Beryllium Or Boron Containing Patents (Class 148/330)
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Patent number: 12221667Abstract: A hot-stamping formed body includes a steel sheet having a predetermined chemical composition and a film disposed on the steel sheet. In the film, in GDS measurement in a region from a surface to a depth position of 100 ?m from the surface, Zntotal as a cumulative amount of Zn is 10.0 g/m2 or more and less than 40.0 g/m2, in GDS measurement in a region from the surface to a peak position of Al, a sum of Zna as a cumulative amount of Zn and a cumulative amount of Mn is 20.0 g/m2 or less and a sum of a cumulative amount of Al, a cumulative amount of Si, and a cumulative amount of Cr is 60 mg/m2 or more and 240 mg/m2 or less, Zntotal?Zna is 3.0 g/m2 or more and 30.0 g/m2 or less, and an arithmetic average roughness Ra is less than 1.50 ?m.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2020Date of Patent: February 11, 2025Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroyuki Nakagawa, Hiroki Akutsu
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Patent number: 12209316Abstract: Disclosed are processes of applying a coating material to galvanized surfaces or materials, which provides significant increases in corrosion resistance. The coating material mentioned herein is applied to the material or surfaces in such a way that the coating can provide the best performance. The obtained coating material is applied to galvanized material or surfaces by making appropriate improvements to the coating material without requiring additional equipment and processes.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2021Date of Patent: January 28, 2025Assignee: BORCELIK CELIK SAN. TIC. A.S.Inventors: Derya Tabak, Oguz Yildirim, Aydin Ersoy, Sertac Ozer
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Patent number: 12163202Abstract: A hot press member includes excellent indentation peel strength which has a tensile strength of 1780 MPa or more. A plating layer has at a surface thereof a 10-point average roughness Rzjis of 25 ?m or less, and a steel sheet contains, in mass %, not less than 0.25% but less than 0.50% of C, 1.5% or less of Si, 1.1-2.4% of Mn, 0.05% or less of P, 0.005% or less of S, 0.01-0.50% of Al, 0.010% or less of N, 0.001-0.020% of Sb, 0.005-0.15% of Nb, and 0.005-0.15% of Ti, the balance being Fe and incidental impurities. The average crystal grain size of prior austenite is 7 ?m or less and the volume proportion of martensite is 90% or more, within 50 ?m in the thickness direction from the surface of the steel sheet excluding the plating layer.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2020Date of Patent: December 10, 2024Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshie Obata, Katsutoshi Takashima, Minoru Tanaka, Yoshiko Nakahara
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Patent number: 12037655Abstract: Provided is an electric resistance welded steel pipe or tube that develops no quench cracks despite having carbon content of 0.40% or more and has excellent fatigue strength. An electric resistance welded steel pipe or tube comprises: a chemical composition containing, in mass %, C: 0.40% to 0.55%, Si: 0.10% to 1.0%, Mn: 0.10% to 2.0%, P: 0.10% or less, S: 0.010% or less, Al: 0.010% to 0.100%, Cr: 0.05% to 0.30%, Ti: 0.010% to 0.050%, B: 0.0005% to 0.0030%, Ca: 0.0001% to 0.0050%, and N: 0.0005% to 0.0050%, with a balance consisting of Fe and inevitable impurities; and a ferrite decarburized layer at each of an outer surface and an inner surface, the ferrite decarburized layer having a depth of 20 ?m to 50 ?m from the surface.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2019Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Masatoshi Aratani, Ryoji Matsui, Tomonori Kondou
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Patent number: 11979057Abstract: A cylindrical part of a rotor for an eddy current deceleration device of the present embodiment has a chemical composition consisting of, by mass %, C: 0.05 to 0.15%, Si: 0.10 to 0.40%, Mn: 0.50 to 1.00%, P: 0.030% or less, S: 0.030% or less, Mo: 0.20 to 1.00%, Nb: 0.020 to 0.060%, V: 0.040 to 0.080%, sol. Al: 0.030 to 0.100%, B: 0.0005 to 0.0050%, N: 0.003 to 0.010%, Cu: 0 to 0.20%, Ni: 0 to 0.20%, Cr: 0 to 0.10%, and the balance: Fe and impurities, and in which the total area fraction of martensite and bainite in a microstructure is more than 95.0%, and the number density of carbides having an equivalent circular diameter of 100 to 500 nm is 0.35 to 0.75 particles/?m2.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2020Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Nao Otaki, Hirokazu Okada, Yasutaka Noguchi, Kenji Imanishi, Masahiro Tasaka
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Patent number: 11959158Abstract: A low-carbon and low alloy hot-work die steel with a high toughness at low temperatures and a high strength at high temperatures and a high hardenability, comprises the following components: C: 0.15-0.35%, Si: 0.40-0.90%, Mn: ?0.80%, Cr: 1.50-2.40%, Ni: 2.50-4.50%, Mo: 1.00-1.60%, V: 0.10-0.40%, W: 0.20-0.90%, P: ?0.02%, S?0.02%, and a balance of Fe matrix and other inevitable impurities. The above percentages are mass percentages. The material of the present invention can have a V notch impact energy of 30 J or more than 30 J at ?40° C., a high temperature strength of 380 MPa or more at 700° C., and a hardenability of 200 mm or more to ensure the consistency of internal and external microstructures. The materials of the present invention can be applied to hot-work molds used in special working conditions that require high toughness at low temperatures, high strength at high temperatures and high hardenability.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2021Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: University of Science & Technology BeijingInventors: Jinfeng Huang, Jin Zhang, Chao Zhao, Cheng Zhang
