Patents by Inventor Yoshihiko Kitagawa

Yoshihiko Kitagawa 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: 20240009779
    Abstract: A flux cored wire which exhibits excellent welding workability during gas-shielded arc welding, while enabling the achievement of a welded metal that has excellent tensile strength and toughness at low temperatures. The wire is obtained by filling a sheath with a flux and is adequately controlled with respect to the corresponding chemical components, while having a ? of from 10.0 to 30.0 as calculated by the mathematical formula (I): ?=4.1×??3.2×??32.3. The respective contents, in mass %, of Si, Cr, Mo, Ti, C, N, Mn, Cu and Ni, relative to the total mass of the wire, are respectively represented by [Si], [Cr], [Mo], [Ti], [C], [N], [Mn], [Cu] and [Ni], ?=0.02×[Si]+[Cr]+1.20×[Mo]+0.3×[Ti]+0.30 and ?=24×[C]+28×[N]+0.25×[Mn]+0.5/[Cu]+1.10×[Ni].
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Hirofumi MANIWA, Yoshihiko KITAGAWA, Masamichi SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 11691227
    Abstract: A solid wire for electroslag welding, including Fe and, by mass % based on a total mass of the wire: C: more than 0% and 0.03% or less; Si: more than 0% and 0.10% or less; Mn: more than 0% and 0.25% or less; Ni: 10.5%-14.0%; S: more than 0% and 0.010% or less; Al: more than 0% and 0.250% or less; REM: 0.002%-0.080%; and O: more than 0% and 0.0090% or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidenori Nako, Tomoko Sugimura, Keito Ishizaki, Yoshihiko Kitagawa
  • Publication number: 20230111990
    Abstract: A flux for electroslag welding used for electroslag welding may include a basic oxide, an amphoteric oxide, an acidic oxide, and a fluoride. With respect to a total mass of the flux, the basic oxide may include 5.1 mass % or more and 30.0 mass % or less of CaO, the acidic oxide includes 17 mass % or less of SiO2, and the fluoride includes 35 mass % or more and 73 mass % or less of CaF2. A content of the CaO is 30 mass % or more with respect to a total mass of the basic oxide, a content of the SiO2 is 80 mass % or more with respect to a total mass of the acidic oxide, a content of the CaF2 is 80 mass % or more with respect to a total mass of the fluoride, and a value of (2×[CaF2]+[CaO])/[SiO2] is 5 or more and 56 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Keito ISHIZAKI, Yoshihiko KITAGAWA, Tomoko SUGIMURA, Tatsuya SASAKI, Hidenori NAKO
  • Publication number: 20220016734
    Abstract: A Ni-based alloy flux cored wire includes a Ni-based alloy outer sheath and a flux with which the Ni-based alloy outer sheath is filled, and includes, per a total mass of the wire, Ni: 45 mass % to 75 mass %, Cr: 20 mass % or less, Mo: 10 mass % to 20 mass %, Fe: 10.0 mass % or less, TiO2: 3 mass % to 11 mass %, Ca: 0.01 mass % to 2.0 mass %, F: 1.0 mass % or less (including 0 mass %), and Nb: less than 0.5 mass % (including 0 mass %).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Yoshihiko KITAGAWA, Kazuhiro FUKUDA
  • Publication number: 20210154777
    Abstract: A solid wire for electroslag welding, including Fe and, by mass % based on a total mass of the wire: C: more than 0% and 0.03% or less; Si: more than 0% and 0.10% or less; Mn: more than 0% and 0.25% or less; Ni: 10.5%-14.0%; S: more than 0% and 0.010% or less; Al: more than 0% and 0.250% or less; REM: 0.002%-0.080%; and O: more than 0% and 0.0090% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Hidenori NAKO, Tomoko SUGIMURA, Keito ISHIZAKI, Yoshihiko KITAGAWA
  • Patent number: 10562134
    Abstract: Provided is a flux-cored wire for gas-shielded arc welding that contains specific amounts of C, Mn, TiO2, and Ni and specific amounts or less of P and S. The TiO2 has a ratio (?1/?2) of 0.90-1.50 when ?1 (mass %) is the content per wire total mass of particles having a size of 106 ?m or smaller and ?2 (mass %) is the content per wire total mass of particles having a size exceeding 106 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masafumi Yamakami, Masayuki Nagami, Yoshihiko Kitagawa
  • Patent number: 10427249
    Abstract: Provided is a flux-cored wire for gas-shielded arc welding that contains, per wire total mass, specific amounts of C, Mn, TiO2 and specific amounts or less of P and S, and contains, in the flux, a specific amount of Ni per wire total mass. The Ni has a ratio (?1/?2) of 0.50-1.00 when ?1 (mass %) is the content per wire total mass of particles having a size of 106 ?m or less and ?2 (mass %) is the content per wire total mass of particles having a size exceeding 106 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masafumi Yamakami, Masayuki Nagami, Yoshihiko Kitagawa
