Patents by Inventor Teruhisa Miyazaki

Teruhisa Miyazaki 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: 20230193438
    Abstract: A welded rail according to an aspect of the present invention includes: a plurality of rail portions having a head portion and a web portion and having a height h; and a welded joint portion that joins the rail portions together, in which the rail portion has a predetermined chemical composition, a HAZ width of the welded joint portion is 60 mm or less, in a region of 0 to (?)×h from a head top portion outer surface in a cross section of the welded joint portion which is parallel to a longitudinal direction and an up-down direction of the welded rail and passes through a center of the welded joint portion and of ±5 mm in the longitudinal direction from a welding center, an area ratio of a martensite structure is 0.0006% or more and 0.1000% or less, and in the region, the number of martensite structures having a grain size of 20 to 200 ?m is 3 to 80.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaharu UEDA, Kenji SAITA, Teruhisa MIYAZAKI, Takuya TANAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20220120039
    Abstract: A rail including a predetermined chemical composition is provided, in which 90 area % or greater of a metallographic structure in a cross section of a rail web portion is a pearlite structure, a minimum value of a hardness in the cross section of the rail web portion is Hv 300 or greater, and a difference between a maximum value and the minimum value of the hardness in the cross section of the rail web portion is Hv 40 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2020
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaharu UEDA, Teruhisa MIYAZAKI, Takuya TANAHASHI, Yusuke MAEDA
  • Publication number: 20210395847
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the present invention, what is provided is a rail including, by mass %: C: 0.75% to 1.20%; Si: 0.10% to 2.00%; Mn: 0.10% to 2.00%; Cr: 0.10% to 1.20%; V: 0.010% to 0.200%; N: 0.0030% to 0.0200%; P?0.0250%; S?0.0250%; Mo: 0% to 0.50%, Co: 0% to 1.00%; B: 0% to 0.0050%; Cu: 0% to 1.00%; Ni: 0% to 1.00%; Nb: 0% to 0.0500%; Ti: 0% to 0.0500%; Mg: 0% to 0.0200%; Ca: 0% to 0.0200%; REM: 0% to 0.0500%; Zr: 0% to 0.0200%; Al: 0% to 1.00%; and a remainder consisting of Fe and impurities, in which a structure ranging from an outer surface of a head portion as an origin to a depth of 25 mm includes 95% or greater of a pearlite structure by area ratio, the hardness of the structure is in a range of Hv 360 to 500, and in ferrite of the pearlite structure at a position at a depth of 25 mm from the outer surface of the head portion as the origin, the number density of a V nitride having a grain size of 0.5 to 4.0 nm and including Cr is in a range of 1.0×1017 to 5.0×1017 cm?3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaharu UEDA, Jun TAKAHASHI, Teruhisa MIYAZAKI, Takuya TANAHASHI
  • Patent number: 10995396
    Abstract: A rail according to an aspect of the present invention is manufactured by melting steel using an electric furnace, satisfies a predetermined range as a chemical composition and particularly includes Pb: 0.0003% to 0.0020%, 95 area % or more of a region from an outer surface of a head portion to a depth of 20 mm is a pearlite structure, and a hardness in the region from the outer surface of the head portion to the depth of 20 mm is in a range of Hv 300 to Hv 500.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaharu Ueda, Teruhisa Miyazaki
  • Patent number: 10563357
    Abstract: A rail provided by the present invention includes: has a predetermined chemical components, wherein, in a region from a head surface constituted of a surface of a top head portion and a surface of a corner head portion to a depth of 10 mm, a total amount of pearlite structures and bainite structures is 95% by area or more, and an amount of the bainite structures is 20% by area or more and less than 50% by area, and an average hardness of the region from the head surface to a depth of 10 mm is in a range of Hv 400 to Hv 500.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaharu Ueda, Teruhisa Miyazaki, Takuya Tanahashi
  • Patent number: 10494704
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a rail which has a predetermined chemical composition and satisfies expressions of 1.00<Mn/Cr?4.00 and 0.30?0.25×Mn+Cr?1.00 and in which a structure to a depth of 25 mm from an outer surface of a head portion as the origin includes 95% or greater of a pearlite structure, the hardness of the structure is in a range of Hv 350 to 480, 50 to 500 V carbonitride having an average grain size of 5 to 20 nm are present per 1.0 ?m2 of an area to be inspected in a transverse cross section at a position having a depth of 25 mm from the outer surface of the head portion, and the value obtained by subtracting the hardness of the position having the depth of 25 mm from the outer surface of the head portion from the hardness of the position having a depth of 2 mm from the outer surface of the head portion is in a range of Hv 0 to Hv 40.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaharu Ueda, Takuya Tanahashi, Teruhisa Miyazaki
