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).

  • Patent number: 12227817
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichiro Tabata, Kazuhisa Kusumi, Yuki Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20250043406
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2023
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuma ITO, Shinichiro TABATA, Yuri TODA
  • Patent number: 12215411
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shinichiro Tabata
  • Publication number: 20250019810
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2022
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichiro TABATA, Kazuhisa KUSUMI
  • Publication number: 20240270325
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: 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
  • Publication number: 20240269773
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2022
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuaki NAITO, Shinichiro TABATA, Hideaki IRIKAWA, Kazuhisa KUSUMI
  • Publication number: 20240117456
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichiro TABATA, Kazuhisa KUSUMI
  • Publication number: 20230407428
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichiro TABATA, Kazuhisa KUSUMI, Yuki SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 11827964
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shinichiro Tabata
  • Publication number: 20230349030
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shinichiro TABATA
  • Patent number: 11713497
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichiro Tabata, Yoshihiro Suwa, Kazuo Hikida, Kazuhisa Kusumi
  • Patent number: 11667987
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichiro Tabata, Daisuke Maeda
  • Publication number: 20230103935
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichiro TABATA, Kazuhisa KUSUMI
  • Patent number: 11618933
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shinichiro Tabata
  • Publication number: 20230065607
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoki MARUYAMA, Kazuo HIKIDA, Shinichiro TABATA
  • Patent number: 11572601
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichiro Tabata, Daisuke Maeda
  • Publication number: 20230002874
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuri TODA, Shinichiro TABATA, Kodai MURASAWA, Daisuke MAEDA, Kazuo HIKIDA
  • Publication number: 20220389553
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shinichiro TABATA
  • Publication number: 20220325371
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shinichiro TABATA
  • Publication number: 20220307103
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichiro TABATA, Daisuke MAEDA