Patents by Inventor Nobuhiro Fujita

Nobuhiro Fujita 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: 8052807
    Abstract: The present invention provides a steel sheet excellent in workability, which may be used for components of an automobile or the like, and a method for producing the same. More specifically, according to one exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a steel sheet excellent in workability, including in mass, 0.08 to 0.25% C, 0.001 to 1.5% Si, 0.01 to 2.0% Mn, 0.001 to 0.06% P, at most 0.05% S, 0.001 to 0.007% N, 0.008 to 0.2% Al, at least 0.01% Fe. The steel sheet having an average r-value of at least 1.2, an r-value in the rolling direction of at least 1.3, an r-value in the direction of 45 degrees to the rolling direction of at least 0.9, and an r-value in the direction of a right angle to the rolling direction of at least 1.2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: Nippon Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Naoki Yoshinaga, Nobuhiro Fujita, Manabu Takahashi, Koji Hashimoto, Shinya Sakamoto, Kaoru Kawasaki, Yasuhiro Shinohara, Takehide Senuma
  • Publication number: 20110186185
    Abstract: A high strength steel sheet excellent in formability which has a chemical composition in mass %: C: 0.03 to 0.20%, Si: 0.005 to 0.3%, Mn: 1.0 to 3.1%, P: 0.001 to 0.06%, S: 0.001 to 0.01%, N: 0.0005 to 0.01%, Al: 0.2 to 1.2%, Mo?0.5%, and the balance: Fe and inevitable impurities, with the proviso that the values of mass % for Si and Al satisfy the following formula (1): (0.0012×[objective value of TS]?0.29?[Si])/2.45<Al<1.5?3×[Si] . . . (1) wherein [objective value of TS] represents a design strength value for the steel sheet in an Mpa unit, and has a metal structure containing ferrite and martensite. The above high strength steel sheet is also excellent in formability and the capability of being chemically treated and that of being hot-dip zinc sheeted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2011
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiki Nonaka, Hirokazu Taniguchi, Masaaki Mizutani, Nobuhiro Fujita
  • Publication number: 20110120598
    Abstract: Steel sheets containing residual austenite of not more than 7 vol. %, crystallized and/or precipitated compounds with particle diameters of 0.01 to 5.0 ?m of 100 to 100000 particle/mm2 and C of 0.05 to 0.3 mass %, Si of not more than 3.0 mass %, Mn of 0.01 to 3.0 mass %, P of not more than 0.02 mass %, S of not more than 0.02 mass %, Al of 0.01 to 3.0 mass %, N of not more than 0.01 mass % and Mg of 0.0002 to 0.01 mass %, with the remainder comprising iron and unavoidable impurities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2010
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiki Nonaka, Nobuhiro Fujita, Hirokazu Taniguchi
  • Patent number: 7922835
    Abstract: A high strength steel sheet excellent in formability which has a chemical composition in mass %: C: 0.03 to 0.20%, Si: 0.005 to 0.3%, Mn: 1.0 to 3.1%, P: 0.001 to 0.06%, S: 0.001 to 0.01%, N: 0.0005 to 0.01%, Al: 0.2 to 1.2%, Mo?0.5%, and the balance: Fe and inevitable impurities, with the proviso that the values of mass % for Si and Al satisfy the following formula (1): (0.0012×[objective value of TS]?0.29?[Si])/2.45<Al<1.5?3×[Si] . . . (1) wherein [objective value of TS] represents a design strength value for the steel sheet in an Mpa unit, and has a metal structure containing ferrite and martensite. The above high strength steel sheet is also excellent in formability and the capability of being chemically treated and that of being hot-dip zinc sheeted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: Nippon Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiki Nonaka, Hirokazu Taniguchi, Masaaki Mizutani, Nobuhiro Fujita
  • Publication number: 20110079474
    Abstract: A floating type brake disc is provided which is capable of limiting the heat escape from a rotor to a hub to the extent possible and which can be made smaller in weight. In a plurality of circumferential positions of the hub, there are formed pin-receiving portions in a manner to enclose a connecting pin from three directions of a radially inward, one of circumferentially both sides and a radially outward of the brake disc. A tongue-shaped pin-receiving portion is formed on each of a plurality of inner circumferential positions of the rotor 1 so as to be elongated radially inward to pinch the connecting pin between the tongue-shaped pin-receiving portion and the pin-receiving portion that is formed in the hub.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2009
