Patents by Inventor Katsuya Hoshino

Katsuya Hoshino 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: 20250102009
    Abstract: A welded joint formed by performing projection welding on a high-strength coated steel sheet and a nut, includes a content of solid solution Mn in a first region in a surface layer of the steel sheet on an outermost periphery of a weld is 40% or less of a content of solid solution Mn in a second region in a central region in a thickness direction of the steel sheet on the outermost periphery of the weld, and a content of solid solution Mn in a third region in the surface layer of the steel sheet on an innermost periphery of the weld is 40% or less of a content of solid solution Mn in a fourth region in the central region in the thickness direction of the steel sheet on the innermost periphery of the weld.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2022
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsutoshi TAKASHIMA, Shunsuke YAMAMOTO, Tomomi KANAZAWA, Katsuya HOSHINO, Hiroshi MATSUDA
  • Patent number: 12221705
    Abstract: Provided is an alloyed galvanized steel sheet with excellent resistance to cracking in resistance welding at a welded portion, even if crystal orientations of an Fe-based electroplating layer and a cold-rolled steel sheet are integrated at a high ratio at the interface between the Fe-based electroplating layer and the cold-rolled steel sheet. The alloyed galvanized steel sheet has a Si-containing cold-rolled steel sheet containing Si in an amount of 0.1 mass % to 3.0 mass %; an Fe-based electroplating layer formed on at least one surface of the Si-containing cold-rolled steel sheet with a coating weight per surface exceeding 20.0 g/m2, and an alloyed galvanized layer formed on the Fe-based electroplating layer, where crystal orientations of the Fe-based electroplating layer and the Si-containing cold-rolled steel sheet are integrated at a ratio of more than 50% at the interface between the Fe-based electroplating layer and the Si-containing cold-rolled steel sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shunsuke Yamamoto, Katsutoshi Takashima, Mai Aoyama, Yusuke Okumura, Tomomi Kanazawa, Katsuya Hoshino, Hiroshi Matsuda, Ei Okumura, Yoichi Makimizu, Masaki Koba
  • Publication number: 20240367254
    Abstract: A resistance spot welded member and a resistance spot welding method. The resistance spot welded member includes a resistance spot weld formed by resistance-spot-welding a plurality of steel sheets including at least one high strength coated steel sheet. The high strength coated steel sheet has a specific chemical composition. The at least one high strength coated steel sheet includes a coated layer, a base metal, and an Fe-based electroplated base layer interposed between the coated layer and the base metal. The amount of solute Si and the amount of solute Mn in a region on a steel sheet surface in the vicinity of the edge of the corona of the resistance spot weld are 35% or less of the amount of solute Si and 35% or less of the amount of solute Mn, respectively, at a position ΒΌ of the sheet thickness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsutoshi TAKASHIMA, Shunsuke YAMAMOTO, Katsuya HOSHINO, Hiroshi MATSUDA
  • Patent number: 12098439
    Abstract: A steel sheet having a tensile strength (TS) of 1180 MPa or more, high LME resistance, and good weld fatigue properties. The steel sheet has a specific chemical composition and a specific steel microstructure. Crystal grains containing an oxide of Si and/or Mn in a region within 4.9 ?m in a thickness direction from a surface of the steel sheet have an average grain size in the range of 3 to 10 ?m, the lowest Si concentration LSi and the lowest Mn concentration LMn in the region within 4.9 ?m in the thickness direction from the surface of the steel sheet and a Si concentration TSi and a Mn concentration TMn at a quarter thickness position of the steel sheet satisfy a specified formula.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lingling Yang, Yoshiyasu Kawasaki, Tatsuya Nakagaito, Shotaro Terashima, Shunsuke Yamamoto, Katsuya Hoshino, Yuki Takeda
