Patents by Inventor Takeru Ichie
Takeru Ichie 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: 12168809Abstract: A hot-rolled steel sheet for a non-oriented electrical steel sheet according to one aspect of the present invention contains, by mass %, C: 0.0050% or less, Si: 0.5% or more and 3.5% or less, Mn: 0.1% or more and 1.5% or less, Al: 0.1% or more and 1.5% or less, Cu: 0.01% or more and 0.10% or less, Sn: 0.01% or more and 0.20% or less, and a remainder including Fe and impurities, in which the hot-rolled steel sheet has a Cu concentration peak value of 0.12% or more in a range from a surface thereof to a depth of 10 ?m.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2021Date of Patent: December 17, 2024Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshihiro Arita, Takeru Ichie, Fuminobu Murakami
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Patent number: 12110569Abstract: A non oriented electrical steel sheet consists of a silicon steel sheet and an insulation coating. The silicon steel sheet contains Si, Al, and Mn as chemical composition, and an alignment degree to {5 5 7}<7 14 5> orientation in a central area along a thickness direction of the silicon steel sheet is 12 to 35.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2019Date of Patent: October 8, 2024Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Takeru Ichie, Masaru Takahashi, Fuminobu Murakami, Shinichi Matsui, Masahiro Yamamoto
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Non-oriented electrical steel sheet and method for manufacturing non-oriented electrical steel sheet
Patent number: 11970750Abstract: There is provided a non-oriented electrical steel sheet in which, in a cross section of a base material in a sheet thickness direction, the number density N2-5 of precipitates with an equivalent circle diameter of 50 to 500 nm present in a range of 2.0 to 5.0 ?m from the surface of the base material in the sheet thickness direction is 0.30 pieces/?m2 or less, and the relationship between the number density N2-5 and the number density N0-2 of precipitates with an equivalent circle diameter of 50 to 500 nm present in a range from the surface of the base material to 2.0 ?m satisfies Formula (1): (N2-5)/(N0-2)?0.5??Formula (1).Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2022Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Nobusato Morishige, Takeru Ichie, Masato Yasuda, Masahide Urago, Fuminobu Murakami, Daichi Hamada, Atsushi Shibayama, Kazumi Mizukami, Daisuke Itabashi -
Patent number: 11952641Abstract: A non oriented electrical steel sheet consists of a silicon steel sheet and an insulation coating. The silicon steel sheet includes an internally oxidized layer containing SiO2 in a surface thereof, an average thickness of the internally oxidized layer is 0.10 to 5.0 ?m, and a Vickers hardness in the internally oxidized layer is 1.15 to 1.5 times as compared with a Vickers hardness in a thickness central area.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2019Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Masaru Takahashi, Takeru Ichie, Tesshu Murakawa, Shinichi Matsui, Fuminobu Murakami
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Publication number: 20240093322Abstract: A hot rolled steel sheet is for a non oriented electrical steel sheet, wherein vickers hardness at the widthwise edge is 180 Hv or more, a value obtained by subtracting a vickers hardness at the widthwise center from the vickers hardness at the widthwise edge is 10 to 100 Hv, ductile brittle transition temperature at the widthwise edge is 0° C. or less, a value obtained by subtracting the ductile brittle transition temperature at the widthwise edge from a ductile brittle transition temperature at the widthwise center is 10 to 100° C., and a value obtained by subtracting a sheet thickness at the widthwise edge from a sheet thickness at the widthwise center is 50 ?m or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2021Publication date: March 21, 2024Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshihiro ARITA, Takeru ICHIE, Fuminobu MURAKAMI
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NON-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING NON-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET
