Patents Assigned to Sanyo Special Steel Co., Ltd.
  • Patent number: 10058922
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a compact for producing a sintered alloy which allows a sintered alloy obtained by sintering the compact to have improved mechanical strength and wear resistance, a wear-resistant iron-based sintered alloy, and a method for producing the same. The wear-resistant iron-based sintered alloy is produced by: forming a compact for producing a sintered alloy from a powder mixture containing a hard powder, a graphite powder, and an iron-based powder by powder compacting; and sintering the compact for producing a sintered alloy while diffusing C in the graphite powder of the compact for producing a sintered alloy in hard particles that constitute the hard powder. The hard particles contain 10% to 50% by mass of Mo, 3% to 20% by mass of Cr, and 2% to 15% by mass of Mn, with the balance made up of incidental impurities and Fe, and the hard powder and the graphite powder contained in the powder mixture account for 5% to 60% by mass and 0.5% to 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, FINE SINTER CO., LTD, SANYO SPECIAL STEEL CO., LTD
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Shinohara, Kimihiko Andou, Yoshihisa Ueda, Yusaku Yoshida, Masaru Sugimoto, Toshiyuki Sawada, Shingo Fukumoto
  • Patent number: 10011894
    Abstract: There is provided a precipitation hardening stainless steel powder including, in percentage by mass: Si: ?1.0%; Mn: ?1.8%; Ni: 3.0 to 8.5%; Cr: 12.0 to 20.0%; Mo: 0.1 to 2.5%; Cu: 1.0 to 5.0% and/or Ti+Al: 1.0 to 5.0%; Nb+Ta?5C or Nb?5C; N?350 ppm; and the balance being Fe and incidental impurities. A sintered compact fabricated from the steel powder has a martensite content of 90% or more. The precipitation hardening stainless steel powder provides a sintered compact that exhibits high strength after aging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Sanyo Special Steel Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroki Ikeda, Yuichi Nagatomi
  • Patent number: 9969004
    Abstract: Titanium alloy containing iron, that is, iron-containing titanium alloy having high strength and hardness in which iron in a composition which cannot be realized in a conventional method, is contained with no segregation, and is provided in lower cost. The ?+? titanium alloy or ? titanium alloy is produced by a forming process such as hot extrusion of titanium alloy powder containing 3 to 15 mass % of iron powder. The method for production of the ?+? titanium alloy or ? titanium alloy includes a step of mixing 3 to 15 mass % of iron powder and titanium alloy powder as the remainder, and a step of performing a forming process of hot extrusion on this powder mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignees: TOHO TITANIUM CO., LTD., SANYO SPECIAL STEEL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Osamu Kanou, Satoshi Sugawara, Hideo Takatori
  • Patent number: 9950369
    Abstract: Mixed powder that contains first hard particles, second hard particles, graphite particles, and iron particles is used to manufacture a sintered alloy. The first hard particle is a Fe—Mo—Cr—Mn based alloy particle, the second hard particle is a Fe—Mo—Si based alloy particle. The mixed powder contains 5 to 50 mass % of the first hard particles, 1 to 8 mass % of the second hard particles, and 0.5 to 1.0 mass % of the graphite particles when total mass of the first hard particles, the second hard particles, the graphite particles, and the iron particles is set as 100 mass %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, FINE SINTER CO., LTD, SANYO SPECIAL STEEL CO., LTD
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Shinohara, Kimihiko Ando, Yoshihisa Ueda, Yusaku Yoshida, Masaru Sugimoto, Toshiyuki Sawada, Shingo Fukumoto
  • Publication number: 20170225231
    Abstract: Mixed powder that contains first hard particles, second hard particles, graphite particles, and iron particles is used to manufacture a sintered alloy. The first hard particle is a Fe—Mo—Cr—Mn based alloy particle, the second hard particle is a Fe—Mo—Si based alloy particle. The mixed powder contains 5 to 50 mass % of the first hard particles, 1 to 8 mass % of the second hard particles, and 0.5 to 1.0 mass % of the graphite particles when total mass of the first hard particles, the second hard particles, the graphite particles, and the iron particles is set as 100 mass %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2017
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, FINE SINTER CO., LTD, Sanyo Special Steel Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki SHINOHARA, Kimihiko ANDO, Yoshihisa UEDA, Yusaku YOSHIDA, Masaru SUGIMOTO, Toshiyuki SAWADA, Shingo FUKUMOTO
  • Patent number: 9656371
    Abstract: There is disclosed a high-hardness atomized powder comprising in mass %: 2 to 8% of B; and one or two or more of Ti, Cr, Mo, W, Ni, Al, and C in an amount satisfying the following expression: 0?(Ti %/10)+(Cr %/25)+(Mo %/10)+(W %/6)+(Ni %/10)+(Al %/10)+(C %/1)?1.00, the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities, and having a particle diameter of 75 ?m or less. The powder, which has high hardness and is inexpensive, is particularly suitable for a powder for a projecting material for shot peening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: Sanyo Special Steel Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Toshiyuki Sawada
  • Patent number: 9508990
