Patents by Inventor Tomonori Inuzuka

Tomonori Inuzuka 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).

  • Publication number: 20240062936
    Abstract: A method of producing a rare earth magnetic powder, the method including: heat-treating a mixture containing a SmFeN-based magnetic powder containing Sm, Fe, and N and a modifier powder containing Zn; and dispersing the heat-treated SmFeN-based magnetic powder using a resin-coated metal media or a resin-coated ceramic media.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicants: NICHIA CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hisashi MAEHARA, Masaaki ITO, Tomonori INUZUKA, Motoki HIRAOKA
  • Publication number: 20230317327
    Abstract: A production method of a Sm—Fe—N-based rare earth magnet, enabling to stably impart sufficient anisotropy, is provided. The present disclosure provides a production method of a rare earth magnet, including preparing a raw material powder containing a magnetic powder (SmFeN powder 10) having a magnetic phase which contains Sm, Fe and N and at least partially has a crystal structure of at least either Th2Zn17 type or Th2Ni17 type, and pressure-sintering the raw material powder. In this production method, magnetic orientation is imparted to the raw material powder by applying a magnetic field before the pressure sintering, and the application of magnetic field is continued to maintain the magnetic orientation at least until the middle of the pressure sintering.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masaaki ITO, Noritsugu SAKUMA, Akihito KINOSHITA, Reimi TABUCHI, Tomonori INUZUKA, Kunihiro MATSUYAMA, Masashi HARADA
  • Patent number: 10629370
    Abstract: The method including: applying a graphite-based lubricant to a cavity surface of a die; forming a first graphite-based powder layer by disposing graphite-based powder that does not contain a binder on a cavity surface of a lower punch, forming a magnet powder body by putting magnet powder on the first graphite-based powder layer, and forming a second graphite-based powder layer by disposing graphite-based powder that does not contain a binder on the magnet powder body; and producing a compact by performing press forming using the lower punch and a upper punch while heating the magnet powder body surrounded by the graphite-based lubricant applied to the cavity surface of the die, the first graphite-based powder layer, and the second graphite-based powder layer, and releasing the compact from a forming die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomonori Inuzuka, Akira Kano
  • Patent number: 10062504
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a rare-earth magnet includes: manufacturing a first sealing body by filling a graphite container with a magnetic powder to be a rare-earth magnet material and by sealing the graphite container; manufacturing a sintered body by sintering the first sealing body to manufacture a second sealing body in which the sintered body is accommodated; and manufacturing a rare-earth magnet by performing hot plastic working on the second sealing body to give magnetic anisotropy to the sintered body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuaki Haga, Noriyuki Ueno, Akira Kano, Tomonori Inuzuka, Noritsugu Sakuma
  • Patent number: 10058919
    Abstract: A manufacturing method for a sintered compact includes a first step in which magnetic powder is fabricated by rapid solidification, a second step in which a mass of the magnetic powder is housed in a forming mold, and preliminary heating is performed by placing the mass of the magnetic powder in a preliminary heating part of the forming mold at first temperature that is lower than coarse crystal particle generation temperature, and a third step in which main heating is performed by placing the preliminarily heated mass of the magnetic powder at second temperature that is lower than the coarse crystal particle generation temperature and higher than the first temperature, and press forming is performed while keeping temperature of the magnetic powder at densification temperature or higher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomonori Inuzuka, Akira Kano
  • Patent number: 10002695
    Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing a rare-earth magnet having good workability and capable of manufacturing a rare-earth magnet having low oxygen density. A method for manufacturing a rare-earth magnet includes: a first step of applying or spraying graphite-based lubricant GF on an inner face of a forming die M, and charging magnetic powder MF as a rare-earth magnet material in the forming die M, followed by cold forming, to form a cold-forming compact 10 having a surface on which a graphite-based lubricant coat 12 is formed; a second step of performing hot forming to the cold-forming compact 10 to form a sintered body 20 having a surface on which a graphite-based lubricant coat 22 is formed; and a third step of, in order to give the sintered body 20 anisotropy, performing hot deformation processing to the sintered body 20 to form the rare-earth magnet 30.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuaki Haga, Tomonori Inuzuka, Yuya Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20170011848
