Patents by Inventor Yasuharu Sakuma

Yasuharu Sakuma 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: 10023947
    Abstract: High strength steel plate with an ultimate tensile strength of 900 MPa or more which is excellent in hydrogen embrittlement resistance characterized in that, in the structure of the steel plate, (a) by volume fraction, ferrite is present in 10 to 50%, bainitic ferrite and/or bainite in 10 to 60%, and tempered martensite in 10 to 50%, and (b) iron-based carbides which contain Si or Si and Al in 0.1% or more are present in 4×108 (particles/mm3) or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masafumi Azuma, Noriyuki Suzuki, Naoki Maruyama, Akinobu Murasato, Yasuharu Sakuma, Hiroyuki Kawata, Chisato Wakabayashi
  • Publication number: 20140178712
    Abstract: Hot rolled steel sheet which has a maximum tensile strength of 600 MPa or more and has an excellent low temperature impact energy absorption and HAZ softening resistance and a method of production of the same are provided, that is, sheet which contains, by mass %, C: 0.04 to 0.09%, Si: 0.4% or less, Mn: 1.2 to 2.0%, P: 0.1% or less, S: 0.02% or less, Al: 1.0% or less, Nb: 0.02 to 0.09%, Ti: 0.02 to 0.07%, and N: 0.005% or less, where 2.0?Mn+8[% Ti]+12[% Nb]?2.6, has a balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities, has an area percentage of pearlite of 5% or less, has a total area percentage of martensite and retained austenite of 0.5% or less, has a balance of a metal structure of ferrite and/or bainite, has an average grain size of ferrite and bainite of 10 ?m or less, has an average particle size of alloy carbonitrides with incoherent interfaces which contain Ti and Nb of 20 nm or less, and has a yield ratio of 0.85 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2012
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Inventors: Naoki Maruyama, Naoki Yoshinaga, Masafumi Azuma, Yasuharu Sakuma, Atsushi Itami
  • Patent number: 8747577
    Abstract: High yield ratio high-strength hot rolled thin steel sheet superior in weldability and ductility comprising, by mass %, C: over 0.030 to less than 0.10%, Si: 0.30 to 0.80%, Mn: 1.7 to 3.2%, P: 0.001 to 0.02%, S: 0.0001 to 0.006%, Al: 0.060% or less, N: 0.0001 to 0.0070%, containing further Ti: 0.01 to 0.055%, Nb: 0.012 to 0.055%, Mo: 0.07 to 0.55%, B: 0.0005 to 0.0040%, and simultaneously satisfying 1.1?14×Ti(%)+20×Nb(%)+3×Mo(%)+300×B(%)?3.7, the balance comprised of iron and unavoidable impurities, and having a yield ratio of 0.64 to less than 0.92, a TS×El1/2 of 3320 or more, an YR×TS×El1/2 of 2320 or more, and a maximum tensile strength (TS) of 780 MPa or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation
    Inventors: Naoki Yoshinaga, Shunji Hiwatashi, Yasuharu Sakuma, Atsushi Itami
  • Patent number: 8657970
    Abstract: This hot-rolled steel sheet contains, in terms of mass %, C: 0.015% or more to less than 0.040%; Si: less than 0.05%; Mn: 0.9% or more to 1.8% or less; P: less than 0.02%; S: less than 0.01%; Al: less than 0.1%; N: less than 0.006%; and Ti: 0.05% or more to less than 0.11%, with the remainder being Fe and inevitable impurities, wherein Ti/C is in a range of 2.5 or more to less than 3.5, Nb, Zr, V, Cr, Mo, B and W are not included, a microstructure includes a mixed microstructure of polygonal ferrite and quasi-polygonal ferrite in a proportion of greater than 96%, a maximum tensile strength is 520 MPa or more and less than 720 MPa, an aging index AI is more than 15 MPa, a product of a hole expansion ratio (?) % and a total elongation (El) % is 2350 or more, and a fatigue limit is 200 MPa or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation
    Inventors: Naoki Yoshinaga, Masafumi Azuma, Yasuharu Sakuma, Naoki Maruyama
  • Publication number: 20120222781
    Abstract: High strength steel plate with an ultimate tensile strength of 900 MPa or more which is excellent in hydrogen embrittlement resistance characterized in that, in the structure of the steel plate, (a) by volume fraction, ferrite is present in 10 to 50%, bainitic ferrite and/or bainite in 10 to 60%, and tempered martensite in 10 to 50%, and (b) iron-based carbides which contain Si or Si and Al in 0.1% or more are present in 4×108 (particles/mm3) or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Inventors: Masafumi Azuma, Noriyuki Suzuki, Naoki Maruyama, Akinobu Murasato, Yasuharu Sakuma, Hiroyuki Kawata, Chisato Wakabayashi
  • Patent number: 8163108
