Lead, Bismuth, Selenium, Tellurium Or Calcium Containing Patents (Class 420/84)
  • Patent number: 8702880
    Abstract: A high strength and low yield ratio steel that has excellent characteristics such as low temperature toughness, a tensile strength of approximately 600 MPa or more and a low yield ratio of 80% or less. The high strength and low yield ratio steel includes, by weight percent: C: 0.02 to 0.12%, Si: 0.01 to 0.8%, Mn: 0.3 to 2.5%, P: 0.02% or less, S: 0.01% or less, Al: 0.005 to 0.5%, Nb: 0.005 to 0.10%, B: 3 to 50 ppm, Ti: 0.005 to 0.1%, N: 15 to 150 ppm, Ca: 60 ppm or less, and the balance of be and inevitable impurities, and further includes at least one component selected from the group consisting of by weight percent: Cr: 0.05 to 1.0%, Mo: 0.01 to 1.0%, Ni: 0.01 to 2.0%, Cu: 0.01 to 1.0% and V: 0.005 to 0.3%, wherein a finish cooling temperature is limited to 500 to 600° C. after the finish-rolling process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Posco
    Inventors: Jae Young Cho, Kyung Keun Um, Jong Kyo Choi
  • Publication number: 20140097277
    Abstract: The invention relates to biodegradable iron alloy-containing compositions for use in preparing medical devices. In addition, biodegradable crystalline and amorphous compositions of the invention exhibit properties that make them suitable for use as medical devices for implantation into a body of a patient. The compositions include elemental iron and one or more elements selected from manganese, magnesium, zirconium, zinc and calcium. The compositions can be prepared using a high energy milling technique. The resulting compositions and the devices formed therefrom are useful in various surgical procedures, such as but not limited to orthopedic, craniofacial and cardiovascular.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2013
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH - OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION
    Inventors: PRASHANT N. KUMTA, SUNG JAE CHUNG, PARTHA SAHA, OLEG VELIKOKHATNYI, MONI KANCHAN DATTA, DAE HO HONG, DA-TREN CHOU
  • Publication number: 20140099228
    Abstract: Disclosed is a steel having high manufacturability and better rolling-contact fatigue properties. The steel contains C of 0.65% to 1.30%, Si of 0.05% to 1.00%, Mn of 0.1% to 2.00%, P of greater than 0% to 0.050%, S of greater than 0% to 0.050%, Cr of 0.15% to 2.00%, Al of 0.010% to 0.100%, N of greater than 0% to 0.025%, Ti of greater than 0% to 0.015%, and O of greater than 0% to 0.0025% and further contains iron and unavoidable impurities. Al-containing nitrogen compound particles dispersed in the steel have an average equivalent circle diameter of 25 to 200 nm, and Al-containing nitrogen compound particles each having an equivalent circle diameter of 25 to 200 nm are present in a number density of 1.1 to 6.0 per square micrometer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2011
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventor: Masaki Kaizuka
  • Patent number: 8657969
    Abstract: A high strength galvanized steel sheet has a TS of 590 MPa or more and excellent processability. The component composition contains, by mass %, C: 0.05% to 0.3%, Si: 0.7% to 2.7%, Mn: 0.5% to 2.8%, P: 0.1% or lower, S: 0.01% or lower, Al: 0.1% or lower, and N: 0.008% or lower, and the balance: Fe or inevitable impurities. The microstructure contains, in terms of area ratio, ferrite phases: 30% to 90%, bainite phases: 3% to 30%, and martensite phases: 5% to 40%, in which, among the martensite phases, martensite phases having an aspect ratio of 3 or more are present in a proportion of 30% or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiyasu Kawasaki, Tatsuya Nakagaito, Shinjiro Kaneko, Saiji Matsuoka
  • Patent number: 8647564
    Abstract: There is provided a high-strength steel plate having acicular ferrite and bainite as a main microstructure and an austenite/martensite (M & A) as a second phase under the control of a cooling rate above the austenite transformation temperature. The high-strength steel plate comprises: carbon (C): 0.03 to 0.10 wt %, silicon (Si): 0.1 to 0.4 wt %, manganese (Mn): 1.8 wt % or less, nickel (Ni): 1.0 wt % or less, titanium (Ti): 0.005 to 0.03 wt %, niobium (Nb): 0.02 to 0.10 wt %, aluminum (Al): 0.01 to 0.05 wt %, calcium (Ca): 0.006 wt % or less, nitrogen (N): 0.001 to 0.006 wt %, phosphorus (P): 0.02 wt % or less, sulfur (S): 0.005 wt % or less, and the balance of iron (Fe) and other inevitable impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: POSCO
    Inventors: Seong Soo Ahn, Jang Yong Yoo, Ki Ho Kim, Choong Jae Park, Tae Woo Lee
  • Publication number: 20140030135
