Toyota was sued by a Japanese company for a certain patent infringement!What happened between the two major companies?
Pursuing the responsibility of Toyota, which uses a steel sheet of a Chinese company that is infringing patent
This problem has evolved in a rare large number of major companies in which a major major company will make a trial to a major company.The cause was related to "iron".* The photo is an image
On October 14, 2021, Nippon Steel has filed a lawsuit in the Tokyo District Court in the Tokyo District Court, respectively, for the infringement of patents related to non -directional electromagnetic steel plates against Chinese steel makers, Treasure Steel and Toyota. Was announced. At the same time, Nippon Steel has filed a petition for Toyota for a temporary disposition of Toyota's electric vehicle for Toyota. [Photo] 7 Toyota cars in one shot shop! This news has flowed, and many people may have had a simple question, "Why did Japan's leading super -large companies have to take?" Nippon Steel is the largest steelmaking industry in which Nippon Steel merged with Sumitomo Metal Industry in 2012 and changed its name in 2018. On the other hand, Toyota is the top company in Japan, and has purchased various metals as materials and various parts as a material, and is processed into mass production. Under such circumstances, this time, the non -directional electromagnetic steel plate is significantly different from Japanese steel and Toyota. First of all, what is a non -directional electromagnetic steel sheet? The Japanese steel press release is described as follows. "Electromagnetic steel plate is a" high -performance material "that significantly enhances the characteristics (magnetic characteristics) attached to iron magnets by a special manufacturing process, such as power generators, electric equipment, electric vehicle and mobile phone vibration motors. It is widely used around the body as an "iron material (iron material, core in the coil)". Incelerated electromagnetic steel plate does not show a biased magnetic characteristics in a specific direction, so that It is a steel material that controls the crystal direction as much as possible, and is widely used for the iron heart of the rotating machine such as the motor. "
Toyota has completely denied the claim and the effect is unknown
The Toyota side does not think about this case because "the material has been selected so that there is no patent infringement."It is important to pay attention to the whereabouts of the trial related to the "non -directional electromagnetic steel plate".* The photo is an image
In response to these Japanese steel complaints, Toyota said, "I am very regrettable about what we have been sued," and said, "We have a patent every time in dealing with various material manufacturers. We are carefully stepping on the process of checking with the material manufacturer that there is no conflict. " Regarding this non -directional electromagnetic steel sheet, it was confirmed that there was no patent infringement before the Treasure Tankan and transactions, and in response to the suggestions from Nippon Steel, we confirmed the patent infringement with Takarayama Steel again. He explains that there is no problem with patent infringement. In the situation where both Japanese steelmies and Toyota are in different arguments, information has not been disclosed as to what kind of electric parts of Toyota are using non -directional electromagnetic steel plates. Against the electric vehicle pointed out by Japanese steel, Hybrid vehicles, plug-in hybrid vehicles, and BEVs (battery EVs) that have not been released in Japan, Lexus UX300E, and Toyota Electric vehicles in the Chinese market. It is unknown which motor of which model is used. It is not known at the moment that the non -directional electromagnetic steel sheet manufactured by the Takarayama steel plate has been used in Toyota and Lexus electric vehicles sold in Japan. Therefore, it is unknown whether the impact will lead to the Japanese market if the Japanese steel is shown in the manufacturing and selling of electric vehicles. In any case, in addition to non -directional electromagnetic steel plates, the fact that Toyota and Nippon Steel, which have trading in various metal products, are not pleased for the entire automotive industry and for users. I would like to watch the trends of the two companies in the future.
Kenji Momota