Patents by Inventor Masao HADANO

Masao HADANO 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: 20240139880
    Abstract: The arc spot welding method for joining dissimilar materials, in which a first sheet (10) made of an Al-based material or an Mg-based material and a second sheet (20) made of ultra-high tensile steel having a tensile strength of 1180 MPa or more are joined, includes a step of forming a hole in the first sheet (10), a step of overlapping the first sheet (10) and the second sheet (20), a step of inserting a joining auxiliary member (30) made of steel, in which a hollow portion is formed, into the hole of the first sheet (10), and a step of joining the first sheet (10) and the second sheet (20) via the joining auxiliary member (30) using a welding material containing 13 mass % or more of Ni.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (KOBE STEEL, LTD.)
    Inventors: Tatsuro OSHIDA, Masao HADANO, Yoichiro SHIMODA, Reiichi SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20230294205
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a joint structure formed by joining a first plate-shaped member and a second plate-shaped member having a shape that is longer in a longitudinal direction than in a lateral direction includes overlapping the first plate-shaped member and the second plate-shaped member, after the overlapping, joining each of both edge portions of the second plate-shaped member by forming a weld metal along the longitudinal direction to the first plate-shaped member. The weld metal extends further outward in the lateral direction than the edge portions of the second plate-shaped member, in which the weld metal is formed by a hybrid welding in which a laser is added as a heat source during arc welding such that the weld metal extends around both of the edge portions of the second plate-shaped member along the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Liang CHEN, Kenichi WATANABE, Kazuya YASUI, Dongyong SHI, Masao HADANO, Takayuki KIMURA, Reiichi SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 11597034
    Abstract: A joint body includes first and second metal members and a joint portion including a welded portion where the first and second metal members are joined together, the welded portion having a line shape. The joint portion includes first and second longitudinal portions and a plurality of connecting portions. The first longitudinal portion has first intersecting portions arranged in a first direction and extends in the first direction. The second longitudinal portion has second intersecting portions arranged in the first direction and extends in the first direction. The welded portion intersects itself at the first and second intersecting portions. The connecting portions are arranged in the first direction. The connecting portions extend in a first direction and connect the first and second longitudinal portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: KOBE STEEL, LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichi Watanabe, Kazuya Yasui, Dongyong Shi, Takayuki Kimura, Liang Chen, Masao Hadano, Reiichi Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11465239
    Abstract: A manufacturing method for a joint body having a first metal member and a second metal member joined together by causing a laser oscillation system to irradiate a surface of the second metal member placed on the first metal member with laser light to form a joint portion including a welded portion where the first metal member and the second metal member are joined together includes continuously supplying the second metal member while pressing the second metal member against the first metal member, the second metal member being a hoop material, and causing the laser oscillation system to emit the laser light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Watanabe, Takayuki Kimura, Liang Chen, Masao Hadano, Reiichi Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20210276126
    Abstract: A joint structure is formed by joining a first plate-shaped member made of steel and a second plate-shaped member made of steel that is overlapped on the first plate-shaped member and that is formed in a long shape. A surface of the first plate-shaped member and both edge portions of the second plate-shaped member along a longitudinal direction are joined by a weld metal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Liang CHEN, Kenichi WATANABE, Kazuya YASUI, Dongyong SHI, Masao HADANO, Takayuki KIMURA, Reiichi SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20210269098
    Abstract: The joined body includes a joint portion including a linear welding portion in which a first metal member and a second metal member are joined. The joint portion includes a main linear portion being linear and extending along a first direction being a direction corresponding to a load assumed to act on a component obtained by machining the joined body. The main linear portion is a portion whose angle formed with the first direction is 0 degrees or more and 15 degrees or less in the joint portion. The joint portion includes a plurality of the main linear portions arranged at intervals in a second direction being a direction intersecting with the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (KOBE STEEL, LTD.)
    Inventors: Kazuya YASUI, Kenichi WATANABE, Dongyong SHI, Masao HADANO, Liang CHEN
  • Publication number: 20200398376
    Abstract: Provided is a manufacturing method for a joint body having a blank material plated with a metal material and a hoop material plated with a metal material joined together by placing the hoop material on the blank material and causing a laser oscillation system to irradiate a surface of the hoop material with laser light to form a joint portion including a line-shaped welded portion where the blank material and the hoop material are joined together. In this manufacturing method, the hoop material is supplied to be placed on the blank material and form a predetermined gap d between the blank material and the hoop material, and the hoop material is irradiated with a laser at a position where the predetermined gap d is located between the blank material and the hoop material to join the blank material and the hoop material together by laser welding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2018
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (KOBE STEEL, LTD.)
    Inventors: Kenichi WATANABE, Takayuki KIMURA, Liang CHEN, Masao HADANO, Reiichi SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20200376598
    Abstract: A manufacturing method for a joint body having a first metal member and a second metal member joined together by causing a laser oscillation system to irradiate a surface of the second metal member placed on the first metal member with laser light to form a joint portion including a welded portion where the first metal member and the second metal member are joined together includes continuously supplying the second metal member while pressing the second metal member against the first metal member, the second metal member being a hoop material, and causing the laser oscillation system to emit the laser light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (KOBE STEEL, LTD.)
    Inventors: Kenichi WATANABE, Takayuki KIMURA, Liang CHEN, Masao HADANO, Reiichi SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20200246914
    Abstract: Provided is a manufacturing method for a joint body having a first metal member and a second metal member joined together by welding. With a density of the welding set higher than a density of the welding of other portions, the second metal member is bent within a plane by changing a positional relation of the second metal member relative to the first metal member in plan view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (KOBE STEEL, LTD.)
    Inventors: Kenichi WATANABE, Takayuki KIMURA, Liang CHEN, Masao HADANO, Reiichi SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20200180072
    Abstract: A joint body includes first and second metal members and a joint portion including a welded portion where the first and second metal members are joined together, the welded portion having a line shape. The joint portion includes first and second longitudinal portions and a plurality of connecting portions. The first longitudinal portion has first intersecting portions arranged in a first direction and extends in the first direction. The second longitudinal portion has second intersecting portions arranged in the first direction and extends in the first direction. The welded portion intersects itself at the first and second intersecting portions. The connecting portions are arranged in the first direction. The connecting portions extend in a first direction and connect the first and second longitudinal portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (KOBE STEEL, LTD.)
    Inventors: Kenichi WATANABE, Kazuya YASUI, Dongyong SHI, Takayuki KIMURA, Liang CHEN, Masao HADANO, Reiichi SUZUKI