Patents by Inventor Tomoyuki KITAURA

Tomoyuki KITAURA 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: 11814703
    Abstract: Provided is a titanium composite material 1 including: a first surface layer portion 2; an inner layer portion 4; and a second surface layer portion 3; wherein: the first surface layer portion 2 and the second surface layer portion 3 are composed of a titanium alloy; the inner layer portion 4 is composed of a commercially pure titanium including pores; a thickness of at least one of the first surface layer portion 2 and the second surface layer portion 3 is 2 ?m or more, and a proportion of the thickness with respect to an overall thickness of the titanium composite material 1 is 40% or less; and a porosity in a cross section perpendicular to a sheet thickness direction is more than 0% and 30% or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Kitaura, Yoshihisa Shirai, Hideki Fujii
  • Patent number: 11542581
    Abstract: A titanium product includes an inner layer portion and a surface layer portion joined to the inner layer portion. The surface layer portion has a composition consisting of, by mass %, O: 0.4% or less, Fe: 0.5% or less, Cl: 0.020% or less, the balance: Ti and impurities. The inner layer portion 3 has pores and a composition consisting of, by mass %, O: 0.4% or less, Fe: 0.5% or less, Cl: more than 0.020% and 0.60%, the balance: Ti and impurities. The area fraction of the pores in the inner layer portion in a cross-section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the titanium product is more than 0% and not more than 30%. The Cl content (ClI) of the inner layer portion, a thickness (tS) of the surface layer portion, and a thickness (tI) of the inner layer portion satisfy the expression [ClI?0.03+0.02×tS/tI].
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Kitaura, Yoshihisa Shirai, Hideki Fujii
  • Publication number: 20210292871
    Abstract: Provided is a titanium composite material 1 including: a first surface layer portion 2; an inner layer portion 4; and a second surface layer portion 3; wherein: the first surface layer portion 2 and the second surface layer portion 3 are composed of a titanium alloy; the inner layer portion 4 is composed of a commercially pure titanium including pores; a thickness of at least one of the first surface layer portion 2 and the second surface layer portion 3 is 2 ?m or more, and a proportion of the thickness with respect to an overall thickness of the titanium composite material 1 is 40% or less; and a porosity in a cross section perpendicular to a sheet thickness direction is more than 0% and 30% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Tomoyuki KITAURA, Yoshihisa SHIRAI, Hideki FUJII
  • Patent number: 11066727
    Abstract: Provided is a titanium composite material 1 including: a first surface layer portion 2; an inner layer portion 4; and a second surface layer portion 3; wherein: the first surface layer portion 2 and the second surface layer portion 3 are composed of a titanium alloy; the inner layer portion 4 is composed of a commercially pure titanium including pores; a thickness of at least one of the first surface layer portion 2 and the second surface layer portion 3 is 2 ?m or more, and a proportion of the thickness with respect to an overall thickness of the titanium composite material 1 is 40% or less; and a porosity in a cross section perpendicular to a sheet thickness direction is more than 0% and 30% or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Kitaura, Yoshihisa Shirai, Hideki Fujii
  • Patent number: 10988832
    Abstract: A titanium-containing structure made of a titanium material includes: a package made of a commercially pure titanium material; and a filler packed into the package, wherein an internal pressure of the package is 10 Pa or less, the pressure being an absolute pressure, and wherein the filler includes at least one selected from titanium sponge, titanium briquette, and titanium scrap, and the filler has the same type of a chemical composition of the commercially pure titanium material. This titanium-containing structure enables production of a titanium product by performing hot working and eliminating the conventional melting step and forging step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Shirai, Hideki Fujii, Tomoyuki Kitaura
  • Patent number: 10920300
    Abstract: A titanium composite material 1 is provided that includes: an inner layer 5 consisting of a commercially pure titanium or a titanium alloy; an outer layer 3 formed on at least one surface of the inner layer 5 and having a chemical composition that is different from a chemical composition of the inner layer 5; and an intermediate layer formed between the inner layer 5 and the outer layer 3 and having a chemical composition that is different from the chemical composition of the inner layer 5. The thickness of the outer layer 3 is 2 ?m or more, and occupies no more than 40% of the overall thickness per side. The thickness of the intermediate layer is 0.5 ?m or more. Despite being inexpensive, this titanium composite material has desired characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshitsugu Tatsuzawa, Tomonori Kunieda, Koji Mitsuda, Kenichi Mori, Kazuhiro Takahashi, Hideki Fujii, Tomoyuki Kitaura
  • Patent number: 10760152
