Patents by Inventor Kazuhiro YOSHIDOME
Kazuhiro YOSHIDOME has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 11152145Abstract: Soft magnetic metal powder which includes a plurality of soft magnetic metal particles configured by a Fe-based nanocrystal alloy including Cu is provided, wherein the soft magnetic metal particles have core portions and first shell portions surrounding circumferences of the core portions; when an average crystallite size of Cu crystallites existing in the core portions is set as A, and the largest crystallite size of Cu crystallites existing in the first shell portions is set as B, B/A is 3.0 or more and 1000 or less.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2019Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Takuma Nakano, Kazuhiro Yoshidome, Hiroyuki Matsumoto, Satoko Mori, Seigo Tokoro, Kenji Horino
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Patent number: 11145448Abstract: A soft magnetic alloy powder includes a plurality of soft magnetic alloy particles of a soft magnetic alloy represented by a composition formula (Fe(1?(?+?))X1?X2?)(1?(a+b+c+d+e))MaBbPcSidCe, wherein X1 represents Co and/or Ni; X2 represents at least one selected from the group consisting of Al, Mn, Ag, Zn, Sn, As, Sb, Cu, Cr, Bi, N, O, and rare earth elements; M represents at least one selected from the group consisting of Nb, Hf, Zr, Ta, Mo, W, and V; 0.020?a?0.14, 0.020<b?0.20, 0<c?0.15, 0?d?0.060, 0?e?0.040, ??0, ??0, and 0??+??0.50 are satisfied, and wherein the soft magnetic alloy has a nano-heterostructure with initial fine crystals present in an amorphous substance; and the surface of each of the soft magnetic alloy particles is covered with a coating portion including a compound of at least one element selected from the group consisting of P, Si, Bi, and Zn.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2019Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Masakazu Hosono, Kenji Horino, Hiroyuki Matsumoto, Kazuhiro Yoshidome, Akito Hasegawa, Hajime Amano, Isao Nakahata
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Publication number: 20210304936Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide an alloy ribbon capable of having excellent adhesiveness between the alloy ribbons when a plurality of the alloy ribbons is stacked; and also, to provide a magnetic core using the alloy ribbon. The present invention is an alloy ribbon comprising metals scattered on at least one surface of the alloy ribbon, in which diameters of the scattered metals are 1 ?m or more, and the scattered metals include Cu.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2021Publication date: September 30, 2021Applicant: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Kyotaro ABE, Takuya TSUKAHARA, Isao NAKAHATA, Kazuhiro YOSHIDOME
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Publication number: 20210304932Abstract: To obtain a magnetic core having an improved withstand voltage property while maintaining a high relative magnetic permeability, and the like. The magnetic core contains large particles observed as soft magnetic particles having a Heywood diameter of 5 ?m or more and 25 ?m or less and small particles observed as soft magnetic particles having a Heywood diameter of 0.5 ?m or more and less than 5 ?m in a cross section. C1<C2 is satisfied in which an average circularity of the small particles close to the large particles is C1 and an average circularity of all small particles observed in the cross section including small particles not close to the large particles is C2. The small particles close to the large particles are defined as small particles whose distance from centroids of the small particles to a surface of the large particles is 3 ?m or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2021Publication date: September 30, 2021Applicant: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuhiro YOSHIDOME, Hiroyuki MATSUMOTO
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Publication number: 20210301377Abstract: The present invention provides a soft magnetic alloy having good soft magnetic properties. The soft magnetic alloy includes nanocrystals having an average Heywood diameter value of 5.0 nm or more and 25.0 nm or less, in which an average circularity of the nanocrystals is 0.50 or more and 0.90 or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2021Publication date: September 30, 2021Applicant: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuhiro YOSHIDOME, Satoko MORI, Hiroyuki MATSUMOTO
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Publication number: 20210296031Abstract: To obtain a magnetic core having an improved relative magnetic permeability and an improved withstand voltage property and the like. The magnetic core contains large particles observed as soft magnetic particles having a Heywood diameter of 5 ?m or more and 25 ?m or less and small particles observed as soft magnetic particles having a Heywood diameter of 0.5 ?m or more and 3 ?m or less in a cross section. 1.00?A1?1.50, 1.30?A2?2.50, and A1<A2 are satisfied, in which an average aspect ratio of the large particles is A1 and an average aspect ratio of the small particles is A2.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2021Publication date: September 23, 2021Applicant: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuhiro YOSHIDOME, Hiroyuki MATSUMOTO
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Patent number: 11084094Abstract: A metal powder producing apparatus comprising a melted metal supplying part discharging a melted metal, a cylinder body provided below the melted metal supplying part, and a cooling liquid layer forming part forming a flow of a cooling liquid for cooling the melted metal discharged from the melted metal supplying part along an inner circumference face of the cylinder body, wherein the cooling liquid layer forming part has a primary pressure reservoir, and the primary pressure reservoir is provided on an outer circumference part of the cylinder body.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2018Date of Patent: August 10, 2021Assignee: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Kenji Horino, Kazuhiro Yoshidome, Akihiro Harada, Hiroyuki Matsumoto
