Patents by Inventor Mitsuru Sawamura

Mitsuru Sawamura 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).

  • Publication number: 20240117989
    Abstract: A shut-off valve control device for a refrigeration cycle includes: a leakage detection unit configured to detect leakage of a refrigerant in a refrigeration cycle including an indoor unit and an outdoor unit; a shut-off valve which is disposed in a pipe that connects the indoor unit with the outdoor unit and which can be opened and closed by supplying electric power; a power failure detection unit configured to detect a power failure; a backup power supply configured to be capable of alternatively supplying power; and a shut-off valve control circuit configured to control the shut-off valve to be closed when the leakage detection unit detects leakage of the refrigerant. The shut-off valve control circuit causes the backup power supply to be started when the power failure detection unit detects a power failure and closes the shut-off valve when the detected power failure exceeds a certain time period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventor: Mitsuru SAWAMURA
  • Publication number: 20190226066
    Abstract: A steel plate according to an aspect of the present invention has a predetermined chemical composition, an index Q obtained by Equation (1) is 0.00 or more, a carbon equivalent Ceq (%) obtained by Equation (2) is less than 0.800%, a ratio of a difference between a hardness at a surface layer portion and a hardness at a thickness center portion to the hardness at the surface layer portion at a room temperature is 15.0% or less, the hardness at the suffice layer portion at a room temperature is 400 or more in terms of Vickers hardness, and a steel thickness is 40 or more. Q=0.18?1.3(logT)+0.75(2.7×[C]+[Mn]+0.45×[Ni]+0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuru SAWAMURA, Naoki SAITOH, Yasunori TAKAHASHI, Takumi MIYAKE, Norimasa KAWABATA, Takeshi TSUZUKI
  • Patent number: 9499873
    Abstract: In a steel plate according to the present invention, a chemical composition is within a predetermined range, an ? value is 0.13 to 1.0 mass %, a ? value is 8.45 to 15.2, an yield strength is 670 to 870 N/mm2, a tensile strength is 780 to 940 N/mm2, an average grain size at ½t of the steel plate is 35 ?m or less, and a plate thickness is 25 to 200 mm. In the steel plate according to the present invention, in a case where SR is performed on the steel, a charpy absorbed energy at ?40° C. in an area in which SR is performed may be 100 J or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoki Saitoh, Mitsuru Sawamura, Katsumi Kurebayashi, Yasunori Takahashi, Takumi Miyake
  • Patent number: 9188253
    Abstract: A steel pipe with dual phase structure includes, as chemical composition, by mass %, C: 0.07% to 0.15%, Si: 0.1% to 0.5%, Mn: 0.8% to 1.9%, Nb: 0.020% to 0.10%, P: limited to 0.05% or less, S: limited to 0.01% or less, Al: limited to 0.1% or less, and a balance consisting of iron and unavoidable impurities, wherein, when [X] is amount of element X in mass %, carbon equivalent Ceq defined by Equation of Ceq=[C]+[Mn]/6 is 0.25 to 0.40 and [Nb]×[C]?0.002 is satisfied, and includes, as metallographic structure, by area %, ferrite of 80% to 98% and martensite, residual austenite, or mixture thereof of 2% to 20% in total, wherein average grain size of ferrite is 1 ?m to less than 8 ?m and average grain size of martensite, residual austenite, or mixture thereof is 0.1 ?m to 2 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuru Sawamura, Hitoshi Asahi, Eiji Tsuru, Jun Agata
  • Patent number: 9126283
    Abstract: [Summary] [Object] There are provided electric resistance welded oil country tubular goods having strength corresponding to API specification 5CT P110 without a heat treatment being performed on the whole steel pipe and further having excellent toughness, and a manufacturing method of an electric resistance welded oil country tubular goods. [Solution] Electric resistance welded oil country tubular goods according to the present invention have a chemical composition that contains, in mass %, C: 0.05 to 0.12%, Si: 0.03 to 0.5%, Mn: 0.80 to 2.2%, P: 0.03% or less, S: 0.003% or less, Al: 0.08% or less, Nb: 0.01% to 0.10%, Ti: 0.005 to 0.03%, B: 0.0005 to 0.0030%, and N: 0.008% or less, and in which Ti>3.4 N is satisfied, its balance is composed of Fe and inevitable impurities, and, VC90 is 15 to 40.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL AND SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuru Sawamura, Hitoshi Asahi
  • Publication number: 20150247214
