Patents Assigned to Nippon Steel Corporation
  • Publication number: 20240043970
    Abstract: A non-oriented electrical steel sheet of the present invention has a chemical composition capable of causing ?-? transformation, in which, in a case where an area ratio of grains having a crystal orientation of an {hkl}<uvw>orientation (within a tolerance of 10°) when measured by EBSD is denoted as Ahkl-uvw, A411?011 is 15.0% or more, and the non-oriented electrical steel sheet has an average grain size of 10.0 ?m to 40.0 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Minako FUKUCHI, Yoshiaki NATORI, Tesshu MURAKAWA
  • Publication number: 20240047107
    Abstract: This non-oriented electrical steel sheet includes a base steel sheet (10); and an insulation coating (20) formed on a surface of the base steel sheet (10), in which the insulation coating (20) contains a metal phosphate and an organic resin, an arithmetic mean of a center line average roughness Ra75 of the insulation coating (20) in a rolling direction of the base steel sheet (10) and a center line average roughness Ra75 of the insulation coating (20) in a direction perpendicular to the rolling direction is 0.20 to 0.50 ?m, and the amount of nitrogen in the insulation coating (20) is 0.05 to 5.00 mass %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazutoshi TAKEDA, Minako FUKUCHI, Yoshiaki NATORI, Hiroyasu FUJII, Shinsuke TAKATANI
  • Publication number: 20240044012
    Abstract: To provide a steel sheet for hot stamping suitable for manufacturing, through hot-stamping working, a component having portions with different strengths, and a hot-stamped member having portions with different strengths. A steel sheet for hot stamping according to the present invention includes, on a surface of the steel sheet: a site having a surface-treated film whose emissivity at a wavelength of 8.0 ?m at 25° C. is 60% or more; and a site at which the surface-treated film is not provided, in which the surface-treated film contains carbon black, and one or more of oxides selected from a group consisting of a Zr oxide, a Zn oxide, and a Ti oxide, in which the carbon black and the oxides exist while being dispersed over the entire surface-treated film, the surface-treated film has a silica content of 0 to 0.3 g/m2, and when an adhesion amount of the carbon black and an adhesion amount of the oxides are set to XCB (g/m2) and XOxide (g/m2), respectively, an equation (1) below is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2021
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuki SUZUKI, Kenta UENISHI, Soshi FUJITA, Masahiro FUDA
  • Publication number: 20240042508
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a two-piece can includes punching a metal plate into a disk shape, the metal plate including a Sn-plated layer of 100 mg/m2 or more and 1500 mg/m2 or less provided on a base material made of steel, a Cr-plated layer of 6 mg/m2 or more and 100 mg/m2 or less provided on the Sn-plated layer, and a coating layer laminated on the Cr-plated layer; and shaping by performing drawing and ironing on the metal plate having the disk shape into a can body having a bottomed cylindrical shape, wherein in the shaping, the drawing and ironing is performed so that ((Tb?Tw)/Tb)×100, which is a plate thickness reduction rate from the metal plate having the disk shape to the can body, is set as 35%?((Tb?Tw)/Tb)×100(%)?60%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicants: DAIWA CAN COMPANY, NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Minoru Fukunaga, Koichiro Nakamura, Shigeru Hirano, Yoshiaki Tani
  • Publication number: 20240046447
    Abstract: A crankshaft shape inspection method includes: acquiring three-dimensional point cloud data of a surface of a crankshaft S; superposing the three-dimensional point cloud data on a surface shape model of the crankshaft S; moving the three-dimensional point cloud data superposed on the surface shape model to match with a coordinate system used when the crankshaft S is machined; generating an estimated machined surface, which is the surface after machining of a predetermined machining portion of the crankshaft S, in the coordinate system used when the crankshaft S is machined; and calculating a distance between machining portion point cloud data extracted from the three-dimensional point cloud data moved and the estimated machined surface generated and determining a machining stock of the crankshaft S to be insufficient based on the calculated distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshito ISEI, Kousuke SAKAI, Shinya IKEDA, Yuki USUTANI