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Patent number: 11939651Abstract: Provided is an Al—Fe-alloy plated steel sheet for hot forming, having excellent TWB welding characteristics since excellent hardness uniformity of a TWB weld zone after hot forming is obtained by suitably controlling a batch annealing condition, after plating Al, such that an Al—Fe-alloy layer is formed; a hot forming member; and manufacturing methods therefor.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2018Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: POSCO CO., LTDInventors: Seong-Woo Kim, Jin-Keun Oh, Yeol-Rae Cho, Hyeon-Jeong Shin
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Patent number: 11939640Abstract: A method for producing a hot-rolled steel sheet, a method for producing a cold-rolled full-hard steel sheet, and a method for producing a heat-treated sheet are provided herein. The methods comprising hot rolling a steel material of a composition comprising, in mass %, C: 0.05 to 0.12%, Si: 0.80% or less, Mn: 1.30 to 2.10%, P: 0.001 to 0.050%, S: 0.005% or less, Al: 0.01 to 0.10%, N: 0.010% or less, one or more selected from Cr in an amount of 0.05 to 0.50%, and Mo in an amount of 0.05 to 0.50%, one or more selected from Ti in an amount of 0.01 to 0.10%, Nb in an amount of 0.01 to 0.10%, and V in an amount of 0.01 to 0.10%, and the balance Fe and unavoidable impurities.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2021Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: JFE Steel CorporationInventors: Katsutoshi Takashima, Yoshimasa Funakawa
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Patent number: 11926881Abstract: A high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet having a high yield ratio and excellent stretch flangeability and a method for manufacturing the steel sheet. The high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet has a chemical composition including, by mass %, C: 0.10 to 0.30%, Si: 0.50 to 2.00%, Mn: 2.5 to 4.0%, P: 0.050% or less, S: 0.020% or less, Al: 0.10% or less, N: 0.01% or less, Ti: 0.100% or less, and B: 0.0003 to 0.0030%, with the balance being Fe and incidental impurities. N and Ti satisfy a specified formula, and the total area fraction of martensite and bainite is 95% or more. The number density of bainite grains having an area of 3 ?m2 or more and a carbon concentration of less than 0.7C is 1200 grains/mm2 or less.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2020Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Yuji Tanaka, Hidekazu Minami, Naoki Takayama, Takako Yamashita
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Patent number: 11920208Abstract: A cold-rolled and heat-treated steel sheet, has a composition comprising, by weight percent: n0.10%?C?0.25%, 3.5%?Mn—?6.0%, 0.5%?Si?2.0%, 0.3%?Al?1.2%, with Si+Al?0.8%, 0.10%?Mo?0.50%, S?0.010%, P?0.020%, N?0.008%. The cold-rolled steel sheet has a microstructure consisting of, in surface fraction: between 10% and 45% of ferrite, having an average grain size of at most 1.3 ?m, the product of the surface fraction of ferrite by the average grain size of the ferrite being of at most 35 ?m %, between 8% and 30% of retained austenite, the retained austenite having an Mn content higher than 1.1*Mn %, Mn % designating the Mn content of the steel, at most 8% of fresh martensite, at most 2.5% of cementite and partitioned martensite.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2018Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: ARCELORMITTALInventors: Coralie Jung, Astrid Perlade, Kangying Zhu, Frédéric Kegel
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Patent number: 11920207Abstract: A cold rolled heat treated steel sheet having a composition with the following elements, expressed in percentage by weight 0.1%?Carbon?0.5%, 1%?Manganese?3.4%, 0.5%?Silicon?2.5%, 0.03%?Aluminum?1.5%, 0%?Sulfur?0.003%, 0.002%?Phosphorus?0.02%, 0%?Nitrogen?0.01% and can contain one or more of the following optional elements 0.05%?Chromium?1%, 0.001%?Molybdenum?0.5%, 0.001%?Niobium?0.1%, 0.001%?Titanium?0.1%, 0.01%?Copper?2%, 0.01%?Nickel?3%, 0.0001%?Calcium?0.005%, 0%?Vanadium?0.1%, 0%?Boron?0.003%, 0%?Cerium?0.1%, 0%?Magnesium?0.010%, 0%?Zirconium?0.010%, the remainder composition being composed of iron and unavoidable impurities caused by processing, the microstructure of the steel sheet having in area fraction, 10 to 30% Residual Austenite, 50 to 85% Bainite, 1 to 20% Quenched Martensite, and less than 30% Tempered Martensite.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2018Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: ArcelorMittalInventors: Jean-Marc Pipard, Artem Arlazarov
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Patent number: 11821063Abstract: A high-strength steel allowing low-temperature welding and high-heat input welding and a production method thereof are provided, which belongs to the technical field of steel production. The high-strength steel includes the following chemical components by mass fraction: 0.03-0.16% of C, 0.05-0.5% of Si, 1.0-1.9% of Mn, 0.002-0.02% of P, 0.001-0.01% of S, 0.005-0.07% of Al, 0.005-0.04% of Ti, 0.1-0.5% of Cr, 0.0005-0.005% of B, 0.002-0.01% of Mg+Zr, 0.001-0.008% of O, 0.004-0.01% of N, and the balance of Fe and residual elements. Magnesium and zirconium are added to form magnesium/zirconium oxide, titanium and boron are added to form titanium/boron nitride, and the two types of precipitates work synergistically to improve the microstructure of a heat-affected zone. The method optimizes the chemical composition and production process of existing high-strength steel.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2022Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITYInventors: Chao Wang, Junjie Hao, Guo Yuan, Jian Kang, Zhenlei Li, Guodong Wang
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Patent number: 11819909Abstract: The method for manufacturing a high-manganese steel cast slab according to the present invention includes manufacturing a cast slab by continuously casting a molten high-manganese steel having a specific chemical composition. In the manufacture, in a continuous-casting machine or during transportation before subsequent charging into a heating furnace for hot rolling, a processing strain is applied to the cast slab having a surface temperature of 600° C. or higher and 1100° C. or lower in such an amount that a processing strain amount calculated by a certain formula is 3.0% or more and 10.0% or less.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2020Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Yoichi Ito, Norichika Aramaki, Koichi Nakashima, Shigeki Kitsuya
