Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Shuto

Hiroshi Shuto 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: 20250065389
    Abstract: A burring structural member resistant to fracture even if the burring structural part is bent back is provided. In the burring structural member of the present disclosure, a thickness T of the sheet-shaped part is 2.0 mm or more, a Charpy impact value vE(0) of the sheet-shaped part at 0° C. is 50 J/cm2 or more, a BCI value calculated by BCI=vE(0)/Lc based on the Charpy impact value vE(0) (J/cm2) and a maximum length Lc (?m) of a crack at the inside bend of the bent wall part of the burring structural parts is 2.5 or more, and a curvature radius R (mm) of the inside bend of the bent wall part is larger than R1 calculated by R1=25/BCI?1.5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2023
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shunsuke KOBAYASHI, Ryoma KATO, Hiroshi SHUTO
  • Patent number: 12203157
    Abstract: This hot-rolled steel sheet has a predetermined chemical composition, in which a metallographic structure contains, by area %, 3.0% or more of retained austenite, has a ratio L52/L7 of a length L52 of a grain boundary having a crystal misorientation of 52° to a length L7 of a grain boundary having a crystal misorientation of 7° about a <110> direction of more than 0.18, has a standard deviation of a Mn concentration of 0.60 mass % or less, and has a tensile strength of 1180 MPa or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koutarou Hayashi, Hiroshi Shuto, Kazumasa Tsutsui, Hiroshi Kaido
  • Publication number: 20250019808
    Abstract: This hot-rolled steel sheet has a microstructure comprising bainite: 55 to 95%, retained austenite: 5 to 30%, fresh martensite: 5% or less, ferrite: 5% or less, and pearlite: 5% or less, in a texture at a region from a surface to a ? thickness depth from the surface, a pole density of {110}<111> orientation is 3.0 or less, and an arithmetic average roughness Ra of the surface after pickling is less than 1.2 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2022
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mutsumi SAKAKIBARA, Hiroshi SHUTO, Hiroshi TANEI
  • Patent number: 12180570
    Abstract: A hot-rolled steel sheet according to the present invention has a predetermined chemical composition, in which, when a height profile of a surface of the hot-rolled steel sheet is measured in each of five measurement ranges in a rolling direction and a direction perpendicular to the rolling direction, a distance in a height direction from an average height position which is an average of a height position of a point having a highest height position and a height position of a recessed part which is a point having a lowest height position to the recessed part is indicated as R1 (?m) in each of the height profiles, and an average of heights of two measurement points away from the recessed part in the rolling direction or the direction perpendicular to the rolling direction by 5 ?m is indicated as R2 (?m), an average value of radii of curvature r represented by Expression (1) is 10 ?m or more, and a tensile strength of the hot-rolled steel sheet is 500 MPa or more. r=(25+|R2?R1|2)/2|R2?R1| . . .
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Shuto, Genki Abukawa, Akifumi Sakakibara, Jun Ando, Tetsu Asato, Shota Endo
  • Publication number: 20240384378
    Abstract: This hot-rolled steel sheet has a predetermined chemical composition, has a microstructure including, by area %, residual austenite of less than 3.0%, ferrite of 15.0% or more and less than 60.0%, and pearlite of less than 5.0%, in which an entropy value obtained by analyzing an SEM image of the microstructure using a gray-level co-occurrence matrix method is 10.7 or more, an inverse difference normalized value is 1.020 or more, a cluster shade value is ?8.0×105 to 8.0×105, and a standard deviation of an Mn concentration is 0.60 mass % or less, and has a tensile strength of 980 MPa or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi SHUTO, Kazumasa TSUTSUI, Shunsuke KOBAYASHI, Akifumi SAKAKIBARA, Jun ANDO, Toshiki SUGIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20240384381
    Abstract: This hot-rolled steel sheet has a predetermined chemical composition and microstructure, in which, within regions obtained by dividing a sheet thickness cross section parallel to a rolling direction into three parts in a sheet thickness direction, when a pole density of the {001} plane of ferrite and bainite in a center region is Pi, and a pole density of the {001} plane of ferrite and bainite in a surface layer region is Ps, Pi/Ps is 1.2 to 2.0, and a tensile strength is 950 MPa or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi TOYODA, Hiroshi SHUTO
  • Patent number: 12139772
