Patents by Inventor Reiichi Suzuki

Reiichi Suzuki 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: 11597034
    Abstract: A joint body includes first and second metal members and a joint portion including a welded portion where the first and second metal members are joined together, the welded portion having a line shape. The joint portion includes first and second longitudinal portions and a plurality of connecting portions. The first longitudinal portion has first intersecting portions arranged in a first direction and extends in the first direction. The second longitudinal portion has second intersecting portions arranged in the first direction and extends in the first direction. The welded portion intersects itself at the first and second intersecting portions. The connecting portions are arranged in the first direction. The connecting portions extend in a first direction and connect the first and second longitudinal portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: KOBE STEEL, LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichi Watanabe, Kazuya Yasui, Dongyong Shi, Takayuki Kimura, Liang Chen, Masao Hadano, Reiichi Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20230012992
    Abstract: A coil component includes a core including a winding core portion, a first flange portion, and a second flange portion, and a first wire and a second wire that are wound around the winding core portion in the same direction and that form a winding portion. The winding portion includes a second intersecting portion along a third side surface of the winding core portion at a position on the winding portion nearest to the second flange portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro ITANI, Takashi SUKEGAWA, Takanori SUZUKI, Yuuki KITADAI, Yoshifumi MAKI, Reiichi MATSUBA
  • Patent number: 11511365
    Abstract: A welding system includes a welding torch that welds a workpiece by using a wire, a suction device that sucks shielding gas, and a sucked shielding gas supply path for allowing the sucked shielding gas to flow, wherein the welding torch includes a contact chip that guides the wire, a shielding gas supply nozzle that supplies the shielding gas to a weld zone, and a suction nozzle that surrounds a periphery of the wire protruding from the contact chip, and is opened toward a tip of the wire to suck the shielding gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoki Kawabe, Tokuji Maruyama, Minoru Miyata, Kei Yamazaki, Reiichi Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11495385
    Abstract: A coil component includes a core including a winding core portion, a first flange portion, and a second flange portion, and a first wire and a second wire that are wound around the winding core portion in the same direction and that form a winding portion. The winding portion includes a second intersecting portion along a third side surface of the winding core portion at a position on the winding portion nearest to the second flange portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Itani, Takashi Sukegawa, Takanori Suzuki, Yuuki Kitadai, Yoshifumi Maki, Reiichi Matsuba
  • Patent number: 11484962
    Abstract: A welding torch for arc welding in a shielding gas atmosphere, includes: a contact tip for feeding a welding wire; a suction nozzle surrounding the welding wire, and sucking a gas from a space between the suction nozzle and the welding wire; and a shielding gas supply nozzle provided on the outer periphery of the suction nozzle, and supplying the shielding gas toward a welded portion from a space between the shielding gas supply nozzle and the suction nozzle. The welding torch satisfies “7?Ltk?17 and 0?Lts?18”, where Lts [mm] is a distance between the tip of the contact tip and the tip of the shielding gas supply nozzle, and Ltk [mm] is a distance between the tip of the contact tip and the tip of the suction nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoki Mukai, Reiichi Suzuki, Tokuji Maruyama
  • Patent number: 11465239
    Abstract: A manufacturing method for a joint body having a first metal member and a second metal member joined together by causing a laser oscillation system to irradiate a surface of the second metal member placed on the first metal member with laser light to form a joint portion including a welded portion where the first metal member and the second metal member are joined together includes continuously supplying the second metal member while pressing the second metal member against the first metal member, the second metal member being a hoop material, and causing the laser oscillation system to emit the laser light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Watanabe, Takayuki Kimura, Liang Chen, Masao Hadano, Reiichi Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11462346
    Abstract: A coil component includes a core including a winding core portion, a first flange portion, and a second flange portion, a first wire and a second wire that are wound around the winding core portion in the same direction and that form a winding portion, a first terminal electrode and a second terminal electrode that are disposed on the first flange portion, and a third terminal electrode and a fourth terminal electrode that are disposed on the second flange portion. A length of the winding portion along a bottom surface of the winding core portion is shorter than a length of the winding portion along an upper surface of the winding core portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Sukegawa, Yasuhiro Itani, Yoshifumi Maki, Takanori Suzuki, Yuuki Kitadai, Reiichi Matsuba
