Patents Assigned to Nippon Steel Corporation
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Publication number: 20250018456Abstract: A processing apparatus capable of manufacturing a metallic member with improved corrosion resistance at its cut edge surface is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2022Publication date: January 16, 2025Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Katsunari NORITA, Shinnosuke NISHIJIMA
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Patent number: 12199277Abstract: Provided is a negative electrode active material which is excellent in capacity, capacity retention ratio, and a coulombic efficiency when charging/discharging is repeated. The chemical composition of the alloy particles of the negative electrode active material of the present disclosure includes 0.50 to 3.00 mass % of oxygen, and alloy elements containing Sn: 13.0 to 40.0 at % and Si: 6.0 to 40.0 at %, with the balance being Cu and impurities. The structure of the alloy particles includes: one or more types selected from the group consisting of a phase having a D03 structure, and a ? phase; one or more types selected from the group consisting of an ? phase and an ?? phase; and a SiOx phase (x=0.50 to 1.70). The SiOx phase (x=0.50 to 1.70) has a volume fraction of 5.0 to 60.0% and the ?? phase has a volume fraction of 0 to 60.0%.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2020Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Sukeyoshi Yamamoto, Tatsuo Nagata, Shunsuke Taniguchi, Takafumi Amino, Akira Taniyama
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Patent number: 12195832Abstract: A method for producing a grain oriented electrical steel sheet includes a decarburization annealing process where an oxidation degree PH2O/PH2 is controlled, an annealing separator applying process where a mass ratio of MgO and MCl in an annealing separator is controlled, a final annealing process where an oxidation degree is controlled when atmosphere includes hydrogen or a dew point is controlled when atmosphere consists of inert gas without hydrogen, and an insulation coating forming process where a baking temperature and a heat treatment temperature are controlled.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2020Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Shinsuke Takatani, Yoshiyuki Ushigami
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Patent number: 12194806Abstract: A suspension arm includes a main body. The main body includes a curved portion curved along a longitudinal direction and has a closed section. The main body includes an inner side wall, an outer side wall, a first side wall, and a second side wall. The inner side wall corresponds to an inner side of a curve of the curved portion. The outer side wall corresponds to an outer side of the curve of the curved portion. A thickness of the inner side wall is larger than a thickness of the outer side wall. In sectional view of the main body perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, each of a length of the first side wall and a length of the second side wall is longer than each of a length of the inner side wall and a length of the outer side wall.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2022Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Kenichiro Otsuka, Masafumi Azuma, Koichi Hamada, Ryo Tabata, Ryo Urushibata, Yuki Kitahara
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Patent number: 12195818Abstract: A method for producing a grain oriented electrical steel sheet includes a decarburization annealing process where an oxidation degree PH2O/PH2 is controlled, an annealing separator applying process where a mass ratio of MgO and Al2O3 in an annealing separator is controlled, a final annealing process where an oxidation degree is controlled when atmosphere includes hydrogen or a dew point is controlled when atmosphere consists of inert gas, and an insulation coating forming process where a baking temperature and a heat treatment temperature are controlled.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2020Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Shinsuke Takatani, Yoshiyuki Ushigami, Shuichi Nakamura, Shunsuke Okumura, Shohji Nagano
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Patent number: 12195817Abstract: Hot-rolled steel sheet having a chemical composition including, in mass %, C: 0.02 to 0.20%, Si: 0.01 to 1.50%, Mn: 0.10 to 3.00%, P: 0.10% or less, S: 0.010% or less, Al: 0.005 to 0.100%, Ti: 0.02 to 0.20%, N: 0.001 to 0.010%, Cu: 0 to 0.50%, Ni: 0 to 0.50%, Cr: 0 to 1.00%, Mo: 0 to 0.40%, Nb: 0 to 0.060%, V: 0 to 1.00%, B: 0 to 0.0100%, Ca: 0 to 0.0050%, O: 0.0100% or less, and the balance: Fe and impurities; in which: a steel micro-structure includes, in area %, ferrite: 60 to 80%, and a total of ferrite and bainite: 90% or more; an average of the crystal grain size of ferrite and bainite is 7.0 ?m or less, a standard deviation of the crystal grain size is 2.0 ?m or less; and a standard deviation of a diameter of Ti carbo-nitrides is 10 nm or less.Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 2019Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Takeshi Toyoda, Hitoshi Nikaido, Kohei Nakada, Yui Yamashita, Kazuki Matsuda
