Patents by Inventor Yusaku Tomio

Yusaku Tomio 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: 11970759
    Abstract: The seamless steel pipe according to the present disclosure includes a chemical composition consisting of, in mass %, C: 0.030% or less, Si: 1.00% or less, Mn: 1.00% or less, P: 0.030% or less, S: 0.0050% or less, Al: 0.001 to 0.100%, N: 0.0500% or less, O: 0.050% or less, Ni: 5.00 to 6.50%, Cr: more than 10.00 to 13.40%, Cu: more than 1.50 to 3.50%, Mo: 1.00 to 4.00%, V: 0.01 to 1.00%, Ti: 0.050 to 0.300%, and Co: 0.010 to 0.300%, with the balance being Fe and impurities, and satisfying Formula (1), wherein a depassivation pH of an inner surface is 3.00 or less. Cr+2.0 Mo+0.5 Ni+2.0 Cu+0.5 Co?20.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kyohei Kanki, Masayuki Sagara, Yusaku Tomio, Daisuke Matsuo
  • Patent number: 11965232
    Abstract: The seamless steel pipe according to the present disclosure includes a chemical composition consisting of, in mass %, C: 0.030% or less, Si: 1.00% or less, Mn: 1.00% or less, P: 0.030% or less, S: 0.0050% or less, Al: 0.001 to 0.100%, N: 0.0500% or less, O: 0.050% or less, Ni: 3.00 to 6.50%, Cr: more than 10.00 to 13.40%, Mo: 0.50 to 4.00%, V: 0.01 to 1.00%, Ti: 0.010 to 0.300%, and Co: 0.010 to 0.300%, with the balance being Fe and impurities, and satisfying Formula (1), and a microstructure containing, in volume ratio, 80.0% or more of martensite, wherein a depassivation pH of an inner surface is 3.50 or less. Cr+2.0Mo+0.5Ni+0.5Co?16.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kyohei Kanki, Masayuki Sagara, Yusaku Tomio
  • Publication number: 20240018636
    Abstract: The steel material of the present disclosure includes a chemical composition consisting of, in mass %, C: 0.035% or less, Si: 1.00% or less, Mn: 1.00% or less, P: 0.030% or less, S: 0.0050% or less, sol. Al: 0.005 to 0.100%, N: 0.001 to 0.020%, Ni: 5.00 to 7.50%, Cr: 10.00 to 14.00%, Cu: 0.01 to less than 1.50%, Mo: 1.50 to 3.50%, V: 0.01 to 1.00%, Ti: 0.02 to 0.30%, Co: 0.01 to 0.50%, Ca: 0.0003 to 0.0030%, 0: 0.0050% or less, W: 0 to 1.50%, Nb: 0 to 0.50%, B: 0 to 0.0050%, Mg: 0 to 0.0050%, and rare earth metals (REM): 0 to 0.020%, with the balance being Fe and impurities, in which a total number density of Mn sulfide having an equivalent circular diameter of 1.0 ?m or more and Ca sulfide having an equivalent circular diameter of 2.0 ?m or more is 0.50/mm2 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Daisuke MATSUO, Yusaku TOMIO
  • Publication number: 20230392241
    Abstract: A martensitic stainless steel material according to the present disclosure contains, in mass %, C: 0.030% or less, Ni: 5.05 to 7.50%, Cr: 10.00 to 14.00%, and Mo: 1.50 to 3.50%, and has a yield strength of 758 MPa or more, and on two line segments LS of 1000 ?m extending in a wall thickness direction with arbitrary two points as a center located at positions at a depth of 2 mm from the inner surface, a degree of Cr segregation ?Cr defined by Formula (1) and a degree of Mo segregation ?Mo defined by Formula (2) satisfy Formula (3): ?Cr=([Cr*]max?[Cr*]min)/[Cr*]ave??(1) ?Mo=([Mo*]max?[Mo*]min)/[Mo*]ave??(2) ?Cr+?Mo?0.59??(3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2021
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Daisuke MATSUO, Yusaku TOMIO
  • Patent number: 11834725
