Patents by Inventor Kiyoko Takeda

Kiyoko Takeda 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: 11739407
    Abstract: The production method of a Ni-based alloy according to the present embodiment includes: a casting step of casting a liquid alloy which is a raw material of the Ni-based alloy to produce a Ni-based alloy starting material; and a segregation reducing step of performing, on the Ni-based alloy starting material produced by the casting step, heat treatment, or the heat treatment and complex treatment including hot working and heat treatment after the hot working, to satisfy Formula (1): where, each symbol in Formula (1) is as follows: V R - 0.294 ? 1.27 × 10 3 ? ? n = 1 N ( 1 - Rd n - 1 100 ) - 1 · exp ? ( - 2.89 × 10 4 T n + 273 ) · t n ( 1 ) VR: Solidification cooling rate (° C./min) of the liquid alloy, Tn: Holding temperature (° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takamitsu Takagi, Masaaki Terunuma, Kiyoko Takeda
  • Publication number: 20220380872
    Abstract: Provided is an alloy having a high strength and a low thermal expansion coefficient. The alloy according to the present disclosure includes a chemical composition containing, in mass %: C: 0.10% or less, Si: 0.50% or less, Mn: 0.15 to 0.60%, P: 0.015% or less, 5: 0.0030% or less, Ni: 30.0 to 40.0%, Cr: 0.50% or less, Mo: 0.50% or less, Co: 0.250% or less, Al: 0.0150% or less, Ca: 0.0050% or less, Mg: 0.0300% or less, N: 0.0100% or less, O: 0.0300% or less, Pb: 0.0040% or less, and Zn: 0.020% or less, one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Nb: 0 to less than 0.145%, Ti: 0 to less than 0.145%, and. V: 0 to less than 0.145%: 0.015 to less than 0.145% in total, with the balance being Fe and impurities, and satisfying Formula (1). (Nb+3×Ti+V)/(C+N)?6.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2020
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Kiyoko TAKEDA, Shunichi OTSUKA
  • Patent number: 11215356
    Abstract: An Ni-based alloy pipe for nuclear power has a chemical composition consisting of, in mass percent: C: 0.015 to 0.030%, Si: 0.10 to 0.50%, Mn: 0.10 to 0.50%, P: 0.040% or less, S: 0.015% or less, Cu: 0.01 to 0.20%, Ni: 50.0 to 65.0%, Cr: 19.0 to 35.0%, Mo: 0 to 0.40%, Co: 0.040% or less, Al: 0.30% or less, N: 0.010 to 0.080%, Ti: 0.020 to 0.180%, Zr: 0.010% or less, and Nb: 0.060% or less, the balance: Fe and impurities, and satisfying [(N?Ti×14/48)×d3?4000] in relation to an average grain diameter, wherein a standard deviation of grain diameters is 20 ?m or less, and a hardness of insides of grains is 180 HV or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kiyoko Takeda, Hirokazu Okada, Osamu Miyahara
  • Publication number: 20200392612
    Abstract: The production method of a Ni-based alloy according to the present embodiment includes: a casting step of casting a liquid alloy which is a raw material of the Ni-based alloy to produce a Ni-based alloy starting material; and a segregation reducing step of performing, on the Ni-based alloy starting material produced by the casting step, heat treatment, or the heat treatment and complex treatment including hot working and heat treatment after the hot working, to satisfy Formula (1): where, each symbol in Formula (1) is as follows: V R - 0.294 ? 1.27 × 10 3 ? ? ? n = 1 N ? ? ( 1 - Rd n - 1 100 ) - 1 · exp ? ( - 2.89 × 10 4 T n + 273 ) · t n ( 1 ) VR: Solidification cooling rate (° C./min) of the liquid alloy, Tn: Holding temperature (° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Inventors: Takamitsu TAKAGI, Masaaki TERUNUMA, Kiyoko TAKEDA
  • Patent number: 10767245
