Patents by Inventor Masayuki Sagara

Masayuki Sagara 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: 11970759
    Abstract: The seamless steel pipe according to the present disclosure includes a chemical composition consisting of, in mass %, C: 0.030% or less, Si: 1.00% or less, Mn: 1.00% or less, P: 0.030% or less, S: 0.0050% or less, Al: 0.001 to 0.100%, N: 0.0500% or less, O: 0.050% or less, Ni: 5.00 to 6.50%, Cr: more than 10.00 to 13.40%, Cu: more than 1.50 to 3.50%, Mo: 1.00 to 4.00%, V: 0.01 to 1.00%, Ti: 0.050 to 0.300%, and Co: 0.010 to 0.300%, with the balance being Fe and impurities, and satisfying Formula (1), wherein a depassivation pH of an inner surface is 3.00 or less. Cr+2.0 Mo+0.5 Ni+2.0 Cu+0.5 Co?20.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kyohei Kanki, Masayuki Sagara, Yusaku Tomio, Daisuke Matsuo
  • Patent number: 11965232
    Abstract: The seamless steel pipe according to the present disclosure includes a chemical composition consisting of, in mass %, C: 0.030% or less, Si: 1.00% or less, Mn: 1.00% or less, P: 0.030% or less, S: 0.0050% or less, Al: 0.001 to 0.100%, N: 0.0500% or less, O: 0.050% or less, Ni: 3.00 to 6.50%, Cr: more than 10.00 to 13.40%, Mo: 0.50 to 4.00%, V: 0.01 to 1.00%, Ti: 0.010 to 0.300%, and Co: 0.010 to 0.300%, with the balance being Fe and impurities, and satisfying Formula (1), and a microstructure containing, in volume ratio, 80.0% or more of martensite, wherein a depassivation pH of an inner surface is 3.50 or less. Cr+2.0Mo+0.5Ni+0.5Co?16.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kyohei Kanki, Masayuki Sagara, Yusaku Tomio
  • Publication number: 20230212723
    Abstract: The duplex stainless steel seamless pipe according to the present disclosure has the chemical composition described in the description and a microstructure consisting of 30 to 55% of ferrite, and austenite. In a square observation field of view region with sides of 250 ?m including a center portion of the wall thickness and including a T direction and a C direction, a number of intersections NT which is a number of intersections between the line segment T1 to T4 described in the description and ferrite interfaces is 65 or more. A number of intersections NC which is a number of intersections between the line segments C1 to C4 described in the description and ferrite interfaces is 50 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Mikiko NOGUCHI, Jun NAKAMURA, Masayuki SAGARA, Daisuke MATSUO, Yoshihei WAKINO
  • Publication number: 20220411906
    Abstract: An alloy material is provided that has a chemical composition consisting of, in mass %, C: 0.030% or less, Si: 0.01 to 1.0%, Mn: 0.01 to 2.0%, P: 0.030% or less, S: 0.0050% or less, Cr: 28.0 to 40.0%, Ni: 32.0 to 55.0%, sol. Al: 0.010 to 0.30%, N: more than 0.30% and not more than 0.000214×Ni2?0.03012×Ni+0.00215×Cr2?0.08567×Cr+1.927, O: 0.010% or less, Mo: 0 to 6.0%, W: 0 to 12.0%, Ca: 0 to 0.010%, Mg: 0 to 0.010%, V: 0 to 0.50%, Ti: 0 to 0.50%, Nb: 0 to 0.50%, Co: 0 to 2.0%, Cu: 0 to 2.0%, REM: 0 to 0.10%, and the balance: Fe and impurities, and in which Fn1=Mo+(½)W is 1.0 to 6.0, and a yield strength at a 0.2% proof stress is 1103 MPa or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Hideki TAKABE, Yusaku TOMIO, Masayuki SAGARA
  • Publication number: 20220033943
