Patents by Inventor Toshinobu Nishibata

Toshinobu Nishibata 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: 10711322
    Abstract: A steel sheet for hot pressing includes: a specific chemical composition; and a steel structure comprising ferrite and cementite and represented, in area %: a total area ratio of bainite and martensite: 0% to 10%; and an area ratio of cementite: 1% or more; and a concentration of Mn in the cementite is 5% or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koutarou Hayashi, Toshinobu Nishibata
  • Patent number: 10344351
    Abstract: A hot-pressed steel sheet member includes: a specific chemical composition; and a steel microstructure represented by, in area %, ferrite: 10% to 70%, martensite: 30% to 90%, and a total area ratio of ferrite and martensite: 90% to 100%. 90% or more of all Ti in steel precipitates, and a tensile strength of the hot-pressed steel sheet member is 980 MPa or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koutarou Hayashi, Toshinobu Nishibata
  • Publication number: 20190169707
    Abstract: A steel sheet for hot pressing includes: a specific chemical composition; and a steel structure comprising ferrite and cementite and represented, in area %: a total area ratio of bainite and martensite: 0% to 10%; and an area ratio of cementite: 1% or more; and a concentration of Mn in the cementite is 5% or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2019
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koutarou HAYASHI, Toshinobu NISHIBATA
  • Patent number: 10253387
    Abstract: A hot-pressed steel sheet member includes a specific chemical composition and further includes a steel structure in which an area ratio of ferrite in a surface layer portion ranging from a surface to 15 ?m in depth is equal to or less than 1.20 times an area ratio of ferrite in an inner layer portion being a portion excluding the surface layer portion, and the inner layer portion contains a steel structure represented, in area %, ferrite: 10% to 70%; martensite: 30% to 90%; and a total area ratio of ferrite and martensite: 90% to 100%. A concentration of Mn in the martensite is equal to or more than 1.20 times a concentration of Mn in the ferrite in the inner layer portion, and a tensile strength of the hot-pressed steel sheet member is 980 MPa or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koutarou Hayashi, Toshinobu Nishibata
  • Publication number: 20160326608
    Abstract: A hot-formed member according to the present invention has a predetermined chemical composition, a metallographic microstructure in which, in terms of area %, ferrite is 10% to 90%, unrecrystallized ferrite is 0% to 2.0%, martensite is 10% to 90%, the total area ratio of the ferrite and the martensite is 90% to 100%, and the average grain size of the ferrite is 0.5 ?m to 5.0 ?m, and the tensile strength of 900 MPa to 1800 MPa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2014
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koutarou HAYASHI, Toshinobu NISHIBATA
  • Publication number: 20160312325
    Abstract: A hot-pressed steel sheet member includes a specific chemical composition and further includes a steel structure in which an area ratio of ferrite in a surface layer portion ranging from a surface to 15 ?m in depth is equal to or less than 1.20 times an area ratio of ferrite in an inner layer portion being a portion excluding the surface layer portion, and the inner layer portion contains a steel structure represented, in area %, ferrite: 10% to 70%; martensite: 30% to 90%; and a total area ratio of ferrite and martensite: 90% to 100%. A concentration of Mn in the martensite is equal to or more than 1.20 times a concentration of Mn in the ferrite in the inner layer portion, and a tensile strength of the hot-pressed steel sheet member is 980 MPa or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2013
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koutarou HAYASHI, Toshinobu NISHIBATA
  • Publication number: 20160312330
    Abstract: A hot-pressed steel sheet member includes: a specific chemical composition; and a steel microstructure represented by, in area %, ferrite: 10% to 70%, martensite: 30% to 90%, and a total area ratio of ferrite and martensite: 90% to 100%. 90% or more of all Ti in steel precipitates, and a tensile strength of the hot-pressed steel sheet member is 980 MPa or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koutarou HAYASHI, Toshinobu NISHIBATA
  • Patent number: 7673485
    Abstract: Hot press forming of a steel material is made possible by coating the surface of the steel material with a plated layer of zinc or a zinc alloy and forming thereon a barrier layer which prevents the vaporization of zinc even when heated to 700-1000° C. Corrosion resistance can also be guaranteed without requiring post treatment, and hot press forming of high tensile steel sheet and stainless steel sheet is made possible. The barrier layer is formed by forming an upper plated layer, by surface oxidation, by contact with an oxidizing agent, by contact with Zn and an oxidizing agent, by anodic electrolysis, by cathodic electrolysis, or by coating with a ZnO sol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2010
    Assignee: Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhito Imai, Tamotsu Toki, Yukihiro Yoshikawa, Masaru Takahashi, Toshinobu Nishibata, Nobusato Kojima
  • Patent number: 7559998
