Patents by Inventor Koutarou Hayashi

Koutarou Hayashi 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: 12060623
    Abstract: A steel sheet including, in mass %, C: 0.05% or more and 0.30% or less, Si: 0.05% or more and 6.00% or less, Mn: 1.50% or more and 10.00% or less, and the balance: Fe and impurities, a steel sheet structure is composed of, in area ratio, 15% or more and 80% or less of ferrite and 20% or more and 85% or less in total of a hard structure composed of any one of bainite, martensite, or retained austenite, or any combination thereof, and to a steel sheet thickness t, an area ratio of a maximum coupled ferrite region in a region from a t/2 position at the steel sheet thickness center to a position at a depth of 3t/8 from a surface is 80% or more in area ratio to a total ferrite area, and a two-dimensional isoperimetric constant of the maximum coupled ferrite region is 0.35 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shohei Yabu, Koutarou Hayashi, Akihiro Uenishi
  • Patent number: 12043606
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides, for example, a method that can produce a fluorolactone compound from hexafluoropropylene oxide or the like in a single step. The present disclosure relates to a method for producing a compound represented by formula (1): wherein two R1 are the same and each is a fluorine atom or a fluoroalkyl group, the method comprising step A of reacting a compound represented by formula (2): wherein R1 is as defined above, with a compound represented by formula (3): wherein R31, R32, and R33 are the same or different and each is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, or two of them are optionally linked to each other to form a ring optionally having one or more substituents, and a compound represented by formula (4-1) or the like: wherein R41, R42, R43, and R44 are the same or different and each is a hydrogen atom ox an alkyl group, or two of them are optionally linked to each other to form a ring optionally having one or more substituents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Moe Hosokawa, Koutarou Hayashi, Yoshihiro Yamamoto, Akiyoshi Yamauchi, Makoto Matsuura, Yosuke Kishikawa
  • Patent number: 12031203
    Abstract: A galvannealed steel sheet according to one aspect of the present invention has a hot-dip galvannealed layer on at least one surface of the steel sheet, and the steel sheet has a predetermined chemical composition, in which the steel sheet contains 10% or more and 90% or less of ferrite, and 10% or more of tempered martensite and tempered bainite in terms of an area ratio, a sum of the ferrite, the tempered martensite, and the tempered bainite is 90% or more, carbides having a major axis of 50 nm or more and 300 nm or less are contained in grains of the ferrite in a number density of 20/?m2 or more, and a two-dimensional homogeneous dispersion ratio S of Mn is 0.75 or more and 1.30 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mai Nagano, Koutarou Hayashi, Akihiro Uenishi
  • Patent number: 11970758
    Abstract: This hot-rolled steel sheet has a predetermined chemical composition. The metallographic structure at a sheet thickness ¼ depth from a surface and at a center position in a sheet width direction in a sheet width cross section parallel to a rolling direction contains, by area %, 77.0% to 97.0% of bainite and tempered martensite in total, 0% to 5.0% of ferrite, 0% to 5.0% of pearlite, 3.0% or more of residual austenite, and 0% to 10.0% of martensite. The average grain size of the metallographic structure excluding the residual austenite is 7.0 ?m or less. The C concentration in the residual austenite is 0.5 mass % or more. The number density of iron-based carbides having a diameter of 20 nm or more is 1.0×106 carbides/mm2 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Shuto, Akifumi Sakakibara, Shinsuke Kai, Koutarou Hayashi, Hiroshi Kaido
  • Publication number: 20240068066
