Patents by Inventor Shinichi Teraoka

Shinichi Teraoka 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: 11268177
    Abstract: An austenitic stainless steel according to the present invention has a chemical composition containing, by mass %: C: 0.01 to 0.15%; Si: 2.0% or less; Mn: 3.0% or less; Cr: 10.0 to 20.0%; Ni: 5.0 to 13.0%; N: 0.01 to 0.30%; Nb: 0 to 0.5%; Ti: 0 to 0.5%; and V: 0 to 0.5%, with the balance: Fe and impurities, wherein an average grain size is 10.0 ?m or less, a difference in value of an average lattice constant dAve. (={d?(111)×I?(111)+d?(200)×I?(200)+d?(220)×I?(220)+d?(311)×I?(311)}/{I?(111)+I?(200)+I?(220)+I?(311)}) of an austenite phase between a surface portion and a center portion is 0.010 ? or more, and a value of a diffraction peak integrated intensity ratio r (=100×?I?/?IALL) at a surface is 95% or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Adachi, Akihiro Nishimura, Shinichi Teraoka, Hideki Fujii
  • Patent number: 11214856
    Abstract: A ferritic stainless steel plate having a sheet thickness t of 5.0 to 12.0 mm, including a chemical composition consisting of, in mass percent, C: 0.001 to 0.010%, Si: 0.01 to 1.0%, Mn: 0.01 to 1.0%, P: 0.04% or less, S: 0.010% or less, Cr: 10.0 to 20.0%, Ni: 0.01 to 1.0%, Ti: 0.10 to 0.30%, V: 0.01 to 0.40%, Al: 0.005 to 0.3%, N: 0.001 to 0.02%, and as necessary, one or more of B, Mo, Cu, Mg, Sn, Sb, Zr, Ta, Nb, Hf, W, Co, Ca, REM, and Ga, with the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities, wherein in a steel micro-structure, on a cross section parallel to a rolling direction, an area ratio of structures each satisfying: major grain diameter/minor grain diameter being 5.0 or more is 90% or more, and an average minor grain diameter of the structures is 100 ?m or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichi Teraoka, Shinichi Tamura, Akihiro Nishimura
  • Patent number: 11111570
    Abstract: A ferritic stainless steel plate having a sheet thickness t of 5.0 to 12.0 mm, including a chemical composition consisting of, in mass percent, C: 0.001 to 0.010%, Si: 0.01 to 1.0%, Mn: 0.01 to 1.0%, P: 0.04% or less, S: 0.010% or less, Cr: 10.0 to 20.0%, Ni: 0.01 to 1.0%, Ti: 0.10 to 0.30%, V: 0.01 to 0.40%, Al: 0.005 to 0.3%, N: 0.001 to 0.02%, and as necessary, one or more of B, Mo, Cu, Mg, Sn, Sb, Zr, Ta, Nb, Hf, W, Co, Ca, REM, and Ga, with the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities, wherein in a steel micro-structure, on a cross section parallel to a rolling direction, an area ratio of structures each satisfying: major grain diameter/minor grain diameter being less than 5.0 is 90% or more, and an average minor grain diameter of the structures is 55 ?m or less. The ferritic stainless steel sheet is excellent in toughness and suitable for an automobile exhaust flange member and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichi Teraoka, Shinichi Tamura, Akihiro Nishimura
  • Publication number: 20200115785
    Abstract: A ferritic stainless steel plate having a sheet thickness t of 5.0 to 12.0 mm, including a chemical composition consisting of, in mass percent, C: 0.001 to 0.010%, Si: 0.01 to 1.0%, Mn: 0.01 to 1.0%, P: 0.04% or less, S: 0.010% or less, Cr: 10.0 to 20.0%, Ni : 0.01 to 1.0%, Ti: 0.10 to 0.30%, V: 0.01 to 0.40%, Al: 0.005 to 0.3%, N: 0.001 to 0.02%, and as necessary, one or more of B, Mo, Cu, Mg, Sn, Sb, Zr, Ta, Nb, Hf, W, Co, Ca, REM, and Ga, with the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities, wherein in a steel micro-structure, on a cross section parallel to a rolling direction, an area ratio of structures each satisfying: major grain diameter/minor grain diameter being less than 5.0 is 90% or more, and an average minor grain diameter of the structures is 55 ?m or less. The ferritic stainless steel sheet is excellent in toughness and suitable for an automobile exhaust flange member and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichi TERAOKA, Shinichi TAMURA, Akihiro NISHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20200002793
