Patents by Inventor Toshiharu Kobayashi

Toshiharu Kobayashi 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: 20240153771
    Abstract: The present invention is a composition for forming a metal oxide film, including: (A) a metal oxide nanoparticle; (B) a flowability accelerator containing a resin having a structural unit represented by the following general formula (1); (C) a dispersion stabilizer having two or more benzene rings or having one benzene ring and a structure represented by the following general formula (C-1), and the dispersion stabilizer being composed of an aromatic group-containing compound having a molecular weight of 500 or less; and (D) an organic solvent, wherein the flowability accelerator (B) has a content of 9 mass % or more in an entirety of the composition, a ratio Mw/Mn of 2.50?Mw/Mn?9.00, and the flowability accelerator (B) having no cardo structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki KOBAYASHI, Daisuke KORI, Hironori SATOH, Toshiharu YANO
  • Publication number: 20240087905
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a wafer edge protection film having dry etching resistance superior to those of the previously-known wafer edge protection films, as well as excellent film forming property even at wafer edge portions, which are difficult to coat: a wafer edge protection film forming method for forming a protection film on a wafer edge of a substrate, including the steps of (i) coating a peripheral edge of the substrate with a composition for forming a protection film including an aromatic ring-containing resin (A) having an organic group represented by the following general formula (1), and a solvent; and (ii) curing the applied composition for forming a protection film by heat or optical irradiation to form the protection film on the peripheral edge of the substrate. wherein RA is a hydrogen atom or a monovalent organic group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, and * represents a bonding site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki KOBAYASHI, Toshiharu YANO
  • Patent number: 10689741
    Abstract: A method for recycling a Ni-based single crystal superalloy part or unidirectionally solidified superalloy part provided with a thermal barrier coating containing at least a ceramic on a surface of a Ni-based single crystal superalloy substrate or Ni-based unidirectionally solidified superalloy substrate, in which the method including the steps of: melting and desulfurizing a Ni-based single crystal superalloy part or Ni-based unidirectionally solidified superalloy part at a temperature of the melting point or more of the Ni-based single crystal superalloy or Ni-based unidirectionally solidified superalloy and less than the melting point of the ceramic; heating a casting mold for a recycled Ni-based single crystal superalloy part or casting mold for a recycled Ni-based unidirectionally solidified superalloy part to a temperature of the melting point or more of the Ni-based single crystal superalloy or Ni-based unidirectionally solidified superalloy; pouring the desulfurized melted Ni-based single crystal supe
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE
    Inventors: Hiroshi Harada, Kyoko Kawagishi, Toshiharu Kobayashi, Tadaharu Yokokawa, Makoto Osawa, Michinari Yuyama, Shinsuke Suzuki, Yuichiro Joh, Satoshi Utada
  • Publication number: 20190093196
    Abstract: The present invention provides first generation Ni-based directionally solidified alloy containing none of Co and Re, which has excellent TMF characteristics, creep property and environment-resistant characteristics, and is superior in cost performance in practical use. The Ni-based directionally solidified alloy according to one embodiment of the present invention consists of Cr: 6% by mass or more and 12% by mass or less; Mo: 0.4% by mass or more and 3.0% by mass or less; W: 6% by mass or more and 10% by mass or less; Al: 4.0% by mass or more and 6.5% by mass or less; Nb: 0% by mass or more and 1% by mass or less; Ta: 8% by mass or more and 12% by mass or less; Hf: 0% by mass or more and 0.15% by mass or less; Si: 0.01% by mass or more and 0.2% by mass or less; Zr: 0% by mass or more and 0.04% by mass or less; B: 0.01% by mass or more and 0.03% by mass or less; and C: 0.01% by mass or more and 0.3% by mass or less, and a balance of Ni and inevitable impurities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2017
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Applicant: NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE
    Inventors: Kyoko KAWAGISHI, Hiroshi HARADA, Tadaharu YOKOKAWA, Yutaka KOIZUMI, Toshiharu KOBAYASHI, Masao SAKAMOTO, Michinari YUYAMA
  • Publication number: 20190010594
