Patents by Inventor Yoichi Ikematsu
Yoichi Ikematsu 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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Patent number: 9903022Abstract: The production method of the galvannealed steel sheet includes: performing a hot dip galvanization on a steel sheet; performing an alloying and forming a galvannealed layer; performing a skin pass rolling at an elongation ratio of 0.3% or more; applying a treatment liquid on a surface of the galvannealed layer using a roll coater, and allowing the treatment liquid to react with the surface immediately after the application to form a mixed layer; in the forming the mixed layer: a first applied part is formed in the mixed layer using the protrusions of the roll coater; and a second applied part is formed in the mixed layer using the recesses of the roll coater; the second applied part having an attached amount of P of 20 mg/m2 or more, a surface area of the second applied part being 20% to 80% of a surface areas of the mixed layer.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2015Date of Patent: February 27, 2018Assignee: NIPPON STEEL 7 SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuhiko Honda, Noriyuki Suzuki, Yoichi Ikematsu
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Patent number: 9133536Abstract: A galvannealed steel sheet includes: a steel sheet; a galvannealed layer which is formed on at least one surface of the steel sheet and includes Al, Fe, and the balance composed of Zn and inevitable impurities; and a composite oxide layer of Mn, Zn, and P which is formed on the surface of the galvannealed layer, includes Mn, P, and Zn, and has the P/Mn ratio of equal to or higher than 0.3 and equal to or lower than 50. The galvannealed layer includes a flat portion having an area ratio of equal to or higher than 10% and equal to or lower than 70% and a rough portion which is at a position closer to the steel sheet than the flat portion at the interface of the galvannealed layer and the composite oxide layer 5. The composite oxide layer of Mn, Zn, and P contains an amorphous compound.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2010Date of Patent: September 15, 2015Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuhiko Honda, Noriyuki Suzuki, Yoichi Ikematsu
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Publication number: 20150218706Abstract: The production method of the galvannealed steel sheet includes: performing a hot dip galvanization on a steel sheet; performing an alloying and forming a galvannealed layer; performing a skin pass rolling at an elongation ratio of 0.3% or more; applying a treatment liquid on a surface of the galvannealed layer using a roll coater, and allowing the treatment liquid to react with the surface immediately after the application to form a mixed layer; in the forming the mixed layer: a first applied part is formed in the mixed layer using the protrusions of the roll coater; and a second applied part is formed in the mixed layer using the recesses of the roll coater; the second applied part having an attached amount of P of 20 mg/m2 or more, a surface area of the second applied part being 20% to 80% of a surface areas of the mixed layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2015Publication date: August 6, 2015Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuhiko HONDA, Noriyuki SUZUKI, Yoichi IKEMATSU
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Patent number: 9040168Abstract: The galvannealed steel sheet includes: a galvannealed layer formed on at least one surface of a steel sheet and contains includes an amount of 0.05 mass % to 0.5 mass % of Al, an amount of 6 mass % of 12 mass % of Fe, and the balance composed of Zn and inevitable impurities; and a mixed layer formed on a surface of the galvannealed layer and includes a composite oxide of Mn, Zn, and P and an aqueous P compound, wherein the composite oxide includes 0.1 mg/m2 to 100 mg/m2 of Mn, an amount of 1 mg/m2 to 100 mg/m2 of P, and Zn, and a P/Mn ratio is 0.3 to 50, and wherein the total size of an area of the mixed layer in which an attached amount of P is equal to or more than 20 mg/m2 is 20% to 80% of a surface area of the mixed layer.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2010Date of Patent: May 26, 2015Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuhiko Honda, Noriyuki Suzuki, Yoichi Ikematsu
