Patents by Inventor Masao Yuga

Masao Yuga 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: 12331371
    Abstract: A stainless steel pipe of a predetermined composition is provided that comprises N, Ti, Al, V, and Nb so as to satisfy the predetermined formula, the stainless steel pipe having an axial tensile yield strength of 757 MPa or more, an axial compressive yield strength/axial tensile yield strength ratio of 0.85 to 1.15, and a microstructure that is 20 to 80% ferrite phase by volume with the remainder containing an austenite phase, the stainless steel pipe having pipe end portions at least one of which has a fastening portion for an external thread or an internal thread, and having a curvature radius of 0.2 mm or more for a corner R formed by a bottom surface of a thread root and a pressure-side flank surface of the thread, measured in an axial plane section of the fastening portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Shunsuke Sasaki, Masao Yuga, Tatsuro Katsumura, Hideo Kijima
  • Patent number: 12291766
    Abstract: A stainless steel seamless pipe having high strength and excellent corrosion resistance, and a method for producing the same. The stainless steel seamless pipe has a specified composition and satisfies a predetermined formula. The stainless steel seamless pipe has a microstructure containing at least 30% martensitic phase, at most 60% ferrite phase, and at most 40% retained austenite phase by volume, the stainless steel seamless pipe having a yield strength of 758 MPa or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuichi Kamo, Masao Yuga
  • Patent number: 12264376
    Abstract: The invention is intended to provide a duplex stainless steel and a method for manufacturing same. A duplex stainless steel pipe is also provided. A duplex stainless steel of the present invention has a specific composition, and has a microstructure containing an austenitic phase and a ferrite phase. The duplex stainless steel satisfies the following contents for C, Si, Mn, Cr, Mo, Ni, N, Cu, and W in the formula (1) below, and has a yield strength YS of 655 MPa or more, and an absorption energy vE?10 of 40 J or more as measured by a Charpy impact test at a test temperature of ?10° C. 0.55[% C]?0.056[% Si]+0.018[% Mn]?0.020[% Cr]?0.087[% Mo]+0.16[% Ni]+0.28[% N]?0.506[% Cu]?0.035[% W]+[% Cu*F]?0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuki Fujimura, Kenichiro Eguchi, Yusuke Yoshimura, Masao Yuga
  • Patent number: 12252756
    Abstract: Provided herein is a high-strength seamless steel pipe, and a method for manufacturing same. A high-strength seamless steel pipe of the present invention has a steel microstructure with a prior austenite grain size of 11.0 or more in terms of a grain size number in compliance with ASTM E112, and has a yield strength of 862 MPa or more and 965 MPa or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Okatsu, Masao Yuga, Toshiharu Hirama
  • Patent number: 12234525
    Abstract: The disclosure is intended to provide a martensitic stainless steel seamless pipe for oil country tubular goods having high strength and excellent sulfide stress corrosion cracking resistance and a method for manufacturing thereof. The martensitic stainless steel seamless pipe for oil country tubular goods has a composition that contains, in mass %, C: 0.0100% or more, Si: 0.5% or less, Mn: 0.25 to 0.50%, P: 0.030% or less, S: 0.005% or less, Ni: 4.6 to 8.0%, Cr: 10.0 to 14.0%, Mo: 1.0 to 2.7%, Al: 0.1% or less, V: 0.005 to 0.2%, N: 0.1% or less, Ti: 0.06 to 0.25%, Cu: 0.01 to 1.0%, and Co: 0.01 to 1.0%, in which C, Mn, Cr, Cu, Ni, Mo, W, Nb, N, and Ti satisfy predetermined relations, and the balance is Fe and incidental impurities. The martensitic stainless steel seamless pipe has a yield stress of 758 MPa or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mami Endo, Yuichi Kamo, Masao Yuga
  • Patent number: 12227815