    Abstract: A method for recycling a Ni-based single crystal superalloy part or unidirectionally solidified superalloy part provided with a thermal barrier coating containing at least a ceramic on a surface of a Ni-based single crystal superalloy substrate or Ni-based unidirectionally solidified superalloy substrate, in which the method including the steps of: melting and desulfurizing a Ni-based single crystal superalloy part or Ni-based unidirectionally solidified superalloy part at a temperature of the melting point or more of the Ni-based single crystal superalloy or Ni-based unidirectionally solidified superalloy and less than the melting point of the ceramic; heating a casting mold for a recycled Ni-based single crystal superalloy part or casting mold for a recycled Ni-based unidirectionally solidified superalloy part to a temperature of the melting point or more of the Ni-based single crystal superalloy or Ni-based unidirectionally solidified superalloy; pouring the desulfurized melted Ni-based single crystal supe
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2016
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Applicant: NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE
    Inventors: Hiroshi HARADA, Kyoko KAWAGISHI, Toshiharu KOBAYASHI, Tadaharu YOKOKAWA, Makoto OSAWA, Michinari YUYAMA, Shinsuke SUZUKI, Yuichiro JOH, Satoshi UTADA
  • Patent number: 9816161
    Abstract: Provided is a Ni-based single crystal superalloy containing 6% by mass or more and 12% by mass or less of Cr, 0.4% by mass or more and 3.0% by mass or less of Mo, 6% by mass or more and 10% by mass or less of W, 4.0% by mass or more and 6.5% by mass or less of Al, 0% by mass or more and 1% by mass or less of Nb, 8% by mass or more and 12% by mass or less of Ta, 0% by mass or more and 0.15% by mass or less of Hf, 0.01% by mass or more and 0.2% by mass or less of Si, and 0% by mass or more and 0.04% by mass or less of Zr, and optionally containing at least one element selected from B, C, Y, La, Ce, and V, with a balance being Ni and inevitable impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignees: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD., NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE
    Inventors: Kyoko Kawagishi, Hiroshi Harada, Tadaharu Yokokawa, Yutaka Koizumi, Toshiharu Kobayashi, Masao Sakamoto, Michinari Yuyama, Masaki Taneike, Ikuo Okada, Sachio Shimohata, Hidetaka Oguma, Ryota Okimoto, Keizo Tsukagoshi, Yoshitaka Uemura, Junichiro Masada, Shunsuke Torii
  • Publication number: 20160201166
    Abstract: A heat-resistant superalloy having chromium, aluminum, cobalt, titanium, and ruthenium added thereto as main components, and having a subcomponent(s) optionally added thereto, the remainder, excluding the main components and the subcomponent(s), comprising nickel and an impurity inevitably contained, wherein the amount of the chromium added is 2 to 25% by mass, the amount of the aluminum added is 0.2 to 7% by mass, the amount of the cobalt added is 19.5 to 55% by mass, the amount of the titanium added is [0.17×(% by mass for cobalt-23)+3] to [0.17×(% by mass for cobalt-20)+7]% by mass (with the proviso that the amount of the titanium added is 5.1% by mass or more), and the amount of the ruthenium added is 0.1 to 10% by mass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Inventors: Yuefeng GU, Hiroshi HARADA, Toshiharu KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20160160323
    Abstract: An oxide particle dispersion-strengthened Ni-base superalloy includes Ni, 0.1% by weight to 14.0% by weight of Ru, 0.1% by weight to 14.0% by weight of Al, and inevitable impurities and has a crystal structure containing 0.01% by weight to 3.0% by weight of dispersed oxide particles based on the total amount of the superalloy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2014
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Applicant: NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE
    Inventors: Hiroshi HARADA, Yuefeng GU, Satoru ISHIHARA, Tadaharu YOKOKAWA, Toshiharu KOBAYASHI, Yutaka KOIZUMI, Toshimitsu TETSUI
  • Publication number: 20150197833
    Abstract: Provided is a Ni-based single crystal superalloy containing 6% by mass or more and 12% by mass or less of Cr, 0.4% by mass or more and 3.0% by mass or less of Mo, 6% by mass or more and 10% by mass or less of W, 4.0% by mass or more and 6.5% by mass or less of Al, 0% by mass or more and 1% by mass or less of Nb, 8% by mass or more and 12% by mass or less of Ta, 0% by mass or more and 0.15% by mass or less of Hf, 0.01% by mass or more and 0.2% by mass or less of Si, and 0% by mass or more and 0.04% by mass or less of Zr, and optionally containing at least one element selected from B, C, Y, La, Ce, and V, with a balance being Ni and inevitable impurities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2013
