Patents by Inventor Yoshihiro Suwa
Yoshihiro Suwa 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: 11713497Abstract: A steel member according to an aspect of the present invention has a predetermined chemical composition, in which a metallographic structure includes, by a volume %, 60.0% to 85.0% of martensite, 10.0% to 30.0% of bainite, 5.0% to 15.0% of residual austenite, and 0% to 4.0% of a remainder in microstructure. A length of a maximum minor axis of the residual austenite is 30 nm or longer. A number density of a carbide which exist in the steel member and has a circle equivalent diameter of 0.1 ?m or more and an aspect ratio of 2.5 or less is 4.0×103 pieces/mm2 or less.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2019Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Shinichiro Tabata, Yoshihiro Suwa, Kazuo Hikida, Kazuhisa Kusumi
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Publication number: 20230021370Abstract: A steel sheet has a predetermined chemical composition containing, in mass %, C: more than 0.18% and less than 0.30%, Mn: more than 2.50% and 4.00% or less, and other elements. The steel micro-structure at a position at a depth of ¼ of the sheet thickness from the surface in an L cross section of the steel sheet is, in area %, tempered martensite: 25 to 90%, ferrite: 5% or less, retained austenite: 10 to 50%, and bainite: 5% or less. At a position at a depth of ¼ of the sheet thickness from the surface of the L cross section, the proportion of a total area of retained austenite grains having an area of 1 ?m2 or more and having a grain shape circularity of 0.1 or more is less than 50% with respect to the entire area of retained austenite. The steel sheet satisfies the formula CMn?/CMn??1.2.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2021Publication date: January 26, 2023Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Takahiko KOHTAKE, Koutarou HAYASHI, Yoshihiro SUWA
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Patent number: 11371110Abstract: A cold-rolled steel according to the present invention has a predetermined chemical composition, satisfies (5×[Si]+[Mn])/[C]>10 when [C] is the amount of C by mass %, [Si] is the amount of Si by mass %, and [Mn] is the amount of Mn by mass %, includes 40% to 95% ferrite and 5% to 60% martensite in area fraction, and optionally further includes 10% or less pearlite in area fraction, 5% or less retained austenite in volume fraction, and less than 40% bainite in area fraction. The total of the area fraction of ferrite and the area fraction of martensite is 60% or more, the hardness of martensite measured with a nanoindenter satisfies H2/H1<1.10 and ?HM<20.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2019Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshihiro Suwa, Toshiki Nonaka, Koichi Sato, Manabu Naruse, Yasunori Iwasa, Yoshifumi Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20220002831Abstract: Grain-oriented electrical steel sheet excellent in coating adhesion and magnetic properties is provided. The method for manufacturing grain-oriented electrical steel sheet excellent in coating adhesion and magnetic properties includes a process of heating to 1280° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2020Publication date: January 6, 2022Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Nobusato MORISHIGE, Ryutaro YAMAGATA, Ichiro TANAKA, Takashi KATAOKA, Haruhiko ATSUMI, Yoshihiro SUWA, Kazumi MIZUKAMI
