Patents by Inventor Katsuhiro Kobori

Katsuhiro Kobori 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: 8383034
    Abstract: A ferritic stainless steel sheet for a water heater with excellent corrosion resistance of welds and toughness includes, in terms of mass %, 0.020% or less of C, 0.30 to 1.00% of Si, 1.00% or less of Mn, 0.040% or less of P, 0.010% or less of S, 20.0 to 28.0% of Cr, 0.6% or less of Ni, 0.03 to 0.15% of Al, 0.020% or less of N, 0.0020 to 0.0150% of O, 0.3 to 1.5% of Mo, 0.25 to 0.60% of Nb, and 0.05% or less of Ti, the remainder being composed of Fe and unavoidable impurities, and the ferritic stainless steel sheet satisfying the following formulae (1) and (2): 25?Cr+3.3Mo?30??(1) 0.35?Si+Al?0.85??(2) wherein Cr, Mo, Si, and Al represent the content (mass %) of Cr, Mo, Si, and Al, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Kunio Fukuda, Yoshimasa Funakawa, Shuji Okada, Toshihiro Kasamo, Katsuhiro Kobori, Takumi Ujiro, Tomohiro Ishii
  • Publication number: 20100061878
    Abstract: A ferritic stainless steel sheet for a water heater with excellent corrosion resistance of welds and toughness includes, in terms of mass %, 0.020% or less of C, 0.30 to 1.00% of Si, 1.00% or less of Mn, 0.040% or less of P, 0.010% or less of S, 20.0 to 28.0% of Cr, 0.6% or less of Ni, 0.03 to 0.15% of Al, 0.020% or less of N, 0.0020 to 0.0150% of 0, 0.3 to 1.5% of Mo, 0.25 to 0.60% of Nb, and 0.05% or less of Ti, the remainder being composed of Fe and unavoidable impurities, and the ferritic stainless steel sheet satisfying the following formulae (1) and (2): 25?Cr+3.3Mo?30??(1) 0.35?Si+Al?0.85??(2) wherein Cr, Mo, Si, and Al represent the content (mass %) of Cr, Mo, Si, and Al, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2008
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Inventors: Kunio Fukuda, Yoshimasa Funakawa, Shuji Okada, Toshihiro Kasamo, Katsuhiro Kobori, Takumi Ujiro, Tomohiro Ishii
  • Patent number: 6761780
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a high Mn non-magnetic steel sheet having low permeability at a cryogenic temperature suitable for use in large scale particle accelerators, the method comprises rolling a steel material containing, on the wt % basis, from 0.05 to 0.18% of C, from 26.0 to 30.0% of Mn, from 5.0 to 10.0% of Cr, 0.05 to 0.15% of N and, optionally, from 0.50 to 5.0% of Ni, in which a rolling start temperature is from 1050 to 1200° C. and a rolling end temperature is from 700 to 1000° C. Further, a cold rolled sheet is annealed at an annealing temperature for cold rolled sheet of from 1050 to 1200° C. and cooled after annealing, the annealed sheet being preferably applied with temper rolling under control for the strength by varying a draft ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2004
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Morito, Kiyohiko Nohara, Katsuhiro Kobori, Ujihiro Nishiike, Takako Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20020121318
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a high Mn non-magnetic steel sheet having low permeability at a cryogenic temperature suitable for use in large scale particle accelerators, the method comprises rolling a steel material containing, on the wt % basis, from 0.05 to 0.18% of C, from 26.0 to 30.0% of Mn, from 5.0 to 10.0% of Cr, 0.05 to 0.15% of N and, optionally, from 0.50 to 5.0% of Ni, in which a rolling start temperature is from 1050 to 1200° C. and a rolling end temperature is from 700 to 1000° C. Further, a cold rolled sheet is annealed at an annealing temperature for cold rolled sheet of from 1050 to 1200° C. and cooled after annealing, the annealed sheet being preferably applied with temper rolling under control for the strength by varying a draft ratio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2001
    Publication date: September 5, 2002
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Morito, Kiyohiko Nohara, Katsuhiro Kobori, Ujihiro Nishiike, Takako Yamashita