Patents by Inventor Katsumi Kojima

Katsumi Kojima 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: 20160362761
    Abstract: A steel sheet for crown caps includes C: 0.0005 to 0.0050%, Si: 0.020% or less, Mn: 0.10 to 0.60%, P: 0.020% or less, S: 0.020% or less, Al: 0.01 to 0.10%, N: 0.0050% or less, Nb: 0.010 to 0.050%, and Fe and inevitable impurities. The steel sheet has an average r value of 1.30 or more and a YP of 450 MPa or more and 650 MPa or less. The steel sheet is obtained by hot rolling a steel slab at a slab reheating temperature of 1,150° C. or higher and a finishing temperature of 870° C. or higher; coiling the hot rolled steel sheet at a coiling temperature of 600° C. or higher, performing pickling; then-performing primary cold rolling; performing annealing at an annealing temperature of recrystallization temperature or more and 790° ° C. or less; and performing secondary cold rolling at a rolling reduction of 10% or more and 50% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomonari HIRAGUCHI, Katsumi KOJIMA, Hiroki NAKAMURA, Masami TSUJIMOTO, Toshihiro KIKUCHI
  • Patent number: 9506152
    Abstract: A resin coated metal sheet includes a metal sheet, a first resin coating layer formed on one main surface of the metal sheet and formed of a resin material whose difference between a heat quantity of crystallization and a heat quantity of fusion after being laminated to the metal sheet is 6 J/g to 20 J/g on a unit weight basis, and a second resin coating layer formed on another main surface of the metal sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Junichi Kitagawa, Yoichiro Yamanaka, Yusuke Nakagawa, Katsumi Kojima, Mikito Suto, Yoichi Tobiyama
  • Patent number: 9506131
    Abstract: A steel sheet containing C: 0.02% or more and 0.10% or less, Si: 0.01% or more and 0.5% or less, P: 0.001% or more and 0.100% or less, S: 0.001% or more and 0.020% or less, N: 0.007% or more and 0.025% or less, Al: 0.01% or more and {?4.2×N (%)+0.11}% or less, Mnf: 0.10% or more and less than 0.30% where Mnf is defined by equation Mnf=Mn?1.71×S, and the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, in which the steel sheet has a thickness of 0.35 (mm) or less, the product of the lower yield point (N/mm2) of the steel sheet and the thickness (mm) is 160 (N/mm) or less, and the product of the upper yield point (N/mm2) of the steel sheet is 52.0 (N) or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsumi Kojima, Takumi Tanaka, Mikito Suto, Masaki Tada, Yoichi Tobiyama
  • Publication number: 20160263644
    Abstract: A laminated steel sheet for a two-piece can body with a high strain level satisfying the following formulae, the polyester resin layer composing the laminated steel sheet having a center line surface roughness (Ra) of 0.2 ?m to 1.8 ?m: r1?r, 0.1?r1/R?0.25, and 1.5?h/(R?r)?4 wherein h is the height of the two-piece can body, r is the maximum radius, r1 is the minimum radius, and R is the radius of the circular laminated steel sheet before forming having the same weight as the can body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Inventors: Yasuhide OSHIMA, Junichi KITAGAWA, Hiroki IWASA, Katsumi KOJIMA, Hiroshi KUBO
  • Publication number: 20160160308
    Abstract: A steel sheet exhibiting good drawability and excellent buckling strength of a can body portion against an external pressure, and a method for manufacturing the same. The steel sheet includes C: 0.0030% or more and 0.0100% or less, Si: 0.05% or less, Mn: 0.10% or more and 1.0% or less, P: 0.030% or less, S: 0.020% or less, Al: 0.010% or more and 0.100% or less, N: 0.0050% or less, Nb: 0.010% or more and 0.050% or less, and incidental impurities. Contents of C and Nb satisfy 0.10 ([Nb]/92.9)/([C]/12)<0.60, the HR30T hardness of the steel sheet is 56 or more, and the average Young's modulus of the steel sheet is 210 GPa or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2014
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hayato SAITO, Yusuke NAKAGAWA, Katsumi KOJIMA, Hiroki NAKAMARU
  • Publication number: 20150299828
