Patents by Inventor Yasuto Goto
Yasuto Goto 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).
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Publication number: 20220403542Abstract: A Ni-plated steel sheet includes a base steel sheet and a Ni-based coating layer that is disposed on a surface of the base steel sheet. The Ni-based coating layer includes a Fe—Ni alloy region that is formed on the surface of the base steel sheet. The Fe—Ni alloy region includes a mixed phase composed of a bcc phase and an fcc phase, and a component of the Fe—Ni alloy region includes 5 mass % or more of Fe and a remainder including 90 mass % or more of Ni.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2019Publication date: December 22, 2022Inventors: Yasuto GOTO, Kiyokazu ISHIZUKA, Takehiro TAKAHASHI
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Publication number: 20220403539Abstract: A Ni-plated steel sheet includes a base steel sheet and a Ni-based coating layer that is disposed on a surface of the base steel sheet. The distribution of carbon concentration in a depth direction obtained by performing GDS analysis on the Ni-plated steel sheet has a peak indicating the carbon concentration that is equal to or more than twice the carbon concentration of a thickness middle portion of the base steel sheet in the vicinity of an interface between the base steel sheet and the Ni-based coating layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2019Publication date: December 22, 2022Inventors: Yasuto GOTO, Kiyokazu ISHIZUKA, Takehiro TAKAHASHI
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Publication number: 20220371302Abstract: A coated steel material including: a base steel, and a coating layer containing a Zn—Al—Mg alloy layer disposed on a surface of the base steel, wherein the coating layer has a predetermined chemical composition, and, in a backscattered electron image of the Zn—Al—Mg alloy layer that is obtained at a time of observing the surface of the Zn—Al—Mg alloy layer after polishing to ½ of the layer thickness, under a scanning electron microscope at a magnification of 100×, Al crystals are present, and the average value of the cumulative circumferential length of the Al crystals is 88 to 195 mm/mm2.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2020Publication date: November 24, 2022Inventors: Mamoru SAITO, Yasuto GOTO, Kiyokazu ISHIZUKA
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Publication number: 20220356547Abstract: A hot-dip coated steel product including: a steel product; and a coating layer including a Zn—Al—Mg alloy layer disposed on a surface of the steel product, in which the Zn—Al—Mg alloy layer includes a Zn phase, an Al phase, and a MgZn2 phase, and contains a Mg—Sn intermetallic compound phase in the Zn phase, and the coating layer has a chemical composition satisfying a predetermined average composition, a total area proportion of the Al phase and the MgZn2 phase is 70% or more, an area proportion of the Zn phase is 30% or less, an average value of cumulative circumferential lengths of the Al phase is less than 88 mm/mm2, and a total frequency in number of the Al phase having a circumferential length of 50 ?m or more is less than 100.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2020Publication date: November 10, 2022Inventors: Kohei TOKUDA, Mamoru SAITO, Jun MAKI, Takuya MITSUNOBU, Yasuto GOTO
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Patent number: 11473174Abstract: The present invention provides a coated steel product including: a steel product; a coating layer that is coated on the surface of the steel product and that includes from 8 to 50% by mass of Mg, from 2.5 to 70.0% by mass of Al, and from 0.30 to 5.00% by mass of Ca, with the balance consisting of Zn and impurities; and an intermediate layer interposed between the steel product and the coating layer, in which the intermediate layer has a sea-island structure constituted by a sea portion composed of an Al—Fe alloy phase, and island portions including a Zn—Mg—Al alloy phase having a Mg content of 8% by mass or more, and in which the sea portion composed of the Al—Fe alloy phase has an area fraction of from 55 to 90%.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2017Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Kohei Tokuda, Hisashi Baba, Nobuyuki Shimoda, Kenichiro Matsumura, Yasuto Goto
