/output electrical power amount more on a side of the first electrical power device than the first terminal; a second acquisition unit which acquires a second input/output electrical power amount of a second electrical power device including a second terminal attachable to the first terminal, the second input/output electrical power amount being an input/output electrical power amount more on a side of the second electrical power device than the second terminal; and a comparison unit which compares the first input/output electrical power amount and the second input/output electrical power amount when input/output of electrical power is performed between the first and second electrical power device while the first and second terminal are attached to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2022
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Takao SATO, Takahito FUJITA, Takashi IWASA, Yuichi FUTAMURA, Shinya AGATSUMA
  • Publication number: 20240025644
    Abstract: In a control method of a stocking apparatus, the stocking apparatus includes a plurality of housings formed separately and independently. Each of the plurality of housings includes a plurality of stockers, each of which stocks an item. The control method comprises: acquiring a demand number which is a number of at least one item being the item to be received by the stocking apparatus from a utilizer of the stocking apparatus or a number of at least one item being the item to be provided by the stocking apparatus to the utilizer of the stocking apparatus; and determining a receiving-and-providing stocker which is at least at least one of the plurality of stockers of the plurality of housings and receives the item from the utilizer or provides the item to the utilizer, based on the demand number.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Takashi IWASA, Takahito FUJITA, Yuichi FUTAMURA, Takao SATO, Shinya AGATSUMA
  • Publication number: 20230420758
    Abstract: A temperature of a power device to which a power storage device is attached is estimated on the basis of a temperature detected by a temperature detector provided in a power storage device detachably held in the power device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Yuichi Futamura, Takahito Fujita, Takashi Iwasa, Takao Sato, Shinya Agatsuma
  • Publication number: 20230411728
    Abstract: An acquirer acquires an observed amount related to at least one of an operation amount of a power device or an environmental state of the power device, the power device including an electric operation unit accommodated in a housing and a wind generation unit that supports a flow of air inside and outside of the housing, a comparator compares the observed amount acquired by the acquirer with a reference amount, and a determiner determines an abnormal change in the power device on the basis of a result of comparing the observed amount with the reference amount in the comparator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Takashi Iwasa, Yuichi Futamura, Takahito Fujita, Takao Sato, Shinya Agatsuma
  • Publication number: 20230286398
    Abstract: An information acquisition device includes an attachment/detachment information acquisition unit configured to acquire, regarding a first terminal provided in a power storage device and a second terminal provided in an electrical power device and is configured to be attachable/detachable to/from the first terminal, a number of times of attachment/detachment between the first terminal and the second terminal. An estimation device includes an estimation unit configured to estimate, regarding a first terminal provided in a power storage device and a second terminal provided in an electrical power device and is configured to be attachable/detachable to/from the first terminal, a deterioration degree of at least one of the first terminal or the second terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Shinya AGATSUMA, Yuichi FUTAMURA, Takao SATO, Takahito FUJITA, Takashi IWASA
  • Publication number: 20200095651
    Abstract: A high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet has a specific chemical composition and has a steel microstructure meeting conditions: a total content of bainitic ferrite (BF) and tempered martensite (TM) is 65% (in area percent, hereinafter the same for steel microstructure) or more; a fresh martensite (M) content is 3% to 18%; a retained austenite content is 5% or more; and a polygonal ferrite (F) content is 5% or less. The steel sheet has a specific average KAM<1.00° of 0.50° or more and has a tensile strength of 980 MPa or more. The high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet excels in formability and shape fixability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sha (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Kouji KASUYA, Yuichi FUTAMURA, Yukihiro UTSUMI
  • Publication number: 20190218640
    Abstract: Disclosed is a high-strength sheet including: C: 0.15% to 0.35% by mass, total of Si and Al: 0.5% to 3.0% by mass, Mn: 1.0% to 4.0% by mass, P: 0.05% by mass or less, and S: 0.01% by mass or less, with the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, wherein the steel structure satisfies that: a ferrite fraction is 5% or less, the total fraction of tempered martensite and tempered bainite is 60% or more, the amount of retained austenite is 10% or more, MA has an average size of 1.0 ?m or less, retained austenite has an average size of 1.0 ?m or less, retained austenite having a size of 1.5 ?m or more accounts for 2% or more of the total amount of retained austenite, and a scattering intensity at the q value of 1 nm?1 in X-ray small angle scattering is 1.0 cm1 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Elijah KAKIUCHI, Toshio MURAKAMI, Shigeo OTANI, Yuichi FUTAMURA, Tadao MURATA
  • Publication number: 20190185958
    Abstract: Disclosed is a high-strength sheet including: C: 0.15% by mass to 0.35% by mass, total of Si and Al: 0.5% by mass to 3.0% by mass, Mn: 1.0% by mass to 4.0% by mass, P: 0.05% by mass or less, and S: 0.01% by mass or less, with the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, wherein the steel structure satisfies that: a ferrite fraction is 5% or less, the total fraction of tempered martensite and tempered bainite is 60% or more, the amount of retained austenite is 10% or more, MA has an average size of 1.0 ?m or less, a half-width of the concentration distribution of Mn in the carbon-concentrated region that is equal to the amount of retained austenite is 0.3% by mass or more, and a scattering intensity at the q value of 1 nm?1 in X-ray small angle scattering is 1.0 cm?1 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Elijah KAKIUCHI, Toshio MURAKAMI, Shigeo OTANI, Yuichi FUTAMURA, Tadao MURATA
  • Publication number: 20190085426
