Patents by Inventor Takehiro Takahashi

Takehiro Takahashi 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: 20230295775
    Abstract: A plated steel sheet includes: a steel sheet; and a plating layer that is formed on at least a part of a surface of the steel sheet, in which a chemical composition of the plating layer includes, b mass %, Al: 6.00% to 35.00 %, Mg: 3.00% to 15.00%, La+Ce: 0.0001% to 0.5000% in total, and Zn, and in a surface of the plating layer, the area ratio of a lamellar structure in which an (Al—Zn) phase and a MgZn2 phase are arranged in layers is 10% to 95%, the lamellar spacing of the lamellar structure is 2.5 ?m or less, and the area ratio of an (Al—Zn) dendrite is 10% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Takuya MITSUNOBU, Takehiro TAKAHASHI, Hiroshi TAKEBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20230275292
    Abstract: A novel battery container that can be obtained by welding plated steel sheets, has sufficient sealing ability over a long period of time, and is able to keep the base material of the plated steel sheets from being exposed and eluting into the electrolyte solution is provided. That is, a battery case comprised of a container body and a container lid, wherein the container body and the container lid are each comprised of a plated steel sheet, a joint part between the container and the container lid is comprised of a plating welded part containing a main constituent component of the plating of the plated steel sheet in 60 mass% or more and a steel sheet welded part containing the main constituent component of the plating in less than 60 mass%, and the plating welded part has a length of 0.5 µm or more and less than 1.0 mm in a joint longitudinal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akinobu KOBAYASHI, Takehiro TAKAHASHI, Yasuto GOTO
  • Patent number: 11725259
    Abstract: A plated steel sheet having excellent chemical convertibility includes: a steel; and a plating layer that is provided on a surface of the steel, in which the plating layer includes, by mass %, Al: 5.00% to 35.00%, Mg: 2.50% to 13.00%, Fe: 5.00% to 35.00%, Si: 0% to 2.00%, Ca: 0.03% to 2.00%, and a remainder consisting of Zn and impurities, and in a surface of the plating layer, the area fraction of a Fe—Al phase is 0% to 30%, the area fraction of a rod-like lamellar structure of Zn and MgZn2 is 5% to 90%, the area fraction of a massive MgZn2 phase is 10% to 70%, and the area fraction of a remainder is 10% or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya Mitsunobu, Jun Maki, Hiroshi Takebayashi, Takehiro Takahashi, Kohei Tokuda
  • Patent number: 11713513
    Abstract: To provide a surface-treated steel sheet for battery containers excellent in workability while maintaining battery characteristics and liquid leakage resistance, and a manufacturing method thereof. A surface-treated steel sheet for battery containers according to the present invention includes a Ni—Co—Fe-based diffusion alloy plating layer on at least one surface of a base steel sheet, in which the diffusion alloy plating layer is consisted of a Ni—Fe alloy layer and a Ni—Co—Fe alloy layer, which are arranged sequentially from the base steel sheet side, the diffusion alloy plating layer has a Ni coating weight within a range of 3.0 g/m2 or more and less than 8.74 g/m2 and a Co coating weight within a range of 0.26 g/m2 or more and 1.6 g/m2 or less, with a total of the Ni coating weight and the Co coating weight being less than 9.0 g/m2, when a surface of the diffusion alloy plating layer is analyzed by an X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, Co: 19.5 to 60%, Fe: 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mamoru Saito, Takehiro Takahashi, Kiyokazu Ishizuka
  • Publication number: 20230231250
