Patents by Inventor Shimpei Yoshioka
Shimpei Yoshioka 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).
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Publication number: 20240132987Abstract: A steel sheet has a certain chemical composition and a steel microstructure containing, in area fraction, martensite: 40% or more and 78% or less, bainite: 20% or more and 58% or less, and retained austenite: 2% or more. Carbides in tempered martensite in the martensite have an average particle size of 0.40 ?m or less, an average amount of C in the retained austenite is 0.5% by mass or more, a Si concentration in a region within 100 ?m in a thickness direction from a surface of the steel sheet is 1.3% by mass or less, and a tensile strength is 1,470 MPa or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2022Publication date: April 25, 2024Applicant: JFE Steel CorporationInventors: Katsuya Hata, Shimpei Yoshioka, Shinjiro Kaneko
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Publication number: 20240132986Abstract: A steel sheet has a chemical composition containing, by mass %, C: 0.20% or more and 0.40% or less, Si: more than 1.0% and 3.0% or less, Mn: 1.5% or more and 3.5% or less, P: 0.002% or more and 0.010% or less, S: 0.0002% or more and 0.0020% or less, sol. Al: 0.40% or less (not including 0%), and N: 0.0100% or less, with the balance being Fe and incidental impurities; and a steel microstructure containing, in area fraction, tempered martensite: 45% or more and 83% or less, bainite: 15% or more and 53% or less, and retained austenite: 2% or more. Carbides in the tempered martensite have an average particle size of 0.40 ?m or less, an average amount of C in the retained austenite is 0.5% by mass or more, and a tensile strength is 1,470 MPa or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2022Publication date: April 25, 2024Applicant: JFE Steel CorporationInventors: Katsuya Hata, Shimpei Yoshioka, Shinjiro Kaneko
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Patent number: 11946112Abstract: A high-strength steel sheet of the present invention has a specific chemical composition. Furthermore, in the steel sheet, a degree of Mn segregation in a specific region is 1.5 or less; a maximum P concentration in a specific region is 0.08 mass % or less; in a specific region, at least one specific MnS particle group is present, the number of specific MnS particle groups is 2.0 or fewer per 1 mm2, and the number of specific oxide-based inclusions is 8 or fewer per 1 mm2; of all oxide-based inclusions, oxide-based inclusions having a specific composition are present in a number ratio of 80% or greater; the microstructure includes, in terms of a volume fraction, 30 to 95% martensite, 5 to 70% ferrite phase, less than 30% (and 0% or greater) bainite, and less than 2.0% (and 0% or greater) austenite phase; and a tensile strength is 980 MPa or greater.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2019Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: JFE Steel CorporationInventors: Yoshihiko Ono, Yuma Honda, Shimpei Yoshioka, Koichi Taniguchi, Hiroshi Matsuda, Takeshi Murai, Nobuyuki Nakamura
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Publication number: 20240068065Abstract: Provided are a steel sheet having high strength and high delayed fracture resistance and a method for manufacturing the steel sheet. The steel sheet has a specific chemical composition and a microstructure in which the area fraction of martensite is 95% to 100%, with the balance being one or more of bainite, ferrite, and retained austenite. In the steel sheet, prior-austenite grains have an average grain size of 18 ?m or less, 90 mass % or more of the total content of Nb and Ti contained is present as a carbonitride having an equivalent circular diameter of 100 nm or more, and a Nb carbonitride and a Ti carbonitride, having an equivalent circular diameter of 1.0 ?m or more, are present at a rate of 800 pieces/mm2 or less in total. The steel sheet has a tensile strength of 1310 MPa or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 24, 2021Publication date: February 29, 2024Applicant: JFE Steel CorporationInventors: Taiyo Asakawa, Shimpei Yoshioka, Shinjiro Kaneko
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Publication number: 20240052466Abstract: Provided are a steel sheet and a member, having high strength and high delayed fracture resistance, and methods for manufacturing the steel sheet and the member. The steel sheet has a specific chemical composition and a microstructure in which the area fraction of martensite is 95% to 100%, with the balance being one or more of bainite, ferrite, and retained austenite. In the steel sheet, prior-austenite grains have an average grain size of 18 ?m or less, 90 mass % or more of the total content of Nb and Ti contained is present as a carbonitride having an equivalent circular diameter of 100 nm or more, and a Nb carbonitride and a Ti carbonitride, having an equivalent circular diameter of 1.0 ?m or more, are present at a rate of 800 pieces/mm2 or less in total. The steel sheet has a tensile strength of 1310 MPa or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 24, 2021Publication date: February 15, 2024Applicant: JFE Steel CorporationInventors: Taiyo Asakawa, Shimpei Yoshioka, Shinjiro Kaneko
