Patents by Inventor Masamichi Kawano

Masamichi Kawano 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: 20240133005
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a steel material containing: 0.19 mass %?C?0.31 mass %; 0.010 mass %?V?0.180 mass %; Mn?1.50 mass %; 5.60 mass %?Cr?6.60 mass %; Cu+Ni?0.84 mass %; 0.60 mass %?Si?1.40 mass %; 0.60 mass %?Mo?2.00 mass %; 0.001 mass %?Al?0.080 mass %; and 0.003 mass %?N?0.040 mass %, with a balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities, in which the contents of Mn and Cr satisfy Mn/Cr>0.150.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventor: Masamichi KAWANO
  • Patent number: 11962274
    Abstract: An amplifier device includes an amplifier including cascade-connected power amplifiers in a plurality of stages and a bias circuit configured to supply bias currents to the amplifier. A bias current supplied to a power amplifier in the first stage of the power amplifiers in the plurality of stages exhibits a positive temperature characteristic. A bias current supplied to a power amplifier in the final stage exhibits a negative temperature characteristic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Oonaro, Masamichi Tokuda, Makoto Tabei, Kazuaki Deguchi, Takayuki Kawano
  • Publication number: 20240102140
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a steel material including: 0.25 mass %?C?0.37 mass %; 0.08 mass %?V?0.28 mass %; 6.60 mass %?Mn+Cr?7.40 mass %; Mn/Cr?0.150; Mn?0.60 mass %; Cr?6.60 mass %; Cu+Ni?0.84 mass %; 0.40 mass %?Si?0.90 mass %; 0.60 mass %?Mo?2.00 mass %; 0.001 mass %?Al?0.080 mass %; and 0.003 mass %?N?0.040 mass %, with the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventor: Masamichi KAWANO
  • Patent number: 11913100
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a steel for a mold, including 0.070?C?0.130 mass %, 0.01?Si?0.60 mass %, 0.02?Mn?0.60 mass %, 0.003?P?0.150 mass %, 0.005?Cu?1.50 mass %, 0.005?Ni?0.80 mass %, 7.50?Cr?8.40 mass %, 0.70?Mo?1.20 mass %, 0.01?V?0.30 mass %, 0.010?Al?0.120 mass %, and 0.015?N?0.095 mass %, with the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities. The steel for a mold according to the present invention satisfies all of 6 properties of SA property, tempering hardness, residual stress, machinability, impact value and corrosion resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: DAIDO STEEL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masamichi Kawano
  • Publication number: 20220380874
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a steel material including, in mass %: 0.310?C?0.410; 0.001?Si?0.35; 0.45?V?0.70; Cr?6.00; 6.25?Mn+Cr; Mn/Cr?0.155; Cu+Ni?0.84; 0.002?P?0.030; 0.0003?S?0.0060; P+5S?0.040; 2.03<Mo<2.40; 0.001?Al?0.050; and 0.003?N?0.050, with the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventor: Masamichi KAWANO
  • Patent number: 11377718
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a steel for a mold, having a composition containing, in mass %, 0.045?C?0.090, 0.01?Si?0.50, 0.10?Mn?0.60, 0.80?Ni?1.10, 6.60?Cr?8.60, 0.01?Mo?0.70, 0.001?V?0.200, 0.007?Al?0.150, and 0.0002?N?0.0500, with the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: DAIDO STEEL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masamichi Kawano
  • Publication number: 20220162732
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a steel for a mold, including 0.070?C?0.130 mass %, 0.01?Si?0.60 mass %, 0.02?Mn?0.60 mass %, 0.003?P?0.150 mass %, 0.005?Cu?1.50 mass %, 0.005?Ni?0.80 mass %, 7.50?Cr?8.40 mass %, 0.70?Mo?1.20 mass %, 0.01?V?0.30 mass %, 0.010?Al?0.120 mass %, and 0.015?N?0.095 mass %, with the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities. The steel for a mold according to the present invention satisfies all of 6 properties of SA property, tempering hardness, residual stress, machinability, impact value and corrosion resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventor: Masamichi KAWANO
