Patents by Inventor Akihiro SENGOKU

Akihiro SENGOKU has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11884998
    Abstract: Provided is a surface treated steel sheet which includes a base metal, and a plated layer formed on a surface of the base metal, wherein an average composition of the plated layer contains, in mass %, Mg: 0.5 to 2.0%, and [60.0?Zn+Al?98.0], [0.4?Zn/Al?1.5], and [Zn/Al×Mg?1.6] are satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiro Sengoku, Hiroshi Takebayashi
  • Patent number: 11878488
    Abstract: A hot stamped component, includes: a base material; and a Zn-based plating layer provided in contact with the base material as an upper layer of the base material and containing Zn and Ni. A region of the Zn-based plating layer on a base material side is a Fe—Zn solid solution containing Ni, and two or more twins exist in 10 crystal grains of the Fe—Zn solid solution containing Ni adjacent to an interface between the base material and the Zn-based plating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiro Sengoku, Kojiro Akiba, Satoshi Kato
  • Patent number: 11866828
    Abstract: A plated steel sheet for hot stamping including a base metal and a galvanized layer that is formed on a surface of the base metal, wherein the galvanized layer includes a galvannealed layer, a solidified zinc layer, and an oxide layer containing Al, in this order from the base metal, and a proportion of a content of Zn (g/m2) in the solidified zinc layer to a content of Zn (g/m2) in the galvanized layer is 10 to 95%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Takebayashi, Kojiro Akiba, Akihiro Sengoku
  • Patent number: 11846027
    Abstract: A hot stamped component, includes: a base material; and a Zn-based plating layer provided in contact with the base material as a layer above the base material and containing Zn. A base material side of the Zn-based plating layer is a Fe—Zn solid solution, and two or more twins exist in 10 crystal grains of the Fe—Zn solid solution adjacent to an interface between the base material and the Zn-based plating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiro Sengoku, Kojiro Akiba, Toshiki Nonaka
  • Publication number: 20230220557
    Abstract: This Zn-plated hot stamped product includes a steel, a Zn-based plating layer, and an oxide layer, in which an upper layer which is a region on a surface side of the Zn-based plating layer has a two-phase structure of a ? phase and an Fe—Zn solid solution, and a lower layer which is a region of the Zn-based plating layer excluding the upper layer has a single-phase structure of an Fe—Zn solid solution, an upper layer thickness and a lower layer thickness satisfy the following expression, a Mn content ratio of Max. Mn/Min. Mn, which is a ratio of a maximum value Max. Mn to a minimum value Min. Mn of an Mn content on a surface of the Zn-plated hot stamped product, is 10.0 or less, and an average value Ave. Mn is 0.5 to 7.5% by mass %. 0.20?upper layer thickness/(upper layer thickness+lower layer thickness)?0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiro SENGOKU, Kojiro AKIBA, Hiroshi TAKEBAYASHI, Toshiki NONAKA
  • Publication number: 20230073024
    Abstract: A plated steel sheet for hot stamping including a base metal and a galvanized layer that is formed on a surface of the base metal, wherein the galvanized layer includes a galvannealed layer, a solidified zinc layer, and an oxide layer containing Al, in this order from the base metal, and a proportion of a content of Zn (g/m2) in the solidified zinc layer to a content of Zn (g/m2) in the galvanized layer is 10 to 95%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi TAKEBAYASHI, Kojiro AKIBA, Akihiro SENGOKU
  • Publication number: 20230041452
    Abstract: A hot stamped component, includes: a base material; and a Zn-based plating layer provided in contact with the base material as an upper layer of the base material and containing Zn and Ni. A region of the Zn-based plating layer on a base material side is a Fe—Zn solid solution containing Ni, and two or more twins exist in 10 crystal grains of the Fe—Zn solid solution containing Ni adjacent to an interface between the base material and the Zn-based plating layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiro SENGOKU, Kojiro AKIBA, Satoshi KATO
  • Publication number: 20230023145
