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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185232 | Learning method of rolling load prediction for hot rolling The present invention provides a learning method of rolling load prediction which uses a prediction error of a rolling load at an actual pass of a stock in hot rolling to correct a predicted value of rolling load at a subsequent rolling pass. The method comprises ch... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182961 | Solid polymer type fuel cell separator and method of production of same The present invention provides a separator for a solid polymer type fuel cell superior in low contact resistance of the fuel cell separator surface with carbon paper and flatness and a method of production of the same, that is, a separator for a solid polymer type f... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182740 | High-strength steel sheets excellent in hole-expandability and ductility 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 mo... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182575 | Producing method of direct reduced iron A producing method of direct reduced iron includes the steps of: drying an oxidized iron raw material selected from a group including iron ore and iron-making dust generated in an iron-making process to have a predetermined moisture content; mixing the oxidized iron... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8178589 | Catalyst for producing hydrocarbon from syngas and producing method of catalyst An exemplary method for producing a catalyst is provided where the catalyst includes a catalyst support on which a metallic compound is loaded. An impurity content of the catalyst can be in a range of approximately 0.01 mass % to 0.15 mass %. In particular, the exem... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8178389 | Monocrystalline silicon carbide ingot, monocrystalline silicon carbide wafer and method of manufacturing the same Provided is a monocrystalline silicon carbide ingot containing a dopant element, wherein a maximum concentration of the dopant element is less than 5×1017 atoms/cm3 and the maximum concentration is 50 times or less than that of a minimum conce... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8168011 | High-strength steel wire excellent in ductility and method of manufacturing the same The invention provides wire rod excellent in drawability and steel wire made from the wire rod as starting material with high productivity at good yield and low cost. A hard steel wire rod of a specified composition is heated in a specified temperature range to cond... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8163391 | Surface treated steel sheet A surface treated steel sheet has a surface treatment film including a metallic compound containing titanium, a metallic compound containing magnesium, a cationic urethane resin having at least one cationic functional group selected from primary to tertiary amino gr... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8163108 | High-strength cold-rolled steel sheet, high-strength galvanized steel sheet, and high-strength alloyed hot-dip galvanized steel sheet having excellent formability and weldability, and methods for manufacturing the same This cold-rolled steel sheet includes, in terms of mass %, C: not less than 0.05% and not more than 0.095%, Cr: not less than 0.15% and not more than 2.0%, B: not less than 0.0003% and not more than 0.01%, Si: not less than 0.3% and not more than 2.0%, Mn: not less ... | 04/24/2012 |
| D658120 | Solar panel mount | 04/24/2012 |
| 8157933 | High-strength hot rolled steel sheet being free from peeling and excellent in surface properties and burring properties, and method for manufacturing the same This hot rolled steel contains, in terms of mass %, C: 0.01 to 0.1%, Si: 0.01 to 0.1%, Mn: 0.1 to 3%, P: not more than 0.1%, S: not more than 0.03%, Al: 0.001 to 1%, N: not more than 0.01%, Nb: 0.005 to 0.08%, and Ti: 0.001 to 0.2%, with a remainder being iron and u... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8156890 | Device for preventing winding-up of sheet metal in continuous hot-dipping bath A system for prevention of stirred up dross in continuous hot-dip plating bath of a metal sheet characterized by placing flow regulating members partially separated from each other under a sink roll at the two side wall surfaces of a hot-dip plating bath which axial... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8147950 | Method for coating a multilayer film and product having a multilayer coated film The invention provides a method of applying a mutilayer coating film, in which two or more layers of coating are applied to a flat plate, such as steel plate; and a product with multilayer coating film obtained by the method. The method includes discharging paint fi... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8146794 | Boom and arm member of construction machine excellent in weld zone fatigue strength and method of improvement of its fatigue strength The present invention provides a boom and arm member of a construction machine excellent in weld zone fatigue strength and a method of improvement of its fatigue strength, that is, a boom and arm member of a construction machine superior in weld zone fatigue strengt... