Patents by Inventor Yoshiaki Natori

Yoshiaki Natori 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: 20240141337
    Abstract: RNA molecules for RNA interference to target a mutant allele with a point mutation, wherein the molecule has a nucleotide sequence complementary to a nucleotide sequence of a coding region of the mutant allele; and when counted from the base at the 5?-end in the nucleotide sequence complementary to the sequence of the mutant allele: a base at position 5 or 6 is mismatched with a base in the mutant allele; a base at position 10 or 11 is at the position of the point mutation and is identical to the base at the position of the point mutation in the mutant allele; the group at the 2?-position of the pentose in the ribonucleotide at position 8 is modified with OCH3, halogen, or LNA; and the group at the 2?-position of the pentose in the ribonucleotide at position 7 is not modified with any of OCH3, halogen, and LNA.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO
    Inventors: Kumiko UI-TEI, Yoshiaki KOBAYASHI, Atsushi SATO, Yoshimasa ASANO, Yuria SUZUKI, Naomi LEDEY, Kaoru SAIGO, Yukikazu NATORI
  • Patent number: 11942246
    Abstract: A non-oriented electrical steel sheet of the present invention has a chemical composition capable of causing ?-? transformation, and contains 0.0005% to 0.0050% of Ti, in which, in a case where an area ratio of grains having a crystal orientation of an {hkl}<uvw> orientation (within a tolerance of 10°) when measured by EBSD is denoted as Ahkl-uvw, A411-011 is 15.0% or more, and the non-oriented electrical steel sheet has an average grain size of 10.0 ?m to 40.0 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Minako Fukuchi, Yoshiaki Natori, Tesshu Murakawa
  • Publication number: 20240096531
    Abstract: There is provided a non-oriented electrical steel sheet having a predetermined chemical composition, in which an area fraction of a crystal structure A composed of crystal grains having a grain size of 100 ?m or more is 1% to 30% in a cross section parallel to a rolled plane of the non-oriented electrical steel sheet, an average grain size of a crystal structure B which is a crystal structure other than the crystal structure A is 40 ?m or less, and a Vickers hardness HvA of the crystal structure A and a Vickers hardness HvB of the crystal structure B satisfy Equation 1 ((HvA2+HvB2)/2?(HvA+HvB)2/4?7.0).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ichiro TANAKA, Takeaki WAKISAKA, Tesshu MURAKAWA, Yoshiaki NATORI, Hiroshi FUJIMURA
  • Publication number: 20240084415
    Abstract: This non-oriented electrical steel sheet includes a base material having a chemical composition including Si: 3.7 to 4.8%, wherein a recrystallization rate is less than 100% in terms of an area fraction, the following Formula (i) and Formula (ii) are satisfied, and the tensile strength is more than 700 MPa. 4.3?Si+sol. Al+0.5×Mn?4.9??(i) (B50(0°)+2×B50(45°)+B50(90°))/4?1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyoshi YASHIKI, Yoshiaki NATORI, Kazutoshi TAKEDA, Ichiro TANAKA, Yoshihiro ARITA, Hiroki HORI, Wataru OHASHI
  • Publication number: 20240043970
    Abstract: A non-oriented electrical steel sheet of the present invention has a chemical composition capable of causing ?-? transformation, in which, in a case where an area ratio of grains having a crystal orientation of an {hkl}<uvw>orientation (within a tolerance of 10°) when measured by EBSD is denoted as Ahkl-uvw, A411?011 is 15.0% or more, and the non-oriented electrical steel sheet has an average grain size of 10.0 ?m to 40.0 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Minako FUKUCHI, Yoshiaki NATORI, Tesshu MURAKAWA
  • Publication number: 20240047106
    Abstract: A non-oriented electrical steel sheet of the present invention has a chemical composition capable of causing ?-? transformation, and contains 0.0005% to 0.0050% of Ti, in which, in a case where an area ratio of grains having a crystal orientation of an {hkl}<uvw> orientation (within a tolerance of 10°) when measured by EBSD is denoted as Ahkl-uvw, A411-011 is 15.0% or more, and the non-oriented electrical steel sheet has an average grain size of 10.0 ?m to 40.0 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Minako FUKUCHI, Yoshiaki NATORI, Tesshu MURAKAWA
  • Publication number: 20240047107
    Abstract: This non-oriented electrical steel sheet includes a base steel sheet (10); and an insulation coating (20) formed on a surface of the base steel sheet (10), in which the insulation coating (20) contains a metal phosphate and an organic resin, an arithmetic mean of a center line average roughness Ra75 of the insulation coating (20) in a rolling direction of the base steel sheet (10) and a center line average roughness Ra75 of the insulation coating (20) in a direction perpendicular to the rolling direction is 0.20 to 0.50 ?m, and the amount of nitrogen in the insulation coating (20) is 0.05 to 5.00 mass %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazutoshi TAKEDA, Minako FUKUCHI, Yoshiaki NATORI, Hiroyasu FUJII, Shinsuke TAKATANI