    Publication date: April 7, 2011
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Fujita, Masato Nakayama, Hidekazu Kawai
  • Patent number: 7842142
    Abstract: High-strength parts and a method for producing them can be provided, where such parts exhibit hydrogen embrittlement resistance and strength after high-temperature forming. For example, the atmosphere in a heating furnace can contain less than about 10% hydrogen and/or have a dew point of about 30° C. or less. The amount of hydrogen penetrating a steel sheet during heating can thereby be reduced. After forming, quench hardening in a die assembly and post-working can be performed. Post-working can include shearing followed by re-shearing or compression forming; punching with a cutting blade having a continuously reduced base width; punching with a tool having a curved blade and a protrusion at the tip of the cutting blade, where the curved blade may include a shoulder portion of given radius and/or angle; fusion cutting; etc. Tensile residual stresses after punching can be reduced and resistance to hydrogen embrittlement can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Assignee: Nippon Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhisa Kusumi, Hironori Sato, Masayuki Abe, Nobuhiro Fujita, Noriyuki Suzuki, Kunio Hayashi, Shinya Nakajima, Jun Maki, Masahiro Oogami, Toshiyuki Kanda, Manabu Takahashi, Yuzo Takahashi
  • Patent number: 7824509
    Abstract: The present invention provides: a high-strength high-ductility hot-dip galvanized steel sheet and hot-dip galvannealed steel sheet having high fatigue resistance and corrosion resistance; a high-strength hot-dip galvanized steel sheet excellent in ductility, which improves non-plating defects and plating adhesion after severe deformation, and a method of producing the same; a high-strength and high-ductility hot-dip galvanized steel sheet having high fatigue resistance and corrosion resistance; a high-strength hot-dip galvanized steel sheet and hot-dip galvannealed steel sheet having superior appearance and workability, which suppresses the generation of non-plating defects, and a method of producing the same; and a high-strength hot-dip galvannealed steel sheet and a high-strength hot-dip galvanized steel sheet, which suppress non-plating defects and surface defects and have both corrosion resistance, in particular corrosion resistance in an environment containing chlorine ion, and high ductility, and a meth
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Nippon Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Fujita, Masafumi Azuma, Manabu Takahashi, Yasuhide Morimoto, Masao Kurosaki, Akihiro Miyasaka
  • Patent number: 7776161
    Abstract: The present invention provides a steel sheet excellent in workability, which may be used for components of an automobile or the like, and a method for producing the same. More specifically, according to one exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a steel sheet excellent in workability, including in mass, 0.08 to 0.25% C, 0.001 to 1.5% Si, 0.01 to 2.0% Mn, 0.001 to 0.06% P, at most 0.05% S, 0.001 to 0.007% N, 0.008 to 0.2% Al, at least 0.01% Fe. The steel sheet having an average r-value of at least 1.2, an r-value in the rolling direction of at least 1.3, an r-value in the direction of 45 degrees to the rolling direction of at least 0.9, and an r-value in the direction of a right angle to the rolling direction of at least 1.2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: Nippon Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Naoki Yoshinaga, Nobuhiro Fujita, Manabu Takahashi, Koji Hashimoto, Shinya Sakamoto, Kaoru Kawasaki, Yasuhiro Shinohara, Takehide Senuma
  • Patent number: 7762379
