Patents by Inventor Toshio Tanoue

Toshio Tanoue 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: 11427881
    Abstract: A ferritic stainless steel sheet and a steel pipe as a material suitable for a heat-resistant component that is required to have especially excellent formability are provided. The ferritic stainless steel sheet contains 10 to 20 mass % of Cr and a predetermined amount of C, Si, Mn, P, S, Al and one or both of Ti and Nb, a {111}-orientation intensity being 5 or more and {411}-orientation intensity being less than 3 at a portion in the vicinity of a sheet-thickness central portion of the ferritic stainless steel sheet. Further, with similar composition and by setting {111}<110>-orientation intensity at 4.0 or more and {311}<136>-orientation intensity at less than 3.0, a relationship rm??1.0t+3.0 (t(mm): sheet thickness, rm: average r-value) is satisfied, thereby providing a ferritic stainless steel sheet and a steel pipe with excellent formability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL STAINLESS STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junichi Hamada, Kou Nishimura, Jun Araki, Nozomu Fukuda, Toshio Tanoue
  • Publication number: 20210108283
    Abstract: A ferritic stainless steel sheet and a steel pipe as a material suitable for a heat-resistant component that is required to have especially excellent formability are provided. The ferritic stainless steel sheet contains 10 to 20 mass % of Cr and a predetermined amount of C, Si, Mn, P, S, Al and one or both of Ti and Nb, a {111}-orientation intensity being 5 or more and {411}-orientation intensity being less than 3 at a portion in the vicinity of a sheet-thickness central portion of the ferritic stainless steel sheet. Further, with similar composition and by setting {111}<110>-orientation intensity at 4.0 or more and {311}<136>-orientation intensity at less than 3.0, a relationship rm??1.0t+3.0 (t(mm): sheet thickness, rm: average r-value) is satisfied, thereby providing a ferritic stainless steel sheet and a steel pipe with excellent formability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN STAINLESS STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junichi HAMADA, Kou NISHIMURA, Jun ARAKI, Nozomu FUKUDA, Toshio TANOUE
  • Patent number: 10539264
    Abstract: An automotive member or oil filler pipe includes: a member of ferritic stainless steel containing, in mass %, at most 0.015% of C, at most 0.015% of N, 10.5 to 18.0% of Cr, 0.01 to 0.80% of Si, 0.01 to 0.80% of Mn, at most 0.050% of P, at most 0.010% of S, 0.010 to 0.100% of Al, more than 0.3 to 1.5% of Mo, and one or both of 0.03 to 0.30% of Ti and Nb; and a metal fitting of an aluminized stainless steel sheet, which is attached to the member to define therebetween a gap structure to be exposed to a chloride environment, and has an Al-plating weight per unit area ranging from 20 to 150 g/m2 in the gap structure. Surfaces of the metal fitting and member not facing the gap are coated with a cation electrodeposition coating film having a thickness of 5 to 35 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN STAINLESS STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Urashima, Yoshiharu Inoue, Toshio Tanoue
  • Patent number: 10260134
    Abstract: A heat-resistant cold rolled ferritic stainless steel sheet containing, in mass %, 0.02% or less of C, 0.1% to 1.0% of Si, greater than 0.6% to 1.5% of Mn, 0.01% to 0.05% of P, 0.0001% to 0.0100% of S, 13.0% to 20.0% of Cr, 0.1% to 3.0% of Mo, 0.005% to 0.20% of Ti, 0.3% to 1.0% of Nb, 0.0002% to 0.0050% of B, 0.005% to 0.50% of Al, 0.02% or less of N, with the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, in which {111}-oriented grains are present at an area ratio of 20% or greater in a region from a surface layer to t/4 (t is a sheet thickness), {111}-oriented grains are present at an area ratio of 40% or greater in a region from t/4 to t/2, and {011}-oriented grains are present at an area ratio of 15% or less in the entire region in a thickness direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN STAINLESS STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junichi Hamada, Yuji Koyama, Yoshiharu Inoue, Tadashi Komori, Fumio Fudanoki, Toshio Tanoue, Naoto Ono
