Patents by Inventor Hideaki IRIKAWA

Hideaki IRIKAWA 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: 20230166314
    Abstract: This manufacturing method of a hot press-formed article includes a heating step of heating an Al-plated steel sheet and a forming step of obtaining a hot press-formed article using a die after the heating step, the Al-plated steel sheet has a base steel sheet, an Al plating layer, and a coating layer, the coating layer is a metal layer containing at least one metal of Mg, Ca, V, Ti, and Zn, a metal oxide layer containing an oxide of one or more of Mg, Ca, V, Ti, and Zn, or a mixed layer including the metal layer and the metal oxide layer, the die has a hard layer on a surface, HVDie that is a surface hardness of the die at a position of the hard layer is HV1500 or more and HV3800 or less, and a temperature Tm of the Al-plated steel sheet at a start of forming and an average movement velocity V of the die in the forming step satisfy 800?(HVDie/40)?Tm?850?(V/4)?(HVDie/100).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Soshi FUJITA, Yuki SUZUKI, Masahiro FUDA, Hideaki IRIKAWA, Masahiro KUBO, Naruhiko NOMURA
  • Publication number: 20230028362
    Abstract: There is provided a hot-stamped member or a steel sheet for hot stamping having a chemical composition including, in mass %, C: 0.25% or more and 0.55% or less, Si: 0.001% or more and 2.0% or less, Mn: 0.3% or more and 3.0% or less, P: 0.02% or less, S: 0.003% or less, Al: 0.005% or more and 1.0% or less, Cr: 0% or more and 1.0% or less, Mo: 0% or more and 1.0% or less, N: 0.02% or less, Ca: 0% or more and 0.0010% or less, B: 0.0005% or more and 0.01% or less, one or two or more selected from the group consisting of Ti: 0.005% or more and 0.5% or less, Nb: 0.005% or more and 0.5% or less, V: 0.005% or more and 0.5% or less, and Zr: 0.005% or more and 0.5% or less, and Ni+Cu+Sn: 0% or more and 2% or less, and a remainder consisting of Fe and impurities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhisa KUSUMI, Katsuhiro FUCHIGAMI, Takashi ARAMAKI, Hideaki IRIKAWA, Haruhiko EGUCHI, Takahisa HONDA, Takashi MOROHOSHI
  • Patent number: 11535916
    Abstract: An aluminum-based plated steel sheet according to an aspect of the present invention includes: a base material; an aluminum-based plating layer located above the base material; and an intermetallic compound layer that is located between the base material and the aluminum-based plating layer and contains an intermetallic compound of Al and Fe, in which the base material has a chemical component within a predetermined range, the aluminum-based plating layer contains, on average, 80 mass % or more and 97 mass % or less of Al, 3 mass % or more and 15 mass % or less of Si, 0 mass % or more and 5 mass % or less of Zn, 0 mass % or more and 5 mass % or less of Fe, 0 mass % or more and 3 mass % or less in total of one or more selected from the group consisting of Mg and Ca, and impurities so that a total amount thereof is 100 mass %, an average value of a thickness of the intermetallic compound layer is 2 ?m or more and 10 ?m or less, a maximum value of the thickness of the intermetallic compound layer is 10 ?m or mor
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Soshi Fujita, Yuki Suzuki, Masahiro Fuda, Jun Maki, Hideaki Irikawa, Takashi Aramaki, Tatsuya Kubota
  • Publication number: 20220402015
    Abstract: To solve a problem about warpage of a steel sheet due to a difference in temperature raising rate between an overlapped part and a one-sheet part. This manufacturing method includes: a step of heating an overlapped blank; a step of transferring the heated overlapped blank; and a step of performing presswork on the heated overlapped blank by using a die, in which in the heating step, when sheet thicknesses of the first and second steel sheets are set to t1 and t2, respectively, and an average heating rate at a sheet temperature from 20 to 800° C. of a portion with a total sheet thickness (t1+t2) of an overlapped portion, and that of a non-overlapped portion are set to V and v1, respectively, the total sheet thickness (t1+t2) is 2.5 to 5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Soshi FUJITA, Yuki SUZUKI, Masahiro FUDA, Hideaki IRIKAWA, Jun MAKI, Nobuo YOSHIKAWA, Naruhiko NOMURA
  • Patent number: 11530474
