Nickel Containing Patents (Class 420/92)
  • Patent number: 11967446
    Abstract: An inductor is disclosed, the inductor comprising: a T-shaped magnetic core, being made of a material comprising an annealed soft magnetic metal material and having a base and a pillar integrally formed with the base, wherein ?C×Hsat?1800, where ?C is a permeability of the T-shaped magnetic core, and Hsat (Oe) is a strength of the magnetic field at 80% of ?C0, where ?C0 is the permeability of the T-shaped magnetic core when the strength of the magnetic field is 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: CYNTEC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chun-Tiao Liu, Lan-Chin Hsieh, Tsung-Chan Wu, Chi-Hsun Lee, Chih-Siang Chuang
  • Patent number: 11921516
    Abstract: Provided is a driving assistance system using a magnetic marker capable of providing more pieces of information. In the driving assistance system for assisting driving of a vehicle, a magnetic marker (1) including a magnet sheet (11) serving as a magnetism generating unit which generates a magnetic field and also an RFID tag (15) as an information providing unit which provides information to a vehicle side is laid on a travelling road of the vehicle, and the vehicle includes a magnetic sensor serving as a magnetism detecting unit which magnetically detects the magnetic marker (1) and also a tag reader as an information acquiring unit which acquires the information provided by the RFID tag (15) included in the magnetic marker (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: AICHI STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michiharu Yamamoto, Tomohiko Nagao, Hitoshi Aoyama
  • Patent number: 11884999
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a Fe-based alloy for melt-solidification-shaping containing: 0.05 mass %?C?0.25 mass %, 0.01 mass %?Si?2.0 mass %, 0.05 mass %?Mn?2.5 mass %, 2.5 mass %?Ni?9.0 mass %, 0.1 mass %?Cr?8.0 mass %, and 0.005 mass %?N?0.200 mass %, with the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities, and satisfying: 11.5<15C+Mn+0.5Cr+Ni<20.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: DAIDO STEEL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takashi Yoshimoto
  • Patent number: 11761053
    Abstract: A railway wheel having, in mass %, C: 0.80 to 1.15%, Si: 1.00% or less, Mn: 0.10 to 1.25%, P: 0.050% or less, S: 0.030% or less, Al: 0.025 to 0.650%, N: 0.0030 to 0.0200%, Cr: 0 to 0.60%, and V: 0 to 0.12%, with the balance being Fe and impurities. The railway wheel has a hub part, a rim part including a tread and a flange, and a web part disposed between the hub part and the rim part. The area fraction of pearlite in the hub, web, and rim parts is 95% or more, and the amount of pro-eutectoid cementite is not more than 1.0 pieces/100 ?m. The amount of pro-eutectoid cementite is calculated as (pieces/100 ?m)=a total sum of the number of pieces of pro-eutectoid cementite which intersect with two diagonal lines in a square visual field of 200 ?m×200 ?m/(5.66×100 ?m).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Taketo Maejima, Manabu Kubota
  • Patent number: 11697507
    Abstract: An aircraft with a multi-walled fuel tank and method of manufacturing is presented. The aircraft includes a blended wing body and a fuel tank attached to the blended wing body configured to store liquified gas fuel. The fuel tank includes an inner wall, outer wall, and interstitial volume in between that is filled with insulation. The interstitial volume includes a reflective film layer and a structural insulation layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Blended Wing Aircraft, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald Tatsuji Kawai, Blaine Knight Rawdon
  • Patent number: 11453934
    Abstract: The present invention relates to high-strength high-toughness low-temperature thick-plate structural steel and a heat treatment method thereof. The steel is composed of the following components by weight percentage: C: 0.03-0.08%, Cr: 0.8-1.9%, Mn: 0.01-1.0%, Ni: 3.5-7%, Mo: 0.2-0.5%, V: 0.15-0.2%, Nb: 0.01-0.05%, Cu: 1.2-3.8%, Al: 0-0.5%, P: <0.015%, S: <0.010%, and Fe and inevitable impurities as balance. Compared with the prior art, a steel plate prepared in the present invention can be used at low temperature of ?20 to ?120° C. and ?196° C., maintains relatively high strength and certain toughness, and mainly resolves a technical problem that existing high-strength high-toughness quenched and tempered steel cannot meet equipment requirements in polar resource and energy development; transportation, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Inventors: Qingdong Liu, Wei Hou, Jianfeng Gu
  • Patent number: 10883159
