Patents Assigned to Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko
  • Publication number: 20230402909
    Abstract: Provided are a magnetic field generating device and an electric motor with which it is possible to generate a large amount of magnetic flux using a simple construction. The magnetic field generating device is provided with a magnetic pole element, a facing magnetic body opposing the same in an opposing direction, and an inner support member. The magnetic pole element includes a plurality of first iron cores, a plurality of second iron cores, a plurality of third iron cores, a plurality of fourth iron cores, and a plurality of back surface permanent magnets. Each of the plurality of first to fourth iron cores has a magnetic pole surface opposing the facing magnetic body and a back surface on the opposite side thereto, and the plurality of back surface permanent magnets are disposed on the back surfaces of each of the plurality of first to fourth iron cores.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2021
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (KOBE STEEL, LTD.)
    Inventor: Shumpei HAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20230398688
    Abstract: A motion trajectory generation method for generating a motion trajectory of a robot having a plurality of drive axes upon carrying out work at a work position includes: an obtaining step of obtaining a motion condition identified and corresponding to the work position; and a generation step of generating a motion trajectory of the robot by carrying out a search for a plurality of motion trajectories that the robot is able to implement, on the basis of the motion condition, in which in the generation step, priority levels in the search are determined on the basis of the motion condition and work directions for a plurality of work positions, and the search for the plurality of motion trajectories is carried out on the basis of the priority levels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: MASATOSHI HIDA, FUMIAKI SAWAKAWA
  • Publication number: 20230392303
    Abstract: A strand, which is a resin strand used as an additive manufacturing raw material for a 3D printer and formed in a linear shape, the strand having a spiral groove portion formed on an outer peripheral surface along an axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (KOBE STEEL, LTD.)
    Inventor: Makoto TAKENAKA
  • Publication number: 20230364549
    Abstract: Provided is a gas-treating device including: an absorption device that receives an absorbent to absorb an acidic compound in a gas to be treated into the absorbent; a release device into which the absorbent having absorbed the acidic compound in the absorption device is introduced; a heater for heating the absorbent in the release device to release the acidic compound contained in the absorbent from the absorbent; and a multi-fluid heat exchanger for heating the absorbent before being supplied from the absorption device to the release device by a fluid containing the acidic compound discharged from the release device and the absorbent before being supplied from the release device to the absorption device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (KOBE STEEL, LTD.)
    Inventors: Norihide MAEDA, Akira KISHIMOTO, Takuo SHIGEHISA, Ken NAKANISHI, Kunihiko SHIMIZU
  • Publication number: 20230357874
    Abstract: A high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet according to one aspect of the present invention contains, in % by mass: C: 0.070 to 0.140%; Si: 0.80 to 1.80%; and Mn: 1.80 to 2.80%, with the balance being iron and unavoidable impurities; in area ratio in a structure observed with a scanning electron microscope, bainite, tempered martensite, and hard phases composed of at least one of cementite and MA made up of quenched martensite and retained austenite combined together account for 85% or more in total, the hard phase that has a breadth of 0.4 ?m or less and a length of 1.2 ?m or more accounts for 0.5% or more, the hard phase that has a breadth of 1.2 ?m or more accounts for 5.0% or less, and structures other than the bainite, the tempered martensite, and the hard phase account for 15% or less; and in volume ratio measured by X-ray diffractometry, retained austenite accounts for 3.0% or more and 7.0% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Shinjiro KANETADA, Michiharu NAKAYA
  • Publication number: 20230331512
    Abstract: A kink prevention jig used in a pail pack to prevent kinks when wire is pulled out is provided with a housing that has a base plate part and a tubular outer tube part, and that accommodates a laminated wire and a wire extraction hole thereabove. This kink prevention jig is provided with an outwardly extended section above the laminated wire and that extends in the radial direction of the outer tube part, and a wire abutment section above the outwardly extended section and which abuts on a welding wire W and thereby prevents kinks when the welding wire W is pulled out from the extraction hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (KOBE STEEL, LTD.)