    Abstract: A hot press-formed member having stable strength and toughness is manufactured from a high strength steel sheet by hot press forming. In the cooling stage during hot press forming, the cooling rate is at least the critical cooling rate until the Ms point is reached and it is then in the range of 25-150° C./s in the temperature range from the Ms point to 200° C. The Vickers hardness of the hot pressed member is less than the value of (maximum quenching hardness—10) and at least the value of (maximum quenching hardness—100).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2009
    Assignees: Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyoda Iron Works Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshinobu Nishibata, Masahiro Nakata, Shuntaro Sudo, Akira Obayashi, Masanobu Ichikawa
  • Publication number: 20060185774
    Abstract: A hot press-formed member having stable strength and toughness is manufactured from a high strength steel sheet by hot press forming. In the cooling stage during hot press forming, the cooling rate is at least the critical cooling rate until the Ms point is reached and it is then in the range of 25-150° C./s in the temperature range from the Ms point to 200° C. The Vickers hardness of the hot pressed member is less than the value of (maximum quenching hardness ?10) and at east the value of (maximum quenching hardness ?100).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2005
    Publication date: August 24, 2006
    Inventors: Toshinobu Nishibata, Masahiro Nakata, Shuntaro Suda, Akira Obayashi, Masanobu Ichikawa
  • Publication number: 20050252262
    Abstract: Hot press forming of a steel material is made possible by coating the surface of the steel material with a plated layer of zinc or a zinc alloy and forming thereon a barrier layer which prevents the vaporization of zinc even when heated to 700-1000° C. Corrosion resistance can also be guaranteed without requiring post treatment, and hot press forming of high tensile steel sheet and stainless steel sheet is made possible. The barrier layer is formed by forming an upper plated layer, by surface oxidation, by contact with an oxidizing agent, by contact with Zn and an oxidizing agent, by anodic electrolysis, by cathodic electrolysis, or by coating with a ZnO sol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2005
    Publication date: November 17, 2005
    Inventors: Kazuhito Imai, Tamotsu Toki, Yukihiro Yoshikawa, Masaru Takahashi, Toshinobu Nishibata, Nobusato Kojima
  • Publication number: 20040166360
    Abstract: Hot press forming of a steel material is made possible by coating the surface of the steel material with a plated layer of zinc or a zinc alloy and forming thereon a barrier layer which prevents the vaporization of zinc even when heated to 700-1000° C. Corrosion resistance can also be guaranteed without requiring post treatment, and hot press forming of high tensile steel sheet and stainless steel sheet is made possible. The barrier layer is formed by forming an upper plated layer, by surface oxidation, by contact with an oxidizing agent, by contact with Zn and an oxidizing agent, by anodic electrolysis, by cathodic electrolysis, or by coating with a ZnO sol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2003
    Publication date: August 26, 2004
    Inventors: Kazuhito Imai, Tamotsu Toki, Yukihiro Yoshikawa, Masaru Takahashi, Toshinobu Nishibata, Nobusato Kojima
  • Patent number: 6528012
    Abstract: In a welded structure and welded pipe, having members joined to each other by welding wherein, at least one of the members is formed of Fe—Ni-base low thermal expansion coefficient alloy, there is provided a welded structure and welded pipe having a weld metal free from cracking and achieving an excellent toughness and stress corrosion cracking resistance. Further, a welding material is provided which can form such a weld metal and is excellent in workability and weldability in fabrication. The weld metal comprises, on the weight % basis, Ni: 30 to 45%, Co: 0 to 10%, C: 0.03 to 0.5%, Mn: 0.7% or less, either one of or the total of Nb and Zr: 0.05 to 4%, and rare earth element: 0 to 0.5%, with impurities being P: 0.02% or less, Al: 0.01% or less, and oxygen: 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2003
    Assignees: Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd., Osaka Gas Co., Ltd., Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazutoshi Nishimoto, Naoshige Kubo, Hiroshi Iwahashi, Shuji Yamamoto, Hidefumi Yamanaka, Shinji Koga, Yutaka Chida, Taketo Yamakawa, Kouji Michiba, Hiroyuki Hirata, Kazuhiro Ogawa, Toshinobu Nishibata
  • Publication number: 20020011287
    Abstract: In a welded structure and welded pipe, having members joined to each other by welding wherein, at least one of the members is formed of Fe—Ni-base low thermal expansion coefficient alloy, there is provided a welded structure and welded pipe having a weld metal free from cracking and achieving an excellent toughness and stress corrosion cracking resistance. Further, a welding material is provided which can form such a weld metal and is excellent in workability and weldability in fabrication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2001
    Publication date: January 31, 2002
    Inventors: Kazutoshi Nishimoto, Naoshige Kubo, Hiroshi Iwahashi, Shuji Yamamoto, Hidefumi Yamanaka, Shinji Koga, Yutaka Chida, Taketo Yamakawa, Kouji Michiba, Hiroyuki Hirata, Kazuhiro Ogawa, Toshinobu Nishibata