Patents by Inventor Akio Sonoda

Akio Sonoda 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: 11207721
    Abstract: [PROBLEM] The invention provides a roll for hot rolling process having various types of more excellent durability performances than conventional rolls, and provides also a method for manufacturing the same. [SOLUTION] A cladding layer 4 is formed on an outer circumference portion of a roll for hot rolling process 1, where the cladding layer 4 comprises: 0.5 to 0.7% by mass of C, 2.8 to 4.0% by mass of Si, 0.9 to 1.1% by mass of Cu, 1.4 to 1.6% by mass of Mn, 2.7 to 3.3% by mass of Ni, 13.5 to 14.5% by mass of Cr, 0.8 to 1.1% by mass of Mo, 0.9 to 1.1% by mass of Co, and 0.2 to 0.4% by mass of Nb, with a balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, and has a thickness of 5 mm or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: FUJICO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyo-Gyoung Kang, Akio Sonoda, Hideaki Nagayoshi, Hiroaki Furuta, Hiroyuki Miyazaki
  • Publication number: 20180361445
    Abstract: [PROBLEM] The invention provides a roll for hot rolling process having various types of more excellent durability performances than conventional rolls, and provides also a method for manufacturing the same. [SOLUTION] A cladding layer 4 is formed on an outer circumference portion of a roll for hot rolling process 1, where the cladding layer 4 comprises: 0.5 to 0.7% by mass of C, 2.8 to 4.0% by mass of Si, 0.9 to 1.1% by mass of Cu, 1.4 to 1.6% by mass of Mn, 2.7 to 3.3% by mass of Ni, 13.5 to 14.5% by mass of Cr, 0.8 to 1.1% by mass of Mo, 0.9 to 1.1% by mass of Co, and 0.2 to 0.4% by mass of Nb, with a balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, and has a thickness of 5 mm or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2016
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Applicant: FUJICO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: HYO-GYOUNG KANG, AKIO SONODA, HIDEAKI NAGAYOSHI, HIROAKI FURUTA, HIROYUKI MIYAZAKI
  • Patent number: 10155283
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a mill roll including a preheating process for joining end portions 16 to 19 of a roll barrel member 13 and/or shaft materials 14, 15, and a friction pressure welding process strongly pressing and joining the shaft materials 14, 15 to a core material 11 after frictionally heating the joining end portions 16 to 19 by rotating the shaft materials 14, 15 while pressing to the core material 11, and a manufacturing apparatus including first and second holding means 29, 23 for the roll barrel member 13 and the shaft materials 14, 15, a rotating means rotating the shaft materials 14, 15, a pressing means 24 pressing the core material 11 and the shaft materials 14, 15 in an axial direction, and a preheating means 31 preheating the joining end portions 16 to 19 of the roll barrel member 13 and the shaft materials 14, 15.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: FUJICO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Kimura, Akio Sonoda, Hiroshi Yoshinaga, Hideaki Nagayoshi
  • Publication number: 20170095884
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a mill roll including a preheating process for joining end portions 16 to 19 of a roll barrel member 13 and/or shaft materials 14, 15, and a friction pressure welding process strongly pressing and joining the shaft materials 14, 15 to a core material 11 after frictionally heating the joining end portions 16 to 19 by rotating the shaft materials 14, 15 while pressing to the core material 11, and a manufacturing apparatus including first and second holding means 29, 23 for the roll barrel member 13 and the shaft materials 14, 15, a rotating means rotating the shaft materials 14, 15, a pressing means 24 pressing the core material 11 and the shaft materials 14, 15 in an axial direction, and a preheating means 31 preheating the joining end portions 16 to 19 of the roll barrel member 13 and the shaft materials 14, 15.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Publication date: April 6, 2017
    Applicant: FUJICO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Kimura, Akio Sonoda, Hiroshi Yoshinaga, Hideaki Nagayoshi
  • Patent number: 9566662
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a mill roll including a preheating process for joining end portions 16 to 19 of a roll barrel member 13 and/or shaft materials 14, 15, and a friction pressure welding process strongly pressing and joining the shaft materials 14, 15 to a core material 11 after frictionally heating the joining end portions 16 to 19 by rotating the shaft materials 14, 15 while pressing to the core material 11, and a manufacturing apparatus including first and second holding means 29, 23 for the roll barrel member 13 and the shaft materials 14, 15, a rotating means rotating the shaft materials 14, 15, a pressing means 24 pressing the core material 11 and the shaft materials 14, 15 in an axial direction, and a preheating means 31 preheating the joining end portions 16 to 19 of the roll barrel member 13 and the shaft materials 14, 15.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: FUJICO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Kimura, Akio Sonoda, Hiroshi Yoshinaga, Hideaki Nagayoshi
  • Publication number: 20160023300
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a mill roll including a preheating process for joining end portions 16 to 19 of a roll barrel member 13 and/or shaft materials 14, 15,and a friction pressure welding process strongly pressing and joining the shaft materials 14, 15 to a core material 11 after frictionally heating the joining end portions 16 to 19 by rotating the shaft materials 14, 15 while pressing to the core material 11, and a manufacturing apparatus including first and second holding means 29, 23 for the roll barrel member 13 and the shaft materials 14, 15, a rotating means rotating the shaft materials 14, 15, a pressing means 24 pressing the core material 11 and the shaft materials 14, 15 in an axial direction, and a preheating means 31 preheating the joining end portions 16 to 19 of the roll barrel member 13 and the shaft materials 14, 15.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2014
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Applicant: FUJICO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Kimura, Akio Sonoda, Hiroshi Yoshinaga, Hideaki Nagayoshi