    Abstract: A ferritic stainless steel plate having a sheet thickness t of 5.0 to 12.0 mm, including a chemical composition consisting of, in mass percent, C: 0.001 to 0.010%, Si: 0.01 to 1.0%, Mn: 0.01 to 1.0%, P: 0.04% or less, S: 0.010% or less, Cr: 10.0 to 20.0%, Ni: 0.01 to 1.0%, Ti: 0.10 to 0.30%, V: 0.01 to 0.40%, Al: 0.005 to 0.3%, N: 0.001 to 0.02%, and as necessary, one or more of B, Mo, Cu, Mg, Sn, Sb, Zr, Ta, Nb, Hf, W, Co, Ca, REM, and Ga, with the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities, wherein in a steel micro-structure, on a cross section parallel to a rolling direction, an area ratio of structures each satisfying: major grain diameter/minor grain diameter being 5.0 or more is 90% or more, and an average minor grain diameter of the structures is 100 ?m or less. The ferritic stainless steel is excellent in toughness and suitable for an automobile exhaust flange member and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichi TERAOKA, Shinichi TAMURA, Akihiro NISHIMURA
  • Patent number: 10513763
    Abstract: A Cr-containing ferritic stainless steel sheet is desired with improved corrosion resistance and rust resistance as well as improved ridging resistance. To achieve these results, the ferritic stainless steel sheet derives the relationship between Ap, which shows the ?-phase rate at 1100° C. due to a predetermined ingredient, and Sn in ferritic stainless steel which becomes a dual phase structure of ?+? in the hot rolling temperature region, applies and adds Sn, and hot rolls the steel to give a total rolling rate of 15% or more in 1100° C. or higher hot rolling to thereby obtain ferritic stainless steel sheet which has good ridging resistance, which also has excellent corrosion resistance and rust resistance, and which can be applied to general durable consumer goods, wherein 0.060?Sn?0.634?0.0082Ap and 10?Ap?70.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN STAINLESS STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaharu Hatano, Eiichiro Ishimaru, Akihiko Takahashi, Ken Kimura, Shinichi Teraoka
  • Publication number: 20190241998
    Abstract: A Cr-containing ferritic stainless steel sheet is desired with improved corrosion resistance and rust resistance as well as improved ridging resistance. To achieve these results, the ferritic stainless steel sheet derives the relationship between Ap, which shows the ?-phase rate at 1100° C. due to a predetermined ingredient, and Sn in ferritic stainless steel which becomes a dual phase structure of ?+? in the hot rolling temperature region, applies and adds Sn, and hot rolls the steel to give a total rolling rate of 15% or more in 1100° C. or higher hot rolling to thereby obtain ferritic stainless steel sheet which has good ridging resistance, which also has excellent corrosion resistance and rust resistance, and which can be applied to general durable consumer goods, wherein 0.060?Sn?0.634?0.0082Ap and 10?Ap?70.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2019
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Applicant: Nippon Steel & Sumikin Stainless Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Masaharu Hatano, Eiichiro Ishimaru, Akihiko Takahashi, Ken Kimura, Shinichi Teraoka
  • Patent number: 10358707
    Abstract: A Cr-containing ferritic stainless steel sheet is desired with improved corrosion resistance and rust resistance as well as improved ridging resistance. To achieve these results, the ferritic stainless steel sheet derives the relationship between Ap, which shows the ?-phase rate at 1100° C. due to a predetermined ingredient, and Sn in ferritic stainless steel which becomes a dual phase structure of ?+? in the hot rolling temperature region, applies and adds Sn, and hot rolls the steel to give a total rolling rate of 15% or more in 1100° C. or higher hot rolling to thereby obtain ferritic stainless steel sheet which has good ridging resistance, which also has excellent corrosion resistance and rust resistance, and which can be applied to general durable consumer goods, wherein 0.060?Sn?0.634?0.0082Ap and 10?Ap?70.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN STAINLESS STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaharu Hatano, Eiichiro Ishimaru, Akihiko Takahashi, Ken Kimura, Shinichi Teraoka
