Patents Assigned to Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho
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Publication number: 20220168835Abstract: A method for manufacturing a dissimilar metal joint product includes: spraying a metal powder capable of being joined to a steel material to at least a part of a surface of an aluminum or aluminum-alloy material at a low temperature and at a high speed to form a coating thereon; disposing the aluminum or aluminum-alloy material and the steel material such that the coating and the steel material face each other; and performing brazing using a brazing material or welding using a welding material between the coating and the steel material.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2020Publication date: June 2, 2022Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)Inventors: Reiichi SUZUKI, Kyohei MAEDA
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Publication number: 20220154709Abstract: A compressor includes: a cylinder main body; a valve block; a cylinder head; a first seal group composed of a plurality of seal parts; and a second seal group composed of a plurality of seal parts. The valve block includes a guide-out flow passage which opens between the seal parts composing the first seal group and opens between the seal parts composing the second seal group. The guide-out flow passage is linked to an outer pipe for conveying a leaked gas from a compression chamber to a predetermined place.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2021Publication date: May 19, 2022Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (KOBE STEEL, LTD.)Inventors: Tomohiro OTSUKA, Naofumi KANEI
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Publication number: 20220154313Abstract: A door beam of a motor vehicle includes a 7000 series aluminum alloy extruded material, the 7000 series aluminum alloy extruded material including Zn: 7.5 mass % to 9.0 mass %, Mg: 1.3 mass % to 2.0 mass %, Cu: 0.1 mass % to 0.7 mass %, Si: 0.15 mass % or less, Fe: 0.3 mass % or less, Ti: 0.005 mass % to 0.2 mass %, and at least one of Mn, Cr, and Zr: 0.1 mass % to 0.5 mass %, in which contents of Mn, Cr and Zr satisfy Mn: 0.3 mass % or less, Cr: 0.25 mass % or less, and Zr: 0.25 mass %, respectively, with the remainder being Al and impurities. A Fe-based crystallized product is contained, and an average Cu content of the Fe-based crystallized product is 5.0 mass % or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2020Publication date: May 19, 2022Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)Inventors: Takahiro SHIKAMA, Shinji YOSHIHARA, Misuzu YAMAMOTO, Yuki TANAKA, Ryo UNOKI, Takahiro OZAWA
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Publication number: 20220152726Abstract: This spot welding method for an aluminum material comprises: a processing step in which, in a plan view, a circular emboss expanded in a direction of superposition on a second aluminum plate side is formed at a position-to-be-welded of a first aluminum plate; an arrangement step in which positions-to-be-welded are superimposed while the expansion side of the emboss faces the second aluminum plate, and the positions-to-be-welded are arranged between a pair of electrodes; a pressing step in which the superimposed aluminum plates are pinched between the electrodes, and a central side excluding a peripheral edge of the emboss is pressed; and an electrification step of performing pressing and electrification. An electrode having a tip diameter larger than the diameter of a root part of the expansion part of the emboss is used.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2020Publication date: May 19, 2022Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)Inventors: Mai YOSHIZAWA, Tetsu IWASE
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Publication number: 20220134486Abstract: Provided is a covered electrode for high-Cr ferritic heat-resistant steels with which it is possible to obtain weld metal that has the toughness required for weld parts and has excellent high temperature strength. The covered electrode for high-Cr ferritic heat-resistant steels includes a steel core and a coating agent that coats the core. The covered electrode comprises C, Si, Mn, Ni, Cr, Mo, V, Co, B, Nb, W, N, and Fe each in a predetermined range in the total mass of the covered electrode, contains a slag forming agent, and has a total of the W content and the Co content of 2.8 mass % or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2020Publication date: May 5, 2022Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)Inventors: Hiromi OYAMADA, Hideaki TAKAUCHI, Yoshimasa MURANISHI, Shigenobu NAMBA, Takeo MIYAMURA
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Publication number: 20220134464Abstract: A weld line data generation device generates weld line data specifying a portion to be welded by a welding robot.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2020Publication date: May 5, 2022Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)Inventors: Youzhuo JIAO, Kenji SADAHIRO
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Publication number: 20220134489Abstract: A welding material may be suitable for high-Cr ferritic heat-resistant steels, and may suppress ?-ferrite occurrence, i.e., a soft structure, thereby improving the toughness, and enabling the achievement of a welded metal that has good cracking resistance and strength at high temperatures. Such welding materials for high-Cr ferritic heat-resistant steels may contain C, Si, Mn, S, Co, V, Nb, W, N, and O, respectively within specific ranges and limits Ni and P respectively to specific ranges, while containing from 8.0% by mass to 9.5% by mass (inclusive) of Cr and from 0.02% by mass to 0.20% by mass (inclusive) of Mo and additionally limiting Cu to less than 0.05% by mass, with the balance being made up of Fe and unavoidable impurities.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2020Publication date: May 5, 2022Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)Inventors: Yoshimasa MURANISHI, Hiromi OYAMADA, Hideaki TAKAUCHI, Takeo MIYAMURA, Shigenobu NAMBA
