Patents by Inventor Ryoji Hirukawa

Ryoji Hirukawa 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: 20070272387
    Abstract: A method for producing a ductile cast iron product, wherein the cast iron product contains sulfur in an amount of 0.009 to 0.015 wt % and magnesium in an amount of 0.035 to 0.050 wt %, and wherein a dried sand is used for a mold. The method can be suitably employed for producing, at a low cost, a ductile cast iron product which is not chilled and has a ferritic structure, and thus is soft and exhibits great ductility even when it is a thin product. The present invention has been completed based on the finding that the combination of the increase in a certain degree of the content of sulfur, which has been considered to be a substance interfering with the formation of spherical graphite, with the lowering of the rate of cooling allows the production of a ductile cast iron product which is not chilled and has a ferritic structure, and thus is soft and exhibits great ductility even when it is a thin product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2005
    Publication date: November 29, 2007
    Inventors: Ryoji Hirukawa, Tatsuhiko Kato, Masahito Goka