  • Patent number: 9963767
    Abstract: An automotive member or a feed oil pipe includes: a member made of a ferritic stainless steel containing predetermined components containing 10.5% to 18.0% of Cr in mass %; a metal fitting made of an aluminized stainless steel sheet, the metal fitting being attached to the member; and a gap structure defined between the member and the metal fitting, the gap structure being exposed to a chloride environment, where the metal fitting has an Al-plating weight per unit area of 20 g/m2 or more and 150 g/m2 or less on a surface corresponding to a gap of the gap structure, and surfaces of the metal fitting and the non-aluminized member other than the gap are coated with a cation electrodeposition coating film having a thickness of 5 ?m to 35 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN STAINLESS STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Urashima, Shunji Sakamoto, Shinichi Teraoka, Toshio Tanoue
  • Publication number: 20180031169
    Abstract: An automotive member or oil filler pipe includes: a member of ferritic stainless steel containing, in mass %, at most 0.015% of C, at most 0.015% of N, 10.5 to 18.0% of Cr, 0.01 to 0.80% of Si, 0.01 to 0.80% of Mn, at most 0.050% of P, at most 0.010% of S, 0.010 to 0.100% of Al, more than 0.3 to 1.5% of Mo, and one or both of 0.03 to 0.30% of Ti and Nb; and a metal fitting of an aluminized stainless steel sheet, which is attached to the member to define therebetween a gap structure to be exposed to a chloride environment, and has an Al-plating weight per unit area ranging from 20 to 150 g/m2 in the gap structure. Surfaces of the metal fitting and member not facing the gap are coated with a cation electrodeposition coating film having a thickness of 5 to 35 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2016
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Applicant: Nippon Steel & Sumikin Stainless Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi URASHIMA, Yoshiharu INOUE, Toshio TANOUE
  • Publication number: 20170314093
    Abstract: A ferritic stainless steel sheet and a steel pipe as a material suitable for a heat-resistant component that is required to have especially excellent formability are provided. The ferritic stainless steel sheet contains 10 to 20 mass % of Cr and a predetermined amount of C, Si, Mn, P, S, Al and one or both of Ti and Nb, a {111}-orientation intensity being 5 or more and {411}-orientation intensity being less than 3 at a portion in the vicinity of a sheet-thickness central portion of the ferritic stainless steel sheet. Further, with similar composition and by setting {111}<110>-orientation intensity at 4.0 or more and {311}<136>-orientation intensity at less than 3.0, a relationship rm??1.0t+3.0 (t (mm): sheet thickness, rm: average r-value) is satisfied, thereby providing a ferritic stainless steel sheet and a steel pipe with excellent formability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2015
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN STAINLESS STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junichi HAMADA, Kou NISHIMURA, Jun ARAKI, Nozomu FUKUDA, Toshio TANOUE
  • Publication number: 20170253945
    Abstract: A martensitic stainless steel used for a brake disk of a two-wheeled vehicle includes: in % by mass, C of 0.025% to 0.080%, Si of 0.05% to 0.8%, Mn of 0.5% to 1.5%, P of 0.035% or less, S of 0.015% or less, Cr of 11.0% to 13.5%, Ni of 0.01% to 0.50%, Cu of 0.01% to 0.08%, Mo of 0.01% to 0.30%, V of 0.01% to 0.10%, Al of 0.05% or less, and N of 0.015% to 0.060%; a DFE value defined by a formula (1) ranging from 5 to 30; and a ? ferrite fraction observed in a cross section structure ranging from 5% to 30% by an area ratio. Ti, B, Nb, Sn and Bi may be added.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2015
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN STAINLESS STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichi TERAOKA, Yoshiharu INOUE, Yuji KOYAMA, Junichi HAMADA, Toshio TANOUE
