Patents Assigned to Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho
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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: 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: 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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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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 20240198285Abstract: A liquid separation constituent is used with being attached to a top plate to and from which a first element portion is attachable and detachable, and includes a second element portion having a fiber layer, an annular first attachment portion to which an upper end portion of the second element portion is attached, and a second attachment portion to which a lower end portion of a second element portion is attached. The first element portion includes an abutting portion abutting on the top plate and an insertion portion inserted into a through hole of the top plate. The first attachment portion includes a hole portion into which the insertion portion of the first element portion removed from the top plate is insertable, and an annular abutting portion abutting on a lower surface of the top plate from which the first element portion is removed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2023Publication date: June 20, 2024Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (KOBE STEEL, LTD.)Inventor: Yuya NAKAMOTO
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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
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Publication number: 20240181549Abstract: An additively manufacturing method includes: measuring a filler metal feed speed at which the filler metal is fed to the welding torch during the formation of the weld bead; acquiring a reference welding speed that is a moving speed of the welding torch corresponding to the measured filler metal feed speed; measuring a height of the formed weld bead; acquiring a welding speed correction value with which the height of the weld bead to be formed is adjusted based on a difference between the measured height of the weld bead and a height of a tip of the filler metal that protrudes from the tip of the welding torch; correcting the reference welding speed with the welding speed correction value and determining a welding speed at which the weld bead is formed; and forming the weld bead at the determined welding speed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2022Publication date: June 6, 2024Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (KOBE STEEL, LTD.)Inventor: Akinori YOSHIKAWA
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Publication number: 20240182998Abstract: A method for manufacturing a steel sheet, including annealing a steel raw material having an Si content of 1.0 mass % or more and a Cr content of 1 mass % or less, under a condition satisfying: a following formula 1A if the Cr content of the steel raw material is 0.2 mass % or more and 0.6 mass % or less: 0.19 ? exp ? ( - 10770 T + 273 ) * t ? 0.75 Cr [ % ] + 0.48 Formula ? 1 ? A a following formula 1B if the Cr content of the steel raw material is less than 0.2 mass %: 0.19 ? exp ? ( - 10770 T + 273 ) * t ? 0.63 Formula ? 1 ? B or a following formula 1C if the Cr content of the steel raw material is more than 0.6 mass % and 1.0 mass % or less: 0.19 ? exp ? ( - 10770 T + 273 ) * t ? 0.93 Formula ? 1 ? C where in the formulas 1A, 1B, and 1C, T is 500° C. or higher and a soaking temperature (° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2022Publication date: June 6, 2024Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)Inventors: Shuya MAEKAWA, Shohei NAKAKUBO, Ryosuke OTOMO
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Publication number: 20240175112Abstract: A steel wire for machine structural parts, including respective predetermined contents of C, Si, Mn, P, S, Al, Cr, N, and iron, wherein when a total content of Cr and Mn (% by mass) in cementite in the metallurgical microstructure is expressed as {Cr+Mn}, a total content of Cr and Mn (% by mass) in steel is expressed as [Cr+Mn], and a C content (% by mass) of the steel is expressed as [C], a concentration ratio {Cr+Mn}/[Cr+Mn] is (0.5[C] +0.040) or more, and an average circular-equivalent diameter of all the cementite is (1.668-2.13[C]) ?m or more and (1.863-2.13[C]) ?m or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2022Publication date: May 30, 2024Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)Inventors: Yosuke MATSUMOTO, Kenshi IKEDA, Takuya KOCHI, Masayuki SAKATA, Tatsunori UCHIDA, Koji YAMASHITA, Yuta INOUE
