Patents by Inventor Yoshihiko Ono

Yoshihiko Ono 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).

  • Patent number: 11427880
    Abstract: A high-strength galvanized steel sheet is excellent in the external appearance of plating and the hydrogen brittleness resistance, and has a high yield ratio, and a method for manufacturing the same. The high-strength galvanized steel sheet including a steel sheet having a specific component composition and a specific steel structure, the amount of diffusible hydrogen in the steel sheet being 0.20 mass ppm or less; and a galvanizing layer provided on a surface of the steel sheet, the galvanizing layer having a content amount of Fe of 8 to 15% in mass %, and an attachment amount of plating per one surface of 20 to 120 g/m2, wherein the amount of Mn oxides contained in the galvanizing layer is 0.050 g/m2 or less; and the high-strength galvanized steel sheet has a yield strength of 700 MPa or more and a yield strength ratio of 65% or more and less than 85%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiromi Yoshitomi, Yasuaki Okita, Masaki Koba, Hiroshi Matsuda, Yoshihiko Ono
  • Patent number: 11408059
    Abstract: A high-strength galvanized steel sheet includes a steel sheet having a steel composition having a specific component composition, a steel structure containing martensite and bainite at more than or equal to 70% (including 100%), ferrite at less than 20% (including 0%), and retained austenite at less than 5% (including 0%) in terms of area ratio, the amount of diffusible hydrogen in steel being less than or equal to 0.20 mass ppm; and a galvanizing layer provided on a surface of the steel sheet, having a content amount of Fe of 8 to 15% in mass %, and having an coating weight per one surface of 20 to 120 g/m2, wherein the amount of Mn oxides contained in the galvanizing layer is less than or equal to 0.050 g/m2, and a tensile strength is more than or equal to 1100 MPa and a yield ratio is more than or equal to 0.85.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiromi Yoshitomi, Yasuaki Okita, Masaki Koba, Yoshihiko Ono, Hiroshi Matsuda
  • Publication number: 20220235442
    Abstract: The steel sheet has a steel microstructure containing ferrite: 6% to 90% by area, a microstructure composed of one or more of upper bainite, fresh martensite, tempered martensite, lower bainite, and retained ?: 10% to 94% by area in total, and retained ?: 3% to 20% by volume, a ratio (SUB/S2nd)×100(%) of an area ratio SUB of an upper bainite with a width in the range of 0.8 to 7 ?m, a length in the range of 2 to 15 ?m, and an aspect ratio of 2.2 or more in contact with retained ?UB with a grain width in the range of 0.17 to 0.80 ?m and an aspect ratio in the range of 4 to 25 to an area ratio S2nd of the microstructure composed of one or more of upper bainite, fresh martensite, tempered martensite, lower bainite, and retained ? ranges from 2.0% to 15%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Applicant: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Ono, Yasushi Kitani, Hiroyuki Akimoto, Yoichiro Matsui
  • Patent number: 11390930
    Abstract: A steel sheet and a manufacturing method therefor are provided. A steel sheet has a component composition and contains 6 to 80% of ferrite and 20 to 94% of a microstructure composed of one or two or more of upper bainite, fresh martensite, tempered martensite, lower bainite, and retained ?, and contains 7 to 20% of retained ?, where: an area ratio (S?UB) of retained ? having a particle width of 0.18 to 0.60 ?m, a particle length of 1.7 to 7.0 ?m, and an aspect ratio of 5 to 15 is 0.2 to 5%; and a total area ratio (S?Block) of fresh martensite having an equivalent circle diameter of 1.5 to 15 ?m and an aspect ratio of 3 or less and/or retained ? particles having an equivalent circle diameter of 1.5 to 15 ?m and an aspect ratio of 3 or less is 3% or less (including 0%).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Ono, Junya Tobata, Hiroyuki Akimoto
  • Publication number: 20220170126
    Abstract: A high-carbon hot-rolled steel sheet and a method for manufacturing the steel sheet are provided. The high-carbon hot-rolled steel sheet has a particular chemical composition. The microstructure of the steel sheet includes ferrite, cementite, and pearlite that accounts for 6.5% or less of the entire microstructure by area fraction. The proportion of the number of cementite grains having an equivalent circle diameter of 0.1 ?m or less to the total number of cementite grains is 20% or less, the average cementite grain size is 2.5 ?m or less, and the cementite accounts for 3.5% or more and 10.0% or less of the entire microstructure by area fraction. The average concentration of solute B in a region extending from a surface layer to a depth of 100 ?m is 10 mass ppm or more. The average concentration of N present as AlN in the region is 70 mass ppm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Applicant: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Yuka Miyamoto, Yasuhiro Sakurai, Yoshihiko Ono
