Patents by Inventor Rolf Arjan Rijkenberg

Rolf Arjan Rijkenberg 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: 20230045924
    Abstract: The invention relates to a high strength steel with a careful selection of the normal alloying elements C, Mn, Si and Al, together with micro-element addition. This a steel with a high strength and high hole expansion ratio can be produced. The invention also relates to the method to manufacture this high strength steel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicant: TATA STEEL IJMUIDEN B.V.
    Inventors: Rolf Arjan RIJKENBERG, Shangping CHEN, Maxim Peter AARNTS
  • Patent number: 11242579
    Abstract: A method to manufacture a hot-rolled high-strength steel sheet or strip with tensile strength of 570 MPa or higher, or preferably 780 MPa or higher, or even more preferably 980 MPa or higher, with an excellent combination of tensile elongation, SFF, and PEF strength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: TATA STEEL IJMUIDEN B.V.
    Inventors: Rolf Arjan Rijkenberg, Maxim Peter Aarnts, Paul Joseph Bellina, Andrew Paul Vass
  • Patent number: 10870901
    Abstract: A hot-rolled high-strength steel strip or sheet with excellent roll-forming characteristics and excellent stretch-flange formability suitable for automotive chassis part or the like and, more particularly, to a high-strength steel strip or sheet with tensile strength of 780 MPa or higher, or preferably 950 MPa or higher, with an excellent combination of total elongation, stretch-flange formability and fatigue resistance and to a method of manufacturing the steel strip or sheet, and to the use of the strip or sheet in a part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: TATA STEEL IJMUIDEN B.V.
    Inventors: Rolf Arjan Rijkenberg, Maxim Peter Aarnts
  • Publication number: 20190352736
    Abstract: A method to manufacture a hot-rolled high-strength steel sheet or strip with tensile strength of 570 MPa or higher, or preferably 780 MPa or higher, or even more preferably 980 MPa or higher, with an excellent combination of tensile elongation, SFF, and PEF strength.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Applicant: TATA STEEL IJMUIDEN B.V.
    Inventors: Rolf Arjan RIJKENBERG, Maxim Peter AARNTS, Paul Joseph BELLINA, Andrew Paul VASS
  • Publication number: 20180265939
    Abstract: A hot-rolled high-strength steel strip or sheet with excellent roll-forming characteristics and excellent stretch-flange formability suitable for automotive chassis part or the like and, more particularly, to a high-strength steel strip or sheet with tensile strength of 780 MPa or higher, or preferably 950 MPa or higher, with an excellent combination of total elongation, stretch-flange formability and fatigue resistance and to a method of manufacturing the steel strip or sheet, and to the use of the strip or sheet in a part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: TATA STEEL IJMUIDEN B.V.
    Inventors: Rolf Arjan RIJKENBERG, Maxim Peter AARNTS
  • Patent number: 9920391
    Abstract: A high-strength hot-rolled steel strip or sheet with tensile strength of 570 to 870 MPa and an excellent combination of total elongation, stretch-flange formability, as well as fatigue resistance and to a method of manufacturing the steel strip or sheet and a chassis part made thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: TATA STEEL IJMUIDEN B.V.
    Inventor: Rolf Arjan Rijkenberg
  • Patent number: 9908566
    Abstract: A high strength hot rolled steel sheet with an excellent combination of tensile strength of at least 550 MPa and formability, including weight percent at most 0.15% of C, at most 0.5% of Si, between 0.5 and 2.0% of Mn, at most 0.06% of P, at most 0.008% of S, at most 0.1% of Al sol, at most 0.02% of N, between 0.02 and 0.45% of V, between 0.05 and 0.7% of Mo, optionally between 0.01 and 0.1% of Nb, balance of Fe and inevitable impurities, wherein the steel sheet has a precipitation strengthened and substantially single-phase ferritic microstructure, wherein the volume fraction of the ferrite phase in said microstructure is not lower than 97%, and wherein the precipitates in the microstructure comprise fine precipitates of composite carbides containing Mo and V and optionally Nb.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: TATA STEEL IJMUIDEN B.V.
    Inventors: Rolf Arjan Rijkenberg, David Neal Hanlon
  • Publication number: 20150354021
    Abstract: A high-strength hot-rolled steel strip or sheet with tensile strength of 570 to 870 MPa and an excellent combination of total elongation, stretch-flange formability, as well as fatigue resistance and to a method of manufacturing the steel strip or sheet and a chassis part made thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2014
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Inventor: Rolf Arjan RIJKENBERG
  • Publication number: 20150099139
    Abstract: A high strength hot rolled steel sheet with an excellent combination of tensile strength of at least 550 MPa and formability, including weight percent at most 0.15% of C, at most 0.5% of Si, between 0.5 and 2.0% of Mn, at most 0.06% of P, at most 0.008% of S, at most 0.1% of Al sol, at most 0.02% of N, between 0.02 and 0.45% of V, between 0.05 and 0.7% of Mo, optionally between 0.01 and 0.1% of Nb, balance of Fe and inevitable impurities, wherein the steel sheet has a precipitation strengthened and substantially single-phase ferritic microstructure, wherein the volume fraction of the ferrite phase in said microstructure is not lower than 97%, and wherein the precipitates in the microstructure comprise fine precipitates of composite carbides containing Mo and V and optionally Nb.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2013
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventors: Rolf Arjan Rijkenberg, David Neal Hanlon