    Abstract: A high-strength non-oriented electrical steel sheet contains: in mass %, C: 0.010% or less; Si: not less than 2.0% nor more than 4.0%; Mn: not less than 0.05% nor more than 0.50%; Al: not less than 0.2% nor more than 3.0%; N: 0.005% or less; S: not less than 0.005% nor more than 0.030%; and Cu: not less than 0.5% nor more than 3.0%, a balance being composed of Fe and inevitable impurities. An expression (1) is established where a Mn content is represented as [Mn] and a S content is represented as [S], and not less than 1.0×104 pieces nor more than 1.0×106 pieces of sulfide having a circle-equivalent diameter of not less than 0.1 ?m nor more than 1.0 ?m are contained per 1 mm2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2012
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: Nippon Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Arita, Masahiro Fujikura, Hidekuni Murakami
  • Publication number: 20140017112
    Abstract: Bearing steel material according to the present invention has: a properly adjusted chemical composition; an average chemical composition of oxide-inclusions which comprises 10 to 45% of CaO, 20 to 45% of Al2O3, 30 to 50% of SiO2, up to 15% (exclusive of 0) of MnO, and 3 to 10% of MgO, with the balance being unavoidable impurities; a maximum major axis diameter of the oxide inclusions in a longitudinal section of the steel material of 20 ?m or less; and a spheroidal cementite structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2012
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Masaki Kaizuka, Mutsuhisa Nagahama, Masaki Shimamoto, Tomoko Sugimura
  • Patent number: 8617462
    Abstract: A steel for an oil well pipe, having high strength and excellent SSC resistance, consists of, by mass %, C: 0.30 to 0.60%, Si: 0.05 to 0.5%, Mn: 0.05 to 1.0%, Al: 0.005 to 0.10%, Cr+Mo: 1.5 to 3.0%, wherein Mo is 0.5% or more, V: 0.05 to 0.3%, Nb: 0 to 0.1%, Ti: 0 to 0.1%, Zr: 0 to 0.1%, N (nitrogen): 0 to 0.03%, Ca: 0 to 0.01%, and the balance Fe and impurities; P 0.025% or less, S 0.01% or less, B 0.0010% or less and O (oxygen) 0.01% or less. The method involves heating the steel at 1150° C. or more; producing a seamless steel pipe by hot working; water-cooling the pipe to a temperature in a range of 400 to 600° C. immediately after finishing the working; and subjecting the pipe to a heat treatment for bainite isothermal transformation in a range of 400 to 600° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation
    Inventor: Tomohiko Omura
  • Publication number: 20130302204
    Abstract: High performance high carbon wire with refined inclusions after wire rolling, extremely low wire breakage rates at the time of drawing even in tough applications, and excellent in fatigue characteristics after wire drawing, characterized by having a predetermined composition of ingredients and in that the number ratio of inclusions satisfying (% SiO2)=40 to 95%, (% CaO)=0.5 to 30%, (% Al2O3)=0.5 to 30%, (% MgO)=0.5 to 20%, and (% MnO)=0.5 to 10% and further satisfying (% Na)=0.2 to 7% and (% F)=0.17 to 8% (below, referred to as “inclusions covered due to composition”) in the oxide-based nonmetallic inclusions of a short axis of 0.5 ?m or more, a long axis of 1.0 ?m or more, and a circle equivalent diameter (area converted to diameter) of 1 ?m or more which are seen in the L direction cross-section of the wire (below, referred to as “inclusions covered due to size”), that is, the number of inclusions covered due to composition/number of inclusions covered due to size×100, is 80% or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2012
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hajime Hasegawa, Wataru Yamada, Akihito Kiyose, Kouichi Kudou, Shingo Yamasaki
  • Publication number: 20130272913
    Abstract: This steel wire material contains 0.05%-1.2% C (“%” means “% by mass,” same hereinafter for chemical components.), 0.01%-0.7% Si, 0.1%-1.5% Mn, 0.02% max. P (not including 0%), 0.02% max. S (not including 0%), and 0.005% max. N (not including 0%), with the remainder being iron and unavoidable impurities. The steel wire material has a scale 6.0-20 ?m thick and holes of an equivalent circle diameter of 1 ?m max. in said scale that occupy 10% by area max. Said scale does not detach in the cooling process after hot rolling or during storage or transportation but can readily detach during mechanical descaling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2011
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Mikako Takeda, Shohei Nakakubo, Kazuhiko Kirihara, Masayuki Endo
  • Publication number: 20130272914
    Abstract: The steel wire material of the present invention contains 0.05 to 1.2% of C (mass %; same for the chemical components hereafter), 0.01 to 0.5% of Si, 0.1 to 1.5% of Mn, 0.02% or less (but not 0%) of P, 0.02% or less (but not 0%) of S, and 0.005% or less (but not 0%) of N, with the balance being iron and inevitable impurities. The wire material has a scale layer that is no thicker than 7.0 ?m or less. The scale layer has an FeO percentage of 30 to 80 vol % and an Fe2SiO4 percentage of less than 0.1 vol %. The scale layer that is formed will not peel when cooled after hot rolling or during storage and transport, but will easily peel during mechanical descaling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2012
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel. Ltd.)
