Patents Assigned to Nippon Light Metal Company, Ltd.
  • Patent number: 10437142
    Abstract: A support frame for a pellicle includes a frame body made of an aluminum alloy. The frame body has: a top surface onto which a pellicle film is bonded; and an underside surface onto which a transparent substrate is bonded. A material of which the frame body is made has a Young's modulus larger than that of which the transparent substrate is made. The structure described above makes it possible to reduce deformation of the transparent substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: NIPPON LIGHT METAL COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Akira Iizuka, Koichi Nakano, Hayato Kiyomi, Kazuhiro Oda, Tomohiro Isobe
  • Patent number: 10400347
    Abstract: To provide a conductive member capable of suppressing an increase in contact resistance, and a production method therefor. To solve the problem by providing a conductive member having a Ni plating layer 3 on the surface of contact parts 2 provided on a substrate 1, an arithmetic average roughness Sa of the surface of the Ni plating layer 3 being 20 nm or more. In the Ni plating layer 3, the full width half maximum of a peak at the position of a Ni (200) plane in an x-ray diffraction diagram is preferably 0.6 or less, and an indentation hardness HIT of the Ni plating layer 3 is preferably 5000 n/mm2 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: NIPPON LIGHT METAL COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Yosuke Nishikawa, Sayuri Shimizu, Shinichiro Sumi
  • Patent number: 10363538
    Abstract: A substrate for biochips, in which carboxyl groups are immobilized on a substrate whose surface at least is composed of carbon; and a method for producing the substrate are disclosed. The substrate for biochips comprises a substrate whose surface at least is composed of carbon; and an acrylic polymer having free carboxyl groups in the molecular structure thereof, which acrylic polymer is immobilized on the surface of the substrate. The method for producing the substrate comprises irradiating the substrate whose surface at least is composed of carbon with ultraviolet light during the acrylic polymer having free carboxyl groups in the molecular structure thereof contacts the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: NIPPON LIGHT METAL COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasushi Takebayashi, Ryo Morishita, Kei Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 10343951
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a magnesium fluoride sintered compact includes a disc-shaped magnesium fluoride sintered compact having a through hole passing through a center axis of the disc-shaped magnesium fluoride sintered compact. The magnesium fluoride sintered compact has a relative density of 95% or higher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignees: NIPPON LIGHT METAL COMPANY, LTD., Cancer Intelligence Care Systems, Inc., SINTER LAND Incorporation, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidaka Furuya, Yoshinori Sugawara, Hideaki Usui, Kazuto Sanada, Masaru Nakamura, Shinichi Takei
  • Patent number: 10340490
    Abstract: A battery case lid is formed by working a metal plate, and includes a substrate section and an explosion-proof valve formed in the substrate section. The explosion-proof valve has a reduced thickness section thinner than the substrate section, and the reduced thickness section is formed by extending the metal plate by applying pressure while the metal plate is kept unrestrained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignees: SOODE NAGANO CO., LTD., NIPPON LIGHT METAL COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Takayuki Sode, Yukinori Sugiyama, Shinichi Nomura, Masato Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 10335894
    Abstract: A joining method includes a butting process configured to butt a first metal member and a second metal member each having a front surface with various heights to form therebetween a butt portion with various heights; and a welding process configured to apply a friction stirring to the butt portion by a stirring pin of a rotation tool while only the stirring pin of the rotation tool contacts with the first metal member and the second metal member of the butt portion. The welding process may be configured to insert the stirring pin of the rotation tool into the butt portion from front surfaces of the first metal member and the second metal member and apply the friction stirring to the butt portion while an insertion depth of only the stirring pin is kept approximately constant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: NIPPON LIGHT METAL COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Hisashi Hori, Nobushiro Seo
  • Publication number: 20190186410
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy having excellent high temperature strength and thermal conductivity; and an internal combustion engine piston including the alloy. The aluminum alloy includes 11.0-13.0% Si, ?0.3% Fe, 0.3-2.0% Mg, 2.0-5.0% Cu, 3.0-4.0% Ni, 0.2-1.0% Mn, 0.05-0.4% Cr, and 0.05-0.4% V, with the remainder including aluminum and unavoidable impurities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2016
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Applicants: NIPPON LIGHT METAL COMPANY, LTD., ART METAL MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Izumi YAMAMOTO, Kazuhiro ODA, Hiroshi HORIKAWA, Katsumi FUKAYA, Takashi SEKI, Tadashi WATANABE
  • Patent number: 10309001
