Patents Assigned to Mitsubishi Shindoh Co., Ltd.
  • Publication number: 20140166164
    Abstract: A copper alloy sheet according to one aspect contains 28.0 mass % to 35.0 mass % of Zn, 0.15 mass % to 0.75 mass % of Sn, 0.005 mass % to 0.05 mass % of P, and a balance consisting of Cu and unavoidable impurities, in which relationships of 44?[Zn]+20×[Sn]?37 and 32?[Zn]+9×([Sn]?0.25)1/2?37 are satisfied. The copper alloy sheet according to the aspect is manufactured by a manufacturing process including a finish cold-rolling process of cold-rolling a copper alloy material, an average grain size of the copper alloy material is 2.0 ?m to 7.0 ?m, and a sum of an area ratio of a ? phase and an area ratio of a ? phase in a metallographic structure of the copper alloy material is 0% to 0.9%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2014
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicants: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION, Mitsubishi Shindoh Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiichiro Oishi, Takashi Hokazono, Michio Takasaki, Yosuke Nakasato
  • Publication number: 20140134457
    Abstract: A method for producing a Cu—Sn layer and an Sn-based surface layer are formed in this order on the surface of a Cu-based substrate through an Ni-based base layer, and the Cu—Sn layer is composed of a Cu3Sn layer arranged on the Ni-based base layer and a Cu6Sn5 layer arranged on the Cu3Sn layer; the Cu—Sn layer obtained by bonding the Cu3Sn layer and the Cu6Sn5 layer is provided with recessed and projected portions on the surface which is in contact with the Sn-based surface layer; thicknesses of the recessed portions are set to 0.05 ?m to 1.5 ?m, the area coverage of the Cu3Sn layer with respect to the Ni-based base layer is 60% or higher, and the ratio of the thicknesses of the projected portions to the thicknesses of the recessed portions in the Cu—Sn layer is 1.2 to 5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2014
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI SHINDOH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Sakurai, Seiichi Ishikawa, Kenji Kubota, Takashi Tamagawa
  • Publication number: 20140124106
    Abstract: Provided are a silver-white copper alloy which has superior mechanical properties such as hot workability, cold workability, or press property, color fastness, bactericidal and antibacterial properties, and Ni allergy resistance; and a method of producing such a silver-white copper alloy. The silver-white copper alloy includes 51.0 mass % to 58.0 mass % of Cu; 9.0 mass % to 12.5 mass % of Ni; 0.0003 mass % to 0.010 mass % of C; 0.0005 mass % to 0.030 mass % of Pb; and the balance of Zn and inevitable impurities, in which a relationship of 65.5?[Cu]+1.2×[Ni]?70.0 is satisfied between a content of Cu [Cu] (mass %) and a content of Ni [Ni] (mass %). In a metal structure thereof, an area ratio of ? phases dispersed in an ?-phase matrix is 0% to 0.9%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicants: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION, MITSUBISHI SHINDOH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinji Tanaka, Keiichiro Oishi, Hiroharu Ogawa
  • Publication number: 20140112822
    Abstract: Provided are a silver-white copper alloy which has superior mechanical properties such as hot workability, cold workability, or press property, color fastness, bactericidal and antibacterial properties, and Ni allergy resistance; and a method of producing such a silver-white copper alloy. The silver-white copper alloy includes 51.0 mass % to 58.0 mass % of Cu; 9.0 mass % to 12.5 mass % of Ni; 0.0003 mass % to 0.010 mass % of C; 0.0005 mass % to 0.030 mass % of Pb; and the balance of Zn and inevitable impurities, in which a relationship of 65.5?[Cu]+1.2×[Ni]?70.0 is satisfied between a content of Cu [Cu] (mass %) and a content of Ni [Ni] (mass %). In a metal structure thereof, an area ratio of ? phases dispersed in an ?-phase matrix is 0% to 0.9%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2012
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicants: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION, MITSUBISHI SHINDOH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinji Tanaka, Keiichiro Oishi, Hiroharu Ogawa
  • Patent number: 8698002
    Abstract: A Cu—Sn layer and an Sn-based surface layer are formed in this order on the surface of a Cu-based substrate through an Ni-based base layer, and the Cu—Sn layer is composed of a Cu3Sn layer arranged on the Ni-based base layer and a Cu6Sn5 layer arranged on the Cu3Sn layer; the Cu—Sn layer obtained by bonding the Cu3Sn layer and the Cu6Sn5 layer is provided with recessed and projected portions on the surface which is in contact with the Sn-based surface layer; thicknesses of the recessed portions are set to 0.05 ?m to 1.5 ?m, the area coverage of the Cu3Sn layer with respect to the Ni-based base layer is 60% or higher, the ratio of the thicknesses of the projected portions to the thicknesses of the recessed portions in the Cu—Sn layer is 1.2 to 5, and the average thickness of the Cu3Sn layer is 0.01 ?m to 0.5 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Shindoh Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Sakurai, Seiichi Ishikawa, Kenji Kubota, Takashi Tamagawa