    Inventors: Mikako Takeda, Shohei Nakakubo, Kazuhiko Kirihara, Masayuki Endo
  • Publication number: 20130259734
    Abstract: A high-strength steel sheet has a chemical composition including 0.05% to 0.3% of C, 1% to 3% of Si, 0.5% to 3% of Mn, 0% to 0.1% of P, 0% to 0.01% of S, 0.001% to 0.1% of Al, and 0.002% to 0.03% of N in mass percent; further includes iron and impurities; and has a structure including 50% to 90% of bainitic ferrite, 3% or more of retained austenite (?R), a total of 10% to 50% of martensite and the retained austenite, and 0% to 40% of polygonal ferrite in area percent based on the entire structure. The retained austenite has a carbon content (C?R) of 0.5% to 1.2% by mass. The steel sheet includes 0.3% or more of the retained austenite that is surrounded by martensite. The high-strength steel sheet has a strength of 980 MPa or more and exhibits better ductility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2011
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Elijah Kakiuchi, Toshio Murakami, Hideo Hata, Tatsuya Asai, Naoki Mizuta
  • Publication number: 20130260164
    Abstract: A steel plate is provided which has excellent hydrogen induced cracking resistance. The steel plate is suitable for use in a line pipe. The steel plate satisfies a predetermined composition. In a composition of an inclusion contained in the steel and having a width of 1 ?m or more, the ratio (RES/CaS) of the mass of an REM sulfide (RES) to that of a Ca sulfide (CaS) is equal to or more than 0.05, a Zr content of the inclusion is in a range of 5 to 60%, and a Nb content of the inclusion is 5% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventor: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
  • Patent number: 8535459
    Abstract: The present invention provides a steel material for hardening, including chemical components, by mass %, of: C: 0.15 to 0.60%; Si: 0.01 to 1.5%; Mn: 0.05 to 2.5%; P: 0.005 to 0.20%; S: 0.001 to 0.35%; Al: over 0.06 to 0.3%; and total N: 0.006 to 0.03%, with a balance including Fe and inevitable impurities including B of not more than 0.0004%, in which a hardness R at a position 5 mm away from a quenching end measured through a Jominy-type end-quenching method specified in JIS G 0561, and a calculation hardness H at a position 4.763 mm away from the quenching end satisfy the following Equation (1). H×0.948?R?H×1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation
    Inventors: Kei Miyanishi, Manabu Kubota, Shuji Kozawa
  • Publication number: 20130236350
    Abstract: A high-strength steel sheet has a chemical composition including 0.05% to 0.3% of C, 1% to 3% of Si, 0.5% to 3% of Mn, 0% to 0.1% of P, 0.001% to 0.1% of Al, and 0.002% to 0.03% of N, in mass percent; further includes iron and impurities; and has a structure including 50% to 90% of bainitic ferrite, 5% to 20% of retained austenite (?R), a total of 10% to 50% of martensite and the retained austenite, and 0% to 40% of polygonal ferrite, in area percent based on the entire structure. The retained austenite has a carbon content (C?R) of 0.5% to 1.2% by mass, an average equivalent circle diameter of 0.2 to 2 ?m, and an average aspect ratio (maximum diameter/minimum diameter) of less than 3.0. The high-strength steel sheet excels both in elongation and deep drawability while having a strength of 980 MPa or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2011
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Elijah Kakiuchi, Toshio Murakami, Hideo Hata, Tatsuya Asai, Naoki Mizuta
  • Publication number: 20130224063
    Abstract: Disclosed are a steel plate for a line pipe having excellent hydrogen induced crack resistance with a tensile strength of 450 MPa or more, and a preparation method thereof. According to the present invention, the steel plate for a line pipe, having excellent hydrogen induced crack resistance comprises: 0.03-0.05 wt % of carbon (C); 0.2-0.3 wt % of silicon (Si); 0.5-1.3 wt % of manganese (Mn); 0.010 wt % or less of phosphorus (P); 0.005 wt % or less of sulfur (S); 0.02-0.05 wt % of aluminum (Al); 0.2-0.5 wt % of nickel (Ni); 0.2-0.3 wt % of chromium (Cr); 0.03-0.05 wt % of niobium (Nb); 0.02-0.05 wt % of vanadium (V); 0.01-0.02 wt % of titanium (Ti); 0.001-0.004 wt % of calcium (Ca); and a balance of iron (Fe) and inevitable impurities, and has a tensile strength of 450 MPa or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2013
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: HYUNDAI STEEL COMPANY
    Inventor: Hyundai Steel Company
  • Publication number: 20130216422
    Abstract: Provided is an abrasion-resistant steel plate or sheet which exhibits excellent weld toughness and excellent delayed fracture resistance and is thus suitable for construction machines, industrial machines, and so on. Specifically provided is a steel plate or sheet which contains, in mass %, 0.20 to 0.30% of C, 0.05 to 1.0% of Si, 0.40 to 1.2% of Mn, 0.010% or less of P, 0.005% or less of S, 0.40 to 1.5% of Cr, 0.005 to 0.025% of Nb, 0.005 to 0.03% of Ti, 0.1% or less of Al, 0.01% or less of N, and, as necessary, one or more of Mo, W, B, Cu, Ni, V, REM, Ca and Mg, and has a DI* of 45 to 180 while satisfying the relationship: C+Mn/4?Cr/3+10P?0.47, and which has a microstructure that comprises martensite as the matrix phase. DI*=33.85×(0.1×C)0.5×(0.7×Si+1)×(3.33×Mn+1)×(0.35×Cu+1)×(0.36×Ni+1)×(2.16×Cr+1)×(3×Mo+1)×(1.75×V+1)×(1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keiji Ueda, Shinichi Suzuki
  • Patent number: 8506727
