Patents by Inventor Kenichiro Matsumura

Kenichiro Matsumura 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: 11473174
    Abstract: The present invention provides a coated steel product including: a steel product; a coating layer that is coated on the surface of the steel product and that includes from 8 to 50% by mass of Mg, from 2.5 to 70.0% by mass of Al, and from 0.30 to 5.00% by mass of Ca, with the balance consisting of Zn and impurities; and an intermediate layer interposed between the steel product and the coating layer, in which the intermediate layer has a sea-island structure constituted by a sea portion composed of an Al—Fe alloy phase, and island portions including a Zn—Mg—Al alloy phase having a Mg content of 8% by mass or more, and in which the sea portion composed of the Al—Fe alloy phase has an area fraction of from 55 to 90%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kohei Tokuda, Hisashi Baba, Nobuyuki Shimoda, Kenichiro Matsumura, Yasuto Goto
  • Patent number: 11401567
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a steel sheet includes: a step of performing continuous casting of molten steel having a Si content of 0.4 mass % to 3.0 mass % to obtain a slab; a step of performing hot rolling of the slab to obtain a hot-rolled steel sheet; a step of performing cold rolling of the hot-rolled steel sheet to obtain a cold-rolled steel sheet; a step of performing cold-rolled sheet annealing of the cold-rolled steel sheet; a step of performing pickling after the cold-rolled sheet annealing; a step of performing water washing after the pickling; and a step of performing drying after the water washing. A dew point is set to ?35° C. or lower in the cold-rolled sheet annealing, an electrical conductivity of a rinse water to be used in the water washing is set to 5.0 mS/m or less, a water-washing time is set to 15 seconds or less in the water washing, and the drying is started within 60 seconds from an end of the water washing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toyomitsu Nakamura, Kenichiro Matsumura
  • Patent number: 11338550
    Abstract: There is provided a hot-stamped body including: a steel base metal; and a metallic layer formed on a surface of the steel base metal, wherein the metallic layer includes: an interface layer that contains, in mass %, Al: 30.0 to 36.0%, has a thickness of 100 nm to 5 ?m, and is located in an interface between the metallic layer and the steel base metal; and a principal layer that includes coexisting MgZn2 phases and insular FeAl2 phases, is located on the interface layer, and has a thickness of 3 ?m to 40 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kohei Tokuda, Takuya Mitsunobu, Akihiro Sengoku, Kenichiro Matsumura
  • Patent number: 11285698
    Abstract: There is provided a hot-stamped body including: a steel base metal; and a metallic layer formed on a surface of the steel base metal, wherein the metallic layer includes: an interface layer that contains, in mass %, Al: 30.0 to 36.0%, has a thickness of 100 nm to 15 ?m, and is located in an interface between the metallic layer and the steel base metal; and a principal layer that includes coexisting Zn phases and insular FeAl2 phases, is located on the interface layer, and has a thickness of 1 ?m to 40 ?m. This hot-stamped body is excellent in fatigue properties, corrosion resistance, and chipping resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya Mitsunobu, Kohei Tokuda, Akihiro Sengoku, Kenichiro Matsumura
  • Publication number: 20210039354
    Abstract: There is provided a hot-stamped body including: a steel base metal; and a metallic layer formed on a surface of the steel base metal, wherein the metallic layer includes: an interface layer that contains, in mass %, Al: 30.0 to 36.0%, has a thickness of 100 nm to 5 ?m, and is located in an interface between the metallic layer and the steel base metal; and a principal layer that includes coexisting MgZn2 phases and insular FeAl2 phases, is located on the interface layer, and has a thickness of 3 ?m to 40 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kohei TOKUDA, Takuya MITSUNOBU, Akihiro SENGOKU, Kenichiro MATSUMURA
  • Publication number: 20210039355
    Abstract: There is provided a hot-stamped body including: a steel base metal; and a metallic layer formed on a surface of the steel base metal, wherein the metallic layer includes: an interface layer that contains, in mass %, Al: 30.0 to 36.0%, has a thickness of 100 nm to 15 ?m, and is located in an interface between the metallic layer and the steel base metal; and a principal layer that includes coexisting Zn phases and insular FeAl2 phases, is located on the interface layer, and has a thickness of 1 ?m to 40 ?m. This hot-stamped body is excellent in fatigue properties, corrosion resistance, and chipping resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Applicant: Nippon Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Takuya MITSUNOBU, Kohei TOKUDA, Akihiro SENGOKU, Kenichiro MATSUMURA