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Publication number: 20220126388Abstract: An additively manufactured object formed by depositing weld bead layers, each of the weld bead layers being obtained by melting and solidifying a filler metal made of a mild steel, the additively manufactured object includes a plurality of the weld bead layers having a ferrite phase with an average grain diameter of 11 ?m or less in a part except for a surface oxide film.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2022Publication date: April 28, 2022Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (KOBE STEEL, LTD)Inventors: Shinji Sato, Takeshi Yamada, Takemasa Yamasaki
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Publication number: 20220120263Abstract: A compression stage includes a cylinder, a piston, a first piston ring group, and a second piston ring group. The cylinder includes a first cooling channel through which a cooling fluid for absorbing heat generated between the cylinder and the first piston ring group flows, a second cooling channel through which a cooling fluid for absorbing heat generated between the cylinder and the second piston ring group flows, and an intermediate part disposed between the first cooling channel and the second cooling channel. A communication channel is connected to the intermediate part and a connection pipe, and guides a hydrogen gas leaking from a compression chamber through the first piston ring group to the intermediate part, to the outside of the cylinder.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2021Publication date: April 21, 2022Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (KOBE STEEL, LTD.)Inventors: Tomohiro OTSUKA, Naofumi KANEI
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Publication number: 20220119899Abstract: A blast furnace operation method according to one aspect of the present invention includes: a process of acquiring a correlation between a carbon consumption in reducing gas and a reduction Input?C in specific carbon consumption caused by blowing the reducing gas into the blast furnace per molar ratio C/H of carbon atoms to hydrogen atoms in the reducing gas; a process of determining a carbon consumption in the reducing gas where the reduction Input?C in specific carbon consumption is a predetermined target value or higher on the basis of the correlation acquired per C/H; and a process of adjusting the amount of the reducing gas blown into the blast furnace on the basis of the determined carbon consumption in the reducing gas and the carbon proportion in the reducing gas.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2020Publication date: April 21, 2022Applicants: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION, JFE Steel Corporation, Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.), NIPPON STEEL ENGINEERING CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroshi SAKAI, Koki NISHIOKA, Kaoru NAKANO
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Publication number: 20220120264Abstract: A cylinder in a compression stage is provided with a first cooling channel through which a cooling fluid for absorbing heat generated between the cylinder and a first piston ring group flows, a second cooling channel through which a cooling fluid for absorbing heat generated between the cylinder and a second piston ring group flows, and a through hole penetrating a side wall of the cylinder in an intermediate part between the first cooling channel and the second cooling channel A hydrogen gas leaking from a compression chamber to the intermediate part through between the cylinder and a piston and then guided to a leak line. The leak line includes a piping part and a volume expansion unit in which volume in a predetermined distance range is larger than volume of the piping part at the same distance range as the predetermined distance range.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2021Publication date: April 21, 2022Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (KOBE STEEL, LTD.)Inventors: Tomohiro OTSUKA, Naofumi KANEI
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Publication number: 20220111458Abstract: A method for joining a plated steel sheet includes forming a plurality of protrusions, overlapping a first steel sheet, and performing arc welding, by which first and second steel sheets, at least one of which is a plated steel sheet, are arc welded. In the forming, the plurality of protrusions that is substantially perpendicular to an edge portion of the first steel sheet and is positioned along the edge portion is formed in an overlapping surface of the first steel sheet. In the overlapping, the first and second steel sheets are overlapped such that the protrusions protrude in a direction toward an overlapping surface of the second steel sheet. In the performing the arc welding, an arc welding is performed linearly in the edge portion of the first steel sheet or second steel sheet.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2020Publication date: April 14, 2022Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)Inventor: Reiichi SUZUKI
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Publication number: 20220111462Abstract: In an arc-tracking welding method and a welding device of the present invention, a deviation amount between a weaving center and a welding line is obtained based on a first relationship and a second relationship. The first relationship is a relationship between a weaving position and any one element of three electrical first to third elements related to Ohm's law, the relationship being obtained based on a physical model of an arc welding phenomenon and being associated with the deviation amount. The second relationship is a relationship between the weaving position and the element, the relationship being obtained based on the element in welding power.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2021Publication date: April 14, 2022Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (KOBE STEEL, LTD.)Inventors: Yoshiharu NISHIDA, Tsutomu ONE, Tatsuya FUJII
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Patent number: 11300355Abstract: A boil-off gas supply device is provided with: a storage tank configured to store a liquefied gas; a first compression mechanism configured to suck in the boil-off gas of the liquefied gas stored in the storage tank and compress the sucked boil-off gas; a second compression mechanism configured to compress the boil-off gas after being compressed by the first compression mechanism; a discharge path in which the boil-off gas discharged from the second compression mechanism flows; a first drive source configured to drive the first compression mechanism; and a second drive source that is different from the first drive source and configured to drive the second compression mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2016Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)Inventors: Satoshi Tezuka, Katsuhiro Seyama, Kenji Nagura
