Nickel Containing Patents (Class 420/73)
  • Publication number: 20150078955
    Abstract: A hot-rolled austenitic iron/carbon/manganese steel sheet is provided. The strength of which is greater than 900 MPa, the product (strength (in MPa)×elongation at fracture (in %)) of which is greater than 45000 and the chemical composition of which includes, the contents being expressed by weight 0.5%?C?0.7%, 17%?Mn?24%, Si?3%, Al?0.050%, S?0.030%, P?0.080% and N?0.1%. A remainder of the composition includes iron and inevitable impurities resulting from the smelting. A recrystallized fraction of the structure of the steel is greater than 75%, a surface fraction of precipitated carbides of the steel is less than 1.5% and a mean grain size of the steel is less than 18 microns. A reinforcing element is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventors: Mohamed BOUZEKRI, Michel FARAL, Colin SCOTT
  • Publication number: 20150078954
    Abstract: A cold-rolled austenitic iron/carbon/manganese steel sheet is provided. The strength of which is greater than 950 MPa, the product (strength (in MPa)×elongation at fracture (in %)) of which is greater than 45000 and the chemical composition of which includes, the contents being expressed by weight 0.5%?C?0.7%, 17%?Mn?24%, Si?3%, Al?0.050%, S?0.030%, P?0.080% and N?0.1%. A remainder of the composition includes iron and inevitable impurities resulting from the smelting. A recrystallized fraction of the structure of the steel is greater than 75%, a surface fraction of precipitated carbides of the steel is less than 1.5% and a mean grain size of the steel is less than 6 microns. A reinforcing element is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventors: Mohamed BOUZEKRI, Michel FARAL, Colin SCOTT
  • Publication number: 20150028165
    Abstract: Wrought steel for producing parts for railway, railway crossings or railway switches including (in weight percent): 0.01-0.15% carbon; at most 0.5% silicon; 10-15% manganese; at least 0.6 to 3.95% molybdenum; optionally one or more of the following elements: i. 0.05 to 0.2% nickel, and/or ii. 0.05 to 0.2% cobalt, and/or iii. 0.02 to 0.30% Cr, and/or iv. 0.05 to 0.2% copper, v. at most 5 ppm H, vi. at most 0.20% V, vii. at most 0.10% Nb; viii. at most 0.20% Ti and/or Zr, ix. at most 50 ppm B; x. at most 250 ppm N; xi. at most 0.2% Al, xii. at most 0.08% S, xiii. at most 0.08% P; xiv. at most 1.5% W; and balance iron and inevitable impurities; and a method of producing the wrought steel and its use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2013
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: TATA STEEL UK LTD
    Inventors: Lifen Deng, Vijay Jerath, Shreekant Jaiswal
  • Patent number: 8900511
    Abstract: The present invention relates a high-strength nonmagnetic stainless steel, containing, by weight percent, 0.01 to 0.06% of C, 0.10 to 0.50% of Si, 20.5 to 24.5% of Mn, 0.040% or less of P, 0.010% or less of S, 3.1 to 6.0% of Ni, 0.10 to 0.80% of Cu, 20.5 to 24.5% of Cr, 0.10 to 1.50% of Mo, 0.0010 to 0.0050% of B, 0.010% or less of O, 0.65 to 0.90% of N, and the remainder being Fe and inevitable impurities; the steel satisfying the following formulae (1) to (4): [Cr]+3.3×[Mo]+16×[N]?30??(1), {Ni}/{Cr}?0.15??(2), 2.0?[Ni]/[Mo]?30.0??(3), and [C]×1000/[Cr]?2.5??(4), wherein [Cr], [Mo], [N], [Ni], [Mo] and [C] represent the content of Cr, the content of Mo, the content of N, the content of Ni, the content of Mo and the content of C in the steel, respectively, and {Ni} represents the sum of [Ni], [Cu] and [N], and {Cr} represents the sum of [Cr] and [Mo]. The present invention further relates to a high-strength nonmagnetic stainless steel part containing the steel and a process for producing the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Daido Tokushuko Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Koichi Ishikawa, Tetsuya Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20140326849
    Abstract: A mechanical structure is provided with a crystalline superelastic alloy that is characterized by an average grain size and that exhibits a martensitic phase transformation resulting from a mechanical stress input greater than a characteristic first critical stress. A configuration of the superelastic alloy is provided with a geometric structural feature of the alloy that has an extent that is no greater than about 200 micrometers and that is no larger than the average grain size of the alloy. This geometric feature undergoes the martensitic transformation without intergranular fracture of the geometric feature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Applicant: MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Christopher A. Schuh, Jose M. San Juan, Ying Chen
  • Publication number: 20140308156
    Abstract: Provided are a steel sheet for warm press forming that can have high strength, good elongation, and thus improved crashworthiness after being warm pressed, and a warm-pressed member formed of the steel sheet, and manufacturing methods thereof. The steel sheet for warm press forming includes, by weight %, C: 0.01% to 0.5%, Si: 3.0% or less (excluding 0%), Mn: 3% to 15%, P: 0.0001% to 0.1%, S: 0.0001% to 0.03%, Al: 3.0% or less (excluding 0%), N: 0.03% or less (excluding 0%), and the balance of Fe and inevitable impurities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2012
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Inventors: Jin-Keun Oh, Kyoo-Young Lee, Yeol-Rae Cho, Eul-Yong Choi, Ki-Soo Kim
  • Patent number: 8858872
    Abstract: An austenitic stainless steel having low nickel and molybdenum and exhibiting comparable corrosion resistance and formability properties to higher nickel and molybdenum alloys comprises, in weight %, up to 0.20 C, 2.0-9.0 Mn, up to 2.0 Si, 16.0-23.0 Cr, 1.0-5.0 Ni, up to 3.0 Mo, up to 3.0 Cu, 0.1-0.35 N, up to 4.0 W, up to 0.01 B, up to 1.0 Co, iron and impurities, the steel having a ferrite number of less than 10 and a MD30 value of less than 20° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: ATI Properties, Inc.
