Patents by Inventor Ippei HIGUCHI

Ippei HIGUCHI 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: 20230167518
    Abstract: A method for producing low-carbon ferromanganese capable of achieving a high Mn yield. In producing low-carbon ferromanganese by blowing an oxidizing gas from a top-blowing lance onto a bath face of high-carbon ferromanganese molten metal accommodated in a reaction vessel provided with a top-blowing lance and bottom-blowing tuyere to perform decarburization, the slag composition during the blowing is adjusted so that a value of (CaO+MgO)/(Al2O3+SiO2) on a mass basis in the slag composition is not less than 0.4 but not more than 5.0. Also, agitation is performed under a condition that an agitation power density ? of an agitation gas blown through the bottom-blowing tuyere is not less than 500 W/t.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2021
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Applicants: JFE STEEL CORPORATION, JFE MINERAL & ALLOY COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuhiko ODA, Yusuke FUJII, Shingo SATO, Ryo KAWABATA, Naoki KIKUCHI, Toshio SHIOTA, Ippei HIGUCHI