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Patent number: 11634802Abstract: The cold-rolled steel sheet having a high bake hardening amount and excellent bendability after bake hardening according to the present invention has a predetermined composition, and contains 20% or more and 70% or less of ferrite and 30% or more of tempered martensite in terms of area ratio, in which a sum of ferrite and tempered martensite is 90% or more, and in a case where a microstructure image of 30 ?m×30 ?m obtained by photographing a structure at a magnification of 2,000-fold is disposed in an xy coordinate system having a sheet thickness direction as an x-axis and a rolling direction as a y-axis, the microstructure image is divided into 1024 pieces in an x-axis direction and 1024 pieces in a y-axis direction to form 1024×1024 divided regions, and a two-dimensional image is created by performing double gradation by assuming a value of “1” in each of the divided regions in one case where the structure is ferrite and assuming a value of “0” in the other cases, a heterogeneity ? when two-dimensional discType: GrantFiled: October 4, 2019Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroshi Kaido, Mai Nagano, Koutarou Hayashi
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Patent number: 11555228Abstract: The present invention relates to an amorphous alloy corresponding to the formula: CoaNibMoc(C1-xBx)dXe wherein X is one or several elements selected from the group consisting of Cu, Si, Fe, P, Y, Er, Cr, Ga, Ta, Nb, V and W; wherein the indices a to e and x satisfy the following conditions: 55?a?75 at. % 0?b?15 at. % 7?c?17 at. % 15?d?23 at. % 0.1?x?0.9 at. % 0?e?10 at. %, each element selected from the group having a content?3 at. % and preferably ?2 at. %, the balance being impurities.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2019Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd.Inventors: Alban Dubach, David Ehinger, Mihai Stoica
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Patent number: 11505855Abstract: What is provided is a high-strength steel sheet including, by mass %: C: 0.05% to 0.15%; Si: 1.5% or less; Mn: 2.00% to 5.00%; P: 0.100% or less; S: 0.010% or less; Al: 0.001% to 2.000%; N: 0.010% or less; and a remainder of Fe and impurities, in which Ceq defined by Ceq=C+Si/90+Mn/100+1.5P+3S is less than 0.21, the high-strength steel sheet contains martensite in an area ratio of 98% or more, and a residual structure is in an area ratio of 2% or less, a two-dimensional homogeneous dispersion ratio S defined by S=Sy2/Sx2 (Sx2 is a dispersion value of Mn concentration profile data in a sheet width direction, and Sy2 is a dispersion value of the Mn concentration profile data in a sheet thickness direction) is 0.85 or more and 1.20 or less, and a tensile strength is 1200 MPa or more.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2019Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Mai Nagano, Koutarou Hayashi, Akihiro Uenishi
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Patent number: 11473164Abstract: This high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet has a predetermined chemical composition, wherein a microstructure at a ¼ position of a sheet thickness from a surface includes predetermined ranges of volume percentages of tempered martensite, residual austenite, ferrite and bainite, and martensite, wherein a microstructure at a position 25 ?m from the surface includes, predetermined ranges of volume percentage of ferrite and bainite, and martensite and tempered martensite, wherein in the position 25 ?m from the surface, an average grain size of the martensite and the tempered martensite is 5.0 ?m or less, a tensile strength is 1,310 MPa or more, and a uniform elongation is 5.0% or more, and R/t is 5.0 or less, the R/t being a ratio of a limit bend radius R in 90° V-bending to a sheet thickness t.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2019Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Takuya Nishio, Kojiro Akiba, Yoshimasa Narita, Kotaro Ohno, Satoshi Kato, Masafumi Azuma
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Patent number: 11473178Abstract: The present disclosure relates to wear-resistant steel comprising, by weight, carbon (C): 0.19 to 0.28%, silicon (Si): 0.1 to 0.7%, manganese (Mn): 0.6 to 1.6%, phosphorus (P): 0.05% or less, sulfur (S): 0.02% or less, aluminum (Al): 0.07% or less, chromium (Cr): 0.01 to 0.5%, nickel (Ni): 0.01 to 3.0%, copper (Cu): 0.01 to 1.5%, molybdenum (Mo): 0.01 to 0.5%, boron (B): 50 ppm or less, and cobalt (Co): 0.02% or less, further comprising one or more selected from the group consisting of titanium (Ti): 0.02% or less, niobium (Nb): 0.05% or less, vanadium (V): 0.05% or less, and calcium (Ca): 2 to 100 ppm, and comprising a remainder of iron (Fe) and other unavoidable impurities, wherein C, Ni, and Cu satisfy the following relationship 1, wherein a microstructure includes 97 area % or more of martensite: C×Ni×Cu?0.05.??[Relationship 1] .Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2018Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: POSCOInventors: Seng-Ho Yu, Young-Jin Jung, Yong-Woo Kim
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Patent number: 11261505Abstract: High strength steel sheet having a tensile strength of 800 MPa or more comprising a middle part in sheet thickness and a soft surface layer arranged at one side or both sides of the middle part in sheet thickness, wherein each soft surface layer has a thickness of more than 10 ?m and 30% or less of the sheet thickness, the soft surface layer has an average Vickers hardness of 0.60 time or less the average Vickers hardness of the sheet thickness ½ position, and the soft surface layer has a nano-hardness standard deviation of 0.8 or less is provided.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2018Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Katsuya Nakano, Yuya Suzuki, Genki Abukawa, Kunio Hayashi