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8142577 | High strength wire rod excellent in drawability and method of producing same A wire rod which is mainly composed of pearlite and has an area fraction of 5% or less of a non-pearlite structure composed of pro-eutectoid ferrite, degenerate-pearlite or bainite in a section, or has an area fraction of 10% or less of a non-pearlite structure in a... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8142574 | Steel product for welding 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 imp... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8137487 | Method of production of high strength thin-gauge steel sheet excellent in elongation and hole expandability The present invention provides high strength thin-gauge steel sheet with excellent elongation and hole expandability having a tensile strength of 500 MPa or more and a method of production of high strength thin-gauge steel sheet with excellent elongation and hole ex... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8137484 | Method of production of steel superior in machinability The present invention provides steel superior in machinability comprised of, by wt %, C: 0.005 to 0.2%, Si: 0.001 to 0.5%, Mn: 0.2 to 3.0%, P: 0.001 to 0.2%, S: 0.03 to 1.0%, T.N: 0.002 to 0.02%, T.O: 0.0005 to 0.035%, and the balance of Fe and unavoidable impuritie... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8133594 | Steel sheet for container use Steel sheet for container use able to realize superior corrosion resistance and canmaking ability, wherein at least one side of the steel sheet is provided with a chemical conversion coating film including a mixture of a zirconium oxide compound and a zirconium phos... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8133544 | High-strength quenched formed body with good corrosion resistance and process for producing the same A high-strength quenched formed body containing a layer on the surface of an after-quenching formed-body steel material in which layer Zn is a major component and which layer contains 30% by mass or less of Fe, and which layer is present in an amount of 30 g/m2... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8121844 | Dimension measurement system A dimension measurement system is provided. The dimension measurement system includes a speech I/O device fit in an ear canal of a worker, generating a voice signal from vibration in the air emitted from an eardrum of the worker and propagated inside the ear canal, ... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8114528 | Electron beam welded joint excellent in brittle fracture resistance To form a welded joint having a sufficiently high fracture toughness value δc by butting welding high strength steel plates having a yield strength of the 355 MPa class or more and a plate thickness of over 50 mm by electron beam welding, the butt welded joint is m... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8114527 | Highly corrosion-resistant, rust-prevention coating material, highly corrosion-resistant steel, and steel structure A highly corrosion-resistant, rust-prevention coating material comprising: an inorganic binder; and Zn metal particles comprised of Zn and unavoidable impurities and dispersed in the binder at the rate of 30 mass %... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8112956 | Frame construction arrangement forming an opening in a wall of a low-rise building A frame construction for a low rise building. In the construction, a wall frame panel is made of thin light-gauge section steel by bonding together a surface member, a lower frame member, vertical frame members and an upper frame member. Roof or floor support girder... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8110292 | High strength steel plate, steel pipe with excellent low temperature toughness, and method of production of same The present invention provides high strength steel plate with excellent low temperature toughness, high strength steel pipe using this as a base metal, and methods of production of the same. The steel plate of the present invention contains Mo: 0.05 to 1.00% and B: ... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8109056 | Frame construction arrangement forming an opening in a wall of a low-rise building A frame construction for a low rise building. In the construction, a wall frame panel is made of thin light-gauge section steel by bonding together a surface member, a lower frame member, vertical frame members and an upper frame member. Roof or floor support girder... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8105699 | Zn alloy particles for high corrosion resistance rust protection paint, method of production of particles, high corrosion resistance rust protection paint containing particles, high corrosion resistance steel material coated with paint, and steel structure having steel material Zn alloy particles for high corrosion resistance rust prevention paint containing, by mass %, Mg: 0.01 to 30% and having a balance of Zn and unavoidable impurities, having physical fracture facets and/or cracks of a length of 0.01 μm or more or cracks of a depth of... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8105698 | Plated steel wire for parallel wire strand (PWS) with excellent twist properties A plated steel wire for PWS with excellent twist properties contains, in terms of mass %, 0.8 to 1.1% of C, 0.8 to 1.3% of Si, 0.3 to 0.8% of Mn, 0.001 to 0.006% of N, and 0.0004 to 0.0060% of B, where a quantity of solid-solubilized B is at least 0.0002%, also cont... | 01/31/2012 |