    Abstract: Provided are high-strength steel having superior brittle crack arrestability and a production method therefor. The high-strength steel comprises 0.05-0.1 wt % of C, 1.5-2.2 wt % of Mn, 0.3-1.2 wt % of Ni, 0.005-0.1 wt % of Nb, 0.005-0.1 wt % of Ti, 0.1-0.5 wt % of Cu, 0.1-0.3 wt % of Si, at most 100 ppm of P, and at most 40 ppm of S with the remainder being Fe and other inevitable impurities, has microstructures including one structure selected from the group consisting of a single-phase structure of ferrite, a single phase structure of bainite, a complex-phase structure of ferrite and bainite, a complex-phase structure of ferrite and pearlite, and a complex-phase structure of ferrite, bainite, and pearlite, and has a thickness of at least 50 mm. The high-strength steel has high yield strength and superior brittle crack arrestability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: POSCO
    Inventors: Hak-Cheol Lee, Sung-Ho Jang
  • Patent number: 10822671
    Abstract: Provided are high-strength steel having superior brittle crack arrestability and a production method therefor. The structural ultra-thick steel comprises 0.05-0.1 wt % of C, 0.9-1.5 wt % of Mn, 0.8-1.5 wt % of Ni, 0.005-0.1 wt % of Nb, 0.005-0.1 wt % of Ti, 0.1-0.6 wt % of Cu, 0.1-0.4 wt % of Si, at most 100 ppm of P, and at most 40 ppm of S with the remainder being Fe and other inevitable impurities, has microstructures including one structure selected from the group consisting of a single-phase structure of ferrite, a single-phase structure of bainite, a complex-phase structure of ferrite and bainite, a complex-phase structure of ferrite and pearlite, and a complex-phase structure of ferrite, bainite, and pearlite, and has a thickness of at least 50 mm. The high-strength steel has high yield strength and superior brittle crack arrestability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: POSCO
    Inventors: Hak-Cheol Lee, Sung-Ho Jang
  • Patent number: 9657379
    Abstract: This invention provides a forging steel excellent in forgeability, which forging steel comprises, in mass %, C: 0.001 to less than 0.07%, Si: 3.0% or less, Mn: 0.01 to 4.0%, Cr: 5.0% or less, P: 0.2% or less, S: 0.35% or less, Al: 0.0001 to 2.0%, N: 0.03% or less, one or both of Mo: 1.5% or less (including 0%) and Ni: 4.5% or less (including 0%), and a balance of iron and unavoidable impurities; wherein Di given by the following Equation (1) is 60 or greater: Di=5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hajime Saitoh, Tatsuro Ochi, Masayuki Hashimura
  • Patent number: 9200352
    Abstract: A high strength galvanized steel sheet with excellent appearance that does not have non-uniformity of coating or coating defects or allow linear defects to occur after press forming includes a steel sheet having a ferrite single-phase structure and having a composition containing 0.0005% to 0.0040% by mass of C; 0.1% to 1.0% by mass of Si; 1.0% to 2.5% by mass of Mn; 0.01% to 0.20% by mass of P; 0.015% by mass of less of S; 0.01% to 0.10% by mass of Al; 0.0005% to 0.0070% by mass of N; 0.010% to 0.080% by mass of Ti; 0.0005% to 0.0020% by mass of B; 0.05% to 0.50% by mass of Cu; 0.03% to 0.50% by mass of Ni; and the balance of Fe and incidental impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Hayato Saito, Hiromi Yoshida, Takeshi Yokota, Yasushi Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20150147224
    Abstract: A steel for wheel contains, in mass %, C: 0.65 to 0.84%, Si: 0.4 to 1.0%, Mn: 0.50 to 1.40%, Cr: 0.02 to 0.13%, S: 0.04% or less and V: 0.02 to 0.12%, wherein Fn1 expressed by formula (1) is 32 to 43, and Fn2 expressed by formula (2) is 25 or less, the balance being Fe and impurities. P, Cu and Ni as impurities are P: 0.05% or less, Cu: 0.20% or less and Ni: 0.20% or less: Fn1=2.7+29.5·C+2.9·Si+6.9·Mn+10.8·Cr+30.3·Mo+44.3·V??(1) Fn2=exp(0.76)·exp(0.05·exp(1.35·Si)·exp(0.38·Mn)·exp(0.77·Cr)·exp(3.0·Mo)·exp(4.6·V)??(2). The steel has excellent properties for use as a wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2013
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuichiro Yamamoto, Yukiteru Takeshita, Kentaro Kiriyama, Takanori Kato
  • Publication number: 20150147222
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an Ni-containing steel plate which is low in cost and has excellent low-temperature toughness. In view of the object, the Ni-containing steel plate of the present invention has a chemical composition containing by mass % C: 0.01% to 0.15%, Si: 0.02% to 0.20%, Mn: 0.45% to 2.00%, P: 0.020% or less, 5: 0.005% or less, Al: 0.005% to 0.100% Ni: 5.0 to 8.0%, and the balance being Fe and incidental impurities, and has a microstructure containing less than 1.7% by volume fraction of retained austenite when cooled to liquid nitrogen temperature, and having an average grain size of crystal grains surrounded by high-angle grain boundaries with an orientation difference of 15° or more of 5 ?m or less by equivalent circle diameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2013
