Patents by Inventor Jun Maki

Jun Maki 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: 20240247357
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a galvanized steel sheet comprising steel sheet containing C: 0.05 to 0.30%, Si: 0.01 to 3.00%, Mn: 0.80 to 3.00%, and Al: 0.010 to 2.000% and having a thickness of 0.10 to 0.95 mm, and a galvanized layer on the steel sheet, wherein a tensile strength is 550 to 1500 MPa, and, when defining a thickness of an internal oxide layer per surface of the steel sheet as “A” (?m), a thickness of a decarburized layer per surface of the steel sheet as “B” (?m), and a thickness of the steel sheet as “t” (?m), A/B: 0.01 to 0.50 and B/t: 0.001 to 0.200.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jun MAKI, Keitaro MATSUDA, Hiroyuki KAWATA
  • Publication number: 20240240278
    Abstract: A steel sheet comprising, by mass %, C: 0.05 to 0.40%, Si: 0.2 to 3.0%, and Mn: 0.1 to 5.0%, wherein a surface layer of the steel sheet contains granular oxides, an average grain size of the granular oxides is 300 nm or less, a number density of granular oxides is 4.0/?m2 or more, the steel sheet comprises an Si—Mn depleted layer having a thickness of 3.0 ?m or more from the surface of the steel sheet, and Si and Mn contents of the Si—Mn depleted layer not containing oxides at the ½ position of the thickness are respectively less than 10% of the Si and Mn contents at the sheet thickness center part of the steel sheet, and a plated steel sheet using the same are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya MITSUNOBU, Keitaro MATSUDA, Jun MAKI, Takehiro TAKAHASHI, Hiroshi TAKEBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20240227354
    Abstract: A steel welded member comprising a plurality of Zn-based plated steel materials, each having a Zn-based plating layer on a surface of a steel material, joined together through at least one spot weld, wherein the steel material contains, by mass %, C: 0.05 to 0.40%, Si: 0.2 to 3.0%, and Mn: 0.1 to 5.0%, the steel welded member includes, by area ratio, 20 to 80% of a ? phase (Fe3 Zn1 0) and at least one oxide with a long axis of 0.5 ?m or more in a region up to 0.5 mm from an end part of a pressure weld of the spot weld.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya MITSUNOBU, Keitaro MATSUDA, Jun MAKI, Takehiro TAKAHASHI, Hiroshi TAKEBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20240218491
    Abstract: A steel sheet comprising, by mass %, C: 0.05 to 0.40%, Si: 0.2 to 3.0%, and Mn: 0.1 to 5.0%, wherein a surface layer of the steel sheet contains grain boundary oxides, a Ratio A of a length of the grain boundary oxides projected on a surface of the steel sheet to a length of the surface of the steel sheet is 50% or more and 100% or less, a number density of granular oxides is less than 4.0/?m2, the steel sheet comprises an Si—Mn depleted layer having a thickness of 3.0 ?m or more from the surface of the steel sheet, and Si and Mn contents of the Si—Mn depleted layer at the ½ position of the thickness and not containing oxides are respectively less than 10% of the Si and Mn contents at a sheet thickness center part of the steel sheet, and a plated steel sheet using the same are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keitaro MATSUDA, Takuya MITSUNOBU, Jun MAKI, Hiroshi TAKEBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 11992867
    Abstract: A hot stamped body comprising a steel base material and an Al—Zn—Mg-based plating layer formed on a surface of the steel base material, wherein the plating layer has a predetermined chemical composition, the plating layer comprises an interfacial layer positioned at an interface with the steel base material and containing Fe and Al and a main layer positioned on the interfacial layer, the main layer comprises, by area ratio, 10.0 to 90.0% of an Mg—Zn containing phase, 5.0 to less than 30.0% of an Fe—Al containing phase, and 2.0 to 25.0% of an Al—Si containing oxide phase, the Mg—Zn containing phase comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of an MgZn phase, Mg2Zn3 phase, and MgZn2 phase, and the Fe—Al containing phase comprises at least one of an FeAl phase and Fe—Al—Zn phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya Mitsunobu, Takehiro Takahashi, Jun Maki
  • Publication number: 20240141469
