Patents by Inventor Michitaka Sakurai

Michitaka Sakurai 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: 11850821
    Abstract: A hot-pressed member has a predetermined chemical composition. In the hot-pressed member, a steel sheet has a microstructure in which a prior austenite average grain diameter is 8 ?m or less, and martensite is present in a volume fraction of 95% or greater in a region within 30 ?m of a surface; a Ni diffusion region having a thickness of 0.5 ?m or greater exists in a surface layer; a standard deviation of Vickers hardness values is 35 or less; Mndif (mass %) in a sheet thickness direction ?0.20, where Mndif (mass %) is a degree of Mn segregation; and a tensile strength is 1780 MPa or greater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsutoshi Takashima, Minoru Tanaka, Kenji Tsuzumi, Shingo Arakawa, Michitaka Sakurai
  • Publication number: 20230082367
    Abstract: To obtain a high-strength hot-dip galvanized steel sheet having excellent surface appearance even in the case where a steel strip containing Mn at a predetermined ratio or more to Si is subjected to hot-dip galvanizing treatment, a method of producing a hot-dip galvanized steel sheet using a continuous hot-dip galvanizing apparatus comprises: subjecting a steel strip to annealing, by conveying it in an annealing furnace; and subjecting the steel strip discharged from a cooling zone to hot-dip galvanizing using a hot-dip galvanizing line, to obtain a hot-dip galvanized steel sheet. The steel strip has a chemical composition containing, in mass %, Mn: 1.7% or more and 3.5% or less and Si: 0.2% or more and 1.05% or less and satisfying [Si]/[Mn]?0.30. The chemical composition, a dew point of an atmosphere in the soaking zone, and a delivery temperature of the heating zone satisfy Formula (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shunsuke YAMAMOTO, Shotaro TERASHIMA, Yuki TAKEDA, Michitaka SAKURAI, Katsuya HOSHINO, Yoshiyasu KAWASAKI
  • Publication number: 20220186339
    Abstract: Provided is a hot-pressed member that combines both high strength of 1850 MPa or more in TS and excellent delayed fracture resistance. A hot-pressed member comprises: a predetermined chemical composition; a microstructure in which a prior austenite average grain size is 8 ?m or less, a volume fraction of martensite is 95% or more, and a volume fraction of granular carbide of 0.1 ?m or more in grain size is 0.10% to 4.0%; a Ni diffusion region of 2.0 ?m or more in a depth direction in a surface layer; and a tensile strength of 1850 MPa or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsutoshi TAKASHIMA, Minoru TANAKA, Yoshie OBATA, Michitaka SAKURAI
  • Publication number: 20220118741
    Abstract: A hot-pressed member has a predetermined chemical composition. In the hot-pressed member, a steel sheet has a microstructure in which a prior austenite average grain diameter is 8 ?m or less, and martensite is present in a volume fraction of 95% or greater in a region within 30 ?m of a surface; a Ni diffusion region having a thickness of 0.5 ?m or greater exists in a surface layer; a standard deviation of Vickers hardness values is 35 or less; Mndif (mass %) in a sheet thickness direction ?0.20, where Mndif (mass %) is a degree of Mn segregation; and a tensile strength is 1780 MPa or greater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicant: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Katsutoshi Takashima, Minoru Tanaka, Kenji Tsuzumi, Shingo Arakawa, Michitaka Sakurai
  • Patent number: 11186889
    Abstract: A high-strength steel sheet contains, in mass %, C: 0.07 to 0.14%, Si: 0.65 to 1.65%, Mn: 1.8 to 2.6%, P: 0.05% or less, S: 0.005% or less, Al: 0.08% or less, N: 0.0060% or less, Ti: 0.005 to 0.030%, B: 0.0002 to 0.0030%, and either or both of Cr: 0.01 to 0.40% and Mo: 0.01 to 0.50% and satisfies the expression (1); where: an average grain size of a ferrite phase is 1.5 ?m or less; an area ratio of the ferrite phase is 2% or more and 15% or less; an area ratio of a tempered martensite phase is 75% or more and 96% or less; and a total length per unit area of an interface between an untempered martensite phase and the ferrite phase and an interface between the untempered martensite phase and the tempered martensite phase is 6.3×108 ?m/m2 to 5.0×1011 ?m/m2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Noriaki Kohsaka, Michitaka Sakurai, Yoshikazu Suzuki, Yoshimasa Himei
  • Publication number: 20200347473
