Patents by Inventor Fumikazu Ando

Fumikazu Ando 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: 7981223
    Abstract: The present invention is a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet characterized in that Bi is present at 0.01 to less than 1,000 ppm in terms of mass at the interface of the substrate steel and the primary film of the grain-oriented electrical steel sheet. The grain-oriented electrical steel sheet is produced by any of the processes of: before decarburization annealing, applying preliminary annealing for 1 to 20 sec. at 700° C. or higher and controlling an atmosphere in the temperature range; controlling the maximum attaining temperature B (° C.) before final cold rolling so that the maximum attaining temperature B may satisfy the expression, ?10×ln(A)+1,100?B?10×ln(A)+1,220, in accordance with a Bi content A (ppm) and at the same time heating the steel sheet cold rolled to the final thickness to 700° C. or higher within 10 sec. or at a heating rate of 100° C./sec. or more before decarburization annealing, or immediately thereafter applying preliminary annealing for 1 to 20 sec. at 700° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: Nippon Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Eiichi Nanba, Katsuyuki Yanagihara, Satoshi Arai, Shuichi Yamazaki, Fumikazu Ando, Kazutoshi Takeda, Yousuke Kurosaki, Nobuo Tachibana
  • Publication number: 20080271819
    Abstract: The present invention is a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet characterized in that Bi is present at 0.01 to less than 1,000 ppm in terms of mass at the interface of the substrate steel and the primary film of the grain-oriented electrical steel sheet. The grain-oriented electrical steel sheet is produced by any of the processes of: before decarburization annealing, applying preliminary annealing for 1 to 20 sec. at 700° C. or higher and controlling an atmosphere in the temperature range; controlling the maximum attaining temperature B (° C.) before final cold rolling so that the maximum attaining temperature B may satisfy the expression, ?10×ln(A)+1,100?B?10×ln(A)+1,220, in accordance with a Bi content A (ppm) and at the same time heating the steel sheet cold rolled to the final thickness to 700° C. or higher within 10 sec. or at a heating rate of 100° C./sec. or more before decarburization annealing, or immediately thereafter applying preliminary annealing for 1 to 20 sec. at 700° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2008
    Publication date: November 6, 2008
    Applicant: Nippon Steel Corporation,
    Inventors: Eiichi Nanba, Katsuyuki Yanagihara, Satoshi Arai, Shuichi Yamazaki, Fumikazu Ando, Kazutoshi Takeda, Yousuke Kurosaki, Nobuo Tachibana
  • Patent number: 7399369
    Abstract: The present invention is a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet characterized in that Bi is present at 0.01 to less than 1,000 ppm in terms of mass at the interface of the substrate steel and the primary film of the grain-oriented electrical steel sheet. The grain-oriented electrical steel sheet is produced by any of the processes of: before decarburization annealing, applying preliminary annealing for 1 to 20 sec. at 700° C. or higher and controlling an atmosphere in the temperature range; controlling the maximum attaining temperature B (° C.) before final cold rolling so that the maximum attaining temperature B may satisfy the expression, ?10×ln(A)+1,100?B?10×ln(A)+1,220, in accordance with a Bi content A (ppm) and at the same time heating the steel sheet cold rolled to the final thickness to 700° C. or higher within 10 sec. or at a heating rate of 100° C./sec. or more before decarburization annealing, or immediately thereafter applying preliminary annealing for 1 to 20 sec. at 700° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2008
    Assignee: Nippon Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Eiichi Nanba, Katsuyuki Yanagihara, Satoshi Arai, Shuichi Yamazaki, Fumikazu Ando, Kazutoshi Takeda, Yousuke Kurosaki, Nobuo Tachibana
  • Publication number: 20040231752
    Abstract: The present invention is a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet characterized in that Bi is present at 0.01 to less than 1,000 ppm in terms of mass at the interface of the substrate steel and the primary film of the grain-oriented electrical steel sheet. The grain-oriented electrical steel sheet is produced by any of the processes of: before decarburization annealing, applying preliminary annealing for 1 to 20 sec. at 700° C. or higher and controlling an atmosphere in the temperature range; controlling the maximum attaining temperature B (° C.) before final cold rolling so that the maximum attaining temperature B may satisfy the expression, −10×ln(A)+1,100≦B≦10×ln(A)+1,220, in accordance with a Bi content A (ppm) and at the same time heating the steel sheet cold rolled to the final thickness to 700° C. or higher within 10 sec. or at a heating rate of 100° C./sec.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2004
    Publication date: November 25, 2004
    Inventors: Eiichi Nanba, Katsuyuki Yanagihara, Satoshi Arai, Shuichi Yamazaki, Fumikazu Ando, Kazutoshi Takeda