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Patent number: 11136653Abstract: The present invention relates to a steel material for pressure vessels, offshore structures and the like and, more specifically, to a high-strength steel material having excellent low-temperature strain aging impact properties and a method for manufacturing same.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2016Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: POSCOInventors: Kyung-Keun Um, Woo-Gyeom Kim
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Patent number: 11053561Abstract: Provided is a steel sheet with excellent abrasion resistance as well as excellent low-temperature toughness and ductility of a base material while having a high strength of a tensile strength of 1,100 MPa or more. The steel sheet is a high-strength steel sheet having a tensile strength of 1,100 MPa or more, wherein the components in the steel satisfy a defined composition, A-value represented by a defined formula (1) is 0.0015 or less, while E-value represented by a defined formula (3) is 0.95 or more, and a Brinell hardness HBW (10/3000) in a position at a depth of 2 mm from a surface of the steel sheet is 360 or more and 440 or less.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2015Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.Inventors: Ryota Miyata, Tetsuo Yamaguchi
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Patent number: 10975450Abstract: A low alloy high strength thick-walled seamless steel pipe for oil country tubular goods is provided having a wall thickness of 40 mm or more and a yield strength of 758 MPa or more, the steel pipe including a composition containing, in terms of mass %, C: 0.25 to 0.31%, Si: 0.01 to 0.35%, Mn: 0.55 to 0.70%, P: 0.010% or less, S: 0.001% or less, O: 0.0015% or less, Al: 0.015 to 0.040%, Cu: 0.02 to 0.09%, Cr: 0.8 to 1.5%, Mo: 0.9 to 1.6%, V: 0.04 to 0.10%, Nb: 0.005 to 0.05%, B: 0.0015 to 0.0030%, Ti: 0.005 to 0.020%, and N: 0.005% or less, and having Ti/N of 3.0 to 4.0, with the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, wherein a cumulative frequency rate at a measurement point at which a Mo segregation degree by a predetermined expression is 1.5 or more is 1% or less.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2016Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: JFE Steel CorporationInventors: Mitsuhiro Okatsu, Masao Yuga, Kenichiro Eguchi, Haruo Nakamichi
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Patent number: 10920298Abstract: A steel plate having excellent resistance to fatigue crack growth and manufacturing method thereof, wherein the components of the steel plate in weight percentage are: 0.040-0.070% of C, 0.40-0.70% of Si, 1.30-1.60% of Mn, less than or equal to 0.013% of P, less than or equal to 0.003% of S, less than or equal to 0.30% of Cu, less than or equal to 0.30% of Ni, less than or equal to 0.10% of Mo, 0.008-0.018% of Ti, 0.015-0.030% of Nb, less than or equal to 0.0040% of N, 0.0010-0.0040% of Ca, and the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities. By controlling [% C]×[% Si] between 0.022-0.042, {([% C]+3.33[% Nb])×[% Si]}×Vcooling rate/Tcooling-stopping between 1.15×10?4˜2.2×10?3, carrying out a Ca treatment, and Ca/S=1.0-3.0 and (% Ca)×(% S) 0.28?1.0×10?3, the optimizing the TMCP process, the finished steel plate has a microstructure which a duplex-phase structure of ferrite+uniformly and dispersedly distributed bainite and has an improved resistance to fatigue crack growth.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2015Date of Patent: February 16, 2021Assignee: Baoshan Iron & Steel Co., Ltd.Inventors: Zicheng Liu, Qing Shi
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Patent number: 10900099Abstract: Provided is a steel H-shape for low temperature service including a predetermined chemical composition. A CEV obtained by CEV=C+Mn/6+(Cr+Mo+V)/5+(Ni+Cu)/15 is 0.40 or less. A sum of an area ratio of one or both of ferrite and bainite at a 1/4 position from an outer side across a thickness of a flange and a 1/6 position from an outer side across a flange width is 90% or more, and an area ratio of a hard phase is 10% or less. An effective grain size is 20.0 ?m or less, and a grain size of the hard phase is 10.0 ?m or less. 30 pieces/mm2 or more Ti oxides having an equivalent circle diameter ranging from 0.01 to 3.0 ?m are included. The thickness of the flange ranges from 12 to 50 mm.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2017Date of Patent: January 26, 2021Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Hidetoshi Ito, Kazutoshi Ichikawa
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Patent number: 10837089Abstract: A thick steel plate for high heat input welding and having great heat-affected area toughness and a manufacturing method therefor, comprising the steps of smelting, casting, rolling, and cooling. Also, the chemical composition of the steel plate satisfies 1?Ti/N?6 and (Ca+REM+Zr)/Al?0.11, where the effective S content in steel=S-0.8Ca-0.34REM-0.35Zr. and the effective S content in steel: 0.0006-0.005%; finely dispersed inclusions may be formed, and the amount of composite inclusion CaO+Al2O3+MnS+TiN in the steel plate is at a proportion of ?12%. With respect to welding in which the thickness of the steel plate is 50-70 mm, the tensile strength of a base material is ?510 MPa. and welding input energy is 200-400 kJ/cm, the average Charpy impact work of a welding heat-affected area of the steel plate at ?40° C. is 100 J or more, and at the same time, the average Charpy aging impact work of the base material of ½ thickness at ?40° C. is 46 J or more.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2016Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: Baoshan Iron & Steel Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jian Yang, Shan Gao, Zhigang Ma, Ruizhi Wang, Caiyi Zhang, Junkai Wang, Guodong Xu, Yunan Wang