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Inventors: Shinichi Miura, Yukio Shimbo, Nobuyuki Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 9023159
    Abstract: A steel for heat treatment, which exhibits high strength and high toughness even when the heat treatment (such as quenching and tempering) of the steel is conducted under conventional conditions in an after stage. The steel for heat treatment contains C: 0.10 to 0.70 mass %, Mn: 0.1 to 3.0 mass %, Al: 0.005 to 2.0 mass %, P: 0.050 mass % or less, S: 0.50 mass % or less, O: 0.0030 mass or less, N: 0.0200 mass % or less, and one or more selected from the group consisting of Ti: 0.30 mass % or less and Nb: 0.30 mass or less with the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities, and has a TH value of 1.0 or above as calculated according to the formula: ({Ti}/48+{Nb}/93) 104 and grain diameters of 10 ?m or below. {Ti} and {Nb} refer respectively to the contents of Ti and Nb in precipitates of 5 to 100 nm in size as determined about their respective extraction residues.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Hatano, Takuya Kochi
  • Publication number: 20150068638
    Abstract: A low-yield ratio high-strength electric resistance welded steel pipe has a yield ratio of 80% or less and a TS of 655 MPa or more. A steel material has a composition containing 0.38% to 0.45% C, 0.1% to 0.3% Si, 1.0% to 1.8% Mn, 0.03% or less P, 0.03% or less S, 0.01% to 0.07% sol. Al, and 0.01% or less N on a mass basis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2012
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Matsuki, Tomohiro Inoue
  • Publication number: 20150044086
    Abstract: A steel wire rod or steel bar as hot-rolled, including: by mass %: C: 0.1 to 0.6%, Si: 0.01 to 1.5%, Mn: 0.05 to 2.5%, Al: 0.015 to 0.3%, and N: 0.0040 to 0.0150%, and P: limited to 0.035% or less and S: limited to 0.025% or less, and the balance substantially consisting of iron and unavoidable impurities, wherein a depth of d (mm) from the surface of the surface layer region with 20 HV 0.2 or more higher, relative to HV 0.2 that is the average hardness in the region where the depth from the surface is from sectional radius R×0.5 (mm) to the center satisfies the formula (1); the steel structure of the surface layer region has a ferrite fraction of 10% or less by area ratio, with the balance being one or two or more of martensite, bainite and pearlite; the steel structure where the depth from the surface is from the sectional radius R×0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2013
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kei Miyanishi, Atsushi Monden, Shingo Yamasaki, Shunta Homma
  • Publication number: 20150034049
    Abstract: A rolled steel bar for hot forging consisting, by mass percent, of C: 0.25-0.50%, Si: 0.40-1.0%, Mn: 1.0-1.6%, S: 0.005-0.035%, Al: 0.005-0.050%, V: 0.10-0.30%, and N: 0.005-0.030%, and the balance of Fe and impurities, i.e., P: 0.035% or less and O: 0.0030% or less, wherein Fn1=C+Si/10+Mn/5+5Cr/22+1.65V?5S/7 is 0.90 to 1.20. The predicted maximum width of nonmetallic inclusions at the time when a cumulative distribution function obtained by extreme value statistical processing by taking the width of nonmetallic inclusion in an R1/2 part of a longitudinal cross section of the steel bar as W (mm) is 99.99% is 100 mm or narrower. The number density of sulfides each having a circle-equivalent diameter of 0.3 to 1.0 mm observed per unit area of the R1/2 part of a transverse cross section of the steel bar is 500 pieces/mm2 or higher.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2013
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventors: Naoki Matsui, Masashi Higashida, Hitoshi Matsumoto, Yutaka Neishi, Talzo Makino, Kouji Morita, Yoshihiro Tanimura, Naoyuki Sashima, Toshimasa Itou
  • Publication number: 20150024237
    Abstract: A hot stamping steel material, which secures good hydrogen embrittlement resistance even when the steel sheet after hot stamping is subjected to processing leading to remaining of stress, such as piercing and which is easily practicable, wherein the steel sheet has the chemical composition of: C: 0.18 to 0.26%; Si: more than 0.02% and not more than 0.05%; Mn: 1.0 to 1.5%; P: 0.03% or less; S: 0.02% or less; Al: 0.001 to 0.5%; N: 0.1% or less; O: 0.001 to 0.02%; Cr: 0 to 2.0%; Mo: 0 to 1.0%; V: 0 to 0.5%; W: 0 to 0.5%; Ni: 0 to 5.0%; B: 0 to 0.01%; Ti: 0 to 0.5%; Nb: 0 to 0.5%; Cu: 0 to 1.0%; and balance: Fe and impurities, in terms of % by mass, the concentration of a Mn-containing inclusion is not less than 0.010% by mass and less than 0.25% by mass, and the number ratio of a Mn oxide to the inclusion having a maximum length of 1.0 to 4.0 ?m is 10.0% or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Tanahashi, Toshimasa Tomokiyo