Publication number: 20230392225Abstract: There is provided a non-oriented electrical steel sheet in which, in a cross section of a base material in a sheet thickness direction, the number density N2-5 of precipitates with an equivalent circle diameter of 50 to 500 nm present in a range of 2.0 to 5.0 ?m from the surface of the base material in the sheet thickness direction is 0.30 pieces/?m2 or less, and the relationship between the number density N2-5 and the number density N0-2 of precipitates with an equivalent circle diameter of 50 to 500 nm present in a range from the surface of the base material to 2.0 ?m satisfies Formula (1): (N2-5)/(N0-2)?0.5??Formula (1).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2022Publication date: December 7, 2023Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Nobusato MORISHIGE, Takeru ICHIE, Masato YASUDA, Masahide URAGO, Fuminobu MURAKAMI, Daichi HAMADA, Atsushi SHIBAYAMA, Kazumi MIZUKAMI, Daisuke ITABASHI -
Publication number: 20230063410Abstract: A hot-rolled steel sheet for a non-oriented electrical steel sheet according to one aspect of the present invention contains, by mass %, C: 0.0050% or less, Si: 0.5% or more and 3.5% or less, Mn: 0.1% or more and 1.5% or less, Al: 0.1% or more and 1.5% or less, Cu: 0.01% or more and 0.10% or less, Sn: 0.01% or more and 0.20% or less, and a remainder including Fe and impurities, in which the hot-rolled steel sheet has a Cu concentration peak value of 0.12% or more in a range from a surface thereof to a depth of 10 ?m.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2021Publication date: March 2, 2023Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshihiro ARITA, Takeru ICHIE, Fuminobu MURAKAMI
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Publication number: 20230046884Abstract: What is provided is a steel sheet for a non-oriented electrical steel sheet containing, in mass %, C: 0.0040% or less, Si: 1.9% or more and 3.5% or less, Al: 0.10% or more and 3.0% or less, Mn: 0.10% or more and 2.0% or less, P: 0.09% or less, S: 0.005% or less, N: 0.0040% or less, B: 0.0060% or less, and the remainder consisting of Fe and impurities, in which the recrystallization rate of the structure of a sheet thickness-direction cross section at each position 10 mm apart toward the sheet width center from each of both end portions in the sheet width direction is less than 50%, and, when the sheet width is represented by W, the recrystallization rate of the structure of a sheet thickness-direction cross section at the position of ¼W from each of both end portions in the sheet width direction is 50% or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2021Publication date: February 16, 2023Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventor: Takeru ICHIE
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Publication number: 20230013043Abstract: A hot-rolled steel sheet for non-oriented electrical steel sheets includes, by mass %: C: 0.0010% to 0.0050%; Si: 1.90% to 3.50%; Al: 0.10% to 3.00%; Mn: 0.05% to 2.00%; P: 0.100% or less; S: 0.005% or less; N: 0.0040% or less; B: 0.0060% or less; Sn: 0% to 0.50%; Sb: 0% to 0.50%; Cu: 0% to 0.50%; REM: 0% to 0.0400%; Ca: 0% to 0.0400%; Mg: 0% to 0.0400%; and a remainder including Fe and impurities, in which a hardness HD of a deformed structure of a thickness middle portion (½t position) in a sheet width direction end portion of the hot-rolled steel sheet for non-oriented electrical steel sheets is Hv 220 or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2021Publication date: January 19, 2023Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Takeru ICHIE, Yoshihiro ARITA
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Publication number: 20220380877Abstract: A hot-rolled steel sheet for a non-oriented electrical steel sheet containing, in mass %, components of C: 0.0010% to 0.0050%, Si: 1.90% to 3.50%, Al: 0.10% to 3.00%, Mn: 0.05% to 2.00%, P: 0.10% or less, S: 0.005% or less, N: 0.0040% or less and B: 0.0060% or less with a remainder consisting of Fe and impurities, in which, in a sheet width-direction end portion of the hot-rolled steel sheet for a non-oriented electrical steel sheet, a C concentration [atom %] in a crystal grain boundary is 3.0 or more times a P concentration [atom %], and the C concentration [atom %] in the crystal grain boundary of the hot-rolled steel sheet for a non-oriented electrical steel sheet is 3.5 or more times a C concentration in a crystal grain.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2021Publication date: December 1, 2022Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Takeru ICHIE, Yoshihiro ARITA
