Patents by Inventor Ken Takata

Ken Takata 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: 11499202
    Abstract: A cooling method for a workpiece includes placing entirety of the workpiece in an inner space of a recess provided on a molding surface of a lower mold, pressing or restraining the workpiece by a mold including the lower mold and an upper mold in which a protrusion corresponding to the recess of the lower mold is provided on a molding surface, supplying a liquid coolant to the inner space of the recess through a coolant supply passage provided in at least one of the lower mold and the upper mold by a pump, and discharging air in the inner space of the recess upward through an air escape passage, and cooling the workpiece by immersing the entirety of the workpiece, which has been heated, in the liquid coolant that fills the recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: AISIN FUKUI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiro Seki, Nobuyuki Naito, Yoichi Jinza, Hiroshi Fukuchi, Kazuo Hikida, Ken Takata, Naruhiko Nomura
  • Patent number: 11104971
    Abstract: In a mold, at least one of a lower mold and an upper mold includes a coolant supply passage through which a liquid coolant is supplied to an inner space of a recess, and the mold includes an air escape passage through which air in the inner space of the recess is discharged upward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: AISIN AW INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akihiro Seki, Nobuyuki Naito, Yoichi Jinza, Hiroshi Fukuchi, Kazuo Hikida, Ken Takata, Naruhiko Nomura
  • Publication number: 20210222264
    Abstract: A cooling method for a workpiece includes placing entirety of the workpiece in an inner space of a recess provided on a molding surface of a lower mold, pressing or restraining the workpiece by a mold including the lower mold and an upper mold in which a protrusion corresponding to the recess of the lower mold is provided on a molding surface, supplying a liquid coolant to the inner space of the recess through a coolant supply passage provided in at least one of the lower mold and the upper mold by a pump, and discharging air in the inner space of the recess upward through an air escape passage, and cooling the workpiece by immersing the entirety of the workpiece, which has been heated, in the liquid coolant that fills the recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Applicant: AISIN AW INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akihiro SEKI, Nobuyuki NAITO, Yoichi JINZA, Hiroshi FUKUCHI, Kazuo HIKIDA, Ken TAKATA, Naruhiko NOMURA
  • Patent number: 10837077
    Abstract: The present invention provides steel sheet excellent in cold formability and ductility after heat treatment and a method for production thereof. The steel sheet of the present invention is steel sheet which has a chemical composition containing, by mass %, C: 0.10 to 0.40%, Si: 0.30 to 1.00%, Mn: 0.30 to 1.00%, Al: 0.001 to 0.10%, P: 0.0001 to 0.02%, and S: 0.0001 to 0.01% and having a balance of Fe and impurities, which steel sheet characterized in that a ratio (B/A) of the number of carbides at the ferrite grain boundaries (B) to the number of carbides inside the ferrite grains (A) is over 1, a ferrite grain size is 5 ?m to 50 ?m, an average grain size of carbides is 0.4 ?m to 2.0 ?m, a pearlite area ratio is 6% or less, and a Vicker's hardness is 120 HV to 170 HV.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuo Hikida, Ken Takata, Kengo Takeda, Motonori Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20190100816
    Abstract: In a mold, at least one of a lower mold and an upper mold includes a coolant supply passage through which a liquid coolant is supplied to an inner space of a recess, and the mold includes an air escape passage through which air in the inner space of the recess is discharged upward.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2017
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Applicant: AISIN AW INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akihiro SEKI, Nobuyuki NAITO, Yoichi JINZA, Hiroshi FUKUCHI, Kazuo HIKIDA, Ken TAKATA, Naruhiko NOMURA
  • Publication number: 20180230582
    Abstract: Low carbon steel plate excellent impact resistance characteristics after carburizing and quenching and after tempering, characterized by having a predetermined chemical composition, an average grain size of carbides of 0.4 ?m to 2.0 ?m, an area ratio of pearlite of 6% or less, a ratio of a number of carbides at the ferrite grain boundaries to the number of carbides inside the ferrite grains of over 1, and a Vickers hardness of 100HV to 180HV.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2016
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kengo TAKEDA, Kazuo HIKIDA, Ken TAKATA, Motonori HASHIMOTO, Toshimasa TOMOKIYO, Yasushi TSUKANO, Takashi ARAMAKI
  • Publication number: 20180171445
    Abstract: A steel plate improved in formability and wear resistance, having a predetermined chemical composition, having a metal structure of the steel plate having a ratio of number of carbides at ferrite grain boundaries with respect to a number of carbides in ferrite grains of over 1 and having a ferrite grain size of 5 ?m to 50 ?m, and having a Vickers hardness of steel plate of 100 HV to 170 HV.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuo HIKIDA, Motonori HASHIMOTO, Kengo TAKEDA, Ken TAKATA
  • Publication number: 20180135146
    Abstract: A steel sheet improved in hardenability and material formability having a predetermined chemical composition, characterized in that, in the metal structure of the steel sheet, an average grain size of carbides is 0.4 ?m to 2.0 ?m, an area ratio of pearlite is 6% or less, when a number of carbides in ferrite grains is A and a number of carbides at ferrite grain boundaries is B, B/A>l, and when an X-ray diffraction intensity at {211}<011>at a plane of a part of ½ sheet thickness of the steel sheet is denoted by “I1” and an X-ray diffraction intensity at {100}<011>is denoted by “I0”, I1/I0<1 is satisfied, and the steel sheet has a Vickers hardness of 100 HV to 150 HV.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2016
