Patents by Inventor Yusuke Terazawa

Yusuke Terazawa 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: 11118240
    Abstract: An abrasion-resistant steel plate comprises: a chemical composition containing, in mass %, C: 0.20% to 0.45%, Si: 0.01% to 1.0%, Mn: 0.3% to 2.5%, P: 0.020% or less, S: 0.01% or less, Cr: 0.01% to 2.0%, Ti: 0.10% to 1.00%, B: 0.0001% to 0.0100%, Al: 0.1% or less, N: 0.01% or less, and a balance consisting of Fe and inevitable impurities; and a microstructure in which a volume fraction of martensite is 90% or more, and a prior austenite grain size is 80 ?m or less, wherein a number density of TiC precipitate having a size of 0.5 ?m or more is 400 particles/mm2 or more, and a Mn content [Mn] and a P content [P] in a plate thickness central segregation area satisfy 0.04[Mn]+[P]<0.50.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATON
    Inventors: Yusuke Terazawa, Naoki Takayama, Kenji Hayashi, Kazukuni Hase
  • Patent number: 11111556
    Abstract: An abrasion-resistant steel plate comprises: a specific chemical composition; and a microstructure in which a volume fraction of martensite at a depth of 1 mm from a surface of the abrasion-resistant steel plate is 90% or more, and a prior austenite grain size in a plate thickness central part at the mid-thickness of the abrasion-resistant steel plate is 80 ?m or less, wherein hardness at a depth of 1 mm from the surface of the abrasion-resistant steel plate is 460 to 590 HBW 10/3000 in Brinell hardness, and a concentration [Mn] of Mn in mass % and a concentration [P] of P in mass % in a plate thickness central segregation area satisfy 0.04[Mn]+[P]<0.50.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Terazawa, Naoki Takayama, Kenji Hayashi, Kazukuni Hase
  • Patent number: 11060172
    Abstract: Provided is an abrasion-resistant steel plate which has high hardness up to the mid-thickness part thereof although the steel plate is 50 mm or more, and can be manufactured at low cost. The abrasion-resistant steel plate has a specific chemical composition having DI* of 120 or more, where DI* is defined by the following Formula (1): DI*=33.85×(0.1×C)0.5×(0.7×Si+1)×(3.33×Mn+1)×(0.35×Cu+1)×(0.36×Ni+1)×(2.16×Cr+1)×(3×Mo+1)×(1.75×V+1)×(1.5×W+1) . . . (1), has HB1 of 360 HBW10/3000 to 490 HBW10/3000, HB1 being a Brinell hardness at a depth of 1 mm from a surface, has a hardness ratio, HB1/2 to HB1, of 75% or more, HB1/2 being a Brinell hardness at a mid-thickness position, and has a plate thickness of 50 mm or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoki Takayama, Yusuke Terazawa, Yoshiaki Murakami, Kazukuni Hase, Yusaku Takemura, Yasuhiro Murota
  • Patent number: 11035017
    Abstract: An abrasion-resistant steel plate that can achieve both gas cutting cracking resistance and abrasion resistance at low cost is provided. An abrasion-resistant steel plate comprises: a chemical composition containing, in mass %, C: more than 0.34% and 0.50% or less, Si: 0.01% to 1.0%, Mn: 0.30% to 2.00%, P: 0.015% or less, S: 0.005% or less, Cr: 0.01% to 2.00%, Al: 0.001% to 0.100%, N: 0.01% or less, and a balance consisting of Fe and inevitable impurities; and a microstructure in which a volume fraction of martensite at a depth of 1 mm from a surface of the abrasion-resistant steel plate is 90% or more, and a prior austenite grain size at the mid-thickness of the abrasion-resistant steel plate is 80 ?m or less, wherein hardness at a depth of 1 mm from the surface of the abrasion-resistant steel plate is 560 HBW 10/3000 or more in Brinell hardness, and a concentration [Mn] of Mn in mass % and a concentration [P] of P in mass % in a plate thickness central segregation area satisfy 0.04[Mn]+[P]<0.45.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Terazawa, Naoki Takayama, Kenji Hayashi, Kazukuni Hase
