Patents by Inventor Keiji Ueda

Keiji Ueda 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: 11959157
    Abstract: Provided is a high-Mn steel having excellent low-temperature toughness and excellent surface characteristics. A high-Mn steel comprises: a chemical composition containing, in mass %, C: 0.100 to 0.700%, Si: 0.05 to 1.00%, Mn: 20.0 to 35.0%, P: ?0.030%, S: ?0.0070%, Al: 0.010 to 0.070%, Cr: 0.50 to 5.00%, N: 0.0050 to 0.0500%, O: ?0.0050%, Ti: ?0.005%, and Nb: ?0.005%, with a balance consisting of Fe and inevitable impurities; and a microstructure having austenite as a matrix, wherein in the microstructure, a Mn concentration of a Mn-concentrated portion is 38.0% or less, and an average KAM value is 0.3 or more, yield stress is 400 MPa or more, absorbed energy vE?196 in a Charpy impact test at ?196° C. is 100 J or more, and percent brittle fracture is less than 10%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daichi Izumi, Shigeki Kitsuya, Keiji Ueda, Koichi Nakashima
  • Patent number: 11942545
    Abstract: A semiconductor device of an embodiment includes a substrate, a first electrode, a second electrode, the first electrode provided between the substrate and the second electrode, the oxide semiconductor layer in contact with the first electrode, an oxide semiconductor layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, the oxide semiconductor layer contains Zn and at least one first element selected from In, Ga, Si, Al, and Sn; a conductive layer between the oxide semiconductor layer and the second electrode, the conductive layer in contact with the second electrode, the conductive layer contains O and at least one second element selected from the group consisting of In, Ga, Si, Al, Sn, Zn, and Ti, a gate electrode; and a gate insulating layer between the oxide semiconductor layer and the gate electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Yuta Sato, Tomomasa Ueda, Nobuyoshi Saito, Keiji Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20240075560
    Abstract: A TIG welding filler metal is provided that has a composition including, by mass %, C: 0.20 to 0.80%, Si: 0.15 to 0.90%, Mn: 15.0 to 30.0%, P: 0.030% or less, S: 0.030% or less, Cr: 6.0 to 15.0%, and N: 0.120% or less, the balance being Fe and incidental impurities. Where necessary, the filler metal may contain one or two selected from Ni and Mo, may further contain one, or two or more selected from V, Ti, and Nb, and may additionally contain one, or two or more selected from Cu, Al, Ca, and REM. This configuration reduces the occurrence of welding cracks during TIG welding, that is, realizes excellent hot crack resistance, and allows for easy production of a weld joint having high strength and excellent cryogenic impact toughness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Kazufumi Watanabe, Atsushi Takada, Akiyoshi Ando, Takatoshi Okabe, Keiji Ueda
  • Publication number: 20240072203
    Abstract: A method for fabricating light emitting diode (LED) dice includes the steps of: providing a substrate, and forming a plurality of die sized semiconductor structures on the substrate. The method also includes the steps of providing a receiving plate having an elastomeric polymer layer, placing the substrate and the receiving plate in physical contact with an adhesive force applied by the elastomeric polymer layer, and performing a laser lift-off (LLO) process by directing a uniform laser beam through the substrate to the semiconductor layer at an interface with the substrate to lift off the semiconductor structures onto the elastomeric polymer layer. During the laser lift-off (LLO) process the elastomeric polymer layer functions as a shock absorber to reduce momentum transfer, and as an adhesive surface to hold the semiconductor structures in place on the receiving plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicants: SemiLEDs Corporation, SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chen-Fu Chu, Shih-Kai Chan, Yi-Feng Shih, David Trung Doan, Trung Tri Doan, Yoshinori Ogawa, Kohei Otake, Kazunori Kondo, Keiji Ohori, Taichi Kitagawa, Nobuaki Matsumoto, Toshiyuki Ozai, Shuhei Ueda
  • Publication number: 20240066865
