Patents by Inventor Jiro Iwaya

Jiro Iwaya 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: 20220250131
    Abstract: To establish a method for obtaining a hot-press-formed steel member, which exhibits high strength, high tensile elongation (ductility) and high bendability, thereby having excellent deformation characteristics at the time of collision crush (crashworthiness), and which is capable of ensuring excellent delayed fracture resistance. A method for producing a hot-press-formed steel member by heating a steel sheet, which has a chemical component composition containing 0.10% (% by mass, and hereinafter the same shall apply) to 0.30% (inclusive) of C, 1.0% to 2.5% (inclusive) of Si, 1.0% to 3.0% (inclusive) of Si and Al in total and 1.5% to 3.0% (inclusive) of Mn, with the balance consisting of iron and unavoidable impurities, and hot press forming the steel sheet one or more times.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Takayuki YAMANO, Jiro IWAYA, Noriyuki JIMBO, Tatsuya ASAI, Naoki MIZUTA
  • Patent number: 11344941
    Abstract: In a method for obtaining a hot-press-formed steel member, a steel sheet containing 0.10-0.30 mass % of C, 1.0-2.5 mass % of Si, 1.0-3.0 mass % of Si and Al in total, and 1.5-3.0 mass % of Mn is heated at a heating temperature of not less than the Ac3 transformation point. The steel sheet is hot-press formed for one or more times. The starting temperature of the hot pressing is not more than the heating temperature but not less than the Ms point. The average cooling rate from (Ms point?150)° C. to 40° C. is 5° C./s or less. The hot-press-formed steel member has high strength, high tensile elongation, high bendability, excellent deformation characteristics at the time of collision crush, and excellent delayed fracture resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takayuki Yamano, Jiro Iwaya, Noriyuki Jimbo, Tatsuya Asai, Naoki Mizuta
  • Publication number: 20190210089
    Abstract: In the present invention, a method for joining members involves preparing a steel component having a bottom wall in which a hole is provided, and a hollow aluminum pipe. The aluminum pipe is slipped through the hole in the steel component and passed through the bottom wall, rubber is inserted into the interior of the aluminum pipe, and the rubber is compressed in the direction of the axis (L) of the aluminum pipe and induced to distend towards the outside from the inside. As a result of the foregoing, at least a section of the aluminum pipe slipped through the hole is induced to undergo expansion and is joined by clinching to the bottom wall. This method for joining members reduces the load on the members, improves the joint strength, and enables two members to be joined at reduced cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (KOBE STEEL, LTD.)
    Inventors: Yasuhiro MAEDA, Jiro IWAYA, Junya NAITOU, Hideto KATSUMA
  • Publication number: 20190210088
    Abstract: In the present invention, a method for joining members involves preparing a steel component having a bottom wall in which a hole is provided, and a hollow aluminum pipe. The aluminum pipe is slipped through the hole in the steel component and passed through the bottom wall, rubber is inserted into the interior of the aluminum pipe, and the rubber is compressed in the direction of the axis (L) of the aluminum pipe and induced to distend towards the outside from the inside. As a result of the foregoing, at least a section of the aluminum pipe slipped through the hole is induced to undergo expansion and is joined by clinching to the bottom wall. This method for joining members reduces the load on the members, improves the joint strength, and enables two members to be joined at reduced cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (KOBE STEEL, LTD.)