  • Publication number: 20140377123
    Abstract: The present invention is a weld metal formed by gas shielded arc welding using a flux cored wire, the welded metal having a predetermined chemical composition, residual austenite particles being present in an amount of at least 2500 particles/mm2, and the volume fraction of residual austenite particles being at least 4.0%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2013
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd)
    Inventors: Hidenori Nako, Takuya Kochi, Wataru Urushihara, Munenobu Sato, Yoshihiko Kitagawa
  • Patent number: 8900511
    Abstract: The present invention relates a high-strength nonmagnetic stainless steel, containing, by weight percent, 0.01 to 0.06% of C, 0.10 to 0.50% of Si, 20.5 to 24.5% of Mn, 0.040% or less of P, 0.010% or less of S, 3.1 to 6.0% of Ni, 0.10 to 0.80% of Cu, 20.5 to 24.5% of Cr, 0.10 to 1.50% of Mo, 0.0010 to 0.0050% of B, 0.010% or less of O, 0.65 to 0.90% of N, and the remainder being Fe and inevitable impurities; the steel satisfying the following formulae (1) to (4): [Cr]+3.3×[Mo]+16×[N]?30??(1), {Ni}/{Cr}?0.15??(2), 2.0?[Ni]/[Mo]?30.0??(3), and [C]×1000/[Cr]?2.5??(4), wherein [Cr], [Mo], [N], [Ni], [Mo] and [C] represent the content of Cr, the content of Mo, the content of N, the content of Ni, the content of Mo and the content of C in the steel, respectively, and {Ni} represents the sum of [Ni], [Cu] and [N], and {Cr} represents the sum of [Cr] and [Mo]. The present invention further relates to a high-strength nonmagnetic stainless steel part containing the steel and a process for producing the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Daido Tokushuko Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Koichi Ishikawa, Tetsuya Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20140332517
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to welding alloys and, more specifically, to welding consumables (e.g., welding wires and rods) for welding, such as Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW), Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW), Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW), and Flux Core Arc Welding (FCAW). In an embodiment, a welding alloy includes less than approximately 1 wt % manganese as well as one or more strengthening agents selected from the group: nickel, cobalt, copper, carbon, molybdenum, chromium, vanadium, silicon, and boron. Additionally, the welding alloy has a carbon equivalence (CE) value that is less than approximately 0.23, according to the Ito and Bessyo carbon equivalence equation. The welding alloy also includes one or more grain control agents selected from the group: niobium, tantalum, titanium, zirconium, and boron, wherein the welding alloy includes less than approximately 0.6 wt % grain control agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: HOBART BROTHERS COMPANY
    Inventors: Steven Edward Barhorst, Kevin M. Krieger, Joseph C. Bundy, Mario Anthony Amata, Daryl L. Duncan, Susan Renata Fiore
  • Publication number: 20140301889
    Abstract: This H-beam steel has a composition including C, Si, Mn, Cu, Ni, V, Al, Ti, B, N, and O, and further including at least one of Mo and Nb, in which Ceq obtained in Equation 1 described below falls in a range of 0.37 to 0.50, the thickness of a flange falls in a range of 100 to 150 mm, and the area fraction of bainite at a depth of one quarter of the thickness of the flange from the external surface of the flange is 60% or more. Ceq=C+Mn/6+(Mo+V)/5+(Ni+Cu)/15 ??Equation 1, where C, Mn, Mo, V, Ni, and Cu represent the amount of each element contained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2012
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Inventors: Kazutoshi Ichikawa, Masaki Mizoguchi, Kazuaki Mitsuyasu, Hirokazu Sugiyama
  • Publication number: 20140227126
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2014
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation
    Inventors: Takuya Hara, Hitoshi Asahi, Yoshio Terada
  • Patent number: 8778096
    Abstract: Provided is a low yield ratio, high strength and high toughness steel plate having excellent strain ageing resistance equivalent to API 5L X70 Grade or lower and a method for manufacturing the same. The steel plate has a metallographic microstructure that is a three-phase microstructure including bainite, M-A constituent, and quasi-polygonal ferrite, the area fraction of the bainite being 5% to 70%, the area fraction of the M-A constituent being 3% to 20%, the remainder being the quasi-polygonal ferrite, the equivalent circle diameter of the M-A constituent being 3.0 ?m or less. The steel plate has a yield ratio of 85% or less and a Charpy impact test absorbed energy of 200 J or more at ?30° C. before or after being subjected to strain ageing treatment at a temperature of 250° C. or lower for 30 minutes or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Junji Shimamura, Nobuyuki Ishikawa, Nobuo Shikanai
