Patents by Inventor Soshi Fujita
Soshi Fujita 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).
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Patent number: 10800933Abstract: A surface treatment solution for a plated steel sheet to be hot-pressed comprising a ZnO aqueous dispersion (A) and a water dispersible organic resin (B), wherein the ZnO aqueous dispersion (A) comprises water and ZnO particle size having 50 to 300 nm particles, the water dispersible organic resin (B) has a 5 to 45 mgKOH/g acid value and 5 to 300 nm emulsion particle size, and a mass ratio (WA/WB) of a mass of ZnO particles in the ZnO aqueous dispersion (WA) to a mass of solid content of the water dispersible organic resin (WB) is 30/70 to 95/5.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2016Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: NIHON PARKERIZING CO., LTD.Inventors: Soshi Fujita, Jun Maki, Shintaro Yamanaka, Masao Kurosaki, Tatsuya Suzuki, Kensuke Mizuno, Takumi Kozaki, Takahiro Kodama
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Publication number: 20200271247Abstract: This steel sheet includes a first coated portion in which an intermetallic compound layer and an aluminum coating layer are provided on a surface of a base steel sheet in order from the base steel sheet, the first exposed portion in which the base steel sheet is exposed, and a second coated portion in which the intermetallic compound layer and the aluminum coating layer are provided on the surface of the base steel sheet in order from the base steel sheet, in which in a first direction which is perpendicular to a thickness direction of the steel sheet and is directed from the first coated portion to one end edge of the steel sheet, the first coated portion, the first exposed portion, the second coated portion, and the end edge of the steel sheet are disposed in this order on at least one surface of the base steel sheet, and wherein at least the first coated portion, the first exposed portion, and the end edge of the steel sheet are disposed in this order on the other surface of the base steel sheet in the firType: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2018Publication date: August 27, 2020Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroki FUJIMOTO, Masanori YASUYAMA, Yujiro TATSUMI, Tasuku ZENIYA, Hiroshi FUKUCHI, Yuki SUZUKI, Soshi FUJITA, Shintaro KOBAYASHI
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Publication number: 20200238357Abstract: Provided is a coated steel sheet including a steel sheet, a first aluminum coating layer provided on a first surface of the steel sheet, a zinc compound layer or a metallic zinc layer provided on a surface of the first aluminum coating layer, and a second aluminum coating layer provided on a second surface of the steel sheet, as an outermost surface of the steel sheet. Further provided are a coated steel sheet coil using this coated steel sheet, and a method of producing a hot-press formed article, as well as an automobile part using a press formed article produced by the method of producing a hot-press formed article.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2018Publication date: July 30, 2020Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Masahiro KUBO, Yoshiaki NAKAZAWA, Toshiya SUZUKI, Naruhiko NOMURA, Soshi FUJITA, Hideaki IRIKAWA, Masahiro FUDA
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Publication number: 20200232077Abstract: A sheet includes: a base; an Al-plating layer on at least one of opposite surfaces of the base; an intermediate coating layer on a surface of the Al-plating layer; and a surface coating layer formed on a surface of the intermediate coating layer and containing ZnO particles with a mean particle size of 0.10 ?m or more and 5.00 ?m or less and an organic resin such that an amount of coating of the ZnO particles is 0.5 g/m2 or more and 10.0 g/m2 or less in terms of metallic zinc.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2018Publication date: July 23, 2020Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Shinichi YAMAGUCHI, Jun MAKI, Soshi FUJITA, Shintaro YAMANAKA, Michiko KONNO, Tetsuya TOBA
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Patent number: 10711336Abstract: Provided is an alloyed hot-dip galvanized steel sheet including a base steel sheet, the base steel sheet containing a given amount of C, Si, Mn, and other elements. The alloyed hot-dip galvanized steel sheet is provided with an alloyed hot-dip galvanized layer on a surface of the base steel sheet, the alloyed hot-dip galvanized layer containing, in mass %, Fe: more than or equal to 5% and less than or equal to 15%, and having a thickness of more than or equal to 3 ?m and less than or equal to 30 ?m.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2018Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Soshi Fujita, Shintaro Yamanaka
