Patents by Inventor Makoto Kosaka

Makoto Kosaka 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: 11098394
    Abstract: A rolled wire rod wherein the contents of Ti, N, and S (mass %) are respectively [Ti], [N], and [S], and, if [S]?0.0010, [Ti] is (4.5×[S]+3.4×[N]) or more and (0.008+3.4×[N]) or less, while if [S]?0.0010, [Ti] is (4.5×[S]+3.4×[N]) or more and (8.0×[S]+3.4×[N]) or less, the internal structure is a mixed structure of ferrite and pearlite with an area ratio of a ferrite fraction of 40% or more, and a mean area of sulfides present in a range from a surface of the wire rod to a depth position D/8 from the surface of the wire rod is 6 ?m2 or less, wherein D represents a diameter, in mm, in a cross-section of the wire rod at a plane including the axis of the wire rod, and a mean aspect ratio of the sulfides is 5 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoki Matsui, Yutaka Neishi, Makoto Kosaka
  • Patent number: 10669604
    Abstract: A bolt is provided that has high strength and excellent hydrogen embrittlement resistance characteristics. A bolt according to an embodiment of the present invention consists of, in mass %, C: 0.32 to 0.39%, Si: 0.15% or less, Mn: 0.40 to 0.65%, P: 0.020% or less, S: 0.020% or less, Cr: 0.85 to 1.25%, Al: 0.005 to 0.060%, Ti: 0.010 to 0.050%, B: 0.0010 to 0.0030%, N: 0.0015 to 0.0080%, O: 0.0015% or less, Mo: 0 to 0.05%, V: 0 to 0.05%, Cu: 0 to 0.50%, Ni: 0 to 0.30%, and Nb: 0 to 0.05%, with the balance being Fe and impurities. The bolt satisfies Formula (1) and Formula (2), and has a tensile strength of 1000 to 1300 MPa and satisfies Formula (3). 4.9?10C+Si+2Mn+Cr+4Mo+5V?6.1??(1) Mn/Cr?0.55??(2) [dissolved Cr]/Cr?0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignees: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION, AOYAMA SEISAKUSHO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yutaka Neishi, Makoto Kosaka, Naoki Matsui, Tetsushi Chida, Keisuke Chiba, Hideo Kanisawa, Kazutaka Aoyama, Kazuoki Shibuya, Ryoko Inagaki
  • Publication number: 20190233925
    Abstract: Rolled wire rod effectively suppressing fracturing at the time of cold forging and excellent in hydrogen embrittlement resistance after quenching and tempering following spheroidization annealing even without spheroidization annealing before cold forging or even if shortening the time period of spheroidization annealing is provided wherein it has a predetermined composition and wherein if the contents of Ti, N, and S (mass %) are respectively [Ti], [N], and [S], if [S]?0.0010, [Ti] is (4.5×[S]+3.4×[N]) or more and (0.008+3.4×[N]) or less, while if [S]?0.0010, [Ti] is (4.5×[S]+3.4×[N]) or more and (8.0×[S]+3.4×[N]) or less, the internal structure is a mixed structure of ferrite and pearlite with an area rate of a ferrite fraction of 40% or more, and a mean area of sulfides present in a range from a surface to a D/8 position is 6 ?m2 or less in the case of a diameter of D (mm) in a cross-section at a plane including the axial direction, and a mean aspect ratio of the sulfides is 5 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2017
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoki MATSUI, Yutaka NEISHI, Makoto KOSAKA
  • Publication number: 20190003000
    Abstract: A bolt is provided that has high strength and excellent hydrogen embrittlement resistance characteristics. A bolt according to an embodiment of the present invention consists of, in mass %, C: 0.32 to 0.39%, Si: 0.15% or less, Mn: 0.40 to 0.65%, P: 0.020% or less, S: 0.020% or less, Cr: 0.85 to 1.25%, Al: 0.005 to 0.060%, Ti: 0.010 to 0.050%, B: 0.0010 to 0.0030%, N: 0.0015 to 0.0080%, 0: 0.0015% or less, Mo: 0 to 0.05%, V: 0 to 0.05%, Cu: 0 to 0.50%, Ni: 0 to 0.30%, and Nb: 0 to 0.05%, with the balance being Fe and impurities. The bolt satisfies Formula (1) and Formula (2), and has a tensile strength of 1000 to 1300 MPa and satisfies Formula (3). 4.9?10C+Si+2Mn+Cr+4Mo+5V?6.1 ??(1) Mn/Cr?0.55 ??(2) [dissolved Cr]/Cr?0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Yutaka NEISHI, Makoto KOSAKA, Naoki MATSUI, Tetsushi CHIDA, Keisuke CHIBA, Hideo KANISAWA, Kazutaka AOYAMA, Kazuoki SHIBUYA, Ryoko INAGAKI
  • Patent number: 9274298