    Abstract: A high-strength steel sheet contains, in mass %, C: 0.07 to 0.14%, Si: 0.65 to 1.65%, Mn: 1.8 to 2.6%, P: 0.05% or less, S: 0.005% or less, Al: 0.08% or less, N: 0.0060% or less, Ti: 0.005 to 0.030%, B: 0.0002 to 0.0030%, and either or both of Cr: 0.01 to 0.40% and Mo: 0.01 to 0.50% and satisfies the expression (1); where: an average grain size of a ferrite phase is 1.5 ?m or less; an area ratio of the ferrite phase is 2% or more and 15% or less; an area ratio of a tempered martensite phase is 75% or more and 96% or less; and a total length per unit area of an interface between an untempered martensite phase and the ferrite phase and an interface between the untempered martensite phase and the tempered martensite phase is 6.3×108 ?m/m2 to 5.0×1011 ?m/m2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2017
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Inventors: Noriaki Kohsaka, Michitaka Sakurai, Yoshikazu Suzuki, Yoshimasa Himei
  • Patent number: 10590505
    Abstract: A high-strength steel sheet having a composition containing C: 0.09% to 0.17%, Si: 0.6% to 1.7%, Mn: 3.5% or less, P: 0.03% or less, S: 0.005% or less, Al: 0.08% or less, N: 0.006% or less, Ti: 0.05% or less, and B: 0.0002% to 0.0030% on a mass basis, the remainder being Fe and inevitable impurities. The steel sheet also has a microstructure containing less than 20% (including 0%) of a ferrite phase, 75% or more (including 100%) of a tempered martensite phase, 10% or less (including 0%) of an untempered martensite phase, and less than 5% (including 0%) of a retained austenite phase in terms of area fraction. The tempered martensite phase has a Vickers hardness of 280 to 340 and a tensile strength of 950 MPa to 1,120 MPa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Noriaki Kohsaka, Yoshimasa Funakawa, Michitaka Sakurai, Yoshikazu Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20180237880
    Abstract: A high-strength steel sheet having a composition containing C: 0.09% to 0.17%, Si: 0.6% to 1.7%, Mn: 3.5% or less, P: 0.03% or less, S: 0.005% or less, Al: 0.08% or less, N: 0.006% or less, Ti: 0.05% or less, and B: 0.0002% to 0.0030% on a mass basis, the remainder being Fe and inevitable impurities. The steel sheet also has a microstructure containing less than 20% (including 0%) of a ferrite phase, 75% or more (including 100%) of a tempered martensite phase, 10% or less (including 0%) of an untempered martensite phase, and less than 5% (including 0%) of a retained austenite phase in terms of area fraction. The tempered martensite phase has a Vickers hardness of 280 to 340 and a tensile strength of 950 MPa to 1,120 MPa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2016
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Noriaki KOHSAKA, Yoshimasa FUNAKAWA, Michitaka SAKURAI, Yoshikazu SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 9816153
    Abstract: A high strength steel sheet is formed of steel having the composition containing by mass % over 0.015% and less than 0.100% C, less than 0.50% Si, over 1.0% and less than 2.0% Mn, 0.05% or less P, 0.03% or less S, 0.01% or more and 0.3% or less sol. Al, 0.005% or less N, less than 0.35% Cr, 0.0010% or more and 0.0050% or less B, less than 0.15% Mo, less than 0.030% Ti, and iron and unavoidable impurities as a balance, wherein the steel satisfies 2.1?[Mneq]?3.1, the microstructure of the steel includes a ferrite and a second phase, a volume fraction of the second phase is set to 2.0 to 12.0%, a total ratio of a volume fraction of martensite and a volume fraction of retained ? to the volume fraction of second phase is 60% or more, and the number of carbides which are present within ferrite particles, have an aspect ratio of 3.0 or less and have a diameter of 0.25 to 0.90 ?m is set to 10000 pieces/mm2 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Ono, Kenji Takahashi, Kaneharu Okuda, Yusuke Fushiwaki, Michitaka Sakurai
  • Patent number: 9534269
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a high strength cold rolled steel sheet includes hot-rolling and cold-rolling a steel slab annealing the steel sheet at an annealing temperature of 750° C. to 830° C.; subjecting the steel sheet to first cooling at an average cooling rate of 3° C./sec to 40° C./sec in a temperature range from the annealing temperature to 480° C.; subjecting the steel sheet to second cooling at an average cooling rate of 8° C./sec to 80° C./sec in a temperature range from 480° C. to Tc (° C.) given by formula (6): Tc=435?40×[% Mn]?30×[% Cr]?30×[% V]??(6) wherein [% A] is the content (% by mass) of alloying element A; and subjecting the steel sheet to third cooling at an average cooling rate of 0.3° C./sec to 30° C./sec in a temperature range from Tc (° C.) to 200° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Ono, Kenji Takahashi, Kaneharu Okuda, Shoichiro Taira, Michitaka Sakurai, Yusuke Fushiwaki
