Patents by Inventor Hidenori Takebe

Hidenori Takebe 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: 20240018629
    Abstract: This titanium alloy sheet contains predetermined chemical components, an area ratio of an ?-phase is 80% or more, an area ratio of the ?-phase having an equivalent circle diameter of 1 ?m or more is more than 53%, and in a (0001) pole figure in a sheet thickness direction, an angle formed between the sheet thickness direction and a direction indicating a peak of intensity calculated by texture analysis in a case in which a series rank is 16 and the Gaussian half width is 5° for an inverse pole figure using a spherical harmonics method of an electron backscatter diffraction method is 65° or less, and the average sheet thickness is 2.5 mm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomonori KUNIEDA, Genki TSUKAMOTO, Yoshiki KOIKE, Toshiyuki OKUI, Hidenori TAKEBE
  • Publication number: 20240002981
    Abstract: A titanium alloy thin sheet contains specific chemical components, in which, when a crystal orientation of an ?-phase is expressed by an Euler angle g={?1, ?, ?2} according to Bunge's notation method, the orientation with maximum intensity expressed by a crystal orientation distribution function f(g) calculated with Series Rank of 16 and a Gaussian half width of 5° in texture analysis using a spherical harmonics method of an electron backscatter diffraction method is in the range of ?1: 0 to 30°, ?: 60 to 90°, and ?2: 0 to 60°, and a degree of accumulation of the orientation with maximum intensity is 10.0 or more, a 0.2% proof stress in a sheet width direction at 25° C. is 800 MPa or more, a Young's modulus in the sheet width direction is 125 GPa or more, and an average sheet thickness is 2.5 mm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Genki TSUKAMOTO, Tomonori KUNIEDA, Yoshiki KOIKE, Toshiyuki OKUI, Hidenori TAKEBE
  • Patent number: 11566305
    Abstract: A titanium plate includes a chemical composition of industrial pure titanium, in which an arithmetic mean roughness Ra of a surface is 0.05 ?m or more and 0.40 ?m or less, the surface has titanium carbide regarding which a ratio between a total sum of integrated intensities Ic derived from the titanium carbide and a total sum of integrated intensities Im of all diffraction peaks derived from the titanium carbide and titanium obtained from X-ray diffractometry ((Ic/Im)×100) is 0.8% or more and 5.0% or less, a number density of asperities on the surface is 30 to 100 pieces/mm, and an average spacing of the asperities is 20 ?m or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidenori Takebe, Kentaroh Yoshida, Atsuhiko Kuroda, Kouichi Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 11459649
    Abstract: A titanium sheet including the following chemical components in mass %: Cu: 0.70 to 1.50%, Cr: 0 to 0.40%, Mn: 0 to 0.50%, Si: 0.10 to 0.30%, O: 0 to 0.10%, Fe: 0 to 0.06%, N: 0 to 0.03%, C: 0 to 0.08%, H: 0 to 0.013%, elements except the above and Ti: 0 to 0.1% each, with a total amount of the elements being 0.3% or less, and the balance: Ti, wherein A value defined by Formula (1) is 1.15 to 2.5 mass %, and the titanium sheet having a metal microstructure in which an area fraction of an ? phase is 95% or more, an area fraction of a ? phase is 5% or less, and an area fraction of an intermetallic compound is 1% or less, wherein an average crystal grain size D (?m) of the ? phase is 20 to 70 ?m and satisfies Formula (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidenori Takebe, Kazuhiro Takahashi, Hideki Fujii
  • Patent number: 11390935
    Abstract: A titanium alloy material contains: in mass %, Cu: 0.7% to 1.4%; Sn: 0.5% to 1.5%; Si: 0.10% to 0.45%; Nb: 0.05% to 0.50%; Fe: 0.00% to 0.08%; O: 0.00% to 0.08%; and the balance composed of Ti and impurities, in which in a structure, an area fraction of an ? phase is 96.0% or more and an area fraction of an intermetallic compound is 1.0% or more, and an average crystal grain size of the ? phase is 10 ?m or more and 100 ?m or less and an average grain size of the intermetallic compound is 0.1 to 3.0 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidenori Takebe, Sosuke Nishiwaki, Tomonori Kunieda
  • Publication number: 20210025031
    Abstract: A titanium plate includes a chemical composition of industrial pure titanium, in which an arithmetic mean roughness Ra of a surface is 0.05 ?m or more and 0.40 ?m or less, the surface has titanium carbide regarding which a ratio between a total sum of integrated intensities Ic derived from the titanium carbide and a total sum of integrated intensities Im of all diffraction peaks derived from the titanium carbide and titanium obtained from X-ray diffractometry ((Ic/Im)×100) is 0.8% or more and 5.0% or less, a number density of asperities on the surface is 30 to 100 pieces/mm, and an average spacing of the asperities is 20 ?m or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2018
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidenori TAKEBE, Kentaroh YOSHIDA, Atsuhiko KURODA, Kouichi TAKEUCHI
  • Publication number: 20200385848