    Abstract: A hot stamped component, includes: a base material; and a Zn-based plating layer provided in contact with the base material as a layer above the base material and containing Zn. A base material side of the Zn-based plating layer is a Fe—Zn solid solution, and two or more twins exist in 10 crystal grains of the Fe—Zn solid solution adjacent to an interface between the base material and the Zn-based plating layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiro SENGOKU, Kojiro AKIBA, Toshiki NONAKA
  • Patent number: 11338550
    Abstract: There is provided a hot-stamped body including: a steel base metal; and a metallic layer formed on a surface of the steel base metal, wherein the metallic layer includes: an interface layer that contains, in mass %, Al: 30.0 to 36.0%, has a thickness of 100 nm to 5 ?m, and is located in an interface between the metallic layer and the steel base metal; and a principal layer that includes coexisting MgZn2 phases and insular FeAl2 phases, is located on the interface layer, and has a thickness of 3 ?m to 40 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kohei Tokuda, Takuya Mitsunobu, Akihiro Sengoku, Kenichiro Matsumura
  • Patent number: 11285698
    Abstract: There is provided a hot-stamped body including: a steel base metal; and a metallic layer formed on a surface of the steel base metal, wherein the metallic layer includes: an interface layer that contains, in mass %, Al: 30.0 to 36.0%, has a thickness of 100 nm to 15 ?m, and is located in an interface between the metallic layer and the steel base metal; and a principal layer that includes coexisting Zn phases and insular FeAl2 phases, is located on the interface layer, and has a thickness of 1 ?m to 40 ?m. This hot-stamped body is excellent in fatigue properties, corrosion resistance, and chipping resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya Mitsunobu, Kohei Tokuda, Akihiro Sengoku, Kenichiro Matsumura
  • Patent number: 11028276
    Abstract: Provided are a surface-treated metal sheet excellent in the adhesiveness to a coating treatment film and weldability and a coated member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuaki Kawamura, Koji Akioka, Akihiro Sengoku, Yoichiro Mori
  • Patent number: 10987695
    Abstract: A hot-dip zinc-based plated steel sheet includes: a base steel sheet that is a metal substrate; a hot-dip zinc-based plating layer provided on the base steel sheet; and a surface treatment layer formed on at least one surface of the hot-dip zinc-based plating layer, in which the surface treatment layer contains more than or equal to 0.1 g/m2 and less than or equal to 1.2 g/m2 of granular oxide per one surface on a metal basis in which, in a temperature range of 900 to 1300 K, standard free energy of formation (?G0) of oxide is smaller than standard free energy of formation (?G0Zn) of zinc oxide and larger than standard free energy of formation (?G0Al) of aluminum oxide at an identical temperature, and the granular oxide has a particle size of more than or equal to 3 nm and less than or equal to 100 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji Akioka, Yasuaki Kawamura, Akihiro Sengoku
  • Publication number: 20210039355
    Abstract: There is provided a hot-stamped body including: a steel base metal; and a metallic layer formed on a surface of the steel base metal, wherein the metallic layer includes: an interface layer that contains, in mass %, Al: 30.0 to 36.0%, has a thickness of 100 nm to 15 ?m, and is located in an interface between the metallic layer and the steel base metal; and a principal layer that includes coexisting Zn phases and insular FeAl2 phases, is located on the interface layer, and has a thickness of 1 ?m to 40 ?m. This hot-stamped body is excellent in fatigue properties, corrosion resistance, and chipping resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Applicant: Nippon Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Takuya MITSUNOBU, Kohei TOKUDA, Akihiro SENGOKU, Kenichiro MATSUMURA
  • Publication number: 20210039354
    Abstract: There is provided a hot-stamped body including: a steel base metal; and a metallic layer formed on a surface of the steel base metal, wherein the metallic layer includes: an interface layer that contains, in mass %, Al: 30.0 to 36.0%, has a thickness of 100 nm to 5 ?m, and is located in an interface between the metallic layer and the steel base metal; and a principal layer that includes coexisting MgZn2 phases and insular FeAl2 phases, is located on the interface layer, and has a thickness of 3 ?m to 40 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kohei TOKUDA, Takuya MITSUNOBU, Akihiro SENGOKU, Kenichiro MATSUMURA
  • Patent number: 10851465
