Patents by Inventor Hideki Takabe

Hideki Takabe 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: 20250327158
    Abstract: A martensitic stainless steel material that achieves both a high yield strength and excellent SSC resistance is provided. The martensitic stainless steel material according to the present disclosure consists of, in mass %, C: 0.030% or less, Si: 1.00% or less, Mn: 1.00% or less, P: 0.030% or less, S: 0.0050% or less, Cu: 0.01 to 3.50%, Cr: 10.00 to 14.00%, Ni: 4.50 to 7.50%, Mo: 1.00 to 4.00%, Ti: 0.050 to 0.300%, V: 0.01 to 1.00%, Al: 0.001 to 0.100%, Co: 0.010 to 0.500%, Ca: 0.0005 to 0.0050%, Sn: 0.0005 to 0.0500%, N: 0.0010 to 0.0500%, O: 0.050% or less, and the balance: Fe and impurities, and has a yield strength of 758 MPa or more. Within this range, the contents of elements and the yield strength satisfy Formula (1) described in the description.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Publication date: October 23, 2025
    Inventors: Kyohei KANKI, Hideki TAKABE
  • Publication number: 20250327154
    Abstract: A Fe—Cr—Ni alloy material that has high strength and reduced strength anisotropy is provided. A Fe—Cr—Ni alloy material according to the present disclosure consists of, by mass %, C: 0.030% or less, Si: 0.01 to 1.00%, Mn: 0.01 to 2.00%, P: 0.030% or less, S: 0.0050% or less, Ni: 29.0 to 36.5%, Cr: 23.0 to 27.5%, Mo: 2.00 to 6.00%, Al: 0.01 to 0.30%, rare earth metal: 0.016 to 0.100%, N: 0.220 to 0.500%, and O: 0.010% or less, with the balance being Fe and impurities, and satisfies Formula (1). In a microstructure, a standard deviation of the grain size numbers of austenite grains is 0.80 or less. The tensile yield strength is 758 MPa or more: 3 × Ni - 2 × Cr - 150 × N < 15. ( 1 ) where, a content of a corresponding element in percent by mass is substituted for each symbol of an element in Formula (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2023
    Publication date: October 23, 2025
    Inventors: Hideki TAKABE, Kazuya NAKANE, Kohei MATSUDA, Seiya OKADA
  • Patent number: 12241148
    Abstract: An alloy material is provided that has a chemical composition consisting of, in mass %, C: 0.030% or less, Si: 0.01 to 1.0%, Mn: 0.01 to 2.0%, P: 0.030% or less, S: 0.0050% or less, Cr: 28.0 to 40.0%, Ni: 32.0 to 55.0%, sol. Al: 0.010 to 0.30%, N: more than 0.30% and not more than 0.000214×Ni2?0.03012×Ni+0.00215×Cr2?0.08567×Cr+1.927, O: 0.010% or less, Mo: 0 to 6.0%, W: 0 to 12.0%, Ca: 0 to 0.010%, Mg: 0 to 0.010%, V: 0 to 0.50%, Ti: 0 to 0.50%, Nb: 0 to 0.50%, Co: 0 to 2.0%, Cu: 0 to 2.0%, REM: 0 to 0.10%, and the balance: Fe and impurities, and in which Fn1=Mo+(½)W is 1.0 to 6.0, and a yield strength at a 0.2% proof stress is 1103 MPa or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideki Takabe, Yusaku Tomio, Masayuki Sagara
  • Publication number: 20240417835
    Abstract: A martensitic stainless steel seamless pipe according to the present disclosure has a chemical composition and the microstructure described in the description, and a yield strength of 862 MPa or more. An observation field of view region which is 1.0 ?m long in each of L direction and T direction and which includes an inner surface is composed of an inner surface vicinity region, an interior region that is below contact with the inner surface vicinity region, and a hollow region. An inner surface Cu occupancy OScu which is defined as the numerical proportion of sections in which a Cu concentration is more than 2.0% in the inner surface vicinity region, and an interior Cu occupancy OIcu which is defined as the numerical proportion of sections in which the Cu concentration is more than 2.0% in the interior region satisfy Formula (2). OS Cu / OI Cu ? 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Inventors: Kyohei KANKI, Hideki TAKABE, Katsuhiro NISHIHARA, Takafumi AMINO