    Abstract: A liquid discharge head includes a nozzle layer having a nozzle through which a liquid is discharged from a second side toward a first side, a liquid chamber substrate, and a drive circuit. The nozzle layer includes a vibration layer, a piezoelectric actuator adjacent to the nozzle and over the first side, a circuit connection over the first side, a first protective layer around the circuit connection, a second protective layer over the piezoelectric actuator, a first water-resistant film over the first protective layer, and a second water-resistant film over the second protective layer. The second protective layer is separated from the first protective layer. The first protective layer defines an opening above the circuit connection. The liquid chamber substrate has a liquid chamber communicating with the nozzle. The drive circuit is disposed over the second side and connected to the circuit connection to drive the piezoelectric actuator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Keiji UEDA, Takahiko KURODA, Toshiaki MASUDA, Kaname MORITA
  • Publication number: 20240051070
    Abstract: A submerged arc welded joint in a high-Mn content steel material that can be formed with reduced occurrence of hot cracking during the welding process and has high strength and excellent cryogenic impact toughness. In the welded joint, the high-Mn content steel material has a chemical composition including, by mass %, C: 0.10 to 0.80%, Si: 0.05 to 1.00%, Mn: 18.0 to 30.0%, P: 0.030% or less, S: 0.0070% or less, Al: 0.010 to 0.070%, Cr: 2.5 to 7.0%, N: 0.0050 to 0.0500%, and O: 0.0050% or less, the balance being Fe and incidental impurities, and a weld metal has a chemical composition including C: 0.10 to 0.80%, Si: 0.05 to 1.00%, Mn: 15.0 to 30.0%, P: 0.030% or less, S: 0.030% or less, Al: 0.100% or less, Cr: 6.0 to 14.0%, and N: 0.100% or less, the balance being Fe and incidental impurities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazufumi WATANABE, Atsushi TAKADA, Akiyoshi ANDO, Takatoshi OKABE, Keiji UEDA
  • Publication number: 20240033861
    Abstract: A submerged arc welding wire is provided that has a composition including, by mass %, C: 0.20 to 0.80%, Si: 0.15 to 0.90%, Mn: 15.0 to 30.0%, P: 0.030% or less, S: 0.030% or less, Cr: 6.0 to 15.0%, and N: 0.120% or less, the balance being Fe and incidental impurities. Where necessary, the wire may contain one or two selected from Ni and Mo, may further contain one, or two or more selected from V, Ti, and Nb, and may additionally contain one, or two or more selected from Cu, Al, Ca, and REM.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Kazufumi Watanabe, Atsushi Takada, Akiyoshi Ando, Takatoshi Okabe, Keiji Ueda
  • Publication number: 20230211441
    Abstract: Provided is a solid wire for gas metal arc welding, solid wire being suitable as a welding material for high-Mn steel materials and generating less fume during welding. The solid wire of the present invention has a composition containing, in mass %, C: 0.20 to 0.80%, Si: 0.15 to 0.90%, Mn: 15.0 to 30.0%, P: 0.030% or less, S: 0.030% or less, Al: 0.020% or less, Ni: 0.01 to 10.00%, Cr: 6.0 to 15.0%, Mo: 0.01 to 3.50%, O: 0.010% or less, N: 0.120% or less, and the balance being Fe and incidental impurities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Applicant: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Atsushi Takada, Keiji Ueda
  • Publication number: 20230108462
    Abstract: A liquid discharge head includes a nozzle member. The nozzle member includes a nozzle, a deformable laminar member, and an electromechanical transducer. The nozzle discharges liquid. The deformable laminar member has an opening forming the nozzle. The electromechanical transducer is disposed around the opening. The nozzle member is warped with respect to a discharge-side plane of the nozzle member in a surrounding area of the nozzle when no voltage is applied to the electromechanical transducer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventors: Toshiaki MASUDA, Keiji UEDA, Kaname MORITA, Takahiko KURODA, Naoko KITAOKA, Arata SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20220275489
    Abstract: The steel of the present disclosure contains, in mass %, C: 0.100% to 0.700%, Si: 0.05% to 1.00%, Mn: 20.0% to 40.0%, P: ?0.030%, S: ?0.0050%, Al: 0.01% to 5.00%, Cr: 0.5% to 7.0%, N: 0.0050% to 0.0500%, O: ?0.0050%, Ti: ?0.005%, Nb: ?0.005%, and at least one selected from Ca: 0.0005% to 0.0100%, Mg: 0.0005% to 0.0100%, and REM: 0.0010% to 0.0200%, and has a microstructure with austenite as matrix, where an average grain size is 50 ?m or less, a cleanliness of sulfide inclusion is less than 1.0%, a yield strength is 400 MPa or more, and a percent brittle fracture after a Charpy impact test at ?269° C. is less than 5%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2020
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daichi IZUMI, Koichi NAKASHIMA, Keiji UEDA
  • Publication number: 20210323101