  • Publication number: 20180274055
    Abstract: An austenitic stainless steel sheet consists, (mass %), of: C: 0.03 to 0.15%; Si: 0.20 to 2.5%; Mn: 0.2 to 4.5%; P: 0.010 to 0.030%; S: 0.0001 to 0.0010%; Cr: 20.0 to 26.0%; Ni: 10.0 to 15.0%; Cu: 0.01 to 2.0%; Mo: 0.01 to 2.0%; Co: 0.05 to 2.50%; Al: 0.01 to 0.20%; N: 0.1 to 0.6%; V: 0.02 to 0.15%; B: 0.0002 to 0.0050%; Nb: 0 to 0.10%; Ti: 0 to 0.10%; Y: 0 to 0.10%; Ca: 0 to 0.010%; Mg: 0 to 0.010%; and REM: 0 to 0.10%, balance Fe and impurities. Contents of [Mn] and [S] satisfy [Mn]×[S]?0.0020. Sheet thickness is 0.5 mm or smaller, an aspect ratio value L1/L2 satisfies L1/L2?1.5 where L1 and L2 denote major and minor axis lengths of a crystal grain. A surface hardness (HV) is 300 or higher after retention at 600° C. for 400 hours.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2016
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Shinichi TERAOKA, Kazuhiko ADACHI, Yuichi FUKUMURA
  • Publication number: 20180265954
    Abstract: An austenitic stainless steel according to the present invention has a chemical composition containing, by mass %: C: 0.01 to 0.15%; Si: 2.0% or less; Mn: 3.0% or less; Cr: 10.0 to 20.0%; Ni: 5.0 to 13.0%; N: 0.01 to 0.30%; Nb: 0 to 0.5%; Ti: 0 to 0.5%; and V: 0 to 0.5%, with the balance: Fe and impurities, wherein an average grain size is 10.0 ?m or less, a difference in value of an average lattice constant dAve. (={d?(111)×I?(111)+d?(200)×I?(200)+d?(220)×I?(220)+d?(311)×I?(311)}/{I?(111)+I?(200)+I?(220)+I?(311}) of an austenite phase between a surface portion and a center portion is 0.010 ? or more, and a value of a diffraction peak integrated intensity ratio r (=100×?I?/?IALL) at a surface is 95% or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2016
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Kazuhiko ADACHI, Akihiro NISHIMURA, Shinichi TERAOKA, Hideki FUJII
  • Patent number: 10072323
    Abstract: This hot-rolled ferritic stainless steel sheet has a steel composition containing, in terms of % by mass: 0.02% or less of C; 0.02% or less of N; 0.1% to 1.5% of Si; 1.5% or less of Mn; 0.035% or less of P; 0.010% or less of S; 1.5% or less of Ni; 10% to 20% of Cr; 1.0% to 3.0% of Cu; 0.08% to 0.30% of Ti; and 0.3% or less of Al, with the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities, and the hot-rolled ferritic stainless steel sheet has a Vickers hardness of less than 235 Hv.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN STAINLESS STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichi Teraoka, Masaaki Kobayashi, Yuuji Koyama, Junichi Hamada, Norihiro Kanno, Yoshiharu Inoue, Ken Kimura, Jun Takahashi, Shigeyuki Gotoh
  • Patent number: 9963767
    Abstract: An automotive member or a feed oil pipe includes: a member made of a ferritic stainless steel containing predetermined components containing 10.5% to 18.0% of Cr in mass %; a metal fitting made of an aluminized stainless steel sheet, the metal fitting being attached to the member; and a gap structure defined between the member and the metal fitting, the gap structure being exposed to a chloride environment, where the metal fitting has an Al-plating weight per unit area of 20 g/m2 or more and 150 g/m2 or less on a surface corresponding to a gap of the gap structure, and surfaces of the metal fitting and the non-aluminized member other than the gap are coated with a cation electrodeposition coating film having a thickness of 5 ?m to 35 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN STAINLESS STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Urashima, Shunji Sakamoto, Shinichi Teraoka, Toshio Tanoue
