Patents by Inventor Shuho KOSEKI

Shuho KOSEKI 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: 11958101
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a forged article, capable of improving the durability of a die for forging is provided. The method, includes forging a steel material, by using a die, by spraying or applying a water-soluble polymer lubricant containing 0.01 to 0.98 mass % of a water-soluble sulfate onto a working surface of the die, the die being made of a raw material having a constituent composition of by mass %, of 0.4 to 0.7% of C, 1.0% or less of Si, 1.0% or less of Mn, 4.0 to 6.0% of Cr, 2.0 to 4.0% of (Mo+½W), 0.5 to 2.5% of (V+Nb), 0 to 1.0% of Ni, 0 to 5.0% of Co, 0.02% or less of N, and a remnant composed of Fe and impurities, and having hardness of 55 to 60 HRC, and the die including a nitrided layer or a nitrosulfidized layer on the working surface thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignees: PROTERIAL, LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DAIDO CHEMICAL CO., LTD., UMETOKU CO., LTD
    Inventors: Tatsuya Shouji, Shuho Koseki, Kenichi Inoue, Katsuhiro Obata, Satoshi Murakami, Naoki Hayashi, Yoshikazu Suzuki, Toshifumi Miyamoto, Toru Otomo, Nobuhiro Ikeda, Kousuke Uda, Takashi Ogisu
  • Publication number: 20240109123
    Abstract: The present invention provides an alloy, an alloy powder, an alloy member, and a composite member which are excellent in corrosion resistance and wear resistance, have crack resistance, and are suitable for an additive manufacturing method and the like. An alloy and an alloy powder include, by mass %, Cr: 18 to 22%, Mo: 18 to 28%, Ta: 1.5 to 57%, C: 1.0 to 2.5%, Nb: 0 to 42%, Ti: 0 to 15%, V: 0 to 27%, Zr: 0 to 29%, and a remainder consisting of Ni and unavoidable impurities, where a molar ratio of (Ta+0.7Nb+Ti+0.6V+Zr)/C=0.5 to 1.5 is satisfied. An alloy member is an additively manufactured product or a cast having such a solidification structure, and the solidification structure is a dendrite-like crystal structure having a metal phase having a face-centered cubic structure and carbides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: Proterial, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Shiratori, Kazuya Shinagawa, Kousuke Kuwabara, Shuho Koseki
  • Patent number: 11932921
    Abstract: An object is to provide an alloy composition that has a sufficient melting point for casting of an aluminum alloy, also has high hardness, and can suppress an occurrence of galling. The alloy composition of the present invention includes: a Mo—Cr-based dendritic structure 3; and a Ni—Al-based interdendritic structure 5 that fills a periphery of the Mo—Cr-based dendritic structure 3. The alloy composition of the present invention can adopt a chemical composition I in which when Mo+Cr+Ni+Al=100 at. % holds, Ni+Al=15 to 50 at. % and Mo+Cr=50 to 85 at. % hold; or a chemical composition II in which Ni+Al=40 to 70 at. % and Mo+Cr=30 to 60 at. % hold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
    Inventors: Shuho Koseki, Kenichi Inoue, Hiroshi Shiratori, Kazuya Shinagawa
  • Patent number: 11883880
    Abstract: The present invention provides an alloy, an alloy powder, an alloy member, and a composite member which are excellent in corrosion resistance and wear resistance, have crack resistance, and are suitable for an additive manufacturing method and the like. An alloy and an alloy powder include, by mass %, Cr: 18 to 22%, Mo: 18 to 28%, Ta: 1.5 to 57%, C: 1.0 to 2.5%, Nb: 0 to 42%, Ti: 0 to 15%, V: 0 to 27%, Zr: 0 to 29%, and a remainder consisting of Ni and unavoidable impurities, where a molar ratio of (Ta+0.7Nb+Ti+0.6V+Zr)/C=0.5 to 1.5 is satisfied. An alloy member is an additively manufactured product or a cast having such a solidification structure, and the solidification structure is a dendrite-like crystal structure having a metal phase having a face-centered cubic structure and carbides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: PROTERIAL, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Shiratori, Kazuya Shinagawa, Kousuke Kuwabara, Shuho Koseki
  • Publication number: 20240001445