  • Publication number: 20240043981
    Abstract: This surface-treated steel includes surface-treated steel comprising: a steel sheet; a plated layer including zinc formed on the steel sheet; and a film formed on the plated layer, wherein the film has a thickness of 100 nm or more and 1000 nm or less, wherein the film includes: an amorphous phase A containing Si, C, O, P, Zn, and V, and one or two or more kinds selected from the group consisting of Ti, Zr, and Al as constituent elements, wherein Zn/Si, which is a peak intensity ratio between Zn and Si, is 1.0 or more, and V/P, which is a mass ratio between V and P, is 0.050 to 1.000 when analysis is performed by EDS; and an amorphous phase B containing Si, O, and Zn, wherein the amorphous phase B has a Zn/Si ratio of less than 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shinichi YAMAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20240044013
    Abstract: This surface-treated steel sheet includes: a steel sheet; a Zn-based plating layer formed on the steel sheet; and a coating formed on the Zn-based plating layer, in which a Si concentration, a P concentration, a F concentration, a V concentration, a Zr concentration, a Zn concentration, and an Al concentration of the coating are, by mass %, Si: 10.00% to 25.00%, P: 0.01% to 5.00%, F: 0.01% to 2.00%, V: 0.01% to 4.00%, Zr: 0.01% to 3.00%, Zn: 0% to 3.00%, and Al: 0% to 3.00%, in a narrow spectrum of 5i2p obtained by performing XP S analysis on a surface of the coating, a ratio of an integrated intensity of a peak having a local, maximum value, at 103.37±0.25 eV to an integrated intensity of a peak having a local maximum value at 102.26±0.25 eV is 0.04 or more and 0.25 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsuo SHIMIZU, Ikumi TOKUDA, Hiromasa SHOJI, Koji AKIOKA
  • Patent number: 11890694
    Abstract: There is provided a resistance spot welding apparatus including a first rod-shaped electrode body, second rod-shaped electrode body, first ring-shaped member, second ring-shaped member, first elastic body, and second elastic body. The first rod-shaped electrode body and second rod-shaped electrode body are arranged facing each other, the first rod-shaped electrode body is inserted into a through hole of the first ring-shaped member, the first elastic body is connected to an opposite side of first ring-shaped member to second rod-shaped electrode body side, the first rod-shaped electrode body and first ring-shaped member are not electrically connected to each other, the second rod-shaped electrode body is inserted into a through hole of the second ring-shaped member, the second elastic body is connected to an opposite side of second ring-shaped member to first rod-shaped electrode body side, and the second rod-shaped electrode body and second ring-shaped member are not electrically connected each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Nakazawa, Tohru Okada, Yasuhiro Ito, Masanori Yasuyama, Yasunori Sawa
  • Patent number: 11892106
    Abstract: A threaded connection for steel pipe is provided in which galling does not easily occur on any of the inner and outer threads. A threaded connection for steel pipe 1 includes a pin 10 and a box 20. The pin 10 includes: a nose 12; a tapered inner male thread 14; a tapered outer male thread 17; a pin inner sealing surface 13; a pin intermediate shoulder surface 18; and a pin intermediate sealing surface 16. The box 20 includes: a tapered inner female thread 24; a tapered outer female thread 27; a box inner sealing surface 23; a box intermediate shoulder surface 28; and a box intermediate sealing surface 26. Each of the inner male thread 14, outer male thread 17, inner female thread 24 and outer female thread 27 includes a perfect thread portion 141, 171, 241, 271. Each perfect thread portion includes an inner end located relatively close to the tip of the pin 10 and an outer end located relatively close to the end of the pin 10 opposite to its tip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignees: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION, VALLOUREC OIL AND GAS FRANCE