    Inventors: David S. Bergstrom, James M. Rakowski, Charles P Stinner, John J. Dunn, John F. Grubb
  • Patent number: 8815027
    Abstract: An Fe-based shape memory alloy comprising 25-42 atomic % of Mn, 12-18 atomic % of Al, and 5-12 atomic % of Ni, the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, and an Fe-based shape memory alloy comprising 25-42 atomic % of Mn, 12-18 atomic % of Al, and 5-12 atomic % of Ni, as well as 15 atomic % or less in total of at least one selected from the group consisting of 0.1-5 atomic % of Si, 0.1-5 atomic % of Ti, 0.1-5 atomic % of V, 0.1-5 atomic % of Cr, 0.1-5 atomic % of Co, 0.1-5 atomic % of Cu, 0.1-5 atomic % of Mo, 0.1-5 atomic % of W, 0.001-1 atomic % of B and 0.001-1 atomic % of C, the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Japan Science and Technology Agency
    Inventors: Kiyohito Ishida, Ryosuke Kainuma, Ikuo Ohnuma, Toshihiro Omori, Keisuke Ando
  • Publication number: 20140209216
    Abstract: The present invention relates to high-manganese steel with superior weldability and to a method for manufacturing hot-dipped galvanized steel sheets from same. The high-manganese steel according to one aspect of the present invention is characterized by comprising, by weight %: C: 0.3-1%; Mn: 8-25%; Al: 1-8%; Si: 0.1-3.0%; Ti: 0.01-0.2%; Sn: 0.06-0.2%; and B: 0.0005-0.01%, with the remainder being Fe and unavoidable impurities. The present invention may provide high-manganese hot-dipped galvanized steel sheets, having high strength and processability and superior surface quality, which can prevent plating failures caused by manganese.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2012
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Inventors: Kwang-Geun Chin, Sun-Ho Jeon
  • Publication number: 20140086785
    Abstract: An austenitic iron-based alloy containing manganese and at most 10% by weight and in particular at most 5% by weight nickel, based in each case on the overall weight of the iron-based alloy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2012
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: BORGWARNER INC.
    Inventor: Antoine Claude
  • Publication number: 20130295409
    Abstract: Provided is an austenitic, lightweight, high-strength steel sheet having a high yield ratio and ductility and a method for producing the same, and more particularly, to a high-strength steel sheet for automotive interior panels, exterior panels, and structural parts, and a method for producing the steel sheet. The steel sheet may be a hot-rolled steel sheet, a cold-rolled steel sheet, or a plated steel sheet. The steel sheet includes, by weight %, C: 0.6% to 1.0%, Si: 0.1% to 2.5%, Mn: 10% to 15%, P: 0.02% or less, S: 0.015% or less, Al: 5% to 8%, Ti: 0.01% to 0.20%, N: 0.02% or less, and the balance of Fe and inevitable impurities, wherein the steel sheet has a specific gravity of 7.4 g/cm3 and a Mn/Al ratio of 2 to 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2011
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: POSCO
    Inventors: Kwang-Geun Chin, Sang-Ho Han, Jai-Hyun Kwak
  • Patent number: 8535606
    Abstract: Disclosed are corrosion resistant, non-magnetic austenitic stainless steels containing alloying elements molybdenum, nickel, and copper and further containing small quantities of an additional element selected from the group consisting of a rare-earth element, calcium, cobalt, iridium, osmium, rhenium, rhodium, ruthenium, silver, and a combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventor: Hendrik John
  • Publication number: 20130209831
    Abstract: High-strength, cold-formable steel and a flat steel product produced from such a steel, in which an optimal combination of weldability and a low tendency towards delayed cracking is ensured along with good strength and hot and cold deformability. In order to achieve this, a steel according to the invention contains (in % by weight) C: 0.1-1.0%, Mn: 10-25%, Si: up to 0.5%, Al: 0.3-2%, Cr: 1.5-3.5%, S: <0.03%, P: <0.08%, N: <0.1%, Mo: <2%, B: <0.01%, Ni: <8%, Cu: <5%, Ca: up to 0.015%, at least one element from the group “V, Nb” with the following proviso: Nb: 0.01-0.5%, V: 0.01-0.5% and optionally Ti: 0.01-0.5% and iron and unavoidable, production-related impurities as the remainder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2011
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: THYSSENKRUPP STEEL EUROPE AG
    Inventors: Jens-Ulrik Becker, Sinasi Göklü, Harald Hofmann, Christian Höckling, Matthias Schirmer, Ingo Thomas
  • Patent number: 8486204
    Abstract: The hinge is made with a metal injection molding process from an alloy having at least: from 4 to 32 wt % Mn, from 16 to 37 wt % Cr, and from Fe that fills up the rest of the percentage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Shin Zu Shing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu-Chi Lu, Yu-Chan Hsieh, Shun-Tian Lin
