Patents by Inventor Hideyuki Kimura
Hideyuki Kimura 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).
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Publication number: 20260317868Abstract: A steel sheet is disclosed. A related member, and methods for manufacturing them are also disclosed. The steel sheet has a specific chemical composition and a specific steel microstructure and is such that the total area fraction of quenched martensite and retained austenite each having an aspect ratio of 3 or less and an equivalent circular diameter of 1.6 ?m or more is 20% or less relative to the total area fraction of quenched martensite and retained austenite, and the area fraction of a C-enriched region with a C concentration of 0.5 mass % or more (Sc?0.5) is 15% or less relative to the entire microstructure.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2023Publication date: October 15, 2026Applicant: JFE Steel CorporationInventors: Tadachika CHIBA, Yoichiro MATSUI, Kotomi NOGUCHI, Hideyuki KIMURA
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Publication number: 20260275444Abstract: A steel sheet, a member, and methods for manufacturing the same, are provided. The steel sheet has excellent ductility, flangeability, and phosphatability, and a tensile strength of 780 MPa or more. The steel sheet has a chemical composition that contains, in mass %, C, Si, Mn, P, S, sol. Al, and N in predetermined ranges and that satisfies formula (1), and has a steel microstructure having area fractions of polygonal ferrite and so forth within predetermined ranges, in which the maximum concentration of P [Pm] within 1 ?m from the surface of the steel sheet in the thickness direction is 0.025 mass % or more, and formula (2) below is satisfied: [ Si ] / [ M ? n ] ? 0.35 formula ? ( 1 ) [ Pm ] / [ P ] ? 1.5 .Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2024Publication date: September 17, 2026Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Tadachika CHIBA, Hideyuki KIMURA, Shinichi FURUYA, Yoichiro MATSUI
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Publication number: 20260265886Abstract: A steel sheet, a member, and methods for producing the same, are disclosed. The steel sheet has a chemical composition with specified C, Si, Mn, P, S, sol. Al, and N contents and has a steel microstructure containing, in area fractions, a microstructure composed of at least one of ferrite and bainitic ferrite: 10% or more and 60% or less, a microstructure composed of at least one of tempered martensite and lower bainite: 20% or more and 80% or less, retained austenite: 5% or more, and fresh martensite: 10% or less. The average C concentration in the retained austenite is 0.60 mass % or more. In a region within 100 ?m from a steel sheet surface in a thickness direction, a content of Fe element present as carbides in the tempered martensite is 0.20 mass % or less on average.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2024Publication date: September 10, 2026Applicant: JFE Steel CorporationInventors: Kotomi NOGUCHI, Yoichiro MATSUI, Tadachika CHIBA, Hideyuki KIMURA
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Publication number: 20260234764Abstract: Provided is a steel sheet that has a TS of 1180 MPa or more, high EL, and also excellent toughness and crash properties after paint baking. The steel sheet has a defined chemical composition and a microstructure where an area fraction of tempered martensite is 83% or more, an area fraction of retained austenite is less than 3%, a total area fraction of bainitic ferrite and ferrite 5 % or more and less than 15%, and a 20° or greater grain boundary density in tempered martensite is 1.0 ?m/?m2 or more, satisfying the following Expression ? ( 1 ) ? KAM ? ( S ) / KAM ? ( C ) > 1.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2023Publication date: August 13, 2026Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Junya TOBATA, Hideyuki KIMURA
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Publication number: 20260233280Abstract: Provided is a steel sheet that has a TS of 1320 MPa or more, as well as excellent stretch flangeability, and excellent toughness and crash properties after paint baking. The steel sheet has a defined chemical composition and a microstructure where an area fraction of tempered martensite is 95% or more, an area fraction of retained austenite is less than 3%, a total area fraction of bainitic ferrite and ferrite is less than 5%, and a 20° or greater grain boundary density in tempered martensite is 1.0 ?m/?m2 or more, satisfying the following Expression ? ( 1 ) ? KAM ? ( S ) / KAM ? ( C ) > 1.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2023Publication date: August 13, 2026Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Junya TOBATA, Hideyuki KIMURA
