With Working Patents (Class 148/546)
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Publication number: 20120285584Abstract: A manufacture process of non-oriented silicon steel with high magnetic induction includes smelting and casting steel having a chemical composition by weight percent: Si 0.1˜1%, Al 0.005˜1.0%, C?0.004%, Mn=0.10˜1.50%, P?0.2%, S?0.005%, N?0.002, Nb+V+Ti?0.006%, and the rest is Fe. The steel is cast into a billet, which is heated and hot-rolled to 1150˜1200° C. into a plate at a finish-rolling temperature 830˜900° C. The plate is cooled to a temperature ?570° C. and cold-roll flattened at compression ratio 2˜5%. The flattened plate is normalized at temperature not below 950° C. for 30˜180s, and then pickled and cold-rolled into a sheet with thickness of the finished product. The sheet is finish-annealed quickly heating the sheet to 800˜1000° C. at temperature rise rate ?100° C./s, soaking the heated sheet for 5˜60s at the temperature, and then slowly cooling the sheet to 600˜750° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2012Publication date: November 15, 2012Inventors: Zitao Wang, Bo Wang, Shishu Xie, Bingzhong Jin, Aihua Ma, Liang Zou, Yuhua Zhu, Zhanyuan Hu, Xiao Chen
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Patent number: 8303734Abstract: The present invention provides a high strength thick steel material excellent in toughness and weldability reduced in amount of C and amount of N, containing suitable amounts of Si, Mn, Nb, Ti, B, and O, having contents of C and Nb satisfying C—Nb/7.74?0.004, having a density of Ti-containing oxides of a particle size of 0.05 to 10 ?m of 30 to 300/mm2, and having a density of Ti-containing oxides of a particle size over 10 ?m of 10/mm2 or less, produced by treating steel by preliminary deoxidation to adjust the dissolved oxygen to 0.005 to 0.015 mass %, then adding Ti and, furthermore, vacuum degassing the steel for 30 minutes or more, smelting it, then continuously casting it to produce a steel slab or billet, heating the steel slab or billet to 1100 to 1350° C., hot rolling the slab or billet to a thickness of 40 to 150 mm, then cooling it.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2008Date of Patent: November 6, 2012Assignee: Nippon Steel CorporationInventors: Suguru Yoshida, Hiroshi Kita, Teruhisa Okumura, Hirokazu Sugiyama, Teruyuki Wakatsuki
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Publication number: 20120222781Abstract: High strength steel plate with an ultimate tensile strength of 900 MPa or more which is excellent in hydrogen embrittlement resistance characterized in that, in the structure of the steel plate, (a) by volume fraction, ferrite is present in 10 to 50%, bainitic ferrite and/or bainite in 10 to 60%, and tempered martensite in 10 to 50%, and (b) iron-based carbides which contain Si or Si and Al in 0.1% or more are present in 4×108 (particles/mm3) or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2010Publication date: September 6, 2012Inventors: Masafumi Azuma, Noriyuki Suzuki, Naoki Maruyama, Akinobu Murasato, Yasuharu Sakuma, Hiroyuki Kawata, Chisato Wakabayashi
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Patent number: 8137484Abstract: The present invention provides steel superior in machinability comprised of, by wt %, C: 0.005 to 0.2%, Si: 0.001 to 0.5%, Mn: 0.2 to 3.0%, P: 0.001 to 0.2%, S: 0.03 to 1.0%, T.N: 0.002 to 0.02%, T.O: 0.0005 to 0.035%, and the balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities, said steel satisfying one or both of Mn/S in the steel being 1.2 to 2.8 or an area ratio of pearlite over a grain size of 1 ?m in a microstructure of the steel being not more than 5%.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2008Date of Patent: March 20, 2012Assignee: Nippon Steel CorporationInventors: Masayuki Hashimura, Atsushi Mizuno, Kenichiro Naito, Hiroshi Hagiwara, Kohichi Isobe, Hiroshi Hirata
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Patent number: 8097207Abstract: Method for reducing the segregated seams of a steel which has high mechanical strength and high wear resistance and whose composition comprises by weight: 0.30%?C?1.42%; 0.05%?Si?1.5%; Mn?1.95%; Ni?2.9%; 1.1%?Cr?7.9%; 0.61%?Mo?4.4%; optionally V?1.45%, Nb?1.45%, Ta?1.45% and V+Nb/2+Ta/4?1.45%; less than 0.1% of boron, less than 0.19% of (S+Se/2+Te/4), less than 0.01% of calcium, less than 0.5% of rare earths, less than 1% of aluminum, less than 1% of copper; the balance being iron and impurities resulting from the production operation. The composition further complies with: 800?D?1150 with D=540(C)0.25+245(Mo+3V+1.5Nb+0.75Ta)0.30+125Cr0.20+15.8Mn+7.4Ni+18Si. According to the method, the molybdenum is completely or partially replaced with double the proportion of tungsten so that W>0.21%, and Ti, Zr, C are adjusted so that, after adjustment, Ti+Zr/2?0.2W, (Ti+Zr/2)×C?0.07, Ti+Zr/2?1.49% and D is unchanged at approximately 5%. Steel obtained and method for producing a steel workpiece.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2010Date of Patent: January 17, 2012Assignee: Industeel CreusotInventors: Jean Beguinot, Dominique Viale
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Publication number: 20110308673Abstract: A hot-rolled austenitic manganese steel strip having a chemical composition in percent by weight of 0.4%?C?1.2%, 12.0%?Mn?25.0%, P?0.01% and Al?0.05% has a product of elongation at break in % and tensile strength in MPa of above 65,000 MPa %, in particular above 70,000 MPa %. A cold-rolled austenitic manganese steel strip having the same chemical composition achieves a product of elongation at break in % and tensile strength in MPa of above 75,000 MPa %, in particular above 80,000 MPa %.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2011Publication date: December 22, 2011Applicant: voestalpine Stahl GmbHInventors: Reinhold Schneider, Ludovic Samek, Enno Arenholz, Klemens Mraczek, Mario Hartl