    Abstract: In a steel plate according to the present invention, a chemical composition is within a predetermined range, an ? value is 0.13 to 1.0 mass %, a ? value is 8.45 to 15.2, an yield strength is 670 to 870 N/mm2, a tensile strength is 780 to 940 N/mm2, an average grain size at ½t of the steel plate is 35 ?m or less, and a plate thickness is 25 to 200 mm. In the steel plate according to the present invention, in a case where SR is performed on the steel, a charpy absorbed energy at ?40° C. in an area in which SR is performed may be 100 J or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2013
    Publication date: September 3, 2015
    Inventors: Naoki Saitoh, Mitsuru Sawamura, Katsumi Kurebayashi, Yasunori Takahashi, Takumi Miyake
  • Patent number: 8795624
    Abstract: Provided is a monocrystalline silicon carbide ingot containing a dopant element, wherein a maximum concentration of the dopant element is less than 5×1017 atoms/cm3 and the maximum concentration is 50 times or less than that of a minimum concentration of the dopant element. Also provided is a monocrystalline silicon carbide wafer made by cutting and polishing the monocrystalline silicon carbide ingot, wherein a electric resistivity at room temperature of the wafer is 5×103 ?cm or more. Further provided is a method for manufacturing the monocrystalline silicon carbide including growing the monocrystalline silicon carbide on a seed crystal from a sublimation material by a sublimation method. The sublimation material includes a solid material containing a dopant element, and the specific surface of the solid material containing the dopant element is 0.5 m2/g or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation
    Inventors: Masashi Nakabayashi, Tatsuo Fujimoto, Mitsuru Sawamura, Noboru Ohtani
  • Patent number: 8673254
    Abstract: Provided is a monocrystalline silicon carbide ingot containing a dopant element, wherein a maximum concentration of the dopant element is less than 5×1017 atoms/cm3 and the maximum concentration is 50 times or less than that of a minimum concentration of the dopant element. Also provided is a monocrystalline silicon carbide wafer made by cutting and polishing the monocrystalline silicon carbide ingot, wherein a electric resistivity at room temperature of the wafer is 5×103 ?cm or more. Further provided is a method for manufacturing the monocrystalline silicon carbide including growing the monocrystalline silicon carbide on a seed crystal from a sublimation material by a sublimation method. The sublimation material includes a solid material containing a dopant element, and the specific surface of the solid material containing the dopant element is 0.5 m2/g or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation
    Inventors: Masashi Nakabayashi, Tatsuo Fujimoto, Mitsuru Sawamura, Noboru Ohtani
  • Patent number: 8491719
    Abstract: The present invention provides a high resistivity, high quality, large size SiC single crystal, SiC single crystal wafer, and method of production of the same, that is, a silicon carbide single crystal containing uncompensated impurities in an atomic number density of 1×1015/cm3 or more and containing vanadium in an amount less than said uncompensated impurity concentration, silicon carbide single crystal wafer obtained by processing and polishing the silicon carbide single crystal and having an electrical resistivity at room temperature of 5×103 ?cm or more, and a method of production of a silicon carbide single crystal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation
    Inventors: Masashi Nakabayashi, Tatsuo Fujimoto, Mitsuru Sawamura, Noboru Ohtani
  • Publication number: 20130118632
    Abstract: A steel pipe with dual phase structure includes, as chemical composition, by mass %, C: 0.07% to 0.15%, Si: 0.1% to 0.5%, Mn: 0.8% to 1.9%, Nb: 0.020% to 0.10%, P: limited to 0.05% or less, S: limited to 0.01% or less, Al: limited to 0.1% or less, and a balance consisting of iron and unavoidable impurities, wherein, when [X] is amount of element X in mass %, carbon equivalent Ceq defined by Equation of Ceq=[C]+[Mn]/6 is 0.25 to 0.40 and [Nb]×[C]?0.002 is satisfied, and includes, as metallographic structure, by area %, ferrite of 80% to 98% and martensite, residual austenite, or mixture thereof of 2% to 20% in total, wherein average grain size of ferrite is 1 ?m to less than 8 ?m and average grain size of martensite, residual austenite, or mixture thereof is 0.1 ?m to 2 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2011
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuru Sawamura, Hitoshi Asahi, Eiji Tsuru, Jun Agata
  • Publication number: 20130092280
