Patents by Inventor Takeshi Toyoda
Takeshi Toyoda 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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Publication number: 20220033927Abstract: Provided is a hot rolled steel sheet comprising a predetermined chemical composition, and a metallic structure comprising, by area ratio, pearlite: 90 to 100%, pseudo pearlite: 0 to 10%, and pro-eutectoid ferrite: 0 to 1%, wherein the pearlite has an average lamellar spacing of 0.20 ?m or less, and the pearlite has an average pearlite block size of 20.0 ?m or less. Provided is a method for producing a hot rolled steel sheet comprising heating a slab to 1100° C. or more, hot rolling where an exit side temperature of finishing rolling is 820 to 920° C., primary cooling the steel sheet down to an Ae1 point by an average cooling rate of 40 to 80° C./s, then secondary cooling the steel sheet from the Ae1 point down to a coiling temperature by an average cooling rate of less than 20° C./s, and coiling the steel sheet at a coiling temperature of 540 to 700° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2020Publication date: February 3, 2022Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Kohei NAKADA, Takeshi TOYODA
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Patent number: 11198929Abstract: Provided is a hot rolled steel sheet comprising a predetermined composition wherein the hot rolled steel sheet comprises a dual structure of, by area fraction, a structural fraction of a martensite phase of 10 to 40% and a structural fraction of a ferrite phase of 60% or more, has an average grain size of ferrite grains of 5.0 ?m or less, and has a coverage rate of martensite grains by ferrite grains of more than 60%. Also provided is a method for producing a hot rolled steel sheet comprising rolling a steel sheet wherein the respective rolling loads of the final three rolling stands are 80% or more of an immediately previous rolling stand and an average value of these rolling temperatures is 800 to 950° C., and forcibly cooling, then coiling the steel sheet wherein the forcibly cooling includes cooling started within 1.5 seconds after the rolling ends and cooling the steel sheet by a 30° C./second or more average cooling rate down to 600 to 750° C.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2018Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Takeshi Toyoda, Tetsuya Hirashima, Riki Okamoto
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Publication number: 20210062289Abstract: In a hot-rolled steel sheet having a predetermined chemical composition and having a metallographic structure including 90 vol % or greater of martensite and 0 vol % to 10 vol % of a residual structure, the residual structure includes one or both of bainite and ferrite, the average prior austenite grain size in an L-section parallel to a rolling direction and an average prior austenite grain size in a C-section parallel to a direction orthogonal to the rolling direction are 1.0 ?m to 10.0 ?m the aspect ratio associated with the prior austenite grain size is 1.8 or less, the average grain size of the residual structure in the L-section and the average grain size of the residual structure in the C-section are 5.0 ?m or less, and the aspect ratio associated with the average grain size of the residual structure is 2.0 or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2019Publication date: March 4, 2021Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Tetsuya HIRASHIMA, Takeshi TOYODA
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Publication number: 20210040589Abstract: The hot-rolled steel sheet includes, in % by mass, 0.10% or more and 0.50% or less of C; 0.10% or more and 3.0% or less of Si; 0.5% or more and 3.0% or less of Mn; 0.10% or less of P; 0.010% or less of S; 1.00% or less of Al; 0.010% or less of N; 0% or more and 0.20% or less of Ti; 0% or more and 0.100% or less of Nb; 0% or more and 0.0060% or less of Ca; 0% or more and 0.50% or less of Mo; and 0% or more and 1.00% or less of Cr; with the balance comprising Fe and impurities, and an average grain size of prior austenite in a structure is 0.1 ?m or larger and 3.0 ?m or smaller, and a sheet crown quantity corresponding to a thickness difference between a width center portion and a portion away, by 10 mm, from a width edge portion in the widthwise direction toward the width center portion is 80 ?m or smaller.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2019Publication date: February 11, 2021Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Takeshi TOYODA, Tetsuya HIRASHIMA, Riki OKAMOTO
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Publication number: 20210025019Abstract: Provided is a hot rolled steel sheet comprising a predetermined composition wherein the hot rolled steel sheet comprises ferrite with an average orientation difference in the same grain of 0.5 to 5.0° in 30 to 70 vol %, the ferrite and martensite in a total of 90 vol % or more, and a balance microstructure of 10 vol % or less, has an average grain size of the ferrite of 0.5 to 5.0 ?m, and has an average grain size of the martensite and the balance microstructure of 1.0 to 10 ?m. Provided is a method for producing a hot rolled steel sheet comprising rolling where two or more consecutive passes of rolling including a final pass are performed under conditions of a rolling temperature: A point or more and less than Ae3 point, a strain rate: 1.0 to 50/sec, and a time between passes: within 10 seconds and where a total strain amount of all passes satisfying the conditions is 1.4 to 4.0, cooling by a 20° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2018Publication date: January 28, 2021Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Tetsuya HIRASHIMA, Takeshi TOYODA
