Patents by Inventor Ryuichi Nishimura

Ryuichi Nishimura 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: 12157430
    Abstract: An automobile hood 1 has an inner panel 2, an outer panel 3, and a plurality of linear sealer regions A in which joints 21 are arranged. A region which includes the linear sealer region A and in which both ends in a longitudinal direction L of the linear sealer region A reach the outer circumferential edge of the inner panel 2 is defined as an end-to-end region B. Each of three longest linear sealer regions A2, A4 and A3 among the plurality of linear sealer regions A is a length that is 40% or more of the length of an end-to-end region B2, B4 or B3 to which the linear sealer regions A2, A4 or A3 belongs, respectively. These three end-to-end regions B2, B4 and B3 do not intersect with each other within a region surrounded by the outer circumferential edge of the inner panel 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryuichi Nishimura, Koichi Hamada, Yasunori Sawa, Tohru Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20240352565
    Abstract: This outer plate component for an automobile includes a steel sheet, and a rolling direction of the steel sheet extends along a vehicle body left-right direction in plan view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryuichi NISHIMURA, Yasuhiro ITO, Yasunori SAWA, Koichi HAMADA, Satoshi HIRONAKA
  • Publication number: 20240343096
    Abstract: This panel structure for an automobile (10) includes: an outer panel member (1) having a sheet shape; a resin member (2) that is disposed on an inner surface of the outer panel member (1); and an adhesive portion (3) that bonds the outer panel member (1) and the resin member (2), in which the outer panel member (1) includes a base metal (12) and a coating film (14) provided on the base metal (12), the base metal (12) has a sheet thickness of 0.3 mm to 0.5 mm, the resin member (2) has a bending rigidity of 0.3×106 N·mm2 or more, and the adhesive portion (3) contains a cured material of a room-temperature curing adhesive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yutaka YAKUSHIJIN, Ryuichi NISHIMURA, Yasunori SAWA
  • Patent number: 12109601
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a press-formed product suppresses occurrence of a forming defect such as a crack in a starting material during press forming, and also suppresses occurrence of problems when transferring a starting material during press forming. A manufacturing intermediate is formed by forming, in a flat-sheet shaped blank sheet, a planned outline portion including an undulating shape which is used for forming an outline of an outer circumferential portion of a press-formed product. The flat shape of the blank sheet is maintained in a region from the planned outline portion toward the center of the manufacturing intermediate, or an intermediate stretch-formed portion having a predetermined intermediate forming height is formed in the manufacturing intermediate in the region. A through-hole is formed by piercing a flat portion at which the flat shape is maintained or a stretch-formed-side top portion of the intermediate stretch-formed portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shohei Yamazaki, Ryuichi Nishimura, Koichi Hamada, Takuya Oishi, Tohru Yoshida
  • Patent number: 12031597
    Abstract: A brake disk unit includes a rotating member, a brake disk, and a control member. The brake disk includes a disk main body, fins, and convex portions and/or concave portions. The control member includes a support portion and a projecting portion. At least a part of the projecting portion is arranged between fins that are adjacent in the circumferential direction of the brake disk. A gap is formed between the projecting portion and the brake disk. On the surface of the brake disk, the convex portions and/or the concave portions are provided further on the outer side in the radial direction of the brake disk than a minimum opening portion of the gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Nogami, Takahiro Fujimoto, Yuiko Shiotani, Ryuichi Nishimura, Mitsuhiro Okamoto, Kumpei Sano, Naruo Miyabe, Yuki Ichikawa
  • Publication number: 20240190514
    Abstract: An automobile hood 1 has joints 20. The inner panel 2 includes, for example, units 8 and 9 arranged in plurality in an aligned relationship in a cross direction X and arranged in plurality in an aligned relationship in a longitudinal direction Y. The plurality of units 8 and 9 include a plurality of joint-equipped units. In the first form, in some of the joint-equipped units, namely, joint-equipped units 84, 89, and 9, the joints 20 are arranged in an arrangement including a predetermined pattern P1, and in the remaining joint-equipped units 81, 85, 86, 810, 811, and 812, the joints 20 are arranged in an arrangement including a part of the predetermined pattern P1. In the second form, in each of the joint-equipped units 8 and 9, a plurality of the joints 20 are arranged in an arrangement including the predetermined pattern P1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2022
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryuichi NISHIMURA, Yasunori SAWA, Koichi HAMADA
  • Publication number: 20240191762
    Abstract: A disc brake device includes a rotary member, a brake disc, and a control member. The brake disc includes a disc body having an annular shape and fins. The control member controls an airflow rate between the fins disposed adjacent to each other in a circumferential direction of the brake disc. The control member includes a base plate and a protruding portion. The protruding portion protrudes from the base plate toward the disc body. A top surface of each fin has a recessed portion. The protruding portion extends in the circumferential direction through from the recessed portion of one of the fins disposed adjacent to each other to the recessed portion of the other of the fins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2021
