Patents by Inventor Tatsuya Nakagaito

Tatsuya Nakagaito 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: 9157132
    Abstract: The high-strength galvanized steel sheet having excellent formability has a component composition containing, on the basis of mass percent, 0.05 to 0.2% C, 0.5 to 2.5% Si, 1.5 to 3.0% Mn, 0.001 to 0.05% P, 0.0001 to 0.01% S, 0.001 to 0.1% Al, and 0.0005 to 0.01% N, the balance being Fe and incidental impurities; and the steel sheet has a microstructure including a ferritic phase and a martensitic phase including a tempered-martensitic phase, the ferritic phase having an area fraction of 30% or more relative to an entirety of the microstructure, the martensitic phase having an area fraction of 30 to 50% relative to the entirety of the microstructure, and the tempered-martensitic phase having an area fraction of 70% or more relative to an entirety of the martensitic phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Shinjiro Kaneko, Yoshiyasu Kawasaki, Tatsuya Nakagaito, Saiji Matsuoka
  • Patent number: 9028626
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a high-strength galvanized steel sheet includes hot-rolling a slab to form a steel sheet; during continuous annealing, heating the steel sheet to a temperature of 750° C. to 900° C. at an average heating rate of at least 10° C./s at a temperature of 500° C. to an A1 transformation point; holding that temperature for at least 10 seconds; cooling the steel sheet from 750° C. to a temperature of (Ms point—100° C.) to (Ms point—200° C.) at an average cooling rate of at least 10° C./s; reheating the steel sheet to a temperature of 350° C. to 600° C.; holding that temperature for 10 to 600 seconds; and galvanizing the steel sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuya Nakagaito, Saiji Matsuoka, Shinjiro Kaneko, Yoshiyasu Kawasaki, Yoshitsugu Suzuki
  • Patent number: 9011614
    Abstract: A high-strength galvanized steel sheet has excellent mechanical properties such as a TS of 1200 MPa or more, an El of 13% or more, and a hole expansion ratio of 50% or more and a method for manufacturing the same. A high-strength galvanized steel sheet excellent in formability contains 0.05% to 0.5% C, 0.01% to 2.5% Si, 0.5% to 3.5% Mn, 0.003% to 0.100% P, 0.02% or less S, and 0.010% to 0.5% Al on a mass basis, the remainder being Fe and unavoidable impurities, and has a microstructure which contains 0% to 10% ferrite, 0% to 10% martensite, and 60% to 95% tempered martensite on an area basis as determined by structure observation and which further contains 5% to 20% retained austenite as determined by X-ray diffractometry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuya Nakagaito, Saiji Matsuoka, Yoshitsugu Suzuki, Yuki Toji
  • Patent number: 8968494
    Abstract: The present invention provides a high-strength galvanized steel sheet having excellent ductility, stretch flangeability, and fatigue resistance, and a method for manufacturing the same. A high-strength galvannealed steel sheet having excellent formability and fatigue resistance is characterized in that the steel sheet is composed of steel having a composition containing, by % by mass, C: 0.05% to 0.3%, Si: 0.5% to 2.5%, Mn: 1.0% to 3.5%, P: 0.003% to 0.100%, S: 0.02% or less, Al: 0.010% to 0.1%, and the balance including iron and unavoidable impurities, and the steel sheet has a microstructure containing 50% or more of ferrite, 5% to 35% of martensite, and 2% to 15% of pearlite in terms of an area ratio, the martensite having an average gain size of 3 ?m or less and an average distance of 5 ?m or less between adjacent martensite grains.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuya Nakagaito, Yoshiyasu Kawasaki, Shinjiro Kaneko, Saiji Matsuoka, Yoshitsugu Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20140377584
    Abstract: A galvanized steel sheet has a composition containing, by mass %, C: 0.05% or more and 0.5% or less, Si: 0.01% or more and 2.5% or less, Mn: 0.5% or more and 3.5% or less, P: 0.003% or more and 0.100% or less, S: 0.02% or less, Al: 0.010% or more and 0.5% or less, B: 0.0002% or more and 0.005% or less, Ti: 0.05% or less, a relationship of Ti>4N being satisfied, and the balance comprising Fe and inevitable impurities, and a microstructure containing 60% or more and 95% or less of tempered martensite in terms of area ratio and 5% or more and 20% or less of retained austenite in terms of area ratio, or further containing 10% or less (including 0%) of ferrite in terms of area ratio and/or 10% or less (including 0%) of martensite in terms of area ratio, the tempered martensite having an average grain diameter of 5 ?m or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2011
