Patents by Inventor Shinichi Kanao

Shinichi Kanao 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: 10214791
    Abstract: A non-oriented electrical steel sheet containing: in mass%, C: 0.005% or less; Si: 0.1% to 2.0%; Mn: 0.05% to 0.6%; P: 0.100% or less; and Al: 0.5% or less, in which 10 pieces/?m3 or less in number density of non-magnetic precipitate AlN having an average diameter of 10 nm to 200 nm are contained, and an average magnetic flux density B50 in a rolling direction and in a direction perpendicular to rolling is 1.75 T or more. This non-oriented electrical steel sheet can be manufactured by two methods of a method of performing hot rolling annealing at a temperature of 750° C. to an Ac1 transformation point and a method of setting a coil winding temperature to 780° C. or higher and performing self annealing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro Fujikura, Yoshiyuki Ushigami, Tesshu Murakawa, Shinichi Kanao, Makoto Atake, Takeru Ichie, Kojiro Hori
  • Publication number: 20180119258
    Abstract: There is provided a non-oriented magnetic steel sheet according to one aspect of the present invention including a predetermined composition, wherein a structure contains 99.0% by area or more of ferrite grains which do not have an unrecrystallized structure, wherein an average crystal grain size of the ferrite grains is 30 ?m to 180 ?m, wherein the ferrite grains contain metal Cu particles of which a number density is 10,000 to 10,000,000 number/?m3 on the inside thereof, wherein the metal Cu particles on the inside of the ferrite grains contain precipitation particles having a 9R structure of which a number density is 2% to 100% with respect to the number density of the metal Cu particles, and precipitation particles having a bee structure of which a number density is 0% to 98% with respect to the number density of the metal Cu particles, and wherein an average grain size of the metal Cu particles on the inside of the ferrite grains is 2.0 nm to 10.0 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2016
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro FUJIKURA, Shinichi MATSUI, Shinichi KANAO, Takeo ARAMAKI, Yoshiyuki USHIGAMI
  • Publication number: 20170260598
    Abstract: A non-oriented electrical steel sheet containing: in mass%, C: 0.005% or less; Si: 0.1% to 2.0%; Mn: 0.05% to 0.6%; P: 0.100% or less; and Al: 0.5% or less, in which 10 pieces/?m3 or less in number density of non-magnetic precipitate AlN having an average diameter of 10 nm to 200 nm are contained, and an average magnetic flux density B50 in a rolling direction and in a direction perpendicular to rolling is 1.75 T or more. This non-oriented electrical steel sheet can be manufactured by two methods of a method of performing hot rolling annealing at a temperature of 750° C. to an Ac1 transformation point and a method of setting a coil winding temperature to 780° C. or higher and performing self annealing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2017
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro FUJIKURA, Yoshiyuki USHIGAMI, Tesshu MURAKAWA, Shinichi KANAO, Makoto ATAKE, Takeru ICHIE, Kojiro HORI
  • Patent number: 9728312
    Abstract: A non-oriented electrical steel sheet containing: in mass %, C: 0.005% or less; Si: 0.1% to 2.0%; Mn: 0.05% to 0.6%; P: 0.100% or less; and Al: 0.5% or less, in which 10 pieces/?m3 or less in number density of non-magnetic precipitate AlN having an average diameter of 10 nm to 200 nm are contained, and an average magnetic flux density B50 in a rolling direction and in a direction perpendicular to rolling is 1.75 T or more. This non-oriented electrical steel sheet can be manufactured by two methods of a method of performing hot rolling annealing at a temperature of 750° C. to an Ac1 transformation point and a method of setting a coil winding temperature to 780° C. or higher and performing self annealing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro Fujikura, Yoshiyuki Ushigami, Tesshu Murakawa, Shinichi Kanao, Makoto Atake, Takeru Ichie, Kojiro Hori
  • Patent number: 9721706
