Patents by Inventor Kenichi Mitsuzuka

Kenichi Mitsuzuka 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: 7909950
    Abstract: The present invention provides an ultra soft high carbon hot-rolled steel sheet. The ultra soft high carbon hot-rolled steel sheet contains 0.2% to 0.7% of C, 0.01% to 1.0% of Si, 0.1% to 1.0% of Mn, 0.03% or less of P, 0.035% or less of S, 0.08% or less of Al, 0.01% or less of N, and the balance being Fe and incidental impurities and further contains 0.0010% to 0.0050% of B and 0.05% to 0.30% of Cr in some cases. In the texture of the steel sheet, an average ferrite grain diameter is 20 ?m or more, a volume ratio of ferrite grains having a grain diameter of 10 ?m or more is 80% or more, and an average carbide grain diameter is in the range of 0.10 to less than 2.0 ?m. In addition, the steel sheet is manufactured by the steps, after rough rolling, performing finish rolling at a reduction ratio of 10% or more and at a finish temperature of (Ar3?20° C.) or more in a final pass, then performing first cooling within 2 seconds after the finish rolling to a cooling stop temperature of 600° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Hideyuki Kimura, Takeshi Fujita, Nobuyuki Nakamura, Satoshi Ueoka, Naoya Aoki, Kenichi Mitsuzuka
  • Publication number: 20090260729
    Abstract: A high-carbon hot-rolled steel sheet with excellent width-direction homogeneity is provided. The steel sheet contains 0.2% to 0.7% carbon, 0.01% to 1.0% silicon, 0.1% to 1.0% manganese, 0.03% or less phosphorus, 0.035% or less sulfur, 0.08% or less aluminum, and 0.01% or less nitrogen, and the balance is iron and incidental impurities. The structure is such that the average ferrite grain size of edge parts of the steel sheet is less than 35 ?m, the average ferrite grain size of a part closer to the center of the steel sheet than the edge parts is less than 20 ?m, and the average carbide grain size is 0.10 ?m or more and less than 2.0 ?m. The steel sheet is produced by roughly rolling the steel, finish-rolling the steel at a finishing temperature of more than (Ar3+40° C.), cooling the steel at a cooling rate of more than 120° C./s within two seconds after the finish rolling to a cooling termination temperature of more than 550° C. and less than 650° C., coiling the steel at a temperature of 550° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2007
    Publication date: October 22, 2009
    Inventors: Shunji Iizuka, Kazuhiro Seto, Akio Kobayashi, Kenichi MItsuzuka, Naoya Aoki, Hideyuki Kimura, Nobuyuki Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20090065106
    Abstract: The present invention provides an ultra soft high carbon hot-rolled steel sheet. The ultra soft high carbon hot-rolled steel sheet contains 0.2% to 0.7% of C, 0.01% to 1.0% of Si, 0.1% to 1.0% of Mn, 0.03% or less of P, 0.035% or less of S, 0.08% or less of Al, 0.01% or less of N, and the balance being Fe and incidental impurities and further contains 0.0010% to 0.0050% of B and 0.05% to 0.30% of Cr in some cases. In the texture of the steel sheet, an average ferrite grain diameter is 20 ?m or more, a volume ratio of ferrite grains having a grain diameter of 10 ?m or more is 80% or more, and an average carbide grain diameter is in the range of 0.10 to less than 2.0 ?m. In addition, the steel sheet is manufactured by the steps, after rough rolling, performing finish rolling at a reduction ratio of 10% or more and at a finish temperature of (Ar3?20° C.) or more in a final pass, then performing first cooling within 2 seconds after the finish rolling to a cooling stop temperature of 600° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2006
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Inventors: Hideyuki Kimura, Takeshi Fujita, Nobuyuki Nakamura, Satoshi Ueoka, Naoya Aoki, Kenichi Mitsuzuka
  • Patent number: 6767417
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a steel sheet that consists essentially of 0.10 to 0.37% C, 1% or less Si, 2.5% or less Mn, 0.1% or less P, 0.03% or less S, 0.01 to 0.1% sol.Al, 0.0005 to 0.0050% N, 0.0003 to 0.0050% B, by mass, and balance of Fe, [14B/(10.8N)] being 0.5 or more, average particle size of precipitate BN being 0.1 &mgr;m or more, and grain size of prior austenite after the hardening treatment being 2 to 25 &mgr;m. The steel sheet according to the present invention allows an inexpensive hardening treatment method to be applied to improve the strength to a level required for the structural components and the functional components of automobiles, while providing excellent toughness after the hardening treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2004
    Assignee: NKK Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Fujita, Kenichi Mitsuzuka, Nobuyuki Nakamura, Toshiaki Urabe, Katsutoshi Ito, Hideyuki Tsurumaru
