Patents by Inventor Shigemitsu Kimura

Shigemitsu Kimura 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: 8701455
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a high alloy pipe comprises hot working, a high alloy material pipe having controlled amounts of C, Si, Mn, P, S, Ni, Cr, Mo, Cu, Al, N, O, and optionally Ca, Mg, and rare earth elements, with the balance Fe. The pipe composition satisfies the formula N×O?0.001. The pipe is subjected to cold working to form the high alloy pipe, wherein the final cold working process is performed under the condition that a working ratio Rd in the reduction of area satisfies 15?Rd (%)?370×(C+N), where N, O and C are the contents (by mass percent) of the respective elements, and Rd is the working ratio (%) in the reduction of area. The pipe has an excellent ductility and an excellent corrosion resistance when cold working is performed to obtain a high strength after pipe-making.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation
    Inventors: Masayuki Sagara, Hitoshi Suwabe, Hisashi Amaya, Shigemitsu Kimura, Masaaki Igarashi
  • Publication number: 20100170320
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a high alloy pipe comprises hot working, a high alloy material pipe having controlled amounts of C, Si, Mn, P, S, Ni, Cr, Mo, Cu, Al, N, O, and optionally Ca, Mg, and rare earth elements, with the balance Fe. The pipe composition satisfies the formula N×O?0.001. The pipe is subjected to cold working to form the high alloy pipe, wherein the final cold working process is performed under the condition that a working ratio Rd in the reduction of area satisfies 15?Rd(%)?370×(C+N), where N, O and C are the contents (by mass percent) of the respective elements, and Rd is the working ratio (%) in the reduction of area. The pipe has an excellent ductility and an excellent corrosion resistance when cold working is performed to obtain a high strength after pipe-making.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2009
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Inventors: Masayuki Sagara, Hitoshi Suwabe, Hisashi Amaya, Shigemitsu Kimura, Masaaki Igarashi
  • Publication number: 20090158799
    Abstract: A metal pipe according to the invention has a plurality of ridges that have different heights, extend in the axial direction, and are arranged in the circumferential direction at its inner circumferential surface. If the Reynolds number changes and the streak structure and the scale of a hairpin vortex change, the streak and the hairpin vortex each match any one of the ridges. Therefore, the fluid friction can be reduced in a wide Reynolds number range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2006
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Takeishi, Hisashi Amaya, Masakatsu Ueda, Hideki Takabe, Shigemitsu Kimura
  • Patent number: 4991419
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a seamless tube formed of a titanium material, such as pure titanium or titanium alloys, by the use of the Mannesmann's method. At first, an ingot formed of the titanium material is processed under the conditions that a heating temperature is 850.degree. to 1,250.degree. C., the final temperature being 600.degree. to 1,100.degree. C., and a working degree being 50% or more so as to be turned into a solid billet. The resulting solid billet is subjected to a piercing within a temperature range of .beta. transus -100.degree. to 1,250.degree. C. so as to be turned into a hollow piece. In this piercing process, inclined rolls of a piercer are descaled. The resulting hollow piece is, in case of need, regulated a size thereof by elongating so as to be turned into a hollow shell. Subsequently, the resulting hollow shell is subjected to a reducing step (reducing conditions: temperature at an inlet side of the mill is 600.degree. to 1,100.degree. C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 1989
    Date of Patent: February 12, 1991
    Assignee: Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsuhiko Kuroda, Yoshiaki Shida, Hiroki Kawabata, Tetsuya Nakanishi, Kazuhiro Nakajima, Shigemitsu Kimura