  • Patent number: 11339452
    Abstract: Disclosed is a hot-pressed steel sheet member having a tensile strength of 1780 MPa or more and excellent bending collapsibility. The hot-pressed steel sheet member includes: a specific chemical composition; a microstructure in which an average grain size of prior austenite grains is 8 ?m or less, a volume fraction of martensite is 90% or more, and a solute C content is 25% or less of a total C content; and a tensile strength of 1780 MPa or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsutoshi Takashima, Takayuki Futatsuka, Kentaro Sato, Shimpei Yoshioka, Yoshihiko Ono, Yoshimasa Funakawa
  • Publication number: 20220106663
    Abstract: A high-carbon hot-rolled steel sheet and a method for manufacturing the steel sheet are provided. The high-carbon hot-rolled steel sheet has a particular chemical composition. The microstructure of the steel sheet includes ferrite, cementite, and pearlite that accounts for 6.5% or less of the entire microstructure by area fraction. The proportion of the number of cementite grains having an equivalent circle diameter of 0.1 ?m or less to the total number of cementite grains is 20% or less, the average cementite grain size is 2.5 ?m or less, and the cementite accounts for 1.0% or more and less than 3.5% of the entire microstructure by area fraction. The average concentration of solute B in a region extending from a surface layer to a depth of 100 ?m is 10 mass ppm or more. The average concentration of N present as AlN in the region is 70 mass ppm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Applicant: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Yuka Miyamoto, Yasuhiro Sakurai, Yoshihiko Ono
  • Publication number: 20220090247
    Abstract: A steel sheet having a specified chemical composition and a tensile strength of 1,320 MPa or more, and methods for producing the steel sheet. The steel sheet has a specified microstructure including martensite and bainite, the total area fraction of the martensite and the bainite being 92% or more and 100% or less, the balance being one or more selected from ferrite and retained austenite. The forumulae [%Ti]+[%Nb]>0.007 and [%Ti]×[%Nb]2?7.5×10?6 are satisfied in the chemical composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shimpei YOSHIOKA, Yoshihiko ONO, Yuma HONDA, Nobuyuki NAKAMURA
  • Patent number: 11268164
    Abstract: A steel sheet having a specified chemical composition and a method for producing the steel sheet. The steel sheet has a microstructure including martensite and bainite. The total area fraction of the martensite and the bainite to the entirety of the microstructure is 95% or more and 100% or less. The balance of the microstructure is at least one of ferrite and retained austenite. The microstructure includes specific inclusion clusters, the content of the inclusion clusters in the microstructure being 5 clusters/mm2 or less. The microstructure includes prior-austenite grains having an average size of more than 5 ?m. The steel sheet has a tensile strength of 1320 MPa or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shimpei Yoshioka, Yoshihiko Ono, Kenta Hidaka, Ryosuke Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20220056552
    Abstract: A hot-pressed member having excellent bending collapsibility, a method for manufacturing the same, and a method for manufacturing a steel sheet for the hot-pressed member. The hot-pressed member includes a steel sheet as a base material, the steel sheet having a specified chemical composition. The hot-pressed member has a microstructure in which a martensite microstructure is present in a volume fraction of 70% or greater, and a number density of inclusions having a longest diameter of 25 ?m or greater is 0.02/mm2 or less. The hot-pressed member has a tensile strength of 1.8 GPa or greater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shimpei YOSHIOKA, Yoshihiko ONO, Katsutoshi TAKASHIMA, Takayuki FUTATSUKA, Kentaro SATO
  • Publication number: 20220056549