    Abstract: There is provided a deformed steel wire includes, as a chemical component, by mass %; C: 0.30% to 1.10%, Si: 0.10% to 1.50%, and Mn: 0.20% to 1.50%, and the balance consists of Fe and unavoidable impurities, in which a metallographic structure is a ferrite-pearlite structure or a pearlite structure, integration degrees of a crystal orientation <110> in a longitudinal direction of a thickness center area and a surface area are in a range of 2.0 to 4.0, an absolute value of a difference in the integration degree between an inner surface and an outer surface of the surface area is 0.3 or less, an integration degree of a crystal orientation <100> in a thickness direction of the thickness center area is in a range of 1.2 to 3.8, and a dimensional accuracy index is in a range of 0.5 to 2.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignees: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION, Namitei Co., Ltd., OCC Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto Kosaka, Shouichi Ohashi, Seiki Nishida, Masatsugu Murao, Kouichi Murao, Ken Oyamada, Syunya Ikebata
  • Patent number: 9243315
    Abstract: Disclosed is a high-strength Zn—Al coated steel wire for bridges with excellent corrosion resistance and fatigue properties, the Zn—Al coated steel wire includes: a steel wire; and a Zn—Al coating having a coating body layer and an Fe—Al alloy layer formed in an interface between a surface layer of the steel wire and the coating body layer, wherein a chemical composition of a core material of the steel wire includes, by mass %: C: 0.70% to 1.2%; Si: 0.01% to 2.5%; Mn: 0.01% to 0.9%; P: limited to 0.02% or less; S: limited to 0.02% or less; N: limited to 0.01% or less; and the balance including Fe and unavoidable impurities, wherein wire-drawn pearlite is most abundant microstructure among microstructures of the core material of the steel wire; wherein an average composition of the Zn—Al coating includes, by mass %, Al: 3.0 to 15.0%; and Fe: limited to 3.0% or less, and wherein the Fe—Al alloy layer has a thickness of 5 ?m or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Shimoda, Toshimi Tarui, Junichi Kodama, Makoto Kosaka, Shingo Yamasaki
  • Publication number: 20150301297
    Abstract: There is provided a deformed steel wire includes, as a chemical component, by mass %; C: 0.30% to 1.10%, Si: 0.10% to 1.50%, and Mn: 0.20% to 1.50%, and the balance consists of Fe and unavoidable impurities, in which a metallographic structure is a ferrite-pearlite structure or a pearlite structure, integration degrees of a crystal orientation <110> in a longitudinal direction of a thickness center area and a surface area are in a range of 2.0 to 4.0, an absolute value of a difference in the integration degree between an inner surface and an outer surface of the surface area is 0.3 or less, an integration degree of a crystal orientation <100> in a thickness direction of the thickness center area is in a range of 1.2 to 3.8, and a dimensional accuracy index is in a range of 0.5 to 2.0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2013
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Applicants: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION, OCC Corporation, Namitei Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Makoto KOSAKA, Shouichi OHASHI, Seiki NISHIDA, Masatsugu MURAO, Kouichi MURAO, Ken OYAMADA, Syunya IKEBATA
  • Patent number: 8707944
    Abstract: A saw wire includes a steel wire (11) having a steel strand (11a) with predetermined composition, an abrasive (13) fixed to the steel wire (11) by a fixing part (12), and an intermetallic compound (15) on an interface between the abrasive (13) and the fixing part (12). Tensile strength of the steel strand (11) is 3500 MPa or more, and the fixing part (12) includes a Sn-based solder containing Zn or Ag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuru Morita, Toshimi Tarui, Hiroaki Sakamoto, Hirokatsu Yashiro, Makoto Kosaka
  • Publication number: 20120216787
    Abstract: A saw wire includes a steel wire (11) having a steel strand (11a) with predetermined composition, an abrasive (13) fixed to the steel wire (11) by a fixing part (12), and an intermetallic compound (15) on an interface between the abrasive (13) and the fixing part (12). Tensile strength of the steel strand (11) is 3500 MPa or more, and the fixing part (12) includes a Sn-based solder containing Zn or Ag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2011
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Inventors: Mitsuru Morita, Toshimi Tarui, Hiroaki Sakamoto, Hirokatsu Yashiro, Makoto Kosaka
  • Publication number: 20120070687