    Abstract: Provided are a method for manufacturing an alloy member, and an alloy member, the alloy member having excellent mechanical properties and corrosion resistance, and further having abrasion resistance, and being manufactured by an additive manufacturing method using an alloy powder. The method for manufacturing an alloy member is characterized by having: an additive manufacturing step for forming an alloy substrate by means of a laminate shaping method using an alloy powder comprising, in an amount range of 5 atomic % to 35 atomic %, respectively, each element of Co, Cr, Fe, Ni, and Ti, and in an amount of 0 atomic % to 8 atomic % (exclusive of 0 atomic %) of Mo, with the balance being unavoidable impurities; and a surface treatment step for performing a surface treatment on the alloy substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: Proterial, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuho Koseki, Kousuke Kuwabara, Fumiaki HONDA
  • Publication number: 20230400434
    Abstract: A state monitor system and a state monitor method capable of accurately controlling quality of a structure are provided. A state monitor system that monitors a state of three-dimensional layer laminated manufacturing includes: an acoustic emission sensor 23 configured to detect sound generated from the structure; and an analyzer 12 configured to analyze a defect of the structure, based on an acoustic emission signal AES included in an output signal OT of the acoustic emission sensor 23. In the analyzer 12, a memory 52 stores defect DB information 61 representing correspondence between the acoustic emission signal AES and a defect state DS of the structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: Taiichi TAKEZAKI, Shuho KOSEKI, Kenji OTSU
  • Patent number: 11820048
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a mold having both good adhesion resistance and smoothness, and a production method therefor. Provided is a mold made of a composite material comprising hard phases and metal phases characterized in that the mold has a reinforced layer made of hard phases for a working surface and the working surface satisfies the arithmetic average roughness Ra?0.1 ?m and skewness Rsk??0.01. Also provided is a production method for a mold made of a composite material comprising hard phases and metal phases characterized in having: a shaping step for working the surface of the mold made of said composite material and adjusting to Ra?0.1 ?m; and after the shaping step, a surface layer-modifying step for etching the surface of the mold adjusted to Ra?0.1 ?m and removing the metal phases near the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Proterial, Ltd.
    Inventors: Daiki Shinno, Shuho Koseki
  • Patent number: 11821059
    Abstract: Provided are a Ni-based alloy capable of being melted and solidified and excellent in corrosion resistance and abrasion resistance, a Ni-based alloy powder, a Ni-based alloy member, and a product including a Ni-based alloy member. The Ni-based alloy excellent in corrosion resistance and abrasion resistance includes, by mass %: Cr: 8.5% to 23.0%; Mo: 8.5% to 27.0%; Ta: 0.5% to 2.5%; W: 15.0 to 51.0%; and C: 1.0 to 3.5%, the balance being Ni and unavoidable impurities, in which the mass ratios Ni:Cr:Mo of Ni, Cr and Mo are 2.5 to 3.5:1:1.0 to 1.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Proterial, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Shiratori, Kazuya Shinagawa, Shuho Koseki, Yasuhiko Otsubo, Kousuke Kuwabara
  • Patent number: 11786967
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an additively manufactured part with high temperature strength and high ductility that can be suitably used for hot forging even in the temperature range of 800° C. or more, and a manufacturing method therefor. The manufacturing method for the additively manufactured part in accordance with the present invention includes an additive manufacturing step of using composite powder containing ceramic and metal and having voids therein to form a composite material containing the ceramic and the metal by repeating steps of melting and solidifying the composite powder; and a remelting step of remelting the surface of the composite material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: PROTERIAL, LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Ogata, Shuho Koseki, Tadashi Furuya
  • Patent number: 11713496