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Patent number: 10829840Abstract: A steel sheet for hot pressing includes in a chemical composition, in percent by mass, C of 0.1% to 0.4%, Si of greater than 0% to 2.0%, Mn of 0.5% to 3.0%, P of greater than 0% to 0.015%, S of greater than 0% to 0.01%, B of 0.0003% to 0.01%, N of greater than 0% to 0.05%, Al in a content of 2×[N]% to 0.3% at a Si content of greater than 0.5% to 2.0%; or Al in a content of (0.20+2×[N]?0.40×[Si]N)% to 0.3% at a Si content of 0% to 0.5%, where [N] and [Si] are contents of N and Si, respectively, in mass percent, with the remainder being iron and inevitable impurities, where contents of Ti, Zr, Hf, and Ta, of the inevitable impurities, are each controlled to 0.005% or lower. The steel sheet includes nitride-based inclusions with an equivalent circle diameter of 1 ?m or more in a number density of 0.10 per square millimeter.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2015Date of Patent: November 10, 2020Assignees: voestalpine Stahl GmbH, Kobe Steel, Ltd.Inventors: Toshio Murakami, Junya Naitou, Keisuke Okita, Shushi Ikeda, Shinji Sato, Andreas Pichler, Thomas Kurz
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Patent number: 10724114Abstract: A high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet is provided that has a chemical composition that consists of, by mass %, C: 0.050 to 0.40%, Si: 0.01 to 3.0%, Mn: 1.0 to 5.0%, sol. Al: 0.001 to 1.0%, Ti: 0.005 to 0.20%, B: 0.0005 to 0.010%, P: 0.1% or less, S: 0.01% or less, O: 0.1% or less, N: 0.01% or less, Cr: 0 to 1.0%, Mo: 0 to 1.0%, Ni: 0 to 1.0%, Cu: 0 to 1.0%, Sn: 0 to 0.50%, Nb: 0 to 0.20%, V: 0 to 0.50%, W: 0 to 0.50%, Ca: 0 to 0.01%, Mg: 0 to 0.01%, Bi: 0 to 0.01%, Sb: 0 to 0.10%, Zr: 0 to 0.01%, and REM: 0 to 0.01%, with the balance being Fe and impurities, and that satisfies the formulas [sol. Bs/B?0.50] and [sol. Bq/B>0.50] (where, B: B amount in the steel; sol. Bs: soluble B amount in a surface layer portion of the steel; and sol. Bq: soluble B amount in the steel interior).Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2016Date of Patent: July 28, 2020Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Takafumi Yokoyama, Hiroyuki Kawata, Riki Okamoto
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Patent number: 10724125Abstract: Spring steel includes: as a chemical composition, by mass %, C: 0.40% to 0.60%, Si: 0.90% to 2.50%, Mn: 0.20% to 1.20%, Cr: 0.15% to 2.00%, Ni: 0.10% to 1.00%, Ti: 0.030% to 0.100%, B: 0.0010% to 0.0060%, N: 0.0010% to 0.0070%, Cu: 0% to 0.50%, Mo: 0% to 1.00%, V: 0% to 0.50%, Nb: 0% to 0.10%, P: limited to less than 0.020%, S: limited to less than 0.020%, Al: limited to less than 0.050%, and a remainder including Fe and impurities, in a case where [Ti] represents a Ti content and [N] represents a N content by mass %, the chemical composition satisfies ([Ti]?3.43×[N])>0.03, and a total number density of a Ti carbide and a Ti carbonitride having a diameter of 5 nm to 100 nm is more than 50 piece/?m3.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2016Date of Patent: July 28, 2020Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Takahisa Suzuki, Manabu Kubota, Shuji Kozawa, Hirotsugu Miyamoto
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Patent number: 10718040Abstract: The present invention provides a hot-rolled steel sheet capable of preventing softening of the strength of a sheet-thickness central portion of the steel sheet in thermal treatment, even in the case where an amount of working performed on the steel sheet is small and a work hardening rate is low. A hot-rolled steel sheet of the present invention consists of chemical components of, in mass %, C: 0.040 to 0.150%, Si: 0 to 0.500%, Mn: 0.10 to 1.50%, P: 0 to 0.050%, S: 0 to 0.020%, Al: 0.010 to 0.050%, N: 0.0010 to 0.0060%, Nb: 0.008 to 0.035%, Cu: 0 to 0.10%, Ni: 0 to 0.10%, Cr: 0 to 0.02%, Mo: 0 to 0.020%, V: 0 to 0.020%, Ca: 0 to 0.0100%, B: 0 to 0.0050%, and the balance: Fe and impurities. The hot-rolled steel sheet contains 0.005 to 0.030% dissolved Nb. An area fraction of ferrite structure is 85% or more, the balance is cementite and/or pearlite structure, and an average crystal grain size of ferrite is equal to or more than 5 ?m and equal to or less than 20 ?m.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2016Date of Patent: July 21, 2020Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Teruki Hayashida, Kazuya Ootsuka, Akifumi Sakakibara
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Patent number: 10702955Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a flux cored wire which has good high-temperature cracking resistance, and which enables the achievement of a welded part exhibiting excellent coating adhesion. The present invention relates to a metal flux cored wire for gas-shielded are welding, which contains, relative to the total mass of the wire, 0.02-0.30% by mass of C, 0.3-1.5% by mass of Si, 0.3-2.5% by mass of Mn, and oxide of at least one element selected from the group consisting of Si, Cr and Ni in an amount of 0.01-0.30% by mass in total, 0.020% by mass or less of S, and 0.3% by mass or less of Al, Ca, Mg, K and Na in total in the form of metals or alloys, with the balance made up of Fe and unavoidable impurities.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2016Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.Inventors: Minoru Miyata, Reiichi Suzuki, Kei Yamazaki
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Patent number: 10689721Abstract: The present invention provides a case hardening steel which satisfies the following expression (1) representing a relationship between a maximum deformation resistance ?MAX (MPa) and a DI value, the maximum deformation resistance ?MAX (MPa) being obtained when a test piece which has a size of ? 15×22.5 mm and is cut out from a material after spheroidizing, is subjected to compressive deformation by cold forging at a compression ratio of 70% in a state that an end surface thereof is restrained, and the DI value being obtained from a Jominy quenching test: ?MAX<12.8×DI+745 . . . Expression (1). Additionally, the present invention obtains a carburized part by subjecting the case hardening steel to carburizing and quenching.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2015Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignee: DAIDO STEEL CO., LTD.Inventors: Kyohei Nakayama, Toshiyuki Morita, Keisuke Inoue