    Abstract: Provided is a solid wire for gas metal arc welding, which has a small amount of fume during welding and is suitable as a welding material for high Mn steel materials. The wire has a chemical composition containing, in mass %, C: 0.2% to 0.8%, Si: 0.15% to 0.90%, Mn: 17.0% to 28.0%, P: 0.03% or less, S: 0.03% or less, Ni: 0.01% to 10.00%, Cr: 0.4% to 4.0%, Mo: 0.01% to 3.50%, B: less than 0.0010%, and N: 0.12% or less, with the balance consisting of Fe and inevitable impurities. It may contain at least one selected from V, Ti, Nb, Cu, Al, Ca and REM, if necessary. The wire has excellent manufacturability, can significantly suppress the amount of fume generated during gas metal arc welding, and can easily manufacture a weld joint having high strength and excellent impact toughness at cryogenic temperatures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Applicants: JFE STEEL CORPORATION, Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Atsushi TAKADA, Daichi IZUMI, Ryo ARAO, Shohei KOZUKI, Keiji UEDA, Naoya HAYAKAWA, Ken YAMASHITA, Peng HAN
  • Publication number: 20210301378
    Abstract: Provided is a high-Mn steel having excellent low-temperature toughness and excellent surface characteristics. A high-Mn steel comprises: a chemical composition containing, in mass %, C: 0.100 to 0.700%, Si: 0.05 to 1.00%, Mn: 20.0 to 35.0%, P: ?0.030%, S: ?0.0070%, Al: 0.010 to 0.070%, Cr: 0.50 to 5.00%, N: 0.0050 to 0.0500%, O: ?0.0050%, Ti: ?0.005%, and Nb: ?0.005%, with a balance consisting of Fe and inevitable impurities; and a microstructure having austenite as a matrix, wherein in the microstructure, a Mn concentration of a Mn-concentrated portion is 38.0% or less, and an average KAM value is 0.3 or more, yield stress is 400 MPa or more, absorbed energy vE?196 in a Charpy impact test at ?196° C. is 100 J or more, and percent brittle fracture is less than 10%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daichi IZUMI, Shigeki KITSUYA, Keiji UEDA, Koichi NAKASHIMA
  • Publication number: 20210164067
    Abstract: Provided is a high-Mn steel which not only has high strength and excellent low-temperature toughness but also has excellent CTOD property at low temperatures. The high-Mn steel has a chemical composition containing, in mass %, C: 0.10-0.70%, Si: 0.05-0.50%, Mn: 20-30%, P: 0.030% or less, S: 0.0070% or less, Al: 0.01-0.07%, Cr: 0.5-7.0%, Ni: 0.01% or more and less than 0.1%, Ca: 0.0005-0.0050%, N: 0.0050-0.0500%, O: 0.0050% or less, Ti: less than 0.0050%, and Nb: less than 0.0050%, the balance consisting of Fe and inevitable impurities, and a microstructure having austenite as a base phase, where the austenite has a grain size of 1 ?m or more and a standard deviation of 9 ?m or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koichi NAKASHIMA, Keiji UEDA, Shigeki KITSUYA, Ryo ARAO, Daichi IZUMI, Satoshi IGI, Tomohiro ONO
  • Patent number: 10626485
    Abstract: A steel having a composition containing C: more than 0.20% and 0.45% or less, Si: 0.50% to 2.50%, Mn: 2.00% or more and less than 3.50%, and one or two selected from Ti: 0.005% to 0.100% and Nb: 0.005% to 0.100% is hot-rolled and cold-rolled. The steel sheet is heated to 800° C. to 950° C. and cooled to a cooling-end temperature of 350° C. to 500° C. at a cooling rate of 5° C./s or more to form a steel sheet having a microstructure including martensite and bainite phases such that the total proportion of the martensite and bainite phases is 80% or more by volume. The steel sheet is heated to 700° C. to 840° C. and maintained at 700° C. to 840° C., cooled to a cooling-end temperature of 350° C. to 500° C. at a cooling rate of 5 to 50° C./s, and maintained within the above temperature range for 10 to 1800 s.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshie Obata, Yoshiyasu Kawasaki, Keiji Ueda, Shinjiro Kaneko, Takeshi Yokota, Kazuhiro Seto
  • Patent number: 9982331
    Abstract: An abrasion resistant steel plate which possesses excellent abrasion resistance, excellent low-temperature toughness and excellent corrosive wear resistance. The abrasion resistant steel plate has the composition comprising by mass %: 0.10% to 0.20% C, 0.05% to 1.00% Si, 0.1% to 2.0% Mn, 0.020% or less P, 0.005% or less S, 0.005% to 0.100% Al, one or two kinds of components selected from a group consisting of 0.05% to 2.0% Cr and 0.05% to 1.0% Mo, and remaining Fe and unavoidable impurities as a balance. Content of solute Cr in steel (Crsol) and the content of solute Mo in steel (Mosol) satisfy the formula 0.05?(Crsol+2.5Mosol)?2.0. Steel plate has a structure where an as-quenched martensitic phase forms a main phase and a grain size of prior austenite grains is 30 ?m or less, and surface hardness of the steel plate is 360 or more at Brinel hardness HBW10/3000.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichi Miura, Keiji Ueda, Nobuyuki Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 9938599