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a powder material that makes it possible to achieve higher flowability than before and to increase the crushing strength of particles. The powder material of the present disclosure has a dendritic structure 1. The dendritic structure 1 has a cemented carbide composition or a cermet composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Proterial, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirotsugu Kawanaka, Hiroshi Shiratori, Shuho Koseki, Tadashi Furuya, Gang Han, Kiyomi Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20230122004
    Abstract: A production method for an alloy member having mainly high hardness and high resistance to corrosion and produced by an additive manufacturing method, the alloy member, and a product using the alloy member are provided. The production method for an alloy member includes: an additive manufacturing step of forming a shaped member through an additive manufacturing method using an alloy powder containing elements Co, Cr, Fe, Ni, and Ti each in a range of 5 atom% to 35 atom% and containing Mo in a range exceeding 0 atom% and 8 atom% or less, the remainder being unavoidable impurities; and a heat treatment step of holding the shaped member in a temperature range higher than 500° C. and lower than 900° C. directly after the additive manufacturing step without undergoing a step of holding the shaped member in a temperature range of 1080° C. to 1180° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
    Inventors: Kousuke Kuwabara, Shuho Koseki
  • Publication number: 20230020010
    Abstract: An alloy having resistance to an aluminum alloy or the like in a molten state. An alloy includes Nb and Mo as a first element group, and at least two elements selected from Ta, W, Ti, Hf and Zr, as a second element group, wherein when the total of the first element group and the second element group is 100 at. %, a content range of each of the elements contained is 5 to 35 at. %; and has such a resistance with respect to at least one of Al, Cu and Zn that a lattice mismatch therewith is 13% or more, and a migration barrier energy of dislocation is 310 kJ/mol or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Tomio Iwasaki, Hiroshi Shiratori, Tatsuya Kimura, Shuho Koseki
  • Patent number: 11536637
    Abstract: Provided is an abrasion test apparatus for measuring an abrasion state of a workpiece, including: a workpiece holding mechanism holding the workpiece; a contact tool repeatedly making contact and non-contact with the workpiece; a rotating mechanism holding the contact tool to be freely rotatable; and a heating mechanism intermittently heating an end portion of the contact tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Hitachi Metals, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Kobayashi, Shuho Koseki, Tadashi Furuya, Katsuhiro Obata, Fumiaki Honda, Takahiro Makiyama
  • Publication number: 20220364207
    Abstract: The present invention provides an alloy, an alloy powder, an alloy member, and a composite member which are excellent in corrosion resistance and wear resistance, have crack resistance, and are suitable for an additive manufacturing method and the like. An alloy and an alloy powder include, by mass %, Cr: 18 to 22%, Mo: 18 to 28%, Ta: 1.5 to 57%, C: 1.0 to 2.5%, Nb: 0 to 42%, Ti: 0 to 15%, V: 0 to 27%, Zr: 0 to 29%, and a remainder consisting of Ni and unavoidable impurities, where a molar ratio of (Ta+0.7Nb+Ti+0.6V+Zr)/C=0.5 to 1.5 is satisfied. An alloy member is an additively manufactured product or a cast having such a solidification structure, and the solidification structure is a dendrite-like crystal structure having a metal phase having a face-centered cubic structure and carbides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Applicant: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi SHIRATORI, Kazuya SHINAGAWA, Kousuke KUWABARA, Shuho KOSEKI
  • Publication number: 20220341008
    Abstract: Provided are a Ni—Cr—Mo-based alloy, a Ni—Cr—Mo-based alloy powder, a Ni—Cr—Mo-based alloy member, and a member that can be melted and solidified and have excellent corrosion resistance, wear resistance, and crack resistance. A Ni—Cr—Mo-based alloy member according to the present invention includes, by mass %, Cr: 18% to 22%, Mo: 18% to 39%, Ta: 1.5% to 2.5%, B: 1.0% to 2.5%, and a remainder consisting of Ni and unavoidable impurities, where 25 Cr+(Mo/2B)<38 is satisfied, in which boride particles with a maximum particle size of 70 ?m or less are dispersed and precipitated in a parent phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Hiroshi SHIRATORI, Kazuya SHINAGAWA, Shuho KOSEKI, Kousuke KUWABARA, Yasuhiko OTSUBO