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Patent number: 8592049Abstract: Hot dip galvanized steel sheet excellent in shapeability and plateability comprised of high strength steel sheet according to the present invention can be provided containing, by mass % about, C: 0.05 to 0.25%, Si: 0.3 to 2.5%, Mn: 1.5 to 2.8%, P: 0.03% or less, S: 0.02% or less, Al: 0.005 to 0.5%, N: 0.0060% or less and the balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities. The exemplary steel sheet can have thereon a galvanized layer containing, e.g., about Al: 0.05 to 10 mass % and Fe: 0.05 to 3 mass % and the balance of Zn and unavoidable impurities. Such exemplary hot dip galvanized steel sheet can have oxides containing Si in an average content of about 0.6 to 10 mass % at the crystal grain boundaries and in the crystal grains at the sheet steel side 5 ?m or less from the interface between the high strength steel sheet and the plating layer and by the presence of Fe—Zn alloy with an average grain size of about 0.5 to 3 ?m at the plating side.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2006Date of Patent: November 26, 2013Assignee: Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal CorporationInventors: Kazuhiko Honda, Tetsuo Nishiyama, Yoshihiro Suemune, Takeo Itoh, Koki Tanaka, Yoichi Ikematsu
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Patent number: 8304141Abstract: The present invention releases a method of producing a metal separator for a solid polymer fuel cell by stainless steel, titanium, or titanium alloy during which securing lower cost and mass producibility by using a material having a high workability to form a complicated shape by a high productivity, then using an inexpensive blast process to drive a conductive substance into the surface of the metal separator member, that is, provides a stainless steel, titanium, or titanium alloy solid polymer fuel cell separator comprised of stainless steel, titanium, or titanium alloy in the surface of which a low ion release conductive substance is buried, having an arithmetic mean roughness (Ra) of the separator surface of 0.5 to 5.0 ?m, having a 10-point mean roughness (Rz) of 3 to 20 ?m, having an average spacing of surface relief shapes (Sm) of 300 ?m or less, having values of a warp rate and twist rate of a separator of 0.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2010Date of Patent: November 6, 2012Assignee: Sintokogio Ltd.Inventors: Hiroshi Kihira, Michio Kaneko, Mitsuharu Yamagata, Koki Tanaka, Yoichi Ikematsu, Yoichi Matsuzaki, Kazuto Kawakami, Wataru Hisada, Suguru Suzuki
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Publication number: 20120211123Abstract: A galvannealed steel sheet includes: a steel sheet; a galvannealed layer which is formed on at least one surface of the steel sheet and includes Al, Fe, and the balance composed of Zn and inevitable impurities; and a composite oxide layer of Mn, Zn, and P which is formed on the surface of the galvannealed layer, includes Mn, P, and Zn, and has the P/Mn ratio of equal to or higher than 0.3 and equal to or lower than 50. The galvannealed layer includes a flat portion having an area ratio of equal to or higher than 10% and equal to or lower than 70% and a rough portion which is at a position closer to the steel sheet than the flat portion at the interface of the galvannealed layer and the composite oxide layer 5. The composite oxide layer of Mn, Zn, and P contains an amorphous compound.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2010Publication date: August 23, 2012Inventors: Kazuhiko Honda, Noriyuki Suzuki, Yoichi Ikematsu
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Publication number: 20120211124Abstract: The galvannealed steel sheet includes: a galvannealed layer formed on at least one surface of a steel sheet and contains includes an amount of 0.05 mass % to 0.5 mass % of Al, an amount of 6 mass % of 12 mass % of Fe, and the balance composed of Zn and inevitable impurities; and a mixed layer formed on a surface of the galvannealed layer and includes a composite oxide of Mn, Zn, and P and an aqueous P compound, wherein the composite oxide includes 0.1 mg/m2 to 100 mg/m2 of Mn, an amount of 1 mg/m2 to 100 mg/m2 of P, and Zn, and a P/Mn ratio is 0.3 to 50, and wherein the total size of an area of the mixed layer in which an attached amount of P is equal to or more than 20 mg/m2 is 20% to 80% of a surface area of the mixed layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2010Publication date: August 23, 2012Inventors: Kazuhiko Honda, Noriyuki Suzuki, Yoichi Ikematsu
