Patents by Inventor Hiromitsu Date

Hiromitsu Date 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: 11839906
    Abstract: An ultrasonic treatment apparatus according to the present invention includes: a treatment tank capable of containing a treatment object and a treatment liquid for immersing the treatment object; and an ultrasonic application mechanism that applies ultrasonic waves to the treatment liquid, wherein the treatment tank has a long axis where cross-sectional shapes are substantially identical to each other, and a wall surface to a scheduled liquid level height line of the treatment liquid is formed by a concave surface, and the ultrasonic application mechanism is installed at a position where an angle ? formed by a normal line of an oscillation surface of ultrasonic waves and the scheduled liquid level line of the treatment liquid is 5° to 80°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eri Hoshiba, Hiromitsu Date, Shinji Tokumaru, Shintaro Obara, Yuta Ozaki, Nobuyuki Hayashi, Masaki Ando
  • Publication number: 20230264154
    Abstract: To realize excellent durability of an apparatus, realize a dissolved gas amount suitable for propagation of ultrasonic waves, and stably generate fine bubbles that further comply with a treatment using ultrasonic waves. An ultrasonic treatment apparatus according to the present invention includes: a treatment part capable of accommodating a treatment liquid and an object to be treated; an ultrasonic generator that is provided in the treatment part and applies ultrasonic waves to the object to be treated; and a circulation path for circulating the treatment liquid in the treatment part, in which a fine bubble generator which performs deaeration on an extracted treatment liquid and generates fine bubbles in the treatment liquid, is provided to the circulation path, in series with a treatment liquid extraction pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicants: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION, NIPPON STEEL ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eri HOSHIBA, Hiromitsu DATE
  • Publication number: 20230037005
    Abstract: To improve propagation performance and uniformity of ultrasonic waves more easily, even when treating multiple treatment objects. An ultrasonic treatment apparatus according to the present invention includes: a treatment tank capable of containing a treatment object and a treatment liquid for immersing the treatment object; and an ultrasonic application mechanism that applies ultrasonic waves to the treatment liquid, wherein the treatment tank has a long axis where cross-sectional shapes are substantially identical to each other, and a wall surface to a scheduled liquid level height line of the treatment liquid is formed by a concave surface, and the ultrasonic application mechanism is installed at a position where an angle ? formed by a normal line of an oscillation surface of ultrasonic waves and the scheduled liquid level line of the treatment liquid is 5° to 80°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eri HOSHIBA, Hiromitsu DATE, Shinji TOKUMARU, Shintaro OBARA, Yuta OZAKI, Nobuyuki HAYASHI, Masaki ANDO
  • Patent number: 11066720
    Abstract: A Si/Mn ratio of steel material components of a base material is not less than 0.27 nor more than 0.90 in mass ratio, an internal oxide layer having a thickness of not less than 1 ?m nor more than 30 ?m is provided right below an oxide scale of a steel sheet surface layer portion, and regarding the internal oxide layer, an internal oxide in a crystal grain of the internal oxide layer is an oxide containing Si and having a thickness of not less than 10 nm nor more than 200 nm in a crystal grain in a range of greater than 0% and 30% or less of a thickness of the internal oxide layer from an interface between the internal oxide layer and base iron toward a direction of the surface layer oxide scale, one or more branches of the internal oxide exist in a cross section of 1 ?m×1 ?m square, and in any crystal grain boundary having a length of 1 ?m, one or more of the internal oxides in the crystal grain are connected to an internal oxide of the crystal grain boundary to form a net-like structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Fujii, Hiromitsu Date, Akira Taniyama, Takumi Nishimoto, Kenichiro Tadokoro
  • Patent number: 11052433
    Abstract: An ultrasonic cleaning equipment (1) according to the present invention includes a treatment tank (10) that stores a cleaning liquid that cleans an object to be cleaned and in which the object to be cleaned is immersed; an ultrasonic application mechanism (20) that applies ultrasonic waves to the cleaning liquid retained in an interior of the treatment tank; and a curved surface member (30) that is located in a range defined by an angle of inclination from a perpendicular direction in an end portion of a vibrating surface of the ultrasonic application mechanism to an outside with respect to the vibrating surface and that is held on a wall surface and/or a bottom surface of the treatment tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eri Hoshiba, Hiromitsu Date, Takumi Nishimoto, Kenichi Uemura
  • Publication number: 20200047220