  • Patent number: 9523402
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a stainless steel brake disc which is excellent in toughness, corrosion resistance, and wear resistance, and comprises, in % by mass, 0.030 to 0.080% of C, 0.05% to 1.0% of Si, 1.0 to 1.5% of Mn, 0.035% or less of P, 0.015% or less of S, 11.0 to 14.0% of Cr, 0.01 to 0.50% of Ni, 0.001 to 0.15% of V, less than 0.1% of Nb, 0.05% or less of Ti, 0.05% or less of Zr, 0.05% or less of Al, 0.015 to 0.060% of N, 0.0002% or more and 0.0050% or less of B, and 0.0080% or less of O, wherein an AT value of equation 1 is 0.055 to 0.090, equation 2 is satisfied, a ferrite phase fraction, in which an IQ value of an EBSD pattern is 4,000 or more, is 1% to 15%, a Charpy impact value is 50 J/cm2 or more, and hardness is 32 to 38 HRC. C+0.8(N?B)??(1) PV=1.2Ti+0.8Zr+Nb+1.1Al+O?0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: Nippon Steel & Sumikin Stainless Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichi Teraoka, Yoshiharu Inoue, Yuji Koyama, Masaaki Kobayashi, Toshio Tanoue
  • Publication number: 20160230261
    Abstract: An automotive member or a feed oil pipe includes: a member made of a ferritic stainless steel containing predetermined components containing 10.5% to 18.0% of Cr in mass %; a metal fitting made of an aluminized stainless steel sheet, the metal fitting being attached to the member; and a gap structure defined between the member and the metal fitting, the gap structure being exposed to a chloride environment, where the metal fitting has an Al-plating weight per unit area of 20 g/m2 or more and 150 g/m2 or less on a surface corresponding to a gap of the gap structure, and surfaces of the metal fitting and the non-aluminized member other than the gap are coated with a cation electrodeposition coating film having a thickness of 5 ?m to 35 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2014
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN STAINLESS STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi URASHIMA, Shunji SAKAMOTO, Shinichi TERAOKA, Toshio TANOUE
  • Publication number: 20160097114
    Abstract: A heat-resistant cold rolled ferritic stainless steel sheet containing, in mass %, 0.02% or less of C, 0.1% to 1.0% of Si, greater than 0.6% to 1.5% of Mn, 0.01% to 0.05% of P, 0.0001% to 0.0100% of S, 13.0% to 20.0% of Cr, 0.1% to 3.0% of Mo, 0.005% to 0.20% of Ti, 0.3% to 1.0% of Nb, 0.0002% to 0.0050% of B, 0.005% to 0.50% of Al, 0.02% or less of N, with the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, in which {111}-oriented grains are present at an area ratio of 20% or greater in a region from a surface layer to t/4 (t is a sheet thickness), {111}-oriented grains are present at an area ratio of 40% or greater in a region from t/4 to t/2, and {011}-oriented grains are present at an area ratio of 15% or less in the entire region in a thickness direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Applicant: Nippon Steel & Sumikin Stainless Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Junichi HAMADA, Yuji KOYAMA, Yoshiharu INOUE, Tadashi KOMORI, Fumio FUDANOKI, Toshio TANOUE, Naoto ONO
  • Patent number: 9249901
    Abstract: A fuel pipe which is inexpensive and is excellent in salt spray corrosion resistance, characterized by being comprised of a steel pipe member having as a material a ferritic stainless steel which contains, by mass %, C: 0.015% or less, Si: 0.01 to 0.50%, Mn: 0.01 to 0.50%, P: 0.050% or less, S: 0.010% or less, N: 0.015% or less, Al: 0.010 to 0.100%, and Cr: 13.0 to 18.0% and further, one or both of Ti: 0.03 to 0.30% and Nb: 0.03 to 0.30% and a metal fitting part, the metal fitting part and the steel pipe member having between them a crevice structure at the surface which the structure is exposed to a salt spray environment, an opening amount at a crevice part of the crevice structure being 0.2 mm or more, and an inside of the crevice part being coated by electrodeposition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN STAINLESS STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shunji Sakamoto, Toshio Tanoue