  • Publication number: 20220274199
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a dissimilar metal joint product including joining a first member made of non-ferrous metal and having an end surface and a first surface adjacent to the end surface and a second member made of steel, the method includes: spraying a metal powder capable of being joined to the second member to the end surface and the first surface of the first member at a low temperature and at a high speed to form a coating to extend over the end surface and the first surface; disposing the first member and the second member such that the coating and the second member are close to or contact with each other; and performing fillet welding between the coating and the second member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Reiichi SUZUKI, Kyohei MAEDA
  • Publication number: 20220258225
    Abstract: This coupling device for a tubular member is provided with: a base stand for holding an inner member and an outer member in a state in which the outer member is disposed around the inner member; a plurality of pressing members that are supported by the base stand in a movable manner in the radial direction of the inner member and the outer member and have a protruding part on the tip thereof; a pressing member that make contact with the final end of the pressing member and that can press the pressing member radially inward; and a drive mechanism that drives any one among the base stand and the pressing member in a direction perpendicular to the movement direction of the pressing member so that the one member moves relative to the other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventor: Reiichi SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20220176492
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a joint structure of dissimilar materials, the method includes: forming a low-temperature thermal spray coating on at least a part of a surface of an aluminum or aluminum alloy material by low-temperature thermal spraying a metal powder of at least one metal selected from the group consisting of pure iron, carbon steel, stainless steel, nickel, a nickel alloy, cobalt, and a cobalt alloy; overlapping the aluminum or aluminum alloy material and a steel material such that the low-temperature thermal spray coating and the steel material face each other; and joining the aluminum or aluminum alloy material and the steel material by laser a welding from a steel material side, in which the joining is performed under welding conditions in which a fusion zone is formed in the steel material, the low-temperature thermal spray coating, and the aluminum or aluminum alloy material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Kyohei MAEDA, Reiichi SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20220168835
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a dissimilar metal joint product includes: spraying a metal powder capable of being joined to a steel material to at least a part of a surface of an aluminum or aluminum-alloy material at a low temperature and at a high speed to form a coating thereon; disposing the aluminum or aluminum-alloy material and the steel material such that the coating and the steel material face each other; and performing brazing using a brazing material or welding using a welding material between the coating and the steel material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Reiichi SUZUKI, Kyohei MAEDA
  • Patent number: 11318567
    Abstract: In this flux-cored wire, the contents of F, Li, acid-soluble Al, Mg, S, CO2, Ba, Ca, Sr, REM, P, C which is not derived from a carbonate, Mn, Ni, and Cu are set to fall within prescribed ranges with respect to the total mass of the wire, and the blending ratio among these components is set to fall within a particular range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoki Kawabe, Eri Yamamoto, Kei Yamazaki, Reiichi Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20220111458
    Abstract: A method for joining a plated steel sheet includes forming a plurality of protrusions, overlapping a first steel sheet, and performing arc welding, by which first and second steel sheets, at least one of which is a plated steel sheet, are arc welded. In the forming, the plurality of protrusions that is substantially perpendicular to an edge portion of the first steel sheet and is positioned along the edge portion is formed in an overlapping surface of the first steel sheet. In the overlapping, the first and second steel sheets are overlapped such that the protrusions protrude in a direction toward an overlapping surface of the second steel sheet. In the performing the arc welding, an arc welding is performed linearly in the edge portion of the first steel sheet or second steel sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventor: Reiichi SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 11253944
    Abstract: A steel plate frame and a thin plate are made of different materials. A plurality of through holes are formed in a portion of the thin plate to be placed on the steel plate frame. A plurality of projections 6c are formed on a support plate, each of the projections being allowed to be inserted into a corresponding one of the through holes. An adhesive is applied to a portion of the steel plate frame on which the thin plate is placed. The thin plate is placed on the steel plate frame, and the steel plate frame and the thin plate are bonded together by the adhesive. The support plate is placed on the thin plate to insert the projections into the through holes. The projections and the steel plate frame are welded to form a plurality of welded spots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Watanabe, Reiichi Suzuki, Hideto Katsuma
