Patents Assigned to Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho
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Publication number: 20240294365Abstract: A slewing control device includes an attachment information acquisition unit, an angular velocity setting unit and a slewing control unit. The attachment information acquisition unit acquires attachment information for setting the maximum slewing angular velocity based on the transverse load acting on an attachment. The angular velocity setting unit sets the maximum slewing angular velocity of an upper slewing body based on the attachment information. The slewing control unit controls a slewing drive unit such that the slewing angular velocity of the upper slewing body does not exceed the maximum slewing angular velocity set by the angular velocity setting unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2022Publication date: September 5, 2024Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (Kobe Steel, Ltd.), KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.Inventors: Naoki SUGANO, Yasuo ICHIKAWA, Hitoshi KUROTSU, Takuya WATANABE, Kazufumi KUDARA
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Publication number: 20240287654Abstract: An aluminum alloy extruded material having a composition containing Zn: 3.0 to 6.0% by mass, Mg: 0.4 to 1.4% by mass, Fe: 0.05 to 0.2% by mass, Cu: 0.05 to 0.4% by mass, Ti: 0.005 to 0.2% by mass, Zr: 0.1 to 0.3% by mass, and Cr: 0.050 to 0.160% by mass, the balance being Al and inevitable impurities. A conductivity is 40.1 to 44.3% IACS.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2022Publication date: August 29, 2024Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)Inventors: Kentaro IHARA, Hiroaki FUKUDA, Takahiro SHIKAMA, Shinji YOSHIHARA
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Publication number: 20240279816Abstract: A silver-containing film including a silver-containing layer containing silver in an amount of 50 mass % or more, and particles made of a non-conductive organic compound and being in contact with the silver-containing layer, wherein a carbon-containing reactive layer can be formed on the silver-containing layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2022Publication date: August 22, 2024Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)Inventors: Sho KATSURA, Shintaro YAMAMOTO, Hirotaka ITO, Takayuki KOYAMA, Masahiro TSURU
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Publication number: 20240278346Abstract: An additive manufacturing support device includes a building condition acquisition unit configured to acquire information on a shape model of an object and a load condition applied to the object; a stress analysis unit configured to determine a maximum principal stress direction generated in each portion of the object, by stress analysis based on the acquired shape model and load condition; and a trajectory determination unit configured to determine a forming direction of a weld bead on the basis of the maximum principal stress direction and the load condition.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2022Publication date: August 22, 2024Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (KOBE STEEL, LTD.)Inventors: Takahiro SHINOZAKI, Akimine HATSUDA
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Publication number: 20240269727Abstract: A first member provided with a hole, a second member having a tubular shape, and a composite elastic body obtained by combining at least two types of elastic bodies having different hardness are prepared, the second member is inserted into the hole of the first member, the composite elastic body is inserted into the second member, and the composite elastic body is pressed to cause the second member to bulge out, thereby joining the first member and the second member by press-fitting.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2022Publication date: August 15, 2024Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (KOBE STEEL, LTD.)Inventors: Koichiro SHINNO, Yasuhiro MAEDA
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Publication number: 20240261906Abstract: A fault-monitoring device includes: a shape profile acquisition unit that acquires a shape profile of the existing weld bead; a feature amount extraction unit that extracts a feature amount of a concave shape formed by the plurality of existing weld beads included in the shape profile; a fault position identification unit that identifies a fault candidate location where the welding fault is expected to occur according to the extracted feature amount; and a control unit that causes the shape profile acquisition unit to update the shape profile when the welding device newly forms the weld bead and repeatedly executes the extraction of the feature amount by the feature amount extraction unit and the identification of the fault candidate location by the fault position identification unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2022Publication date: August 8, 2024Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (KOBE STEEL, LTD.)Inventors: Yasuto KATAOKA, Akinori YOSHIKAWA, Shinji SATO, Shuo HUANG, Eiichi TAMURA, Shota TSUBAKI
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Publication number: 20240255208Abstract: A temperature control structure for a transport container includes: a temperature control compartment provided in a truck; a transport container that is loaded into the temperature control compartment, and has a box shape capable of accommodating an object, in which at least a part of a wall constituting the box shape is a heat conduction portion made of metal; and a heat exchanger of a solid-state heat transfer type that is disposed in contact with the heat conduction portion and controls a temperature of the object via the heat conduction portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2022Publication date: August 1, 2024Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (KOBE STEEL, LTD.)Inventor: Akio SUGIMOTO
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Publication number: 20240238889Abstract: A multi-pass welding method is provided for minimizing bead sagging and forming a welded joint having a good weld metal surface, even during multi-pass welding in a horizontal orientation, and a multi-pass butt welded joint and a lamination pattern calculation method for a multi-pass weld formed by the method. The weld metal has a plurality of layers from the rear surface of a base material to the front surface thereof. The plurality of layers include a finishing layer having at least two layers including an end layer; and a ground layer for forming the finishing layer. A boundary layer, which is the layer of the ground layer adjacent to the finishing layer, is formed such that the position of an upper plate-side weld is closer to the front surface of the base material than the position of a lower plate-side weld.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2022Publication date: July 18, 2024Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)Inventor: Takashi YASHIMA
