Patents by Inventor Kohei Tokuda
Kohei Tokuda 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).
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Publication number: 20220275481Abstract: A hot stamped steel includes a base material that is formed of steel, a plated layer that is formed on a surface of the base material, and a phosphate coating that is formed on a surface of the plated layer; chemical composition of the plated layer contains 20.00 to 45.00 mass % of Al, 10.00 to 45.00 mass % of Fe, 4.50 to 15.00 mass % of Mg, 0.10 to 3.00 mass % of Si, 0.05 to 3.00 mass % of Ca, 0 to 0.50 mass % of Sb, 0 to 0.50 mass % of Pb, 0 to 1.00 mass % of Cu, 0 to 1.00 mass % of Sn, 0 to 1.00 mass % of Ti, 0 to 0.50 mass % of Sr, 0 to 1.00 mass % of Cr, 0 to 1.00 mass % of Ni, and 0 to 1.00 mass % of Mn with a remainder of Zn and impurities; the phosphate coating consists of zinc phosphate crystals containing 5.0 to 50.0 mass % of Mg and 0.5 to 5.0 mass % of Ca; and the adhesion amount of the phosphate coating per one surface is in a range of 0.1 to 10.0 g/m2.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2020Publication date: September 1, 2022Inventors: Takuya MITSUNOBU, Kohei TOKUDA, Takehiro TAKAHASHI, Hiroshi TAKEBAYASHI
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Patent number: 11338550Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 20, 2018Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Kohei Tokuda, Takuya Mitsunobu, Akihiro Sengoku, Kenichiro Matsumura
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Publication number: 20220152983Abstract: A plated steel includes: a steel; and a plating layer that is provided on a surface of the steel, in which the plating layer includes, by mass %, Al: 5.00% to 35.00%, Mg: 2.50% to 13.00%. Fe: 5.00% to 40.00%, Si: 0% to 2.00%, Ca: 0% to 2.00%, and a remainder of Zn and impurities, and in a cross section of the plating layer, the area fraction of a Zn solid-solution Fe2Al5 phase in which 5% or more of Zn is solid-soluted is 10% to 60% and the area fraction of a MgZn2 phase is 10% to 90%.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2020Publication date: May 19, 2022Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Takuya MITSUNOBU, Jun MAKI, Hiroshi TAKEBAYASHI, Takehiro TAKAHASHI, Kohei TOKUDA
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Publication number: 20220145473Abstract: A surface-treated metal material includes a metal sheet, a plating layer formed on the metal sheet and containing aluminum, magnesium, and zinc, and a composite coating formed on a surface of the plating layer, the composite coating including an organic silicon compound, one or two of a zirconium compound and a titanium compound, a phosphoric acid compound, a fluorine compound, and a vanadium compound, wherein, when a surface of the composite coating is analyzed at a spot size of ?30 ?m using micro-fluorescent X-rays, a maximum value of V/Zn, which is a mass ratio of a V content to a Zn content, is 0.010 to 0.100.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2020Publication date: May 12, 2022Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Hiromasa SHOJI, Kiyokazu ISHIZUKA, Kohei TOKUDA, Mamoru SAITO, Yasuto GOTO, Ikumi TOKUDA
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Publication number: 20220145425Abstract: A plated steel sheet includes: a steel sheet; and a plating layer that is formed on at least a part of a surface of the steel sheet, in which a chemical composition of the plating layer includes, by mass %, Al: more than 5.00% and 35.00% or less, Mg: 3.00% to 15.00%, Si: 0% to 2.00%, Ca: 0% to 2.00%, and a remainder of Zn and impurities, in which in a cross section of the plating layer in a thickness direction, the area ratio of a lamellar structure in which an (Al—Zn) phase and a MgZn2 phase are arranged in layers is 10% to 90%, a lamellar spacing of the lamellar structure is 2.5 ?m or less, and the area ratio of an (Al—Zn) dendrite is 35% or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2020Publication date: May 12, 2022Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Takuya MITSUNOBU, Jun MAKI, Hiroshi TAKEBAYASHI, Takehiro TAKAHASHI, Kohei TOKUDA
