Patents by Inventor Kouji Kasuya

Kouji Kasuya 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: 20200095651
    Abstract: A high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet has a specific chemical composition and has a steel microstructure meeting conditions: a total content of bainitic ferrite (BF) and tempered martensite (TM) is 65% (in area percent, hereinafter the same for steel microstructure) or more; a fresh martensite (M) content is 3% to 18%; a retained austenite content is 5% or more; and a polygonal ferrite (F) content is 5% or less. The steel sheet has a specific average KAM<1.00° of 0.50° or more and has a tensile strength of 980 MPa or more. The high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet excels in formability and shape fixability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sha (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Kouji KASUYA, Yuichi FUTAMURA, Yukihiro UTSUMI
  • Patent number: 9464337
    Abstract: Disclosed is a high strength steel sheet having excellent hydrogen embrittlement resistance. The steel sheet has a tensile strength of 1180 MPa or more, and satisfies the following conditions: with respect to an entire metallographic structure thereof, bainite, bainitic ferrite and tempered martensite account for 85 area % or more in total; retained austenite accounts for 1 area % or more; and fresh martensite accounts for 5 area % or less (including 0 area %).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO, VOESTALPINE STAHL GMBH
    Inventors: Yoichi Mukai, Kouji Kasuya, Michiharu Nakaya, Michitaka Tsunezawa, Fumio Yuse, Junichiro Kinugasa, Sandra Traint, Andreas Pichler
  • Publication number: 20150086808
    Abstract: A high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet has a specific chemical composition and has a steel microstructure meeting conditions: a total content of bainitic ferrite (BF) and tempered martensite (TM) is 65% (in area percent, hereinafter the same for steel microstructure) or more; a fresh martensite (M) content is 3% to 18%; a retained austenite content is 5% or more; and a polygonal ferrite (F) content is 5% or less. The steel sheet has a specific average KAM<1.00° of 0.50° or more and has a tensile strength of 980 MPa or more. The high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet excels in formability and shape fixability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2013
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Kouji Kasuya, Yuichi Futamura, Yukihiro Utsumi
  • Patent number: 8673093
    Abstract: The present invention is the thin steel sheet containing C, Si, Mn, P, S, Al, Mo, Ti, B, and N wherein a value Z calculated by the equation described below is 2.0-6.0, an area ratio against all the structure is 1% or above for retained austenite and 80% or above for total of bainitic ferrite and martensite, a mean axis ratio of the retained austenite crystal grain is 5 or above, and tensile strength is 980 MPa or above where Value Z=9×[C]+[Mn]+3×[Mo]+490×[B]+7×[Mo]/{100×([B]+0.001),and the thin steel sheet has 980 MPa or above tensile strength and enhanced hydrogen embrittlement resistance properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Muneaki Ikeda, Kouji Kasuya, Yoichi Mukai, Fumio Yuse, Junichiro Kinugasa
  • Publication number: 20120132327
    Abstract: Disclosed is a high strength steel sheet having excellent hydrogen embrittlement resistance. The steel sheet has a tensile strength of 1180 MPa or more, and satisfies the following conditions: with respect to an entire metallographic structure thereof, bainite, bainitic ferrite and tempered martensite account for 85 area % or more in total; retained austenite accounts for 1 area % or more; and fresh martensite accounts for 5 area % or less (including 0 area %).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2010
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Applicants: VOESTALPINE STAHL GMBH, Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Yoichi Mukai, Kouji Kasuya, Michiharu Nakaya, Michitaka Tsunezawa, Fumio Yuse, Junichiro Kinugasa, Sandra Traint, Andreas Pichler
  • Patent number: 7887648
    Abstract: The invention relates to an ultrahigh-strength thin steel sheet excellent in the hydrogen embrittlement resistance, the steel sheet including, by weight %, 0.10 to 0.60% of C, 1.0 to 3.0% of Si, 1.0 to 3.5% of Mn, 0.15% or less of P, 0.02% or less of S, 1.5% or less of Al, 0.003 to 2.0% of Cr, and a balance including iron and inevitable impurities; in which grains of residual austenite have an average axis ratio (major axis/minor axis) of 5 or more, the grains of the residual austenite have an average minor axis length of 1 ?m or less, and the grains of the residual austenite have a nearest-neighbor distance between the grains of 1 ?m or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Junichiro Kinugasa, Fumio Yuse, Yoichi Mukai, Shinji Kozuma, Hiroshi Akamizu, Kouji Kasuya, Muneaki Ikeda, Koichi Sugimoto