  • Publication number: 20240401178
    Abstract: A martensitic stainless steel round bar of the present disclosure contains, in mass %, C: 0.030% or less, Cr: 10.00 to 14.00%, Ni: 5.00 to 7.50%, Mo: 1.50 to 4.00%, Cu: 1.00 to 3.50%, W: 0.01 to 2.00%, and Co: 0.010 to 0.500%, and has a yield strength of 862 MPa or more. When, at the center position of a cross section perpendicular to the axial direction of the martensitic stainless steel round bar, a dissolved Mo concentration is defined as [Mo]C, a dissolved W concentration is defined as [W]C, an Mo concentration in a residue obtained by constant-current electrolysis is defined as [Mo]R, and a W concentration in the residue is defined as [W]R, Formula (1) and Formula (2) are satisfied. F ? 1 = [ Mo ] C + 0.5 [ W ] C ? 2.45 ( 1 ) F ? 2 = F ? 1 / ( [ Mo ] R + [ W ] R ) ? 13.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2022
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Inventors: Kyohei KANKI, Daisuke MATSUO, Hideki TAKABE, Toshiya NISHIMURA
  • Patent number: 11891680
    Abstract: A steel material according to the present disclosure has a chemical composition consisting of, in mass %: C: 0.15 to 0.45%, Si: 0.05 to 1.00%, Mn: 0.01 to 1.00%, P: 0.030% or less, S: 0.0050% or less, Al: 0.005 to 0.100%, Cr 0.55 to 1.10%, Mo: 0.70 to 1.00%, Ti: 0.002 to 0.020%, V: 0.05 to 0.30%, Nb: 0.002 to 0.100%, B: 0.0005 to 0.0040%, N: 0.0100% or less, O: less than 0.0020%, and the balance being Fe and impurities, and satisfying Formula (1) described in the specification. A grain diameter of a prior-austenite grain is 15.0 ?m or less, and an average area of precipitate which is precipitated in a prior-austenite grain boundary is 12.5×10?3 ?m2 or less. A yield strength is 758 to 862 MPa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yohei Otome, Hiroki Kamitani, Atsushi Soma, Taro Oe, Nobuaki Komatsubara, Yuji Arai, Hideki Takabe
  • Publication number: 20220411906
    Abstract: An alloy material is provided that has a chemical composition consisting of, in mass %, C: 0.030% or less, Si: 0.01 to 1.0%, Mn: 0.01 to 2.0%, P: 0.030% or less, S: 0.0050% or less, Cr: 28.0 to 40.0%, Ni: 32.0 to 55.0%, sol. Al: 0.010 to 0.30%, N: more than 0.30% and not more than 0.000214×Ni2?0.03012×Ni+0.00215×Cr2?0.08567×Cr+1.927, O: 0.010% or less, Mo: 0 to 6.0%, W: 0 to 12.0%, Ca: 0 to 0.010%, Mg: 0 to 0.010%, V: 0 to 0.50%, Ti: 0 to 0.50%, Nb: 0 to 0.50%, Co: 0 to 2.0%, Cu: 0 to 2.0%, REM: 0 to 0.10%, and the balance: Fe and impurities, and in which Fn1=Mo+(½)W is 1.0 to 6.0, and a yield strength at a 0.2% proof stress is 1103 MPa or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Hideki TAKABE, Yusaku TOMIO, Masayuki SAGARA
  • Publication number: 20220042148
    Abstract: A steel material according to the present disclosure has a chemical composition consisting of, in mass %: C: 0.15 to 0.45%, Si: 0.05 to 1.00%, Mn: 0.01 to 1.00%, P: 0.030% or less, S: 0.0050% or less, Al: 0.005 to 0.100%, Cr 0.55 to 1.10%, Mo: 0.70 to 1.00%, Ti: 0.002 to 0.020%, V: 0.05 to 0.30%, Nb: 0.002 to 0.100%, B: 0.0005 to 0.0040%, N: 0.0100% or less, O: less than 0.0020%, and the balance being Fe and impurities, and satisfying Formula (1) described in the specification. A grain diameter of a prior-austenite grain is 15.0 ?m or less, and an average area of precipitate which is precipitated in a prior-austenite grain boundary is 12.5×10?3 ?m2 or less. A yield strength is 758 to 862 MPa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: Yohei OTOME, Hiroki KAMITANI, Atsushi SOMA, Taro OE, Nobuaki KOMATSUBARA, Yuji ARAI, Hideki TAKABE
  • Patent number: 10995394