  • Patent number: 9255318
    Abstract: A high-strength galvanized steel sheet has a low YP, good stretch flangeability, and excellent corrosion resistance and contains, on a percent by mass basis, more than 0.015% to less than 0.10% of C, 0.5% or less of Si, 1.0% to 1.9% of Mn, 0.015% to 0.050% of P, 0.03% or less of S, 0.01% to 0.5% of sol. Al, 0.005% or less of N, less than 0.40% of Cr, 0.005% or less of B, less than 0.15% of Mo, 0.4% or less of V, and less than 0.020% of Ti, in which 2.2?[Mneq]?3.1 and [% Mn]+3.3[% Mo]?1.9, and [% Mn]+3.3[% Mo])/(1.3[% Cr]+8[% P]+150B*)<3.5 are satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Ono, Kenji Takahashi, Kaneharu Okuda, Shoichiro Taira, Michitaka Sakurai, Yusuke Fushiwaki
  • Patent number: 9039847
    Abstract: A multiphase steel sheet has a steel composition containing, in percent by mass, more than 0.015% to less than 0.100% of carbon, less than 0.40% of silicon, 1.0% to 1.9% of manganese, more than 0.015% to 0.05% of phosphorus, 0.03% or less of sulfur, 0.01% to 0.3% of soluble aluminum, 0.005% or less of nitrogen, less than 0.30% of chromium, 0.0050% or less of boron, less than 0.15% of molybdenum, 0.4% or less of vanadium, 0.02% or less of titanium, wherein [Mneq] is 2.0 to 2.8, the balance being iron and incidental impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Ono, Kenji Takahashi, Kaneharu Okuda, Shoichiro Taira, Michitaka Sakurai, Yusuke Fushiwaki
  • Publication number: 20150047751
    Abstract: A high strength steel sheet is formed of steel having the composition containing by mass % over 0.015% and less than 0.100% C, less than 0.50% Si, over 1.0% and less than 2.0% Mn, 0.05% or less P, 0.03% or less S, 0.01% or more and 0.3% or less sol. Al, 0.005% or less N, less than 0.35% Cr, 0.0010% or more and 0.0050% or less B, less than 0.15% Mo, less than 0.030% Ti, and iron and unavoidable impurities as a balance, wherein the steel satisfies 2.1?[Mneq]?3.1, the microstructure of the steel includes a ferrite and a second phase, a volume fraction of the second phase is set to 2.0 to 12.0%, a total ratio of a volume fraction of martensite and a volume fraction of retained ? to the volume fraction of second phase is 60% or more, and the number of carbides which are present within ferrite particles, have an aspect ratio of 3.0 or less and have a diameter of 0.25 to 0.90 ?m is set to 10000 pieces/mm2 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2011
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Applicant: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Ono, Kenji Takahashi, Kaneharu Okuda, Yusuke Fushiwaki, Michitaka Sakurai
  • Publication number: 20140102596
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a high strength cold rolled steel sheet includes hot-rolling and cold-rolling a steel slab annealing the steel sheet at an annealing temperature of 750° C. to 830° C.; subjecting the steel sheet to first cooling at an average cooling rate of 3° C./sec to 40° C./sec in a temperature range from the annealing temperature to 480° C.; subjecting the steel sheet to second cooling at an average cooling rate of 8° C./sec to 80° C./sec in a temperature range from 480° C. to Tc (° C.) given by formula (6): Tc=435?40×[% Mn]?30×[% Cr]?30×[% V](6) wherein [% A] is the content (% by mass) of alloying element A; and subjecting the steel sheet to third cooling at an average cooling rate of 0.3° C./sec to 30° C./sec in a temperature range from Tc (° C.) to 200° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Ono, Kenji Takahashi, Kaneharu Okuda, Shoichiro Taira, Michitaka Sakurai, Yusuke Fushiwaki
  • Patent number: 8389128
    Abstract: A high tensile-strength galvanized steel sheet includes C: at least 0.05% but less than 0.12%, Si: at least 0.01% but less than 0.35%, Mn: 2.0% to 3.5%, P: 0.001% to 0.020%, S: 0.0001% to 0.0030%, Al: 0.005% to 0.1%, N: 0.0001% to 0.0060%, Cr: more than 0.5% but not more than 2.0%, Mo: 0.01% to 0.50%, Ti: 0.010% to 0.080%, Nb: 0.010% to 0.080%, and B: 0.0001% to 0.0030%, the remainder being Fe and unavoidable impurities, wherein the high tensile-strength galvanized steel sheet has a microstructure that contains 20% to 70% by volume ferrite having an average grain size of 5 ?m or less. The high tensile-strength galvanized steel sheet has a tensile strength of at least 980 MPa, and excellent formability and weldability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Shusaku Takagi, Hidetaka Kawabe, Kohei Hasegawa, Toshihiko Ooi, Yasuaki Okita, Michitaka Sakurai