  • Publication number: 20100080728
    Abstract: The present invention is the thin steel sheet containing C, Si, Mn, P, S, Al, Mo, Ti, B, and N wherein a value Z calculated by the equation described below is 2.0-6.0, an area ratio against all the structure is 1% or above for retained austenite and 80% or above for total of bainitic ferrite and martensite, a mean axis ratio of the retained austenite crystal grain is 5 or above, and tensile strength is 980 MPa or above. Value Z=9×[C]+[Mn]+3×[Mo]+490×[B]+7×[Mo]/{100×([B]+0.001)} Thus a high strength thin steel sheet with 980 MPa or above tensile strength and enhanced hydrogen embrittlement resistance properties can be provided. Also, in accordance with the present invention, the hot-rolled steel sheet for cold-rolling capable of manufacturing the high strength thin steel sheet with good productivity and having improved cold-rollability can be provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2007
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Muneaki Ikeda, Kouji Kasuya, Yoichi Mukai, Fumio Yuse, Junichiro Kinugasa
  • Publication number: 20090238713
    Abstract: The invention relates to an ultrahigh-strength thin steel sheet excellent in the hydrogen embrittlement resistance, the steel sheet including, by weight %, 0.10 to 0.60% of C, 1.0 to 3.0% of Si, 1.0 to 3.5% of Mn, 0.15% or less of P, 0.02% or less of S, 1.5% or less of Al, 0.003 to 2.0% of Cr, and a balance including iron and inevitable impurities; in which grains of residual austenite have an average axis ratio (major axis/minor axis) of 5 or more, the grains of the residual austenite have an average minor axis length of 1 ?m or less, and the grains of the residual austenite have a nearest-neighbor distance between the grains of 1 ?m or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2006
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.), Shinshu TLO Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junichiro Kinugasa, Fumio Yuse, Yoichi Mukai, Shinji Kozuma, Hiroshi Akamizu, Kouji Kasuya, Muneaki Ikeda, Koichi Sugimoto
  • Patent number: 6772650
    Abstract: An automatic sample analyzer includes: a pipette, a pipette driving device which moves the pipette to a sample vessel present in a predetermined position to cause the pipette to suck up a sample from the sample vessel, and then moves the pipette to an open vessel provided in another predetermined position to cause the pipette to discharge the sample into the open vessel, and an analyzing section for analyzing the discharged sample, the pipette driving device comprising a vertically movable main arm and an elongated guide arm cantilevered by the main arm and extending horizontally, the guide arm having a smaller flexural rigidity than the main arm, wherein the main arm vertically moves the pipette when the sample is to be sucked up from the sample vessel, and the guide arm guides the pipette to the open vessel and then vertically moves the pipette when the sample is to be discharged into the open vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2004
    Assignee: Sysmex Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Ohyama, Kazuyuki Sakurai, Yoichi Nakamura, Noriyoshi Yoshida, Kazutoshi Tokunaga, Kouji Kasuya, Eiji Tanoshima, Toshihiro Kubota, Takaaki Nagai, Shuhei Kaneko, Masaharu Shibata, Seido Biwa, Toshihiro Ootani
  • Publication number: 20030070498
    Abstract: An automatic sample analyzer includes: a pipette, a pipette driving device which moves the pipette to a sample vessel present in a predetermined position to cause the pipette to suck up a sample from the sample vessel, and then moves the pipette to an open vessel provided in another predetermined position to cause the pipette to discharge the sample into the open vessel, and an analyzing section for analyzing the discharged sample, the pipette driving device comprising a vertically movable main arm and an elongated guide arm cantilevered by the main arm and extending horizontally, the guide arm having a smaller flexural rigidity than the main arm, wherein the main arm vertically moves the pipette when the sample is to be sucked up from the sample vessel, and the guide arm guides the pipette to the open vessel and then vertically moves the pipette when the sample is to be discharged into the open vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2002
    Publication date: April 17, 2003
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Ohyama, Kazuyuki Sakurai, Yoichi Nakamura, Noriyoshi Yoshida, Kazutoshi Tokunaga, Kouji Kasuya, Eiji Tanoshima, Toshihiro Kubota, Takaaki Nagai, Shuhei Kaneko, Masaharu Shibata, Seido Biwa, Toshihiro Ootani
  • Patent number: D482793
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2003
    Assignee: Sysmex Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Oyama, Kazuyuki Sakurai, Yoichi Nakamura, Noriyoshi Yoshida, Kazutoshi Tokunaga, Kouji Kasuya