    Abstract: A seamless steel pipe of the present invention is a seamless steel pipe having a composition that includes, in mass %, C: 0.02 to 0.12%, Si: 0.010 to 1.00%, Mn: 0.10 to 2.00%, P: 0.050% or less, S: 0.004% or less, Al: 0.010 to 0.100%, Cu: 0.03 to 0.80%, Ni: 0.02 to 0.50%, Cr: 0.55 to 1.00%, Sb: 0.005 to 0.20%, and the balance Fe and incidental impurities, and satisfying the following formula (1), 1.7×Cu*+11×Cr*+3.8×Sb*?13.5??(1), where Cu*, Cr*, and Sb* represent average concentrations of Cu, Cr, and Sb, respectively, in mass %, as measured in a region 0.5 to 2.0 mm away from an outer surface of the steel pipe, the seamless steel pipe having a yield strength of 230 MPa or more, and a tensile strength of 380 MPa or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Masao Yuga, Hiroyuki Takai, Yasumasa Takemura, Mitsuhiro Okatsu
  • Patent number: 12227816
    Abstract: Provided herein is a high-strength seamless steel pipe, and a method for manufacturing same. A high-strength seamless steel pipe of the present invention has a yield strength of 758 MPa or more, and a KILIMIT value of 23.0 MPa?m or more as an evaluation index of sulfide stress corrosion cracking resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Okatsu, Masao Yuga, Toshiharu Hirama
  • Patent number: 12221663
    Abstract: The invention is intended to provide a martensitic stainless steel seamless pipe for oil country tubular goods having a yield stress of 758 MPa or more, and excellent sulfide stress corrosion cracking resistance. A method for manufacturing such a martensitic stainless steel seamless pipe is also provided. The martensitic stainless steel seamless pipe for oil country tubular goods has a composition that contains, in mass %, C: 0.010% or more, Si: 0.5% or less, Mn: 0.05 to 0.50%, P: 0.030% or less, S: 0.005% or less, Ni: 4.6 to 8.0%, Cr: 10.0 to 14.0%, Mo: 1.0 to 2.7%, Al: 0.1% or less, V: 0.005 to 0.2%, N: 0.1% or less, Ti: 0.010 to 0.054%, Cu: 0.01 to 1.0%, and Co: 0.01 to 1.0%. C, Mn, Cr, Cu, Ni, Mo, W, N, and Ti satisfy the predetermined relations, and the balance is Fe and incidental impurities. The martensitic stainless steel seamless pipe has a yield stress of 758 MPa or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mami Endo, Yuichi Kamo, Masao Yuga
  • Patent number: 12157937
    Abstract: Provided herein is a duplex stainless steel seamless pipe and a method for manufacturing the same. The duplex stainless steel seamless pipe has a composition comprising, in mass %, C: 0.005 to 0.08%, Si: 0.01 to 1.0%, Mn: 0.01 to 10.0%, Cr: 20 to 35%, Ni: 1 to 15%, Mo: 0.5 to 6.0%, N: 0.150 to less than 0.400%, and one, two or more selected from Ti: 0.0001 to 0.3%, Al: 0.0001 to 0.3%, V: 0.005 to 1.5%, Nb: 0.005 to less than 1.5%, and the balance being Fe and incidental impurities. The duplex stainless steel seamless pipe contains N, Ti, Al, V, and Nb so as to satisfy the following formula (1). The duplex stainless steel seamless pipe has an axial tensile yield strength of 757 MPa or more, and a ratio of 0.85 to 1.15 as a fraction of axial compressive yield strength to axial tensile yield strength. 0.150>N?(1.58Ti+2.70Al+1.58V+1.44Nb)??(1), wherein N, Ti, Al, V, and Nb represent the content of each element in mass %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Shunsuke Sasaki, Tatsuro Katsumura, Hiroki Ota, Kazuki Fujimura, Masao Yuga
  • Patent number: 12140265
    Abstract: The seamless pipe in which a thin-walled portion in a pipe circumferential direction is formed in a pipe axial direction, in which a line segment formed by connecting one end and the other end of the thin-walled portion along a pipe surface with a shortest distance in a formation direction of the thin-walled portion is inclined at an angle ? of 5.0° or more with respect to the pipe axial direction. It is preferable that one end and the other end of the thin-walled portion are set from a region in a pipe selected with a shorter length between a length of 1.0 m in the pipe axial direction and 90% of a length in the pipe axial direction where the thin-walled portion turns once in the pipe circumferential direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Shunsuke Sasaki, Masao Yuga, Tatsuro Katsumura, Hideo Kijima
  • Patent number: 12098438