  • Publication number: 20240039347
    Abstract: This non-oriented electrical steel sheet contains a base material having a chemical composition including, in mass %, Si: 3.2 to 4.5%, wherein the tensile strength is 550 MPa or more, and a ratio (P120B/Fe700B)B between a peak-to-peak height Fe700B of Fe at 700 eV and a peak-to-peak height P120B of P at 120 eV when crystal grain boundaries are measured through Auger electron spectroscopy is not more than twice a ratio (P120i/Fe700i)i between a peak-to-peak height Fe700i of Fe at 700 eV and a peak-to-peak height P120i of P at 120 eV when the inside of crystals is measured through Auger electron spectroscopy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiaki NATORI, Hiroyoshi YASHIKI, Minako FUKUCHI, Kazutoshi TAKEDA
  • Publication number: 20240035131
    Abstract: This non-oriented electrical steel sheet has a predetermined chemical composition, and in which the tensile strength is 580 MPa or more, the average grain size of a recrystallization part of base iron is 50 ?m or less, and in inclusions having an equivalent circle diameter of 1 ?m or more and an S content of 5 mass % or more contained in base iron, the number of inclusions having a Mg content of more than 5 mass % and a Mn content of 5 mass % or more is 5 times or more the number of inclusions having a Mg content of 5 mass % or less and a Mn content of 5 mass % or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiaki NATORI, Hiroyoshi YASHIKI, Minako FUKUCHI, Kazutoshi TAKEDA
  • Publication number: 20240035130
    Abstract: A non-oriented electrical steel sheet according to the present invention has a chemical composition in which ?-? transformation can occur and which contains at least, in terms of mass %, at most 0.010% of C, 1.50% to 4.00% of Si, 0.0001% to 1.0% of sol. Al, at most 0.010% of S, at most 0.010% of N, and a total of 2.50% to 5.00% of at least one selected from the group consisting of Mn, Ni, and Cu, with the balance including Fe and impurities, wherein when an average grain size of {411} crystal grains is defined as d411 and an average grain size of {111} crystal grains is defined as d111, d411/d111?1.10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Minako FUKUCHI, Yoshiaki NATORI, Tesshu MURAKAWA
  • Patent number: 11866797
    Abstract: This non-oriented electrical steel sheet includes a base metal having a predetermined chemical composition satisfying the expression [Si+0.5×Mn?4.3], and an average grain size of the base metal is more than 40 ?m and 120 ?m or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyoshi Yashiki, Yoshiaki Natori, Miho Tomita, Kazutoshi Takeda, Takuya Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20230353023
    Abstract: A rotating electrical machine includes a stator, a rotor, and a casing that accommodates the stator and the rotor, in which a {111}<211> orientation intensity (A) of a core material of the stator is in a range of 2 to 30, a {111}<211> orientation intensity (B) of a core material of the rotor is in a range of 1 to 15, and both the orientation intensities satisfy a relationship of an expression (1) A>B.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tesshu MURAKAWA, Yoshiaki NATORI
  • Publication number: 20230139246
    Abstract: A non-oriented electrical steel sheet including a base metal that has a chemical composition including, in mass%, C: 0.0010 to 0.0040%, Si: 4.0 to 5.0%, Mn: 0.20% or less Al: 0.010% or more and less than 0.050%, P: 0.030% or less, S: 0.0030% or less, N: 0.0005 to 0.0030%, O: 0.0100 to 0.0400%, Ca: less than 0.0010%, Ti: less than 0.0050%, Nb: less than 0.0050%, Zr: less than 0.0050%, V: less than 0.0050%, Cu: less than 0.20%, Ni: less than 0.50%, Sn: 0 to 0.05%, Sb: 0 to 0.05%, and a balance: Fe and impurities, in which the base metal has an O content of less than 0.0050% in a region excluding a portion from a surface of the base metal to a position of 10 µm in a depth direction of the base metal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: Hiroyoshi YASHIKI, Yoshiaki NATORI, Miho TOMITA, Kazutoshi TAKEDA, Takuya MATSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230137498
    Abstract: A non-oriented electrical steel sheet including a base metal that has a chemical composition including, in mass %, C: 0.0010 to 0.0040%, Si: 3.5 to 4.9%, Mn: 0.05 to 0.20%, Al: 0.05 to 0.45%, P: 0.030% or less, S: 0.0030% or less, N: 0.0030% or less, O: 0.0100 to 0.0400%, Ca: less than 0.0010%, Ti: less than 0.0050%, Nb: less than 0.0050%, Zr: less than 0.0050%, V: less than 0.0050%, Cu: less than 0.20%, Ni: less than 0.50%, Sn: 0 to 0.05%, Sb: 0 to 0.05%, and a balance: Fe and impurities, and satisfying [4.0?Si+Al?5.0], in which the base metal has an O content of less than 0.0050% in a region excluding a portion from a surface of the base metal to a position of 10 ?m in a depth direction of the base metal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: Hiroyoshi YASHIKI, Yoshiaki NATORI, Miho TOMITA, Kazutoshi TAKEDA, Takuya MATSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230104017