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Patent number: 11174529Abstract: A high-strength steel sheet having a microstructure represented by, in area %, martensite: 5% or more; ferrite: 20% or more; and pearlite: 5% or less. A ratio of the number of bulging type martensite grains to the number of martensite grains on grain boundary triple points of a matrix is 70% or more, wherein: the bulging type martensite grain is on one of the grain boundary triple points of the matrix; and at least one of grain boundaries of the bulging type martensite grain, the grain boundaries connecting two adjacent grain boundary triple points of the bulging type martensite grain and grains of the matrix, has a convex curvature to an outer side with respect to line segments connecting the two adjacent grain boundary triple points. An area ratio VM/A0 is 1.0 or more.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2016Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Riki Okamoto, Yoshinari Ishida, Yoshihiro Suwa, Takafumi Yokoyama
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Publication number: 20210262073Abstract: A steel member according to an aspect of the present invention has a predetermined chemical composition, in which a metallographic structure includes, by a volume %, 60.0% to 85.0% of martensite, 10.0% to 30.0% of bainite, 5.0% to 15.0% of residual austenite, and 0% to 4.0% of a remainder in microstructure. A length of a maximum minor axis of the residual austenite is 30 nm or longer. A number density of a carbide which exist in the steel member and has a circle equivalent diameter of 0.1 ?m or more and an aspect ratio of 2.5 or less is 4.0×103 pieces/mm2 or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2019Publication date: August 26, 2021Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Shinichiro TABATA, Yoshihiro SUWA, Kazuo HIKIDA, Kazuhisa KUSUMI
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Patent number: 11041225Abstract: A heat-treated steel sheet member having a chemical including, by mass %: C: 0.05 to 0.50%; Si: 0.50 to 5.0%; Mn: 1.5 to 4.0%; P: 0.05% or less; S: 0.05% or less; N: 0.01% or less; Ti: 0.01 to 0.10%; B: 0.0005 to 0.010%; Cr: optional amounts of Ni, Cu, Mo, V, Ca, Al, Nb, and REM, with the balance: Fe and impurities. The steel sheet member has a microstructure comprising: mainly martensite; and retained austenite of which a volume ratio is 5.0% or higher, a number density of retained carbide in the steel sheet member having circle-equivalent diameters of 0.1 mm or larger is 4.0×103/mm2 or lower, [(log fg0?log fg(0.02))/0.02<20.0] is satisfied when mechanical properties are measured using a sheet specimen specified in ASTM E8, a tensile strength is 1.4 GPa or higher, and a total elongation is 8.0% or higher.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2016Date of Patent: June 22, 2021Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshihiro Suwa, Shinichiro Tabata, Masafumi Azuma, Kazuo Hikida
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Patent number: 10822680Abstract: A steel sheet for heat treatment having a chemical composition including, by mass %: C: 0.05 to 0.50%; Si: 0.50 to 5.0%; Mn; 1.5 to 4.0%; P: 0.05% or less; S: 0.05% or less; N: 0.01% or less; Ti: 0.01 to 0.10%; B: 0.0005 to 0.010%; Cr: 0 to 1.0%; Ni: 0 to 2.0%; Cu: 0 to 1.0%; Mo: 0 to 1.0%; V: 0 to 1.0%; Ca: 0 to 0.01%; Al: 0 to 1.0%; Nb: 0 to 1.0%; REM: 0 to 0.1%; and the balance: Fe and impurities, wherein a maximum height roughness Rz on a surface of the steel sheet is 3.0 to 10.0 ?m, and a number density of carbide being present in the steel sheet and having circle-equivalent diameters of 0.1 ?m or larger is 8.0×103/mm2 or lower.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2016Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshihiro Suwa, Shinichiro Tabata, Masafumi Azuma, Kazuo Hikida
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Publication number: 20200109458Abstract: A cold-rolled steel according to the present invention has a predetermined chemical composition, satisfies (5×[Si]+[Mn])/[C]>10 when [C] is the amount of C by mass %, [Si] is the amount of Si by mass %, and [Mn] is the amount of Mn by mass %, includes 40% to 95% ferrite and 5% to 60% martensite in area fraction, and optionally further includes 10% or less pearlite in area fraction, 5% or less retained austenite in volume fraction, and less than 40% bainite in area fraction. The total of the area fraction of ferrite and the area fraction of martensite is 60% or more, the hardness of martensite measured with a nanoindenter satisfies H2/H1<1.10 and ?HM<20.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2019Publication date: April 9, 2020Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshihiro SUWA, Toshiki NONAKA, Koichi SATO, Manabu NARUSE, Yasunori IWASA, Yoshifumi KOBAYASHI
