Patents by Inventor Kazuki FUJIMURA

Kazuki FUJIMURA 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: 20240101938
    Abstract: The present invention provides packaged beverage containing an edible aqueous solution and a hydrophobic droplet containing a hydrophobic aroma component, wherein the aqueous solution and the hydrophobic droplet are separated, and also provides a method for producing a packaged beverage in which an edible aqueous solution and a hydrophobic droplet containing a hydrophobic aroma component are separated, the method including: packing the aqueous solution in a container main body and subsequently adding a hydrophobic liquid composition containing a hydrophobic aroma component, or packing the hydrophobic liquid composition in the container main body and subsequently adding the aqueous solution, and then sealing the container main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2020
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicants: Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd., Asahi Breweries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazuki FUJIMURA
  • Publication number: 20230151469
    Abstract: A dual-phase stainless steel or dual-phase stainless steel seamless pipe has a certain composition, the dual-phase stainless steel or dual-phase stainless steel seamless pipe having a microstructure containing 20 to 70% austenitic phase and 30 to 80% ferritic phase by volume, the dual-phase stainless steel or dual-phase stainless steel seamless pipe having a yield strength, YS, of 448 MPa or more, and containing oxide inclusions of which oxide inclusions having an average particle diameter of 1 ?m or more have a number density of 15/mm2 or less, and at most 50 mass % of the oxide inclusions having an average particle diameter of 1 ?m or more are oxide inclusions containing aluminum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuki Fujimura, Shunsuke Sasaki, Masao Yuga
  • Publication number: 20220228231
    Abstract: The invention is intended to provide a duplex stainless steel and a method for manufacturing same. A duplex stainless steel pipe is also provided. A duplex stainless steel of the present invention has a specific composition, and has a microstructure containing an austenitic phase and a ferrite phase. The duplex stainless steel satisfies the following contents for C, Si, Mn, Cr, Mo, Ni, N, Cu, and W in the formula (1) below, and has a yield strength YS of 655 MPa or more, and an absorption energy vE?10 of 40 J or more as measured by a Charpy impact test at a test temperature of ?10° C. 0.55[% C]?0.056[% Si]+0.018[% Mn]?0.020[% Cr]?0.087[% Mo]+0.16[% Ni]+0.28[% N]?0.506[% Cu]?0.035[% W]+[% Cu*F]?0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Applicant: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuki Fujimura, Kenichiro Eguchi, Yusuke Yoshimura, Masao Yuga
  • Publication number: 20220018007
    Abstract: Provided herein is a duplex stainless steel seamless pipe and a method for manufacturing the same. The duplex stainless steel seamless pipe has a composition comprising, in mass %, C: 0.005 to 0.08%, Si: 0.01 to 1.0%, Mn: 0.01 to 10.0%, Cr: 20 to 35%, Ni: 1 to 15%, Mo: 0.5 to 6.0%, N: 0.150 to less than 0.400%, and one, two or more selected from Ti: 0.0001 to 0.3%, Al: 0.0001 to 0.3%, V: 0.005 to 1.5%, Nb: 0.005 to less than 1.5%, and the balance being Fe and incidental impurities. The duplex stainless steel seamless pipe contains N, Ti, Al, V, and Nb so as to satisfy the following formula (1). The duplex stainless steel seamless pipe has an axial tensile yield strength of 757 MPa or more, and a ratio of 0.85 to 1.15 as a fraction of axial compressive yield strength to axial tensile yield strength. 0.150>N?(1.58Ti+2.70Al+1.58V+1.44Nb) . . . ??(1), wherein N, Ti, Al, V, and Nb represent the content of each element in mass %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Applicant: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Shunsuke Sasaki, Tatsuro Katsumura, Hiroki Ota, Kazuki Fujimura, Masao Yuga
  • Patent number: 11193179