    Abstract: One aspect of the present invention is a high strength steel sheet having a specific component composition, wherein a metal structure of the steel sheet comprises polygonal ferrite, bainite, tempered martensite, and retained austenite; when the metal structure is observed with a scanning electron microscope, the metal structure satisfies polygonal ferrite: 10 to 50 area %, bainite: 10 to 50 area %, and tempered martensite: 10 to 80 area % with respect to the metal structure overall; and when the metal structure is measured by X-ray diffractometry, the metal structure satisfies retained austenite: 5.0 volume % or more, retained austenite with a carbon concentration of 1.0 mass % or less: 3.5 volume % or more, and retained austenite with a carbon concentration of 0.8 mass % or less: 2.4 volume % or less with respect to the metal structure overall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Muneaki IKEDA, Koji KASUYA, Tadao MURATA, Kenji SAITO, Toshio MURAKAMI, Yuichi FUTAMURA
  • Publication number: 20190071757
    Abstract: A high-strength steel sheet comprising, as component composition, by mass: C: 0.15 to 0.35%; total of Si and Al: 0.5 to 2.5%; Mn: 1.0 to 4.0%; P: more than 0% and 0.05% or less; and S: more than 0% and 0.01% or less, with the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, wherein a steel structure satisfies, in ratio with respect to the whole structure: ferrite: more than 5 area % and 50 area % or less; total of tempered martensite and bainite: 30 area % or more; and retained austenite: 10 volume % or more, the steel structure further includes MA, and the steel structure satisfies: an average circle equivalent diameter of the MA: 1.0 ?m or less; an average circle equivalent diameter of the retained austenite: 1.0 ?m or less; and a volume ratio of retained austenite with a circle equivalent diameter of 1.5 ?m or more to the whole retained austenite: 5% or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2017
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Tadao MURATA, Toshio MURAKAMI, Elijah KAKIUCHI, Shigeo OTANI, Yuichi FUTAMURA
  • Patent number: 10066274
    Abstract: A high-strength steel sheet of the present invention is a steel sheet satisfying a predetermined component composition. A metal structure of the steel sheet is composed of polygonal ferrite, high-temperature region generated bainite, low-temperature region generated bainite and retained austenite each having a predetermined area percent, and a distribution using each average IQ of predetermined crystal grains determined by electron backscatter diffraction satisfies Equations (1) and (2) below. According to the present invention, a high-strength steel sheet having excellent ductility and low-temperature toughness can be realized even at a tensile strength of 780 MPa or more. (IQave?IQmin)/(IQmax?IQmin)?0.40??(1) (?IQ)/(IQmax?IQmin)?0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji Kasuya, Tadao Murata, Sae Mizuta, Yuichi Futamura
  • Publication number: 20180044752
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet, in which the metal structure at a position of ¼ of the sheet thickness satisfies (1) to (4): (1) an area ratio of ferrite is more than 10% to 65% or less, with a balance being a hard phase including quenched martensite and retained austenite and including at least one selected from the group consisting of bainitic ferrite, bainite, and tempered martensite; (2) a volume ratio V? of retained austenite is 5% to 30%; (3) an area ratio VMA of an MA structure in which quenched martensite and retained austenite are combined is 3% to 25%, and an average circle-equivalent diameter of the MA structure is 2.0 ?m or less; and (4) a ratio VMA/V? of the area ratio VMA of the MA structure to the volume ratio V? of the retained austenite is 0.50 to 1.50.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2016
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Tadao MURATA, Yuichi FUTAMURA, Koji KASUYA
  • Publication number: 20180037964
    Abstract: A high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet, in which the metal structure at a position of ¼ of the sheet thickness satisfies (1) to (4) below. (1) The area ratio of ferrite is 0% or more and 10% or less, with the balance being a hard phase including quenched martensite and retained austenite and including at least one selected from the group consisting of bainitic ferrite, bainite, and tempered martensite. (2) The volume ratio V? of retained austenite is 5% to 30%. (3) The area ratio VMA of an MA structure in which quenched martensite and retained austenite are combined is 3% to 25%, and the average circle-equivalent diameter of the MA structure is 2.0 ?m or less. (4) The ratio VMA/V? of the area ratio VMA of the MA structure to the volume ratio V? of the retained austenite is 0.50 to 1.50.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2016
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Tadao MURATA, Yuichi FUTAMURA, Koji KASUYA
  • Publication number: 20180010207
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a high-strength plated steel sheet containing an internal oxidized layer, a soft layer including the internal oxidized layer, and a hard layer including a structure having metallic structure containing a low-temperature-transformation produced phase in a proportion of 70% or more by area of the whole of the metallic structure, in which polygonal ferrite is in a proportion of 0% or more by area, and 10% or less by area of the same, and retained austenite is in a proportion of 5% or more by volume of the same. The high-strength plated steel sheet satisfies the average depth D of the soft layer is 20 ?m or more, the average depth d of the internal oxidized layer is 4 ?m or more and less than D, and a tensile strength of 980 MPa or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2016
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Yuichi FUTAMURA, Muneaki IKEDA, Michiharu NAKAYA
  • Publication number: 20180010226
    Abstract: The high-strength plated steel sheet of the present invention has a plated layer on the surface of a base steel sheet and contains predetermined steel components. The steel sheet includes, in the order from the interface of the base steel sheet and the plated layer towards the base steel sheet: a soft layer having a Vickers hardness that is 90% or less of the Vickers hardness at a portion t/4 of the base steel sheet, where t is a sheet thickness of the base steel sheet: and a hard layer containing martensite, bainite, and ferrite in predetermined ranges. The average depth D of the soft layer is 20 ?m or greater, and the average depth d of an internal oxide layer is 4 ?m or greater and smaller than D.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2016
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (KOBE STEEL, LTD.
