Patents by Inventor Tomonari HIRAGUCHI
Tomonari HIRAGUCHI 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).
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Publication number: 20240140071Abstract: A resin-coated metal sheet for containers includes a metal sheet and oriented films coating both surfaces of the metal sheet and made of a polyester resin, wherein the polyester resin includes 92 mol % or more of an ethylene terephthalate unit, the full-width at half maximum of a C?O peak at 1725 cm?1±5 cm?1 is 20 cm?1 or more and 25 cm?1 or less in Raman spectroscopy in an orientation direction of the surfaces of the films after coating the metal sheet, and the ratio (I1725/I1615) of the C?O peak intensity at 1725 cm?1±5 cm?1 to the C?C peak intensity at 1615 cm?1±5 cm?1 is 0.50 or more and 0.70 or less in the Raman spectroscopy.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2022Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: JFE Steel CorporationInventors: Junichi Kitagawa, Tomonari Hiraguchi, Yuya Kawai, Yasuhide Yoshida
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Patent number: 11760065Abstract: A resin coated metal sheet for container includes a polyester resin coating layer in which 90 mol % or more of structural units are ethylene terephthalate units. A half-value width of a peak attributable to C?O stretching vibration around 1,730 cm?1 determined from laser Raman spectroscopic analysis measured by making a plane of polarization of linearly polarized laser light incident on a thickness direction section of the polyester resin coating layer perpendicularly to a thickness direction is 18.5 cm?1 to 22.0 cm?1 at a position with a thickness of 1.0 ?m from a metal sheet side of the polyester resin coating layer and is greater than 17.0 cm?1 and 18.5 cm?1 or less at a position with a thickness of 1.0 ?m from a surface side of the polyester resin coating layer.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2020Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Tomonari Hiraguchi, Yuya Kawai, Junichi Kitagawa, Soichi Fujimoto, Yasuhide Oshima
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Patent number: 11518144Abstract: A laminated metal sheet for a metal container lid includes a polyester resin layer formed on a metal sheet. The polyester resin layer is composed of an A and a B layer, wherein the melting point of the A layer is lower than the melting point of the B layer by 20° C. or more, the A layer includes a molten layer where the value of the ratio of a peak intensity I0° to a peak intensity I90° is 1.5 or less, the B layer includes an orientation layer where the value of the ratio of the peak intensity I0° to the peak intensity I90° is 3.0 or more, the thickness of the A layer is within the range from 5 ?m or more to less than 30 ?m, and the thickness of the B layer is within the range from 0.5 ?m or more to less than 6.0 ?m.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2017Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Tomonari Hiraguchi, Yasuhide Oshima, Katsumi Kojima
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Publication number: 20220315794Abstract: A resin coated metal sheet includes: a metal sheet; and a resin layer formed on at least one face of the metal sheet. A movable amorphous amount of the resin layer measured by a temperature modulated differential scanning calorimeter being 30% to 46%. An intensity ratio I1,096/I1,119 between intensity (I1,096) of a peak attributable to a trans structure of methylene groups in polyethylene terephthalate (PET) around 1,096 cm?1 determined from laser Raman spectroscopic analysis measured by making a plane of polarization of linearly polarized laser light incident on a thickness direction section of the resin coating layer perpendicularly to a thickness direction and intensity (I1,119) of a peak attributable to a gauche structure of methylene groups in PET around 1,119 cm?1 determined from the laser Raman spectroscopic analysis being 1.1 or more and less than 1.5 at a position with a distance of 1 ?m from the metal sheet.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2020Publication date: October 6, 2022Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Tomonari HIRAGUCHI, Junichi KITAGAWA, Yuya KAWAI, Soichi FUJIMOTO, Yasuhide OSHIMA
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Publication number: 20220274130Abstract: A resin coated metal sheet includes: a metal sheet; and a resin layer configured to coat at least one face of the metal sheet. A pushing depth of the resin layer on a side adhered to the one face of the metal sheet is 100 nm to 250 nm, the pushing depth being determined by a nano indentation test, and a melting point of the resin layer is 210° C. to 270° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2020Publication date: September 1, 2022Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Soichi FUJIMOTO, Tomonari HIRAGUCHI, Yasuhide OSHIMA, Yuya KAWAI, Katsumi KOJIMA