    Abstract: Provided are a steel sheet for a can having high buckling strength for a can body against an external force and excellent formability when being formed into a shape having a design effect by additionally giving elongation strain in the circumferential direction after the steel sheet having been formed into a cylindrical shape and a method for manufacturing the steel sheet. The chemical composition is controlled to contain, by mass %, C: 0.0005% or more and 0.0035% or less, Si: 0.050% or less, Mn: more than 0.60% and 1.00% or less, P: 0.030% or less, S: 0.020% or less, Al: 0.010% or more and 0.100% or less, N: 0.0030% or less, B: 0.0005% or more, and the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, in which the relationship B/N?0.50 is satisfied where B/N represents (B(mass %)/10.81)/(N(mass %)/14.01), and a Young's modulus in a direction at an angle of 90° to the rolling direction is 220 GPa or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2013
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Applicant: JEF STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mikito Suto, Katsumi Kojima, Masaki Tada, Hiroki Nakamaru
  • Patent number: 9079239
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an easy open end includes the steps of using a laminated steel sheet with resin films formed on both surfaces of the laminated steel sheet, and forming a panel structure and a score. A score die used for forming the score includes a scoring edge having a cross section in which a tip is a curve and two sides with the tip interposed therebetween are tangent to the curve. The tip is the curve having a curvature radius ranging from 0.2 to 0.4 mm, and the two sides have elevation angles ? in a range of 0.3?tan ??1.0 to an end surface. The panel structure is formed by a motion that is synchronous with a motion in which the score die is pressed to a surface of the laminated steel sheet during the formation of the score.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Katsumi Kojima, Hiroshi Kubo, Yoichiro Yamanaka, Masaki Tada, Hiroki Iwasa
  • Publication number: 20150136635
    Abstract: A three-piece can includes a can body obtained by forming a steel sheet such that a roundness of the can is 0.34 mm or less. The steel sheet contains: by mass %, C: 0.020% or more and 0.100% or less; Si: 0.10% or less; Mn: 0.10% or more and 0.80% or less; P: 0.001% or more and 0.100% or less; S: 0.001% or more and 0.020% or less; Al: 0.005% or more and 0.100% or less; and N: 0.0130% or more and 0.0200% or less. The balance is Fe and inevitable impurities. The steel sheet has a yield strength of 440 MPa or more and a total elongation of 12% or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2013
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicant: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Masaki Tada, Katsumi Kojima, Hiroki Nakamaru, Yoichi Tobiyama
  • Patent number: 9034119
    Abstract: A component composition contains, by % by mass, 0.0016 to 0.01% of C, 0.05 to 0.60% of Mn, and 0.020 to 0.080% of Nb so that the C and Nb contents satisfy the expression, 0.4?(Nb/C)×(12/93)?2.5. In addition, the amount of Nb-based precipitates is 20 to 500 ppm by mass, the average grain diameter of the Nb-based precipitates is 10 to 100 nm, and the average crystal grain diameter of ferrite is 6 to 10 ?m. Nb is added to ultra-low-carbon steel used as a base, and the amount and grain diameter of the Nb-based precipitates are controlled to optimize the pinning effect. Grain refinement of ferrite is achieved by specifying the Mn amount, thereby achieving softening and excellent resistance to surface roughness of steel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke Nakagawa, Masaki Tada, Katsumi Kojima, Hiroki Iwasa
  • Publication number: 20150107326
    Abstract: A method of DI forming a laminated metal sheet includes drawing a laminated metal sheet; and redrawing and ironing the drawn laminated metal sheet, wherein a water-based coolant including (a) at least one base selected from the group consisting of alkanolamines and alkali metal hydroxides, (b) a fatty acid, and (c) water is used in the redrawing and ironing, and wherein a total content of the base (a) and the fatty acid (b) is 0.02 to 4% by mass and a ratio of a straight-chain fatty acid having a carbon number of 6 to 12 in the fatty acid (b) is 80 to 100% by mass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Inventors: Yasuhide Oshima, Masaki Tada, Hiroki Iwasa, Katsumi Kojima, Junichi Kitagawa, Yoshihiko Yasue, Toshikazu Ikeda, Tomohiro Kanokogi, Takeyoshi Fukuda
  • Patent number: 9011609