| D652956 | Wall panel | 01/24/2012 |
| D652789 | Solar panel mount | 01/24/2012 |
| 8097306 | Aqueous treating solution for Sn-based plated steel sheet excellent in corrosion resistance and paint adhesion, and production method of surface-treated steel sheet An aqueous treating solution for an Sn-based plated steel sheet, comprising (A) an organic material, (B) a water-soluble chromium compound, (C) a water-dispersible silica, and water, wherein the organic material (A) is at least one member selected from an oxy-acid w... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8097099 | High toughness abrasion resistant steel with little change in hardness during use and method of production of same The present invention provides an abrasion resistant steel having a hardness of HB400 to HB520, having little change of hardness during long term use, and superior in toughness, characterized by containing, by mass %, C: 0.21% to 0.30%, Si: 0.30 to 1.00%, Mn: 0.32 t... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8097096 | Fire resistant steel excellent in high temperature strength, toughness, and reheating embrittlement resistance and process for production of the same The present invention provides a fire resistant steel material excellent in high temperature strength, toughness, and reheating embrittlement resistance containing, by mass %, C: 0.001% to 0.030%, Si: 0.05% to 0.50%, Mn: 0.4% to 2.0%, Nb: 0.03% to 0.50%, Ti: 0.005% ... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8097094 | High-strength electrical steel sheet and processed part of same The present invention has as its object to stably produce a high strength electrical steel sheet and a processed part of the same which is high in strength and has wear resistant and is superior in magnetic flux density and core loss without greatly changing the col... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8096345 | Method and apparatus for producing amorphous ribbon A method and apparatus are provided for producing an amorphous ribbon by ejecting and rapidly solidifying molten alloy on a circumferential surface of a rapidly rotating cooling roll, wherein the cooling roll is polished online during amorphous ribbon production. Wh... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8092574 | Method of producing reduced iron cast, and method of producing pig iron In a method of producing a reduced iron cast, a cast of a powder which includes total iron of 40% or more and an atomic molar amount of fixed carbon of 0.7 to 1.5 times the atomic molar amount of oxygen compounded with metal oxide reduced in a carbon monoxide atmosp... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8091395 | System, method, software arrangement and computer-accessible medium for press-forming of materials A system, method and software arrangement are provided for generating press-formed parts having a more consistent quality based on improved determination of processing conditions. For example, an apparatus can be configured to compare actual performance values of ma... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8084144 | High strength thick welded steel pipe for line pipe superior in low temperature toughness and method of production of the same The present invention provides high strength thick welded steel pipe for line pipe superior in low temperature toughness, and a method of production of the same. A base material steel plate containing C: 0.010 to 0.050%, Si: 0.01 to 0.50%, Mn: 0.50 to 2.00%, Al: 0.0... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8084143 | High-yield-ratio and high-strength thin steel sheet superior in weldability and ductility, high-yield-ratio high-strength hot-dip galvanized thin steel sheet, high-yield ratio high-strength hot-dip galvannealed thin steel sheet, and methods of production of same High yield ratio high-strength thin steel sheet superior in weldability and ductility characterized by: being comprised of steel containing, by mass %, C: over 0.030 to less than 0.10%, Si: 0.30 to 0.80%, Mn: 1.7 to 3.2%, P: 0.001 to 0.02%, S: 0.0001 to 0.006%, Al: ... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8076255 | Castable refractory To provide a long-life refractory capable of maintaining durability under severe conditions. The castable refractory comprises a mixture containing at least one of 2 to 10 mass % of silicon carbide and 3 to 10 mass % of chamotte, as an auxiliary raw material, and a ... | 12/13/2011 |