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Publication number: 20200189233Abstract: A hot stamped member has a steel, an Al—Fe intermetallic compound layer formed on the steel, and an oxide film layer formed on the Al—Fe intermetallic compound layer, in which the oxide film layer is made up of one or more A group elements selected from the group consisting of Be, Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Sc, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, and Zn, Al, oxygen, and impurities, a proportion of the A group element in the oxide film layer excluding the oxygen is 0.01 atom % or more and 80 atom % or less, a thickness t of the oxide film layer is 0.1 to 10.0 ?m, and, in the case of measuring the A group element in the oxide film layer in a thickness direction from a surface of the oxide film layer using a GDS, a maximum value of a detection intensity of the A group element in a range from the surface to one-third of the thickness t is 3.0 times or more an average value of detection intensities of the A group element in a range from two thirds of the thickness t to t.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2018Publication date: June 18, 2020Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Yuki SUZUKI, Soshi FUJITA, Jun MAKI, Kazuhisa KUSUMI, Masahiro FUDA, Hideaki IRIKAWA
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Publication number: 20200024748Abstract: Provided are a plated steel sheet for hot stamping including: a plated steel sheet body including a steel sheet and an aluminum plating layer provided on one side or both sides of the steel sheet; and a zinc-based metal soap film provided on a surface of the plated steel sheet body on a side of the aluminum plating layer and having an adhesion amount of from 7.1 to 19.8 g/m2 based on a Zn amount (when, in the plated steel sheet body, a zinc oxide film is on the surface of an aluminum plating layer, the total adhesion amount of the zinc oxide film and the zinc-based metal soap film is from 7.1 to 19.8 g/m2 based on a Zn amount.), and a method of manufacturing such a sheet. Also provided are a method of manufacturing a hot-stamped component using the plated steel sheet for hot stamping, and a method of manufacturing a vehicle using a stamped component manufactured by a method of manufacturing a hot-stamped component.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2017Publication date: January 23, 2020Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Masahiro KUBO, Yoshiaki NAKAZAWA, Toshiya SUZUKI, Narihiko NOMURA, Soshi FUJITA, Hideaki IRIKAWA
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Patent number: 10526690Abstract: A high-strength hot-dip galvanized steel sheet that is a steel sheet that includes major components and that contains at least 40 vol. % the sum of bainite and martensite, 8-60 vol. % retained austenite, and less than 40 vol. % ferrite, with the remainder comprising an incidental structure. The hot-dip galvanized steel sheet has, at the interface between the deposit layer formed by hot-dip galvanization and the base steel sheet, an intermetallic compound constituted of Fe, Al, Zn, and incidental impurities and having an average thickness of 0.1-2 ?m, the intermetallic compound having a crystal grain diameter of 0.01-1 ?m. After the deposit layer formed by hot-dip galvanization was removed, the surface of the base steel sheet has an arithmetic average roughness Ra of 0.1-2.0 ?m and gives a roughness curve in which the contour elements have an average length RSm of 5-300 ?m.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2012Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Shintaro Yamanaka, Soshi Fujita, Koichi Sato
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Publication number: 20190366686Abstract: The present invention provides an alloyed Al plated steel sheet for hot stamping, which is a steel sheet having, on the surface, an Al—Fe alloyed layer that includes an A phase (Fe—Al-based alloy phase including 45% to 85% of Fe and 4% to 13% of Si) and has a thickness of 15 ?m or more, in which a proportion of a length occupied by the A phase in an uppermost surface of a cross section perpendicular to the surface of the steel sheet is 10% or more and 50% or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2017Publication date: December 5, 2019Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Masahiro FUDA, Jun MAKI, Soshi FUJITA, Kazuhisa KUSUMI, Shinichiro TABATA
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Patent number: 10351936Abstract: A high-strength hot-dip galvanized steel sheet containing a main component, the steel sheet having at least 40 wt. % of ferrite as a main phase in terms of the volumetric ratio, and 8-60% inclusive of residual austenite, the remaining structure comprising one or more of bainite, martensite, or pearlite. Austenite particles within a range where the average residual stress (sigmaR) thereof satisfies the expression ?400 MPa<=sigmaR<=200 MPa (formula (1)) are present in an amount of 50% or more in the hot-dip galvanized steel sheet. The surface of the steel sheet has a hot-dip galvanized layer containing less than 7 wt. % of Fe, the remainder comprising Zn, Al and inevitable impurities.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2016Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATIONInventors: Koichi Sato, Shintaro Yamanaka, Soshi Fujita