    Abstract: A cell case of a secondary battery comprised of a can body to which a can bottom is double seamed, in which cell case, it is possible to solve the problem of the drop in cooling efficiency due to the presence of a double seam when cooling such a cell case by a cooling device or using a cooling sheet, and a battery module having a plurality of such cell cases are provided. That is, a cell case of a secondary battery having a rectangular tube-shaped can body, a can bottom double seamed to a bottom end of the can body, and a can lid double seamed to a top end of the can body, in which cell case of a secondary battery, an area ratio 51 of part of the can bottom, comprised of a portion 1 between a plane vertical to the can body a distance of 0.5 mm above a bottom end of a double seam of the can body and the can bottom and a plane vertical to the can body a distance of 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takehiro TAKAHASHI, Akinobu KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 11697266
    Abstract: A plated steel includes: a steel; and a plating layer that is provided on a surface of the steel, in which the plating layer includes, by mass %, Al: 5.00% to 35.00%, Mg: 2.50% to 13.00%, Fe: 5.00% to 40.00%, Si: 0% to 2.00%, Ca: 0% to 2.00%, and a remainder of Zn and impurities, and in a cross section of the plating layer, the area fraction of a Zn solid-solution Fe2Al5 phase in which 5% or more of Zn is solid-soluted is 10% to 60% and the area fraction of a MgZn2 phase is 10% to 90%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya Mitsunobu, Jun Maki, Hiroshi Takebayashi, Takehiro Takahashi, Kohei Tokuda
  • Patent number: 11692249
    Abstract: A hot stamped body comprising a steel base material and an Al—Zn—Mg-based plating layer formed on a surface of the steel base material, wherein the plating layer has a predetermined chemical composition, the plating layer comprises an interfacial layer positioned at an interface with the steel base material and containing Fe and Al and a main layer positioned on the interfacial layer, the main layer comprises, by area ratio, 10.0 to 85.0% of an Mg—Zn containing phase and 15.0 to 90.0% of an Fe—Al containing phase, the Mg—Zn containing phase comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of an MgZn phase, Mg2 Zn3 phase, and MgZn2 phase, and the Fe—Al containing phase comprises at least one of an FeAl phase and Fe—Al—Zn phase and an area ratio of the Fe—Al—Zn phase in the main layer is 10.0% or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya Mitsunobu, Takehiro Takahashi, Jun Maki
  • Publication number: 20230193443
    Abstract: A plated steel material comprising a steel base material and an Al—Zn—Mg-based plating layer formed on a surface of the steel base material, wherein the plating layer has a predetermined chemical composition, and in a surface structure of the plating layer, there is, by area ratio, 2.0% or more of an acicular Al—Zn—Si—Ca phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya MITSUNOBU, Takehiro TAKAHASHI, Jun MAKI
  • Publication number: 20230147056
    Abstract: A hot stamped body comprising a steel base material and an Al-Zn-Mg-based plating layer formed on a surface of the steel base material, wherein the plating layer has a predetermined chemical composition, the plating layer comprises an interfacial layer positioned at an interface with the steel base material and containing Fe and Al and a main layer positioned on the interfacial layer, the main layer comprises, by area ratio, 10.0 to 85.0% of an Mg—Zn containing phase and 15.0 to 90.0% of an Fe—Al containing phase, the Mg—Zn containing phase comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of an MgZn phase, Mg2 Zn3 phase, and MgZn2 phase, and the Fe—Al containing phase comprises at least one of an FeAl phase and Fe—Al—Zn phase and an area ratio of the Fe—Al—Zn phase in the main layer is 10.0% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya MITSUNOBU, Takehiro TAKAHASHI, Jun MAKI
  • Patent number: 11634790
    Abstract: A plated steel sheet includes: a steel sheet; and a plating layer that is formed on at least a part of a surface of the steel sheet, in which a chemical composition of the plating layer includes, by mass %, Al: more than 5.00% and 35.00% or less, Mg: 3.00% to 15.00%, Si: 0% to 2.00%, Ca: 0% to 2.00%, and a remainder of Zn and impurities, in which in a cross section of the plating layer in a thickness direction, the area ratio of a lamellar structure in which an (Al—Zn) phase and a MgZn2 phase are arranged in layers is 10% to 90%, a lamellar spacing of the lamellar structure is 2.5 ?m or less, and the area ratio of an (Al—Zn) dendrite is 35% or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya Mitsunobu, Jun Maki, Hiroshi Takebayashi, Takehiro Takahashi, Kohei Tokuda