    Abstract: There is provided a steel sheet having a chemical composition comprising, in mass %, C: 0.05 to 0.25%, Si: 0.2 to 2.0%, Mn: 1.2 to 3.0%, P: 0.030% or less, S: 0.050% or less, Al: 0.01 to 0.55%, N: 0.0100% or less, and Ti: 0.010 to 0.250%, with the balance: Fe and impurities, wherein a random intensity ratio of a texture in a near-surface portion of the steel sheet is 8.0 or less, and a minimum angle formed between a maximum strength orientation in a {110} pole figure of the texture and a normal direction of a rolled surface of the steel sheet is 10° or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuaki TANAKA, Shohei YABU, Hiroshi SHUTO, Koutarou HAYASHI, Takashi YASUTOMI, Eisaku SAKURADA
  • Publication number: 20230323496
    Abstract: This hot-rolled steel sheet has a predetermined chemical composition, in a microstructure, in terms of area%, residual austenite is less than 3.0%, ferrite is less than 15.0%, and pearlite is less than 5.0%, an E value that indicates periodicity of the microstructure is less than 10.7, and an I value that indicates uniformity of the microstructure is less than 1.020, a standard deviation of a Mn concentration is 0.60 mass% or less, and a tensile strength is 780 MPa or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuru YOSHIDA, Hiroshi SHUTO, Kazumasa TSUTSUI, Koutarou HAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20230295783
    Abstract: This hot-rolled steel sheet has a predetermined chemical composition, in a microstructure, in terms of area %, residual austenite is less than 3.0%, ferrite is 15.0% or more and less than 60.0%, and pearlite is less than 5.0%, an E value that indicates periodicity of the microstructure is 10.7 or more, and an I value that indicates uniformity of the microstructure is 1.020 or more, a standard deviation of a Mn concentration is 0.60 mass % or less, and a tensile strength is 980 MPa or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi SHUTO, Kazumasa TSUTSUI, Koutarou HAYASHI, Akifumi SAKAKIBARA, Jun ANDO, Toshiki SUGIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20230279532
    Abstract: This hot-rolled steel sheet has a predetermined chemical composition, in a microstructure, in terms of area %, martensite and tempered martensite are more than 92.0% and 100.0% or less in total, residual austenite is less than 3.0%, and ferrite is less than 5.0%, an E value that indicates periodicity of the microstructure is 11.0 or more, the I value that indicates uniformity of the microstructure is less than 1.020, a standard deviation of a Mn concentration is 0.60 mass % or less, and a tensile strength is 980 MPa or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazumasa TSUTSUI, Hiroshi SHUTO, Koutarou HAYASHI, Mitsuru YOSHIDA
  • Patent number: 11732341
    Abstract: In a metal coated steel sheet, a chemical composition contains, in mass %, at least C: 0.03% to 0.70%, Si: 0.25% to 2.50%, Mn: 1.00% to 5.00%, P: 0.100% or less, S: 0.010% or less, sol. Al: 0.001% to 2.500, N: 0.020% or less, and a balance composed of iron and impurities, a metal structure contains greater than 5.0 vol % of retained austenite and greater than 5.0 vol % of tempered martensite, and satisfies a C content in the retained austenite being 0.85 mass % or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jun Haga, Kohichi Sano, Koutarou Hayashi, Kunio Hayashi, Masaharu Kameda, Akihiro Uenishi, Hiroyuki Kawata
  • Publication number: 20230257845
    Abstract: This hot-rolled steel sheet has a predetermined chemical composition, in a microstructure, in terms of area %, residual austenite is less than 3.0%, ferrite is 15.0% or more and less than 60.0%, and pearlite is less than 5.0%, an E value that indicates periodicity of the microstructure is 10.7 or more, and an I value that indicates uniformity of the microstructure is less than 1.020, a standard deviation of a Mn concentration is 0.60 mass % or less, and a tensile strength is 980 MPa or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi SHUTO, Kazumasa TSUTSUI, Koutarou HAYASHI, Akifumi SAKAKIBARA, Jun ANDO, Mitsuru YOSHIDA
  • Publication number: 20230133134
