Patents by Inventor Masao Kanayama

Masao Kanayama 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: 9988704
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a nitrided steel member and the nitrided steel member include: performing a nitriding treatment on a steel member made of a carbon steel or an alloy steel in an atmosphere of a nitriding treatment gas in which when the total pressure is set to 1, a partial pressure ratio of NH3 gas is set to 0.08 to 0.34, a partial pressure ratio of H2 gas is set to 0.54 to 0.82, and a partial pressure ratio of N2 gas is set to 0.09 to 0.18, at a flow speed of the nitriding treatment gas set to 1 m/s or more, at 500 to 620° C.; and thereby, forming an iron nitride compound layer having a thickness of 2 to 17 ?m on a surface of the steel member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignees: DOWA THERMOTECH CO., LTD., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuichiro Shimizu, Atsushi Kobayashi, Susumu Maeda, Masao Kanayama, Kiyotaka Akimoto
  • Patent number: 9783879
    Abstract: A nitrided steel member including an iron nitride compound layer formed on a surface of a steel member having predetermined components, wherein: in X-ray diffraction peak intensity IFe4N (111) of a (111) crystal plane of Fe4N and X-ray diffraction peak intensity IFe3N (111) of a (111) crystal plane of Fe3N, which are measured on a surface of the nitrided steel member by X-ray diffraction, an intensity ratio expressed by IFe4N (111)/{IFe4N (111)+IFe3N (111)} is 0.5 or more; Vickers hardness of the iron nitride compound layer is 900 or less, Vickers hardness of a base metal immediately under the iron nitride compound layer is 700 or more, and a difference between the Vickers hardness of the iron nitride compound layer and the Vickers hardness of the base metal is 150 or less; and a thickness of the iron nitride compound layer is 2 to 17 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignees: DOWA THERMOTECH CO., LTD., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuichiro Shimizu, Atsushi Kobayashi, Susumu Maeda, Masao Kanayama, Hideki Imataka, Masato Yuya, Yuya Gyotoku, Kiyotaka Akimoto
  • Publication number: 20170152591
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a nitrided steel member and the nitrided steel member include: performing a nitriding treatment on a steel member made of a carbon steel or an alloy steel in an atmosphere of a nitriding treatment gas in which when the total pressure is set to 1, a partial pressure ratio of NH3 gas is set to 0.08 to 0.34, a partial pressure ratio of H2 gas is set to 0.54 to 0.82, and a partial pressure ratio of N2 gas is set to 0.09 to 0.18, at a flow speed of the nitriding treatment gas set to 1 m/s or more, at 500 to 620° C.; and thereby, forming an iron nitride compound layer having a thickness of 2 to 17 ?m on a surface of the steel member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2017
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventors: Yuichiro Shimizu, Atsushi Kobayashi, Susumu Maeda, Masao Kanayama, Kiyotaka Akimoto
  • Patent number: 9598760
    Abstract: The present invention provides a nitrided steel member and manufacturing method thereof. the nitrided steel member including: an iron nitride compound layer formed on a surface of a steel member made of carbon steel for machine structural use or alloy steel for machine structural use, in which with regard to X-ray diffraction peak intensity IFe4N (111) of the (111) crystal plane of Fe4N and X-ray diffraction peak intensity IFe3N (111) of the (111) crystal plane of Fe3N obtained by measuring a surface of the nitrided steel member by X-ray diffraction, an intensity ratio represented by IFe4N(111)/{IFe4N (111)+IFe3N (111)} is 0.5 or more, and a thickness of the iron nitride compound layer is 2 to 17 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignees: DOWA THERMOTECH CO., LTD., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuichiro Shimizu, Atsushi Kobayashi, Susumu Maeda, Masao Kanayama, Kiyotaka Akimoto
  • Publication number: 20150053311
    Abstract: A nitrided steel member including an iron nitride compound layer formed on a surface of a steel member having predetermined components, wherein: in X-ray diffraction peak intensity IFe4N (111) of a (111) crystal plane of Fe4N and X-ray diffraction peak intensity IFe3N (111) of a (111) crystal plane of Fe3N, which are measured on a surface of the nitrided steel member by X-ray diffraction, an intensity ratio expressed by IFe4N (111)/{IFe4N (111)+IFe3N (111)} is 0.5 or more; Vickers hardness of the iron nitride compound layer is 900 or less, Vickers hardness of a base metal immediately under the iron nitride compound layer is 700 or more, and a difference between the Vickers hardness of the iron nitride compound layer and the Vickers hardness of the base metal is 150 or less; and a thickness of the iron nitride compound layer is 2 to 17 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2013
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Inventors: Yuichiro Shimizu, Atsushi Kobayashi, Susumu Maeda, Masao Kanayama, Hideki Imataka, Masato Yuya, Yuya Gyotoku, Kiyotaka Akimoto
  • Publication number: 20130333808
    Abstract: The present invention provides a nitrided steel member and manufacturing method thereof. the nitrided steel member including: an iron nitride compound layer formed on a surface of a steel member made of carbon steel for machine structural use or alloy steel for machine structural use, in which with regard to X-ray diffraction peak intensity IFe4N (111) of the (111) crystal plane of Fe4N and X-ray diffraction peak intensity IFe3N (111) of the (111) crystal plane of Fe3N obtained by measuring a surface of the nitrided steel member by X-ray diffraction, an intensity ratio represented by IFe4N(111)/{IFe4N (111)+IFe3N (111)} is 0.5 or more, and a thickness of the iron nitride compound layer is 2 to 17 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2012
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Applicants: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., DOWA THERMOTECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuichiro Shimizu, Atsushi Kobayashi, Susumu Maeda, Masao Kanayama, Kiyotaka Akimoto