  • Patent number: 11035018
    Abstract: An abrasion-resistant steel plate comprises: a specific chemical composition; and a microstructure in which a volume fraction of martensite at a depth of 1 mm from a surface of the abrasion-resistant steel plate is 90% or more, and a prior austenite grain size at the mid-thickness of the abrasion-resistant steel plate is 80 ?m or less, wherein hardness at a depth of 1 mm from the surface of the abrasion-resistant steel plate is 360 to 490 HBW 10/3000 in Brinell hardness, and a concentration [Mn] of Mn in mass % and a concentration [P] of P in mass % in a plate thickness central segregation area satisfy 0.04[Mn]+[P]<0.55.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Terazawa, Naoki Takayama, Kenji Hayashi, Kazukuni Hase
  • Publication number: 20200248290
    Abstract: Provided is an abrasion-resistant steel plate which has high hardness up to the mid-thickness part thereof although the steel plate is 50 mm or more, and can be manufactured at low cost. The abrasion-resistant steel plate has a specific chemical composition having DI* of 120 or more, where DI* is defined by the following Formula (1): DI*=33.85×(0.1×C)0.5×(0.7×Si+1)×(3.33×Mn+1)×(0.35×Cu+1)×(0.36×Ni+1)×(2.16×Cr+1)×(3×Mo+1)×(1.75×V+1)×(1.5×W+1) . . . (1), has HB1 of 360 HBW10/3000 to 490 HBW10/3000, HB1 being a Brinell hardness at a depth of 1 mm from a surface, has a hardness ratio, HB1/2 to HB1, of 75% or more, HB1/2 being a Brinell hardness at a mid-thickness position, and has a plate thickness of 50 mm or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2018
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoki TAKAYAMA, Yusuke TERAZAWA, Yoshiaki MURAKAMI, Kazukuni HASE, Yusaku TAKEMURA, Yasuhiro MUROTA
  • Patent number: 10450627
    Abstract: A steel plate comprising, by mass %: C: 0.03% to 0.12%, Si: 0.5% or less, Mn: 1.0% to 2.0%, P: 0.015% or less, S: 0.0005% to 0.0050%, Al: 0.005% to 0.060%, Ni: 0.5% to 2.0%, Ti: 0.005% to 0.030%, N: 0.0015% to 0.0065%, O: 0.0010% to 0.0050%, Ca: 0.0005% to 0.0060%, and optionally one or two or more of Cu and the like. Ti/N, Ceq, Pcm, and ACR are in particular ranges, a base metal of the plate has an effective grain size of 20 ?m or less at half the thickness of the plate, and the plate contains a particular number of complex inclusions at ¼ and ½ of the thickness of the plate. The complex inclusions comprise a sulfide containing Ca and Mn and an oxide containing Al and having an equivalent circular diameter of 0.1 ?m or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsuyuki Ichimiya, Yusuke Terazawa, Kazukuni Hase
  • Patent number: 10443110
    Abstract: A high toughness and high tensile strength thick steel plate has a plate thickness of 100 mm or more, wherein a reduction of area in a center of the plate thickness by tension in a plate thickness direction is 40% or more. Thus, a high tensile strength thick steel plate with excellent strength and toughness in a center of the plate thickness can be obtained with no need for a larger production line, even in the case of producing a high strength thick steel plate for which the addition amount of alloying element needs to be increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeki Kitsuya, Katsuyuki Ichimiya, Kazukuni Hase, Teruhisa Kinugawa, Naoki Matsunaga, Kenji Hayashi, Masayuki Horie, Yusuke Terazawa, Shigeru Endo
  • Publication number: 20190309384