    Abstract: The seamless steel pipe according to the present disclosure includes a chemical composition consisting of, in mass %, C: 0.030% or less, Si: 1.00% or less, Mn: 1.00% or less, P: 0.030% or less, S: 0.0050% or less, Al: 0.001 to 0.100%, N: 0.0500% or less, O: 0.050% or less, Ni: 3.00 to 6.50%, Cr: more than 10.00 to 13.40%, Mo: 0.50 to 4.00%, V: 0.01 to 1.00%, Ti: 0.010 to 0.300%, and Co: 0.010 to 0.300%, with the balance being Fe and impurities, and satisfying Formula (1), and a microstructure containing, in volume ratio, 80.0% or more of martensite, wherein a depassivation pH of an inner surface is 3.50 or less. Cr+2.0Mo+0.5Ni+0.5Co?16.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Kyohei KANKI, Masayuki SAGARA, Yusaku TOMIO
  • Publication number: 20210317556
    Abstract: The seamless steel pipe according to the present disclosure includes a chemical composition consisting of, in mass %, C: 0.030% or less, Si: 1.00% or less, Mn: 1.00% or less, P: 0.030% or less, S: 0.0050% or less, Al: 0.001 to 0.100%, N: 0.0500% or less, O: 0.050% or less, Ni: 5.00 to 6.50%, Cr: more than 10.00 to 13.40%, Cu: more than 1.50 to 3.50%, Mo: 1.00 to 4.00%, V: 0.01 to 1.00%, Ti: 0.050 to 0.300%, and Co: 0.010 to 0.300%, with the balance being Fe and impurities, and satisfying Formula (1), wherein a depassivation pH of an inner surface is 3.00 or less. Cr+2.0Mo+0.5Ni+2.0Cu+0.5Co?20.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: Kyohei KANKI, Masayuki SAGARA, Yusaku TOMIO, Daisuke MATSUO
  • Patent number: 11066719
    Abstract: A duplex stainless steel with good low-temperature toughness is provided. The duplex stainless steel has a chemical composition of, in mass %: up to 0.03% C; 0.1 to 0.8% Si; up to 2.3% Mn; up to 0.040% P; up to 0.010% S; up to 0.040% sol. Al; 3 to 7% Ni; 20 to 28% Cr; 0.5 to 2.0% Mo; more than 2.0% and not more than 4.0% Cu; 0.02 to 0.5% Co; 0.1 to 0.35% N; up to 0.010% O; and other elements, the steel having a microstructure including an austenite phase and a ferrite phase, the ferrite phase having an area percentage of 30 to 60%, the steel satisfying the following Formula, (1); 0.70×NiL?NiH??(1), where NiH and NiL are obtained by using an electron-beam microanalyzer to measure Ni content and, in a distribution of Ni content, determining two maximum frequencies, and treating the one with a higher Ni content as NiH and treating the one with a lower Ni content as NiL.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Nippon Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Daisuke Motoya, Masayuki Sagara, Hidenori Shitamoto
  • Patent number: 11041232
    Abstract: An austenitic stainless steel is provided which has a chemical composition that consists, by mass %, of: C: 0.015% or less, Si: 1.00% or less, Mn: 2.00% or less, P: 0.05% or less, S: 0.030% or less, Cr: 16.0% or more and less than 22.0%, Ni: 11.0 to 16.0%, Mo: 2.5 to 5.0%, N: 0.07% or more and less than 0.15%, Nb: 0.20 to 0.50%, Al: 0.005 to 0.040%, Sn: 0 to 0.080%, Zn: 0 to 0.0060%, Pb: 0 to 0.030%, and the balance: Fe and impurities, and that satisfies the formula [MoSS/Mo?0.98] (MoSS: Mo amount dissolved in the steel).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: Nippon Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro Seto, Masayuki Sagara, Kenta Yamada, Takahiro Osuki
  • Publication number: 20200332378