    Abstract: This cold-rolled steel sheet includes, in terms of mass %, C: not less than 0.05% and not more than 0.095%, Cr: not less than 0.15% and not more than 2.0%, B: not less than 0.0003% and not more than 0.01%, Si: not less than 0.3% and not more than 2.0%, Mn: not less than 1.7% and not more than 2.6%, Ti: not less than 0.005% and not more than 0.14%, P: not more than 0.03%, S: not more than 0.01%, Al: not more than 0.1%, N: less than 0.005%, O: not less than 0.0005% and not more than 0.005%, and contains as the remainder, iron and unavoidable impurities, wherein the microstructure of the steel sheet includes mainly polygonal ferrite having a crystal grain size of not more than 4 ?m, and hard microstructures of bainite and martensite, the block size of the martensite is not more than 0.9 ?m, the Cr content within the martensite is 1.1 to 1.5 times the Cr content within the polygonal ferrite, and the tensile strength is at least 880 MPa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Nippon Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Masafumi Azuma, Naoki Yoshinaga, Naoki Maruyama, Noriyuki Suzuki, Yasuharu Sakuma
  • Patent number: 8084143
    Abstract: High yield ratio high-strength thin steel sheet superior in weldability and ductility characterized by: being comprised of steel containing, by mass %, C: over 0.030 to less than 0.10%, Si: 0.30 to 0.80%, Mn: 1.7 to 3.2%, P: 0.001 to 0.02%, S: 0.0001 to 0.006%, Al: 0.060% or less, N: 0.0001 to 0.0070%, containing further Ti: 0.01 to 0.055%, Nb: 0.012 to 0.055%, Mo: 0.07 to 0.55%, B: 0.0005 to 0.0040%, and simultaneously satisfying 1.1 ?14×Ti(%)+20×Nb(%)+3×Mo(%)+300×B(%)?3.7, the balance comprised or iron and unavoidable impurities, and having a yield ratio of 0.64 to less than 0.92, a TS×E11/2 of 3320 or more, an YR×TS×EL1/2 of 2320 or more, and a maximum tensile strength (TS) of 780 MPa or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: Nippon Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Naoki Yoshinaga, Shunji Hiwatashi, Yasuharu Sakuma, Atsushi Itami
  • Publication number: 20110232807
    Abstract: High yield ratio high-strength thin steel sheet superior in weldability and ductility characterized by; being comprised of steel containing, by mass %, C: over 0.030 to less than 0.10%, Si: 0.30 to 0.80%, Mn: 1.7 to 3.2%, P: 0.001 to 0.02%, S: 0.0001 to 0.006%, Al: 0.060% or less, N: 0.0001 to 0.0070%, containing further Ti: 0.01 to 0.055%, Nb: 0.012 to 0.055%, Mo: 0.07 to 0.55%, B: 0.0005 to 0.0040%, and simultaneously statisfying 1.1?4×Ti(%)+20×Nb(%)+3×Mo(%)+300×B(%)?3.7, the balance comprised of iron and unavoidable impurities, and having a yield ratio of 0.64 to less than 0.92, a TS×El of 3320 or more, an YR×TS×El1/2 of 2320 or more, and a maximum tensile strength (TS) of 780 MPa or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2011
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoki Yoshinaga, Shunji Hiwatashi, Yasuharu Sakuma, Atsushi Itami
  • Publication number: 20110017360
    Abstract: This hot-rolled steel sheet contains, in terms of mass%, C: 0.015% or more to less than 0.040%; Si: less than 0.05%; Mn: 0.9% or more to 1.8% or less; P: less than 0.02%; S: less than 0.01%; Al: less than 0.1%; N: less than 0.006%; and Ti: 0.05% or more to less than 0.11%, with the remainder being Fe and inevitable impurities, wherein Ti/C is in a range of 2.5 or more to less than 3.5, Nb, Zr, V, Cr, Mo, B and W are not included, a microstructure includes a mixed microstructure of polygonal ferrite and quasi-polygonal ferrite in a proportion of greater than 96%, a maximum tensile strength is 520 MPa or more and less than 720 MPa, an aging index AI is more than 15 MPa, a product of a hole expansion ratio (A) % and a total elongation (El) % is 2350 or more, and a fatigue limit is 200 MPa or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2008
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Inventors: Naoki Yoshinaga, Masafumi Azuma, Yasuharu Sakuma, Naoki Maruyama
  • Publication number: 20110008647
    Abstract: This cold-rolled steel sheet includes, in terms of mass %, C: not less than 0.05% and not more than 0.095%, Cr: not less than 0.15% and not more than 2.0%, B: not less than 0.0003% and not more than 0.01%, Si: not less than 0.3% and not more than 2.0%, Mn: not less than 1.7% and not more than 2.6%, Ti: not less than 0.005% and not more than 0.14%, P: not more than 0.03%, S: not more than 0.01%, Al: not more than 0.1%, N: less than 0.005%, O: not less than 0.0005% and not more than 0.005%, and contains as the remainder, iron and unavoidable impurities, wherein the microstructure of the steel sheet includes mainly polygonal ferrite having a crystal grain size of not more than 4 ?m, and hard microstructures of bainite and martensite, the block size of the martensite is not more than 0.9 ?m, the Cr content within the martensite is 1.1 to 1.5 times the Cr content within the polygonal ferrite, and the tensile strength is at least 880 MPa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2009