    Abstract: High strength plated steel sheet having high hydrogen embrittlement resistance, that is, alloyed hot dip galvannealed steel sheet including steel sheet containing C: 0.05 to 0.40%, Si: 0.2 to 3.0%, Mn: 0.1 to 5.0%, and sol. Al: 0.4 to 1.50% and a alloyed hot dip galvannealed layer deposited on at least one surface of the steel sheet to 10 to 100 g/m2 and containing Fe: 5.0 to 15.0% and Al: 0.01 to 1.0%, having an internal oxidation layer including grain boundary oxides in a surface layer of the steel sheet, when examining a cross-section of a surface layer of the steel sheet, a Ratio A of the length of the grain boundary oxides projected an interface of the steel sheet and the alloyed hot dip galvannealed layer to the length of interface is 50% or more and 100% or less, and a surface depleted layer with a steel composition not including the grain boundary oxides which satisfies, by mass %, Si?0.6% and Al?0.05% is included at a depth of ½ of the average depth of the internal oxidation layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keitaro MATSUDA, Takuya MITSUNOBU, Masaaki URANAKA, Jun MAKI, Hiroshi TAKEBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20240117476
    Abstract: High strength steel sheet and plated steel sheet having high plateability, LME resistance, and hydrogen embrittlement resistance, that is, steel sheet containing C: 0.05 to 0.40%, Si: 0.2 to 3.0%, Mn: 0.1 to 5.0%, and sol. Al: 0.4 to 1.50%, having an internal oxidation layer including fine granular oxides in a surface layer of the steel sheet, a number density of fine granular oxides in the internal oxidation layer being 4.0/?m2 or more, and including a surface depleted layer with a steel composition not including oxides which satisfies, by mass %, Si?0.6% and Al?0.05% at a depth of ½ of the average depth of the internal oxidation layer calculated from the cross-sectional SEM image of the steel sheet, and a plated steel sheet using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaaki URANAKA, Takuya MITSUNOBU, Keitaro MATSUDA, Hiroshi TAKEBAYASHI, Jun MAKI
  • Publication number: 20240117475
    Abstract: High strength steel sheet and plated steel sheet having high plateability, LME resistance, and hydrogen embrittlement resistance, that is, steel sheet containing C: 0.05 to 0.40%, Si: 0.2 to 3.0%, Mn: 0.1 to 5.0%, and sol. Al: 0.4 to 1.50%, having an internal oxidation layer including fine granular oxides and coarse granular oxides in a surface layer of the steel sheet, a number density of fine granular oxides in the internal oxidation layer being 4.0/?m2 or more, a number density of coarse granular oxides in the internal oxidation layer being 4.0/25 ?m2 or more and 30.0/25 ?m2 or less, and including a surface depleted layer with a steel composition not including oxides which satisfies, by mass %, Si?0.6% and Al?0.05% at a depth of ½ of the average depth of the internal oxidation layer calculated from the cross-sectional SEM image of the steel sheet, and a plated steel sheet using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya MITSUNOBU, Masaaki URANAKA, Keitaro MATSUDA, Hiroshi TAKEBAYASHI, Jun MAKI
  • Patent number: 11948710
    Abstract: A non-oriented electrical steel sheet according to an embodiment of the present invention is a non-oriented electrical steel sheet including a base metal steel sheet and a composite coating film that is formed on surfaces of the base metal steel sheet and includes Zn-containing phosphate and an organic resin, wherein the non-oriented electrical steel sheet contains crystalline aluminum phosphate showing diffraction lines belonging to ICDD No. 01-074-3256 when the composite coating film is measured by a wide-angle X-ray diffraction method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyasu Fujii, Jun Maki, Kazutoshi Takeda, Akira Akagi, Yuya Fujii
  • Publication number: 20240091842
    Abstract: A plated steel sheet for hot stamping according to one aspect of the present invention includes a steel sheet, a plating layer formed on either surface or both surfaces of the steel sheet and having an Al content of 60 mass % or more, and a surface film layer formed on the plating layer. A thickness t of the plating layer is 10 to 60 ?m. An average crystal grain diameter of the plating layer in a thickness range from an interface between the plating layer and the surface film layer to a position at ? of the thickness t is 2t/3 or less and 15.0 ?m or less. A surface film layer contains particles containing one or more elements selected from A group elements consisting of Sc, V, Mn, Fe, Co, Ce, Nb, Mo, and W. A total content of the A group elements is 0.01 to 10.0 g/m2. An average grain diameter of the particles containing the A group elements is 0.05 to 3.0 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2019