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Publication number: 20260226592Abstract: A steel sheet, a member, and a method for producing them are disclosed. The steel sheet has a chemical composition containing, in mass %: C: not less than 0.15% and not more than 0.45%; Si: not less than 0.3% and not more than 2.0%; Mn: not less than 1.7% and not more than 4.0%; P: not more than 0.10%; S: not more than 0.01%; sol. Al: not more than 0.50%; N: not more than 0.010%; and B: not less than 0.0008% and not more than 0.0100%, with the balance being Fe and incidental impurities, wherein the steel sheet has a steel microstructure where the area ratio of martensite to the entire microstructure is not less than 85% and less than 95%, and the area ratio of retained austenite to the entire microstructure is not less than 5% and not more than 15%, and wherein the number density A of precipitates having an equivalent circular diameter of 500 nm or more satisfies the formula: A (number/mm2)?8.5×105×[B].Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2024Publication date: August 6, 2026Applicant: JFE Steel CorporationInventors: Taiyo ASAKAWA, Junya TOBATA, Hideyuki KIMURA
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Patent number: 12590344Abstract: After low-temperature finish rolling has been performed on a steel material having a certain chemical composition, cooling is performed at an average cooling rate of 10° C./s or higher to a temperature of 500° C., rapid cooling is further performed in a temperature range from a Ms temperature to a temperature of (Ms temperature-200° C.), coiling is thereafter performed in a low temperature range of 250° C. or lower, and the coiled steel sheet is uncoiled and further subjected to rolling with a certain amount or more of rolling load per unit width and the like. Consequently, it is possible to obtain a high-strength hot-rolled steel sheet having a microstructure including, in terms of area fraction, 95% or more of a martensite phase at a position located at ¼ of the thickness of the steel sheet, in which an average aspect ratio of prior austenite grains is 3.0 or more.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2021Date of Patent: March 31, 2026Assignee: JFE Steel CorporationInventors: Hiroshi Hasegawa, Hideyuki Kimura, Noriaki Moriyasu, Sota Goto
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Publication number: 20260078462Abstract: A steel sheet is disclosed. A related member, and methods for manufacturing them are also disclosed. The steel sheet has a specific chemical composition and a specific steel microstructure and is such that the total area fraction of quenched martensite and retained austenite each having an aspect ratio of 3 or less and an equivalent circular diameter of 2.0 ?m or more is 20% or less relative to the total area fraction of quenched martensite and retained austenite, and the area fraction of a C-enriched region with a C concentration of 0.5 mass % or more (Sc?0.5) is 20% or less relative to the entire microstructure.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2023Publication date: March 19, 2026Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATONInventors: Tadachika CHIBA, Hideyuki KIMURA, Yuma HONDA, Yoichiro MATSUI, Kotomi NOGUCHI, Shuto OZONO
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Patent number: 12392006Abstract: The high-strength steel sheet has a chemical composition with MSC value in the range of 2.7% to 3.8% by mass defined by a specific formula, wherein the high-strength steel sheet has a microstructure including specific microstructures in a surface layer region extending from the surface of the steel sheet to a depth of 100 ?m and in an inner region other than the surface layer region. The high-strength steel sheet has the maximum height of the surface roughness of 30 ?m or less, a tensile strength of 980 MPa or more, a uniform elongation of 6% or more, and a ratio of 107-cycle plane bending fatigue strength to tensile strength (fatigue limit ratio) of 0.45 or more.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2022Date of Patent: August 19, 2025Assignee: JFE Steel CorporationInventors: Thi Huyen Doan, Hiroshi Hasegawa, Hideyuki Kimura
