Patents by Inventor Eriko TSUKAMOTO

Eriko TSUKAMOTO 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: 20240011114
    Abstract: This steel sheet has a predetermined chemical composition, and includes, as a metallographic structure, ferrite, bainite, and pearlite in a total volume percentage of 0% or more and 50% or less, residual austenite in a volume percentage of 3% or more and 20% or less, and a remainder of fresh martensite and tempered martensite, in which residual austenite having an aspect ratio of 3.0 or more occupies 80% or more of a total residual austenite by area ratio, the steel sheet includes an internal oxide layer having a thickness of 4.0 ?m or more from a surface of the steel sheet and a decarburized layer having a thickness of 10 ?m or more and 100 ?m or less from the surface of the steel sheet, and an amount of diffusible hydrogen included in the steel sheet is 1.00 ppm or less on a mass basis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2021
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eriko TSUKAMOTO, Kengo TAKEDA
  • Publication number: 20230257843
    Abstract: This steel sheet has a predetermined chemical composition, the metallurgical structure at a thickness ¼ portion is, by area ratio, martensite: 40% to 97%, ferrite+bainite: 50% or less, residual austenite: 3% to 20% and a remainder in microstructure: 5% or less, the aspect ratio of residual austenite having an aspect ratio of 3 or more is 80% or more with respect to the total area of residual austenite, and the number of carbides having a grain diameter of 8 to 40 nm per square micrometer is five or more in the residual austenite.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eriko TSUKAMOTO, Kengo TAKEDA
  • Publication number: 20230183833
    Abstract: Provided is a steel sheet having a predetermined chemical composition, wherein precipitates having a diameter of less than 0.1 ?m are present in a number density of 10 to 200/?m2 in a depth region of 1 to 10 ?m from a surface, an amount of dissolved C in a depth region of 10 to 60 ?m from the surface is less than 0.20 mass %, and a tensile strength is 1200 MPa or more. Further, provided is a method for producing a steel sheet comprising a step of hot rolling a steel slab having a predetermined chemical composition, then coiling it at 580° C. or less, a step of pickling the hot rolled steel sheet to remove oxide scale and remove the surface layer of the hot rolled steel sheet down to at least 5 ?m, and a step of cold rolling the hot rolled steel sheet, then holding it in an atmosphere of a dew point of ?20 to 20° C. at a temperature region of 200 to 400° C. for 20 to 180 seconds and holding it at a temperature region of 740 to 900° C. for 40 to 300 seconds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kengo TAKEDA, Katsuya NAKANO, Yuya SUZUKI, Eriko TSUKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230183834
    Abstract: Provided is a steel sheet having a predetermined chemical composition and microstructure, wherein a block size in a first depth region of 1 to 10 ?m from the surface is 5.0 ?m or less, a block size in a second depth region of 10 to 60 ?m from the surface is 6.0 to 20.0 ?m, and a block size in a third depth region of 60 ?m to 1/4 thickness from the surface is less than 6.0 ?m. Further, provided is a method for producing a steel sheet comprising a step of hot rolling a steel slab having a predetermined chemical composition, then coiling it at 500° C. or more, a step of pickling the hot rolled steel sheet to remove oxide scale, wherein an amount of removal of the surface layer of the hot rolled steel sheet is less than 5.00 ?m, a step of cold rolling by a rolling reduction of 30 to 90%, and an annealing step of holding in an atmosphere of a dew point of ?20 to 20° C. at a temperature region of 740 to 900° C. for 40 to 300 seconds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kengo TAKEDA, Katsuya NAKANO, Yuya SUZUKI, Eriko TSUKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20220389531
    Abstract: A steel sheet has a predetermined chemical composition, in which a microstructure in a ¼ width portion, a microstructure in a ½ width portion, and a microstructure in a ¾ width portion, include, by area %, ferrite: 80% or more, martensite: 2% or less, and residual austenite: 2% or less, in which a proportion of unrecrystallized ferrite in the ferrite is 5% to 60%, an average grain size of carbonitrides is 6.0 nm to 30.0 nm, and Expressions (2) to (5) are satisfied. ?SF/?SF?0.10??(2) ?dF/?dF?0.20??(3) ?SUF?20??(4) ?dC/?dC?0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2021
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki KAWATA, Kengo TAKEDA, Eriko TSUKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20220290269
    Abstract: This steel sheet has a predetermined chemical composition, the metallographic structure includes, by an area ratio, ferrite, bainite and pearlite: 0 to 10% in total, residual austenite: 1 to 15%, and a remainder that is martensite, and a proportion of martensite or residual austenite having a width of 50 nm to 2 ?m present at a prior austenite grain boundary is 70% or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eriko TSUKAMOTO, Kengo TAKEDA