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Publication number: 20110032537Abstract: The present invention releases a method of producing a metal separator for a solid polymer fuel cell by stainless steel, titanium, or titanium alloy during which securing lower cost and mass producibility by using a material having a high workability to form a complicated shape by a high productivity, then using an inexpensive blast process to drive a conductive substance into the surface of the metal separator member, that is, provides a stainless steel, titanium, or titanium alloy solid polymer fuel cell separator comprised of stainless steel, titanium, or titanium alloy in the surface of which a low ion release conductive substance is buried, having an arithmetic mean roughness (Ra) of the separator surface of 0.5 to 5.0 ?m, having a 10-point mean roughness (Rz) of 3 to 20 ?m, having an average spacing of surface relief shapes (Sm) of 300 ?m or less, having values of a warp rate and twist rate of a separator of 0.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2010Publication date: February 10, 2011Applicants: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION, SINTOBRATOR, LTD.Inventors: Hiroshi Kihira, Michio Kaneko, Mitsuharu Yamagata, Koki Tanaka, Yoichi Ikematsu, Yoichi Matsuzaki, Kazuto Kawakami, Wataru Hisada, Suguru Suzuki
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Publication number: 20100304183Abstract: Hot dip galvanized steel sheet excellent in shapeability and plateability comprised of high strength steel sheet according to the present invention can be provided containing, by mass % about, C: 0.05 to 0.25%, Si: 0.3 to 2.5%, Mn: 1.5 to 2.8%, P: 0.03% or less, S: 0.02% or less, Al: 0.005 to 0.5%, N: 0.0060% or less and the balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities. The exemplary steel sheet can have thereon a galvanized layer containing, e.g., about Al: 0.05 to 10 mass % and Fe: 0.05 to 3 mass % and the balance of Zn and unavoidable impurities. Such exemplary hot dip galvanized steel sheet can have oxides containing Si in an average content of about 0.6 to 10 mass % at the crystal grain boundaries and in the crystal grains at the sheet steel side 5 ?m or less from the interface between the high strength steel sheet and the plating layer and by the presence of Fe—Zn alloy with an average grain size of about 0.5 to 3 ?m at the plating side.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2006Publication date: December 2, 2010Applicant: Nippon Steel CorporationInventors: Kazuhiko Honda, Tetsuo Nishiyama, Yoshihiro Suemune, Takeo Itoh, Koki Tanaka, Yoichi Ikematsu
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Patent number: 7807281Abstract: The present invention releases a method of producing a metal separator for a solid polymer fuel cell by stainless steel, titanium, or titanium alloy during which securing lower cost and mass producibility by using a material having a high workability to form a complicated shape by a high productivity, then using an inexpensive blast process to drive a conductive substance into the surface of the metal separator member, that is, provides a stainless steel, titanium, or titanium alloy solid polymer fuel cell separator comprised of stainless steel, titanium, or titanium alloy in the surface of which a low ion release conductive substance is buried, having an arithmetic mean roughness (Ra) of the separator surface of 0.5 to 5.0 ?m, having a 10-point mean roughness (Rz) of 3 to 20 ?m, having an average spacing of surface relief shapes (Sm) of 300 ?m or less, having values of a warp rate and twist rate of a separator of 0.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2006Date of Patent: October 5, 2010Assignees: Nippon Steel Corporation, Sintokogio Ltd.Inventors: Hiroshi Kihira, Michio Kaneko, Mitsuharu Yamagata, Koki Tanaka, Yoichi Ikematsu, Yoichi Matsuzaki, Kazuto Kawakami, Wataru Hisada, Suguru Suzuki
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Patent number: 7695826Abstract: The present invention provides an alloyed molten zinc plated steel sheet having an area of the Fe and Zn alloy phase in the unformed parts in the plating layer of less than 10% of the area of the steel sheet as a whole and superior in strength and shapeability and a method of producing this alloyed molten zinc plating steel sheet by a continuous zinc plating production system which enables production at a low cost without modification of the system or addition of steps, said alloyed molten zinc plated steel sheet characterized by comprising a steel sheet including C: 0.05 to 0.40%, Si: 0.2 to 3.0%, and Mn: 0.1 to 2.5%, the balance comprised of Fe and unavoidable impurities, having on its surface a Zn alloy plating layer comprised of Fe in a concentration of 7 to 15 wt %, Al in a concentration of 0.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2004Date of Patent: April 13, 2010Assignees: Nippon Steel Corporation, USINORInventors: Koki Tanaka, Yoichi Ikematsu, Shunichi Hayashi, Hideaki Sawada, Akira Takahashi, Kazuhiko Honda, Masayoshi Suehiro, Yoshihisa Takada