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Publication number: 20220216548Abstract: A battery case and method of production of the same realizing smaller size, higher mountability, longer service life, and lower cost than in the past, that is, a battery case comprising a container body and a container cover, in which battery case, one or both of the container body and the container cover are made from a laminated steel sheet comprised of a plated steel sheet on which a film having a polyolefin-based resin as a main constituent is laminated, a joined part of the container body and the container cover has a welded part of the plated steel sheet, a melt bonded part of the film, and a gap part between the welded part and the melt bonded part, where a length of gap part/thickness of plated steel sheet ?10.0 and a length of gap part/length of joined part <0.50, and at least part of the inside surface of the battery case is covered by the film, and a method of production of the same.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2020Publication date: July 7, 2022Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Akinobu KOBAYASHI, Koichi NOSE, Yasuto GOTO, Takehiro TAKAHASHI, Tatsuo NAGATA, Masaharu IBARAGI
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Patent number: 11352682Abstract: A surface-treated steel sheet of the present invention includes a base steel sheet and a Ni—Co—Fe alloy-plated layer on at least one surface of the base steel sheet, in which, in the alloy-plated layer, a Ni coating weight is 7.1 to 18.5 g/m2, a Co coating weight is 0.65 to 3.6 g/m2, and a total of the Ni coating weight and the Co coating weight is in a range of 9.0 to 20.0 g/m2. In a surface layer of the alloy-plated layer, a Co concentration is in a range of 20 to 60 atom %, and a Fe concentration is in a range of 5 to 30 atom %. In the alloy-plated layer, a region having a thickness of 2 ?m or more, in which a total of a Ni concentration and the Co concentration is 10 atom % or more and the Fe concentration is 5 atom % or more, is present. The base steel sheet has a predetermined chemical composition, and a ferrite grain size number is 10 or more.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2019Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Takehiro Takahashi, Mamoru Saito, Kiyokazu Ishizuka, Yasuto Goto
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Publication number: 20220145473Abstract: A surface-treated metal material includes a metal sheet, a plating layer formed on the metal sheet and containing aluminum, magnesium, and zinc, and a composite coating formed on a surface of the plating layer, the composite coating including an organic silicon compound, one or two of a zirconium compound and a titanium compound, a phosphoric acid compound, a fluorine compound, and a vanadium compound, wherein, when a surface of the composite coating is analyzed at a spot size of ?30 ?m using micro-fluorescent X-rays, a maximum value of V/Zn, which is a mass ratio of a V content to a Zn content, is 0.010 to 0.100.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2020Publication date: May 12, 2022Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Hiromasa SHOJI, Kiyokazu ISHIZUKA, Kohei TOKUDA, Mamoru SAITO, Yasuto GOTO, Ikumi TOKUDA
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Publication number: 20220033988Abstract: A Ni-plated steel sheet according to an aspect of the present invention includes: a base steel sheet; an Fe—Ni diffusion alloy region disposed on the base steel sheet; and a Ni plating region disposed on the Fe—Ni diffusion alloy region, in which an average equivalent circle diameter of crystal grains made of Ni (fcc) in the Ni plating region measured in a cross section perpendicular to a rolled surface of the base steel sheet is 0.2 to 4.0 ?m.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2019Publication date: February 3, 2022Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Yasuto GOTO, Kiyokazu ISHIZUKA, Takehiro TAKAHASHI
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Publication number: 20220010450Abstract: A Ni-coated steel sheet according to an aspect of the present invention includes: a base steel sheet; a diffusion alloy layer disposed on the base steel sheet; and a Ni-coated layer disposed on the diffusion alloy layer, in which a depth-hardness curve obtained by continuously performing Vickers hardness measurement on a cross section perpendicular to a rolled surface of the base steel sheet from a surface layer of the Ni-coated layer to the base steel sheet using a nanoindenter includes, in the diffusion alloy layer, a peak indicating a Vickers hardness of 1.50 times or more a Vickers hardness of the surface layer of the Ni-coated layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2019Publication date: January 13, 2022Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Takehiro TAKAHASHI, Yasuto GOTO, Jun MAKI