    Abstract: Disclosed is a high-strength Zn—Al coated steel wire for bridges with excellent corrosion resistance and fatigue properties, the Zn—Al coated steel wire includes: a steel wire; and a Zn—Al coating having a coating body layer and an Fe—Al alloy layer formed in an interface between a surface layer of the steel wire and the coating body layer, wherein a chemical composition of a core material of the steel wire includes, by mass %: C: 0.70% to 1.2%; Si: 0.01% to 2.5%; Mn: 0.01% to 0.9%; P: limited to 0.02% or less; S: limited to 0.02% or less; N: limited to 0.01% or less; and the balance including Fe and unavoidable impurities, wherein wire-drawn pearlite is most abundant microstructure among microstructures of the core material of the steel wire; wherein an average composition of the Zn—Al coating includes, by mass %, Al: 3.0 to 15.0%; and Fe: limited to 3.0% or less, and wherein the Fe—Al alloy layer has a thickness of 5 ?m or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2010
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Shimoda, Toshimi Tarui, Junichi Kodama, Makoto Kosaka, Shingo Yamasaki
  • Publication number: 20110284139
    Abstract: A high-carbon steel wire rod of high ductility for steel cord and the like is provided that experiences little breakage during drawing. The high-carbon steel wire rod of high ductility is a high-carbon steel wire rod fabricated by hot rolling that that has a carbon content of 0.7 mass % or greater, wherein 95% or greater of the wire rod metallographic structure is pearlite structure and the maximum pearlite block size of pearlite at the core of the hot-rolled wire rod is 65 ?m or less. The high-carbon steel wire rod of high ductility has a tensile strength in a range of {248+980×(C mass %)}±40 MPa} and a reduction of area of {72.8?40×(C mass %) %} or greater. The high-carbon steel wire rod of high ductility is characterized in that the average pearlite block size at the core of the hot-rolled wire rod constituted by ferrite grain boundaries of an orientation difference of 9 degrees or greater as measured with an EBSP analyzer is 10 ?m or greater and 30 ?m or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seiki Nishida, Shingo Yamasaki, Hitoshi Demachi, Nariyasu Muroga, Shouichi Ohashi, Kenichi Nakamura, Makoto Kosaka, Nobuyuki Komiya, Susumu Sahara
  • Publication number: 20110168302
    Abstract: The present invention provides a steel wire, including chemical components of: C: 0.7-1.2 mass %; Si: 0.05-2.0 mass %; and Mn: 0.2-2.0 mass %, with a balance including Fe and inevitable impurities, in which the steel wire has a pearlite structure, the average C concentration at a center portion of a ferrite phase in an outermost layer of the steel wire is 0.2 mass % or lower, and a residual compressive stress in the longitudinal direction of the steel wire in the outermost layer is 600 MPa or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2010
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Inventors: Jun Takahashi, Makoto Kosaka, Junichi Kodama, Toshimi Tarui, Tamaki Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20090087336
    Abstract: A high-carbon steel wire rod of high ductility for steel cord and the like is provided that experiences little breakage during drawing. The high-carbon steel wire rod of high ductility is a high-carbon steel wire rod fabricated by hot rolling that that has a carbon content of 0.7 mass % or greater, wherein 95% or greater of the wire rod metallographic structure is pearlite structure and the maximum pearlite block size of pearlite at the core of the hot-rolled wire rod is 65 ?m or less. The high-carbon steel wire rod of high ductility has a tensile strength in a range of {248+980×(C mass %)}±40 MPa} and a reduction of area of {72.8?40×(C mass %) %} or greater. The high-carbon steel wire rod of high ductility is characterized in that the average pearlite block size at the core of the hot-rolled wire rod constituted by ferrite grain boundaries of an orientation difference of 9 degrees or greater as measured with an EBSP analyzer is 10 ?m or greater and 30 ?m or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2007
    Publication date: April 2, 2009
    Inventors: Seiki Nishida, Shingo Yamasaki, Hitoshi Demachi, Nariyasu Muroga, Shouichi Ohashi, Kenichi Nakamura, Makoto Kosaka, Nobuyuki Komiya, Susumu Sahara
  • Patent number: 7317956