    Abstract: A steel sheet having a specified chemical composition and a tensile strength of 1,320 MPa or more, and methods for producing the steel sheet. The steel sheet has a specified microstructure including martensite and bainite, the total area fraction of the martensite and the bainite being 95% or more and 100% or less, the balance being one or more selected from ferrite and retained austenite. The forumulae [% Ti]+[% Nb]>0.007 and [% Ti]×[% Nb]2?7.5×10?6 are satisfied in the chemical composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shimpei YOSHIOKA, Yoshihiko ONO, Yuma HONDA, Nobuyuki NAKAMURA
  • Patent number: 11230744
    Abstract: A steel sheet having excellent fatigue resistance as a material for automobile parts and a TS of 590 MPa or more, and a method for producing the same. The steel sheet has a composition comprising, by mass %, C: 0.04% or more and 0.15% or less, Si: 0.3% or less, Mn: 1.0% or more and 2.6% or less, P: 0.1% or less, S: 0.01% or less, Al: 0.01% or more and 0.1% or less, N: 0.015% or less, one or two of Ti and Nb: 0.01% or more and 0.2% or less in a total, and the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities. The steel sheet has 50% or more of ferrite and 10% or more and 50% or less of martensite in terms of an area ratio, and a microstructure in which a standard deviation of nano-hardness is 1.50 GPa or less and tensile strength of 590 MPa or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tatsuya Nakagaito, Yoshimasa Funakawa, Yoshihiko Ono, Hiroshi Hasegawa
  • Publication number: 20220010397
    Abstract: A steel sheet having a specified chemical composition and a method for producing the steel sheet. The steel sheet has a microstructure comprising ferrite: 5% or less, and at least one of upper bainite, fresh martensite, tempered martensite, lower bainite, and retained ?: 95% to 100%, and retained ?: 5% to 20%. Retained ?UB has a specified area percentage S?UB, retained ?LB has a specified distribution number N?LB, and at least one of (i) fresh martensite has a specified equivalent circular grain diameter and aspect ratio and (ii) retained ? grains has a specified equivalent circular grain diameter and aspect ratio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshihiko ONO, Junya TOBATA, Hiroyuki AKIMOTO, Yoichiro MATSUI, Shinjiro KANEKO
  • Publication number: 20210381077
    Abstract: A thin steel sheet has a specific chemical composition. The thin steel sheet has a microstructure in which ferrite is present in an area fraction of 4% or less (including 0%), as-quenched martensite is present in an area fraction of 10% or less (including 0%), retained austenite is present in an amount of 7% or more and 20% or less, and upper bainite, lower bainite, and tempered martensite are present in a total area fraction of more than 71% and less than 93%; and BCC iron that has a misorientation of 1° or less and surrounds retained austenite having an equivalent circular diameter of 1 ?m or less is present in an area fraction of 4% or more and 50% or less, and BCC iron that has a misorientation of more than 1° is present in an area fraction of 25% or more and 85% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Noriaki Kohsaka, Junya Tobata, Shinjiro Kaneko, Yasushi Kitani, Yoshihiko Ono, Tadachika Chiba
  • Publication number: 20210381085
    Abstract: A high-yield-ratio high-strength electrogalvanized steel sheet having an electrogalvanized coating layer formed on a surface of a base steel sheet, in which the base steel sheet has a certain chemical composition, and a steel microstructure, in which a total area fraction of one or both of bainite containing carbides having an average grain diameter of 50 nm or less and tempered martensite containing carbides having an average grain diameter of 50 nm or less is 90% or more in the whole of the steel microstructure, and in which a total area fraction of one or both of the bainite containing and the tempered martensite containing carbides is 80% or more in a region from the surface of the base steel sheet to a position located at ? of a thickness of the base steel sheet, and diffusible hydrogen in steel in an amount of 0.20 mass ppm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Takuya Hirashima, Yoshihiko Ono
  • Publication number: 20210381076