    Abstract: Provided is a nickel material having excellent corrosion resistance and high strength, and a method for manufacturing the nickel material. A nickel material has a chemical composition consisting of, in mass %, C: 0.001 to 0.20%, Si: 0.15% or less, Mn: 0.50% or less, P: 0.030% or less, S: 0.010% or less, Cu: 0.10% or less, Mg: 0.15% or less, Ti: 0.005 to 1.0%, Nb: 0.040 to 1.0%, Fe: 0.40% or less, sol. Al: 0.01 to 0.10%, an N: 0.0010 to 0.080%, with the balance being Ni and impurities, and satisfying Formula (1) and Formula (2). 0.030?( 45/48)Ti+( 5/93)Nb?( 1/14)N<0.25??(1) 0.030<( 3/48)Ti+( 88/93)Nb?( 1/12)C??(2) A content (mass %) of a corresponding element is substituted for each element symbol in Formula (1) and Formula (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Nippon Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Kiyoko Takeda, Masaaki Terunuma
  • Publication number: 20200158329
    Abstract: An Ni-based alloy pipe for nuclear power has a chemical composition consisting of, in mass percent: C: 0.015 to 0.030%, Si: 0.10 to 0.50%, Mn: 0.10 to 0.50%, P: 0.040% or less, S: 0.015% or less, Cu: 0.01 to 0.20%, Ni: 50.0 to 65.0%, Cr: 19.0 to 35.0%, Mo: 0 to 0.40%, Co: 0.040% or less, Al: 0.30% or less, N: 0.010 to 0.080%, Ti: 0.020 to 0.180%, Zr: 0.010% or less, and Nb: 0.060% or less, the balance: Fe and impurities, and satisfying [(N?Ti×14/48)×d3?4000] in relation to an average grain diameter, wherein a standard deviation of grain diameters is 20 ?m or less, and a hardness of insides of grains is 180 HV or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kiyoko TAKEDA, Hirokazu OKADA, Osamu MIYAHARA
  • Publication number: 20200087759
    Abstract: An austenitic alloy material is provided that includes a base metal having a surface, and a film containing chromium oxide having a thickness of 0.1 to 50 ?m on at least one portion of the surface. A chemical composition at a depth position in the film at which the Cr concentration is highest contains, by atom %, 50% or more of Cr as a proportion occupied among components excluding O, C and N. The chemical composition of the base metal consists of, by mass %, C: 0.001 to 0.6%, Si: 0.01 to 5.0%, Mn: 0.1 to 10.0%, P: 0.08% or less, S: 0.05% or less, Cr: 15.0 to 55.0%, Ni: 30.0 to 80.0%, N: 0.001 to 0.25%, O: 0.02% or less, Mo: 0 to 20.0%, Cu: 0 to 5.0%, Co: 0 to 5.0%, W: 0 to 10.0%, Ta: 0 to 6.0%, Nb: 0 to 5.0%, Ti: 0 to 1.0%, B: 0 to 0.1%, Zr: 0 to 0.1%, Hf: 0 to 0.1%, Al: 0 to 1.0%, Mg: 0 to 0.1%, and Ca: 0 to 0.1%, the balance being Fe and impurities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Applicant: Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Masaki, Kiyoko Takeda, Takahiro Osuki
  • Publication number: 20200040431
    Abstract: Provided is a nickel material having excellent corrosion resistance and high strength, and a method for manufacturing the nickel material. A nickel material has a chemical composition consisting of, in mass %, C: 0.001 to 0.20%, Si: 0.15% or less, Mn: 0.50% or less, P: 0.030% or less, S: 0.010% or less, Cu: 0.10% or less, Mg: 0.15% or less, Ti: 0.005 to 1.0%, Nb: 0.040 to 1.0%, Fe: 0.40% or less, sol. Al: 0.01 to 0.10%, an N: 0.0010 to 0.080%, with the balance being Ni and impurities, and satisfying Formula (1) and Formula (2). 0.030?( 45/48)Ti+( 5/93)Nb?( 1/14)N<0.25??(1) 0.030<( 3/48)Ti+( 88/93)Nb?( 1/12)C??(2) A content (mass %) of a corresponding element is substituted for each element symbol in Formula (1) and Formula (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2017
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventors: Kiyoko Takeda, Masaaki Terunuma
  • Patent number: 10550451