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Patent number: 10563281Abstract: A heat-treated steel sheet member having a composition including, by mass %: C: 0.05 to 0.50%; Si: 0.50 to 5.0%; Mn: 1.5 to 4.0%; P: 0.05% or less; S: 0.05% or less; N: 0.01% or less; Ti: 0.01 to 0.10%; B: 0.0005 to 0.010%; Cr: 0 to 1.0%; Ni: 0 to 2.0%; Cu; 0 to 1.0%; Mo: 0 to 1.0%; V: 0 to 1.0%; Ca: 0 to 0.01%; Al: 0 to 1.0%; Nb: 0 to 1.0%; REM: 0 to 0.1%; and the balance: Fe and impurities. The steel sheet member has a microstructure comprising mainly martensite and retained austenite of which a volume ratio is 0.2 to 1.0%, a number density of retained carbide in the steel sheet member having circle-equivalent diameters of 0.1 mm or larger is 4.0×103/mm2 or lower, a tensile strength is 1.4 GPa or higher, and a yield ratio is 0.65 or higher.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2016Date of Patent: February 18, 2020Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshihiro Suwa, Shinichiro Tabata, Masafumi Azuma, Kazuo Hikida
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Patent number: 10544475Abstract: A hot-stamped steel according to the present invention has a predetermined chemical composition, satisfies (5×[Si]+[Mn])/[C]>10 when [C] is the amount of C by mass %, [Si] is the amount of Si by mass %, and [Mn] is the amount of Mn by mass %, includes 40% to 95% ferrite and 5% to 60% martensite in area fraction, and optionally further includes 10% or less pearlite in area fraction, 5% or less retained austenite in volume fraction, and less than 40% bainite in area fraction. The total of the area fraction of ferrite and the area fraction of martensite is 60% or more, the hardness of martensite measured with a nanoindenter satisfies H2/H1<1.10 and ?HM<20, and TS×? which is product of tensile strength TS and hole expansion ratio ? is 50000 MPa·% or more.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2014Date of Patent: January 28, 2020Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshihiro Suwa, Toshiki Nonaka, Koichi Sato, Manabu Naruse, Yasunori Iwasa, Yoshifumi Kobayashi
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Patent number: 10060006Abstract: This high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet contains, in mass %, C: 0.02% to 0.20%; Si: 0.001% to 2.5%; Mn: 0.01% to 4.0%; P: 0.001% to 0.15%; S: 0.0005% to 0.03%; Al: 0.001% to 2.0%; N: 0.0005% to 0.01%; and O: 0.0005% to 0.01%; in which Si+Al is limited to less than 1.0%, and a balance being composed of iron and inevitable impurities, in which an area ratio of bainite in a metal structure is 95% or more, at a sheet thickness center portion being a range of ? to ? in sheet thickness from the surface of the steel sheet, an average value of pole densities of the {100}<011> to {223}<110> orientation group is 4.0 or less, and a pole density of the {332}<113> crystal orientation is 5.0 or less, and a mean volume diameter of crystal grains in the metal structure is 7 ?m or less.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2016Date of Patent: August 28, 2018Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshihiro Suwa, Kazuaki Nakano, Kunio Hayashi, Riki Okamoto, Nobuhiro Fujita, Kohichi Sano