    Abstract: A stainless steel seamless pipe having high strength, excellent low-temperature toughness and corrosion resistance, and a composition including, in mass %, C: 0.06% or less, Si: 1.0% or less, Mn: 0.01% or more and 1.0% or less, P: 0.05% or less, S: 0.005% or less, Cr: 14.0% or more and 17.0% or less, Mo: more than 3.80% and 6.0% or less, Cu: more than 1.03% and 3.5% or less, Ni: 3.5% or more and 6.0% or less, Al: 0.10% or less, N: 0.10% or less, O: 0.010% or less, and the balance is Fe and incidental impurities. Elements C, Si, Mn, Cr, Ni, Mo, Cu, and N satisfy a predetermined relationship. The stainless steel seamless pipe has a yield strength of 862 MPa or more and has a microstructure that contains at least 40% martensitic phase, at most 60% ferrite phase, and at most 30% retained austenite phase by volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuichi Kamo, Masao Yuga
  • Publication number: 20240309480
    Abstract: Provided herein is a duplex stainless steel pipe that is high in strength and has excellent abrasion resistance and indentation resistance on inner and outer surfaces of the steel pipe. A method for manufacturing such a stainless steel pipe is also provided. A duplex stainless steel pipe of the present invention has a composition that contains, in mass %, C: 0.005 to 0.150%, Si: 1.0% or less, Mn: 10.0% or less, Cr: 11.5 to 35.0%, Ni: 0.5 to 15.0%, Mo: 0.5 to 6.0%, N: less than 0.400%, and the balance being Fe and incidental impurities, and has a microstructure with a ferritic phase and an austenitic phase, the duplex stainless steel pipe having an axial tensile yield strength of 689 MPa or more, and having an outer surface and an inner surface each having an oxide layer having an average thickness of 1.0 ?m or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2022
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Applicant: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Shunsuke Sasaki, Seigo Goto, Masao Yuga, Tatsuro Katsumura, Hideo Kijima
  • Publication number: 20240191331
    Abstract: Provided are a stainless steel pipe and a method for manufacturing the same. The stainless steel pipe has a chemical composition containing, by mass %, C: 0.05% or less, Si: 1.0% or less, Mn: 0.10% to 2.0%, P: 0.05% or less, S: less than 0.005%, Cr: 16.0% to 20.0%, Mo: 0.6% to 1.4%, Ni: 3.0% to 5.0%, Al: 0.001% to 0.10%, N: 0.010% to 0.100%, O: 0.01% or less, Cu: 0.3% to 3.5%, and a balance of Fe and incidental impurities, in which predetermined relational expressions are satisfied by Cr, Ni, Mo, W, Cu, and C, a microstructure including, in terms of volume fraction, 45% or more of a tempered martensitic phase, 20% to 40% of a ferrite phase, and 5% to 25% of a retained austenite phase, a yield strength of 758 MPa or higher, and an absorbed energy at a temperature of ?10° C. vE?10 of 40 J or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Applicant: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichiro Eguchi, Masao Yuga
  • Publication number: 20240124949
    Abstract: A high-strength stainless steel seamless pipe for oil country tubular goods has a composition that contains, in mass %, C: 0.012 to 0.05%, Si: 0.05 to 0.50%, Mn: 0.04 to 1.80%, P: 0.030% or less, S: 0.005% or less, Cr: 11.0 to 14.0%, Ni: 0.5 to 6.5%, Mo: 0.5 to 3.0%, Al: 0.005 to 0.10%, V: 0.005 to 0.20%, Co: 0.01 to 0.3%, N: 0.002 to 0.15%, O: 0.010% or less, and Ti: 0.001 to 0.20%, and in which Cr, Ni, Mo, Cu, C, Si, Mn, N, and Ti satisfy predetermined relations, and the balance is Fe and incidental impurities, the high-strength stainless steel seamless pipe having a steel microstructure with 6 to 20% retained austenite in terms of a volume percentage, a yield strength of 758 MPa or more, and an absorption energy vE?60 at ?60° C. of 70 J or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichiro Eguchi, Masao Yuga
  • Patent number: 11827949
    Abstract: The invention provides a martensitic stainless steel seamless pipe for oil country tubular goods having high strength, and excellent sulfide stress corrosion cracking resistance and a method for manufacturing the same. The martensitic stainless steel seamless pipe for oil country tubular goods has a yield stress of 655 to 758 MPa, and has a composition containing, in mass %, C: 0.10% or less, Si: 0.5% or less, Mn: 0.05 to 2.0%, P: 0.030% or less, S: 0.005% or less, Ni: 4.0 to 8.0%, Cu: 0.02% or more and less than 1.0%, Cr: 10.0 to 14.0%, Mo: 1.0 to 3.5%, V: 0.003 to 0.2%, Co: 0.02% or more and less than 1.0%, Al: 0.1% or less, N: 0.1% or less, Ti: 0.50% or less, and the balance Fe and incidental impurities, wherein C, Mn, Cr, Cu, Co, Ni, Mo, W, Nb, N, and Ti satisfy the predetermined relations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mami Endo, Masao Yuga, Yuichi Kamo