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Publication number: 20250188558Abstract: Provided is a steel sheet having a chemical composition with Si content of 1.0 mass % or less, where there is little concern about LME cracking, that simultaneously achieves a TS of 1470 MPa or more, excellent formability, and excellent delayed fracture resistance. The steel sheet has a defined chemical composition, a complex microstructure consisting mainly of martensite and bainite, the maximum size of carbides inside martensite is 400 nm or less, a number density of bainite is 120×10?4/?m2 or more, and a number ratio of bainite having an aspect ratio of 1.8 or more is 60% or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2022Publication date: June 12, 2025Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Shimpei YOSHIOKA, Katsuya HATA, Hideyuki KIMURA
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Publication number: 20250179602Abstract: Provided is a steel sheet that simultaneously achieves a strength of TS: 1310 MPa or more and excellent delayed fracture resistance. The steel sheet has a defined chemical composition and a complex structure consisting mainly of martensite and bainite, where carbides in the grains of martensite and bainite are 5% or more and 25% or less, the average circle equivalent diameter of carbides is 10 nm or more and 80 nm or less, and the particle size distribution of carbides satisfies Expression (1).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2022Publication date: June 5, 2025Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Shimpei YOSHIOKA, Hideyuki KIMURA, Yuma HONDA
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Publication number: 20250179603Abstract: Provided is a steel sheet that simultaneously achieves a strength of TS: 1310 MPa or more and excellent formability. The steel sheet has a defined chemical composition and a complex structure consisting mainly of martensite and bainite, where carbides in the grains of martensite and bainite are 5% or more and 25% or less, and the dispersion interval of carbides satisfies Expression (1).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2022Publication date: June 5, 2025Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Shimpei YOSHIOKA, Hideyuki KIMURA, Yuma HONDA
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Publication number: 20240254584Abstract: A high-strength hot-rolled steel sheet according to the present invention has a specific chemical composition and a steel microstructure including, as main phases, 80% to 100% of martensite and bainite in terms of total area fraction. An entire area fraction of the martensite dispersed in the bainite is 2% to 20%. Among the martensite dispersed in the bainite, an area fraction of martensite each having an orientation difference of less than 15° between a crystal orientation of the martensite and a crystal orientation of at least one of bainite adjacent to the martensite is 50% or more relative to the whole martensite dispersed in the bainite.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2022Publication date: August 1, 2024Applicant: JFE Steel CorporationInventors: Hiroshi Hasegawa, Hideyuki Kimura
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Publication number: 20240247332Abstract: A high-strength hot-rolled steel sheet according to the present invention has a specific chemical composition and a steel microstructure including, as main phases, 80% to 100% of martensite and bainite in terms of total area fraction. An entire area fraction of the martensite dispersed in the bainite is 2% to 20%. Among the martensite dispersed in the bainite, an area fraction of martensite each having an orientation difference of 15° or more between a crystal orientation of the martensite and a crystal orientation of at least one of bainite adjacent to the martensite is more than 50% relative to the whole martensite dispersed in the bainite. When regions surrounded by boundaries between adjacent crystals having an orientation difference of 15° or more are defined as crystal grains, an average aspect ratio of the crystal grains present in a region extending from a surface of the steel sheet to a depth of 5 ?m is 2.0 or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2022Publication date: July 25, 2024Applicant: JFE Steel CorporationInventors: Hiroshi Hasegawa, Hideyuki Kimura
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Publication number: 20240167114Abstract: A hot-rolled steel sheet has a chemical composition containing, by mass %, C: 0.10% or less, Si: 2.0% or less, Mn: 2.0% or less, P: 0.100% or less, S: 0.02% or less, Al: 1.5% or less, and O: 0.0025% or less, the balance being Fe and incidental impurities, in which a main phase is ferrite, and a maximum orientation density of grains is 2.1 or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2022Publication date: May 23, 2024Applicant: JFE Steel CorporationInventors: Hiroshi Hasegawa, Hideyuki Kimura, Yukio Tatara