  • Publication number: 20130039796
    Abstract: A master alloy used to produce the steel part and a process for producing a sinter hardened steel part from the master alloy are described. The powdered master alloy having a composition of iron, about 1 to less than 5 weight % C, about 3 to less than 15 weight % Mn, and about 3 to less than 15 weight % Cr, wherein the master alloy comprises a microstructure composed of a solid solution of the alloying elements and carbon, the microstructure comprising at least 10 volume % austenite and the remainder as iron compounds. The process comprises: preparing the master alloy, mixing the master alloy with a steel powder to produce a mixture wherein the weight % of the master alloy is from 5 to 35 weight % of the mixture, compacting the mixture into a shape of a part and sintering the mixture to produce the steel part, and controlling the cooling rate after sintering to produce sinter hardening. The master alloy powder can also be used as a sinter hardening enhancer when mixed with low-alloy steel powders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2011
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Inventors: Gilles L'Esperance, Ian Bailon-Poujol, Denis Christopherson, JR.
  • Patent number: 8337749
    Abstract: An austenitic stainless steel composition including relatively low Ni and Mo levels, and exhibiting corrosion resistance, resistance to elevated temperature deformation, and formability properties comparable to certain alloys including higher Ni and Mo levels. Embodiments of the austenitic stainless steel include, in weight percentages, up to 0.20 C, 2.0-9.0 Mn, up to 2.0 Si, 15.0-23.0 Cr, 1.0-9.5 Ni, up to 3.0 Mo, up to 3.0 Cu, 0.05-0.35 N, (7.5(% C))?(% Nb+% Ti+% V+% Ta+% Zr)?1.5, Fe, and incidental impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: ATI Properties, Inc.
    Inventors: David S. Bergstrom, James M. Rakowski
  • Patent number: 8313691
    Abstract: An austenitic stainless steel having low nickel and molybdenum and exhibiting comparable corrosion resistance and formability properties to higher nickel and molybdenum alloys comprises, in weight %, up to 0.20 C, 2.0-9.0 Mn, up to 2.0 Si, 16.0-23.0 Cr, 1.0-5.0 Ni, up to 3.0 Mo, up to 3.0 Cu, 0.1-0.35 N, up to 4.0 W, up to 0.01 B, up to 1.0 Co, iron and impurities, the steel having a ferrite number of less than 10 and a MD30 value of less than 20° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: ATI Properties, Inc.
    Inventors: David S. Bergstrom, James M. Rakowski, Charles P. Stinner, John J. Dunn, John F. Grubb
  • Publication number: 20120070330
    Abstract: A high-strength steel sheet comprises, by weight, not less than 0.25% and not more than 0.5% of C, not less than 4% and not more than 14% of Mn, not less than 6.5% and not more than 9.5% of Cr, and not less than 0.3% and not more than 3% of Si. The high-strength steel sheet satisfies the following formulas 1 and 2 and mainly consists of austenite, and the high-strength steel sheet has yield strength of not less than 1000 MPa and total elongation of not less than 20%. 12?2.0Si+5.5Al+Cr+1.5Mo?25 ??(1) 13 ?30C+0.5Mn+0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2008
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicants: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD
    Inventors: Masashi Ishii, Sven Leonhardt, Yoshitaka Okitsu, Klaus Brokmeier, Georg Frommeyer, Ursula Frommeyer, Astrid Frommeyer
  • Publication number: 20100284849
    Abstract: An austenitic cast iron according to the present invention has Ni: from 7 to 15% by mass, and is characterized in that it comprises a base structure in which an austenite phase makes a major phase even in ordinary-temperature region by adjusting the respective compositions of Cr, Ni and Cu, excepting C and Si, so as to fall within predetermined ranges. In accordance with the present invention, it is possible to obtain an austenitic cast iron, which is excellent in terms of oxidation resistance and the like, inexpensively, while reducing the content of expensive Ni.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2008
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI, MIE PREFECTURE
    Inventors: Tomohei Sugiyama, Manabu Ishikawa, Hiroyuki Isomura, Mamoru Kojima, Naoki Yamamoto, Kyoichi Kinoshita, Takao Fujikawa
  • Publication number: 20100253006
