Patents by Inventor Yousuke Yanagi

Yousuke Yanagi 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: 9564262
    Abstract: A superconducting magnetic field generating device includes: a superconductor including an outer superconductor formed with a high temperature superconducting material in a cylindrical shape and generating a trapped magnetic field, and an inner superconductor formed with a high temperature superconducting material in a cylindrical shape and coaxially disposed with the outer superconductor on the inner circumferential side; and a cooling device cooling the outer and inner superconductors to a temperature equal to or lower than the superconducting transition temperature, wherein the inner superconductor is formed so that a ratio (Jc?1/Jcz1) of a critical current density (Jc?1) of the inner superconductor in the circumferential direction to a critical current density (Jcz1) of the inner superconductor in the axial direction is closer to 1 than a ratio (Jc?2/Jcz2) of the critical current density (Jc?2) in the circumferential direction to a critical current density (Jcz2) of the outer superconductor of the outer s
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Ito, Yousuke Yanagi, Masaaki Yoshikawa
  • Publication number: 20150369885
    Abstract: A superconducting magnetic field generating device includes: a superconductor including an outer superconductor formed with a high temperature superconducting material in a cylindrical shape and generating a trapped magnetic field, and an inner superconductor formed with a high temperature superconducting material in a cylindrical shape and coaxially disposed with the outer superconductor on the inner circumferential side; and a cooling device cooling the outer and inner superconductors to a temperature equal to or lower than the superconducting transition temperature, wherein the inner superconductor is formed so that a ratio (Jc?1/Jcz1) of a critical current density (Jc?1) of the inner superconductor in the circumferential direction to a critical current density (Jcz1) of the inner superconductor in the axial direction is closer to 1 than a ratio (Jc?2/Jcz2) of the critical current density (Jc?2) in the circumferential direction to a critical current density (Jcz2) of the outer superconductor of the outer s
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2015
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshitaka ITO, Yousuke YANAGI, Masaaki YOSHIKAWA
  • Patent number: 7183766
    Abstract: A superconducting magnetic field generating apparatus includes a superconducting body for generating a magnetic field below a critical temperature of the superconducting body, a thermal insulation vessel having a space for accommodating the superconducting body, and a ferromagnetic body for adjusting a magnetic field distribution generated from the superconducting body wherein at least a part of the ferromagnetic body is disposed around the superconducting body and a magnetic circuit is formed so as to form the magnetic field distribution in a common side of the superconducting body and the part of the ferromagnetic body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2007
    Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Ito, Masaaki Yoshikawa, Yousuke Yanagi, Hiroyasu Nomachi
  • Patent number: 7026901
    Abstract: A cold head is disposed in an insulating container and cooled by a refrigerator. A superconductor is disposed in the insulating container, contacting the cold head, and is cooled to its superconduction transition temperature or lower by heat conduction. A magnetizing coil is disposed outside the insulating container for applying a magnetic field to the superconductor. Control is performed so that a magnetic field determined considering the magnetic field to be captured by the superconductor is applied. A pulsed magnetic field is applied to the superconductor a plurality of times. Each pulsed magnetic field is applied when the temperature of the superconductor is a predetermined temperature or lower. A maximum pulsed magnetic field is applied at least once in an initial or intermediate stage of the repeated application of pulsed magnetic fields. After that, a pulsed magnetic field equal to or less than the maximum pulsed magnetic field is applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2006
    Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yousuke Yanagi, Tetsuo Oka, Yoshitaka Itoh, Masaaki Yoshikawa
  • Publication number: 20050030017
    Abstract: A superconducting magnetic field generating apparatus includes a superconducting body for generating a magnetic field below a critical temperature of the superconducting body, a thermal insulation vessel having a space for accommodating the superconducting body, and a ferromagnetic body for adjusting a magnetic field distribution generated from the superconducting body wherein at least a part of the ferromagnetic body is disposed around the superconducting body and a magnetic circuit is formed so as to form the magnetic field distribution in a common side of the superconducting body and the part of the ferromagnetic body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2004