    Abstract: The martensitic stainless steel material has a chemical composition, which contains: in mass %, C: 0.030% or less, Si: 1.00% or less, Mn: 1.00% or less, P: 0.030% or less, S: 0.005% or less, Al: 0.010 to 0.100%, N: 0.0010 to 0.0100%, Ni: 5.00 to 6.50%, Cr: 10.00 to 13.40%, Cu: 1.80 to 3.50%, Mo: 1.00 to 4.00%, V: 0.01 to 1.00%, Ti: 0.050 to 0.300%, Co: 0.300% or less, Ca: 0.0006 to 0.0030%, and O: 0.0050% or less, and satisfies Formulae (1) and (2) in the description. An area of each intermetallic compound and each Cr oxide in the steel material is 5.0 ?m2 or less, a total area fraction of intermetallic compounds and Cr oxides is 3.0% or less, and a maximum circle-equivalent diameter of Ca oxide is 9.5 ?m or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke Matsuo, Yusaku Tomio
  • Patent number: 11807910
    Abstract: Provided is an austenitic alloy pipe, which has high yield strength, excellent SCC resistance, suppressed strength anisotropy, and high detectability in ultrasonic flaw detection. The austenitic alloy pipe according to the present embodiment has a chemical composition consisting of: in mass %, C: 0.004 to 0.030%, Si: 1.00% or less, Mn: 0.30 to 2.00%, P: 0.030 or less, S: 0.0020% or less, Al: 0.001 to 0.100%, Cu: 0.50 to 1.50%, Ni: 25.00 to 55.00%, Cr: 20.00 to 30.00%, Mo: 2.00 to 10.00%, and N: 0.005 to 0.100%, with the balance being Fe and impurities. A grain size number of austenite crystal grain is 2.0 to 7.0 and a mixed grain ratio is not more than 5%. Tensile YS is not less than 758 MPa, compressive YS/tensile YS is 0.85 to 1.10, and an outer diameter is not less than 170 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Nippon Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Masaki Ueyama, Yusaku Tomio, Yuhei Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20230175107
    Abstract: The steel material of the present disclosure includes a chemical composition consisting of, in mass %, C: 0.035% or less, Si: 1.00% or less, Mn: 1.00% or less, P: 0.030% or less, S: 0.0050% or less, sol. Al: 0.005 to 0.100%, N: 0.001 to 0.020%, Ni: 5.00 to 7.00%, Cr: 10.00 to 14.00%, Cu: 1.50 to 3.50%, Mo: 1.00 to 4.00%, V: 0.01 to 1.00%, Ti: 0.02 to 0.30%, Co: 0.01 to 0.50%, Ca: 0.0003 to 0.0030%, O: 0.0050% or less, W: 0 to 1.50%, Nb: 0 to 0.50%, B: 0 to 0.0050%, Mg: 0 to 0.0050%, and rare earth metals (REM): 0 to 0.020%, with the balance being Fe and impurities, in which a total number density of Mn sulfide having an equivalent circular diameter of 1.0 ?m or more and Ca sulfide having an equivalent circular diameter of 2.0 ?m or more is 0.50 pieces/mm2 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Daisuke MATSUO, Yusaku TOMIO
  • Publication number: 20230114537
    Abstract: The martensitic stainless steel seamless pipe according to the present disclosure has a chemical composition containing, in mass %, C: 0.001 to 0.050%, Si: 0.05 to 1.00%, Mn: 0.05 to 2.00%, P: 0.030% or less, S: 0.0100% or less, Al: 0.005 to 0.100%, N: 0.020% or less, Ni: 1.00 to 9.00%, Cr: 8.00 to 16.00%, Cu: 3.50% or less, Mo: 1.00 to 5.00%, W: 0.01 to 0.30%, V: 0.010 to 1.500%, and Co: 0.001 to 0.500%, and also containing one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Ca, Mg, B, and rare earth metal, with the balance being Fe and impurities, and has a yield strength of 655 MPa or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Kosei KATO, Yusaku TOMIO