    Abstract: A high strength steel sheet according to the present invention contains a predetermined chemical composition, in a metallographic structure, the total area ratio of tempered martensite and bainite is 80% or more, at a sheet thickness ¼ position of a cross section parallel to a rolling direction and perpendicular to a rolled surface, the standard deviation of number densities of precipitates having a diameter of 10 nm or less and including one or both of Ti and Nb is less than 5×1010 numbers/mm3, and the tensile strength is 780 MPa or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Genki Abukawa, Hiroshi Shuto
  • Patent number: 12123064
    Abstract: This hot-rolled steel sheet has a predetermined chemical composition, in which a metal microstructure contains, by area %, 3.0% or more of residual austenite, has a ratio L52/L7 of a length L52 of a grain boundary having a crystal orientation difference of 52° to a length L7 of a grain boundary having a crystal orientation difference of 7° about a <110> direction of 0.10 or more and 0.18 or less, has a standard deviation of a Mn concentration of 0.60 mass % or less, and has a tensile strength of 980 MPa or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Shuto, Koutarou Hayashi, Hiroshi Kaido, Akifumi Sakakibara, Jun Ando, Tetsu Asato
  • Patent number: 12116646
    Abstract: This hot-rolled steel sheet has a predetermined chemical composition, in a microstructure, by area %, ferrite is less than 15.0%, residual austenite is less than 3.0%, L52/L7, which is a ratio of a length L52 of a grain boundary having a crystal orientation difference of 52° to a length L7 of a grain boundary having a crystal orientation difference of 7° about a <110> direction is 0.10 to 0.18, a standard deviation of a Mn concentration is 0.60 mass % or less, and a tensile strength is 980 MPa or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mutsumi Sakakibara, Hiroshi Shuto, Kazumasa Tsutsui, Koutarou Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20240318274
    Abstract: This hot-rolled steel sheet has a predetermined chemical composition, has a microstructure including, by area %, martensite and tempered martensite of more than 92.0% and 100.0% or less in total, residual austenite of less than 3.0%, ferrite of less than 5.0%, and in which an entropy value obtained by analyzing an SEM image of the microstructure using a gray-level co-occurrence matrix method is 11.0 or more, an inverse difference normalized value is less than 1.020, a cluster shade value is ?8.0×105 to 8.0×105, and a standard deviation of an Mn concentration is 0.60 mass % or less, and has a tensile strength of 980 MPa or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazumasa TSUTSUI, Hiroshi SHUTO
  • Publication number: 20240209470
    Abstract: This hot-rolled steel sheet has a predetermined chemical composition and a microstructure containing, in area %, less than 3.00% of retained austenite with an Rcf value indicating a ratio between average fracture surface units before and after plastic deformation being 2.00 or more and a tensile strength of 980 MPa or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2022
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shunsuke KOBAYASHI, Hiroshi SHUTO
  • Patent number: 11970758
    Abstract: This hot-rolled steel sheet has a predetermined chemical composition. The metallographic structure at a sheet thickness ¼ depth from a surface and at a center position in a sheet width direction in a sheet width cross section parallel to a rolling direction contains, by area %, 77.0% to 97.0% of bainite and tempered martensite in total, 0% to 5.0% of ferrite, 0% to 5.0% of pearlite, 3.0% or more of residual austenite, and 0% to 10.0% of martensite. The average grain size of the metallographic structure excluding the residual austenite is 7.0 ?m or less. The C concentration in the residual austenite is 0.5 mass % or more. The number density of iron-based carbides having a diameter of 20 nm or more is 1.0×106 carbides/mm2 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Shuto, Akifumi Sakakibara, Shinsuke Kai, Koutarou Hayashi, Hiroshi Kaido
  • Publication number: 20240068066
    Abstract: There is provided a steel sheet having a chemical composition comprising, in mass %, C: 0.05 to 0.25%, Si: 0.2 to 2.0%, Mn: 1.2 to 3.0%, P: 0.030% or less, S: 0.050% or less, Al: 0.01 to 0.55%, N: 0.0100% or less, and Ti: 0.010 to 0.250%, with the balance: Fe and impurities, wherein a random intensity ratio of a texture in a near-surface portion of the steel sheet is 8.0 or less, and a minimum angle formed between a maximum strength orientation in a {110} pole figure of the texture and a normal direction of a rolled surface of the steel sheet is 10° or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuaki TANAKA, Shohei YABU, Hiroshi SHUTO, Koutarou HAYASHI, Takashi YASUTOMI, Eisaku SAKURADA
  • Publication number: 20230416886