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a zinc-based plated steel sheet excellent in coating film adhesiveness after hot pressing more conveniently. [Solution] A zinc-based plated steel sheet according to the present invention comprises: a zinc-based plated steel sheet that is a base metal; and a surface treatment layer formed on at least one surface of the zinc-based plated steel sheet, in which the surface treatment layer contains one or more oxides selected from titanium oxide, nickel oxide, and tin(IV) oxide each having a particle size of more than or equal to 2 nm and less than or equal to 500 nm, in a range of more than or equal to 0.2 g/m2 and less than or equal to 2 g/m2 per one surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuaki Kawamura, Koji Akioka, Akihiro Sengoku
  • Patent number: 10549506
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a hot-dip zinc-based plated steel sheet excellent in coating film adhesiveness after hot pressing more conveniently. [Solution] A hot-dip zinc-based plated steel sheet according to the present invention includes: a hot-dip zinc-based plated steel sheet that is a base metal; and a surface treatment layer formed on at least one surface of the hot-dip zinc-based plated steel sheet, in which the surface treatment layer contains one or more oxides selected from zirconia, lanthanum oxide, cerium oxide, and neodymium oxide each having a particle size of more than or equal to 5 nm and less than or equal to 500 nm, in a range of more than or equal to 0.2 g/m2 and less than or equal to 2 g/m2 per one surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuaki Kawamura, Koji Akioka, Akihiro Sengoku
  • Publication number: 20200032360
    Abstract: Provided is a hot stamped body which includes a base metal, and a plated layer formed on a surface of the base metal, wherein the plated layer includes an interface layer, an intermediate layer, and an oxide layer in order from a base metal side, the interface layer contains one or more kinds of Fe—Al alloy, a total area fraction of the Fe—Al alloy being 99% or more, the intermediate layer 22 contains one or more kinds of Fe—Al—Zn alloy, a total area fraction of the Fe—Al—Zn phase being 50% or more, an average composition of the intermediate layer contains, in mass %, Al: 30 to 50% and Zn: 15 to 30%, and an average film thickness of the oxide layer is 3.0 ?m or less, and Mg content in the oxide layer is 0.05 to 0.50 g/m2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiro SENGOKU, Hiroshi TAKEBAYASHI, Koji AKIOKA, Kenichiro MATSUMURA
  • Publication number: 20200024708
    Abstract: Provided is a surface treated steel sheet which includes a base metal, and a plated layer formed on a surface of the base metal, wherein an average composition of the plated layer contains, in mass %, Mg: 0.5 to 2.0%, and [60.0?Zn+Al?98.0], [0.4?Zn/Al?1.5], and [Zn/Al×Mg?1.6] are satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiro SENGOKU, Hiroshi TAKEBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20190160507
    Abstract: A hot stamped steel according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a base material and a plated layer, wherein the plated layer includes an interface layer, an intermediate layer, and an oxide layer in order from a base material side to a surface side; in which compositions and thicknesses of each layer are controlled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2016
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Applicant: Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation
    Inventors: Akihiro SENGOKU, Hiroshi TAKEBAYASHI, Koji AKIOKA
  • Patent number: 9976196
    Abstract: Hot-stamped steel includes: a steel base metal including a tempered portion having hardness corresponding to 85% or less of the highest quenching hardness defined as a Vickers hardness at a depth position spaced away from a surface layer by ¼ times a sheet thickness in a case of performing water quenching after heating at a temperature equal to or higher than an Ac3 point and retention for 30 minutes; and a Zn coating layer formed on the tempered portion of the base metal. The Zn coating layer includes a solid-solution layer including a solid-solution phase containing Fe and Zn that is solid-soluted in Fe, and a lamella layer including solid-solution phase and a capital gamma phase. In the Zn coating layer, an area ratio of the lamella layer is 30 to 100% and an area ratio of the solid-solution layer is 0 to 70%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiro Sengoku, Hiroshi Takebayashi