    Abstract: Every time a display select button is operated, an embedded controller/keyboard controller switches and controls a display select switch to switch between display data (internally processed data) for LCD display that is output from the first display controller, and display data (externally input data or processed internally processing data) for the LCD display that is output from a second display controller. The selected data is displayed on a display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2008
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Makoto Kosaka
  • Publication number: 20060232216
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a display unit which includes a light emitting element as a light source, a variable resistance circuit which is connected in series with the light emitting element, a resistance value control unit which changes, when a designated luminance level is lower than a predetermined luminance level, the resistance of the variable resistance circuit from a first resistance to a second resistance larger than the first resistance, and a controller adjusts the value of a driving voltage applied to the light emitting element, in accordance with the designated luminance level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2006
    Publication date: October 19, 2006
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventor: Makoto Kosaka
  • Publication number: 20050268236
    Abstract: Every time a display select button is operated, an embedded controller/keyboard controller switches and controls a display select switch to switch between display data (internally processed data) for LCD display that is output from the first display controller, and display data (externally input data or processed internally processing data) for the LCD display that is output from a second display controller. The selected data is displayed on a display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2005
    Publication date: December 1, 2005
    Inventor: Makoto Kosaka
  • Publication number: 20050259112
    Abstract: According to this invention, an information processing apparatus includes a display, a processor which executes a predetermined program process for data to be displayed on the display, and outputs first data as a result of execution, and an external input terminal which externally inputs second data to be displayed on the display. The information processing apparatus further includes a controller which switches between the first data output from the processor and the second data input to the external input terminal, and displays the first data or the second data, that is different from the data displayed on the display before switching, on the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2005
    Publication date: November 24, 2005
    Inventors: Hajime Suzukawa, Atsushi Kaneko, Makoto Kosaka, Masaya Endo
  • Patent number: 6425040
    Abstract: When a PC main body wakes up, docking condition discrimination for checking if a LAN controller can be used is made. If the docking condition is satisfied, the LAN controller is set in an operative state, and the PC main body is used while being locked by a lock mechanism. When the WOL function is enabled, a signal WOLEN is activated. In this state, even when the PC main body goes to a sleep state and a signal DOCPWON is turned off, the LAN controller is kept powered. In this case, since the lock mechanism is unlocked, the user can immediately detach the PC main body from a LAN docker and can carry it to a location of his or her choice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2002
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Koichi Dewa, Toru Hanada, Makoto Kosaka
  • Patent number: D304377
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 1986
    Date of Patent: October 31, 1989
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshiharu Fujita, Hiroyoshi Yamazaki, Noriyuki Maeda, Kazutaka Shimizu, Norihiko Tanaka, Yoshihiro Domon, Kiyoshi Iwasawa, Mitsuyuki Futatsugi, Fuminobu Takizawa, Masakatsu Suzuki, Makoto Kosaka
  • Patent number: D312700
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 1987
    Date of Patent: December 4, 1990
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masakatsu Suzuki, Makoto Kosaka, Hiroyoshi Yamazaki, Mitsuyuki Futatsugi, Toshiharu Fujita, Fuminobu Takizawa, Tamami Tsuchiya, Takeo Saikatsu