Patents by Inventor Seisuke Tsuda

Seisuke Tsuda 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: 20260209913
    Abstract: Provided is a steel sheet having high strength, high YS, excellent ductility, and excellent bendability. A steel sheet comprises a specified chemical composition and steel microstructure. In particular, a grain number density of retained austenite, a ratio, average C concentration, average intergrain distance, and maximum intergrain distance of grains with an aspect ratio of 3 or less, and [Mn]C/[Mn] in the steel microstructure are appropriately controlled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2023
    Publication date: July 23, 2026
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsuya HATA, Shotaro TERASHIMA, Tatsuya NAKAGAITO, Seisuke TSUDA
  • Patent number: 12584186
    Abstract: A steel sheet having high strength, excellent ductility, high YR, and excellent bendability. The steel sheet includes a defined chemical composition, the steel microstructure includes: area ratio of ferrite: 5% or more and 65% or less, area ratio of martensite: 10% or more and 60% or less, area ratio of bainite: 10% or more and 60% or less, and area ratio of retained austenite: 5% or more. The relationship in the following Formula (1) is satisfied. Average solute C concentration of the retained austenite [C]? is 0.5 mass % or more, and standard deviation of C concentration distribution in the retained austenite is 0.250 mass % or less. [ Mn ] ? ? / [ Mn ] ? 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2026
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsuya Hata, Shotaro Terashima, Tatsuya Nakagaito, Seisuke Tsuda
  • Publication number: 20250361592
    Abstract: A steel sheet production method includes: a hot rolling process in which a steel slab is heated, rolled, cooled, and coiled to obtain a hot-rolled sheet; a cold rolling process in which the hot-rolled sheet is cold rolled to obtain a cold-rolled sheet; and an annealing process in which the cold-rolled sheet is annealed to obtain a steel sheet. In the annealing process, the cold-rolled sheet is subjected to: heating at 1 to 7° C./sec from 600° C. to an annealing temperature; annealing from (AC1 point+50° C.) to (AC3 point+20° C.) for 1 10 to 35 sec; cooling at 10 to 50° C./sec from the annealing temperature to a primary cooling stop temperature of 450 to 600° C.; and cooling for 20 to 100 sec from the primary cooling stop temperature to a temperature of 400 to 500° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2025
    Publication date: November 27, 2025
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya HIRASHIMA, Tatsuya NAKAGAITO, Masaki KOBA, Kyoko NAITO, Seisuke TSUDA, Katsuya HATA, Shotaro TERASHIMA
  • Patent number: 12410502
    Abstract: Provided is a steel sheet having excellent workability while ensuring excellent strength. The steel sheet comprises: a predetermined chemical composition; and a steel microstructure that contains ferrite: 45% to 90%, martensite: 5% to 30%, bainite: 1% to 25%, and retained austenite: 3% or more and in which [Mn]M/[Mn] is 1.00 to 1.15 and [Mn]M/[Mn]F is 1.00 to 1.30, wherein TS×El is 16000 MPa·% or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2025
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya Hirashima, Tatsuya Nakagaito, Masaki Koba, Kyoko Naito, Seisuke Tsuda, Katsuya Hata, Shotaro Terashima
  • Publication number: 20250003021
    Abstract: A steel sheet having high strength, excellent ductility, high YR, and excellent bendability is provided. The steel sheet includes a defined chemical composition, the steel microstructure includes: area ratio of ferrite: 5% or more and 65% or less, area ratio of martensite: 10% or more and 60% or less, area ratio of bainite: 10% or more and 60% or less, and area ratio of retained austenite: 5% or more. The relationship in the following Formula (1) is satisfied. Average solute C concentration of the retained austenite [C]? is 0.5 mass % or more, and standard deviation of C concentration distribution in the retained austenite is 0.250 mass % or less. [ Mn ] ? ? / [ Mn ] ? 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2022
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsuya HATA, Shotaro TERASHIMA, Tatsuya NAKAGAITO, Seisuke TSUDA
  • Publication number: 20240026481
    Abstract: Provided is a steel sheet having excellent workability while ensuring excellent strength. The steel sheet comprises: a predetermined chemical composition; and a steel microstructure that contains ferrite: 45% to 90%, martensite: 5% to 30%, bainite: 1% to 25%, and retained austenite: 3% or more and in which [Mn]M/[Mn] is 1.00 to 1.15 and [Mn]M/[Mn]F is 1.00 to 1.30, wherein TS×El is 16000 MPa·% or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya HIRASHIMA, Tatsuya NAKAGAITO, Masaki KOBA, Kyoko NAITO, Seisuke TSUDA, Katsuya HATA, Shotaro TERASHIMA
  • Patent number: 11473180
    Abstract: Provided are a high-yield-ratio high-strength galvanized steel sheet and a method for manufacturing thereof. The high-yield-ratio high-strength galvanized steel sheet has a steel sheet having a specified chemical composition and a metallographic structure including, in terms of area ratio, in terms of area ratio, 15% or less of ferrite, 20% or more and 50% or less of martensite, and bainite and tempered martensite in a total amount of 30% or more, and a galvanized layer formed on the steel sheet having a coating weight of 20 g/m2 to 120 g/m2 per side, in which a yield strength ratio is 65% or more, a tensile strength is 950 MPa or more, and Mn oxides are contained in the galvanized layer in an amount of 0.015 g/m2 to 0.050 g/m2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiromi Yoshitomi, Hiroyuki Masuoka, Seisuke Tsuda, Yasuhiro Nishimura, Masaki Koba
  • Publication number: 20190032187
    Abstract: Provided are a high-yield-ratio high-strength galvanized steel sheet and a method for manufacturing thereof. The high-yield-ratio high-strength galvanized steel sheet has a steel sheet having a specified chemical composition and a metallographic structure including, in terms of area ratio, in terms of area ratio, 15% or less of ferrite, 20% or more and 50% or less of martensite, and bainite and tempered martensite in a total amount of 30% or more, and a galvanized layer formed on the steel sheet having a coating weight of 20 g/m2 to 120 g/m2 per side, in which a yield strength ratio is 65% or more, a tensile strength is 950 MPa or more, and Mn oxides are contained in the galvanized layer in an amount of 0.015 g/m2 to 0.050 g/m2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2017
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Applicant: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: HIROMI YOSHITOMI, Hiroyuki Masuoka, Seisuke Tsuda, Yasuhiro Nishimura, Masaki Koba
  • Publication number: 20190032185
    Abstract: Provided are a high-yield-ratio high-strength galvanized steel sheet that includes a Mn-containing steel sheet serving as a base material, and a production method therefor. The high-yield-ratio high-strength galvanized steel sheet includes a steel sheet having a specific composition and a metallographic structure including, by area percentage, 20% or less ferrite, 40% or more in total of bainite and tempered martensite, and 60% or less as-quenched martensite, the bainite having an average grain size of 6.0 ?m or less, and a coated layer arranged on the steel sheet, the coated layer having a coating weight per side of 20 to 120 g/m2 and having a Mn content of 0.05 g/m2 or less, in which the high-yield-ratio high-strength galvanized steel sheet has a yield ratio of 65% or more and a tensile strength of 950 MPa or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2017
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Applicant: JFE Steel Corpration
    Inventors: Hiromi Yoshitomi, Takuya Hirashima, Hiroyuki Masuoka, Seisuke Tsuda, Masaki Koba, Yasuhiro Nishimura, Tatsuya Nakagaito