  • Publication number: 20240271256
    Abstract: A base steel sheet containing Si in an amount of 0.50 to 3.00 mass % is subjected to an Fe-based electroplating treatment using an Fe-based electroplating solution containing Fe ions and transition metal ions other than the Fe ions to form an Fe-based electroplated layer, and then to an annealing treatment. In the Fe-based electroplating solution, a content of the Fe ions is 1.0 mass % or more and a content of the transition metal ions is 10 to 1000 mass ppm. A coating amount of the Fe-based electroplated layer per one surface of the base steel sheet is 1.0 g/m2 or more. Thus, a steel sheet having high strength and excellent resistance to resistance-weld cracking of a welded portion is obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2022
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Applicant: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Yoichi Makimizu, Shunsuke Yamamoto, Yusuke Okumura, Katsuya Hoshino, Ei Okumura, Katsutoshi Takashima
  • Publication number: 20240247348
    Abstract: There is provided a raw material cold-rolled steel sheet with Fe-based coating film excellent in primary rust prevention property or plating appearance. The raw material cold-rolled steel sheet with Fe-based coating film comprises: a base steel sheet having a chemical composition containing C of 0.80 mass % or less, Si of 0.10 mass % or more and 3.00 mass % or less, Mn of 1.50 mass % or more and 3.50 mass % or less, P of 0.100 masse or less; S of 0.0300 mass % or less, Al of 0.100 mass % or less, with a remaining part consisting of Fe and inevitable impurities; and a P-adhered Fe-based coating film containing an Fe-based coating film disposed on at least one surface of the base steel sheet and a P-containing substance adhered to a surface of the Fe-based coating film, and an adhesion amount of the P-containing substance in terms of P is 0.2 mg/m2 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2022
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Applicant: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Tomomi Kanazawa, Katsuya Hoshino, Shunsuke Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20240150882
    Abstract: To provide a galvanized steel sheet having high strength, specifically, a tensile strength of 1,150 MPa or more, and excellent resistance spot weldability, a base steel sheet has a defined chemical composition, an amount of diffusible hydrogen in the base steel sheet is 0.20 mass ppm or less, and surface roughness Ra of the galvanized steel sheet is 0.6 ?m or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi MAEDA, Hiromi YOSHITOMI, Masaki KOBA, Nao KAWABE, Tatsuya NAKAGAITO, Katsuya HOSHINO, Hiroshi MATSUDA
  • Publication number: 20240117517
    Abstract: Disclosed is an Fe-based electroplated steel sheet including: a Si-containing cold-rolled steel sheet containing Si in an amount of 0.1 mass % or more and 3.0 mass % or less; and an Fe-based electroplating layer formed on at least one surface of the Si-containing cold-rolled steel sheet with a coating weight per surface of 5.0 g/m2 or more, in which in an intensity profile measured by glow discharge optical emission spectrometry, a peak of emission intensity at wavelengths indicating Si is detected within a range from a surface of the Fe-based electroplating layer to more than 0.2 ?m in a thickness direction and not more than a thickness of the Fe-based electroplating layer, and an average value of C concentration in a region ranging from 10 ?m to 20 ?m in the thickness direction from the surface of the Fe-based electroplating layer is 0.10 mass % or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shunsuke YAMAMOTO, Katsutoshi TAKASHIMA, Yusuke OKUMURA, Tomomi KANAZAWA, Katsuya HOSHINO, Takashi KAWANO, Takako YAMASHITA, Hiroshi MATSUDA, Yoichi MAKIMIZU
  • Publication number: 20240009962
