Patents by Inventor Naoyuki Sano

Naoyuki Sano 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: 20240112996
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a substrate having an obverse and a reverse face; wirings on the obverse face such as a first and a second drive wiring; a semiconductor element connected to the first and second drive wirings; a first drive conductor on the same side as the semiconductor element with respect to the substrate outside of the semiconductor element as viewed in a thickness direction and connected to the first drive wiring; a second drive conductor on the same side as the semiconductor element with respect to the substrate outside of the semiconductor element as viewed in the thickness direction and connected to the second drive wiring; and a sealing resin covering the wirings and the semiconductor element, while also covering the first and second drive conductor such that their faces opposite to the substrate in the thickness direction are exposed. The first and the second drive conductor are separated in a direction parallel to the obverse face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Hiroshi OJI, Hiroyuki SHINKAI, Natsuki SAKAMOTO, Naoyuki SANO
  • Patent number: 10487372
    Abstract: A high-strength bolt is provided that has high strength and excellent hydrogen embrittlement resistance characteristics. A bolt according to this invention has a chemical composition consisting of, in mass %, C: 0.22 to 0.40%, Si: 0.10 to 1.50%, Mn: 0.20 to less than 0.40%, P: 0.020% or less, S: 0.020% or less, Cr: 0.70 to 1.45%, Al: 0.005 to 0.060%, Ti: 0.010 to 0.045%, B: 0.0003 to 0.0040%, N: 0.0015 to 0.0080% and O: 0.0020% or less, with a balance being Fe and impurities, and satisfying Formula (1) and Formula (2), and with the high-strength bolt having a tensile strength of 1000 to 1300 MPa. 0.50?C+Si/10+Mn/5+5Cr/22?0.85??(1) Si/Mn>1.0??(2) Where, a content (mass %) of a corresponding element is substituted for each symbol of an element in Formula (1) and Formula (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Nippon Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Yutaka Neishi, Naoyuki Sano, Naoki Matsui
  • Publication number: 20180347019
    Abstract: The rolled rod for cold-forged thermally refined articles according to the present invention has a chemical composition consisting, in mass %: C: 0.22 to 0.40%, Si: 0.35 to 1.5%, Mn: 0.20 to 0.40%, P: less than 0.020%, S: less than 0.015%, Cr: 0.70 to 1.45%, Al: 0.005 to 0.060%, Ti: 0.01 to 0.05%, B: 0.0003 to 0.0040%, N: 0.0020 to 0.0080%, and O: 0.0020% or less, with the balance being Fe and impurities, and that satisfies Formula (1) and Formula (2), wherein a total area fraction of pro-eutectoid ferrite and pearlite is 90% or more, an area fraction of the pro-eutectoid ferrite is 30% or more, and the rolled rod has a tensile strength of 700 MPa or less. 0.50?C+Si/10+Mn/5+5Cr/22?0.85??(1) Si/Mn>1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2016
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Naoyuki Sano, Naoki Matsui, Yutaka Neishi
  • Publication number: 20180347004
    Abstract: A high-strength bolt is provided that has high strength and excellent hydrogen embrittlement resistance characteristics. A bolt according to this invention has a chemical composition consisting of, in mass %, C: 0.22 to 0.40%, Si: 0.10 to 1.50%, Mn: 0.20 to less than 0.40%, P: 0.020% or less, S: 0.020% or less, Cr: 0.70 to 1.45%, Al: 0.005 to 0.060%, Ti: 0.010 to 0.045%, B: 0.0003 to 0.0040%, N: 0.0015 to 0.0080% and O: 0.0020% or less, with a balance being Fe and impurities, and satisfying Formula (1) and Formula (2), and with the high-strength bolt having a tensile strength of 1000 to 1300 MPa. 0.50?C+Si/10+Mn/5+5Cr/22?0.85??(1) Si/Mn>1.0??(2) Where, a content (mass %) of a corresponding element is substituted for each symbol of an element in Formula (1) and Formula (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2016
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Yutaka Neishi, Naoyuki Sano, Naoki Matsui
  • Patent number: 10087510
    Abstract: Non-post-heat treated steel contains: in mass %, C: 0.27 to 0.40%, Si: 0.15 to 0.70%, Mn: 0.55 to 1.50%, P: 0.010 to 0.070%, S: 0.05 to 0.15%, Cr: 0.10 to 0.60%, V: 0.030% or more and less than 0.150%, Ti: more than 0.10%, not more than 0.200%, Al: 0.002 to 0.050%, and N: 0.002 to 0.020%, and optionally one or more of Cu?0.40% and Ni?0.30%; the balance being Fe and impurities, wherein [Ti]?3.4[N]?1.5[S]<0, and 0.60<[C]+([Si]/10)+([Mn]/5)+(5[Cr]/22)+(33[V]/20) ?(5[S]/7)<0.80. The steel can be used to make a high fatigue strength connecting rod for automobile engines which is fracture-split from a hot forged shape. The non-post-heat treated steel member can have vERT of 1.0 to 7.0 J/cm2, and ?w?450 MPa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoyuki Sano, Tatsuya Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 9062364
