Patents by Inventor Chiaki Shiga

Chiaki Shiga 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).

  • Publication number: 20140301776
    Abstract: Provided are a welding method and a weld joint with which the fatigue strength of the box-welded joint of a gusset plate and a high-tensile steel can be dramatically improved. A welding method whereby a gusset plate is welded to high-tensile steel by means of box-welding, with a bead having a length of 17 mm or greater being formed at the ends of the gusset plate in the lengthwise direction using a welding material for which the martensite transformation starting temperature of the weld metal is 350° C. or less. In addition, a weld joint formed by welding a gusset plate to high-tensile steel using the aforementioned method; a method for repairing or reinforcing a box-welded part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: Osaka University
    Inventors: Chiaki Shiga, Kazuo Hiraoka
  • Patent number: 7325717
    Abstract: In the present invention, an iron based alloy which contains by mass %: 0.20% or less of C; 6.0 to 16.0% of Cr; 6.0 to 16.0% of Ni and whose martensitic transformation starting temperature (Ms point temperature) is in the range of 0-170° C., inclusive of 0° C. and exclusive of 170° C., is used as a welding material. With respect to a weld metal, the weld metal has a iron alloy composition which contains by mass %: 0.20% or less of C; 3.0 to 13.0% of Cr; 3.0 to 13.0% of Ni and whose martensitic transformation starting temperature (Ms point temperature) is in the range of 50-360° C., inclusive of both 50° C. and 360° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2008
    Assignee: National Institute for Materials Science
    Inventors: Yasushi Morikage, Takahiro Kubo, Koich Yasuda, Keniti Amano, Kazuo Hiraoka, Akihiko Ohta, Chiaki Shiga
  • Publication number: 20050252579
    Abstract: In the present invention, an iron based alloy which contains by mass %: 0.20% or less of C; 6.0 to 16.0% of Cr; 6.0 to 16.0% of Ni and whose martensitic transformation starting temperature (Ms point temperature) is in the range of 0-170° C., inclusive of 0°C and exclusive of 170° C., is used as a welding material. With respect to a weld metal, the weld metal has a iron alloy composition which contains by mass %: 0.20% or less of C; 3.0 to 13.0% of Cr; 3.0 to 13.0% of Ni and whose martensitic transformation starting temperature (Ms point temperature) is in the range of 50-360° C., inclusive of both 50° C. and 360° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2005
    Publication date: November 17, 2005
    Applicant: JEF STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasushi Morikage, Takahiro Kubo, Koich Yasuda, Keniti Amano, Kazuo Hiraoka, Akihiko Ohta, Chiaki Shiga
  • Patent number: 6653594
    Abstract: A gas having an arc current-voltage property that is different from a shielding gas is intermittently added to the shielding gas, an arc current is intermittently changed in proportion to an intermittent chemical composition change of the shielding gas at an arc generation region, and an arc generation point situated at a tip of a welding wire is displaced upwardly or downwardly along a groove of a base metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2003
    Assignees: Japan as represented by Director General of Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology National Research Institute for Metals, Daihen Corporation, Nippon Sanso Corporation, Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Terumi Nakamura, Kazuo Hiraoka, Chiaki Shiga, Hideyuki Yamamoto, Koji Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20030201263
    Abstract: In the present invention, an iron based alloy which contains by mass %: 0.20% or less of C; 6.0 to 16.0% of Cr; 6.0 to 16.0% of Ni and whose martensitic transformation starting temperature (Ms point temperature) is in the range of 0-170° C., inclusive of 0° C. and exclusive of 170° C., is used as a welding material. With respect to a weld metal, the weld metal has a iron alloy composition which contains by mass %: 0.20% or less of C; 3.0 to 13.0% of Cr; 3.0 to 13.0% of Ni and whose martensitic transformation starting temperature (Ms point temperature) is in the range of 50-360° C., inclusive of both 50° C. and 360° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2003
    Publication date: October 30, 2003
    Applicants: KAWASAKI STEEL CORPORATION, NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR METALS
    Inventors: Yasushi Morikage, Takahiro Kubo, Koich Yasuda, Keniti Amano, Kazuo Hiraoka, Akihiko Ohta, Chiaki Shiga
  • Publication number: 20010038001