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Inventors: Takahiro FUJIMOTO, Yuiko SHIOTANI, Hiroshi NOGAMI, Ryuichi NISHIMURA, Takanori KATO, Yuki ICHIKAWA, Naruo MIYABE
  • Publication number: 20240182121
    Abstract: A vehicle panel structure has: a sheet-like outer panel member; an inner member disposed to face an inner surface of the outer panel member; and a resin member of which a material is a resin and which is joined to the inner surface of the outer panel member, and at least part of the inner member is buried in the resin member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yutaka YAKUSHIJIN, Ryuichi NISHIMURA, Yasunori SAWA
  • Publication number: 20240166268
    Abstract: An automobile hood 1 has a first-direction joint row 30 in which a plurality of joints 20 are arranged at an interval from each other in a cross direction X, and a second-direction joint row 40 in which a plurality of the joints 20 are arranged at an interval from each other in a longitudinal direction Y. A curvature 1/R1 in a direction along the first-direction joint row 30 in a region of the outer panel 3 corresponding to the first-direction joint row 30 is smaller than a curvature 1/R2 in a direction along the second-direction joint row 40 in a region of the outer panel 3 corresponding to the second-direction joint row 40. An interval X1 between the joints 20 in the first-direction joint row 30 is greater than an interval Y2 between the joints 20 in the second-direction joint row 40.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2022
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasunori SAWA, Ryuichi NISHIMURA, Koichi HAMADA
  • Patent number: 11975765
    Abstract: There is provided an exterior panel including a steel sheet, the steel sheet including a flat portion, wherein in an outer-layer region of the flat portion, a microstructure contains, in volume fraction, ferrite of 80% or more, an average grain diameter of ferrite is 1.0 to 15.0 ?m, an intensity ratio XODF{001}/{111},S of ferrite is 0.30 or more to less than 3.50, when uEl1 denotes a uniform elongation measured with a tensile test specimen cut from the flat portion, and uEl2 denotes a theoretical uniform elongation that is derived from volume fractions, hardnesses, and average grain diameters of ferrite and martensite in a microstructure of an inside region of the flat portion, and a sheet thickness of the flat portion, uEl1/uEl2 is 0.44 to 0.80.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasunori Sawa, Mai Nagano, Ryuichi Nishimura
  • Publication number: 20240124068
    Abstract: An automobile panel 1 has a sheet-shaped outer panel 2 and a sheet-shaped inner panel 3, and an interior member 30 arranged in a space S between the inner panel 3 and the outer panel 2. The interior member 30 is an elongated member that extends in a first direction D1 along the outer panel 2, and includes a first end 41 that is one end in the first direction D1, and a second end 42 that is another end. The first end 41 has a first connecting portion 45 which is connected to the inner panel 3. The interior member 30 has a second connecting portion 46 that is connected to the outer panel 2, at a position that is separated from the first end 41 along the first direction D1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasunori SAWA, Ryuichi NISHIMURA
  • Patent number: 11878334
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a press-formed product includes: capturing the amount of warp in a sheet to be pressed separately for each sheet; and using a die 6, a punch 7, and a movable mold part to press-form the sheet into a press-formed product. During press-forming, the initial position of the movable mold part 9 relative to the die 6 or punch 7 is controlled depending on the amount of warp in the sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryuichi Nishimura, Toshiya Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11787478
    Abstract: In an automobile inner panel and an automobile panel that includes the automobile inner panel, panel rigidity of the panel is secured while achieving a weight reduction. An automobile inner panel 2 has a plurality of sub-units 10 that each include a flange 11, an inclined wall 12 continuous with the flange 11, and a bottom portion 13 continuous with inclined wall 12 and separated from the flange 11. The bottom portions 13 and 13 of the sub-units 10 and 10 which are adjacent to each other are butted against each other and are directly continuous with each other. A maximum value of a distance D1 between two of the flanges 11 and 11 of two of the sub-units 10 and 10 in which the bottom portions 13 are arranged separated from each other and which are adjacent to each other is 250 mm or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryuichi Nishimura, Koichi Hamada, Atsuo Koga, Takeshi Kawachi, Yasunori Sawa, Tohru Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20230242190
    Abstract: There is provided an exterior panel including a steel sheet, the steel sheet including a flat portion, wherein in an outer-layer region of the flat portion, a microstructure contains, in volume fraction, ferrite of 80% or more, an average grain diameter of ferrite is 1.0 to 15.0 ?m, an intensity ratio XODF{001}/{111},S of ferrite is 0.30 or more to less than 3.50, when uEl1 denotes a uniform elongation measured with a tensile test specimen cut from the flat portion, and uEl2 denotes a theoretical uniform elongation that is derived from volume fractions, hardnesses, and average grain diameters of ferrite and martensite in a microstructure of an inside region of the flat portion, and a sheet thickness of the flat portion, uEl1/uEl2 is 0.44 to 0.80.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasunori SAWA, Mai NAGANO, Ryuichi NISHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20230112540
