Patents by Inventor Yuri Toda

Yuri Toda 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: 12378651
    Abstract: A hot stamped body with high strength, good bendability and crack propagation resistance, consisting of: in mass %, C: 0.06% or more to less than 0.20%, Si: 0.010-1.00%, Mn: 0.80-2.00%, P: 0.100% or less, S: 0.010% or less, Al: 0.010-0.500%, N: 0.010% or less, Nb: more than 0.020% to 0.10% or less, Ti: 0-0.10%, V: 0-0.10%, Cr: 0-0.50%, Mo: 0-1.00%, B: 0-0.0100%, Ni: 0-0.50%, REM: 0-0.0100%, Mg: 0-0.010%, Ca: 0-0.0100%, and Co: 0-2.0%, with the balance: Fe and impurities, wherein a microstructure includes, in area fraction, ferrite: 5-50%, and martensite: 50-95%, a proportion of regions in the martensite where GAIQ values are 35000 or more to less than 45000 is 30 area % or more, and a maximum bending angle ? (deg) is 90 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke Maeda, Shingo Fujinaka, Yuri Toda
  • Patent number: 12358036
    Abstract: A hot-stamping formed body has a predetermined chemical composition and includes microstructure which includes residual austenite of which an area ratio is 10% or more and less than 20%. Among grain boundaries of crystal grains of bainite and tempered martensite, a ratio of a length of a grain boundary having a rotation angle in a range of 55° to 75° to a total length of a grain boundary having a rotation angle in a range of 4° to 12°, a grain boundary having a rotation angle in a range of 49° to 54°, and the grain boundary having a rotation angle in a range of 55° to 75° to the <011> direction as a rotation axis is 30% or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuri Toda, Kodai Murasawa, Daisuke Maeda, Kazuo Hikida
  • Publication number: 20250188579
    Abstract: This hot stamped component has a predetermined chemical composition, in a position at ¼ of a sheet thickness from a surface, in a texture of prior austenite, a maximum value of pole densities of an orientation group expressed by Euler angles of ?=60° to 90°, ?1=60° to 90°, and ?2=45° is 3.0 or more, an average value of block sizes of martensite, tempered martensite and bainite is 1.20 ?m or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Publication date: June 12, 2025
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuma ASADA, Shohei YABU, Yuri TODA, Yasuyuki OGISU, Tamaki SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20250146111
    Abstract: Provided is a steel sheet for hot stamping having a predetermined chemical composition and a metallographic structure comprising, by area ratio, ferrite: 10% or more and pearlite: 10% or more, wherein a total of ferrite and pearlite is 80% or more, and a dispersion index of pearlite is 0.50 or more. Further, provided is a hot stamped part having a predetermined chemical composition and a metallographic structure comprising, by area ratio, at least one of martensite, bainite, and tempered martensite in a total of 90% or more, wherein a standard deviation in a hardness distribution of prior austenite grains at a sheet thickness ¼ position is 150 Hv or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2023
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuma ASADA, Yuri TODA, Yasuyuki OGISU, Tamaki SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20250108424
    Abstract: This hot-stamping formed body has a predetermined chemical composition, in a surface layer region, an area ratio of bainite of more than 10%, a maximum value of pole density of a texture of 4.0 or less, and a deboronization index of 0.05 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2023
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shingo FUJINAKA, Jun HAGA, Yuri TODA
  • Publication number: 20250101557
    Abstract: This hot-stamping formed body has a predetermined chemical composition, in an interior region, a standard deviation of grain sizes of prior austenite grains of 5.0 ?m or less, in a surface layer region, an area ratio of bainite of more than 10%, a maximum value of pole density of a texture of 4.0 or less, and a deboronization index of 0.05 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2023
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuri TODA, Shingo FUJINAKA, Jun HAGA, Yuma ASADA
  • Publication number: 20250084518
    Abstract: Provided is a hot stamped body having a predetermined chemical composition and a metallographic structure comprising, by volume ratio, martensite in 90% or more, wherein an average grain size of former austenite grains is 3.0 ?m or less, a standard deviation in grain size distribution of former austenite grains is 1.5 ?m or less, and a difference of a maximum value and a minimum value in a Vickers hardness distribution in a sheet thickness direction is 35% or less of an average value of the Vickers hardness distribution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2023
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hitomi NISHIBATA, Shingo FUJINAKA, Yuri TODA
