Patents by Inventor Ichirou Kishigami

Ichirou Kishigami 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: 20190232349
    Abstract: An Ni-based super heat resistant alloy extruded material manufacturing method includes: (1) obtaining an ingot by casting molten metal having a component composition of a precipitation-strengthened Ni-based super heat resistant alloy wherein the equilibrium precipitation amount of gamma prime at 700° C. is at least 40 mol % and using it as a billet, wherein the billet is heated to a hot working temperature that is at least 1030° C. and is less than the gamma prime solvus temperature of the alloy; and (2) inserting the billet that has been heated to the hot working temperature into a container, imparting a compressive force to the billet from one end side of the container, and extruding the billet at an extrusion rate of 10 to 300 mm/s from a hole in a die placed at the other end side of the container, to yield an Ni-based super heat resistant alloy extruded material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2017
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
    Inventors: Gang HAN, Ichirou KISHIGAMI, Tomoiku OHTANI
  • Patent number: 10294545
    Abstract: Provided is a carbon tool steel strip suitable for use in various spring materials, valve materials, and the like, in which press punching properties and fatigue characteristics are enhanced. A carbon tool steel strip having a thickness of 1 mm or less and a carbon tool steel composition containing 0.8-1.2% C by mass %, wherein the carbon tool steel strip has a Vickers hardness of 500-650 (Hv), and when a cross-section at the center in the sheet thickness direction of the carbon tool steel strip is viewed with the plane of observation in a direction at a right angle to a rolled surface of the carbon tool steel strip and in the length direction of the carbon tool steel strip, the area ratio of carbides having an equivalent circle diameter of at least 0.5 ?m among the carbides present in the metallographic structure is 0.50-4.30%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
    Inventors: Tomonori Ueno, Hiroyoshi Fujihara, Ichirou Kishigami
  • Publication number: 20170081743
    Abstract: Provided is a carbon tool steel strip suitable for use in various spring materials, valve materials, and the like, in which press punching properties and fatigue characteristics are enhanced. A carbon tool steel strip having a thickness of 1 mm or less and a carbon tool steel composition containing 0.8-1.2% C by mass %, wherein the carbon tool steel strip has a Vickers hardness of 500-650 (Hv), and when a cross-section at the center in the sheet thickness direction of the carbon tool steel strip is viewed with the plane of observation in a direction at a right angle to a rolled surface of the carbon tool steel strip and in the length direction of the carbon tool steel strip, the area ratio of carbides having an equivalent circle diameter of at least 0.5 ?m among the carbides present in the metallographic structure is 0.50-4.30%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2016
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Applicant: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
    Inventors: Tomonori UENO, Hiroyoshi FUJIHARA, Ichirou KISHIGAMI
  • Publication number: 20150030870
    Abstract: Provided is a carbon tool steel strip suitable for use in various spring materials, valve materials, and the like, in which press punching properties and fatigue characteristics are enhanced. A carbon tool steel strip having a thickness of 1 mm or less and a carbon tool steel composition containing 0.8-1.2% C by mass %, wherein the carbon tool steel strip has a Vickers hardness of 500-650 (Hv), and when a cross-section at the center in the sheet thickness direction of the carbon tool steel strip is viewed with the plane of observation in a direction at a right angle to a rolled surface of the carbon tool steel strip and in the length direction of the carbon tool steel strip, the area ratio of carbides having an equivalent circle diameter of at least 0.5 ?m among the carbides present in the metallographic structure is 0.50-4.30%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2013
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
    Inventors: Tomonori Ueno, Hiroyoshi Fujihara, Ichirou Kishigami