Patents by Inventor Yoshiyasu Kawasaki

Yoshiyasu Kawasaki 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: 20160289784
    Abstract: A high-strength steel sheet and a method for manufacturing a high-strength steel sheet having excellent phosphatability and excellent corrosion resistance after electrodeposition coating has been performed, even in the case where the contents of Si and Mn are high. The method may comprise annealing a steal sheet by using a continuous annealing method, performing a heating process, controlling the maximum end-point temperature of a steel sheet in the annealing furnace, controlling the traveling time of the steel sheet, and controlling the dew point of the atmosphere.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2014
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke FUSHIWAKI, Yoshiyasu KAWASAKI
  • Patent number: 9340859
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a high strength galvanized steel sheet has a first heating step including heating to 400° C. to 750° C. in an atmosphere containing O2: 0.1 to 20 percent and H2O: 1 to 50 percent and heating to 600° C. to 850° C. in an atmosphere containing O2: 0.01 to less than 0.1 percent and H2O: 1 to 20 percent is applied to a steel sheet, a second heating step includes holding the steel sheet in an atmosphere containing H2: 1 to 50 percent and having a dew point of 0° C. or lower at 750° C. to 900° C. for 15 to 600 s, cooling to a temperature of 450° C. to 550° C., and holding is performed at that temperature for 10 to 200 s, and a galvanization treatment is applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Mai Miyata, Yoshitsugu Suzuki, Yoshiyasu Kawasaki, Tatsuya Nakagaito, Shinjiro Kaneko, Yasunobu Nagataki
  • Publication number: 20160002762
    Abstract: Provided is a high-strength steel sheet that has good chemical convertibility and good corrosion resistance after electro deposition painting despite high Si and Mn contents. Also provided are a method for producing the high-strength steel sheet, a high-strength galvanized steel sheet formed by using the high-strength steel sheet, and a method for producing the high-strength galvanized steel sheet. A steel sheet containing, in terms of % by mass, C: 0.03 to 0.35%, Si: 0.01 to 0.50%, Mn: 3.6 to 8.0%, Al: 0.001 to 1.00%, P?0.10%, S?0.010%, and the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities is annealed under condition under which a dew point of an atmosphere in a temperature zone of 550° C. or higher and A° C. or lower (A is a particular value that satisfies 600?A?750) inside an annealing furnace is controlled to ?40° C. or lower.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Fushiwaki, Yoshiyasu Kawasaki, Yasunobu Nagataki
  • Patent number: 9157132
    Abstract: The high-strength galvanized steel sheet having excellent formability has a component composition containing, on the basis of mass percent, 0.05 to 0.2% C, 0.5 to 2.5% Si, 1.5 to 3.0% Mn, 0.001 to 0.05% P, 0.0001 to 0.01% S, 0.001 to 0.1% Al, and 0.0005 to 0.01% N, the balance being Fe and incidental impurities; and the steel sheet has a microstructure including a ferritic phase and a martensitic phase including a tempered-martensitic phase, the ferritic phase having an area fraction of 30% or more relative to an entirety of the microstructure, the martensitic phase having an area fraction of 30 to 50% relative to the entirety of the microstructure, and the tempered-martensitic phase having an area fraction of 70% or more relative to an entirety of the martensitic phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Shinjiro Kaneko, Yoshiyasu Kawasaki, Tatsuya Nakagaito, Saiji Matsuoka
  • Patent number: 9028626
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a high-strength galvanized steel sheet includes hot-rolling a slab to form a steel sheet; during continuous annealing, heating the steel sheet to a temperature of 750° C. to 900° C. at an average heating rate of at least 10° C./s at a temperature of 500° C. to an A1 transformation point; holding that temperature for at least 10 seconds; cooling the steel sheet from 750° C. to a temperature of (Ms point—100° C.) to (Ms point—200° C.) at an average cooling rate of at least 10° C./s; reheating the steel sheet to a temperature of 350° C. to 600° C.; holding that temperature for 10 to 600 seconds; and galvanizing the steel sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuya Nakagaito, Saiji Matsuoka, Shinjiro Kaneko, Yoshiyasu Kawasaki, Yoshitsugu Suzuki
  • Patent number: 8968494