    Inventors: Keita Inose, Hikari Nakano, Masaaki Sugino
  • Patent number: 11890894
    Abstract: The railway wheel according to the present embodiment has a chemical composition consisting of: in mass %, C: 0.80 to 1.15%, Si: 0.45% or less, Mn: 0.10 to 0.85%, P: 0.050% or less, S: 0.030% or less, Al: 0.200 to 1.500%, N: 0.0200% or less, Nb: 0.005 to 0.050%, Cr: 0 to 0.25%, and V: 0 to 0.12%, with the balance being Fe and impurities, wherein at least in the microstructure of the rim part and the web part, the amount of pro-eutectoid cementite defined by Formula (1) is 2.00 pieces/100 ?m or less: Amount of pro-eutectoid cementite(pieces/100 ?m)=a total sum of the number of pieces of pro-eutectoid cementite which intersect with two diagonal lines in a square visual field of 200 ?m×200 ?m/(5.66×100 ?m)×100??(1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Taketo Maejima, Manabu Kubota
  • Patent number: 11891680
    Abstract: A steel material according to the present disclosure has a chemical composition consisting of, in mass %: C: 0.15 to 0.45%, Si: 0.05 to 1.00%, Mn: 0.01 to 1.00%, P: 0.030% or less, S: 0.0050% or less, Al: 0.005 to 0.100%, Cr 0.55 to 1.10%, Mo: 0.70 to 1.00%, Ti: 0.002 to 0.020%, V: 0.05 to 0.30%, Nb: 0.002 to 0.100%, B: 0.0005 to 0.0040%, N: 0.0100% or less, O: less than 0.0020%, and the balance being Fe and impurities, and satisfying Formula (1) described in the specification. A grain diameter of a prior-austenite grain is 15.0 ?m or less, and an average area of precipitate which is precipitated in a prior-austenite grain boundary is 12.5×10?3 ?m2 or less. A yield strength is 758 to 862 MPa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yohei Otome, Hiroki Kamitani, Atsushi Soma, Taro Oe, Nobuaki Komatsubara, Yuji Arai, Hideki Takabe
  • Publication number: 20240034903
    Abstract: An electrical steel sheet used for a laminated core is an electrical steel sheet including an insulation coating 3 on a surface of a base steel sheet 2, the insulation coating being coated with a coating composition for an electrical steel sheet. The coating composition for an electrical steel sheet includes: an epoxy resin; an epoxy resin curing agent; and an elastomer-modified phenolic resin, in which the amount of the elastomer-modified phenolic resin is 10 parts by mass to 100 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the epoxy resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazutoshi TAKEDA, Shinsuke TAKATANI, Minako FUKUCHI, Ichiro TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20240035129
    Abstract: This non-oriented electrical steel sheet includes: a base steel sheet; and an insulation coating formed on a surface of the base steel sheet, in which the insulation coating contains a metal phosphate and an organic resin, a moisture content of the insulation coating is 0.003 to 0.03 wt %, and a contact angle of water on the insulation coating is 55° to 85°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazutoshi TAKEDA, Minako FUKUCHI, Shinsuke TAKATANI
  • Publication number: 20240035130
    Abstract: A non-oriented electrical steel sheet according to the present invention has a chemical composition in which ?-? transformation can occur and which contains at least, in terms of mass %, at most 0.010% of C, 1.50% to 4.00% of Si, 0.0001% to 1.0% of sol. Al, at most 0.010% of S, at most 0.010% of N, and a total of 2.50% to 5.00% of at least one selected from the group consisting of Mn, Ni, and Cu, with the balance including Fe and impurities, wherein when an average grain size of {411} crystal grains is defined as d411 and an average grain size of {111} crystal grains is defined as d111, d411/d111?1.10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Minako FUKUCHI, Yoshiaki NATORI, Tesshu MURAKAWA
  • Publication number: 20240035131
    Abstract: This non-oriented electrical steel sheet has a predetermined chemical composition, and in which the tensile strength is 580 MPa or more, the average grain size of a recrystallization part of base iron is 50 ?m or less, and in inclusions having an equivalent circle diameter of 1 ?m or more and an S content of 5 mass % or more contained in base iron, the number of inclusions having a Mg content of more than 5 mass % and a Mn content of 5 mass % or more is 5 times or more the number of inclusions having a Mg content of 5 mass % or less and a Mn content of 5 mass % or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiaki NATORI, Hiroyoshi YASHIKI, Minako FUKUCHI, Kazutoshi TAKEDA