    Abstract: The invention relates to a steel material composition, in particular for producing piston rings and cylinder sleeves, containing the following elements in the given fractions in relation to 100% by weight of the steel material: 0.5-1.2% by weight C, 2.0-20.0% by weight Cr, 49.0-97.1% by weight Fe, 0.1-3.0% by weight Mn, 0.1-3.0% by weight Mo, 0.-7.0% by weight Nb, 2.0-10.0% by weight Si, 0-7.0% by weight Ti, 0.-7.0% by weight V and 0.-0.5% by weight W, the sum of the fractions of Nb, Ti, V and W being 2.0-7.0% by weight. Said composition can be produced by melting the starting materials and casting the melt in a pre-fabricated mold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Federal-Mogul Burscheid GmbH
    Inventor: Laszlo Pelsoeczy
  • Patent number: 8475605
    Abstract: In the steel for a surface layer hardening which is treated with carburizing in a temperature range of 800° C. to 900° C., chemical composition thereof contains, by mass %, C: 0.10% to 0.60%, Si: 0.01% to 2.50%, Mn: 0.20% to 2.00%, S: 0.0001% to 0.10%, Cr: 2.00% to 5.00%, Al: 0.001% to 0.50%, N: 0.0020% to 0.020%, P: 0.001% to 0.050%, and O: 0.0001% to 0.0030%; the remaining portion thereof includes Fe and unavoidable impurities; and the total amount of Cr, Si, and Mn satisfies, by mass %, 2.0?Cr+Si+Mn?8.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation
    Inventors: Manabu Kubota, Tatsuro Ochi
  • Publication number: 20130153091
    Abstract: A hot-rolled steel sheet has an average value of the X-ray random intensity ratio of a {100} <011> to {223} <110> orientation group at least in a sheet thickness central portion that is in a sheet thickness range of ? to ? from a steel sheet surface of 1.0 to 6.0, an X-ray random intensity ratio of a {332} <113> crystal orientation of 1.0 to 5.0, rC which is an r value in a direction perpendicular to a rolling direction of 0.70 to 1.10, and r30 which is an r value in a direction that forms an angle of 30° with respect to the rolling direction of 0.70 to 1.10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2011
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Fujita, Kunio Hayashi, Riki Okamoto, Manabu Takahashi, Tetsuo Kishimoto, Hiroshi Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20130146182
    Abstract: A high strength, high toughness steel alloy is disclosed. The alloy has the following broad weight percent composition. Element Broad C 0.35-0.55 Mn 0.6-1.2 Si 0.9-2.5 P 0.01 max. S 0.001 max.? Cr 0.75-2.0? Ni 3.5-7.0 Mo + ½ W 0.4-1.3 Cu 0.5-0.6 Co 0.01 max. V + (5/9) × Nb 0.2-1.0 Fe Balance Included in the balance are the usual impurities found in commercial grades of steel alloys produced for similar use and properties. Also disclosed is a hardened and tempered article that has very high strength and fracture toughness. The article is formed from the alloy having the broad weight percent composition set forth above. The alloy article according to this aspect of the invention is further characterized by being tempered at a temperature of about 500° F. to 600° F.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2012
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Applicant: CRS HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventor: CRS Holdings, Inc.
  • Publication number: 20130101457
    Abstract: This steel for a machine structure contains, in mass %: C: 0.40% to less than 0.75%; Si: 0.01% to 3.0%; Mn: 0.1% to 1.8%; S: 0.001% to 0.1%; Al: more than 0.1% and not more than 1.0%; N: 0.001% to 0.02%; and P: limited to not more than 0.05%, with a balance including Fe and inevitable impurities, in which the steel satisfies 139.38 ?214×[C]+30.6×[Si]+42.8×[Mn]?14.7×[Al]?177 and 0.72?[C]+1/7×[Si]+1/5×[Mn]<1.539.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2011
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiharu Aiso, Suguru Yoshida, Manabu Kubota, Kei Miyanishi, Shuji Kozawa
  • Publication number: 20130084205
    Abstract: The present invention provides a steel which simultaneously satisfies a plurality of characteristics, specifically, a steel for tubes with excellent sulfide stress cracking resistance, including, C: 0.2 to 0.7%; Si: 0.01 to 0.8%; Mn: 0.1 to 1.5%; S: not more than 0.005%; P: not more than 0.03%; Al: 0.0005 to 0.1%; Ti: 0.005 to 0.05%; Ca: 0.0004 to 0.005%; N: not more than 0.007%; Cr: 0. 1 to 1.5%; and Mo: 0.2 to 1.0%; the balance being Fe, Mg and impurities, being characterized in that: the content of Mg is not less than 1.0 ppm and not more than 5.0 ppm; and inclusions of not less than 50% of the total number of those in steel have such a morphology that Mg—Al—O-based oxides exist at the central part of the inclusion, Ca—Al-based oxides enclose the Mg—Al—O-based oxides, and Ti-containing-carbonitrides further exist on a periphery of the Ca—Al-based oxides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2011
    Publication date: April 4, 2013
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMMITOMA METALCORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Numata, Tomohiko Omura, Masayuki Morimoto, Toru Takayama, Atsushi Soma
  • Patent number: 8404178
    Abstract: The invention provides a high-strength pearlitic steel rail, which is inexpensive, and has a tensile strength of 1200 MPa or more, and is excellent in delayed fracture properties. Specifically, the rail contains, in mass percent, C of 0.6 to 1.0%, Si of 0.1 to 1.5%, Mn of 0.4 to 2.0%, P of 0.035% or less, S of 0.0005 to 0.010%, and the remainder is Fe and inevitable impurities, wherein tensile strength is 1200 MPa or more, and size of a long side of an A type inclusion is 250 mm or less in at least a cross-section in a longitudinal direction of a rail head, and the number of A type inclusions, each having a size of a long side of 1 mm to 250 mm, is less than 25 per observed area of 1 mm2 in the cross-section in the longitudinal direction of the rail head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Minoru Honjo, Tatsumi Kimura, Shinichi Suzuki, Nobuo Shikanai