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Publication number: 20190078190Abstract: Provided is an alloyed hot-dip galvanized steel sheet including a base steel sheet, the base steel sheet containing a given amount of C, Si, Mn, and other elements. The alloyed hot-dip galvanized steel sheet is provided with an alloyed hot-dip galvanized layer on a surface of the base steel sheet, the alloyed hot-dip galvanized layer containing, in mass %, Fe: more than or equal to 5% and less than or equal to 15%, and having a thickness of more than or equal to 3 ?m and less than or equal to 30 ?m.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2018Publication date: March 14, 2019Applicant: Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal CorporationInventors: Soshi Fujita, Shintaro Yamanaka
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Patent number: 10167541Abstract: Provided is an alloyed hot-dip galvanized steel sheet including a base steel sheet, the base steel sheet containing a given amount of C, Si, Mn, and other elements. The alloyed hot-dip galvanized steel sheet is provided with an alloyed hot-dip galvanized layer on a surface of the base steel sheet, the alloyed hot-dip galvanized layer containing, in mass %, Fe: more than or equal to 5% and less than or equal to 15%, and having a thickness of more than or equal to 3 ?m and less than or equal to 30 ?m.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2013Date of Patent: January 1, 2019Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATIONInventors: Soshi Fujita, Shintaro Yamanaka
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Patent number: 10131981Abstract: The present invention provides a hot-dip galvanized steel sheet that is excellent in plating wettability and plating adhesiveness even when a base steel sheet contains Si and Mn, and a manufacturing method of the same. The hot-dip galvanized steel sheet according to the present invention includes a base steel sheet containing Si, Mn, and other predetermined components, and a hot-dip galvanizing layer formed on at least one surface of the base steel sheet. In the base steel sheet, a value of HA representing average hardness in a surface layer ranging from an interface between the base steel sheet and the hot-dip galvanizing layer to 50 ?m in depth and a value of HB representing average hardness in a deep portion ranging from the interface to greater than 50 ?m in depth satisfy all the following three relational expressions. 50?HA?500??(1) 50?HB?500??(2) 0.5?HA/HB?0.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2013Date of Patent: November 20, 2018Assignee: NIPPON STEEL AND SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATIONInventors: Soshi Fujita, Shintaro Yamanaka
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Publication number: 20180171164Abstract: A surface treatment solution excellent in stability during storage forming a coating for treatment excellent in waterproofness, solvent resistance, and adhesion with a plated steel sheet and able to provide a surface treated steel sheet with hot-pressing lubricity, chemical convertability after hot-pressing, corrosion resistance after coating, and spot weldability, that is, a surface treatment solution for a plated steel sheet to be hot-pressed comprising a ZnO aqueous dispersion (A) and a water dispersible organic resin (B), wherein the ZnO aqueous dispersion (A) comprises water and ZnO particle size having 50 to 300 nm particles, the water dispersible organic resin (B) has a 5 to 45 mgKOH/g acid value and 5 to 300 nm emulsion particle size, and a mass ratio (WA/WB) of a mass of ZnO particles in the ZnO aqueous dispersion (WA) to a mass of solid content of the water dispersible organic resin (WB) is 30/70 to 95/5.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2016Publication date: June 21, 2018Applicants: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION, NIHON PARKERIZING CO., LTD.Inventors: Soshi FUJITA, Jun MAKI, Shintaro YAMANAKA, Masao KUROSAKI, Tatsuya SUZUKI, Kensuke MIZUNO, Takumi KOZAKI, Takahiro KODAMA
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Patent number: 9970116Abstract: Provided is an Al-plated steel sheet used for hot pressing that has excellent lubricity in hot state, corrosion resistance after paint coating, and spot weldability. An Al-plated steel sheet used for hot pressing includes: a steel sheet; an Al plating layer formed on one surface or both surfaces of the steel sheet; and a surface coating layer formed on the Al plating layer. The surface coating layer contains a zinc compound, and the zinc compound is deposited on the Al-plated steel sheet in an amount of equal to or greater than 0.3 g/m2 and equal to or less than 1.5 g/m2 as an amount of metallic zinc per one surface, and a zinc deposition amount in any continuous 1 mm2 region is 1.5 g/m2 or less.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2014Date of Patent: May 15, 2018Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATIONInventors: Soshi Fujita, Shintaro Yamanaka, Jun Maki, Hiroki Fujimoto, Hatsuhiko Oikawa, Hideaki Irikawa
