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).
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Publication number: 20240009779Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2021Publication date: January 11, 2024Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)Inventors: Hirofumi MANIWA, Yoshihiko KITAGAWA, Masamichi SUZUKI
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Patent number: 11691227Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 17, 2019Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.Inventors: Hidenori Nako, Tomoko Sugimura, Keito Ishizaki, Yoshihiko Kitagawa
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Publication number: 20230111990Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2021Publication date: April 13, 2023Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)Inventors: Keito ISHIZAKI, Yoshihiko KITAGAWA, Tomoko SUGIMURA, Tatsuya SASAKI, Hidenori NAKO
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Publication number: 20220016734Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2020Publication date: January 20, 2022Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)Inventors: Yoshihiko KITAGAWA, Kazuhiro FUKUDA
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Publication number: 20210154777Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2019Publication date: May 27, 2021Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)Inventors: Hidenori NAKO, Tomoko SUGIMURA, Keito ISHIZAKI, Yoshihiko KITAGAWA
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Patent number: 10562134Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 25, 2016Date of Patent: February 18, 2020Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.Inventors: Masafumi Yamakami, Masayuki Nagami, Yoshihiko Kitagawa
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Patent number: 10427249Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 25, 2016Date of Patent: October 1, 2019Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.Inventors: Masafumi Yamakami, Masayuki Nagami, Yoshihiko Kitagawa
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Publication number: 20180339370Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2016Publication date: November 29, 2018Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)Inventors: Masafumi YAMAKAMI, Masayuki NAGAMI, Yoshihiko KITAGAWA
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Publication number: 20180326544Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2016Publication date: November 15, 2018Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)Inventors: Masafumi YAMAKAMI, Masayuki NAGAMI, Yoshihiko KITAGAWA
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Publication number: 20180147674Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2016Publication date: May 31, 2018Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)Inventors: Yoshitomi OKAZAKI, Hiroyuki KAWASAKI, Peng HAN, Shuji SASAKURA, Yoshihiko KITAGAWA, Mana TAKAWA
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Patent number: 9956650Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 25, 2013Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.Inventors: Hidenori Nako, Takuya Kochi, Wataru Urushihara, Munenobu Sato, Yoshihiko Kitagawa
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Publication number: 20170274482Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2015Publication date: September 28, 2017Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)Inventors: Peng HAN, Hiroyuki KAWASAKI, Yoshihiko KITAGAWA, Hidenori NAKO, Takuya KOCHI, Wataru URUSHIHARA, Yoshitomi OKAZAKI
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Patent number: 9718150Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 1, 2012Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.Inventors: Hidenori Nako, Takuya Kochi, Wataru Urushihara, Munenobu Sato, Yoshihiko Kitagawa
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Patent number: 9592575Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 6, 2012Date of Patent: March 14, 2017Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.Inventors: Hidenori Nako, Takuya Kochi, Wataru Urushihara, Munenobu Sato, Yoshihiko Kitagawa
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Publication number: 20160008931Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2014Publication date: January 14, 2016Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)Inventors: Hidenori NAKO, Takuya KOCHI, Wataru URUSHIHARA, Hiroyuki KAWASAKI, Peng HAN, Yoshihiko KITAGAWA, Yoshitomi OKAZAKI
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Publication number: 20150314400Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2014Publication date: November 5, 2015Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (KOBE STEEL, LTD)Inventors: Hidenori NAKO, Takuya KOCHI, Wataru URUSHIHARA, Hiroyuki KAWASAKI, Peng HAN, Yoshihiko KITAGAWA
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Publication number: 20140377123Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2013Publication date: December 25, 2014Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd)Inventors: Hidenori Nako, Takuya Kochi, Wataru Urushihara, Munenobu Sato, Yoshihiko Kitagawa
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Publication number: 20140086786Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2012Publication date: March 27, 2014Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)Inventors: Hidenori Nako, Takuya Kochi, Wataru Urushihara, Munenobu Sato, Yoshihiko Kitagawa
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Publication number: 20130315777Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2012Publication date: November 28, 2013Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)Inventors: Hidenori Nako, Takuya Kochi, Wataru Urushihara, Munenobu Sato, Yoshihiko Kitagawa
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Patent number: 5496863Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 12, 1991Date of Patent: March 5, 1996Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Ltd.Inventors: Yoshihiko Kitagawa, Tadashi Jinno, Masashi Aoshima, Taisuke Okita, Hideo Shinonaga, Kaoru Kitadono