Patents by Inventor Rinta SATO

Rinta SATO 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: 12637750
    Abstract: A hot-pressed member having excellent post-coating corrosion resistance and excellent resistance spot weldability, a method for manufacturing the hot-pressed member, and a steel sheet for hot pressing suitable for a hot-pressed member having excellent post-coating corrosion resistance and excellent resistance spot weldability. The hot-pressed member includes a Zn-based coated layer on a first side of a steel sheet, and a Zn-based coated layer on a second side of the steel sheet. A coating weight of Zn in the Zn-based coated layer on the first side of the steel sheet is 5 to 35 g/m2, and an average line roughness Ra of a surface of the Zn-based coated layer on the first side is less than or equal to 2.5 ?m. The average line roughness Ra of a surface of the Zn-based coated layer on the second side of the steel sheet is greater than or equal to 3.5 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2026
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Rinta Sato, Minoru Tanaka, Daisuke Mizuno, Ryoto Nishiike
  • Patent number: 12629741
    Abstract: A steel sheet for hot press forming that can reduce diffusible hydrogen content introduced in hot press forming without controlling the atmosphere dew point, and may be used to obtain a hot pressed member that has excellent post-coating corrosion resistance. The steel sheet includes a base steel sheet and a coated layer on both sides of the base steel sheet. The coated layer has a chemical composition containing Si: 7 mass % to 11 mass %, Mg: 0.6 mass % to 1.9 mass %, one or both of Ca and Sr: in total, 1.0% to 10% of Mg, and Fe: 0 mass % to 30 mass %, with the balance being Al and inevitable impurity. Concentration of Mg solute in Al phase in the coated layer is less than 1 mass %, and average thickness of the coated layer is 10 ?m to 30 ?m on each side of the base steel sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2026
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Rinta Sato, Kazuhiko Yamazaki, Yoichi Makimizu, Minoru Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20260103780
    Abstract: Achieved are both corrosion resistance at cut portion and spot weldability at a high level in a hot pressed member with an Al—Zn coating layer, which does not have the chemical convertibility problems of an Al coated or plated steel sheet or the LME cracking problems of a Zn coated or plated steel sheet. The hot pressed member includes a steel sheet, a coating layer on at least one side of the steel sheet, and an oxide layer on the coating layer. The coating layer has a chemical composition containing, in mass %, Zn: 25.0% to 55.0%, Si: 1.1% to 8.0%, Sr+Ca: 0.01% to 5.0%, and Fe: 55.0% or less, with the balance being Al and inevitable impurity. The coating layer contains a metallic Zn phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2023
    Publication date: April 16, 2026
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryoto NISHIIKE, Rinta SATO, Yoichi MAKIMIZU
  • Patent number: 12590342
    Abstract: A hot-pressed member is disclosed including at least one surface that has a filtered centerline waviness Wca of less than or equal to 1.5 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2026
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Rinta Sato, Daisuke Mizuno, Minoru Tanaka, Ryoto Nishiike
  • Publication number: 20260049380
    Abstract: Provided is a steel sheet for hot pressing that has excellent suitability for high-speed heating, resists liquid metal embrittlement cracking, and has excellent paint adhesion after hot pressing. A steel sheet for hot pressing comprises: a base steel sheet; and a coating layer of 0.5 ?m to 6.0 ?m in thickness provided on both sides of the base steel sheet, wherein the coating layer is made of Ni or a Ni-based alloy, and a Zn content in the coating layer is 0 mass % to 30 mass %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2023
    Publication date: February 19, 2026
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Rinta SATO, Yoichi MAKIMIZU
  • Publication number: 20250276352
    Abstract: Provided is a hot pressed member for which an amount of hydrogen entering during the hot press process is small, that can release hydrogen that has entered in a short period of time, and that has excellent delayed fracture resistance. The hot pressed member includes: steel material; an Al—Fe intermetallic compound layer having a thickness of 10 ?m to 35 ?m, on at least one side of the steel material; and a diffusion layer at an interface between the Al—Fe intermetallic compound layer and the steel material. The Al—Fe intermetallic compound layer includes an Al-rich phase having an Al concentration of 40 mass % or more and an Fe-rich phase having an Al concentration of less than 40 mass %. Average length of the Fe-rich phase in a cross-section in a direction perpendicular to the thickness direction is 10 ?m or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2023
    Publication date: September 4, 2025
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Rinta SATO, Yoichi MAKIMIZU, Ryoto NISHIIKE, Minoru TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20250188575