    Abstract: [Summary] [Object] There are provided electric resistance welded oil country tubular goods having strength corresponding to API specification 5CT P110 without a heat treatment being performed on the whole steel pipe and further having excellent toughness, and a manufacturing method of an electric resistance welded oil country tubular goods. [Solution] Electric resistance welded oil country tubular goods according to the present invention have a chemical composition that contains, in mass %, C: 0.05 to 0.12%, Si: 0.03 to 0.5%, Mn: 0.80 to 2.2%, P: 0.03% or less, S: 0.003% or less, Al: 0.08% or less, Nb: 0.01% to 0.10%, Ti: 0.005 to 0.03%, B: 0.0005 to 0.0030%, and N: 0.008% or less, and in which Ti>3.4 N is satisfied, its balance is composed of Fe and inevitable impurities, and, VC90 is 15 to 40.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2012
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuru Sawamura, Hitoshi Asahi
  • Patent number: 8178389
    Abstract: Provided is a monocrystalline silicon carbide ingot containing a dopant element, wherein a maximum concentration of the dopant element is less than 5×1017 atoms/cm3 and the maximum concentration is 50 times or less than that of a minimum concentration of the dopant element. Also provided is a monocrystalline silicon carbide wafer made by cutting and polishing the monocrystalline silicon carbide ingot, wherein a electric resistivity at room temperature of the wafer is 5×103 ?cm or more. Further provided is a method for manufacturing the monocrystalline silicon carbide including growing the monocrystalline silicon carbide on a seed crystal from a sublimation material by a sublimation method. The sublimation material includes a solid material containing a dopant element, and the specific surface of the solid material containing the dopant element is 0.5 m2/g or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Nippon Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Masashi Nakabayashi, Tatsuo Fujimoto, Mitsuru Sawamura, Noboru Ohtani
  • Publication number: 20110180765
    Abstract: Provided is a monocrystalline silicon carbide ingot containing a dopant element, wherein a maximum concentration of the dopant element is less than 5×1017 atoms/cm3 and the maximum concentration is 50 times or less than that of a minimum concentration of the dopant element. Also provided is a monocrystalline silicon carbide wafer made by cutting and polishing the monocrystalline silicon carbide ingot, wherein a electric resistivity at room temperature of the wafer is 5×103 ?cm or more. Further provided is a method for manufacturing the monocrystalline silicon carbide including growing the monocrystalline silicon carbide on a seed crystal from a sublimation material by a sublimation method. The sublimation material includes a solid material containing a dopant element, and the specific surface of the solid material containing the dopant element is 0.5 m2/g or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2011
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Inventors: Masashi Nakabayashi, Tatsuo Fujimoto, Mitsuru Sawamura, Noboru Ohtani
  • Patent number: 7799305
    Abstract: The present invention provides a semi-insulating silicon carbide single crystal characterized by having an electrical resistivity at room temperature of 1×105 ?cm or more, and a semi-insulating silicon carbide single crystal characterized by having an electrical resistivity at room temperature of 1×105 ?cm or more and vacancy pairs (bivacancies), and an semi-insulating silicon carbide single crystal characterized by having an electrical resistivity at room temperature of 1×105 ?cm or more and containing a crystal region where a position average lifetime becomes a lifetime longer than 155 ps in measurement of position lifetime at a liquid nitrogen boiling point temperature (77K) or less, and wafer obtained therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Nippon Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuru Sawamura, Tatsuo Fujimoto, Noboru Ohtani, Masashi Nakabayashi
  • Patent number: 7794842
    Abstract: The present invention provides a high resistivity, high quality, large size SiC single crystal, SiC single crystal wafer, and method of production of the same, that is, a silicon carbide single crystal containing uncompensated impurities in an atomic number density of 1 ×1015/cm3 or more and containing vanadium in an amount less than said uncompensated impurity concentration, silicon carbide single crystal wafer obtained by processing and polishing the silicon carbide single crystal and having an electrical resistivity at room temperature of 5×103 ?cm or more, and a method of production of a silicon carbide single crystal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: Nippon Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Masashi Nakabayashi, Tatsuo Fujimoto, Mitsuru Sawamura, Noboru Ohtani
  • Publication number: 20100147212