  • Publication number: 20130039803
    Abstract: Disclosed is a high-strength steel plate having a predetermined chemical composition, in which a microstructure of the steel plate at a depth of one-fourth to one half the thickness from a surface has an area fraction of bainite of 90% or more, an average lath width of bainite of 3.5 ?m or less, and a maximum equivalent circle diameter of martensite-austenite constituents in bainite of 3.0 ?m or less. The steel plate exhibits high strengths and good drop weight properties and is useful as structural materials for offshore structure, ships, and bridges, as well as materials for pressure vessels in nuclear power plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2011
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Takaoka, Eiichi Tamura
  • Publication number: 20130025747
    Abstract: A steel for an induction hardening including, by mass %, C: more than 0.75% to 1.20%, Si: 0.002 to 3.00%, Mn: 0.20 to 2.00%, S: 0.002 to 0.100%, Al: more than 0.050% to 3.00%, P: limited to 0.050% or less, N: limited to 0.0200% or less, O: limited to: 0.0030% or less, and the balance composing of iron and unavoidable impurities, wherein an Al content and a N content satisfy, by mass %, Al?(27/14)×N>0.050%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2011
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Inventors: Manabu Kubota, Toshiharu Aiso, Kei Miyanishi
  • Patent number: 8361382
    Abstract: A steel rail including a composition of, in mass percent, C of 0.6% to 1.0%, Si of 0.1% to 1.5%, Mn of 0.4% to 2.0%, P of 0.035% or less, S of 0.010% or less, Ca of 0.0010% to 0.010%, and the remainder being Fe and inevitable impurities, wherein the tensile strength is 1200 MPa or more, and the size of a long side of a C type inclusion is 50 ?m or less in at least a cross-section in a longitudinal direction of a rail head, and the number of Ca type inclusions, each having a size of a long side of 1 ?m to 50 ?m, is 0.2 to 10 per observed area of 1 mm2 in the cross-section in the longitudinal direction of the rail head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Minoru Honjo, Tatsumi Kimura, Shinichi Suzuki, Nobuo Shikanai
  • Publication number: 20130022490
    Abstract: Disclosed is a high-strength steel plate with excellent warm workability that has a component composition comprising, in mass %, 0.05 to 0.4% C, 0.5 to 3% Si+Al, 0.5 to 3% Mn, no more than 0.15% P (not including 0%), and no more than 0.02% S (including 0%), with the remainder comprising iron and impurities, and a composition that includes a total of 45 to 80% martensite and/or bainitic ferrite in terms of the area ratio relative to the entire composition, 5 to 40% polygonal ferrite in terms of the area ratio relative to the entire composition, and 5 to 20% retained austenite in terms of the area ratio relative to the entire composition, wherein the C concentration (C?R) within said residual austenite is in the range of 0.6 mass % to less than 1.0 mass %, and that furthermore may include bainite. In the high-strength steel plate, TRIP effects are achieved to the fullest extent in warm working, and increased ductility over prior steel plates is reliably achieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2011
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Hideo Hata, Toshio Murakami, Yukihiro Utsumi
  • Publication number: 20120328901
    Abstract: With regard to an Al content (%) and a Si content (%), a relation of a formula (A) is established, and an average value Yave defined by a formula (B) regarding hardnesses measured at 100 points or more with a nanoindenter is equal to or more than 40. 0.3?0.7×[Si]+[Al]?1.5??(A) Yave=?(180×(Xi?3)?2/n)??(B) ([Al] indicates the Al content (%), [Si] indicates the Si content (%), n indicates a total number of the measuring points of the hardnesses, and Xi indicates the hardness (GPa) at the i-th measuring point (i is a natural number equal to or less than n).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2011
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Inventors: Toshiki Nonaka, Naoki Matsutani, Toshio Ogawa, Nobuhiro Fujita
  • Publication number: 20120321502
    Abstract: A non-oriented electrical steel sheet contains Cr: 0.3 mass % to 5.3 mass %, Si: 1.5 mass % to 4 mass %, Al: 0.4 mass % to 3 mass %, and W: 0.0003 mass % to 0.01 mass %. A C content is 0.006 mass % or less, a Mn content is 1.5 mass % or less, a S content is 0.003 mass % or less, and a N content is 0.003 mass % or less, and the balance is composed of Fe and inevitable impurities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2011
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Inventors: Takahide Shimazu, Hotaka Honma, Yousuke Kurosaki, Hisashi Logi, Kenji Kosuge, Takeaki Wakisaka
  • Publication number: 20120291927