  • Publication number: 20140087606
    Abstract: What is provided is a copper alloy for electronic/electric device comprising: in mass %, more than 2% and 36.5% or less of Zn; 0.1% or more and 0.9% or less of Sn; 0.05% or more and less than 1.0% of Ni; 0.001% or more and less than 0.10% of Fe; 0.005% or more and 0.10% or less of P; and the balance Cu and inevitable impurities, wherein a content ratio of Fe to Ni, Fe/Ni satisfies 0.002?Fe/Ni<1.5, a content ratio of a sum of Ni and Fe, (Ni+Fe), to P satisfies 3<(Ni+Fe)/P<15, a content ratio of Sn to a sum of Ni and Fe, (Ni+Fe) satisfies 0.3<Sn/(Ni+Fe)<5, an average crystal grain diameter of ? phase containing Cu, Zn, and Sn is in a range of 0.1 to 50 ?m, and the copper alloy includes a precipitate containing P and one or more elements selected from Fe and Ni.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicants: MITSUBISHI SHINDOH CO., LTD., MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazunari Maki, Hiroyuki Mori
  • Publication number: 20130319581
    Abstract: A pressure resistant and corrosion resistant copper alloy contains 73.0 mass % to 79.5 mass % of Cu and 2.5 mass % to 4.0 mass % of Si with a remainder composed of Zn and inevitable impurities, in which the content of Cu [Cu] mass % and the content of Si [Si] mass % have a relationship of 62.0?[Cu]?3.6×[Si]?67.5. In addition, the area fraction of the ? phase “?”%, the area fraction of a ? phase “?”%, the area fraction of a ? phase “?”%, the area fraction of the ? phase “?”%, and the area fraction of a ? phase “?”% satisfy 30?“?”?84, 15?“?”?68, “?”+“?”?92, 0.2?“?”/“?”?2, “?”?3, “?”?5, “?”+“?”?6, 0?“?”?7, and 0?“?”+“?”+“?”?8. Also disclosed is a method of manufacturing a brazed structure made of the above pressure resistant and corrosion resistant copper alloy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2013
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Shindoh Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Keiichiro Oishi
  • Publication number: 20130319584
    Abstract: Provided are a Cu—Zr-based copper alloy plate which retains satisfactory mechanical strength and, at the same time, has a good balance of bending formability and bending elastic limit at a high level and a process for manufacturing the Cu—Zr-based copper alloy plate. The copper alloy plate contains 0.05% to 0.2% by mass of Zr and a remainder including Cu and unavoidable impurities, and the average value of KAM values measured by an EBSD method using a scanning electron microscope equipped with a backscattered electron diffraction pattern system is 1.5° to 1.8°, the R/t ratio is 0.1 to 0.6 wherein R represents the minimum bending radius which does not cause a crack and t represents the thickness of the plate in a W bending test, and the bending elastic limit is 420 N/mm2 to 520 N/mm2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2012
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI SHINDOH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Sakurai, Yoshio Abe, Naotake Hirano
  • Publication number: 20130315660
    Abstract: A pressure resistant and corrosion resistant copper alloy contains 73.0 mass % to 79.5 mass % of Cu and 2.5 mass % to 4.0 mass % of Si with a remainder composed of Zn and inevitable impurities, in which the content of Cu [Cu] mass % and the content of Si [Si] mass % have a relationship of 62.0?[Cu]?3.6×[Si]?67.5. In addition, the area fraction of the ? phase “?”%, the area fraction of a ? phase “?”%, the area fraction of a ? phase “?”%, the area fraction of the ? phase “?”%, and the area fraction of a ? phase “?”% satisfy 30?“?”?84, 15?“?”?68, “?”+“?”?92, 0.2?“?”/“?”?2, “?”?3, “?”?5, “?”+“?”?6, 0?“?”?7, and 0?“?”+“?”+“?”?8. Also disclosed is a method of manufacturing a brazed structure made of the above pressure resistant and corrosion resistant copper alloy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Shindoh Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Keiichiro Oishi
  • Patent number: 8506730
    Abstract: The free-cutting copper alloy according to the present invention contains a greatly reduced amount of lead in comparison with conventional free-cutting copper alloys, but provides industrially satisfactory machinability. The free-cutting alloys comprise 69 to 79 percent, by weight, of copper, 2.0 to 4.0 percent, by weight, of silicon, 0.02 to 0.4 percent, by weight, of lead, and the remaining percent, by weight, of zinc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Shindoh Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Keiichiro Oishi
  • Publication number: 20130167988