  • Patent number: 8758893
    Abstract: The present invention provides enamelware and a glaze improving the bondability between the steel substrate and enamel layer and superior in resistance to dew point corrosion by sulfuric acid and hydrochloric acid, that is, a steel substrate of a composition containing, by mass %, Cu: 0.05 to 0.5%, Si: 0.1 to 2.0%, Mn: 0.05 to 2.0%, P: 0.005 to 0.10%, and S: 0.005 to 0.1%, restricting C to C: 0.20% or less, and comprising a balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities on the surface of which an enamel layer of a thickness of 50 to 700 ?m is provided. At that time, the content of Co oxides in the enamel layer is made, converted to Co, 0.01 to 10% and/or the content of Ni oxides is made, converted to Ni, 0.05 to 20% or the total content of Ni in the steel substrate and enamel layer is made 0.005 to 4.5% with respect to the total mass of the enamelware and/or the total content of Co is made 0.008 to 4.0% with respect to the total mass of the enamelware.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Nishimura, Shunji Sakamoto, Hidekuni Murakami
  • Publication number: 20140086786
    Abstract: The weld metal of the present invention is formed by gas shield arc welding using a flux-cored wire, has a predetermined chemical component composition, and contains 20% or more of Ti. The amount of Ti-containing oxide particles having a circle-equivalent diameter of 0.15-1.0 ?m is at least 5000 per square mm, the amount of V per total mass of weld metal present as a compound within the weld metal is 0.002% or more, and the average circle equivalent diameter of V-containing carbide present in the weld metal is 15 nm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2012
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Hidenori Nako, Takuya Kochi, Wataru Urushihara, Munenobu Sato, Yoshihiko Kitagawa
  • Publication number: 20140065008
    Abstract: A steel for a welded structure includes the following composition: by mass %, C at a C content [C] of 0.015 to 0.045%; Si at a Si content [Si] of 0.05 to 0.20%; Mn at a Mn content [Mn] of 1.5 to 2.0%; Ni at a Ni content [Ni] of 0.10 to 1.50%; Ti at a Ti content [Ti] of 0.005 to 0.015%; O at an O content [O] of 0.0015 to 0.0035%; and N at a N content [N] of 0.002 to 0.006%, and a balance composed of Fe and unavoidable impurities. In the steel for a welded structure, the P content [P] is limited to 0.008% or less, the S content [S] is limited to 0.005% or less, the Al content [Al] is limited to 0.004% or less, the Nb content [Nb] is limited to 0.005% or less, the Cu content [Cu] is limited to 0.24% or less, the V content [V] is limited to 0.020% or less, and a steel composition parameter PCTOD is 0.065% or less, and a steel composition hardness parameter CeqH is 0.235% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki WATANABE, Kazuhiro FUKUNAGA, Akihiko KOJIMA, Ryuji UEMORI, Rikio CHIJIIWA
  • Publication number: 20140056752
    Abstract: A steel material has excellent atmospheric corrosion resistance and a composition which contains more than 0.06% and less than 0.14% C, 0.05% or more and 2.00% or less Si, 0.20% or more and 2.00% or less Mn, 0.005% or more and 0.030% or less P, 0.0001% or more and 0.0200% or less S, 0.001% or more and 0.100% or less Al, 0.10% or more and 1.00% or less Cu, 0.10% or more and 0.65% or less Ni, 0.0001% or more and 1.000% or less Mo, preferably 0.005% or more and 1.000% or less Mo, 0.005% or more and 0.200% or less Nb, and Fe and unavoidable impurities as a balance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2012
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichi Miura, Isamu Kage, Tsutomu Komori, Toshiyuki Hoshino
  • 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
  • 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: 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
  • Patent number: 8529829