  • Patent number: 10837118
    Abstract: Provided is a surface treated steel sheet for a fuel tank, the surface treated steel sheet including: a Zn plated layer or a Zn—Ni alloy plated layer which is formed on at least a surface of the steel sheet to be an inner surface of the fuel tank; and a chromate-free chemical conversion coating layer containing a water-and-oil repellent, the chromate-free chemical conversion coating layer being placed over the Zn plated layer or the Zn—Ni alloy plated layer on the surface to be the inner surface of the fuel tank. A water contact angle on a surface of the chromate-free chemical conversion coating layer is more than or equal to 70 degrees and an n-hexadecane contact angle on the surface of the chromate-free chemical conversion coating layer is more than or equal to 30 degrees and less than or equal to 70 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kiyokazu Ishizuka, Noriyuki Maekawa, Hiroaki Uramoto, Hidetoshi Shindo, Ikuo Kikuchi, Kenichiro Matsumura
  • Patent number: 10697067
    Abstract: A steel sheet for a fuel tank according to the present invention includes: a Zn—Ni alloy plated layer placed on one surface or each of both surfaces of a base metal; and a chromate-free chemical conversion coating film which is placed over the Zn—Ni alloy plated layer. The Zn—Ni alloy plated layer has a crack starting from an interface with the chromate-free chemical conversion coating film and reaching an interface with the steel sheet, the chromate-free chemical conversion coating film consists of an organosilicon compound consisting of a condensation polymer of a silane coupling agent, a phosphoric acid compound and/or a phosphonic acid compound, a vanadium compound, and a titanium compound and/or a zirconium compound, and a concentration of a total of amounts in terms of metal, per surface, of the phosphoric acid compound and/or the phosphonic acid compound+the vanadium compound+the titanium compound and/or the zirconium compound, is 5 mass % to 20 mass %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kiyokazu Ishizuka, Noriyuki Maekawa, Hiroaki Uramoto, Masahiro Fuda, Ikuro Yamaoka, Kenichiro Matsumura
  • Patent number: 10688755
    Abstract: A steel sheet for a fuel tank includes: a Zn—Ni alloy plated layer which is placed on one surface or each of both surfaces of a base metal and formed on at least one surface; and an inorganic chromate-free chemical conversion coating film which is placed over the Zn—Ni alloy plated layer. The Zn—Ni alloy plated layer has a crack starting from an interface between the Zn—Ni alloy plated layer and the inorganic chromate-free chemical conversion coating film and reaching an interface between the Zn—Ni alloy plated layer and the steel sheet, and a water contact angle on a surface of the inorganic chromate-free chemical conversion coating film is more than or equal to 50 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kiyokazu Ishizuka, Noriyuki Maekawa, Hiroaki Uramoto, Masahiro Fuda, Ikuro Yamaoka, Kenichiro Matsumura
  • Publication number: 20200190610
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a steel sheet includes: a step of performing continuous casting of molten steel having a Si content of 0.4 mass % to 3.0 mass % to obtain a slab; a step of performing hot rolling of the slab to obtain a hot-rolled steel sheet; a step of performing cold rolling of the hot-rolled steel sheet to obtain a cold-rolled steel sheet; a step of performing cold-rolled sheet annealing of the cold-rolled steel sheet; a step of performing pickling after the cold-rolled sheet annealing; a step of performing water washing after the pickling; and a step of performing drying after the water washing. A dew point is set to ?35° C. or lower in the cold-rolled sheet annealing, an electrical conductivity of a rinse water to be used in the water washing is set to 5.0 mS/m or less, a water-washing time is set to 15 seconds or less in the water washing, and the drying is started within 60 seconds from an end of the water washing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toyomitsu NAKAMURA, Kenichiro MATSUMURA
  • Patent number: 10563296