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Publication number: 20220119921Abstract: A plated steel sheet having excellent chemical convertibility includes: a steel; and a plating layer that is provided on a surface of the steel, in which the plating layer includes, by mass %, Al: 5.00% to 35.00%, Mg: 2.50% to 13.00%, Fe: 5.00% to 35.00%, Si: 0% to 2.00%, Ca: 0.03% to 2.00%, and a remainder consisting of Zn and impurities, and in a surface of the plating layer, the area fraction of a Fe—Al phase is 0% to 30%, the area fraction of a rod-like lamellar structure of Zn and MgZn2 is 5% to 90%, the area fraction of a massive MgZn2 phase is 10% to 70%, and the area fraction of a remainder is 10% or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2020Publication date: April 21, 2022Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Takuya MITSUNOBU, Jun MAKI, Hiroshi TAKEBAYASHI, Takehiro TAKAHASHI, Kohei TOKUDA
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Publication number: 20220112589Abstract: A plated steel sheet having excellent post-coating corrosion resistance includes: a steel; and a plating layer that is provided on a surface of the steel, in which the plating layer includes, by mass %, Al: 5.00% to 35.00%, Mg: 2.50% to 13.00%, Fe: 5.00% to 35.00%, Si: 0% to 2.00%, Ca: 0% to 2.00%, and a remainder consisting of Zn and impurities, and in a cross section of the plating layer, the area fraction of a Fe2Al5 phase is 5.0% to 60.0%, the area fraction of an eutectic structure of Zn and MgZn2 is 10.0% to 80.0%, the area fraction of a massive MgZn2 phase is 5.0% to 40.0%, and the area fraction of a remainder is 10.0% or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2020Publication date: April 14, 2022Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Takuya MITSUNOBU, Jun MAKI, Hiroshi TAKEBAYASHI, Takehiro TAKAHASHI, Kohei TOKUDA
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Patent number: 11285698Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 20, 2018Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Takuya Mitsunobu, Kohei Tokuda, Akihiro Sengoku, Kenichiro Matsumura
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Patent number: 10982303Abstract: There is provided a coated steel product having a steel product and a coating layer including a Zn—Al—Mg alloy layer disposed on a surface of the steel product, in which the Zn—Al—Mg alloy layer has a Zn phase, the Zn phase contains a Mg—Sn intermetallic compound phase, and the coating layer consists of Zn: more than 65.0%, Al: from more than 5.0% to less than 25.0%, Mg: from more than 3.0% to less than 12.5%, Sn: 0.1% to 20.0% in terms of percent (%) by mass, given amounts of optional elements, and impurities, and has a chemical composition that satisfies the following Formulas 1 to 5: Bi+In<Sn??Formula 1: Y+La+Ce?Ca??Formula 2: Si<Sn??Formula 3: 0?Cr+Ti+Ni+Co+V+Nb+Cu+Mn<0.25??Formula 4: 0?Sr+Sb+Pb+B<0.5.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2018Date of Patent: April 20, 2021Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Kohei Tokuda, Jun Maki, Yasuto Goto, Takuya Mitsunobu
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Publication number: 20210039355Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2018Publication date: February 11, 2021Applicant: Nippon Steel CorporationInventors: Takuya MITSUNOBU, Kohei TOKUDA, Akihiro SENGOKU, Kenichiro MATSUMURA
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Publication number: 20210039354Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2018Publication date: February 11, 2021Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Kohei TOKUDA, Takuya MITSUNOBU, Akihiro SENGOKU, Kenichiro MATSUMURA
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Patent number: 10563296Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 29, 2016Date of Patent: February 18, 2020Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Akinobu Kobayashi, Kohei Tokuda, Nobuyuki Shimoda, Yasuto Goto, Kenichiro Matsumura
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Publication number: 20200002798Abstract: Provided is a metallic coated steel product which is less likely to experience LME and blowhole formation and is likely to exhibit an improved corrosion resistance at welding heat affected zones. The metallic coated steel product is a hot-dip metallic coated steel product including a steel product and a plating layer that is provided on a surface of the steel product and includes a Zn—Al—Mg alloy layer. In a cross-section of the Zn—Al—Mg alloy layer an area fraction of MgZn2 phase is from 45 to 75%, a total area fraction of MgZn2 and Al phases is not less than 70%, and an area fraction of Zn—Al—MgZn2 ternary eutectic structure is from 0 to 5%; and the plating layer has a predetermined chemical composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2018Publication date: January 2, 2020Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Kohei TOKUDA, Yoshinari ISHIDA, Takuya MITSUNOBU, Nobuyuki SHIMODA
