Patents by Inventor Yoshiyuki Ushigami

Yoshiyuki Ushigami 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: 12217889
    Abstract: A grain-oriented electrical steel sheet according to an aspect of the present invention includes an underlying steel sheet and a tension-insulation coating arranged on the surface of the underlying steel sheet, and a ten-point average roughness RzL in an L direction obtained when the tension-insulation coating is removed from the grain-oriented electrical steel sheet with an alkaline solution, and then the surface of the underlying steel sheet is measured in a rolling direction is 6.0 ?m or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shuichi Nakamura, Yoshiyuki Ushigami, Hiroyasu Fujii
  • Patent number: 12195832
    Abstract: A method for producing a grain oriented electrical steel sheet includes a decarburization annealing process where an oxidation degree PH2O/PH2 is controlled, an annealing separator applying process where a mass ratio of MgO and MCl in an annealing separator is controlled, a final annealing process where an oxidation degree is controlled when atmosphere includes hydrogen or a dew point is controlled when atmosphere consists of inert gas without hydrogen, and an insulation coating forming process where a baking temperature and a heat treatment temperature are controlled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinsuke Takatani, Yoshiyuki Ushigami
  • Patent number: 12195818
    Abstract: A method for producing a grain oriented electrical steel sheet includes a decarburization annealing process where an oxidation degree PH2O/PH2 is controlled, an annealing separator applying process where a mass ratio of MgO and Al2O3 in an annealing separator is controlled, a final annealing process where an oxidation degree is controlled when atmosphere includes hydrogen or a dew point is controlled when atmosphere consists of inert gas, and an insulation coating forming process where a baking temperature and a heat treatment temperature are controlled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinsuke Takatani, Yoshiyuki Ushigami, Shuichi Nakamura, Shunsuke Okumura, Shohji Nagano
  • Patent number: 12180558
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet includes: a silicon steel material production process of producing a silicon steel material; a hot rolling process of obtaining a hot rolled sheet by subjecting the silicon steel material to hot rolling; a cold rolling process of obtaining a steel sheet of a final sheet thickness by subjecting the hot rolled sheet to a single cold rolling process or multiple cold rolling processes having intermediate annealing performed between the cold rolling processes; a decarburization annealing process of subjecting the steel sheet to decarburization annealing; and a final annealing process of applying an annealing separator containing alumina as a main component to the steel sheet and subjecting the steel sheet to final annealing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Ushigami, Shuichi Nakamura, Hiroyasu Fujii, Norikazu Fujii
  • Patent number: 12173378
    Abstract: The method for manufacturing a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet is a method for manufacturing a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet including a strain region forming process of irradiating the grain-oriented electrical steel sheet having a base steel sheet (1), an intermediate layer (4) disposed to be in contact with the base steel sheet (1), and an insulation coating (3) disposed to be in contact with the intermediate layer (4) with an electron beam and forming a strain region (D) which extends in a direction intersecting a rolling direction of the base steel sheet (1) on a surface of the base steel sheet (1), wherein, in the strain region forming process, a temperature of a central portion of the strain region (D) in the rolling direction of the base steel sheet (1) and an extension direction of the strain region (D) is heated to 800° C. or higher and 2000° C. or lower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi Arai, Yoshiyuki Ushigami, Hideyuki Hamamura, Shinji Yamamoto, Shunsuke Okumura
  • Patent number: 12123084
    Abstract: A method for producing a grain oriented electrical steel sheet includes a decarburization annealing process where an oxidation degree PH2O/PH2 is controlled and pickling is conducted after decreasing temperature, an annealing separator applying process where a mass ratio of MgO and Al2O3 in an annealing separator is controlled, a final annealing process where an oxidation degree is controlled when atmosphere includes hydrogen or a dew point is controlled when atmosphere consists of inert gas, an annealing separator removing process where water-washing is conducted using solution with inhibitor, and an insulation coating forming process where a mass ratio of phosphoric acid and metal compound in insulation coating forming solution is controlled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinsuke Takatani, Yoshiyuki Ushigami
  • Patent number: 12123068
    Abstract: A grain oriented electrical steel sheet includes: by mass %, 0.010% or less of C; 2.50 to 4.00% of Si; 0.010% or less of acid soluble Al; 0.012% or less of N; 1.00% or less of Mn; 0.020% or less of S; and a balance comprising Fe and impurities, and has a tension-insulation coating at steel sheet surface and a SiO2 intermediate oxide film layer with an average thickness of 1.0 nm to 1.0 ?m at an interface between the tension-insulation coating and the steel sheet surface. In the grain oriented electrical steel, when a surface of the intermediate oxide film layer is analyzed by an infrared reflection spectroscopy, a peak intensity IA at 1250 cm?1 and a peak intensity IB at 1200 cm?1 satisfy IB/IA?0.010.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Kataoka, Yoshiyuki Ushigami, Shuichi Nakamura, Hiroyasu Fujii, Shunsuke Okumura