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Hasegawa, Tatsuya Nakagaito, Shinjiro Kaneko, Yasunobu Nagataki, Yoshitsugu Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20140360632
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a high strength steel sheet having excellent formability suitable for the material of an automotive part has a tensile strength (TS) of 980 MPa or more and total elongation (EL) is 25% or more. A steel slab has a chemical composition containing C: 0.03% to 0.35%, Si: 0.5% to 3.0%, Mn: 3.5% to 10.0%, P: 0.100% or less, S: 0.02% or less, and the remainder includes Fe and incidental impurities on a percent by mass basis is hot-rolled, a heat treatment is performed, in which an achieved temperature of Ac1 to Ac1+100° C. is held for 3 minutes or more, subsequently, cold rolling is performed at a rolling reduction of 20% or more and, annealing is performed, in which an achieved temperature of Ac1?30° C. to Ac1+100° C. is held for 1 minute or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2012
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Applicant: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Hasegawa, Yoshiyasu Kawasaki, Tatsuya Nakagaito, Shinjiro Kaneko, Yasunobu Nagataki
  • Publication number: 20140335374
    Abstract: A formable galvanized steel sheet includes, in terms of % by mass, 0.05 to 0.3% of C, 0.01 to 2.5% of Si, 0.5 to 3.5% of Mn, 0.003 to 0.100% of P, 0.02% or less of S, 0.010 to 1.5% of Al, and 0.01 to 0.2% in total of at least one element selected from Ti, Nb and V, the remainder being Fe and unavoidable impurities, having a microstructure composed of, in terms of area fraction, 20 to 87% of ferrite, 3 to 10% in total of martensite and residual austenite, and 10 to 60% of tempered martensite, and a second phase composed of the martensite, residual austenite, and tempered martensite having an average crystal grain diameter of 3 ?m or less, and having a ratio of absorption energy AE to tensile strength TS (AE/TS) not less than 0.063.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Inventors: Tatsuya Nakagaito, Shusaku Takagi, Saiji Matsuoka, Shinjiro Kaneko
  • Publication number: 20140230971
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing the high strength steel sheet having excellent formability includes hot-rolling a steel slab having a chemical composition containing, by mass %, C: 0.03% or more and 0.35% or less, Si: 0.5% or more and 3.0% or less, Mn: 3.5% or more and 10.0% or less, P: 0.1% or less, S: 0.01% or less, N: 0.008% or less and the balance comprising Fe and inevitable impurities, coiling the hot-rolled steel sheet at a temperature range of the Ar1 transformation point to the Ar1 transformation point+(the Ar3 transformation point?the Ar1 transformation point)/2, cooling the coiled steel sheet down to 200° C. or lower, heating and holding the cooled steel sheet at a temperature range of the Ac1 transformation point?200° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiyasu Kawasaki, Hiroshi Hasegawa, Tatsuya Nakagaito, Yasunobu Nagataki
  • Publication number: 20140209217
    Abstract: The present invention provides a high-strength galvanized steel sheet having excellent ductility, stretch flangeability, and fatigue resistance, and a method for manufacturing the same. A high-strength galvannealed steel sheet having excellent formability and fatigue resistance is characterized in that the steel sheet is composed of steel having a composition containing, by % by mass, C: 0.05% to 0.3%, Si: 0.5% to 2.5%, Mn: 1.0% to 3.5%, P: 0.003% to 0.100%, S: 0.02% or less, Al: 0.010% to 0.1%, and the balance including iron and unavoidable impurities, and the steel sheet has a microstructure containing 50% or more of ferrite, 5% to 35% of martensite, and 2% to 15% of pearlite in terms of an area ratio, the martensite having an average gain size of 3 ?m or less and an average distance of 5 ?m or less between adjacent martensite grains.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2014
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tatsuya Nakagaito, Yoshiyasu Kawasaki, Shinjiro Kaneko, Saiji Matsuoka, Yoshitsugu Suzuki
  • Patent number: 8784578
    Abstract: A high strength galvanized steel sheet with excellent workability, having a component composition containing C: 0.04% or more, and 0.15% or less, Si: 0.7% or more, and 2.3% or less, Mn: 0.8% or more, and 2.2% or less, P: 0.1% or less, S: 0.01% or less, Al: 0.1% or less, N: 0.008% or less, and the remainder composed of iron and incidental impurities on a percent by mass basis, and a microstructure including 70% or more of ferrite phase, 2% or more, and 10% or less of bainite phase, and 0% or more, and 12% or less of pearlite phase on an area fraction basis and 1% or more, and 8% or less of retained austenite phase on a volume fraction basis, wherein an average crystal grain diameter of ferrite is 18 ?m or less and an average crystal grain diameter of retained austenite is 2 ?m or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiyasu Kawasaki, Tatsuya Nakagaito, Shinjiro Kaneko, Saiji Matsuoka, Yasunobu Nagataki