    Abstract: This hot-rolled steel sheet has a predetermined chemical composition, in a microstructure, by area %, ferrite is less than 15.0%, residual austenite is less than 3.0%, L52/L7, which is a ratio of a length L52 of a grain boundary having a crystal orientation difference of 52° to a length L7 of a grain boundary having a crystal orientation difference of 7° about a <110> direction is 0.10 to 0.18, a standard deviation of a Mn concentration is 0.60 mass % or, less, and a tensile strength is 980 MPa or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mutsumi SAKAKIBARA, Hiroshi SHUTO, Kazumasa TSUTSUI, Koutarou HAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20230140358
    Abstract: This steel sheet has a predetermined chemical composition, Ex. C that is obtained by Ex. C = (%C) - 12 ( (%Ti*)/48 + (%V)/51 + (%Nb)/93 + (%Mo)/96 + (%W)/184} is 0.020% or less, a microstructure at a ¼ depth position of a sheet thickness from a surface contains 60% or more of ferrite, 0% to 5% of MA and a total of 0% to 5% of pearlite and cementite with a remainder of bainite in terms of area fractions, in the microstructure, the average crystal grain diameter is 10.0 µm or less, the average aspect ratio of crystal grains is 0.30 or more, the standard deviation of a Mn concentration is 0.60 mass% or less, a Ti-based carbide having a Baker-Nutting orientation relationship in the ferrite is precipitated in a semi-coherent state, and a tensile strength is 980 MPa or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuru YOSHIDA, Shunsuke TANIGUCHI, Koutarou HAYASHI, Hiroshi SHUTO
  • Patent number: 11634802
    Abstract: The cold-rolled steel sheet having a high bake hardening amount and excellent bendability after bake hardening according to the present invention has a predetermined composition, and contains 20% or more and 70% or less of ferrite and 30% or more of tempered martensite in terms of area ratio, in which a sum of ferrite and tempered martensite is 90% or more, and in a case where a microstructure image of 30 ?m×30 ?m obtained by photographing a structure at a magnification of 2,000-fold is disposed in an xy coordinate system having a sheet thickness direction as an x-axis and a rolling direction as a y-axis, the microstructure image is divided into 1024 pieces in an x-axis direction and 1024 pieces in a y-axis direction to form 1024×1024 divided regions, and a two-dimensional image is created by performing double gradation by assuming a value of “1” in each of the divided regions in one case where the structure is ferrite and assuming a value of “0” in the other cases, a heterogeneity ? when two-dimensional disc
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kaido, Mai Nagano, Koutarou Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20230055479
    Abstract: This hot-rolled steel sheet has a predetermined chemical composition, in which a metallographic structure contains, by area %, less than 3.0% of residual austenite, 15.0% or more and less than 60.0% of ferrite, and less than 5.0% of pearlite, has a ratio L60/L7 of a length L60 of a grain boundary having a crystal misorientation of 60° to a length L7 of a grain boundary having a crystal misorientation of 7° about a <110> direction of 0.60 or more, has a standard deviation of a Mn concentration of 0.60 mass % or less, and has a tensile strength of 980 MPa or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi SHUTO, Kazumasa TSUTSUI, Jun ANDO, Koutarou HAYASHI, Akifumi SAKAKIBARA, Shunsuke KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20230047602
    Abstract: This hot-rolled steel sheet has a predetermined chemical composition, in which a metallographic structure contains, by area %, more than 92.0% and 100.0% or less of martensite and tempered martensite in total, less than 3.0% of residual austenite, and less than 5.0% of ferrite, has a ratio S60/S7, which is a ratio of a density S60 of a length of a grain boundary having a crystal misorientation of 60° to a density S7 of a length of a grain boundary having a crystal misorientation of 7° about a <110> direction, of more than 0.34 and less than 0.60, has a standard deviation of a Mn concentration of 0.60 mass % or less, and has a tensile strength of 980 MPa or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazumasa TSUTSUI, Hiroshi SHUTO, Koutarou HAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20230021370