    Abstract: A steel product having a composition which contains by mass C: 0.01 to 1.9%, Si: 0.01 to 1.9%, Mn: 5.0 to 24.0% with balance consisting of Fe and unavoidable impurities and a steel product described above which further contains Cr: 18.0% or below and/or Ni: 12.0% or below in addition to the above essential elements. The above steel products may each further contain Al: 1% or below and/or N: 0.3% or below and the above steel products may each further contain one or more elements selected from among Nb, Ti, Zr, Mo and Cu in a total amount of 4.0% or below. The steel products can sufficiently follow the thermal expansion of a cylinder made of an aluminum alloy and thus enables the production of a piston ring which is suitable for use as a piston ring to slide on the inner face of a cylinder bore made of an aluminum alloy in an internal combustion engine and which can retain excellent sealing properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2008
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Applicant: NIPPON PISTON RING CO., LTD
    Inventors: Yoshiki Ishikawa, Seisuke Takaki, Motonobu Onoda
  • Patent number: 7780908
    Abstract: An austenitic stainless steel includes (a) 0.03 wt % to 0.12 wt % of C, (b) 0.2 wt % to 1.0 wt % of Si, (c) 8.55 wt % to 10.12 wt % of Mn, (d) 14.0 wt % to 16.0 wt % of Cr, (e) 4.05 wt % to 4.31 wt % of Ni, (f) 0.04 wt % to 0.07 wt % of N, (g) 1.0 wt % to 3.5 wt % of Cu, (h) trace amount of Mo, and the balance being Fe and incidental impurities. The austenitic stainless steel has a ?-ferrite content less than 8.5 and equal to 6.77[(d)+(h)+1.5(b)]?4.85[(e)+30(a)+30(f)+0.5(c)+0.3(g)]?52.75.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignee: Yieh United Steel Corp.
    Inventors: Meng-Hsin Hsieh, Yi-Cheng Wu, Pei-Te Huang, Hao-Shang Liu
  • Patent number: 7749431
    Abstract: A high-strength stainless steel, having good mechanical properties and corrosion resistance in a high-pressure hydrogen gas environment, is used as a container or other device for high-pressure hydrogen gas, and consists of, by mass %, C: not more than 0.04%, Si: not more than 1.0%, Mn: 7 to 30%, Cr: 15 to 22%, Ni: 5 to 20%, V: 0.001 to 1.0%, N: 0.20 to 0.50% and Al: not more than 0.10%, and the balance Fe and impurities. Among the impurities, P is not more than 0.030%, S is not more than 0.005%, and Ti, Zr and Hf are not more than 0.01% respectively, and the contents of Cr, Mn and N satisfy the relationship, 2.5Cr+3.4Mn?300N. The weld metal of the welded joint of the container or other device made of the said stainless steel satisfies the relationship, ?11?Nieq?1.1×Creq??8.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaaki Igarashi, Hiroyuki Semba, Mitsuo Miyahara, Kazuhiro Ogawa, Tomohiko Omura
  • Publication number: 20100140439
    Abstract: A mechanical structure is provided with a crystalline superelastic alloy that is characterized by an average grain size and that is characterized by a martensitic phase transformation resulting from a mechanical stress input greater than a characteristic first critical stress. A configuration of the superelastic alloy is provided with a geometric structural feature of the alloy that has an extent that is no greater than about 200 micrometers and that is no larger than the average grain size of the alloy. This geometric feature is configured to accept a mechanical stress input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2009
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Christopher A. Schuh, Jose M. San Juan, Ying Chen
  • Patent number: 7708841
    Abstract: An austenitic, substantially ferrite-free steel alloy and a process for producing components therefrom. This Abstract is not intended to define the invention disclosed in the specification, nor intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignees: Boehler Edelstahl GmbH & Co KG, Schoeller-Bleckmann Oilfield Technology GmbH
    Inventors: Gabriele Saller, Herbert Aigner, Josef Bernauer, Raimund Huber
  • Publication number: 20090010793
    Abstract: A method for producing cold-formable, high-strength steel strips or sheets with TWIP properties, wherein in successive working steps are carried out without interruption, uses a molten material of the following composition (mass %): C: 0.003-1.50%, Mn: 18.00-30.00%, Ni: ?10.00%, Si: ?8.00%, Al: ?10.00%, Cr: ?10.00%, N: ?0.60%, Cu: ?3.00%, P: ?0.40%, S: ?0.15%, selectively one or more components from the Se, Te, V, Ti, Nb, B, REM, Mo, W, Co, Ca and Mg group provided that the total content of Se, Te is ?0.25%, the total content of V, Ti, Nb, B, REM is ?4.00%, the total content of Mo, W, Co is ?1.50% and the total content of Ca, Mg is ?0.50%, the rest being iron and melting conditioned impurities, wherein the content of Sn, Sb, Zr, Ta and As, whose total content is equal to or less than 0.30% is included in said impurities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2004
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Applicant: THYSSENKRUPP STEEL AG
    Inventors: Jens-Ulrik Becker, Harald Hofmann, Manfred Menne, Jochen Wans
  • Publication number: 20080240969