    Abstract: A titanium sheet including the following chemical components in mass %: Cu: 0.70 to 1.50%, Cr: 0 to 0.40%, Mn: 0 to 0.50%, Si: 0.10 to 0.30%, O: 0 to 0.10%, Fe: 0 to 0.06%, N: 0 to 0.03%, C: 0 to 0.08%, H: 0 to 0.013%, elements except the above and Ti: 0 to 0.1% each, with a total amount of the elements being 0.3% or less, and the balance: Ti, wherein A value defined by Formula (1) is 1.15 to 2.5 mass %, and the titanium sheet having a metal microstructure in which an area fraction of an ? phase is 95% or more, an area fraction of a ? phase is 5% or less, and an area fraction of an intermetallic compound is 1% or less, wherein an average crystal grain size D (?m) of the ? phase is 20 to 70 ?m and satisfies Formula (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidenori TAKEBE, Kazuhiro TAKAHASHI, Hideki FUJII
  • Publication number: 20200347484
    Abstract: A titanium alloy material contains: in mass %, Cu: 0.7% to 1.4%; Sn: 0.5% to 1.5%; Si: 0.10% to 0.45%; Nb: 0.05% to 0.50%; Fe: 0.00% to 0.08%; O: 0.00% to 0.08%; and the balance composed of Ti and impurities, in which in a structure, an area fraction of an ? phase is 96.0% or more and an area fraction of an intermetallic compound is 1.0% or more, and an average crystal grain size of the ? phase is 10 ?m or more and 100 ?m or less and an average grain size of the intermetallic compound is 0.1 to 3.0 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2018
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidenori TAKEBE, Sosuke NISHIWAKI, Tomonori KUNIEDA
  • Patent number: 10718043
    Abstract: A titanium plate is provided in which a Vickers hardness Hv0.025 at a load of 0.245 N at a surface is 150 or less, and an average length of the profile elements RSm is 80 ?m or less and a maximum height Rz is less than 1.5 ?m, RSm and Rz being as defined in JIS B 0601: 2013. The titanium plate has good surface deformability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji Mitsuda, Kazuhiro Takahashi, Joe Ito, Hideto Seto, Hidenori Takebe
  • Patent number: 10480050
    Abstract: A titanium sheet has a chemical composition containing, in mass %, Cu: 0.1 to 1.0%, Ni: 0.01 to 0.20%, Fe: 0.01 to 0.10%, O: 0.01 to 0.10%, Cr: 0 to 0.20%, the balance: Ti and unavoidable impurities, and satisfying 0.04?0.3Cu+Ni?0.44%. The average grain size of ? phase is 15 ?m or larger, and an intermetallic compound of Cu and/or Ni, and Ti is at 2.0 volume % or less. This titanium sheet has excellent workability and high strength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidenori Takebe, Yoshihisa Shirai
  • Publication number: 20190226073
    Abstract: A titanium sheet having a sheet thickness of 0.2 mm or less and including a hardened layer on a surface, the titanium sheet including a chemical composition containing, in mass percent: Fe: 0.001 to 0.08%; and O: 0.03 to 0.08%, wherein a grain size satisfies following Formulas (1) to (3), a thickness of the hardened layer is 0.1 to 2.0 ?m. The titanium sheet has both a sufficient strength and an excellent workability. Formulas (1) to (3) are dave?2.5 (1), t/dave?3.0 (2), and t/dmax—1.5 (3), where, in Formulas (1) to (3), t denotes the sheet thickness (?m), dave denotes an average grain size (?m), and dmax denotes a maximum grain size (?m).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidenori TAKEBE, Reita CHIDA, Satoshi MATSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20190032182
    Abstract: A titanium plate is provided in which a Vickers hardness Hv0.025 at a load of 0.245 N at a surface is 150 or less, and an average length of the profile elements RSm is 80 ?m or less and a maximum height Rz is less than 1.5 ?m, RSm and Rz being as defined in JIS B 0601: 2013. The titanium plate has good surface deformability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2016
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventors: Koji MITSUDA, Kazuhiro TAKAHASHI, Joe ITO, Hideto SETO, Hidenori TAKEBE
  • Publication number: 20180245185
    Abstract: A titanium sheet has a chemical composition containing, in mass %, Cu: 0.1 to 1.0%, Ni: 0.01 to 0.20%, Fe: 0.01 to 0.10%, O: 0.01 to 0.10%, Cr: 0 to 0.20%, the balance: Ti and unavoidable impurities, and satisfying 0.04?0.3Cu+Ni?0.44%. The average grain size of ? phase is 15 ?m or larger, and an intermetallic compound of Cu and/or Ni, and Ti is at 2.0 volume % or less. This titanium sheet has excellent workability and high strength.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2016
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventors: Hidenori TAKEBE, Yoshihisa SHIRAI
  • Publication number: 20150152538
    Abstract: A titanium thin sheet of 0.2 mm or less in thickness, containing: Fe of 0.1 mass % or less and O (oxygen) of 0.1 mass % or less in a bulk, wherein a sheet thickness (mm)/a grain size (mm) ?3, and the grain size ?2.5 ?m are satisfied, and a hardened layer is included at a surface, and a region of the hardened layer is a depth of 200 nm or more and 2 ?m or less from the surface. The titanium thin sheet is supplied with excellent workability and high surface hardness, and is able to be suitably used for various purposes such as, for example, acoustic components (a speaker vibration plate and so on).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2013
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidenori Takebe, Yoshihisa Shirai, Takashi Maeda