    Abstract: To provide an Fe-based electroplated steel sheet that not only has excellent chemical convertibility or excellent coating appearance when subjected to hot-dip galvanizing, but also has excellent resistance to cracking in resistance welding. Disclosed is an Fe-based plated steel sheet including: a cold-rolled steel sheet having a chemical composition containing Si in an amount of 0.1 mass % or more and 3.0 mass % or less; and an Fe-based electroplating layer formed on one or both surfaces of the cold-rolled steel sheet with a coating weight per surface of 1.0 g/m2 or more, in which a thickness of an internal oxidation layer is 2.00 ?m or less, and an average value of C concentration in a range of 10 ?m to 20 ?m in a thickness direction from the surface of the Fe-based electroplating layer is 0.10 mass % or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shunsuke YAMAMOTO, Yusuke OKUMURA, Katsutoshi TAKASHIMA, Mai AOYAMA, Tomomi KANAZAWA, Katsuya HOSHINO, Yoichi MAKIMIZU, Takashi KAWANO, Takako YAMASHITA, Hiroshi MATSUDA
  • Publication number: 20230407484
    Abstract: Disclosed is a galvannealed steel sheet including: a Si-containing cold-rolled steel sheet containing Si in an amount of 0.1 mass % or more and 3.0 mass % or less; an Fe-based electroplating layer formed on at least one surface of the Si-containing cold-rolled steel sheet; and a galvannealed layer formed on the Fe-based electroplating layer, in which in an intensity profile measured by glow discharge optical emission spectrometry, ISi,Fe/ISi,bulk is 0.30 or more, and an average value of C concentration in a region ranging from 10 ?m to 20 ?m in the thickness direction from the interface between the galvannealed layer and the Fe-based electroplating layer towards the Fe-based electroplating layer is 0.10 mass % or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shunsuke YAMAMOTO, Katsutoshi TAKASHIMA, Yusuke OKUMURA, Tomomi KANAZAWA, Katsuya HOSHINO, Takashi KAWANO, Takako YAMASHITA, Hiroshi MATSUDA, Yoichi MAKIMIZU
  • Publication number: 20230407506
    Abstract: Provided is a steel sheet with excellent resistance to cracking in resistance welding at a welded portion, even if the crystal orientations of an Fe-based electroplating layer and a Si-containing cold-rolled steel sheet are integrated at a high ratio at the interface between the Fe-based electroplating layer and the Si-containing cold-rolled steel sheet. Provided is an Fe-based electroplated steel sheet having a Si-containing cold-rolled steel sheet containing Si in an amount of 0.1 mass % or more and 3.0 mass % or less; and an Fe-based electroplating layer formed on at least one surface of the Si-containing cold-rolled steel sheet with a coating weight per surface of more than 20.0 g/m2, where the crystal orientations of the Fe-based electroplating layer and the Si-containing cold-rolled steel sheet are integrated at a ratio of more than 50% at the interface between the Fe-based electroplating layer and the Si-containing cold-rolled steel sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shunsuke YAMAMOTO, Katsutoshi TAKASHIMA, Mai AOYAMA, Yusuke OKUMURA, Tomomi KANAZAWA, Katsuya HOSHINO, Hiroshi MATSUDA, Ei OKUMURA, Yoichi MAKIMIZU, Masaki KOBA
  • Publication number: 20230407485
    Abstract: Provided is an alloyed galvanized steel sheet with excellent resistance to cracking in resistance welding at a welded portion, even if crystal orientations of an Fe-based electroplating layer and a cold-rolled steel sheet are integrated at a high ratio at the interface between the Fe-based electroplating layer and the cold-rolled steel sheet. The alloyed galvanized steel sheet has a Si-containing cold-rolled steel sheet containing Si in an amount of 0.1 mass % to 3.0 mass %; an Fe-based electroplating layer formed on at least one surface of the Si-containing cold-rolled steel sheet with a coating weight per surface exceeding 20.0 g/m2, and an alloyed galvanized layer formed on the Fe-based electroplating layer, where crystal orientations of the Fe-based electroplating layer and the Si-containing cold-rolled steel sheet are integrated at a ratio of more than 50% at the interface between the Fe-based electroplating layer and the Si-containing cold-rolled steel sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shunsuke YAMAMOTO, Katsutoshi TAKASHIMA, Mai AOYAMA, Yusuke OKUMURA, Tomomi KANAZAWA, Katsuya HOSHINO, Hiroshi MATSUDA, Ei OKUMURA, Yoichi MAKIMIZU, Masaki KOBA
