Nitrocarburized crankshaft member and steel for nitrocarburized crankshafts

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PATENT NO 8911566
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12958855

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A nitrocarburized crankshaft member made of a steel that includes C in an amount by weight of 0.25 to 0.32% as a required element and an optional element that may be included, and Fe and inevitable impurities in a remaining portion. The steel-made crankshaft member mainly includes ferrite and perlite, wherein at least a portion of the steel surface thereof having a ferrite surface area of 50% or greater is imparted with a nitrocarburized hard layer. The nitrocarburized hard layer includes a surface compound layer suppressed to a thickness of 10 to 35 μm, and a nitrogen diffusion zone below the surface compound layer having a diffusion depth of 700 μm or greater. The steel includes C, Si, Mn, Cu, Ni, and Cr as the required elements and Mo, N, s-Al, and Ti as the optional elements.

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HONDA MOTOR CO LTD1-1 MINAMI-AOYAMA 2-CHOME MINATO-KU TOKYO 107-8556
DAIDO STEEL CO LTD1-10 HIGASHISAKURA 1-CHOME HIGASHI-KU NAGOYA-SHI AICHI 461-8581

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Hobo, Makoto Nagoya, JP 5 17
Kamiya, Keiichiro Nagoya, JP 4 10
Kano, Takashi Tokyo, JP 61 701
Kato, Shinichiro Nagoya, JP 75 710
Miyazaki, Takahiro Nagoya, JP 71 473
Saito, Isamu Saitama-ken, JP 13 81
Takitani, Yoshihiro Saitama-ken, JP 6 28

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