    Abstract: A value of a parameter Q represented by “Q=([Ti]/48+[V]/51+[Zr]/91+[Nb]/93)/([C]/12)” is not less than 0.9 nor more than 1.1, when contents of Ti, V, Zr, Nb, and C (mass %) are represented as [Ti], [V], [Zr], [Nb], and [C] respectively. A matrix of a metal structure is a ferrite phase, and the metal structure does not contain a non-recrystallized structure. An average grain size of ferrite grains constituting the ferrite phase is not less than 30 ?m nor more than 200 ?m. A precipitate containing at least one selected from the group consisting of Ti, V, Zr, and Nb exists with a density of 1 particle/?m3 or more in the ferrite grain. An average grain size of the precipitate is not less than 0.002 ?m nor more than 0.2 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro Fujikura, Yoshiyuki Ushigami, Tesshu Murakawa, Shinichi Kanao, Makoto Atake, Takeru Ichie, Kojiro Hori, Shinichi Matsui
  • Patent number: 9512500
    Abstract: When contents of Ti, V, Zr, Nb, and C (mass %) are represented as [Ti], [V], [Zr], [Nb], and [C] respectively, a value of a parameter Q represented by “Q=([Ti]/48+[V]/51+[Zr]/91+[Nb]/93)/([C]/12)” is not less than 0.9 nor more than 1.1. A matrix of a metal structure is a ferrite phase, and the metal structure does not include a non-recrystallized structure. An average grain size of ferrite grains constituting the ferrite phase is not less than 10 ?m nor more than 200 ?m. A precipitate containing at least one selected from the group consisting of Ti, V, Zr, and Nb exists with a density of 10 ?m?3 or more in the ferrite grain. An average grain size of the precipitate is not less than 0.002 ?m nor more than 0.2 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro Fujikura, Yoshiyuki Ushigami, Tesshu Murakawa, Shinichi Kanao, Makoto Atake, Takeru Ichie, Kojiro Hori, Shinichi Matsui
  • Publication number: 20140238558
    Abstract: A non-oriented electrical steel sheet containing: in mass %, C: 0.005% or less; Si: 0.1% to 2.0%; Mn: 0.05% to 0.6%; P: 0.100% or less; and Al: 0.5% or less, in which 10 pieces/?m3 or less in number density of non-magnetic precipitate AlN having an average diameter of 10 nm to 200 nm are contained, and an average magnetic flux density B50 in a rolling direction and in a direction perpendicular to rolling is 1.75 T or more. This non-oriented electrical steel sheet can be manufactured by two methods of a method of performing hot rolling annealing at a temperature of 750° C. to an Ac1 transformation point and a method of setting a coil winding temperature to 780° C. or higher and performing self annealing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2012
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Inventors: Masahiro Fujikura, Yoshiyuki Ushigami, Tesshu Murakawa, Shinichi Kanao, Makoto Atake, Takeru Ichie, Kojiro Hori
  • Publication number: 20140113159
    Abstract: When contents of Ti, V, Zr, Nb, and C (mass %) are represented as [Ti], [V], [Zr], [Nb], and [C] respectively, a value of a parameter Q represented by “Q=([Ti]/48+[V]/51+[Zr]/91+[Nb]/93)/([C]/12)” is not less than 0.9 nor more than 1.1. A matrix of a metal structure is a ferrite phase, and the metal structure does not include a non-recrystallized structure. An average grain size of ferrite grains constituting the ferrite phase is not less than 10 ?m nor more than 200 ?m. A precipitate containing at least one selected from the group consisting of Ti, V, Zr, and Nb exists with a density of 10 ?m?3 or more in the ferrite grain. An average grain size of the precipitate is not less than 0.002 ?m nor more than 0.2 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2012
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Inventors: Masahiro Fujikura, Yoshiyuki Ushigami, Tesshu Murakawa, Shinichi Kanao, Makoto Atake, Takeru Ichie, Kojiro Hori, Shinichi Matsui
  • Publication number: 20130309525