  • Publication number: 20150101898
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a stainless steel brake disc which is excellent in toughness, corrosion resistance, and wear resistance, and comprises, in % by mass, 0.030 to 0.080% of C, 0.05% to 1.0% of Si, 1.0 to 1.5% of Mn, 0.035% or less of P, 0.015% or less of S, 11.0 to 14.0% of Cr, 0.01 to 0.50% of Ni, 0.001 to 0.15% of V, less than 0.1% of Nb, 0.05% or less of Ti, 0.05% or less of Zr, 0.05% or less of Al, 0.015 to 0.060% of N, 0.0002% or more and 0.0050% or less of B, and 0.0080% or less of O, wherein an AT value of equation 1 is 0.055 to 0.090, equation 2 is satisfied, a ferrite phase fraction, in which an IQ value of an EBSD pattern is 4,000 or more, is 1% to 15%, a Charpy impact value is 50 J/cm2 or more, and hardness is 32 to 38 HRC. C+0.8(N?B)??(1) PV=1.2Ti+0.8Zr+Nb+1.1Al+O?0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN STAINLESS STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichi Teraoka, Yoshiharu Inoue, Yuji Koyama, Masaaki Kobayashi, Toshio Tanoue
  • Publication number: 20150020933
    Abstract: Provided is a heat-resistant cold rolled ferritic stainless steel sheet containing, in terms of mass %, 0.02% or less of C, 0.1% to 1.0% of Si, greater than 0.6% to 1.5% of Mn, 0.01% to 0.05% of P, 0.0001% to 0.0100% of S, 13.0% to 20.0% of Cr, 0.1% to 3.0% of Mo, 0.005% to 0.20% of Ti, 0.3% to 1.0% of Nb, 0.0002% to 0.0050% of B, 0.005% to 0.50% of Al, and 0.02% or less of N, with the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, in which {111}-oriented grains are present at an area ratio of 20% or greater in a region from a surface layer to t/4 (t is a sheet thickness), {111}-oriented grains are present at an area ratio of 40% or greater in a region from t/4 to t/2, and {011}-oriented grains are present at an area ratio of 15% or less in the entire region in a thickness direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2013
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Applicant: Nippon Steel & Sumikin Stainless Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Junichi Hamada, Yuji Koyama, Yoshiharu Inoue, Tadashi Komori, Fumio Fudanoki, Toshio Tanoue, Naoto Ono
  • Publication number: 20130074971
    Abstract: A fuel pipe which is inexpensive and is excellent in salt spray corrosion resistance, characterized by being comprised of a steel pipe member having as a material a ferritic stainless steel which contains, by mass %, C: 0.015% or less, Si: 0.01 to 0.50%, Mn: 0.01 to 0.50%, P: 0.050% or less, S: 0.010% or less, N: 0.015% or less, Al: 0.010 to 0.100%, and Cr: 13.0 to 18.0% and further, one or both of Ti: 0.03 to 0.30% and Nb: 0.03 to 0.30% and a metal fitting part, the metal fitting part and the steel pipe member having between them a crevice structure at the surface which the structure is exposed to a salt spray environment, an opening amount at a crevice part of the crevice structure being 0.2 mm or more, and an inside of the crevice part being coated by electrodeposition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2011
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN STAINLESS STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shunji Sakamoto, Toshio Tanoue
  • Patent number: 8129035
    Abstract: The invention provides structural component for an automobile, two-wheeled vehicle or railcar excellent in impact-absorption property, shape fixability and flange cuttability, and method for producing the same, which structural component has a hat-like shape including vertical walls and flanges, wherein distal ends of the flanges contain 20 vol % or greater of austenite phase and have a cross-section hardness expressed as Vickers harness of 150˜350, and a center regions of the vertical walls have, in a common cross-section with the flanges, a content of deformation-induced martensite phase exceeding that of the distal ends of the flanges by 10 vol % or greater and a cross-section hardness expressed as Vickers hardness that exceeds that of the distal ends of the flanges by 50 or greater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Nippon Steel & Sumikin Stainless Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Ken Kimura, Junichi Hamada, Naoto Ono, Haruhiko Kajimura, Toshio Tanoue
