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).

  • Patent number: 11954728
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information processing device includes processing circuitry configured to calculate a first index based on a plurality of pieces of first prediction data on an amount of electric power generated by a first electric power generation resource and a penalty imposed when an amount of electric power supplied to an electric power system is insufficient or excessive for a first amount of electric power which corresponds to a planned value of electric power generation amount, the first index being an index related to a yield obtained in a case that the first amount of electric power is tentatively bid in a first market; and determine a second amount of electric power to be bid in the first market based on the first index.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Hideyuki Aisu, Takufumi Yoshida, Shigeta Kuninobu, Hiromasa Shin, Yoshiaki Shiga, Kotaro Kimura, Yuki Hayashi
  • Patent number: 11763728
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: JVCKENWOOD CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideyuki Kimura, Makoto Kitou, Hiroshi Takeshita
  • Publication number: 20230140191
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Hasegawa, Hideyuki Kimura, Noriaki Moriyasu, Sota Goto
  • Publication number: 20220301485
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Hideyuki KIMURA, Makoto KITOU, Hiroshi TAKESHITA
  • Patent number: 11401594
    Abstract: Provided are a hot-rolled steel sheet for coiled tubing and a method for manufacturing the steel sheet. The steel sheet has a yield strength of 480 MPa or more, a tensile strength of 600 MPa or more, a yield-strength difference (?YS) of 100 MPa or more, where the yield-strength difference is defined as a difference in yield strength between before and after a prestrain-heat treatment performed for simulation of a tube-making process and a stress-relief annealing heat treatment which are currently implemented, and a yield strength of 620 MPa or more after the prestrain-heat treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Hideyuki Kimura, Shuji Kawamura, Ichiro Sugimoto, Makoto Asai, Takeshi Yokota
  • Patent number: 11390931
    Abstract: A hot-rolled steel plate has a predetermined chemical composition and a microstructure. In the microstructure, in a plate thickness 1/2 position, an area fraction of martensite is less than 3%, an area fraction of bainitic ferrite is 95% or greater, the bainitic ferrite has an average grain diameter of 6.0 ?m or less, an amount of Nb precipitated as Nb carbonitride is 0.025 mass % or greater, and an amount of Nb precipitated as Nb carbonitride having a grain diameter of 20 nm or greater constitutes 50% or greater of a total mass of the Nb precipitated as Nb carbonitride. The hot-rolled steel plate has a tensile strength of 640 MPa or greater, a yield ratio of 85% or less, a Charpy impact absorbed energy at ?40° C. of 300 J or greater, and a percent ductile fracture (SA value) of 85% or greater as determined by a DWTT test at ?40° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Hideyuki Kimura, Takeshi Yokota, Satoshi Tsutsumi
  • Patent number: 11236405
    Abstract: A steel plate for high-strength and high-toughness steel pipes has a chemical composition containing, by mass %, C: 0.03% or more and 0.08% or less, Si: more than 0.05% and 0.50% or less, Mn: 1.5% or more and 2.5% or less, P: 0.001% or more and 0.010% or less, S: 0.0030% or less, Al: 0.01% or more and 0.08% or less, Nb: 0.010% or more and 0.080% or less, Ti: 0.005% or more and 0.025% or less, and N: 0.001% or more and 0.006% or less, and further containing, by mass %, at least one selected from Cu: 0.01% or more and 1.00% or less, Ni: 0.01% or more and 1.00% or less, Cr: 0.01% or more and 1.00% or less, Mo: 0.01% or more and 1.00% or less, V: 0.01% or more and 0.10% or less, and B: 0.0005% or more and 0.0030% or less, with the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities. The steel plate has a microstructure in which an area fraction of ferrite at a ½ position of a thickness of the steel plate is 20% or more and 80% or less and deformed ferrite constitutes 50% or more and 100% or less of the ferrite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideyuki Kimura, Ryo Nagao, Nobuyuki Ishikawa, Kazukuni Hase
  • Publication number: 20210054487
    Abstract: Provided are a hot-rolled steel sheet for coiled tubing and a method for manufacturing the steel sheet. The steel sheet has a yield strength of 480 MPa or more, a tensile strength of 600 MPa or more, a yield-strength difference (AYS) of 100 MPa or more, where the yield-strength difference is defined as a difference in yield strength between before and after a prestrain-heat treatment performed for simulation of a tube-making process and a stress-relief annealing heat treatment which are currently implemented, and a yield strength of 620 MPa or more after the prestrain-heat treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicant: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Hideyuki Kimura, Shuji Kawamura, Ichiro Sugimoto, Makoto Asai, Takeshi Yokota