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Patent number: 8052811Abstract: A rapidly-solidified non-oriented electrical steel sheet having high magnetic flux density and low core loss is provided. The method of producing the non-oriented electrical steel sheet excellent in magnetic properties comprises casting a steel strip by using a traveling cooling roll surface(s) to solidify a steel melt of a prescribed chemical composition, which melt contains one or both of REM and Ca at a total content of 0.0020 to 0.01% and is cast in an atmosphere of Ar, He or a mixture thereof.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2007Date of Patent: November 8, 2011Assignee: Nippon Steel CorporationInventors: Yousuke Kurosaki, Takeshi Kubota, Masafumi Miyazaki
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Publication number: 20110220252Abstract: A dual-phase steel, a flat product and processes for the production thereof. The dual-phase steel having a strength of at least 950 MPa, good deformability, and good surface finish. It is possible, when a simple production process is used, for the flat product produced from this steel to be formed into a complexly formed component, such as part of a car body, either uncoated or provided with an anti-corrosion coating. The steel according to the invention has a structure comprising 20-70% martensite, up to 8% retained austenite and the remainder ferrite and/or bainite and has the following composition (in % by weight): C: 0.050-0.105%, Si: 0.20-0.60%, Mn: 2.10-2.80%, Cr: 0.20-0.80%, Ti: 0.02-0.10%, B: <0.0020%, Mo: <0.25%, Al: <0.10%, Cu: up to 0.20%, Ni: up to 0.10%, Ca: up to 0.005%, P: up to 0.2%, S: up to 0.01%, N: up to 0.012%, remainder iron and unavoidable impurities.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2008Publication date: September 15, 2011Applicant: TYHSSENKRUPP STEEL EUROPE AGInventors: Brigitte Hammer, Thomas Heller, Ekaterina Bocharova, Dorothea Mattissen, Günter Stich, Silke Strauss
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Publication number: 20110192504Abstract: A method for producing a galvanized steel sheet including (a) melting a steel having a steel composition comprising 0.005 to 0.04 mass % C, 1.5 mass % or lower Si, 1.0 to 2.0 mass % Mn, 0.10 mass % or lower P, 0.03 mass % or lower S, 0.01 to 0.1 mass % Al, less than 0.008 mass % N and 0.2 to 1.0 mass % Cr, wherein Mn (mass %)+1.29 Cr (mass %) is 2.1 to 2.8, and the balance being iron and unavoidable impurities, (b) hot rolling and cold rolling the steel from step (a) to provide a steel sheet, and (c) annealing the steel sheet from step (c) at an annealing temperature of at least the Ac1 point and not more than the Ac3 point, wherein the galvanized steel sheet has a structure which includes a ferrite phase and a martensite phase with a volume fraction being at least 3.0% and less than 10%, the average particle diameter of the ferrite is larger than 6 ?m and not more than 15 ?m, and 90% or more of the martensite phase exists in a ferrite grain boundary.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2010Publication date: August 11, 2011Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Hideyuki Kimura, Yoshihiko Ono, Takeshi Fujita, Takayuki Futatsuka, Saiji Matsuoka
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Publication number: 20110168300Abstract: The invention relates to a cold-rolled and annealed Dual-Phase steel sheet having a strength between 980 and 1100 MPa, and a breaking elongation greater than 9%, of which the composition comprises, the contents being expressed by weight: 0.055%?C?0.095%, 2%?Mn?2.6%, 0.005%?Si?0.35%, S?0.005%, P?0.050%, 0.1?Al?0.3%, 0.05%?Mo?0.25%, 0.2%?Cr?0.5%, it being understood that Cr+2Mo?0.6%, Ni?0.1%, 0.010?Nb?0.040%, 0.010?Ti?0.050%, 0.0005?B?0.0025%, and 0.002%?N?0.007%, the remainder of the composition consisting of iron and the inevitable impurities resulting from the smelting.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2009Publication date: July 14, 2011Applicant: ARCELORMITTAL INVESTIGACION Y DESARROLLO SLInventors: Antoine Moulin, Veronique Sardoy, Catherine Vinci, Gloria Restrepo Garces, Tom Waterschoot, Mohamed Goune
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Publication number: 20110083775Abstract: A tough high strength heavy wall steel material having superior weldability is provided, said steel material has a diameter or a side 5 mm or more in length, and comprises oxides 1 ?m or less in particle diameter homogeneously dispersed at a dispersion density in a range of from 10,000 to 100,000 particles/mm2 and uniform ferrite grains 2 ?m or less in grain diameter formed over the entire plane making a right angle with respect to the rolling direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2010Publication date: April 14, 2011Inventors: Hiroshi Nakajima, Shiro Torizuka, Kaneaki Tsuzaki, Kotobu Nagai
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Publication number: 20110000584Abstract: The invention refers to a process for forming a steel component, incorporating the steps of—providing a blank having substantially the volume of the component to be formed,—heating the blank to a semi solid state with a specific liquid fraction,—forming the blank with a forging technique to a component of near net shape dimensions,—subjecting the formed, near net shape component, to a normalization combined with a hardening,—subjecting the normalized and hardened near net shape component to machining to give the component net shape.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2008Publication date: January 6, 2011Inventors: Patrik Dahlman, Martin Friis, Henrik Karlsson