    Abstract: A hot rolled steel sheet used for a bumper reinforceing material or for an impact absorption material in a door of automobiles, and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. The steel sheet comprises, by weight%, C: 0.2%˜1%, Mn: 8˜15%, S: 0.05% or less, P: 0.03% or less, and the balance of Fe and other unavoidable impurities. A product of tensile strength and total elongation (TS×ToLEl) of the steel sheet is 24,000 MPa % or more. The method provides a high strength hot rolled steel sheet, which has a high strength-elongation balance value, ensuring excellent workability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2006
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Applicant: POSCO
    Inventors: Sung-Kyu Kim, Kwang-Geun Chin, Seong-Ju Kim
  • Patent number: 6908589
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide high manganese cast iron containing spheroidal vanadium carbide and method for making which is nonmagnetic as well as superior mechanical properties such as wear-resistance and toughness, and further does not require a water toughing heat treatment which has been needed when nonmagnetic high manganese steel (high manganese cast steel) is obtained by crystallized spheroidal vanadium in austenite matrix, and the high manganese cast iron containing spheroidal vanadium carbide is comprised of C 1.5˜4.0 weight %, V 6˜15 weight %, Si 0.2˜4.0 weight %, Mn 10˜18 weight %, Mg 0.01˜0.1 weight %, remaining iron (Fe) and inevitable impurities, spheroidal vanadium carbide is crystallized within a structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2005
    Assignees: Osaka Prefecture, Kabushiki Kaisha Sankyogokin Chuzoasho, Okamoto Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tadashi Kitudo, Mamoru Takemura, Mituaki Matumuro, Hideto Matumoto, Takao Horie, Kazumichi Shimizu
  • Patent number: 6824672
    Abstract: An austenitic stainless steel with a composition comprising: at most 0.15% of C; 2% to 10% of Mn; at most 2% of Ni; at most 4% of Cu; 0.1% to 0.4% of N; 10% to 20% of Cr; at most 1% of Si; at most 3% of Mo; and at most 0.7% of Ti; is used to manufacture equipment, for example furnaces, reactors or ducts, or elements of this equipment, or to coat the internal walls of this equipment, said equipment being used to implement petrochemical processes conducted at temperatures of 350° C. to 1100° C. and in which coke can be formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2004
    Assignees: Institute Francais du Petrole, USINOR
    Inventors: Philippe Lecour, Xavier Longaygue, François Ropital, Laurent Antoni
  • Patent number: 6620377
    Abstract: Disclosed is a high hardness stainless steel suitable as the material for screws used in fastening parts of magnetic memory devices such as hard disk drives. The stainless steel consists essentially of, by weight %, C: 0.03-0.15%, Si: 0.1-1.2%, Mn: 11.0-19.0%, P: up to 0.06%, S: up to 0.03%, Ni: 2.0-7.0%, Cr: 16.5-19.0%, N: 0.20-0.45% and the balance of Fe and inevitable impurities. This stainless steel exhibits improved hardness and anti-seizure property better than those of conventionally used SUS XM7. The steel may further contain at least one member of Al: up to 0.05%, Mg: 0.001-0.05%, Ca: 0.001-0.05%, V: 0.03-0.30% and Nb: 0.03-0.30%; and one or both of Cu: 1.0-4.0% and Mo: 0.5-5.0%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2003
    Inventor: Hideyuki Ohma
  • Patent number: 6361740
    Abstract: A high-damping, corrosion resistant and substantially non-magnetic material having high damping properties has been developed for use in dynamic applications, specifically, a disk drive suspension arm and load beam. A disk drive assembly includes a disk having a readable and writeable surface, a motor operable for rotating the disk, and an actuator assembly that includes a transducer mounted on a load beam. The actuator assembly is operable for positioning the transducer in transducing relationship with the surface of the disk. When the disk spins, shear forces create turbulence in the fluidic medium adjacent to the surface of the disk. The turbulence exerts unbalanced and variable forces on the load beam, inducing vibrational motion therein. If the vibrational energy stored in the load beam is not quickly damped, the surface of the disk, load beam or transducer can be damaged. The present invention discloses alloy compositions of the form (14-21)Mn, (10-13)Cr, (0-6)Si, (4-10)Ni, (0-6)Co, and (0-0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2002
    Assignee: Intri-Plex Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Mehrooz Zamanzadeh, Ronald Noebe
  • Publication number: 20020006349
    Abstract: Disclosed is a high hardness stainless steel suitable as the material for screws used in fastening parts of magnetic memory devices such as hard disk drives. The stainless steel consists essentially of, by weight %, C: 0.03-0.15%, Si: 0.1-1.2%, Mn: 11.0-19.0%, P: up to 0.06%, S: up to 0.03%, Ni: 2.0-7.0%, Cr: 16.5-19.0%, N: 0.20-0.45% and the balance of Fe and inevitable impurities. This stainless steel exhibits improved hardness and anti-seizure property better than those of conventionally used SUS XM7. The steel may further contain at least one member of Al: up to 0.05%, Mg: 0.001-0.05%, Ca: 0.001-0.05%, V: 0.03-0.30% and Nb: 0.03-0.30%; and one or both of Cu: 1.0-4.0% and Mo: 0.5-5.0%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2001
