Patents by Inventor Yusuke Fushiwaki

Yusuke Fushiwaki 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: 20200009833
    Abstract: There is provided a high-strength hot-dipped steel sheet having excellent coating adhesion and a method for manufacturing the steel sheet. The steel sheet has a chemical composition, and a coating layer is disposed on the steel sheet. The chemical composition includes, by mass %, C: 0.02% or greater and 0.30% or less, Si: 0.01% or greater and 2.0% or less, Mn: 0.2% or greater and 3.0% or less, P: 0.08% or less, S: 0.02% or less, and Al: 0.001% or greater and 0.40% or less, with the balance being Fe and incidental impurities. The coating layer has a coating weight per side of 30 to 90 g/m2 and contains exfoliated base steel in an amount of 0.3 to 1.5 g/m2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2018
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaki KOBA, Yusuke FUSHIWAKI, Yasunobu NAGATAKI
  • Publication number: 20190390314
    Abstract: Provided are a high-strength galvanized hot-rolled steel sheet and a method for manufacturing the steel sheet. A steel sheet has a chemical composition, and a galvanized layer is disposed on the steel sheet. The chemical composition includes, in mass %, C: 0.02% or greater and 0.30% or less, Si: 0.01% or greater and 2.5% or less, Mn: 0.3% or greater and 3.0% or less, P: 0.08% or less, S: 0.02% or less, and Al: 0.001% or greater and 0.20% or less. The galvanized layer has a coating weight per side of 20 to 120 g/m2. A surface of the steel sheet has a specific surface area ratio, r, of 2.5 or less, and an amount of Si present in the galvanized layer and an amount of Mn present in the galvanized layer respectively satisfy: amount of Si×r?0.06, and amount of Mn×r?0.10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2018
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Applicant: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Masaki Koba, Yusuke Fushiwaki, Yasunobu Nagataki
  • Patent number: 10449751
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a high strength galvanized steel sheet which has 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 provided. 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 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: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Fushiwaki, Yoshiyasu Kawasaki, Yasunobu Nagataki
  • Patent number: 10301701
    Abstract: Disclosed is a high-strength hot-dip galvanized steel sheet produced from a steel sheet containing Si and Mn as a base material and a method for producing the same. The method using the following conditions for a heating process for annealing: (1) The rate of temperature rise when the temperature inside an annealing furnace is in a temperature range of from 450° C. to A° C. inclusive (where A is an arbitrary value selected in a range of 500?A) is 7° C./sec. or more; (2) The maximum steel sheet temperature reached during the annealing is 600° C. or higher and 750° C. or lower; (3) When the temperature of the steel sheet is in a temperature range of from 600° C. to 750° C. inclusive during the annealing, the transit time of the steel sheet is 30 seconds or longer and 10 minutes or shorter, and the dew point of an atmosphere is ?45° C. or lower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Fushiwaki, Yoshiyasu Kawasaki
  • Patent number: 10174411
    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: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke Fushiwaki, Yoshiyasu Kawasaki, Yasunobu Nagataki
  • Patent number: 9821534
    Abstract: A galvannealed steel sheet includes a zinc coating layer containing 7 to 15% Fe on the surface of steel sheet including, C: 0.02% to 0.30%, Si: 0.01% to 2.5%, Mn: 0.1% to 3.0%, P: 0.003% to 0.08%, S: not more than 0.01%, Al: 0.001% to 0.20%, one or more selected from Ti: 0.03% to 0.40%, Nb: 0.001% to 0.2%, V: 0.001% to 0.2%, Mo: 0.01% to 0.5% and W: 0.001% to 0.2%. In the zinc coating layer, carbides with average particle size of 1 nm to 20 nm including one or more selected from titanium, niobium, vanadium, molybdenum and tungsten are present with a density of five or more particles per segment that is defined by the thickness of the coating layer and also by dividing a cross section of the coating layer at intervals of 1 ?m in a direction perpendicular to the thickness of the coating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke Harako, Yusuke Fushiwaki, Yoshitsugu Suzuki, Yasunobu Nagataki
  • Patent number: 9816153
    Abstract: A high strength steel sheet is formed of steel having the composition containing by mass % over 0.015% and less than 0.100% C, less than 0.50% Si, over 1.0% and less than 2.0% Mn, 0.05% or less P, 0.03% or less S, 0.01% or more and 0.3% or less sol. Al, 0.005% or less N, less than 0.35% Cr, 0.0010% or more and 0.0050% or less B, less than 0.15% Mo, less than 0.030% Ti, and iron and unavoidable impurities as a balance, wherein the steel satisfies 2.1?[Mneq]?3.1, the microstructure of the steel includes a ferrite and a second phase, a volume fraction of the second phase is set to 2.0 to 12.0%, a total ratio of a volume fraction of martensite and a volume fraction of retained ? to the volume fraction of second phase is 60% or more, and the number of carbides which are present within ferrite particles, have an aspect ratio of 3.0 or less and have a diameter of 0.25 to 0.90 ?m is set to 10000 pieces/mm2 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Ono, Kenji Takahashi, Kaneharu Okuda, Yusuke Fushiwaki, Michitaka Sakurai