    Abstract: A value of a parameter Q represented by “Q=([Ti]/48+[V]/51+[Zr]/91+[Nb]/93)/([C]/12)” is not less than 0.9 nor more than 1.1, when contents of Ti, V, Zr, Nb, and C (mass %) are represented as [Ti], [V], [Zr], [Nb], and [C] respectively. A matrix of a metal structure is a ferrite phase, and the metal structure does not contain a non-recrystallized structure. An average grain size of ferrite grains constituting the ferrite phase is not less than 30 ?m nor more than 200 ?m. A precipitate containing at least one selected from the group consisting of Ti, V, Zr, and Nb exists with a density of 1 particle/?m3 or more in the ferrite grain. An average grain size of the precipitate is not less than 0.002 ?m nor more than 0.2 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2012
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro Fujikura, Yoshiyuki Ushigami, Tesshu Murakawa, Shinichi Kanao, Makoto Atake, Takeru Ichie, Kojiro Hori, Shinichi Matsui
  • Patent number: 6478892
    Abstract: The present invention provides a non-oriented electrical steel sheet having crystal grains of small diameter and excellent workability before stress relief annealing and having crystal grains of largely grown diameter and excellent iron loss property after stress relief annealing and a method for producing the same, and relates to a low iron loss non-oriented electrical steel sheet excellent in workability, containing, in weight %, 0.010% or less of C, 0.1 to 1.5% of Mn, 0.1 to 4% of Si, 0.1 to 4% of Al, wherein the latter three elements satisfy the formula Si+Mn+Al≦5.0%, and 0.0005 to 0.0200% of Mg, or further containing 0.005% or more of Ca, wherein the total amount of Mg and Ca is 0.0200% or less, or further containing 0.005% or more of REM, wherein the total amount of Mg and REM is 0.0200% or less, or further containing 0.005% or more of Ca and REM, wherein the total amount of Mg, Ca and REM is 0.0200% or less, and containing the remainder consisting of Fe and unavoidable impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2002
    Assignee: Nippon Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Ken-ichi Murakami, Takashi Morohoshi, Tomoji Kumano, Ryutaro Kawamata, Takeshi Kubota, Masafumi Zeze, Hidekuni Murakami, Shinichi Kanao
  • Patent number: 6425962
    Abstract: A non-oriented electrical steel sheet excellent in permeability whose steel contains, in percentage by weight, 0.1%≦Si≦1.0%, 0.1%≦Mn≦0.8%, 0.1%≦Al≦1.0% and the balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities, and which has an ay transformation, an electrical resistivity of not less than 10×10−8 &OHgr;m and not greater than 32×10−8 &OHgr;m and a permeability &mgr;{fraction (15/60)} of not less than 1500 (Gauss/Oe); and a method of producing the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2002
    Assignee: Nippon Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Ryutaro Kawamata, Yoshihiro Arita, Shinichi Kanao, Kazufumi Hanzawa, Takeshi Kubota, Kenichi Murakami
  • Publication number: 20010037841
    Abstract: The present invention provides a non-oriented electrical steel sheet having crystal grains of small diameter and excellent workability before stress relief annealing and having crystal grains of largely grown diameter and excellent iron loss property after stress relief annealing and a method for producing the same, and relates to a low iron loss non-oriented electrical steel sheet excellent in workability, containing, in weight %, 0.010% or less of C, 0.1 to 1.5% of Mn, 0.1 to 4% of Si, 0.1 to 4% of Al, wherein the latter three elements satisfy the formula Si+Mn+Al≦5.0%, and 0.0005 to 0.0200% of Mg, or further containing 0.005% or more of Ca, wherein the total amount of Mg and Ca is 0.0200% or less, or further containing 0.005% or more of REM, wherein the total amount of Mg and REM is 0.0200% or less, or further containing 0.005% or more of Ca and REM, wherein the total amount of Mg, Ca and REM is 0.0200% or less, and containing the remainder consisting of Fe and unavoidable impurities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2001
    Publication date: November 8, 2001
    Inventors: Ken-ichi Murakami, Takashi Morohoshi, Tomoji Kumano, Ryutaro Kawamata, Takeshi Kubota, Masafumi Zeze, Hidekuni Murakami, Shinichi Kanao