  • Patent number: 12110567
    Abstract: A method for producing a grain oriented electrical steel sheet includes a decarburization annealing process where an oxidation degree PH2O/PH2 is controlled, an annealing separator applying process where a mass ratio of MgO and MCl in an annealing separator is controlled, a final annealing process where an oxidation degree is controlled when atmosphere includes hydrogen or a dew point is controlled when atmosphere consists of inert gas, and an insulation coating forming process where a mass ratio of phosphoric acid and metal compound in insulation coating forming solution is controlled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinsuke Takatani, Yoshiyuki Ushigami
  • Patent number: 12065712
    Abstract: This grain-oriented electrical steel sheet has a base steel sheet in which a final-annealed film is substantially not present on a surface, an intermediate layer that is disposed on a surface of the base steel sheet and mainly contains silicon oxide, and an insulation coating disposed on a surface of the intermediate layer. In the intermediate layer, a value obtained by dividing a standard deviation ? of a thickness of the intermediate layer by an average value T of the thickness of the intermediate layer is 0.500 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinji Yamamoto, Yoshiyuki Ushigami, Shinsuke Takatani
  • Publication number: 20240254602
    Abstract: A grain-oriented electrical steel sheet includes a base steel sheet, an oxide film, and a phosphate-based coating. The phosphate-based coating includes a first crystalline phosphorus oxide whose crystal structure corresponds to Fe2P2O7 and a second crystalline phosphorous oxide whose crystal structure corresponds to Fe7(P2O7)4, and the second crystalline phosphorous oxide includes at least one element selected from a group consisting of V, W, Zr, Co, and Mo.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2022
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki USHIGAMI, Shinsuke TAKATANI, Masaru TAKAHASHI, Kazutoshi TAKEDA
  • Publication number: 20240186042
    Abstract: Provided is a grain oriented electrical steel sheet including a base metal steel sheet, an intermediate layer and an insulation coating, wherein: the intermediate layer is an oxide film; an average thickness of the oxide film is 2-500 nm; the insulation coating is a phosphate coating; an average thickness of the insulation coating is 0.1-10 ?m. When grazing incidence X-ray diffraction is performed on the phosphate coating using a Co-K? excitation source, the X-ray diffraction pattern has a diffraction peak originating from cristobalite-type aluminum phosphate at a diffraction angle of 2?=24.8°; a half value width FWHM0.5 of the diffraction peak under a diffraction condition with an X-ray incident angle ?=0.5° and a half value width FWHM1.0 of the diffraction peak under a diffraction condition with an X-ray incident angle ?=1.0° satisfy 0.20°?FWHM0.5?2.00°, 0.20°?FWHM1.0?2.00°, and 0°?|F.WHM0.5?FWHM1.0|?1.00°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinsuke TAKATANI, Kazutoshi TAKEDA, Masaru TAKAHASHI, Yoshiyuki USHIGAMI
  • Patent number: 11970751
    Abstract: The grain-oriented electrical steel sheet according to the present embodiment is a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet having a base steel sheet (1), an intermediate layer (4) disposed to be in contact with the base steel sheet (1), and an insulation coating (3) disposed to be in contact with the intermediate layer (4). The grain-oriented electrical steel sheet according to the present embodiment includes a surface of the base steel sheet (1) having a strain region (D) which extends in a direction intersecting a rolling direction of the base steel sheet (1), and a crystalline phosphorus oxide M2P4O13 present in the insulation coating (3) on the strain region (D) in a cross-sectional view of a surface parallel to the rolling direction and a sheet thickness direction of the base steel sheet (1). (M means at least one or both of Fe and Cr.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Ushigami, Shinji Yamamoto, Hideyuki Hamamura, Takashi Kataoka, Shunsuke Okumura
  • Patent number: 11952646
    Abstract: Provided is a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet including a base steel sheet, an intermediate layer which is disposed in contact with the base steel sheet and mainly includes silicon oxide, and an insulation coating which is disposed in contact with the intermediate layer and mainly includes phosphate and colloidal silica, in which the base steel sheet contains predetermined chemical composition, BN having an average particle size of 50 to 300 nm is present, when an emission intensity of B is measured using glow discharge emission analysis, predetermined conditions are satisfied, and a ratio of a major axis to a minor axis of BN is 1.5 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masato Yasuda, Yoshihiro Arita, Masaru Takahashi, Yoshiyuki Ushigami, Shohji Nagano
  • Patent number: 11946113