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Publication number: 20220274379Abstract: A resin coated metal sheet for container includes a polyester resin coating layer in which 90 mol % or more of structural units are ethylene terephthalate units. A half-value width of a peak attributable to C?O stretching vibration around 1,730 cm?1 determined from laser Raman spectroscopic analysis measured by making a plane of polarization of linearly polarized laser light incident on a thickness direction section of the polyester resin coating layer perpendicularly to a thickness direction is 18.5 cm?1 to 22.0 cm?1 at a position with a thickness of 1.0 ?m from a metal sheet side of the polyester resin coating layer and is greater than 17.0 cm?1 and 18.5 cm?1 or less at a position with a thickness of 1.0 ?m from a surface side of the polyester resin coating layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2020Publication date: September 1, 2022Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Tomonari HIRAGUCHI, Yuya KAWAI, Junichi KITAGAWA, Soichi FUJIMOTO, Yasuhide OSHIMA
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Publication number: 20220274378Abstract: A resin coated metal sheet includes: a metal sheet; and a resin layer configured to coat at least one face of the metal sheet. An indentation modulus of the resin layer on a side adhered to the metal sheet is 100 MPa to 300 MPa, and a melting point of the resin layer is 210° C. to 270° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2020Publication date: September 1, 2022Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Soichi FUJIMOTO, Tomonari HIRAGUCHI, Yasuhide OSHIMA, Yuya KAWAI, Katsumi KOJIMA
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Patent number: 11401092Abstract: A resin-coated metal sheet for a container, the metal sheet including: a first resin coat layer provided on a first surface of the metal sheet; a second resin coat layer provided on a second surface of the metal sheet, wherein each of the first and the second resin coat layers is composed mainly of a polyester resin having a melting point of 230° C. to 254° C., and the first resin coat layer, in a state that the resin coat layers coat the metal sheet, is formed of a resin material having: an arithmetic average roughness (Ra) of 0.10 ?m to 1.0 ?m; a crystallization temperature of 110° C. to 160° C.; and a water contact angle of 55 degrees to 80 degrees in a state that the resin coat layers have been heated at 240° C. for 90 seconds after the resin coat layers coat the metal sheet.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2018Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Junichi Kitagawa, Tomonari Hiraguchi, Norihiko Nakamura, Hayato Saito, Yasuhide Oshima, Katsumi Kojima
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Publication number: 20200172308Abstract: A resin-coated metal sheet for a container, the metal sheet including: a first resin coat layer provided on a first surface of the metal sheet; a second resin coat layer provided on a second surface of the metal sheet, wherein each of the first and the second resin coat layers is composed mainly of a polyester resin having a melting point of 230° C. to 254° C., and the first resin coat layer, in a state that the resin coat layers coat the metal sheet, is formed of a resin material having: an arithmetic average roughness (Ra) of 0.10 ?m to 1.0 ?m; a crystallization temperature of 110° C. to 160° C.; and a water contact angle of 55 degrees to 80 degrees in a state that the resin coat layers have been heated at 240° C. for 90 seconds after the resin coat layers coat the metal sheet.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2018Publication date: June 4, 2020Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Junichi KITAGAWA, Tomonari HIRAGUCHI, Norihiko NAKAMURA, Hayato SAITO, Yasuhide OSHIMA, Katsumi KOJIMA
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Patent number: 10655199Abstract: Provided are a steel sheet, having sufficient strength and formability regardless of reduction of thickness, for crown caps; a method for manufacturing the same; and a crown cap. The steel sheet for crown caps has a composition containing C: 0.0010% to less than 0.0050%, Si: 0.10% or less, Mn: 0.05% to less than 0.50%, P: 0.050% or less, S: 0.050% or less, Al: more than 0.002% to less than 0.070%, N: less than 0.0040%, and B: 0.0005% to 0.0020% on a mass basis, the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, and also has a yield strength of 500 MPa or more in a rolling direction, an average Lankford value (r) of 1.1 or more, and an in-plane anisotropy (?r) of Lankford value of ?0.3 to 0.3.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2016Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Takumi Tanaka, Tomonari Hiraguchi, Katsumi Kojima, Hiroki Nakamaru, Nobusuke Kariya
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Publication number: 20190134950Abstract: A laminated metal sheet for a metal container lid includes a polyester resin layer formed on a metal sheet. The polyester resin layer is composed of an A and a B layer, wherein the melting point of the A layer is lower than the melting point of the B layer by 20° C. or more, the A layer includes a molten layer where the value of the ratio of a peak intensity I0° to a peak intensity I90° is 1.5 or less, the B layer includes an orientation layer where the value of the ratio of the peak intensity I0° to the peak intensity I90° is 3.0 or more, the thickness of the A layer is within the range from 5 ?m or more to less than 30 ?m, and the thickness of the B layer is within the range from 0.5 ?m or more to less than 6.0 ?m.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2017Publication date: May 9, 2019Applicant: JFE Steel CorporationInventors: Tomonari Hiraguchi, Yasuhide Oshima, Katsumi Kojima