  • Publication number: 20180080106
    Abstract: A stainless steel sheet free of surface flaws, having an enhanced high temperature strength and corrosion resistance, not becoming brittle at a high temperature, and further exhibiting a high oxidation resistance enabling it to be suitably used as an inside pipe of a double pipe of an exhaust manifold, a turbocharger part, and other automobile exhaust system parts, which stainless steel sheet has a predetermined composition of chemical components and satisfies Cr+20Mo?24.0%, and Si+20C+15N?5.8%. Further, an automobile exhaust system part, excellent in both the oxidation resistances of the base material and weld zone using the above stainless steel sheet, having a gradient of change of sheet thickness between the weld metal and the base material of the above stainless steel sheet of 15 degrees or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2016
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN STAINLESS STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichi TERAOKA, Yoshiharu INOUE, Junichi HAMADA, Atsuhisa YAKAWA
  • Publication number: 20170349988
    Abstract: The present invention focuses on Sn and has as its problem to not only improve the corrosion resistance and rust resistance of Cr-containing ferritic stainless steel but also improve the ridging resistance. The present invention derives the relationship between Ap, which shows the ?-phase rate at 1100° C. due to a predetermined ingredient, and Sn in ferritic stainless steel which becomes a dual phase structure of ?+? in the hot rolling temperature region, applies and adds Sn, and hot rolls the steel to give a total rolling rate of 15% or more in 1100° C. or higher hot rolling to thereby obtain ferritic stainless steel sheet which has good ridging resistance, which also has excellent corrosion resistance and rust resistance, and which can be applied to general durable consumer goods: 0.060?Sn?0.634?0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN STAINLESS STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaharu HATANO, Eiichiro ISHIMARU, Akihiko TAKAHASHI, Ken KIMURA, Shinichi TERAOKA
  • Patent number: 9771640
    Abstract: A ferritic stainless steel sheet having ridging resistance contains, by mass, 0.025 to 0.30% C, 0.01 to 1.00% Si, 0.01 to 2.00% Mn, 0.050% or less P, 0.020% or less S, 11.0 to 22.0% Cr, and 0.022 to 0.10% N. In addition, Ap, which is defined as 420C+470N+23Ni+9Cu+7Mn?11.5(Cr+Si)?12Mo?52Al?47Nb?49Ti+189 wherein each of Sn, C, N, Ni, Cu, Mn, Cr, Si, Mo, Al, Nb, and Ti denotes the content of the element, satisfies 10?Ap?70. Furthermore, a content of Sn satisfies 0.060?Sn?0.634?0.0082Ap. Residual ingredients are Fe and unavoidable impurities, and a metal structure of the steel sheet is a ferrite single phase. The ferritic stainless steel sheet has a ridging height of less than 6 ?m. This ferritic stainless steel sheet improves the corrosion resistance and rust resistance of Cr-containing ferritic stainless steel as well as the ridging resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN STAINLESS STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaharu Hatano, Eiichiro Ishimaru, Akihiko Takahashi, Ken Kimura, Shinichi Teraoka
  • Publication number: 20170253945
    Abstract: A martensitic stainless steel used for a brake disk of a two-wheeled vehicle includes: in % by mass, C of 0.025% to 0.080%, Si of 0.05% to 0.8%, Mn of 0.5% to 1.5%, P of 0.035% or less, S of 0.015% or less, Cr of 11.0% to 13.5%, Ni of 0.01% to 0.50%, Cu of 0.01% to 0.08%, Mo of 0.01% to 0.30%, V of 0.01% to 0.10%, Al of 0.05% or less, and N of 0.015% to 0.060%; a DFE value defined by a formula (1) ranging from 5 to 30; and a ? ferrite fraction observed in a cross section structure ranging from 5% to 30% by an area ratio. Ti, B, Nb, Sn and Bi may be added.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2015
