Patents Assigned to PROTERIAL, LTD.
  • Patent number: 12263513
    Abstract: A coated die for use in hot stamping has a hard film having an alternating lamination section formed by alternating lamination of a1 layers consisting of nitride having 30% or more of chromium in atomic ratio in a metal part, and a2 layers consisting of nitride having 50% or more of vanadium in atomic ratio in a metal part. When ta1 and ta2 are defined as thicknesses of the a1 layer and the a2 layer respectively, a film thickness ratio Xb is defined as a film thickness ratio ta2/ta1 of a1 layers and a2 layers adjacent to each other in a substrate-side region of the alternating lamination section and a film thickness ratio Xt is defined as a film thickness ratio ta2/ta1 of a1 layers and a2 layers adjacent to each other in an outermost surface side region of the alternating lamination section, it holds that Xt>Xb.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Proterial, Ltd.
    Inventor: Tatsuya Shouji
  • Patent number: 12264389
    Abstract: An Fe-based amorphous alloy ribbon reduced in iron loss, less deformed, and highly productive in a condition of a magnetic flux density of 1.45 T is provided. One aspect of the present disclosure provides an Fe-based amorphous alloy ribbon having first and second surfaces, and is provided with continuous linear laser irradiation marks on at least the first surface. Each linear laser irradiation mark is formed along a direction orthogonal to a casting direction of the Fe-based amorphous alloy ribbon, and has unevenness on its surface. When the unevenness is evaluated in the casting direction, a height difference HL×width WA calculated from the height difference HL between a highest point and a lowest point in a thickness direction of the Fe-based amorphous alloy ribbon and the width WA which is a length of the linear irradiation mark on the first surface is 6.0 to 180 ?m2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: PROTERIAL, LTD.
    Inventors: Hajime Itagaki, Morifumi Kuroki, Makoto Sasaki, Shin Nakajima
  • Publication number: 20250102383
    Abstract: A magnetostrictive torque sensor has: a holder having an inner cylindrical portion arranged around a rotating shaft; a side plate portion arranged on one side in an axial direction of the inner cylindrical portion; an outer cylindrical portion arranged on an outer side in a radial direction of the side plate portion; and a recessed accommodating portion communicating an inner space on an inner side in the radial direction of the outer cylindrical portion and an outer space, a cover covering an opening portion on the other side in the axial direction of the recessed accommodating portion, a flexible substrate having a detection portion; and a signal line portion, a part of which is accommodated inside the recessed accommodating portion, and a connector attached to a tip-end portion of the signal line portion, the cover having a connector support portion for supporting the connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Applicants: NSK Ltd., Proterial, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kota FUKUDA, Seigou URAKAMI, Akitoshi FUJIMORI
  • Publication number: 20250091128
    Abstract: [Problem] The present invention addresses the problem of providing a re-used alloy powder for additive manufacturing and a method for producing an additive manufacturing product, wherein stable modeling is possible and defects can be suppressed even in cases where an alloy powder for additive manufacturing is re-used. [Solution] The present invention provides a re-used alloy powder for additive manufacturing, the re-used alloy powder being characterized in that: the surface of the alloy powder is provided with an oxide film; the alloy powder contains, in mass %, more than 0.015% but less than 0.106% of oxygen; and the oxide film has a maximum thickness of 200 nm or less (excluding 0).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2023
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Applicant: Proterial, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jing NIU, Kousuke KUWABARA
  • Patent number: 12251760
    Abstract: A magnetic core powder including granular powder A of Fe-based, magnetic, crystalline metal material and granular powder B of Fe-based, magnetic, amorphous metal material; the particle size d50A of granular powder A at a cumulative frequency of 50 volume % being 0.5 ?m or more and 7.0 ?m or less, and the particle size d50B of granular powder B at a cumulative frequency of 50 volume % being more than 15.0 ?m, in a cumulative distribution curve showing the relation between particle size and cumulative frequency from the smaller particle size side, determined by a laser diffraction method; the magnetic core powder meeting (d90M?d10M)/d50M of 1.6 or more and 6.0 or less, d10M being a particle size at a cumulative frequency of 10 volume %, d50M being a particle size at a cumulative frequency of 50 volume %, and d90M being a particle size at a cumulative frequency of 90 volume %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: PROTERIAL, LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuro Kato, Nobuhiko Chiwata, Motoki Ohta
  • Publication number: 20250075296
    Abstract: Provided is an alloy material that can improve mechanical properties in a high-temperature environment, an alloy product using the alloy material, and a machine device provided with the alloy product. The alloy material is an alloy material containing each of Co, Cr, Fe, and Ni in a range of 5 at % to 40 at %, Mo in a range of more than 0 at % and 8 at % or less, Ti in a range of 1 at % to 10 at %, and B in a range of more than 0 at % and less than 0.15 at % with a remainder consisting of inevitable impurities. This alloy material may contain B in a range of 0.03 at % to 0.12 at % and may contain at least one of Ta and Nb in a range of 4 at % or less. Preferably, the Ti and the at least one of Ta and Nb are contained at a total of 3 at % to 10 at %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2022
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Applicant: PROTERIAL, LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuya KIMURA, Hiroshi SHIRATORI, Kousuke KUWABARA
  • Publication number: 20250075302
    Abstract: Provided are a stainless steel having excellent cold workability and a manufacturing method therefor; and a stainless steel product for which surface hardness is sufficiently high and for which corrosion resistance against acids, particularly non-oxidative acids, is excellent and a manufacturing method therefor. Provided are the stainless steel and the manufacturing method therefor, said steel having a component composition, in terms of % by mass, 0.18-0.25% of C, 0.1-1.5% of Si, 0.35-1.5% of Mn, 0.04% or less of P, 0.01% or less of S, 0.05-0.20% of Ni, 12.5-14.6% of Cr, 1.5-3.0% of one or both of Mo and W according to the relational expression (Mo+½W), 1.0-3.0% of Cu, and 0.03-0.10% of N, the remainder being Fe and impurities. Further provided are the stainless steel product and the manufacturing method therefor, said stainless steel product being obtained by quenching and tempering the foregoing stainless steel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2023
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Applicant: Proterial, Ltd.
