Patents by Inventor Shinichiro TABATA
Shinichiro TABATA 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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Patent number: 12227817Abstract: This steel has a steel sheet substrate and a protective film formed on at least a part of a surface of the steel sheet substrate, the chemical composition of the steel sheet substrate is, by mass %, C: 0.25% to 0.65%, Si: 0.05% to 2.00%, Mn: 0.30% to 3.00%, P: 0.050% or less, S: 0.0100% or less, N: 0.010% or less, O: 0.010% or less, Cr: 0.05% to 1.00%, and Cu: 0.10% to 1.00%, in an X-ray analysis in which measurement is carried out using a CuK? radiation, in a case where a peak intensity at a diffraction angle (2?) position of 36.6±0.5° is regarded as 100%, the protective film has a peak having a peak intensity of more than 250% at a diffraction angle (2?) position of 35.5±0.5° and a tensile strength is more than 1,500 MPa.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2022Date of Patent: February 18, 2025Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Shinichiro Tabata, Kazuhisa Kusumi, Yuki Suzuki
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Publication number: 20250043406Abstract: Provided is a hot stamped body having a chemical composition comprising, by mass %, C: 0.40 to 0.70%, P: 0.100% or less, S: 0.0100% or less, N: 0.0200% or less, O: 0.0200% or less, Al: 0.0010 to 0.500%, Nb: 0.0010 to 0.100%, Ti: 0.010 to 0.200%, Mo: 0.010 to 2.000%, B: 0.0005 to 0.0200%, etc., and balance of Fe and impurities, and a microstructure with a total amount of segregation of at least one of Mo, W, Ta, Re, Os, Ir, and Tc at prior austenite grain boundaries of 0.10 atm % or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2023Publication date: February 6, 2025Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuma ITO, Shinichiro TABATA, Yuri TODA
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Patent number: 12215411Abstract: A coated steel member includes: a steel sheet substrate containing, as a chemical composition, by mass %, C: 0.25% to 0.65%, Si: 0.10% to 1.00%, Mn: 0.30% to 1.00%, P: 0.050% or less, S: 0.0100% or less, N: 0.010% or less, Ti: 0.010% to 0.100%, B: 0.0005% to 0.0100%, Nb: 0.02% to 0.10%, Mo: 0.10% to 1.00%, Cu: 0.15% to 1.00%, and Ni: 0.05% to 0.25%; and a coating formed on a surface of the steel sheet substrate and containing Al and Fe. The maximum Cu content in a range from the surface to a depth of 5.0 ?m is 150% or more of the Cu content of the steel sheet substrate.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2023Date of Patent: February 4, 2025Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventor: Shinichiro Tabata
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Publication number: 20250019810Abstract: This steel member has a predetermined chemical composition, in which, when a ¼ position of a thickness in a thickness direction from a surface is defined as a ¼ depth position, a metallographic structure at the ¼ depth position includes 90% or more of martensite by volume fraction, in the metallographic structure at the ¼ depth position, L49-56°/L4-12°, which is a ratio of a length L49-56° of grain boundaries having an angle of rotation of 49° to 56° to a length L4-12° of grain boundaries having an angle of rotation of 4° to 12° about a <011> direction as a rotation axis, among grain boundaries of grains having a body-centered structure, is 1.10 or more, and a tensile strength of the steel member is more than 1.500 MPa.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2022Publication date: January 16, 2025Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Shinichiro TABATA, Kazuhisa KUSUMI
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Publication number: 20240270325Abstract: What is provided is an automobile body in which batteries, tires, and liquids containing water and oil are removed from a public road vehicle with superior collision safety, the public road vehicle comprising at least a steel material containing a steel sheet with a tensile strength of 1180 MPa or higher, a non-ferrous metal material, and a resin material, wherein the ratio of a mass mh (kg) of the steel sheet having a tensile strength of 1180 MPa or higher to a mass m (kg) of the automobile body is 9% or higher, and a mass m (kg) of the automobile body and a projected area s (m2) of the automobile body from an upper side satisfy a formula (1) and a formula (2) 6 < s < 11 ( 1 ) m < ( 2 ? 7 ? 2 . 3 ? 7 × s - 8 ? 3 ? 5 ) × 0 ? .98 .Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2022Publication date: August 15, 2024Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Masahiro KUBO, Shunji HIWATASHI, Yutaka MIKAZUKI, Koichi SATO, Takahiro AITOH, Kengo TAKEDA, Katsuya NAKANO, Yuri TODA, Shinichiro TABATA, Kodai MURASAWA, Daisuke MAEDA, Kazuo HIKIDA, Kazuhisa KUSUMI, Shingo FUJINAKA, Jun HAGA, Ryo TABATA, Ryoma KATO, Mitsuharu YAMAGATA, Toshiyuki NIWA, Hiromi ASAMA, Junichiro SUZUKI, Yasunori ITO