    Abstract: The present invention provides a high-strength galvanized steel sheet having excellent ductility, stretch flangeability, and fatigue resistance, and a method for manufacturing the same. A high-strength galvannealed steel sheet having excellent formability and fatigue resistance is characterized in that the steel sheet is composed of steel having a composition containing, by % by mass, C: 0.05% to 0.3%, Si: 0.5% to 2.5%, Mn: 1.0% to 3.5%, P: 0.003% to 0.100%, S: 0.02% or less, Al: 0.010% to 0.1%, and the balance including iron and unavoidable impurities, and the steel sheet has a microstructure containing 50% or more of ferrite, 5% to 35% of martensite, and 2% to 15% of pearlite in terms of an area ratio, the martensite having an average gain size of 3 ?m or less and an average distance of 5 ?m or less between adjacent martensite grains.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuya Nakagaito, Yoshiyasu Kawasaki, Shinjiro Kaneko, Saiji Matsuoka, Yoshitsugu Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20150044503
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a high strength galvanized steel sheet and a high strength galvanized steel sheet are provided. A base steel sheet having a chemical composition comprising C: 0.03% to 0.35%, Si: 0.01% to 0.50%, Mn: 3.6% to 8.0%, Al: 0.001% to 1.000%, P?0.10%, S?0.010%, and the balance comprising Fe and incidental impurities, on a percent by mass basis, is subjected to annealing and galvanization treatment, wherein the maximum steel sheet temperature in an annealing furnace is 600° C. or higher and 700° C. or lower, the steel sheet transit time in a temperature region of the maximum steel sheet temperature of 600° C. or higher and 700° C. or lower is specified to be 30 seconds or more and 10 minutes or less, and the dew point in an atmosphere is specified to be ?45° C. or lower.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Fushiwaki, Yoshiyasu Kawasaki, Yasunobu Nagataki
  • Publication number: 20150030881
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a high strength galvanized steel sheet and a high strength galvanized steel sheet are provided. A high strength galvanized steel sheet having a zinc coating layer with an amount of deposition of coating of 20 to 120 g/m2 per one surface on the surface of a base steel sheet having a chemical composition comprising C: 0.03% to 0.35%, Si: 0.01% to 0.50%, Mn: 3.6% to 8.0%, Al: 0.001% to 1.000%, P?0.10%, S?0.010%, and the balance comprising Fe and incidental impurities, on a percent by mass basis, is produced. At this time, in annealing and galvanization treatment of the base steel sheet in a continuous galvanizing line, the maximum steel sheet temperature in an annealing furnace is 600° C. or higher and 750° C. or lower, the steel sheet transit time in a temperature region of the maximum steel sheet temperature of 600° C. or higher and 750° C. or lower is specified to be 30 seconds or more and 10 minutes or less, and the dew point in an atmosphere is specified to be ?10° C. or higher.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: JEF STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Fushiwaki, Yoshiyasu Kawasaki, Yasunobu Nagataki
  • Publication number: 20140360634
    Abstract: A hot rolled steel sheet having a chemical composition containing, by mass %, C: 0.04% or more and 0.20% or less, Si: 0.7% or more and 2.3% or less, Mn: 0.8% or more and 2.8% or less, P: 0.1% or less, S: 0.01% or less, Al: 0.1% or less, N: 0.008% or less, and the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities. The microstructure of the hot rolled steel sheet includes ferrite and pearlites, in which the area ratio of the ferrite is 75% or more and less than 95%, the mean grain size of the ferrite is 5 ?m or more and 25 ?m or less, the area ratio of pearlite is 5% or more and less than 25%, the mean grain size of pearlite is 2.0 ?m or more, and the mean free path of pearlite is 5 ?m or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2012
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Applicant: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiyasu Kawasaki, Shinjiro Kaneko, Yasunobu Nagataki
  • Publication number: 20140360632
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a high strength steel sheet having excellent formability suitable for the material of an automotive part has a tensile strength (TS) of 980 MPa or more and total elongation (EL) is 25% or more. A steel slab has a chemical composition containing C: 0.03% to 0.35%, Si: 0.5% to 3.0%, Mn: 3.5% to 10.0%, P: 0.100% or less, S: 0.02% or less, and the remainder includes Fe and incidental impurities on a percent by mass basis is hot-rolled, a heat treatment is performed, in which an achieved temperature of Ac1 to Ac1+100° C. is held for 3 minutes or more, subsequently, cold rolling is performed at a rolling reduction of 20% or more and, annealing is performed, in which an achieved temperature of Ac1?30° C. to Ac1+100° C. is held for 1 minute or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2012