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a high-strength hot-rolled steel sheet which is characterized by high strength (in terms of tensile strength at 900 MPa level) and excellent combined formability expressed by balance between strength and ductility [tensile strength (TS)×total elongation (El)] and balance between strength and stretch flangeability [tensile strength (TS)×bore expanding ratio (?)]. The hot-rolled steel sheet contains C: no less than 0.02% and no more than 0.15%, Si: no less than 0.2% and no more than 2.0%, Mn: no less than 0.5% and no more than 2.5%, Al: no less than 0.02% and no more than 0.15%, Cu: no less than 1.0% and no more than 3.0%, Ni: no less than 0.5% and no more than 3.0%, and Ti: no less than 0.03% and no more than 0.5%. (% means mass %) It also has a metallographic structure in longitudinal cross section such that the sum of bainitic ferrite and granular bainitic ferrite accounts for no less than 85% by area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Motoo Satou, Tetsuo Soshiroda
  • Patent number: 8500924
    Abstract: A high-strength steel plate includes the following composition: 0.18 to 0.23 mass % of C; 0.1 to 0.5 mass % of Si; 1.0 to 2.0 mass % of Mn; 0.020 mass % or less of P; 0.010 mass % or less of S; greater than 0.5 mass % and equal to or less than 3.0 mass % of Cu, 0.25 to 2.0 mass % of Ni; 0.003 to 0.10 mass % of Nb; 0.05 to 0.15 mass % of Al; 0.0003 to 0.0030 mass % of B; 0.006 mass % or less of N; and a balance composed of Fe and inevitable impurities. A weld crack sensitivity index Pcm of the high-strength steel plate is calculated by Pcm=[C]+[Si]/30+[Mn]/20+[Cu]/20+[Ni]/60+[Cr]/20+[Mo]/15+[V]/10+5[B], and is 0.39 mass % or less. The Ac3 transformation point is equal to or less than 850° C., the percentage value of a martensite structure is equal to or greater than 90%, the yield strength is equal to or greater than 1300 MPa, and the tensile strength is equal to or greater than 1400 MPa and equal to or less than 1650 MPa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuya Kumagai, Akira Usami, Masaharu Oka
  • Patent number: 8497027
    Abstract: A honeycomb structure and a method of forming an iron based glass forming honeycomb structure. The honeycomb structure may include at least two sheets, each having a thickness in the range of 0.01 mm to 0.15 mm, formed from an iron based glass forming alloy comprising 40 to 68 atomic percent iron, 13 to 17 atomic percent nickel, 2 to 21 atomic percent cobalt, 12 to 19 atomic percent boron, optionally 0.1 to 6 atomic percent carbon, optionally 0.3 to 4 atomic percent silicon, optionally 1 to 20 percent chromium. The sheets may be stacked, bonded together and formed into a honeycomb. The honeycomb structure may include a plurality of cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: The NanoSteel Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel James Branagan, Jikou Zhou, Brian E. Meacham, Jason K. Walleser, Alla V. Sergueeva
  • Publication number: 20130189536
    Abstract: A steel for electron-beam welding according to the present invention includes at least C: 0.02% to 0.10%, Si: 0.03% to 0.30%, Mn: 1.5% to 2.5%, Ti: 0.005% to 0.015%, N: 0.0020% to 0.0060%, and O: 0.0010% to 0.0035%, further includes S: limited to 0.010% or less, P: limited to 0.015% or less, and Al: limited to 0.004% or less, with a balance including iron and inevitable impurities. An index value CeEBB obtained by substituting composition of the steel into following Formula 1 falls in the range of 0.42 to 0.65%, the number of oxide having an equivalent circle diameter of 1.0 ?m or more is 20 pieces/mm2 or less at a thickness center portion in cross section along the thickness direction of the steel, and the number of oxide containing Ti of 10% or more and having an equivalent circle diameter of not less than 0.05 ?m or more and less than 0.5 ?m falls in the range of 1×103 to 1×105 pieces/mm2 at the thickness center portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2011
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryuichi Honma, Ryuji Uemori, Tadashi Ishikawa, Akihiko Kojima, Manabu Hoshino
  • Publication number: 20130136950
    Abstract: A multi-phase steel sheet having microstructure having in combination ferrite, martensite of between 3% and 65% by volume, and at least one microstructure selected from the group consisting of, bainite and retained austenite, and having fine complex precipitates selected from the group of TiC, NbC, TiN, NbN, (Ti.Nb)C, (Ti.Nb)N, and (Ti.Nb)(C.N) particles having at least 50% smaller than 20 nm in size, and physical properties having tensile strength greater than about 780 megapascals and at least one of the properties of elongation greater than about 10%, yield ratio greater than about 70%, and hole expansion ratio greater than about 50%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2013
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Applicant: NUCOR CORPORATION
    Inventor: Weiping SUN
  • 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: 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: 8361248