    Abstract: An automobile hood 1 has an inner panel 2, an outer panel 3, and a plurality of linear sealer regions A in which joints 21 are arranged. A region which includes the linear sealer region A and in which both ends in a longitudinal direction L of the linear sealer region A reach the outer circumferential edge of the inner panel 2 is defined as an end-to-end region B. Each of three longest linear sealer regions A2, A4 and A3 among the plurality of linear sealer regions A is a length that is 40% or more of the length of an end-to-end region B2, B4 or B3 to which the linear sealer regions A2, A4 or A3 belongs, respectively. These three end-to-end regions B2, B4 and B3 do not intersect with each other within a region surrounded by the outer circumferential edge of the inner panel 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryuichi NISHIMURA, Koichi HAMADA, Yasunori SAWA, Tohru YOSHIDA
  • Patent number: 11623260
    Abstract: A formed body 1 includes a first flange 3, a body portion 100 (a first vertical wall portion 4, a top plate portion 5, a second vertical wall portion 6), and a second flange 7, and the formed body 1 is made of steel having tensile strength of 440 MPa or more. The first flange 3 extends toward the second flange 7 from an edge portion of the first vertical wall portion 4. The first flange 3 and the body portion 100 curve so as to conform to each other as viewed from the direction orthogonal to the top plate portion 5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryuichi Nishimura, Yoshiaki Nakazawa
  • Publication number: 20230100272
    Abstract: A stiffened panel structure includes a panel-shaped component and a wire. The panel-shaped component has a panel body that curves in such a manner as to be convex outward. The wire has a first end portion and a second end portion. The first end portion is bonded to a first point on the inner surface of the panel body. The second end portion is bonded to a second point on the inner surface of the panel body. The wire is strained between the first point and the second point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichiro OTSUKA, Toru YONEBAYASHI, Satoshi SHIRAKAMI, Yasunori SAWA, Masafumi AZUMA, Ryuichi NISHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20220333656
    Abstract: A brake disk unit includes a rotating member, a brake disk, and a control member. The brake disk includes a disk main body, fins, and convex portions and/or concave portions. The control member includes a support portion and a projecting portion. At least a part of the projecting portion is arranged between fins that are adjacent in the circumferential direction of the brake disk. A gap is formed between the projecting portion and the brake disk. On the surface of the brake disk, the convex portions and/or the concave portions are provided further on the outer side in the radial direction of the brake disk than a minimum opening portion of the gap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Hiroshi NOGAMI, Takahiro FUJIMOTO, Yuiko SHIOTANI, Ryuichi NISHIMURA, Mitsuhiro OKAMOTO, Kumpei SANO, Naruo MIYABE, Yuki ICHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20220274150
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a press-formed product suppresses occurrence of a forming defect such as a crack in a starting material during press forming, and also suppresses occurrence of problems when transferring a starting material during press forming. A manufacturing intermediate is formed by forming, in a flat-sheet shaped blank sheet, a planned outline portion including an undulating shape which is used for forming an outline of an outer circumferential portion of a press-formed product. The flat shape of the blank sheet is maintained in a region from the planned outline portion toward the center of the manufacturing intermediate, or an intermediate stretch-formed portion having a predetermined intermediate forming height is formed in the manufacturing intermediate in the region. A through-hole is formed by piercing a flat portion at which the flat shape is maintained or a stretch-formed-side top portion of the intermediate stretch-formed portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shohei YAMAZAKI, Ryuichi NISHIMURA, Koichi HAMADA, Takuya OISHI, Tohru YOSHIDA
  • Patent number: 11358203
    Abstract: A method for producing a press-formed product includes a first pressing step and a second pressing step. In the first pressing step, an intermediate formed product is formed from a processed material by using first press tooling. The intermediate formed product includes a stepped section of a top plate section, a temporary vertical wall section adjacent to the top plate section via a ridge section and having at least part of the shape of the vertical wall section, and a temporary flange section adjacent to the temporary vertical wall section via a temporary ridge section. In the second pressing step, the press-formed product is formed from the intermediate formed product. In the second pressing step, forming is performed such that the temporary ridge section is moved toward the temporary flange section with at least part of the top plate section of the intermediate formed product restricted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junki Natori, Yoshiaki Nakazawa, Ryuichi Nishimura, Keiji Ogawa