  • Publication number: 20030160558
    Abstract: A low-carbon steel sheet for a mask for use in a tension type cathode ray tube with bridge, characterized in that it has a chemical composition, in mass %:C:0.001 to 0.015%, Si:0.020% or less, Mn:0.2 to 1.8%, P:0.02% or less, S:0.010% or less, ON: more than 0.010% and not more than 0.025%, Al:0.02% or less, O:0.010% or less and balance:Fe and inevitable impurities, with the proviso that (N mass %—0.52 Al mass %) is 0.005% or more. The low-carbon steel sheet can prevent the lowering of shielding capacity due to terrestrial magnetism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2003
    Publication date: August 28, 2003
    Inventors: Hideharu Ohmae, Toshiharu Hoshi, Hideki Matsuoka, Kenji Tahara, Kenichi Mitsuzuka, Kazuhiro Taki, Tetsuo Kawahara, Norio Yuki
  • Publication number: 20030121576
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a steel sheet that consists essentially of 0.10 to 0.37% C, 1% or less Si, 2.5% or less Mn, 0.1% or less P, 0.03% or less S, 0.01 to 0.1% sol.Al, 0.0005 to 0.0050% N, 0.0003 to 0.0050% B, by mass, and balance of Fe, [14B/(10.8N)] being 0.5 or more, average particle size of precipitate BN being 0.1 &mgr;m or more, and grain size of prior austenite after the hardening treatment being 2 to 25 &mgr;m. The steel sheet according to the present invention allows an inexpensive hardening treatment method to be applied to improve the strength to a level required for the structural components and the functional components of automobiles, while providing excellent toughness after the hardening treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2002
    Publication date: July 3, 2003
    Applicant: NKK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Fujita, Kenichi Mitsuzuka, Nobuyuki Nakamura, Toshiaki Urabe, Katsutoshi Ito, Hideyuki Tsurumaru
  • Patent number: 6566796
    Abstract: A method of making a steel sheet for a tension mask, including the steps of: hot rolling a steel consisting essentially of, by weight %, C: less than 0.1%, Si: 0.05% or less, Mn: 0.4 to 2%, P: 0.03% or less, S: 0.03% or less, sol.Al: 0.01% or less, N: 0.010% or more, and the balance of Fe; and annealing the cold rolled steel sheet, followed by a secondary cold rolling at a reduction rate of 35% or higher. The steel sheet produced by this method shows excellent creep resistance during blackening treatment and excellent magnetic shielding property with an anhysteretic permeability of 3400 or more at a DC bias magnetic field of 0.35 Oe, and therefore causes no color-deviation when applied to the tension mask.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2003
    Assignees: NKK Corporation, Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Kodama, Reiko Sugihara, Hideki Matsuoka, Yasushi Tanaka, Tatsuhiko Hiratani, Kenji Tahara, Kenichi Mitsuzuka, Kenichiro Takayanagi, Masamichi Okada, Hiroaki Kato, Chohachi Sato
  • Publication number: 20020070653
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of making a steel sheet for a tension mask, comprising the steps of: hot rolling a steel consisting essentially of, by weight %, C: less than 0.1%, Si: 0.05% or less, Mn: 0.4 to 2%, P: 0.03% or less, S: 0.03% or less, sol.Al: 0.01% or less, N: 0.010% or more, and the balance of Fe; and annealing the cold rolled steel sheet, followed by a secondary cold rolling at a reduction rate of 35% or higher. The steel sheet produced by this method shows excellent creep resistance during blackening treatment and excellent magnetic shielding property with an anhysteretic permeability of 3400 or more at a DC bias magnetic field of 0.35 Oe, and therefore causes no color-deviation when applied to the tension mask.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2001
    Publication date: June 13, 2002
    Applicant: NKK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi Kodama, Reiko Sugihara, Hideki Matsuoka, Yasushi Tanaka, Tatsuhiko Hiratani, Kenji Tahara, Kenichi Mitsuzuka
  • Patent number: 6171413
    Abstract: A soft cold-rolled steel sheet contains: 0.06 wt. % or less C, 0.1 wt. % or less Si, 0.5 wt. % or less Mn, 0.03 wt. % or less P, 0.03 wt. % or less S, 0.006 wt. % or less N, 0.009 wt. % or less B and the balance being Fe. The method comprises the steps of: continuously casting a steel to produce a slab; hot-rolling the slab to form a hot-rolled steel sheet; cold-rolling the hot-rolled steel sheet to produce a cold-rolled steel sheet; and continuously annealing the cold-rolled steel sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2001
    Assignee: NKK Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshimasa Funakawa, Toru Inazumi, Hiroshi Sawada, Naoki Matsui, Jun Taniai, Kenichi Mitsuzuka