    Abstract: The present invention provides a high strength steel having unprecedentedly superior CTOD (fracture toughness) properties satisfying not only the CTOD properties of the FL zone at ?60° C., but also the CTOD properties of the ICHAZ zone in small and medium heat input multilayer welding, etc.; and a method of production of the same. The steel of the present invention is steel superior in CTOD properties of the heat-affected zone containing, by mass %, C: 0.015 to 0.045%, Si: 0.05 to 0.2%, Mn: 1.5 to 2.0%, Cu: 0.25 to 0.5%, Ni: 0.7 to 1.5%, P: 0.008% or less, S: 0.005% or less, Al: 0.004% or less, Ti: 0.005 to 0.015%, Nb: 0.005% or less, O: 0.0015 to 0.0035%, and N: 0.002 to 0.006%, PCTOD: 0.065 or less, CeqH: 0.235 or less and the balance consisting of Fe and unavoidable impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Nippon Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Rikio Chijiiwa, Ryuji Uemori, Yoshiyuki Watanabe, Kazuhiro Fukunaga, Akihiko Kojima, Yoshihide Nagai
  • Patent number: 8337642
    Abstract: The present invention provides a spring steel that has superior hardenability, undergoes less pitting in a corrosive environment, and can achieve higher stress and toughness. More specifically, the present invention provides a high-strength and high-toughness spring steel with improved hardenability and pitting resistance, containing, in mass percent, 0.40 to 0.70% carbon, 0.05 to 0.50% silicon, 0.60 to 1.00% manganese, 1.00 to 2.00% chromium, 0.010 to 0.050% niobium, 0.005 to 0.050% aluminum, 0.0045 to 0.0100% nitrogen, 0.005 to 0.050% titanium, 0.0005 to 0.0060% boron, no more than 0.015% phosphorus and no more than 0.010% sulfur, the remainder being composed of iron and unavoidable impurities, the steel having a tensile strength of at least 1700 MPa in 400° C. tempering after quenching and a Charpy impact value of at least 40 J/cm2 for a 2 mm U-notched test piece of JIS Z 2202 and the parameter Fce being at least 1.70.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Steel Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuo Fukuzumi, Hidenori Hiromatsu, Motoyuki Sato, Ryo Hara
  • Publication number: 20120183431
    Abstract: A structural steel material contains C: 0.020% or more and less than 0.140%, Si: 0.05% or more and 2.00% or less, Mn: 0.20% or more and 2.00% or less, P: 0.005% or more and 0.030% or less, S: 0.0001% or more and 0.0200% or less, Al: 0.001% or more and 0.100% or less, Cu: 0.10% or more and 1.00% or less, Ni: 0.10% or more and less than 0.65%, and W: 0.05% or more and 1.00% or less, and one or both of Nb: 0.005% or more and 0.200% or less and Sn: 0.005% or more and 0.200% or less, the balance being iron and unavoidable impurities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2010
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichi Miura, Isamu Kage, Masatsugu Murase, Toshiyuki Hoshino
  • Patent number: 8216400
    Abstract: A high-strength steel plate includes the following composition: 0.18 to 0.23 mass % of C; 0.1 to 0.5 mass % of Si; 1.0 to 2.0 mass % of Mn; 0.020 mass % or less of P; 0.010 mass % or less of S; 0.5 to 3.0 mass % of Ni; 0.003 to 0.10 mass % of Nb; 0.05 to 0.15 mass % of Al; 0.0003 to 0.0030 mass % of B; 0.006 mass % or less of N; and a balance composed of Fe and inevitable impurities. A weld crack sensitivity index Pcm of the high-strength steel plate is 0.36 mass % or less. The Ac3 transformation point is equal to or less than 830° C., the percentage value of a martensite structure is equal to or greater than 90%, the yield strength is equal to or greater than 1300 MPa, and the tensile strength is equal to or greater than 1400 MPa and equal to or less than 1650 MPa. A prior austenite grain size number N? is calculated by N?=?3+log2m using an average number m of crystal grains per 1 mm2 in a cross section of a sample piece of the high-strength steel plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Nippon Steel Corporation
    Inventor: Tatsuya Kumagai
  • Patent number: 8197614
    Abstract: The present invention provides a spring steel that has superior hardenability, undergoes less pitting in a corrosive environment, and can achieve higher stress and toughness. More specifically, the present invention provides a high-strength and high-toughness spring steel with improved hardenability and pitting resistance, containing, in mass percent, 0.40 to 0.70% carbon, 0.05 to 0.50% silicon, 0.60 to 1.00% manganese, 1.00 to 2.00% chromium, 0.010 to 0.050% niobium, 0.005 to 0.050% aluminum, 0.0045 to 0.0100% nitrogen, 0.005 to 0.050% titanium, 0.0005 to 0.0060% boron, no more than 0.015% phosphorus and no more than 0.010% sulfur, the remainder being composed of iron and unavoidable impurities, the steel having a tensile strength of at least 1700 MPa in 400° C. tempering after quenching and a Charpy impact value of at least 40 J/cm2 for a 2 mm U-notched test piece of JIS Z 2202 and the parameter Fce being at least 1.70.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Steel Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuo Fukuzumi, Hidenori Hiromatsu, Motoyuki Sato, Ryo Hara