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Inventors: Masafumi Azuma, Naoki Yoshinaga, Naoki Maruyama, Noriyuki Suzuki, Yasuharu Sakuma
  • Patent number: 7413780
    Abstract: Galvannealed steel sheet simultaneously able to achieve excellent workability and high strength and a method of production of the same are provided as an objective, in particular high strength galvannealed steel sheet excellent in workability, comprising high strength steel sheet containing, by mass %, C: 0.05 to 0.15%, Si: 0.3 to 2.0%, Mn: 1.0 to 2.8%, P: 0.03% or less, S: 0.02% or less, Al: 0.005 to 0.5%, and N: 0.0060% or less and a balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities, where, when % C, % Si, and % Mn respectively represent the C, Si, and Mn contents, (% Mn)/(% C)?12 and (% Si)/(% C)?4 being satisfied, on the surface of which having a galvannealed layer containing Al: 0.05 to 0.5 mass % and Fe: 5 to 15 mass % and a balance of Zn and unavoidable impurities, said steel sheet satisfying a relationship of tensile strength F (MPa) and elongation L (%) of L?52?0.035×F.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2008
    Assignee: Nippon Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Honda, Masaharu Kameda, Yasuharu Sakuma, Akio Saito, Tetsuo Nishiyama, Atsushi Itami
  • Publication number: 20070029015
    Abstract: High yield ratio high-strength thin steel sheet D superior in weldability and ductility characterized by; being comprised of steel containing, by mass %, C: over 0.030 to less than 0.10%, Si: 0.30 to 0.80%, Mn: 1.7 to 3.2%, P: 0.001 to 0,02%, S: 0.0001 to 0.006%, Al: 0.060% or less, N: 0.0001 to 0.0070%, containing further c Ti: 0.01 to 0.055%, Nb: 0.012 to 0.055%, Mo: 0.07 to 0.55%, B: 0.0005 to 0.0040%, and simultaneously statisfying 1.1?14×Ti(%)+20×Nb(%)+3×Mo(%)+300×B(%)?3.7, the balance comprised of iron and unavoidable impurities, and having a yield ratio of 0.64 to less than 0.92, a TS×El of 3320 or more, an YR×TS×El1/2 of 2320 or more, and a maximum tensile strength (TS) of 780 MPa or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2004
    Publication date: February 8, 2007
    Inventors: Naoki Yoshinaga, Shunji Hiwatashi, Yasuharu Sakuma, Atsushi Itami
  • Publication number: 20060222882
    Abstract: Galvannealed steel sheet simultaneously able to achieve excellent workability and high strength and a method of production of the same are provided as an objective, in particular high strength galvannealed steel sheet excellent in workability, comprising high strength steel sheet containing, by mass %, C: 0.05 to 0.15%, Si: 0.3 to 2.0%, Mn: 1.0 to 2.8%, P: 0.03% or less, S: 0.02% or less, Al: 0.005 to 0.5%, and N: 0.0060% or less and a balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities, where, when % C, % Si, and % Mn respectively represent the C, Si, and Mn contents, (% Mn)/(% C)?12 and (% Si)/(% C)?4 being satisfied, on the surface of which having a galvannealed layer containing Al: 0.05 to 0.5 mass % and Fe: 5 to 15 mass % and a balance of Zn and unavoidable impurities, said steel sheet satisfying a relationship of tensile strength F (MPa) and elongation L (%) of L?52?0.035×F.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2002
    Publication date: October 5, 2006
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Honda, Masaharu Kameda, Yasuharu Sakuma, Akio Saito, Tetsuo Nishiyama, Atsushi Itami
  • Patent number: 6544354
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide high-strength steel sheets exhibiting high impact energy absorption properties, as steel sheets to be used for shaping and working into such parts to front side members which absorb impact energy upon collision, as well as a method for their production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2003
    Assignee: Nippon Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Osamu Kawano, Junichi Wakita, Yuzo Takahashi, Hidesato Mabuchi, Manabu Takahashi, Akihiro Uenishi, Yukihisa Kuriyama, Riki Okamoto, Yasuharu Sakuma
  • Patent number: 6511553
    Abstract: The present invention provides a steel for steel sheets excellent in workability and showing significantly decreased formation of surface defects, and a method of deoxidizing molten steel for the steel for steel sheets which prevents nozzle clogging during continuous-casting the molten steel. That is, the steel for steel sheets excellent in workability, comprises, based on weight, 0.0001 to 0.0030% of C, up to 0.03% of Si, 0.05 to 0.30% of Mn, up to 0.015% of P, 0.001 to 0.015% of S, up to 0.008% of Al, 0.02 to 0.08% of Ti, 0.0005 to 0.0020% of Ca, 0.0005 to 0.01% of N, optionally containing at least one of 0.001 to 0.02 wt % of Nb and 0.0001 to 0.0010 wt % of B, and the balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2003