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Patent number: 12195831Abstract: What is provided is a non-oriented electrical steel sheet having a chemical composition in which, by mass %, C: 0.010% or less, Si: 1.50% to 4.00%, sol. Al: 0.0001% to 1.0%, S: 0.010% or less, N: 0.010% or less, one or a plurality of elements selected from the group consisting of Mn, Ni, Co, Pt, Pb, Cu and Au: 2.50% to 5.00% in total are contained and a remainder includes Fe and impurities, in which a sheet thickness is 0.50 mm or less, and, in an arbitrary cross section, when an area ratio of {100} crystal grains is indicated by Sac, an area ratio of {110} crystal grains is indicated by Sag, and an area ratio of the {100} crystal grains in a region of up to 20% from a side where a KAM value is high is indicated by Sbc, Sac>Sbc>Sag and 0.05>Sag are satisfied.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2020Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Tesshu Murakawa, Miho Tomita, Hiroshi Fujimura, Satoshi Kano
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Publication number: 20250011905Abstract: What is claimed is a steel sheet having a predetermined chemical composition, in which a microstructure includes, by area ratio, ferrite: 5.0% or less, martensite and tempered martensite: more than 90.0% in total, and a remainder: one or two or more of bainite, pearlite, and residual austenite, when an interface where an orientation difference between adjacent martensite and tempered martensite is 15 degrees or more is defined as a prior austenite grain boundary, grain boundary binding energy EGB determined by a concentration of each alloying element on the prior austenite grain boundary is 0.50 or more, and a tensile strength is 1,500 MPa or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2022Publication date: January 9, 2025Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Koyo OHGA, Kengo TAKEDA, Katsuya NAKANO
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Publication number: 20250011911Abstract: An alloyed hot-dip galvanized steel sheet excellent in appearance and press-formability is disclosed. The alloyed hot-dip galvanized steel sheet of the present disclosure has a base steel sheet having a predetermined chemical composition. If the base steel sheet has a chemical composition containing, by mass %, Mn: 0.01 to 1.30%, the predetermined relationships of formulas (1) and (3) are satisfied and if the base steel sheet has a chemical composition containing, by mass %, Mn: 1.70 to 2.00%, the predetermined relationships of formulas (2) and (3) are satisfied. The amounts of Mn, P, S, Ti, and Nb detected in the extraction residue of the base steel sheet satisfy the predetermined relationship of formula (4). The average grain diameter of the base steel sheet is 7.5 ?m or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2022Publication date: January 9, 2025Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Katsuya NAKANO, Shuntaro MATSUYAMA, Taihei KANETO
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Publication number: 20250015379Abstract: A cooling floor member (100A) cools a battery cell and includes a metal floor base material (101), a flat sheet-like metal floor sheet (102), and a partition member (105) that is a thermoplastic resin composition (106), and a region surrounded by the metal floor base material (101), the flat sheet-like metal floor sheet (102), and the partition member (105) is a cooling liquid channel (104) through which a cooling liquid flows. The metal floor base material (101) or the flat sheet-like metal floor sheet (102) or a combination thereof has a polypropylene layer (160) or a polycarbonate unit-containing polyurethane layer (161). The metal floor base material (101) or the flat sheet-like metal floor sheet (102) or a combination thereof is joined to the partition member (105) via a compatible layer (140) between the polypropylene layer (160) or the polycarbonate unit-containing polyurethane layer (161) and the thermoplastic resin composition (106).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2022Publication date: January 9, 2025Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Kyohei MIYAKE, Daichi UEDA, Kohei UEDA, Tatsuya SAKIYAMA, Shohei YAMAZAKI