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Publication number: 20240269773Abstract: This joint component includes: a first steel member; a second steel member; and a joint portion which is formed at butted portions between the first steel member and the second steel member and includes a weld metal and a heat-affected zone, in which the first steel member includes a steel sheet substrate and an Al—Fe-based coating formed on a surface of the steel sheet substrate, and has a tensile strength of more than 1,500 MPa, and when a cross section of the weld metal in a sheet thickness direction orthogonal to an extension direction of the joint portion is defined as a measuring surface, an average Cu content in the weld metal at the measuring surface is 0.03% or more and 3.00% or less by mass %.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2022Publication date: August 15, 2024Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Yasuaki NAITO, Shinichiro TABATA, Hideaki IRIKAWA, Kazuhisa KUSUMI
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Publication number: 20240117456Abstract: This steel sheet includes: a base steel sheet having a predetermined chemical composition; and a scale formed on a surface of the base steel sheet, in which the base steel sheet has a decarburized layer formed on a side of an interface with the scale, the decarburized layer has an internal oxidized layer formed on the side of the interface with the scale, a depth of the decarburized layer from an interface between the base steel sheet and the scale is 90 ?m or more, a depth of the internal oxidized layer from the interface is less than 30 ?m, and the scale contains 80% or more of Fe by mass %.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2022Publication date: April 11, 2024Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Shinichiro TABATA, Kazuhisa KUSUMI
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Publication number: 20230407428Abstract: This steel has a steel sheet substrate and a protective film formed on at least a part of a surface of the steel sheet substrate, the chemical composition of the steel sheet substrate is, by mass %, C: 0.25% to 0.65%, Si: 0.05% to 2.00%, Mn: 0.30% to 3.00%, P: 0.050% or less, S: 0.0100% or less. N: 0.010% or less, O: 0.010% or less, Cr: 0.05% to 1.00%, and Cu: 0.10% to 1.00%, in an X-ray analysis in which measurement is carried out using a CuK? radiation, in a case where a peak intensity at a diffraction angle (2?) position of 36.6±0.5° is regarded as 100%, the protective film has a peak having a peak intensity of more than 250% at a diffraction angle (2?) position of 35.5±0.5° and a tensile strength is more than 1,500 MPa.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2022Publication date: December 21, 2023Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Shinichiro TABATA, Kazuhisa KUSUMI, Yuki SUZUKI
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Patent number: 11827964Abstract: A coated steel member includes: a steel sheet substrate containing, as a chemical composition, by mass %, C: 0.25% to 0.65%, Si: 0.10% to 1.00%, Mn: 0.30% 1.00%, P: 0.050% or less, S: 0.0100% or less, N: 0.010% or less, Ti: 0.010% to 0.100%, B: 0.0005% to 0.0100%, Nb: 0.02% to 0.10%, Mo: 0.10% to 1.00%, Cu: 0.15% to 1.00%, and Ni: 0.05% to 0.25%; and a coating formed on a surface of the steel sheet substrate and containing Al and Fe. The maximum Cu content in a range from the surface to a depth of 5.0 ?m is 150% or more of the Cu content of the steel sheet substrate.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2020Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventor: Shinichiro Tabata
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Publication number: 20230349030Abstract: A coated steel member includes: a steel sheet substrate containing, as a chemical composition, by mass %, C: 0.25% to 0.65%, Si: 0.10% to 1.00%, Mn: 0.30% to 1.00%, P: 0.050% or less, S: 0.0100% or less, N: 0.010% or less, Ti: 0.010% to 0.100%, B: 0.0005% to 0.0100%, Nb: 0.02% to 0.10%, Mo: 0.10% to 1.00%, Cu: 0.15% to 1.00%, and Ni: 0.05% to 0.25%; and a coating formed on a surface of the steel sheet substrate and containing Al and Fe. The maximum Cu content in a range from the surface to a depth of 5.0 ?m is 150% or more of the Cu content of the steel sheet substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2023Publication date: November 2, 2023Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventor: Shinichiro TABATA