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuki SUZUKI, Soshi FUJITA, Jun MAKI, Kazuhisa KUSUMI, Masahiro FUDA
  • Publication number: 20240018617
    Abstract: A thin steel sheet having a chemical composition satisfying 0.0001?[Sn]+0.3[Cu]+0.1[Cr]?0.2000 ([Sn], [Cu], and [Cr] respectively being the contents (mass %) of Sn, Cu, and Cr), having an oxide film of a thickness of 50 nm or less on the surface, and satisfying A/C<0.30 and B/C<3.0 when measuring the oxide film by the FT-IR reflectance method (A is an area of a peak derived from SiO2, B is an area of a peak derived from MnSiO3, and C is an area of a peak derived from Mn2 SiO4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jun MAKI, Masaharu FUKUI
  • Publication number: 20230416888
    Abstract: An Al plated electric resistance welded steel pipe for hardening use suppressing the formation of scale to the inside of the plating layer while performing hot forming and an Al plated hollow member using that Al plated electric resistance welded steel pipe, wherein the Al plated electric resistance welded steel pipe for hardening use is comprised of a base material made of a tubular steel plate and having a predetermined chemical composition and an electric resistance welded zone provided at a seam portion of the steel plate and extending in a longitudinal direction of the steel plate, the base material is further provided with an intermetallic compound layer positioned on the surface of the steel plate and including an Al—Fe—Si-based intermetallic compound and an Al plating layer positioned on the surface of the intermetallic compound layer and containing Al and Si, and 70×X/D?Y/t?30 is satisfied, wherein X (?m) is a thickness of the intermetallic compound layer, Y (?m) is a thickness of the Al plating laye
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jun MAKI, Soshi FUJITA, Toyomitsu NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20230399727
    Abstract: High strength steel sheet and plated steel sheet having high plateability, LME resistance, and hydrogen embrittlement resistance, that is, steel sheet containing C: 0.05 to 0.40%, Si: 0.2 to 3.0%, Mn: 0.1 to 5.0%, and sol. Al: 0.4 to 1.50%, having an internal oxidation layer including fine granular oxides, coarse granular oxides, and grain boundary oxides in a surface layer of the steel sheet, a number density of fine granular oxides in the internal oxidation layer being 4.0/?m2 or more, a number density of coarse granular oxides in the internal oxidation layer being 4.0/25 ?m2 or more, having a Ratio A of the length of the grain boundary oxides projected on the surface of the steel sheet to the length of the surface of the steel sheet when examining a cross-section of the surface layer of the steel sheet being 50% or more and 100% or less, and including a surface depleted layer with a steel composition not including oxides which satisfies, by mass %, Si?0.6% and Al?0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keitaro MATSUDA, Takuya MITSUNOBU, Masaaki URANAKA, Jun MAKI, Hiroshi TAKEBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20230395291
    Abstract: A non-oriented electrical steel sheet according to an embodiment of the present invention is a non-oriented electrical steel sheet including a base metal steel sheet and a composite coating film that is formed on surfaces of the base metal steel sheet and includes Zn-containing phosphate and an organic resin, wherein the non-oriented electrical steel sheet contains crystalline aluminum phosphate showing diffraction lines belonging to ICDD No. 01-074-3256 when the composite coating film is measured by a wide-angle X-ray diffraction method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyasu FUJII, Jun MAKI, Kazutoshi TAKEDA, Akira AKAGI, Yuya FUJII
  • Patent number: 11807940