    Abstract: A chemical composition of a base metal of a non-oriented electrical steel sheet contains, by mass %, C: 0.0050% or less, Si: 3.8% to 5.0%, Mn: exceeding 0.2% and less than 2.0%, P: 0.030% or less, S: 0.0030% or less, Al: 0.005% or more and less than 0.050%, N: 0.0005% to 0.0030%, Ti: less than 0.0050%, Nb: less than 0.0050%, Zr: less than 0.0050%, V: less than 0.0050%, Cu: less than 0.20%, Ni: less than 0.50%, Sn: 0% to 0.10%, Sb: 0% to 0.10%, a remainder: Fe and impurities. [Si+0.5×Mn?4.3] is satisfied and the average grain size of the base metal is in a range of 10 to 80 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2020
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyoshi YASHIKI, Yoshiaki NATORI, Miho TOMITA, Kazutoshi TAKEDA, Takuya MATSUMOTO
  • Patent number: 11499059
    Abstract: An electrical steel sheet is described, which has an insulating coating on its surface. The insulating coating is free of chromium and comprises plate-like particles of inorganic compound and a metal phosphate. The plate-like particles of inorganic compound are in the form of secondary particles, which are formed by aggregating primary particles, and present in an amount of not less than 0.1 parts by mass and not greater than 20 parts by mass, with respect to 100 parts by mass of the metal phosphate. The secondary particles have an average particle diameter of no less than 0.05 ?m and no greater than 5 ?m, and have a specific surface area of 1 to 80 m2/g. The primary particles have an aspect ratio of 50 to 1000. The electrical steel sheet has excellent heat resistance, corrosion resistance, appearance, and insulating properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazutoshi Takeda, Yoshiaki Natori, Takuya Matsumoto, Hiroyoshi Yashiki
  • Patent number: 11377705
    Abstract: A grain-oriented electrical steel sheet includes a steel layer and an insulation coating arranged in directly contact with the steel layer thereon. The steel layer includes, as a chemical composition, by mass %, 2.9 to 4.0% of Si, 2.0 to 4.0% of Mn, 0 to 0.20% of Sn, and 0 to 0.20% of Sb. In the steel layer, a silicon content and a manganese content expressed in mass % satisfy 1.2%?Si?0.5×Mn?2.0%, and a tin content and an antimony content expressed in mass % satisfy 0.005%?Sn+Sb?0.20%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyoshi Yashiki, Kenichi Murakami, Nobusato Morishige, Hirotoshi Tada, Yoshiaki Natori
  • Publication number: 20220186336
    Abstract: This electrical steel sheet contains, as a chemical composition, by mass %, C: 0.0035% or less, Si: 2.00% to 3.50%, Mn: 2.00% to 5.00%, P: 0.050% or less, S: 0.0070% or less, Al: 0.15% or less, N: 0.0030% or less, Ni: 0% to 1.00%, Cu: 0% to 0.10%, and a remainder: Fe and impurities, in which an X-ray random intensity ratio in a {100} <011> crystal orientation on a sheet surface is 15.0 to 50.0, and magnetic flux densities in 0°, 22.5°, and 45° directions from a rolling direction each satisfy [1.005×(B50 (0°)+B50 (45°))/2?B50 (22.5°)].
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Miho TOMITA, Yoshiaki NATORI, Hiroyoshi YASHIKI, Hiroshi FUJIMURA
  • Patent number: 11295881
    Abstract: A non-oriented electrical steel sheet has a predetermined chemical composition, and when an average value of Mn concentrations in a range from a surface of a base iron to a position where a depth from the surface of the base iron is 2 ?m is set to [Mn2], and an Mn concentration at a position where a depth from the surface of the base iron is 10 ?m is set to [Mn10], the base iron satisfies the following expression 1. 0.1?[Mn2]/[Mn10]?0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Natori, Hiroyoshi Yashiki, Masaru Takahashi, Kazutoshi Takeda, Takuya Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 11279985
    Abstract: A non-oriented electrical steel sheet includes, as a chemical composition, by mass %: C: 0.0015% to 0.0040%; Si: 3.5% to 4.5%; Al: 0.65% or less; Mn: 0.2% to 2.0%; Sn: 0% to 0.20%; Sb: 0% to 0.20%; P: 0.005% to 0.150%; S: 0.0001% to 0.0030%; Ti: 0.0030% or less; Nb: 0.0050% or less; Zr: 0.0030% or less; Mo: 0.030% or less; V: 0.0030% or less; N: 0.0010% to 0.0030%; O: 0.0010% to 0.0500%; Cu: less than 0.10%; Ni: less than 0.50%; and a remainder including Fe and impurities, in which a product sheet thickness is 0.10 mm to 0.30 mm, an average grain size is 10 ?m to 40 ?m, an iron loss W10/800 is 50 W/Kg or less, a tensile strength is 580 MPa to 700 MPa, and a yield ratio is 0.82 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Natori, Kazutoshi Takeda, Hiroyoshi Yashiki, Miho Tomita, Hiroshi Fujimura, Takeaki Wakisaka, Tesshu Murakawa, Takuya Matsumoto, Hiroki Hori, Yuuya Gohmoto, O Uyama