Patents by Inventor Shotaro TERASHIMA

Shotaro TERASHIMA 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).

  • Publication number: 20240035105
    Abstract: Provided is a hot-dip galvanized steel sheet having both high strength and good workability, as well as excellent coating quality. The chemical composition of the base steel sheet is set within a specified range, the steel microstructure of the base steel sheet is a complex structure of ferrite, martensite and bainite, oxygen is present as oxides in the surface layer of the base steel sheet in an amount of 0.05 g/m2 or more and 0.50 g/m2 or less per surface, and the hot-dip galvanized layer contains Fe in an amount of 0.40 mass % or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya HIRASHIMA, Tatsuya NAKAGAITO, Masaki KOBA, Yoichi MAKIMIZU, Katsuya HATA, Shotaro TERASHIMA
  • Publication number: 20240026481
    Abstract: Provided is a steel sheet having excellent workability while ensuring excellent strength. The steel sheet comprises: a predetermined chemical composition; and a steel microstructure that contains ferrite: 45% to 90%, martensite: 5% to 30%, bainite: 1% to 25%, and retained austenite: 3% or more and in which [Mn]M/[Mn] is 1.00 to 1.15 and [Mn]M/[Mn]F is 1.00 to 1.30, wherein TS×El is 16000 MPa·% or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya HIRASHIMA, Tatsuya NAKAGAITO, Masaki KOBA, Kyoko NAITO, Seisuke TSUDA, Katsuya HATA, Shotaro TERASHIMA
  • Publication number: 20230349019
    Abstract: A steel sheet according to the present invention has a specific chemical composition and a steel microstructure including, in terms of area fraction, ferrite: 60% or more and 85% or less, bainite: 3% or more and 15% or less, retained austenite: 3% or more and 15% or less, fresh martensite: 3% or more and 15% or less, and the remainder: 5% or less. Cementite particles are present in the retained austenite, a ratio of an area fraction of the cementite particles in the retained austenite to an area fraction of the retained austenite is 5% or more and 25% or less, and the steel sheet has a tensile strength of 590 MPa or more and less than 780 MPa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke Wada, Tatsuya Nakagaito, Shotaro Terashima, Lingling Yang, Takeshi Yokota, Shunsuke Yamamoto, Yuki Takeda
  • Publication number: 20230349020
    Abstract: A steel sheet according to the present invention has a specific chemical composition and a steel microstructure including, in terms of area fraction, ferrite: 40% or more and 70% or less, a total of bainite and tempered martensite: 5% or more and 30% or less, retained austenite: 4% or more and 18% or less, fresh martensite: 8% or more and 35% or less, and the remainder: 5% or less. Cementite particles are present in the retained austenite, a ratio of an area fraction of the cementite particles in the retained austenite to an area fraction of the retained austenite is 5% or more and 25% or less, and the steel sheet has a tensile strength of 780 MPa or more and less than 980 MPa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke Wada, Tatsuya Nakagaito, Shotaro Terashima, Lingling Yang, Takeshi Yokota
  • Publication number: 20230160032
    Abstract: A steel sheet having a tensile strength (TS) of 780 MPa or more and less than 1180 MPa, high LME resistance, and good weld fatigue properties. The steel sheet has a specific chemical composition and a specific steel microstructure. Crystal grains containing an oxide of Si and/or Mn in a region within 4.9 ?m in a thickness direction from a surface of the steel sheet have an average grain size in the range of 3 to 10 ?m, the lowest Si concentration LSi and the lowest Mn concentration LMn in the region within 4.9 ?m in the thickness direction from the surface of the steel sheet and a Si concentration TSi and a Mn concentration TMn at a quarter thickness position of the steel sheet satisfy a specified formula.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lingling YANG, Yoshiyasu KAWASAKI, Hidekazu MINAMI, Tatsuya NAKAGAITO, Shotaro TERASHIMA, Shunsuke YAMAMOTO, Katsuya HOSHINO, Yuki TAKEDA
  • Publication number: 20230151451
    Abstract: A steel sheet with a tensile strength (TS) of 1180 MPa or more, a member, and a method for producing them. In a region of the steel sheet within 4.9 ?m in the thickness direction, a region with a Si concentration not more than one-third of the Si concentration in the chemical composition of the steel sheet and with a Mn concentration not more than one-third of the Mn concentration in the chemical composition of the steel sheet has a thickness of 1.0 ?m or more. The lowest Si concentration LSi and the lowest Mn concentration LMn in the region within 4.9 ?m in the thickness direction from the surface of the steel sheet and a Si concentration TSi and a Mn concentration TMn at a quarter thickness position of the steel sheet satisfy the following formula (1): LSi+LMn?(TSi+TMn)/4??(1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiyasu KAWASAKI, Lingling YANG, Shotaro TERASHIMA, Tatsuya NAKAGAITO, Shunsuke YAMAMOTO, Katsuya HOSHINO, Yuki TAKEDA
  • Publication number: 20230129828
    Abstract: A steel sheet with a tensile strength (TS) of 780 MPa or more and less than 1180 MPa, a member, and a method for producing them. In a region of the steel sheet within 4.9 ?m in the thickness direction, a region with a Si concentration not more than one-third of the Si concentration in the chemical composition of the steel sheet and with a Mn concentration not more than one-third of the Mn concentration in the chemical composition of the steel sheet has a thickness of 1.0 ?m or more. The lowest Si concentration LSi and the lowest Mn concentration LMn in the region within 4.9 ?m from the surface of the steel sheet and a Si concentration TSi and a Mn concentration TMn at a quarter thickness position of the steel sheet satisfy the following formula (1): LSi+LMn?(TSi+TMn)/4??(1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiyasu KAWASAKI, Lingling YANG, Shotaro TERASHIMA, Hidekazu MINAMI, Tatsuya NAKAGAITO, Shunsuke YAMAMOTO, Katsuya HOSHINO, Yuki TAKEDA
  • Publication number: 20230127243