  • Publication number: 20230340632
    Abstract: A stainless steel seamless pipe has a component composition containing, in terms of mass%, C: 0.06% or less, Si: 1.0% or less, Mn: 0.01% or more and 0.90% or less, P: 0.05% or less, S: 0.005% or less, Cr: 15.70% or more and 18.00% or less, Mo: 1.60% or more and 3.80% or less, Cu: 1.10% or more and 4.00% or less, Ni: 3.0% or more and 6.0% or less, AI: 0.10% or less, N: 0.10% or less, O: 0.010% or less, V: 0.120% or more and 1.000% or less, C, Si, Mn, Cr, Ni, Mo, Cu, and N satisfying a predetermined formula, and a remainder consisting of Fe and unavoidable impurities, and has a microstructure including 30% or more of a martensitic phase, 60% or less of a ferritic phase, and 40% or less of a retained austenitic phase, and a yield strength is 758 MPa or higher.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Applicant: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Yuichi Kamo, Masao Yuga
  • Patent number: 11773461
    Abstract: A martensitic stainless steel seamless pipe for oil country tubular goods having a yield stress of 758 MPa or more, and excellent sulfide stress corrosion cracking resistance, and a method for manufacturing the same. The martensitic stainless steel seamless pipe has a composition that contains, by mass %, C: 0.010% or more, Si: 0.5% or less, Mn: 0.05 to 0.50%, P: 0.030% or less, S: 0.005% or less, Ni: 4.6 to 8.0%, Cr: 10.0 to 14.0%, Mo: 1.0 to 2.7%, Al: 0.1% or less, V: 0.005 to 0.2%, N: 0.1% or less, Ti: 0.255 to 0.500%, Cu: 0.01 to 1.0%, Co: 0.01 to 1.0%, and the balance being Fe and incidental impurities. C, Mn, Cr, Cu, Ni, Mo, W, Nb, N, and Ti satisfy a predetermined relationship.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mami Endo, Yuichi Kamo, Masao Yuga
  • Publication number: 20230183829
    Abstract: An alloy pipe and a method for producing the same are disclosed. The alloy pipe of the present invention contains, as a component composition, in terms of % by mass, Cr: 11.5-35.0%, Ni: 23.0-60.0%, and Mo: 0.5-17.0%, has an austenitic phase as a microstructure, has a Mo concentration (% by mass) in a grain boundary of the austenitic phase that is 4.0 times or less than a Mo concentration (% by mass) within grains of the austenitic phase, and has a tensile yield strength in a pipe axial direction of 689 MPa or more and a ratio (compressive yield strength in a pipe axial direction)/(tensile yield strength in a pipe axial direction) of 0.85 to 1.15.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Shunsuke Sasaki, Masao Yuga, Tatsuro Katsumura, Hideo Kijima
  • Patent number: 11655526
    Abstract: A duplex stainless steel having excellent carbon dioxide corrosion resistance, excellent sulfide stress corrosion cracking resistance, and excellent sulfide stress cracking resistance. The duplex stainless steel comprises, by mass %, C: 0.03% or less, Si: 1.0% or less, Mn: 0.10 to 1.5%, P: 0.030% or less, S: 0.005% or less, Cr: 20.0 to 30.0%, Ni: 5.0 to 10.0%, Mo: 2.0 to 5.0%, Cu: 2.0 to 6.0%, N: less than 0.07%, at least one selected from Al: 0.05 to 1.0%, Ti: 0.02 to 1.0%, and Nb: 0.02 to 1.0%, and the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities, and has a structure that is 20 to 70% austenite phase, and 30 to 80% ferrite phase in terms of a volume fraction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichiro Eguchi, Masao Yuga
  • Publication number: 20230151469
    Abstract: A dual-phase stainless steel or dual-phase stainless steel seamless pipe has a certain composition, the dual-phase stainless steel or dual-phase stainless steel seamless pipe having a microstructure containing 20 to 70% austenitic phase and 30 to 80% ferritic phase by volume, the dual-phase stainless steel or dual-phase stainless steel seamless pipe having a yield strength, YS, of 448 MPa or more, and containing oxide inclusions of which oxide inclusions having an average particle diameter of 1 ?m or more have a number density of 15/mm2 or less, and at most 50 mass % of the oxide inclusions having an average particle diameter of 1 ?m or more are oxide inclusions containing aluminum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuki Fujimura, Shunsuke Sasaki, Masao Yuga