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Publication number: 20180171429Abstract: A heat-treated steel sheet member having a chemical including, by mass %: C: 0.05 to 0.50%; Si: 0.50 to 5.0%; Mn: 1.5 to 4.0%; P: 0.05% or less; S: 0.05% or less; N: 0.01% or less; Ti: 0.01 to 0.10%; B: 0.0005 to 0.010%; Cr: optional amounts of Ni, Cu, Mo, V, Ca, Al, Nb, and REM, with the balance: Fe and impurities. The steel sheet member has a microstructure comprising: mainly martensite; and retained austenite of which a volume ratio is 5.0% or higher, a number density of retained carbide in the steel sheet member having circle-equivalent diameters of 0.1 mm or larger is 4.0×103/mm2 or lower, [(log fg0?log fg(0.02))/0.02<20.0] is satisfied when mechanical properties are measured using a sheet specimen specified in ASTM E8, a tensile strength is 1.4 GPa or higher, and a total elongation is 8.0% or higher.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2016Publication date: June 21, 2018Inventors: Yoshihiro SUWA, Shinichiro TABATA, Masafumi AZUMA, Kazuo HIKIDA
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Patent number: 9988697Abstract: This high-strength hot-rolled steel sheet having excellent local deformability contains, in mass %, C: 0.07% to 0.20%; Si: 0.001% to 2.5%; Mn: 0.01% to 4.0%; P: 0.001% to 0.15%; S: 0.0005% to 0.03%; Al: 0.001% to 2.0%; N: 0.0005% to 0.01%; and O: 0.0005% to 0.01%; and a balance being composed of iron and inevitable impurities, in which an area ratio of bainite in a metal structure is 95% or more, at a sheet thickness center portion being a range of ? to ? in sheet thickness from the surface of the steel sheet, an average value of pole densities of the {100}<011> to {223}<110> orientation group is 4.0 or less, and a pole density of the {332}<113> crystal orientation is 5.0 or less, and a mean volume diameter of crystal grains in the metal structure is 10 ?m or less.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2012Date of Patent: June 5, 2018Assignee: NIPPON STEEL AND SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshihiro Suwa, Kazuaki Nakano, Kunio Hayashi, Riki Okamoto, Nobuhiro Fujita, Kohichi Sano
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Publication number: 20180148809Abstract: A high-strength steel sheet includes a specific chemical composition, and a microstructure represented by, in area %, martensite: 5% or more; ferrite: 20% or more; and perlite: 5% or less. An average diameter of martensite grain is 4 ?m or less in equivalent circle diameter. A ratio of the number of bulging type martensite grains to the number of martensite grains on grain boundary triple points of a matrix is 70% or more, wherein: the bulging type martensite grain is on one of the grain boundary triple points of the matrix; and at least one of grain boundaries of the bulging type martensite grain, the grain boundaries connecting two adjacent grain boundary triple points of the bulging type martensite grain and grains of the matrix, has a convex curvature to an outer side with respect to line segments connecting the two adjacent grain boundary triple points. An area ratio represented by VM/A0 is 1.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2016Publication date: May 31, 2018Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATIONInventors: Riki OKAMOTO, Yoshinari ISHIDA, Yoshihiro SUWA, Takafumi YOKOYAMA
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Publication number: 20180135145Abstract: A heat-treated steel sheet member having a composition including, by mass %: C: 0.05 to 0.50%; Si: 0.50 to 5.0%; Mn: 1.5 to 4.0%; P: 0.05% or less; S: 0.05% or less; N: 0.01% or less; Ti: 0.01 to 0.10%; B: 0.0005 to 0.010%; Cr: 0 to 1.0%; Ni: 0 to 2.0%; Cu; 0 to 1.0%; Mo: 0 to 1.0%; V: 0 to 1.0%; Ca: 0 to 0.01%; Al: 0 to 1.0%; Nb: 0 to 1.0%; REM: 0 to 0.1%; and the balance: Fe and impurities. The steel sheet member has a microstructure comprising mainly martensite and retained austenite of which a volume ratio is 0.2 to 1.0%, a number density of retained carbide in the steel sheet member having circle-equivalent diameters of 0.1 mm or larger is 4.0×103/mm2 or lower, a tensile strength is 1.4 GPa or higher, and a yield ratio is 0.65 or higher.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2016Publication date: May 17, 2018Inventors: Yoshihiro SUWA, Shinichiro TABATA, Masafumi AZUMA, Kazuo HIKIDA
