Patents by Inventor Kenta Tsujie

Kenta Tsujie 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).

  • Patent number: 11739397
    Abstract: Provided is a titanium copper foil which has required high strength when used as a spring, has an improved etching property, and has decreased settling, and which can be suitably used as a conductive spring material for use in electronic device parts such as autofocus camera modules. The titanium copper foil according to the present invention contains from 1.5 to 5.0% by mass of Ti, the balance being Cu and inevitable impurities, wherein in a Ti concentration curve obtained by analyzing a cross section parallel to a rolling direction along a thickness direction by STEM-EDX, a lower concentration Ti layer having a Ti concentration less than an average value of Ti concentrations in the Ti concentration curve and a higher concentration Ti layer having a Ti concentration equal to or higher than the average value of the Ti concentrations in the Ti concentration curve are alternately present in a thickness direction, and wherein the titanium copper foil satisfies 1.0% by mass?HH?30% by mass, and HH/HL?1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: JX Nippon Mining & Metals Corporation
    Inventor: Kenta Tsujie
  • Publication number: 20220002841
    Abstract: Provided is a titanium copper foil which has required high strength when used as a spring, and has improved etching uniformity, and which can be suitably used as a conductive spring material for use in electronic device parts such as autofocus camera modules. The titanium copper foil contains from 1.5 to 5.0% by mass of Ti and from 10 to 3000 pm by mass of Fe, the balance being Cu and inevitable impurities, wherein the titanium copper foil has crystal orientation having A of from 10 to 40, in which A is represented by the following equation (1) when measuring a rolled surface by an X-ray diffraction method: A=?{220}/(?{200}+?{311}) ??Equation (1) in which the ?{220}, the ?{200}, and the ?{311} represent half-value widths of X-ray diffraction peaks at a {220} crystal plane, a {200} crystal plane, and a {311} crystal plane, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventor: Kenta Tsujie
  • Publication number: 20210371957
    Abstract: Provided is a titanium copper foil which has required high strength when used as a spring, has an improved etching property, and has decreased settling, and which can be suitably used as a conductive spring material for use in electronic device parts such as autofocus camera modules. The titanium copper foil according to the present invention contains from 1.5 to 5.0% by mass of Ti, the balance being Cu and inevitable impurities, wherein in a Ti concentration curve obtained by analyzing a cross section parallel to a rolling direction along a thickness direction by STEM-EDX, a lower concentration Ti layer having a Ti concentration less than an average value of Ti concentrations in the Ti concentration curve and a higher concentration Ti layer having a Ti concentration equal to or higher than the average value of the Ti concentrations in the Ti concentration curve are alternately present in a thickness direction, and wherein the titanium copper foil satisfies 1.0% by mass?HH?30% by mass, and HH/HL?1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventor: Kenta Tsujie
  • Patent number: 11180829
    Abstract: A titanium copper according to the present invention contains from 1.5 to 5.0% by mass of Ti, the balance being of Cu and inevitable impurities, wherein the titanium copper has a layered structure of Cu and Ti where in a Ti concentration curve obtained by analyzing a cross section parallel to a rolling direction along a thickness direction by STEM-EDX, a lower concentration Ti layer having a Ti concentration less than an average value of Ti concentrations in the Ti concentration curve and a higher concentration Ti layer having a Ti concentration equal to or higher than the average value of the Ti concentrations in the Ti concentration curve are alternately present in the thickness direction, and wherein in the cross section parallel to the rolling direction, a number of higher concentration Ti layers is 5 layers per 500 nm in the thickness direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: JX Nippon Mining & Metals Corporation
    Inventor: Kenta Tsujie
  • Patent number: 11174534
    Abstract: A titanium copper according to the present invention contains from 1.5 to 5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: JX Nippon Mining & Metals Corporation
    Inventor: Kenta Tsujie
  • Publication number: 20210108288
    Abstract: A titanium copper according to the present invention contains from 1.5 to 5.0% by mass of Ti, the balance being of Cu and inevitable impurities, wherein the titanium copper has a layered structure of Cu and Ti where in a Ti concentration curve obtained by analyzing a cross section parallel to a rolling direction along a thickness direction by STEM-EDX, a lower concentration Ti layer having a Ti concentration less than an average value of Ti concentrations in the Ti concentration curve and a higher concentration Ti layer having a Ti concentration equal to or higher than the average value of the Ti concentrations in the Ti concentration curve are alternately present in the thickness direction, and wherein in the cross section parallel to the rolling direction, a number of higher concentration Ti layers is 5 layers per 500 nm in the thickness direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventor: Kenta Tsujie