    Abstract: A method for producing a grain oriented electrical steel sheet includes a decarburization annealing process where an oxidation degree PH2O/PH2 is controlled, an annealing separator applying process where a mass ratio of MgO and Al2O3 in an annealing separator is controlled, a final annealing process where hydrogen in mixed gas atmosphere is controlled to 50 volume % or more, an annealing separator removing process where water-washing is conducted using solution with inhibitor, a smoothing process where chemical-polished is conducted to control average roughness Ra, and an insulation coating forming process where insulation coating forming solution in which crystalline phosphide is included is applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinsuke Takatani, Yoshiyuki Ushigami
  • Patent number: 11898215
    Abstract: The grain-oriented electrical steel sheet according to the present invention is a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet having a base steel sheet (1), an intermediate layer (4) disposed to be in contact with the base steel sheet (1), and an insulation coating (3) disposed to be in contact with the intermediate layer (4), and the grain-oriented electrical steel sheet includes a surface of the base steel sheet (1) having a groove (G) which extends in a direction intersecting a rolling direction of the base steel sheet (1), in which in a cross-sectional view of a plane parallel to the rolling direction and a sheet thickness direction of the base steel sheet (1), when a region between end portions of the groove (G) is defined as a groove part (RG), an average thickness of the intermediate layer (4) of the groove part (RG) is 0.5 times or more and 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Ushigami, Shinji Yamamoto, Fumiaki Takahashi, Hideyuki Hamamura, Shinsuke Takatani, Masaru Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11884988
    Abstract: In a base sheet for a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet of the present invention, an amount of surface oxygen x per one surface of the base sheet and a value y of a peak (?R/R0 @1250 cm?1) of SiO2 on the surface of the base sheet obtained by infrared reflection spectroscopy satisfy y?1500x2.5 and y?0.24. A method of manufacturing the base sheet for a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet of the present invention includes: adjusting the amount of surface oxygen per one surface of a final-annealed grain-oriented silicon steel sheet to more than 0.01 g/m2 and 0.05 g/m2 or less, or more than 0.05 g/m2 and 0.10 g/m2 or less; and performing thermal oxidation annealing in an atmosphere in which an oxidation potential represented by a ratio PH2O/PH2 of water vapor pressure to hydrogen pressure is 0.0081 or less in a case where the amount of surface oxygen is more than 0.01 g/m2 and 0.05 g/m2 or less, or in an atmosphere in which the oxidation potential is 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shuichi Nakamura, Seiki Takebayashi, Yoshiyuki Ushigami, Shinsuke Takatani, Hiroyasu Fujii
  • Publication number: 20230402220
    Abstract: This wound core is a wound core including: a substantially rectangular wound core main body in a side view in which first planar portions and corner portions are alternately continuous and at least one of two or more bent portions existing in at least one corner portion satisfies Equations (1) to (3) below. Tave?40 nm??(1) (To?Tu)/Tave?0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki USHIGAMI, Shinji YAMAMOTO, Takeo ARAMAKI, Yuki KUNITA, Satoshi ARAI
  • Patent number: 11557413
    Abstract: A grain-oriented electrical steel sheet according to the present invention includes a silicon steel sheet as a base steel sheet, and when an average value of amplitudes in a wavelength range of 20 to 100 ?m among wavelength components obtained by performing Fourier analysis on a measured cross-sectional curve parallel to a sheet width direction of the silicon steel sheet is set as ave-AMPC100, ave-AMPC100 is 0.0001 to 0.050 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Ushigami, Masato Mizokami, Shingo Okada, Yoichi Zaizen, Shinji Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 11469017
    Abstract: A grain oriented electrical steel sheet includes: a base steel sheet; a lower layer which is arranged in contact with the base steel sheet; and an insulation coating which is arranged in contact with the lower layer and which includes a phosphate and a colloidal silica as main components. The base steel sheet includes the predetermined chemical composition and includes a B compound whose major axis length is 1 to 20 ?m and whose number density is 1×10 to 1×106 pieces/mm3. The lower layer is a glass film which includes a forsterite as main component or an intermediate layer includes a silicon oxide as main component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masato Yasuda, Masaru Takahashi, Yoshiyuki Ushigami, Shinya Yano
  • Patent number: 11466338
    Abstract: A grain oriented electrical steel sheet includes: a base steel sheet; a glass film which is arranged in contact with the base steel sheet; and an insulation coating which is arranged in contact with the glass film and which includes a phosphate and a colloidal silica as main components. The base steel sheet includes the predetermined chemical composition. A BN whose average particle size is 50 to 300 nm is included at a predetermined number density in a region which is from an interface between the glass film and the insulation coating till 5 ?m toward the base steel sheet in a depth direction. A B emission intensity obtained inside the glass film is more than a B emission intensity obtained inside the base steel sheet, when a B emission intensity is measured from a surface of the insulation coating by a glow discharge emission spectroscopy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masato Yasuda, Yoshiyuki Ushigami, Masaru Takahashi, Shinya Yano