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an Ni-based alloy pipe or tube for nuclear power with reduced rate of SCC crack propagation. The Ni-based alloy pipe or tube for nuclear power according to the present invention is an Ni-based alloy pipe or tube having a wall thickness of 15 to 55 mm, having a chemical composition of, in mass %: 0.010 to 0.025% C; 0.10 to 0.50% Si; 0.01 to 0.50% Mn; up to 0.030% P; up to 0.002% S; 52.5 to 65.0% Ni; 20.0 to 35.0% Cr; 0.03 to 0.30% Mo; up to 0.018% Co; up to 0.015% Sn; 0.005 to 0.050% N; 0 to 0.300% Ti; 0 to 0.200% Nb; 0 to 0.300% Ta; 0% or more and less than 0.03% Zr; and the balance being Fe and impurities, wherein the Ni-based alloy pipe or tube has a microstructure being an austenite single phase, and the chemical composition satisfies the following equation, Eq. (1): ?0.0020?[N]/14?{[Ti]/47.9+[Nb]/92.9+[Ta]/180.9+[Zr]/91.2}?0.0015??Eq. (1). For the element symbols in Eq. (1), the contents of the corresponding elements in mass % are substituted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Nippon Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Kiyoko Takeda, Shoji Kinomura
  • Publication number: 20190100826
    Abstract: An objective of the present invention is to provide a Ni—Fe—Cr alloy having an excellent intergranular corrosion resistance. A Ni—Fe—Cr alloy of the present embodiment has a chemical composition consisting of, in mass percent, C: 0.005 to 0.015%, Si: 0.05 to 0.50%, Mn: 0.05 to 1.5%, P: 0.030% or less, S: 0.020% or less, Cu: 1.0 to 5.0%, Ni: 30.0 to 45.0%, Cr: 18.0 to 30.0%, Mo: 2.0 to 4.5%, Ti: 0.5 to 2.0%, N: 0.001 to 0.015%, and Al: 0 to 0.50%, with the balance being Fe and impurities. An average grain size d (?m) satisfies Formula (1): d<4.386/(Crel+0.15)??(1) where, Crel in Formula (1) is defined by Formula (2): Crel=C?0.125Ti+0.8571N??(2) where, symbols of elements in Formula (1) and Formula (2) are to be substituted by contents of corresponding elements (mass %).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Inventors: Kiyoko Takeda, Takamitsu Takagi, Hirokazu Okada, Masaaki Terunuma
  • Patent number: 10201880
    Abstract: There is provided a welding material used for welding of SUS310 stainless steel base metal that contains at least one of Nb and V and is excellent in intergranular corrosion resistance, the chemical composition of the welding material consisting, by mass percent, of C: 0.02% or less, Si: 2% or less, Mn: 2% or less, Cr: 26 to 50%, N: 0.15% or less, P: 0.02% or less, S: 0.002% or less, and Ni: a content percentage satisfying [5?Ni?Cr?14], and the balance of Fe and impurities. Also, there is provided a welding joint of an austenitic stainless steel, which consists of the base metal and a weld metal formed by using the welding material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiro Osuki, Kiyoko Takeda, Tetsuo Yokoyama, Hiroyuki Anada, Masatoshi Toyoda
  • Publication number: 20180163285
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an Ni-based alloy pipe or tube for nuclear power with reduced rate of SCC crack propagation. The Ni-based alloy pipe or tube for nuclear power according to the present invention is an Ni-based alloy pipe or tube having a wall thickness of 15 to 55 mm, having a chemical composition of, in mass %: 0.010 to 0.025% C; 0.10 to 0.50% Si; 0.01 to 0.50% Mn; up to 0.030% P; up to 0.002% 5;52.5 to 65.0% Ni; 20.0 to 35.0% Cr; 0.03 to 0.30% Mo; up to 0.018% Co; up to 0.015% Sn; 0.005 to 0.050% N; 0 to 0.300% Ti; 0 to 0.200% Nb; 0 to 0.300% Ta; 0% or more and less than 0.03% Zr; and the balance being Fe and impurities, wherein the Ni-based alloy pipe or tube has a microstructure being an austenite single phase, and the chemical composition satisfies the following equation, Eq. (1): ?0.0020?[N]/14?{[Ti]/47.9+[Nb]/92.9+[Ta]/180.9+[Zr]/91.2}?0.0015 ??Eq. (1). For the element symbols in Eq. (1), the contents of the corresponding elements in mass % are substituted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2016
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Inventors: Kiyoko Takeda, Shoji Kinomura
  • Patent number: 8986470