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Patent number: 9752221Abstract: A steel sheet which uses steel sheet which contains the easily oxidizable elements Si and Mn as a base material and which is provided with a hot dip galvanized layer which is excellent in plating wettability and plating adhesion and a method of production of the same are provided. A hot dip galvanized steel sheet which is comprised of a steel sheet having a hot dip galvanized layer A on the surface of the steel sheet, characterized by having the following B layer right under the steel sheet surface and in the steel sheet: B layer: Layer which has thickness of 0.001 ?m to 0.5 ?m, which contains, based on mass of the B layer, one or more of Fe, Si, Mn, P, S, and Al oxides in a total of less than 50 mass %, which contains C, Si, Mn, P, S, and Al not in oxides in C: less than 0.05 mass %, Si: less than 0.1 mass %, Mn: less than 0.5 mass %, P: less than 0.001 mass %, S: less than 0.001 mass %, and Al: less than 0.005 mass % and which contains Fe not in oxides in 50 mass % or more.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2012Date of Patent: September 5, 2017Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATIONInventors: Soshi Fujita, Shintaro Yamanaka, Koichi Sato
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Publication number: 20170088922Abstract: A high-strength hot-dip galvanized steel sheet containing a main component, the steel sheet having at least 40 wt. % of ferrite as a main phase in terms of the volumetric ratio, and 8-60% inclusive of residual austenite, the remaining structure comprising one or more of bainite, martensite, or pearlite. Austenite particles within a range where the average residual stress (sigmaR) thereof satisfies the expression ?400 MPa<=sigmaR<=200 MPa (formula (1)) are present in an amount of 50% or more in the hot-dip galvanized steel sheet. The surface of the steel sheet has a hot-dip galvanized layer containing less than 7 wt. % of Fe, the remainder comprising Zn, Al and inevitable impurities.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2016Publication date: March 30, 2017Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATIONInventors: Koichi SATO, Shintaro YAMANAKA, Soshi FUJITA
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Patent number: 9551055Abstract: A high-strength hot-dip galvanized steel sheet containing a main component, the steel sheet having at least 40 wt. % of ferrite as a main phase in terms of the volumetric ratio, and 8-60% inclusive of residual austenite, the remaining structure comprising one or more of bainite, martensite, or pearlite. Austenite particles within a range where the average residual stress (sigmaR) thereof satisfies the expression ?400 MPa<=sigmaR<=200 MPa (formula (1)) are present in an amount of 50% or more in the hot-dip galvanized steel sheet. The surface of the steel sheet has a hot-dip galvanized layer containing less than 7 wt. % of Fe, the remainder comprising Zn, Al and inevitable impurities.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2012Date of Patent: January 24, 2017Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATIONInventors: Koichi Sato, Shintaro Yamanaka, Soshi Fujita
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Publication number: 20160362794Abstract: [Object] To provide an Al-plated steel sheet used for hot pressing that has excellent lubricity in hot state, corrosion resistance after paint coating, and spot weldability. [Solution] An Al-plated steel sheet used for hot pressing according to the present invention includes: a steel sheet; an Al plating layer formed on one surface or both surfaces of the steel sheet; and a surface coating layer formed on the Al plating layer. The surface coating layer contains a zinc compound, and the zinc compound is deposited on the Al-plated steel sheet in an amount of equal to or greater than 0.3 g/m2 and equal to or less than 1.5 g/m2 as an amount of metallic zinc per one surface, and a zinc deposition amount in any continuous 1 mm2 region is 1.5 g/m2 or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2014Publication date: December 15, 2016Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATIONInventors: Soshi FUJITA, Shintaro YAMANAKA, Jun MAKI, Hiroki FUJIMOTO, Hatsuhiko OIKAWA, Hideaki IRIKAWA
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Patent number: 9181598Abstract: A high-strength alloyed hot-dip galvanized steel sheet obtained by subjecting the surface of a high-strength steel sheet to alloyed hot-dip galvanization, and formed from a steel sheet containing, in mass %, main components, and containing at least 40 vol % bainite and/or martensite, 8-60 vol % retained austenite, and less than 40 vol % ferrite, with the remainder comprising unavoidable structures. In the alloyed hot-dip galvanized steel sheet, the total thickness of the Gamma1 layer and the Gamma layer (Tgamma1+Tgamma) is 2 ?m or less in the alloy layers formed by hot-dip galvanization, and the Gamma1 phase/Gamma phase thickness ratio (Tgamma1/Tgamma) is 1 or less. A tensile strength of 980 MPa or above can be easily imparted to the alloyed hot-dip galvanized steel sheet. The alloyed hot-dip galvanized steel sheet has excellent coating adherence, and coating separation during machining can be suppressed.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2012Date of Patent: November 10, 2015Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATIONInventors: Shintaro Yamanaka, Soshi Fujita, Koichi Sato