    Publication date: February 10, 2005
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KASHA
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Ito, Masaaki Yoshikawa, Yousuke Yanagi, Hiroyasu Nomachi
  • Patent number: 6847278
    Abstract: A magnetic device which is highly durable, reliable, and safe without being damaged when a magnetic filed is applied. The magnetic device includes a cooling device having a cold head refrigerated by an effect of a cryogenic refrigerator, a magnetic field generation device configured to apply a non-stationary magnetic field on a magnetic body, and a cold head extension portion configured to thermally connect the magnetic body and the cold head. The cold head extension portion includes at least two members, one a low resistance member and the other a high resistance member having different resistivities. With this device, the eddy current generated in the cold head extension portion and the electromagnetic force produced in the cold head by the cold head extension portion are reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2005
    Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Ito, Masaaki Yoshikawa, Yousuke Yanagi, Tetsuo Oka
  • Patent number: 6545474
    Abstract: A controlling method for a nuclear magnetic resonance apparatus. The method includes: (A) cooling the high-temperature superconductor at a magnetization low temperature sufficiently lower than a superconductor transition temperature, and magnetizing the high-temperature superconductor with a magnetic field; (B) raising the temperature of the high-temperature superconductor at a magnetic flux setting temperature higher than the magnetization low temperature and lower than the superconductor transition temperature and setting a predetermined magnetic flux density; and (C) controlling the high-temperature superconductor in an operation temperature range lower than the magnetic flux setting temperature. Therefore, a strong static magnetic field comparable to a conventional superconducting magnet is formed without using a refrigerant (liquid helium) essential for operating the conventional superconducting magnet, and a magnetic flux density of the static magnetic field is held constant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2003
    Assignees: Riken, Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takashi Nakamura, Jun Uzawa, Tetsuo Oka, Yoshitaka Ito, Yousuke Yanagi, Masaaki Yoshikawa, Ryohei Yabuno
  • Patent number: 6489769
    Abstract: A nuclear magnetic resonance apparatus including: a cup-shaped high-temperature superconductor 20 having a hollow cylindrical shape or portion cooled to not more than a superconducting transition temperature in a vacuum insulating container 22; and a detection coil 12 for detecting an NMR signal of a material 11 to be measured inserted into the hollow cylindrical portion 20a of the high-temperature superconductor. The high-temperature superconductor is magnetized in an axial direction, a static magnetic field is thereby generated in the hollow cylindrical portion in a cylinder axial direction, and the NMR signal of a material is detected by the detection coil and the existing spectrometer. A strong static magnetic field comparable to a conventional superconducting magnet is formed without using a refrigerant (liquid helium) essential for operating the conventional superconducting magnet, and a strength distribution of the static magnetic field is homogeneous.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2002
    Assignees: Riken, Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takashi Nakamura, Jun Uzawa, Tetsuo Oka, Yoshitaka Ito, Yousuke Yanagi, Masaaki Yoshikawa, Ryohei Yabuno, Uichiro Mizutani
  • Publication number: 20020130747
    Abstract: A magnetic device which is highly durable, reliable, and safe without being damaged when a magnetic filed is applied. The magnetic device includes a cooling device having a cold head refrigerated by an effect of a cryogenic refrigerator, a magnetic field generation device configured to apply a non-stationary magnetic field on a magnetic body, and a cold head extension portion configured to thermally connect the magnetic body and the cold head. The cold head extension portion includes at least two members, one a low resistance member and the other a high resistance member having different resistivities. With this device, the eddy current generated in the cold head extension portion and the electromagnetic force produced in the cold head by the cold head extension portion are reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2002
    Publication date: September 19, 2002
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Ito, Masaaki Yoshikawa, Yousuke Yanagi, Tetsuo Oka
  • Patent number: 6441710