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Patent number: 12188110Abstract: The steel material according to the present disclosure has a chemical composition consisting of, in mass %, C: more than 0.20 to 0.35%, Si: 0.05 to 1.00%, Mn: 0.02 to 1.00%, P: 0.025% or less, S: 0.0100% or less, Al: 0.005 to 0.100%, Cr: 0.40 to 1.50%, Mo: 0.30 to 1.50%, Ti: 0.002 to 0.050%, B: 0.0001 to 0.0050%, N: 0.0100% or less and O: 0.0100% or less, with the balance being Fe and impurities, and satisfies Formula (1) and Formula (2) described in the description. The yield strength is 862 MPa or more. A numerical proportion of precipitates having an equivalent circular diameter within a range of 20 to 300 nm among precipitates having an equivalent circular diameter of 20 nm or more in the steel material is 0.85 or more.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2020Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Shinji Yoshida, Yuji Arai, Kuniaki Itoh, Takuya Okamura
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Patent number: 12187340Abstract: A support beam includes a first supporting portion, a second supporting portion, and an arm connecting the first supporting portion to the second supporting portion. The arm includes a web and a flange. The flange includes a first end, a second end, and a center portion. The center portion of the flange is connected to an end of the web. The flange includes bent portions at which the center line of the thickness of the flange is bent outward in the extending direction of the web in the region between the first end and the second end in a transverse cross section of the arm.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2019Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Yukihiko Kimura, Kunihiro Yabuno, Keigo Minatani, Sam Soo Hwang, Kenji Tamura, Hiroshi Nogami, Koichiro Ishihara
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Patent number: 12187009Abstract: The surface-treated steel sheet includes an alloy layer containing Ni and Co. In a case where, in a cross section obtained by cutting the alloy layer in the thickness direction, a range having a width of 2000 nm and extending from the surface of the alloy layer to a depth of 100 nm is partitioned into regions each having a width of 100 nm and a depth of 100 nm, within the range the alloy layer includes a plurality of high Co concentration regions in each of which the ratio of a Co concentration to a sum of the Co concentration and a Ni concentration within the partitioned region is 0.8 or more, and a plurality of alloyed regions in each of which a ratio of the Co concentration to a sum of the Co concentration and the Ni concentration within the partitioned region is less than 0.8.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2021Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Kosuke Kawamoto, Yasuto Goto
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Patent number: 12188111Abstract: An austenitic stainless steel material is provided that has high creep strength even when used at an average operation temperature of more than 600 to 750° C. after welding with higher heat input, and furthermore, has excellent stress relaxation cracking resistance even after use for a long time period at the average operation temperature after welding with higher heat input. The steel material has a chemical composition which consists of, in mass %, C: 0.030% or less, Si: 1.50% or less, Mn: 2.00% or less, P: 0.045% or less, S: 0.0300% or less, Cr: 15.00 to 25.00%, Ni: 8.00 to 20.00%, N: 0.050 to 0.250%, Nb: 0.10 to 1.00%, Mo: 0.05 to 5.00%, and B: 0.0005 to 0.0100%, with the balance being Fe and impurities, and a ratio of the dissolved N amount (mass %) with respect to the content of N (mass %) in the steel material is 0.40 to 0.90.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2021Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Takahiro Osuki, Shinnosuke Kurihara, Kana Jotoku, Yuhei Suzuki, Shohgo Aota
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Publication number: 20250003047Abstract: This plated steel sheet includes a base steel sheet, a plated layer formed on a surface of the base steel sheet, and an oxide film formed on a surface of the plated layer, the plated layer has a chemical composition containing Sc: 0.000010 to 4.0% in mass %, and has a cross section, in the thickness direction, in which the area fraction of an intermetallic compound phase containing Sc and having an equivalent circle diameter of 5.0 ?m or less is 0.1 to 10.0%, and the oxide film has a thickness of 10 nm or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2022Publication date: January 2, 2025Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Shota HAYASHIDA, Takuya MITSUNOBU, Hiroshi TAKEBAYASHI