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Publication number: 20240167117Abstract: A method for producing a hot-rolled steel sheet which enables predicting a temperature history of unevenness of the end face of a coil includes: measuring a surface temperature of hot-rolled strip-shaped steel; calculating a temperature history in a natural cooling state after coiling, assuming that the strip-shaped steel has been coiled without unevenness on an end face, based on the surface temperature measured in the measurement step; actually coiling the strip-shaped steel after the measurement step; scanning with a displacement meter, an end face of a coil formed in the coiling step, and deriving a size of the unevenness of the end face over a radius of the coil; and predicting a temperature history of the unevenness in a natural cooling state using: the temperature history calculated in the first calculation step; and the size of the unevenness derived in the derivation step.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2021Publication date: May 23, 2024Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)Inventors: Koki FUKUSHIMA, Yuta SANO, Masanori KOBAYASHI, Toma KITAGAWA, Toshio MURAKAMI, Takahiro OHARA, Masahiro INUI, Takeshi IIJIMA, Takashi TERAOKA, Takuma YONEDA, Kohei ODO, Shun HARADA
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Publication number: 20240167116Abstract: A steel wire for machine structural parts, may include Fe, inevitable impurities, and, by mass: 0.05 to 0.60% C; 0.005 to 0.50% Si; 0.30 to 1.20% Mn; more than 0 to 0.050% P; more than 0 to 0.050% S; 0.001 to 0.10% Al; more than 0 to 1.5% Cr; and more than 0 to 0.02% N. An area of cementite present at ferrite grain boundaries in an area of all cementite of the steel wire may be 32% or more. When a C content (% by mass) of a steel is expressed as [C], an average circular-equivalent diameter of all the cementite is (1.668-2.13 [C]) ?m or more and (1.863-2.13 [C]) ?m or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2022Publication date: May 23, 2024Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)Inventors: Yosuke MATSUMOTO, Kenshi IKEDA, Takuya KOCHI, Masayuki SAKATA, Tatsunori UCHIDA, Koji YAMASHITA, Yuta INOUE
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Publication number: 20240167111Abstract: A method for producing pig iron using a blast furnace containing a tuyere, including stacking a first layer including an iron ore material and a second layer including coke alternately in the blast furnace, charging the coke to a central portion of the blast furnace, and reducing and melting the iron ore material in the first layer while injecting an auxiliary reductant into the blast furnace by hot air blown from the tuyere. In the stacking, the charging of the coke is carried out once or a plurality of times during one charge of stacking a stacking unit composed of one of the first layer and one of the second layer, and a ratio R of a mass (ton/ch) of the coke accumulated in the central portion to a mass of the iron ore material charged in the one charge is greater than or equal to a predetermined value a.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2021Publication date: May 23, 2024Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)Inventors: Akito KASAI, Masahiro YAKEYA
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Publication number: 20240165733Abstract: A resistance welding method for joining together a first member and a second member with an element including a head portion and a shaft portion. The method includes: contacting the shaft portion with the first member to stack the element, the first member, and the second member in this order; sandwiching and pressurizing the element, the first member, and the second member with a pair of electrodes while pressurizing at least one of the element or the first member with an external pressurizing jig disposed around at least one electrode of the pair of electrodes that is closer to the element; and melting the first member by energization of the pair of electrodes while maintaining pressurization with the pair of electrodes and the external pressurizing jig so that the element penetrates the first member to weld the element and the second member together.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2022Publication date: May 23, 2024Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (KOBE STEEL, LTD.)Inventors: Kyohei MAEDA, Reiichi SUZUKI
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Publication number: 20240167109Abstract: A method for producing pig iron may use a blast furnace with a tuyere. Such a method may include: 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 charged first layer while injecting an auxiliary reductant into the blast furnace by hot air blown from the tuyere. An aggregate containing a reduced iron molded product obtained through compression molding of reduced iron may be blended into the first layer. The iron ore material may contain iron ore pellets as a principal material. An average basicity of the reduced iron molded product may be less than or equal to 0.5, and an average basicity of the iron ore pellets may be greater than or equal to 0.9.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2021Publication date: May 23, 2024Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)Inventors: Kazuya MIYAGAWA, Masahiro YAKEYA