    Abstract: Disclosed is a Si-based alloy anode material for lithium ion secondary batteries, including an alloy phase with a Si principal phase including Si and a compound phase including two or more elements, which includes a first additional element A selected from Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zr, Nb and Mg and a low-melting second additional element B selected from S, Se, Te, Sn, In, Ga, Pb, Bi, Zn, Al. This compound phase includes (i) a first compound phase including Si and the first additional element A; a second compound phase including the first additional element A and the second additional element B; and one or both of a third compound phase including two or more of the second additional elements B and a single phase of the second additional element B.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: Sanyo Special Steel Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoki Hirono, Tetsuro Kariya, Toshiyuki Sawada
  • Patent number: 9469883
    Abstract: A carburized steel part having excellent low cycle bending fatigue strength which is comprised of a steel material which contains, by mass %, C: 0.1 to 0.6%, Si: 0.01 to 1.5%, Mn: 0.3 to 2.0, P: 0.02% or less, S: 0.001 to 0.15%, N: 0.001 to 0.03%, Al: 0.001 to 0.06%, and O: 0.005% or less and has a balance of substantially iron and unavoidable impurities and which is carburized and quenched, and then tempered, which steel part has a surface hardness of HV550 to HV800 and a core hardness of HV400 to HV500.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignees: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION, SANYO SPECIAL STEEL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shuji Kozawa, Manabu Kubota, Osamu Kada, Motohiro Nishikawa, Takashi Tanaka, Norimasa Tsunekage
  • Patent number: 9458529
    Abstract: A high hardness, high toughness and inexpensive shot material for shot peening is provided. The high-hardness shot material for shot peening comprises, in mass %, 5 to 8% of B; 0.05 to 1% of C; 0 to 25% of Cr; balance Fe and inevitable impurities. B and C are contained in a total amount of 8.5% or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: Sanyo Special Steel Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Toshiyuki Sawada
  • Patent number: 9440329
    Abstract: A shot peening process involves the steps of providing a steel member having a surface with a Vickers hardness of 920 HV or more and projecting a shot against the steel member, the shot having a Vickers hardness of 1000 HV or more and a density of 5.5 Mg/m3 or more. The shot satisfies the relationship HVshot?0.4×HVsteel+620, where HVshot is the Vickers hardness (HV) of the shot, and HVsteel is the Vickers hardness (HV) of the surface of the steel member. The resulting steel member has an unprecedentedly high compressive residual stress of 2,200 MPa or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Sanyo Special Steel Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Toshiyuki Sawada
  • Patent number: 9397334
    Abstract: There are provided a Si alloy powder for a lithium ion secondary battery negative electrode active material, which has a high discharge capacity and excellent cycle life, and a method for producing the same. The Si alloy powder of the present invention comprises a eutectic structure including a Si phase and a CrSi2 phase, and the average value of thicknesses in a thin width direction in each phase of the Si phase and the CrSi2 phase is 4 ?m or less. This Si alloy powder is produced by quenching and solidifying a dissolution material which gives the composition of the Si alloy powder at a cooling rate of 100° C./s or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: Sanyo Special Steel Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Toshiyuki Sawada
  • Patent number: 9293166
    Abstract: There is disclosed a sputtering target material for producing an intermediate layer film of a perpendicular magnetic recording medium, which is capable of dramatically reducing the crystal grain size of a thin film formed by sputtering. The sputtering target material comprises, in at %, 1 to 20% of W; 0.1 to 10% in total of one or more elements selected from the group consisting of P, Zr, Si and B; and balance Ni.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: Sanyo Special Steel Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Sawada, Atsushi Kishida, Akihiko Yanagitani
  • Publication number: 20160052059
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a compact for producing a sintered alloy which allows a sintered alloy obtained by sintering the compact to have improved mechanical strength and wear resistance, a wear-resistant iron-based sintered alloy, and a method for producing the same. The wear-resistant iron-based sintered alloy is produced by: forming a compact for producing a sintered alloy from a powder mixture containing a hard powder, a graphite powder, and an iron-based powder by powder compacting; and sintering the compact for producing a sintered alloy while diffusing C in the graphite powder of the compact for producing a sintered alloy in hard particles that constitute the hard powder. The hard particles contain 10% to 50% by mass of Mo, 3% to 20% by mass of Cr, and 2% to 15% by mass of Mn, with the balance made up of incidental impurities and Fe, and the hard powder and the graphite powder contained in the powder mixture account for 5% to 60% by mass and 0.5% to 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, SANYO SPECIAL STEEL CO., LTD., FINE SINTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki SHINOHARA, Kimihiko ANDOU, Yoshihisa UEDA, Yusaku YOSHIDA, Masaru SUGIMOTO, Toshiyuki SAWADA, Shingo FUKUMOTO
  • Patent number: 9208812