    Abstract: Provided is a hot pressed member having excellent spot weldability and corrosion resistance at cut portion. The hot pressed member includes a steel sheet, a coating layer on at least one side of the steel sheet, and an oxide layer having a thickness of 1.0 ?m or less on the coating layer. The coating layer has a chemical composition containing, in mass %, Zn: 5.0% to 55.0%, Si: 1.1% to 8.0%, Mg: 2.0% to 6.0%, Sr: 0.01% to 2.0%, and Fe: 55.0% or less, with the balance being Al and inevitable impurity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2023
    Publication date: June 12, 2025
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryoto NISHIIKE, Minoru TANAKA, Rinta SATO, Yoichi MAKIMIZU
  • Publication number: 20250163558
    Abstract: Provided is a hot pressed member with excellent post-painting corrosion resistance and excellent corrosion resistance at lapped part. The hot pressed member includes: a steel material; an Al—Fe-based intermetallic compound layer with a thickness of 10 ?m to 30 ?m disposed on at least one side of the steel material; and Mg-containing oxide particles disposed on the Al—Fe-based intermetallic compound layer, wherein the Mg-containing oxide particles have an average particle size of 5.0 ?m or less and a number density of 1000 particles/mm2 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2023
    Publication date: May 22, 2025
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Rinta SATO, Yoichi MAKIMIZU, Ryoto NISHIIKE, Minoru TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20250129462
    Abstract: A hot pressed member that has excellent corrosion resistance after coating, in particular when a zirconium chemical conversion treatment is applied, and with reduced microcracks. The hot pressed member includes a steel sheet, a coated or plated layer containing FeAl, Fe2Al5, and Zn distributed over at least one side of the steel sheet, and a Zn-containing oxide layer distributed over the coated or plated layer. The solute Zn content in the FeAl is less than 10 mass %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2022
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Minoru TANAKA, Rinta SATO, Ryoto NISHIIKE, Daisuke MIZUNO
  • Publication number: 20250108422
    Abstract: A steel sheet for hot press forming that can reduce diffusible hydrogen content introduced in hot press forming without controlling the atmosphere dew point, and may be used to obtain a hot pressed member that has excellent post-coating corrosion resistance. The steel sheet includes a base steel sheet and a coated layer on both sides of the base steel sheet. The coated layer has a chemical composition containing Si: 7 mass % to 11 mass %, Mg: 0.6 mass % to 1.9 mass %, one or both of Ca and Sr: in total, 1.0% to 10% of Mg, and Fe: 0 mass % to 30 mass %, with the balance being Al and inevitable impurity. Concentration of Mg solute in Al phase in the coated layer is less than 1 mass %, and average thickness of the coated layer is 10 ?m to 30 ?m on each side of the base steel sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2022
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Rinta SATO, Kazuhiko YAMAZAKI, Yoichi MAKIMIZU, Minoru TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20250108423
    Abstract: For a steel sheet for hot pressing having a coating layer to prevent scale formation, adhesion of metals to heating equipment is reduced, liquid metal embrittlement cracking during hot press forming is prevented, and excellent post-painting corrosion resistance is achieved. A coated steel sheet for hot pressing includes: a base steel sheet; and a coating layer of 7 ?m to 20 ?m in thickness provided on both sides of the base steel sheet, wherein the coating layer is made of Ni or a Ni-based alloy, and a Zn content in the coating layer is 0 mass % to 10 mass %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2022
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Rinta SATO, Yoichi MAKIMIZU
  • Publication number: 20240399439
    Abstract: A hot pressed member that has excellent appearance quality after coating and corrosion resistance at cut portion. The hot pressed member includes a steel sheet, a coated or plated layer containing FeAl, Fe2Al5, and Zn distributed over at least one side of the steel sheet, and a Zn-containing oxide layer distributed over the coated or plated layer. The solute Zn content in the Fe2Al5 is 10 mass % or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2022
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Minoru TANAKA, Rinta SATO, Ryoto NISHIIKE, Daisuke MIZUNO
  • Patent number: 12157924
    Abstract: A hot-pressed member, a steel sheet for hot pressing, and methods for producing the hot-pressed member and the steel sheet for hot pressing. The hot-pressed member includes a steel sheet and a Zn-based alloy coated layer disposed on at least one surface of the steel sheet. The Zn-based alloy coated layer includes a solid solution phase including Zn with the balance being Fe and incidental impurities, an intermetallic compound phase including Fe with the balance being Zn and incidental impurities, and an oxide layer including Zn. The oxide layer serves as an uppermost layer of the Zn-based alloy coated layer and splits the intermetallic compound phase. The split density in at least one cross-section of the oxide layer per unit cross-section is 10 split positions/mm or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shuhei Ogawa, Minoru Tanaka, Rinta Sato, Daisuke Mizuno, Seiji Nakajima