    Abstract: An ironing apparatus includes an ironing die and an ironing punch, an injection port for injecting gas or liquid to the metal plate at a high pressure to remove substance adhered to the metal plate therefrom, a suction port for sucking the adhered substance removed from the metal plate, and a protrusion mount portion with a protrusion for preventing dispersion of the gas or the liquid. An ironing method for ironing the metal plate having the single surface or both surfaces coated with the organic resin film includes the steps of injecting the gas or the liquid from the injection port to the metal plate at the high pressure to remove the adhered substance from the metal plate, and sucking and collecting the adhered substance removed from the metal plate from the suction port. The adhered substance such as the hair may be removed by the aforementioned invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke Nakagawa, Masaki Tada, Katsumi Kojima, Yasuhide Oshima, Hiroki Iwasa
  • Patent number: 9005375
    Abstract: A steel sheet for cans containing 0.0060 to 0.01 mass % C and 0.02 to 0.12 mass % Nb and having the following characteristics: (i) an average ferrite grain size in a cross section in the rolling direction in a region from a surface layer of the steel sheet to a position ¼ of a sheet thickness away from the surface layer of the steel sheet is 7 ?m to 10 ?m or less, and (ii) an average ferrite grain size in a cross section in the rolling direction in a region from the position ¼ of a sheet thickness away from the surface layer of the steel sheet to a sheet thickness center portion of the steel sheet is 15 ?m or less, wherein the average ferrite grain size (1) is smaller than the average ferrite grain size (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke Nakagawa, Masaki Tada, Katsumi Kojima, Hiroki Iwasa
  • Publication number: 20150064448
    Abstract: A high strength and high formability steel sheet contains, by mass % of the steel sheet: greater than 0.020% and less than 0.040% of C; not less than 0.003% and not greater than 0.100% of Si; not less than 0.10% and not greater than 0.60% of Mn; not less than 0.001% and not greater than 0.100% of P; not less than 0.001% and not greater than 0.020% of S; not less than 0.005% and not greater than 0.100% of Al; and greater than 0.0130% and not greater than 0.0170% of N, wherein a remainder is Fe and inevitable impurities, and the steel sheet has: a tensile strength in a rolling direction of not lower than 520 MPa; an Erichsen value of not less than 5.0 mm; and a resin film layer at least on a side to be an inner surface of a can.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2013
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Takumi Tanaka, Katsumi Kojima, Yoichi Tobiyama
  • Patent number: 8962538
    Abstract: A DI forming water-based coolant of a laminated metal sheet includes at least one kind of base (a) selected from alkanolamines and alkali metal hydroxides, a fatty acid (b), and water (c), wherein the total content of the base (a) and the fatty acid (b) is 0.02 to 4% by mass and the ratio of a straight-chain fatty acid having a carbon number of 6 to 12 in the fatty acid (b) is 80 to 100% by mass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignees: JFE Steel Corporation, Nippon Quaker Chemical, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhide Oshima, Masaki Tada, Hiroki Iwasa, Katsumi Kojima, Junichi Kitagawa, Yoshihiko Yasue, Toshikazu Ikeda, Tomohiro Kanokogi, Takeyoshi Fukuda
  • Publication number: 20150000798
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a high-strength steel sheet includes, on a mass percent basis, 0.03%-0.10% C, 0.01%-0.5% Si, 0.001%-0.100% P, 0.001%-0.020% S, 0.01%-0.10% Al, 0.005%-0.012% N, the balance being Fe and incidental impurities, and microstructures that do not contain a pearlite microstructure, wherein, when Mnf=Mn [% by mass]?1.71×S [% by mass], Mnf is 0.3 to 0.6, including: forming a slab by vertical-bending type continuous casting or bow type continuous casting, wherein surface temperature of a slab corner in a region where the slab undergoes bending deformation or unbending deformation is 800° C. or lower, or 900° C. or higher; forming a steel sheet by hot-rolling the slab followed by cold rolling; annealing the steel sheet after the cold rolling; and skinpass rolling at a draft of 3% or less after the annealing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Takumi Tanaka, Katsumi Kojima, Makoto Aratani, Hiroki Iwasa
  • Patent number: 8828512