    Publication date: January 17, 2002
    Inventor: Hideyuki Ohma
  • Patent number: 5968449
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an iron base Si--Mn alloy or an iron base Si--Mn--Ni alloy which can be easily crushed and can be manufactured in large quantity, and alloy powder thereof.An iron base Si--Mn--Ni alloy having good crushability and alloy powder thereof, comprising:C: 0.40 to 1.20% by weight,Si: 5.0 to 12.0% by weight,Mn: 19.0 to 42.0 % by weight, or Ni: not more than 30% by weight, and the balance being Fe, with the following equations satisfied: Si.gtoreq.11.89-2.92 C-0.077 Mn, Vickers hardness (Hv).gtoreq.550, and area ratio of dendrite structure .ltoreq.50%.An iron base Si--Mn--Ni alloy having good crushability and alloy powder thereof, comprising:C: 0.40 to 1.20% by weight,Si: 5.0 to 12.0% by weight,Mn: 19.0 to 42.0% by weight, or Ni: not more than 30% by weight, and the balance being Fe, with the following equations satisfied: Si.ltoreq.8.3 C+0.14 Mn, and relative permeability (.mu.).ltoreq.1.10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1999
    Assignees: Nippon Steel Welding Products & Engineering Co., Ltd., Japan Metals & Chemicals Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koichi Aoki, Atsuo Onoda, Masao Kamada, Hitoshi Nishimura, Kuniteru Suzuki, Shunji Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 5910285
    Abstract: The invention relates to an Al--Mn--Si--N stainless acid-resisting steel substantially free of both Cr and Ni elements, which comprises the following elements: 0.06-0.12 C, 4-5 Al, 16-18 Mn, 1.2-1.5 Si, 0.15-0.30 N, 0.1-0.2 Re and the balance Fe. The corrosion resistance and mechanical properties of the steel can be further improved by adding a small amount of element(s) selected from the group consisting of Cr, Ni, Co, Ti, Nb, Cu, Mo, Zr, Hf, W and the like. The stainless steel has good corrosion resistance, pressure processing characteristics and welding performance, which can be made into a variety of stainless steel product and can be used in a broad field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 8, 1999
    Inventor: Xuesheng Zhao
  • Patent number: 5643530
    Abstract: The invention intends to develop a functional material provided with sufficient non-magnetism, strength and ductility. The material is a non-magnetic high manganese cast product composed of 0.2 to 0.03% C, not more than 1.0%. Si, 10 to 20% Mn, not more than 0.1% P, not more than 0.05% S, 15.0 to 20.0% Cr, 2.5 to 6.0% Ni and not more than 0.20% N, and is used in a state of as cast. In this non-magnetic high manganese cast product, a magnetic permeability in the state as cast is not more than 1.05, and the non-magnetic high manganese steel has mechanical properties such that a tensile strength is not less than 620N/mm.sup.2, a proof strength is not less than 250N/mm.sup.2, an elongation is not less than 40%, and a reduction of area is not less than 30%. The material is preferably applied to a complicated or large-sized product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 1, 1997
    Assignee: Kurimoto, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Shingu, Yasushi Ueda
  • Patent number: 5529604
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a modified stainless steel powder composition from which moldings can be formed. The modified stainless steel powder composition comprises from about 1% to about 3% by weight of tin, from about 0.5% to about 1.5% by weight of an additive consisting essentially of from about 2% to about 30% by weight tin and the balance consisting essentially of at least one element selected from copper and nickel, and the balance essentially a stainless steel powder. A process for forming the modified stainless steel powder composition is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 25, 1996
    Assignee: AMETEK, Specialty Metal Products Division
    Inventor: John H. Reinshagen
  • Patent number: 5422071
    Abstract: The invention provides a welding material useful for welding cast iron, the welding material forms a weld deposit containing, as measured in the undiluted condition, by weight percent, about 30-50% nickel, about 8-20% manganese, about 0 to 0.6% carbon, about 1 to 8% of at least one carbide selected from the group consisting of chromium carbide, niobium carbide, tantalum carbide, titanium carbide or vanadium carbide and balance iron and incidental impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 6, 1995
    Assignee: Inco Alloys International, Inc.