  • Patent number: 10908381
    Abstract: The present invention provides a titanium copper foil having improved adhesion to solder and higher resistance to discoloration due to a high temperature and high humidity environment, an acid solution or an alkaline solution, and as well as having improved etching processability. The present invention provides a titanium copper foil comprising a base metal, the base metal having a composition containing Ti of from 1.5 to 5.0% by mass, the balance being copper and inevitable impurities, and having a thickness of from 0.018 to 0.1 mm, wherein the titanium copper foil has a plated layer in which an underlying Cu plated layer and a Sn plated layer have been laminated in this order on a surface of the base metal, and has an adhesive strength of 1 N or more as measured by a solder adhesive strength test according to the definition in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: JX Nippon Mining & Metals Corporation
    Inventor: Kenta Tsujie
  • Publication number: 20200024698
    Abstract: A titanium copper according to the present invention contains from 1.5 to 5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Inventor: Kenta Tsujie
  • Patent number: 10495840
    Abstract: The present invention provides a titanium copper foil having improved adhesion to solder and higher resistance to discoloration due to a high temperature and high humidity environment, an acid solution or an alkaline solution, and as well as having improved etching processability. The present invention provides a titanium copper foil comprising a base metal, the base metal having a composition containing Ti of from 1.5 to 5.0% by mass, the balance being copper and inevitable impurities, and having a thickness of from 0.018 to 0.1 mm, wherein the titanium copper foil has an Sn plated layer on a surface of the base metal, and has an adhesive strength of 0.5 N or more as measured by a solder adhesive strength test according to the definition in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: JX Nippon Mining & Metals Corporation
    Inventor: Kenta Tsujie
  • Patent number: 10092970
    Abstract: There is provided a titanium-copper alloy in which the adhesion strength with solder can be increased. The titanium-copper alloy comprises a base material and a plating layer provided on a surface of the base material, wherein the base material contains 1.5 to 5.0% by mass of Ti with a balance consisting of copper and unavoidable impurities, and the plating layer is selected from the group consisting of a Ni plating layer, a Co plating layer, and a Co—Ni alloy plating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: JX Nippon Mining & Metals Corporation
    Inventor: Kenta Tsujie
  • Publication number: 20170285295
    Abstract: The present invention provides a titanium copper foil having improved adhesion to solder and higher resistance to discoloration due to a high temperature and high humidity environment, an acid solution or an alkaline solution, and as well as having improved etching processability. The present invention provides a titanium copper foil comprising a base metal, the base metal having a composition containing Ti of from 1.5 to 5.0% by mass, the balance being copper and inevitable impurities, and having a thickness of from 0.018 to 0.1 mm, wherein the titanium copper foil has an Sn plated layer on a surface of the base metal, and has an adhesive strength of 0.5 N or more as measured by a solder adhesive strength test according to the definition in the specification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventor: Kenta Tsujie
  • Publication number: 20170285294
    Abstract: The present invention provides a titanium copper foil having improved adhesion to solder and higher resistance to discoloration due to a high temperature and high humidity environment, an acid solution or an alkaline solution, and as well as having improved etching processability. The present invention provides a titanium copper foil comprising a base metal, the base metal having a composition containing Ti of from 1.5 to 5.0% by mass, the balance being copper and inevitable impurities, and having a thickness of from 0.018 to 0.1 mm, wherein the titanium copper foil has a plated layer in which an underlying Cu plated layer and a Sn plated layer have been laminated in this order on a surface of the base metal, and has an adhesive strength of 1 N or more as measured by a solder adhesive strength test according to the definition in the specification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventor: Kenta Tsujie
  • Publication number: 20160199929
    Abstract: There is provided a titanium-copper alloy in which the adhesion strength with solder can be increased. The titanium-copper alloy comprises a base material and a plating layer provided on a surface of the base material, wherein the base material contains 1.5 to 5.0% by mass of Ti with a balance consisting of copper and unavoidable impurities, and the plating layer is selected from the group consisting of a Ni plating layer, a Co plating layer, and a Co—Ni alloy plating layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2015
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Inventor: Kenta Tsujie