    Abstract: There is provided a laminated metal sheet used for making a highly processed two-piece can body which endures harsh conditions such as retort treatment, and a two-piece can body made of the laminated steel sheet. A laminated metal sheet for a two-piece can body, including a metal sheet having a polyester resin film layer on each side of the metal sheet, the polyester resin film layer to be the outside of the can body having a crystallization temperature of 60 to 100° C., and the surface of the polyester resin film layer having a center line surface roughness (Ra) of 0.2 to 1.8 ?m. The polyester resin film layer to be the outside of the can body is preferably composed of 40 to 100% by mass of a resin composed mainly of butylene terephthalate and 0 to 60% by mass of a resin composed mainly of ethylene terephthalate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhide Oshima, Masaki Tada, Hiroki Iwasa, Katsumi Kojima, Yoichiro Yamanaka, Yoshihiko Yasue
  • Patent number: 8795443
    Abstract: A steel sheet undergone precipitation strengthening and refinement in crystal grain size by containing at least one element of 0.005% to 0.05% of Nb, 0.005% to 0.05% of Ti, and 0.0005% to 0.005% of B as a chemical composition is produced through continuous annealing. A steel containing at least one element of Nb, Ti, and B is hot rolled, cooled at a cooling rate of 40° C./s or less, and coiled at 550° C. or higher to facilitate precipitation of cementite after recrystallization annealing. As a result, a steel sheet for a can having a tensile strength of 450 to 550 MPa, a total elongation of 20% or more, and a yield elongation of 5% or less is produced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Yuka Nishihara, Katsumi Kojima, Hiroki Iwasa, Yoshun Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20140174609
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a high-strength steel sheet for a can, including (a) hot rolling a steel slab at a slab extraction temperature of 1200° C. or more and a finish rolling temperature of (Ar3 transformation temperature?30)° C. or more, the steel slab containing, on the basis of mass percent, more than 0.02%, but 0.10% or less of C, 0.10% or less of Si, 1.5% or less of Mn, 0.20% or less of P, 0.20% or less of S, 0.10% or less of Al, 0.0120% to 0.0250% of N, and the balance being Fe and incidental impurities; (b) coiling at a temperature of 650° C. or less; (c) pickling; (d) carrying out a first cold rolling; (e) continuously annealing; and (f) carrying out a second cold rolling at a reduction ratio of 10% or more and less than 20%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2014
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto ARATANI, Toshikatsu KATO, Katsuhito KAWAMURA, Takumi TANAKA, Katsumi KOJIMA, Kaku SATO, Shigeko SUJITA, Masaki KOIZUMI
  • Publication number: 20140162055
    Abstract: A resin coated metal sheet includes a metal sheet, a first resin coating layer formed on one main surface of the metal sheet and formed of a resin material whose difference between a heat quantity of crystallization and a heat quantity of fusion after being laminated to the metal sheet is 0 J/g to 20 J/g on a unit weight basis, and a second resin coating layer formed on another main surface of the metal sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2011
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junichi Kitagawa, Yoichiro Yamanaka, Yusuke Nakagawa, Katsumi Kojima, Mikito Suto, Yoichi Tobiyama
  • Patent number: 8727155
    Abstract: A can body for a two-piece can made of a laminated steel sheet, the laminated steel sheet containing a steel sheet and a copolyethylene terephthalate resin layer containing at least hyone member selected from the group consisting of isophthalic acid and cyclohexane dimethanol as a copolymer component in a proportion of 5 to 20 mol %, and having a crystallization temperature of 120° C. to 140° C. on at least one side of the steel sheet; and satisfying the following relationships: r1?r, 0.1?r1/R?0.25, and 1.5?h/(R?r)?4, wherein r1 represents the minimum radius of the can body, r represents the maximum radius of the can body, h represents the height of the can body, and R represents the radius of the laminated steel sheet having a circular shape before shaping whose weight is the same as that of the can body. The can body has a high strain level, and does not suffer from delamination and breakage of the resin layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhide Oshima, Hiroki Iwasa, Yoshihiko Yasue, Yuka Nishihara, Katsumi Kojima, Hiroshi Kubo