Patents by Inventor Yoshihiro Uematsu

Yoshihiro Uematsu 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: 5565167
    Abstract: A stainless steel excellent in fused-salt corrosion resistance having a composition specified in weight per cent including not more than 0.1% of C, not more than 2.0% of Mn, not less than 7.5% and less than 15.0% of Ni, 14.0-20.0% of Cr, more than 0.2% and not more than 4.0% of Si, and 1.0-4.0% of Al, and in some cases also including one or more of not more than 3.0% of Cu, not more than 3.0% of Mo, not more than 1.0% of Ti, not more than 1.0% of Zr, not more than 0.5% Y, and not more than 0.5% of REM, and satisfying the relationship Si%/Al%.ltoreq.1.0, the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 15, 1996
    Assignee: Nisshin Steel Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobukazu Fujimoto, Naoto Hiramatsu, Yoshihiro Uematsu
  • Patent number: 5462611
    Abstract: A ferritic stainless steel excellent in high temperature oxidation resistance and scale adhesion which consists essentially of in mass %, 0.03% maximum C, from 0.80% to 1.20% Si, from 0.60% to 1.50% Mn, from 11.0% to 15.5% Cr, from 0.20% to 0.80% Nb, 0.1% maximum Ti (inclusive of non-addition), not less than 0.02% and less than 0.30% Cu, 0.03% maximum N, 0.05% maximum Al (inclusive of non-addition), 0.012% maximum O, the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities, and wherein the Mn/Si ratio is within the range between 0.7 and 1.5 and the alloying elements are adjusted so that the following relations (1), (2), and (3) and preferably (4) defined herein may be satisfied and wherein the steel exhibits an oxidation weight gain of not more than 0.02 kg/m.sup.2 and an amount of scale which has spalled of not more than 0.01 kg/m.sup.2 after a continuous heating in atmospheric air at 900.degree. C. for 100 hours and the steel exhibits an oxidation weight gain of not more than 0.4 kg/m.sup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 31, 1995
    Assignee: Nisshin Steel Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Uematsu, Naoto Hiramatsu, Manabu Oku
  • Patent number: 5458156
    Abstract: A multifold pipe made by multiple rolling up and turning of a copper coated steel sheet into a multifold pipe, characterized in that said steel sheet is a cold rolled sheet of a super soft austenitic stainless steel comprising by weight: up to 0.05% of C, up to 1.0% of Si, up to 5.0% of Mn, from 9.0% to 15.0% of Ni, from 15.0% to 20.0% of Cr, up to 0.04% of N, up to 5.0% of Cu, the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities, wherein the alloying elements are further adjusted so that both the two relations (1) and (2) noted below are satisfied:K=20.5+13.0.times.C+0.99.times.Si-1.1.times.Mn-Ni-0.4.times.Cu +0.4.times.Cr+117.1.times.N.ltoreq.19.5 (1)H=27.1+60.9.times.C+0.26.times.Si-Ni-0.79.times.Cu+0.68 .times.Cr+52.6.times.N.ltoreq.29.0 (2)The multifold pipe according to the invention is excellent in fluid tightness of its fused part and in corrosion resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 17, 1995
    Assignees: Nisshin Steel Co., Ltd., Sanoh Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Naoto Okubo, Yoshihiro Uematsu, Katsuhisa Miyakusu, Takashi Igawa, Yukio Oda, Yukito Nomura, Koichi Satake, Juichi Ozawa
  • Patent number: 5332544
    Abstract: A ferric stainless steel consists by weight of less than 0.03% carbon, less than 1% silicon, less than 1% manganese, less than 0.04% phosphorus, less than 0.03% sulphur, from 15% to 25% chromium, less than 0.03% nitrogen, from 3% to 6% aluminum, from 0.1% to 4% molybdenum. A small amount of rare-earth elements and yttrium of from 0.01% to 0.15% are added in the steel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 26, 1994
    Assignee: Nisshin Steel Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Uematsu, Katsuhisa Miyakusu, Naoto Hiramatsu
  • Patent number: 5304259
    Abstract: A high strength chromium containing steel sheet having a tensile strength of at least 40 kgf/mm.sup.2, and excellent in corrosion resistance and workability, comprising, by weight, C:up to 0.030%, Si:up to 2.30%, Mn:up to 3.0%, P:more than 0.0005% and not more than 0.150%, S:up to 0.010%, Ni:up to 2.0%, Cu:more than 0% and not more than 2.0%, Cr:not less than 5.0% and less than 10.0%, N:up to 0.030%, V:not less than 0.01% and not more than 0.10%, and optionally at least one of 0.01 to 0.30% of Ti, 0.01 to 0.30% of Nb, 0.01 to 0.30% of Zr, 0.01 to 0.20% of Al and 0.0002 to 0.0200% of B, the amounts of Si, Mn, P, Ni and Cu being adjusted so that the relation:Si+Mn+10P+Ni+Cu>1.0% may be satisfied, the balance being iron and unavoidable impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 19, 1994