    Abstract: A duplex stainless steel with occurrence of pitting suppressed is provided. A duplex stainless steel according to the present disclosure has a chemical composition consisting of, in mass %, Cr: more than 27.00% to 29.00%, Mo: 2.50 to 3.50%, Ni: 5.00 to 8.00%, W: 4.00 to 6.00%, Cu: 0.01 to less than 0.10%, N: more than 0.400% to 0.600%, C: 0.030% or less, Si: 1.00% or less, Mn 1.00% or less, sol.Al: 0.040% or less, V: 0.50% or less, O: 0.010% or less, P: 0.030% or less, and S: 0.020% or less with the balance being Fe and impurities and satisfying Formula (1), a microstructure consisting of 35 to 65 volume % of ferrite phase with the balance being the austenite phase, and the area fraction of Cu precipitated in the ferrite phase is 0.5% or less. Cr+4.0×Mo+2.0×W+20×N?5×ln(Cu)?65.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: Masayuki SAGARA, Yusaku TOMIO, Takahiro OSUKI, Yusuke UGAWA
  • Patent number: 10557574
    Abstract: A Ni—Cr alloy material has a chemical composition that consists of; Si: 0.01 to 0.5%, Mn: 0.01 to less than 1.0%, Cu: 0.01 to less than 1.0%, Ni: 48 to less than 55%, Cr: 22 to 28%, Mo: 5.6 to less than 7.0%, N: 0.04 to 0.16%, sol.Al: 0.03 to 0.20%, REM: 0.01 to 0.074%, W: 0% or more and less than 8.0%, Co: 0 to 2.0%; one or more of Ca and Mg: 0.0003 to 0.01% in total, and one or more of Ti, Nb, Zr, and V: 0 to 0.5% in total, the balance thereof being Fe and impurities. The impurities include C £ 0.03%, P £ 0.03%, S £ 0.001%, and O £ 0.01%. The dislocation density r of the Ni—Cr alloy material expressed in m?2 satisfies a formula [7.0?1015£r£2.7?1016?2.67?1017?REM].
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusaku Tomio, Masayuki Sagara
  • Publication number: 20190292619
    Abstract: A duplex stainless steel with good low-temperature toughness is provided. The duplex stainless steel has a chemical composition of, in mass %; up to 0.03% C; 0.1 to 0.8% Si; up to 2.3% Mn; up to 0.040% P; up to 0.010% S; up to 0.040% sol. Al; 3 to 7% Ni; 20 to 28% Cr; 0.5 to 2.0% Mo; more than 2.0% and not more than 4.0% Cu; 0.02 to 0.5% Co; 0.1 to 0.35% N; up to 0.010% O; and other elements, the steel having a microstructure including an austenite phase and a ferrite phase, the ferrite phase having an area percentage of 30 to 60%, the steel satisfying the following Formula, (1); 0.70×NiL?NiH??(1), where NiH and NiL are obtained by using an electron-beam microanalyzer to measure Ni content and, in a distribution of Ni content, determining two maximum frequencies, and treating the one with a higher Ni content as NiH and treating the one with a lower Ni content as NiL.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2017
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Daisuke Motoya, Masayuki Sagara, Hidenori Shitamoto
  • Publication number: 20190177808
    Abstract: An austenitic stainless steel includes base metal and a coating film formed on at least part of a surface of the base metal, a chemical composition of the base metal containing, in mass percent: C: 0.05% or less; Si: 1.0% or less; Mn: 2.0% or less; P: 0.040% or less; S: 0.010% or less; O: 0.020% or less; N: less than 0.050%; Ni: 12.0 to 27.0%; Cr: 15.0% or more to less than 20.0%; Cu: more than 3.5% to 8.0% or less; Mo: more than 2.0% to 5.0% or less; Co: 0.05% or less; Sn: 0.05% or less, V: 0 to 0.5%, Nb: 0 to 1.0%, Ti: 0 to 0.5%, W: 0 to 5.0%, Zr: 0 to 1.0%, Al: 0 to 0.5%, Ca: 0 to 0.01%, B: 0 to 0.01%, REM: 0 to 0.01%, and the balance: Fe and impurities, wherein a chemical composition at a maximum-Cr depth where a concentration of Cr in the coating film reaches a maximum satisfies, in at %, [(Cr+Ni+Cu+Mo)/Fe?1.0].
