Patents Assigned to THE JAPAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE
  • Patent number: 10006114
    Abstract: Titanium alloy that is formed by subjecting titanium alloy to a treatment containing a hydrogen storing step for making the titanium alloy store hydrogen therein, a solution-treatment step for heating the titanium alloy having the hydrogen stored therein in the hydrogen storage step to apply a solution treatment to the hydrogen-stored titanium alloy, a cooling step for cooling the heated hydrogen-stored titanium alloy to develop martensitic transformation in the hydrogen-stored titanium alloy, a hot rolling step for heating the martensitic-transformed titanium alloy to a temperature which is not more than a predetermined transformation point and hot-rolling the martensitic-transformed titanium, and a dehydrogenation step for dehydrogenating the hot-rolled titanium alloy, thereby bringing the titanium alloy with the superplastic property.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignees: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., THE JAPAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE
    Inventors: Jun Nakahigashi, Kyo Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20140356221
    Abstract: Titanium alloy that is formed by subjecting titanium alloy to a treatment containing a hydrogen storing step for making the titanium alloy store hydrogen therein, a solution-treatment step for heating the titanium alloy having the hydrogen stored therein in the hydrogen storage step to apply a solution treatment to the hydrogen-stored titanium alloy, a cooling step for cooling the heated hydrogen-stored titanium alloy to develop martensitic transformation in the hydrogen-stored titanium alloy, a hot rolling step for heating the martensitic-transformed titanium alloy to a temperature which is not more than a predetermined transformation point and hot-rolling the martensitic-transformed titanium, and a dehydrogenation step for dehydrogenating the hot-rolled titanium alloy, thereby bringing the titanium alloy with the superplastic property.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2014
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicants: THE JAPAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE, HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun NAKAHIGASHI, Kyo TAKAHASHI