Patents by Inventor Hideto Seto

Hideto Seto 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: 11118246
    Abstract: A watch part containing a titanium alloy, the titanium alloy, in mass %, includes: Al: 1.0 to 3.5%; Fe: 0.1 to 0.4%; O: 0.00 to 0.15%; C: 0.00 to 0.10%; Sn: 0.00 to 0.20%; Si: 0.00 to 0.15%; and the balance: Ti and impurities, an average grain diameter of ? phase crystal grains is 15.0 ?m or less, an average aspect ratio of the ? phase crystal grains is 1.0 or more and 3.0 or less, and a coefficient of variation of a number density of ?-phase crystal grains distributed in the ? phase is 0.30 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignees: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION, CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Genki Tsukamoto, Kazuhiro Takahashi, Hideto Seto, Naoki Okamura, Junichi Sato
  • Patent number: 11015233
    Abstract: A titanium alloy part is characterized in that it includes, by mass %: Al: 1.0 to 8.0%; Fe: 0.10 to 0.40%; O: 0.00 to 0.30%; C: 0.00 to 0.10%; Sn: 0.00 to 0.20%; Si: 0.00 to 0.15%; and the balance: Ti and impurities, in which: an average grain diameter of ?-phase crystal grains is 15.0 ?m or less; an average aspect ratio of the ?-phase crystal grains is 1.0 or more and 3.0 or less; and a coefficient of variation of a number density of ?-phase crystal grains distributed in the ? phase is 0.30 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Genki Tsukamoto, Kazuhiro Takahashi, Hideto Seto
  • Patent number: 10900109
    Abstract: To provide a titanium sheet excellent in formability and a method for manufacturing the same. A titanium sheet, wherein, when a carbon concentration of a base material is Cb (mass %) and a carbon concentration at a depth d ?m from a surface is Cd (mass %), the depth d (carbon concentrated layer thickness) satisfying Cd/Cb>1.5 is 1.0 ?m or more and less than 10.0 ?m or less, wherein a Vickers hardness HV0.025 at a load of 0.245 N in the surface is 200 or more, a Vickers hardness HV0.05 at a load of 0.49 N in the surface is lower than HV0.025, and a difference between HV0.025 and HV0.05 is 30 or more, wherein a Vickers hardness HV1 at a load of 9.8 N in the surface is 150 or less, and wherein an average interval between cracks generated in the surface when a strain of 25% is given in a rolling direction in a bulging forming process is less than 50 ?m and a depth thereof is 1 ?m or more and less than 10 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji Mitsuda, Kazuhiro Takahashi, Hideto Seto
  • Publication number: 20200362438
    Abstract: A watch part containing a titanium alloy, the titanium alloy, in mass %, includes: Al: 1.0 to 3.5%; Fe: 0.1 to 0.4%; 0: 0.00 to 0.15%; C: 0.00 to 0.10%; Sn: 0.00 to 0.20%; Si: 0.00 to 0.15%; and the balance: Ti and impurities, an average grain diameter of ? phase crystal grains is 15.0 ?m or less, an average aspect ratio of the ? phase crystal grains is 1.0 or more and 3.0 or less, and a coefficient of variation of a number density of ?-phase crystal grains distributed in the ? phase is 0.30 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Applicants: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION, CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Genki TSUKAMOTO, Kazuhiro TAKAHASHI, Hideto SETO, Naoki OKAMURA, Junichi SATO
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20200172996
    Abstract: A titanium alloy part is characterized in that it includes, by mass %: Al: 1.0 to 8.0%; Fe: 0.10 to 0.40%; O: 0.00 to 0.30%; C: 0.00 to 0.10%; Sn: 0.00 to 0.20%; Si: 0.00 to 0.15%; and the balance: Ti and impurities, in which: an average grain diameter of ?-phase crystal grains is 15.0 ?m or less; an average aspect ratio of the ?-phase crystal grains is 1.0 or more and 3.0 or less; and a coefficient of variation of a number density of ?-phase crystal grains distributed in the ? phase is 0.30 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Genki TSUKAMOTO, Kazuhiro TAKAHASHI, Hideto SETO
  • Publication number: 20190300996
    Abstract: To provide a titanium sheet excellent in formability and a method for manufacturing the same. A titanium sheet, wherein, when a carbon concentration of a base material is Cb (mass %) and a carbon concentration at a depth d ?m from a surface is Cd (mass %), the depth d (carbon concentrated layer thickness) satisfying Cd/Cb>1.5 is 1.0 ?m or more and less than 10.0 ?m or less, wherein a Vickers hardness HV0.025 at a load of 0.245 N in the surface is 200 or more, a Vickers hardness HV0.05 at a load of 0.49 N in the surface is lower than HV0025, and a difference between HV0.025 and HV0.05 is 30 or more, wherein a Vickers hardness HV1 at a load of 9.8 N in the surface is 150 or less, and wherein an average interval between cracks generated in the surface when a strain of 25% is given in a rolling direction in a bulging forming process is less than 50 ?m and a depth thereof is 1 ?m or more and less than 10 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji MITSUDA, Kazuhiro TAKAHASHI, Hideto SETO
  • 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: 20130164166
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a titanium plate having high strength and excellent workability. In order to achieve this object, the present invention provides a titanium material having an iron content of 0.60% by mass or less and an oxygen content of 0.15% by mass or less, with the balance being titanium and unavoidable impurities, the titanium material having a worked structure formed by working accompanied by plastic deformation and a recrystallized structure formed by annealing after the working, wherein the titanium material is formed such that the average particle size of crystal grains of the recrystallized structure is 1 ?m or more and 5 ?m or less, and the area of a non-recrystallized part in the cross-sectional area of the titanium material is more than 0% and 30% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2010
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Shirai, Hideto Seto