    Abstract: A steel bar for a downhole member is provided that is excellent in SCC resistance and SSC resistance. A martensitic stainless steel bar material for a downhole member of the present embodiment has a chemical composition that contains, by mass %, C: 0.020% or less, Si: 1.0% or less, Mn: 1.0% or less, P: 0.03% or less, S: 0.01% or less, Cu: 0.10 to 2.50%, Cr: 10 to 14%, Ni: 1.5 to 7.0%, Mo: 0.2 to 3.0%, Ti: 0.05 to 0.3%, V: 0.01 to 0.10%, Nb: 0.1% or less, Al: 0.001 to 0.1% and N: 0.05% or less, with the balance being Fe and impurities, and satisfies Formula (1) and Formula (2). [Mo]?4×[total Mo amount in precipitate at R/2 position]?1.30??(1) [Total Mo amount in precipitate at center position]?[total Mo amount in precipitate at R/2 position]?0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke Matsuo, Takuji Nakahata, Hisashi Amaya, Tsutomu Okuyama, Hideki Takabe
  • Publication number: 20190177823
    Abstract: A steel bar for a downhole member is provided that is excellent in SCC resistance and SSC resistance. A martensitic stainless steel bar material for a downhole member of the present embodiment has a chemical composition that contains, by mass %, C: 0.020% or less, Si: 1.0% or less, Mn: 1.0% or less, P: 0.03% or less, S: 0.01% or less, Cu: 0.10 to 2.50%, Cr: 10 to 14%, Ni: 1.5 to 7.0%, Mo: 0.2 to 3.0%, Ti: 0.05 to 0.3%, V: 0.01 to 0.10%, Nb: 0.1% or less, Al: 0.001 to 0.1% and N: 0.05% or less, with the balance being Fe and impurities, and satisfies Formula (1) and Formula (2). [Mo]?4×[total Mo amount in precipitate at R/2 position]?1.30??(1) [Total Mo amount in precipitate at center position]?[total Mo amount in precipitate at R/2 position]?0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2017
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventors: Daisuke MATSUO, Takuii NAKAHATA, Hisashi AMAYA, Tsutomu OKUYAMA, Hideki TAKABE
  • Patent number: 10246765
    Abstract: A martensitic Cr-containing steel having excellent corrosion resistance, SSC resistance, and IGHIC resistance is provided. A martensitic Cr-containing steel according to the present invention includes: a chemical composition consisting of, by mass %, Si: 0.05 to 1.0%, Mn: 0.1 to 1.0%, Cr: 8 to 12%, V: 0.01 to 1.0%, sol. Al: 0.005 to 0.10%, with the balance being Fe and impurities, wherein an effective Cr amount defined by “Cr?16.6×C” is not less than 8%, and an Mo equivalent defined by “Mo+0.5×W” is 0.03 to 2%; a micro-structure wherein a grain size number of prior-austenite crystal grain is not less than 8.0; and a yield strength of less than 379 to 551 MPa, wherein a grain-boundary segregation ratio of Mo and W is not less than 1.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohiko Omura, Yusaku Tomio, Hideki Takabe, Toshio Mochizuki
  • Patent number: 10000832
    Abstract: Provided is duplex stainless steel having high strength, SCC resistance and SSC resistance excellent in a high-temperature chloride environment, and capable of suppressing precipitation of a ? phase. The duplex stainless steel of the present embodiment includes, in mass %, of: C: at most 0.03%; Si: 0.2 to 1%; Mn: more than 5.0% to at most 10%; P: at most 0.040%; S: at most 0.010%; Ni: 4.5 to 8%; sol. Al: at most 0.040%; N: more than 0.2% to at most 0.4%; Cr: 24 to 29%; Mo: 0.5 to less than 1.5%; Cu: 1.5 to 3.5%; W: 0.05 to 0.2%; the balance being Fe and impurities, wherein the duplex stainless steel satisfies Formula (1): Cr+8Ni+Cu+Mo+W/2?65 . . . (1), where a symbol of each element in Formula (1) represents a content of the element (in mass %).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideki Takabe, Hisashi Amaya, Kazuhiro Ogawa
  • Patent number: 9783876
