Patents by Inventor Mikio Hirahara

Mikio Hirahara 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: 5595610
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of case-hardened parts whose chemical components comprising especially Fe, C, Si, Mn, S, Ni, Mo, Al, V and N including a step of the heat treatment 1 in which, after carburizing, carbonitriding or carburizing followed by carbonitriding steel is cooled gradually at a temperature less than 100.degree. C./minute, by another step of the heat treatment 2, in which steel is heated to a temperature higher than the Ac.sub.3 transformation point and less than 850.degree. C. and kept at the above temperature before quenching, or after keeping at the temperature, is cooled down to a level not below 600.degree. C. before quenching, or quenching is done after cooling down to and keeping the temperature not below 600.degree. C. is disclosed. This method makes the surface layer a mixture of martensite and retained austenite. Thus the case hardened steel products of high precision and high strength are obtainable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 21, 1997
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho, Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Hisao Maeda, Yoshitake Matsushima, Morifumi Nakamura, Akito Shiina, Mikio Hirahara, Yukio Arimi, Yoshihiko Kojima