    Abstract: Provided is a monocrystalline silicon carbide ingot containing a dopant element, wherein a maximum concentration of the dopant element is less than 5×1017 atoms/cm3 and the maximum concentration is 50 times or less than that of a minimum concentration of the dopant element. Also provided is a monocrystalline silicon carbide wafer made by cutting and polishing the monocrystalline silicon carbide ingot, wherein a electric resistivity at room temperature of the wafer is 5×103 ?cm or more. Further provided is a method for manufacturing the monocrystalline silicon carbide including growing the monocrystalline silicon carbide on a seed crystal from a sublimation material by a sublimation method. The sublimation material includes a solid material containing a dopant element, and the specific surface of the solid material containing the dopant element is 0.5 m2/g or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2010
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Inventors: Masashi NAKABAYASHI, Tatsuo FUJIMOTO, Mitsuru SAWAMURA, Noboru OHTANI
  • Publication number: 20090255458
    Abstract: The present invention provides a high resistivity, high quality, large size SiC single crystal, SiC single crystal wafer, and method of production of the same, that is, a silicon carbide single crystal containing uncompensated impurities in an atomic number density of 1×1015/cm3 or more and containing vanadium in an amount less than said uncompensated impurity concentration, silicon carbide single crystal wafer obtained by processing and polishing the silicon carbide single crystal and having an electrical resistivity at room temperature of 5×103 ?cm or more, and a method of production of a silicon carbide single crystal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2009
    Publication date: October 15, 2009
    Applicant: Nippon Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Masashi Nakabayashi, Tatsuo Fujimoto, Mitsuru Sawamura, Noboru Ohtani
  • Publication number: 20080220232
    Abstract: The present invention provides a high resistivity, high quality, large size SiC single crystal, SiC single crystal wafer, and method of production of the same, that is, a silicon carbide single crystal containing uncompensated impurities in an atomic number density of 1×1015/cm3 or more and containing vanadium in an amount less than said uncompensated impurity concentration, silicon carbide single crystal wafer obtained by processing and polishing the silicon carbide single crystal and having an electrical resistivity at room temperature of 5×103 ?cm or more, and a method of production of a silicon carbide single crystal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2004
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Inventors: Masashi Nakabayashi, Tatsuo Fujimoto, Mitsuru Sawamura, Noboru Ohtani
  • Publication number: 20080038531
    Abstract: The present invention provides a semi-insulating silicon carbide single crystal characterized by having an electrical resistivity at room temperature of 1×105 ?cm or more, and a semi-insulating silicon carbide single crystal characterized by having an electrical resistivity at room temperature of 1×105 ?cm or more and vacancy pairs (bivacancies), and an semi-insulating silicon carbide single crystal characterized by having an electrical resistivity at room temperature of 1×105 ?cm or more and containing a crystal region where a position average lifetime becomes a lifetime longer than 155 ps in measurement of position lifetime at a liquid nitrogen boiling point temperature (77K) or less, and wafer obtained therefrom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2005
    Publication date: February 14, 2008
    Inventors: Mitsuru Sawamura, Tatsuo Fujimoto, Noboru Ohtani, Masashi Nakabayashi
  • Publication number: 20070262322
    Abstract: Provided is a monocrystalline silicon carbide ingot containing a dopant element, wherein a maximum concentration of the dopant element is less than 5×1017 atoms/cm3 and the maximum concentration is 50 times or less than that of a minimum concentration of the dopant element. Also provided is a monocrystalline silicon carbide wafer made by cutting and polishing the monocrystalline silicon carbide ingot, wherein a electric resistivity at room temperature of the wafer is 5×103 ?cm or more. Further provided is a method for manufacturing the monocrystalline silicon carbide including growing the monocrystalline silicon carbide on a seed crystal from a sublimation material by a sublimation method. The sublimation material includes a solid material containing a dopant element, and the specific surface of the solid material containing the dopant element is 0.5 m2/g or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2005
    Publication date: November 15, 2007
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masashi Nakabayashi, Tatsuo Fujimoto, Mitsuru Sawamura, Noboru Ohtani