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Applicant: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Hasegawa, Yoshiyasu Kawasaki, Tatsuya Nakagaito, Shinjiro Kaneko, Yasunobu Nagataki
  • Publication number: 20140314616
    Abstract: Provided is a hot-rolled steel sheet having a composition containing 0.04 mass percent to 0.20 mass percent C, 0.7 mass percent to 2.3 mass percent Si, 0.8 mass percent to 2.8 mass percent Mn, 0.1 mass percent or less P, 0.01 mass percent or less S, 0.1 mass percent or less Al, and 0.008 mass percent or less N, the remainder being Fe and inevitable impurities. Internal oxides containing one or more selected from the group consisting of Si, Mn, and Fe are present at grain boundaries and in grains in a base metal. The internal oxides present at the grain boundaries in the base metal are located within 5 ?m from the surface of the base metal. The difference between the depths at which the internal oxides are formed in the cross direction of the steel sheet is 2 ?m or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2012
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mai Miyata, Yoshitsugu Suzuki, Yasunobu Nagataki, Yoshiyasu Kawasaki, Hirokazu Sugihara
  • Patent number: 8815026
    Abstract: A high strength galvanized steel sheet having a TS of 780 MPa or more and exhibiting excellent stretch frangeability and bendability and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. The component composition contains C: 0.05% to 0.15%, Si: 0.8% to 2.5%, Mn: 1.5% to 3.0%, P: 0.001% to 0.05%, S: 0.0001% to 0.01%, Al: 0.001% to 0.1%, N: 0.0005% to 0.01%, Cr: 0.1% to 1.0%, Ti: 0.0005% to 0.1%, B: 0.0003% to 0.003%, and the remainder composed of iron and incidental impurities, on a percent by mass basis. The microstructure includes 30% or more of ferrite phase and 30% or more, and 70% or less of martensite phase on an areal fraction basis, wherein regarding the above-described martensite phase, the proportion of a tempered martensite phase is 20% or more relative to the whole martensite phase and the proportion of a martensite phase having a grain diameter of 1 ?m or less is 10% or less relative to the whole martensite phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Shinjiro Kaneko, Yoshiyasu Kawasaki, Saiji Matsuoka, Yoshitsugu Suzuki, Koji Maitake
  • Publication number: 20140230971
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing the high strength steel sheet having excellent formability includes hot-rolling a steel slab having a chemical composition containing, by mass %, C: 0.03% or more and 0.35% or less, Si: 0.5% or more and 3.0% or less, Mn: 3.5% or more and 10.0% or less, P: 0.1% or less, S: 0.01% or less, N: 0.008% or less and the balance comprising Fe and inevitable impurities, coiling the hot-rolled steel sheet at a temperature range of the Ar1 transformation point to the Ar1 transformation point+(the Ar3 transformation point?the Ar1 transformation point)/2, cooling the coiled steel sheet down to 200° C. or lower, heating and holding the cooled steel sheet at a temperature range of the Ac1 transformation point?200° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiyasu Kawasaki, Hiroshi Hasegawa, Tatsuya Nakagaito, Yasunobu Nagataki
  • Publication number: 20140209217
    Abstract: The present invention provides a high-strength galvanized steel sheet having excellent ductility, stretch flangeability, and fatigue resistance, and a method for manufacturing the same. A high-strength galvannealed steel sheet having excellent formability and fatigue resistance is characterized in that the steel sheet is composed of steel having a composition containing, by % by mass, C: 0.05% to 0.3%, Si: 0.5% to 2.5%, Mn: 1.0% to 3.5%, P: 0.003% to 0.100%, S: 0.02% or less, Al: 0.010% to 0.1%, and the balance including iron and unavoidable impurities, and the steel sheet has a microstructure containing 50% or more of ferrite, 5% to 35% of martensite, and 2% to 15% of pearlite in terms of an area ratio, the martensite having an average gain size of 3 ?m or less and an average distance of 5 ?m or less between adjacent martensite grains.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2014
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tatsuya Nakagaito, Yoshiyasu Kawasaki, Shinjiro Kaneko, Saiji Matsuoka, Yoshitsugu Suzuki
  • Patent number: 8784578
    Abstract: A high strength galvanized steel sheet with excellent workability, having a component composition containing C: 0.04% or more, and 0.15% or less, Si: 0.7% or more, and 2.3% or less, Mn: 0.8% or more, and 2.2% or less, P: 0.1% or less, S: 0.01% or less, Al: 0.1% or less, N: 0.008% or less, and the remainder composed of iron and incidental impurities on a percent by mass basis, and a microstructure including 70% or more of ferrite phase, 2% or more, and 10% or less of bainite phase, and 0% or more, and 12% or less of pearlite phase on an area fraction basis and 1% or more, and 8% or less of retained austenite phase on a volume fraction basis, wherein an average crystal grain diameter of ferrite is 18 ?m or less and an average crystal grain diameter of retained austenite is 2 ?m or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiyasu Kawasaki, Tatsuya Nakagaito, Shinjiro Kaneko, Saiji Matsuoka, Yasunobu Nagataki