  • Publication number: 20230109773
    Abstract: The martensitic stainless steel material according to the present disclosure consists of C: less than 0.030%, Si: 1.00% or less, Mn: 0.05 to 2.00%, Cr: 11.50 to 14.00%, Ni: 5.00 to 7.50%, Mo: 1.10 to 3.50%, Cu: 0.50 to 3.50%, Co: 0.01 to 0.30%, Al: 0.001 to 0.100%, N: 0.001 to 0.100%, and the balance: Fe and impurities. The microstructure is composed of retained austenite in an amount of 0 to 15 vol%, and ferrite in an amount of 0 to 10 vol%, with the balance being martensite. The yield strength is 862 MPa or more, and a number density of Cu precipitates is 3.0 x 1021 to 50.0 x 1021 /m3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Yusaku TOMIO, Daisuke MATSUO
  • Publication number: 20220411906
    Abstract: An alloy material is provided that has a chemical composition consisting of, in mass %, C: 0.030% or less, Si: 0.01 to 1.0%, Mn: 0.01 to 2.0%, P: 0.030% or less, S: 0.0050% or less, Cr: 28.0 to 40.0%, Ni: 32.0 to 55.0%, sol. Al: 0.010 to 0.30%, N: more than 0.30% and not more than 0.000214×Ni2?0.03012×Ni+0.00215×Cr2?0.08567×Cr+1.927, O: 0.010% or less, Mo: 0 to 6.0%, W: 0 to 12.0%, Ca: 0 to 0.010%, Mg: 0 to 0.010%, V: 0 to 0.50%, Ti: 0 to 0.50%, Nb: 0 to 0.50%, Co: 0 to 2.0%, Cu: 0 to 2.0%, REM: 0 to 0.10%, and the balance: Fe and impurities, and in which Fn1=Mo+(½)W is 1.0 to 6.0, and a yield strength at a 0.2% proof stress is 1103 MPa or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Hideki TAKABE, Yusaku TOMIO, Masayuki SAGARA
  • Publication number: 20220186350
    Abstract: The seamless steel pipe according to the present disclosure includes a base material and a decarburized layer formed on the surface of the base material. The chemical composition of the base material consists of, in mass %, C: 0.20 to 0.50%, Si: 0.05 to 0.50%, Mn: 0.01 to 1.00%, P: 0.0300% or less, S: 0.0100% or less, Al: 0.005 to 0.100%, Cr: 0.30 to 1.20%, Mo: 0.30 to 1.50%, Ti: 0.002 to 0.050%, V: 0.01 to 0.30%, Nb: 0.002 to 0.100%, B: 0.0001 to 0.0050%, N: 0.0100% or less, O: 0.0050% or less, and with the balance being Fe and impurities. The base material has a yield strength of 655 MPa or more, and a yield ratio of 85.0% or more. The decarburized layer has a depth of 150 ?m or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Seiya OKADA, Hiroki KAMITANI, Nobuaki KOMATSUBARA, Yusaku TOMIO, Shohei IKEDA, Naoya SHIRASAWA
  • Publication number: 20220145438
    Abstract: The duplex stainless steel material according to the present disclosure has a chemical composition consisting of, in mass %, C: 0.030% or less, Si: 0.20 to 1.00%, Mn: 0.50 to 7.00%, P: 0.040% or less, S: 0.0100% or less, Al: 0.100% or less, Ni: 4.20 to 9.00%, Cr: 20.00 to 28.00%, Mo: 0.50 to 2.00%, Cu: 1.90 to 4.00%, N: 0.150 to 0.350%, V: 0.01 to 1.50%, and one or more types of element selected from the group consisting of Ca: 0.0001 to 0.0200% and Mg: 0.0001 to 0.0200%, with the balance being Fe and impurities, and satisfying Formulae (1) and (2) described in the description, a microstructure consisting of 35.0 to less than 50.0% of ferrite in volume ratio and austenite as the balance, and a yield strength of 550 MPa or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2020
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Mikiko NOGUCHI, Yusaku TOMIO, Toshio MOCHIZUKI
  • Publication number: 20220127707