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy for microporous hollow shape material use constituted by an aluminum alloy which has excellent corrosion resistance and extrudability which keeps down the content of Cu which poses a problem in intergranular corrosion resistance, which maintains the natural potential noble, which adds transition metals which do not obstruct the extrudability is provided, that is, an aluminum alloy which has a chemical composition which contains, by mass %, Fe: 0.05 to 0.20%, Si: 0.10% or less, Cu: 0.15 to 0.32%, Mn: 0.08 to 0.15%, Zr: 0.05% or less, Ti: 0.06 to 0.15%, Cr: 0.03% or less, and balance: Al and unavoidable impurities and has an amount of gas in the alloy billet of 0.25 cc/100 g or less, and a method of production of an aluminum alloy which, produces a DC cast billet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignees: NIPPON LIGHT METAL COMPANY, LTD., OKB CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shigeru Okaniwa, Meitoku Ogasawara, Takao Otaki, Yusuke Seki, Yutaka Kato
  • Patent number: 10300687
    Abstract: Provided is an aluminum-resin bonded body that expresses excellent bonding strength and does not show a reduction in the strength after a durability test, thus being able to keep the excellent bonding strength over a long period of time. The aluminum-resin bonded body includes: an aluminum substrate formed of aluminum or an aluminum alloy; an oxygen-containing film containing oxygen, the oxygen-containing film being formed on a surface of the aluminum substrate; and a resin molded body formed of a thermoplastic resin composition containing a thermoplastic resin and an additive, the resin molded body being bonded onto the oxygen-containing film, in which the thermoplastic resin composition contains any one or both of: a thermoplastic resin containing an element having an unshared electron pair in a repeat unit and/or at an end; and an additive containing an element having an unshared electron pair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: NIPPON LIGHT METAL COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Masanori Endo, Reiko Takasawa, Miyuki Yoshida
  • Patent number: 10295711
    Abstract: A prototype aluminum mold for stampers that is used to manufacture stampers having a fine irregular surface structure on the surface thereof and containing aluminum and magnesium, wherein the content of magnesium is 0.1% by mass to 3% by mass, the content of silicon is 100 ppm by mass or less, the total content of elements other than aluminum and magnesium is 500 ppm by mass or less, and the number of magnesium silicide particles having an equivalent diameter of 10 nm or more on the surface of the prototype aluminum mold for stampers is 10/1000 ?m2 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, Nippon Light Metal Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsuhiro Kojima, Hiroshi Onomoto, Hiroaki Kita, Kota Shirai, Hiroshi Okada, Kazume Mochizuki
  • Patent number: 10281814
    Abstract: A support frame for a pellicle, in which a pellicle film is adhered to the front surface of an aluminum-alloy frame body, and a transparent substrate is adhered to the rear surface of the frame body. A recessed groove is formed in the rear surface of the frame body, the recessed groove extending along the periphery of the frame body, and a vent hole is formed from the outer peripheral surface of the frame body to the inner surface of the recessed groove. With this configuration, deformation of the support frame can be suppressed when the support frame is removed from the transparent substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: NIPPON LIGHT METAL COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Hayato Kiyomi, Naoto Komura
  • Patent number: 10280495
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy fin material for heat exchanger use having a 35 to 50 ?m thickness, a small springback at the time of corrugation, a suitable strength before brazing enabling easy fin formation, a high strength after brazing, and excellent erosion resistance, self corrosion resistance, and sacrificial anodic effect and a method of production of the same are provided. A fin material containing, by mass %, Si: 0.9 to 1.2%, Fe: 0.8 to 1.1%, Mn: 1.1 to 1.4%, and Zn: 0.9 to 1.1%, further limiting the impurity Mg to 0.05% or less, Cu to 0.03% or less, and ([Si]+[Fe]+2[Mn])/3 to 1.4% to 1.6%, and having a balance of unavoidable impurities and Al. A method of production prescribing hot rolling, cold rolling, intermediate annealing, and final cold rolling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignees: DENSO CORPORATION, NOVELIS INC., NIPPON LIGHT METAL COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Takanori Kokubo, Toshiya Anami, Hayaki Teramoto, Hideyuki Ota, Toshihide Ninagawa
  • Patent number: 10246759
    Abstract: Provided is a method of recovering rare-earth elements by performing slight pH adjustment of a leachate, which does not require such significant pH adjustment as in conventional methods, reduces cost and effort, and can efficiently recover rare-earth elements in a bauxite residue in a good yield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignees: Nippon Light Metal Company, Ltd., The Jamaica Bauxite Institute Limited
    Inventors: Kaoru Sugita, Yasushi Kobayashi, Yoshihiro Taguchi, Wilmon Wallen-Bryan, Worrell Lyew You, Parris A Lyew-Ayee
  • Patent number: 10221471
    Abstract: 3000-series aluminum alloy sheet which has a high strength enabling application to automobile body panel and excellent in bendability and shape freezability is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: Nippon Light Metal Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Handa, Kiyomi Tsuchiya, Toshiya Anami