  • Patent number: 8062584
    Abstract: The present invention provides, as a material superior in heat resistance in a hot environment where the maximum temperature of the exhaust gas becomes 750 to 900° C., ferritic stainless steel sheet superior in heat resistance in a broad temperature region of 750 to 900° C. with long term stability by a smaller amount of addition of Mo than SUS444 containing about 2% of expensive Mo, that is, ferritic stainless steel sheet superior in heat resistance characterized by containing, by mass %, C: 0.01% or less, N: 0.02% or less, Si: 0.05 to 1%, Mn: 0.1 to 2%, Cr: 10 to 30%, Mo: 0.1 to 1%, Cu: 1 to 2%, Nb: 0.2 to 0.7%, Ti: 0.01 to 0.3%, and B: 0.0002 to 0.0050%, having a balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities, and having a 0.2% yield strength at 750° C. of 70 MPa or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: Nippon Steel & Sumikin Stainless Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Junichi Hamada, Haruhiko Kajimura, Toshio Tanoue, Fumio Fudanoki, Yoshiharu Inoue
  • Publication number: 20100233015
    Abstract: This invention provides a steel sheet for structural components excellent in impact absorption property comprising, in mass %, C: 0.005 to 0.05%, N: 0.01 to 0.30%, Si: 0.1 to 2%, Mn: 0.1 to 15%, Ni: 0.5 to 8%, Cu: 0.1 to 5%, Cr: 11 to 20%, Al: 0.01 to 0.5%, and a balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities, wherein Md30 value given by equation (A) is 0 to 100° C., and total impact energy absorption in dynamic tensile testing is 500 MJ/m3 or greater: Md30=551?462(C+N)?9.2Si?8.1Mn?13.7Cr?29(Ni+Cu) ??(A).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Inventors: Junichi Hamada, Haruhiko Kajimura, Fumio Fudanoki, Toshio Tanoue, Ken Kimura
  • Patent number: 7754344
    Abstract: A ferritic stainless steel welded pipe is ferritic stainless steel welded pipe contains, by wt %, C: 0.001 to 0.015%, N: 0.001 to 0.020%, Cr: 11 to 25%, Mo: 0.01 to 2.0%, one or both of Ti and Nb in 0.05 to 0.5%, and B: 0.0003 to 0.0030%, having an elongation of the welded pipe material in the direction becoming the circumferential direction of 30% or more, and having an average Lankford value of 1.5 or more, which is formed, welded, and sized by 0.5 to 2.0% in terms of circumferential length, then annealed at 700 to 850° C., and has the hardness difference between the weld zone and the matrix is 10 to 40 in range and a ratio between the bead thickness of the weld zone and the thickness of the matrix is 1.05 to 1.3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: Nippon Steel & Sumikin Stainless Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Naoto Ono, Toshio Tanoue, Fumio Fudanoki, Tadashi Komori, Shuji Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20090274929
    Abstract: The present invention provides a surface treated stainless steel sheet for an automobile fuel tank excellent in corrosion resistance under a salt corrosive environment, that is, a surface treated stainless steel sheet for an automobile fuel tank excellent in corrosion resistance under a salt corrosive environment characterized by comprising a ferritic stainless steel sheet base material containing, by mass %, Cr: 10.0 to 25.0%, having an average r value of 1.4 or more, and having a total elongation of 30% or more or an austenitic stainless steel sheet base material containing Cr: 10.0 to 25.0%, having a total elongation of 45% or more, and having a work hardening rate of 400 N/mm2 on the surface of which is formed a plating layer containing 5 to 13% of Si and having a balance of unavoidable impurities and Al by a weight of 5 g/m2 to 80 g/m2, between the plating layer and base iron is formed an alloy layer having a thickness of less than 5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2007
    Publication date: November 5, 2009
    Inventors: Shunji Sakamoto, Toshio Tanoue, Naoto Ono, Takao Kanai