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Publication number: 20240240866Abstract: A microchannel heat exchanger is a heat exchanger for cooling hydrogen gas with a cooling medium, and includes a cooling side layer formed with a plurality of medium flow paths for flowing the cooling medium, and a high temperature side layer formed with a plurality of hydrogen flow paths for flowing the hydrogen gas and a first introduction port for flowing the hydrogen gas into the plurality of hydrogen flow paths. The first introduction port has a circular shape or an elliptical shape. An inflow end of each of the plurality of hydrogen flow paths is connected to a peripheral surface of the first introduction port. The hydrogen flow path extends from the first introduction port to the first lead out port without branching.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2023Publication date: July 18, 2024Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (KOBE STEEL, LTD.)Inventors: Yasutake MIWA, Yutaka YAGI, Tatsuo NISHIHARA, Kenichiro MITSUHASHI
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Publication number: 20240240298Abstract: A high-strength hot-dip galvannealed steel sheet may include a plating layer on a surface of a base steel sheet. The base steel sheet may satisfy a predetermined chemical composition, in a metallographic structure of the base steel sheet, wherein a volume ratio of martensite (including tempered martensite and self-tempered martensite) is 82 vol % or more, a volume ratio of ferrite, pearlite and bainite is 13 vol % or less in total, and volume ratio of retained austenite is 5 vol % or less, in an image obtained by observing the metallographic structure of the base steel sheet with a scanning electron microscope, the number of laths at a total length of 300 ?m, the number being measured by an intercept method is 200 or more, a yield strength is 970 MPa or more, and a tensile strength is 1,470 MPa or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2022Publication date: July 18, 2024Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)Inventors: Sae HAMAMOTO, Haruka ARAKI, Michitaka TSUNEZAWA
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Publication number: 20240240274Abstract: A method for producing pig iron using a blast furnace comprising a tuyere, the method including: charging a first layer containing an iron ore material and a second layer containing coke alternately in the blast furnace; and reducing and melting the iron ore material in the stacked first layer while injecting an auxiliary reductant into the blast furnace by hot air blown from the tuyere, in which: the iron ore material contains a plurality of reduced iron molded products obtained by compression molding reduced iron; the reduced iron molded product is in a rectangular shape chamfered in a plan view, having on both faces a bulge resulting from a center portion being thicker than a peripheral portion; and a length ratio of a longer side to a shorter side of the reduced iron molded product in the plan view is less than or equal to 1.5.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2021Publication date: July 18, 2024Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)Inventors: Akito KASAI, Masahiro YAKEYA, Koji OSUGA
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SUCTION APPARATUS, SUCTION METHOD, WELDING SYSTEM, WELDING METHOD, AND ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING METHOD
Publication number: 20240227055Abstract: A suction apparatus is provided with: a first path connecting an inlet and a drive opening of an ejector; a second path connecting a suction/ejection opening and an intake opening of the ejector; and a third path connecting the inlet and the suction/ejection opening. When the second path is connected by a path switching unit, a gas or an aerosol is suctioned via the suction/ejection opening by means of the first path and the second path. When the third path is connected by the path switching unit, a compressed gas is ejected via the suction/ejection opening by means of the third path.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2022Publication date: July 11, 2024Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)Inventor: Naoki MUKAI -
Publication number: 20240229211Abstract: A method for manufacturing a hot-dip galvanized steel sheet having a high Si content and good plating adhesion. The method for manufacturing a hot-dip galvanized steel sheet includes the following: hot-rolling a steel raw material having a Si content of 1.0 mass % or more and coiling a steel sheet at 500° C. to 700° C.; subjecting a surface of the steel sheet after the coiling to an oxidation treatment at a heating temperature of a steel sheet temperature of 750° C. or lower, and subsequently subjecting the surface to a reduction treatment; and subjecting the steel sheet after the reduction treatment to a hot-dip galvanizing treatment to form a Zn-plated layer on a surface of the steel sheet.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2022Publication date: July 11, 2024Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)Inventors: Akira KAWAKAMI, Hiroo SHIGE, Hiroshi IRIE, Takayuki MAEDA, Hang YU
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Publication number: 20240227051Abstract: A deposition planning method for an additively manufactured object includes: acquiring shape data; determining a welding path of each layer by slicing a three-dimensional shape of the additively manufactured object into layers; classifying a plurality of welding paths into intersection region paths and constant region paths; dividing the intersection region paths into a lower layer path and an upper layer path of an intersection portion; and determining welding conditions of the intersection region paths such that an upper layer deposit amount is more than a lower layer deposit amount, a sum of the upper layer deposit amount and the lower layer deposit amount is equal to a deposit amount in the constant region paths, and in a cross-section orthogonal to a longitudinal direction of the weld beads formed along the upper layer path, profiles of the weld beads adjacent to each other overlap each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2022Publication date: July 11, 2024Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (KOBE STEEL, LTD.)Inventor: Shuo HUANG