    Inventor: Kentaro FUKUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20250060315
    Abstract: A crack evaluation method of an additively manufactured object, which is a method evaluating a crack sensitivity of an additively manufactured object, includes the following. A crack evaluation device is additively manufactured using a raw material powder. The crack evaluation device includes: a body part, a base part opposed to the body part, a connecting part connecting one end side of the body part and the base part, a stress concentration part connecting another end side of the body part and the base part, and a comb tooth part connecting, by comb teeth, the body part and the base part between the connecting part and the stress concentration part. The crack sensitivity is evaluated based on cracked comb teeth at the crack evaluation device serving as the additively manufactured object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2024
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Applicant: Proterial, Ltd.
    Inventor: Kinya AOTA
  • Patent number: 12227818
    Abstract: A method of producing an amorphous alloy ribbon having a composition of Fe100-a-bBaSibCc (13.0 atom %?a?16.0 atom %, 2.5 atom %?b?5.0 atom %, 0.20 atom %?c?0.35 atom %, and 79.0 atom %?(100-a-b)?83.0 atom %) includes: preparing an alloy ribbon; and, in a state in which the alloy ribbon is tensioned with a tensile stress of from 5 MPa to 100 MPa, increasing a temperature of the alloy ribbon to from 410° C. to 480° C., at an average temperature increase rate of from 50° C./sec to less than 800° C./sec, and decreasing a temperature of the thus heated alloy ribbon to a temperature of a heat transfer medium for temperature-decreasing, at an average temperature decrease rate of from 120° C./sec to less than 600° C./sec, wherein the temperature increase and decrease are performed by contacting the traveling alloy ribbon with a heat transfer medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignees: Proterial, Ltd., Metglas, Inc.
    Inventors: Daichi Azuma, Naoki Ito
  • Patent number: 12230418
    Abstract: A composite cable is provided with a coaxial wire and an insulated wire. The coaxial wire includes a center conductor, a first insulation covering the center conductor, and plural outer conductors arranged on an outer periphery of the first insulation, and a jacket covering the plural outer conductors. The insulated wire includes a stranded conductor including plural strands twisted together, and a second insulation covering the stranded conductor. The center conductor of the coaxial wire is a single wire. A conductor diameter of the center conductor is not more than a wire diameter of each of the plural strands of the insulated wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: PROTERIAL, LTD.
    Inventors: Atsuro Yaguchi, Detian Huang, Takanobu Watanabe, Kotaro Tanaka, Kimika Kudo
  • Patent number: 12224093
    Abstract: A multilayer magnetic sheet includes at least one first layer in which a plurality of magnetic strips are arranged side by side; at least one second layer in which the plurality of magnetic strips are arranged side by side, a direction of the long side of the at least one second layer intersecting that of the at least one first layer; and at least one third layer in which the plurality of magnetic strips are arranged side by side, a direction of the long side of the at least one third layer being the same as that of the at least one first layer. A position of the long side in the at least one first layer and a position of the long side in the at least one third layer are separated from each other by 0.5 mm or more in a direction in which the short side extends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: PROTERIAL, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuo Kuriyama, Kouhei Miyano, Yuichi Ogawa
  • Patent number: 12224534
    Abstract: A wiring component with temperature sensor includes an electric wire, a temperature sensor including a detection unit configured to detect temperature of the electric wire and a plurality of lead wires, and a plurality of connector pins respectively connected to the plurality of lead wires. The electric wire, the temperature sensor and the plurality of connector pins are collectively held by a holder made of a resin. The holder includes a connector housing member configured to hold the plurality of connector pins and a molded resin member covering a portion of the connector housing member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignees: Proterial, Ltd., Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Keisuke Fukuchi, Junjie Shen
  • Patent number: 12224087
    Abstract: A stretchable cable is provided that allows an extra length to be reduced when routed in a movable part. The stretchable cable includes an elastically deformable hollow insulation having a hollow portion that is continuous along a cable longitudinal direction, and at least one electricity- or light-conducting wire-shaped body provided in a spiral shape along the cable longitudinal direction and fixed to the hollow insulation to stretch and contract together with the hollow insulation. The cable is elongated not less than 1.2 times when a tensile force is applied, and the cable returns to an original length when the tensile force is removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: Proterial, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kanako Suzuki, Seiji Kojima, Tamotsu Kibe, Keisuke Sugita
  • Patent number: 12209298