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Publication number: 20200362428Abstract: Provided is a hot rolled steel sheet comprising a predetermined composition wherein the hot rolled steel sheet comprises first ferrite with an average orientation difference in the same grain of 0.5 to 5.0° in 30 to 70 vol %, at least one type of structures among bainite and second ferrite with an average orientation difference of 0 to less than 0.5° and the first ferrite in a total of 95 vol % or more, a balance microstructure of 5 vol % or less, has an average grain size of the first ferrite of 0.5 to 5.0 ?m, and has an average grain size of the other structures of 1.0 to 10 ?m. Provided is a method for producing a hot rolled steel sheet comprising rolling where two or more consecutive passes of rolling including a final pass are performed under conditions of a rolling temperature: A point or more and less than Ae3 point etc., and where a total strain amount of all passes satisfying the conditions is 1.4 to 4.0, cooling by a 20 to 50° C./sec average cooling rate, and coiling the steel sheet at 300° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2018Publication date: November 19, 2020Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Tetsuya HIRASHIMA, Takeshi TOYODA
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Publication number: 20200224294Abstract: A hot rolled steel sheet according to an aspect of the present invention has a predetermined chemical composition, and a metallographic structure in which martensite is the major structure, wherein an average length of grains in an L direction parallel to a rolling direction is 0.2 ?m or more and 5.0 ?m or less, an average length of grains in a C direction parallel to a transverse direction is 0.1 ?m or more and 5.0 ?m or less, the ratio of the average length in the C direction to the average length in the L direction is 0.2 or more and 5.0 or less, and the tensile strength is 1180 MPa or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2018Publication date: July 16, 2020Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Tetsuya HIRASHIMA, Takeshi TOYODA
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Publication number: 20200227609Abstract: A thermoelectric material includes a parent phase in which an MgSiSn alloy is a main component, a void formed in the parent phase, and a silicon layer that is formed on at least a wall surface of the void and that includes silicon as a main component. The thermoelectric material further includes MgO in an amount of 1.0 wt. % or more and 20.0 wt. % or less. The silicon layer includes amorphous Si, or amorphous Si and nanosized Si crystals, and the parent phase includes a region in which the composition ratio of the Si of the chemical composition of the MgSiSn alloy is higher than in the other regions and a region in which the composition ratio of the Sn of the chemical composition of the MgSiSn alloy is higher than in the other regions. With these configurations, the thermoelectric material realizes both lower thermal conductivity and lower electrical resistivity.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2018Publication date: July 16, 2020Inventors: Shigeyuki Tsurumi, Kazumasa YASUDA, Takeshi SOTOME, Mikio KOYANO, Takeshi TOYODA, Akinari MATOBA, Toshiharu MINAMIKAWA
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Publication number: 20200199719Abstract: Provided is a hot rolled steel sheet comprising a predetermined composition wherein the hot rolled steel sheet comprises a dual structure of, by area fraction, a structural fraction of a martensite phase of 10 to 40% and a structural fraction of a ferrite phase of 60% or more, has an average grain size of ferrite grains of 5.0 ?m or less, and has a coverage rate of martensite grains by ferrite grains of more than 60%. Also provided is a method for producing a hot rolled steel sheet comprising rolling a steel sheet wherein the respective rolling loads of the final three rolling stands are 80% or more of an immediately previous rolling stand and an average value of these rolling temperatures is 800 to 950° C., and forcibly cooling, then coiling the steel sheet wherein the forcibly cooling includes cooling started within 1.5 seconds after the rolling ends and cooling the steel sheet by a 30° C./second or more average cooling rate down to 600 to 750° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2018Publication date: June 25, 2020Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Takeshi TOYODA, Tetsuya HIRASHIMA, Riki OKAMOTO
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Publication number: 20190390294Abstract: A hot rolled steel sheet is provided, which is excellent in collision characteristics, excellent in anisotropy of toughness, and high in strength. The hot rolled steel sheet is characterized by containing, by mass %, C: 0.10% to 0.50%, Si: 0.10% to 3.00%, Mn: 0.5% to 3.0%, P: 0.100% or less, S: 0.010% or less, Al: 1.00% or less, N: 0.010% or less and a balance of Fe and impurities, wherein a metal structure at position of ¼ thickness from surface in L-cross-section of the steel sheet comprises prior austenite grains of average value of aspect ratios of 2.0 or less, average grain size of 0.1 ?m to 3.0 ?m, and coefficient of variation of a standard deviation of grain size distribution/average grain size of 0.40 or more, and a texture with X-ray diffraction intensity ratio of {001}<110> orientation for random samples of 2.0 or more, and the steel sheet has tensile strength of 1180 MPa or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2018Publication date: December 26, 2019Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Takeshi TOYODA, Riki OKAMOTO, Natsuko SUGIURA, Tetsuya HIRASHIMA
