Patents by Inventor Yukihide Fukuda

Yukihide Fukuda 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: 20150275336
    Abstract: There are provided aluminum alloy for a vehicle and a part for a vehicle in which toughness suitable for the part for a vehicle can be secured even when aluminum material containing impurities such as Fe, Cu or the like is used. The aluminum alloy for a vehicle contains Fe in the range from not less than 0.2 wt % to not more than 1.0 wt %, Mn in the range from not less than 0.01 wt % to not more than 0.7 wt %, Si and Cu, and Al and unavoidable impurities as residuals, and the size of intermetallic compounds is equal to 30 ?m or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2013
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yukihide Fukuda
  • Patent number: 8263233
    Abstract: A frame member for use in a two-wheeled vehicle and an all-terrain vehicle that includes a plurality of Al members each made of a 7000 series Al alloy having a high strength is provided in which weld crack sensitivity is reduced and a weld joint having an excellent strength is provided. The alloy composition of the 7000 series Al alloy, which provides the Al member, containing Cu: 0.01 to 0.50%, Mg: 0.5 to 2.1%, and Zn: 4.0 to 8.5%, with the balance being Al and inevitable impurities. Further, in the production of the frame member, the plurality of Al members are integrated by welding using a filler metal containing Mg: 5.5 to 8.0%, Cr: 0.05 to 0.25%, Ti: 0.25% or less, Si: 0.4% or less, Fe: 0.4% or less, Cu: 0.1% or less, Zr: 0.05% or less and Zn: 0.25% or less, and with the balance being Al and inevitable impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignees: Sumitomo Light Metal Industries, Ltd., Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihiko Fukuda, Tadashi Minoda, Kyo Takahashi, Yukihide Fukuda
  • Publication number: 20110236718
    Abstract: A frame member for use in a two-wheeled vehicle and an all-terrain vehicle that includes a plurality of Al members each made of a 7000 series Al alloy having a high strength is provided in which weld crack sensitivity is reduced and a weld joint having an excellent strength is provided. The alloy composition of the 7000 series Al alloy, which provides the Al member, contains Cu: 0.01 to 0.50%, Mg: 0.5 to 2.1%, and Zn: 4.0 to 8.5%, the balance consisting of Al and inevitable impurities. Further, in the production of the frame member, the plurality of Al members is integrated by welding using a filler metal containing Mg: 5.5 to 8.0%, Cr: 0.05 to 0.25%, Ti: 0.25% or less, Si: 0.4% or less, Fe: 0.4% or less, Cu: 0.1% or less, Zr: 0.05% or less and Zn: 0.25% or less, and the balance consisting of Al and inevitable impurities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2011
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicants: Sumitomo Light Metal Industries, Ltd., Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihiko Fukuda, Tadashi Minoda, Kyo Takahashi, Yukihide Fukuda