    Abstract: An abrasion resistant steel plate or steel sheet suitable for use in construction machines, industrial machines, and the like and a method for manufacturing the same. In particular, a steel plate or steel sheet has a composition containing 0.20% to 0.30% C, 0.05% to 1.0% Si, 0.40% to 1.20% Mn, P, S, 0.1% or less Al, 0.01% or less N, and 0.0003% to 0.0030% B on a mass basis, the composition further containing one or more of Cr, Mo, and W, the composition further containing one or more of Nb, Ti, Cu, Ni, V, an REM, Ca, and Mg as required, the remainder being Fe and inevitable impurities. A semi-finished product having the above steel composition is heated, hot rolling is performed, air cooling is performed, reheating is performed, and accelerated cooling is then performed or accelerated cooling is performed immediately after hot rolling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keiji Ueda, Nobuyuki Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20180057916
    Abstract: A steel having a composition containing C: more than 0.20% and 0.45% or less, Si: 0.50% to 2.50%, Mn: 2.00% or more and less than 3.50%, and one or two selected from Ti: 0.005% to 0.100% and Nb: 0.005% to 0.100% is hot-rolled and cold-rolled. The steel sheet is heated to 800° C. to 950° C. and cooled to a cooling-end temperature of 350° C. to 500° C. at a cooling rate of 5° C./s or more to form a steel sheet having a microstructure including martensite and bainite phases such that the total proportion of the martensite and bainite phases is 80% or more by volume. The steel sheet is heated to 700° C. to 840° C. and maintained at 700° C. to 840° C., cooled to a cooling-end temperature of 350° C. to 500° C. at a cooling rate of 5 to 50° C./s, and maintained within the above temperature range for 10 to 1800 s.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2016
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventors: Yoshie OBATA, Yoshiyasu KAWASAKI, Keiji UEDA, Shinjiro KANEKO, Takeshi YOKOTA, Kazuhiro SETO
  • Patent number: 9879334
    Abstract: Provided is an abrasion resistant steel plate or steel sheet, suitable for use in construction machines, industrial machines, and the like, and a method for manufacturing the same. A steel plate or steel sheet has a composition containing 0.20% to 0.27% C, 0.05% to 1.0% Si, 0.30% to 0.90% Mn, P, S, 0.005% to 0.025% Nb, 0.008% to 0.020% Ti, 0.1% or less Al, and 0.0010% to 0.0060% N on a mass % basis, the composition further containing one or more of Cr, Mo, W, and B, the composition containing one or more of Cu, Ni, V, an REM, Ca, and Mg as required, the remainder being Fe and inevitable impurities. After being heated, a semi-finished product having the steel composition is hot-rolled and is subjected to reheat-quenching or direct quenching.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keiji Ueda, Yasuhiro Murota, Nobuyuki Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 9834853
    Abstract: A PZT precursor solution is used for forming a PZT film by a sol-gel method. The PZT precursor solution includes a solvent; a component that forms a crystal of PZT by crystallization, the component being dissolved in the solvent; and an element that inhibits crystal growth of PZT, the element being dissolved in the solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Akiyama, Akira Shimofuku, Keiji Ueda
  • Patent number: 9738957
    Abstract: A wear resistant steel plate that exhibits excellent impact wear resistant properties and that is suitable for use in construction machinery, shipbuilding, steel pipes or tubes, civil engineering, construction and so on, and a method for manufacturing the same. The wear resistant steel plate includes a specific steel composition, where DI* defined by Formula 1 is 100-250, and has a surface layer part containing 90% or more in area ratio of martensite, a Brinell hardness of 450 HBW 10/3000 or more, and a central part in thickness direction of the steel plate containing 70% or more in area ratio of lower bainite, the central part representing a zone extending from a ½ position of the steel plate thickness to distances of 0.5 mm toward both surfaces of the steel plate. DI*=33.85×(0.1×C)0.5×(0.7×Si+1)×(3.33×Mn+1)×(0.35×Cu+1)×(0.36×Ni+1)×(2.16×Cr+1)×(3×Mo+1)×(1.75×V+1)×(1.5×W+1)??Formula 1 where the symbols of elements represent the contents by mass % of the elements, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keiji Ueda, Shinichi Miura, Nobuyuki Ishikawa