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Patent number: 10513749Abstract: A hot-rolled steel sheet has predetermined chemical composition, a sum of a Si content and an Al content is higher than 0.20% and lower than 0.81%, a microstructure includes, by area fraction, 90% to 99% of a ferrite, 1% to 10% of a martensite, and a bainite limited to 5% or less, the grain size of the martensite is 1 to 10 ?m, the X-ray random intensity ratio of a {211}<011> orientation which is parallel to a rolled surface of the steel sheet and is parallel to a rolling direction is 3.0 or less.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2014Date of Patent: December 24, 2019Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Takeshi Toyoda, Riki Okamoto, Ryohta Niiya, Hiroshi Sakai, Hidetoshi Shindo
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Patent number: 10301697Abstract: This high strength hot rolled steel sheet has a predetermined chemical composition, in which the structure of the high strength hot rolled steel sheet contains martensite in an area ratio of 20% or more and 60% or less and ferrite in an area ratio of 40% or more, and the total area ratio of the martensite and the ferrite is 90% or more, the average grain size of the martensite is 5.0 ?m or more and 50 ?m or less, the ratio of the hardness of the martensite to the hardness of the ferrite is 0.6 or more and 1.6 or less, and the tensile strength of the high strength hot rolled steel sheet is 980 MPa or more.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2015Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATIONInventors: Takeshi Toyoda, Daiki Kamada, Yuuki Kanzawa, Mayuko Kikuzuki
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Patent number: 10226800Abstract: A hot-rolled steel sheet according to the present invention has a chemical composition comprising, in mass %, C: 0.03 to 0.2%, Mn: 0.1 to 3.0%, P: 0.10% or less, S: 0.03% or less, Al+Si: 0.2 to 3.0%, N: more than 0% and equal to or less than 0.01%, O: more than 0% and equal to or less than 0.01%, and the balance: iron and impurities. A microstructure of the hot-rolled steel sheet contains bainite as the main constituent, and contains hard phases constituted by martensite and/or austenite in an amount of, in area fraction, equal to or more than 3% and less than 20% where 60% or more of the hard phase present in a sheet-thickness central portion have an aspect ratio of 3 or more, the hard phases present in the sheet-thickness central portion have a length in a rolling direction of less than 20 ?m, and the sum of X-ray random intensity ratios of <011> orientation and <111> orientation as viewed from the rolling direction is 3.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2015Date of Patent: March 12, 2019Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroshi Shuto, Tatsuo Yokoi, Daisuke Maeda, Eisaku Sakurada, Takeshi Toyoda
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Publication number: 20180327878Abstract: This high strength hot rolled steel sheet has a predetermined chemical composition, in which the structure of the high strength hot rolled steel sheet contains martensite in an area ratio of 20% or more and 60% or less and ferrite in an area ratio of 40% or more, and the total area ratio of the martensite and the ferrite is 90% or more, the average grain size of the martensite is 5.0 ?m or more and 50 ?m or less, the ratio of the hardness of the martensite to the hardness of the ferrite is 0.6 or more and 1.6 or less, and the tensile strength of the high strength hot rolled steel sheet is 980 MPa or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2015Publication date: November 15, 2018Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATIONInventors: Takeshi TOYODA, Daiki KAMADA, Yuuki KANZAWA, Mayuko KIKUZUKI
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Patent number: 9903004Abstract: A hot-rolled steel sheet having a tensile strength of 900 MPa or more, the hot-rolled steel sheet consisting of, in mass %, C: greater than 0.050% and less than or equal to 0.10%, Si: greater than or equal to 0.1% and less than or equal to 2.0%, Mn: greater than or equal to 1.0% and less than or equal to 3.0%, P: less than or equal to 0.1%, S: less than or equal to 0.01%, Al: greater than or equal to 0.005% and less than or equal to 0.05%, N: less than or equal to 0.01%, Ti: greater than or equal to 0.10% and less than or equal to 0.20%, Nb: greater than or equal to 0% and less than or equal to 0.06%, B: greater than or equal to 0% and less than or equal to 0.03%, Ca: greater than or equal to 0% and less than or equal to 0.005%, and the balance: Fe and impurities. An average crystal grain size is less than or equal to 7.0 ?m, and an X-ray random intensity ratio in {211} <011> orientation that is parallel to a rolled surface and a rolling direction is less than or equal to 2.5.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2012Date of Patent: February 27, 2018Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATIONInventors: Takeshi Toyoda, Takehiro Takahashi, Takeshi Imai, Takeshi Yamamoto