  • Publication number: 20140174608
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a high strength galvanized steel sheet has a first heating step including heating to 400° C. to 750° C. in an atmosphere containing O2: 0.1 to 20 percent and H2O: 1 to 50 percent and heating to 600° C. to 850° C. in an atmosphere containing O2: 0.01 to less than 0.1 percent and H2O: 1 to 20 percent is applied to a steel sheet, a second heating step includes holding the steel sheet in an atmosphere containing H2: 1 to 50 percent and having a dew point of 0° C. or lower at 750° C. to 900° C. for 15 to 600 s, cooling to a temperature of 450° C. to 550° C., and holding is performed at that temperature for 10 to 200 s, and a galvanization treatment is applied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2012
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Mai Miyata, Yoshitsugu Suzuki, Yoshiyasu Kawasaki, Tatsuya Nakagaito, Shinjiro Kaneko, Yasunobu Nagataki
  • Patent number: 8657969
    Abstract: A high strength galvanized steel sheet has a TS of 590 MPa or more and excellent processability. The component composition contains, by mass %, C: 0.05% to 0.3%, Si: 0.7% to 2.7%, Mn: 0.5% to 2.8%, P: 0.1% or lower, S: 0.01% or lower, Al: 0.1% or lower, and N: 0.008% or lower, and the balance: Fe or inevitable impurities. The microstructure contains, in terms of area ratio, ferrite phases: 30% to 90%, bainite phases: 3% to 30%, and martensite phases: 5% to 40%, in which, among the martensite phases, martensite phases having an aspect ratio of 3 or more are present in a proportion of 30% or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiyasu Kawasaki, Tatsuya Nakagaito, Shinjiro Kaneko, Saiji Matsuoka
  • Publication number: 20130266821
    Abstract: A high-strength galvanized steel sheet with high yield ratio having excellent ductility and stretch flange formability, the steel sheet having a chemical composition containing, by mass %, C: 0.04% or more and 0.13% or less, Si: 0.9% or more and 2.3% or less, Mn: 0.8% or more and 2.4% or less, P: 0.1% or less, S: 0.01% or less, Al: 0.01% or more and 0.1% or less, N: 0.008% or less, and the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities and a microstructure including, in terms of area ratio, 94% or more of a ferrite phase and 2% or less of a martensite ferrite phase, wherein mean grain size of ferrite is 10 ?m or less, Vickers hardness of ferrite is 140 or more, mean grain size of carbide particles existing at grain boundaries of ferrite is 0.5 ?m or less, and aspect ratio of carbide particles existing at the grain boundaries of ferrite is 2.0 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2011
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiyasu Kawasaki, Tatsuya Nakagaito, Shinjiro Kaneko, Yasunobu Nagataki, Keisuke Fukushi
  • Publication number: 20130206288
    Abstract: A high-strength galvanized steel sheet having excellent formability and crashworthiness, including a component composition containing 0.03% to 0.13% C, 1.0% to 2.0% Si, 2.4% to 3.5% Mn, 0.001% to 0.05% P, 0.0001% to 0.01% S, 0.001% to 0.1% Al, 0.0005% to 0.01% N, and 0.0003% to 0.01% B on a mass basis, the remainder being Fe and unavoidable impurities, and a microstructure containing a tempered martensitic phase and a bainitic phase such that the sum of an area fraction of the tempered martensitic phase and an area fraction of the bainitic phase is 30% or more (the area fraction of the martensitic phase is 30% or more in the absence of the bainitic phase), wherein a distance of closest approach of the tempered martensitic phase is 10 ?m or less and the contents of C, Mn, and B satisfy (1): (% Mn)+1000×(% B)?35 ×(% C) ??(1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2011
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinjiro Kaneko, Tatsuya Nakagaito, Hiroshi Hasegawa, Yasunobu Nagataki
  • Publication number: 20130133792
    Abstract: A high-strength cold rolled steel sheet has excellent formability and crashworthiness and includes, on a mass % basis, C: 0.05 to 0.3%, Si: 0.3 to 2.5%. Mn: 0.5 to 3.5%, P: 0.003 to 0.100%, 5: 0.02% or less, Al: 0.010 to 0.5%, the balance being iron and unavoidable impurities, the high-strength cold rolled steel sheet having a microstructure including 20% or more of ferrite on an area fraction basis, 10 to 60% of tempered martensite on an area fraction basis, 0 to 10% of martensite on an area fraction basis, and 3 to 15% of retained austenite on a volume fraction basis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2010