    Abstract: Drawn heat treated steel wire for high strength spring use is provided containing, by mass %, C: 0.67% to less than 0.9%, Si: 2.0 to 3.5%, Mn: 0.5 to 1.2%, Cr: 1.3 to 2.5%, N: 0.003 to 0.007%, and Al: 0.0005% to 0.003%, having Si and Cr satisfying the following formula: 0.3%?Si?Cr?1.2%, and having a balance of iron and unavoidable impurities, having as impurities, P: 0.025% or less and S: 0.025% or less, furthermore having a circle equivalent diameter of undissolved spherical carbides of less than 0.2 ?m, further having, as a metal structure, at least residual austenite in a volume rate of over 6% to 15%, having a prior austenite grain size number of #10 or more, and having a circle equivalent diameter of undissolved spherical carbides of less than 0.2 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2011
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masayuki Hashimura, Tetsushi Chida
  • Patent number: 8298355
    Abstract: A soft magnetic alloy that in an FeCo nanocrystal soft magnetic material, exhibits a high saturation magnetic flux density of 1.85 T or more, and that ensures prolonged nozzle life and easy ribbon production; an amorphous alloy ribbon for use in production thereof; and magnetic parts utilizing the soft magnetic alloy. The soft magnetic alloy has the composition of the formula Fe100-x-y-aCoaCuxBy (in the formula, x, y and a each represent atomic % and satisfy the relationships 1<x?3, 10?y?20 and 10<a<25). At least part of the structure thereof consists of a crystal phase of 60 nm or less (not including 0) crystal grain diameter. The soft magnetic alloy has a saturation magnetic flux density of 1.85 T or more and a coercive force of 200 A/m or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Hitachi Metals, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihito Yoshizawa, Motoki Ohta
  • Patent number: 8293379
    Abstract: The quenchable steel sheet has an alloy composition including carbon (C) in an amount of 0.15˜0.30 wt %, silicon (Si) in an amount of 0.05˜0.5 wt %, manganese (Mn) in an amount of 1.0˜2.0 wt %, boron (B) in an amount of 0.0005˜0.0040 wt %, sulfur (S) in an amount of 0.003 wt % or less, phosphorus (P) in an amount of 0.012 wt % or less, one or more selected from among calcium (Ca) in an amount of 0.0010˜0.0040 wt % and copper (Cu) in an amount of 0.05˜1.0 wt %, two or more selected from among cobalt (Co), zirconium (Zr) and antimony (Sb), and iron (Fe). Alloy elements are controlled to increasing hot ductility and enabling pressing at 600˜900° C. so that a tensile strength of 1400 MPa or more and an elongation of 8% or more are obtained after pressing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Hyundai Steel Company
    Inventors: Taekjoon Kim, Seungha Lee, Seongju Kim
  • Patent number: 8273292
    Abstract: The present invention provides a steel for machine and structural use which sustains mechanical properties such as strength by reducing S content, and exerts excellent machinability (in particular, tool life) in both of intermittent cutting with HSS tools and continuous cutting with carbide tools. The invention relates to a steel for machine and structural use which contains an oxide inclusion containing, wherein a total mass of an average composition of the oxide inclusions is 100%: CaO: 10 to 55 mass %; SiO2: 20 to 70 mass %; Al2O3: more than 0 and 35 mass % or less; MgO: more than 0 and 20 mass % or less; MnO: more than 0 and 5 mass % or less; and one or more members selected from the group consisting of Li2O, Na2O, K2O, BaO, SrO and TiO2: 0.5 to 20 mass % in total.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Koichi Sakamoto, Motohiro Horiguchi, Shogo Murakami, Hiroshi Yaguchi, Shinsuke Masuda, Koichi Akazawa
  • Patent number: 8187530
    Abstract: An object of this invention is to provide a steel for high-cleanliness spring which is useful for the production of a spring excellent in fatigue characteristics in high Si steels. The steel for high-cleanliness spring with excellent fatigue characteristics according to the invention contains: in terms of mass %, C: 1.2% or less (excluding 0%); Si: 1.8% to 4%; Mn: 0.1% to 2.0%; and total Al: 0.01% or less (excluding 0%), with the remainder being iron and inevitable impurities, in which the Si amount and a solute (SIMS) Ca amount in the steel satisfy a relationship of the following expression (1): Si×10?7?solute (SIMS) Ca?Si×5×10?7??(1) (in which each of the solute (SIMS) Ca and Si represents the amount thereof (mass %) in the steel).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoko Sugimura, Koichi Sakamoto, Yoshio Fukuzaki, Atsuhiko Yoshida, Takeshi Inoue
  • Patent number: 8182740
    Abstract: High-strength steel sheet excellent in hole-expandability and ductility, characterized by; comprising, in mass %, C: not less than 0.01% and not more than 0.20%, Si: not more than 1.5%, Al: not more than 1.5%, Mn: not less than 0.5% and not more than 3.5%, P: not more than 0.2%, S: not less than 0.0005% and not more than 0.009%, N: not more than 0.009%, Mg: not less than 0.0006% and not more than 0.01%, O: not more than 0.005% and Ti: not less than 0.01% and not more than 0.20% and/or Nb: not less than 0.01% and not more than 0.10%, with the balance consisting iron and unavoidable impurities, having Mn %, Mg %, S % and O % satisfying equations (1) to (3), and having the structure primarily comprising one or more of ferrite, bainite and martensite. [Mg %]?([O %]/16×0.8)×24??(1) [S %]?([Mg %]/24?[O %]/16×0.8+0.00012)×32??(2) [S %]?0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Nippon Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Riki Okamoto, Hirokazu Taniguchi, Masashi Fukuda
  • Publication number: 20120121453