    Inventor: Samuel D. Kiser
  • Patent number: 5380483
    Abstract: A vibration-damping alloy having excellent vibration-damping properties, high strength, and excellent workability and weldability has the composition defined by a triangle formed by connecting points A (89% by weight of M, 0.2% by weight of Ni, and 10.8% by weight of Mn), B (75% by weight of M, 15% by weight of Ni, and 10% by weight of Mn), and C (75% by weight of M, 0.2% by weight of Ni, and 24.8% by weight of Mn) in a triangular diagram showing the proportions of M, Ni and Mn in FIG. 1. M consists of Fe and Si, Fe and P, Fe and Al, Fe, Nb and C, Fe and Cu, Fe, Mo and C, or Fe, Ti and C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 10, 1995
    Assignee: Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Watanabe, Kenzo Miura, Toshinobu Okaku, Hitoshi Okamoto, Youichi Sugiyama
  • Patent number: 5348701
    Abstract: It is an object to provide a vibration-damping alloy which has a high power of damping vibration and can be used to make components of a structure, machine, etc. and reduce effectively any vibration thereof and the noise thereby produced.The vibration-damping alloy of this invention contains those proportions of Al and Si which fall within the range defined by a series of points in any of FIGS. 1 to 6, and less than 0.1 wt. % Mn, the balance of its composition being Fe and unavoidable impurities. It preferably contains more than 0.5 wt. % Si, while not containing more than 0.01 wt. % of any of C, N, O, P and S.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 1992
    Date of Patent: September 20, 1994
    Assignee: NKK Corporation
    Inventors: Takayuki Ohdake, Toshimichi Ohmori, Toshihiro Takamura, Takemi Yamada, Tetsuya Sampei
  • Patent number: 5252148
    Abstract: A soft magnetic alloy having a composition of general formula:(Fe.sub.1-a Ni.sub.a).sub.100-x-y-z-p-q Cu.sub.x Si.sub.y B.sub.z Cr.sub.p M.sup.1.sub.q (I)wherein M.sup.1 is V or Mn or a mixture of V and Mn, 0.ltoreq.a.ltoreq.0.5, 0.1.ltoreq.x.ltoreq.5, 6.ltoreq.y.ltoreq.20, 6.ltoreq.z.ltoreq.20, 15.ltoreq.y+z.ltoreq.30, 0.5.ltoreq.p.ltoreq.10, and 0.5.ltoreq.q.ltoreq.10 and possessing a fine crystalline phase is suitable as a core, especially a wound core and a compressed powder core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 1992
    Date of Patent: October 12, 1993
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Masao Shigeta, Asako Kajita, Ippo Hirai, Tsutomu Choh
  • Patent number: 5069871
    Abstract: A method of producing a crusher wear part and the like subject to gouging abrasion type metal loss wherein the part is made of a modified austenitic (Hadfields) manganese steel having an Aluminum/Carbon ratio of 1.0 to 1.7, the casting being heat treated by heating to 2000.degree.-2050.degree. F. followed by a water quench to provide gouging abrasion resistance at least about 10% higher than that of Hadfields.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 3, 1991
    Assignee: ESCO Corporation
    Inventor: William E. Fuller
  • Patent number: 4957700
    Abstract: A high strength non-magnetic stainless steel comprising by weight ratio, less than 0.20 % C, less than 1.00 % Si, 14-16 % Mn, less than 0.005 % S, 0.2-1.0 % Ni, 15-19 % Cr, 0.30-0.40 % N, and Fe and other impurity elements, of which C+N constitutes 0.40-0.55 % and the Mn equivalent equals 30-33. The stainless steel has a hardness more than Hv 500, a magnetic permeability less than 1.01 after drawing, the steel may be suitably used as the steel for the micro shafts of video tape recorders and electromagnetic valves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 1989
    Date of Patent: September 18, 1990
    Assignee: Aichi Steel Works, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Honkura, Toru Matsuo, Kouji Murata
  • Patent number: 4929289
    Abstract: An iron-based shape-memory alloy excellent in a shape-memory property and a corrosion resistance, consisting essentially of:______________________________________ chromium: from 0.1 to 5.0 wt. %, silicon: from 2.0 to 8.0 wt. %, manganese: from 1.0 to 14.8 wt. %, at least one element selected from the group consisting of: nickel: from 0.1 to 20.0 wt. %, cobalt: from 0.1 to 30.0 wt. %, copper: from 0.1 to 3.0 wt. %, and nitrogen: from 0.001 to 0.400 wt. %, where, Ni + 0.5 Mn + 0.4 Co + 0.06 Cu + 0.002 N .gtoreq. 0.67 (Cr + 1.2 Si), and the balance being iron and incidental impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 1989
    Date of Patent: May 29, 1990
    Assignee: NKK Corporation
    Inventors: Yutaka Moriya, Tetsuya Sanpei, Hisatoshi Tagawa
  • Patent number: 4875933
    Abstract: This invention describes the melting of Fe-Mn-Al Alloys and includes production methods such as non-continuous casting, continuous casting, hot forging, hot rolling, cold rolling, surface finishing, and heat treating. Products produced using one or more of the above said methods include case ingot, billet, bloom, slab, cast piece, hot-rolled plate, hot-rolled coil, bar, rod, cold-rolled strip and sheet, and hot-forged piece. The said alloys consist principally of by weight 10 to 35 percent Mn, 4 to 12 percent Al, 0 to 12 percent Cr, 0.01 to 1.4 percent C, 0.3-1.5 Mo, 0.1-1% S, a small amount of Cu, Nb, V, CO, Ti, B, N, Zr, Hf, Ta, Sc, W, and Ni, and the balanced Fe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 1988
    Date of Patent: October 24, 1989
    Assignee: Famcy Steel Corporation
    Inventor: Chi-Meen Wan
  • Patent number: 4865662
    Abstract: An austenitic stainless steel alloy has a composition of about 6 to about 13 percent aluminum, about 7 to about 34 percent manganese, about 0.2 to about 2.4 percent carbon, 0.4 to about 1.3 percent silicon, about 0 to about 6 percent chromium, about 0.5 to about 6 percent nickel, and the balance essentially iron. The relative quantities of the foregoing elements are selected from these ranges to produce a volume percent of ferrite structure in the alloy in the range of about 1 percent to about 8 percent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 1988
    Date of Patent: September 12, 1989
    Assignee: Ipsco Inc.