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Inventors: Kyoko Kawagishi, Hiroshi Harada, Tadaharu Yokokawa, Yutaka Koizumi, Toshiharu Kobayashi, Masao Sakamoto, Michinari Yuyama, Masaki Taneike, Ikuo Okada, Sachio Shimohata, Hidetaka Oguma, Ryota Okimoto, Keizo Tsukagoshi, Yoshitaka Uemura, Junichiro Masada, Shunsuke Torii
  • Patent number: 8968643
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide an Ni-based single crystal super alloy capable of improving strength by preventing precipitation of a TCP phase at high temperatures. This object is achieved by an Ni-based single crystal super alloy having a composition comprising 5.0-7.0 wt % of Al, 4.0-10.0 wt % of Ta, 1.1-4.5 wt % of Mo, 4.0-10.0 wt % of W, 3.1-8.0 wt % of Re, 0-0.50 wt % of Hf, 2.0-5.0 wt % of Cr, 0-9.9 wt % of Co and 4.1-14.0 wt % of Ru in terms of its weight ratio, with the remainder consisting of Ni and unavoidable impurities. Furthermore, in this Ni-based single crystal super alloy, when lattice constant of matrix is taken to be a1 and lattice constant of precipitation phase is taken to be a2, a2?0.999a1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignees: National Institute for Materials Science, IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiharu Kobayashi, Yutaka Koizumi, Tadaharu Yokokawa, Hiroshi Harada, Yasuhiro Aoki, Mikiya Arai, Shoju Masaki
  • Patent number: 8961646
    Abstract: There is provided a nickel alloy having an excellent creep strength as well as high-temperature oxidation resistance. The nickel alloy of the present invention comprises, by mass percent, Cr in a range of 11.5 to 11.9%, Co in a range of 25 to 29%, Mo in a range of 3.4 to 3.7%, W in a range of 1.9 to 2.1%, Ti in a range of 3.9 to 4.4%, Al in a range of 2.9 to 3.2%, C in a range of 0.02 to 0.03%, B in a range of 0.01 to 0.03%, Zr in a range of 0.04 to 0.06%, Ta in a range of 2.1 to 2.2%, Hf in a range of 0.3 to 0.4%, and Nb in a range of 0.5 to 0.8%, the balance being Ni and unavoidable impurities, and contains carbides and borides precipitating in crystal grains and at grain boundaries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignees: Honda Motor Co., Ltd., National Institute for Materials Science
    Inventors: Yuefeng Gu, Tadaharu Yokokawa, Toshiharu Kobayashi, Toshio Osada, Junzo Fujioka, Hiroshi Harada, Daisuke Nagahama, Yusuke Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 8926897
    Abstract: A nickel-base superalloy having excellent oxidation resistance is provided. It is useful as high-temperature members such as turbine blades and turbine vanes for jet engines or gas turbines. The nickel-base superalloy has a composition containing Co: 0.1 to 15% by weight, Cr: 0.1 to 10% by weight, Mo: 0.1 to 4.5% by weight, W: 0.1 to 15% by weight, Al: 2 to 8% by weight, Ta+Nb+Ti: 0 to 16% by weight, Hf: 0 to 5% by weight, Re: 0.1 to 16% by weight, Ru: 0.1 to 16% by weight, Si: 0.2 to 5% by weight and a balance made of Ni and unavoidable impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: National Institute for Materials Science
    Inventors: Hiroshi Harada, Kyoko Kawagishi, Toshiharu Kobayashi, Yutaka Koizumi, Atsushi Sato
  • Patent number: 8900512
    Abstract: The Ni-based single crystal alloy disclosed here is a single crystal and has a chemical composition containing, as % by mass, Co: 8 to 12%, Cr: 5 to 7.5%, Mo: 0.2 to 1.2%, W: 5 to 7%, Al: 5 to 6.5%, Ta: 8 to 12%. Hf: 0.01 to 0.2%, Re: 2 to 4%, Si: 0.005 to 0.1%, with the balance of Ni and inevitable impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignees: National Institute for Materials Science, Mitsubishi Heavy Indsutries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Harada, Tadaharu Yokokawa, Yutaka Koizumi, Toshiharu Kobayashi, Masao Sakamoto, Kyoko Kawagishi, Ikuo Okada, Hidataka Oguma, Taiji Torigoe, Masaki Taneike, Eisaku Ito, Junichiro Masada, Keizo Tsukagoshi, Hidemichi Koyabu
  • Patent number: 8852500
    Abstract: A Ni-base superalloy having a chemical composition comprising Cr: 3.0-5.0 wt %, Co: 5.0-10.0 wt %, Mo: 0.5-3.0 wt %, W: 8.0-10.0 wt %, Ta: 5.0-8.0 wt %, Nb: 3.0 wt % or less, Al: 4.5-6.0 wt %, Ti: 0.1-2.0 wt %, Re: more than 3.0-4.0 wt %, Ru: 0.2-4.0 wt %, Hf: 0.01-0.2 wt %, and the balance being Ni and unavoidable impurities, a method for producing the same, and turbine blade or turbine vane components are disclosed. The Ni-base superalloy has high creep strength and textural stability under high temperature environment, and is excellent in applicability to turbine blade or turbine vane components of large-sized gas turbines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: National Institute for Materials Science