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Patent number: 11421297Abstract: A non-oriented electrical steel sheet includes a silicon steel sheet and an insulation coating. When t is a thickness of the silicon steel sheet and when PDR is defined as (PDR=(maximum?minimum)/minimum×100) which indicates a ratio concerned with maximum and minimum of number densities of AlN precipitates in three areas which are 1/10t area, ?t area, and ½t area from a surface of the silicon steel sheet along a thickness direction, the PDR is 50% or less.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2019Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Takeru Ichie, Masaru Takahashi, Fuminobu Murakami, Shinichi Matsui, Masahiro Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20220154304Abstract: A non oriented electrical steel sheet consists of a silicon steel sheet and an insulation coating. The silicon steel sheet includes an internally oxidized layer containing SiO2 in a surface thereof, an average thickness of the internally oxidized layer is 0.10 to 5.0 ?m, and a vickers hardness in the internally oxidized layer is 1.15 to 1.5 times as compared with a vickers hardness in a thickness central area.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2019Publication date: May 19, 2022Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Masaru TAKAHASHI, Takeru ICHIE, Tesshu MURAKAWA, Shinichi MATSUI, Fuminobu MURAKAMI
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Publication number: 20220145418Abstract: A non oriented electrical steel sheet consists of a silicon steel sheet and an insulation coating. The silicon steel sheet contains Si, Al, and Mn as chemical composition, and an alignment degree to {5 5 7}<7 14 5> orientation in a central area along a thickness direction of the silicon steel sheet is 12 to 35.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2019Publication date: May 12, 2022Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Takeru ICHIE, Masaru TAKAHASHI, Fuminobu MURAKAMI, Shinichi MATSUI, Masahiro YAMAMOTO
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Non-oriented electrical steel sheet and method for manufacturing non-oriented electrical steel sheet
Patent number: 11124854Abstract: This non-oriented electrical steel sheet including, as a chemical composition, by mass %: C: 0.0100% or less; Si: more than 3.0% and 5.0% or less; Mn: 0.1 to 3.0%; P: 0.20% or less: S: 0.0018% or less: N: 0.0040% or less; Al: 0 to 0.9%; one or more selected from the group consisting of Sn and Sb: 0 to 0.100%; Cr 0 to 5.0%; Ni: 0 to 5.0%; Cu: 0 to 5.0%; Ca: 0 to 0.01%; rare earth elements (REM): 0 to 0.010%; and a remainder including Fe and impurities, in which an area ratio of a crystal structure A composed of crystal grains having a grain size of 100 ?m or greater in a cross section parallel to a rolled surface of the non-oriented electrical steel sheet is 1 to 30%, an average grain size of a crystal structure B that is a crystal structure other than the crystal structure A is 25 ?m or less, and a Vickers hardness HvA of the crystal structure A and a Vickers hardness HvB of the crystal structure B satisfy HvA/HvB?1.000.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2018Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroshi Fujimura, Takeru Ichie, Yoshiaki Natori, Hiroyoshi Yashiki -
Publication number: 20200399731Abstract: A non-oriented electrical steel sheet includes a silicon steel sheet and an insulation coating. When t is a thickness of the silicon steel sheet and when PDR is defined as (PDR=(maximum?minimum)/minimum×100) which indicates a ratio concerned with maximum and minimum of number densities of AlN precipitates in three areas which are 1/10t area, ?t area, and ½t area from a surface of the silicon steel sheet along a thickness direction, the PDR is 50% or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2019Publication date: December 24, 2020Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Takeru ICHIE, Masaru TAKAHASHI, Fuminobu MURAKAMI, Shinichi MATSUI, Masahiro YAMAMOTO
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NON-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING NON-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET
Publication number: 20200232059Abstract: This non-oriented electrical steel sheet including, as a chemical composition, by mass %: C: 0.0100% or less; Si: more than 3.0% and 5.0% or less; Mn: 0.1 to 3.0%; P: 0.20% or less: S: 0.0018% or less: N: 0.0040% or less; Al: 0 to 0.9%; one or more selected from the group consisting of Sn and Sb: 0 to 0.100%; Cr 0 to 5.0%; Ni: 0 to 5.0%; Cu: 0 to 5.0%; Ca: 0 to 0.01%; rare earth elements (REM): 0 to 0.010%; and a remainder including Fe and impurities, in which an area ratio of a crystal structure A composed of crystal grains having a grain size of 100 ?m or greater in a cross section parallel to a rolled surface of the non-oriented electrical steel sheet is 1 to 30%, an average grain size of a crystal structure B that is a crystal structure other than the crystal structure A is 25 ?m or less, and a Vickers hardness HvA of the crystal structure A and a Vickers hardness HvB of the crystal structure B satisfy HvA/HvB?1.000.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2018Publication date: July 23, 2020Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroshi FUJIMURA, Takeru ICHIE, Yoshiaki NATORI, Hiroyoshi YASHIKI -