    Abstract: The Cu—Ni—Si-based copper alloy plate contains 1.0 mass % to 3.0 mass % of Ni, and Si at a concentration of ? to ¼ of the mass % concentration of Ni with a remainder of Cu and inevitable impurities, in which, when the average value of the aspect ratio (the minor axis of crystal grains/the major axis of crystal grains) of each crystal grains in an alloy structure is 0.4 to 0.6, the average value of GOS in the all crystal grains is 1.2° to 1.5°, and the ratio (L?/L) of the total special grain boundary length L? of special grain boundaries to the total grain boundary length L of crystal grain boundaries is 60% to 70%, the spring bending elastic limit becomes 450 N/mm2 to 600 N/mm2, the solder resistance to heat separation is favorable and deep drawing workability is excellent at 150° C. for 1000 hours.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2010
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI SHINDOH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Sakurai, Yoshio Abe, Akira Saito, Yoshihiro Kameyama
  • Patent number: 8171886
    Abstract: A fish cultivation net 3 has a rhombically netted form made by arranging a large number of waved wires 6 in parallel such that the adjacent wires are entwined with each other at their curved portions 6a. The wires 6 has a composition containing 62 to 91 mass % of Cu, 0.01 to 4 mass % of Sn, and the balance being Zn. The Cu content [Cu] and the Sn content [Sn] in terms of mass % satisfy the relationship 62?[Cu]?0.5[Sn]?90. The copper alloy material has a phase structure including an ? phase, a ? phase, and a ? phase and the total area ratio of these phases is 95 to 100%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Shindoh Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Keiichiro Oishi
  • Patent number: 8147751
    Abstract: To provide a silver-white copper alloy which represents a silver-white color equivalent to that of nickel silver and is excellent in hot workability and the like. The silver-white copper alloy includes 47.5 to 50.5 mass % of Cu, 7.8 to 9.8 mass % of Ni, 4.7 to 6.3 mass % of Mn, and the remainder including Zn, and the silver-white copper alloy has an alloy composition satisfying relationships of f1=[Cu]+1.4×[Ni]+0.3×[Mn]=62.0 to 64.0, f2=[Mn]/[Ni]=0.49 to 0.68, and f3=[Ni]+[Mn]=13.0 to 15.5 among a content [Cu] mass % of Cu, a content [Ni] mass % of Ni, and a content [Mn] mass % of Mn, and has a metal structure in which ? phases at an area ratio of 2 to 17% are dispersed in an ?-phase matrix. The copper alloy is provided as a hot processing material or continuous casting material formed by performing one or more heat treatments and cold processes on a hot processing raw material formed by performing a hot process on an ingot or a casting raw material obtained by continuous casting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Shindoh Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Keiichiro Oishi
  • Publication number: 20110265917
    Abstract: In a high-strength and high-electrical conductivity copper alloy rolled sheet, 0.14 to 0.34 mass % of Co, 0.046 to 0.098 mass % of P, 0.005 to 1.4 mass % of Sn are contained, [Co] mass % representing a Co content and [P] mass % representing a P content satisfy the relationship of 3.0?([Co]?0.007)/([P]?0.009)?5.9, a total cold rolling ratio is equal to or greater than 70%, a recrystallization ratio is equal to or less than 45% a an average grain size of recrystallized grains is in the range of 0.7 to 7 ?m, an average grain diameter of precipitates is in the range of 2.0 to 11 nm, and an average grain size of fine crystals is in the range of 0.3 to 4 ?m. By the precipitates of Co and P, the solid solution of Sn, and fine crystals, the strength, conductivity and ductility of the copper alloy rolled sheet are improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2009
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI SHINDOH CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Keiichiro Oishi
  • Publication number: 20110266035
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a conductive member which has a stable contact resistance, is difficult to be separated, and also decreases the inserting and drawing force when used for a connector. [Means to Solve Problems] A Cu—Sn intermetallic compound layer 3 and an Sn-based surface layer 4 are formed in this order on the surface of a Cu-based substrate 1 through an Ni-based base layer 2, and, furthermore, the Cu—Sn intermetallic compound layer 3 is composed of a Cu3Sn layer 5 arranged on the Ni-based base layer 2 and a Cu6Sn5 layer 6 arranged on the Cu3Sn layer 5; the Cu—Sn intermetallic compound layer 3 obtained by bonding the Cu3Sn layer 5 and the Cu6Sn5 layer 6 is provided with recessed and projected portions on the surface which is in contact with the Sn-based surface layer 4; thicknesses X of the recessed portions 7 are set to 0.05 ?m to 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2009
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI SHINDOH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Sakurai, Seiichi Ishikawa, Kenji Kubota, Takashi Tamagawa
