Patents by Inventor Kenichiroh Matsumura

Kenichiroh 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: 10336037
    Abstract: A galvanized steel sheet according to the present invention includes a steel sheet and a galvanizing layer which is formed on a surface of the steel sheet. The steel sheet includes as a chemical component, by mass %, C: more than 0.100% to 0.500%, Si: 0.0001% to less than 0.20%, Mn: more than 0.20% to 3.00%, Al: 3.0% to 10.0%, N: 0.0030% to 0.0100%, Ti: more than 0.100% to 1.000%, P: 0.00001% to 0.0200%, S: 0.00001% to 0.0100% and a remainder including Fe and impurities. The galvanizing layer includes as a chemical composition, by mass %, Fe: 0.01% to 15% and a remainder including Zn and impurities. The galvanized steel sheet has a specific gravity of 5.5 to less than 7.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaharu Oka, Nobuhiro Fujita, Manabu Takahashi, Riki Okamoto, Kenichiroh Matsumura
  • Publication number: 20160075109
    Abstract: A galvanized steel sheet according to the present invention includes a steel sheet and a galvanizing layer which is formed on a surface of the steel sheet. The steel sheet includes as a chemical component, by mass %, C: more than 0.100% to 0.500%, Si: 0.0001% to less than 0.20%, Mn: more than 0.20% to 3.00%, Al: 3.0% to 10.0%, N: 0.0030% to 0.0100%, Ti: more than 0.100% to 1.000%, P: 0.00001% to 0.0200%, S: 0.00001% to 0.0100% and a remainder including Fe and impurities. The galvanizing layer includes as a chemical composition, by mass %, Fe: 0.01% to 15% and a remainder including Zn and impurities. The galvanized steel sheet has a specific gravity of 5.5 to less than 7.5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2014
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaharu OKA, Nobuhiro FUJITA, Manabu TAKAHASHI, Riki OKAMOTO, Kenichiroh MATSUMURA
  • Patent number: 9132610
    Abstract: A Ni-containing-surface-treated steel sheet for a can, which is formed by stamping, includes a steel sheet having a first surface which becomes an outer surface of the can after the stamping; a Ni containing layer arranged on the first surface of the steel sheet; and a Ni—W alloy plating layer arranged on the Ni containing layer. The Ni containing layer includes a Fe—Ni diffusion alloy layer; a Ni content included in the Ni containing layer is from 5 g/m2 to 89 g/m2; a thickness of the Ni—W alloy plating layer is from 0.02 ?m to 2 ?m; and a W concentration in the Ni—W alloy plating layer is from 10% to 65% by mass %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takehiro Takahashi, Ikuo Kikuchi, Kenichiroh Matsumura
  • Patent number: 8852753
    Abstract: The present invention provides a galvanized steel sheet including: a steel sheet; and a galvanizing layer provided on a surface of the steel sheet; wherein the galvanizing layer includes an amorphous coating layer having an inorganic oxoacid salt and metallic oxide on a surface layer of the galvanizing layer; the galvanizing layer includes a ? phase and a ?1 phase; the galvanizing layer includes, by mass, 8 to 13% of Fe; Zn in the metallic oxide exists up to an outermost surface layer of the amorphous layer; and an X-ray diffraction intensity ratio I, which is obtained by dividing an X-ray diffraction intensity of the ? phase at d=0.126, after removing background intensity, by an X-ray diffraction intensity of the ?1 phase at d=0.126, after removing background intensity, is 0.06 to 0.35.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichiroh Matsumura, Makoto Nakazawa, Masahiro Yui, Takehiro Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20140017515
    Abstract: A Ni-containing-surface-treated steel sheet for a can, which is formed by stamping, includes a steel sheet having a first surface which becomes an outer surface of the can after the stamping; a Ni containing layer arranged on the first surface of the steel sheet; and a Ni—W alloy plating layer arranged on the Ni containing layer. The Ni containing layer includes a Fe—Ni diffusion alloy layer; a Ni content included in the Ni containing layer is from 5 g/m2 to 89 g/m2; a thickness of the Ni—W alloy plating layer is from 0.02 ?m to 2 ?m; and a W concentration in the Ni—W alloy plating layer is from 10% to 65% by mass %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2012
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takehiro Takahashi, Ikuo Kikuchi, Kenichiroh Matsumura
  • Publication number: 20120288734
    Abstract: The present invention provides a galvanized steel sheet including: a steel sheet; and a galvanizing layer provided on a surface of the steel sheet; wherein the galvanizing layer includes an amorphous coating layer having an inorganic oxoacid salt and metallic oxide on a surface layer of the galvanizing layer; the galvanizing layer includes a ? phase and a ?1 phase; the galvanizing layer includes, by mass, 8 to 13% of Fe; Zn in the metallic oxide exists up to an outermost surface layer of the amorphous layer; and an X-ray diffraction intensity ratio I, which is obtained by dividing an X-ray diffraction intensity of the ? phase at d=0.126, after removing background intensity, by an X-ray diffraction intensity of the ?1 phase at d=0.126, after removing background intensity, is 0.06 to 0.35.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2010
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichiroh Matsumura, Makoto Nakazawa, Masahiro Yui, Takehiro Takahashi
  • Patent number: 6866944
    Abstract: An automobile fuel container material and container has good workability, corrosion resistance of internal and external surfaces and weldability. Excellent environmental adaptability arises from the material being free from the elution of harmful components such as lead and chromium(VI). The automobile fuel container material includes a steel sheet, 5 to 80 g/m2 zinc plating as a first layer on at least one side of the surface of the steel sheet, 10 g/m2 nickel plating as a second layer, and not more than 5 g/m2 of a post-treatment layer. The post-treatment layer forms by coating partially reduced chromic acid and a reducing organic compound or can be an electrolytic chromate film as a lower layer and a resin as an upper layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Assignees: Nippon Steel Corporation, Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Makoto Nakazawa, Kenichiroh Matsumura, Ryoh Maruta, Yoshinobu Matsumura, Shigeru Usuda, Mitsuhiko Hirano
  • Publication number: 20040089666
    Abstract: Disclosed are an automobile fuel container material and an automobile fuel container which have good workability, corrosion resistance of internal and external surfaces, and weldability, have excellent environmental adaptability, that is, are free from the elution of harmful components such as lead and chromium(VI), can be mass produced at low cost. The automobile fuel container material comprises: a steel sheet; a zinc plating as a first layer provided at a coverage of 5 to 80 g/m2 on at least one side of the surface of the steel sheet; a nickel plating as a second layer provided at a coverage of not more than 10 g/m2 on the zinc plating as the first layer; and a post-treatment layer as a third layer provided at a coverage of not more than 5 g/m2 on the nickel plating as the second layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2002
    Publication date: May 13, 2004
    Inventors: Makoto Nakazawa, Kenichiroh Matsumura, Ryoh Maruta, Yoshinobu Matsumura, Shigeru Usuda, Mitsuhiko Hirano