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).

  • Publication number: 20160362794
    Abstract: [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: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Soshi FUJITA, Shintaro YAMANAKA, Jun MAKI, Hiroki FUJIMOTO, Hatsuhiko OIKAWA, Hideaki IRIKAWA
  • Patent number: 9181598
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shintaro Yamanaka, Soshi Fujita, Koichi Sato
  • Patent number: 9150940
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shintaro Yamanaka, Soshi Fujita, Koichi Sato
  • Publication number: 20150275345
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2013
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Soshi Fujita, Shintaro Yamanaka
  • Publication number: 20150225829
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2013
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Soshi Fujita, Shintaro Yamanaka
  • Patent number: 8956729
    Abstract: A surface-treated metal material, comprising: a metal material, and a coating film disposed on the surface thereof, the coating film containing (A) an organic resin having a glass transition temperature of more than 35° C. and not more than 100° C., and (B) an organic resin having a glass transition temperature of more than 100° C. and not more than 250° C.; wherein the difference between the glass transition temperatures of the organic resins (A) and (B) is 50° C. or more. There are provided a surface-treated metal material having a coating film which contains no environmental load substance such as hexavalent chromium, and is particularly excellent in scratch resistance, press formability, and corrosion resistance after the shape processing thereof, and also a process for producing such a surface-treated metal material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation
    Inventors: Soshi Fujita, Atsushi Morishita, Taihei Kaneto, Masahiro Fuda
  • Publication number: 20140255724
    Abstract: A high-strength hot-dip galvanized steel sheet which includes a steel sheet that comprises 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: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Inventors: Shintaro Yamanaka, Soshi Fujita, Koichi Sato
  • Publication number: 20140255725
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Inventors: Shintaro Yamanaka, Soshi Fujita, Koichi Sato
  • Publication number: 20140234656
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Soshi Fujita, Shintaro Yamanaka, Koichi Sato
  • Publication number: 20140227556
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Inventors: Koichi Sato, Shintaro Yamanaka, Soshi Fujita
  • Publication number: 20120064354
    Abstract: A surface-treated metal material, comprising: a metal material, and a coating film disposed on the surface thereof, the coating film containing (A) an organic resin having a glass transition temperature of more than 35° C. and not more than 100° C., and (B) an organic resin having a glass transition temperature of more than 100° C. and not more than 250° C.; wherein the difference between the glass transition temperatures of the organic resins (A) and (B) is 50° C. or more. There are provided a surface-treated metal material having a coating film which contains no environmental load substance such as hexavalent chromium, and is particularly excellent in scratch resistance, press formability, and corrosion resistance after the shape processing thereof, and also a process for producing such a surface-treated metal material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2010
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Inventors: Soshi Fujita, Atsushi Morishita, Taihei Kaneto, Masahiro Fuda