    Abstract: A steel sheet having a tensile strength (TS) of 1180 MPa or more, high LME resistance, and good weld fatigue properties. The steel sheet has a specific chemical composition and a specific steel microstructure. Crystal grains containing an oxide of Si and/or Mn in a region within 4.9 ?m in a thickness direction from a surface of the steel sheet have an average grain size in the range of 3 to 10 ?m, the lowest Si concentration LSi and the lowest Mn concentration LMn in the region within 4.9 ?m in the thickness direction from the surface of the steel sheet and a Si concentration TSi and a Mn concentration TMn at a quarter thickness position of the steel sheet satisfy a specified formula.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lingling YANG, Yoshiyasu KAWASAKI, Tatsuya NAKAGAITO, Shotaro TERASHIMA, Shunsuke YAMAMOTO, Katsuya HOSHINO, Yuki TAKEDA
  • Publication number: 20230082367
    Abstract: To obtain a high-strength hot-dip galvanized steel sheet having excellent surface appearance even in the case where a steel strip containing Mn at a predetermined ratio or more to Si is subjected to hot-dip galvanizing treatment, a method of producing a hot-dip galvanized steel sheet using a continuous hot-dip galvanizing apparatus comprises: subjecting a steel strip to annealing, by conveying it in an annealing furnace; and subjecting the steel strip discharged from a cooling zone to hot-dip galvanizing using a hot-dip galvanizing line, to obtain a hot-dip galvanized steel sheet. The steel strip has a chemical composition containing, in mass %, Mn: 1.7% or more and 3.5% or less and Si: 0.2% or more and 1.05% or less and satisfying [Si]/[Mn]?0.30. The chemical composition, a dew point of an atmosphere in the soaking zone, and a delivery temperature of the heating zone satisfy Formula (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shunsuke YAMAMOTO, Shotaro TERASHIMA, Yuki TAKEDA, Michitaka SAKURAI, Katsuya HOSHINO, Yoshiyasu KAWASAKI
  • Publication number: 20230072557
    Abstract: A steel sheet according to the present invention has a specific chemical composition and a steel microstructure including, in terms of area fraction, ferrite: 20% or more and 60% or less, a total of bainite and tempered martensite: 25% or more and 60% or less, retained austenite: 7% or more and 20% or less, fresh martensite: 8% or more and 40% or less, and the remainder: 5% or less. Cementite particles are present in the retained austenite, a ratio of an area fraction of the cementite particles in the retained austenite to an area fraction of the retained austenite is 5% or more and 25% or less, and the steel sheet has a tensile strength of 980 MPa or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Applicant: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke Wada, Tatsuya Nakagaito, Shotaro Terashima, Lingling Yang, Takeshi Yokota
  • Publication number: 20220251676
    Abstract: Provided are a high-strength hot-dip galvanized steel sheet that has a tensile strength of 1180 MPa or more and excellent ductility, stretch flangeability, bendability and LME resistance and can manufacture parts with high dimensional accuracy, and its manufacturing method. The high-strength steel sheet with a tensile strength of 1180 MPa or more has a chemical composition containing C, Si, Mn, P, S, Al and N, with [% Si], [% Mn], [% P], [% Mo] and [% Cr] satisfying a predetermined relationship and the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, and a steel microstructure including ferrite, tempered martensite and bainite, and retained austenite, where the diffusible hydrogen amount in the steel sheet is 0.60 mass ppm or less, a thickness of softened surface layer is 5 ?m or more and 150 ?m or less, and a frequency of coincidence boundary in the steel sheet surface layer after a high-temperature tensile test is 0.45 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidekazu MINAMI, Takeshi YOKOTA, Yoshiyasu KAWASAKI, Shotaro TERASHIMA
  • Patent number: 11248277
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a high-strength galvanized steel sheet having excellent strength-elongation balance, coating adhesiveness, and surface appearance. The method includes: (i) a first heating process of heating a steel sheet having a predetermined chemical composition, (ii) a first pickling process of pickling the steel sheet which was subjected to the first heating process in an oxidizing acidic aqueous solution, (iii) a second pickling process of pickling the steel sheet which was subjected to the first pickling process in a non-oxidizing acidic aqueous solution, (iv) a second heating process of holding the steel sheet, which was subjected to the second pickling process, at a temperature range of 700° C. or higher and 900° C. or lower in a hydrogen-containing atmosphere for 20 seconds or more and 300 seconds or less, and (v) performing a galvanizing treatment on the steel sheet which was subjected to the second heating process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shotaro Terashima, Yusuke Fushiwaki, Yoichi Makimizu, Hiroyuki Masuoka, Hiroshi Hasegawa
  • Publication number: 20200199705
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a high-strength galvanized steel sheet having excellent strength-elongation balance, coating adhesiveness, and surface appearance. The method includes: (i) a first heating process of heating a steel sheet having a predetermined chemical composition, (ii) a first pickling process of pickling the steel sheet which was subjected to the first heating process in an oxidizing acidic aqueous solution, (iii) a second pickling process of pickling the steel sheet which was subjected to the first pickling process in a non-oxidizing acidic aqueous solution, (iv) a second heating process of holding the steel sheet, which was subjected to the second pickling process, at a temperature range of 700° C. or higher and 900° C. or lower in a hydrogen-containing atmosphere for 20 seconds or more and 300 seconds or less, and (v) performing a galvanizing treatment on the steel sheet which was subjected to the second heating process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shotaro TERASHIMA, Yusuke FUSHIWAKI, Yoichi MAKIMIZU, Hiroyuki MASUOKA, Hiroshi HASEGAWA