  • Publication number: 20250043406
    Abstract: Provided is a hot stamped body having a chemical composition comprising, by mass %, C: 0.40 to 0.70%, P: 0.100% or less, S: 0.0100% or less, N: 0.0200% or less, O: 0.0200% or less, Al: 0.0010 to 0.500%, Nb: 0.0010 to 0.100%, Ti: 0.010 to 0.200%, Mo: 0.010 to 2.000%, B: 0.0005 to 0.0200%, etc., and balance of Fe and impurities, and a microstructure with a total amount of segregation of at least one of Mo, W, Ta, Re, Os, Ir, and Tc at prior austenite grain boundaries of 0.10 atm % or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2023
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuma ITO, Shinichiro TABATA, Yuri TODA
  • Publication number: 20250034686
    Abstract: Provided is a hot stamped body having a predetermined chemical composition and a microstructure comprising, by area ratio, at least one of martensite, bainite, and tempered martensite: 90% or more in total, wherein a standard deviation in grain size distribution of former austenite grains is 5.0 ?m or less, and a total amount of segregation of at least one of Mo, W, Ta, Re, Os, Ir, and Tc at the former austenite grain boundaries is 0.10 atm % or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2023
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuri TODA, Kazuma ITO, Yuma ASADA
  • Patent number: 12180573
    Abstract: A hot-stamping formed body has a predetermined chemical composition, in which an average grain size of prior austenite grains in a microstructure is 5.0 ?m or less, and an average Mn concentration at grain boundaries of the prior austenite grains is 1.0 mass % or less. The hot-stamping formed body may be provided with a plating layer on the surface thereof, or may have a softened region in a portion thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shingo Fujinaka, Yuri Toda, Daisuke Maeda
  • Patent number: 12157513
    Abstract: This frame member includes a corner section extending along the longitudinal direction; a first wall section extending from an end portion of the corner section in a direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction; and a second wall section extending from an opposite end portion of the corner section, wherein the corner section is formed with a deformation starting portion from which a deformation starts when a load is input to the frame member in the longitudinal direction, the deformation starting portion having a shape protruding to an inner bending side or an outer bending side of the corner section, and an average hardness value H(K1) at a first region is equal to or greater than 330 Hv in Vickers hardness, and a 3-sigma range of a standard deviation ? in a frequency distribution of the hardness at the first region is equal to or greater than 60, the first region being located at a portion outwardly apart from an end portion of the deformation starting portion in the longitudinal direction by 10 mm in
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuri Toda, Hiroaki Kubota
  • Patent number: 12157286
    Abstract: A steel sheet for hot stamping according to the present invention has a plating layer being attached in an amount of 10 g/m2 or more and 90 g/m2 or less and having a Ni content of 10 mass % or more and 25 mass % or less with a remainder including Zn and impurities on a surface of a base steel sheet having a predetermined chemical composition, in a surface layer region, 15.0% or more of the crystal grains of one or two kinds of unauto-tempered martensite and lower bainite are included in terms of area percentage, and the average dislocation density is 4×1015 m/m3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuji Sakiyama, Yuri Toda, Kazuo Hikida
  • Patent number: 12134808
    Abstract: A hot-stamping formed body includes: a steel sheet having a predetermined chemical composition; and a plating layer provided on a surface of the steel sheet, the plating layer having an adhesion amount of 10 g/m2 to 90 g/m2 and a Ni content of 10 mass % to 25 mass %, and containing a remainder consisting of Zn and impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke Maeda, Yuri Toda, Kazuo Hikida
  • Patent number: 12134810
    Abstract: These steel sheet for hot stamping and hot-stamping formed body have predetermined chemical composition and metallographic structures, and, in textures of a surface layer region and an inside region, ratios between a pole density of an orientation group consisting of {001}<1-10> to {001}<?1-10> and a pole density of an orientation group consisting of {111}<1-10> to {111}<?1-12> are controlled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke Maeda, Yuri Toda, Shingo Fujinaka
  • Patent number: 12129534