    Abstract: In the present invention, an iron based alloy which contains by mass %: 0.20% or less of C; 6.0 to 16.0% of Cr; 6.0 to 16.0% of Ni and whose martensitic transformation starting temperature (Ms point temperature) is in the range of 0-170° C., inclusive of 0° C. and exclusive of 170° C., is used as a welding material. With respect to a weld metal, the weld metal has a iron alloy composition which contains by mass %: 0.20% or less of C; 3.0 to 13.0% of Cr; 3.0 to 13.0% of Ni and whose martensitic transformation starting temperature (Ms point temperature) is in the range of 50-360° C., inclusive of both 50° C. and 360° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2000
    Publication date: November 8, 2001
    Inventors: Yasushi Morikage, Takahiro Kubo, Koich Yasuda, Keniti Amano, Akihiko Ohta, Kazuo Hiraoka, Chiaki Shiga
  • Publication number: 20010030221
    Abstract: On a method of welding a high nitrogen containing stainless steel using, as a base metal, a high nitrogen stainless steel containing nitrogen at or above a solubility equilibrated with N2 at 1 atm when melted, a novel welding method keeping a weld metal composition from supersaturation of N in a molten state, having a sufficient corrosion resistance in an average composition of the weld metal under sea water circumstance and capable of maintaining mechanical characteristics and corrosion resistance comparable with those of a base metal is provided, wherein welding is conducted while setting a composition of a welding material and a dilution rate to be defined latter so as to satisfy the following two relations (A) and (B): 1 % ⁢ N p × D ≦ 0.028 × ( % ⁢   ⁢ Cr p × D + % ⁢   ⁢ Cr ′ × ( 1 - D ) ) + 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2001
    Publication date: October 18, 2001
    Inventors: Makoto Ogawa, Kazuo Hiraoka, Yasuyuki Katada, Hideki Uno, Chiaki Shiga
  • Publication number: 20010025832
    Abstract: A different kind of a gas in an arc current-voltage property from an shielding gas is intermittently added to the shielding gas, an arc current is intermittently changed in proportion to an intermittent chemical composition change of the shielding gas at an arc generation region, and an arc generation point situated at a tip of a welding wire is displaced upward or downward along a groove of a base metal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2001
    Publication date: October 4, 2001
    Inventors: Terumi Nakamura, Kazuo Hiraoka, Chiaki Shiga, Hideyuki Yamamoto, Koji Nakamura
  • Patent number: 6290905
    Abstract: A welding method for two members adapted to be welded and formed of a low-alloy steel for structural purposes causing the weld metal to develop martensite transformation during cooling after welding, so that the weld metal becomes expanded to a greater degree at room temperature than at a temperature at which the martensite transformation initiates. The welding material comprises a ferrous alloy containing C, Cr, Ni, Si, Mn, Mo and Nb, all of which meet substantially with the contents of the following equation (1): 170≦719−(795×C wt %)−(23.7×Cr wt %)−(26.5×Ni wt %)−(35.55×Si wt %)−(13.25×Mn wt %)−(23.7×Mo wt %)−(11.85×Nb wt %)<250  (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2001
    Assignee: Kawasaki Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Osamu Watanabe, Akihiko Ohta, Chiaki Shiga, Satoshi Nishijima
  • Patent number: 6059177
    Abstract: A welding method for two members adapted to be welded and formed of a low-alloy steel for structural purposes causing the weld metal to develop martensite transformation during cooling after welding, so that the weld metal becomes expanded to a greater degree at room temperature than at a temperature at which the martensite transformation initiates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2000
    Assignee: Kawasaki Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Osamu Watanabe, Akihiko Ohta, Chiaki Shiga, Satoshi Nishijima
  • Patent number: 5266417
    Abstract: There is provided a low-temperature service nickel steel plate with excellent weld toughness. This steel plate consists essentially of not less than 0.03% of C, 0.02 to 0.22% of Si, 0.05 to 0.47% of Mn, not more than 0.005% of P, not more than 0.005% of S, 7.5 to 12.0% of Ni, 0.01 to 0.10% of Al, and the remaining of Fe, where the following relations stand 3.5%.ltoreq.(8Si+9Mn).ltoreq.5.1% and 123C+(8Si+9Mn).ltoreq.10.9%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1993
    Assignee: Kawasaki Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro Kubo, Yoshifumi Nakano, Chiaki Shiga, Osamu Tanigawa