    Abstract: A thick steel plate and a UOE steel pipe having a high strength of at least X60 grade and improved resistance to HIC have a chemical composition consisting essentially of, in mass percent, C: 0.02-0.07%, Si: 0.05-0.50%, Mn: 1.1-1.6%, P: at most 0.015%, S: at most 0.002%, Nb: 0.005-0.060%, Ti: 0.005-0.030%, Al: 0.005-0.06%, Ca: 0.0005-0.0060%, N: 0.0015-0.007%, at least one of Cu, Ni, Cr, and Mo in a total amount of greater than 0.1% and less than 1.5%, and a remainder of Fe and impurities, wherein the degrees of segregation of Nb and Ti are both at most 2.0, and the ratio of (the degree of Nb segregation)/(the degree of Mn segregation) and the ratio of (the degree of Ti segregation)/(the degree of Mn segregation) are both at least 1.0 and at most 1.5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Applicant: SUMITOMO METAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuaki Takahashi, Akio Yamamoto, Izuru Minato
  • Publication number: 20120093678
    Abstract: The present invention provides a steel material for automobile chassis parts, having high fatigue characteristics, without a heat treatment, and superior shapeability, and a method of production of such automobile chassis parts. The surface of the steel has a high hardness and the center has a low hardness, providing the superior characteristics. With an annealing step of the invention, it is possible to relieve internal stress and further improve fatigue characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2011
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideyuki NAKAMURA, Isao Anai, Yasushi Yamamoto, Takaaki Fukushi, Izuru Yamamoto, Masaaki Kondo, Satoru Shimazu
  • Publication number: 20120076685
    Abstract: A steel rail including a composition of, in mass percent, C of 0.6% to 1.0%, Si of 0.1% to 1.5%, Mn of 0.4% to 2.0%, P of 0.035% or less, S of 0.010% or less, Ca of 0.0010% to 0.010%, and the remainder being Fe and inevitable impurities, wherein the tensile strength is 1200 MPa or more, and the size of a long side of a C type inclusion is 50 ?m or less in at least a cross-section in a longitudinal direction of a rail head, and the number of Ca type inclusions, each having a size of a long side of 1 ?m to 50 ?m, is 0.2 to 10 per observed area of 1 mm2 in the cross-section in the longitudinal direction of the rail head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2011
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Minoru Honjo, Tatsumi Kimura, Shinichi Suzuki, Nobuo Shikanai
  • Publication number: 20120063944
    Abstract: Bearing component (10) containing steel that comprises, by weight, 10-30 ppm Ca, max 20 ppm S and max 15 ppm O and in that said steel includes sulphide inclusions and less than 5% of the sulphide inclusions contain encapsulated or embedded oxide inclusions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2010
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Inventors: Thore Lund, Ingemar Strandell
  • Patent number: 8124008
    Abstract: A low carbon free cutting steel can be obtained by allowing the steel to contain 0.02 to 0.15 mass % of C, 0.05 to 1.8 mass % of Mn, 0.20 to 0.49 mass % of S, more than 0.01 mass % and not more than 0.03 mass % of O, 0.3 to 2.3% of Cr, and the balance consisting of Fe and inevitable impurities, the Cr/S ratio falling within a range of between 2 and 6.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignees: JFE Bars & Shapes Corporation, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science & Technology
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Murakami, Tetsuo Shiraga, Kiyohito Ishida, Katsunari Oikawa
  • Publication number: 20120027637
    Abstract: A steel for a welded structure includes the following composition: by mass %, C at a C content [C] of 0.010 to 0.065%; Si at a Si content [Si] of 0.05 to 0.20%; Mn at a Mn content [Mn] of 1.52 to 2.70%; Ni at a Ni content [Ni] of 0.10% to 1.50%; Ti at a Ti content [Ti] of 0.005 to 0.015%; 0 at an O content [O] of 0.0010 to 0.0045%; N at a N content [N] of 0.002 to 0.006%; Mg at a Mg content [Mg] of 0.0003 to 0.003%; Ca at a Ca content [Ca] of 0.0003 to 0.003%; and the balance composed of Fe and unavoidable impurities. A steel component parameter PCTOD is 0.065% or less, and a steel component hardness parameter CeqH is 0.235% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2010
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Watanabe, Kazuhiro Fukunaga, Akihiko Kojima, Ryuji Uemori, Rikio Chijiiwa
  • Publication number: 20120018050
    Abstract: In the steel for a surface layer hardening which is treated with carburizing in a temperature range of 800° C. to 900° C., chemical composition thereof contains, by mass %, C: 0.10% to 0.60%, Si: 0.01% to 2.50%, Mn: 0.20% to 2.00%, S: 0.0001% to 0.10%, Cr: 2.00% to 5.00%, Al: 0.001% to 0.50%, N: 0.0020% to 0.020%, P: 0.001% to 0.050%, and O: 0.0001% to 0.0030%; the remaining portion thereof includes Fe and unavoidable impurities; and the total amount of Cr, Si, and Mn satisfies, by mass %, 2.0?Cr+Si+Mn?8.0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2011
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicant: JX Nippon Mining & Metals Corporation
    Inventors: Manabu Kubota, Tatsuro Ochi
  • Publication number: 20120014828
    Abstract: In a non-oriented electrical steel sheet, Si: not less than 1.0 mass % nor more than 3.5 mass %, Al: not less than 0.1 mass % nor more than 3.0 mass %, Ti: not less than 0.001 mass % nor more than 0.01 mass %, Bi: not less than 0.001 mass % nor more than 0.01 mass %, and so on are contained. (1) expression described below is satisfied when a Ti content (mass %) is represented as [Ti] and a Bi content (mass %) is represented as [Bi]. [Ti]?0.8×[Bi]+0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2010