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Patent number: 11081266Abstract: Soft magnetic alloy powder includes plurality of soft magnetic alloy particles of soft magnetic alloy represented by composition formula (Fe(1?(?+?))X1?X2?)(1?(a+b+c++e+f+g))MaBbPcSidCeSfTig, wherein X1 represents Co and/or Ni; X2 represents at least one selected from group consisting of Al, Mn, Ag, Zn, Sn, As, Sb, Cu, Cr, Bi, N, O, and rare earth elements; M represents at least one selected from group consisting of Nb, Hf, Zr, Ta, Mo, W, and V; 0.020?a?0.14, 0.020<b?0.20, 0<c?0.15, 0?d?0.060, 0?e?0.040, 0?f?0.010, 0?g?0.0010, ??0, ??0, and 0??+??0.50 are satisfied, wherein at least one of f and g is more than 0; and wherein soft magnetic alloy has a nano-heterostructure with initial fine crystals present in an amorphous substance; and surface of each of the soft magnetic alloy particles is covered with a coating portion including a compound of at least one element selected from group consisting of P, Si, Bi, and Zn.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2019Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignee: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Masakazu Hosono, Hiroyuki Matsumoto, Kenji Horino, Kazuhiro Yoshidome, Isao Nakahata, Akito Hasegawa, Hajime Amano
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Publication number: 20210230720Abstract: A soft magnetic alloy powder has a specific composition in which a Co content is large. A soft magnetic alloy powder has a glass transition point Tg and a melting point Tm, 900° C.?Tm?1200° C. is satisfied, or when coercivity when applying a pressure XP to a soft magnetic alloy powder is set as YH, and a straight line obtained by linearly approximating a relationship between XP and YH by a method of least squares is set as YH=kXP+1, k (unit: Oe/MPa) satisfies 0?k?0.00100.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2020Publication date: July 29, 2021Applicant: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshiki KAJIURA, Akito HASEGAWA, Kazuhiro YOSHIDOME, Hiroyuki MATSUMOTO, Hironobu KUMAOKA
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Publication number: 20210159001Abstract: A soft magnetic alloy ribbon having high corrosion resistance is obtained. The soft magnetic alloy ribbon contains Fe, P, and Si. A maximum point of a concentration of P and a maximum point of a concentration of Si including in oxides is present in a region within 20 nm from the surface, when a concentration distribution of an element contained in the soft magnetic alloy ribbon is measured from a surface toward an interior of the soft magnetic alloy ribbon in a thickness direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2020Publication date: May 27, 2021Applicant: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Takuya TSUKAHARA, Isao NAKAHATA, Kazuhiro YOSHIDOME, Hiroyuki MATSUMOTO
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Publication number: 20210156011Abstract: A soft magnetic alloy ribbon having high corrosion resistance and good magnetic properties is obtained. The soft magnetic alloy ribbon contains Fe and M. M is at least one selected from the group consisting of Nb, Ta, W, Zr, Hf, Mo, Cr, and Ti, and a part of M is included in oxides. A maximum point of a concentration of at least one of M included in the oxides is present in a region within 20 nm from the surface, when a concentration distribution of an element contained in the soft magnetic alloy ribbon is measured from a surface toward an interior of the soft magnetic alloy ribbon in a thickness direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2020Publication date: May 27, 2021Applicant: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Takuya TSUKAHARA, Isao NAKAHATA, Kazuhiro YOSHIDOME, Hiroyuki MATSUMOTO
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Patent number: 11001933Abstract: A composite body has a cermet member, a metal member and an intermediate member. The cermet member includes a cermet oxide phase and a cermet metal phase. The cermet oxide phase contains a Ni-containing oxide or an Fe-containing oxide. The cermet metal phase contains Ni. The intermediate layer contains Cu. The mass proportions of Cu in the cermet metal phase at points which are spaced apart by 10, 50, 100 and 1000 ?m from the interface between the cermet member and the intermediate layer to the cermet member side are denoted by C10, C50, C100 and C1000 (mass %). When the mass proportions of Cu in the cermet oxide phase at points which are spaced apart by 10 and 100 ?m from the interface to the cermet member side are denoted by M10 and M100 (mass %), C10>C50>C100>C1000, and 5>M10?M100>?5.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2015Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Ryoma Nakazawa, Kazuhiro Yoshidome
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Publication number: 20210134513Abstract: A magnetic core having a high relative permeability is obtained. The magnetic core contains soft magnetic metal powder particles. In a cross section of the magnetic core, a number ratio of soft magnetic metal powder particles having a circularity of less than 0.50 to a total number of soft magnetic metal powder particles having a particle size of 10 ?m or more and less than 50 ?m is 0.05% or more and 1.50% or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2020Publication date: May 6, 2021Applicant: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Nobuhiro OKUDA, Hiroyuki MATSUMOTO, Kazuhiro YOSHIDOME
