Patents by Inventor Toshio MAEHATA

Toshio MAEHATA 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: 20160160306
    Abstract: To provide a coil spring having excellent fatigue resistance. Disclosed is a coil spring made of steel, including (in % by mass, the same shall apply for a chemical composition): C: 0.40 to 0.70%; Si: 1.50 to 3.50%; Mn: 0.30 to 1.50%; Cr: 0.10 to 1.50%; V: 0.50 to 1.00%, and Al: 0.01% or less (excluding 0%), with the balance being iron and inevitable impurities, wherein an average crystal grain size number of prior austenite crystals in a depth of 0.3 mm from a surface is 11.0 or more, while a difference in grain size number between the respective prior austenite crystals is in a range of less than 3 from a grain size number observed at the maximum frequency, and wherein a carburized layer is provided in a depth of 0.30 to 1.00 mm from the surface, while an average Vickers hardness is 600 or higher at a position in a depth of (¼)×diameter in the depth direction from the surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2014
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Applicants: NHK Spring Co., Ltd., Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.), Shinko Wire Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Fumio YAMAMOTO, Kengo TSURUGAI, Nao YOSHIHARA, Kei MASUMOTO, Hiroshi OURA, Tetsuo JINBO, Toshio MAEHATA, Yoshiharu YAMAMOTO