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Publication number: 20240167129Abstract: A high-strength hot-rolled steel sheet has a chemical composition containing, by mass %, C: 0.02% to 0.23%, Si: 0.10% to 3.00%, Mn: 0.5% to 3.5%, P: 0.100% or less, S: 0.02% or less, and Al: 1.5% or less, the balance being Fe and incidental impurities, in which the total area fraction of martensite and bainite is 80% to 100%, the maximum orientation density of grains is less than 2.5 in a region extending from a position of 5 ?m to a position of 10 ?m from a surface in the thickness direction, and the maximum orientation density of grains is 2.5 or more in a region extending from a position of 50 ?m to a position of 100 ?m from the surface in the thickness direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2022Publication date: May 23, 2024Applicant: JFE Steel CorporationInventors: Hiroshi Hasegawa, Hideyuki Kimura, Takanori Umino, Noriaki Moriyasu
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Publication number: 20240158881Abstract: The high-strength steel sheet has a predetermined chemical composition and has a microstructure containing a specific microstructure in a surface layer region and in an inner region. The surface layer region has an average grain size of 6 ?m or less. A difference between a hardness of the surface layer region extending from the surface of the steel sheet to the position of one-tenth of the thickness of the steel sheet and a hardness of the inner region is 5% or more and 15% or less of [0.3×tensile strength (MPa)], and the steel sheet has a tensile strength of 980 MPa or more, a uniform elongation of 6% or more, and a ratio of a critical bending radius to a thickness of 1.5 or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2022Publication date: May 16, 2024Applicant: JFE Steel CorporationInventors: Thi Huyen Doan, Hiroshi Hasegawa, Hideyuki Kimura
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Publication number: 20240141452Abstract: The high-strength steel sheet has a chemical composition with MSC value in the range of 2.7% to 3.8% by mass defined by a specific formula, wherein the high-strength steel sheet has a microstructure including specific microstructures in a surface layer region extending from the surface of the steel sheet to a depth of 100 ?m and in an inner region other than the surface layer region. The high-strength steel sheet has the maximum height of the surface roughness of 30 ?m or less, a tensile strength of 980 MPa or more, a uniform elongation of 6% or more, and a ratio of 107-cycle plane bending fatigue strength to tensile strength (fatigue limit ratio) of 0.45 or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2022Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: JFE Steel CorporationInventors: Thi Huyen Doan, Hiroshi Hasegawa, Hideyuki Kimura
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Patent number: 11763728Abstract: There are provided an image display device, a display control method, and a cradle that are capable of adjusting display image quality with a simple configuration. An image display device according to the present embodiment includes a tablet terminal having a display, a cradle holding the tablet terminal, and an optical sensor provided on the cradle and capable of receiving display light from the display.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2022Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: JVCKENWOOD CORPORATIONInventors: Hideyuki Kimura, Makoto Kitou, Hiroshi Takeshita
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Publication number: 20230140191Abstract: After low-temperature finish rolling has been performed on a steel material having a certain chemical composition, cooling is performed at an average cooling rate of 10° C./s or higher to a temperature of 500° C., rapid cooling is further performed in a temperature range from a Ms temperature to a temperature of (Ms temperature - 200° C.), coiling is thereafter performed in a low temperature range of 250° C. or lower, and the coiled steel sheet is uncoiled and further subjected to rolling with a certain amount or more of rolling load per unit width and the like. Consequently, it is possible to obtain a high-strength hot-rolled steel sheet having a microstructure including, in terms of area fraction, 95% or more of a martensite phase at a position located at ¼ of the thickness of the steel sheet, in which an average aspect ratio of prior austenite grains is 3.0 or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2021Publication date: May 4, 2023Applicant: JFE Steel CorporationInventors: Hiroshi Hasegawa, Hideyuki Kimura, Noriaki Moriyasu, Sota Goto