    Assignee: Nisshin Steel Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsuhisa Miyakusu, Masayuki Kinugasa, Yoshihiro Uematsu, Takashi Igawa, Hiroshi Fujimoto
  • Patent number: 5302214
    Abstract: A heat resisting ferritic stainless steel which comprises, by weight, up to 0.03% of C, from 0.1 to 0.8% of Si, from 0.6 to 2.0% of Mn, up to 0.006% of S, up to 4% of Ni, from 17.0 to 25.0% of Cr, from 0.2 to 0.8% of Nb, from 1.0 to 4.5% of Mo, from 0.1 to 2.5% of Cu, and up to 0.03% of N, and optionally one or more of appropriate amounts of Al, Ti, V, Zr, W, B and REM, the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities, wherein the alloying elements are further adjusted so that the ratio of Mn%/S% is not less than 200, [Nb] defined by the equation: [Nb]=Nb%-8 (C%+N%) is not less than 0.2, and (Ni%+Cu%) is not more than 4. The stainless steel according to the invention is suitable for use in constructing an exhaust gas path-way of an automobile, particularly, a path-way from an engine to a converter, which is exposed to high temperatures, and which requires an improved low temperature toughness and a high resistance to weld cracking due to high temperatures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 12, 1994
    Assignee: Nisshin Steel Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Uematsu, Naoto Hiramatsu, Sadayuki Nakamura
  • Patent number: 5286442
    Abstract: A ferric stainless steel consists by weight of less than 0.03% carbon, less than 1% silicon, less than 1% manganese, less than 0.04% phosphorus, less than 0.03% sulphur, from 15% to 25% chromium, less than 0.03% nitrogen, from 3% to 6% aluminum, from 0.1% to 4% molybdenum. A small amount of rare-earth elements and yttrium of from 0.01% to 0.15% are added in the steel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 15, 1994
    Assignee: Nisshin Steel Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Uematsu, Katsuhisa Miyakusu, Naoto Hiramatsu
  • Patent number: 5269856
    Abstract: A high strength steel belt having an excellent flatness and a duplex structure of austenite and martensite has been prepared by a process which comprises providing a cold rolled or cold rolled and annealed strip of a martensitic structure from low carbon martensitic stainless steel containing from 10 to 17% by weight of Cr and having a carbon content of not exceeding 0.15% by weight, connecting ends of the strip or ends of a plate cut from said strip to provide an endless belt, causing the endless belt to circularly move between rolls under tension and to pass through a heating furnace where the belt is heated to a temperature within a range from (As point of the steel+30.degree. C.) to Af point of the steel and not higher than 900.degree. C. so that a part of the martensitic phase may be changed to a reversed austenitic phase and a desired surface flatness may be obtained after cooling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1992
    Date of Patent: December 14, 1993
    Assignee: Nisshin Steel Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Igawa, Yoshihiro Uematsu, Toshihiko Takemoto
  • Patent number: 5178687
    Abstract: A chromium containing steel sheet excellent in corrosion resistance and workability, comprising, by weight, C:up to 0.030%, Si:up to 0.5%, Mn:up to 0.5%, P:up to 0.040%, S:up to 0.010%, Ni:up to 0.3%, Cu:up to 0.3%, Cr: not less than 5.0% and less than 11.0%, N:up to 0.030%, V:not less than 0.01% and not more than 0.10%, and optionally at least one of 0.01 to 0.30% of Ti, 0.01 to 0.30% of Nb, 0.01 to 0.30% of Zr, 0.01 to 0.20% of Al and 0.0002 to 0.0200% of B, the amounts of Si, Mn, P, Ni and Cu being adjusted so that the relation:Si+Mn+10P+Ni+Cu.ltoreq.1.0% may be satisfied, the balance being iron and unavoidable impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1991
    Date of Patent: January 12, 1993
    Assignee: Nisshin Steel Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsuhisa Miyakusu, Masayuki Kinugasa, Yoshihiro Uematsu, Takashi Igawa, Hiroshi Fujimoto
  • Patent number: 5171384
    Abstract: A high strength steel strip excellent in shape having a duplex structure of austenite and martensite has been prepared by a process which comprises providing a cold rolled or cold rolled and annealed strip of a martensitic structure from low carbon martensitic stainless steel containing from 10 to 17% by weight of Cr and having a carbon content of not exceeding 0.15% by weight, causing the strip to continuously pass through a continuous heat treatment furnace under tension where the strip is heated to temperatures within the range from (the As point of the steel+30.degree. C.) to the Af point of the steel and not higher than 900.degree. C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 1991