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a seamless stainless steel pipe for Oil Country Tubular Goods by heating a billet having a specified chemical composition including forming the billet into a seamless steel pipe by applying hot working to the billet, cooling the seamless steel pipe to a room temperature at a cooling rate of air cooling or more, thereafter, performing quenching by heating the seamless steel pipe to a temperature of 850° C. or above, subsequently, cooling the seamless steel pipe to a temperature of 100° C. or below at a cooling rate of air cooling or more, and subsequently, applying tempering to the seamless steel pipe at a temperature of 700° C. or below for a specific holding time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuki Fujimura, Yasuhide Ishiguro, Seigo Goto
  • Patent number: 11111566
    Abstract: The steel pipe of the present invention is a low alloy high strength seamless steel pipe for oil country tubular goods including a composition containing, in terms of mass %, C: 0.23 to 0.27%, Si: 0.01 to 0.35%, Mn: 0.45 to 0.70%, P: 0.010% or less, S: 0.001% or less, O: 0.0015% or less, Al: 0.015 to 0.080%, Cu: 0.02 to 0.09%, Cr: 0.8 to 1.5%, Mo: 0.5 to 1.0%, Nb: 0.02 to 0.05%, B: 0.0015 to 0.0030%, Ti: 0.005 to 0.020%, and N: 0.005% or less, and having a ratio of the Ti content to the N content (Ti/N) of 3.0 to 4.0, with the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, the steel pipe having a ratio of a stress at a strain of 0.7% to a stress at a strain of 0.4% in a stress-strain curve of 1.02 or less and a yield strength of 655 MPa or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Okatsu, Masao Yuga, Hiroki Ota, Kazuki Fujimura
  • Patent number: 10876183
    Abstract: A high-strength seamless stainless steel pipe has a composition including, by mass %, 0.05% or less C, 1.0% or less Si, 0.1 to 0.5% Mn, 0.05% or less P, 0.005% or less S, more than 16.0% to 18.0% or less Cr, more than 2.0% to 3.0% or less Mo, 0.5 to 3.5% Cu, 3.0% or more and less than 5.0% Ni, 0.01 to 3.0% W, 0.01 to 0.5% Nb, 0.001 to 0.3% Ti, 0.001 to 0.1% Al, less than 0.07% N, 0.01% or less O, and Fe and unavoidable impurities as a balance, wherein the steel pipe has a microstructure including a tempered martensite phase forming a main phase, 20 to 40% of a ferrite phase in terms of volume ratio, and 25% or less of a residual austenite phase in terms of volume ratio, an average grain size of the ferrite phase is 40 ?m or less, and a sum of amounts of Ti and Nb precipitated as precipitates having a grain size of 2 ?m or less is 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichiro Eguchi, Yasuhide Ishiguro, Takeshi Suzuki, Kazuki Fujimura, Hiroki Ota
  • Patent number: 10640856
    Abstract: Provided is a high-strength seamless steel pipe having the composition which contains, by mass %, 0.20 to 0.50% C, 0.05 to 0.40% Si, 0.3 to 0.9% Mn, 0.015% or less P, 0.005% or less S, 0.005 to 0.1% Al, 0.008% or less N, more than 0.6% and 1.7% or less Cr, more than 1.0% and 3.0% or less Mo, 0.01 to 0.30% V, 0.001% or more and less than 0.01% Nb, 0.0003 to 0.0030% B, and 0.0030% or less O (oxygen). The high-strength seamless steel pipe has the microstructure where a volume fraction of a tempered martensitic phase is 95% or more, and prior austenitic grains have a grain size number of 8.5 or more, and a segregation degree index Ps which is defined by a formula Ps=8.1 (XSi+XMn+XMo)+1.2XP is set to less than 65.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Masao Yuga, Yasuhide Ishiguro, Mitsuhiro Okatsu, Kazuki Fujimura
  • Patent number: 10472690
    Abstract: Provided is a high-strength seamless steel pipe having the composition which contains, by mass %, 0.20 to 0.50% C, 0.05 to 0.40% Si, 0.3 to 0.9% Mn, 0.015% or less P, 0.005% or less S, 0.005 to 0.1% Al, 0.008% or less N, 0.6 to 1.7% Cr, 0.4 to 1.0% Mo, 0.01 to 0.30% V, 0.01 to 0.06% Nb, 0.0003 to 0.0030% B, and 0.0030% or less O (oxygen). The high-strength seamless steel pipe has the microstructure where a volume fraction of a tempered martensitic phase is 95% or more, and prior austenitic grains have a grain size number of 8.5 or more, and a segregation degree index Ps which is defined by a formula Ps=8.1 (XSi+XMn+XMo)+1.2XP relating to XM which is a ratio between a segregated portion content and an average content is set to less than 65.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Masao Yuga, Mitsuhiro Okatsu, Kazuki Fujimura, Yasuhide Ishiguro
  • Patent number: 10329633
