Patents by Inventor Takuya HIRAGA

Takuya HIRAGA 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: 20240150880
    Abstract: Stainless steel foil with improved durability to repeated bending under the extreme bending conditions demanded of foldable displays and rollable displays. This stainless steel foil is flexible stainless steel foil comprising rolled stainless steel foil with a thickness of 0.1 mm or less, having a tensile strength of 1,800 MPa or more, and having a maximum height roughness of Rz of 0.35 ?m or less obtained from a roughness curve of the stainless steel foil surface as measured in the same direction as a tensile direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL Chemical & Material Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiichi KIMURA, Yuuki YOSHIDA, Takuya HIRAGA, Masahiro FUKUDA, Yuji KUMA
  • Publication number: 20230407427
    Abstract: An austenitic stainless steel foil according to this disclosure consists of, in mass %, C: 0.150% or less, Si: 1.00% or less, Mn: 2.00% or less, P: 0.045% or less, S: 0.0300% or less, Cr: 16.00 to 20.00%, Ni: 6.00 to 10.50%, N: 0.100% or less, Mo: 0 to 2.50%, Nb: 0 to 0.12%, V: 0 to 1.00%, Ta: 0 to 0.50%, Hf: 0 to 0.10%, Co: 0 to 0.50%, B: 0 to 0.0100%, Ca: 0 to 0.0200%, Mg: 0 to 0.0200%, rare earth metal: 0 to 0.0100%, Al: 0 to 0.010%, Ti: 0 to 0.500%, Zr: 0 to 0.100%, and Cu: 0 to 3.00%, with the balance being Fe and impurities. In an X-ray diffraction profile obtained using CuK? radiation, a full width at half maximum Fw of a peak of a {111} plane is greater than 0.366°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL Chemical & Material Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuharu YONEMURA, Keiichi KIMURA, Takuya HIRAGA, Yuji KUMA