Patents by Inventor Fumiaki KIRIHARA

Fumiaki KIRIHARA 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: 20240011126
    Abstract: A nickel alloy having superior surface properties by controlling the composition of non-metallic inclusions that affect surface properties, and a method for producing the same. A nickel alloy includes: all by mass %, Ni: 99.0% or more, C: 0.020% or less, Si: 0.01 to 0.3%, Mn: 0.3% or less, S: 0.010% or less, Cu: 0.2% or less, Al: 0.001 to 0.1%, Fe: 0.4% or less, O: 0.0001 to 0.0050% or less, Mg: 0.001 to 0.030%, Ca: 0.0001 to 0.0050%, B: 0.0001 to 0.01%, and the balance of inevitable impurities; the alloy including non-metallic inclusions, in which the non-metallic inclusions include one or more of MgO, CaO, CaO—Al2O3-based oxides, CaO—SiO2-based oxides, CaO—MgO-based oxides, and MgO·Al2O3, the MgO·Al2O3 has a number ratio of number 50% or less with respect to all oxide-based, non-metallic inclusions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2022
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: Nippon Yakin Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Fumiaki KIRIHARA, Daiki OGASAWARA
  • Publication number: 20210317555
    Abstract: Alloy compositions, structures, and production methods for an appropriate slit cut surface shape improve productivity by increasing welding speed and stabilizing quality during high speed welding in Ti-containing Fe—Ni—Cr alloy production. The Ti-containing Fe—Ni—Cr alloy contains, hereinafter in weight %, C: 0.001 to 0.03%, Si: 0.05 to 1.25%, Mn: 0.10 to 2.00%, P: 0.001 to 0.030%, S: 0.0001 to 0.0030%, Ni: 15 to 50%, Cr: 17 to 25%, Al: 0.10 to 0.80%, Ti: 0.10 to 1.5%, N: 0.003 to 0.025%, 0: 0.0002 to 0.007%, Fe as a remainder, and inevitable impurities, and when the number and size of titanium nitrides contained in material are evaluated in a freely selected field of view of 5 mm2, the titanium nitrides having sizes of not more than 15 ?m are not less than 99.3% of total of the titanium nitrides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Applicant: Nippon Yakin Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshio MIURA, Kazuhito TAKIMOTO, Fumiaki KIRIHARA, Shigeru HIRATA
  • Patent number: 10400317
    Abstract: Fe—Cr—Ni—Mo alloy having superior surface properties and a method for producing the same using a commonly used apparatus at low cost. The Fe—Cr—Ni—Mo alloy has (% indicates mass %): C: ?0.03%, Si: 0.15 to 0.5%, Mn: 0.1 to 1%, P: ?0.03%, S: ?0.002%, Ni: 20 to 32%, Cr: 20 to 26%, Mo: 0.5 to 2.5%, Al: 0.1 to 0.5%, Ti: 0.1 to 0.5%, Mg: 0.0002 to 0.01%, Ca: 0.0002 to 0.01%, N: ?0.02%, O: 0.0001 to 0.01%, freely contained components of Co: 0.05 to 2% and Cu: 0.01 to 0.5%, Fe as a remainder, and inevitable impurities, wherein MgO, MgO.Al2O3 spinel type, and CaO—Al2O3—MgO type are contained as oxide type non-metallic inclusions, ratio of number of MgO.Al2O3 spinel type to all oxide type non-metallic inclusions is ?50%, and CaO—Al2O3—MgO type contains CaO: 30 to 70%, Al2O3: 5 to 60%, MgO: 1 to 30%, SiO2: ?8%, and TiO2: ?10%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: NIPPON YAKIN KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hidekazu Todoroki, Fumiaki Kirihara
  • Publication number: 20170058384
    Abstract: Fe—Cr—Ni—Mo alloy having superior surface properties and a method for producing the same using a commonly used apparatus at low cost. The Fe—Cr—Ni—Mo alloy has (% indicates mass %): C: ?0.03%, Si: 0.15 to 0.5%, Mn: 0.1 to 1%, P: ?0.03%, S: ?0.002%, Ni: 20 to 32%, Cr: 20 to 26%, Mo: 0.5 to 2.5%, Al: 0.1 to 0.5%, Ti: 0.1 to 0.5%, Mg: 0.0002 to 0.01%, Ca: 0.0002 to 0.01%, N: ?0.02%, O: 0.0001 to 0.01%, freely contained components of Co: 0.05 to 2% and Cu: 0.01 to 0.5%, Fe as a remainder, and inevitable impurities, wherein MgO, MgO.Al2O3 spinel type, and CaO—Al2O3—MgO type are contained as oxide type non-metallic inclusions, ratio of number of MgO.Al2O3 spinel type to all oxide type non-metallic inclusions is ?50%, and CaO—Al2O3—MgO type contains CaO: 30 to 70%, Al2O3: 5 to 60%, MgO: 1 to 30%, SiO2: ?8%, and TiO2: ?10%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Applicant: Nippon Yakin Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidekazu TODOROKI, Fumiaki KIRIHARA