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Publication number: 20100330388Abstract: The present invention provides high strength welded steel pipe for line pipe inexpensive in cost and superior in low temperature toughness, and a method of production of the same, produced by forming a base material steel plate containing, by mass %, C: 0.010 to 0.050%, Si: 0.01 to 0.50%, Mn: 0.50 to 2.00%, S: 0.0001 to 0.0050%, and Ti: 0.003 to 0.030%, limiting Al to 0.020% or less and Mo to less than 0.10%, having a carbon equivalent Ceq of 0.30 to 0.53 and a crack susceptibility parameter Pcm of 0.10 to 0.20, comprised of polygonal ferrite and residual bainite of an area rate of 20% or less, and having an effective crystal grain size of 20 ?m or less, into a pipe shape, then seam welding it and making the effective crystal grain size of the heat affected zone 150 ?m or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2007Publication date: December 30, 2010Inventors: Takuya Hara, Hitoshi Asahi
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Publication number: 20100319816Abstract: The present invention provides ultralow carbon thin gauge steel sheet and a method for producing the same where coalescence and growth of inclusions in the molten steel are prevented and the inclusions are finely dispersed in the steel sheet, whereby surface defects and cracks at the time of press forming are prevented, growth of recrystallized grains at the time of continuous annealing is promoted, and a high r value (r value?2.0) and elongation (total elongation?0%) are exhibited, that is, ultralow carbon thin gauge steel sheet excellent in surface conditions, formability, and workability comprised of, by mass %, 0.00030.003%?C?0.003%, Si?0.01%, Mn?0.1%, P?0.02%, S?0.01%, 0.0005%?N?0.0025%, 0.01%?acid soluble Ti?0.07%, acid soluble Al?0.003%, and 0.002%?La+Ce+Nd?0.02% and a balance of iron and unavoidable impurities, said steel sheet characterized by containing at least cerium oxysulfite, lanthanum oxysulfite, and neodymium oxysulfite.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2010Publication date: December 23, 2010Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Katsuhiro Sasai, Wataru Ohashi
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Publication number: 20100307644Abstract: The invention relates to a cold-rolled and annealed steel sheet with a strength greater than 1200 MPa, the composition of which comprises, the contents being expressed by weight: 0.10%?C?0.25%, 1%?Mn?3%, Al?0.010%, Si?2.990%, S?0.015%, P?0.1%, N?0.008%, it being understood that 1%?Si+Al?3%, the composition optionally comprising: 0.05%?V?0.15%, B?0.005%, Mo?0.25%, Cr?1.65%, it being understood that Cr+3Mo?0.3%, Ti in an amount such that Ti/N?4 and Ti?0.040%, the balance of the composition consisting of iron and inevitable impurities resulting from the smelting, the microstructure of the steel comprising 15 to 90% bainite, the remainder consisting of martensite and residual austenite.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2008Publication date: December 9, 2010Applicant: Arcelormittal FranceInventors: Javier Gil Otin, Antoine Moulin
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Publication number: 20100308612Abstract: The present invention relates to an axle forged from seamless tubes, with a chemical composition suitable to guarantee high fatigue strength, improved yield strength and tensile strength, and having reduced weight for use on railroad vehicles. The present invention further relates to a process of manufacturing the axle forged from seamless steel tube with high fatigue strength, improved yield strength and tensile strength, and having reduced weight for use on railroad vehicles, which is produced from pig iron or scrap, casting, reheating furnace, perforation of billets, elongation of perforated billets, hollow finishing, forging and finish machining, which includes a supporting and centering chamfer at the inner edge of the inspection bore of the end and smooth recess in the entrance of the threaded bores.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2008Publication date: December 9, 2010Inventors: Ronaldo Faria Antunes, Jose Antonio Filho
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Patent number: 7846276Abstract: The present disclosure provides alloys having an ultra-low coefficient of thermal expansion in the range of 60° F. to 80° F. The alloys have coefficient of thermal expansion no greater than 0.35×10?6° F.?1 in the range of 60° F. to 80° F. Methods of making such alloys also are provided, as well articles of manufacture including such alloys and methods of making such articles.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2007Date of Patent: December 7, 2010Assignee: ATI Properties, Inc.Inventors: David R. Hasek, Thomas R. Parayil
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Publication number: 20100273024Abstract: A dual-phase steel, a flat product produced therefrom and a process for the production thereof. The dual-phase steel has, in addition to a strength of at least 950 MPa and good deformability, a surface finish which, when a simple production process is used, makes it possible for the flat product produced from this steel to be formed into a complexly formed component, such as a part of a car bodywork, in an uncoated state or in a state provided with an anti-corrosion coating. The steel according to the invention comprises 20-70% martensite, up to 8% retained austenite and the remainder ferrite and/or bainite and comprises (in % by weight): C: 0.10-0.20%, Si: 0.10-0.60%, Mn: 1.50-2.50%, Cr: 0.20-0.80%, Ti: 0.02-0.08%, B: <0.0020%, Mo: <0.25%, Al: <0.10%, P: ?0.2%, S: ?0.01%, N: ?0.012%, the remainder iron and unavoidable impurities.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2008Publication date: October 28, 2010Applicant: THYSSENKRUPP STEEL EUROPE AGInventors: Ekaterina Bocharova, Thomas Heller, Dorothea Mattissen, Gunter Stich, Silke Strauss, Thomas Nickels