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Patent number: 11898230Abstract: A high-strength steel sheet according to the present invention includes a specific chemical composition, and a steel structure in which a total area fraction of martensite and bainite in a position of ¼ of a sheet thickness is 95% or more and 100% or less, the balance in a case where the total area fraction is not 100% contains retained austenite, and an area fraction of ferrite in a region extending up to 10 ?m in a sheet thickness direction from a surface is 10% or more and 40% or less, in which a tensile strength is 1320 MPa or more, and a Vickers hardness in a position of 15 ?m in the sheet thickness direction from the surface satisfies a specified formula.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2019Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: JFE Steel CorporationInventors: Shimpei Yoshioka, Yoshihiko Ono
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Patent number: 11846003Abstract: A high-strength steel sheet having high delayed fracture resistance and a method for manufacturing the high-strength steel sheet. The high-strength steel sheet has a specified chemical composition. Relative to the whole microstructure of the steel sheet, the total area fraction of at least one of (i) bainite containing carbide grains having an average grain size of 50 nm or less and (ii) martensite containing carbide grains having an average grain size of 50 nm or less is 90% or more. The average number of inclusions having an average grain size of 5 ?m or more that are present in a section of the steel sheet perpendicular to a rolling direction is 5.0/mm2 or less.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2019Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Takuya Hirashima, Shimpei Yoshioka, Shinjiro Kaneko
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Patent number: 11846002Abstract: The high-strength steel sheet according to the present invention includes a specific chemical composition, a steel structure in which a total area fraction of martensite and bainite in a position of ¼ of a sheet thickness is 92% or more and 100% or less, the balance in a case where the total area fraction is not 100% contains retained austenite, and an area fraction of ferrite in a region extending up to 10 ?m in a sheet thickness direction from a surface is 10% or more and 40% or less, in which a tensile strength is 1320 MPa or more, and a Vickers hardness in a position of 15 ?m in the sheet thickness direction from the surface satisfies a specified formula.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2019Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Shimpei Yoshioka, Yoshihiko Ono, Yuma Honda, Nobuyuki Nakamura
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Patent number: 11795520Abstract: A hot-pressed member having excellent bending collapsibility, a method for manufacturing the same, and a method for manufacturing a steel sheet for the hot-pressed member. The hot-pressed member includes a steel sheet as a base material, the steel sheet having a specified chemical composition. The hot-pressed member has a microstructure in which a martensite microstructure is present in a volume fraction of 70% or greater, and a number density of inclusions having a longest diameter of 25 ?m or greater is 0.02/mm2 or less. The hot-pressed member has a tensile strength of 1.8 GPa or greater.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2019Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Shimpei Yoshioka, Yoshihiko Ono, Katsutoshi Takashima, Takayuki Futatsuka, Kentaro Sato
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Publication number: 20230100311Abstract: A steel sheet has a tensile strength of 1310 MPa or higher, a specified chemical composition, and a steel microstructure containing martensite at an area ratio of 70% or more, bainite at an area ratio of 30% or less, and ferrite and retained austenite at a total area ratio of 10% or less, in which, at a ¼ thickness position of the steel sheet, a number density of carbides having long axes of 0.5 ?m or more is 60000 carbides/mm2 or less, in a ¼-to-¾ thickness region of the steel sheet, a number density of inclusion grains having equivalent circle diameters of 4.0 ?m or more is 10 grains/mm2 or more and 30 grains/mm2 or less, and, in a surface-to-¼ thickness region of the steel sheet, a number density of inclusion grains having equivalent circle diameters of 4.0 ?m or more is 27 grains/mm2 or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2021Publication date: March 30, 2023Applicant: JFE Steel CorporationInventors: Shimpei Yoshioka, Shinjiro Kaneko, Yuma Honda