    Abstract: A cold head is disposed in an insulating container and cooled by a refrigerator. A superconductor is disposed in the insulating container, contacting the cold head, and is cooled to its superconduction transition temperature or lower by heat conduction. A magnetizing coil is disposed outside the insulating container for applying a magnetic field to the superconductor. Control is performed so that a magnetic field determined considering the magnetic field to be captured by the superconductor is applied. A pulsed magnetic field is applied to the superconductor a plurality of times. Each pulsed magnetic field is applied when the temperature of the superconductor is a predetermined temperature or lower. A maximum pulsed magnetic field is applied at least once in an initial or intermediate stage of the repeated application of pulsed magnetic fields. After that, a pulsed magnetic field equal to or less than the maximum pulsed magnetic field is applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2002
    Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yousuke Yanagi, Tetsuo Oka, Yoshitaka Itoh, Masaaki Yoshikawa
  • Publication number: 20020070829
    Abstract: A cold head is disposed in an insulating container and cooled by a refrigerator. A superconductor is disposed in the insulating container, contacting the cold head, and is cooled to its superconduction transition temperature or lower by heat conduction. A magnetizing coil is disposed outside the insulating container for applying a magnetic field to the superconductor. Control is performed so that a magnetic field determined considering the magnetic field to be captured by the superconductor is applied. A pulsed magnetic field is applied to the superconductor a plurality of times. Each pulsed magnetic field is applied when the temperature of the superconductor is a predetermined temperature or lower. A maximum pulsed magnetic field is applied at least once in an initial or intermediate stage of the repeated application of pulsed magnetic fields. After that, a pulsed magnetic field equal to or less than the maximum pulsed magnetic field is applied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2002
    Publication date: June 13, 2002
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yousuke Yanagi, Tetsuo Oka, Yoshitaka Itoh, Masaaki Yoshikawa
  • Publication number: 20020000807
    Abstract: There is disclosed a controlling method of a nuclear magnetic resonance apparatus in which a static magnetic field is generated by a high-temperature superconductor 20 positioned in a vacuum insulating container 22. The method comprises: a magnetizing step (A) for cooling the high-temperature superconductor at a magnetization low temperature sufficiently lower than a superconductor transition temperature, and magnetizing the high-temperature superconductor with the magnetic field; a magnetic flux setting step (B) for raising the temperature of the high-temperature superconductor at a magnetic flux setting temperature higher than the magnetization low temperature and lower than the superconductor transition temperature and setting a predetermined magnetic flux density; and an operation controlling step (C) for controlling the high-temperature superconductor in an operation temperature range lower than the magnetic flux setting temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2001
    Publication date: January 3, 2002
    Applicant: Riken
    Inventors: Takashi Nakamura, Jun Uzawa, Tetsuo Oka, Yoshitaka Ito, Yousuke Yanagi, Masaaki Yoshikawa, Ryohei Yabuno
  • Publication number: 20020000806
    Abstract: There is disclosed a nuclear magnetic resonance apparatus comprising: a cup-shaped high-temperature superconductor 20 having a hollow cylindrical shape or portion cooled at a temperature not more than a superconducting transition temperature in a vacuum insulating container 22; and a detection coil 12 for detecting an NMR signal of a material 11 to be measured inserted into the hollow cylindrical portion 20a of the high-temperature superconductor. The high-temperature superconductor is magnetized in an axial direction, a static magnetic field is thereby generated in the hollow cylindrical portion in a cylinder axial direction, and the NMR signal of the material to be measured disposed in the magnetic field is detected by the detection coil and the existing spectrometer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2001
    Publication date: January 3, 2002
    Applicant: Riken
    Inventors: Takashi Nakamura, Jun Uzawa, Tetsuo Oka, Yoshitaka Ito, Yousuke Yanagi, Masaaki Yoshikawa, Ryohei Yabuno, Uichiro Mizutani
  • Patent number: 6169402
    Abstract: A magnet for producing a static magnetic field is improved, and a small-sized, high-resolution nuclear magnetic resonance system is provided. A superconductive bulk (17) of a high-temperature superconductor is cooled in a vacuum insulated container (16), and magnetized with a magnetizing coil (19). This is used for analyzing a subject (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2001
    Assignees: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha, The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research
    Inventors: Tetsuo Oka, Yoshitaka Ito, Yousuke Yanagi, Masaaki Yoshikawa, Ryohei Yabuno, Jun Uzawa
  • Patent number: 6111490
