Patents by Inventor Yoshiharu Inoue
Yoshiharu Inoue 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: 10260134Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 15, 2015Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN STAINLESS STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Junichi Hamada, Yuji Koyama, Yoshiharu Inoue, Tadashi Komori, Fumio Fudanoki, Toshio Tanoue, Naoto Ono
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Patent number: 10072323Abstract: This hot-rolled ferritic stainless steel sheet has a steel composition containing, in terms of % by mass: 0.02% or less of C; 0.02% or less of N; 0.1% to 1.5% of Si; 1.5% or less of Mn; 0.035% or less of P; 0.010% or less of S; 1.5% or less of Ni; 10% to 20% of Cr; 1.0% to 3.0% of Cu; 0.08% to 0.30% of Ti; and 0.3% or less of Al, with the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities, and the hot-rolled ferritic stainless steel sheet has a Vickers hardness of less than 235 Hv.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2015Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN STAINLESS STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Shinichi Teraoka, Masaaki Kobayashi, Yuuji Koyama, Junichi Hamada, Norihiro Kanno, Yoshiharu Inoue, Ken Kimura, Jun Takahashi, Shigeyuki Gotoh
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Patent number: 10030282Abstract: This ferritic stainless steel sheet contains, by mass %: C: 0.02% or less, N: 0.02% or less, Si: 0.05% to 0.80%, Mn: 0.05% to 1.00%, P: 0.04% or less, S: 0.01% or less, Cr: 12% to 20%, Cu: 0.80% to 1.50%; Ni: 1.0% or less, Mo: 0.01% to 2.00%, Nb: 0.30% to 1.00%, Ti: 0.01% to less than 0.25%, Al: 0.003% to 0.46%, V: 0.01% to less than 0.15%, and B: 0.0002% to 0.0050%, with a remainder of Fe and inevitable impurities, wherein the following formulae (1) and (2) are satisfied, and an average Cu concentration in an area from a surface to a depth of 200 nm is 3.00% or less, in the case of Mn<0.65%, 1.44×Si?Mn?0.05?0??(1), and in the case of Mn?0.65%, 1.10×Si+Mn?1.19?0??(2).Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2013Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN STAINLESS STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Atsutaka Hayashi, Yoshiharu Inoue, Nobuhiko Hiraide
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Patent number: 9945016Abstract: This heat-resistant austenitic stainless steel sheet contains, in mass %, C: 0.05 to 0.15%, Si: 1.0 to 3.5%, Mn: 0.5 to 2.0%, P: not more than 0.04%, S: not more than 0.01%, Cr: 23.0 to 26.0%, Ni: 10.0 to 15.0%, Mo: 0.50 to 1.20%, Ti: not more than 0.1%, Al: 0.01 to 0.10% and N: 0.10 to 0.30%, wherein the total amount of C and N (C+N) is from 0.25 to 0.35%, and the balance is composed of Fe and unavoidable impurities. The heat-resistant austenitic stainless steel can be used in a high-temperature environment that reaches a maximum temperature of 1,100° C.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2014Date of Patent: April 17, 2018Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN STAINLESS STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshiharu Inoue, Nobuhiko Hiraide, Atsuhisa Yakawa
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Publication number: 20180080106Abstract: A stainless steel sheet free of surface flaws, having an enhanced high temperature strength and corrosion resistance, not becoming brittle at a high temperature, and further exhibiting a high oxidation resistance enabling it to be suitably used as an inside pipe of a double pipe of an exhaust manifold, a turbocharger part, and other automobile exhaust system parts, which stainless steel sheet has a predetermined composition of chemical components and satisfies Cr+20Mo?24.0%, and Si+20C+15N?5.8%. Further, an automobile exhaust system part, excellent in both the oxidation resistances of the base material and weld zone using the above stainless steel sheet, having a gradient of change of sheet thickness between the weld metal and the base material of the above stainless steel sheet of 15 degrees or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2016Publication date: March 22, 2018Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN STAINLESS STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Shinichi TERAOKA, Yoshiharu INOUE, Junichi HAMADA, Atsuhisa YAKAWA
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Publication number: 20180044767Abstract: To provide a ferritic stainless steel sheet which has high scale spalling even at a high temperature around 1000° C. Provided is a ferritic stainless steel sheet having excellent Mn-containing oxide film-forming ability and scale spalling ability, containing, in terms of mass %: C: 0.001 to 0.020%, N: 0.001 to 0.020%, Si: 0.10 to 0.40%, Mn: 0.20 to 1.00%, Cr: 16.0 to 20.0%, Nb: 0.30 to 0.80%, Mo: 1.80 to 2.40%, W: 0.05 to 1.40%, Cu: 1.00 to 2.50%, and B: 0.0003 to 0.0030%, in which the above-mentioned components are contained satisfying the formula (1) below, and the balance is composed of Fe and inevitable impurities. At least one of N, Al, V, Mg, Sn, Co, Zr, Hf, and Ta may be added in a predetermined content range.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2017Publication date: February 15, 2018Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN STAINLESS STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Norihiro KANNO, Junichi HAMADA, Yoshiharu INOUE