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2017
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Applicant: Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation
    Inventors: Shinnosuke KURIHARA, Masayuki SAGARA, Takahiro OSUKI
  • Publication number: 20190144981
    Abstract: An austenitic stainless steel is provided which has a chemical composition that consists, by mass %, of: C: 0.015% or less, Si: 1.00% or less, Mn: 2.00% or less, P: 0.05% or less, S: 0.030% or less, Cr: 16.0% or more and less than 22.0%, Ni: 11.0 to 16.0%, Mo: 2.5 to 5.0%, N: 0.07% or more and less than 0.15%, Nb: 0.20 to 0.50%, Al: 0.005 to 0.040%, Sn: 0 to 0.080%, Zn: 0 to 0.0060%, Pb: 0 to 0.030%, and the balance: Fe and impurities, and that satisfies the formula [MoSS/Mo?0.98] (MoSS: Mo amount dissolved in the steel).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventors: Masahiro Seto, Masayuki Sagara, Kenta Yamada, Takahiro Osuki
  • Patent number: 10280487
    Abstract: The high alloy for oil well according to the present embodiment consists of, in mass %, C: 0.03% or less, Si: 1.0% or less, Mn: 0.05 to 1.5%, P: 0.03% or less, S: 0.03% or less, Ni: 26.0 to 40.0%, Cr: 22.0 to 30.0%, Mo: 0.01% or more to less than 5.0%, Cu: 0.1 to 3.0%, Al: 0.001 to 0.30%, N: more than 0.05% to 0.30% or less, O: 0.010% or less, and Ag: 0.005 to 1.0%, wherein the alloy satisfies the following Formula (1) and (2), wherein the high alloy for oil well has yield strength of 758 MPa or more: 5×Cu+(1000×Ag)2?40??(1) Cu+6×Ag?500×(Ca+Mg+REM)?3.5??(2) where, each element symbol in each Formula is substituted by the content (in mass %) of each element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masayuki Sagara, Akiko Tomio
  • Publication number: 20190126408
    Abstract: There is provided a welding structure member excellent in corrosion resistance in an environment where high-concentration sulfuric acid condenses, the welding structure member including base material having a chemical composition containing, in mass percent, C?0.05%, Si?1.0%, Mn?2.0%, P?0.04%, S?0.01%, Ni: 12.0 to 27.0%, Cr: 15.0% or more to less than 20.0%, Cu: more than 3 0% to 8.0% or less, Mo: more than 2.0% to 5.0% or less, Nb?1.0%, Ti?0.5%, Co?0.5%, Sn?0.1%, W?5.0%, Zr?1.0%, Al?0.5%, N<0.05%, Ca?0.01%, B?0.01%, and REM?0.01%, with the balance: Fe and unavoidable impurities, and the welding structure member including including weld metal having a chemical composition containing, in mass percent, C?0.10%, Si?0.50%, Mn?3.5%, P?0.03%, S?0.03%, Cu?0.50%, Ni: 51.0 to 69.0%, Cr: 14.5 to 23.0%, Mo: 6.0 to 17.0%, Al?0.40%, Ti+Nb+Ta?4.90%, Co?2.5%, V?0.35%, and W?4.5%, with the balance: Fe and unavoidable impurities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation
    Inventors: Masayuki Sagara, Takahiro Osuki, Shinnosuke Kurihara
  • Publication number: 20190105727