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Publication number: 20210269929Abstract: A surface-treated steel sheet of the present invention includes a base steel sheet and a Ni—Co—Fe alloy-plated layer on at least one surface of the base steel sheet, in which, in the alloy-plated layer, a Ni coating weight is 7.1 to 32.5 g/m2, a Co coating weight is 0.65 to 5.2 g/m2, and a total of the Ni coating weight and the Co coating weight is in a range of 9.0 to 35.0 g/m2. In an outermost layer of the alloy-plated layer, a Co concentration is in a range of 20 to 60 atom %, and a Fe concentration is in a range of 5 to 30 atom %. In the alloy-plated layer, a region having a thickness of 2 ?m or more, in which a total of a Ni concentration and the Co concentration is 10 atom % or more and the Fe concentration is 5 atom % or more, is present, and the base steel sheet has a predetermined chemical composition, and a ferrite grain size number is 9.0 or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2019Publication date: September 2, 2021Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Takehiro TAKAHASHI, Mamoru SAITO, Kiyokazu ISHIZUKA, Yasuto GOTO
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Publication number: 20210269932Abstract: A surface-treated steel sheet of the present invention includes a base steel sheet and a Ni—Co—Fe alloy-plated layer on at least one surface of the base steel sheet, in which, in the alloy-plated layer, a Ni coating weight is 7.1 to 18.5 g/m2, a Co coating weight is 0.65 to 3.6 g/m2, and a total of the Ni coating weight and the Co coating weight is in a range of 9.0 to 20.0 g/m2. In a surface layer of the alloy-plated layer, a Co concentration is in a range of 20 to 60 atom %, and a Fe concentration is in a range of 5 to 30 atom %. In the alloy-plated layer, a region having a thickness of 2 ?m or more, in which a total of a Ni concentration and the Co concentration is 10 atom % or more and the Fe concentration is 5 atom % or more, is present. The base steel sheet has a predetermined chemical composition, and a ferrite grain size number is 10 or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2019Publication date: September 2, 2021Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Takehiro TAKAHASHI, Mamoru SAITO, Kiyokazu ISHIZUKA, Yasuto GOTO
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Publication number: 20210147996Abstract: A Ni diffusion-plated steel sheet of the present invention includes a base steel sheet and a Fe—Ni diffusion alloy-plating layer positioned on at least one surface of the base steel sheet, a Ni coating weight of the Fe—Ni diffusion alloy-plating layer is 9.0 to 35 g/m2, a Fe concentration Cs of an outermost layer of the Fe—Ni diffusion alloy-plating layer is 10 to 55 mass %, the base steel sheet has a predetermined chemical composition, and a ferrite grain size number specified by JIS G 0551 (2013) of the base steel sheet is 10.0 or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2019Publication date: May 20, 2021Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Takehiro TAKAHASHI, Kiyokazu ISHIZUKA, Yasuto GOTO
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Patent number: 10982303Abstract: There is provided a coated steel product having a steel product and a coating layer including a Zn—Al—Mg alloy layer disposed on a surface of the steel product, in which the Zn—Al—Mg alloy layer has a Zn phase, the Zn phase contains a Mg—Sn intermetallic compound phase, and the coating layer consists of Zn: more than 65.0%, Al: from more than 5.0% to less than 25.0%, Mg: from more than 3.0% to less than 12.5%, Sn: 0.1% to 20.0% in terms of percent (%) by mass, given amounts of optional elements, and impurities, and has a chemical composition that satisfies the following Formulas 1 to 5: Bi+In<Sn??Formula 1: Y+La+Ce?Ca??Formula 2: Si<Sn??Formula 3: 0?Cr+Ti+Ni+Co+V+Nb+Cu+Mn<0.25??Formula 4: 0?Sr+Sb+Pb+B<0.5.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2018Date of Patent: April 20, 2021Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Kohei Tokuda, Jun Maki, Yasuto Goto, Takuya Mitsunobu
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Publication number: 20210032765Abstract: A Ni diffusion-plated steel sheet of the present invention includes a base steel sheet and a Fe—Ni diffusion alloy-plating layer positioned on at least one surface of the base steel sheet, an Ni coating weight of the Fe—Ni diffusion alloy-plating layer is 9.0 to 20 g/m2, a Fe concentration Cs of an outermost layer of the Fe—Ni diffusion alloy-plating layer is 10 to 55 mass %, the base steel sheet has a predetermined chemical composition, and a ferrite grain size number specified by JIS G 0551 (2013) of the base steel sheet is 11.0 or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2019Publication date: February 4, 2021Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Takehiro TAKAHASHI, Kiyokazu ISHIZUKA, Yasuto GOTO