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Publication number: 20220105446Abstract: An extraction system includes an extractor that carries out an extraction treatment of bringing a raw material liquid into contact with an extraction liquid so that metal ions are extracted from the raw material liquid to migrate to the extraction liquid, a raw material liquid return path that leads the raw material liquid from a separator to a raw material liquid tank; and a raw material liquid pH regulator addition apparatus connected to a raw material liquid pH adjustment place that is one of the raw material liquid tank and the raw material liquid return path, the raw material liquid pH regulator addition apparatus configured to add a raw material liquid pH regulator to the raw material liquid, the raw material liquid pH regulator being a pH regulator that increases pH of the raw material liquid that have been decreased by the extraction treatment.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2021Publication date: April 7, 2022Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (KOBE STEEL, LTD.)Inventors: Akira MATSUOKA, Koji NOISHIKI
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Publication number: 20220106670Abstract: Disclosed is a mechanical structure steel for cold-working, including: C: 0.32 to 0.44% by mass, Si: 0.15 to 0.35% by mass, Mn: 0.55 to 0.95% by mass, P: 0.030% by mass or less, S: 0.030% by mass or less, Cr: 0.85 to 1.25% by mass, Mo: 0.15 to 0.35% by mass, and Al: 0.01 to 0.1% by mass, with the balance consisting of iron and inevitable impurities, wherein an area ratio of proeutectoid ferrite is 30% or more and 70% or less, and an average grain size of ferrite crystal grains is 5 to 15 ?m.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2020Publication date: April 7, 2022Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)Inventors: Koji YAMASHITA, Shogo MURAKAMI, Masayuki SAKATA, Masamichi CHIBA
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Publication number: 20220098695Abstract: Disclosed is a steel sheet including predetermined elements in each predetermined amount, with the balance consisting of iron and inevitable impurities, wherein a total area ratio of bainite, bainitic ferrite, martensite, residual austenite, and a martensite-austenite mixed structure is 95% or more and 100% or less, a total area ratio of ferrite and pearlite is less than 5%, an area ratio of the martensite-austenite mixed structure is 5% or more and 30% or less, an average section length of the martensite-austenite mixed structure is 0.32 ?m or less, and a proportion of an area of a region in ferrite, bainitic ferrite, and martensite where no cementite is present to the total area of ferrite, bainitic ferrite, and martensite is 3.0% or more and 5.0% or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2020Publication date: March 31, 2022Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)Inventors: Toshio MURAKAMI, Keita NAKAYAMA
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Publication number: 20220088695Abstract: A pulse arc welding profile control method, a control device, a welding system, a welding program, and a welding power supply are provided in which, even when a pulse arc welding method is used, protruding change information is extractable at high accuracy without influence from a welding current or an arc voltage having a pulse shape. An electric change amount detected at the time of weaving includes, as a parameter, at least one among a welding current detection signal and an arc voltage detection signal, takes a predetermined period as one period, calculates an average value of the electric change amount in each one period, and extracts, on the basis of the average value, the protruding change information in a groove to follow a welding line.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2019Publication date: March 24, 2022Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)Inventor: Shogo NAKATSUKASA
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Publication number: 20220072646Abstract: An excess metal amount setting method includes: a thermal shrinkage prediction step of predicting a thermal shrinkage amount in the deposited body after manufacturing; a thermal shrinkage modifying step of obtaining a thermal deformation modifying profile by expanding a target profile according to the thermal shrinkage amount; a release strain prediction step of predicting an elastic deformation amount due to release strain of the deposited body after machining; an elastic deformation modifying step of obtaining an elastic deformation modifying profile by deforming the thermal deformation modifying profile according to the elastic deformation amount in a direction opposite to a deformation direction due to the release strain; and an excess metal amount setting step of adjusting an outer edge shape of the deposited body so that an excess metal amount from the elastic deformation modifying profile to an outer edge of the deposited body falls within a predetermined reference range.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2019Publication date: March 10, 2022Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (KOBE STEEL, LTD.)Inventors: Shinji SATO, Takeshi YAMADA, Shuo HUANG, Masatoshi HIDA, Tatsuya FUJII
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Publication number: 20220063731Abstract: A vehicle body structure includes a battery disposed in a lower central part of a vehicle body, a hollow side sill extending in a vehicle front-rear direction and disposed outside the battery in a vehicle width direction, and a reinforcing member configuring at least a part of a continuous tubular structure formed inside the side sill. The continuous tubular structure has a shape in which a plurality of octagons are continuously arranged as viewed from the vehicle width direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2020Publication date: March 3, 2022Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (KOBE STEEL, LTD.)Inventors: Shota TSUBAKI, Kenichi WATANABE, Kazuya YASUI, Masatoshi YOSHIDA