Patents by Inventor Masahiro Matsuba

Masahiro Matsuba 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: 20250035139
    Abstract: To further improve corrosion resistance in the vicinity of a toe. A welded joint according to the present invention includes: a first steel sheet and a second steel sheet; and a weld bead zone formed by arc welding or laser welding, wherein at least one of the first steel sheet or the second steel sheet has a plating layer formed by a predetermined component and an oxide layer located on the plating layer in a non-heat-affected zone, and in a region from a position orthogonal to an extension direction of the weld bead zone from the toe and 1 mm in a direction separating from the toe to a position orthogonal to the extension direction from the toe and 2 mm in the direction separating from the toe, the plating layer has at least one of a ?-Zn phase, MgZn2 phase, Mg2Zn3 phase, or MgZn phase as a metal Zn-containing phase having a circle-equivalent diameter of 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2023
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaaki URANAKA, Takuya MITSUNOBU, Masahiro MATSUBA, Toyomitsu NAKAMURA
  • Patent number: 12209300
    Abstract: An automobile undercarriage part of the present invention has a welded joint formed by base steel plate, wherein the chemical composition of a weld metal contains, with respect to a total mass of the weld metal, by mass %, C: 0.02% to 0.30%, Si: 0.10% to less than 1.0%, Mn: 1.2% to 3.0%, Al: 0.002% to 0.30%, Ti: 0.005% to 0.30%, P: more than 0% to 0.015%, and S: more than 0% to 0.030%, the following formula (1A), formula (1B), formula (2), and formula (3) are satisfied, and slag in a toe portion of the fillet weld satisfies a formula (4). [Al]+[Ti]>0.05??Formula (1A) [Ti]/[Al]>0.9??Formula(1B) 7×[Si]+7×[Mn]?112×[Ti]?30×[Al]?12??Formula (2) 2.0<[Si]+[Mn]??Formula (3) [Ti content on slag surface]>[Si content on slag surface]??Formula (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichiro Otsuka, Masafumi Azuma, Yoichiro Mori, Shinji Kodama, Masahiro Matsuba
  • Publication number: 20250003048
    Abstract: To more reliably suppress LME and blowhole formation while maintaining excellent corrosion resistance. A plated steel sheet according to the present invention, includes: a steel sheet as a base material; a plating layer located on at least part of a surface of the steel sheet; and an oxide layer located on a surface of the plating layer, where a chemical composition of the plating layer is made up of prescribed components, and Zn and impurities as the balance, and when a position at a depth of 5 nm from an uppermost surface of the oxide layer is observed by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), a value of an intensity ratio ([Al—O]+[Mg—O])/[Zn—O]) calculated from intensity of peaks respectively attributed to an Al—O bond, an Mg—O bond, and a Zn—O bond is 5.0 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2023
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya MITSUNOBU, Masaaki URANAKA, Masahiro MATSUBA, Toyomitsu NAKAMURA
  • Patent number: 12163209
    Abstract: An automobile undercarriage part of the present invention is an automobile undercarriage part including a welded joint in which a first steel sheet and a second steel sheet are overlapped and a fillet weld is formed between an end surface of the first steel sheet and a surface of the second steel sheet, in which a chemical composition of a weld metal that forms the welded joint contains, with respect to a total mass of the weld metal, by mass %, C: 0.02% to 0.20%, Si: more than 0% to less than 0.10%, Mn: 0.3% to 2.0%, Al: 0.002% to 0.30%. Ti: 0.005% to 0.30%, P: more than 0% to 0.015%, and S: more than 0% to 0.030%, and the following formula (1) and formula (2) are satisfied. [Al]+[Ti]>0.05??Formula (1) 7×[Mn]?112×[Ti]?30×[Al]?4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichiro Otsuka, Masafumi Azuma, Yoichiro Mori, Shinji Kodama, Masahiro Matsuba
  • Publication number: 20220220595
    Abstract: An automobile undercarriage part of the present invention is an automobile undercarriage part including a welded joint in which a first steel sheet and a second steel sheet are overlapped and a fillet weld is formed between an end surface of the first steel sheet and a surface of the second steel sheet, in which a chemical composition of a weld metal that forms the welded joint contains, with respect to a total mass of the weld metal, by mass %, C: 0.02% to 0.20%, Si: more than 0% to less than 0.10%, Mn: 0.3% to 2.0%, Al: 0.002% to 0.30%, Ti: 0.005% to 0.30%, P: more than 0% to 0.015%, and S: more than 0% to 0.030%, and the following formula (1) and formula (2) are satisfied. [Al]+[Ti]>0.05 ??Formula (1) 7×[Mn]?112×[Ti]?30×[Al]?4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichiro OTSUKA, Masafumi AZUMA, Yoichiro MORI, Shinji KODAMA, Masahiro MATSUBA
  • Publication number: 20220154319