    Abstract: A stainless steel for oil wells which has excellent high-temperature corrosion resistance and can stably obtain a strength of not less than 758 MPa is provided. The stainless steel for oil wells contains, by masse, C: not more than 0.05%, Si: not more than 1.0%, Mn: 0.01 to 1.0%, P: not more than 0.05%, S: less than 0.002%, Cr: 16 to 18%, Mo: 1.8 to 3%, Cu: 1.0 to 3.5%, Ni: 3.0 to 5.5%, Co: 0.01 to 1.0%, Al: 0.001 to 0.1%, O: not more than 0.05%, and N: not more than 0.05%, the balance being Fe and impurities, and satisfies Formulas (1) and (2): Cr+4Ni+3Mo+2Cu?44??(1) Cr+3Ni+4Mo+2Cu/3?46??(2) where each symbol of element in Formulas (1) and (2) is substituted by the content (mass %) of a corresponding element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinjiro Nakatsuka, Taro Ohe, Hisashi Amaya, Hideki Takabe, Yohei Otome, Yusaku Tomio, Masanao Seo, Tomohiko Omura, Kunio Kondo
  • Patent number: 9555496
    Abstract: A process for producing a welded joint, which includes a weld metal having high strength and high toughness, and containing fewer blowholes, includes the steps of: preparing a base material containing, by mass %, not less than 10.5% of Cr; and subjecting the base material to GMA welding using a shielding gas containing 1 to 2 volume % or 35 to 50 volume % of CO2 gas, and the balance being inert gas, thereby forming a weld metal includes, by mass %, C: not more than 0.080%, Si: 0.20 to 1.00%, Mn: not more than 8.00%, P: not more than 0.040%, S: not more than 0.0100%, Cu: not more than 2.0%, Cr: 20.0 to 30.0%, Ni: 7.00 to 12.00%, N: 0.100 to 0.350%, O: 0.02 to 0.11%, sol. Al: not more than 0.040%, at least one of Mo: 1.00 to 4.00% and W: 1.00 to 4.00%, and the balance being Fe and impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenta Yamada, Masahiko Hamada, Daisuke Motoya, Shinjiro Nakatsuka, Hisashi Amaya, Hideki Takabe
  • Publication number: 20160326617
    Abstract: A martensitic Cr-containing steel having excellent corrosion resistance, SSC resistance, and IGHIC resistance is provided. A martensitic Cr-containing steel according to the present invention includes: a chemical composition consisting of, by mass %, Si: 0.05 to 1.0%, Mn: 0.1 to 1.0%, Cr: 8 to 12%, V: 0.01 to 1.0%, sol. Al: 0.005 to 0.10%, with the balance being Fe and impurities, wherein an effective Cr amount defined by “Cr?16.6×C” is not less than 8%, and an Mo equivalent defined by “Mo+0.5×W” is 0.03 to 2%; a micro-structure wherein a grain size number of prior-austenite crystal grain is not less than 8.0; and a yield strength of less than 379 to 551 MPa, wherein a grain-boundary segregation ratio of Mo and W is not less than 1.5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2014
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventors: Tomohiko Omura, Yusaku Tomio, Hideki Takabe, Toshio Mochizuki
  • Patent number: 9322087
    Abstract: The chemical composition of a stainless steel in accordance with the present invention consists of C: not more than 0.05%, Si: not more than 0.5%, Mn: 0.01 to 0.5%, P: not more than 0.04%, S: not more than 0.01%, Cr: more than 16.0 and not more than 18.0%, Ni: more than 4.0 and not more than 5.6%, Mo: 1.6 to 4.0%, Cu: 1.5 to 3.0%, Al: 0.001 to 0.10%, and N: not more than 0.050%, the balance being Fe and impurities, and satisfies Formulas (1) and (2). Also, the micro-structure thereof contains a martensitic phase and a ferritic phase having a volume ratio of 10 to 40%, and the ferritic phase distribution ratio is higher than 85%. Cr+Cu+Ni+Mo ?25.5??(1) ?8 ?30(C+N)+0.5Mn+Ni+Cu/2+8.2?1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideki Takabe, Kunio Kondo, Hisashi Amaya, Taro Ohe, Yohei Otome
  • Patent number: 9303296