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Publication number: 20100258217Abstract: A nanocarbide precipitation strengthened ultrahigh-strength, corrosion resistant, structural steel possesses a combination of strength and corrosion resistance comprising in combination, by weight, about: 0.1 to 0.3% carbon (C), 8 to 17% cobalt (Co), 0 to 10% nickel (Ni), 6 to 12% chromium (Cr), less than 1% silicon (Si), less than 0.5% manganese (Mn), and less than 0.15% copper (Cu), with additives selected from the group comprising about: less than 3% molybdenum (Mo), less than 0.3% niobium (Nb), less than 0.8% vanadium (V), less than 0.2% tantalum (Ta), less than 3% tungsten (W), and combinations thereof, with additional additives selected from the group comprising about: less than 0.2% titanium (Ti), less than 0.2% lanthanum (La) or other rare earth elements, less than 0.15% zirconium (Zr), less than 0.005% boron (B), and combinations thereof, impurities of less than about: 0.02% sulfur (S), 0.012% phosphorus (P), 0.015% oxygen (O) and 0.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2007Publication date: October 14, 2010Applicant: QUESTEK INNOVATIOANS LLCInventors: Charles J. Kuehmann, Gregory B. Olson, Herng-Jeng Jou
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Publication number: 20100236668Abstract: The present invention provides high strength steel pipe for line pipe superior in low temperature toughness suppressed in drop of toughness of the HAZ and a method of production of the same, more particularly high strength steel plate for line pipe used as a material for high strength steel pipe for line pipe and a method of production of the same, in particular high strength steel pipe for line pipe superior in low temperature toughness characterized in that the chemical compositions of the base metal is, by mass %, C: 0.020 to 0.080%, Si: 0.01 to 0.50%, Mo: 0.01 to 0.15%, Al: 0.0005 to 0.030%, and Nb: 0.0001 to 0.030% contained in a range of C+0.25Si+0.1Mo+Al+Nb: 0.100% or less and the mixture of austenite and martensite present along prior austenite grain boundaries of the reheated part of the heat affected zone has a width of 10 ?m or less and a length of 50 ?m or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2007Publication date: September 23, 2010Inventors: Takuya Hara, Hitoshi Asahi, Yoshio Terada
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Patent number: 7794651Abstract: Method for reducing the segregated seams of a steel which has high mechanical strength and high wear resistance and whose composition comprises by weight: 0.30%?C?1.42%; 0.05%?Si?1.5%; Mn?1.95%; Ni?2.9%; 1.1%?Cr?7.9%; 0.61%?Mo?4.4%; optionally V?1.45%, Nb?1.45%, Ta?1.45% and V+Nb/2+Ta/4?1.45% ; less than 0.1% of boron, less than 0.19% of (S+Se/2+Te/4), less than 0.01% of calcium, less than 0.5% of rare earths, less than 1% of aluminum, less than 1% of copper; the balance being iron and impurities resulting from the production operation. The composition further complies with: 800?D?1150 with D=540(C)0.25+245 (Mo+3 V+1.5 Nb+0.75 Ta)0.30+125 Cr0.20+15.8 Mn+7.4 Ni+18 Si. According to the method, the molybdenum is completely or partially replaced with double the proportion of tungsten so that W>0.21%, and Ti, Zr, C are adjusted so that, after adjustment, Ti+Zr/2?0.2 W, (Ti+Zr/2)×C?0.07, Ti+Zr/2?1.49% and D is unchanged at approximately 5%. Steel obtained and method for producing a steel workpiece.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2005Date of Patent: September 14, 2010Assignee: Industeel CreusotInventors: Jean Beguinot, Dominique Viale
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Publication number: 20100096047Abstract: A method, which allows extremely high-tensile flat steel products to be manufactured with less effort includes a steel that forms a martensitic microstructure and contains (in wt. %) C: 0.15-0.19%, Mn: 0.80-1.20%, P: <0.030%, S: <0.004%, Si: 0.60-1.00%, Al: <0.05%, N: <0.0060%, Cr: 0.30-0.60%, Nb: 0.040-0.070%, remainder iron and unavoidable impurities, being cast into a cast strip having a thickness of 1-4 mm. The cast strip is hot-rolled in-line into a hot-rolled strip having a thickness of 0.5-3.2 mm in a continuous process at a final hot-rolling temperature ranging from 900 to 1050 ° C., the deformation degree being greater than 20%. The hot-rolled strip is coiled at a coiling temperature of at most 350° C., so as to obtain a hot-rolled strip, which has a minimum tensile strength Rm of 1400 MPa at a minimum breaking elongation A80 of 5%.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2007Publication date: April 22, 2010Applicant: ThyssenKrupp Steel AGInventors: Brigitte Hammer, Thomas Heller, Johann Wilhelm Schmitz, Jochen Wans
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Publication number: 20100078097Abstract: A steel material superior in high temperature characteristics and toughness is provided, that is, a steel material containing, by mass %, C: 0.005% to 0.03%, Si: 0.05% to 0.40%, Mn: 0.40% to 1.70%, Nb: 0.02% to 0.25%, Ti: 0.005% to 0.025%, N: 0.0008% to 0.0045%, B: 0.0003% to 0.0030%, restricting P: 0.030% or less, S: 0.020% or less, Al: 0.03% or less, and having a balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities, where the contents of C and Nb satisfy C?Nb/7.74?0.02 and Ti-based oxides of a grain size of 0.05 to 10 ?m are present in a density of 30 to 300/mm2.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2008Publication date: April 1, 2010Inventors: Suguru Yoshida, Hiroshi Kita, Teruhisa Okumura, Hirokazu Sugiyama, Teruyuki Wakatsuki