    Abstract: A floating type disc brake “A” used for a vehicle such as a motorcycle comprising a braking rotor 1A and a hub 2A arranged inside the braking rotor 1A, the braking rotor 1A including an annular rotor portion 11 and a plurality of projections 13A extending radially inward from the inner circumferential portion of the rotor portion 11, and further comprising a connecting means 3 for connecting the braking rotor 1A and the hub 2A at positions in which the projections 13A of the braking rotor 1A are abutted to the outer circumferential portion of the hub 2A. At least one of the rotor portion 11 and the projections 13A is formed with cutout portions 13b at the boundary region between the rotor portion 11 and the projections 13A. It is possible to suppress a local heat dissipation in regions of the rotor portion 11 in which the projections 13A are formed and thus to reduce irregularity of heat distribution in the rotor portion 11 during braking operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2010
    Assignee: Yutaka Giken Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Fujita, Katsunori Muramatsu, Hidekazu Kawai
  • Patent number: 7749343
    Abstract: The present invention provides a steel sheet excellent in workability, which may be used for components of an automobile or the like, and a method for producing the same. More specifically, according to one exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a steel sheet excellent in workability, including in mass, 0.08 to 0.25% C, 0.001 to 1.5% Si, 0.01 to 2.0% Mn, 0.001 to 0.06% P, at most 0.05% S, 0.001 to 0.007% N, 0.008 to 0.2% Al, at least 0.01% Fe. The steel sheet having an average r-value of at least 1.2, an r-value in the rolling direction of at least 1.3, an r-value in the direction of 45 degrees to the rolling direction of at least 0.9, and an r-value in the direction of a right angle to the rolling direction of at least 1.2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: Nippon Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Naoki Yoshinaga, Nobuhiro Fujita, Manabu Takahashi, Koji Hashimoto, Shinya Sakamoto, Kaoru Kawasaki, Yasuhiro Shinohara, Takehide Senuma
  • Publication number: 20090272467
    Abstract: The present invention provides: a high-strength high-ductility hot-dip galvanized steel sheet and hot-dip galvannealed steel sheet having high fatigue resistance and corrosion resistance; a high-strength hot-dip galvanized steel sheet excellent in ductility, which improves non-plating defects and plating adhesion after severe deformation, and a method of producing the same; a high-strength and high-ductility hot-dip galvanized steel sheet having high fatigue resistance and corrosion resistance; a high-strength hot-dip galvanized steel sheet and hot-dip galvannealed steel sheet having superior appearance and workability, which suppresses the generation of non-plating defects, and a method of producing the same; and a high-strength hot-dip galvannealed steel sheet and a high-strength hot-dip galvanized steel sheet, which suppress non-plating defects and surface defects and have both corrosion resistance, in particular corrosion resistance in an environment containing chlorine ion, and high ductility, and a meth
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2009
    Publication date: November 5, 2009
    Applicant: Nippon Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Fujita, Masafumi Azuma, Manabu Takahashi, Yasuhide Morimoto, Masao Kurosaki, Akihiro Miyasaka
  • Patent number: 7534312
    Abstract: The present invention provides a steel sheet excellent in workability, which may be used for components of an automobile or the like, and a method for producing the same. More specifically, according to one exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a steel sheet excellent in workability, including in mass, 0.08 to 0.25% C, 0.001 to 1.5% Si, 0.01 to 2.0% Mn, 0.001 to 0.06% P, at most 0.05% S, 0.001 to 0.007% N, 0.008 to 0.2% Al, at least 0.01% Fe. The steel sheet having an average r-value of at least 1.2, an r-value in the rolling direction of at least 1.3, an r-value in the direction of 45 degrees to the rolling direction of at least 0.9, and an r-value in the direction of a right angle to the rolling direction of at least 1.2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2009
    Assignee: Nippon Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Naoki Yoshinaga, Nobuhiro Fujita, Manabu Takahashi, Koji Hashimoto, Shinya Sakamoto, Kaoru Kawasaki, Yasuhiro Shinohara, Takehide Senuma
  • Publication number: 20080308200