    Inventors: Yasuhiro MAEDA, Jiro IWAYA, Junya NAITOU, Hideto KATSUMA
  • Patent number: 10300519
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a press-formed article includes arranging a member to be pressed between first and second dies, and relatively moving the first and second dies so as to approach each other, thereby press forming to a portion to be pressed so that a height of the portion to be pressed decreases. In the press forming step, while first bent portions in a pair each bent in a protruded shape toward the second die on the portion to be pressed are held by groove-shaped holding portions in a pair separated from each other on the second die, a second bent portion bent in a protruded shape from a position between the first bent portions toward the first die on the portion to be pressed is pressed and deformed by a pressing portion of the first die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuki Sakamoto, Yasuhiro Hayashida, Kenichi Watanabe, Junya Naitou, Kensuke Funada, Takayuki Kimura, Jiro Iwaya
  • Publication number: 20180361461
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of press-molded article of the present invention comprises a step of placing a member to be pressed in a press molding apparatus and a step of pressing a flat plate portion of the member to be pressed by bringing a first press portion and a second press portion closer to each other. A first opposing surface and a second opposing surface, while facing to each other, keep in contact with the flat plate portion during pressing. In the press step, a thick part is formed on the flat plate portion by allowing a part of a material of the flat plate portion to flow, in a press direction, into a thickened portion-forming section formed on the first opposing surface. The second opposing surface is moved to the press direction as the flat plate portion is pressed by the first press portion and the second press portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Kazuki SAKAMOTO, Yasuhiro Hayashida, Kenichi Watanabe, Junya Naitou, Kensuke Funada, Takayuki Kimura, Jiro Iwaya
  • Publication number: 20180272478
    Abstract: A method for joining members of the present invention is as follows: a second member is inserted through a hole part of a first member; a guide shaft is inserted through a through hole of rubber; the rubber with the guide shaft inserted is inserted into the second member; and a drive mechanism relatively moves pushers and toward each other to compress the rubber in the extending direction of the guide shaft so that the rubber is expanded outward from inside to expand and deform at least a portion of the second member inserted into the hole part, thereby joining the second member to the first member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2016
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Yasuhiro MAEDA, Jiro IWAYA, Toru HASHIMURA, Junya NAITOU, Hideto KATSUMA
  • Publication number: 20180272411
    Abstract: A method of bonding a first frame member and a second frame member includes: a protrusion formation step of forming a protrusion in a predetermined region of a plate by press fabrication; a stacking step of producing such a stack body of flanges and the plate that a leading end of the protrusion of the plate contacts with the flange and the flange is disposed between the flange and the plate; and a welding step of welding the protrusion to the flange by applying welding current between a pair of electrodes while the stack body is sandwiched between the pair of electrodes so that the protrusion is pressed against the flange.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Hideto KATSUMA, Jiro IWAYA, Junya NAITOU, Yasuhiro MAEDA, Toru HASHIMURA, Ryohei YUKISHIGE
  • Patent number: 9889486
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of press-formed article according to the present invention includes a step of placing a flat plate member between a first die and a second die, and a step of causing a first press portion and a second press portion approach each other, thereby pressing the flat plate member. In the step of placing, the flat plate member is placed so that a first main surface and a second main surface align with a vertical direction. In the step of pressing, the flat plate member is vertically pressed by causing the first press portion and the second press portion to approach each other in the vertical direction, and a thick portion is formed on the flat plate member by causing a part of a material of the flat plate member in the vertical direction to flow into a thickened portion-forming section formed on a first opposing surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuki Sakamoto, Yasuhiro Hayashida, Kenichi Watanabe, Junya Naitou, Kensuke Funada, Takayuki Kimura, Jiro Iwaya
  • Publication number: 20180015527
    Abstract: In the present invention, a method for joining members involves preparing a steel component having a bottom wall in which a hole is provided, and a hollow aluminum pipe. The aluminum pipe is slipped through the hole in the steel component and passed through the bottom wall, rubber is inserted into the interior of the aluminum pipe, and the rubber is compressed in the direction of the axis (L) of the aluminum pipe and induced to distend towards the outside from the inside. As a result of the foregoing, at least a section of the aluminum pipe slipped through the hole is induced to undergo expansion and is joined by clinching to the bottom wall. This method for joining members reduces the load on the members, improves the joint strength, and enables two members to be joined at reduced cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2016
