Patents by Inventor Katsuhi MATSUMOTO

Katsuhi MATSUMOTO 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: 20170175231
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy sheet excellent in terms of formability and bake hardenability which contains in terms of mass %, Mg: 0.2 to 2.0%, Si: 0.3 to 2.0% and Sn: 0.005 to 0.3%, with the remainder being Al and unavoidable impurities. A differential scanning calorimetry curve of the aluminum alloy sheet has an endothermic peak in a temperature range of 150 to 230° C. and an exothermic peak in a temperature range of 240 to 255° C. The endothermic peak corresponds to a dissolution of a Mg—Si cluster and has a peak height of 8 ?W/mg or less, including 0 ?W/mg. The exothermic peak corresponds to a formation of a Mg—Si cluster and has a peak height of 20 ?W/mg or larger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2015
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (KOBE STEEL, LTD.)
    Inventors: Hisao SHISHIDO, Katsuhi MATSUMOTO, Yasuhiro ARUGA