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).
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Publication number: 20250035139Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2023Publication date: January 30, 2025Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Masaaki URANAKA, Takuya MITSUNOBU, Masahiro MATSUBA, Toyomitsu NAKAMURA
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Patent number: 12209300Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 27, 2020Date of Patent: January 28, 2025Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Kenichiro Otsuka, Masafumi Azuma, Yoichiro Mori, Shinji Kodama, Masahiro Matsuba
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Publication number: 20250003048Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2023Publication date: January 2, 2025Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Takuya MITSUNOBU, Masaaki URANAKA, Masahiro MATSUBA, Toyomitsu NAKAMURA
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Patent number: 12163209Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 27, 2020Date of Patent: December 10, 2024Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Kenichiro Otsuka, Masafumi Azuma, Yoichiro Mori, Shinji Kodama, Masahiro Matsuba
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Publication number: 20220220595Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2020Publication date: July 14, 2022Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Kenichiro OTSUKA, Masafumi AZUMA, Yoichiro MORI, Shinji KODAMA, Masahiro MATSUBA
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Publication number: 20220154319Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2020Publication date: May 19, 2022Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Kenichiro OTSUKA, Masafumi AZUMA, Yoichiro MORI, Shinji KODAMA, Masahiro MATSUBA
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Publication number: 20210086313Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2018Publication date: March 25, 2021Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Shinji KODAMA, Masahiro MATSUBA, Masafumi AZUMA, Yoichiro MORI, Kenichiro OTSUKA, Tetsuro NOSE, Tomokatsu IWAKAMI, Kazutaka MARUYAMA
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Patent number: 10898967Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 20, 2017Date of Patent: January 26, 2021Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Shinji Kodama, Tasuku Zeniya, Shoko Oami, Masahiro Matsuba
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Publication number: 20180369945Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2017Publication date: December 27, 2018Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATIONInventors: Shinji KODAMA, Tasuku ZENIYA, Shoko OAMI, Masahiro MATSUBA
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Patent number: 7528394Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 4, 2006Date of Patent: May 5, 2009Assignee: Jeol Ltd.Inventor: Masahiro Matsuba
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Publication number: 20060289801Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2006Publication date: December 28, 2006Applicant: JEOL Ltd.Inventor: Masahiro Matsuba