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Patent number: 10550962Abstract: The steel material according to this invention contains, in mass %, C: 0.15 to 0.45%, Si: 0.10 to 1.0%, Mn: 0.10 to less than 0.90%, P: 0.05% or less, S: 0.01% or less, Al: 0.01 to 0.1%, N: 0.01% or less, Cr: 0.1 to 2.5%, Mo: 0.35 to 3.0%, and Co: 0.50 to 3.0%, and satisfies expressions (1) and (2), and contains 90% or more of tempered martensite by volume ratio: C+Mn/6+(Cr+Mo+V)/5+(Cu+Ni)/15?Co/6+??0.50??(1 ) (3C+Mo+3Co)/(3Mn+Cr)?1.0??(2 ) Effective B=B?11(N?Ti/3.4)/14??(3 ) where, ? in expression (1) is 0.250 when effective B (mass %) defined by expression (3) is 0.0003% or more, and is 0 when the effective B is less than 0.0003.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2017Date of Patent: February 4, 2020Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventor: Yuji Arai
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Patent number: 10443114Abstract: A steel material for oil country tubular goods that has a high strength and excellent SSC resistance is provided. The steel material according to this invention contains, in mass %, C: more than 0.45 to 0.65%, Si: 0.10 to 1.0%, Mn: 0.1 to 1.0%, P: 0.050% or less, S: 0.010% or less, Al: 0.01 to 0.1%, N: 0.01% or less, Cr: 0.1 to 2.5%, Mo: 0.25 to 5.0%, and Co: 0.05 to 5.0%, and satisfies expressions (1) and (2), and contains 90% or more of tempered martensite by volume ratio: C+Mn/6+(Cr+Mo+V)/5+(Cu+Ni)/15?Co/6+??0.70??(1) (3C+Mo+3Co)/(3Mn+Cr)?1.0??(2) Effective B=B?11(N?Ti/3.4)/14??(3) where, ? in expression (1) is 0.250 when effective B (mass %) defined by expression (3) is 0.0003% or more, and is 0 when effective B is less than 0.0003%.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2017Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventor: Yuji Arai
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Patent number: 10391742Abstract: A steel for a carburizing and a carburized steel component having a steel portion and a carburized layer with a thickness of more than 0.4 mm to less than 2 mm which is formed on an outside of the steel portion. A chemical composition of the steel for the carburizing and the steel portion of the carburized steel component satisfies simultaneously equations of a hardness parameter, a hardenability parameter, and an AlN precipitation parameter.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2017Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventor: Manabu Kubota
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Patent number: 10392707Abstract: A steel for a carburizing and a carburized steel component having a steel portion and a carburized layer with a thickness of more than 0.4 mm to less than 2 mm which is formed on an outside of the steel portion. A chemical composition of the steel for the carburizing and the steel portion of the carburized steel component satisfies simultaneously equations of a hardness parameter, a hardenability parameter, and a TiC precipitation parameter.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2017Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventor: Manabu Kubota
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Patent number: 10301703Abstract: Disclosed is a high-strength welded steel pipe for airbag inflators that has high toughness and workability. A base material portion of the steel pipe has a composition containing, in mass %, C: 0.02 to 0.08%, Si: 0.001 to 1.0%, Mn: 0.1 to 2.0%, P: 0.1% or less, Al: 0.01 to 0.1%, N: 0.01% or less, Ti: 0.01 to 0.20%, and V: 0.01 to 0.50%, with the balance being Fe and incidental impurities. The base material portion has a structure that includes a ferrite phase having an average grain size of 10 ?m or less at an area fraction of 90% or more and a Ti, V-based carbide having an average grain size of 10 nm or less and dispersed in the ferrite phase. The welded steel pipe has a high tensile strength TS of 780 MPa or more and a strength-elongation balance TS×El of 15,000 MPa % or more. The difference ?HV in Vickers hardness between the base material portion and the welded portion is 60 points or less.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2015Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Masatoshi Aratani, Yoshikazu Kawabata, Kenichi Iwazaki, Ryoji Matsui
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Patent number: 10227682Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide at a low cost a low-alloy steel having a high strength and excellent high-pressure hydrogen environment embrittlement resistance characteristics under a high-pressure hydrogen environment. The invention is a high-strength low-alloy steel having high-pressure hydrogen environment embrittlement resistance characteristics, which has a composition comprising C: 0.10 to 0.20% by mass, Si: 0.10 to 0.40% by mass, Mn: 0.50 to 1.20% by mass, Ni: 0.75 to 1.75% by mass, Cr: 0.20 to 0.80% by mass, Cu: 0.10 to 0.50% by mass, Mo: 0.10 to 1.00% by mass, V: 0.01 to 0.10% by mass, B: 0.0005 to 0.005% by mass and N: 0.01% by mass or less, and further comprising one or two of Nb: 0.01 to 0.10% by mass and Ti: 0.005 to 0.050% by mass, with the balance consisting of Fe and unavoidable impurities.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2015Date of Patent: March 12, 2019Assignee: THE JAPAN STEEL WORKS, LTD.Inventors: Kouichi Takasawa, Yoru Wada, Ryoji Ishigaki, Yasuhiko Tanaka