  • Publication number: 20200385839
    Abstract: A hot-rolled steel plate has a predetermined chemical composition and a microstructure. In the microstructure, in a plate thickness 1/2 position, an area fraction of martensite is less than 3%, an area fraction of bainitic ferrite is 95% or greater, the bainitic ferrite has an average grain diameter of 6.0 ?m or less, an amount of Nb precipitated as Nb carbonitride is 0.025 mass % or greater, and an amount of Nb precipitated as Nb carbonitride having a grain diameter of 20 nm or greater constitutes 50% or greater of a total mass of the Nb precipitated as Nb carbonitride. The hot-rolled steel plate has a tensile strength of 640 MPa or greater, a yield ratio of 85% or less, a Charpy impact absorbed energy at ?40° C. of 300 J or greater, and a percent ductile fracture (SA value) of 85% or greater as determined by a DWTT test at ?40° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Applicant: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Hideyuki Kimura, Takeshi Yokota, Satoshi Tsutsumi
  • Patent number: 10640841
    Abstract: A high-strength, high-toughness steel plate having excellent surface properties and a high absorbed energy includes, by mass %, C: 0.03% to 0.08%, Si: 0.01% to 0.50%, Mn: 1.5% to 2.5%, P: 0.001% to 0.010%, S: 0.0030% or less, Al: 0.01% to 0.08%, Nb: 0.010% to 0.080%, Ti: 0.005% to 0.025%, and N: 0.001% to 0.006%, and further includes at least one selected from Cu: 0.01% to 1.00%, Ni: 0.01% to 1.00%, Cr: 0.01% to 1.00%, Mo: 0.01% to 1.00%, V: 0.01% to 0.10%, and B: 0.0005% to 0.0030%, with the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities. In a surface portion and a central portion in the thickness direction, the area fraction of Martensite-Austenite constituent is less than 3% and the area fraction of bainite is 90% or more, and in the central portion in the thickness direction, the average particle size of cementite in bainite is 0.5 ?m or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideyuki Kimura, Kyono Yasuda, Nobuyuki Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 10570474
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a high-strength galvanized steel sheet. The method includes a first heating step of holding the steel sheet in a temperature range of 750° C. to 880° C. for 20 s to 600 s in an atmosphere having an H2 concentration of 0.05% to 25.0% by volume and a dew point of ?45° C. to ?10° C., a cooling step, a rolling step of rolling the steel sheet with a rolling reduction of 0.3% to 2.0%, a pickling step of pickling the steel sheet with a pickling weight loss of 0.02 gram/m2 to 5 gram/m2 in terms of Fe, a second heating step of holding the steel sheet in a temperature range of 720° C. to 860° C. for 20 sec. to 300 sec. in an atmosphere having an H2 concentration of 0.05% to 25.0% by volume and a dew point of ?10° C. or lower, and a galvanizing step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mai Aoyama, Yoshitsugu Suzuki, Hideyuki Kimura
  • Patent number: 10544477
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a high-strength galvanized steel sheet includes performing hot rolling, cold rolling, first annealing, pickling, and second annealing. The first annealing is performed to obtain a steel sheet having a steel microstructure including ferrite in an amount of 10% or more and 60% or less in terms of area ratio, and martensite, bainite, and retained austenite in a total amount of 40% or more and 90% or less in terms of area ratio. The second annealing includes heating to an annealing temperature of 750° C. or higher and 850° C. or lower, holding at the annealing temperature for 10 seconds or more and 500 seconds or less, cooling at an average cooling rate of 1° C./s or more and 15° C./s or less, performing a galvanizing treatment, and cooling to a temperature of 150° C. or lower at an average cooling rate of 5° C./s or more and 100° C./s or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Hideyuki Kimura, Koichiro Fujita, Hiroshi Hasegawa, Mai Aoyama
  • Patent number: 10544478
    Abstract: A high strength/highstrength, high toughness steel sheet having tensile strength, Charpy impact absorption energy, and ductile fracture rate are equal to or greater than specified values comprises, in mass %, 0.03-0.08% of C, 0.01-0.50% of Si, 1.5-2.5% of Mn, 0.001-0.010% of P, 0.0030% or less of S, 0.01-0.08% of Al, 0.010-0.080% of Nb, 0.005-0.025% of Ti, 0.001-0.006% of N, at least one substance selected from among 0.01-1.00% of Cu, 0.01-1.00% of Ni, 0.01-1.00% of Cr, 0.01-1.00% of Mo, 0.01-0.10% of V, and 0.0005-0.0030% of B, and a remainder of Fe and unavoidable impurities. At a position at ½ the sheet thickness, the area ratio of island-like martensite is less than 3%, the area ratio of bainite is 90% or more, and the average particle size of cementite within the bainite is 0.5 ?m or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideyuki Kimura, Shusaku Ota, Nobuyuki Ishikawa, Shinichi Kakihara, Ryo Nagao
  • Patent number: 10450642