  • Publication number: 20230407447
    Abstract: Provided is a galvanized steel sheet with excellent resistance to cracking in resistance welding at a welded portion, even if crystal orientations of an Fe-based electroplating layer and a cold-rolled steel sheet are integrated at a high ratio at the interface between the Fe-based electroplating layer and the cold-rolled steel sheet. The galvanized steel sheet has a Si-containing cold-rolled steel sheet containing Si in an amount of 0.1 mass % to 3.0 mass %; an Fe-based electroplating layer formed on at least one surface of the Si-containing cold-rolled steel sheet with a coating weight per surface of more than 20.0 g/m2, and a galvanized layer formed on the Fe-based electroplating layer, where crystal orientations of the Fe-based electroplating layer and the Si-containing cold-rolled steel sheet are integrated at a ratio of more than 50 % at the interface between the Fe-based electroplating layer and the Si-containing cold-rolled steel sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shunsuke YAMAMOTO, Katsutoshi TAKASHIMA, Mai AOYAMA, Yusuke OKUMURA, Tomomi KANAZAWA, Katsuya HOSHINO, Hiroshi MATSUDA, Ei OKUMURA, Yoichi MAKIMIZU, Masaki KOBA
  • Publication number: 20230374639
    Abstract: To provide a steel sheet with excellent resistance to cracking in resistance welding at a welded portion. Disclosed is a galvanized steel sheet including: a Si-containing cold-rolled steel sheet containing Si in an amount of 0.1 mass % or more and 3.0 mass % or less; an Fe-based electroplating layer formed on at least one surface of the Si-containing cold-rolled steel sheet with a coating weight per surface of 5.0 g/m2 or more; and a galvanized layer formed on the Fe-based electroplating layer, in which in an intensity profile measured by glow discharge optical emission spectrometry, ISi,Fe/ISi,bulk is 0.50 or more, and an average value of C concentration in a region ranging from 10 ?m to 20 ?m from an interface between the galvanized layer and the Fe-based electroplating layer towards the Fe-based electroplating layer is 0.10 mass % or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shunsuke YAMAMOTO, Katsutoshi TAKASHIMA, Yusuke OKUMURA, Tomomi KANAZAWA, Katsuya HOSHINO, Takashi KAWANO, Takako YAMASHITA, Hiroshi MATSUDA, Yoichi MAKIMIZU
  • Publication number: 20230160032
    Abstract: A steel sheet having a tensile strength (TS) of 780 MPa or more and less than 1180 MPa, high LME resistance, and good weld fatigue properties. The steel sheet has a specific chemical composition and a specific steel microstructure. Crystal grains containing an oxide of Si and/or Mn in a region within 4.9 ?m in a thickness direction from a surface of the steel sheet have an average grain size in the range of 3 to 10 ?m, the lowest Si concentration LSi and the lowest Mn concentration LMn in the region within 4.9 ?m in the thickness direction from the surface of the steel sheet and a Si concentration TSi and a Mn concentration TMn at a quarter thickness position of the steel sheet satisfy a specified formula.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lingling YANG, Yoshiyasu KAWASAKI, Hidekazu MINAMI, Tatsuya NAKAGAITO, Shotaro TERASHIMA, Shunsuke YAMAMOTO, Katsuya HOSHINO, Yuki TAKEDA
  • Publication number: 20230151451
    Abstract: A steel sheet with a tensile strength (TS) of 1180 MPa or more, a member, and a method for producing them. In a region of the steel sheet within 4.9 ?m in the thickness direction, a region with a Si concentration not more than one-third of the Si concentration in the chemical composition of the steel sheet and with a Mn concentration not more than one-third of the Mn concentration in the chemical composition of the steel sheet has a thickness of 1.0 ?m or more. The lowest Si concentration LSi and the lowest Mn concentration LMn in the region within 4.9 ?m in the thickness direction from the surface of the steel sheet and a Si concentration TSi and a Mn concentration TMn at a quarter thickness position of the steel sheet satisfy the following formula (1): LSi+LMn?(TSi+TMn)/4??(1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiyasu KAWASAKI, Lingling YANG, Shotaro TERASHIMA, Tatsuya NAKAGAITO, Shunsuke YAMAMOTO, Katsuya HOSHINO, Yuki TAKEDA