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN STAINLESS STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichi TERAOKA, Yoshiharu INOUE, Yuji KOYAMA, Junichi HAMADA, Toshio TANOUE
  • Patent number: 9523402
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a stainless steel brake disc which is excellent in toughness, corrosion resistance, and wear resistance, and comprises, in % by mass, 0.030 to 0.080% of C, 0.05% to 1.0% of Si, 1.0 to 1.5% of Mn, 0.035% or less of P, 0.015% or less of S, 11.0 to 14.0% of Cr, 0.01 to 0.50% of Ni, 0.001 to 0.15% of V, less than 0.1% of Nb, 0.05% or less of Ti, 0.05% or less of Zr, 0.05% or less of Al, 0.015 to 0.060% of N, 0.0002% or more and 0.0050% or less of B, and 0.0080% or less of O, wherein an AT value of equation 1 is 0.055 to 0.090, equation 2 is satisfied, a ferrite phase fraction, in which an IQ value of an EBSD pattern is 4,000 or more, is 1% to 15%, a Charpy impact value is 50 J/cm2 or more, and hardness is 32 to 38 HRC. C+0.8(N?B)??(1) PV=1.2Ti+0.8Zr+Nb+1.1Al+O?0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: Nippon Steel & Sumikin Stainless Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichi Teraoka, Yoshiharu Inoue, Yuji Koyama, Masaaki Kobayashi, Toshio Tanoue
  • Publication number: 20160230261
    Abstract: An automotive member or a feed oil pipe includes: a member made of a ferritic stainless steel containing predetermined components containing 10.5% to 18.0% of Cr in mass %; a metal fitting made of an aluminized stainless steel sheet, the metal fitting being attached to the member; and a gap structure defined between the member and the metal fitting, the gap structure being exposed to a chloride environment, where the metal fitting has an Al-plating weight per unit area of 20 g/m2 or more and 150 g/m2 or less on a surface corresponding to a gap of the gap structure, and surfaces of the metal fitting and the non-aluminized member other than the gap are coated with a cation electrodeposition coating film having a thickness of 5 ?m to 35 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2014
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN STAINLESS STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi URASHIMA, Shunji SAKAMOTO, Shinichi TERAOKA, Toshio TANOUE
  • Patent number: 9399809
    Abstract: This hot-rolled ferritic stainless steel sheet has a steel composition containing, in terms of % by mass: 0.02% or less of C; 0.02% or less of N; 0.1% to 1.5% of Si; 1.5% or less of Mn; 0.035% or less of P; 0.010% or less of S; 1.5% or less of Ni; 10% to 20% of Cr; 1.0% to 3.0% of Cu; 0.08% to 0.30% of Ti; and 0.3% or less of Al, with the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities, and the hot-rolled ferritic stainless steel sheet has a Vickers hardness of less than 235 Hv.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN STAINLESS STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichi Teraoka, Masaaki Kobayashi, Yuuji Koyama, Junichi Hamada, Norihiro Kanno, Yoshiharu Inoue, Ken Kimura, Jun Takahashi, Shigeyuki Gotoh
  • Publication number: 20160024627
    Abstract: This hot-rolled ferritic stainless steel sheet has a steel composition containing, in terms of % by mass: 0.02% or less of C; 0.02% or less of N; 0.1% to 1.5% of Si; 1.5% or less of Mn; 0.035% or less of P; 0.010% or less of S; 1.5% or less of Ni; 10% to 20% of Cr; 1.0% to 3.0% of Cu; 0.08% to 0.30% of Ti; and 0.3% or less of Al, with the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities, and the hot-rolled ferritic stainless steel sheet has a Vickers hardness of less than 235 Hv.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2015
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Inventors: Shinichi TERAOKA, Masaaki KOBAYASHI, Yuuji KOYAMA, Junichi HAMADA, Norihiro KANNO, Yoshiharu INOUE, Ken KIMURA, Jun TAKAHASHI, Shigeyuki GOTOH