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Patent number: 9994940Abstract: This high carbon steel wire rod, which has excellent drawability in addition to high strength required for a wire rod, contains 0.6-1.5% of C, 0.1-1.5% of Si, 0.1-1.5% of Mn, 0.02% or less of P (excluding 0%), 0.02% or less of S (excluding 0%), 0.03-0.12% of Ti, 0.001-0.01% of B and 0.001-0.005% of N, with solid-solved B being 0.0002% or more, solid-solved N being 0.0010% or less, and the balance being made up of iron and inevitable impurities. In addition, the content of Ti solid-solved in the steel is 0.002% by mass or more, and the content of Ti that formed carbides is 0.020% by mass or more.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2011Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.Inventors: Hiroshi Oura, Nao Yoshihara
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Patent number: 9988697Abstract: This high-strength hot-rolled steel sheet having excellent local deformability contains, in mass %, C: 0.07% to 0.20%; Si: 0.001% to 2.5%; Mn: 0.01% to 4.0%; P: 0.001% to 0.15%; S: 0.0005% to 0.03%; Al: 0.001% to 2.0%; N: 0.0005% to 0.01%; and O: 0.0005% to 0.01%; and a balance being composed of iron and inevitable impurities, in which an area ratio of bainite in a metal structure is 95% or more, at a sheet thickness center portion being a range of ? to ? in sheet thickness from the surface of the steel sheet, an average value of pole densities of the {100}<011> to {223}<110> orientation group is 4.0 or less, and a pole density of the {332}<113> crystal orientation is 5.0 or less, and a mean volume diameter of crystal grains in the metal structure is 10 ?m or less.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2012Date of Patent: June 5, 2018Assignee: NIPPON STEEL AND SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshihiro Suwa, Kazuaki Nakano, Kunio Hayashi, Riki Okamoto, Nobuhiro Fujita, Kohichi Sano
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Patent number: 9970088Abstract: A multi-phase steel including in % wt. C: 0.14-0.25%, Mn: 1.7-2.5%, Si: 0.2-0.7%, Al: 0.5-1.5%, Cr: <0.1%, Mo: <0.05%, Nb: 0.02-0.06%, S: up to 0.01%, P: up to 0.02%, N: up to 0.01% and optionally at least one of Ti, B, and V according to the following stipulation: Ti: up to 0.1%, B: up to 0.002%, V: up to 0.15%, with the remainder iron and unavoidable impurities, wherein the microstructure has at least 10% vol. ferrite and at least 6% vol. residual austenite and the steel has a tensile strength Rm of at least 950 MPa, a yield point ReL of at least 500 MPa and an elongation at break A80 measured in the transverse direction of at least 15%. A method of producing the multi-phase steel.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2011Date of Patent: May 15, 2018Assignee: ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe AGInventors: Ekaterina Bocharova, Dorothea Mattissen, Roland Sebald, Daniel Krizan, Andreas Pichler
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Patent number: 9914988Abstract: Provided are a high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet having excellent formability, excellent ductility, excellent hole expansibility, and high yield ratio and a method for producing the same. The high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet contains 0.05% to 0.15% C, 0.10% to 0.90% Si, 1.0% to 2.0% Mn, 0.005% to 0.05% P, 0.0050% or less S, 0.01% to 0.10% Al, 0.0050% or less N, and 0.010% to 0.100% Nb, which are chemical components, on a mass basis, the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities; has a microstructure which is a multi-phase structure containing 90% or more of a ferrite phase and 0.5% to less than 5.0% of a martensite phase on a volume fraction basis, the remainder being low-temperature transformation phases; and has a yield ratio of 70% or more.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2011Date of Patent: March 13, 2018Assignee: JFE Steel CorporationInventors: Katsutoshi Takashima, Yuki Toji, Kohei Hasegawa
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Patent number: 9896736Abstract: The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a hot stamped body having a vertical wall, the method including: a hot-rolling step; a coiling step; a cold-rolling step; a continuous annealing step; and a hot stamping step, in which the continuous annealing step includes a heating step of heating the cold-rolled steel sheet to a temperature range of equal to or higher than Ac1° C. and lower than Ac3° C.; a cooling step of cooling the heated cold-rolled steel sheet from the highest heating temperature to 660° C. at a cooling rate of equal to or less than 10° C./s; and a holding step of holding the cooled cold-rolled steel sheet in a temperature range of 550° C. to 660° C. for one minute to 10 minutes.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2016Date of Patent: February 20, 2018Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATIONInventors: Toshimasa Tomokiyo, Kunio Hayashi, Toshimitsu Aso
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Patent number: 9883588Abstract: According to this invention, an oriented copper plate which has a highly developed cube texture and has strength and breaking elongation greater than those of a conventional material having a cube texture, a copper-clad laminate, a flexible circuit board that is excellent in terms of folding flexibility, and an electronic device are provided, and a process for producing the oriented copper plate is established. This invention relates: an oriented copper plate, which contains 0.03% by mass to 1.0% by mass of Cr, the remainder of which is composed of copper and inevitable impurities, wherein the copper plate has a <100> main orientation so that the area percentage of a <100> preferred orientation region is not less than 60.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2015Date of Patent: January 30, 2018Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATIONInventors: Keiichi Kimura, Tomohiro Uno, Kazuaki Kaneko