    Abstract: A high-strength seamless stainless steel pipe for oil country tubular goods that is excellent in terms of hot workability, sulfide stress cracking resistance, and corrosion resistance, and a method for manufacturing the steel pipe. The steel pipe has a chemical composition containing Cr and Ni so that the relationship Cr/Ni?5.3 is satisfied. A microstructure of the steel pipe includes mainly a tempered martensite phase. Additionally, a surface layer microstructure of the steel pipe includes a phase which looks white when subjected to etching with a Vilella etching solution, the phase having a thickness in the wall thickness direction from the outer surface of the pipe of 10 ?m or more and 100 ?m or less and dispersing in the outer surface of the pipe in an amount of 50% or more in terms of area fraction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuki Fujimura, Yasuhide Ishiguro, Tetsu Nakahashi, Hideo Sato
  • Publication number: 20190100821
    Abstract: A high-strength seamless stainless steel pipe has a composition including, by mass %, 0.05% or less C, 1.0% or less Si, 0.1 to 0.5% Mn, 0.05% or less P, 0.005% or less S, more than 16.0% to 18.0% or less Cr, more than 2.0% to 3.0% or less Mo, 0.5 to 3.5% Cu, 3.0% or more and less than 5.0% Ni, 0.01 to 3.0% W, 0.01 to 0.5% Nb, 0.001 to 0.3% Ti, 0.001 to 0.1% Al, less than 0.07% N, 0.01% or less O, and Fe and unavoidable impurities as a balance, wherein the steel pipe has a microstructure including a tempered martensite phase forming a main phase, 20 to 40% of a ferrite phase in terms of volume ratio, and 25% or less of a residual austenite phase in terms of volume ratio, an average grain size of the ferrite phase is 40 ?m or less, and a sum of amounts of Ti and Nb precipitated as precipitates having a grain size of 2 ?m or less is 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Inventors: Kenichiro Eguchi, Yasuhide Ishiguro, Takeshi Suzuki, Kazuki Fujimura, Hiroki Ota
  • Publication number: 20190048443
    Abstract: The steel pipe of the present invention is a low alloy high strength seamless steel pipe for oil country tubular goods including a composition containing, in terms of mass %, C: 0.23 to 0.27%, Si: 0.01 to 0.35%, Mn: 0.45 to 0.70%, P: 0.010% or less, S: 0.001% or less, O: 0.0015% or less, Al: 0.015 to 0.080%, Cu: 0.02 to 0.09%, Cr: 0.8 to 1.5%, Mo: 0.5 to 1.0%, Nb: 0.02 to 0.05%, B: 0.0015 to 0.0030%, Ti: 0.005 to 0.020%, and N: 0.005% or less, and having a value of a ratio of the Ti content to the N content (Ti/N) of 3.0 to 4.0, with the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, the steel pipe having a ratio of a stress at a strain of 0.7% to a stress at a strain of 0.4% in a stress-strain curve; of 1.02 or less and a yield strength of 655 MPa or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Applicant: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Okatsu, Masao Yuga, Hiroki Ota, Kazuki Fujimura
  • Patent number: 9995669
    Abstract: A round bar tensile test specimen for a sulfide stress corrosion cracking test of a steel, the specimen including a parallel section, a shoulder section, and a grip section. A sectional shape of the shoulder section being formed by a curve having two or more radii of curvature. A radius of curvature R1 (mm) of a portion of the curve adjacent to the parallel section being 15 mm or more, and the radius of curvature R1 (mm) satisfying (0.22??119)?R1?100 in terms of load stress ? (MPa) of the sulfide stress corrosion cracking test. A length X1 (mm) of the portion of the curve having the radius of curvature R1 in a longitudinal direction of the test specimen satisfying X1??{(r/8)×(R1?r2/4)}. Additionally, other radii of curvature of the curve being smaller than the radius of curvature R1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masao Yuga, Yasuhide Ishiguro, Kazuki Fujimura, Mitsuhiro Okatsu, Yoshiyuki Sugano
  • Publication number: 20170369963
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a seamless stainless steel pipe for Oil Country Tubular Goods by heating a billet having a specified chemical composition including forming the billet into a seamless steel pipe by applying hot working to the billet, cooling the seamless steel pipe to a room temperature at a cooling rate of air cooling or more, thereafter, performing quenching by heating the seamless steel pipe to a temperature of 850° C. or above, subsequently, cooling the seamless steel pipe to a temperature of 100° C. or below at a cooling rate of air cooling or more, and subsequently, applying tempering to the seamless steel pipe at a temperature of 700° C. or below for a specific holding time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2015