    Abstract: A plated steel material comprising a steel base material and an Al—Zn—Mg-based plating layer formed on a surface of the steel base material, wherein the plating layer has a predetermined chemical composition, and in a surface structure of the plating layer, there is, by area ratio, 2.0% or more of an acicular Al—Zn—Si—Ca phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya Mitsunobu, Takehiro Takahashi, Jun Maki
  • Patent number: 11807924
    Abstract: An Al plated electric resistance welded steel pipe for hardening use suppressing the formation of scale to the inside of the plating layer while performing hot forming and an Al plated hollow member using that Al plated electric resistance welded steel pipe, wherein the Al plated electric resistance welded steel pipe for hardening use is comprised of a base material made of a tubular steel plate and having a predetermined chemical composition and an electric resistance welded zone provided at a seam portion of the steel plate and extending in a longitudinal direction of the steel plate, the base material is further provided with an intermetallic compound layer positioned on the surface of the steel plate and including an Al—Fe—Si-based intermetallic compound and an Al plating layer positioned on the surface of the intermetallic compound layer and containing Al and Si, and 70×X/D?Y/t?30 is satisfied, wherein X (?m) is a thickness of the intermetallic compound layer, Y (?m) is a thickness of the Al plating laye
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jun Maki, Soshi Fujita, Toyomitsu Nakamura
  • Patent number: 11725259
    Abstract: A plated steel sheet having excellent chemical convertibility includes: a steel; and a plating layer that is provided on a surface of the steel, in which the plating layer includes, by mass %, Al: 5.00% to 35.00%, Mg: 2.50% to 13.00%, Fe: 5.00% to 35.00%, Si: 0% to 2.00%, Ca: 0.03% to 2.00%, and a remainder consisting of Zn and impurities, and in a surface of the plating layer, the area fraction of a Fe—Al phase is 0% to 30%, the area fraction of a rod-like lamellar structure of Zn and MgZn2 is 5% to 90%, the area fraction of a massive MgZn2 phase is 10% to 70%, and the area fraction of a remainder is 10% or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya Mitsunobu, Jun Maki, Hiroshi Takebayashi, Takehiro Takahashi, Kohei Tokuda
  • Patent number: 11697266
    Abstract: A plated steel includes: a steel; and a plating layer that is provided on a surface of the steel, in which the plating layer includes, by mass %, Al: 5.00% to 35.00%, Mg: 2.50% to 13.00%, Fe: 5.00% to 40.00%, Si: 0% to 2.00%, Ca: 0% to 2.00%, and a remainder of Zn and impurities, and in a cross section of the plating layer, the area fraction of a Zn solid-solution Fe2Al5 phase in which 5% or more of Zn is solid-soluted is 10% to 60% and the area fraction of a MgZn2 phase is 10% to 90%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya Mitsunobu, Jun Maki, Hiroshi Takebayashi, Takehiro Takahashi, Kohei Tokuda
  • Patent number: 11692249
    Abstract: A hot stamped body comprising a steel base material and an Al—Zn—Mg-based plating layer formed on a surface of the steel base material, wherein the plating layer has a predetermined chemical composition, the plating layer comprises an interfacial layer positioned at an interface with the steel base material and containing Fe and Al and a main layer positioned on the interfacial layer, the main layer comprises, by area ratio, 10.0 to 85.0% of an Mg—Zn containing phase and 15.0 to 90.0% of an Fe—Al containing phase, the Mg—Zn containing phase comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of an MgZn phase, Mg2 Zn3 phase, and MgZn2 phase, and the Fe—Al containing phase comprises at least one of an FeAl phase and Fe—Al—Zn phase and an area ratio of the Fe—Al—Zn phase in the main layer is 10.0% or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya Mitsunobu, Takehiro Takahashi, Jun Maki
  • Publication number: 20230193443
    Abstract: A plated steel material comprising a steel base material and an Al—Zn—Mg-based plating layer formed on a surface of the steel base material, wherein the plating layer has a predetermined chemical composition, and in a surface structure of the plating layer, there is, by area ratio, 2.0% or more of an acicular Al—Zn—Si—Ca phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya MITSUNOBU, Takehiro TAKAHASHI, Jun MAKI