    Abstract: This hot-stamping formed body has a predetermined chemical composition and has a metallographic structure consisting of, by area ratio, a total of 10% to 30% of ferrite and granular bainite and a remainder in microstructure consisting of one or more of martensite, bainite, and tempered martensite, and, in textures of a surface layer region and an inside region, ratios between a pole density of an orientation group consisting of {001}<1-10> to {001}<?1-10> and a pole density of an orientation group consisting of {111}<1-10> to {111}<?1-12> are controlled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuri Toda, Daisuke Maeda, Shingo Fujinaka
  • Patent number: 12116043
    Abstract: This vehicle body structure includes a frame member with a first top section, a corner section, a vertical wall section, and a second top section, and a first support section and a second support section provided at the second top section. L/h?6.7 is satisfied where the h represents a length between an outer surface of the first top section and an outer surface of the second top section, and the L represents a length between the first support section and the second support section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiko Abe, Hiroaki Kubota, Daisuke Maeda, Yuri Toda
  • Publication number: 20240270325
    Abstract: What is provided is an automobile body in which batteries, tires, and liquids containing water and oil are removed from a public road vehicle with superior collision safety, the public road vehicle comprising at least a steel material containing a steel sheet with a tensile strength of 1180 MPa or higher, a non-ferrous metal material, and a resin material, wherein the ratio of a mass mh (kg) of the steel sheet having a tensile strength of 1180 MPa or higher to a mass m (kg) of the automobile body is 9% or higher, and a mass m (kg) of the automobile body and a projected area s (m2) of the automobile body from an upper side satisfy a formula (1) and a formula (2) 6 < s < 11 ( 1 ) m < ( 2 ? 7 ? 2 . 3 ? 7 × s - 8 ? 3 ? 5 ) × 0 ? .98 .
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro KUBO, Shunji HIWATASHI, Yutaka MIKAZUKI, Koichi SATO, Takahiro AITOH, Kengo TAKEDA, Katsuya NAKANO, Yuri TODA, Shinichiro TABATA, Kodai MURASAWA, Daisuke MAEDA, Kazuo HIKIDA, Kazuhisa KUSUMI, Shingo FUJINAKA, Jun HAGA, Ryo TABATA, Ryoma KATO, Mitsuharu YAMAGATA, Toshiyuki NIWA, Hiromi ASAMA, Junichiro SUZUKI, Yasunori ITO
  • Patent number: 12054800
    Abstract: A steel sheet for hot stamping includes: a steel sheet having a predetermined chemical composition; and a plating layer provided on a surface of the steel sheet, the plating layer having an adhesion amount of 10 g/m2 to 90 g/m2 and a Ni content of 10 mass % to 25 mass %, and containing a remainder consisting of Zn and impurities. The steel sheet for hot stamping includes, in a surface layer region of the steel sheet, 80% or more by area % of grains having an average crystal orientation difference of 0.4° to 3.0° inside grains surrounded by grain boundaries having an average crystal orientation difference of 5° or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke Maeda, Yuri Toda, Kazuo Hikida
  • Publication number: 20240208575
    Abstract: Provided is a frame member formed by hot-stamping a steel sheet. The frame member has a closed cross section portion in which a cross section perpendicular to a longitudinal direction is a closed cross section, and the closed cross section portion has at least one flat part having a radius of curvature larger than a maximum external dimension of the cross section. A Vickers hardness of a thickness middle portion in a reference flat part is 300 Hv or greater, a width of the reference flat part is 2.0 times or less the effective width, and a standard deviation ratio obtained by dividing a standard deviation of hardness frequency distribution in a surface layer portion in the reference flat part by a standard deviation of hardness frequency distribution in the thickness middle portion in the reference flat part is less than 1.0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2022
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiro AITOH, Yuri TODA
  • Publication number: 20240183017
    Abstract: This hot-stamping formed body has a predetermined chemical composition and has a microstructure in which an average grain size of prior austenite grains is 5 to 25 ?m, and a standard deviation of grain sizes of the prior austenite grains is 0.1 to 2.0 ?m. In addition, this steel sheet for hot stamping has a predetermined chemical composition and has a microstructure in which an average value of the pole densities of ferrite in the orientation group consisting of {100}<011> to {223}<110> is 10.0 or less, in entire ferrite, a number proportion of ferrite containing a carbide having an equivalent circle diameter of 0.2 ?m or more in grains is 20% or more, and the steel sheet for hot stamping has a microstructure in which an area ratio of pearlite is 10% to 90% and an ratio of ferrite is 10% to 90%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2022
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuri TODA, Daisuke MAEDA, Tamaki SUZUKI, Ko SATAKE, Yuma ASADA