  • Patent number: 11319621
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a steel for a mold, which has a composition containing, on % by mass basis: 0.35%?C?0.40%, 0.003%?Si?0.20%, 0.72%?Mn?0.94%, 5.65%?Cr?6.00%, 1.65%?Mo?2.00%, 0.71%?V?0.90%, and 0.001%?N?0.080%, with the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: DAIDO STEEL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masamichi Kawano
  • Patent number: 11141778
    Abstract: The mold steel according to the present invention contains 0.35<C<0.55 mass %, 0.003?Si<0.300 mass %, 0.30<Mn<1.50 mass %, 2.00?Cr<3.50 mass %, 0.003?Cu<1.200 mass %, 0.003?Ni<1.380 mass %, 0.50<Mo<3.29 mass %, 0.55<V<1.13 mass %, and 0.0002?N<0.1200 mass %, with a balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities, and satisfies 0.55<Cu+Ni+Mo<3.29 mass %, and the molding tool according to the present invention contains a mold and/or a mold component formed of the mold steel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: DAIDO STEEL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masamichi Kawano
  • Patent number: 11091825
    Abstract: Provided is a prehardened steel material containing: 0.05?C?0.25 mass %, 0.01?Si?1.00 mass %, 0.40?Mn?1.80 mass %, 0.0002?S?0.3000 mass %, 0.30?Cu?1.80 mass %, 2.00?Ni?3.90 mass %, 0.05?Cr?3.20 mass %, 0.05?Mo?0.80 mass %, and 0.30?Al?1.50 mass %, with a balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities, in which the prehardened steel material has: a cross-sectional size of 350 mm or more in width and 350 mm or more in height, a hardness of 34 to 43 HRC, an average value of prior austenite grain size being 85 ?m or less, and an average value of impact value being 18 J/cm2 or higher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: DAIDO STEEL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masamichi Kawano
  • Patent number: 10988823
    Abstract: The present invention provides an annealed steel material having a composition containing, in mass %, 0.28?C?0.42, 0.01?Si?1.50, 0.20?Mn?1.20, 4.80?Cr?6.00, 0.80?Mo?3.20, 0.40?V?1.20, and 0.002?N?0.080, with the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities; in which the annealed steel material has a cross-sectional size of a thickness of 200 mm or more and a width of 250 mm or more, and a hardness of 100 HRB or less; and in which a diameter of a largest ferritic grain observed in a microstructure is 120 ?m or less in terms of a perfect circle equivalent, an area ratio of carbides is 3.0% or more and less than 10.5%, and an average particle diameter of the carbides is 0.18 ?m or more and 0.29 ?m or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: DAIDO STEEL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masamichi Kawano
  • Patent number: 10975460
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a steel powder having a composition containing, in mass %, 0.10?C<0.25, 0.005?Si?0.600, 2.00?Cr?6.00, ?0.0125×[Cr]+0.125?Mn??0.100×[Cr]+1.800 in which the [Cr] represents the value of Cr content in mass %, 0.01?Mo?1.80, ?0.00447×[Mo]+0.010?V??0.1117×[Mo]+0.901 in which the [Mo] represents the value of Mo content in mass %, 0.0002?N?0.3000, and the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: DAIDO STEEL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masamichi Kawano
  • Publication number: 20200398339
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a powder for additive manufacturing, having a composition consisting of, in mass %: 0.25<C<0.40, 0.001?Si?0.15, 0.30?Mn?0.45, 5.0?Cr?5.5, 1.0?Mo?1.5, 0.35?V?0.45, 0.01?N?0.05, 0.01?O?0.04, and optionally, P<0.10, Cu<0.20, Ni<0.20, Al<0.05, Zr<0.05, S<0.20, Pb<0.20, Bi<0.20, Nb<0.20, Ti<0.20, B<0.10, and Co<0.20, with the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities, in which a surface of the powder for additive manufacturing is coated with an oxide film, and the oxide film has a thickness of 3 nm or more and 30 nm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Motohiro IBUKI, Masamichi KAWANO, Hirotsugu HORIO, Haruo KOYAMA