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Publication number: 20250003048Abstract: To more reliably suppress LME and blowhole formation while maintaining excellent corrosion resistance. A plated steel sheet according to the present invention, includes: a steel sheet as a base material; a plating layer located on at least part of a surface of the steel sheet; and an oxide layer located on a surface of the plating layer, where a chemical composition of the plating layer is made up of prescribed components, and Zn and impurities as the balance, and when a position at a depth of 5 nm from an uppermost surface of the oxide layer is observed by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), a value of an intensity ratio ([Al—O]+[Mg—O])/[Zn—O]) calculated from intensity of peaks respectively attributed to an Al—O bond, an Mg—O bond, and a Zn—O bond is 5.0 or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2023Publication date: January 2, 2025Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Takuya MITSUNOBU, Masaaki URANAKA, Masahiro MATSUBA, Toyomitsu NAKAMURA
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Publication number: 20250003533Abstract: A tubular threaded element for the drilling, the operation of hydrocarbon wells, the transport of oil and gas, the transport or the storage of hydrogen, the carbon capture or the geothermal energy, including a metal body and at least one threaded end including at least one threaded portion, the threaded end including a multilayer coating on at least one portion of the surface of the threaded end wherein the multilayer coating includes a first layer including a solid coating including Zinc-Nickel electrodeposited on the at least one portion of the surface of the threaded end, a second oxalation-type conversion layer above the first layer, a third layer including a polyurethane or epoxy matrix loaded with solid lubricant particles above the second layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2022Publication date: January 2, 2025Applicants: VALLOUREC OIL AND GAS FRANCE, NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Philippe BASKA, Marie THOMAS
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Patent number: 12180564Abstract: A plated steel sheet comprises a plated layer on a surface of a steel sheet, in which in the plated layer, the total amount ?A of Sn, Bi, and In is less than 0.75%, the total amount ?B of Ca, Y, La, and Ce is 0.03 to 0.60%, the total amount ?C of Cr, Ti, Ni, Co, V, Nb, Cu, and Mn is 0 to 1.00%, Sn?Si, and 20.0?Mg/Si are satisfied, and in an X-ray diffraction pattern of a surface of the plated layer, an X-ray diffraction peak of Al2.15Zn1.85Ca, an X-ray diffraction peak of CaZn2, and an X-ray diffraction peak of ??-MgZn2 satisfy a predetermined relationship.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2022Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Kohei Tokuda, Mamoru Saito, Yuto Fukuda, Yasuto Goto, Yasuhiro Majima, Naoyuki Yamato, Fumiaki Nakamura, Hidetoshi Shindo, Koji Kawanishi, Kenichiro Matsumura, Hiroshi Takebayashi
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Patent number: 12181012Abstract: A damper spring having an excellent fatigue limit is provided. A damper spring according to the present embodiment includes a nitrided layer formed in an outer layer, and a core portion that is further inward than the nitrided layer. The chemical composition of the core portion consists of, in mass %, C: 0.53 to 0.59%, Si: 2.51 to 2.90%, Mn: 0.70 to 0.85%, P: 0.020% or less, S: 0.020% or less, Cr: 1.40 to 1.70%, Mo: 0.17 to 0.53%, V: 0.23 to 0.33%, Cu: 0.050% or less, Ni: 0.050% or less, Al: 0.0050% or less, Ti: 0.050% or less, N: 0.0070% or less, and Nb: 0 to 0.020%, with the balance being Fe and impurities. In the core portion, a number density of V-based precipitates having a maximum diameter ranging from 2 to 10 nm is 500 to 8000 pieces/?m2.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2020Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignees: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION, AISIN CORPORATION, NHK SPRING CO., LTD., NIPPON STEEL SG WIRE CO., LTD.Inventors: Shinya Teramoto, Yutaka Neishi, Michimasa Aono, Shuji Kozawa, Yoichi Oi, Naoki Takabayashi, Junji Tanaka, Fumio Takahashi, Shigekazu Nishimoto, Mitsuhiro Kondo, Tatsuro Ochi, Shoichi Suzuki
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Patent number: 12180558Abstract: A method for manufacturing a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet includes: a silicon steel material production process of producing a silicon steel material; a hot rolling process of obtaining a hot rolled sheet by subjecting the silicon steel material to hot rolling; a cold rolling process of obtaining a steel sheet of a final sheet thickness by subjecting the hot rolled sheet to a single cold rolling process or multiple cold rolling processes having intermediate annealing performed between the cold rolling processes; a decarburization annealing process of subjecting the steel sheet to decarburization annealing; and a final annealing process of applying an annealing separator containing alumina as a main component to the steel sheet and subjecting the steel sheet to final annealing.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2020Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshiyuki Ushigami, Shuichi Nakamura, Hiroyasu Fujii, Norikazu Fujii