    Inventors: Yutaka Koizumi, Hiroshi Harada, Tadaharu Yokokawa, Toshiharu Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 8845955
    Abstract: A heating section 20 having heating elements using carbon which generates heat when a high-frequency electric current is fed to a coil whose pitch can be adjusted as desired is arranged in a heating chamber 10. A cooling chamber 80 configured to cool metal is disposed below the heating chamber 10 in communication with the heating chamber 10 via a connection section 60. A water-cooled vertically movable shaft 90 which is capable of supporting the metal to be heat-treated and entering the heating chamber 10 is disposed so as to penetrate through the bottom portion of the cooling chamber 80. A gas introducing pipe 81 configured to introduce gas for cooling heated metal to be heat-treated supported by the water-cooled vertically movable shaft 90 and moved from the heating chamber 10 to the cooling chamber 80 is disposed in the cooling chamber 80.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignees: National Institute for Materials Science, Nissin Giken Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiharu Kobayashi, Hiroshi Harada, Katsunori Kikuchi, Jun Tasaki
  • Patent number: 8771440
    Abstract: A Ni-based single crystal superalloy according to the invention has, for example, a composition including: 5.0 to 7.0 wt % of Al, 4.0 to 10.0 wt % of Ta, 1.1 to 4.5 wt % of Mo, 4.0 to 10.0 wt % of W, 3.1 to 8.0 wt % of Re, 0.0 to 2.0 wt % of Hf, 2.5 to 8.5 wt % of Cr, 0.0 to 9.9 wt % of Co, 0.0 to 4.0 wt % of Nb, and 1.0 to 14.0 wt % of Ru in terms of weight ratio; and the remainder including Ni and incidental impurities. In addition, the contents of Cr, Hf and Al are preferably set so as to satisfy the equation OP?108. According to the Ni-based single crystal superalloy of the invention, high creep strength can be maintained and the oxidation resistance can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignees: National Institute for Materials Science, IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Akihiro Sato, Hiroshi Harada, Kyoko Kawagishi, Toshiharu Kobayashi, Tadaharu Yokokawa, Yutaka Koizumi, Yasuhiro Aoki, Mikiya Arai, Kazuyoshi Chikugo, Shoju Masaki
  • Patent number: 8734716
    Abstract: Disclosed is a novel heat-resistant superalloy for turbine disks having a chemical composition consisting of, in mass %, 19.5-55% of cobalt, 2-25% of chromium, 0.2-7% of aluminum, 3-15% of titanium and the balance of nickel and inevitable impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: National Institute for Materials Science
    Inventors: Hiroshi Harada, Yuefeng Gu, Chuanyong Cui, Makoto Osawa, Akihiro Sato, Toshiharu Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 8696979
    Abstract: A Ni-base superalloy having a chemical composition comprising Al: 4.5-7.0 wt %, Ta+Nb+Ti: 0.1-4.0 wt %, with Ta being less than 4.0 wt %, Mo: 1.0-8.0 wt %, W: 0.0-10.0 wt %, Re: 2.0-8.0 wt %, Hf: 0.0-1.0 wt %, Cr: 2.0-10.0 wt %, Co: 0.0-15.0 wt %, Ru: 0.0-5.0 wt %, and the balance being Ni and unavoidable impurities, and a method for producing the same are disclosed. The Ni-base superalloy has excellent creep property at high temperature and is suitable for use as a member at high temperature under high stress.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: National Institute for Materials Science
    Inventors: Tadaharu Yokokawa, Yutaka Koizumi, Hiroshi Harada, Toshiharu Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20130316891
    Abstract: The oxide matrix composite material is obtained by subjecting a fiber composed of at least one oxide or complex oxide and a matrix composed of at least one oxide or complex oxide to composite formation. For the fiber and the matrix, a component composition is selected such that the fiber and the matrix keep thermodynamic equilibrium to each other in a temperature range not exceeding the melting temperature, and a fiber diameter of the fiber at the time of equilibrium keeps ½ or more of a fiber diameter of the fiber at the start of the composite formation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2011
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Inventors: Hiroshi Harada, Toshimitsu Tetsui, Kyoko Kawagishi, Yuefeng Gu, Tadaharu Yokokawa, Toshiharu Kobayashi, Toshio Osada, Zhihong Zhong
  • Patent number: D1018173
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: TOKAI CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Seiji Kobayashi, Toshiharu Tsuzuki