    Abstract: The method including: applying a graphite-based lubricant to a cavity surface of a die; forming a first graphite-based powder layer by disposing graphite-based powder that does not contain a binder on a cavity surface of a lower punch, forming a magnet powder body by putting magnet powder on the first graphite-based powder layer, and forming a second graphite-based powder layer by disposing graphite-based powder that does not contain a binder on the magnet powder body; and producing a compact by performing press forming using the lower punch and a upper punch while heating the magnet powder body surrounded by the graphite-based lubricant applied to the cavity surface of the die, the first graphite-based powder layer, and the second graphite-based powder layer, and releasing the compact from a forming die.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomonori INUZUKA, Akira KANO
  • Publication number: 20160099104
    Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing a rare-earth magnet having good workability and capable of manufacturing a rare-earth magnet having low oxygen density. A method for manufacturing a rare-earth magnet includes: a first step of applying or spraying graphite-based lubricant GF on an inner face of a forming die M, and charging magnetic powder MF as a rare-earth magnet material in the forming die M, followed by cold forming, to form a cold-forming compact 10 having a surface on which a graphite-based lubricant coat 12 is formed; a second step of performing hot forming to the cold-forming compact 10 to form a sintered body 20 having a surface on which a graphite-based lubricant coat 22 is formed; and a third step of, in order to give the sintered body 20 anisotropy, performing hot deformation processing to the sintered body 20 to form the rare-earth magnet 30.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2015
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuaki HAGA, Tomonori INUZUKA, Yuya IKEDA
  • Publication number: 20160055969
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a rare-earth magnet includes: manufacturing a first sealing body by filling a graphite container with a magnetic powder to be a rare-earth magnet material and by sealing the graphite container; manufacturing a sintered body by sintering the first sealing body to manufacture a second sealing body in which the sintered body is accommodated; and manufacturing a rare-earth magnet by performing hot plastic working on the second sealing body to give magnetic anisotropy to the sintered body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2015
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuaki HAGA, Noriyuki UENO, Akira KANO, Tomonori INUZUKA, Noritsugu SAKUMA
  • Publication number: 20160008885
    Abstract: A manufacturing method for a sintered compact includes a first step in which magnetic powder is fabricated by rapid solidification, a second step in which a mass of the magnetic powder is housed in a forming mold, and preliminary heating is performed by placing the mass of the magnetic powder in a preliminary heating part of the forming mold at first temperature that is lower than coarse crystal particle generation temperature, and a third step in which main heating is performed by placing the preliminarily heated mass of the magnetic powder at second temperature that is lower than the coarse crystal particle generation temperature and higher than the first temperature, and press forming is performed while keeping temperature of the magnetic powder at densification temperature or higher.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2015
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomonori INUZUKA, Akira KANO
  • Publication number: 20130336832
    Abstract: A reactor core, which has a pair of press surfaces (a-b planar surfaces) formed by compression molding with an edge part of each of the press surfaces being plastically formed by pressure treatment, is disposed in a direction in which a magnetic flux generated upon energization of a coil does not penetrate each of the press surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2013
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masaki SUGIYAMA, Toshiya Yamaguchi, Tomonori Inuzuka
  • Publication number: 20110025444
    Abstract: A reactor core, which has a pair of press surfaces (a-b planar surfaces) formed by compression molding with an edge part of each of the press surfaces being plastically formed by pressure treatment, is disposed in a direction in which a magnetic flux generated upon energization of a coil does not penetrate each of the press surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2009
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masaki Sugiyama, Toshiya Yamaguchi, Tomonori Inuzuka