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Patent number: 9885099Abstract: To provide a ferritic stainless steel sheet which has high scale spalling even at a high temperature around 1000° C. Provided is a ferritic stainless steel sheet having excellent Mn-containing oxide film-forming ability and scale spalling ability, containing, in terms of mass %: C: 0.001 to 0.020%, N: 0.001 to 0.020%, Si: 0.10 to 0.40%, Mn: 0.20 to 1.00%, Cr: 16.0 to 20.0%, Nb: 0.30 to 0.80%, Mo: 1.80 to 2.40%, W: 0.05 to 1.40%, Cu: 1.00 to 2.50%, and B: 0.0003 to 0.0030%, in which the above-mentioned components are contained satisfying the formula (1) below, and the balance is composed of Fe and inevitable impurities. At least one of N, Al, V, Mg, Sn, Co, Zr, Hf, and Ta may be added in a predetermined content range.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2013Date of Patent: February 6, 2018Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN STAINLESS STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Norihiro Kanno, Junichi Hamada, Yoshiharu Inoue
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Publication number: 20180031169Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2016Publication date: February 1, 2018Applicant: Nippon Steel & Sumikin Stainless Steel CorporationInventors: Hiroshi URASHIMA, Yoshiharu INOUE, Toshio TANOUE
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Publication number: 20180008600Abstract: This invention relates to a tablet containing, as an active ingredient, 7-[4-(4-benzo[b]thiophen-4-yl-piperazin-1-yl)butoxy]-1H-quinolin-2-one or a salt thereof, that has excellent disintegration ability, storage stability and photostability. The tablet of the present invention comprising an uncoated tablet containing 7-[4-(4-benzo[b]thiophen-4-yl-piperazin-1-yl)butoxy]-1H-quinolin-2-one or a salt thereof as an active ingredient, excipients such as lactose, corn starch, and microcrystalline cellulose; disintegrants such as low-substituted hydroxypropylcellulose, croscarmellose sodium, and sodium carboxymethyl starch; binders such as hydroxypropylcellulose; lubricants such as stearate; and further comprising a coating layer, containing hypromellose; talc; titanium oxide; colorant; and the like, the coating layer being applied to the surface of the uncoated tablet.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2017Publication date: January 11, 2018Applicant: OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.Inventor: Yoshiharu INOUE
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Publication number: 20170253945Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2015Publication date: September 7, 2017Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN STAINLESS STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Shinichi TERAOKA, Yoshiharu INOUE, Yuji KOYAMA, Junichi HAMADA, Toshio TANOUE
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Patent number: 9714459Abstract: The present invention is directed to a heat-resistant austenitic stainless steel sheet comprising, by mass %, C: 0.03% to 0.06%, N: 0.1% to 0.3%, Si: 1% or less Mn: 3% or less, P: 0.04% or less, S: 0.03% or less, Ni: 5 to 12%, Cr: 15 to 20%, Al: 0.01% to 0.1%, Nb: 0.05% to 0.3%, V: 0.05% to 0.30%, Ti: 0.03% or less, (Nb+V)/(C+N): 2 or less and further a balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities, and wherein an amount of precipitates mainly comprised of carbonitrides is 1% or less.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2013Date of Patent: July 25, 2017Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN STAINLESS STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshiharu Inoue, Fumio Fudanoki, Junichi Hamada
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Publication number: 20170165258Abstract: This invention relates to a tablet containing, as an active ingredient, 7-[4-(4-benzo[b]thiophen-4-yl-piperazin-1-yl)butoxy]-1H-quinolin-2-one or a salt thereof, that has excellent disintegration ability, storage stability and photostability. The tablet of the present invention comprising an uncoated tablet containing 7-[4-(4-benzo[b]thiophen-4-yl-piperazin-1-yl)butoxy]-1H-quinolin-2-one or a salt thereof as an active ingredient, excipients such as lactose, corn starch, and microcrystalline cellulose; disintegrants such as low-substituted hydroxypropylcellulose, croscarmellose sodium, and sodium carboxymethyl starch; binders such as hydroxypropylcellulose; lubricants such as stearate; and further comprising a coating layer containing hypromellose; talc; titanium oxide; colorant; and the like, the coating layer being applied to the surface of the uncoated tablet.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2017Publication date: June 15, 2017Applicant: OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.Inventor: Yoshiharu INOUE
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Patent number: 9523402Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 7, 2014Date of Patent: December 20, 2016Assignee: Nippon Steel & Sumikin Stainless Steel CorporationInventors: Shinichi Teraoka, Yoshiharu Inoue, Yuji Koyama, Masaaki Kobayashi, Toshio Tanoue
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Publication number: 20160225587Abstract: A plasma processing method in which a stable process region can be ensured in a wide range, from low microwave power to high microwave power. The plasma processing method includes making production of plasma easy in a region in which production of plasma by continuous discharge is difficult, and plasma-processing an object to be processed, with the generated plasma, wherein the plasma is produced by pulsed discharge in which ON and OFF are repeated, radio-frequency power for producing the pulsed discharge, during an ON period, is a power to facilitate production of plasma by continuous discharge, and a duty ratio of the pulsed discharge is controlled so that an average power of the radio-frequency power per cycle is power in the region in which production of plasma by continuous discharge is difficult.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2016Publication date: August 4, 2016Applicant: HITACHI HIGH-TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshiharu Inoue, Tetsuo Ono, Michikazu Morimoto, Masaki Fujii, Masakazu Miyaji