  • Publication number: 20140174608
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a high strength galvanized steel sheet has a first heating step including heating to 400° C. to 750° C. in an atmosphere containing O2: 0.1 to 20 percent and H2O: 1 to 50 percent and heating to 600° C. to 850° C. in an atmosphere containing O2: 0.01 to less than 0.1 percent and H2O: 1 to 20 percent is applied to a steel sheet, a second heating step includes holding the steel sheet in an atmosphere containing H2: 1 to 50 percent and having a dew point of 0° C. or lower at 750° C. to 900° C. for 15 to 600 s, cooling to a temperature of 450° C. to 550° C., and holding is performed at that temperature for 10 to 200 s, and a galvanization treatment is applied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2012
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Mai Miyata, Yoshitsugu Suzuki, Yoshiyasu Kawasaki, Tatsuya Nakagaito, Shinjiro Kaneko, Yasunobu Nagataki
  • Patent number: 8657969
    Abstract: A high strength galvanized steel sheet has a TS of 590 MPa or more and excellent processability. The component composition contains, by mass %, C: 0.05% to 0.3%, Si: 0.7% to 2.7%, Mn: 0.5% to 2.8%, P: 0.1% or lower, S: 0.01% or lower, Al: 0.1% or lower, and N: 0.008% or lower, and the balance: Fe or inevitable impurities. The microstructure contains, in terms of area ratio, ferrite phases: 30% to 90%, bainite phases: 3% to 30%, and martensite phases: 5% to 40%, in which, among the martensite phases, martensite phases having an aspect ratio of 3 or more are present in a proportion of 30% or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiyasu Kawasaki, Tatsuya Nakagaito, Shinjiro Kaneko, Saiji Matsuoka
  • Publication number: 20140050941
    Abstract: A high strength steel sheet including, by mass, C: 0.03% or more and 0.25% or less, Si: 0.4% or more and 2.5% or less, Mn: 3.5% or more and 10.0% or less, P: 0.1% or less, S: 0.01% or less, Al: 0.01% or more and 2.5% or less, N: 0.008% or less, Si+Al: 1.0% or more, the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities. The area ratio of ferrite is 30% or more and 80% or less, the area ratio of martensite is 0% or more and 17% or less, the volume fraction of retained austenite is 8% or more, and the average grain size of retained austenite is 2 ?m or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2012
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Inventors: Yoshiyasu Kawasaki, Hiroshi Hasegawa, Shinjiro Kaneko, Yasunobu Nagataki
  • Publication number: 20130266821
    Abstract: A high-strength galvanized steel sheet with high yield ratio having excellent ductility and stretch flange formability, the steel sheet having a chemical composition containing, by mass %, C: 0.04% or more and 0.13% or less, Si: 0.9% or more and 2.3% or less, Mn: 0.8% or more and 2.4% or less, P: 0.1% or less, S: 0.01% or less, Al: 0.01% or more and 0.1% or less, N: 0.008% or less, and the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities and a microstructure including, in terms of area ratio, 94% or more of a ferrite phase and 2% or less of a martensite ferrite phase, wherein mean grain size of ferrite is 10 ?m or less, Vickers hardness of ferrite is 140 or more, mean grain size of carbide particles existing at grain boundaries of ferrite is 0.5 ?m or less, and aspect ratio of carbide particles existing at the grain boundaries of ferrite is 2.0 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2011
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiyasu Kawasaki, Tatsuya Nakagaito, Shinjiro Kaneko, Yasunobu Nagataki, Keisuke Fukushi
  • Publication number: 20130133792
    Abstract: A high-strength cold rolled steel sheet has excellent formability and crashworthiness and includes, on a mass % basis, C: 0.05 to 0.3%, Si: 0.3 to 2.5%. Mn: 0.5 to 3.5%, P: 0.003 to 0.100%, 5: 0.02% or less, Al: 0.010 to 0.5%, the balance being iron and unavoidable impurities, the high-strength cold rolled steel sheet having a microstructure including 20% or more of ferrite on an area fraction basis, 10 to 60% of tempered martensite on an area fraction basis, 0 to 10% of martensite on an area fraction basis, and 3 to 15% of retained austenite on a volume fraction basis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2010
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tatsuya Nakagaito, Saiji Matsuoka, Shinjiro Kaneko, Yoshiyasu Kawasaki