Patents by Inventor Kana SASAKI

Kana SASAKI 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).

  • Patent number: 11492677
    Abstract: A high-strength steel sheet has a specific composition and a microstructure. In the microstructure, the area fraction of elongated ferrite phase grains having an aspect ratio of 3 or more is 1% or less, the average crystal grain size of martensite included in a region extending 50 ?m from a surface of the steel sheet is 20 ?m or less, the content of oxide particles having a minor axis length of 0.8 ?m or less in the region extending 50 ?m from the surface of the steel sheet is 1.0×1010 particles/m2 or more, and the content of coarse oxide particles having a minor axis length of more than 1 ?m in the region extending 50 ?m from the surface of the steel sheet is 1.0×108 particles/m2 or less. The content of hydrogen trapped in the steel sheet is 0.05 ppm by mass or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Hasegawa, Hidekazu Minami, Tatsuya Nakagaito, Kana Sasaki, Shoji Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20220064754
    Abstract: A high-strength galvanized steel sheet includes a base steel sheet and a galvanized layer on a surface thereof. The base steel sheet has a predetermined chemical composition and a microstructure in which an area fraction of martensite is 30% or less, an area fraction of pearlite is 1% or less, a total area fraction of tempered martensite and carbide-containing bainite is 30% or more and 99% or less, an area fraction of retained austenite is 1% to 20%, and a total area fraction of ferrite and non-carbide-containing bainite is 45% or less in the steel sheet microstructure in a predetermined region and in which an area fraction of retained austenite grains having two or more crystal orientations is 40% or less in all the retained austenite grains in a predetermined region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Hasegawa, Tatsuya Nakagaito, Kana Sasaki
  • Patent number: 11208712
    Abstract: There is provided a galvanized steel sheet more highly excellent in terms of punchability. The steel sheet has a specified chemical composition and a microstructure including a ferrite phase and a tempered bainite phase in a total amount of 95% or more in terms of area ratio, in which the average grain diameter of the microstructure is 5.0 ?m or less, the amount of Fe precipitated is 0.10 mass % or more, the amount of Ti, Nb, and V precipitated in the form of precipitates having a grain diameter of less than 20 nm is 0.025 mass % or more in terms of precipitate C equivalent, and half or more of precipitates having a grain diameter of less than 20 nm are formed at random.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Taro Kizu, Noriaki Moriyasu, Shigeyuki Nabeshima, Kazunori Tahara, Kana Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20210062282
    Abstract: A high-strength steel sheet has a specific composition and a microstructure. In the microstructure, the area fraction of elongated ferrite phase grains having an aspect ratio of 3 or more is 1% or less, the average crystal grain size of martensite included in a region extending 50 ?m from a surface of the steel sheet is 20 ?m or less, the content of oxide particles having a minor axis length of 0.8 ?m or less in the region extending 50 ?m from the surface of the steel sheet is 1.0×1010 particles/m2 or more, and the content of coarse oxide particles having a minor axis length of more than 1 ?m in the region extending 50 ?m from the surface of the steel sheet is 1.0×108 particles/m2 or less. The content of hydrogen trapped in the steel sheet is 0.05 ppm by mass or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Hasegawa, Hidekazu Minami, Tatsuya Nakagaito, Kana Sasaki, Shoji Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20210017636
    Abstract: There is provided a galvanized steel sheet more highly excellent in terms of punchability. The steel sheet has a specified chemical composition and a microstructure including a ferrite phase and a tempered bainite phase in a total amount of 95% or more in terms of area ratio, in which the average grain diameter of the microstructure is 5.0 ?m or less, the amount of Fe precipitated is 0.10 mass % or more, the amount of Ti, Nb, and V precipitated in the form of precipitates having a grain diameter of less than 20 nm is 0.025 mass % or more in terms of precipitate C equivalent, and half or more of precipitates having a grain diameter of less than 20 nm are formed at random.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2018
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Taro KIZU, Noriaki MORIYASU, Shigeyuki NABESHIMA, Kazunori TAHARA, Kana SASAKI