    Abstract: This hot-rolled steel sheet has a desired chemical composition, a microstructure contains, in area %, ferrite: 10 to 30%, bainite: 40 to 85%, retained austenite: 5 to 30%, fresh martensite: 5% or less, and pearlite: 5% or less, the ferrite has an average particle size of 5.00 ?m or less, a difference between an average nanoindentation hardness of the ferrite and an average nanoindentation hardness of the bainite is 1,000 MPa or less, and the tensile strength is 980 MPa or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mutsumi SAKAKIBARA, Tatsuo YOKOI, Hiroshi SHUTO
  • Publication number: 20230349017
    Abstract: This hot-rolled steel sheet has a predetermined chemical composition, the number % of crystal grains of bainite that are in contact with both tempered martensite and residual austenite is 80% or more of all crystal grains of the bainite, a C concentration in the residual austenite is 0.80 mass % or more, an average crystal grain size of the residual austenite is 0.70 ?m or less, and a standard deviation of Vickers hardness is 25 HV0.01 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mutsumi SAKAKIBARA, Hiroshi SHUTO, Hiroshi TANEI, Takaaki TSUTSUMI, Shota ISHITSUKA, Shinsuke KAI, Akifumi SAKAKIBARA
  • Publication number: 20230323496
    Abstract: This hot-rolled steel sheet has a predetermined chemical composition, in a microstructure, in terms of area%, residual austenite is less than 3.0%, ferrite is less than 15.0%, and pearlite is less than 5.0%, an E value that indicates periodicity of the microstructure is less than 10.7, and an I value that indicates uniformity of the microstructure is less than 1.020, a standard deviation of a Mn concentration is 0.60 mass% or less, and a tensile strength is 780 MPa or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuru YOSHIDA, Hiroshi SHUTO, Kazumasa TSUTSUI, Koutarou HAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20230295783
    Abstract: This hot-rolled steel sheet has a predetermined chemical composition, in a microstructure, in terms of area %, residual austenite is less than 3.0%, ferrite is 15.0% or more and less than 60.0%, and pearlite is less than 5.0%, an E value that indicates periodicity of the microstructure is 10.7 or more, and an I value that indicates uniformity of the microstructure is 1.020 or more, a standard deviation of a Mn concentration is 0.60 mass % or less, and a tensile strength is 980 MPa or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi SHUTO, Kazumasa TSUTSUI, Koutarou HAYASHI, Akifumi SAKAKIBARA, Jun ANDO, Toshiki SUGIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20230279532
    Abstract: This hot-rolled steel sheet has a predetermined chemical composition, in a microstructure, in terms of area %, martensite and tempered martensite are more than 92.0% and 100.0% or less in total, residual austenite is less than 3.0%, and ferrite is less than 5.0%, an E value that indicates periodicity of the microstructure is 11.0 or more, the I value that indicates uniformity of the microstructure is less than 1.020, a standard deviation of a Mn concentration is 0.60 mass % or less, and a tensile strength is 980 MPa or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazumasa TSUTSUI, Hiroshi SHUTO, Koutarou HAYASHI, Mitsuru YOSHIDA
  • Publication number: 20230257845
    Abstract: This hot-rolled steel sheet has a predetermined chemical composition, in a microstructure, in terms of area %, residual austenite is less than 3.0%, ferrite is 15.0% or more and less than 60.0%, and pearlite is less than 5.0%, an E value that indicates periodicity of the microstructure is 10.7 or more, and an I value that indicates uniformity of the microstructure is less than 1.020, a standard deviation of a Mn concentration is 0.60 mass % or less, and a tensile strength is 980 MPa or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi SHUTO, Kazumasa TSUTSUI, Koutarou HAYASHI, Akifumi SAKAKIBARA, Jun ANDO, Mitsuru YOSHIDA
  • Publication number: 20230140358
    Abstract: This steel sheet has a predetermined chemical composition, Ex. C that is obtained by Ex. C = (%C) - 12 ( (%Ti*)/48 + (%V)/51 + (%Nb)/93 + (%Mo)/96 + (%W)/184} is 0.020% or less, a microstructure at a ¼ depth position of a sheet thickness from a surface contains 60% or more of ferrite, 0% to 5% of MA and a total of 0% to 5% of pearlite and cementite with a remainder of bainite in terms of area fractions, in the microstructure, the average crystal grain diameter is 10.0 µm or less, the average aspect ratio of crystal grains is 0.30 or more, the standard deviation of a Mn concentration is 0.60 mass% or less, a Ti-based carbide having a Baker-Nutting orientation relationship in the ferrite is precipitated in a semi-coherent state, and a tensile strength is 980 MPa or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuru YOSHIDA, Shunsuke TANIGUCHI, Koutarou HAYASHI, Hiroshi SHUTO