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Publication number: 20100065162Abstract: A method, which allows high-tensile flat steel products to be manufactured with less effort includes a steel that forms a multi-phase microstructure and contains (in wt. %) 0.10-0.14% C, 1.30-1.70% Mn, up to 0.030% P, up to 0.004% S, 0.10-0.30% Si, 0.90-1.2% Al, up to 0.0070% N, 0.070-0.130% Ti, 0.040-0.060% Nb, 0.140-0.260% Mo, remainder iron and unavoidable impurities, being cast into a cast strip having a thickness of 1-4 mm. The cast strip is hot-rolled in-line into a hot-rolled strip having a thickness of 0.5-3.2 mm in a continuous process at a final hot-rolling temperature ranging from 850 to 1000° C., the deformation degree being greater than 20%. The hot-rolled strip is coiled at a coiling temperature ranging from 350 to 480° C., so as to obtain a hot-rolled strip, which has a minimum tensile strength Rm of 800 MPa at a minimum breaking elongation A80 of 5%.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2007Publication date: March 18, 2010Applicant: THYSSENKRUPP STEEL AGInventors: Brigitte Hammer, Thomas Heller, Johann Wilhelm Schmitz, Jochen Wans
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Publication number: 20100065161Abstract: A method, which allows high-tensile flat steel products to be manufactured with less effort includes a steel that forms a multi-phase microstructure and contains (in wt. %) 0.10-0.15% C, 0.80-1.20 % Mn, up to 0.030% P, up to 0.004 % S, 1.10-1.30 % Si, 0.0-0.05% Al, up to 0.0060% N, 0.30-0.60% Cr, 0.080-0.120% Ti, 0.040-0.060% Nb, 0.150-0.250% Mo remainder iron and unavoidable impurities, being cast into a cast strip having a thickness of 1-4 mm. The cast strip is hot-rolled in-line into a hot-rolled strip having a thickness of 0.5-3.2 mm in a continuous process at a final hot-rolling temperature ranging from 850 to 1000° C., the deformation degree being greater than 20%. The hot-rolled strip is coiled at a coiling temperature ranging from 450 to 700° C., so as to obtain a hot-rolled strip, which has a minimum tensile strength Rm of 880 MPa at a minimum breaking elongation A80 of 5%.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2007Publication date: March 18, 2010Applicant: ThyssenKrupp Steel AGInventors: Brigitte Hammer, Thomas Heller, Johann Wilhelm Schmitz, Jochen Wans
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Publication number: 20100047107Abstract: A steel material superior in high temperature characteristics and toughness is provided, the fire resistant steel material containing by mass %, C: 0.001% to 0.030%, Si: 0.05% to 0.50%, Mn: 0.40% to 2.00%, Nb: 0.03% to 0.50%, Ti: 0.005% to less than 0.040%, and N: 0.0008% to less than 0.0050%, restricting P: 0.030% or less and S: 0.020% or less, and having a balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities, where the contents of C and Nb satisfy C—Nb/7.74?0.004, and Ti-based oxides of a grain size of 0.05 to 10 ?m are present in a density of 30 to 300/mm2.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2008Publication date: February 25, 2010Inventors: Suguru Yoshida, Hiroshi Kita, Teruhisa Okumura, Hirokazu Sugiyama, Teruyuki Wakatsuki
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Publication number: 20100032062Abstract: The present invention provides a steel plate having a low welding crack susceptibility and a yield strength of 800 MPa and a manufacturing method for the same. The steel plate having a low welding crack susceptibility comprises the following chemical components (wt. %: percent by weight): C: 0.03-0.08 wt. %, Si: 0.05-0.70 wt. %, Mn: 1.30-2.20 w.t %, Mo: 0.10-0.30 wt. %, Nb: 0.03-0.10 wt. %, V: 0.03-0.45 wt. %, Ti: 0.002-0.040 wt. %, Al: 0.02-0.04 wt. %, B: 0.0010-0.0020 wt. %, the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities, and the welding crack susceptibility index meets the following formula: Pcm?0.20%. The thermo-mechanical controlled rolling and cooling processes is used to obtain an ultrafine bainite batten matrix structure, which increases the intensity, plasticity and toughness of the steel plate. The steel plate with a low welding crack susceptibility of the present invention has a yield strength of greater than 800 MPa, a tensile strength of greater than 900 MPa, a Charpy impact energy Akv (?20° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2008Publication date: February 11, 2010Applicant: BAOSHAN IRON & STEEL CO., LTD.Inventors: Liandeng Yao, Xiaoting Zhao, Sixin Zhao
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Publication number: 20090320968Abstract: A shaped part having at least two structural regions of different ductility is made from one unitary blank of a hardenable steel alloy by first heating the entire blank to an elevated temperature below an AC3 point of the alloy. Then only first regions of the blank are heated by a plurality of infrared lamps to above the AC3 point of the alloy while maintaining the rest of the blank below the AC3 point of the alloy. Finally the first regions are hardened in a thermoshaping and hardening tool.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2009Publication date: December 31, 2009Inventors: Johannes Boeke, Markus Pellmann
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Publication number: 20090250145Abstract: A rapidly-solidified non-oriented electrical steel sheet having high magnetic flux density and low core loss is provided. The method of producing the non-oriented electrical steel sheet excellent in magnetic properties comprises casting a steel strip by using a traveling cooling roll surface(s) to solidify a steel melt of a prescribed chemical composition, which melt contains one or both of REM and Ca at a total content of 0.0020 to 0.01% and is cast in an atmosphere of Ar, He or a mixture thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2007Publication date: October 8, 2009Inventors: Yousuke Kurosaki, Takeshi Kubota, Masafumi Miyazaki