    Abstract: Fe-Al-based plated hot-stamped member exhibiting excellent formed part corrosion resistance and post-coating corrosion resistance and manufacturing method. The hot-stamping member includes Fe-Al-based plated layer on one or both surfaces of a base material, the base material has a predetermined steel component, Fe-Al-based plated layer has a thickness of 10 ?m or more and 60 ?m or less, formed by A, B, C and D layers sequentially from a surface toward the base material, and each of the four layers is a Fe-Al-based intermetallic compound containing Al, Fe, Si, Mn and Cr for predetermined contents with the balance made up of impurities, the D layer further contains Kirkendall voids each of which cross-sectional area is 3 ?m2-30 ?m2 for 10 pieces/6000 ?m2 or more and 40 pieces/6000 ?m2 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Soshi Fujita, Yuki Suzuki, Masahiro Fuda, Jun Maki, Hideaki Irikawa, Tatsuya Kubota
  • Patent number: 11364707
    Abstract: To solve the problem about the difference in temperature increasing rate between an overlapped part and a one-sheet part so as to further improve the corrosion resistance of plating after hot stamping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Soshi Fujita, Yuki Suzuki, Masahiro Fuda, Jun Maki, Hideaki Irikawa, Masahiro Nakata
  • Patent number: 11352684
    Abstract: The present invention has as its object the provision of a steel member and steel sheet having high tensile strength and toughness and excellent in hydrogen embrittlement resistance in a corrosive environment and methods for manufacturing the same. The steel member of the present invention has predetermined chemical constituents and has a maximum value of content of Cu in a range from the surface to a depth of 0 to 30 ?m of 1.4 times the content of Cu at a depth of 200 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichiro Tabata, Kazuhisa Kusumi, Kazuo Hikida, Hideaki Irikawa
  • Publication number: 20220025498
    Abstract: This aluminum-plated steel sheet has a steel sheet and a plating layer formed on a surface of the steel sheet, the plating layer contains one or more A group elements selected from a group consisting of Be, Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Sc, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, and Zn, a remainder of Al, Fe, and impurities, a thickness t of the plating layer is 10 to 60 ?m, and an average grain size is 2t/3 or less and 15 ?m or less in a thickness range from an outermost surface of the plating layer to a ? thickness t position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2019
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuki SUZUKI, Soshi FUJITA, Masahiro FUDA, Hideaki IRIKAWA, Takeshi IMAI, Fumio EIHARA
  • Publication number: 20210395870
    Abstract: The present invention has as its object the provision of a steel member and steel sheet having high tensile strength and toughness and excellent in hydrogen embrittlement resistance in a corrosive environment and methods for manufacturing the same. The steel member of the present invention has predetermined chemical constituents and has a maximum value of content of Cu in a range from the surface to a depth of 0 to 30 ?m of 1.4 times the content of Cu at a depth of 200 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichiro TABATA, Kazuhisa KUSUMI, Kazuo HIKIDA, Hideaki IRIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20210197525
    Abstract: To solve the problem about the difference in temperature increasing rate between an overlapped part and a one-sheet part so as to further improve the corrosion resistance of plating after hot stamping.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Soshi FUJITA, Yuki SUZUKI, Masahiro FUDA, Jun MAKI, Hideaki IRIKAWA, Masahiro NAKATA
  • Publication number: 20210164080