    Abstract: A method for producing a carbonitrided member comprising the steps of carburizing a steel part having a composition of, by mass percent, C: 0.10 to 0.35%, Si: 0.15 to 1.0%, Mn: 0.30 to 1.0%, Cr: 0.40 to 2.0%, S: 0.05% or less with the balance being Fe and impurities in a carburizing atmosphere of 900 to 950° C. The carburized steel part is carbonitrided in a carbonitriding atmosphere with the temperature of 800 to 900° C. and the nitrogen potential of 0.2 to 0.6%. The carbonitrided steel part is qhenched and then shot peened. The shot peening treatment may be further performed while heating to a temperature not higher than 350° C. or immediately after heating to a temperature not higher than 350° C. After quenching, the shot peening treatment may be further performed after tempering in the temperature range exceeding 250° C. and not higher than 350° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignees: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION, HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoyuki Sano, Masayuki Horimoto, Yoshinari Okada, Masaki Amano, Akihito Ninomiya
  • Publication number: 20140366992
    Abstract: A process for producing a carbonitrided part comprising the steps of preparing a base steel part, having a composition comprising, in mass percent, C: 0.10 to 0.24%, Si: 0.15 to 1.0%, Mn: 0.30 to 1.0%, Cr: 0.40 to 2.0%, S: 0.05% or less, with the balance being Fe and impurities and performing the following steps 1-4 in sequence. Step 1 is carburizing the base steel part under a carburizing atmosphere at a temperature of 900 to 950° C. Step 2 is carbonitriding the base steel part carburized according to step 1 under a carbonitriding atmosphere at a temperature of 800 to 900° C. with a nitrogen potential of 0.2 to 0.6%. Step 3 is quenching the base steel part carbonitrided according to step 2. Step 4 is tempering the base steel part quenched according to step 3 at a temperature of more than 250° C. to not more than 350° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventors: Naoyuki SANO, Masayuki HORIMOTO, Yoshinari OKADA, Masaki AMANO, Akihito NINOMIYA
  • Publication number: 20140178242
    Abstract: Non-post-heat treated steel contains: in mass %, C: 0.27 to 0.40%, Si: 0.15 to 0.70%, Mn: 0.55 to 1.50%, P: 0.010 to 0.070%, S: 0.05 to 0.15%, Cr: 0.10 to 0.60%, V: 0.030% or more and less than 0.150%, Ti: more than 0.10%, not more than 0.200%, Al: 0.002 to 0.050%, and N: 0.002 to 0.020%, and optionally one or more of Cu?0.40% and Ni?0.30%; the balance being Fe and impurities, wherein [Ti]?3.4[N]?1.5[S]<0, and 0.60<[C]+([Si]/10)+([Mn]/5)+(5[Cr]/22)+(33[V]/20)?(5[S]/7)<0.80. The steel can be used to make a high fatigue strength connecting rod for automobile engines which is fracture-split from a hot forged shape. The non-post-heat treated steel member can have vERT of 1.0 to 7.0 J/cm2, and ?w?450 MPa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2012
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoyuki Sano, Tatsuya Hasegawa
  • Publication number: 20120211122
    Abstract: A method for producing a carbonitrided member comprising the steps of carburizing a steel part having a composition of, by mass percent, C: 0.10 to 0.35%, Si: 0.15 to 1.0%, Mn: 0.30 to 1.0%, Cr: 0.40 to 2.0%, S: 0.05% or less with the balance being Fe and impurities in a carburizing atmosphere of 900 to 950° C. The carburized steel part is carbonitrided in a carbonitriding atmosphere with the temperature of 800 to 900° C. and the nitrogen potential of 0.2 to 0.6%. The carbonitrided steel part is qhenched and then shot peened. The shot peening treatment may be further performed while heating to a temperature not higher than 350° C. or immediately after heating to a temperature not higher than 350° C. After quenching, the shot peening treatment may be further performed after tempering in the temperature range exceeding 250° C. and not higher than 350° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2012
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Applicants: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., SUMITOMO METAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Naoyuki SANO, Masayuki HORIMOTO, Yoshinari OKADA, Masaki AMANO, Akihito NINOMIYA
  • Publication number: 20110284133
    Abstract: A carbonitrided part, where a base steel contains, in mass percent, C: 0.10 to 0.35%, Si: 0.15 to 1.0%, Mn: 0.30 to 1.0%, Cr: 0.40 to 2.0%, S?0.05%, and according to need further Mo?0.50%, with the balance being Fe and impurities, and in the region to a position of effective hardening depth from the surface of a hardened layer of the carbonitrided part, iron nitride particles of ?-Fe3N and/or ?-Fe2N are dispersed, and retained austenite is decomposed into bainitic ferrite, Fe3C, and ??-Fe16N2 has excellent abrasion strength and high pitting strength, although the base steel is a low-cost one with less content of Mo of an expensive alloy element or without addition of Mo. This carbonitrided part can be produced, for example, by subjecting the base steel part to carburizing in which the base steel part is held in a carburizing atmosphere at 900 to 950° C. and successively to carbonitriding in which the base steel part is held in a carbonitriding atmosphere with a nitrogen potential of 0.2 to 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2011