    Abstract: The invention provides a coated steel including a steel, a coated metal layer coated on a surface of the steel, and an interfacial alloy layer formed at the boundary between the steel and the coated metal layer, in which the coated metal layer has a predetermined composition and structure, and in which the thickness of the coated metal layer is 0.1 ?m or more, and the thickness of the interfacial alloy layer is 500 nm or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akinobu Kobayashi, Kohei Tokuda, Nobuyuki Shimoda, Yasuto Goto, Kenichiro Matsumura
  • Publication number: 20200032360
    Abstract: Provided is a hot stamped body which includes a base metal, and a plated layer formed on a surface of the base metal, wherein the plated layer includes an interface layer, an intermediate layer, and an oxide layer in order from a base metal side, the interface layer contains one or more kinds of Fe—Al alloy, a total area fraction of the Fe—Al alloy being 99% or more, the intermediate layer 22 contains one or more kinds of Fe—Al—Zn alloy, a total area fraction of the Fe—Al—Zn phase being 50% or more, an average composition of the intermediate layer contains, in mass %, Al: 30 to 50% and Zn: 15 to 30%, and an average film thickness of the oxide layer is 3.0 ?m or less, and Mg content in the oxide layer is 0.05 to 0.50 g/m2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiro SENGOKU, Hiroshi TAKEBAYASHI, Koji AKIOKA, Kenichiro MATSUMURA
  • Patent number: 10538852
    Abstract: A plated steel sheet including an alloy plating layer formed on a surface of the steel sheet consisting of, in mass %, Cr: 5 to 91%, Fe: 0.5 to 10%, and the balance: Ni and unavoidable impurities, the Ni concentration gradually decreases from an outermost surface of the alloy plating layer to a side of the steel sheet, Ni/Cr>1 in an area extending 300 nm or more from the outermost surface of the alloy plating layer, the Fe concentration in the alloy plating layer gradually decreases from the side of the steel sheet to the outermost surface, the Fe concentration in the outermost surface 0.5% or less, the total thickness of an alloy layer formed in the alloy plating layer and containing Cr and Fe is 500 to 2000 nm, and the total amount of the alloy plating layer deposited to the steel sheet is 4.5 to 55.5 g/m2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akinobu Kobayashi, Yasuto Goto, Takashi Futaba, Kenichiro Matsumura
  • Publication number: 20190368007
    Abstract: The present invention provides a coated steel product including: a steel product; a coating layer that is coated on the surface of the steel product and that includes from 8 to 50% by mass of Mg, from 2.5 to 70.0% by mass of Al, and from 0.30 to 5.00% by mass of Ca, with the balance consisting of Zn and impurities; and an intermediate layer interposed between the steel product and the coating layer, in which the intermediate layer has a sea-island structure constituted by a sea portion composed of an Al—Fe alloy phase, and island portions including a Zn—Mg—Al alloy phase having a Mg content of 8% by mass or more, and in which the sea portion composed of the Al—Fe alloy phase has an area fraction of from 55 to 90%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2017
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Applicant: Nippon Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Kohei TOKUDA, Hisashi BABA, Nobuyuki SHIMODA, Kenichiro MATSUMURA, Yasuto GOTO
  • Patent number: 10392686
    Abstract: A Mg-containing Zn alloy coated steel including a steel and a metallic coating layer placed on a surface of the steel, in which the metallic coating layer is a layered structure of plural flat-form metal particles having a particle diameter of from 5 to 100 ?m, and a thickness of from 0.5 to 30 ?m, the composition of the metal particles include Zn from 11 to 80 mass %, Al from 3 to 80 mass %, Mg from 8 to 45 mass %, and Ca from 1 to 5 mass %, and the Zn, Al, and Mg content satisfy Zn+Al>Mg, and in which the metal particles include a quasicrystalline phase, an MgZn2 phase, and optionally a balance structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Shimoda, Kohei Tokuda, Kenichiro Matsumura, Yasuto Goto
  • Patent number: 10351943
    Abstract: A Mg-containing Zn alloy coated steel including a steel and a metallic coating layer placed on a surface of the steel, in which the metallic coating layer is a layered structure of plural flat-form metal particles having a particle diameter of from 5 to 100 ?m, and a thickness of from 0.5 to 30 ?m, the composition of the metal particles include Zn from 11 to 80 mass %, Al from 3 to 80 mass %, Mg from 8 to 45 mass %, and Ca from 1 to 5 mass %, and the Zn, Al, and Mg content satisfy Zn+Al>Mg, and in which the metal particles include a quasicrystalline phase, an MgZn2 phase, and optionally a balance structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Shimoda, Kohei Tokuda, Kenichiro Matsumura, Yasuto Goto