Patent number: 10214791Abstract: A non-oriented electrical steel sheet containing: in mass%, C: 0.005% or less; Si: 0.1% to 2.0%; Mn: 0.05% to 0.6%; P: 0.100% or less; and Al: 0.5% or less, in which 10 pieces/?m3 or less in number density of non-magnetic precipitate AlN having an average diameter of 10 nm to 200 nm are contained, and an average magnetic flux density B50 in a rolling direction and in a direction perpendicular to rolling is 1.75 T or more. This non-oriented electrical steel sheet can be manufactured by two methods of a method of performing hot rolling annealing at a temperature of 750° C. to an Ac1 transformation point and a method of setting a coil winding temperature to 780° C. or higher and performing self annealing.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2017Date of Patent: February 26, 2019Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATIONInventors: Masahiro Fujikura, Yoshiyuki Ushigami, Tesshu Murakawa, Shinichi Kanao, Makoto Atake, Takeru Ichie, Kojiro Hori
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Publication number: 20170260598Abstract: A non-oriented electrical steel sheet containing: in mass%, C: 0.005% or less; Si: 0.1% to 2.0%; Mn: 0.05% to 0.6%; P: 0.100% or less; and Al: 0.5% or less, in which 10 pieces/?m3 or less in number density of non-magnetic precipitate AlN having an average diameter of 10 nm to 200 nm are contained, and an average magnetic flux density B50 in a rolling direction and in a direction perpendicular to rolling is 1.75 T or more. This non-oriented electrical steel sheet can be manufactured by two methods of a method of performing hot rolling annealing at a temperature of 750° C. to an Ac1 transformation point and a method of setting a coil winding temperature to 780° C. or higher and performing self annealing.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2017Publication date: September 14, 2017Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATIONInventors: Masahiro FUJIKURA, Yoshiyuki USHIGAMI, Tesshu MURAKAWA, Shinichi KANAO, Makoto ATAKE, Takeru ICHIE, Kojiro HORI
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Patent number: 9728312Abstract: A non-oriented electrical steel sheet containing: in mass %, C: 0.005% or less; Si: 0.1% to 2.0%; Mn: 0.05% to 0.6%; P: 0.100% or less; and Al: 0.5% or less, in which 10 pieces/?m3 or less in number density of non-magnetic precipitate AlN having an average diameter of 10 nm to 200 nm are contained, and an average magnetic flux density B50 in a rolling direction and in a direction perpendicular to rolling is 1.75 T or more. This non-oriented electrical steel sheet can be manufactured by two methods of a method of performing hot rolling annealing at a temperature of 750° C. to an Ac1 transformation point and a method of setting a coil winding temperature to 780° C. or higher and performing self annealing.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2012Date of Patent: August 8, 2017Assignee: Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal CorporationInventors: Masahiro Fujikura, Yoshiyuki Ushigami, Tesshu Murakawa, Shinichi Kanao, Makoto Atake, Takeru Ichie, Kojiro Hori
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Patent number: 9721706Abstract: A value of a parameter Q represented by “Q=([Ti]/48+[V]/51+[Zr]/91+[Nb]/93)/([C]/12)” is not less than 0.9 nor more than 1.1, when contents of Ti, V, Zr, Nb, and C (mass %) are represented as [Ti], [V], [Zr], [Nb], and [C] respectively. A matrix of a metal structure is a ferrite phase, and the metal structure does not contain a non-recrystallized structure. An average grain size of ferrite grains constituting the ferrite phase is not less than 30 ?m nor more than 200 ?m. A precipitate containing at least one selected from the group consisting of Ti, V, Zr, and Nb exists with a density of 1 particle/?m3 or more in the ferrite grain. An average grain size of the precipitate is not less than 0.002 ?m nor more than 0.2 ?m.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2012Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATIONInventors: Masahiro Fujikura, Yoshiyuki Ushigami, Tesshu Murakawa, Shinichi Kanao, Makoto Atake, Takeru Ichie, Kojiro Hori, Shinichi Matsui