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Patent number: 10991495Abstract: A soft magnetic alloy which includes nanocrystal parts and amorphous parts is provided. The nanocrystal parts include ?Fe(—Si) as a main component, and include at least one of elements selected from B, P, C, Ti, Zr, Hf, Nb, Ta, Mo, V, W, Cr, Al, Mn, Zn, and Cu as a sub-component. When a total content ratio of the sub-component in the nanocrystal parts is set as ? (at %), and a total content ratio of the sub-components of the nanocrystal parts included in the amorphous parts is set as ? (at %), 0.01?(?/?)?0.40, and a crystallinity degree is 5% or more and 70% or less.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2018Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Assignee: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuhiro Yoshidome, Hiroyuki Matsumoto, Kenji Horino, Akito Hasegawa, Hajime Amano, Kensuke Ara, Akihiro Harada
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Publication number: 20210098162Abstract: Provided is a soft magnetic alloy including a Fe-based nanocrystal and metallic glass. A differential scanning calorimetry curve of the soft magnetic alloy has a glass transition point Tg, a temperature rising rate of the soft magnetic alloy in measurement of the differential scanning calorimetry curve is 40 K/minute, and a temperature Tp of a maximum exothermic peak in the differential scanning calorimetry curve is higher than the Tg.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2020Publication date: April 1, 2021Applicant: TDK CorporationInventors: Hironobu KUMAOKA, Akito HASEGAWA, Kazuhiro YOSHIDOME, Hiroyuki MATSUMOTO
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Publication number: 20210098164Abstract: According to an aspect, a soft magnetic metal powder includes a plurality of soft magnetic metal particles containing iron, a surface of each of the soft magnetic metal particles is covered with a coating part, and a maximum height Sz of a surface of the coating part is 10 to 700 nm. According to another aspect, a soft magnetic metal powder includes a plurality of soft magnetic metal particles containing iron, a surface of each of the soft magnetic metal particles is covered with a coating part, and a maximum height Rz of a surface of the coating part is 10 to 700 nm.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2020Publication date: April 1, 2021Applicant: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Masahito KOEDA, Kazuhiro YOSHIDOME, Hiroyuki MATSUMOTO
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Patent number: 10943718Abstract: Provided is a soft magnetic alloy including Fe, as a main component, and including C. the soft magnetic alloy includes an Fe composite network phase having Fe-rich grids connected in a continuous measurement range including 80000 grids, each of which size is 1 nm×1 nm×1 nm. An average of C content ratio of the Fe-poor grids having cumulative frequency of 90% or more from lower C content is 5.0 times or more to an average of C content ratio of the whole soft magnetic alloy.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2018Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignee: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuhiro Yoshidome, Hiroyuki Matsumoto, Kenji Horino, Akito Hasegawa, Yu Yonezawa, Syota Goto, Hajime Amano
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Publication number: 20210062308Abstract: Provided is a soft magnetic alloy having a composition of a compositional formula (Fe(1?(?+?))X1?X2?)(1?(a+b+c+d+e))PaCbSicCudMe. X1 is one or more selected from a group consisting of Co and Ni, X2 is one or more selected from a group consisting of Al, Mn, Ag, Zn, Sn, As, Sb, Bi, N, 0, and rare earth elements, and M is one or more selected from the group consisting of Nb, Hf, Zr, Ta, Ti, Mo, W and V. 0.050?a?0.17, 0<b<0.050, 0.030<c?0.10, 0<d?0.020, 0?e?0.030, ??0, ??0, and 0??+??0.50.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2018Publication date: March 4, 2021Applicant: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Akihiro HARADA, Hiroyuki MATSUMOTO, Kenji HORINO, Kazuhiro YOSHIDOME, Akito HASEGAWA, Hajime AMANO, Kensuke ARA, Seigo TOKORO, Masakazu HOSONO, Takuma NAKANO, Satoko MORI
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Publication number: 20210035720Abstract: Provided is a soft magnetic metal powder including a plurality of soft magnetic metal particles. Each of the soft magnetic metal particles includes a metal particle and an oxidized part covering the metal particle. The metal particle includes at least Fe. The oxidized part includes at least one kind of element of S and an element M. The element M is at least one kind of element selected from the group consisting of Nb, Ta, W, Zr, Hf, and Cr. A unit of a concentration of each of S and the element M in the metal particle and the oxidized part is atom %. The concentration of S or the element M in the metal particle and the oxidized part has a maximum value in the oxidized part.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2020Publication date: February 4, 2021Applicant: TDK CorporationInventors: Satoko MORI, Kazuhiro YOSHIDOME, Akito HASEGAWA, Hiroyuki MATSUMOTO
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Publication number: 20210035719Abstract: Provided is a soft magnetic metal powder including a plurality of soft magnetic metal particles. Each of the soft magnetic metal particles includes a metal particle and an oxidized part covering the metal particle. The metal particle includes at least Fe. The oxidized part includes an oxide of at least one kind of element selected from the group consisting of Fe, Si, and B, and at least one kind of element of Ca and Mg. A concentration of Ca or Mg in the metal particle and the oxidized part is maximum in the oxidized part. An average value of a maximum value of the concentration of Ca or Mg in the oxidized part is 0.2 atom % or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2020Publication date: February 4, 2021Applicant: TDK CorporationInventors: Satoko MORI, Kazuhiro YOSHIDOME, Hiroyuki MATSUMOTO