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Patent number: 9896737Abstract: A hot-rolled steel sheet consists of, in mass %, C: 0.03-0.2%, Mn: 0.1-3.0%, P: 0.10% or less, S: 0.03% or less, Al+Si: 0.2-3.0%, N: more than 0% to 0.01%, O: more than 0% to 0.01%, and balance: iron and impurities. A microstructure contains ferrite and hard phases of martensite and/or austenite in an amount of, in area fraction, 3% to less than 20%. Hard phases with an aspect ratio of 3 or more account for 60% or more of the hard phases present in a sheet-thickness central portion. A length in a rolling direction of the hard phases is less than 20 ?m. An average aspect ratio of ferrite grains is less than 5. The sum of X-ray random intensity ratios of <011> and <111> orientation from the rolling direction is 3.5 or more, and an X-ray random intensity ratio of <001> orientation from the rolling direction is 1.0 or less.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2015Date of Patent: February 20, 2018Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroshi Shuto, Tatsuo Yokoi, Daisuke Maeda, Eisaku Sakurada, Takeshi Toyoda
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Publication number: 20170197235Abstract: A hot-rolled steel sheet according to the present invention has a chemical composition comprising, in mass %, C: 0.03 to 0.2%, Mn: 0.1 to 3.0%, P: 0.10% or less, S: 0.03% or less, Al+Si: 0.2 to 3.0%, N: more than 0% and equal to or less than 0.01%, O: more than 0% and equal to or less than 0.01%, and the balance: iron and impurities. A microstructure of the hot-rolled steel sheet contains bainite as the main constituent, and contains hard phases constituted by martensite and/or austenite in an amount of, in area fraction, equal to or more than 3% and less than 20% where 60% or more of the hard phase present in a sheet-thickness central portion have an aspect ratio of 3 or more, the hard phases present in the sheet-thickness central portion have a length in a rolling direction of less than 20 ?m, and the sum of X-ray random intensity ratios of <011> orientation and <111> orientation as viewed from the rolling direction is 3.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2015Publication date: July 13, 2017Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroshi SHUTO, Tatsuo YOKOI, Daisuke MAEDA, Eisaku SAKURADA, Takeshi TOYODA
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Publication number: 20170159149Abstract: A hot-rolled steel sheet has predetermined chemical composition, a sum of a Si content and an Al content is higher than 0.20% and lower than 0.81%, a microstructure includes, by area fraction, 90% to 99% of a ferrite, 1% to 10% of a martensite, and a bainite limited to 5% or less, the grain size of the martensite is 1 to 10 ?m, the X-ray random intensity ratio of a {211}<011> orientation which is parallel to a rolled surface of the steel sheet and is parallel to a rolling direction is 3.0 or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2014Publication date: June 8, 2017Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATIONInventors: Takeshi TOYODA, Riki OKAMOTO, Ryohta NIIYA, Hiroshi SAKAI, Hidetoshi SHINDO
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Publication number: 20170145538Abstract: [Object] To provide a hot-rolled steel sheet having excellent fatigue characteristics and workability in the rolling direction. [Solution] A hot-rolled steel sheet according to the present invention has a chemical composition consisting of, in mass %, C: 0.03 to 0.2%, Mn: 0.1 to 3.0%, P: 0.10% or less, S: 0.03% or less, Al+Si: 0.2 to 3.0%, N: more than 0% and equal to or less than 0.01%, O: more than 0% and equal to or less than 0.01%, and the balance: iron and impurities.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2015Publication date: May 25, 2017Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroshi SHUTO, Tatsuo YOKOI, Daisuke MAEDA, Eisaku SAKURADA, Takeshi TOYODA
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Publication number: 20150284818Abstract: A hot-rolled steel sheet having a tensile strength of 900 MPa or more, the hot-rolled steel sheet consisting of, in mass %, C: greater than 0.050% and less than or equal to 0.10%, Si: greater than or equal to 0.1% and less than or equal to 2.0%, Mn: greater than or equal to 1.0% and less than or equal to 3.0%, P: less than or equal to 0.1%, S: less than or equal to 0.01%, Al: greater than or equal to 0.005% and less than or equal to 0.05%, N: less than or equal to 0.01%, Ti: greater than or equal to 0.10% and less than or equal to 0.20%, Nb: greater than or equal to 0% and less than or equal to 0.06%, B: greater than or equal to 0% and less than or equal to 0.03%, Ca: greater than or equal to 0% and less than or equal to 0.005%, and the balance: Fe and impurities. An average crystal grain size is less than or equal to 7.0 ?m, and an X-ray random intensity ratio in {211} <011> orientation that is parallel to a rolled surface and a rolling direction is less than or equal to 2.5.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2012Publication date: October 8, 2015Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATIONInventors: Takeshi Toyoda, Takehiro Takahashi, Takeshi Imai, Takeshi Yamamoto