    Inventors: James M. Zimmer, William D. Bailey
  • Patent number: 4788034
    Abstract: A martensite steel, especially for plastic molds, of the following compositions:0.001 to 0.1% carbon0.50 to 2.0% silicon8.0 to 14.0% manganese0.3 to 5.0% titanium0.001 to 1.0% aluminum0 to 2.0% chromium0 to 3.0% molybdenum0 to 4.0% nickel0 to 4.0% tungsten0 to 5.0% cobaltremainder iron, including impurities caused by manufacture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 1987
    Date of Patent: November 29, 1988
    Assignee: Thyssen Edelstahlwerke AG
    Inventors: Helmut Brandis, Paul Gumpel
  • Patent number: 4721600
    Abstract: A superplastic hot working method for a duplex-phase, nitrogen-containing ferrous alloy and stainless steel, and a superplastic duplex-phase ferrous alloy are disclosed. The ferrous alloy comprises: at least one of Si and Mn in an amount of not less than 0.5% and not less than 1.7%, respectively; and N: at least 0.01% in solid solution, wherein Si eq and Mn eq which are defined as:Si eq=Si+(2/3)(Cr+Mo), and Mn eq=Mn+2 Ni+60 C+50 N,satisfy the formula:(5/6)(Si eq)-15/2.ltoreq.Mn eq.ltoreq.(11/5)(Si eq)-77/5,and its superplastic hot working is carried out by deforming the alloy heated to 700.degree.-1200.degree. C. at a strain rate of 1.times.10.sup.-6 S.sup.-1 to 1.times.10.sup.0 S.sup.-1. In another aspect, superplastic hot working of a duplex-phase stainless steel comprising Cr: 10.0-35.0%, Ni: 2.0-18.0%, Mo: 0-6.0%, and N: 0.005-0.3% and having the values of Si eq and Mn eq as above is carried out by deforming the steel at a strain rate of from 1.times.10.sup.-6 S.sup.-1 to 1.times.10.sup.1 S.sup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 1986
    Date of Patent: January 26, 1988
    Assignee: Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Maehara, Yoshio Tarutani
  • Patent number: 4637843
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the core of a noise filter.Conventionally, ferrite or iron powder is used as the core of a noise filter. Some patent publications disclose the core of a noise filter made of an amorphous magnetic alloy.An amorphous magnetic alloy which as a low pulse-noise resistance deterioration percentage is that on or within the curve X and Y of FIG. 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 1985
    Date of Patent: January 20, 1987
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Suguru Takayama, Masao Shigeta
  • Patent number: 4634476
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a high-strength, low-alloy, cast bainitic steel which has excellent weldability and ductility, and which maintains its toughness at low temperatures. The steel achieves these properties by having vanadium and a high nitrogen concentration while minimizing elements which decrease toughness, such as titanium. The analysis of the steel, by weight, is substantially as follows: by weight, substantially as follows:0.07 to 0.12% carbon,0.20 to 0.60% silicon,0.90 to 1.20% manganese,0.30 to 0.50% molybdenum,0.05 to 0.10% vanadium,0.009 to 0.015% nitrogen,0.010 max. sulphur,0.30% max. chromium,0.30% max. nickel,0.01% max. titanium,0.35% max. copper,0.07% max. aluminum, and0.015% max. phosphorus,the remainder being essentially iron with incidental impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 1985
    Date of Patent: January 6, 1987
    Assignee: Paccar Inc
    Inventor: Benjamin J. Bergson
  • Patent number: 4622067
    Abstract: Low activation ferritic alloys, specifically bainitic and martensitic stainless steels, are described for use in the production of structural components for nuclear fusion reactors. They are designed specifically to achieve low activation characteristics suitable for efficient waste disposal. The alloys essentially exclude molybdenum, nickel, nitrogen and niobium. Strength is achieved by substituting vanadium, tungsten, and/or tantalum in place of the usual molybdenum content in such alloys.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 1985
    Date of Patent: November 11, 1986
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy
    Inventors: David S. Gelles, Nasr M. Ghoniem, Roger W. Powell