    Abstract: There is provided a soft magnetic alloy for a perpendicular magnetic recording medium having a low coercive force, high amorphous properties, high corrosion resistance, and a high hardness; and a sputtering target for producing a thin film of the alloy. The alloy comprises in at. %: 6 to 20% in total of one or two of Zr and Hf; 1 to 20% of B; and 0 to 7% in total of one or two or more of Ti, V, Nb, Ta, Cr, Mo, W, Ni, Al, Si, and P; and the balance Co and/or Fe and unavoidable impurities. The alloy further satisfies 6?2×(Zr%+Hf%)?B%?16 and 0?Fe%/(Fe%+Co%)<0.20.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: Sanyo Special Steel Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Sawada, Hiroyuki Hasegawa, Atsushi Kishida
  • Patent number: 9157135
    Abstract: The present invention provides a high-temperature lead-free solder alloy which has no variation in strength of the soldered portion and has an excellent balance between strength and soldering properties, and a method for producing the alloy. The present invention relates to a lead-free jointing material made of an alloy of two elements A and B selected from elements other than Pb, wherein the element A has a melting point higher than a melting point of the element B, wherein the alloy is an alloy which has a room-temperature stable phase composed of the element B and a room-temperature stable phase AmBn composed of the elements A and B (provided that m and n are specific numerals in accordance with an alloy constituting a stable phase at room temperature) and satisfies AxB1-x (provided that 0<x<m(m+n)), and wherein the element A is supersaturatedly dissolved in the room-temperature stable phase composed of the element B.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: Sanyo Special Steel Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroki Ikeda, Katsu Yanagimoto, Noriaki Matsubara
  • Patent number: 9114485
    Abstract: A Ti-based brazing filler material comprising in mixture a Zr-containing alloy powder comprising 30 to 90% by mass of one or two of Cu and Ni, the balance being Zr and unavoidable impurities and a Ti-based powder comprising 0 to 50% by mass of one or two of Cu and Ni, the balance being Ti and unavoidable impurities, wherein the weight ratio of the Zr-containing alloy powder to the Ti-based powder is 8:2 to 4:6. This Ti-based brazing filler material can achieve good brazing and can exhibit excellent effects in the production of aerospace instruments, medical instruments, frames of glasses, heat-exchangers made from titanium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: Sanyo Special Steel Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Sawada, Hiroyuki Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 8978959
    Abstract: A Ni—Fe-based alloy brazing filler material is provided comprising, in mass %, Fe: 21 to 40%; Cr: 10 to 30%; P: 7 to 11%; B: 0 to 5%; Si: 0 to 4.5%; V: 0 to 5%; Co: 0 to 5%; Mo: 0 to 5%; the balance being Ni and unavoidable impurities, wherein the mass ratio of Fe to P (Fe/P) is in a range of 2.6 to 5. The present invention provides a Ni—Fe-based alloy brazing filler material having a low melting temperature and a superior corrosion resistance and comprising raw materials that are relatively easily available, for use in manufacture of stainless-steel heat exchangers or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignees: Sanyo Special Steel Co., Ltd., Tokyo Braze Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Sawada, Shingo Fukumoto, Kotaro Matsu
  • Patent number: 8927111
    Abstract: There are provided a surface coating material for a molten zinc bath member with improved zinc corrosion resistance, a production method thereof, and a molten zinc bath member. The surface coating material comprises WC powder particles and a binder metal. The binder metal comprises Co and a metal element electrochemically nobler than Co and constitutes an alloy structure having a single phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Sanyo Special Steel Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroki Ikeda, Katsu Yanagimoto
  • Publication number: 20140154127
    Abstract: There are provided a sputtering target material for a soft-magnetic film layer with a high saturation magnetic flux density and high amorphous properties and a method for producing the sputtering target material. The target material is made of an alloy comprising one or more of Zr, Hf, Nb, Ta and B in an amount satisfying 5 at %?(Zr+Hf+Nb+Ta)+B/2?10 at % and having 7 at % or less of B; 0 to 5 at % in total of Al and Cr; and the balance being Co and Fe in an amount satisfying 0.20?Fe/(Fe+Co)?0.65 (at % ratio) with unavoidable impurities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2014
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: Sanyo Special Steel Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Sawada, Akihiko Yanagitani
  • Publication number: 20140090222
    Abstract: There is disclosed a high-hardness atomized powder comprising in mass %: 2 to 8% of B; and one or two or more of Ti, Cr, Mo, W, Ni, Al, and C in an amount satisfying the following expression: 0?(Ti %/10)+(Cr %/25)+(Mo %/10)+(W %/6)+(Ni %/10)+(Al %10)+(C %/1)?1.00, the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities, and having a particle diameter of 75 ?m or less. The powder, which has high hardness and is inexpensive, is particularly suitable for a powder for a projecting material for shot peening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2012
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: SANYO SPECIAL STEEL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Toshiyuki Sawada