  • Patent number: 10774406
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a steel and a mold constituted of the steel, in which the steel contains as essential elements, in terms of % by mass, 0.58%?C?0.70%, 0.010%?Si?0.30%, 0.50%?Mn?2.00%, 0.50%?Cr<2.0%, 1.8%?Mo?3.0%, and 0.050%<V?0.80%, with the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: DAIDO STEEL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki Umemori, Masamichi Kawano, Takayuki Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20200115783
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a steel for a mold, having a composition containing, in mass %, 0.045?C?0.090, 0.01?Si?0.50, 0.10?Mn?0.60, 0.80?Ni?1.10, 6.60?Cr?8.60, 0.01?Mo?0.70, 0.001?V?0.200, 0.007?Al?0.150, and 0.0002?N?0.0500, with the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventor: Masamichi KAWANO
  • Patent number: 10508327
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a mold steel having a composition including, in terms of mass %: 0.220%?C?0.360%; 0.65%?Si<1.05%; 0.43%?Mn?0.92%; 0.43%?Ni?0.92%; 0.67%?0.5Mn+Ni?1.30%; 10.50%?Cr<12.50%; 0.05%?Mo<0.50%; 0.002%?V<0.50%; 0.001%?N?0.160%; and 0.300%?C+N?0.420%, with the remainder being Fe and unavoidable impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: DAIDO STEEL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masamichi Kawano
  • Publication number: 20190352751
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a die-casting die, having a composition consisting of, in mass %: 0.16?C?0.26, 0.001?Si?0.80, 1.20?Mn?2.00, 2.41?Cr?2.73, 0.48?Mo?0.97, 0.003?V?0.28, 0.0005?Al?0.15, 0.0002?N?0.050, with the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities, and having a hardness of 26 to 43 HRC and a thermal conductivity ? [W/m/K] measured by using a laser flash method at 25° C. being 27.0??.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventor: Masamichi KAWANO
  • Publication number: 20190300991
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a steel for a mold, which has a composition containing, on % by mass basis: 0.35%?C?0.40%, 0.003%?Si?0.20%, 0.72%?Mn?0.94%, 5.65%?Cr?6.00%, 1.65%?Mo?2.00%, 0.71%?V?0.90%, and 0.001%?N?0.080%, with the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventor: Masamichi Kawano
  • Patent number: 10173258
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a steel for a mold, having a composition containing, on a % by mass basis, 0.25%<C<0.38%, 0.01%<Si<0.30%, 0.92%<Mn<1.80%, 0.8%<Cr<2.2%, 0.8%<Mo<1.4%, and 0.25%<V<0.58%, with the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, and a mold manufactured by additive manufacturing by using the steel for a mold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: DAIDO STEEL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masamichi Kawano
  • Publication number: 20180305799
    Abstract: Provided is a prehardened steel material containing: 0.05?C?0.25 mass %, 0.01?Si?1.00 mass %, 0.40?Mn?1.80 mass %, 0.0002?S?0.3000 mass %, 0.30?Cu?1.80 mass %, 2.00?Ni?3.90 mass %, 0.05?Cr?3.20 mass %, 0.05?Mo?0.80 mass %, and 0.30?Al?1.50 mass %, with a balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities, in which the prehardened steel material has: a cross-sectional size of 350 mm or more in width and 350 mm or more in height, a hardness of 34 to 43 HRC, an average value of prior austenite grain size being 85 ?m or less, and an average value of impact value being 18 J/cm2 or higher.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2018
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventor: Masamichi KAWANO