Abstract: A coated steel sheet includes a corrosion-resistant coating composed of at least one layer selected from the group consisting of a Ni layer, a Sn layer, an Fe—Ni alloy layer, an Fe—Sn alloy layer, and an Fe—Ni—Sn alloy layer disposed on at least one surface of a steel sheet, and an adhesive coating disposed on the corrosion-resistant coating, the adhesive coating containing Zr and further containing at least one metal element selected from the group consisting of Co, Fe, Ni, V, Cu, Mn, and Zn, in total, at a ratio by mass of 0.01 to 10 with respect to Zr. The coated steel sheet has excellent humid resin adhesion and corrosion resistance, in which streaky surface defects do not occur.

Abstract: Provided are an apparatus for continuous electrolytic treatment of a steel sheet that is suitable for producing a surface-treated steel sheet and a method for producing the surface-treated steel sheet using the apparatus for continuous electrolytic treatment of a steel sheet. The apparatus includes N pairs of tabular electrodes having a length L and being arranged to respectively face two surfaces of a steel sheet. Each electrode includes n sections arranged in the longitudinal direction of the electrode and disposed on the surface of the electrode facing the steel sheet surface. Each section is constituted by a conductive portion including an electrode portion having a length T1 and a nonconductive portion made by making an electrode portion having a length T2 nonconductive, where n×N?10, 0.96?T2/(T1+T2)?0.05, and 0.9?T1/L?0.1.

Abstract: Control device for continuously variable transmission has continuously variable transmission mechanism (CVT) transmitting power with belt (7) wound around primary and secondary pulley (5, 6); torque convertor (2) having pump impeller (20), turbine runner (21) and lock-up clutch (2a); and control unit (10) controlling lock-up clutch (2a) to predetermined engagement state and controlling the CVT to predetermined transmission ratio, according to travelling condition.

Abstract: A laminated steel sheet for a two-piece can body with a high strain level satisfying the following formulae, the polyester resin layer composing the laminated steel sheet having a center line surface roughness (Ra) of 0.2 ?m to 1.8 ?m: r1?r, 0.1?r1/R?0.25, and 1.5?h/(R?r)?4 wherein h is the height of the two-piece can body, r is the maximum radius, r1 is the minimum radius, and R is the radius of the circular laminated steel sheet before forming having the same weight as the can body.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a tin-plated steel sheet includes forming an Sn-containing plating layer on at least one surface of a steel sheet so that the mass per unit area of Sn is 0.05 to 20 g/m2; forming a first chemical conversion coating by immersing the steel sheet in a first chemical conversion solution containing tetravalent tin ions and phosphate ions or cathodically electrolyzing the steel sheet in the first chemical conversion solution; forming a second chemical conversion coating after forming the first chemical conversion coating without drying the steel sheet by immersing the steel sheet in a second chemical conversion solution containing 5 to 200 g/L of aluminum phosphate monobasic and having a pH of 1.5 to 2.4 or cathodically electrolyzing the steel sheet in the second chemical conversion solution; and drying the steel sheet.

Abstract: A starting control apparatus for a hybrid vehicle capable of stabilizing and controlling the amount of torque transmitted by the clutch during engine start up. The hybrid vehicle includes a first clutch disposed between an engine and a motor/generator, and an engaging pressure is supplied to the first clutch from a line pressure regulating valve to a line pressure circuit into which a mechanical oil pump delivers operating fluid. A starting control section that performs the starting control in which the clutch is engaged, torque is input to the engine, and the engine is started in response to an engine start request while traveling in EV mode, is provided with a start determining section that executes starting control when the transmission input torque input to a belt-type continuously variable transmission exceeds a preset input torque based on the operating fluid pressure.

Abstract: A hybrid vehicle control device is provided for controlling a drive system. The hybrid vehicle control device is programmed to perform an engine start control using a motor/generator as an engine start motor when an engine start request is present. The hybrid vehicle control device includes a second clutch control section and an engine start control section. The second clutch control section completely disengages the second clutch. The engine start control section engages or slip engages of the first clutch, and performs engine start control resulting from performing an engine cranking operation, injecting air and fuel and igniting same. The hybrid vehicle control module disengages the first clutch and engages the second clutch during coasting/regenerating driving with the motor/generator while traveling in an electric vehicle mode when the engine start request is due to a driver input for an increase in a required driving force.

