Patents by Inventor Kohei Furumai

Kohei Furumai 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).

  • Publication number: 20220388057
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a continuous casting mold in which cracking and spalling are less likely to occur in a filling laminate. The method includes filling a plurality of concave portions formed on an inner surface of a copper-made mold copper plate or a copper alloy-made mold copper plate used for continuously casting steel at least in a region including a meniscus position of molten steel in a casting process with a metal having a thermal conductivity different from that of the mold copper plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoya ODAGAKI, Kohei FURUMAI, Norichika ARAMAKI, Kohei ISHIDA, Daiki YANAGIDA
  • Patent number: 11331716
    Abstract: Continuous casting mold is provided having a mold copper plate having plural separate portions filled with foreign metal formed by filling concave grooves formed on the inner wall surface of the mold copper plate and having a diameter of 2 mm to 20 mm in the inner wall surface at least in the region from a meniscus to a position located 20 mm or more lower than the meniscus with the foreign metal whose thermal conductivity is 80% or less or 125% or more of the mold copper plate, the ratio of the Vickers hardness HVc of the mold copper plate to the Vickers hardness HVm of the filling metal satisfies expression (1), and the ratio of the thermal expansion coefficient ?c of the mold copper plate and the thermal expansion coefficient ?m of the filling metal satisfies expression (2). 0.3?HVc/HVm?2.3??(1), 0.7??c/?m?3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kohei Furumai, Naomichi Iwata, Norichika Aramaki, Yuji Miki
  • Patent number: 11020794
    Abstract: A continuous casting mold including a water-cooled copper mold having a mold copper plate including an inner wall surface, recessed portions disposed partially or entirely in a region of the inner wall surface of the water-cooled copper mold from at least a position located at a meniscus to a position located 20 mm lower than the meniscus, and material-filled layers disposed in the recessed portions with a metal or nonmetal having a thermal conductivity different from that of the mold copper plate of the water-cooled copper mold. A shape of each of the recessed portions at a surface of the mold copper plate includes a curved surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kohei Furumai, Norichika Aramaki, Yuji Miki
  • Publication number: 20200055113
    Abstract: A continuous casting mold including a water-cooled copper mold having a mold copper plate including an inner wall surface, recessed portions disposed partially or entirely in a region of the inner wall surface of the water-cooled copper mold from at least a position located at a meniscus to a position located 20 mm lower than the meniscus, and material-filled layers disposed in the recessed portions with a metal or nonmetal having a thermal conductivity different from that of the mold copper plate of the water-cooled copper mold. A shape of each of the recessed portions at a surface of the mold copper plate includes a curved surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2017
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kohei FURUMAI, Norichika ARAMAKI, Yuji MIKI
  • Patent number: 10072320
    Abstract: A method of producing a steel material includes a step of adding Ca to molten steel with an amount of Ca adjusted within a range satisfying the formula (1) below: 0.5 ? { Ca · y ? / ? 100 - ( [ S · W ? / ? 100 ) · 40.08 ? / ? 32.07 } ? 56.08 40.08 ( [ Al 2 ? O 3 ] · W ? / ? 100 ) ? 1.5 ( 1 ) where Ca is the amount [kg] of Ca added, y is an yield [%] of Ca, [S] is a concentration [% by mass] of S in the steel before addition of Ca, [Al2O3] is an amount [% by mass] of Al2O3 in the steel before addition of Ca, and W is a weight [kg] of the molten steel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Kohei Furumai, Norichika Aramaki, Yuji Miki, Takeshi Murai, Toru Inoue, Yukio Usui, Tomoharu Ishida
  • Publication number: 20170361372
    Abstract: Continuous casting mold is provided having a mold copper plate having plural separate portions filled with foreign metal formed by filling concave grooves formed on the inner wall surface of the mold copper plate and having a diameter of 2 mm to 20 mm in the inner wall surface at least in the region from a meniscus to a position located 20 mm or more lower than the meniscus with the foreign metal whose thermal conductivity is 80% or less or 125% or more of the mold copper plate, the ratio of the Vickers hardness HVc of the mold copper plate to the Vickers hardness HVm of the filling metal satisfies expression (1), and the ratio of the thermal expansion coefficient ?c of the mold copper plate and the thermal expansion coefficient ?m of the filling metal satisfies expression (2). 0.3 HVc/HVm?2.3 ??(1), 0.7??c/?m?3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kohei Furumai, Naomichi Iwata, Norichika Aramaki, Yuji Miki
  • Publication number: 20160145718
    Abstract: A method of producing a steel material includes a step of adding Ca to molten steel with an amount of Ca adjusted within a range satisfying the formula (1) below: 0.5 ? { Ca · y ? / ? 100 - ( [ S · W ? / ? 100 ) · 40.08 ? / ? 32.07 } ? 56.08 40.08 ( [ Al 2 ? O 3 ] · W ? / ? 100 ) ? 1.5 ( 1 ) where Ca is the amount [kg] of Ca added, y is an yield [%] of Ca, [S] is a concentration [% by mass] of S in the steel before addition of Ca, [Al2O3] is an amount [% by mass] of Al2O3 in the steel before addition of Ca, and W is a weight [kg] of the molten steel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2014
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kohei Furumai, Norichika Aramaki, Yuji Miki, Takeshi Murai, Toru Inoue, Yukio Usui, Tomoharu Ishida