    Abstract: An aluminum-based plated steel sheet according to an aspect of the present invention includes: a base material; an aluminum-based plating layer located above the base material; and an intermetallic compound layer that is located between the base material and the aluminum-based plating layer and contains an intermetallic compound of Al and Fe, in which the base material has a chemical component within a predetermined range, the aluminum-based plating layer contains, on average, 80 mass % or more and 97 mass % or less of Al, 3 mass % or more and 15 mass % or less of Si, 0 mass % or more and 5 mass % or less of Zn, 0 mass % or more and 5 mass % or less of Fe, 0 mass % or more and 3 mass % or less in total of one or more selected from the group consisting of Mg and Ca, and impurities so that a total amount thereof is 100 mass %, an average value of a thickness of the intermetallic compound layer is 2 ?m or more and 10 ?m or less, a maximum value of the thickness of the intermetallic compound layer is 10 ?m or mor
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2018
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Soshi FUJITA, Yuki SUZUKI, Masahiro FUDA, Jun MAKI, Hideaki IRIKAWA, Takashi ARAMAKI, Tatsuya KUBOTA
  • Publication number: 20210114074
    Abstract: A method of producing a hot press-formed product includes subjecting an Al-plated steel sheet having a zinc compound layer or a metallic zinc layer, as an outermost layer, provided on an Al plating layer to hot press forming using a die. The die includes a hard layer having a skewness (Rsk), as measured in a direction from the outside of a die hole toward the inside of the die hole, of 1.3 or less and a hardness Hv_Die of HV 2,000 or more, over the entirety of a region of a steel sheet contact surface that is adjacent to a die shoulder portion. The steel sheet contact surface is a surface located outside of the die hole and configured to contact the Al-plated steel sheet that is to be subjected to the hot press forming.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro KUBO, Soshi FUJITA, Yoshiaki NAKAZAWA, Hideaki IRIKAWA, Masahiro FUDA
  • Publication number: 20210095368
    Abstract: Fe-Al-based plated hot-stamped member exhibiting excellent formed part corrosion resistance and post-coating corrosion resistance and manufacturing method. The hot-stamping member includes Fe-Al-based plated layer on one or both surfaces of a base material, the base material has a predetermined steel component, Fe-Al-based plated layer has a thickness of 10 ?m or more and 60 ?m or less, formed by A, B, C and D layers sequentially from a surface toward the base material, and each of the four layers is a Fe-Al-based intermetallic compound containing Al, Fe, Si, Mn and Cr for predetermined contents with the balance made up of impurities, the D layer further contains Kirkendall voids each of which cross-sectional area is 3 ?m2-30 ?m2 for 10 pieces/6000 ?m2 or more and 40 pieces/6000 ?m2 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Soshi FUJITA, Yuki SUZUKI, Masahiro FUDA, Jun MAKI, Hideaki IRIKAWA, Tatsuya KUBOTA
  • Publication number: 20200238357
    Abstract: Provided is a coated steel sheet including a steel sheet, a first aluminum coating layer provided on a first surface of the steel sheet, a zinc compound layer or a metallic zinc layer provided on a surface of the first aluminum coating layer, and a second aluminum coating layer provided on a second surface of the steel sheet, as an outermost surface of the steel sheet. Further provided are a coated steel sheet coil using this coated steel sheet, and a method of producing a hot-press formed article, as well as an automobile part using a press formed article produced by the method of producing a hot-press formed article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro KUBO, Yoshiaki NAKAZAWA, Toshiya SUZUKI, Naruhiko NOMURA, Soshi FUJITA, Hideaki IRIKAWA, Masahiro FUDA
  • Publication number: 20200189233
    Abstract: A hot stamped member has a steel, an Al—Fe intermetallic compound layer formed on the steel, and an oxide film layer formed on the Al—Fe intermetallic compound layer, in which the oxide film layer is made up of one or more A group elements selected from the group consisting of Be, Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Sc, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, and Zn, Al, oxygen, and impurities, a proportion of the A group element in the oxide film layer excluding the oxygen is 0.01 atom % or more and 80 atom % or less, a thickness t of the oxide film layer is 0.1 to 10.0 ?m, and, in the case of measuring the A group element in the oxide film layer in a thickness direction from a surface of the oxide film layer using a GDS, a maximum value of a detection intensity of the A group element in a range from the surface to one-third of the thickness t is 3.0 times or more an average value of detection intensities of the A group element in a range from two thirds of the thickness t to t.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuki SUZUKI, Soshi FUJITA, Jun MAKI, Kazuhisa KUSUMI, Masahiro FUDA, Hideaki IRIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20200024748