  • Publication number: 20190161839
    Abstract: A rail according to an aspect of the present invention is manufactured by melting steel using an electric furnace, satisfies a predetermined range as a chemical composition and particularly includes Pb: 0.0003% to 0.0020%, 95 area % or more of a region from an outer surface of a head portion to a depth of 20 mm is a pearlite structure, and a hardness in the region from the outer surface of the head portion to the depth of 20 mm is in a range of Hv 300 to Hv 500.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2017
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaharu UEDA, Teruhisa MIYAZAKI
  • Patent number: 10233512
    Abstract: A rail provided by the present invention includes: has a predetermined chemical components, wherein a value of Mn/Cr, which is a ratio of Mn content with respect to Cr content, is within a range of 0.30 to 1.00, structures in a region from a head surface constituted of a surface of a top head portion and a surface of a corner head portion to a depth of 10 mm is 98% by area or more of bainite structures, and an average hardness of the region from the head surface to a depth of 10 mm is in a range of Hv 380 to Hv 500.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaharu Ueda, Teruhisa Miyazaki, Takuya Tanahashi
  • Patent number: 10047411
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a rail which has a predetermined chemical composition and in which at least 90% of a metallographic structure from an outer surface of the rail bottom portion, as the origin, to a depth of 5 mm is a pearlite structure, a surface hardness HC of a foot-bottom central portion is in a range of Hv 360 to 500, a surface hardness HE of a foot-edge portion is in a range of Hv 260 to 315, and HC, HE, and a surface hardness HM of a middle portion positioned between the foot-bottom central portion and the foot-edge portion satisfy HC?HM?HE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaharu Ueda, Takeshi Yamamoto, Teruhisa Miyazaki
  • Publication number: 20170369975
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a rail which has a predetermined chemical composition and satisfies expressions of 1.00<Mn/Cr?4.00 and 0.30?0.25×Mn+Cr?1.00 and in which a structure to a depth of 25 mm from an outer surface of a head portion as the origin includes 95% or greater of a pearlite structure, the hardness of the structure is in a range of Hv 350 to 480, 50 to 500 V carbonitride having an average grain size of 5 to 20 nm are present per 1.0 ?m2 of an area to be inspected in a transverse cross section at a position having a depth of 25 mm from the outer surface of the head portion, and the value obtained by subtracting the hardness of the position having the depth of 25 mm from the outer surface of the head portion from the hardness of the position having a depth of 2 mm from the outer surface of the head portion is in a range of Hv 0 to Hv 40.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2016
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaharu UEDA, Takuya TANAHASHI, Teruhisa MIYAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20170369961
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a rail which has a predetermined chemical composition and in which at least 90% of a metallographic structure from an outer surface of the rail bottom portion, as the origin, to a depth of 5 mm is a pearlite structure, a surface hardness HC of a foot-bottom central portion is in a range of Hv 360 to 500, a surface hardness HE of a foot-edge portion is in a range of Hv 260 to 315, and HC, HE, and a surface hardness HM of a middle portion positioned between the foot-bottom central portion and the foot-edge portion satisfy HC?HM?HE.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2016
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaharu UEDA, Takeshi YAMAMOTO, Teruhisa MIYAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20170051373
    Abstract: A rail provided by the present invention includes: has a predetermined chemical components, wherein, in a region from a head surface constituted of a surface of a top head portion and a surface of a corner head portion to a depth of 10 mm, a total amount of pearlite structures and bainite structures is 95% by area or more, and an amount of the bainite structures is 20% by area or more and less than 50% by area, and an average hardness of the region from the head surface to a depth of 10 mm is in a range of Hv 400 to Hv 500.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaharu UEDA, Teruhisa MIYAZAKI, Takuya TANAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20170044634