  • Publication number: 20230121606
    Abstract: A hot stamped body comprising a steel base material and an Al—Zn—Mg-based plating layer formed on a surface of the steel base material, wherein the plating layer has a predetermined chemical composition, the plating layer comprises an interfacial layer positioned at an interface with the steel base material and containing Fe and Al and a main layer positioned on the interfacial layer, the main layer comprises, by area ratio, 10.0 to 70.0% of an Mg—Zn containing phase and 30.0 to 90.0% of an Fe—Al containing phase, the Mg—Zn containing phase comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of an MgZn phase, Mg2Zn3 phase, and MgZn2 phase, and the Fe—Al containing phase comprises an FeAl phase and Fe—Al—Zn phase and an area ratio of the Fe—Al—Zn phase in the main layer is more than 10.0 to 75.0%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya MITSUNOBU, Takehiro TAKAHASHI, Jun MAKI
  • Patent number: 11618965
    Abstract: A Ni-plated steel sheet according to an aspect of the present invention includes: a base steel sheet; an Fe—Ni diffusion alloy region disposed on the base steel sheet; and a Ni plating region disposed on the Fe—Ni diffusion alloy region, in which an average equivalent circle diameter of crystal grains made of Ni (fcc) in the Ni plating region measured in a cross section perpendicular to a rolled surface of the base steel sheet is 0.2 to 4.0 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuto Goto, Kiyokazu Ishizuka, Takehiro Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20230088501
    Abstract: A hot stamped body comprising a steel base material and an Al—Zn—Mg-based plating layer formed on a surface of the steel base material, wherein the plating layer has a predetermined chemical composition, the plating layer comprises an interfacial layer positioned at an interface with the steel base material and containing Fe and Al and a main layer positioned on the interfacial layer, the main layer comprises, by area ratio, 10.0 to 90.0% of an Mg—Zn containing phase, 5.0 to less than 30.0% of an Fe—Al containing phase, and 2.0 to 25.0% of an Al—Si containing oxide phase, the Mg—Zn containing phase comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of an MgZn phase, Mg2 Zn3 phase, and MgZn2 phase, and the Fe—Al containing phase comprises at least one of an FeAl phase and Fe—Al—Zn phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya MITSUNOBU, Takehiro TAKAHASHI, Jun MAKI
  • Patent number: 11584981
    Abstract: A plated steel sheet having excellent post-coating corrosion resistance includes: a steel; and a plating layer that is provided on a surface of the steel, in which the plating layer includes, by mass %, Al: 5.00% to 35.00%, Mg: 2.50% to 13.00%, Fe: 5.00% to 35.00%, Si: 0% to 2.00%, Ca: 0% to 2.00%, and a remainder consisting of Zn and impurities, and in a cross section of the plating layer, the area fraction of a Fe2Al5 phase is 5.0% to 60.0%, the area fraction of an eutectic structure of Zn and MgZn2 is 10.0% to 80.0%, the area fraction of a massive MgZn2 phase is 5.0% to 40.0%, and the area fraction of a remainder is 10.0% or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya Mitsunobu, Jun Maki, Hiroshi Takebayashi, Takehiro Takahashi, Kohei Tokuda
  • Publication number: 20220403539
    Abstract: A Ni-plated steel sheet includes a base steel sheet and a Ni-based coating layer that is disposed on a surface of the base steel sheet. The distribution of carbon concentration in a depth direction obtained by performing GDS analysis on the Ni-plated steel sheet has a peak indicating the carbon concentration that is equal to or more than twice the carbon concentration of a thickness middle portion of the base steel sheet in the vicinity of an interface between the base steel sheet and the Ni-based coating layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Yasuto GOTO, Kiyokazu ISHIZUKA, Takehiro TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20220403542