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ken TAKATA, Kazuo HIKIDA, Kengo TAKEDA, Motonori HASHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20180127848
    Abstract: The present invention provides steel sheet excellent in cold formability and ductility after heat treatment and a method for production thereof. The steel sheet of the present invention is steel sheet which has a chemical composition containing, by mass %, C: 0.10 to 0.40%, Si: 0.30 to 1.00%, Mn: 0.30 to 1.00%, Al: 0.001 to 0.10%, P: 0.0001 to 0.02%, and S: 0.0001 to 0.01% and having a balance of Fe and impurities, which steel sheet characterized in that a ratio (B/A) of the number of carbides at the ferrite grain boundaries (B) to the number of carbides inside the ferrite grains (A) is over 1, a ferrite grain size is 5 ?m to 50 ?m, an average grain size of carbides is 0.4 ?m to 2.0 ?m, a pearlite area ratio is 6% or less, and a Vicker's hardness is 120 HV to 170 HV.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2016
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuo HIKIDA, Ken TAKATA, Kengo TAKEDA, Motonori HASHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20180105891
    Abstract: The present invention provides a steel sheet having an excellent cold workability during forming and a method for producing the same. The steel sheet of the present invention is characterized in that: (a) the ratio of the number of carbides at the ferrite grain boundary to the number of carbides in the ferrite grain exceeds 1, (b) the ferrite grain diameter is 5 ?m or more and 50 ?m or less, (c) the in-plane anisotropy |?r| of the r value is 0.2 or less, (d) the Vickers hardness is 100 HV or more and 150 HV or less, (e) the random intensity ratio of the {311} <011> orientation at the ½-thickness portion of the steel sheet is 3.0 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuo HIKIDA, Motonori HASHIMOTO, Kengo TAKEDA, Ken TAKATA
  • Patent number: 8500926
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy material for high-temperature/high-speed molding containing 2.0 to 8.0 mass % of Mg, 0.05 to 1.0 mass % of Mn, 0.01 to 0.3 mass % of Zr, 0.06 to 0.4 mass % of Si and 0.06 to 0.4 mass % of Fe, with the balance being made of aluminum and inevitable impurities; an aluminum alloy material for high-temperature/high-speed molding containing 2.0 to 8.0% of Mg, 0.05 to 1.5% of Mn and 0.05 to 0.4% of Cr, Fe being restricted to 0.4% or less and Si being restricted to 0.4% or less, the grain diameter of a Cr-base intermetallic compound formed by melt-casting being 20 ?m or less, and grains of intermetallic compounds with a grain diameter in the range from 50 to 1,000 nm as Mn-base and Cr-base precipitates being present in a distribution density of 350,000 grains/mm2 or more, the aluminum alloy material being used for high-temperature/high-speed molding by subjecting the alloy material to cooling at a cooling rate of 20° C./min or more immediately after molding at a temperature range from 200 to 550° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignees: Furukawa-Sky Aluminum Corp, Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Ichitani, Tsutomu Tagata, Toshio Komatsubara, Ken Takata
  • Publication number: 20080257462
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy material for high-temperature/high-speed molding containing 2.0 to 8.0 mass % of Mg, 0.05 to 1.0 mass % of Mn, 0.01 to 0.3 mass % of Zr, 0.06 to 0.4 mass % of Si and 0.06 to 0.4 mass % of Fe, with the balance being made of aluminum and inevitable impurities; an aluminum alloy material for high-temperature/high-speed molding containing 2.0 to 8.0% of Mg, 0.05 to 1.5% of Mn and 0.05 to 0.4% of Cr, Fe being restricted to 0.4% or less and Si being restricted to 0.4% or less, the grain diameter of a Cr-base intermetallic compound formed by melt-casting being 20 ?m or less, and grains of intermetallic compounds with a grain diameter in the range from 50 to 1,000 nm as Mn-base and Cr-base precipitates being present in a distribution density of 350,000 grains/mm2 or more, the aluminum alloy material being used for high-temperature/high-speed molding by subjecting the alloy material to cooling at a cooling rate of 20° C./min or more immediately after molding at a temperature range from 200 to 550° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2008
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Applicants: FURUKAWA-SKY ALUMINUM CORP., NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji ICHITANI, Tsutomu TAGATA, Toshio KOMATSUBARA, Ken TAKATA
  • Patent number: 5685923
    Abstract: Disclosed is a ferritic stainless steel for forming into bellows having high resistance to stress corrosion cracking, comprising, in terms of wt %, not greater than 0.02% of C, from 0.1 to 1.5% of Si, not greater than 1.0% of Mn, from 11.0 to 22.0% of Cr, from 0.01 to 0.08% of Al, not greater than 0.015% of N, at least one of not greater than 0.6% of Ti and not greater than 1.0% of Nb, whenever necessary, and furthermore, at least one of not greater than 2% of Mn, not greater than 1.5% of Cu and not greater than 1.5% of Ni. This steel has the crystal grain size measured in a section in a direction orthogonal to a rolling direction is not greater than 8.5 in terms of the grain size number, and the crystal grain size measured in a section orthogonal to a section parallel to the rolling direction is not smaller than 5.0 on an average in terms of the grain size number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 11, 1997
    Assignee: Nippon Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Ken Takata, Akio Yamamoto