    Abstract: Provided are a plated steel sheet for hot stamping including: a plated steel sheet body including a steel sheet and an aluminum plating layer provided on one side or both sides of the steel sheet; and a zinc-based metal soap film provided on a surface of the plated steel sheet body on a side of the aluminum plating layer and having an adhesion amount of from 7.1 to 19.8 g/m2 based on a Zn amount (when, in the plated steel sheet body, a zinc oxide film is on the surface of an aluminum plating layer, the total adhesion amount of the zinc oxide film and the zinc-based metal soap film is from 7.1 to 19.8 g/m2 based on a Zn amount.), and a method of manufacturing such a sheet. Also provided are a method of manufacturing a hot-stamped component using the plated steel sheet for hot stamping, and a method of manufacturing a vehicle using a stamped component manufactured by a method of manufacturing a hot-stamped component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro KUBO, Yoshiaki NAKAZAWA, Toshiya SUZUKI, Narihiko NOMURA, Soshi FUJITA, Hideaki IRIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20190160519
    Abstract: [Object] There are provided automobile parts and a method for manufacturing the automobile parts. The automobile parts have an excellent corrosion resistance after coated with a electrodeposition paint with smaller thickness, improve formability and productivity in hot pressing, and also improve chemical conversion treatability after hot press-forming.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jun MAKI, Shintaro YAMANAKA, Hideaki IRIKAWA
  • Patent number: 10232426
    Abstract: [Object] There are provided automobile parts and a method for manufacturing the automobile parts. The automobile parts have an excellent corrosion resistance after coated with a electrodeposition paint with smaller thickness, improve formability and productivity in hot pressing, and also improve chemical conversion treatability after hot press-forming.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jun Maki, Shintaro Yamanaka, Hideaki Irikawa
  • Patent number: 9970116
    Abstract: Provided is an Al-plated steel sheet used for hot pressing that has excellent lubricity in hot state, corrosion resistance after paint coating, and spot weldability. An Al-plated steel sheet used for hot pressing includes: a steel sheet; an Al plating layer formed on one surface or both surfaces of the steel sheet; and a surface coating layer formed on the Al plating layer. The surface coating layer contains a zinc compound, and the zinc compound is deposited on the Al-plated steel sheet in an amount of equal to or greater than 0.3 g/m2 and equal to or less than 1.5 g/m2 as an amount of metallic zinc per one surface, and a zinc deposition amount in any continuous 1 mm2 region is 1.5 g/m2 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Soshi Fujita, Shintaro Yamanaka, Jun Maki, Hiroki Fujimoto, Hatsuhiko Oikawa, Hideaki Irikawa
  • Publication number: 20160362794
    Abstract: [Object] To provide an Al-plated steel sheet used for hot pressing that has excellent lubricity in hot state, corrosion resistance after paint coating, and spot weldability. [Solution] An Al-plated steel sheet used for hot pressing according to the present invention includes: a steel sheet; an Al plating layer formed on one surface or both surfaces of the steel sheet; and a surface coating layer formed on the Al plating layer. The surface coating layer contains a zinc compound, and the zinc compound is deposited on the Al-plated steel sheet in an amount of equal to or greater than 0.3 g/m2 and equal to or less than 1.5 g/m2 as an amount of metallic zinc per one surface, and a zinc deposition amount in any continuous 1 mm2 region is 1.5 g/m2 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Soshi FUJITA, Shintaro YAMANAKA, Jun MAKI, Hiroki FUJIMOTO, Hatsuhiko OIKAWA, Hideaki IRIKAWA