Patents by Inventor Shinji Sawaki

Shinji Sawaki 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: 5180204
    Abstract: Herein described is a high strength steel pipe for reinforcing doors of a car, comprising a steel pipe made by seam-welding a steel sheet, wherein a ratio (Hv.sub.1 /Hv.sub.2) of a minimum hardness in a softened area of a weld affected zone to an average hardness in a base material satisfies the following formula,-0.001.sigma.B+1.05.gtoreq.Hv.sub.1 /Hv.sub.2 .gtoreq.-0.003.sigma.B+1.05wherein.sigma.B: tensile strength (kgf/mm.sup.2) andHv.sub.1, Hv.sub.2 : Vickers hardnessand a ratio (.sigma.y/.sigma.B) of a yield strength .sigma.y to a tensile strength .sigma.B of a steel pipe is 0.7 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 1991
    Date of Patent: January 19, 1993
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho, Sango Co.
    Inventors: Hidenori Shirasawa, Yoshiki Tanaka, Shinji Sawaki