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Yasuhiro MAEDA, Jiro IWAYA, Junya NAITOU, Hideto KATSUMA
  • Patent number: 9724745
    Abstract: A press forming process forms a blank, which is the material to be pressed, into a product having a predetermined shape including a continuous hat-shaped section in the longitudinal direction and a curved portion protruding toward the top surface side in the longitudinal direction. In the press forming process, an intermediate product which has an excess thickness portion formed at a part of the curved portion of the product and protruding higher than the top surface of the product is formed while constraining the portion of the intermediate product other than the excess thickness portion until the excess thickness portion projects in a direction opposite to the protrusion direction thereof, whereby the intermediate product is formed into a predetermined shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuhisa Maeda, Kiyoshi Nonomura, Yoshiyuki Fukuyama, Takayuki Yamano, Jiro Iwaya
  • Publication number: 20170216901
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a press-formed article includes arranging a member to be pressed between first and second dies, and relatively moving the first and second dies so as to approach each other, thereby press forming to a portion to be pressed so that a height of the portion to be pressed decreases. In the press forming step, while first bent portions in a pair each bent in a protruded shape toward the second die on the portion to be pressed are held by groove-shaped holding portions in a pair separated from each other on the second die, a second bent portion bent in a protruded shape from a position between the first bent portions toward the first die on the portion to be pressed is pressed and deformed by a pressing portion of the first die.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Kazuki SAKAMOTO, Yasuhiro HAYASHIDA, Kenichi WATANABE, Junya NAITOU, Kensuke FUNADA, Takayuki KIMURA, Jiro IWAYA
  • Publication number: 20170136521
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of press-molded article of the present invention comprises a step of placing a member to be pressed in a press molding apparatus and a step of pressing a flat plate portion of the member to be pressed by bringing a first press portion and a second press portion closer to each other. A first opposing surface and a second opposing surface, while facing to each other, keep in contact with the flat plate portion during pressing. In the press step, a thick part is formed on the flat plate portion by allowing a part of a material of the flat plate portion to flow, in a press direction, into a thickened portion-forming section formed on the first opposing surface. The second opposing surface is moved to the press direction as the flat plate portion is pressed by the first press portion and the second press portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2016
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Kazuki SAKAMOTO, Yasuhiro HAYASHIDA, Kenichi WATANABE, Junya NAITOU, Kensuke FUNADA, Takayuki KIMURA, Jiro IWAYA
  • Publication number: 20170136514
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of press-formed article according to the present invention includes a step of placing a flat plate member between a first die and a second die, and a step of causing a first press portion and a second press portion approach each other, thereby pressing the flat plate member. In the step of placing, the flat plate member is placed so that a first main surface and a second main surface align with a vertical direction. In the step of pressing, the flat plate member is vertically pressed by causing the first press portion and the second press portion to approach each other in the vertical direction, and a thick portion is formed on the flat plate member by causing a part of a material of the flat plate member in the vertical direction to flow into a thickened portion-forming section formed on a first opposing surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2016
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Kazuki SAKAMOTO, Yasuhiro HAYASHIDA, Kenichi WATANABE, Junya NAITOU, Kensuke FUNADA, Takayuki KIMURA, Jiro IWAYA
  • Patent number: 9550221
    Abstract: A press forming method forming an extended part by extension in a later forming period after deep drawing, the deep drawing process carried out with working at 100-250° C., and the extension forming process carried out colder at less than 50° C., whereby the extended part is formed by extension in a cup shaped low parts formed by deep drawing. Thus, press forming products containing formed elements can be deep drawing formed and extension formed at a high forming rate of 10 mm/sec or greater, which can assure high productivity. By making a steel plate temperature 100-350° C. during press forming and by making the forming rate in the later forming period where extension forming is carried out slower than the forming rate in an earlier forming period where extension forming is not carried out, cracking of the extended part can be prevented and press forming limitations can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takayuki Yamano, Jiro Iwaya, Takayuki Kimura, Tatsuya Asai, Naoki Mizuta
  • Patent number: 9463501