    Abstract: The duplex stainless seamless steel pipe according to the present disclosure has the chemical composition described in the description and a microstructure composed of 30.0 to 70.0% of ferrite, and austenite. In an observation field of view region of a square shape with a side of 1.0 mm, the region including a center portion of wall thickness and including an L direction and a T direction. A number of intersections NT, which is the number of intersections between the line segments T1 to T4 which is four line segments extending in the T direction and a ferrite interface, is 40.0 or more. A number of intersections NL, which is the number of intersections between the line segments L1 to L4 which is four line segments extending in the L direction and the ferrite interface, and the number of intersections NT satisfy Formula (1). NT/NL?2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Kosei KATO, Yusaku TOMIO
  • Patent number: 11286545
    Abstract: A Cr—Ni alloy having high yield strength and high resistance to sulfuric acid general corrosion at a high temperature of 250° C. is provided. The Cr—Ni alloy has a chemical composition consisting of, in mass %, Si: 0.01 to 0.50%, Mn: 0.01 to 1.00%, Cr: 21.0 to 27.0%, Ni: 40.0 to less than 50.0%, Mo: 4.5 to less than 9.0%, W: 2.0 to 6.0%, Cu: more than 2.0% and not more than 6.0%, Co: 0.01 to 2.00%, one or two kinds selected from the group consisting of Ca and Mg: 0.001 to 0.010% in total, sol. Al: 0.005 to 0.200%, N: 0.01 to 0.20%, and the balance being Fe and impurities. The dislocation density in the Cr—Ni alloy satisfies the following Formula (1): 8.00×1014???2.50×1015+1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akiko Tomio, Masaki Ueyama, Yusaku Tomio
  • Publication number: 20220033943
    Abstract: The seamless steel pipe according to the present disclosure includes a chemical composition consisting of, in mass %, C: 0.030% or less, Si: 1.00% or less, Mn: 1.00% or less, P: 0.030% or less, S: 0.0050% or less, Al: 0.001 to 0.100%, N: 0.0500% or less, O: 0.050% or less, Ni: 3.00 to 6.50%, Cr: more than 10.00 to 13.40%, Mo: 0.50 to 4.00%, V: 0.01 to 1.00%, Ti: 0.010 to 0.300%, and Co: 0.010 to 0.300%, with the balance being Fe and impurities, and satisfying Formula (1), and a microstructure containing, in volume ratio, 80.0% or more of martensite, wherein a depassivation pH of an inner surface is 3.50 or less. Cr+2.0Mo+0.5Ni+0.5Co?16.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Kyohei KANKI, Masayuki SAGARA, Yusaku TOMIO
  • Publication number: 20210317556
    Abstract: The seamless steel pipe according to the present disclosure includes a chemical composition consisting of, in mass %, C: 0.030% or less, Si: 1.00% or less, Mn: 1.00% or less, P: 0.030% or less, S: 0.0050% or less, Al: 0.001 to 0.100%, N: 0.0500% or less, O: 0.050% or less, Ni: 5.00 to 6.50%, Cr: more than 10.00 to 13.40%, Cu: more than 1.50 to 3.50%, Mo: 1.00 to 4.00%, V: 0.01 to 1.00%, Ti: 0.050 to 0.300%, and Co: 0.010 to 0.300%, with the balance being Fe and impurities, and satisfying Formula (1), wherein a depassivation pH of an inner surface is 3.00 or less. Cr+2.0Mo+0.5Ni+2.0Cu+0.5Co?20.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: Kyohei KANKI, Masayuki SAGARA, Yusaku TOMIO, Daisuke MATSUO
  • Publication number: 20210292864