    Abstract: A high-strength galvanized steel sheet that includes a chemical composition containing, by mass %, C: 0.15% or more and 0.25% or less, Si: 0.50% or more and 2.5% or less, Mn: 2.3% or more and 4.0% or less, P: 0.100% or less, S: 0.02% or less, Al: 0.01% or more and 2.5% or less, and Fe and inevitable impurities. The steel sheet having a microstructure containing, by an area percentage basis, a tempered martensite phase: 30% or more and 73% or less, a ferrite phase: 25% or more and 68% or less, a retained austenite phase: 2% or more and 20% or less, and other phases: 10% or less (including 0%), the other phases containing a martensite phase: 3% or less (including 0%) and a bainitic ferrite phase: less than 5% (including 0%).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Hasegawa, Hideyuki Kimura, Yoshimasa Funakawa, Yoichi Makimizu, Yoshitsugu Suzuki
  • Patent number: 10370737
    Abstract: A high-strength galvanized steel sheet and method for producing the same. The high-strength galvanized steel sheet including a specified chemical composition and a microstructure comprising, in terms of area fraction, a tempered martensite phase: 30% or more and 73% or less, a ferrite phase: 25% or more and 68% or less, a retained austenite phase: 2% or more and 15% or less, and other phases: 10% or less (including 0%), the other phases comprising a martensite phase: 3% or less (including 0%) and a bainitic ferrite phase: less than 5% (including 0%), the tempered martensite phase having an average grain size of 8 ?m or less, the ferrite phase having an average grain size of 5 ?m or less, and the retained austenite phase having a C content less than 0.7% by mass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Hasegawa, Hideyuki Kimura, Yoshimasa Funakawa, Yoichi Makimizu, Yoshitsugu Suzuki
  • Patent number: 10329638
    Abstract: A high strength galvanized steel sheet that has a tensile strength (TS) of 780 MPa or higher and excellent bendability, fatigue resistance, and surface appearance quality and a method for producing the high strength galvanized steel sheet. The steel sheet includes, at a position ½ of a thickness of the steel sheet, 5% or more and 80% or less of a ferrite phase in terms of area fraction, 20% or more and 70% or less of a martensite phase in terms of area fraction, and 0% or more and 25% or less of a bainite phase in terms of area fraction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideyuki Kimura, Hiroshi Hasegawa, Noriaki Kohsaka, Mai Aoyama
  • Patent number: 10294542
    Abstract: A method is provided for producing a high-strength galvanized steel sheet having a microstructure that contains martensite in an area proportion of 20% or more and 60% or less and ferrite in an area proportion of 40% or more and 80% or less includes, in sequence, hot-rolling a steel slab containing a specific component composition, performing cold rolling, performing primary annealing, performing pickling, performing secondary annealing, and performing galvanizing treatment, in which in the primary annealing, heating is performed at an average heating rate of 0.1° C./sec. or more and less than 3° C./sec. in the temperature range of 600° C. to 750° C., an annealing temperature of 750° C. to 850° C. is maintained for 10 to 500 seconds, and then cooling is performed from the annealing temperature range to a cooling stop temperature of 600° C. or lower at an average cooling rate of 1 to 15° C./sec, in which in the pickling, the pickling weight loss of the steel sheet is 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideyuki Kimura, Koichiro Fujita, Hiroshi Hasegawa
  • Publication number: 20190040488
    Abstract: A steel plate for high-strength and high-toughness steel pipes has a chemical composition containing, by mass %, C: 0.03% or more and 0.08% or less, Si: more than 0.05% and 0.50% or less, Mn: 1.5% or more and 2.5% or less, P: 0.001% or more and 0.010% or less, S: 0.0030% or less, Al: 0.01% or more and 0.08% or less, Nb: 0.010% or more and 0.080% or less, Ti: 0.005% or more and 0.025% or less, and N: 0.001% or more and 0.006% or less, and further containing, by mass %, at least one selected from Cu: 0.01% or more and 1.00% or less, Ni: 0.01% or more and 1.00% or less, Cr: 0.01% or more and 1.00% or less, Mo: 0.01% or more and 1.00% or less, V: 0.01% or more and 0.10% or less, and B: 0.0005% or more and 0.0030% or less, with the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities. The steel plate has a microstructure in which an area fraction of ferrite at a ½ position of a thickness of the steel plate is 20% or more and 80% or less and deformed ferrite constitutes 50% or more and 100% or less of the ferrite.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2017
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Applicant: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Hideyuki Kimura, Ryo Nagao, Nobuyuki Ishikawa, Kazukuni Hase
  • Patent number: D842857
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: JVC KENWOOD Corporation
    Inventor: Hideyuki Kimura
  • Patent number: D967088
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: JVCKENWOOD Corporation
    Inventor: Hideyuki Kimura