    Abstract: An abrasion-resistant steel plate that can achieve both gas cutting cracking resistance and abrasion resistance at low cost is provided. An abrasion-resistant steel plate comprises: a chemical composition containing, in mass %, C: more than 0.34% and 0.50% or less, Si: 0.01% to 1.0%, Mn: 0.30% to 2.00%, P: 0.015% or less, S: 0.005% or less, Cr: 0.01% to 2.00%, Al: 0.001% to 0.100%, N: 0.01% or less, and a balance consisting of Fe and inevitable impurities; and a microstructure in which a volume fraction of martensite at a depth of 1 mm from a surface of the abrasion-resistant steel plate is 90% or more, and a prior austenite grain size at the mid-thickness of the abrasion-resistant steel plate is 80 ?m or less, wherein hardness at a depth of 1 mm from the surface of the abrasion-resistant steel plate is 560 HBW 10/3000 or more in Brinell hardness, and a concentration [Mn] of Mn in mass % and a concentration [P] of P in mass % in a plate thickness central segregation area satisfy 0.04[Mn]+[P]<0.45.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2016
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke TERAZAWA, Naoki TAKAYAMA, Kenji HAYASHI, Kazukuni HASE
  • Publication number: 20190203314
    Abstract: An abrasion-resistant steel plate comprises: a specific chemical composition; and a microstructure in which a volume fraction of martensite at a depth of 1 mm from a surface of the abrasion-resistant steel plate is 90% or more, and a prior austenite grain size in a plate thickness central part at the mid-thickness of the abrasion-resistant steel plate is 80 ?m or less, wherein hardness at a depth of 1 mm from the surface of the abrasion-resistant steel plate is 460 to 590 HBW 10/3000 in Brinell hardness, and a concentration [Mn] of Mn in mass % and a concentration [P] of P in mass % in a plate thickness central segregation area satisfy 0.04[Mn]+[P]<0.50.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2016
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke TERAZAWA, Naoki TAKAYAMA, Kenji HAYASHI, Kazukuni HASE
  • Publication number: 20190119772
    Abstract: An abrasion-resistant steel plate comprises: a chemical composition containing, in mass %, C: 0.20% to 0.45%, Si: 0.01% to 1.0%, Mn: 0.3% to 2.5%, P: 0.020% or less, S: 0.01% or less, Cr: 0.01% to 2.0%, Ti: 0.10% to 1.00%, B: 0.0001% to 0.0100% , Al: 0.1% or less, N: 0.01% or less, and a balance consisting of Fe and inevitable impurities; and a microstructure in which a volume fraction of martensite is 90% or more, and a prior austenite grain size is 80 ?m or less, wherein a number density of TiC precipitate having a size of 0.5 ?m or more is 400 particles/mm2 or more, and a Mn content [Mn] and a P content [P] in a plate thickness central segregation area satisfy 0.04[Mn]+[P]<0.50.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2016
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke TERAZAWA, Naoki TAKAYAMA, Kenji HAYASHI, Kazukuni HASE
  • Publication number: 20190062860
    Abstract: An abrasion-resistant steel plate comprises: a specific chemical composition; and a microstructure in which a volume fraction of martensite at a depth of 1 mm from a surface of the abrasion-resistant steel plate is 90% or more, and a prior austenite grain size at the mid-thickness of the abrasion-resistant steel plate is 80 ?m or less, wherein hardness at a depth of 1 mm from the surface of the abrasion-resistant steel plate is 360 to 490 HBW 10/3000 in Brinell hardness, and a concentration [Mn] of Mn in mass % and a concentration [P] of P in mass % in a plate thickness central segregation area satisfy 0.04[Mn]+[P]<0.55.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2016
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke TERAZAWA, Naoki TAKAYAMA, Kenji HAYASHI, Kazukuni HASE
  • Patent number: 10041159