    Abstract: A press forming method forming an extended part by extension in a later forming period after deep drawing, the deep drawing process carried out with working at 100-250° C., and the extension forming process carried out colder at less than 50° C., whereby the extended part is formed by extension in a cup shaped low parts formed by deep drawing. Thus, press forming products containing formed elements can be deep drawing formed and extension formed at a high forming rate of 10 mm/sec or greater, which can assure high productivity. By making a steel plate temperature 100-350° C. during press forming and by making the forming rate in the later forming period where extension forming is carried out slower than the forming rate in an earlier forming period where extension forming is not carried out, cracking of the extended part can be prevented and press forming limitations can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takayuki Yamano, Jiro Iwaya, Takayuki Kimura, Tatsuya Asai, Naoki Mizuta
  • Publication number: 20160214161
    Abstract: A press forming method forming an extended part by extension in a later forming period after deep drawing, the deep drawing process carried out with working at 100-250° C., and the extension forming process carried out colder at less than 50° C., whereby the extended part is formed by extension in a cup shaped low parts formed by deep drawing. Thus, press forming products containing formed elements can be deep drawing formed and extension formed at a high forming rate of 10 mm/sec or greater, which can assure high productivity. By making a steel plate temperature 100-350° C. during press forming and by making the forming rate in the later forming period where extension forming is carried out slower than the forming rate in an earlier forming period where extension forming is not carried out, cracking of the extended part can be prevented and press forming limitations can be improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2016
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Takayuki YAMANO, Jiro IWAYA, Takayuki KIMURA, Tatsuya ASAI, Naoki MIZUTA
  • Publication number: 20140144560
    Abstract: To establish a method for obtaining a hot-press-formed steel member, which exhibits high strength, high tensile elongation (ductility) and high bendability, thereby having excellent deformation characteristics at the time of collision crush (crashworthiness), and which is capable of ensuring excellent delayed fracture resistance. A method for producing a hot-press-formed steel member by heating a steel sheet, which has a chemical component composition containing 0.10% (% by mass, and hereinafter the same shall apply) to 0.30% (inclusive) of C, 1.0% to 2.5% (inclusive) of Si, 1.0% to 3.0% (inclusive) of Si and Al in total and 1.5% to 3.0% (inclusive) of Mn, with the balance consisting of iron and unavoidable impurities, and hot press forming the steel sheet one or more times.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2012
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steet, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Takayuki Yamano, Jiro Iwaya, Noriyuki JIMBO, Tatsuya Asai, Naoki Mizuta
  • Publication number: 20130263637
    Abstract: A press forming method forming an extended part by extension in a later forming period after deep drawing, the deep drawing process carried out with working at 100-250° C., and the extension forming process carried out colder at less than 50° C., whereby the extended part is formed by extension in a cup shaped low parts formed by deep drawing. Thus, press forming products containing formed elements can be deep drawing formed and extension formed at a high forming rate of 10 mm/sec or greater, which can assure high productivity. By making a steel plate temperature 100-350° C. during press forming and by making the forming rate in the later forming period where extension forming is carried out slower than the forming rate in an earlier forming period where extension forming is not carried out, cracking of the extended part can be prevented and press forming limitations can be improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2012
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Takayuki Yamano, Jiro Iwaya, Takayuki Kimura, Tatsuya Asai, Naoki Mizuta
  • Publication number: 20120204619
    Abstract: Provided is a press forming method in which the dimensional accuracy is improved and the cost for mass production can be reduced through the reduction of the number of the die corrections, etc. A press forming process forms a blank, which is the material to be pressed, into a product having a predetermined shape including a continuous hat-shaped section in the longitudinal direction and a curved portion protruding toward the top surface side in the longitudinal direction. In the press forming process, an intermediate product which has an excess thickness portion formed at a part of the curved portion of the product and protruding higher than the top surface of the product is formed while constraining the portion of the intermediate product other than the excess thickness portion until the excess thickness portion projects in a direction opposite to the protrusion direction thereof, whereby the intermediate product is formed into a predetermined shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2009
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuhisa Maeda, Kiyoshi Nonomura, Yoshiyuki Fukuyama, Takayuki Yamano, Jiro Iwaya