  • Publication number: 20170166990
    Abstract: Disclosed is a high-strength hot-dip galvanized steel sheet produced from a steel sheet containing Si and Mn as a base material and excellent in coating appearance, corrosion resistance, resistance to coating delamination during severe forming, and formability during severe forming. Also disclosed is a method for producing the high-strength hot-dip galvanized steel sheet. In a heating process for annealing, the following (Condition 1) to (Condition 3) are used: (Condition 1) In the heating process for annealing, the rate of temperature rise when the temperature inside an annealing furnace is in a temperature range of from 450° C. to A° C. inclusive (where A is an arbitrary value selected in a range of 500?A) is 7° C./sec. or more; (Condition 2) The maximum steel sheet temperature reached during the annealing is 600° C. or higher and 750° C. or lower; (Condition 3) When the temperature of the steel sheet is in a temperature range of from 600° C. to 750° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2015
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Fushiwaki, Yoshiyasu Kawasaki
  • Patent number: 9598743
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing such steel sheet includes continuous annealing of a steel sheet which includes, in terms of mass %, C at 0.01 to 0.18%, Si at 0.4 to 2.0%, Mn at 1.0 to 3.0%, Al at 0.001 to 1.0%, P at 0.005 to 0.060% and S at ?0.01%, the balance being represented by Fe and inevitable impurities, in such a manner that the dew point of the atmosphere is controlled to become not more than ?45° C. during the course of soaking when the annealing furnace inside temperature is in the range of not less than 820° C. and not more than 1000° C. as well as that the dew point of the atmosphere is controlled to become not more than ?45° C. during the course of cooling when the annealing furnace inside temperature is in the range of not less than 750° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke Fushiwaki, Yoshitsugu Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20170067131
    Abstract: A steel sheet contains, by mass %, 0.03% to 0.35% C, 0.01% to 0.50% Si, 3.6% to 8.0% Mn, 0.01% to 1.0% Al, 0.10% or less P, and 0.010% or less S, the remainder being Fe and inevitable impurities. The steel sheet is continuously annealed, heated at a heating rate of 7° C./s or more in a temperature range corresponding to an annealing furnace inside temperature of 450° C. to A° C. (where 500?A?600), the maximum end-point temperature of the steel sheet in an annealing furnace is 600° C. to 700° C., the transit time of the steel sheet in a temperature range corresponding to a steel sheet temperature of 600° C. to 700° C. is 30 seconds to 10 minutes, and the concentration of hydrogen in an atmosphere is 20% by volume or more in a heating step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2015
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Inventors: Yusuke Fushiwaki, Yoshiyasu Kawasaki
  • Patent number: 9534270
    Abstract: The invention provides a high strength steel sheet which exhibits excellent chemical convertibility and corrosion resistance after electrodeposition coating even in the case where the steel sheet has a high Si content, and a method for manufacturing such steel sheets. The method includes continuous annealing of a steel sheet which includes, in terms of mass %, C at 0.01 to 0.18%, Si at 0.4 to 2.0%, Mn at 1.0 to 3.0%, Al at 0.001 to 1.0%, P at 0.005 to 0.060% and S at ?0.01%, the balance being represented by Fe and inevitable impurities, while controlling the dew-point temperature of the atmosphere to become not more than ?40° C. when the annealing furnace inside temperature is in the range of not less than 750° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke Fushiwaki, Yoshitsugu Suzuki
  • Patent number: 9534269
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a high strength cold rolled steel sheet includes hot-rolling and cold-rolling a steel slab annealing the steel sheet at an annealing temperature of 750° C. to 830° C.; subjecting the steel sheet to first cooling at an average cooling rate of 3° C./sec to 40° C./sec in a temperature range from the annealing temperature to 480° C.; subjecting the steel sheet to second cooling at an average cooling rate of 8° C./sec to 80° C./sec in a temperature range from 480° C. to Tc (° C.) given by formula (6): Tc=435?40×[% Mn]?30×[% Cr]?30×[% V]??(6) wherein [% A] is the content (% by mass) of alloying element A; and subjecting the steel sheet to third cooling at an average cooling rate of 0.3° C./sec to 30° C./sec in a temperature range from Tc (° C.) to 200° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Ono, Kenji Takahashi, Kaneharu Okuda, Shoichiro Taira, Michitaka Sakurai, Yusuke Fushiwaki
  • Publication number: 20160362760
