Patents by Inventor Sho KOKUFU

Sho KOKUFU 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: 11759851
    Abstract: A method for continuously casting steel capable of reducing center segregation that occurs in a slab. In a section in a continuous casting machine in a slab withdrawal direction, a section from a start point at which the average value of solid phase ratios along a thickness direction at a widthwise center of a slab is within a range of 0.4 or more and 0.8 or less to an end point at which the average value of solid phase ratios along the thickness direction at the widthwise center of the slab is greater than the average value of solid phase ratios at the start point and is 1.0 or less is set as a first section. The slab is cooled by water in the first section at a water flow rate per surface area of the slab within a range of 50 L/(m2×min) or more and 2,000 L/(m2×min) or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shuhei Irie, Satoshi Ueoka, Hirokazu Sugihara, Hiroyuki Fukuda, Norichika Aramaki, Akitoshi Matsui, Kenichi Osuka, Sho Kokufu
  • Publication number: 20220152694
    Abstract: A method for continuously casting steel capable of reducing center segregation that occurs in a slab. In a section in a continuous casting machine in a slab withdrawal direction, a section from a start point at which the average value of solid phase ratios along a thickness direction at a widthwise center of a slab is within a range of 0.4 or more and 0.8 or less to an end point at which the average value of solid phase ratios along the thickness direction at the widthwise center of the slab is greater than the average value of solid phase ratios at the start point and is 1.0 or less is set as a first section. The slab is cooled by water in the first section at a water flow rate per surface area of the slab within a range of 50 L/(m2×min) or more and 2,000 L/(m2×min) or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shuhei IRIE, Satoshi UEOKA, Hirokazu SUGIHARA, Hiroyuki FUKUDA, Norichika ARAMAKI, Akitoshi MATSUI, Kenichi OSUKA, Sho KOKUFU