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).

  • Publication number: 20210123115
    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 consisting of 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: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi KATAOKA, Yoshiyuki USHIGAMI, Shuichi NAKAMURA, Hiroyasu FUJII, Shunsuke OKUMURA
  • Publication number: 20210027922
    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: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masato YASUDA, Masaru TAKAHASHI, Yoshiyuki USHIGAMI, Shinya YANO
  • Publication number: 20200354809
    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: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masato YASUDA, Yoshiyuki USHIGAMI, Masaru TAKAHASHI, Shinya YANO
  • Publication number: 20200208235
    Abstract: A grain-oriented electrical steel sheet includes: a base steel sheet; an intermediate layer arranged in contact with the base steel sheet; and an insulation coating arranged in contact with the intermediate layer to be an outermost surface, in which a Cr content of the insulation coating is 0.1 at % or more on average, and when viewing a cross section whose cutting direction is parallel to a thickness direction, the insulation coating has a compound layer containing a crystalline phosphide in an area in contact with the intermediate layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinji YAMAMOTO, Yoshiyuki USHIGAMI
  • Publication number: 20200203047
    Abstract: A grain-oriented electrical steel sheet includes: a steel sheet; and an amorphous oxide layer that is formed on the steel sheet, in which a glossiness, of a surface is 150% or higher.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinsuke TAKATANI, Yoshiyuki USHIGAMI, Hiroyasu FUJII, Shuichi NAKAMURA, Takeshi IMAI
  • Publication number: 20200190644
    Abstract: A grain-oriented electrical steel sheet includes a steel sheet and an amorphous oxide layer that is formed on the steel sheet, in which the steel sheet includes, as a chemical composition, by mass %, C: 0.085% or less, Si: 0.80% to 7.00%, Mn: 1.50% or less, acid-soluble Al: 0.065% or less, S: 0.013% or less, Cu: 0% to 0.80%, N: 0% to 0.012%, P: 0% to 0.50%, Ni: 0% to 1.00%, Sn: 0% to 0.30%, Sb: 0% to 0.30%, and a remainder of Fe and impurities, and a NSIC value of a surface is 4.0% or more, the NSIC value being obtained by measuring an image clearness of the surface using an image clearness measuring device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinsuke TAKATANI, Kenichi MURAKAMI, Yoshiyuki USHIGAMI, Shunsuke OKUMURA, Shohji NAGANO
  • Publication number: 20200123626
    Abstract: A grain-oriented electrical steel sheet according to an aspect of the present invention includes: a steel sheet 1; an intermediate layer 4 containing Si and O, arranged on the steel sheet; and an insulation coating 3 arranged on the intermediate layer 4, in which the intermediate layer 4 contains a metal phosphide 5, a thickness of the intermediate layer 4 is 4 nm or more, and an abundance of the metal phosphide 5 present is 1% to 30% by cross-sectional area fraction in a cross section of the intermediate layer 4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seiki TAKEBAYASHI, Shuichi NAKAMURA, Hiroyasu FUJII, Yoshiyuki USHIGAMI
  • Publication number: 20200123662
    Abstract: A grain-oriented electrical steel sheet includes: a base steel sheet; an intermediate layer arranged in contact with the base steel sheet; and an insulation coating arranged in contact with the intermediate layer to be an outermost surface, in which the insulation coating has a crystalline phosphide-containing layer containing a crystalline phosphide in an area in contact with the intermediate layer when viewing a cross section whose cutting direction is parallel to a thickness direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seiki TAKEBAYASHI, Shuichi NAKAMURA, Hiroyasu FUJII, Yoshiyuki USHIGAMI, Shinsuke TAKATANI
  • Publication number: 20200126698
    Abstract: A grain-oriented electrical steel sheet includes: a base steel sheet; an intermediate layer arranged in contact with the base steel sheet; and an insulation coating arranged in contact with the intermediate layer to be an outermost surface, in which the intermediate layer has a local oxidized area when viewing a cross section whose cutting direction is parallel to a thickness direction, and a thickness of the intermediate layer in an area where the local oxidized area is included is 50 nm or more, and a thickness of the intermediate layer in an area where the local oxidized area is not included is less than 50 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seiki TAKEBAYASHI, Shuichi NAKAMURA, Hiroyasu FUJII, Yoshiyuki USHIGAMI, Shinsuke TAKATANI
  • Patent number: 10214791