    Abstract: An automobile undercarriage part of the present invention has a welded joint formed by base steel plate, wherein the chemical composition of a weld metal contains, with respect to a total mass of the weld metal, by mass %, C: 0.02% to 0.30%, Si: 0.10% to less than 1.0%, Mn: 1.2% to 3.0%, Al: 0.002% to 0.30%, Ti: 0.005% to 0.30%, P: more than 0% to 0.015%, and S: more than 0% to 0.030%, the following formula (1A), formula (1B), formula (2), and formula (3) are satisfied, and slag in a toe portion of the fillet weld satisfies a formula (4). [Al]+[Ti]>0.05??Formula (1A) [Ti]/[Al]>0.9??Formula(1B) 7×[Si]+7×[Mn]?112×[Ti]?30×[Al]?12??Formula (2) 2.0<[Si]+[Mn]??Formula (3) [Ti content on slag surface]>[Si content on slag surface]??Formula (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichiro OTSUKA, Masafumi AZUMA, Yoichiro MORI, Shinji KODAMA, Masahiro MATSUBA
  • Publication number: 20210086313
    Abstract: This wire for gas-shielded arc welding is a wire for joining a plurality of thin steel sheets by gas-shielded arc welding, the wire including, in mass %, with respect to a total mass of the wire: C: 0.06 to 0.15%; Si: more than 0 to 0.18%; Mn: 0.3 to 2.2%; Ti: 0.06 to 0.30%; Al: 0.001 to 0.30%; and B: 0.0030 to 0.0100%, in which Si, Mn, Ti, and Al satisfy Expressions (1) and (2). Si×Mn?0.30??Expression (1) (Si+Mn/5)/(Ti+Al)?3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinji KODAMA, Masahiro MATSUBA, Masafumi AZUMA, Yoichiro MORI, Kenichiro OTSUKA, Tetsuro NOSE, Tomokatsu IWAKAMI, Kazutaka MARUYAMA
  • Patent number: 10898967
    Abstract: The present invention provides a consumable electrode type gas shield arc welding method for performing arc welding of two steel sheets using a welding torch having a consumable electrode. The consumable electrode type gas shield arc welding method includes performing arc welding while a shielding gas having an oxygen potential ? which is indicated by the following Expression (1) and ranges from 1.5% to 5% is supplied from the welding torch toward the consumable electrode, and blowing an oxidation promotion gas having an oxygen potential ? which is indicated by the following Expression (2) and ranges from 15% to 50% at a flow velocity ranging from 1 to 3 m/sec over a weld bead and a weld toe portion which are formed by arc welding and are in a state of 700° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinji Kodama, Tasuku Zeniya, Shoko Oami, Masahiro Matsuba
  • Publication number: 20180369945
    Abstract: The present invention provides a consumable electrode type gas shield arc welding method for performing arc welding of two steel sheets using a welding torch having a consumable electrode. The consumable electrode type gas shield arc welding method includes performing arc welding while a shielding gas having an oxygen potential a which is indicated by the following Expression (1) and ranges from 1.5% to 5% is supplied from the welding torch toward the consumable electrode, and blowing an oxidation promotion gas having an oxygen potential ? which is indicated by the following Expression (2) and ranges from 15% to 50% at a flow velocity ranging from 1 to 3 m/sec over a weld bead and a weld toe portion which are formed by arc welding and are in a state of 700° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinji KODAMA, Tasuku ZENIYA, Shoko OAMI, Masahiro MATSUBA
  • Patent number: 7528394
    Abstract: A focused ion beam (FIB) system that can automatically set processing and scanning conditions under which a specimen is processed includes an arithmetic unit for selecting optical conditions for condenser lenses, multiple variable apertures, beam-deflecting electrodes, and an objective lens based on data entered into the input device. The arithmetic unit automatically calculates the processing and scanning conditions under which the specimen is processed by the focused ion beam, according to the selected-optical conditions. The system further includes a setting condition data output portion for outputting data based on the optical conditions and processing and scanning conditions selected and calculated by the arithmetic unit. The system further includes a FIB driver portion for driving the condenser lenses, beam-blanking electrodes, apertures, deflecting electrodes, and objective lens based on the optical conditions and processing and scanning conditions outputted from the data output portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2009
    Assignee: Jeol Ltd.
    Inventor: Masahiro Matsuba
  • Publication number: 20060289801
    Abstract: A focused ion beam (FIB) system that can automatically set processing and scanning conditions under which a specimen is processed includes an arithmetic unit for selecting optical conditions for condenser lenses, multiple variable apertures, beam-deflecting electrodes, and an objective lens based on data entered into the input device. The arithmetic unit automatically calculates the processing and scanning conditions under which the specimen is processed by the focused ion beam, according to the selected-optical conditions. The system further includes a setting condition data output portion for outputting data based on the optical conditions and processing and scanning conditions selected and calculated by the arithmetic unit. The system further includes a FIB driver portion for driving the condenser lenses, beam-blanking electrodes, apertures, deflecting electrodes, and objective lens based on the optical conditions and processing and scanning conditions outputted from the data output portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2006
    Publication date: December 28, 2006
    Applicant: JEOL Ltd.
    Inventor: Masahiro Matsuba