Abstract: A starting control apparatus for a hybrid vehicle capable of stabilizing and controlling the amount of torque transmitted by the clutch during engine start up. The hybrid vehicle includes a first clutch disposed between an engine and a motor/generator, and an engaging pressure is supplied to the first clutch from a line pressure regulating valve to a line pressure circuit into which a mechanical oil pump delivers operating fluid. A starting control section that performs the starting control in which the clutch is engaged, torque is input to the engine, and the engine is started in response to an engine start request while traveling in EV mode, is provided with a start determining section that executes starting control when the transmission input torque input to a belt-type continuously variable transmission exceeds a preset input torque based on the operating fluid pressure.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an easy open end includes the steps of using a laminated steel sheet with resin films formed on both surfaces of the laminated steel sheet, and forming a panel structure and a score. A score die used for forming the score includes a scoring edge having a cross section in which a tip is a curve and two sides with the tip interposed therebetween are tangent to the curve. The tip is the curve having a curvature radius ranging from 0.2 to 0.4 mm, and the two sides have elevation angles ? in a range of 0.3?tan ??1.0 to an end surface. The panel structure is formed by a motion that is synchronous with a motion in which the score die is pressed to a surface of the laminated steel sheet during the formation of the score.

Abstract: A component composition contains, by % by mass, 0.0016 to 0.01% of C, 0.05 to 0.60% of Mn, and 0.020 to 0.080% of Nb so that the C and Nb contents satisfy the expression, 0.4?(Nb/C)×(12/93)?2.5. In addition, the amount of Nb-based precipitates is 20 to 500 ppm by mass, the average grain diameter of the Nb-based precipitates is 10 to 100 nm, and the average crystal grain diameter of ferrite is 6 to 10 ?m. Nb is added to ultra-low-carbon steel used as a base, and the amount and grain diameter of the Nb-based precipitates are controlled to optimize the pinning effect. Grain refinement of ferrite is achieved by specifying the Mn amount, thereby achieving softening and excellent resistance to surface roughness of steel.

Abstract: A method of DI forming a laminated metal sheet includes drawing a laminated metal sheet; and redrawing and ironing the drawn laminated metal sheet, wherein a water-based coolant including (a) at least one base selected from the group consisting of alkanolamines and alkali metal hydroxides, (b) a fatty acid, and (c) water is used in the redrawing and ironing, and wherein a total content of the base (a) and the fatty acid (b) is 0.02 to 4% by mass and a ratio of a straight-chain fatty acid having a carbon number of 6 to 12 in the fatty acid (b) is 80 to 100% by mass.

Abstract: An ironing apparatus includes an ironing die and an ironing punch, an injection port for injecting gas or liquid to the metal plate at a high pressure to remove substance adhered to the metal plate therefrom, a suction port for sucking the adhered substance removed from the metal plate, and a protrusion mount portion with a protrusion for preventing dispersion of the gas or the liquid. An ironing method for ironing the metal plate having the single surface or both surfaces coated with the organic resin film includes the steps of injecting the gas or the liquid from the injection port to the metal plate at the high pressure to remove the adhered substance from the metal plate, and sucking and collecting the adhered substance removed from the metal plate from the suction port. The adhered substance such as the hair may be removed by the aforementioned invention.

Abstract: A steel sheet for cans containing 0.0060 to 0.01 mass % C and 0.02 to 0.12 mass % Nb and having the following characteristics: (i) an average ferrite grain size in a cross section in the rolling direction in a region from a surface layer of the steel sheet to a position ¼ of a sheet thickness away from the surface layer of the steel sheet is 7 ?m to 10 ?m or less, and (ii) an average ferrite grain size in a cross section in the rolling direction in a region from the position ¼ of a sheet thickness away from the surface layer of the steel sheet to a sheet thickness center portion of the steel sheet is 15 ?m or less, wherein the average ferrite grain size (1) is smaller than the average ferrite grain size (2).