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Publication number: 20180112295Abstract: A steel sheet for can lids contains, in mass %, 0.020-0.060% of C, 0.01-0.05% of Si, 0.20-0.60% of Mn, 0.001-0.100% of P, 0.008-0.020% of S, 0.0130-0.0190% of N, and from 0.005% to {?4.20×N+0.110}% of Al, with Mnf being 0.30% to 0.58% (inclusive), where Mnf=Mn?1.7×S, and with the balance made up of Fe and unavoidable impurities. The lower yield strength YP (N/mm2) and the yield point elongation YPEl (%) of this steel sheet for can lids after an aging treatment at 210° C. for 10 minutes satisfy YP?355, YPEl?2, YPEl?(60/(YP?355))+2 and YP?4.09×YPEl+476. A method for producing this steel sheet for can lids.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2016Publication date: April 26, 2018Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Katsumi Kojima, Tomonari Hiraguchi, Takumi Tanaka, Hiroki Nakamaru
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Publication number: 20180051362Abstract: Provided are a steel sheet, having sufficient strength and formability regardless of reduction of thickness, for crown caps; a method for manufacturing the same; and a crown cap. The steel sheet for crown caps has a composition containing C: 0.0010% to less than 0.0050%, Si: 0.10% or less, Mn: 0.05% to less than 0.50%, P: 0.050% or less, S: 0.050% or less, Al: more than 0.002% to less than 0.070%, N: less than 0.0040%, and B: 0.0005% to 0.0020% on a mass basis, the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, and also has a yield strength of 500 MPa or more in a rolling direction, an average Lankford value (r) of 1.1 or more, and an in-plane anisotropy (?r) of Lankford value of ?0.3 to 0.3.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2016Publication date: February 22, 2018Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Takumi TANAKA, Tomonari HIRAGUCHI, Katsumi KOJIMA, Hiroki NAKAMARU, Nobusuke KARIYA
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Publication number: 20170335438Abstract: A steel sheet for a crown cap has sufficient strength and formability even when the thickness thereof is reduced for use, and has a composition containing, in percent by mass, C: 0.010% to 0.025%, Si: 0.10% or less, Mn: 0.05% to 0.50%, P: 0.050% or less, S: 0.005% to 0.050%, Al: 0.020% to 0.070%, N: less than 0.0040%, and the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, wherein yield strength after heat treatment at 210° C. for 15 minutes is as follows: the yield strength is 550 MPa or more in a rolling direction, and the yield strength in a direction 45° from the rolling direction in a rolling plane is equal to or less than the average of the yield strength in the rolling direction and the yield strength in a direction 90° from the rolling direction in the rolling plane.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2015Publication date: November 23, 2017Inventors: Takumi Tanaka, Tomonari Hiraguchi, Katsumi Kojima, Hiroki Nakamaru, Nobusuke Kariya
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Publication number: 20170292176Abstract: A steel sheet for a crown cap having sufficient strength and formability suitable for forming crown caps even when reduced in gauge, and a method for producing the steel sheet for a crown cap. The steel sheet for a crown cap having a composition that includes, in terms of % by mass: C: 0.002% or more and 0.010% or less, Si: 0.05% or less, Mn: 0.05% or more and 0.30% or less, P: 0.030% or less, S: 0.020% or less, Al: less than 0.0100%, N: 0.0050% or less, and the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities. The C content is more than 0.003% when the Al content is 0.005% or more. The yield strength in the rolling direction is 500 MPa or more. The average Lankford value is 1.3 or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2015Publication date: October 12, 2017Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Masami TSUJIMOTO, Takumi TANAKA, Tomonari HIRAGUCHI, Katsumi KOJIMA, Makoto ARATANI, Reiko SUGIHARA, Fumio AOKI, Toshihiro KIKUCHI, Hiroki NAKAMARU
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Publication number: 20160362761Abstract: A steel sheet for crown caps includes C: 0.0005 to 0.0050%, Si: 0.020% or less, Mn: 0.10 to 0.60%, P: 0.020% or less, S: 0.020% or less, Al: 0.01 to 0.10%, N: 0.0050% or less, Nb: 0.010 to 0.050%, and Fe and inevitable impurities. The steel sheet has an average r value of 1.30 or more and a YP of 450 MPa or more and 650 MPa or less. The steel sheet is obtained by hot rolling a steel slab at a slab reheating temperature of 1,150° C. or higher and a finishing temperature of 870° C. or higher; coiling the hot rolled steel sheet at a coiling temperature of 600° C. or higher, performing pickling; then-performing primary cold rolling; performing annealing at an annealing temperature of recrystallization temperature or more and 790° ° C. or less; and performing secondary cold rolling at a rolling reduction of 10% or more and 50% or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2015Publication date: December 15, 2016Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Tomonari HIRAGUCHI, Katsumi KOJIMA, Hiroki NAKAMURA, Masami TSUJIMOTO, Toshihiro KIKUCHI