Patents by Inventor Goro Arai

Goro Arai 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: 20140230969
    Abstract: Provided is a TRIP-aided dual-phase martensitic steel which is excellent in terms of strength-elongation balance and Charpy impact value and has dual-phase martensite composed of a soft lath martensitic structure and a hard lath martensitic structure as a matrix phase, regardless of forging temperature or forging reduction ratio, by controlling heat treatment conditions. The dual-phase martensitic steel contains 0.1-0.7% C, 0.5-2.5% Si, 0.5-3.0% Mn, 0.5-2.0% Cr, 0.5% or less (including 0%) of Mo, 0.04-2.5% Al, and the balance Fe with incidental impurities; has its metallographic structure in which a matrix phase is composed of a soft lath martensitic structure and a hard lath martensitic structure; and obtained by heating its raw steel material to a ?-range, rapidly cooling the heated material to a temperature slightly above a martensite transformation starting temperature (Ms), and then performing an isothermal transformation process the cooled material in the temperature range from Mf to [(Mf)?100° C].
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2012
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicants: USUI KOKUSAI SANGYO KAISHA LIMITED, SHINSU UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Koh-ichi Sugimoto, Junya Kobayashi, Nobuo Yoshikawa, Yuji Nakajima, Teruhisa Takahashi, Goro Arai
  • Patent number: 8585835
    Abstract: A high-strength steel machined product giving excellent hardenability has a metal microstructure with excellent balance of strength and toughness and high stability of retained austenite. The product is composed of an ultra-high low-alloy TRIP steel having a metal microstructure which contains an appropriate quantity of two or more of Cr, Mo, and Ni, and an appropriate quantity of one or more of Nb, Ti, and V, and having an appropriate value of carbon equivalent; the metal microstructure has a mother-phase structure composed mainly of lathy bainitic ferrite with a small amount of granular bainitic ferrite and polygonal ferrite, and has a secondary-phase structure composed of fine retained austenite and martensite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignees: Usui Kokusai Sangyo Kaisha Limited, Shinshu University
    Inventors: Koh-ichi Sugimoto, Sho-hei Sato, Teruhisa Takahashi, Goro Arai
  • Publication number: 20110209803
    Abstract: A high-strength steel machined product giving excellent hardenability has a metal microstructure with excellent balance of strength and toughness and high stability of retained austenite. The product is composed of an ultra-high low-alloy TRIP steel having a metal microstructure which contains an appropriate quantity of two or more of Cr, Mo, and Ni, and an appropriate quantity of one or more of Nb, Ti, and V, and having an appropriate value of carbon equivalent; the metal microstructure has a mother-phase structure composed mainly of lathy bainitic ferrite with a small amount of granular bainitic ferrite and polygonal ferrite, and has a secondary-phase structure composed of fine retained austenite and martensite.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2009
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Applicants: USUI KOKUSAI SANGYO KAISHA LIMITED, SHINSHU UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Koh-ichi Sugimoto, Sho-hei Sato, Teruhisa Takahashi, Goro Arai