    Abstract: A nickel material, which comprises by mass percent, C: 0.003 to 0.20% and one or more elements selected from Ti, Nb, V and Ta: a total content less than 1.0%, the contents of these elements satisfying the relationship specified by the formula of “(12/48) Ti+(12/93) Nb+(12/51) V+(12/181) Ta—C?0”, with the balance being Ni and impurities, does not deteriorate in the mechanical properties and corrosion resistance even when it is used at a high temperature for a long time and/or it is affected by the heat affect on the occasion of welding. Therefore, it can be suitably used as a member for use in various chemical plants including facilities for producing caustic soda, vinyl chloride and so on. Each element symbol in the above formula represents the content by mass percent of the element concerned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Anada, Junichi Higuchi, Kiyoko Takeda
  • Publication number: 20140286698
    Abstract: There is provided a welding material used for welding of SUS310 stainless steel base metal that contains at least one of Nb and V and is excellent in intergranular corrosion resistance, the chemical composition of the welding material consisting, by mass percent, of C: 0.02% or less, Si: 2% or less, Mn: 2% or less, Cr: 26 to 50%, N: 0.15% or less, P: 0.02% or less, S: 0.002% or less, and Ni: a content percentage satisfying [5?Ni?Cr?14], and the balance of Fe and impurities. Also, there is provided a welding joint of an austenitic stainless steel, which consists of the base metal and a weld metal formed by using the welding material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2012
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiro Osuki, Kiyoko Takeda, Tetsuo Yokoyama, Hiroyuki Anada, Masatoshi Toyoda
  • Publication number: 20120003116
    Abstract: An austenitic stainless steel, which consists of by mass %, C?0.02%, Si: 0.01 to 0.50%, Mn: 0.01 to 2.0%, Cr: 24 to 26%, Ni: 19 to 22%, Mo: more than 0.10% to less than 0.50%, N: more than 0.04% to not more than 0.15%, and one or two elements selected from Nb?0.30% and V?0.40%, with the balance being Fe and impurities, and among the impurities P?0.030%, S?0.002% and Sn?0.015%, and satisfies [2.5?36Nb+53V+15N?25.0] and [S+{(P+Sn)/2??5.76×10?4×(36Nb+53V+15N)+0.0267] has excellent corrosion resistance, in particular, excellent intergranular corrosion resistance, and further has excellent crack insusceptibility in a weld heat affected zone. This austenitic stainless steel is a particularly excellent material as structural members for a nuclear power plant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2011
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Applicant: SUMITOMO METAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro OSUKI, Kiyoko Takeda, Tetsuo Yokoyama
  • Publication number: 20090269238
    Abstract: A nickel material, which comprises by mass percent, C: 0.003 to 0.20% and one or more elements selected from Ti, Nb, V and Ta: a total content less than 1.0%, the contents of these elements satisfying the relationship specified by the formula of “( 12/48)Ti+( 12/93)Nb+( 12/51)V+( 12/181)Ta—C?0”, with the balance being Ni and impurities, does not deteriorate in the mechanical properties and corrosion resistance even when it is used at a high temperature for a long time and/or it is affected by the heat affect on the occasion of welding. Therefore, it can be suitably used as a member for use in various chemical plants including facilities for producing caustic soda, vinyl chloride and so on. Each element symbol in the above formula represents the content by mass percent of the element concerned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2009
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Inventors: Hiroyuki ANADA, Junichi HIGUCHI, Kiyoko TAKEDA
  • Publication number: 20090081069