    Abstract: A steel sheet has a predetermined chemical composition containing, in mass %, C: more than 0.18% and less than 0.30%, Mn: more than 2.50% and 4.00% or less, and other elements. The steel micro-structure at a position at a depth of ¼ of the sheet thickness from the surface in an L cross section of the steel sheet is, in area %, tempered martensite: 25 to 90%, ferrite: 5% or less, retained austenite: 10 to 50%, and bainite: 5% or less. At a position at a depth of ¼ of the sheet thickness from the surface of the L cross section, the proportion of a total area of retained austenite grains having an area of 1 ?m2 or more and having a grain shape circularity of 0.1 or more is less than 50% with respect to the entire area of retained austenite. The steel sheet satisfies the formula CMn?/CMn??1.2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiko KOHTAKE, Koutarou HAYASHI, Yoshihiro SUWA
  • Publication number: 20220389554
    Abstract: This hot-rolled steel sheet has a predetermined chemical composition, in which a microstructure contains, by area %, less than 3.0% of residual austenite, 15.0% or more and less than 60.0% of ferrite, and less than 5.0% of pearlite, has a ratio L60/L7 of a length L60 of a grain boundary having a crystal misorientation of 60° to a length L7 of a grain boundary having a crystal misorientation of 7° about a<110> direction of less than 0.60, has a standard deviation of a Mn concentration of 0.60 mass % or less, and has a tensile strength of 980 MPa or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi SHUTO, Kazumasa TSUTSUI, Koutarou HAYASHI, Akifumi SAKAKIBARA, Jun ANDO, Shota ENDO
  • Patent number: 11505855
    Abstract: What is provided is a high-strength steel sheet including, by mass %: C: 0.05% to 0.15%; Si: 1.5% or less; Mn: 2.00% to 5.00%; P: 0.100% or less; S: 0.010% or less; Al: 0.001% to 2.000%; N: 0.010% or less; and a remainder of Fe and impurities, in which Ceq defined by Ceq=C+Si/90+Mn/100+1.5P+3S is less than 0.21, the high-strength steel sheet contains martensite in an area ratio of 98% or more, and a residual structure is in an area ratio of 2% or less, a two-dimensional homogeneous dispersion ratio S defined by S=Sy2/Sx2 (Sx2 is a dispersion value of Mn concentration profile data in a sheet width direction, and Sy2 is a dispersion value of the Mn concentration profile data in a sheet thickness direction) is 0.85 or more and 1.20 or less, and a tensile strength is 1200 MPa or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mai Nagano, Koutarou Hayashi, Akihiro Uenishi
  • Patent number: 11486028
    Abstract: What is provided is a high-strength steel sheet having a large bake hardening amount and a uniform bake hardenability is provided according to the present invention, the high-strength steel sheet comprising, by mass %: C: 0.13% to 0.40%; Si: 0.500% to 3.000%; Mn: 2.50% to 5.00%; P: 0.100% or less; S: 0.010% or less; Al: 0.001% to 2.000%; N: 0.010% or less; and a remainder consisting of Fe and impurities, wherein martensite is 95% or more in an area ratio, and residual structure is 5% or less in an area ratio, a ratio C1/C2 of an upper limit C1 (mass %) of Si concentrations to a lower limit C2 (mass %) of the Si concentrations in a cross section in a thickness direction is 1.25 or less, precipitates having a major axis of 0.05 ?m or more and 1.00 ?m or less and an aspect ratio of 1:3 or more are included in a number density of 30/?m2 or more, and a tensile strength is 1300 MPa or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mai Nagano, Koutarou Hayashi, Akihiro Uenishi
  • Publication number: 20220259692
    Abstract: This hot-rolled steel sheet has a predetermined chemical composition, in which a microstructure contains, by area %, bainite: 80.0% or more, ferrite: 10.0% or less, and a remainder in the microstructure: 10.0% or less, a total density of a length L7 of a grain boundary having a crystal orientation difference of 7° and a length L68 of a grain boundary having a crystal orientation difference of 68° about a <110> direction in the bainite is 0.35 to 0.60 ?m/?m2, and a tensile strength is 780 MPa or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shohei YABU, Kunio HAYASHI, Koutarou HAYASHI, Kazumasa TSUTSUI