    Abstract: Provided are a steel plate having high tensile strength, high yield strength, and excellent low-temperature toughness and a method for manufacturing the steel plate. A steel plate contains 0.04% to 0.15% C, 0.1% to 2.0% Si, 0.8% to 2.0% Mn, 0.025% or less P, 0.020% or less S, 0.001% to 0.100% Al, 0.010% to 0.050% Nb, and 0.005% to 0.050% Ti and further contains Cu, Ni, Cr, Mo, and N on a mass basis such that 0.5%?Cu+Ni+Cr+Mo?3.0% and 1.8?Ti/N?4.5 are satisfied, the remainder being Fe and inevitable impurities. The area fraction of polygonal ferrite is less than 10%. The effective grain size at the through-thickness center is 15 ?m or less. The standard deviation of the effective grain size is 10 ?m or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke Terazawa, Katsuyuki Ichimiya, Kenji Hayashi
  • Patent number: 10036079
    Abstract: There is provided a thick steel plate having good multipass weld joint CTOD characteristics for low to medium heat input and a method for manufacturing the thick steel plate. A steel plate containing, on a mass percent basis, C: 0.03% to 0.12%, Si: 0.5% or less, Mn: 1.0% to 2.0%, P: 0.015% or less, S: 0.0005% to 0.0050%, Al: 0.005% to 0.060%, Ni: 0.5% to 2.0%, Ti: 0.005% to 0.030%, N: 0.0015% to 0.0065%, O: 0.0010% to 0.0050%, Ca: 0.0005% to 0.0060%, and optionally one or two or more of Cu and the like, wherein Ti/N, Ceq, Pcm, and ACR are in particular ranges, a base material of the plate has an effective grain size of 20 ?m or less at half the thickness of the plate, and the plate contains a particular number of complex inclusions at ¼ and ½ of the thickness of the plate, the complex inclusions being composed of a sulfide containing Ca and Mn and an oxide containing Al and having an equivalent circular diameter of 0.1 ?m or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke Terazawa, Katsuyuki Ichimiya, Kazukuni Hase, Shigeru Endo
  • Patent number: 10023946
    Abstract: Provided are a thick steel plate with which a welded joint having good CTOD property is formed by low-to-medium heat input multipass welding and a method for producing the thick steel plate. The steel plate has a composition containing, by mass, C: 0.03% to 0.10%, Si: 0.5% or less, Mn: 1.0% to 2.0%, P: 0.015% or less, S: 0.0005% to 0.0050%, Al: 0.005% to 0.060%, Ni: 0.5% to 2.0%, Ti: 0.005% to 0.030%, N: 0.0015% to 0.0065%, O: 0.0010% to 0.0050%, Ca: 0.0005% to 0.0060%, and, as needed, one or more elements such as Cu. Ti/N, Ceq, Pcm, and ACR each fall within the specific range. The effective crystal grain size of the base metal at the center of the plate in the thickness direction is 20 ?m or less. A specific amount of a composite inclusion including a sulfide containing Ca and Mn and an oxide containing Al having an equivalent circular diameter of 0.1 ?m or more is present at the ¼-thickness position and the ½-thickness position of the plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke Terazawa, Katsuyuki Ichimiya, Kazukuni Hase, Shigeru Endo
  • Patent number: 9790579
    Abstract: The present invention provides a high tensile strength steel plate having a chemical composition containing, in percent by mass, 0.03% to 0.12% of C, 0.01% to 0.30% of Si, 0.5% to 1.95% of Mn, 0.008% or less of P, 0.005% or less of S, 0.015% to 0.06% of Al, 0.011% to 0.05% of Nb, 0.005% to 0.02% of Ti, 0.001% to 0.006% of N, 0.0005% to 0.003% of Ca, optionally, one or two or more of Cr, Mo, V, Cu, and Ni, in which Ceq is 0.44 or less, Ti/N is 1.5 to 3.5, and parameter formulas composed of specific elements for controlling the sulfide morphology and the degree of center segregation in the steel are satisfied, and the balance being Fe and incidental impurities, in which the hardness of the center segregation area of the steel sheet is further specified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Masao Yuga, Shigeki Kitsuya, Yusuke Terazawa, Minoru Suwa, Kenji Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20170275727