    Abstract: A Ni-plated steel sheet includes a base steel sheet and a Ni-based coating layer that is disposed on a surface of the base steel sheet. The Ni-based coating layer includes a Fe—Ni alloy region that is formed on the surface of the base steel sheet. The Fe—Ni alloy region includes a mixed phase composed of a bcc phase and an fcc phase, and a component of the Fe—Ni alloy region includes 5 mass % or more of Fe and a remainder including 90 mass % or more of Ni.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Yasuto GOTO, Kiyokazu ISHIZUKA, Takehiro TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20220336935
    Abstract: [Problem] To provide a battery cell case with a novel configuration in which the periphery of an opening in a surface which serves as an outer surface of a case lid having the opening is not resin laminated. [Solution] A battery cell case in which a case body and a case lid are joined by seaming or welding, wherein: the case body is made of a resin laminated steel sheet on a surface which serves as the inner surface of the case body; the resin laminate is made of a film of which a polyolefinic resin is the main ingredient; the case lid is made of a metal sheet; the case lid has an opening for releasing a gas generated by electrolyte injection or preliminary charging; and a range of at least 2 mm from the periphery of the opening in the surface which serves as the outer surface of the lid case is not resin laminated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takehiro TAKAHASHI, Akinobu KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20220298646
    Abstract: A hot stamped steel includes a base material, a plated layer that is formed on a surface of the base material, and an oxide film that is formed on a surface of the plated layer; chemical composition of the plated layer contains 20.00 to 45.00 mass % of Al, 10.00 to 45.00 mass % of Fe, 4.50 to 15.00 mass % of Mg, 0.10 to 3.00 mass % of Si, 0.05 to 3.00 mass % of Ca, 0 to 0.50 mass % of Sb, 0 to 0.50 mass % of Pb, 0 to 1.00 mass % of Cu, 0 to 1.00 mass % of Sn, 0 to 1.00 mass % of Ti, 0 to 0.50 mass % of Sr, 0 to 1.00 mass % of Cr, 0 to 1.00 mass % of Ni, and 0 to 1.00 mass % of Mn with a remainder of Zn and impurities; and chemical composition of the oxide film contains 20.0 to 55.0 at % of Mg, 0.5 to 15.0 at % of Ca, 0 to 15.0 at % of Zn, and 0 at % or more and less than 10.0 at % of Al with a remainder of O and a total of 5.0 at % or less of impurities, and the adhesion amount of the oxide film per one surface is in a range of 0.01 to 10 g/m2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Takuya MITSUNOBU, Kohei TOKUDA, Takehiro TAKAHASHI, Hiroshi TAKEBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20220275481
    Abstract: A hot stamped steel includes a base material that is formed of steel, a plated layer that is formed on a surface of the base material, and a phosphate coating that is formed on a surface of the plated layer; chemical composition of the plated layer contains 20.00 to 45.00 mass % of Al, 10.00 to 45.00 mass % of Fe, 4.50 to 15.00 mass % of Mg, 0.10 to 3.00 mass % of Si, 0.05 to 3.00 mass % of Ca, 0 to 0.50 mass % of Sb, 0 to 0.50 mass % of Pb, 0 to 1.00 mass % of Cu, 0 to 1.00 mass % of Sn, 0 to 1.00 mass % of Ti, 0 to 0.50 mass % of Sr, 0 to 1.00 mass % of Cr, 0 to 1.00 mass % of Ni, and 0 to 1.00 mass % of Mn with a remainder of Zn and impurities; the phosphate coating consists of zinc phosphate crystals containing 5.0 to 50.0 mass % of Mg and 0.5 to 5.0 mass % of Ca; and the adhesion amount of the phosphate coating per one surface is in a range of 0.1 to 10.0 g/m2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Takuya MITSUNOBU, Kohei TOKUDA, Takehiro TAKAHASHI, Hiroshi TAKEBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20220228245
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a plated steel sheet for hot stamping comprising a steel sheet and a Zn—Ni plating layer formed on at least one surface of the steel sheet, wherein the Zn—Ni plating layer has an Ni concentration of 8 mass % or more, a plating deposition amount of 10 g/m2 or more and 90 g/m2 or less per surface, and an average grain size of 50 nm or more, and a difference between a diffraction peak of the Zn—Ni plating layer after heat treating the plated steel sheet for hot stamping at 200° C. for 1 hour, and a diffraction peak of the Zn—Ni plating layer before heat treating it, is 0.3° or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takehiro TAKAHASHI, Daisuke MAEDA, Hiroshi TAKEBAYASHI