  • Publication number: 20120180909
    Abstract: A multiphase steel sheet has a steel composition containing, in percent by mass, more than 0.015% to less than 0.100% of carbon, less than 0.40% of silicon, 1.0% to 1.9% of manganese, more than 0.015% to 0.05% of phosphorus, 0.03% or less of sulfur, 0.01% to 0.3% of soluble aluminum, 0.005% or less of nitrogen, less than 0.30% of chromium, 0.0050% or less of boron, less than 0.15% of molybdenum, 0.4% or less of vanadium, 0.02% or less of titanium, wherein [Mneq] is 2.0 to 2.8, the balance being iron and incidental impurities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2010
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Ono, Kenji Takahashi, Kaneharu Okuda, Shoichiro Taira, Michitaka Sakurai, Yusuke Fushiwaki
  • Publication number: 20120118439
    Abstract: A high-strength galvanized steel sheet has a low YP, good stretch flangeability, and excellent corrosion resistance and contains, on a percent by mass basis, more than 0.015% to less than 0.10% of C, 0.5% or less of Si, 1.0% to 1.9% of Mn, 0.015% to 0.050% of P, 0.03% or less of S, 0.01% to 0.5% of sol. Al, 0.005% or less of N, less than 0.40% of Cr, 0.005% or less of B, less than 0.15% of Mo, 0.4% or less of V, and less than 0.020% of Ti, in which 2.2?[Mneq]?3.1 and [% Mn]+3.3[% Mo]?1.9, and [% Mn]+3.3 [% Mo])/(1.3[% Cr]+8[% P]+150B*)<3.5 are satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2010
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Ono, Kenji Takahashi, Kaneharu Okuda, Shoichiro Taira, Michitaka Sakurai, Yusuke Fushiwaki
  • Publication number: 20100326572
    Abstract: A method produces a high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet includes hot-rolling and cold-rolling steel having a composition which contains, by % by mass, over 0.01% to less than 0.08% of C, 0.2% or less of Si, 0.8% to less than 1.7% of Mn, 0.03% or less of P, 0.02% or less of S, 0.3% or less of sol. Al, 0.01% or less of N, and over 0.4% to 2% of Cr, and which satisfies 1.9<[Mneq]<3 and 0.34?[% Cr]/[% Mn], the balance being composed of iron and inevitable impurities; heating at an average heating rate of less than 3° C./sec in a temperature range of 680° C. to 740° C.; annealing at an annealing temperature of over 740° C. to less than 820° C.; cooling at an average cooling rate of 2 to 30° C./sec in a temperature range of the annealing temperature to 650° C.; cooling at an average cooling rate of 10° C./sec or more in the temperature range of 650° C. to Tc° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2008
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Ono, Hideyuki Kimura, Kaneharu Okuda, Takeshi Fujita, Michitaka Sakurai
  • Publication number: 20100330392
    Abstract: A high-strength galvanized steel sheet has a steel composition which contains, by % by mass, 0.01 to 0.12% of C, 0.2% or less of Si, less than 2% of Mn, 0.04% or less of P, 0.02% or less of S, 0.3% or less of sol. Al, 0.01% or less of N, and over 0.3% to 2% of Cr, and which satisfies 2.1?[Mneq]?3 and 0.24?[% Cr]/[% Mn], the balance being composed of iron and inevitable impurities, and has a steel microstructures containing ferrite and a second phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2008
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Ono, Hideyuki Kimura, Kaneharu Okuda, Takeshi Fujita, Michitaka Sakurai
  • Publication number: 20100132849
    Abstract: A high tensile-strength galvanized steel sheet includes C: at least 0.05% but less than 0.12%, Si: at least 0.01% but less than 0.35%, Mn: 2.0% to 3.5%, P: 0.001% to 0.020%, S: 0.0001% to 0.0030%, Al: 0.005% to 0.1%, N: 0.0001% to 0.0060%, Cr: more than 0.5% but not more than 2.0%, Mo: 0.01% to 0.50%, Ti: 0.010% to 0.080%, Nb: 0.010% to 0.080%, and B: 0.0001% to 0.0030%, the remainder being Fe and unavoidable impurities, wherein the high tensile-strength galvanized steel sheet has a microstructure that contains 20% to 70% by volume ferrite having an average grain size of 5 ?m or less. The high tensile-strength galvanized steel sheet has a tensile strength of at least 980 MPa, and excellent formability and weldability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2008
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shusaku Takagi, Hidetaka Kawabe, Kohei Hasegawa, Toshihiko Ooi, Yasuaki Okita, Michitaka Sakurai