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Applicants: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., SUMITOMO METAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Naoyuki Sano, Masayuki Horimoto, Yoshinari Okada, Masaki Amano, Akihito Ninomiya
  • Patent number: 7416616
    Abstract: Non-heat treated steel for soft-nitriding to form parts having high fatigue strength and excellent bend leveling property even in a case of applying soft-nitriding without thermal refining, comprising, by mass %, C: 0.30 to 0.45%, Si: 0.1 to 0.5%, Mn: 0.6 to 1.0%, Ti: 0.005-0.1% and N: 0.015 to 0.030%, and the balance Fe and impurities, having a mixed microstructure of bainite and ferrite whose bainite fraction is 5 to 90% or having a mixed microstructure of bainite, ferrite and pearlite whose bainite fraction is 5 to 90%, the steel could contain one or more of elements of Nb: 0.003 to 0.1% Mo: 0.01 to 1.0%, Cu: 0.01-1.0%, Ni: 0.01 to 1.0%, B: 0.001 to 0.005%, S: 0.01 to 0.1%, and Ca: 0.0001 to 0.005.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2008
    Assignee: Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoyuki Sano, Takayuki Nakatani, Yoshihiko Kamada
  • Publication number: 20080000553
    Abstract: Soft-nitrided parts wherein a ferrite grain in the diffusion layer does not have a ?? nitride of more than 20 ?m in the longitudinal axis, which is made of a non-heat treated steel that has a chemical composition of, by mass %, C: 0.30 to 0.45%, Si: 0.1 to 0.5%, Mn: 0.6 to 1.0%, Ti: 0.005 to 0.1%, N: 0.010 to 0.030%, and the balance Fe and impurities, and that has a mixed microstructure of bainite and ferrite whose bainite fraction is 5 to 90% or a mixed microstructure of bainite, ferrite and pearlite whose bainite fraction is 5 to 90%. The non-heat treated steel may contain one or more elements of 0.001 to 0.1% of Nb, 0.01 to 1.0% of Mo:, 0.01 to 1.0% of Cu, 0.01 to 1.0% of Ni and 0.001 to 0.005% of B, 0.01 to 0.1% of S and 0.0001 to 0.005% of Ca. This invention provides machinery parts, based on this non-heat treated steel for soft-nitriding, which has further improved high fatigue strength and excellent bending straightening property after soft-nitrided even omitting thermal refining.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2007
    Publication date: January 3, 2008
    Inventors: Naoyuki Sano, Hitoshi Matsumoto, Takayuki Nakatani, Yoshihiko Kamada, Masaki Amano, Tetsuya Asai
  • Publication number: 20060096671
    Abstract: Non-heat treated steel for soft-nitriding to form parts having high fatigue strength and excellent bend leveling property even in a case of applying soft-nitriding without thermal refining, comprising, by mass %, C: 0.30 to 0.45%, Si: 0.1 to 0.5%, Mn: 0.6 to 1.0%, Ti: 0.005-0.1% and N: 0.015 to 0.030%, and the balance Fe and impurities, having a mixed microstructure of bainite and ferrite whose bainite fraction is 5 to 90% or having a mixed microstructure of bainite, ferrite and pearlite whose bainite fraction is 5 to 90%, the steel could contain one or more of elements of Nb: 0.003 to 0.1% Mo: 0.01 to 1.0%, Cu: 0.01-1.0%, Ni: 0.01 to 1.0%, B: 0.001 to 0.005%, S: 0.01 to 0.1%, and Ca: 0.0001 to 0.005.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2005
    Publication date: May 11, 2006
    Inventors: Naoyuki Sano, Takayuki Nakatani, Yoshihiko Kamada
  • Patent number: 5948180
    Abstract: (1) A doubly oriented silicon steel sheet having excellent magnetic characteristics in two directions, i.e. in a rolling direction and in a direction perpendicular to the rolling direction, and most suited for use as material for cores of small-sized transformers, and (2) a method for manufacturing the same. The doubly oriented silicon steel sheet as mentioned above in (1) is characterized in that: Si and Mn are contained in amounts which satisfy a predetermined formula of relation; an average crystal grain is as large as 1 to 8 times the thickness of the sheet as measured on a cross section parallel to the surface of the sheet; and at least 60% of all crystal grains have a size of X/3 to 3X, where X is an average grain size. In the doubly oriented silicon steel sheet, preferably, crystal grains having a crystallographic orientation difference within .+-.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1999
    Assignee: Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiro Tomida, Shigeo Uenoya, Naoyuki Sano