    Abstract: A non-oriented electrical steel sheet containing: in mass%, C: 0.005% or less; Si: 0.1% to 2.0%; Mn: 0.05% to 0.6%; P: 0.100% or less; and Al: 0.5% or less, in which 10 pieces/?m3 or less in number density of non-magnetic precipitate AlN having an average diameter of 10 nm to 200 nm are contained, and an average magnetic flux density B50 in a rolling direction and in a direction perpendicular to rolling is 1.75 T or more. This non-oriented electrical steel sheet can be manufactured by two methods of a method of performing hot rolling annealing at a temperature of 750° C. to an Ac1 transformation point and a method of setting a coil winding temperature to 780° C. or higher and performing self annealing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro Fujikura, Yoshiyuki Ushigami, Tesshu Murakawa, Shinichi Kanao, Makoto Atake, Takeru Ichie, Kojiro Hori
  • Patent number: 10208372
    Abstract: A grain-oriented electrical steel sheet being a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet containing Si of 0.8 mass % to 7 mass %, Mn of 0.05 mass % to 1 mass %, B of 0.0005 mass % to 0.0080 mass %, each content of Al, C, N, S, and Se of 0.005 mass % or less, and a balance being composed of Fe and inevitable impurities and having a glass coating film made of composite oxide mainly composed of forsterite on the steel sheet surface, in which when glow discharge optical emission spectrometry (GDS) to the surface of a secondary coating film formed on the surface of the glass coating film under a predetermined condition is performed, a peak, of B, in emission intensity having a peak position in emission intensity different from a peak position, of Mg, in emission intensity is obtained and the peak position, of B, in emission intensity from the steel sheet surface is deeper than the peak position, of Mg, in emission intensity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fumiaki Takahashi, Yoshiyuki Ushigami, Kazumi Mizukami, Shuichi Nakamura, Norikazu Fujii, Norihiro Yamamoto, Masahide Urago
  • Publication number: 20180119258
    Abstract: There is provided a non-oriented magnetic steel sheet according to one aspect of the present invention including a predetermined composition, wherein a structure contains 99.0% by area or more of ferrite grains which do not have an unrecrystallized structure, wherein an average crystal grain size of the ferrite grains is 30 ?m to 180 ?m, wherein the ferrite grains contain metal Cu particles of which a number density is 10,000 to 10,000,000 number/?m3 on the inside thereof, wherein the metal Cu particles on the inside of the ferrite grains contain precipitation particles having a 9R structure of which a number density is 2% to 100% with respect to the number density of the metal Cu particles, and precipitation particles having a bee structure of which a number density is 0% to 98% with respect to the number density of the metal Cu particles, and wherein an average grain size of the metal Cu particles on the inside of the ferrite grains is 2.0 nm to 10.0 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2016
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro FUJIKURA, Shinichi MATSUI, Shinichi KANAO, Takeo ARAMAKI, Yoshiyuki USHIGAMI
  • Publication number: 20170260598
    Abstract: A non-oriented electrical steel sheet containing: in mass%, C: 0.005% or less; Si: 0.1% to 2.0%; Mn: 0.05% to 0.6%; P: 0.100% or less; and Al: 0.5% or less, in which 10 pieces/?m3 or less in number density of non-magnetic precipitate AlN having an average diameter of 10 nm to 200 nm are contained, and an average magnetic flux density B50 in a rolling direction and in a direction perpendicular to rolling is 1.75 T or more. This non-oriented electrical steel sheet can be manufactured by two methods of a method of performing hot rolling annealing at a temperature of 750° C. to an Ac1 transformation point and a method of setting a coil winding temperature to 780° C. or higher and performing self annealing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2017
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro FUJIKURA, Yoshiyuki USHIGAMI, Tesshu MURAKAWA, Shinichi KANAO, Makoto ATAKE, Takeru ICHIE, Kojiro HORI
  • Patent number: 9728312
    Abstract: A non-oriented electrical steel sheet containing: in mass %, C: 0.005% or less; Si: 0.1% to 2.0%; Mn: 0.05% to 0.6%; P: 0.100% or less; and Al: 0.5% or less, in which 10 pieces/?m3 or less in number density of non-magnetic precipitate AlN having an average diameter of 10 nm to 200 nm are contained, and an average magnetic flux density B50 in a rolling direction and in a direction perpendicular to rolling is 1.75 T or more. This non-oriented electrical steel sheet can be manufactured by two methods of a method of performing hot rolling annealing at a temperature of 750° C. to an Ac1 transformation point and a method of setting a coil winding temperature to 780° C. or higher and performing self annealing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro Fujikura, Yoshiyuki Ushigami, Tesshu Murakawa, Shinichi Kanao, Makoto Atake, Takeru Ichie, Kojiro Hori
  • Patent number: 9721706
    Abstract: A value of a parameter Q represented by “Q=([Ti]/48+[V]/51+[Zr]/91+[Nb]/93)/([C]/12)” is not less than 0.9 nor more than 1.1, when contents of Ti, V, Zr, Nb, and C (mass %) are represented as [Ti], [V], [Zr], [Nb], and [C] respectively. A matrix of a metal structure is a ferrite phase, and the metal structure does not contain a non-recrystallized structure. An average grain size of ferrite grains constituting the ferrite phase is not less than 30 ?m nor more than 200 ?m. A precipitate containing at least one selected from the group consisting of Ti, V, Zr, and Nb exists with a density of 1 particle/?m3 or more in the ferrite grain. An average grain size of the precipitate is not less than 0.002 ?m nor more than 0.2 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro Fujikura, Yoshiyuki Ushigami, Tesshu Murakawa, Shinichi Kanao, Makoto Atake, Takeru Ichie, Kojiro Hori, Shinichi Matsui