    Abstract: A cold head is disposed in an insulating container and cooled by a refrigerator. A superconductor is disposed in the insulating container, contacting the cold head, and is cooled to its superconduction transition temperature or lower by heat conduction. A magnetizing coil is disposed outside the insulating container for applying a magnetic field to the superconductor. Control is performed so that a magnetic field determined considering the magnetic field to be captured by the superconductor is applied. A pulsed magnetic field is applied to the superconductor a plurality of times. Each pulsed magnetic field is applied when the temperature of the superconductor is a predetermined temperature or lower. A maximum pulsed magnetic field is applied at least once in an initial or intermediate stage of the repeated application of pulsed magnetic fields. After that, a pulsed magnetic field equal to or less than the maximum pulsed magnetic field is applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2000
    Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yousuke Yanagi, Tetsuo Oka, Yoshitaka Itoh, Masaaki Yoshikawa
  • Patent number: 5981442
    Abstract: An Nd-Ba-Cu-O bulk superconductor includes oxide including metallic elements of neodymium (Nd), barium (Ba) and copper (Cu), and has a structure in which fine particles of Nd.sub.4 Ba.sub.2 Cu.sub.2 O.sub.10 (i.e., Nd422) are dispersed uniformly in crystalline grains of NdBa.sub.2 Cu.sub.3 O.sub.x (i.e., Nd123). It is produced by preparing a mixture powder in which an Nd123 powder and an Nd422 powder are present uniformly, thermally treating the mixture powder in a temperature range where the Nd123 powder melts partially at least but the Nd422 powder hardly melts, and gradually cooling the partially melted mixture powder in a temperature range around a solidifying point of the Nd123 powder. It exhibits an enhanced magnetic-field-trapping capability in the regions of low magnetic field, because of the pinning effect resulting from the fine particles of Nd422 dispersed uniformly in the crystalline grains of Nd123.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1999
    Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yousuke Yanagi, Takeo Yamazaki, Atsushi Takagi, Yuh Yamada, Uichiro Mizutani, Yoshitaka Itoh, Masaaki Yoshikawa, Tetsuo Oka
  • Patent number: 5659278
    Abstract: A superconducting magnet device and magnetizing device for superconductor including a coil provided around the superconductor; a current supply line connected to the coil and a power source and supplying a pulse current from the power source to the coil; and a refrigerant container controlled to a superconducting transition temperature or below, the coil arranged in the refrigerant container, the current supply line provided within refrigerant pipes connecting to the refrigerant container, its applied instrument, and a magnetizing method for superconductor including cooling the interior of the refrigerant container down to the superconducting transition temperature or below; supplying a pulse current to the coil for generating a magnetic field by the coil; and magnetizing the superconductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 19, 1997
    Assignee: Imra Material R&D Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yousuke Yanagi, Shintaro Harada, Ryohei Yabuno, Tetsuo Oka, Yoshitaka Ito, Tutomu Sakakibara
  • Patent number: 5581135
    Abstract: A superconducting motor comprising an armature provided on a ro tative shaft, magnet portions disposed opposite to said armature, coolant containers for containing said magnet portions and coolant, coolant pipes connected to said coolant containers for supplying the coolant, wherein each of said magnet portions comprises a superconductor and a magnetizing coil wound around it and wherein lead wires for supplying a pulse current for magnetization are connected to said magnetizing coils.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 3, 1996
    Assignee: IMRA Material R & D Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Ito, Yousuke Yanagi, Tetsuo Oka, Ryohei Yabuno, Shintaro Harada, Tutomu Sakakibara
  • Patent number: 5521570
    Abstract: A superconductive magnetic levitation apparatus is provided which is simple in structure, low in cost and is used for readily explaining superconducting phenomena such as the Meissner effect and the pinning effect. The superconductive magnetic levitation apparatus includes a levitation moving unit 5 including superconductors 4, and a heat insulative tank 51 for storing a coolant 52 for cooling the superconductors 4; and a track 3 arranged in confronted relation with the superconductors 4 of the levitation moving unit 5, the track 3 including a number of permanent magnets 2 fixed to a ferromagnetic metal plate 1. The permanent magnets 2 are composed of a plurality of series connected magnetic pieces having the same pole in a longitudinal direction of the track 3 and a plurality of parallel connected magnetic pieces having different poles in a transverse direction of the track 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 28, 1996
    Assignee: Imra Material R&D Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Ito, Yousuke Yanagi, Tetsuo Oka