Patents by Inventor Chie Hama

Chie Hama 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: 9273371
    Abstract: A predetermined steel containing Te: 0.0005 mass % to 0.0050 mass % is heated to 1320° C. or lower to be subjected to hot rolling, and is subjected to annealing, cold rolling, decarburization annealing, and nitridation annealing, and thereby a decarburized nitrided steel sheet is obtained. Further, an annealing separating agent is applied on the surface of the decarburized nitrided steel sheet and finish annealing is performed, and thereby a glass coating film is formed. The N content of the decarburized nitrided steel sheet is set to 0.0150 mass % to 0.0250 mass % and the relationship of 2×[Te]+[N]?0.0300 mass % is set to be established. Note that [Te] represents the Te content and [N] represents the N content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichi Murakami, Chie Hama, Kazumi Mizukami, Yoshiyuki Ushigami, Shuichi Nakamura
  • Patent number: 8778095
    Abstract: In a method of manufacturing a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet including a nitriding treatment (step S7) and adopting so-called “low-temperature slab heating”, the finish temperature of finish rolling in hot rolling (step S2) is set to 950° C. or below, the cooling is started within 2 seconds after completion of the finish rolling, and a steel strip is coiled at 700° C. or below. The cooling rate over the duration from the end of finish rolling to the start of coiling is set to 10° C./sec or above. In annealing (step S3) of the hot-rolled steel strip, the heating rate in the temperature range from 800° C. to 1000° C. is set to 5° C./sec or above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation
    Inventors: Isao Iwanaga, Yoshiyuki Ushigami, Norikazu Fujii, Norihiro Yamamoto, Masahide Uragoh, Kenichi Murakami, Chie Hama
  • Publication number: 20130061985
    Abstract: In a method of manufacturing a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet including a nitriding treatment (step S7) and adopting so-called “low-temperature slab heating”, the finish temperature of finish rolling in hot rolling (step S2) is set to 950° C. or below, the cooling is started within 2 seconds after completion of the finish rolling, and a steel strip is coiled at 700° C. or below. The cooling rate over the duration from the end of finish rolling to the start of coiling is set to 10° C./sec or above. In annealing (step S3) of the hot-rolled steel strip, the heating rate in the temperature range from 800° C. to 1000° C. is set to 5° C./sec or above.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Isao Iwanaga, Yoshiyuki Ushigami, Norikazu Fujii, Norihiro Yamamoto, Masahide Uragoh, Kenichi Murakami, Chie Hama
  • Publication number: 20130000786
    Abstract: A predetermined steel containing Te: 0.0005 mass % to 0.0050 mass % is heated to 1320° C. or lower to be subjected to hot rolling, and is subjected to annealing, cold rolling, decarburization annealing, and nitridation annealing, and thereby a decarburized nitrided steel sheet is obtained. Further, an annealing separating agent is applied on the surface of the decarburized nitrided steel sheet and finish annealing is performed, and thereby a glass coating film is formed. The N content of the decarburized nitrided steel sheet is set to 0.0150 mass % to 0.0250 mass % and the relationship of 2×[Te]+[N]?0.0300 mass % is set to be established. Note that [Te] represents the Te content and [N] represents the N content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Inventors: Kenichi Murakami, Chie Hama, Kazumi Mizukami, Yoshiyuki Ushigami, Shuichi Nakamura