  • Publication number: 20230129828
    Abstract: A steel sheet with a tensile strength (TS) of 780 MPa or more and less than 1180 MPa, a member, and a method for producing them. In a region of the steel sheet within 4.9 ?m in the thickness direction, a region with a Si concentration not more than one-third of the Si concentration in the chemical composition of the steel sheet and with a Mn concentration not more than one-third of the Mn concentration in the chemical composition of the steel sheet has a thickness of 1.0 ?m or more. The lowest Si concentration LSi and the lowest Mn concentration LMn in the region within 4.9 ?m from the surface of the steel sheet and a Si concentration TSi and a Mn concentration TMn at a quarter thickness position of the steel sheet satisfy the following formula (1): LSi+LMn?(TSi+TMn)/4??(1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiyasu KAWASAKI, Lingling YANG, Shotaro TERASHIMA, Hidekazu MINAMI, Tatsuya NAKAGAITO, Shunsuke YAMAMOTO, Katsuya HOSHINO, Yuki TAKEDA
  • Publication number: 20230127243
    Abstract: A steel sheet having a tensile strength (TS) of 1180 MPa or more, high LME resistance, and good weld fatigue properties. The steel sheet has a specific chemical composition and a specific steel microstructure. Crystal grains containing an oxide of Si and/or Mn in a region within 4.9 ?m in a thickness direction from a surface of the steel sheet have an average grain size in the range of 3 to 10 ?m, the lowest Si concentration LSi and the lowest Mn concentration LMn in the region within 4.9 ?m in the thickness direction from the surface of the steel sheet and a Si concentration TSi and a Mn concentration TMn at a quarter thickness position of the steel sheet satisfy a specified formula.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lingling YANG, Yoshiyasu KAWASAKI, Tatsuya NAKAGAITO, Shotaro TERASHIMA, Shunsuke YAMAMOTO, Katsuya HOSHINO, Yuki TAKEDA
  • Publication number: 20230082367
    Abstract: To obtain a high-strength hot-dip galvanized steel sheet having excellent surface appearance even in the case where a steel strip containing Mn at a predetermined ratio or more to Si is subjected to hot-dip galvanizing treatment, a method of producing a hot-dip galvanized steel sheet using a continuous hot-dip galvanizing apparatus comprises: subjecting a steel strip to annealing, by conveying it in an annealing furnace; and subjecting the steel strip discharged from a cooling zone to hot-dip galvanizing using a hot-dip galvanizing line, to obtain a hot-dip galvanized steel sheet. The steel strip has a chemical composition containing, in mass %, Mn: 1.7% or more and 3.5% or less and Si: 0.2% or more and 1.05% or less and satisfying [Si]/[Mn]?0.30. The chemical composition, a dew point of an atmosphere in the soaking zone, and a delivery temperature of the heating zone satisfy Formula (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shunsuke YAMAMOTO, Shotaro TERASHIMA, Yuki TAKEDA, Michitaka SAKURAI, Katsuya HOSHINO, Yoshiyasu KAWASAKI
  • Patent number: 10907255
    Abstract: There is provided a high-strength galvanized steel sheet and a relatively low-strength galvanized steel sheet that undergoes complex forming, a galvanized steel sheet that exhibits consistently excellent press formability and that generates no hazardous fumes during welding as well as a manufacturing method therefor. The galvanized steel sheet has an oxide layer on the surface, where the oxide layer has an average thickness of 20 nm or more, and the oxide layer contains 30 mg/m2 or more of Zn, 1.0 mg/m2 or more of S, and 50 mg/m2 or more and 1,000 mg/m2 or less of polyethylene particles having an average particle size of 5.0 ?m or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichi Furuya, Akira Matsuzaki, Hiroyuki Masuoka, Katsuya Hoshino