Patents by Inventor Ryuichi Shimura

Ryuichi Shimura 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: 9505088
    Abstract: In a flux-cored wire according to the present invention, CaF2 and the like are included and a total amount thereof ? is 3.3 to 6.0% in terms of mass % with respect to a total mass, Ti oxide and the like are included and a total amount thereof ? is 0.4 to 1.2% in terms of mass % with respect to the total mass, CaCO3 and the like are included and a total amount thereof is 0.1 to 0.5% in terms of mass % with respect to the total mass, and an amount of an iron powder in the flux is less than 10% in terms of mass % with respect to the total mass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shuichi Nakamura, Yasuhito Totsuka, Kazuhiro Kojima, Ryuichi Shimura
  • Patent number: 9259806
    Abstract: In a flux-cored wire for welding an ultrahigh tensile strength steel, one or more of CaF2, BaF2, SrF2, and MgF2 are included in the wire and, when a total amount thereof is defined as ?, the ? is more than 2.0% and equal to or less than 8.0% in terms of mass % with respect to a total mass of the wire, one or more of Ti oxide, Si oxide, Mg oxide, and Al oxide are included in the wire and, when a total amount thereof is defined as ?, the ? is 0.01% to 1.20% in terms of mass % with respect to the total mass of the wire, a ratio of an amount of the CaF2 with respect to the ? is 0.50 or more, a ratio of the ? with respect to the ? is 2.0 to 800.0, and Ceq defined in the following expression is 0.60% to 1.20%, Ceq=[C]+[Si]/24+[Mn]/6+[Ni]/40+[Cr]/5+[Mo]/4+[V]/14.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation
    Inventors: Shuichi Nakamura, Kazuhiro Kojima, Yasuhito Totsuka, Ryuichi Shimura
  • Publication number: 20150360327
    Abstract: In a flux-cored wire according to the present invention, CaF2 and the like are included and a total amount thereof ? is 3.3 to 6.0% in terms of mass % with respect to a total mass, Ti oxide and the like are included and a total amount thereof ? is 0.4 to 1.2% in terms of mass % with respect to the total mass, CaCO3 and the like are included and a total amount thereof is 0.1 to 0.5% in terms of mass % with respect to the total mass, and an amount of an iron powder in the flux is less than 10% in terms of mass % with respect to the total mass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2013
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shuichi NAKAMURA, Yasuhito TOTSUKA, Kazuhiro KOJIMA, Ryuichi SHIMURA
  • Patent number: 9211613
    Abstract: A flux-cored wire for gas shielded welding use which can reduce the oxygen of weld metal to obtain a weld joint which is excellent in toughness and which enables all-position welding by direct current reverse polarity, wherein the wire contains, by mass % with respect to the wire total mass, CaO: 0.2 to 7.0%, one or more of MgF2, CaF2, SrF2, and BaF2 in a total of 1.0% or more (total of fluorides and CaO being 3.0 to 12.0%), one or more of Si, Al (less than 0.3%), Ti, Mg, Zr, Ca, Ce, and La in a total of 0.2 to 2.0%, and one or more oxides of Si, Mn, Al, Ti, B, and Zr in a total of 0.2 to 3.0%, ?=C+Si/30+Mn/20+Cu/20+Ni/60+Cr/20+Mo/15+V/10+Nb/10+5B is 0.15 to 0.40%, P and S in a total of 0.040% or less, a balance of Fe, an arc stabilizer, unavoidable impurities, and a content of iron powder in the flux of 5.0% or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Kojima, Ryuichi Shimura, Kiyohito Sasaki
  • Patent number: 9138828
    Abstract: A method of production of a welded joint which enables improvement of the fatigue strength in the case where measures for improvement of the fatigue strength cannot be applied due to the presence of structurally sealed regions is provided. The method is provided with a first weld step which performs welding by forming an inside weld toe or root part by using a weld metal with a transformation start temperature of 175° C. to 400° C. in range, at least parts of the weld metal forming the inside weld toe or root part which was formed at the first weld step becoming unmelted parts, and a second weld step which performs welding for building up the weld metal by a single pass by a weld heat input by which all of the unmelted parts are retransformed to austenite so as to introduce compressive residual stress to the inside weld toe or root part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tadashi Kasuya, Ryuichi Shimura, Manabu Mizumoto
