Patents by Inventor Taku HIROSAWA

Taku HIROSAWA 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).

  • Patent number: 11319617
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing a ring-rolled material of an Fe—Ni based superalloy which inhibits AGG, has a fine-grained structure having an ASTM grain size number of at least 8, and has high circularity. A method for producing a ring-rolled material of an Fe—Ni based superalloy having a composition of an Alloy 718 comprises: heating a ring-shaped material for ring rolling having the composition, in a temperature range of 900° C. to 980° C., and performing finishing ring rolling, as a finishing ring rolling step; heating the ring-rolled material that has been subjected to the finishing ring rolling, in a temperature range of 980 to 1010° C.; and correcting ellipticalness while expanding a diameter of the ring-rolled material by using a ring expander.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
    Inventors: Chuya Aoki, Tsuyoshi Fukui, Daigo Ohtoyo, Etsuo Fujita, Naoyuki Iwasa, Taku Hirosawa
  • Publication number: 20220042144
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing a ring-rolled material of an Fe—Ni based superalloy which inhibits AGG, has a fine-grained structure having an ASTM grain size number of at least 8, and has high circularity. A method for producing a ring-rolled material of an Fe—Ni based superalloy having a composition of an Alloy 718 comprises: heating a ring-shaped material for ring rolling having the composition, in a temperature range of 900° C. to 980° C., and performing finishing ring rolling, as a finishing ring rolling step; heating the ring-rolled material that has been subjected to the finishing ring rolling, in a temperature range of 980 to 1010° C.; and correcting ellipticalness while expanding a diameter of the ring-rolled material by using a ring expander.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: Chuya AOKI, Tsuyoshi FUKUI, Daigo OHTOYO, Etsuo FUJITA, Naoyuki IWASA, Taku HIROSAWA
  • Publication number: 20220032359
    Abstract: A method for producing a ring-rolled material of an Fe—Ni based superalloy, which has a high circularity, can inhibit AGG, and can inhibit grain growth. A method for producing a ring-rolled material of an Fe—Ni based superalloy having a composition of an Alloy 718 comprises: a finishing ring rolling step of heating a ring-shaped material for ring rolling having the composition, in a temperature range of 900° C. to 980° C., and performing finishing ring rolling; and a circularity correcting step of correcting an ellipticalness of the ring-rolled material that has been rolled in the finishing ring rolling step, while expanding a diameter of the ring-rolled material by using a ring expander including a pipe-expanding cone and a pipe-expanding die, wherein the ring-rolled material that has been rolled in the finishing ring rolling step is subjected to circularity correction without being reheated or after having been heated to up to 960° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Chuya AOKI, Tsuyoshi FUKUI, Daigo OHTOYO, Etsuo FUJITA, Naoyuki IWASA, Taku HIROSAWA