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Publication number: 20230069838Abstract: A steel sheet has a tensile strength of 1310 MPa or higher, a specified chemical composition, and a steel microstructure containing martensite at an area ratio of 70% or more, bainite at an area ratio of 30% or less, and ferrite and retained austenite at a total area ratio of 5% or less, in which, at a ¼ thickness position of the steel sheet, a number density of carbides having long axes of 0.5 ?m or more is 60000 carbides/mm2 or less, in a ¼-to-¾ thickness region of the steel sheet, a number density of inclusion grains having equivalent circle diameters of 4.0 ?m or more is 10 grains/mm2 or more and 30 grains/mm2 or less, and, in a surface-to-¼ thickness region of the steel sheet, a number density of inclusion grains having equivalent circle diameters of 4.0 ?m or more is 27 grains/mm2 or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2021Publication date: March 9, 2023Applicant: JFE Steel CorporationInventors: Shimpei Yoshioka, Shinjiro Kaneko, Yuma Honda
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Publication number: 20220372590Abstract: The steel sheet of the present invention has a steel microstructure containing, in area fraction, martensite: from 20% to 100%, ferrite: from 0% to 80%, and another metal phase: 5% or less, and in which a ratio of a dislocation density in metal phases on a surface of the steel sheet to a dislocation density in the metal phases in a thicknesswise central portion of the steel sheet is from 30% to 80%. The maximum amount of warpage of the steel sheet when the steel sheet is sheared to a length of 1 m in a rolling direction is 15 mm or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2020Publication date: November 24, 2022Applicant: JFE Steel CorporationInventors: Takuya Hirashima, Shimpei Yoshioka, Shinjiro Kaneko, Soshi Yoshimoto, Tomohiro Hashimukai
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Publication number: 20220364198Abstract: The steel sheet of the present invention has a steel microstructure containing, in area fraction, martensite: 20% to 100%, ferrite: 0% to 80%, and another metal phase: 5% or less, in which, on a surface of the steel sheet, a ratio of dislocation density in metal phases at a widthwise edge of the steel sheet to dislocation density in the metal phases at a widthwise center of the steel sheet is 100% to 140%, and, at a thicknesswise center of the steel sheet, a ratio of dislocation density in the metal phases at the widthwise edge of the steel sheet to dislocation density in the metal phases at the widthwise center of the steel sheet is 100% to 140%. The maximum amount of warpage of the steel sheet when the steel sheet is sheared to a length of 1 m in a rolling direction is 15 mm or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2020Publication date: November 17, 2022Applicant: JFE Steel CorporationInventors: Takuya Hirashima, Shimpei Yoshioka, Shinjiro Kaneko, Soshi Yoshimoto, Tomohiro Hashimukai
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Publication number: 20220298594Abstract: A steel sheet having a steel microstructure including, by area %, martensite in a range of 20% or more and 100% or less, ferrite in a range of 0% or more and 80% or less, and the balance being 5% or less. A residual stress generated at the transverse center of the steel sheet when the steel sheet is subjected to a V-bending process is 800 MPa or less. A residual stress generated at the transverse end of the steel sheet when the steel sheet is subjected to a V-bending process is 90% or more and 110% or less of the residual stress generated at the transverse center of the steel sheet. The maximum amount of warpage of the steel sheet sheared to a length of 1 m in the longitudinal direction is 15 mm or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2020Publication date: September 22, 2022Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Takuya HIRASHIMA, Shimpei YOSHIOKA, Shinjiro KANEKO, Soshi YOSHIMOTO, Tomohiro HASHIMUKAI, Yoshihiko ONO