  • Publication number: 20110265916
    Abstract: A high-strength and high-electrical conductivity copper alloy rolled sheet has an alloy composition containing 0.14 to 0.34 mass % of Co, 0.046 to 0.098 mass % of P, 0.005 to 1.4 mass % of Sn and the balance including Cu and inevitable impurities, wherein [Co] mass % representing a Co content and [P] mass % representing a P content satisfy the relationship of 3.0?([Co]?0.007)/([P]?0.009)?5.9. In a metal structure, precipitates are formed, the shape of the precipitates is substantially circular or elliptical, the precipitates have an average grain diameter of 1.5 to 9.0 nm, or 90% or more of all the precipitates have a diameter of 15 nm or less to be fine precipitates, and the precipitates are uniformly dispersed. With the precipitation of the fine precipitates of Co and P and the solid-solution of Sn, the strength, conductivity and heat resistance are improved and a reduction in costs is realized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2009
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI SHINDOH CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Keiichiro Oishi
  • Publication number: 20110174417
    Abstract: A high strength and high conductivity copper alloy pipe, rod, or wire is composed of an alloy composition containing 0.13 to 0.33 mass % of Co, 0.044 to 0.097 mass % of P, 0.005 to 0.80 mass % of Sn, and 0.00005 to 0.0050 mass % of O, wherein a content [Co] mass % of Co and a content [P] mass % of P satisfy a relationship of 2.9?([Co]?0.007)/([P]?0.008)?6.1, and the remainder includes Cu and inevitable impurities. The high strength and high conductivity copper alloy pipe, rod, or wire is produced by a process including a hot extruding process. Strength and conductivity of the high strength and high conductivity copper pipe, rod, or wire are improved by uniform precipitation of a compound of Co and P and by solid solution of Sn.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2009
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI SHINDOH CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Keiichiro Oishi
  • Publication number: 20110146855
    Abstract: A copper alloy material includes, by mass %, Mg of 0.3 to 2%, P of 0.001 to 0.1%, and the balance including Cu and inevitable impurities. An area fraction of such crystal grains that an average misorientation between all the pixels in each crystal grain is less than 4° is 45 to 55% of a measured area, when orientations of all the pixels in the measured area of the surface of the copper alloy material are measured by an EBSD method with a scanning electron microscope of an electron backscattered diffraction image system and a boundary in which a misorientation between adjacent pixels is 5° or more is considered as a crystal grain boundary, and a tensile strength is 641 to 708 N/mm2, and a bending elastic limit value is 472 to 503 N/mm2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2010
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Shindoh Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Sakurai, Yoshihiro Kameyama, Yoshio Abe
  • Publication number: 20110100676
    Abstract: A high strength and high conductivity copper rod or wire includes Co of 0.12 to 0.32 mass %, P of 0.042 to 0.095 mass %, Sn of 0.005 to 0.70 mass %, and O of 0.00005 to 0.0050 mass %. A relationship of 3.0?([Co]?0.007)/([P]?0.008)?6.2 is satisfied between a content [Co] mass % of Co and a content [P] mass % of P. The remainder includes Cu and inevitable impurities, and the rod or wire is produced by a process including a continuous casting and rolling process. Strength and conductivity of the high strength and high conductivity copper rod or wire are improved by uniform precipitation of a compound of Co and P and by solid solution of Sn. The high strength and high conductivity copper rod or wire is produced by the continuous casting and rolling process, and thus production costs are reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2009
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Applicants: MITSUBISHI SHINDOH CO., LTD., MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keiichiro Oishi, Kazumasa Hori
  • Publication number: 20110094085
    Abstract: A method for producing a contour strip includes a rough rolling step for rolling a plate material to form a contour molding material, a slitting step for slitting the contour molding material at the middle position in the width direction of a thick portion or a thin portion at both side edge portions thereof to form a contour slit material, and a stretching step for stretching the contour slit material to obtain a contour strip. Rolling is carried out in the rough rolling step so that ?t is 0.01 or less, e is 0.15 or less, D1 is 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2009
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Shindoh Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Sakurai, Shunroku Sukumoda, Shinya Koike