    Abstract: Provided are a Ni—Cr—Mo-based alloy, a Ni—Cr—Mo-based alloy powder, a Ni—Cr—Mo-based alloy member, and a member that can be melted and solidified and have excellent corrosion resistance, wear resistance, and crack resistance. A Ni—Cr—Mo-based alloy member according to the present invention includes, by mass %, Cr: 18% to 22%, Mo: 18% to 39%, Ta: 1.5% to 2.5%, B: 1.0% to 2.5%, and a remainder consisting of Ni and unavoidable impurities, where 25?Cr+(Mo/2B)<38 is satisfied, in which boride particles with a maximum particle size of 70 ?m or less are dispersed and precipitated in a parent phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Proterial, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Shiratori, Kazuya Shinagawa, Shuho Koseki, Kousuke Kuwabara, Yasuhiko Otsubo
  • Publication number: 20250030294
    Abstract: A rotating electrical machine wiring component has a wire shape and is configured to be connected to a plurality of ends of an armature winding aligned in parallel in a predetermined alignment direction. The rotating electrical machine wiring component includes a weld portion that is provided at one longitudinal end and is connected to the plurality of ends of the armature winding by welding, wherein the weld portion extends in an extending direction along the alignment direction, and wherein the weld portion comprises protrusions that protrude respectively along the plurality of ends of the armature winding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2024
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Applicant: Proterial, Ltd.
    Inventor: Kenichi EGAMI
  • Publication number: 20250030295
    Abstract: A rotating electrical machine wiring component is configured to be connected to an armature winding of a rotating electrical machine and includes a conductor wire comprising a conductive metal, and an insulation covering a portion of the conductor wire, wherein the conductor wire comprises a flat plate-shaped connecting portion located at one end and connected to the armature winding, and a bent portion bent by a bending process in a vicinity of the connecting portion, wherein the conductor wire is not covered with the insulation at the connecting portion and the bent portion, and wherein a cross-sectional shape of the conductor wire in a cross-section perpendicular to an extending direction of the conductor wire is rectangular at the connecting portion and circular at the bent portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2024
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Applicant: Proterial, Ltd.
    Inventor: Kenichi EGAMI
  • Patent number: 12205730
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a conductive wire includes conducting a continuous casting of a conductive alloy material at a casting rate of not less than 40 mm/min and not more than 200 mm/min to form a conductive wire with a primary diameter, the conductive alloy material containing not more than 1.0 mass % of an added metal element, reducing a diameter of the conductive wire with the primary diameter to form a conductive wire with a secondary diameter, heat treating the conductive wire with the secondary diameter so that tensile strength thereof is reduced to not less than 90% and less than 100% of tensile strength before the heat treating, and reducing a diameter of the conductive wire with the secondary diameter and the reduced tensile strength to generate a logarithmic strain of 7.8 to 12.0 therein to form a conductive wire with a tertiary diameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Proterial, Ltd.
    Inventors: Seigi Aoyama, Toru Sumi, Takashi Hayasaka, Ryohei Okada, Detian Huang, Tamotsu Sakurai, Satoshi Yajima, Minoru Takatsuto, Hiroshi Bando
  • Patent number: 12205989
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a silicon carbide epitaxial substrate which has a first surface which is a (000-1) C-face, a silicon carbide epitaxial layer located on the first surface of the silicon carbide substrate, and a line-shaped surface defect density on a top surface of the silicon carbide epitaxial layer is less than 1.0 cm?2 and a stacking fault density is less than 1.2 cm?2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: PROTERIAL, LTD.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Miura, Hodaka Ichikawa, Naoya Kimura, Hiroyuki Okuda, Taisuke Hirooka
  • Publication number: 20250023261
    Abstract: An electric wire connection structure includes a plurality of electric wires each having a covered portion, at which a core wire is covered with a covering, and a core wire exposed portion, at which the core wire is exposed from the covering, the exposed core wire portions being arranged in parallel to each other; an electronic component including a plurality of electrodes respectively connected to the core wire exposed portions of the plurality of electric wires; and a core wire fixing member to fix the plurality of core wire exposed portions to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2024
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Applicant: Proterial, Ltd.
    Inventor: Kenichi TAMURA
  • Patent number: 12198827
    Abstract: A cable includes: a cable core including one or more electrical wires; a shield layer made of a metallic wire arranged on a periphery of the cable core; and a sheath arranged on a periphery of the shield layer. The metallic wire is made of a copper alloy wire made of a copper alloy containing indium, a content of which is equal to or more than 0.3 mass % and equal to or less than 0.65 mass %, and the metallic wire has tensile strength that is equal to or higher than 350 MPa and elongation that is equal to or higher than 7%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: PROTERIAL, LTD.
    Inventors: Tamotsu Sakurai, Masanori Kobayashi, Setsuo Kobayashi, Hiromitsu Kuroda