  • Patent number: 12037665
    Abstract: A spot welded member includes a spot weld formed by holding a sheet stack of multiple steel sheets between a pair of electrodes and spot-welding the sheet stack, in which at least one of the multiple steel sheets is a high-strength zinc-based coated steel sheet having a tensile strength of 780 MPa or more, the high-strength zinc-based coated steel sheet having a coating with an Al content of 0.5% or more by mass, and in which the heat shock region of the spot weld outwardly extending from an edge of a corona bond area includes a coated layer including an FeAl alloy layer having an average thickness of 0.3 ?m or more and a zinc-based coated layer having an average thickness of 2.0 ?m or more on the FeAl alloy layer at the interface between the base steel sheet of the high-strength zinc-based coated steel sheet and the coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Minoru Tanaka, Koichi Taniguchi, Rinta Sato, Katsutoshi Takashima, Hiroshi Matsuda, Rinsei Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20240076757
    Abstract: A hot-pressed member is disclosed including at least one surface that has a filtered centerline waviness Wca of less than or equal to 1.5 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Rinta Sato, Daisuke Mizuno, Minoru Tanaka, Ryoto Nishiike
  • Publication number: 20230407449
    Abstract: A hot-pressed member having excellent post-coating corrosion resistance and excellent resistance spot weldability, a method for manufacturing the hot-pressed member, and a steel sheet for hot pressing suitable for a hot-pressed member having excellent post-coating corrosion resistance and excellent resistance spot weldability. The hot-pressed member includes a Zn-based coated layer on a first side of a steel sheet, and a Zn-based coated layer on a second side of the steel sheet. A coating weight of Zn in the Zn-based coated layer on the first side of the steel sheet is 5 to 35 g/m2, and an average line roughness Ra of a surface of the Zn-based coated layer on the first side is less than or equal to 2.5 ?m. The average line roughness Ra of a surface of the Zn-based coated layer on the second side of the steel sheet is greater than or equal to 3.5 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Rinta SATO, Minoru TANAKA, Daisuke MIZUNO, Ryoto NISHIIKE
  • Publication number: 20230392226
    Abstract: A hot-pressed member, a steel sheet for hot pressing, and methods for producing the hot-pressed member and the steel sheet for hot pressing. The hot-pressed member includes a steel sheet and a Zn-based alloy coated layer disposed on at least one surface of the steel sheet. The Zn-based alloy coated layer includes a solid solution phase including Zn with the balance being Fe and incidental impurities, an intermetallic compound phase including Fe with the balance being Zn and incidental impurities, and an oxide layer including Zn. The oxide layer serves as an uppermost layer of the Zn-based alloy coated layer and splits the intermetallic compound phase. The split density in at least one cross-section of the oxide layer per unit cross-section is 10 split positions/mm or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shuhei OGAWA, Minoru TANAKA, Rinta SATO, Daisuke MIZUNO, Seiji NAKAJIMA
  • Patent number: 11767573
    Abstract: A ferritic stainless steel sheet comprises a chemical composition containing, in mass %, C: 0.030% or less, Si: 3.0% or less, Mn: 1.0% or less, P: 0.040% or less, S: 0.010% or less, Cr: 11.0% to 30.0%, Al: 8.0% to 20.0%, Ni: 0.05% to 0.50%, N: 0.020% or less, and at least one selected from the group consisting of Zr: 0.01% to 0.20% and Hf: 0.01% to 0.20%, with a balance consisting of Fe and inevitable impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akito Mizutani, Rinta Sato, Mitsuyuki Fujisawa
  • Publication number: 20230095166
    Abstract: A hot pressed member disclosed herein includes: a base steel sheet; a Fe—Zn—Al—Mg-based alloy coated layer containing an ?-Fe phase and a ? phase and formed on at least one surface of the base steel sheet; and an oxide layer containing Zn, Al, and Mg and formed on the Fe—Zn—Al—Mg-based alloy coated layer, in which a ratio of I?/I? is 0.5 or less when measured by X-ray diffraction using a Co-K? (wavelength: 1.79021 ?) radiation source at an incident angle of 25°, where IF is an intensity of a diffraction peak of (411) plane of the ? phase present in an angular range of 41.5°?2??43.0° and I? is an intensity of a diffraction peak of (110) plane of the ?-Fe phase present in an angular range of 51.0°?2??52.0°, and a sum of Al and Mg concentrations in the oxide layer is 28 atomic % or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Rinta SATO, Minoru TANAKA, Daisuke MIZUNO, Satoru ANDO
  • Publication number: 20220056547
    Abstract: A ferritic stainless steel sheet comprises a chemical composition containing, in mass %, C: 0.030% or less, Si: 3.0% or less, Mn: 1.0% or less, P: 0.040% or less, S: 0.010% or less, Cr: 11.0% to 30.0%, Al: 8.0% to 20.0%, Ni: 0.05% to 0.50%, N: 0.020% or less, and at least one selected from the group consisting of Zr: 0.01% to 0.20% and Hf: 0.01% to 0.20%, with a balance consisting of Fe and inevitable impurities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akito MIZUTANI, Rinta SATO, Mitsuyuki FUJISAWA