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masafumi Miyazaki, Hideaki Yamamura, Takeshi Kubota, Yousuke Kurosaki, Kazuto Kawakami, Kazumi Mizukami, Takeaki Wakisaki
  • Publication number: 20110318219
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an implant, in particular an intraluminal endoprosthesis, the body of which comprises at least predominantly a material with iron as the main constituent. For accelerating the degradation, the material comprises sulfur as first minor constituent with a concentration of more than 0.2% by weight and not more than 1% by weight, preferably not more than 0.5% by weight, and comprises as second minor constituent at least one element of the group which comprises calcium, manganese and magnesium. Furthermore, a method for producing such an implant is described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2011
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: BIOTRONIK AG
    Inventor: Ullrich Bayer
  • Publication number: 20110318605
    Abstract: A high strength steel sheet contains, in percent by mass, 0.03 to 0.2% of C, 0.5 to 2.5% of Si, 1 to 3.0% of Mn, 0.01 to 0.5% of Cr, 0.01 to 0.5% of Mo, 0.02 to 0.15% of Al, 0.15% or less of Ti, 0.15% or less of No, and 0.15% or less of V; wherein the remainder includes Fe and inevitable impurities, and the content of Si satisfies the following formula (1), ?-4.1[Si]?-2.4??(1), provided, ?=6.9×([C]+[Mn]/6+[Cr]/5+[Mo]/4+[Ti]/15+[Nb]/17+[V]/14)1/2 is given, wherein [ ] shows the quantity (mass percent) of each element contained in the steel sheet. The high strength steel sheet is improved in formability (particularly, elongation), and excellent in balance between strength and elongation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2011
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Yuichi FUTAMURA, Katsuhiro Yamamoto, Masaaki Miura
  • Publication number: 20110311391
    Abstract: The invention relates to a steel material composition, in particular for producing piston rings and cylinder sleeves, containing the following elements in the given fractions in relation to 100% by weight of the steel material: 0.5-1.2% by weight C, 2.0-20.0% by weight Cr, 49.0-97.1% by weight Fe, 0.1-3.0% by weight Mn, 0.1-3.0% by weight Mo, 0.-7.0% by weight Nb, 2.0-10.0% by weight Si, 0-7.0% by weight Ti, 0.-7.0% by weight V and 0.-0.5% by weight W, the sum of the fractions of Nb, Ti, V and W being 2.0-7.0% by weight. Said composition can be produced by melting the starting materials and casting the melt in a pre-fabricated mould.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2009
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Applicant: FEDERAL-MOGUL BURSCHEID GMBH
    Inventor: Laszlo Pelsoeczy
  • Publication number: 20110274578
    Abstract: The present invention is steel for surface hardening for machine structural use which contains, by mass %, C: 0.3 to 0.6%, Si: 0.02 to 2.0%, Mn: 0.35 to less than 1.5%, and Al: 0.01 to 0.5%, is restricted to B: less than 0.0003%, S: 0.0001 to 0.021%, N: 0.003 to 0.0055%, P: 0.0001 to 0.03%, and O: 0.0001 to 0.0050%, has a ratio Mn/S of Mn and S satisfying 70 to 30,000, has a balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities, and, when nitrided, then induction hardened, has a surface hardenability of a Vicker's hardness when tempered at 300° C. of 650 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2010
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Inventors: Atsushi Mizuno, Masayuki Hashimura, Kei Miyanishi, Shuji Kozawa
  • Patent number: 8038934
    Abstract: A spring steel having a high strength of 1900 MPa or more and superior in the brittle fracture resistance, as well as a method for manufacturing the same, are provided. The high strength spring steel comprises, as basic components in mass %, C: 0.4-0.6%, Si: 1.4-3.0%, Mn: 0.1-1.0%, Cr: 0.2-2.5%, P: 0.025% or less, S: 0.025% or less, N: 0.006% or less, Al: 0.1% or less, and O: 0.003% or less, the amount of solute C being 0.15% or less, the amount of Cr contained as a Cr-containing precipitate being 0.10% or less, and a TS value represented by the following equation being 24.8% or more, and in point of structure, the pre-austenite grain diameter being 10 ?m or smaller, wherein TS=28.5*[C]+4.9*[Si]+0.5*[Mn]+2.5*[Cr]+1.7*[V]+3.7*[Mo] where [X] stands for mass % of element X.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takuya Kochi, Hiroshi Yaguchi, Wataru Urushihara
  • Publication number: 20110229363
    Abstract: The present invention provides a steel for machine and structural use which sustains mechanical properties such as strength by reducing S content, and exerts excellent machinability (in particular, tool life) in both of intermittent cutting with HSS tools and continuous cutting with carbide tools. The invention relates to a steel for machine and structural use which contains an oxide inclusion containing, wherein a total mass of an average composition of the oxide inclusions is 100%: CaO: 10 to 55 mass %; SiO2: 20 to 70 mass %; Al2O3: more than 0 and 35 mass % or less; MgO: more than 0 and 20 mass % or less; MnO: more than 0 and 5 mass % or less; and one or more members selected from the group consisting of Li2O, Na2O, K2O, BaO, SrO and TiO2: 0.5 to 20 mass % in total.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2009
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (KOBE STEEL, LTD.)
    Inventors: Koichi Sakamoto, Motohiro Horiguchi, Shogo Murakami, Hiroshi Yaguchi, Shinsuke Masuda, Koichi Akazawa