    Inventors: Muneaki IKEDA, Yuichi FUTAMURA, Michiharu NAKAYA
  • Publication number: 20180002799
    Abstract: A high-strength plated steel sheet sequentially includes an internal oxidized layer, a soft layer containing the internal oxidized layer, and a hard layer including a structure having metallic structure which contains a low-temperature-transformation produced phase in a proportion of 20 to 85% by area of the whole of the metallic structure, polygonal ferrite in a proportion more than 10% by area, and 70% or less by area of the whole of the metallic structure, and-retained austenite in a proportion of 5% or more by volume of the whole of the metallic structure. The high-strength plated steel sheet satisfies the average depth D of the soft layer being 20 ?m or more, the average depth d of the internal oxidized layer being 4 ?m or more and less than D, and a tensile strength being 980 MPa or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2016
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Yuichi FUTAMURA, Muneaki IKEDA, Michiharu NAKAYA
  • Publication number: 20170369965
    Abstract: A high-strength plated steel sheet has a plated layer on the surface of a base steel sheet and contains predetermined steel components. The steel sheet includes, in the order from the interface of the base steel sheet and the plated layer towards the base steel sheet: a soft layer having a Vickers hardness that is 90% or less of the Vickers hardness at a portion t/4 of the base steel sheet, where t is a sheet thickness of the base steel sheet; and a hard layer containing martensite and bainite, and ferrite in predetermined ranges. The average depth D of the soft layer is 20 ?m or greater, and the average depth d of an internal oxide layer is 4 ?m or greater and smaller than D.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2016
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Muneaki IKEDA, Yuichi FUTAMURA, Michiharu NAKAYA
  • Patent number: 9745639
    Abstract: The invention relates to a steel sheet having a tensile strength of 1180 MPa or more, which excels in workability and cold brittleness resistance. The high-strength steel sheet contains 0.10% to 0.30% of C, 1.40% to 3.0% of Si, 0.5% to 3.0% of Mn, 0.1% or less of P, 0.05% or less of S, 0.005% to 0.20% of Al, 0.01% or less of N, 0.01% or less of O, as well as Fe and inevitable impurities. The steel sheet has: (i) a ferrite volume fraction of 5% to 35% and a bainitic ferrite and/or tempered martensite volume fraction of 60% or more; (ii) a MA constituent volume fraction of 6% or less (excluding 0%); and (iii) a retained austenite volume fraction of 5% or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Sae Mizuta, Yuichi Futamura, Yukihiro Utsumi
  • Patent number: 9631266
    Abstract: Provided is a method that enables manufacture, with good productivity, of a high-strength cold-rolled steel with improved elongation (EL), stretch-flangeability (?), bendability (R), and balance of these properties (TS×EL×?/1000), outstanding composite workability as evaluated by Erichsen test, and a tensile strength of at least 980 MPa. A steel material satisfying a prescribed constituent composition is held and soaked for at least fifty seconds at a temperature at or above the Ac3 point, after which the steel material is cooled at an average cooling rate of at least 15° C./sec to a discretionary temperature (T) that satisfies expression (1) below, held for 5-180 seconds in a temperature range that satisfies expression (1) below, then heated to a temperature region that satisfies expression (2) below, held for at least 50 seconds in this temperature region, and then cooled. 300° C.?T1(° C.)<400° C.??(1) 400° C.?T2(° C.)<540° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuichi Futamura, Michiharu Nakaya
  • Publication number: 20170096723
    Abstract: Provided is a high strength cold rolled steel sheet having a tensile strength of 980 MPa or higher and excellent ductility and bendability. The high strength cold rolled steel sheet has a specified component composition. The structures at a position of ¼ sheet thickness in the steel sheet has certain area ratio of ferrite relative to the entire structure, certain area ratio of a mixed structure of fresh martensite and retained austenite relative to the entire structure, certain region in which the concentration of Mn is enriched, certain standard deviation of the fraction of a region in which the concentration of Mn is enriched, and certain concentration of Mn in a ferrite phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2014
    Publication date: April 6, 2017
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Koji KASUYA, Sae MIZUTA, Yuichi FUTAMURA