    Abstract: Provided is an austenitic alloy pipe, which has high yield strength, excellent SCC resistance, suppressed strength anisotropy, and high detectability in ultrasonic flaw detection. The austenitic alloy pipe according to the present embodiment has a chemical composition consisting of: in mass %, C: 0.004 to 0.030%, Si: 1.00% or less, Mn: 0.30 to 2.00%, P: 0.030 or less, S: 0.0020% or less, Al: 0.001 to 0.100%, Cu: 0.50 to 1.50%, Ni: 25.00 to 55.00%, Cr: 20.00 to 30.00%, Mo: 2.00 to 10.00%, and N: 0.005 to 0.100%, with the balance being Fe and impurities. A grain size number of austenite crystal grain is 2.0 to 7.0 and a mixed grain ratio is not more than 5%. Tensile YS is not less than 758 MPa, compressive YS/tensile YS is 0.85 to 1.10, and an outer diameter is not less than 170 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Masaki UEYAMA, Yusaku TOMIO, Yuhei SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20210269904
    Abstract: The chemical composition of the seamless steel pipe contains Cr 15.00 to 18.00% in mass % and satisfies Formulae (1) and (2). Furthermore, in the microstructure, (I) a total volume ratio of ferrite and martensite is 80% or more, with the balance being retained austenite of a volume ratio of 20% or less, (II) the number of intersections NTL in the L-direction observation field of view is 38 or more and NTL/NL is 1.80 or more, and further (III) the number of intersections NTC in the C-direction observation field of view is 30 or more and NTC/NC is 1.70 or more. 156Al+18Ti+12Nb+11Mn+5V+328.125N+243.75C+12.5S?12.5??(1) Ca/S??4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: Daisuke MATSUO, Yusaku TOMIO
  • Publication number: 20210238705
    Abstract: The martensitic stainless steel material has a chemical composition, which contains: in mass %, C: 0.030% or less, Si: 1.00% or less, Mn: 1.00% or less, P: 0.030% or less, S: 0.005% or less, Al: 0.010 to 0.100%, N: 0.0010 to 0.0100%, Ni: 5.00 to 6.50%, Cr: 10.00 to 13.40%, Cu: 1.80 to 3.50%, Mo: 1.00 to 4.00%, V: 0.01 to 1.00%, Ti: 0.050 to 0.300%, Co: 0.300% or less, Ca: 0.0006 to 0.0030%, and O: 0.0050% or less, and satisfies Formulae (1) and (2) in the description. An area of each intermetallic compound and each Cr oxide in the steel material is 5.0 ?m2 or less, a total area fraction of intermetallic compounds and Cr oxides is 3.0% or less, and a maximum circle-equivalent diameter of Ca oxide is 9.5 ?m or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: Daisuke MATSUO, Yusaku TOMIO
  • Publication number: 20200370151
    Abstract: A Cr—Ni alloy having high yield strength and high resistance to sulfuric acid general corrosion at a high temperature of 250° C. is provided. The Cr—Ni alloy has a chemical composition consisting of, in mass %, Si: 0.01 to 0.50%, Mn: 0.01 to 1.00%, Cr: 21.0 to 27.0%. Ni: 40.0 to less than 50.0%, Mo: 4.5 to less than 9.0%, W: 2.0 to 6.0%, Cu: more than 2.0% and not more than 6.0%, Co: 0.01 to 2.00%, one or two kinds selected from the group consisting of Ca and Mg: 0.001 to 0.010% in total, sol. Al: 0.005 to 0.200%, N: 0.01 to 0.20%, and the balance being Fe and impurities. The dislocation density in the Cr—Ni alloy satisfies the following Formula (1): 8.00×1014???2.50×1015+1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2019
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventors: Akiko TOMIO, Masaki UEYAMA, Yusaku TOMIO