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Publication number: 20090223607Abstract: A method of manufacturing a high strength steel sheet. The method including casting a slab consisting essentially of 0.05 to 0.15% C, 0.5% or less Si, 1.00 to 2.00% Mn, 0.09% or less P, 0.01% or less S, 0.005% or less N, 0.01 to 0.1% Sol.Al, and a balance of Fe and inevitable impurities; hot-rolling the slab at a temperature of the Ar3 point or more; beginning cooling the hot-rolled steel sheet within 2 seconds after completing the hot-rolling at a temperature of from 750° C. to 600° C. at a cooling rate of 150° C./s or more; holding the cooled steel sheet at a temperature between 750° C. and 600° C. for 2 to 15 seconds; cooling the steel sheet at a cooling rate of 20° C./s or more; and coiling the cooled steel sheet at a temperature of 400° C. or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2009Publication date: September 10, 2009Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Kohei Hasegawa, Saiji Matsuoka, Yasuhide Ishiguro
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Publication number: 20090065104Abstract: A method of making a cold strip with a ferritic structure includes casting a molten steel which forms a ferritic structure on cooling into a cast strip, wherein if necessary hot-rolling the cast strip in-line, coiling the hot-rolled strip and in one or more steps cold-rolling to form the cold strip. With such a method, cold strips can be produced, in which the risk of formation of an orange peel appearance or ridging is minimized during a cold forming process. The cast strip is cooled between the casting process and the coiling process from a starting temperature not lower than 1180° C., at a cooling rate of at least 150° C. per second, to a maximum intermediate temperature of 1000° C. and is then held for at least 10 seconds at a maintenance temperature of between 900 and 1000° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2006Publication date: March 12, 2009Inventors: Roland Sellger, Guido Stebner, Michael Sachtleber, Lutz Ernenputsch, Rolf Degenhardt
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Patent number: 7491276Abstract: The invention relates to a production method for producing, on a production installation (1), flat products, also of a large width, from continuously cast slabs having a large or medium thickness or from thin slabs. Said production installation is comprised of a single or multiple stand blooming train (4), of a roller table (3), which is provided for conveying the rolling stock and, optionally for oscillating, of a roller table section (5) with hinged heat-insulating covering hoods. The production installation is also comprised of a straightening unit (6) for straightening the pre-strips, of an, in particular, inductive heating installation (7) for effecting the controlled heating of the pre-strips to a defined temperature over the length and width of the pre-strips, of a multiple-stand finishing train (10), of a delivery roller table with devices (11) for cooling the hot rolled strip, and of subsequently arranged coiling machines (12) for coiling the finished strip.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2001Date of Patent: February 17, 2009Assignee: SMS Demag AGInventors: Harald Wehage, Ulrich Skoda-Dopp, Michael Breuer, Joachim Hafer
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Patent number: 7470336Abstract: A martensitic alloy in which the ASTM grain size number is at least 5, including (wt. %) up to about 0.5% C, at least about 5% Cr, at least about 0.5% Ni, up to about 15% Co, up to about 8% Cu, up to about 8% Mn, up to about 4% Si, up to about 6% (Mo+W), up to about 1.5% Ti, up to about 3% V, up to about 0.5% Al, and at least about 40% Fe.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2007Date of Patent: December 30, 2008Assignee: Advanced Steel Technology LLCInventor: Robert F. Buck
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Patent number: 7468110Abstract: Sputtering targets and methods of making sputtering targets are described. The method includes the steps of: providing a sputtering metal workpiece made of a valve metal; transverse cold-rolling the sputtering metal workpiece to obtain a rolled workpiece; and cold-working the rolled workpiece to obtain a shaped workpiece. The sputtering targets exhibits a substantially consistent grain structure and/or texture on at least the sidewalls.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2005Date of Patent: December 23, 2008Assignee: Cabot CorporationInventors: Robert B. Ford, Christopher A. Michaluk
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Patent number: 7445750Abstract: The invention relates to a tool steel, the composition of which comprises (the percentages being expressed in % by weight): 0.8 ? C ? 1.5 5.0 ? Cr ? 14 0.2 ? Mn ? 3 Ni ? 5 V ? 1 Nb ? 0.1 Si + Al ? 2 Cu ? 1 S ? 0.3 Ca ? 0.1 Se ? 0.1 Te ? 0.1 1.0 ? Mo + ½W ? 4 0.06 ? Ti + ½Zr ? 0.15 0.004 ? N ? 0.02 the balance of the composition consisting of iron and impurities resulting from the smelting, it being furthermore understood that: 2.5×10?4%2?(Ti+½Zr)×N, to a process for manufacturing parts made in this steel and to the parts obtained.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2002Date of Patent: November 4, 2008Assignee: USINORInventors: Jean Beguinot, Dominique Viale
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Publication number: 20080202645Abstract: The present invention provides a steel sheet excellent in both a balance between strength and elongation and a balance between strength and hole expandability, in other words, a multi-phase steel sheet having an excellent balance between strength and hole expandability. The present invention is a multi-phase steel sheet excellent in hole expandability characterized in that: the steel sheet contains, as chemical components in mass, C: 0.03 to 0.15%, P: not more than 0.010%, S: not more than 0.003%, and either one or both of Si and Al in a total amount of 0.5 to 4%, and one or more of Mn, Ni, Cr, Mo and Cu in a total amount of 0.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2008Publication date: August 28, 2008Applicant: Nippon Steel CorporationInventors: Osamu Kawano, Takehiro Hoshino