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tatsuya Nakagaito, Saiji Matsuoka, Shinjiro Kaneko, Yoshiyasu Kawasaki
  • Patent number: 8430975
    Abstract: A high-strength galvanized steel sheet has a TS of at least 590 MPa and excellent ductility and stretch flangeability and a method for manufacturing the high-strength galvanized steel sheet. The galvanized steel sheet contains, on the basis of mass percent, C: 0.05% to 0.3%, Si: 0.01% to 2.5%, Mn: 0.5% to 3.5%, P: 0.003% to 0.100% or less, S: 0.02% or less, and Al: 0.010% to 1.5%. The total of Si and Al is 0.5% to 2.5%. The remainder are iron and incidental impurities, contain 20% or more of ferrite phase, 10% or less of martensite phase, and 10% to 60% of tempered martensite, on the basis of area percent, and 3% to 10% of retained austenite phase on the basis of volume fraction. The retained austenite has an average grain size of 2.0 ?m or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuya Nakagaito, Saiji Matsuoka, Shinjiro Kaneko, Yoshiyasu Kawasaki, Yoshitsugu Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20130048155
    Abstract: A high-strength galvanized steel sheet contains C: 0.04% or more and 0.10% or less, Si: 0.7% or more and 2.3% or less, Mn: 0.8% or more and 2.0% or less, P: 0.03% or less, S: 0.003% or less, Al: 0.1% or less, and N: 0.008% or less on a mass percent basis, and the remainder of iron and incidental impurities. The C content [C%] (% by mass) and the Si content [Si%] (% by mass) satisfy [C%]×[Si%]?0.20. A ferrite phase constitutes 75% or more, a bainitic ferrite phase constitutes 1% or more, a pearlite phase constitutes 1% or more and 10% or less, and a martensite phase constitutes less than 5% on an area ratio basis. The area ratio of the martensite phase/(the area ratio of the bainitic ferrite phase + the area ratio of the pearlite phase) is 0.6 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2011
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinjiro Kaneko, Tatsuya Nakagaito, Yoshiyasu Kawasaki, Yasunobu Nagataki
  • Publication number: 20120279617
    Abstract: A steel sheet has the chemical composition containing, by mass %, C: 0.04 to 0.13%, Si: 0.9 to 2.3%, Mn: 0.8 to 1.8%, P: 0.1% or less, S: 0.01% or less, Al: 0.1% or less, N: 0.008% or less, the remainder being Fe and the inevitable impurities and a microstructure including, in terms of area ratio, a ferrite phase of 80% or more, a bainitic ferrite phase of 1.0% or more, a pearlite phase of 1.0 to 10.0%, and a martensite phase of 1.0% or more and less than 5.0%, wherein the mean grain size of ferrite is 14 ?m or less, the mean grain size of martensite is 4 ?m or less, the mean free path of martensite is 3 ?m or more, the Vickers hardness of ferrite is 140 or more, and the relationship area ratio of martensite/(area ratio of bainitic ferrite+area ratio of pearlite) 0.6 is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2011
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiyasu Kawasaki, Tatsuya Nakagaito, Shinjiro Kaneko, Yasunobu Nagataki
  • Patent number: 8241759
    Abstract: A high-strength galvanized steel sheet having excellent formability contains as a chemical component of steel on a mass percent basis: 0.05% to 0.3% of C; more than 0.60% to 2.0% of Si; 0.50% to 3.50% of Mn; 0.003% to 0.100% of P; 0.010% or less of S; 0.010% to 0.06% of Al; 0.007% or less of N; and the balance including Fe and inevitable impurities, and in the microstructure of the steel sheet, the standard deviation of nano-hardness is 1.50 GPa or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuya Nakagaito, Yoshitsugu Suzuki, Shusaku Takagi, Saiji Matsuoka, Takashi Kawano
  • Publication number: 20120118438
    Abstract: The present invention provides a high-strength galvanized steel sheet having excellent ductility, stretch flangeability, and fatigue resistance, and a method for manufacturing the same. A high-strength galvannealed steel sheet having excellent formability and fatigue resistance is characterized in that the steel sheet is composed of steel having a composition containing, by % by mass, C: 0.05% to 0.3%, Si: 0.5% to 2.5%, Mn: 1.0% to 3.5%, P: 0.003% to 0.100%, S: 0.02% or less, Al: 0.010% to 0.1%, and the balance including iron and unavoidable impurities, and the steel sheet has a microstructure containing 50% or more of ferrite, 5% to 35% of martensite, and 2% to 15% of pearlite in terms of an area ratio, the martensite having an average gain size of 3 ?m or less and an average distance of 5 ?m or less between adjacent martensite grains.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2010
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tatsuya Nakagaito, Yoshiyasu Kawasaki, Shinjiro Kaneko, Saiji Matsuoka, Yoshitsugu Suzuki