Patents by Inventor Yukihiro Utsumi

Yukihiro Utsumi 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: 20110287280
    Abstract: A cold-rolled steel sheet has a chemical composition of C: 0.12% to 0.3%, Si: 0.5% or less, Mn: less than 1.5%, Al: 0.15% or less, N: 0.01% or less, P: 0.02% or less, and S: 0.01% or less, with the remainder including iron and inevitable impurities and has a martensite single-phase structure as its steel microstructure. In a surface region of the steel sheet from the surface to a depth one-tenth the gauge, the number density of n-ary groups of inclusions determined by specific n-th determinations is 120 or less per 100 cm2 of a rolling plane, where the distance in steel sheet rolling direction between outermost surfaces of two outermost particles of the group of inclusions is 100 ?m or more. The steel sheet is a high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet which has a sufficiently minimized rate of bending fracture starting from inclusions and thereby has excellent bending workability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2011
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Atsuhiro SHIRAKI, Sae Hamamoto, Yukihiro Utsumi, Tetsuji Hoshika, Yuichi Futamura
  • Publication number: 20100247957
    Abstract: Disclosed is a cold-rolled steel sheet having a specific steel composition and having a composite steel structure including a ferrite structure and a martensite-containing second phase. In a surface region of the steel sheet from the surface to a depth one-tenth the gage, the number density of n-ary groups of inclusions determined by specific n-th determinations is 120 or less per 100 cm2 of a rolling plane, in which the distance in steel sheet rolling direction between outermost surfaces of two outermost particles of the group of inclusions is 80 ?m or more. Also disclosed is a cold-rolled steel sheet having a specific steel composition and having a steel structure of a martensite single-phase structure. In the surface region, the number density of groups of inclusions, in which the distance between the outermost surfaces is 100 ?m or more, is 120 or less per 100 cm2 of a rolling plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2010
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel Ltd)
    Inventors: Tetsuji HOSHIKA, Sae Mizuta, Yuichi Futamura, Masaaki Miura, Yukihiro Utsumi, Hiroaki Matsumoto, Hiroki Ohta
  • Publication number: 20100132848
    Abstract: The ultrahigh-strength steel sheet contains, in mass %, C: 0.05-0.25%, Si: 1.00-2.5%, Mn: 2.0-4.0%, P: 0.1% or below (not inclusive of 0%), S: 0.05% or below (not inclusive of 0%), Al: 0.01-0.15%, Ti: 0.003-0.10%, N: 0.01% or below (not inclusive of 0%), the balance comprising iron with inevitable impurities, and is a composite structure steel sheet comprising 10-50 area % ferrite and 50 area % or above martensite, in which the average circle-equivalent grain diameter of ferrite grains is 2.0 ?m or below, the average aspect ratio of ferrite grains is 2.0 or below, and the tensile strength is 1,100 MPa or above. Accordingly, the ultrahigh-strength steel sheet is excellent in hydrogen embrittlement resistance and workability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2009
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel Ltd)
    Inventors: Muneaki Ikeda, Yukihiro Utsumi
  • Publication number: 20090025831
    Abstract: Disclosed is a hot-dip galvanized steel sheet, in which a steel sheet of the hot-dip galvanized steel sheet before galvanization contains, on the percent by mass basis, 0.06% to 0.15% carbon (C); 1% to 3% manganese (Mn); 0.01% to 0.05% phosphorus (P); 0.03% to 1% chromium (Cr); 0.03% to 1% molybdenum (Mo); and 0.02% to 0.15% aluminum (Al). The steel sheet before galvanization has a silicon (Si) content of 0.2% or less (inclusive of 0%) and a sulfur (S) content of 0.03% or less (inclusive of 0%) and has a K value of ?2.0 or more, in which the K value is calculated according to following Equation (1): K value=3×[Mo]?5×[Cr]??(1) wherein “[Element]” represents the content (percent by mass) of the element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2006
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel Ltd.)