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Publication number: 20180135155Abstract: A steel sheet for heat treatment having a chemical composition including, by mass %: C: 0.05 to 0.50%; Si: 0.50 to 5.0%; Mn; 1.5 to 4.0%; P: 0.05% or less; S: 0.05% or less; N: 0.01% or less; Ti: 0.01 to 0.10%; B: 0.0005 to 0.010%; Cr: 0 to 1.0%; Ni: 0 to 2.0%; Cu: 0 to 1.0%; Mo: 0 to 1.0%; V: 0 to 1.0%; Ca: 0 to 0.01%; Al: 0 to 1.0%; Nb: 0 to 1.0%; REM: 0 to 0.1%; and the balance: Fe and impurities, wherein a maximum height roughness Rz on a surface of the steel sheet is 3.0 to 10.0 ?m, and a number density of carbide being present in the steel sheet and having circle-equivalent diameters of 0.1 ?m or larger is 8.0×103/mm2 or lower.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2016Publication date: May 17, 2018Inventors: Yoshihiro SUWA, Shinichiro TABATA, Masafumi AZUMA, Kazuo HIKIDA
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Publication number: 20180044754Abstract: A steel sheet for hot stamping includes a composition including at least, in mass %, C: 0.100% to 0.600%, Si: 0.50% to 3.00%, Mn: 1.20% to 4.00%, Ti: 0.005% to 0.100%, B: 0.0005% to 0.0100%, P: 0.100% or less, S: 0.0001% to 0.0100%, Al: 0.005% to 1.000%, and N: 0.0100% or less, with a balance of Fe and impurities, surface roughness of the steel sheet satisfies Rz>2.5 ?m, and 50 mg/m2 to 1500 mg/m2 of coating oil is applied to a surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2016Publication date: February 15, 2018Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATIONInventors: Masafumi AZUMA, Yoshihiro SUWA, Yusuke KONDO, Koichi SATO
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Patent number: 9617626Abstract: The present invention provides a high-strength steel sheet including: C: 0.03 to 0.25 mass %, Si: 0.1 to 2.0 mass %, Mn: 0.5 to 3.0 mass %, P: not more than 0.05 mass %, T.O: not more than 0.0050 mass %, S: 0.0001 to 0.01 mass %, N: 0.0005 to 0.01 mass %, acid-soluble Al: more than 0.01 mass %, Ca: 0.0005 to 0.0050 mass %, and a total of at least one element of Ce, La, Nd, and Pr: 0.001 to 0.01 mass %, with a balance including iron and inevitable impurities, in which the steel sheet contains a chemical component on a basis of mass that satisfies 0.7<100×([Ce]+[La]+[Nd]+[Pr])/[acid-soluble Al]?70 and 0.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2012Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATIONInventors: Kenichi Yamamoto, Hideaki Yamamura, Yuzo Takahashi, Osamu Kawano, Kohsuke Kume, Junji Haji, Daisuke Maeda, Yoshihiro Suwa
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Publication number: 20160230245Abstract: This high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet contains, in mass %, C: 0.02% to 0.20%; Si: 0.001% to 2.5%; Mn: 0.01% to 4.0%; P: 0.001% to 0.15%; S: 0.0005% to 0.03%; Al: 0.001% to 2.0%; N: 0.0005% to 0.01%; and O: 0.0005% to 0.01%; in which Si+Al is limited to less than 1.0%, and a balance being composed of iron and inevitable impurities, in which an area ratio of bainite in a metal structure is 95% or more, at a sheet thickness center portion being a range of ? to ? in sheet thickness from the surface of the steel sheet, an average value of pole densities of the {100}<011> to {223}<110> orientation group is 4.0 or less, and a pole density of the {332}<113> crystal orientation is 5.0 or less, and a mean volume diameter of crystal grains in the metal structure is 7 ?m or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2016Publication date: August 11, 2016Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshihiro SUWA, Kazuaki NAKANO, Kunio HAYASHI, Riki OKAMOTO, Nobuhiro FUJITA, Kohichi SANO