| Patent application number | Description | Published |
| 20080233456 | Metallic Material for Conductive Member, Separator for Fuel Cell Using the Same, and Fuel Cell Using the Separator - Provided are: a metallic material for conductive member, having good corrosion resistance and small contact resistance; a separator for a proton-exchange membrane fuel cell using the metallic material; and a proton-exchange membrane fuel cell using the separator. The metallic material has 0.3 μm or less of mean spacing of local peaks of the surface roughness profile. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20090004040 | Ferritic Stainless Steel Sheet for Raw Material Pipe for Bellows Pipe - A ferritic stainless steel sheet for forming a raw material pipe for bellows pipe is excellent in formability and high-temperature properties (high-temperature salt corrosion resistance and high-temperature fatigue properties). Specifically, the ferritic stainless steel sheet for forming a raw material pipe for bellows pipe contains 0.015% by mass or less of C, 1.0% by mass or less of Si, 1.0% by mass or less of Mn, 0.04% by mass or less of P, 0.010% by mass or less of S, 11% to 19% by mass of Cr, 0.015% by mass or less of N, 0.15% by mass or less of Al, 1.25% to 2.5% by mass of Mo, 0.3% to 0.7% by mass of Nb, 0.0003% to 0.003% by mass of B, and the balance being Fe and incidental impurities. In the ferritic stainless steel sheet for forming a raw material pipe for bellows pipe, preferably, the average crystal grain diameter D of the steel sheet is 35 μm or less, and alternatively, the surface roughness Ra of the steel sheet is 0.40 μm or less. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20110024002 | METHOD OF PROCESSING METALLIC MATERIAL FOR A CONDUCTIVE MEMBER CELL AND A METHOD OF ADJUSTING SURFACE ROUGHNESS OF THE METALLIC MATERIAL - A method of processing a metallic material includes immersing ferritic stainless steel or austenitic stainless steel in an acid solution containing hydrochloric acid in an amount of two times or more relative to the concentration of nitric acid or an acid solution containing hydrofluoric acid in an amount of one and a half times or more relative to the concentration of nitric acid to adjust surface roughness of the metallic material. | 02-03-2011 |
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| 20090202384 | HIGH TENSILE STRENGTH HOT-ROLLED STEEL SHEET HAVING SUPERIOR STRAIN AGING HARDENABILITY AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A high tensile strength hot-rolled steel sheet having superior strain aging hardenability, which has high formability and stable quality characteristics, and in which satisfactory strength is obtained when the steel sheet is formed into automotive components, thus enabling the reduction in weight of automobile bodies. Specifically, a method for producing a high tensile strength hot-rolled steel sheet having superior strain aging hardenability with a BH of 80 MPa or more, a ΔTS of 40 MPa or more, and a tensile strength of 440 MPa or more includes the steps of heating a steel slab to 1,000° C. or more, the steel slab containing, in percent by mass, 0.15% or less of C, 0.45% or less of Si, 3.0% or less of Mn, 0.08% or less of P, 0.02% or less of S, 0.02% or less of Al, 0.0050% to 0.0250% of N, and optionally 0.1% or less in total of at least one of more than 0.02% to 0.1% of Nb and more than 0.02% to 0.1% of V, the ratio N (mass %)/Al (mass %) being 0.86 or more; rough-rolling the steel slab to form a sheet bar; finish-rolling the sheet bar at a finishing temperature of 800° C. or more; cooling at a cooling rate of 20° C. to 40° C./s or more within 0.5 second after the finish-rolling; and coiling at a temperature of 650° C. to 450° C. or less. | 08-13-2009 |
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| 20090056838 | Ferritic Stainless Steel Sheet Having Excellent Corrosion Resistance and Method of Manufacturing the Same - A ferritic stainless steel sheet having excellent corrosion resistance and a method of manufacturing the steel sheet are provided. Specifically, the ferritic stainless steel sheet of the invention contains C of 0.03% or less, Si of 1.0% or less, Mn of 0.5% or less, P of 0.04% or less, S of 0.02% or less, Al of 0.1% or less, Cr of 20.5% to 22.5%, Cu of 0.3% to 0.8%, Ni of 1.0% or less, Ti of 4×(C %+N %) to 0.35%, Nb of less than 0.01%, N of 0.03% or less, and C+N of 0.05% or less, and has the remainder including Fe and inevitable impurities, wherein 240+35×(Cr %−20.5)+280×{Ti %−4×(C %+N %)}≧280 is satisfied. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090104068 | Brake Disk Excellent in Temper Softening Resistance and Toughness - A brake disk excellent in temper softening resistance and toughness comprising, by mass, 0.1% or less of C, 1.0% or less of Si, 2.0% or less of Mn, 10.5% to 15.0% of Cr, and 0.1% or less of N, the remainder being Fe and unavoidable impurities, such that the following inequalities are satisfied: 5Cr+10Si+15Mo+30Nb−9Ni—5Mn—3Cu−225N−270C<45 (1) and 0.03≦{C+N−(13/92)Nb}≦0.09 (2) wherein Cr, Si, Mo, Nb, Ni, Mn, Cu, N, and C each represent the content of the corresponding elements on a mass percent basis, and having a martensitic structure having prior-austenite grains with an average diameter of 8 to less than 15 μm. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090162240 | BRAKE DISK HAVING HIGH TEMPER SOFTENING RESISTANCE - A brake disk including, by mass, 0.1% or less of C, 1.0% or less of Si, 2.0% or less of Mn, 10.5% to 15.0% of Cr, 2.0% or less of Ni, greater than 0.5% to 4.0% of Cu, 0.02% to 0.3% of Nb, and 0.1% or less of N and further including N, Nb, Cr. Si, Ni, Mn, Mo, and Cu, the remainder being Fe and unavoidable impurities, such that the following inequalities are satisfied: | 06-25-2009 |