    Abstract: Provided is an ?+? titanium alloy hot-rolled sheet consisting of, in mass %, Al: 4.7 to 5.5%, Fe: 0.5 to 1.4%, N: less than or equal to 0.03%, Si: 0.15 to 0.40%, a ratio of Si/O: 0.80 to 2.80, [O]eq in Expression (1): more than or equal to 0.13% and less than 0.25%, and the balance: Ti and impurities. In a case where an ND direction represents a normal direction of the hot-rolled sheet, a TD direction represents a sheet-width direction of the hot-rolled sheet, a c-axis orientation represents a normal direction of a (0001) plane in an ? phase, XND represents a strongest intensity among X-ray (0002) reflection relative intensities of crystal grains in which the c-axis orientation is in a range of 30° from the ND direction, and XTD represents a strongest intensity among intensities in which the c-axis orientation is in a range of ±10 degrees in the TD direction, XTD/XND is more than or equal to 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira Kawakami, Hideki Fujii, Kenichi Mori, Tomoyuki Kitaura
  • Publication number: 20190032183
    Abstract: A titanium product includes an inner layer portion and a surface layer portion joined to the inner layer portion. The surface layer portion has a composition consisting of, by mass %, O: 0.4% or less, Fe: 0.5% or less, Cl: 0.020% or less, the balance: Ti and impurities. The inner layer portion 3 has pores and a composition consisting of, by mass %, O: 0.4% or less, Fe: 0.5% or less, Cl: more than 0.020% and 0.60%, the balance: Ti and impurities. The area fraction of the pores in the inner layer portion in a cross-section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the titanium product is more than 0% and not more than 30%. The Cl content (ClI) of the inner layer portion, a thickness (tS) of the surface layer portion, and a thickness (tI) of the inner layer portion satisfy the expression [ClI?0.03+0.02×tS/tI].
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventors: Tomoyuki KITAURA, Yoshihisa SHIRAI, Hideki FUJII
  • Publication number: 20180216210
    Abstract: Provided is a titanium composite material 1 including: a first surface layer portion 2; an inner layer portion 4; and a second surface layer portion 3; wherein: the first surface layer portion 2 and the second surface layer portion 3 are composed of a titanium alloy; the inner layer portion 4 is composed of a commercially pure titanium including pores; a thickness of at least one of the first surface layer portion 2 and the second surface layer portion 3 is 2 ?m or more, and a proportion of the thickness with respect to an overall thickness of the titanium composite material 1 is 40% or less; and a porosity in a cross section perpendicular to a sheet thickness direction is more than 0% and 30% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: Tomoyuki KITAURA, Yoshihisa SHIRAI, Hideki FUJII
  • Publication number: 20180216211
    Abstract: A titanium composite material 1 is provided that includes: an inner layer 5 consisting of a commercially pure titanium or a titanium alloy; an outer layer 3 formed on at least one surface of the inner layer 5 and having a chemical composition that is different from a chemical composition of the inner layer 5; and an intermediate layer formed between the inner layer 5 and the outer layer 3 and having a chemical composition that is different from the chemical composition of the inner layer 5. The thickness of the outer layer 3 is 2 ?m or more, and occupies no more than 40% of the overall thickness per side. The thickness of the intermediate layer is 0.5 ?m or more. Despite being inexpensive, this titanium composite material has desired characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: Yoshitsugu TATSUZAWA, Tomonori KUNIEDA, Koji MITSUDA, Kenichi MORI, Kzuhiro TAKAHASHI, Hideki FUJII, Tomoyuki KITAURA
  • Publication number: 20170321312
    Abstract: Provided is an ?+? titanium alloy hot-rolled sheet consisting of, in mass %, Al: 4.7 to 5.5%, Fe: 0.5 to 1.4%, N: less than or equal to 0.03%, Si: 0.15 to 0.40%, a ratio of Si/O: 0.80 to 2.80, [O]eq in Expression (1): more than or equal to 0.13% and less than 0.25%, and the balance: Ti and impurities. In a case where an ND direction represents a normal direction of the hot-rolled sheet, a TD direction represents a sheet-width direction of the hot-rolled sheet, a c-axis orientation represents a normal direction of a (0001) plane in an ? phase, XND represents a strongest intensity among X-ray (0002) reflection relative intensities of crystal grains in which the c-axis orientation is in a range of 30° from the ND direction, and XTD represents a strongest intensity among intensities in which the c-axis orientation is in a range of ±10 degrees in the TD direction, XTD/XND is more than or equal to 4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2014
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira KAWAKAMI, Hideki FUJII, Kenichi MORI, Tomoyuki KITAURA
  • Publication number: 20170233850
    Abstract: A titanium-containing structure made of a titanium material includes: a package made of a commercially pure titanium material; and a filler packed into the package, wherein an internal pressure of the package is 10 Pa or less, the pressure being an absolute pressure, and wherein the filler includes at least one selected from titanium sponge, titanium briquet, and titanium scrap, and the filler has the same type of a chemical composition of the commercially pure titanium material. This titanium-containing structure enables production of a titanium product by performing hot working and eliminating the conventional melting step and forging step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2015
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Inventors: Yoshihisa SHIRAI, Hideki FUJII, Tomoyuki KITAURA