    Abstract: An austenitic stainless steel, which comprises by mass percent, C: not more than 0.10%, Si: 0.01 to 1.0%, Mn: 0.01 to 2%, Cr: 16 to 18%, Ni: more than 10% to less than 14%, Mo: more than 2.0% to not more than 3.0%, N: 0.03 to 0.10%, one or more elements selected from V, Nb and Ti satisfying the following formulas (1) and (2), 0.0013?(V/51)+(Nb/93)+(Ti/48)?0.0025??(1), {(C/12)+(N/14)}?{(V/51)+(Nb/93)+(Ti/48)}?0.0058??(2), wherein each element symbol in the formulas (1) and (2) represents the content (by mass %) of the element concerned, with the balance being Fe and impurities, wherein the content of P is not more than 0.04% and the content of S is not more than 0.003% among the impurities, has excellent corrosion resistance, in particular, excellent intergranular corrosion resistance. The preferable contents of Nb and Ti are not more than 0.030% and not more than 0.050%, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2008
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Inventors: Kiyoko Takeda, Masayuki Sagara, Masaaki Terunuma
  • Patent number: 7101446
    Abstract: An austenitic stainless steel with minimized deformation by heating and cooling treatment after cold working, which consists of, % by mass, C: 0.03% or less, Si: 2 to 4%, Mn: 0.1 to 2%, P: 0.03% or less, S: 0.03% or less, Ni: 9 to 15%, Cr: 15 to 20%, N: 0.02 to 0.2%, Nb: 0.03% or less, each of Mo and Cu or a total of Mo and Cu: 0.2 to 4%, and the balance Fe and impurities, and satisfies the following formulas (1) and (2). This steel can also have good weldability when the following formula (3) is also satisfied in addition to the formulas (1) and (2); 16.9+6.9Ni+12.5Cu?1.3Cr+3.2Mn+9.3Mo?205C?38.5N?6.5Si?120Nb?40??(1) 450?440(C+N)?12.2Si?9.5Mn?13.5Cr?20(Cu+Ni)?18.5Mo??90??(2) 8.2+30(C+N)+0.5Mn+Ni?1.1(1.5Si+Cr+Mo)+2.5Nb??0.8??(3) wherein each element symbol in the formulas (1), (2) and (3) represents the content, % by mass, of each element included in the steel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2006
    Assignee: Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiyoko Takeda, Haruhiko Kajimura, Mitsuo Miyahara
  • Publication number: 20050232805
    Abstract: An austenitic stainless steel with minimized deformation by heating and cooling treatment after cold working, which consists of, % by mass, C: 0.03% or less, Si: 2 to 4%, Mn: 0.1 to 2%, P: 0.03% or less, S: 0.03% or less, Ni: 9 to 15%, Cr: 15 to 20%, N: 0.02 to 0.2%, Nb: 0.03% or less, each of Mo and Cu or a total of Mo and Cu: 0.2 to 4%, and the balance Fe and impurities, and satisfies the following formulas (1) and (2). This steel can also have good weldability when the following formula (3) is also satisfied in addition to the formulas (1) and (2); 16.9+6.9Ni+12.5Cu?1.3Cr+3.2Mn+9.3Mo?205C?38.5N?6.5Si?120Nb?40??(1) 450?440(C+N)?12.2Si?9.5Mn?13.5Cr?20(Cu+Ni)?18.5Mo??90??(2) 8.2+30(C+N)+0.5Mn+Ni?1.1(1.5Si+Cr+Mo)+2.5Nb??0.8??(3) wherein each element symbol in the formulas (1), (2) and (3) represents the content, % by mass, of each element included in the steel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2005
    Publication date: October 20, 2005
    Inventors: Kiyoko Takeda, Haruhiko Kajimura, Mitsuo Miyahara
  • Patent number: 5944917
    Abstract: A stainless steel having excellent corrosion resistance to ozone added water, such as ozone added ultrapure water used in semiconductor manufacturing processes and the like, as well as a manufacturing method. The stainless steel comprises a base metal and an oxide film formed on the surface of the base metal, the base metal being a stainless steel which contains 12 to 30% of Cr, 0 to 35% of Ni, and 1 to 6% of Al and Si while the contents of the other alloying elements are limited to as low a level as possible, the oxide film mainly comprising Al oxide or a Si oxide or both. The oxide film may be formed on the base metal surface through the dry oxidation process or the wet oxidation process. In the stainless steel, metallic ions are rarely dissolved from the base metal into the ozone added water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 31, 1999
    Assignee: Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiyoko Takeda, Shigeki Azuma, Yoshio Tarutani, Yoshitaka Nishiyama, Yasushi Matsuda