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Patent number: 7687152Abstract: A molten zinc plated steel sheet superior in plating bondability and provided with both strength and shapeability is provided and a method of producing this molten zinc plating steel sheet by a continuous zinc plating production system which enables production at a low cost without modification of the system or addition of steps is provided, said molten zinc plated steel sheet characterized by comprising, by wt %, a steel sheet including C: 0.05 to 0.40%, Si: 0.2 to 3.0%, and Mn: 0.1 to 2.5%, the balance comprised of Fe and unavoidable impurities, having on its surface a Zn plating layer containing Al: 0.01 to 1% and the balance of Zn and unavoidable impurities and containing inside the steel sheet within 2 ?m from the interface of said plating layer and steel sheet oxide particles of at least one type of oxide selected from an Al oxide, Si oxide, Mn oxide, or complex oxide comprised of at least two of Al, Si, and Mn.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2004Date of Patent: March 30, 2010Assignees: Nippon Steel Corporation, USINORInventors: Yoichi Ikematsu, Koki Tanaka, Shunichi Hayashi, Hideaki Sawada, Akira Takahashi, Kazuhiko Honda, Masayoshi Suehiro, Yoshihisa Takada
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Publication number: 20090226785Abstract: The present invention releases a method of producing a metal separator for a solid polymer fuel cell by stainless steel, titanium, or titanium alloy during which securing lower cost and mass producibility by using a material having a high workability to form a complicated shape by a high productivity, then using an inexpensive blast process to drive a conductive substance into the surface of the metal separator member, that is, provides a stainless steel, titanium, or titanium alloy solid polymer fuel cell separator comprised of stainless steel, titanium, or titanium alloy in the surface of which a low ion release conductive substance is buried, having an arithmetic mean roughness (Ra) of the separator surface of 0.5 to 5.0 ?m, having a 10-point mean roughness (Rz) of 3 to 20 ?m, having an average spacing of surface relief shapes (Sm) of 300 ?m or less, having values of a warp rate and twist rate of a separator of 0.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2006Publication date: September 10, 2009Applicants: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION, SINTOBRATOR, LTD.Inventors: Hiroshi Kihira, Michio Kaneko, Mitsuharu Yamagata, Koki Tanaka, Yoichi Ikematsu, Yoichi Matsuzaki, Kazuoto Kawakami, Wataru Hisada, Suguru Suzuki
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Publication number: 20060292391Abstract: A molten zinc plated steel sheet superior in plating bondability and provided with both strength and shapeability is provided and a method of producing this molten zinc plating steel sheet by a continuous zinc plating production system which enables production at a low cost without modification of the system or addition of steps is provided, said molten zinc plated steel sheet characterized by comprising, by wt %, a steel sheet including C: 0.05 to 0.40%, Si: 0.2 to 3.0%, and Mn: 0.1 to 2.5%, the balance comprised of Fe and unavoidable impurities, having on its surface a Zn plating layer containing Al: 0.01 to 1% and the balance of Zn and unavoidable impurities and containing inside the steel sheet within 2 ?m from the interface of said plating layer and steel sheet oxide particles of at least one type of oxide selected from an Al oxide, Si oxide, Mn oxide, or complex oxide comprised of at least two of Al, Si, and Mn.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2004Publication date: December 28, 2006Inventors: Yoichi Ikematsu, Koki Tanaka, Shunichi Hayashi, Hideaki Sawada, Akira Takahashi, Kazuhiko Honda, Masayoshi Suehiro, Yoshihisa Takada
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Publication number: 20060269776Abstract: The present invention provides an alloyed molten zinc plated steel sheet having an area of the Fe and Zn alloy phase in the unformed parts in the plating layer of less than 10% of the area of the steel sheet as a whole and superior in strength and shapeability and a method of producing this alloyed molten zinc plating steel sheet by a continuous zinc plating production system which enables production at a low cost without modification of the system or addition of steps, said alloyed molten zinc plated steel sheet characterized by comprising a steel sheet including C: 0.05 to 0.40%, Si: 0.2 to 3.0%, and Mn: 0.1 to 2.5%, the balance comprised of Fe and unavoidable impurities, having on its surface a Zn alloy plating layer comprised of Fe in a concentration of 7 to 15 wt %, Al in a concentration of 0.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2004Publication date: November 30, 2006Inventors: Koki Tanaka, Yoichi Ikematsu, Shunichi Hayashi, Hideaki Sawada, Akira Takahashi, Kazuhiko Honda, Masayoshi Suehiro, Yoshihisa Takada