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Publication number: 20190390303Abstract: There is provided a coated steel product having a steel product and a coating layer including a Zn—Al—Mg alloy layer disposed on a surface of the steel product, in which the Zn—Al—Mg alloy layer has a Zn phase, the Zn phase contains a Mg—Sn intermetallic compound phase, and the coating layer consists of Zn: more than 65.0%, Al: from more than 5.0% to less than 25.0%, Mg: from more than 3.0% to less than 12.5%, Sn: 0.1% to 20.0% in terms of percent (%) by mass, given amounts of optional elements, and impurities, and has a chemical composition that satisfies the following Formulas 1 to 5: Bi+In<Sn??Formula 1: Y+La+Ce?Ca??Formula 2: Si<Sn??Formula 3: 0?Cr+Ti+Ni+Co+V+Nb+Cu+Mn<0.25??Formula 4: 0?Sr+Sb+Pb+B<0.5.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2018Publication date: December 26, 2019Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Kohei TOKUDA, Jun MAKI, Yasuto GOTO, Takuya MITSUNOBU
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Patent number: 10508330Abstract: A quasicrystal-containing plated steel sheet including: a plating layer positioned on at least one surface of a steel sheet; and an alloy layer positioned at an interface between the plating layer and the steel sheet and composed of an Al—Fe intermetallic compound. A chemical composition of the plating layer contains at least, in atom %, Zn: 28.5% to 50%, Al: 0.3% to 12%, and the balance: Mg and impurities, and the plating layer includes, in order from the steel sheet side, a first plating layer which is composed of a structure containing an MgZn phase, an Mg phase, and a quasicrystal phase, and a second plating layer which is positioned on the first plating layer and is composed of a structure containing an Mg51Zn20 phase, a Zn phase, and a quasicrystal phase.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2014Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventor: Kohei Tokuda
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Publication number: 20190368007Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2017Publication date: December 5, 2019Applicant: Nippon Steel CorporationInventors: Kohei TOKUDA, Hisashi BABA, Nobuyuki SHIMODA, Kenichiro MATSUMURA, Yasuto GOTO
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Patent number: 10392686Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 29, 2016Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Nobuyuki Shimoda, Kohei Tokuda, Kenichiro Matsumura, Yasuto Goto
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Patent number: 10351943Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 29, 2016Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Nobuyuki Shimoda, Kohei Tokuda, Kenichiro Matsumura, Yasuto Goto
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Patent number: 10232590Abstract: A plated steel sheet with a quasicrystal includes a steel sheet and a plated-metal-layer arranged on a surface of the steel sheet. The plated-metal-layer includes, as a chemical composition, Mg, Zn, and Al, and satisfies 25%?Zn+Al in atomic %. The plated-metal-layer includes, as a metallographic structure, a quasicrystal phase. A Mg content, a Zn content, and an Al content in the quasicrystal phase satisfy 0.5?Mg/(Zn+Al)?0.83 in atomic %. In addition, an average equivalent circle diameter of the quasicrystal phase is larger than 1 ?m and equal to or smaller than 200 ?m.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2014Date of Patent: March 19, 2019Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATIONInventor: Kohei Tokuda
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Patent number: 10232589Abstract: A plated steel sheet with a quasicrystal includes a steel sheet and a plated-metal-layer arranged on a surface of the steel sheet. The plated-metal-layer includes, as a chemical composition, Mg, Zn. The plated-metal-layer includes, as a metallographic structure, a quasicrystal phase. A Mg content, a Zn content, and an Al content in the quasicrystal phase satisfy 0.5?Mg/(Zn+Al)?0.83 in atomic %. In addition, an average equivalent circle diameter of the quasicrystal phase is equal to or larger than 0.01 ?m and equal to or smaller than 1 ?m.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2014Date of Patent: March 19, 2019Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATIONInventor: Kohei Tokuda