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Patent number: 10741802Abstract: A steel foil for an electrical storage device container, including a steel foil, a metal chromium layer layered on the steel foil, and a hydrated chromium oxide layer layered on the metal chromium layer, in which the concentration of Fe from a surface of the hydrated chromium oxide layer to a depth of 10 nm is less than 10% by mass, the area ratio of a site having an arithmetic mean roughness Ra of 10 nm or more in a visual field of 1 ?m at the surface of the hydrated chromium oxide layer is less than 20%, and a site having an arithmetic mean roughness Ra of less than 10 nm in a visual field of 1 ?m has an arithmetic mean roughness Ra of 3 nm or less in a visual field of 1 ?m at the surface of the hydrated chromium oxide layer, is adopted.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2016Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Assignees: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION, NIPPON STEEL CHEMICAL & MATERIAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Masaharu Ibaragi, Koichi Nose, Yasuto Goto, Nobuo Kadowaki, Hiroto Unno
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Patent number: 10563296Abstract: The invention provides a coated steel including a steel, a coated metal layer coated on a surface of the steel, and an interfacial alloy layer formed at the boundary between the steel and the coated metal layer, in which the coated metal layer has a predetermined composition and structure, and in which the thickness of the coated metal layer is 0.1 ?m or more, and the thickness of the interfacial alloy layer is 500 nm or less.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2016Date of Patent: February 18, 2020Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Akinobu Kobayashi, Kohei Tokuda, Nobuyuki Shimoda, Yasuto Goto, Kenichiro Matsumura
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Patent number: 10538852Abstract: A plated steel sheet including an alloy plating layer formed on a surface of the steel sheet consisting of, in mass %, Cr: 5 to 91%, Fe: 0.5 to 10%, and the balance: Ni and unavoidable impurities, the Ni concentration gradually decreases from an outermost surface of the alloy plating layer to a side of the steel sheet, Ni/Cr>1 in an area extending 300 nm or more from the outermost surface of the alloy plating layer, the Fe concentration in the alloy plating layer gradually decreases from the side of the steel sheet to the outermost surface, the Fe concentration in the outermost surface 0.5% or less, the total thickness of an alloy layer formed in the alloy plating layer and containing Cr and Fe is 500 to 2000 nm, and the total amount of the alloy plating layer deposited to the steel sheet is 4.5 to 55.5 g/m2.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2016Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Akinobu Kobayashi, Yasuto Goto, Takashi Futaba, Kenichiro Matsumura
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Patent number: 10533260Abstract: The chemical treatment steel sheet includes a steel sheet, a mat finished Sn plating layer that is provided as an upper layer of the steel sheet and is formed of a ?-Sn, and a chemical treatment layer that is provided as an upper layer of the Sn plating layer. The Sn plating layer contains the ?-Sn of 0.10 g/m2 to 20.0 g/m2 in terms of an amount of metal Sn. A crystal orientation index of a (100) plane group of the Sn plating layer is higher than crystal orientation indexes of other crystal orientation planes. The chemical treatment layer includes a Zr compound containing Zr of 0.50 mg/m2 to 50.0 mg/m2 in terms of an amount of metal Zr, and a phosphate compound.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2016Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Yasuto Goto, Takashi Futaba
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Publication number: 20190390303Abstract: There is provided a coated steel product having a steel product and a coating layer including a Zn—Al—Mg alloy layer disposed on a surface of the steel product, in which the Zn—Al—Mg alloy layer has a Zn phase, the Zn phase contains a Mg—Sn intermetallic compound phase, and the coating layer consists of Zn: more than 65.0%, Al: from more than 5.0% to less than 25.0%, Mg: from more than 3.0% to less than 12.5%, Sn: 0.1% to 20.0% in terms of percent (%) by mass, given amounts of optional elements, and impurities, and has a chemical composition that satisfies the following Formulas 1 to 5: Bi+In<Sn??Formula 1: Y+La+Ce?Ca??Formula 2: Si<Sn??Formula 3: 0?Cr+Ti+Ni+Co+V+Nb+Cu+Mn<0.25??Formula 4: 0?Sr+Sb+Pb+B<0.5.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2018Publication date: December 26, 2019Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Kohei TOKUDA, Jun MAKI, Yasuto GOTO, Takuya MITSUNOBU