  • Publication number: 20180265955
    Abstract: An Mg-containing Zn alloy coated steel including a steel and a metallic coating layer placed on a surface of the steel, in which the metallic coating layer is a layered structure of a flat-form metal particle having a particle diameter of from 5 to 100 ?m, and a thickness of from 0.5 to 30 ?m, the composition of the metal particles include, in terms of % by mass, Zn from 11 to 80%, Al from 3 to 80%, Mg from 8 to 45%, and Ca from 1 to 5%, while the balance is impurities, and the Zn content, the Al content, and the Mg content in terms of % by mass satisfy Zn+Al>Mg, and in which the metal particles include a quasicrystalline phase, an MgZn2 phase, and a balance structure, in which the total area fraction of the quasicrystalline phase and the MgZn2 phase is 45% or more, the area fraction of the balance structure is from 0 to 55%, the area fraction of the quasicrystalline phase is 20% or more, and the area fraction of the MgZn2 phase is 3% or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuyuki SHIMODA, Kohei TOKUDA, Kenichiro MATSUMURA, Yasuto GOTO
  • Publication number: 20180237900
    Abstract: The invention provides a coated steel including a steel, a coated metal layer coated on a surface of the steel, and an interfacial alloy layer formed at the boundary between the steel and the coated metal layer, in which the composition of the coated metal layer includes in terms of % by mass Zn from 20 to 83%, and Al from 2.5 to 46.5% as well as Mg and impurities as the balance, in which the Mg content is 10% or more, in which the structure of the coated metal layer includes a quasicrystalline phase, a MgZn2 phase, and a balance structure, in which the area fraction of the quasicrystalline phase is from 30 to 60%, and not less than 90 number-% of the quasicrystalline phases are a quasicrystalline phase having a particle diameter in the major axis direction of from 0.05 to 1.0 ?m, and in which the thickness of the coated metal layer is 0.1 ?m or more, and the thickness of the interfacial alloy layer is 500 nm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akinobu KOBAYASHI, Kohei TOKUDA, Nobuyuki SHIMODA, Yasuto GOTO, Kenichiro MATSUMURA
  • Publication number: 20180073157
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a plated steel sheet excellent in heat resistance and productivity and a method for producing the same. [Solution] According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a plated steel sheet including: a steel sheet; and an alloy plating layer formed on a surface of the steel sheet, in which the alloy plating layer consists of, in mass %, Cr: 5 to 91%, Fe: 0.5 to 10%, and the balance: Ni and unavoidable impurities, the Ni concentration in the alloy plating layer gradually decreases from an outermost surface of the alloy plating layer to a side of the steel sheet, the ratio of the Ni concentration to the Cr concentration is Ni/Cr>1 in an area extending 300 nm or more from the outermost surface of the alloy plating layer, the Fe concentration in the alloy plating layer gradually decreases from the side of the steel sheet to the outermost surface of the alloy plating layer, the Fe concentration in the outermost surface of the alloy plating layer is 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2016
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akinobu KOBAYASHI, Yasuto GOTO, Takashi FUTABA, Kenichiro MATSUMURA
  • Publication number: 20180002813
    Abstract: A steel sheet for a fuel tank according to the present invention includes: a Zn—Ni alloy plated layer placed on one surface or each of both surfaces of a base metal; and a chromate-free chemical conversion coating film which is placed over the Zn—Ni alloy plated layer. The Zn—Ni alloy plated layer has a crack starting from an interface with the chromate-free chemical conversion coating film and reaching an interface with the steel sheet, the chromate-free chemical conversion coating film consists of an organosilicon compound consisting of a condensation polymer of a silane coupling agent, a phosphoric acid compound and/or a phosphonic acid compound, a vanadium compound, and a titanium compound and/or a zirconium compound, and a concentration of a total of amounts in terms of metal, per surface, of the phosphoric acid compound and/or the phosphonic acid compound+the vanadium compound+the titanium compound and/or the zirconium compound, is 5 mass % to 20 mass %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2016
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kiyokazu ISHIZUKA, Noriyuki MAEKAWA, Hiroaki URAMOTO, Masahiro FUDA, Ikuro YAMAOKA, Kenichiro MATSUMURA