    Abstract: The present invention provides a steel sheet excellent in workability, which may be used for components of an automobile or the like, and a method for producing the same. More specifically, according to one exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a steel sheet excellent in workability, including in mass, 0.08 to 0.25% C, 0.001 to 1.5% Si, 0.01 to 2.0% Mn, 0.001 to 0.06% P, at most 0.05% S, 0.001 to 0.007% N, 0.008 to 0.2% Al, at least 0.01% Fe. The steel sheet having an average r-value of at least 1.2, an r-value in the rolling direction of at least 1.3, an r-value in the direction of 45 degrees to the rolling direction of at least 0.9, and an r-value in the direction of a right angle to the rolling direction of at least 1.2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2008
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Inventors: Naoki Yoshinaga, Nobuhiro Fujita, Manabu Takahashi, Koji Hashimoto, Shinya Sakamoto, Kaoru Kawasaki, Yasuhiro Shinohara, Takehide Senuma
  • Publication number: 20080295924
    Abstract: The present invention provides a steel sheet excellent in workability, which may be used for components of an automobile or the like, and a method for producing the same. More specifically, according to one exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a steel sheet excellent in workability, including in mass, 0.08 to 0.25% C, 0.001 to 1.5% Si, 0.01 to 2.0% Mn, 0.001 to 0.06% P, at most 0.05% S, 0.001 to 0.007% N, 0.008 to 0.2% Al, at least 0.01% Fe. The steel sheet having an average r-value of at least 1.2, an r-value in the rolling direction of at least 1.3, an r-value in the direction of 45 degrees to the rolling direction of at least 0.9, and an r-value in the direction of a right angle to the rolling direction of at least 1.2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2008
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Inventors: Naoki Yoshinaga, Nobuhiro Fujita, Manabu Takahashi, Koji Hashimoto, Shinya Sakamoto, Kaoru Kawasaki, Yasuhiro Shinohara, Takehide Senuma
  • Publication number: 20080264741
    Abstract: A floating type disc brake “A” used for a vehicle such as a motorcycle comprising a braking rotor 1A and a hub 2A arranged inside the braking rotor 1A, the braking rotor 1A including an annular rotor portion 11 and a plurality of projections 13A extending radially inward from the inner circumferential portion of the rotor portion 11, and further comprising a connecting means 3 for connecting the braking rotor 1A and the hub 2A at positions in which the projections 13A of the braking rotor 1A are abutted to the outer circumferential portion of the hub 2A. At least one of the rotor portion 11 and the projections 13A is formed with cutout portions 13b at the boundary region between the rotor portion 11 and the projections 13A. It is possible to suppress a local heat dissipation in regions of the rotor portion 11 in which the projections 13A are formed and thus to reduce irregularity of heat distribution in the rotor portion 11 during braking operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2005
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Applicant: YUTAKA GIKEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Fujita, Katsunori Muramatsu, Hidekazu Kawai
  • Publication number: 20080166257
    Abstract: The present invention provides a steel sheet excellent in workability, which may be used for components of an automobile or the like, and a method for producing the same. More specifically, according to one exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a steel sheet excellent in workability, including in mass, 0.08 to 0.25% C, 0.001 to 1.5% Si, 0.01 to 2.0% Mn, 0.001 to 0.06% P, at most 0.05% S, 0.001 to 0.007% N, 0.008 to 0.2% Al, at least 0.01% Fe. The steel sheet having an average r-value of at least 1.2, an r-value in the rolling direction of at least 1.3, an r-value in the direction of 45 degrees to the rolling direction of at least 0.9, and an r-value in the direction of a right angle to the rolling direction of at least 1.2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2008
    Publication date: July 10, 2008
    Inventors: Naoki Yoshinaga, Nobuhiro Fujita, Manabu Takahashi, Koji Hashimoto, Shinya Sakamoto, Kaoru Kawasaki, Yasuhiro Shinohara, Takehide Senuma