  • Publication number: 20220016725
    Abstract: A joint structure, includes: a first member including a high tensile strength steel; and a second member including a high tensile strength steel and superposed on the first member, the first member and the second member being resistance welded to each other, in which a gap between the first member and the second member is between 0 mm and 3 mm, a nugget is not formed at a joint portion between the first member and the second member, or when the nugget is formed at the joint portion between the first member and the second member, a diameter D1 of the nugget satisfies D1<5 mm, and a decarburized layer is provided on at least one of a superposition surface of the first member, on which the second member is superposed, and a superposition surface of the second member, on which the first member is superposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Kyohei MAEDA, Reiichi SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20210404496
    Abstract: A joint structure formed by resistance welding a plurality of superposed steel sheets includes a high tensile strength steel sheet having a tensile strength of at least 590 MPa and containing a chemical component having a carbon equivalent Ceq of at least 0.53%. The high tensile strength steel sheet has a decarburized layer between a base plate and a galvanized layer formed on at least one of a surface on a superposition surface side and a surface on a welding electrode side of the high tensile strength steel sheet, or has a decarburized layer on a superposition surface of the high tensile strength steel sheet adjacent to a galvanized layer of a galvanized steel sheet to be superposed. The decarburized layer has a thickness of at least 5 ?m and at most 200 ?m, and the carbon equivalent Ceq is a value defined by a formula: Ceq=C+Si/24+Mn/6.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Kyohei MAEDA, Reiichi SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20210394299
    Abstract: A joint structure, includes: a first member including a high tensile strength steel; a second member including a high tensile strength steel and superposed on the first member; a surface soft layer formed on at least one of a superposition surface of the first member, on which the second member is superposed, and a superposition surface of the second member, on which the first member is superposed; a molten-solidified portion formed by melting and solidifying the first member and the second member; and a heat affected zone formed around the molten-solidified portion, in which the surface soft layer has a total thickness of 5 ?m to 200 ?m, and the molten-solidified portion has a carbon amount of 0.21 mass % or more, and a maximum Vickers hardness of the surface soft layer in the heat affected zone is 100 Hv to 500 Hv.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Kyohei MAEDA, Reiichi SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 11203080
    Abstract: Provided is a welding method using a special torch and a flux cored wire, in which the special torch has a suction nozzle between the contact tip and the shield nozzle, and the flux cored wire has a flux filled inside the steel outer casing, and a seam portion where both ends of a metal in a width direction of the steel outer casing are butted or overlapped in a longitudinal direction of the flux cored wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoki Mukai, Tokuji Maruyama, Reiichi Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20210387278
    Abstract: A welding method for joining a first plate made of a material other than steel and a second plate made of steel includes a step of making a hole through each of the first plate and the second plate, a press-fitting step, an overlapping step, and a filling and welding step. A shaft portion of a joining assist member being solid, being made of steel, and having an outer shape with step having the shaft portion and a flange portion is press-fitted in the hole of the first plate. The first plate and the second plate is overlapped such that the shaft portion faces the hole of the second plate. The hole of the second plate is filled with a weld metal and the second plate and the joining assist member are welded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventor: Reiichi SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20210291298
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a joint structure of dissimilar materials. The method includes forming a low-temperature thermal spray coating on at least a part of a surface of an aluminum or aluminum alloy material by low-temperature thermal spraying a metal powder of at least one metal selected from the group consisting of ferritic stainless steel, austenitic stainless steel, and ferritic and austenitic two-phase stainless steel, overlapping the aluminum or aluminum alloy material and a steel material such that the low-temperature thermal spray coating and the steel material face each other, and joining the low-temperature thermal spray coating and the steel material by a laser welding from a steel material side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (KOBE STEEL, LTD.)
    Inventors: Kyohei MAEDA, Reiichi SUZUKI