Abstract: A DI forming water-based coolant of a laminated metal sheet includes at least one kind of base (a) selected from alkanolamines and alkali metal hydroxides, a fatty acid (b), and water (c), wherein the total content of the base (a) and the fatty acid (b) is 0.02 to 4% by mass and the ratio of a straight-chain fatty acid having a carbon number of 6 to 12 in the fatty acid (b) is 80 to 100% by mass.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a high-strength steel sheet includes, on a mass percent basis, 0.03%-0.10% C, 0.01%-0.5% Si, 0.001%-0.100% P, 0.001%-0.020% S, 0.01%-0.10% Al, 0.005%-0.012% N, the balance being Fe and incidental impurities, and microstructures that do not contain a pearlite microstructure, wherein, when Mnf=Mn [% by mass]?1.71×S [% by mass], Mnf is 0.3 to 0.6, including: forming a slab by vertical-bending type continuous casting or bow type continuous casting, wherein surface temperature of a slab corner in a region where the slab undergoes bending deformation or unbending deformation is 800° C. or lower, or 900° C. or higher; forming a steel sheet by hot-rolling the slab followed by cold rolling; annealing the steel sheet after the cold rolling; and skinpass rolling at a draft of 3% or less after the annealing.

Abstract: A resin-coated metal sheet includes resin layers formed on both surfaces thereof and composed of a polyester as a main component, wherein the resin layer covering the inner surface of a container after the formation thereof has an interfacial free energy with water of 30 mN/m or more. The container formed from the resin-coated metal sheet exhibits an excellent content release property for contents with a high protein content.

Abstract: It is an object to provide a surface-treated steel sheet which contains no Cr, which is excellent in wet resin adhesion, and which can be used as an alternative to a conventional tin-free steel sheet and to provide a resin-coated steel sheet produced by coating the surface-treated steel sheet with resin. A surface-treated steel sheet including an adhesive layer which is disposed on at least one surface of the steel sheet and which contains Ti and at least one selected from the group consisting of Co, Fe, Ni, V, Cu, Mn, and Zn, the ratio of the total amount of Co, Fe, Ni, V, Cu, Mn, and Zn to the amount of Ti contained therein being 0.01 to ten on a mass basis, and a method for producing the surface-treated steel sheet.

Abstract: A tinned steel sheet includes an Sn-containing plating layer disposed on at least one surface of a steel sheet and in which mass per unit area of Sn is 0.05 to 20 g/m2; a first chemical conversion coating disposed on the Sn-containing plating layer and contains P and Sn, and in which mass per unit area of P is 0.3 to 10 mg/m2; a second chemical conversion coating disposed on the first chemical conversion coating and contains P and Al, and in which mass per unit area of P is 1.2 to 10 mg/m2 and mass per unit area of Al is 0.24 to 8.7 mg/m2; and a silane coupling agent-treating layer formed with the silane coupling agent disposed on the second chemical conversion coating and has a mass per unit area of Si of 0.10 to 100 mg/m2.

Abstract: There is provided a laminated metal sheet used for making a highly processed two-piece can body which endures harsh conditions such as retort treatment, and a two-piece can body made of the laminated steel sheet. A laminated metal sheet for a two-piece can body, including a metal sheet having a polyester resin film layer on each side of the metal sheet, the polyester resin film layer to be the outside of the can body having a crystallization temperature of 60 to 100° C., and the surface of the polyester resin film layer having a center line surface roughness (Ra) of 0.2 to 1.8 ?m. The polyester resin film layer to be the outside of the can body is preferably composed of 40 to 100% by mass of a resin composed mainly of butylene terephthalate and 0 to 60% by mass of a resin composed mainly of ethylene terephthalate.

Abstract: When the vehicle is stationary, the gear ratio is shifted to a Low side by controlling the position of a shift actuator such that a shift control valve is controlled to a position in which a first oil pressure shifts toward a neutral position side by a predetermined amount from a maximum discharge side position and a controlling secondary pulley pressure control unit to increase a second oil pressure to a predetermined oil pressure.