  • Patent number: 10207372
    Abstract: An aluminum composite material includes a first metallic plate, a second metallic plate, and a matrix material that is interposed between the first metallic plate and the second metallic plate and is formed of aluminum powder. Gadolinium oxide particles are dispersed in the matrix material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignees: Nippon Light Metal Company, Ltd., Nikkeikin Aluminum Core Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yusuke Kamimura, Shingo Koizumi, Daisuke Nagasawa, Toshiaki Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 10202671
    Abstract: A high proof stress aluminum alloy extrusion material having superior bendability and crack resistance. The high proof stress aluminum alloy extrusion material is an aluminum alloy comprising: 5.0 to 7.0 wt % of zinc; 0.5 to 1.5 wt % of magnesium; 0.05 to 0.3 wt % of copper; no greater than 0.15 wt % of zirconium; 0.1 to 0.4 wt % of iron; 0.05 to 0.4 wt % of silicon; with the balance being Al and impurities, in which at least 90% of a metallographic structure is a recrystallized structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignees: NIPPON LIGHT METAL COMPANY, LTD., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jie Xing, Masato Yatsukura, Shinichiro Sumi, Peizheng Lin, Shoji Mochizuki, Naoki Takaki, Nao Sugimoto
  • Patent number: 10131971
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy sheet which is high in strength and excellent in heat conductivity, and which can be given an anodic oxide coating with a white color and a suitable yellowishness is provided. An aluminum alloy ingot containing Mg: 0.80 to 1.8 mass %, Fe: 0.05 to 0.30 mass %, Si: 0.20 mass % or less, Cu: 0.03 to 0.15 mass %, Mn: 0.05 to 0.20 mass %, and Cr: 0.05 to 0.15 mass %, restricts Zn to less than 0.15 mass %, and balance of Al and unavoidable impurities is treated by holding it at 560 to 620° C. for 1 to 5 hours, then hot rolled and, either through or not through process annealing, and cold rolled by a final cold rolling reduction of 15 to 95% to obtain an aluminum alloy sheet which has a 0.2% yield strength of 180 MPa or more and a conductivity of 40 (IACS %) or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: NIPPON LIGHT METAL COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Oota, Fumio Otake, Takeshi Handa
  • Patent number: 10077817
    Abstract: A caliper includes a hydraulic linking channel provided in a bridge section linking hydraulic cylinders, on an inner caliper section side, and hydraulic cylinders, on an outer caliper section side, to a cylinder-side hydraulic channel disposed on the back end of each respectively. A connecting channel forming section, which corresponds to each cylinder-side hydraulic channel and the hydraulic linking channel is provided, in advance, in a core used during casting of the inner caliper section, the outer caliper section, and the bridge section, and is formed by setting in a situation to be embedded at the same time as each caliper section and the bridge section are being integrally cast.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: NIPPON LIGHT METAL COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro Kawamata, Tetsuzo Nishimura
  • Publication number: 20180229263
    Abstract: A metal resin composite molded body wherein various metal bases and a resin molded body are integrally and firmly bonded with each other; and a versatile method for producing this metal resin composite molded body are provided. Particularly provided are: a metal resin composite molded body wherein an aluminum base and a polyolefin resin molded body are integrally and firmly bonded with each other; and a simple method for producing this metal resin composite molded body. A metal resin composite molded body comprises a metal base, a polypropylene resin layer and a thermoplastic resin molded body. The polypropylene resin layer is bonded to the metal base with a hydrophilic surface being interposed therebetween. The hydrophilic surface is formed on the metal base. The thermoplastic resin molded body is bonded to the polypropylene resin layer by means of anchoring effect and compatibilizing effect with the polypropylene resin layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2016
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Applicant: NIPPON LIGHT METAL COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke Nishikori, Masanori Endo, Miyuki Yoshida
  • Patent number: 10041154
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy sheet includes an aluminum alloy substrate having a composition containing, by mass percentage, 3.0 to 4.0% of magnesium, 0.2 to 0.4% of manganese, 0.1 to 0.5% of iron, not less than 0.03% but less than 0.10% of copper, and less than 0.20% of silicon, with the remainder being aluminum and unavoidable impurities. A peak concentration of a copper concentration distribution in a thickness direction in a region at a depth of 15 nm to 200 nm from the surface of the aluminum alloy substrate is equal to or more than 0.15%, and the aluminum alloy substrate has a recrystallized structure with an average grain size of 15 ?m or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignees: NIPPON LIGHT METAL COMPANY, LTD., NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Hirayama, Pizhi Zhao, Takeshi Handa, Toshiya Anami, Yusuke Nagaishi, Koji Itakura, Hirokazu Miyagawa, Tsutomu Hattori, Shigenori Yoshizawa, Akio Yoshizawa