Patents by Inventor Hiroo Shige

Hiroo Shige 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).

  • Publication number: 20240141464
    Abstract: A steel sheet may be used for hot-dip galvanizing capable of manufacturing hot-dip galvannealed steel sheet(s) with a high Si content and in which alloying unevenness is suppressed. Such a steel sheet for hot-dip galvanizing may include an internal oxide layer containing an oxide of Si between a surface layer of the steel sheet and a steel sheet base portion. The Si content in a chemical composition of the steel sheet may be 1.0 mass % or more. A solid solution Si amount from a surface of the steel sheet to a depth of 1 ?m measured at all four positions including positions of 10 mm, 30 mm, and 50 mm from an edge in a coil width direction and a position of a center in the coil width direction at a rear end in a rolling direction of the steel sheet for hot-dip galvanizing may be 1.4 wt. % or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Akira KAWAKAMI, Hiroo SHIGE, Hiroshi IRIE, Takayuki MAEDA, Hang YU
  • Publication number: 20240133013
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a hot-dip galvanized steel sheet having a high Si content and good plating adhesion. The method for manufacturing a hot-dip galvanized steel sheet includes the following: hot-rolling a steel raw material having a Si content of 1.0 mass % or more and coiling a steel sheet at 500° C. to 700° C.; subjecting a surface of the steel sheet after the coiling to an oxidation treatment at a heating temperature of a steel sheet temperature of 750° C. or lower, and subsequently subjecting the surface to a reduction treatment; and subjecting the steel sheet after the reduction treatment to a hot-dip galvanizing treatment to form a Zn-plated layer on a surface of the steel sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Akira KAWAKAMI, Hiroo SHIGE, Hiroshi IRIE, Takayuki MAEDA, Hang YU
  • Patent number: 7618711
    Abstract: A resin coated metal plate having excellent formability comprises, on a metal plate, a resin coating layer containing a conductive filler and a corrosion inhibitor, a matrix resin constituting the resin coating layer is made mainly of a flexible epoxy resin and has a modulus of elasticity of not less than 3 GPa. When secondarily cured, the resin coated metal plate is imparted with excellent weldability and corrosion resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2009
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho
    Inventors: Hironobu Nakanishi, Kazuhisa Fujisawa, Hiroo Shige, Masatoshi Iwai
  • Publication number: 20080187743
    Abstract: A resin-coated metal sheet having a metal sheet and a resin layer containing electroconductive particles provided on the surface of the metal sheet is characterized in that t (?m), r (?m), d84 (?m) and d16 (?m) satisfy the following expressions 2.0?t?16, 0.25t?r?2t, and SD=(d84-d16)/2?0.8r, wherein t represents the film thickness (?m) of the resin layer, r represents a volume average particle diameter (?m) of the electroconductive v articles, and d84 and d16 represent the particle diameters (?m) at cumulative percentages of 84% and 16%, respectively in the cumulative particle diameter distribution of the electroconductive particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2005
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Hiroo Shige, Masatoshi Iwai, Kazuhisa Fujisawa, Hironobu Nakanishi
  • Patent number: 7033678
    Abstract: A resin coated metal sheet of the invention has an epoxy resin layer on a galvanized metal sheet, wherein the resin layer contains iron phosphide and at least one selected from the group consisting of aluminum triphosphate, calcium ion exchange silica and amorphous magnesium silicate compound. In the resin coated metal sheet, the epoxy resin is an urethane modified epoxy resin and/or dimer acid modified epoxy resin, and the iron phosphide has a maximum particle diameter of 15 ?m or less. The resin coated metal sheet has excellent weldability, formability and corrosion resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hironobu Nakanishi, Kazuhisa Fujisawa, Hiroo Shige, Masatoshi Iwai
  • Publication number: 20050181216
    Abstract: A resin coated metal plate having excellent formability comprises, on a metal plate, a resin coating layer containing a conductive filler and a corrosion inhibitor, a matrix resin constituting the resin coating layer is made mainly of a flexible epoxy resin and has a modulus of elasticity of not less than 3 GPa. When secondarily cured, the resin coated metal plate is imparted with excellent weldability and corrosion resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2005
    Publication date: August 18, 2005
    Inventors: Hironobu Nakanishi, Kazuhisa Fujisawa, Hiroo Shige, Masatoshi Iwai
  • Publication number: 20040224170
    Abstract: A resin coated metal sheet of the invention has an epoxy resin layer on a galvanized metal sheet, wherein the resin layer contains iron phosphide and at least one selected from the group consisting of aluminum triphosphate, calcium ion exchange silica and amorphous magnesium silicate compound. In the resin coated metal sheet, the epoxy resin is an urethane modified epoxy resin and/or dimer acid modified epoxy resin, and the iron phosphide has a maximum particle diameter of 15 &mgr;m or less. The resin coated metal sheet has excellent weldability, formability and corrosion resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2004
    Publication date: November 11, 2004
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho(Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Hironobu Nakanishi, Kazuhisa Fujisawa, Hiroo Shige, Masatoshi Iwai
  • Patent number: 6607844
    Abstract: Provided are a Zn—Mg electroplated metal sheet excellent in corrosion resistance, formability and productivity, and a fabrication process therefor. The Zn—Mg electroplated metal sheet comprises a Zn—Mg electroplated layer including Mg and Zn, the Zn being a main component, formed on at least one surface of a metal substrate material. The Zn—Mg electroplated layer shows more excellent corrosion resistance by including a C component therein. The Zn—Mg electroplated metal sheet can be fabricated by performing electroplating with an acidic aqueous solution including metal salts of Zn and Mg, and in addition, a surface active agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2003
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kuniyasu Araga, Hiroo Shige, Masatoshi Iwai, Takeshi Watase, Yutaka Kitou
  • Publication number: 20020160180
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a metal sheet with anticorrosive coating which exhibits outstanding corrosion resistance, pitting corrosion resistance, and red rust resistance. It has the anticorrosive coating on at least one side thereof. The anticorrosive coating is formed from an anticorrosive paint which contains a metallic zinc powder and at least one kind of metal salt rust inhibitor. The metal salt is a salt of a metal which is more base than zinc. The metal sheet may be a steel sheet. The metal salt rust inhibitor may be a phosphate or a phosphomolybdate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2002
    Publication date: October 31, 2002
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd)
    Inventors: Takayuki Yamamoto, Hiroo Shige, Takeshi Watase, Masafumi Shimizu
  • Patent number: 6444304
    Abstract: Aluminum alloy comprising an anodic oxidation coating and a ceramic coating formed on a surface of the anodic oxidation coating, wherein the anodic oxidation coating contains one or more elements selected from the group consisting of C, N, P, F, B and S at a content of each element in an amount of 0.1 mass % or more, and wherein the ceramic coating comprises one or more selected from the group consisting of oxide, nitride, carbonitride, boride and silicide, wherein when the anodic oxidation coating contains S only, the surface of the aluminum alloy or of the anodic oxidation coating has an average roughness Ra of 0.3 &mgr;m or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2002
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Jun Hisamoto, Hiroo Shige, Koichi Hayashi