    Abstract: A thin steel sheet has a specific chemical composition. The thin steel sheet has a microstructure in which ferrite is present in an area fraction of 5% or more and 60% or less, as-quenched martensite is present in an area fraction of 10% or less (including 0%), retained austenite is present in an area fraction of 5% or more and 20% or less, and upper bainite, lower bainite, and tempered martensite are present in a total area fraction of more than 15% and less than 85%; BCC iron that has a misorientation of 1° or less and surrounds retained austenite having an aspect ratio of 2.5 or higher is present in an area fraction of 5% or more and 70% or less; and a top 10% of retained austenite in terms of an equivalent circular diameter has an average aspect ratio of 2.5 or higher.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Noriaki Kohsaka, Shinjiro Kaneko, Akinori Nakamura, Yuma Honda, Tadachika Chiba, Yoshihiko Ono
  • Patent number: 11186900
    Abstract: A high-strength cold rolled steel sheet having mechanical characteristics having a tensile strength of not less than 780 MPa, a yield ratio of not more than 70%, and a small in-plane anisotropy of a tensile characteristicis obtained by hot rolling a steel slab comprising by mass % C: 0.07 to 0.12%, Si: not more than 0.7%, Mn: 2.2 to 2.8% and Ti and Nb: 0.02 to 0.08% in total, and cold rolling the sheet, followed by continuous annealing to form a steel texture comprised of ferrite having an area ratio of 40 to 80% with respect to the whole texture, and a second phase constituted by tempered martensite, fresh martensite and bainite, wherein the total area ratio of the bainite and the tempered martensite to the second phase is 50 to 80%, and the aspect ratio of the fresh martensite is in the range of 1.0 to 1.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya Hirashima, Kenji Kawamura, Yoshihiko Ono, Yuma Honda
  • Publication number: 20210355559
    Abstract: A steel sheet having a specified chemical composition and a method for producing the steel sheet. The steel sheet has a microstructure comprising ferrite: 5% or less, and at least one of upper bainite, fresh martensite, tempered martensite, lower bainite, and retained ?: 95% to 100% by area percentage, and retained ?: 4% to 15% by volume percentage. Retained ?UB has a specified area percentage S?UB, retained ?LB has a specified distribution number N?LB, and at least one of (i) fresh martensite has a specified equivalent circular grain diameter and aspect ratio and (ii) retained ? grains has a specified equivalent circular grain diameter and aspect ratio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshihiko ONO, Junya TOBATA, Hiroyuki AKIMOTO, Yoichiro MATSUI, Shinjiro KANEKO
  • Publication number: 20210340641
    Abstract: A high-strength steel sheet of the present invention has a specific chemical composition. Furthermore, in the steel sheet, a degree of Mn segregation in a specific region is 1.5 or less; a maximum P concentration in a specific region is 0.08 mass % or less; in a specific region, the number of specific MnS particle groups is 2.0 or fewer per 1 mm2, and the number of specific oxide-based inclusions is 8 or fewer per 1 mm2; of all of the oxide-based inclusions, oxide-based inclusions having a specified composition are present in a number ratio of 80% or greater; the microstructure includes, in terms of a volume fraction, 30 to 95% martensite and bainite in total, 5 to 70% ferrite phase, and less than 3% (and 0% or greater) austenite phase; and a tensile strength is 980 MPa or greater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicant: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Ono, Yuma Honda, Shimpei Yoshioka, Koichi Taniguchi, Nobuyuki Nakamura, Takeshi Murai
  • Publication number: 20210332454
    Abstract: A high-strength steel sheet of the present invention has a specific chemical composition. Furthermore, in the steel sheet, a degree of Mn segregation in a specific region is 1.5 or less; a maximum P concentration in a specific region is 0.08 mass % or less; in a specific region, at least one specific MnS particle group is present, the number of specific MnS particle groups is 2.0 or fewer per 1 mm2, and the number of specific oxide-based inclusions is 8 or fewer per 1 mm2; of all oxide-based inclusions, oxide-based inclusions having a specific composition are present in a number ratio of 80% or greater; the microstructure includes, in terms of a volume fraction, 30 to 95% martensite, 5 to 70% ferrite phase, less than 30% (and 0% or greater) bainite, and less than 2.0% (and 0% or greater) austenite phase; and a tensile strength is 980 MPa or greater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Applicant: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Ono, Yuma Honda, Shimpei Yoshioka, Koichi Taniguchi, Hiroshi Matsuda, Takeshi Murai, Nobuyuki Nakamura