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).

  • 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
  • Publication number: 20120037282
    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: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2010
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiyasu Kawasaki, Tatsuya Nakagaito, Shinjiro Kaneko, Saiji Matsuoka, Yasunobu Nagataki
  • Publication number: 20110315279
    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: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2010
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinjiro Kaneko, Yoshiyasu Kawasaki, Tatsuya Nakagaito, Saiji Matsuoka
  • Patent number: 8076008
    Abstract: A high-strength galvanized steel sheet is provided which has a tensile strength of a level of about 590 MPa and superior formability, including a coating with good appearance. The galvanized steel sheet includes a base steel and a galvanized coating layer formed over the surface of the base steel. The galvanized steel sheet has a chemical composition containing 0.005% to 0.12% of C, 0.7% to 2.7% of Si, 0.5% to 2.8% of Mn, 0.1% or less of P, 0.07% or less of S, 1.0% or less of Al, 0.008% or less of N, and the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities on a mass basis, and a microstructure constituted of at least 90% of ferrite and 2% to 10% of martensite on an area basis. The ferrite has a Vickers hardness of 120 or more on average, and an inclusion is precipitated from the grain boundary with a length of 50% or less relative to the entire length of the grain boundary in the surface layer of the base steel with a depth of 3 ?m from the interface between the coating layer and the base steel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Shinjiro Kaneko, Hiroshi Matsuda, Yoshiyasu Kawasaki, Tatsuya Nakagaito, Yoshitsugu Suzuki, Yusuke Fushiwaki, Takashi Kawano, Saiji Matsuoka
  • Publication number: 20110240176
    Abstract: A high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet and high-strength galvanized steel sheet has a TS of 1180 MPa or more and excellent formability including stretch flangeability and bendability. The high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet contains 0.05% to 0.3% C, 0.5% to 2.5% Si, 1.5% 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 1.5% or less Cr (including 0%) on a mass basis, the remainder being Fe and unavoidable impurities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2009
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinjiro Kaneko, Yoshiyasu Kawasaki, Tatsuya Nakagaito, Saiji Matsuoka
  • Publication number: 20110198002
    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: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2009
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Applicant: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuya Nakagaito, Saiji Matsuoka, Yoshitsugu Suzuki, Yuki Toji
  • Publication number: 20110139315
    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: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2009
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tatsuya Nakagaito, Saiji Matsuoka, Shinjiro Kaneko, Yoshiyasu Kawasaki, Yoshitsugu Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20110036465
    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: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2009
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Inventors: Yoshiyasu Kawasaki, Tatsuya Nakagaito, Shinjiro Kaneko, Saiji Matsuoka
  • Publication number: 20110030854
    Abstract: A high strength steel sheet has a tensile strength of 900 MPa or higher that can achieve both high strength and good formability and a composition including, on a mass basis, C: 0.1% or more and 0.3% or less; Si: 2.0% or less; Mn: 0.5% or more and 3.0% or less; P: 0.1% or less; S: 0.07% or less; Al: 1.0% or less; and N: 0.008% or less, with the balance Fe and incidental impurities. The steel sheet microstructure includes, on an area ratio basis, 5% or more and 80% or less of ferrite, 15% or more of autotempered martensite, 10% or less of bainite, 5% or less of retained austenite, and 40% or less of as-quenched martensite; the mean hardness of the autotempered martensite is HV?700; and the mean number of precipitated iron-based carbide grains each having a size of 5 nm or more and 0.5 ?m or less and included in the autotempered martensite is 5×104 or more per 1 mm2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2009
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Matsuda, Reiko Mizuno, Yoshimasa Funakawa, Yasushi Tanaka, Tatsuya Nakagaito, Saiji Matsuoka
  • Publication number: 20100218857