    Assignee: Nippon Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Junji Nakashima, Takashi Sawai, Mitsuo Uchimura, Wataru Yamada, Shigenori Tanaka, Yasuharu Sakuma, Akinobu Murasato
  • Patent number: 6319338
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide high-strength steel sheets exhibiting high impact energy absorption properties, as steel materials, to be used for shaping and working into such parts as front side members of automobiles which absorb impact energy upon collision, as well as a method for their production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2001
    Assignee: Nippon Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Osamu Kawano, Yuzo Takahashi, Junichi Wakita, Hidesato Mabuchi, Manabu Takahashi, Akihiro Uenishi, Riki Okamoto, Yukihisa Kuriyama, Yasuharu Sakuma
  • Patent number: 6129992
    Abstract: Provided are a high strength cold rolled steel sheet and a high strength plated steel sheet possessing improved geomagnetic shielding properties, that is, having a high relative permeability in a d.c. magnetic field around 0.3 Oe, a process for producing the same, and an explosion-proof band or an outer magnetic shielding material, for television cathode-ray tubes, using the steel sheet. An ultra low carbon steel, which has a carbon content of not more than 0.0060% and has been subjected to solid solution strengthening utilizing silicon and magnesium without relying upon precipitation strengthening, is deoxidized with silicon so that aluminum is substantially absent in the steel. Alternatively, when the ultra low carbon steel is deoxidized with aluminum, boron is added to inhibit the precipitation of AlN. Next, the deoxidized steel is finish rolled at 750 to 980.degree. C., cold rolled with a reduction ratio of 60 to 90%, and then annealed in the temperature range of 750.degree. C. to the Ac.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2000
    Assignees: Nippon Steel Corporation, Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuharu Sakuma, Satoru Tanaka, Kazuo Koyama, Yujiro Miyauchi, Takeshi Kubota, Atsushi Itami, Hiroaki Kato, Chohachi Sato, Teruo Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 5855696
    Abstract: The cold rolled steel sheet or galvanized steel sheet comprises by weight C: 0.0001 to 0.0026%, Si: not more than 1.2%, Mn: 0.03 to 3.0%, P: 0.015 to 0.15%, S: 0.0010 to 0.020%, Al: 0.005 to 0.1%, N: 0.0005 to 0.0080% and B: 0.0003 to 0.0030% with the balance consisting of Fe and unavoidable impurities. A process for producing the above steel sheet is also provided which comprises the steps of: performing hot roll finishing of a slab having the above chemical composition at the Ar.sub.3 transformation point or above; preferably, then cooling the hot rolled strip, within 1.5 sec after the completion of the hot rolling, to 750.degree. C. at a rate of not less than 50.degree. C./sec; coiling the strip in the temperature range of from room temperature to 750.degree. C.; cold rolling the coiled strip a reduction ratio of not less than 70%; subjecting the cold rolled strip to continuous annealing at 600.degree. to 900.degree. C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1999
    Assignee: Nippon Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto Tezuka, Kohsaku Ushioda, Shiro Fujii, Atsushi Itami, Yasuharu Sakuma, Tatsuo Yokoi
  • Patent number: 5618355
    Abstract: A high-strength steel sheet suitable for deep drawing, characterized by comprising 0.04 to 0.25 mass % of C and 0.3 to 3.0 mass %, in total, of at least one of Si and Al, the steel sheet having multiple phases structure comprising ferrite as a main phase (a phase having the highest volume fraction), not less than 3 vol. % of austenite, and bainite and martensite; said steel satisfying a requirement that a value obtained by dividing volume fraction of Vg (vol. %) of austenite before working by the content of C (mass %) contained in the whole steel, Vg/C, is 40 to 140, a requirement that Vp (volume fraction of austenite at the time of plane strain tensile deformation)/Vs (volume fraction of austenite at the time of shrink flanging deformation) is not more than 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 8, 1997
    Assignee: Nippon Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuo Koyama, Matsuo Usuda, Manabu Takahashi, Yasuharu Sakuma, Shunji Hiwatashi, Kaoru Kawasaki