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Patent number: 11713497Abstract: A steel member according to an aspect of the present invention has a predetermined chemical composition, in which a metallographic structure includes, by a volume %, 60.0% to 85.0% of martensite, 10.0% to 30.0% of bainite, 5.0% to 15.0% of residual austenite, and 0% to 4.0% of a remainder in microstructure. A length of a maximum minor axis of the residual austenite is 30 nm or longer. A number density of a carbide which exist in the steel member and has a circle equivalent diameter of 0.1 ?m or more and an aspect ratio of 2.5 or less is 4.0×103 pieces/mm2 or less.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2019Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Shinichiro Tabata, Yoshihiro Suwa, Kazuo Hikida, Kazuhisa Kusumi
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Patent number: 11667987Abstract: This coated steel member includes: a steel sheet substrate having a predetermined chemical composition; and a coating formed on a surface of the steel sheet substrate and containing Al and Fe, in which the coating has a low Al content region having an Al content of 3 mass % or more and less than 30 mass % and a high Al content region formed on a side closer to a surface than the low Al content region and having an Al content of 30 mass % or more, a maximum C content of the high Al content region is 25% or less of a C content of the steel sheet substrate, a maximum C content of the low Al content region is 40% or less of the C content of the steel sheet substrate, and a maximum C content in a range from an interface between the steel sheet substrate and the coating to a depth of 10 ?m on a side of the steel sheet substrate is 80% or less of the C content of the steel sheet substrate.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2022Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Shinichiro Tabata, Daisuke Maeda
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Publication number: 20230103935Abstract: This joint component is a joint component including a first steel member, a second steel member, and a spot-welded portion that joins the first steel member and the second steel member, in which the first steel member includes a steel sheet substrate having a predetermined chemical composition and a coating that is formed on a surface of the steel sheet substrate, contains Al and Fe, and has a thickness of 25 ?m or more, in a cross section in a thickness direction of the first steel member and the second steel member including the spot-welded portion, a filled metal containing Al and Fe is present in a gap between the first steel member and the second steel member in a periphery of the spot-welded portion, in the cross section, the filled metal has a cross-sectional area of 3.0×104 ?m2 or more, and has a filling ratio of 80% or more in the gap in a range of 100 ?m from an end portion of a corona bond formed in the periphery of the spot-welded portion, and includes a first region and a second region.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2021Publication date: April 6, 2023Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Shinichiro TABATA, Kazuhisa KUSUMI
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Patent number: 11618933Abstract: The present invention has as its object the provision of a coated steel member and coated steel sheet excellent in hydrogen embrittlement resistance in a corrosive environment and methods for manufacturing the same. The coated steel member of the present invention is provided on its surface with an Al—Fe-based coating containing Cu and one or more of Mo, Ni, Mn, and Cr in a total by mass % of 0.12% or more by heating, cooling, and manufacturing a coated steel sheet having a layer containing Cu on its surface under predetermined conditions.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2022Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventor: Shinichiro Tabata
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Publication number: 20230065607Abstract: A steel sheet including a chemical composition in mass %: C: 0.14-0.60%, Si+Al?3.00, P 0.030%, S?0.0050%, N 0.015%, B?0.0050%, C×Mn?0.80, Mn+Ni+Cu+1.3Cr+4(Mo+W)?0.80, 0.003?Ti+Zr+Hf+V+Nb+Ta+Sc+Y?0.20, Sn+As+Sb+Bi?0.020, Mg: 0 to 0.005%, Ca: 0 to 0.005%, REM: 0 to 0.005%, with the balance: Fe and impurities, and satisfying Ms=546 ×exp(?1.362 x C)?11 ×Si?30 ×Mn?18 ×Ni?20 ×Cu?12×Cr ?8(Mo+W)?200.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2021Publication date: March 2, 2023Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Naoki MARUYAMA, Kazuo HIKIDA, Shinichiro TABATA