    Abstract: A high tensile strength galvanized steel sheet with excellent formability and anti-crush properties contains, 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, 0.007% or less of N, in addition, 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, the steel sheet 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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2008
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tatsuya Nakagaito, Shusaku Takagi, Saiji Matsuoka, Shinjiro Kaneko
  • Publication number: 20100112377
    Abstract: A high-strength galvanized steel sheet is provided which has a tensile strength of a level of about 590 MPa and superior formability, including a coating with good appearance. The galvanized steel sheet includes a base steel and a galvanized coating layer formed over the surface of the base steel. The galvanized steel sheet has a chemical composition containing 0.005% to 0.12% of C, 0.7% to 2.7% of Si, 0.5% to 2.8% of Mn, 0.1% or less of P, 0.07% or less of S, 1.0% or less of Al, 0.008% or less of N, and the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities on a mass basis, and a microstructure constituted of at least 90% of ferrite and 2% to 10% of martensite on an area basis. The ferrite has a Vickers hardness of 120 or more on average, and an inclusion is precipitated from the grain boundary with a length of 50% or less relative to the entire length of the grain boundary in the surface layer of the base steel with a depth of 3 ?m from the interface between the coating layer and the base steel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2008
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinjiro Kaneko, Hiroshi Matsuda, Yoshiyasu Kawasaki, Tatsuya Nakagaito, Yoshitsugu Suzuki, Yusuke Fushiwaki, Takashi Kawano, Saiji Matsuoka
  • Publication number: 20100104891
    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: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2008
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tatsuya Nakagaito, Yoshitsugu Suzuki, Shusaku Takagi, Saiji Matsuoka, Takashi Kawano, Yoshiharu Sugimoto
  • Publication number: 20090014098
    Abstract: There is provided a high-strength hot-dip galvanized steel sheet having excellent formability, the steel sheet eliminating special pre-structure control and capable of being produced by using a hot-dip galvanized steel-sheet production line that is not capable of sufficiently ensuring an austempering time after annealing. A high-strength hot-dip galvanized steel sheet includes, on the basis of mass percent, 0.05-0.3% C, 1.4% or less (including 0%) Si, 0.08%-3% Mn, 0.003-0.1% P, 0.07% or less S, 0.1-2.5% Al, 0.1-0.5% Cr, and 0.007% or less N, Si+Al?0.5%, and the balance being Fe and incidental impurities, wherein the steel sheet has a retained austenite content of 3% or more by volume fraction, and wherein the average aspect ratio of retained austenite grains is 2.5 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2006
    Publication date: January 15, 2009
    Applicant: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Matsuda, Tatsuya Nakagaito, Takayuki Futatsuka, Shusaku Takagi, Yasunobu Nagataki
  • Publication number: 20080175743
    Abstract: An alloyed hot-dip galvanized steel sheet has a composition containing about 0.05 to about 0.25 wt % of C, about 0.5 wt % or less of Si, about 1 to about 3 wt % of Mn, about 0.1 wt % or less of P, about 0.01 wt % or less of S, about 0.1 to about 2 wt % of Al, and less than about 0.005 wt % of N, and satisfying the relations, Si+Al?0.6 wt %, (0.0006×Al) wt %?N?(0.0058?0.0026×Al) wt %, and Al?(1.25×C0.5?0.57×Si+0.625×Mn) wt %, the balance including Fe and inevitable impurities. The alloyed hot-dip galvanized steel sheet can be obtained without passing through a complicated process, has excellent surface appearance and anti-secondary work embrittlement and high strength, and is thus suitable for application to an automobile steel sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2006
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Applicant: JFR Steel Corporation, a corporation of Japan
    Inventors: Takayuki Futatsuka, Tatsuya Nakagaito, Hiroshi Matsuda, Yasunobu Nagataki, Yutaka Awajiya
  • Publication number: 20080163961
    Abstract: A galvannealed steel sheet contains, by % by mass, about 0.05 to about 0.25% of C, about 2.0% or less of Si, about 1 to about 3% of Mn, about 0.1% or less of P, about 0.01% or less of S, about 0.3 to about 2% of Al, less than about 0.005% of N, about 1% or less of Cr, about 1% or less of V, about 1% or less of Mo, less than about 0.005% of Ti, and less than about 0.005% of Nb, and satisfies the relations, Si +Al >0.6% and Cr +V +Mo =0.1 to 2%, the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2006
    Publication date: July 10, 2008
    Inventors: Tatsuya Nakagaito, Takayuki Futatsuka, Hiroshi Matsuda, Yutaka Awajiya, Yasunobu Nagataki