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Patent number: 7416619Abstract: The present invention relates to new kitchen utensils, in particular relates to an application of a material in kitchen utensils. The present invention solves the problems of long-term presence in the field. SUS436L is used for kitchen utensils. SUS436L chemical composition (wt %) comprises Cr 16-19, C?0.025, Si?1.00, Mn?1.00, N?0.02, Ni?0.60, Ti?0.75, Mo 0.75-1.50 and balance of Fe. The kitchen utensils have all excellence of present kitchen utensils, overcome its disadvantage and possess high property of heat conduction and magnetoconductivity. The kitchen utensils are used in induction cooker, possess the all and the one structure and have low cost.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2002Date of Patent: August 26, 2008Assignee: Xinhui Rixing Stainless Steel Product Company LimitedInventor: Iou Lei
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Patent number: 7396421Abstract: A duplex stainless steel containing C, Si, Mn, P, S, Al, Ni, Cr, Mo, N (nitrogen, O (oxygen), Ca, Mg, Cu, B, and W, and the balance Fe and impurities, where a number of oxide-based inclusions, which have a total content of Ca and Mg of 20 to 40% by mass and also have a long diameter of not less than 7 ?m, is not more than a 10 per 1 mm2 of the cross section perpendicular to the working direction, or further, the number of oxide-based inclusions, which have a content of S of not less than 15% by mass and also have a long diameter of not less than 1 ?m, is not more than 10 per 0.1 mm2 of the cross section perpendicular to the working direction. Particularly, the contents of Cu, B and W are desirably 0.2 to 2%, 0.001 to 0.01%, and 0.1 to 4% by mass, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2005Date of Patent: July 8, 2008Assignee: Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Tomohiko Omura, Satoshi Matsumoto
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Publication number: 20070267110Abstract: A method is provided for manufacturing a high-strength, as-welded steel pipe product, with a minimum yield strength in excess of 80 ksi (552 MPa), suitable for use in oil and gas well casings, without the need for a post-weld heat treatment which would otherwise be required to obtain an as-welded pipe having that level of strength.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2006Publication date: November 22, 2007Inventors: Steven S. Hansen, Joseph D. Russo
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Patent number: 7288158Abstract: A flat rolled, high strength, formable steel product has a yield strength of at least about 100 ksi. The product has sufficient formability such that it can withstand a longitudinal or transverse 180° bend of less than 1.0 times its thickness and is preferably comprised of a high strength, low alloy steel composition containing a vanadium-nitride microalloy. The steel product is preferably produced by cold rolling a first steel product having a yield strength of at least about 70 ksi and a n-value from about 0.1 to about 0.16. Cold rolling of the first steel product reduces its thickness and increases its yield strength to at least 100 ksi.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2005Date of Patent: October 30, 2007Assignee: Algoma Steel Inc.Inventors: Barton A. Thomson, James W. Johnston
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Patent number: 7005016Abstract: A method of producing hot rolled steel having improved formability and minimal silver formation comprises the addition of Titanium and Boron to the molten steel to combine with and remove the free nitrogen prior to rolling. Titanium is added so that the amount of nitrogen remaining after Ti addition is about 0.0005 wt % to about 0.0025 wt % and Boron is added to remove the balance of the nitrogen by forming BN.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2001Date of Patent: February 28, 2006Assignee: Dofasco Inc.Inventors: Maria-Lynn Turi, Stephen Lynes
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Patent number: 7005017Abstract: The invention relates to a steel for mechanical construction, wherein its composition in percentages by weight is: 0.35%?C?1.2%; 0.10%?Mn?2.0%; 0.10%?Si?3.0%; traces?Cr?4.5%; traces?Mo?2.0%; traces?Ni?4.5%; traces?V?0.5%; traces?Cu?3.5% with Cu?Ni %+0.6 Si % if Cu?0.5%; traces?P?0.200%, traces?Bi?0.200%, traces?Sn?0.150%, traces?As?0.100%, traces?Sb?0.150%, with 0.050%?P %+Bi %+Sn %+As %+Sb %?0.200%, traces?Al?0.060%; traces?Ca ?0.050%; traces?B?0.01%; traces?S?0.200%; traces?Te?0.020%; traces?Se?0.040%; traces?Pb?0.070%; traces?Nb?0.050%; traces?Ti?0.050%; the remainder being iron and impurities resulting from the manufacture.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2003Date of Patent: February 28, 2006Assignee: ASCOMETALInventor: Marc Robelet
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Patent number: 6994758Abstract: The invention relates to a steel for mechanical construction, wherein its composition in percentages by weight is: 0.35%?C?2.5%; 0.10%?Mn?2.5%; 0.60%?Si?3.0%; traces?Cr?4.5%; traces?Mo?2.0%; traces?Ni?4.5%; traces?V?0.5%; traces?Cu?4% with Cu?Ni %+0.6 Si % if Cu?0.5%; traces?Al?0.060%; traces?Ca?0.050%; traces?B?0.01%; traces?S?0.200%; traces?Te?0.020%; traces?Se?0.040%; traces?Pb?0.070%; traces?Nb?0.050%; traces?Ti?0.050%; the remainder being iron and impurities resulting from the manufacture. The invention also relates to a method of hot-shaping a steel part, wherein a billet of steel of the preceding composition is obtained, it is heated to a temperature between the solidus and the liquidus so as to obtain a liquid phase and a globular solid phase, shaping of the said billet is carried out by thixoforging so as to obtain the said part, and cooling of the said part is carried out. Finally, the invention relates to a steel part thus obtained.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2003Date of Patent: February 7, 2006Assignee: AscometalInventor: Marc Robelet