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Patent number: 11572601Abstract: This coated steel member includes: a steel sheet substrate having a predetermined chemical composition; and a coating formed on a surface of the steel sheet substrate and containing Al and Fe, in which the coating has a low Al content region having an Al content of 3 mass % or more and less than 30 mass % and a high Al content region formed on a side closer to a surface than the low Al content region and having an Al content of 30 mass % or more, a maximum C content of the high Al content region is 25% or less of a C content of the steel sheet substrate, a maximum C content of the low Al content region is 40% or less of the C content of the steel sheet substrate, and a maximum C content in a range from an interface between the steel sheet substrate and the coating to a depth of 10 ?m on a side of the steel sheet substrate is 80% or less of the C content of the steel sheet substrate.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2020Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Shinichiro Tabata, Daisuke Maeda
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Publication number: 20230002874Abstract: A hot-stamping formed body has a predetermined chemical composition and includes microstructure which includes residual austenite of which an area ratio is 5% or more and less than 10%. Among grain boundaries of crystal grains of bainite and tempered martensite in the microstructure, a ratio of a length of a grain boundary having a rotation angle in a range of 55° to 75° to a total length of a grain boundary having a rotation angle in a range of 4° to 12°, a grain boundary having a rotation angle in a range of 49° to 54°, and a grain boundary having a rotation angle in a range of 55° to 75° to the <011> direction as a rotation axis is 30% or more. The tensile strength of the hot-stamping formed body is 1500 MPa or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2021Publication date: January 5, 2023Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Yuri TODA, Shinichiro TABATA, Kodai MURASAWA, Daisuke MAEDA, Kazuo HIKIDA
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Publication number: 20220389553Abstract: A coated steel member includes: a steel sheet substrate containing, as a chemical composition, by mass %, C: 0.25% to 0.65%, Si: 0.10% to 1.00%, Mn: 0.30% 1.00%, P: 0.050% or less, S: 0.0100% or less, N: 0.010% or less, Ti: 0.010% to 0.100%, B: 0.0005% to 0.0100%, Nb: 0.02% to 0.10%, Mo: 0.10% to 1.00%, Cu: 0.15% to 1.00%, and Ni: 0.05% to 0.25%; and a coating formed on a surface of the steel sheet substrate and containing Al and Fe. The maximum Cu content in a range from the surface to a depth of 5.0 ?m is 150% or more of the Cu content of the steel sheet substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2020Publication date: December 8, 2022Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventor: Shinichiro TABATA
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Publication number: 20220325371Abstract: The present invention has as its object the provision of a coated steel member and coated steel sheet excellent in hydrogen embrittlement resistance in a corrosive environment and methods for manufacturing the same. The coated steel member of the present invention is provided on its surface with an Al—Fe-based coating containing Cu and one or more of Mo, Ni, Mn, and Cr in a total by mass % of 0.12% or more by heating, cooling, and manufacturing a coated steel sheet having a layer containing Cu on its surface under predetermined conditions.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2022Publication date: October 13, 2022Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventor: Shinichiro TABATA
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Publication number: 20220307103Abstract: This coated steel member includes: a steel sheet substrate having a predetermined chemical composition; and a coating formed on a surface of the steel sheet substrate and containing Al and Fe, in which the coating has a low Al content region having an Al content of 3 mass % or more and less than 30 mass % and a high Al content region formed on a side closer to a surface than the low Al content region and having an Al content of 30 mass % or more, a maximum C content of the high Al content region is 25% or less of a C content of the steel sheet substrate, a maximum C content of the low Al content region is 40% or less of the C content of the steel sheet substrate, and a maximum C content in a range from an interface between the steel sheet substrate and the coating to a depth of 10 ?m on a side of the steel sheet substrate is 80% or less of the C content of the steel sheet substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2022Publication date: September 29, 2022Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Shinichiro TABATA, Daisuke MAEDA