    Abstract: A steel plate comprising, by mass %: C: 0.03% to 0.12%, Si: 0.5% or less, Mn: 1.0% to 2.0%, P: 0.015% or less, S: 0.0005% to 0.0050%, Al: 0.005% to 0.060%, Ni: 0.5% to 2.0%, Ti: 0.005% to 0.030%, N: 0.0015% to 0.0065%, 0: 0.0010% to 0.0050%, Ca: 0.0005% to 0.0060%, and optionally one or two or more of Cu and the like. Ti/N, Ceq, Pcm, and ACR are in particular ranges, a base metal of the plate has an effective grain size of 20 ?m or less at half the thickness of the plate, and the plate contains a particular number of complex inclusions at ¼ and ½ of the thickness of the plate. The complex inclusions comprise a sulfide containing Ca and Mn and an oxide containing Al and having an equivalent circular diameter of 0.1 ?m or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2014
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsuyuki ICHIMIYA, Yusuke TERAZAWA, Kazukuni HASE
  • Publication number: 20170088913
    Abstract: A high toughness and high tensile strength thick steel plate has a plate thickness of 100 mm or more, wherein a reduction of area in a center of the plate thickness by tension in a plate thickness direction is 40% or more. Thus, a high tensile strength thick steel plate with excellent strength and toughness in a center of the plate thickness can be obtained with no need for a larger production line, even in the case of producing a high strength thick steel plate for which the addition amount of alloying element needs to be increased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2014
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigeki Kitsuya, Katsuyuki Ichimiya, Kazukuni Hase, Teruhisa Kinugawa, Naoki Matsunaga, Kenji Hayashi, Masayuki Horie, Yusuke Terazawa, Shigeru Endo
  • Publication number: 20160040274
    Abstract: Provided are a thick steel plate with which a welded joint having good CTOD property is formed by low-to-medium heat input multipass welding and a method for producing the thick steel plate. The steel plate has a composition containing, by mass, C: 0.03% to 0.10%, Si: 0.5% or less, Mn: 1.0% to 2.0%, P: 0.015% or less, S: 0.0005% to 0.0050%, Al: 0.005% to 0.060%, Ni: 0.5% to 2.0%, Ti: 0.005% to 0.030%, N: 0.0015% to 0.0065%, O: 0.0010% to 0.0050%, Ca: 0.0005% to 0.0060%, and, as needed, one or more elements such as Cu. Ti/N, Ceq, Pcm, and ACR each fall within the specific range. The effective crystal grain size of the base metal at the center of the plate in the thickness direction is 20 ?m or less. A specific amount of a composite inclusion including a sulfide containing Ca and Mn and an oxide containing Al having an equivalent circular diameter of 0.1 ?m or more is present at the ¼-thickness position and the ½-thickness position of the plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2014
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Terazawa, Katsuyuki Ichimiya, Kazukuni Hase, Shigeru Endo
  • Publication number: 20160017456
    Abstract: There is provided a thick steel plate having good multipass weld joint CTOD characteristics for low to medium heat input and a method for manufacturing the thick steel plate. A steel plate containing, on a mass percent basis, C: 0.03% to 0.12%, Si: 0.5% or less, Mn: 1.0% to 2.0%, P: 0.015% or less, S: 0.0005% to 0.0050%, Al: 0.005% to 0.060%, Ni: 0.5% to 2.0%, Ti: 0.005% to 0.030%, N: 0.0015% to 0.0065%, O: 0.0010% to 0.0050%, Ca: 0.0005% to 0.0060%, and optionally one or two or more of Cu and the like, wherein Ti/N, Ceq, Pcm, and ACR are in particular ranges, a base material of the plate has an effective grain size of 20 ?m or less at half the thickness of the plate, and the plate contains a particular number of complex inclusions at ¼ and ½ of the thickness of the plate, the complex inclusions being composed of a sulfide containing Ca and Mn and an oxide containing Al and having an equivalent circular diameter of 0.1 ?m or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2014
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Terazawa, Katsuyuki Ichimiya, Kazukuni Hase, Shigeru Endo