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuki FUJIMURA, Yasuhide ISHIGURO, Seigo GOTO
  • Publication number: 20170283918
    Abstract: Provided is a high-strength seamless steel pipe having the composition which contains, by mass %, 0.20 to 0.50% C, 0.05 to 0.40% Si, 0.3 to 0.9% Mn, 0.015% or less P, 0.005% or less S, 0.005 to 0.1% Al, 0.008% or less N, more than 0.6% and 1.7% or less Cr, more than 1.0% and 3.0% or less Mo, 0.01 to 0.30% V, 0.001% or more and less than 0.01% Nb, 0.0003 to 0.0030% B, and 0.0030% or less O (oxygen). The high-strength seamless steel pipe has the microstructure where a volume fraction of a tempered martensitic phase is 95% or more, and prior austenitic grains have a grain size number of 8.5 or more, and a segregation degree index Ps which is defined by a formula Ps=8.1 (XSi+XMn+XMo)+1.2XP is set to less than 65.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masao Yuga, Yasuhide Ishiguro, Mitsuhiro Okatsu, Kazuki Fujimura
  • Publication number: 20170275715
    Abstract: Provided is a high-strength seamless steel pipe having the composition which contains, by mass %, 0.20 to 0.50% C, 0.05 to 0.40% Si, 0.3 to 0.9% Mn, 0.015% or less P, 0.005% or less S, 0.005 to 0.1% Al, 0.008% or less N, 0.6 to 1.7% Cr, 0.4 to 1.0% Mo, 0.01 to 0.30% V, 0.01 to 0.06% Nb, 0.0003 to 0.0030% B, and 0.0030% or less O (oxygen). The high-strength seamless steel pipe has the microstructure where a volume fraction of a tempered martensitic phase is 95% or more, and prior austenitic grains have a grain size number of 8.5 or more, and a segregation degree index Ps which is defined by a formula Ps=8.1 (XSi+XMn+XMo)+1.2XP relating to XM which is a ratio between a segregated portion content and an average content is set to less than 65.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masao Yuga, Mitsuhiro Okatsu, Kazuki Fujimura, Yasuhide Ishiguro
  • Publication number: 20170167968
    Abstract: A round bar tensile test specimen for a sulfide stress corrosion cracking test of a steel, the specimen including a parallel section, a shoulder section, and a grip section. A sectional shape of the shoulder section being formed by a curve having two or more radii of curvature. A radius of curvature R1 (mm) of a portion of the curve adjacent to the parallel section being 15 mm or more, and the radius of curvature R1 (mm) satisfying (0.22??119)?R1?100 in terms of load stress ? (MPa) of the sulfide stress corrosion cracking test. A length X1 (mm) of the portion of the curve having the radius of curvature R1 in a longitudinal direction of the test specimen satisfying X1??{(r/8)×(R1?r2/4)}. Additionally, other radii of curvature of the curve being smaller than the radius of curvature R1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2015
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masao YUGA, Yasuhide ISHIGURO, Kazuki FUJIMURA, Mitsuhiro OKATSU, Yoshiyuki SUGANO
  • Publication number: 20170096722
    Abstract: A high-strength seamless stainless steel pipe for oil country tubular goods that is excellent in terms of hot workability, sulfide stress cracking resistance, and corrosion resistance, and a method for manufacturing the steel pipe. The steel pipe has a chemical composition containing Cr and Ni so that the relationship Cr/Ni?5.3 is satisfied. A microstructure of the steel pipe includes mainly a tempered martensite phase. Additionally, a surface layer microstructure of the steel pipe includes a phase which looks white when subjected to etching with a Vilella etching solution, the phase having a thickness in the wall thickness direction from the outer surface of the pipe of 10 ?m or more and 100 ?m or less and dispersing in the outer surface of the pipe in an amount of 50% or more in terms of area fraction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2015
    Publication date: April 6, 2017
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuki FUJIMURA, Yasuhide ISHIGURO, Tetsu NAKAHASHI, Hideo SATO