    Date of Patent: December 15, 1992
    Assignee: Nisshin Steel Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Igawa, Yoshihiro Uematsu, Toshihiko Takemoto
  • Patent number: 4999159
    Abstract: A heat-resistant austenitic stainless steel is disclosed. This steel essentially consists of: not more than 0.06% C, 1-4% Si, 0.5-4% mn, not more than 0.035% P, not more than 0.005% S, 10-17% Ni, 14-20% Cr, 1-4% Mo, 0.01-0.5% Al, not more than 0.035% N, and balance essentially Fe, and may further contain small amounts of any of Cu, REM and B and the composition thereof is adjusted so that a limited amount of .delta.-ferrite appears in solidification. The steel has excellent hot salt corrosion resistance, weldability, salt errosion resistance of the weld and hot-workability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 12, 1991
    Assignee: Nisshin Steel Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Uematsu, Isami Shimizu, Naoto Hiramatsu
  • Patent number: 4762575
    Abstract: A process for the production of an electrical steel sheet having the ideal (100) [001] cube texture of iron of iron alloy, comprising cold rolling a sheet of a single crystal or large grained crystals of iron or iron alloy, in which said single crystal is or a majority of said large grained crystals are oriented so that the pole of the {114} plane may form an angle not greater than 15.degree. with the normal direction of the plane of the sheet, and the <401> direction may form an angle of not greater than 15.degree. with a single direction in the plane of the sheet, in said single direction at a rolling reduction of at least 40%, and annealing the rolled sheet to form a primary recrystallization texture of fine grains of an average grain size of not larger than 5 mm under conditions preventing the occurrence of secondary recrystallization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 1986
    Date of Patent: August 9, 1988
    Assignee: Nisshin Steel Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Sakakura, Kazuo Hoshino, Yoshihiro Uematsu, Takashi Igawa, Hiroshi Fujimoto
  • Patent number: 4652428
    Abstract: A corrosion resistant alloy comprising in % by weight up to 0.05% of C, 10.00 to 18.00% of Cr, up to 1.00% of Si, up to 1.00% of Mn, more than 0.040% but not more than 0.150% of P, up to 0.050% of S, up to 0.60% of Ni and 0.005 to 0.50% of sol.Al, the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities. The alloy has an enhanced pickling performance of the hot rolled material and an improved workability of the cold rolled material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 1985
    Date of Patent: March 24, 1987
    Assignee: Nisshin Steel Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeaki Maruhashi, Kazuo Hoshino, Yoshihiro Uematsu, Katsuhisa Miyakusu, Takehiko Fujimura
  • Patent number: 4594114
    Abstract: A process for the production of a strip of a corrosion resistant alloy steel having excellent workability, which process comprises subjecting a cold rolled strip of a steel containing in % by weight as essential components up to 0.05% of C, 10.00 to 18.00% of Cr, 0.005 to 0.50% of sol. Al and more than 0.040% but not more than 0.150% of P to a final annealing, said final annealing being carried out by heating the cold rolled strip in a box annealing furnace to an annealing temperature within the range between 650.degree. C. and 900.degree. C., and maintaining the strip in the furnace at the annealing temperature, the rate of heating at which the strip is heated from 300.degree. C. to the annealing temperature being not faster than 300.degree. C./hr.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 1984
    Date of Patent: June 10, 1986
    Assignee: Nisshin Steel Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeaki Maruhashi, Kazuo Hoshino, Yoshihiro Uematsu, Katsuhisa Miyakusu, Takehiko Fujimura
  • Patent number: 4581066
    Abstract: A corrosion resistant alloy comprising in % by weight up to 0.05% of C, 10.00 to 18.00% of Cr, up to 1.00% of Si, up to 1.00% of Mn, more than 0.040% but not more than 0.150% of P, up to 0.050% of S, up to 0.60% of Ni and 0.005 to 0.50% of sol.Al, the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities. The alloy has an enhanced pickling performance of the hot rolled material and an improved workability of the cold rolled material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 1984
    Date of Patent: April 8, 1986
    Assignee: Nisshin Steel Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeaki Maruhashi, Kazuo Hoshino, Yoshihiro Uematsu, Katsuhisa Miyakusu, Takehiko Fujimura