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Patent number: 9840751Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing a hot stamped body, the method including: a hot-rolling step; a coiling step; a cold-rolling step; a continuous annealing step; and a hot stamping step, in which the continuous annealing step includes a heating step of heating the cold-rolled steel sheet to a temperature range of equal to or higher than Ac1° C. and lower than Ac3° C.; a cooling step of cooling the heated cold-rolled steel sheet from the highest heating temperature to 660° C. at a cooling rate of equal to or less than 10° C./s; and a holding step of holding the cooled cold-rolled steel sheet in a temperature range of 550° C. to 660° C. for one minute to 10 minutes.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2017Date of Patent: December 12, 2017Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATIONInventors: Kunio Hayashi, Toshimitsu Aso, Toshimasa Tomokiyo, Hitoshi Tanino, Ryozo Wada
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Patent number: 9797033Abstract: The invention provides a wear-resistant steel plate, which has the following chemical composition (wt. %): C: 0.08-0.21%, Si: 0.15-0.45%, Mn: 1.10-1.80%, P: ?0.015%, S: ?0.010%, Nb: 0.010-0.040%, Al: 0.010-0.080%, B: 0.0006-0.0014%, Ti: 0.005-0.050%, Ca: 0.0010-0.0080%, V?0.080%, Cr?0.60%, N?0.0080%, O?0.0060%, H?0.0004%, wherein 0.025%?Nb+Ti?0.080%, 0.030%?Al+Ti?0.12%, and the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities. The invention also provides a method of manufacturing the wear-resistant steel plate, comprising smelting, casting, rolling, post-rolling direct cooling, inter alia. The wear-resistant steel plate obtained from the above composition and process has perfect weldability, high strength, high hardness, good low-temperature toughness, and excellent machinability, and is suitable for quick-wear devices in engineering and mining machinery, such as bucket, mining vehicle body and scraper transporter, etc.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2013Date of Patent: October 24, 2017Assignee: BAOSHAN IRON & STEELE CO., LTD.Inventors: Hongbin Li, Liandeng Yao, Yuchuan Miao
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Patent number: 9791032Abstract: Systems and methods in accordance with embodiments of the invention implement bulk metallic glass-based strain wave gears and strain wave gear components. In one embodiment, a method of fabricating a strain wave gear includes: shaping a BMG-based material using a mold in conjunction with one of a thermoplastic forming technique and a casting technique; where the BMG-based material is shaped into one of: a wave generator plug, an inner race, an outer race, a rolling element, a flexspline, a flexspline without a set of gear teeth, a circular spline, a circular spline without a set of gear teeth, a set of gear teeth to be incorporated within a flexspline, and a set of gear teeth to be incorporated within a circular spline.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2016Date of Patent: October 17, 2017Assignee: California Institute of TechnologyInventors: Douglas C. Hofmann, Brian H. Wilcox
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Patent number: 9790578Abstract: A steel for a tracked undercarriage component is used as a material constituting a track link (9), for example, and contains: not less than 0.39% by mass and not more than 0.45% by mass of carbon, not less than 0.2% by mass and not more than 1.0% by mass of silicon, not less than 0.10% by mass and not more than 0.90% by mass of manganese, not less than 0.002% by mass and not more than 0.005% by mass of sulfur, not less than 0.1% by mass and not more than 3.0% by mass of nickel, not less than 0.70% by mass and not more than 1.50% by mass of chromium, and not less than 0.10% by mass and not more than 0.60% by mass of molybdenum, with the balance made of iron and unavoidable impurities.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2014Date of Patent: October 17, 2017Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.Inventors: Eiji Amada, Kazuo Maeda, Takeji Kajiura
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Patent number: 9702031Abstract: The present invention provides a bake-hardenable high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet having excellent bake hardenability, cold aging resistance, and deep-drawability, and reduced planar anisotropy, containing chemical components in % by mass of: C: 0.0010% to 0.0040%, Si: 0.005% to 0.05%, Mn: 0.1% to 0.8%, P: 0.01% to 0.07%, S: 0.001% to 0.01%, Al: 0.01% to 0.08%, N: 0.0010% to 0.0050%, Nb: 0.002% to 0.020%, and Mo: 0.005% to 0.050%, a value of [Mn %]/[P %] being in the range of 1.6 to 45, where [Mn %] is an amount of Mn and [P %] is an amount of P, an amount of C in solid solution obtained from [C %]?(12/93)×[Nb %] being in the range of 0.0005% to 0.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2011Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATIONInventors: Satoshi Akamatsu, Masaharu Oka
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Patent number: 9695493Abstract: A dual phase or complex phase steel strip showing no tigerstripes. The steel strip having an ultimate tensile strength Rm classifying for 1000 MPa steel category, includes (in mass percent) C 0.09-0.19%; Mn 1.9-2.6%; Si at most 0.1%; Cr 0.4-0.8%; Mo at most 0.3%; Ni at most 0.4%; Al 0.02-1.3%; and optionally one or more of the following elements: Nb at most 0.08%; P equal to or more than 0.0005%; N equal to or less than 0.015%; Ti equal to or less than 0.1%; V equal to or less than 0.1%; B equal to or less than 0.01%; wherein the sum of Cr, Mo and Ni is at least 0.5%; the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2013Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: TATA STEEL IJMUIDEN BVInventors: Egbert Jansen, Edward Anton Frederik Span, Richard Mostert, Theo Arnold Kop
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Patent number: 9592772Abstract: [Problem] To provide a steel sheet hot-dip-plated with a Zn—Al—Mg-based alloy coating, which is remarkably improved in point of all the burring workability, the liquid metal embrittlement cracking resistance and the corrosion resistance in the welded part thereof, as a steel material favorable for arc-welded structural members.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2012Date of Patent: March 14, 2017Assignee: NISSHIN STEEL CO., LTD.Inventors: Kentaro Hirata, Yukio Katagiri, Susumu Fujiwara, Kazuaki Hosomi, Masaaki Uranaka