    Abstract: A rail provided by the present invention includes: has a predetermined chemical components, wherein a value of Mn/Cr, which is a ratio of Mn content with respect to Cr content, is within a range of 0.30 to 1.00, structures in a region from a head surface constituted of a surface of a top head portion and a surface of a corner head portion to a depth of 10 mm is 98% by area or more of bainite structures, and an average hardness of the region from the head surface to a depth of 10 mm is in a range of Hv 380 to Hv 500.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaharu UEDA, Teruhisa MIYAZAKI, Takuya TANAHASHI
  • Patent number: 9534278
    Abstract: A rail is provided in which in a range from a surface of a head of the rail to a depth of 30 mm, 95% or more of a structure is composed of a pearlite structure by area %, and in a range with a depth of 20 mm to 30 mm from the surface of the head of the rail, an average grain size of a pearlite block in a transverse section is 120 ?m to 200 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaharu Ueda, Teruhisa Miyazaki
  • Patent number: 9127409
    Abstract: In the rail, 95% or more of a structure in a head surface section, which is a range from surfaces of head corner sections and a head top section of the rail as a starting point to a depth of 20 mm, is a pearlite or bainite structure and the structure contains 20 to 200 MnS-based sulfides formed around an Al-based oxide as a nucleus and having a grain size in a range of 1 ?m to 10 ?m per square millimeter of an area to be inspected on a horizontal cross section of the rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaharu Ueda, Teruhisa Miyazaki, Takeshi Yamamoto, Takashi Morohoshi
  • Publication number: 20150136864
    Abstract: A rail is provided in which in a range from a surface of a head of the rail to a depth of 30 mm, 95% or more of a structure is composed of a pearlite structure by area %, and in a range with a depth of 20 mm to 30 mm from the surface of the head of the rail, an average grain size of a pearlite block in a transverse section is 120 ?m to 200 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2013
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaharu Ueda, Teruhisa Miyazaki
  • Publication number: 20150069141
    Abstract: In the rail, 95% or more of a structure in a head surface section, which is a range from surfaces of head corner sections and a head top section of the rail as a starting point to a depth of 20 mm, is a pearlite or bainite structure and the structure contains 20 to 200 MnS-based sulfides formed around an Al-based oxide as a nucleus and having a grain size in a range of 1 ?m to 10 ?m per square millimeter of an area to be inspected on a horizontal cross section of the rail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2013
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Inventors: Masaharu Ueda, Teruhisa Miyazaki, Takeshi Yamamoto, Takashi Morohoshi
  • Patent number: 8747576
    Abstract: This high-carbon pearlitic steel rail having excellent ductility, includes: in terms of percent by mass, C: more than 0.85% to 1.40%; Si: 0.10% to 2.00%; Mn: 0.10% to 2.00%; Ti: 0.001% to 0.01%; V: 0.005% to 0.20%; and N: less than 0.0040%, with the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, wherein contents of Ti and V fulfill the following formula (1), and a rail head portion has a pearlite structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation
    Inventors: Teruhisa Miyazaki, Masaharu Ueda, Suguru Yoshida
  • Patent number: 8361246
    Abstract: A pearlite rail contains, by mass %, 0.65 to 1.20% of C; 0.05 to 2.00% of Si; 0.05 to 2.00% of Mn; and the balance composed of Fe and inevitable impurities, wherein at least part of the head portion and at least part of the bottom portion has a pearlite structure, and the surface hardness of a portion of the pearlite structure is in a range of Hv320 to Hv500 and a maximum surface roughness of a portion of the pearlite structure is less than or equal to 180 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Nippon Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Masaharu Ueda, Kyohei Sonoyama, Takuya Tanahashi, Teruhisa Miyazaki, Katsuya Iwano
  • Publication number: 20120087825
    Abstract: This high-carbon pearlitic steel rail having excellent ductility, includes: in terms of percent by mass, C: more than 0.85% to 1.40%; Si: 0.10% to 2.00%; Mn: 0.10% to 2.00%; Ti: 0.001% to 0.01%; V: 0.005% to 0.20%; and N: less than 0.0040%, with the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, wherein contents of Ti and V fulfill the following formula (1), and a rail head portion has a pearlite structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2010
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Inventors: Teruhisa Miyazaki, Masaharu Ueda, Suguru Yoshida