    Inventors: Ryota SHIMOZAWA, Koji SATO
  • Publication number: 20230327257
    Abstract: A battery case for an electric vehicle includes a frame that has a polygonal frame shape in plan view, defines a through hole inside, and has R shapes provided on inner sides of corner parts of the polygonal frame shape. The case also includes a bathtub-shaped tray that includes a bottom wall located in the through hole, a surrounding wall that is provided around the bottom wall and defines an opening part on a side opposite to the bottom wall, and a flange that is provided at a distal end of the surrounding wall. The tray is pressure-welded to and integrated with the frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventor: Hideki ISHITOBI
  • Publication number: 20230324316
    Abstract: A measurement system according to an aspect of the present invention enables measurement of an intensity distribution of diffracted X-rays obtained by irradiating a fillet portion of a metallic structure with X-rays, the metallic structure comprising: an axis portion; and a flange portion protruding radially from the axis portion, wherein the metallic structure comprises the fillet portion in a connection portion between the axis portion and the flange portion, the measurement system including: a diffracted X-rays measurement device provided with an irradiation unit that irradiates the fillet portion with X-rays; and a positioning device that positions the diffracted X-rays measurement device with respect to the fillet portion, in which the positioning device including: a moving mechanism that moves three-dimensionally the diffracted X-rays measurement device relative to the fillet portion; and a rotation mechanism that rotates the diffracted X-rays measurement device in such a direction that an angle of inci
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Hitomi ADACHI, Mariko MATSUDA, Ryota YAKURA, Tatsuhiko KABUTOMORI
  • Publication number: 20230321703
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an aluminum alloy extruded part includes: hot-extruding a 7000 series aluminum alloy by an extruder to form an extruded material; cutting the extruded material extruded from the extruder and moving forward to a predetermined length; applying plastic working to the cut extruded material in a state in which Vickers hardness of the extruded material is 50 to 70 (Hv); and applying aging treatment to the extruded material after the plastic working.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Hideki ISHITOBI, Kazuhiro KAIDA, Hiroaki HOSOI
  • Publication number: 20230311425
    Abstract: An apparatus is configured to manufacture a metal-resin composite by press-molding a metal plate and a resin material. The apparatus includes an upper mold and a lower mold for sandwiching the metal plate and the resin material, and an elastic member attached to a molding surface of the lower mold. A cavity for disposing the resin material is provided by the upper mold and the lower mold. The elastic member is disposed to seal the resin material into the cavity by pressing the metal plate against the upper mold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (KOBE STEEL, LTD.)
    Inventors: Kenichi WATANABE, Shu Sekiguchi
  • Publication number: 20230313328
    Abstract: A production method of pig iron using a blast furnace with a tuyere includes: 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, in which: an aggregate for letting through the hot air to a central portion of the blast furnace is blended into the first layer; and the aggregate contains a reduced iron molded product obtained through compression molding of reduced iron.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Akito KASAI, Masahiro YAKEYA
  • Publication number: 20230311227
    Abstract: A manufacturing system of an additively-manufactured object includes: a torch provided at a robot arm; a measuring unit configured to measure, in a non-contact manner, a shape of a weld bead that is deposited by a shape sensor attached to the torch and output measurement information of at least one of a representative height of the weld bead and a cross-sectional area of the weld bead; a switching unit configured to switch the measurement information output by the measuring unit based on at least one of a shape and position information of a weld bead included in the deposition plan; and a correction unit configured to correct a condition for depositing weld beads based on the measurement information and the deposition plan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (KOBE STEEL, LTD.)