    Abstract: A high-strength steel sheet has excellent workability, excellent phosphatability, and excellent corrosion resistance after electrodeposition coating has been performed, even when the contents of Si and Mn are high. Condition 1 through Condition 3 below are used when continuous annealing is performed on a steel sheet. Condition 1: In a heating process of continuous annealing, a steel sheet is heated at a heating rate of 7° C./s or more in a temperature range in an annealing furnace of 450° C. or higher and A° C. or lower (A: 500?A). Condition 2: The maximum end-point temperature of a steel sheet is 600° C. or higher and 750° C. or lower in continuous annealing. Condition 3: In a steel sheet temperature range of 600° C. or higher and 750° C. or lower in continuous annealing, the traveling time of the steel sheet through the temperature range is 30 seconds or more and 10 minutes or less, and the dew point of the atmosphere is ?10° C. or higher in the temperature range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2015
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Inventors: Yusuke Fushiwaki, Yoshiyasu Kawasaki
  • 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: 9315887
    Abstract: A method for producing a high-strength hot-dip galvanized steel sheet includes a steel sheet containing, in percent by mass, 0.01% to 0.18% of C, 0.02% to 2.0% of Si, 1.0% to 3.0% of Mn, 0.001% to 1.0% of Al, 0.005% to 0.060% of P, 0.01% or less of S, and the balance being Fe and incidental impurities, and a galvanized coating layer on each surface of the steel sheet with a coating weight of 20 to 120 g/m2 per surface, in which, when the steel sheet is subjected to annealing and a hot-dip galvanizing treatment in a continuous hot-dip galvanizing line, the dew point of the atmosphere is controlled to ?40° C. or lower in the annealing furnace temperature range of 750° C. or higher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke Fushiwaki, Yoshiharu Sugimoto, Masahiro Yoshida, Yoshitsugu Suzuki
  • Patent number: 9309586
    Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing a high-strength galvanized steel sheet, made from a steel sheet containing Si and/or Mn, having excellent exfoliation resistance during heavy machining. When a steel sheet containing 0.01% to 0.18% C, 0.02% to 2.0% Si, 1.0% to 3.0% Mn, 0.001% to 1.0% Al, 0.005% to 0.060% P, and 0.01% or less S on a mass basis, the remainder being Fe and unavoidable impurities, is annealed and galvanized in a continuous galvanizing line, a temperature region with a furnace temperature of A° C. to B° C. (600?A?780 and 800?B?900) is performed at an atmosphere dew-point temperature of ?5° C. or higher in a heating process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke Fushiwaki, Yoshiharu Sugimoto, Masahiro Yoshida, Yoshitsugu Suzuki
  • Patent number: 9255318
    Abstract: A high-strength galvanized steel sheet has a low YP, good stretch flangeability, and excellent corrosion resistance and contains, on a percent by mass basis, more than 0.015% to less than 0.10% of C, 0.5% or less of Si, 1.0% to 1.9% of Mn, 0.015% to 0.050% of P, 0.03% or less of S, 0.01% to 0.5% of sol. Al, 0.005% or less of N, less than 0.40% of Cr, 0.005% or less of B, less than 0.15% of Mo, 0.4% or less of V, and less than 0.020% of Ti, in which 2.2?[Mneq]?3.1 and [% Mn]+3.3[% Mo]?1.9, and [% Mn]+3.3[% Mo])/(1.3[% Cr]+8[% P]+150B*)<3.5 are satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Ono, Kenji Takahashi, Kaneharu Okuda, Shoichiro Taira, Michitaka Sakurai, Yusuke Fushiwaki
  • 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: 9074275
    Abstract: A galvanized steel sheet includes a basal steel sheet (BSS) containing C: 0.01-0.15%, Si: 0.001-2.0%, Mn: 0.1-3.0%, Al: 0.001-1.0%, P: 0.005-0.060%, and S?0.01% (% by mass), balance Fe and unavoidable impurities, with zinc plating layers on both sides of the BSS. One or more oxides selected from Fe, Si, Mn, Al, and P oxides are in steel sheet superficial portions in direct contact with the zinc plating layers and extending from each surface of the BSS to 100 ?m deep. A crystalline oxide is in the regions from each surface of the BSS to 10 ?m depth, which are also located in direct contact with the zinc plating layers, the crystalline oxide including Fe crystal grains within which Si and Mn atoms are distributed in the regions from grain boundaries to 1 ?m deep inside the grain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Fushiwaki, Yoshiharu Sugimoto
  • Publication number: 20150165727
    Abstract: A galvannealed steel sheet includes a zinc coating layer containing 7 to 15% Fe on the surface of steel sheet including, C: 0.02% to 0.30%, Si: 0.01% to 2.5%, Mn: 0.1% to 3.0%, P: 0.003% to 0.08%, S: not more than 0.01%, Al: 0.001% to 0.20%, one or more selected from Ti: 0.03% to 0.40%, Nb: 0.001% to 0.2%, V: 0.001% to 0.2%, Mo: 0.01% to 0.5% and W: 0.001% to 0.2%. In the zinc coating layer, carbides with average particle size of 1 nm to 20 nm including one or more selected from titanium, niobium, vanadium, molybdenum and tungsten are present with a density of five or more particles per segment that is defined by the thickness of the coating layer and also by dividing a cross section of the coating layer at intervals of 1 ?m in a direction perpendicular to the thickness of the coating layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2012
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Applicant: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Daisuke Harako, Yusuke Fushiwaki, Yoshitsugu Suzuki, Yasunobu Nagataki