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Patent number: 9399809Abstract: This hot-rolled ferritic stainless steel sheet has a steel composition containing, in terms of % by mass: 0.02% or less of C; 0.02% or less of N; 0.1% to 1.5% of Si; 1.5% or less of Mn; 0.035% or less of P; 0.010% or less of S; 1.5% or less of Ni; 10% to 20% of Cr; 1.0% to 3.0% of Cu; 0.08% to 0.30% of Ti; and 0.3% or less of Al, with the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities, and the hot-rolled ferritic stainless steel sheet has a Vickers hardness of less than 235 Hv.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2012Date of Patent: July 26, 2016Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN STAINLESS STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Shinichi Teraoka, Masaaki Kobayashi, Yuuji Koyama, Junichi Hamada, Norihiro Kanno, Yoshiharu Inoue, Ken Kimura, Jun Takahashi, Shigeyuki Gotoh
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Publication number: 20160158227Abstract: This invention relates to a tablet containing, as an active ingredient, 7-[4-(4-benzo[b]thiophen-4-yl-piperazin-1-yl) butoxy]-1H-quinolin-2-one or a salt thereof, that has excellent disintegration ability, storage stability and photostability. The tablet of the present invention comprising an uncoated tablet containing 7-[4-(4-benzo[b]thiophen-4-yl-piperazin-1-yl)butoxy]-1H-quinolin-2-one or a salt thereof as an active ingredient, excipients such as lactose, corn starch, and microcrystalline cellulose; disintegrants such as low-substituted hydroxypropylcellulose, croscarmellose sodium, and sodium carboxymethyl starch; binders such as hydroxypropylcellulose; lubricants such as stearate; and further comprising a coating layer containing hypromellose; talc; titanium oxide; colorant; and the like, the coating layer being applied to the surface of the uncoated tablet.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2016Publication date: June 9, 2016Applicant: OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.Inventor: Yoshiharu INOUE
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Patent number: 9349603Abstract: A plasma processing method in which a stable process region can be ensured in a wide range, from low microwave power to high microwave power. The plasma processing method includes making production of plasma easy in a region in which production of plasma by continuous discharge is difficult, and plasma-processing an object to be processed, with the generated plasma, wherein the plasma is produced by pulsed discharge in which ON and OFF are repeated, radio-frequency power for producing the pulsed discharge, during an ON period, is a power to facilitate production of plasma by continuous discharge, and a duty ratio of the pulsed discharge is controlled so that an average power of the radio-frequency power per cycle is power in the region in which production of plasma by continuous discharge is difficult.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2014Date of Patent: May 24, 2016Assignee: HITACHI HIGH-TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshiharu Inoue, Tetsuo Ono, Michikazu Morimoto, Masaki Fujii, Masakazu Miyaji
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Publication number: 20160097114Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2015Publication date: April 7, 2016Applicant: Nippon Steel & Sumikin Stainless Steel CorporationInventors: Junichi HAMADA, Yuji KOYAMA, Yoshiharu INOUE, Tadashi KOMORI, Fumio FUDANOKI, Toshio TANOUE, Naoto ONO
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Publication number: 20160053353Abstract: Ferritic stainless steel hot rolled sheet and steel strip excellent in toughness and corrosion resistance which have a predetermined chemical composition, have a Charpy impact value at 0° C. of 10 J/cm2 or more, and have a thickness of 5.0 to 9.0 mm.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2014Publication date: February 25, 2016Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN STAINLESS STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshiharu INOUE, Norihiro KANNO, Koji ITO, Takeshi TOMURA, Koichi IUCHI
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Publication number: 20160032434Abstract: This heat-resistant austenitic stainless steel sheet contains, in mass %, C: 0.05 to 0.15%, Si: 1.0 to 3.5%, Mn: 0.5 to 2.0%, P: not more than 0.04%, S: not more than 0.01%, Cr: 23.0 to 26.0%, Ni: 10.0 to 15.0%, Mo: 0.50 to 1.20%, Ti: not more than 0.1%, Al: 0.01 to 0.10% and N: 0.10 to 0.30%, wherein the total amount of C and N (C+N) is from 0.25 to 0.35%, and the balance is composed of Fe and unavoidable impurities. The heat-resistant austenitic stainless steel can be used in a high-temperature environment that reaches a maximum temperature of 1,100° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2014Publication date: February 4, 2016Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN STAINLESS STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshiharu INOUE, Nobuhiko HIRAIDE, Atsuhisa YAKAWA