    Inventor: Akinori YOSHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20230304876
    Abstract: A method measuring a residual stress of a fillet portion, where an angle of incidence of X-rays denoted by ? [°], a fillet radius denoted by R [mm], a fillet angle denoted by ? [°], a vertical width of a housing of an X-ray stress measuring apparatus denoted by W [mm], a width of a detection region of a two-dimensional detector denoted by D [mm], a complementary angle of a Bragg angle denoted by ? [°], and an interval between a flange portion and an imaginary straight line which passes through a fillet center and is parallel to the flange portion denoted by a [mm], formula 1 is satisfied; when ? ? 0, an irradiation distance L [mm] of the X-rays, the irradiation distance L satisfies formula 2; and when ? < 0, the irradiation distance L satisfies formula 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Mariko MATSUDA, Tatsuhiko KABUTOMORI, Hiroyuki TAKAMATSU
  • Publication number: 20230302563
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an additively-manufactured object includes a depositing planning step of creating a depositing plan and a building step of repeatedly depositing the weld beads based on the depositing plan. The building step includes a frame portion building step of building a frame portion and an internal building step of building an internal building portion. The internal building step includes a pre-measurement process of measuring a shape of a base on which the weld bead layer is to be deposited, a deviation amount calculation process of creating a measured profile of the base based on the measured shape of the base, determining a planned profile of the base based on the depositing plan, and calculating a deviation amount of the measured profile with respect to the planned profile, and a pre-correction process of correcting a welding condition of the weld beads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (KOBE STEEL, LTD)
    Inventors: Masatoshi HIDA, Akinori YOSHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20230307767
    Abstract: A battery case, including a cross member between a pair of opposing wall surfaces of an inner peripheral surface of a rectangular frame body to partition an inside space surrounded by a frame body, and a bonding assistance member between each end portion of the cross member and each of the wall surfaces of the frame body facing the end portion. One end portion of the bonding assistance member is welded to the wall surface, and the bonding assistance member has an overlap portion extending from the one end portion toward the inside space and overlapping with a side surface of the end portion of the cross member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventor: Kaname TODA
  • Publication number: 20230295764
    Abstract: Disclosed is a high-strength steel sheet having predetermined chemical components, and microstructures of the steel sheet satisfies that: a fraction of MA in all steel microstructures being more than 0% and 15.0% or less by area ratio; a fraction of a soft ?-phase microstructure in the all steel microstructures being 0% or more and 50% or less by area ratio; and a standard deviation of an equivalent circle diameter of retained austenite being greater than 0.155 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Toma KITAGAWA, Toshio MURAKAMI, Kosuke SHIBATA
  • Publication number: 20230294191
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an additively-manufactured object incudes a groove portion processing step, a groove portion closing step, and a building step. In the groove portion processing step, a groove portion is formed by cutting an outer periphery of the shaft body. In the groove portion closing step, a first weld bead is formed along the groove portion on an edge portion of the groove portion in a shaft body to close the groove portion to form a hollow portion. In the building step, a built-up portion is built by depositing a second weld on the outer periphery of the shaft body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (KOBE STEEL, LTD.)
    Inventor: Takahiro SHINOZAKI
  • Publication number: 20230294205
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a joint structure formed by joining a first plate-shaped member and a second plate-shaped member having a shape that is longer in a longitudinal direction than in a lateral direction includes overlapping the first plate-shaped member and the second plate-shaped member, after the overlapping, joining each of both edge portions of the second plate-shaped member by forming a weld metal along the longitudinal direction to the first plate-shaped member. The weld metal extends further outward in the lateral direction than the edge portions of the second plate-shaped member, in which the weld metal is formed by a hybrid welding in which a laser is added as a heat source during arc welding such that the weld metal extends around both of the edge portions of the second plate-shaped member along the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Liang CHEN, Kenichi WATANABE, Kazuya YASUI, Dongyong SHI, Masao HADANO, Takayuki KIMURA, Reiichi SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20230294215
    Abstract: A defect occurrence prediction method uses a mathematical model to associate input information, which includes various items, namely the material of a built object, welding conditions for welding beads, and a welding track; and output information, which includes defect information regarding the built object where additive manufacturing has been performed under the conditions in the input information. This mathematical model is used to create a database, and the defect information regarding the built object is found by searching the database, and the defect information is then presented. Each item of the input information includes a plurality of input subitems that are mutually different. The output information includes a plurality of individual defect information items which correspond respectively to the input subitems. When the mathematical model is generated, the respective input subitems of the input information are associated with the individual defect information items via the mathematical model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (KOBE STEEL, LTD.)
    Inventor: Eiichi TAMURA
  • Publication number: 20230294193
    Abstract: A sensor protecting case is provided with a case main body for housing a sensor main body and a sensor input portion, and a centralized cooling portion that is partitioned off by a partition so as to include at least part of the sensor input portion, and constitutes an independent space within the case main body. The case main body has a first gas inflow port for causing gas to flow into the case main body, and a first gas outflow port for causing the gas to flow out of the case main body. The partition has a second gas inflow port that is connected to the first gas inflow port to cause the gas to flow into the centralized cooling portion, and a second gas outflow port for causing the gas to flow out of the centralized cooling part into the case main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Junichi ONO, Naohide FURUKAWA, Keito ISHIZAKI