  • Publication number: 20180339370
    Abstract: Provided is a flux-cored wire for gas-shielded arc welding that contains, per wire total mass, specific amounts of C, Mn, TiO2 and specific amounts or less of P and S, and contains, in the flux, a specific amount of Ni per wire total mass. The Ni has a ratio (?1/?2) of 0.50-1.00 when ?1 (mass %) is the content per wire total mass of particles having a size of 106 ?m or less and ?2 (mass %) is the content per wire total mass of particles having a size exceeding 106 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Masafumi YAMAKAMI, Masayuki NAGAMI, Yoshihiko KITAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20180326544
    Abstract: Provided is a flux-cored wire for gas-shielded arc welding that contains specific amounts of C, Mn, TiO2, and Ni and specific amounts or less of P and S. The TiO2 has a ratio (?1/?2) of 0.90-1.50 when ?1 (mass %) is the content per wire total mass of particles having a size of 106 ?m or smaller and ?2 (mass %) is the content per wire total mass of particles having a size exceeding 106 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Masafumi YAMAKAMI, Masayuki NAGAMI, Yoshihiko KITAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20180147674
    Abstract: This welded metal contains C, Si, Mn, Ni, Cr, Mo, Ti, B, O, N and Nb+V in specific amounts, respectively, with the balance being made up of Fe and unavoidable impurities. In this welded metal, carbides having circle-equivalent diameters of less than 0.40 ?m have an average circle-equivalent diameter of 0.10 ?m or more, and intergranular carbides having circle-equivalent diameters of 0.40 ?m or more have an average circle-equivalent diameter of 0.75 ?m or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2016
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Yoshitomi OKAZAKI, Hiroyuki KAWASAKI, Peng HAN, Shuji SASAKURA, Yoshihiko KITAGAWA, Mana TAKAWA
  • Patent number: 9956650
    Abstract: The present invention is a weld metal formed by gas shielded arc welding using a flux cored wire, the welded metal having a predetermined chemical composition, residual austenite particles being present in an amount of at least 2500 particles/mm2, and the volume fraction of residual austenite particles being at least 4.0%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidenori Nako, Takuya Kochi, Wataru Urushihara, Munenobu Sato, Yoshihiko Kitagawa
  • Publication number: 20170274482
    Abstract: A flux cored wire, which is obtained by filling the inside of a steel outer skin with a flux, is configured to have a composition that contains, in mass % relative to the total mass of the wire, 0.01-0.12% of C, 0.05% or more but less than 0.30% of Si, 1.0-3.5% of Mn, 0.1% or more but less than 1.0% of Ni, 0.10-0.30% of Mo, 0.1-0.9% of Cr, 4.5-8.5% of TiO2, 0.10-0.40% of SiO2, 0.03-0.23% of Al2O3 and 80% or more of Fe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2015
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Peng HAN, Hiroyuki KAWASAKI, Yoshihiko KITAGAWA, Hidenori NAKO, Takuya KOCHI, Wataru URUSHIHARA, Yoshitomi OKAZAKI
  • Patent number: 9718150
    Abstract: Disclosed is a weld metal which is formed by gas-shielded arc welding using a flux-cored wire, and which has a specific chemical composition, in which retained austenite particles are present in a number density of 2500 per square millimeter or more and in a total volume fraction of 4.0% or more based on the total volume of entire structures of the weld metal. The weld metal has excellent hydrogen embrittlement resistance and is resistant to cracking at low temperatures even when the weld metal has a high strength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidenori Nako, Takuya Kochi, Wataru Urushihara, Munenobu Sato, Yoshihiko Kitagawa
  • Patent number: 9592575
    Abstract: The weld metal of the present invention is formed by gas shield arc welding using a flux-cored wire, has a predetermined chemical component composition, and contains 20% or more of Ti. The amount of Ti-containing oxide particles having a circle-equivalent diameter of 0.15-1.0 ?m is at least 5000 per square mm, the amount of V per total mass of weld metal present as a compound within the weld metal is 0.002% or more, and the average circle equivalent diameter of V-containing carbide present in the weld metal is 15 nm or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidenori Nako, Takuya Kochi, Wataru Urushihara, Munenobu Sato, Yoshihiko Kitagawa