  • Patent number: 11465214
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a coated cutting tool having a hard coating film on a surface of the tool. The hard coating film is a nitride, the content ratio of titanium (Ti) with respect to a total amount of metal elements (including semimetal elements) is in a range of 70 at % to 95 at %, the content ratio of silicon (Si) with respect to the total amount of metal elements (including semimetal elements) is in a range of 5 at % to 30 at %, and the content ratio of argon (Ar) with respect to the total amount of metal elements (including semimetal elements) and non-metal elements is 0.1 at % or less. The hard coating film has a NaCl type crystal structure and has an average crystal grain size in a range of 5 nm to 30 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignees: MOLDINO Tool Engineering, Ltd., HITACHI METALS, LTD., Oerlikon Surface Solutions AG, Pfaffikon
    Inventors: Tomoya Sasaki, Shuho Koseki, Kana Morishita, Saleh Abusuilik, Kenichi Inoue, Denis Kurapov, Wolfgang Kalss
  • Publication number: 20220290276
    Abstract: Provided are a WC-based cemented carbide powder from which a WC-based cemented carbide member excellent in high thermal conductivity and high abrasion resistance can be manufactured, a WC-based cemented carbide member, and a manufacturing method for a WC-based cemented carbide member. The WC-based cemented carbide powder of the present invention includes WC, Cu, and at least one of Co, Fe, and Cr. The content of WC is equal to or more than 40 mass %, the content of at least one of Co, Fe, and Cr is equal to or more than 25 mass % and less than 60 mass %, and the ratio a/b of the content ‘a’ of Cu and the content ‘b’ of at least one of Co, Fe, and Cr satisfies 0.070?a/b?1.000.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Hiroshi SHIRATORI, Kazuya SHINAGAWA, Shuho KOSEKI, Kousuke KUWABARA, Yasuhiko OTSUBO, Shinya OKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20220213577
    Abstract: Provided are a Ni-based alloy capable of being melted and solidified and excellent in corrosion resistance and abrasion resistance, a Ni-based alloy powder, a Ni-based alloy member, and a product including a Ni-based alloy member. The Ni-based alloy excellent in corrosion resistance and abrasion resistance includes, by mass %: Cr: 8.5% to 23.0%; Mo: 8.5% to 27.0%; Ta: 0.5% to 2.5%; W: 15.0 to 51.0%; and C: 1.0 to 3.5%, the balance being Ni and unavoidable impurities, in which the mass ratios Ni:Cr:Mo of Ni, Cr and Mo are 2.5 to 3.5:1:1.0 to 1.5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Applicant: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi SHIRATORI, Kazuya SHINAGAWA, Shuho KOSEKI, Yasuhiko OTSUBO, Kousuke KUWABARA
  • Publication number: 20220049329
    Abstract: An object is to provide an alloy composition that has a sufficient melting point for casting of an aluminum alloy, also has high hardness, and can suppress an occurrence of galling. The alloy composition of the present invention includes: a Mo—Cr-based dendritic structure 3; and a Ni—Al-based interdendritic structure 5 that fills a periphery of the Mo—Cr-based dendritic structure 3. The alloy composition of the present invention can adopt a chemical composition I in which when Mo+Cr+Ni+Al=100 at. % holds, Ni+Al=15 to 50 at. % and Mo+Cr=50 to 85 at. % hold; or a chemical composition II in which Ni+Al=40 to 70 at. % and Mo+Cr=30 to 60 at. % hold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Shuho Koseki, Kenichi Inoue, Hiroshi Shiratori, Shinagawa Kazuya
  • Publication number: 20210372899
    Abstract: Provided is an abrasion test apparatus for measuring an abrasion state of a workpiece, including: a workpiece holding mechanism holding the workpiece; a contact tool repeatedly making contact and non-contact with the workpiece; a rotating mechanism holding the contact tool to be freely rotatable; and a heating mechanism intermittently heating an end portion of the contact tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Applicant: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiko KOBAYASHI, Shuho KOSEKI, Tadashi FURUYA, Katsuhiro OBATA, Fumiaki HONDA, Takahiro MAKIYAMA