  • Publication number: 20150117937
    Abstract: In a flux-cored wire for welding an ultrahigh tensile strength steel, one or more of CaF2, BaF2, SrF2, and MgF2 are included in the wire and, when a total amount thereof is defined as ?, the ? is more than 2.0% and equal to or less than 8.0% in terms of mass % with respect to a total mass of the wire, one or more of Ti oxide, Si oxide, Mg oxide, and Al oxide are included in the wire and, when a total amount thereof is defined as ?, the ? is 0.01% to 1.20% in terms of mass % with respect to the total mass of the wire, a ratio of an amount of the CaF2 with respect to the ? is 0.50 or more, a ratio of the ? with respect to the ? is 2.0 to 800.0, and Ceq defined in following Expression a is 0.60% to 1.20%, Ceq=[C]+[Si]/24+[Mn]/6+[Ni]/40+[Cr]/5+[Mo]/4+[V]/14??(a).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2013
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shuichi Nakamura, Kazuhiro Kojima, Yasuhito Totsuka, Ryuichi Shimura
  • Publication number: 20130153092
    Abstract: A method of production of a welded joint which enables improvement of the fatigue strength in the case where measures for improvement of the fatigue strength cannot be applied due to the presence of structurally sealed regions is provided. The method is provided with a first weld step which performs welding by forming an inside weld toe or root part by using a weld metal with a transformation start temperature of 175° C. to 400° C. in range, at least parts of the weld metal forming the inside weld toe or root part which was formed at the first weld step becoming unmelted parts, and a second weld step which performs welding for building up the weld metal by a single pass by a weld heat input by which all of the unmelted parts are retransformed to austenite so as to introduce compressive residual stress to the inside weld toe or root part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2011
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tadashi Kasuya, Ryuichi Shimura, Manabu Mizumoto
  • Publication number: 20120241433
    Abstract: A flux-cored wire for gas shielded welding use which can reduce the oxygen of weld metal to obtain a weld joint which is excellent in toughness and which enables all-position welding by direct current reverse polarity, wherein the wire contains, by mass % with respect to the wire total mass, CaO: 0.2 to 7.0%, one or more of MgF2, CaF2, SrF2, and BaF2 in a total of 1.0% or more (total of fluorides and CaO being 3.0 to 12.0%), one or more of Si, Al (less than 0.3%), Ti, Mg, Zr, Ca, Ce, and La in a total of 0.2 to 2.0%, and one or more oxides of Si, Mn, Al, Ti, B, and Zr in a total of 0.2 to 3.0%, ?=C+Si/30+Mn/20+Cu/20+Ni/60+Cr/20+Mo/15+V/10+Nb/10+5B is 0.15 to 0.40%, P and S in a total of 0.040% or less, a balance of Fe, an arc stabilizer, unavoidable impurities, and a content of iron powder in the flux of 5.0% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2010
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Kojima, Ryuichi Shimura, Kiyohito Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20110073570
    Abstract: The present invention provides a flux cored wire for gas shielded arc welding of high-strength steel having proof stress of 690 MPa or more, which is capable of all-position welding with a higher efficiency and exhibits an excellent cracking resistance. The flux cored wire comprising a steel sheath, and a flux filled therein, wherein the flux cored wire comprises, by mass % with respect to the total mass of the flux cored wire: C: 0.03 to 0.10%, Si: 0.25 to 0.7%, Mn: 1.0 to 3.0%, Ni: 1.0 to 3.5%, B: 0.001 to 0.015%, Cr: limited to 0.05% or less, and Al: limited to 0.05% or less, and in the flux, TiO2: 2.5 to 7.5%, SiO2: 0.1 to 0.5%, ZrO2: 0.2 to 0.9%, and Al2O3: 0.1 to 0.4%; and the remainder comprising: Fe, arc stabilizer, and unavoidable impurities; and wherein the total mount of hydrogen in the flux cored wire is in 15 ppm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2009
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN WELDING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryuichi Shimura, Toshiei Hasegawa, Kazuhiro Kojima, Tadashi Kasuya