    Abstract: There is provided a welding structure member excellent in corrosion resistance in an environment where high-concentration sulfuric acid condenses, the welding structure member including base material having a chemical composition containing, in mass percent, C?0.05%, Si?1.0%, Mn?2.0%, P?0.04%, S?0.01%, Ni: 12.0 to 27.0%, Cr: 15.0% or more to less than 20.0%, Cu: more than 3.0% to 8.0% or less, Mo: more than 2.0% to 5.0% or less, Nb?1.0%, Ti?0.5%, Co?0.5%, Sn?0.1%, W?5.0%, Zr?1.0%, Al?0.5%, N<0.05%, Ca?0.01%, B?0.01%, and REM?0.01%, with the balance: Fe and unavoidable impurities, and the welding structure member including weld metal having a chemical composition containing, in mass percent, C?0.10%, Si?0.50%, Mn?3.5%, P?0.03%, S?0.03%, Cu?0.50%, Ni: 51.0 to 80.0%, Cr: 14.5 to 23.0%, Mo?0.10%, Al?0.40%, Ti+Nb+Ta?4.90%, Co?2.5%, V?0.35%, and W?4.5%, with the balance: Fe and unavoidable impurities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Inventors: Masayuki Sagara, Takahiro Osuki, Shinnosuke Kurihara
  • Patent number: 10202675
    Abstract: A stainless steel contains, by mass %, C: 0.005% to 0.03%, Si: 0.05% to 1.0%, Mn: 0.1% to 4.0%, Ni: 3% to 8%, Cr: 20% to 35%, Mo: 0.01% to 4.0%, Al: 0.001% to 0.30%, N: 0.05% to 0.60%, one or more selected from Re: 2.0% or less, Ga: 2.0% or less, and Ge: 2.0% or less, and a balance consisting of Fe and impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masayuki Sagara, Akiko Tomio
  • Publication number: 20160333446
    Abstract: The high alloy for oil well according to the present embodiment consists of, in mass %, C: 0.03% or less, Si: 1.0% or less, Mn: 0.05 to 1.5%, P: 0.03% or less, S: 0.03% or less, Ni: 26.0 to 40.0%, Cr: 22.0 to 30.0%, Mo: 0.01% or more to less than 5.0%, Cu: 0.1 to 3.0%, Al: 0.001 to 0.30%, N: more than 0.05% to 0.30% or less, O: 0.010% or less, and Ag: 0.005 to 1.0%, wherein the alloy satisfies the following Formulae (1) and (2), wherein the high alloy for oil well has yield strength of 758 MPa or more: 5×Cu+(1000×Ag)2?40 ??(1) Cu+6×Ag?500×(Ca+Mg+REM)?3.5 ??(2) where, each element symbol in each Formula is substituted by the content (in mass %) of each element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2015
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventors: Masayuki SAGARA, Akiko TOMIO
  • Publication number: 20160265694
    Abstract: A Ni—Cr alloy material has a chemical composition that consists of; Si: 0.01 to 0.5%, Mn: 0.01 to less than 1.0%, Cu: 0.01 to less than 1.0%, Ni: 48 to less than 55%, Cr: 22 to 28%, Mo: 5.6 to less than 7.0%, N: 0.04 to 0.16%, sol.Al: 0.03 to 0.20%, REM: 0.01 to 0.074%, W: 0% or more and less than 8.0%, Co: 0 to 2.0%; one or more of Ca and Mg: 0.0003 to 0.01% in total, and one or more of Ti, Nb, Zr, and V: 0 to 0.5% in total, the balance thereof being Fe and impurities. The impurities include C £ 0.03%, P £ 0.03%, S £ 0.001%, and O £ 0.01%. The dislocation density r of the Ni—Cr alloy material expressed in m?2 satisfies a formula [7.0?1015£r£2.7?1016?2.67?1017?REM].
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2014
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Inventors: Yusaku TOMIO, Masayuki SAGARA
  • Publication number: 20150152530
    Abstract: A stainless steel contains, by mass % C: 0.005% to 0.03%, Si: 0.05% to 1.0%, Mn: 0.1% to 4.0%, Ni: 3% to 8%, Cr: 20% to 35%, Mo: 0.01% to 4.0%, Al: 0.001% to 0.30%, 0.05% to 0.60%, one or more selected from Re: 2.0% or less, Ga: 2.0% or less, and Ge: 2.0% or less, and a balance consisting of Fe and impurities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2013
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Inventors: Masayuki Sagara, Akiko Tomio