  • Publication number: 20120082587
    Abstract: A water-atomised iron-based steel powder is provided which comprises by weight-%: 0.45-1.50 Ni, 0.30-0.55 Mo, less than 0.3 Mn, less than 0.2 Cu, less than 0.1 C, less than 0.25 O, less than 0.5 of unavoidable impurities, and the balance being iron, and where Ni and Mo have been alloyed by a diffusion alloying process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2010
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Applicant: HOGANAS AB (PUBL)
    Inventors: Yang Yu, Norimitsu Hirose
  • Patent number: 8142574
    Abstract: A steel product for welding includes the following component: by mass %, C: 0.3% or less, Si: 0.5% or less, Mn: 0.3˜2%, P: 0.03% or less, S: 0.03% or less, Al: 0.3˜5%, O: 0.003˜0.01%, and N: 0.006% or less; wherein the balance is composed of Fe and inevitable impurities; wherein Al-containing oxides having a size of 0.005 to 0.05 ?m are dispersed in steel at a ratio of 1×106/mm2 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Nippon Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Akihito Kiyose, Hideaki Yamamura, Tooru Matsumiya
  • 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: 20110287280
    Abstract: A cold-rolled steel sheet has a chemical composition of C: 0.12% to 0.3%, Si: 0.5% or less, Mn: less than 1.5%, Al: 0.15% or less, N: 0.01% or less, P: 0.02% or less, and S: 0.01% or less, with the remainder including iron and inevitable impurities and has a martensite single-phase structure as its steel microstructure. In a surface region of the steel sheet from the surface to a depth one-tenth the gauge, the number density of n-ary groups of inclusions determined by specific n-th determinations is 120 or less per 100 cm2 of a rolling plane, where the distance in steel sheet rolling direction between outermost surfaces of two outermost particles of the group of inclusions is 100 ?m or more. The steel sheet is a high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet which has a sufficiently minimized rate of bending fracture starting from inclusions and thereby has excellent bending workability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2011
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Atsuhiro SHIRAKI, Sae Hamamoto, Yukihiro Utsumi, Tetsuji Hoshika, Yuichi Futamura
  • 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: 8052809
    Abstract: Disclosed are amorphous, ductile brazing foils with a composition consisting essentially of FeRestNiaCrbSicBdPe, wherein 0 atomic %?a<25 atomic %; 0 atomic %?b?15 atomic %; 1 atomic %?c?10 atomic %; 4 atomic %?d?15 atomic %; 1 atomic %?e?9 atomic %; any impurities?0.5 atomic %; rest Fe, wherein 2 atomic %?c+e?10 atomic % and 15 atomic %?c+d+e?22 atomic %, or consisting essentially of FeRestNiaCrbMofCugSicBdPe, wherein 0 atomic %?a<25 atomic %; 0 atomic %?b?15 atomic %; 1 atomic %<c?10 atomic %; 4 atomic %?d?15 atomic %; 1 atomic %?e?9 atomic %; 0 atomic %<f?3 atomic %; 0 atomic %?g?3 atomic %; any impurities?0.5 atomic %; rest Fe, wherein 2 atomic %?c+e?10 atomic % and 15 atomic %?c+d+e?22 atomic %. Also disclosed are brazed objects formed using these foils, particularly exhaust gas recirculation coolers and oil coolers, and methods for making the brazing foils and for making the brazed parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: Vacuumschmelze GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Thomas Hartmann, Dieter Nuetzel
  • Publication number: 20110268601
    Abstract: A steel for a welded structure includes the following composition: by mass %, C at a C content [C] of 0.015 to 0.045%; Si at a Si content [Si] of 0.05 to 0.20%; Mn at a Mn content [Mn] of 1.5 to 2.0%; Ni at a Ni content [Ni] of 0.10 to 1.50%; Ti at a Ti content [Ti] of 0.005 to 0.015%; O at an O content [O] of 0.0015 to 0.0035%; and N at a N content [N] of 0.002 to 0.006%, and a balance composed of Fe and unavoidable impurities. In the steel for a welded structure, the P content [P] is limited to 0.008% or less, the S content [S] is limited to 0.005% or less, the Al content [Al] is limited to 0.004% or less, the Nb content [Nb] is limited to 0.005% or less, the Cu content [Cu] is limited to 0.24% or less, the V content [V] is limited to 0.020% or less, and a steel composition parameter PCTOD is 0.065% or less, and a steel composition hardness parameter CeqH is 0.235% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2010
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Watanabe, Kazuhiro Fukunaga, Akihiko Kojima, Ryuji Uemori, Rikio Chijiwa