    Inventors: Katsuhiro Yamamoto, Masaaki Miura, Yukihiro Utsumi
  • Publication number: 20080226491
    Abstract: Disclosed is a high-strength electric resistance welded steel pipe which is manufacture from a steel sheet containing, on mass basis, 0.2% to 0.4% C, 0.05% to 0.5% Si, 0.5% to 2.5% Mn, 0.025% or less P, 0.01% or less S, 0.01% to 0.15% or Al, 0.01% to 2% Cu, 0.05% to 2% Cr, 0.005% to 0.2% Ti, and 0.0002% to 0.005% B, with the remainder being iron and inevitable impurities. The steel pipe has a tensile strength of 1750 N/mm2 or more, a 0.1%-proof stress of 1320 N/mm2 or more, and a Charpy impact value at a testing temperature of minus 40° C. of 50 J/cm2 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2008
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd)
    Inventors: Motoo SATOU, Yukihiro UTSUMI, Kenichi WATANABE
  • Patent number: 7118809
    Abstract: A high-strength hot-dip galvanized steel sheet is provided which comprises a composite structure consisting essentially of ferrite and martensite. The steel comprises, by mass %, C: 0.05 to 0.12%, Si: not more than 0.05%, Mn: 2.7 to 3.5%, Cr: 0.2 to 0.5%, Mo: 0.2 to 0.5%, Al: not more than 0.10%, P: not more than 0.03%, and S: not more than 0.03%. The high-strength hot-dip galvanized steel sheet has not only excellent spot weldability, but also excellent “stability of material properties”, including tensile strength, total elongation, and yield strength, in a high range of strengths from 780 to 1180 MPa, even if the manufacturing condition (especially, the condition of the cooling process after annealing the steel sheet) is changed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2006
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukihiro Utsumi, Katsuhiro Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20050247383
    Abstract: A high-strength hot-dip galvanized steel sheet is provided which comprises a composite structure consisting essentially of ferrite and martensite. The steel comprises, by mass %, C: 0.05 to 0.12%, Si: not more than 0.05%, Mn: 2.7 to 3.5%, Cr: 0.2 to 0.5%, Mo: 0.2 to 0.5%, Al: not more than 0.10%, P: not more than 0.03%, and S: not more than 0.03%. The high-strength hot-dip galvanized steel sheet has not only excellent spot weldability, but also excellent “stability of material properties”, including tensile strength, total elongation, and yield strength, in a high range of strengths from 780 to 1180 MPa, even if the manufacturing condition (especially, the condition of the cooling process after annealing the steel sheet) is changed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2005
    Publication date: November 10, 2005
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Yukihiro Utsumi, Katsuhiro Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 6709535
    Abstract: A superhigh-strength dual-phase steel sheet containing ferritic microstructure and a martensitic microstructure—containing composite-phase steel sheet containing: C: 0.08-0.20% (mass% here and hereinafter), Si: 0.5% or less (inclusive of 0%) Mn: 3.0% or less (exclusive of 0%) P: 0.02% or less (inclusive of 0%) S: 0.02% or less (inclusive of 0%), and Al: 0.001-0.15%, and further containing Mo: 0.05-1.5%, and Cr: 0.05-1.5%, and which satisfying that: the average Vickers hardness of the ferritic microstructure is 150 Hv or more and the average Vickers hardness of the martensitic microstructure is 500 Hv or more, the superhigh-strength dual-phase steel sheets being of excellent fatigue characteristic in a spot welded joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2004
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukihiro Utsumi, Yoshinobu Omiya, Manabu Kamura
  • Publication number: 20030221752
    Abstract: A superhigh-strength dual-phase steel sheet containing ferritic microstructure and a martensitic microstructure—containing composite-phase steel sheet containing:
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2002
    Publication date: December 4, 2003
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Yukihiro Utsumi, Yoshinobu Omiya, Manabu Kamura