  • Patent number: 9659693
    Abstract: A silicon steel sheet (1) containing Si is cold-rolled. Next, a decarburization annealing (3) of the silicon steel sheet (1) is performed so as to cause a primary recrystallization. Next, the silicon steel sheet (1) is coiled so as to obtain a steel sheet coil (31). Next, an annealing (6) of the steel sheet coil (31) is performed through batch processing so as to cause a secondary recrystallization. Next, the steel sheet coil (31) is uncoiled and flattened. Between the cold-rolling and the obtaining the steel sheet coil (31), a laser beam is irradiated a plurality of times at predetermined intervals on a surface of the silicon steel sheet (1) from one end to the other end of the silicon steel sheet (1) along a sheet width direction (2). When the secondary recrystallization is caused, grain boundaries passing from a front surface to a rear surface of the silicon steel sheet (1) along paths of the laser beams are generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tatsuhiko Sakai, Koji Hirano, Satoshi Arai, Yoshiyuki Ushigami
  • Patent number: 9512500
    Abstract: When contents of Ti, V, Zr, Nb, and C (mass %) are represented as [Ti], [V], [Zr], [Nb], and [C] respectively, a value of a parameter Q represented by “Q=([Ti]/48+[V]/51+[Zr]/91+[Nb]/93)/([C]/12)” is not less than 0.9 nor more than 1.1. A matrix of a metal structure is a ferrite phase, and the metal structure does not include a non-recrystallized structure. An average grain size of ferrite grains constituting the ferrite phase is not less than 10 ?m nor more than 200 ?m. A precipitate containing at least one selected from the group consisting of Ti, V, Zr, and Nb exists with a density of 10 ?m?3 or more in the ferrite grain. An average grain size of the precipitate is not less than 0.002 ?m nor more than 0.2 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro Fujikura, Yoshiyuki Ushigami, Tesshu Murakawa, Shinichi Kanao, Makoto Atake, Takeru Ichie, Kojiro Hori, Shinichi Matsui
  • Patent number: 9273371
    Abstract: A predetermined steel containing Te: 0.0005 mass % to 0.0050 mass % is heated to 1320° C. or lower to be subjected to hot rolling, and is subjected to annealing, cold rolling, decarburization annealing, and nitridation annealing, and thereby a decarburized nitrided steel sheet is obtained. Further, an annealing separating agent is applied on the surface of the decarburized nitrided steel sheet and finish annealing is performed, and thereby a glass coating film is formed. The N content of the decarburized nitrided steel sheet is set to 0.0150 mass % to 0.0250 mass % and the relationship of 2×[Te]+[N]?0.0300 mass % is set to be established. Note that [Te] represents the Te content and [N] represents the N content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichi Murakami, Chie Hama, Kazumi Mizukami, Yoshiyuki Ushigami, Shuichi Nakamura
  • Patent number: 9175362
    Abstract: Hot rolling is performed on a steel with a predetermined composition containing Ti: 0.0020 mass % to 0.010 mass % and/or Cu: 0.010 mass % to 0.50 mass % to obtain a hot-rolled steel sheet. Annealing is performed on the hot-rolled steel sheet to obtain an annealed steel sheet. Cold rolling is performed on the annealed steel sheet to obtain a cold-rolled steel sheet. Decarburization annealing and nitridation annealing are performed on the cold-rolled steel sheet to obtain a decarburized nitrided steel sheet. Then, finish annealing is performed on the decarburized nitrided steel sheet. When obtaining the decarburized nitrided steel sheet, heating on the cold-rolled steel sheet is started in a decarburizing and nitriding atmosphere, then first annealing is performed at a first temperature within a predetermined range, and then second annealing is performed at a second temperature within a predetermined range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi Murakami, Yoshiyuki Ushigami
  • Publication number: 20150170812
    Abstract: A slab having a desired composition containing Sn: 0.02% to 0.20% and P: 0.010% to 0.080% is used. A finishing temperature of hot rolling is 950° C. or lower, hot-rolled sheet annealing is performed at 800° C. to 1200° C., a cooling rate from 750° C. to 300° C. in the hot-rolled sheet annealing is 10° C./second to 300° C./second, and a reduction ratio of cold rolling is 85% or more. A nitridation treatment in which an N content of a decarburization-annealed steel sheet is increased is performed between beginning of decarburization annealing and occurrence of secondary recrystallization in finish annealing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2012
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi Murakami, Yoshiyuki Ushigami, Fumiaki Takahashi