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Publication number: 20240217589Abstract: A vehicle structural member 1 includes a tube body having an expanded tube portion that is partially expanded, and a wall surface body having a first wall provided with a first through-hole, a second wall provided with a second through-hole, and a connecting wall connecting the first wall and the second wall. The tube body is inserted through the first through-hole and the second through-hole, and is joined to the wall surface body by being pressure welded to the first through-hole and the second through-hole. The expanded tube portion is provided only between the first wall and the second wall.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2021Publication date: July 4, 2024Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (KOBE STEEL, LTD.)Inventor: Yoshimune MORI
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Publication number: 20240217017Abstract: A welding device including a welding torch; a movable portion; a measurement unit that is provided in the movable portion and is capable of measuring a temperature of the one weld bead and/or the object to be welded in the vicinity of the one weld bead at a predetermined period; a cover portion capable of covering the measurement unit at least; and a driving unit configured to drive a support member supporting the cover portion to move the support member in a predetermined direction to bring the cover portion into a state of covering the measurement unit when the weld bead is formed, and drive the support member to move the support member in a direction opposite to the predetermined direction to bring the cover portion into a state of exposing the measurement unit in the predetermined period.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2022Publication date: July 4, 2024Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)Inventors: Yasuharu SAKURAI, Yoshiya TAKEMURA, Shigeto TAKADA, Atsushi FUKUNAGA, Taisei FUJIMOTO
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Publication number: 20240216967Abstract: A method for manufacturing a steel sheet for cold rolling, including hot-rolling a slab so that an outlet temperature of a finishing rolling mill is 800° C. or higher and 940° C. or lower, cooling at least a portion of the hot-rolled steel sheet, at a water volume density of 100 L/min/m2 or more for 0.1 seconds or more, within 3.0 seconds after passing through a final stand of the finishing rolling mill and being sent out on a run-out table, and coiling, at a coiling temperature of 550° C. or higher, the cooled hot-rolled steel sheet.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2022Publication date: July 4, 2024Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)Inventors: Toma KITAGAWA, Toshio MURAKAMI, Takashi TERAOKA, Takuma YONEDA, Shun HARADA, Keita NAKAYAMA, Katsuma ISHITOBI, Masanori KOBAYASHI, Koki FUKUSHIMA
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Publication number: 20240207966Abstract: A welding system includes: a welding robot having a movable portion that can move integrally with a welding torch; a control device that controls movement of the welding robot; and a temperature sensor that is attached to the movable portion and measures an interpass temperature of an object to be welded present on a measurement axis in a noncontact manner. A central axis of the welding torch and the measurement axis of the temperature sensor are in a relation of three-dimensionally intersecting in a space, and a position where the central axis and the measurement axis three-dimensionally intersect is ahead of a tip end of the welding torch on the central axis of the welding torch. The control device controls movement of the welding torch such that the measurement axis is positioned at a measurement position of the temperature calculated in advance.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2022Publication date: June 27, 2024Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)Inventors: Yoshiya TAKEMURA, Shigeto TAKADA, Atsushi FUKUNAGA, Yasuharu SAKURAI
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Publication number: 20240210278Abstract: A rolling bearing abnormality detection device of the present invention detects a vibration generated in a rolling bearing as vibration data, obtains a frequency spectrum thereof, identifies a frequency indicating a peak as a peak frequency from the frequency spectrum within a predetermined frequency range including a theoretical frequency that brings about a peak on the frequency spectrum during occurrence of an abnormality, sets the peak frequency as a monitoring peak frequency of a monitoring target in a case where the peak frequency changes with time, and determines whether an abnormality is present, based on a peak value of a peak corresponding to the monitoring peak frequency.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2022Publication date: June 27, 2024Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (KOBE STEEL, LTD.)Inventors: Keita KANAI, Toru OKADA, Kazuo YAMAGUCHI
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Publication number: 20240198270Abstract: A liquid separation constituent is used by covering a first element portion having a fiber layer for separating liquid from gas discharged from a compressor, and includes a second element portion, a holding portion, and a non-element portion. The second element portion is a tubular portion having a fiber layer that is disposed on the outer side in the radial direction so as to surround the first element portion when the second element portion covers the first element portion and further separates liquid from gas separated by the first element portion. The holding portion is a portion that holds the second element portion such that a gap is formed between the first element portion and the second element portion in the radial direction. The non-element portion is a portion configured to suppress liquid seeping out from a lower portion of the first element portion from scattering to the second element portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2023Publication date: June 20, 2024Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (KOBE STEEL, LTD.)Inventor: Yuya NAKAMOTO