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Patent number: 6982012Abstract: A method of manufacturing a high strength steel sheet containing, in mass %, C: 0.02 to 0.04%, Si: at most 0.4%, Mn: 0.5-3.0%, P: at most 0.15%, S: at most 0.03%, Al: at most 0.50%, N: at most 0.01%, and Mo: 0.01-1.0%. The method includes performing hot rough rolling either directly or after heating to a temperature of at most 1300° C., commencing hot finish rolling either directly or after reheating or holding, completing finish rolling at a temperature of at least 780° C., performing coiling after cooling to a temperature of 750° C. or below at an average cooling rate of at least 3° C./second, heating to an annealing temperature of at least 700° C. and then cooling to a temperature of 600° C. or below at an average cooling rate of at least 3° C./second, then holding in a temperature range of 450-600° C. for at least 10 seconds, and performing hot dip galvanizing after cooling.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2003Date of Patent: January 3, 2006Assignee: Sumitomo Metal Industries Ltd.Inventors: Shigeki Nomura, Hiroyuki Nakagawa, Yoshiaki Nakazawa
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Patent number: 6890480Abstract: Medium- and high-density articles are formed from melting and casting alloys containing tungsten, iron, nickel and optionally manganese and/or steel. In some embodiments, the articles have densities in the range of 8-10.5 g/cm3, and in other embodiments, the articles have densities in the range of 10.5-15 g/cm3. In some embodiments, the articles are ferromagnetic, and in others the articles are not ferromagnetic. In some embodiments, tungsten forms the largest weight percent of the alloy, and in other embodiments the alloy contains no more than 50 wt % tungsten. In some embodiments, the articles are shell shot.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2003Date of Patent: May 10, 2005Inventor: Darryl D. Amick
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Patent number: 6803712Abstract: A material for shadow mask having the following composition of components: C≦0.0008 wt %, Si≦0.03 wt %, Mn:0.1 to 0.5 wt %, P≦0.02 wt %, S≦0.02 wt %, Al:0.01 to 0.07 wt %, N≦0.0030 wt %, B: an amount satisfying the formula: 5 ppm≦B-11/14×N≦30 ppm, balance: Fe and inevitable impurities; a method for producing the material; a shadow mask using the material (cold rolled steel sheet); and an image receiving tube equipped with the shadow mask. The material has excellent etching characteristics, which are uniform within the same coil, and excellent press formability.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2001Date of Patent: October 12, 2004Assignee: Toyo Kohan Co., Ltd.Inventors: Taizo Sato, Toshiyuki Ueda, Shinichi Aoki
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Patent number: 6773522Abstract: A process and device for producing a high-strength steel strip. In the process, liquid steel is cast in at least one continuous-casting machine (1) with one or more strands to form a slab and, utilizing the casting heat, is conveyed through a furnace device (7). The slab undergoes preliminary rolling in a preliminary rolling device (10) and, in a final rolling device (14), is finishing-rolled to form a steel strip with the desired final thickness. In a continuous, endless or semi-endless process, the slab undergoes preliminary rolling in, essentially, the austenitic range in the preliminary rolling device (10) and, in the final rolling device (14), is rolled in the austenitic range or, in at lest one stand of the final rolling device (14), is rolled in the two-phase austenitic-ferritic range, the austenitic or austenitic, ferritic rolled strip. After leaving the final rolling device (14), the strip is cooled rapidly to obtain the desired structure.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2000Date of Patent: August 10, 2004Assignee: Corus Staal BVInventors: André Bodin, Thomas Martinus Hoogendoorn
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Publication number: 20040149359Abstract: The invention provides a method of fabricating a steel part by forging, the method being characterized by the following steps:Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2003Publication date: August 5, 2004Inventors: Herve Michaud, Pierre Dierickx, Gaelle Andre
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Patent number: 6767415Abstract: A killed and vacuum-degassed very-low-carbon steel containing, by weight, between 0.10 and 0.35% manganese, less than 0.006% nitrogen, less than 0.025% phosphorus, less than 0.020% sulphur, less than 0.020% silicon, at most 0.08% of at least one of the elements copper, nickel and chromium, as well as aluminum. The steel is cast in the form of a slab, the slab is hot rolled in order to obtain a hot-rolled sheet, the hot-rolled sheet is coiled, the hot-rolled sheet is cold rolled in two rolling operations separated by a continuous annealing operation. The steel contains at most 0.006% carbon by weight and 0.010% aluminum and the hot-rolled sheet is coiled at a temperature below 620° C. Preferably, the steel is killed by mixing with a slag containing adjusted amounts of aluminum and of alumina.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 1998Date of Patent: July 27, 2004Assignee: SollacInventors: Veronique Sardoy, Gilles Dahmen, Isabelle Poissonnet, Anne Blanchard, Pascal Choquet, Bernard Debiesme
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Publication number: 20040074570Abstract: An apparatus (10) includes a low-carbon steel tube (24). The low-carbon steel tube (24) yields plastically more than about 5% before fracturing at temperatures down to about −40° C. when stress is applied to the low-carbon steel tube sufficient to cause the low carbon steel tube to so yield.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2003Publication date: April 22, 2004Applicant: TRW Inc.Inventor: Eric C. Erike