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Patent number: 11339452Abstract: Disclosed is a hot-pressed steel sheet member having a tensile strength of 1780 MPa or more and excellent bending collapsibility. The hot-pressed steel sheet member includes: a specific chemical composition; a microstructure in which an average grain size of prior austenite grains is 8 ?m or less, a volume fraction of martensite is 90% or more, and a solute C content is 25% or less of a total C content; and a tensile strength of 1780 MPa or more.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2018Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Katsutoshi Takashima, Takayuki Futatsuka, Kentaro Sato, Shimpei Yoshioka, Yoshihiko Ono, Yoshimasa Funakawa
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Publication number: 20220090247Abstract: A steel sheet having a specified chemical composition and a tensile strength of 1,320 MPa or more, and methods for producing the steel sheet. The steel sheet has a specified microstructure including martensite and bainite, the total area fraction of the martensite and the bainite being 92% or more and 100% or less, the balance being one or more selected from ferrite and retained austenite. The forumulae [%Ti]+[%Nb]>0.007 and [%Ti]×[%Nb]2?7.5×10?6 are satisfied in the chemical composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2019Publication date: March 24, 2022Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Shimpei YOSHIOKA, Yoshihiko ONO, Yuma HONDA, Nobuyuki NAKAMURA
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Patent number: 11268164Abstract: A steel sheet having a specified chemical composition and a method for producing the steel sheet. The steel sheet has a microstructure including martensite and bainite. The total area fraction of the martensite and the bainite to the entirety of the microstructure is 95% or more and 100% or less. The balance of the microstructure is at least one of ferrite and retained austenite. The microstructure includes specific inclusion clusters, the content of the inclusion clusters in the microstructure being 5 clusters/mm2 or less. The microstructure includes prior-austenite grains having an average size of more than 5 ?m. The steel sheet has a tensile strength of 1320 MPa or more.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2017Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Shimpei Yoshioka, Yoshihiko Ono, Kenta Hidaka, Ryosuke Yamaguchi
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Publication number: 20220056552Abstract: A hot-pressed member having excellent bending collapsibility, a method for manufacturing the same, and a method for manufacturing a steel sheet for the hot-pressed member. The hot-pressed member includes a steel sheet as a base material, the steel sheet having a specified chemical composition. The hot-pressed member has a microstructure in which a martensite microstructure is present in a volume fraction of 70% or greater, and a number density of inclusions having a longest diameter of 25 ?m or greater is 0.02/mm2 or less. The hot-pressed member has a tensile strength of 1.8 GPa or greater.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2019Publication date: February 24, 2022Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Shimpei YOSHIOKA, Yoshihiko ONO, Katsutoshi TAKASHIMA, Takayuki FUTATSUKA, Kentaro SATO
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Publication number: 20220056549Abstract: A steel sheet having a specified chemical composition and a tensile strength of 1,320 MPa or more, and methods for producing the steel sheet. The steel sheet has a specified microstructure including martensite and bainite, the total area fraction of the martensite and the bainite being 95% or more and 100% or less, the balance being one or more selected from ferrite and retained austenite. The forumulae [% Ti]+[% Nb]>0.007 and [% Ti]×[% Nb]2?7.5×10?6 are satisfied in the chemical composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2019Publication date: February 24, 2022Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Shimpei YOSHIOKA, Yoshihiko ONO, Yuma HONDA, Nobuyuki NAKAMURA
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Publication number: 20220010414Abstract: A high-strength member having excellent delayed fracture resistance, a method for manufacturing the high-strength member, and a method for manufacturing a steel sheet for the high-strength member. The high-strength member has a bent ridge portion obtained by using a steel sheet having a tensile strength of 1470 MPa or more, an edge surface of the bent ridge portion has a residual stress of 800 MPa or less, and a longest crack among cracks that extend from the edge surface of the bent ridge portion in a bent ridge direction D1 has a length of 10 ?m or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2019Publication date: January 13, 2022Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Takuya HIRASHIMA, Shimpei YOSHIOKA, Shinjiro KANEKO