  • Publication number: 20080035247
    Abstract: The present invention provides: a high-strength high-ductility hot-dip galvanized steel sheet and hot-dip galvannealed steel sheet having high fatigue resistance and corrosion resistance; a high-strength hot-dip galvanized steel sheet excellent in ductility, which improves non-plating defects and plating adhesion after severe deformation, and a method of producing the same; a high-strength and high-ductility hot-dip galvanized steel sheet having high fatigue resistance and corrosion resistance; a high-strength hot-dip galvanized steel sheet and hot-dip galvannealed steel sheet having superior appearance and workability, which suppresses the generation of non-plating defects, and a method of producing the same; and a high-strength hot-dip galvannealed steel sheet and a high-strength hot-dip galvanized steel sheet, which suppress non-plating defects and surface defects and have both corrosion resistance, in particular corrosion resistance in an environment containing chlorine ion, and high ductility, and a meth
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2007
    Publication date: February 14, 2008
    Applicant: Nippon Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Fujita, Masafumi Azuma, Manabu Takahashi, Yasuhide Morimoto, Masao Kurosaki, Akihiro Miyasaka
  • Patent number: 7267890
    Abstract: The present invention provides: a high-strength high-ductility hot-dip galvanized steel sheet and hot-dip galvannealed steel sheet having high fatigue resistance and corrosion resistance; a high-strength hot-dip galvanized steel sheet excellent in ductility, which improves non-plating defects and plating adhesion after severe deformation, and a method of producing the same; a high-strength and high-ductility hot-dip galvanized steel sheet having high fatigue resistance and corrosion resistance; a high-strength hot-dip galvanized steel sheet and hot-dip galvannealed steel sheet having superior appearance and workability, which suppresses the generation of non-plating defects, and a method of producing the same; and a high-strength hot-dip galvannealed steel sheet and a high-strength hot-dip galvanized steel sheet, which suppress non-plating defects and surface defects and have both corrosion resistance, in particular corrosion resistance in an environment containing chlorine ion, and high ductility, and a meth
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2007
    Assignee: Nippon Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Fujita, Masafumi Azuma, Manabu Takahashi, Yasuhide Morimoto, Masao Kurosaki, Akihiro Miyasaka
  • Publication number: 20070095444
    Abstract: A high strength steel sheet excellent in formability which has a chemical composition in mass %: C: 0.03 to 0.20%, Si: 0.005 to 0.3%, Mn: 1.0 to 3.1%, P: 0.001 to 0.06%, S: 0.001 to 0.01%, N: 0.0005 to 0.01%, Al: 0.2 to 1.2%, Mo?0.5%, and the balance: Fe and inevitable impurities, with the proviso that the values of mass % for Si and Al satisfy the following formula (1): (0.0012×[objective value of TS]?0.29?[Si])/2.45<Al<1.5?3×[Si] . . . (1) wherein [objective value of TS] represents a design strength value for the steel sheet in an Mpa unit, and has a metal structure containing ferrite and martensite. The above high strength steel sheet is also excellent in formability and the capability of being chemically treated and that of being hot-dip zinc sheeted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2003
    Publication date: May 3, 2007
    Inventors: Toshiki Nonaka, Hirokazu Taniguchi, Masaaki Mizutani, Nobuhiro Fujita
  • Publication number: 20070006948
    Abstract: Steel sheets containing residual austenite of not more than 7 vol.%, crystallized and/or precipitated compounds with particle diameters of 0.01 to 5.0 ?m of 100 to 100000 particle/mm2 and C of 0.05 to 0.3 mass %, Si of not more than 3.0 mass %, Mn of 0.01 to 3.0 mass %, P of not more than 0.02 mass %, S of not more than 0.02 mass %, Al of 0.01 to 3.0 mass %, N of not more than 0.01 mass % and Mg of 0.0002 to 0.01 mass %, with the remainder comprising iron and unavoidable impurities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2003
    Publication date: January 11, 2007
    Inventors: Toshiki Nonaka, Nobuhiro Fujita, Hirokazu Taniguchi