    Abstract: To make ultrasonic waves can be propagated with better efficiency throughout the entirety of a treatment tank, and an object to be cleaned can be cleaned with better efficiency regardless of the type of the object to be cleaned. An ultrasonic cleaning equipment (1) according to the present invention includes a treatment tank (10) that stores a cleaning liquid that cleans an object to be cleaned and in which the object to be cleaned is immersed; an ultrasonic application mechanism (20) that applies ultrasonic waves to the cleaning liquid retained in an interior of the treatment tank; and a curved surface member (30) that is located in a range prescribed by a prescribed angle of inclination from a normal direction in an end portion of a vibrating surface of the ultrasonic application mechanism to an outside with respect to the vibrating surface and that is held on a wall surface and/or a bottom surface of the treatment tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eri HOSHIBA, Hiromitsu DATE, Takumi NISHIMOTO, Kenichi UEMURA
  • Publication number: 20170369964
    Abstract: A Si/Mn ratio of steel material components of a base material is not less than 0.27 nor more than 0.90 in mass ratio, an internal oxide layer having a thickness of not less than 1 ?m nor more than 30 ?m is provided right below an oxide scale of a steel sheet surface layer portion, and regarding the internal oxide layer, an internal oxide in a crystal grain of the internal oxide layer is an oxide containing Si and having a thickness of not less than 10 nm nor more than 200 nm in a crystal grain in a range of greater than 0% and 30% or less of a thickness of the internal oxide layer from an interface between the internal oxide layer and base iron toward a direction of the surface layer oxide scale, one or more branches of the internal oxide exist in a cross section of 1 ?m×1 ?m square, and in any crystal grain boundary having a length of 1 ?m, one or more of the internal oxides in the crystal grain are connected to an internal oxide of the crystal grain boundary to form a net-like structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2016
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi FUJII, Hiromitsu DATE, Akira TANIYAMA, Takumi NISHIMOTO, Kenichiro TADOKORO
  • Publication number: 20170335482
    Abstract: A method of producing a silicon-plated metal sheet, comprises: melting at least one of a silicon-containing alkali metal salt or a silicon-containing ammonium salt in a molten salt comprising lithium chloride, potassium chloride, and an alkali metal fluoride to prepare a molten salt electrolytic bath; and performing constant-current pulse electrolysis or constant-potential pulse electrolysis with a metal sheet, serving as a cathode, immersed in the molten-salt electrolytic bath under conditions of a pulse duration of from 0.1 seconds to 3.0 seconds and a duty ratio of from 0.5 to 0.94 to thereby form a silicon layer on the metal sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2016
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiromitsu DATE, Takashi FUJII, Mikito UEDA
  • Patent number: 8679643
    Abstract: A plated steel sheet for cans with excellent secondary adhesion of an organic film and high corrosion resistance is provided, that is, a plated steel sheet for cans, which is a plated steel sheet having a alloy tin layer and a metallic tin layer in sequence from the steel sheet side, wherein a chemical conversion layer comprising tin oxide in an amount of 0.3 to 5.0 mC/cm2 in terms of electricity necessary for reduction and tin phosphate in an amount of 0.5 to 5.0 mg/m2 in terms of P is provided on the metallic tin layer and zirconium(IV) oxide in an amount of 0.2 to 5 mg/m2 in terms of Zr is provided on the chemical conversion layer. A production method thereof is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation
    Inventor: Hiromitsu Date
  • Patent number: 8518555
    Abstract: Plated steel sheet comprised of steel sheet having a tin alloy layer on it, which is characterized by (i) having free tin distributed on the tin alloy layer in a 5 to 97% area rate and further (ii) having a chemically treated layer having phosphate in an amount of 1.0 to 5.0 mg/m2 in terms of P and tin oxide in an amount of 0.3 to 4.0 mC/cm2 in terms of electricity necessary for reduction, formed on the tin alloy layer and free tin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation
    Inventor: Hiromitsu Date
  • Publication number: 20100310898
    Abstract: Plated steel sheet comprised of steel sheet having a tin alloy layer on it, which is characterized by (i) having free tin distributed on the tin alloy layer in a 5 to 97% area rate and further (ii) having a chemically treated layer having phosphate in an amount of 1.0 to 5.0 mg/m2 in terms of P and tin oxide in an amount of 0.3 to 4.0 mC/cm2 in terms of electricity necessary for reduction, formed on the tin alloy layer and free tin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2009
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Inventor: Hiromitsu Date
  • Publication number: 20100119867
    Abstract: A plated steel sheet for cans with excellent secondary adhesion of an organic film and high corrosion resistance is provided, that is, a plated steel sheet for cans, which is a plated steel sheet having a alloy tin layer and a metallic tin layer in sequence from the steel sheet side, wherein a chemical conversion layer comprising tin oxide in an amount of 0.3 to 5.0 mC/cm2 in terms of electricity necessary for reduction and tin phosphate in an amount of 0.5 to 5.0 mg/m2 in terms of P is provided on the metallic tin layer and zirconium(IV) oxide in an amount of 0.2 to 5 mg/m2 in terms of Zr is provided on the chemical conversion layer. A production method thereof is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2008
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Inventor: Hiromitsu Date