  • Publication number: 20160008931
    Abstract: This welded metal contains 0.02-0.10% of C, 0.10-0.60% of Si, 0.90-2.5% of Mn, 0.20-2.00% of Ni, 0.05-1.0% of Cr, 0.10-1.50% of Mo, 0.040-0.15% of Ti, 0.0010-0.0050% of B, 0.030-0.100% of O and 0.015% or less (excluding 0%) of N, with the balance made up of iron and unavoidable impurities. The average circle-equivalent diameter of carbides having a circle-equivalent diameter of 0.40 ?m or more among the carbides present in the grain boundary of this welded metal is 0.75 ?m or less. Consequently, the present invention provides: a welded metal which exhibits excellent low-temperature toughness at lower temperatures, while having high strength after SR annealing, even in cases where gas sealed arc welding using a flux cored wire and having excellent work efficiency is applied; and a welded structure which is provided with this welded metal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2014
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Hidenori NAKO, Takuya KOCHI, Wataru URUSHIHARA, Hiroyuki KAWASAKI, Peng HAN, Yoshihiko KITAGAWA, Yoshitomi OKAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20150314400
    Abstract: The weld metal of the present invention has a given chemical composition, contains retained austenite particles in an amount of 2,500 grains/mm2 or more, and has a volume fraction of the retained austenite particles of 4.3 vol % or more and a content ratio of Cr and Mn, [Cr]/[Mn], of 0.20 or more. The weld metal has excellent resistance to hydrogen embrittlement even when the weld metal has a high tensile strength of more than 780 MPa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2014
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (KOBE STEEL, LTD)
    Inventors: Hidenori NAKO, Takuya KOCHI, Wataru URUSHIHARA, Hiroyuki KAWASAKI, Peng HAN, Yoshihiko KITAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20140377123
    Abstract: The present invention is a weld metal formed by gas shielded arc welding using a flux cored wire, the welded metal having a predetermined chemical composition, residual austenite particles being present in an amount of at least 2500 particles/mm2, and the volume fraction of residual austenite particles being at least 4.0%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2013
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd)
    Inventors: Hidenori Nako, Takuya Kochi, Wataru Urushihara, Munenobu Sato, Yoshihiko Kitagawa
  • Publication number: 20140086786
    Abstract: The weld metal of the present invention is formed by gas shield arc welding using a flux-cored wire, has a predetermined chemical component composition, and contains 20% or more of Ti. The amount of Ti-containing oxide particles having a circle-equivalent diameter of 0.15-1.0 ?m is at least 5000 per square mm, the amount of V per total mass of weld metal present as a compound within the weld metal is 0.002% or more, and the average circle equivalent diameter of V-containing carbide present in the weld metal is 15 nm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2012
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Hidenori Nako, Takuya Kochi, Wataru Urushihara, Munenobu Sato, Yoshihiko Kitagawa
  • Publication number: 20130315777
    Abstract: Disclosed is a weld metal which is formed by gas-shielded arc welding using a flux-cored wire, and which has a specific chemical composition, in which retained austenite particles are present in a number density of 2500 per square millimeter or more and in a total volume fraction of 4.0% or more based on the total volume of entire structures of the weld metal. The weld metal has excellent hydrogen embrittlement resistance and is resistant to cracking at low temperatures even when the weld metal has a high strength.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2012
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Hidenori Nako, Takuya Kochi, Wataru Urushihara, Munenobu Sato, Yoshihiko Kitagawa
  • Patent number: 5496863
    Abstract: A method of crosslinking a rubber or plastic molding is described, which comprises irradiating the molding with electron beams to thereby limitedly crosslink only the surface of the molding. The molding thus-treated has excellent shape-sustaining properties and good surface appearance. Thus it is expected to find many applications in various fields.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 5, 1996
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Kitagawa, Tadashi Jinno, Masashi Aoshima, Taisuke Okita, Hideo Shinonaga, Kaoru Kitadono