    Abstract: A high-strength stainless steel for oil well having corrosion resistance excellent in a high-temperature environment, having excellent SSC resistance at normal temperature, and having better workability than 13% Cr steels has a chemical composition containing, by mass percent, C: at most 0.05%, Si: at most 1.0%, Mn: at most 0.3%, P: at most 0.05%, S: less than 0.002%, Cr: over 16% and at most 18%, Mo: 1.5 to 3.0%, Cu: 1.0 to 3.5%, Ni: 3.5 to 6.5%, Al: 0.001 to 0.1%, N: at most 0.025%, and O: at most 0.01%, the balance being Fe and impurities, a microstructure containing a martensite phase, 10 to 48.5%, by volume ratio, of a ferrite phase and at most 10%, by volume ratio, of a retained austenite phase, yield strength of at least 758 MPa and uniform elongation of at least 10%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Taro Ohe, Hisashi Amaya, Hideki Takabe, Kunio Kondo, Yohei Otome
  • Publication number: 20150307972
    Abstract: The chemical composition of a stainless steel in accordance with the present invention consists of C: not more than 0.05%, Si: not more than 0.5%, Mn: 0.01 to 0.5%, P: not more than 0.04%, S: not more than 0.01%, Cr: more than 16.0 and not more than 18.0%, Ni: more than 4.0 and not more than 5.6%, Mo: 1.6 to 4.0%, Cu: 1.5 to 3.0%, Al: 0.001 to 0.10%, and N: not more than 0.050%, the balance being Fe and impurities, and satisfies Formulas (1) and (2). Also, the micro-structure thereof contains a martensitic phase and a ferritic phase having a volume ratio of 10 to 40%, and the ferritic phase distribution ratio is higher than 85%. Cr+Cu+Ni+Mo 25.5??(1) ?8 ?30(C+N)+0.5Mn+Ni+Cu/2+8.2?1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2015
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Inventors: Hideki TAKABE, Kunio KONDO, Hisashi AMAYA, Taro OHE, Yohei OTOME
  • Patent number: 9109268
    Abstract: The chemical composition of a stainless steel in accordance with the present invention consists of C: not more than 0.05%, Si: not more than 0.5%, Mn: 0.01 to 0.5%, P: not more than 0.04%, S: not more than 0.01%, Cr: more than 16.0 and not more than 18.0%, Ni: more than 4.0 and not more than 5.6%, Mo: 1.6 to 4.0%, Cu: 1.5 to 3.0%, Al: 0.001 to 0.10%, and N: not more than 0.050%, the balance being Fe and impurities, and satisfies Formulas (1) and (2). Also, the micro-structure thereof contains a martensitic phase and a ferritic phase having a volume ratio of 10 to 40%, and the ferritic phase distribution ratio is higher than 85%. Cr+Cu+Ni+Mo?25.5??(1) ?8?30(C+N)+0.5Mn+Ni+Cu/2+8.2?1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideki Takabe, Kunio Kondo, Hisashi Amaya, Taro Ohe, Yohei Otome
  • Publication number: 20150056005
    Abstract: Provided is a process for producing a welded joint which includes a weld metal having high strength and high toughness, and containing fewer blowholes. The process for producing a welded joint according to the present embodiment includes the steps of: preparing a base material containing, by mass %, not less than 10.5% of Cr; and subjecting the base material to GMA welding using a shielding gas containing 1 to 2 volume % or 35 to 50 volume % of CO2 gas, and the balance being inert gas, thereby forming a weld metal includes, by mass %, C: not more than 0.080%, Si: 0.20 to 1.00%, Mn: not more than 8.00%, P: not more than 0.040%, S: not more than 0.0100%, Cu: not more than 2.0%, Cr: 20.0 to 30.0%, Ni: 7.00 to 12.00%, N: 0.100 to 0.350%, O: 0.02 to 0.11%, sol. Al: not more, than 0.040%, at least one of Mo: 1.00 to 4.00% and W: 1.00 to 4.00%, and the balance being Fe and impurities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2013
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Applicant: Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation
    Inventors: Kenta Yamada, Masahiko Hamada, Daisuke Motoya, Shinjiro Nakatsuka, Hisashi Amaya, Hideki Takabe