  • Publication number: 20240039347
    Abstract: This non-oriented electrical steel sheet contains a base material having a chemical composition including, in mass %, Si: 3.2 to 4.5%, wherein the tensile strength is 550 MPa or more, and a ratio (P120B/Fe700B)B between a peak-to-peak height Fe700B of Fe at 700 eV and a peak-to-peak height P120B of P at 120 eV when crystal grain boundaries are measured through Auger electron spectroscopy is not more than twice a ratio (P120i/Fe700i)i between a peak-to-peak height Fe700i of Fe at 700 eV and a peak-to-peak height P120i of P at 120 eV when the inside of crystals is measured through Auger electron spectroscopy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiaki NATORI, Hiroyoshi YASHIKI, Minako FUKUCHI, Kazutoshi TAKEDA
  • Publication number: 20240033804
    Abstract: A shearing method of a plate-shaped workpiece for applying a shear force in a thickness direction of the plate-shaped workpiece includes: a step for starting applying the shear force on the workpiece with a clearance between action points in a surface direction orthogonal to the thickness direction of the workpiece; a step for applying the shear force after the start of applying the shear force until a fractured surface is created in the workpiece; and a step for increasing the clearance depending on a deformation of the workpiece in the thickness direction after starting applying the shear force until the fractured surface is created in the workpiece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi YASUTOMI, Shigeru YONEMURA, Tohru YOSHIDA
  • Patent number: 11885443
    Abstract: Threaded tubular connection for the casing of hydrocarbon wells obtained by makeup of a male tool joint with a female tool joint, the connection comprising a threaded portion, such that the male and respectively female threaded portions each comprise a helix provided with a load flank, a thread crest, a stabbing flank, a thread root, such that a pitch of the load flank (LFLp, LFLb) and a pitch of the stabbing flank (SFLp, SFLb) fulfills the following condition: [Math 14] SFLb=LFLb=SFLp=LFLp=k, A tooth width (Wtp) of the male helix and a tooth width of the female helix (Wtb) are such that [Math 15] 50%<Wtp/Wtb<80% or [Math 16] 50%<Wtb/Wtp<80% and [Math 17] Wtp Wtb<k.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignees: VALLOUREC OIL AND GAS FRANCE, NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Anthony Foulogne, Pierre Martin
  • Patent number: 11885025
    Abstract: A high-strength steel sheet includes a chemical composition including: by mass %, C: 0.080 to 0.500%, Si: 2.50% or less, Mn: 0.50 to 5.00%, P: 0.100% or less, S: 0.0100% or less, Al: 0.001 to 2.500%, N: 0.0150% or less, O: 0.0050% or less, and the balance: Fe and inevitable impurities. The high-strength steel sheet satisfying a predetermined formula has a microstructure in a region from ?t to ?t from a steel sheet surface. The microstructure includes: by volume %, 20% or more of acicular ferrite, 20% or more of an island-shaped hard structure including residual austenite, 2% to 25% of residual austenite, and 20% or less of aggregated ferrite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kawata, Eisaku Sakurada, Kohichi Sano, Takafumi Yokoyama
  • Patent number: 11888422
    Abstract: A motor can be driven so that the total loss of a loss of a motor and a loss of an inverter decreases. In a relationship between an optimum carrier frequency at which the total loss is minimized and a torque of a motor M, a lowest value of the optimum carrier frequency is derived, and a relationship between the torque of the motor M and the carrier frequency is determined to have a portion in which the carrier frequency is substantially constant or decreases as the torque of the motor M increases in a range equal to or less than the torque of the motor M corresponding to the lowest optimum carrier frequency and a portion in which the carrier frequency is substantially constant or increases as the torque of the motor M increases in a range equal to or more than the torque of the motor M corresponding to the lowest optimum carrier frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yasuo Ohsugi