Patents Assigned to Sumitomo Electric Toyama Co., Ltd.
  • Publication number: 20240006617
    Abstract: A nickel-chromium porous body includes a skeleton having a three-dimensional mesh-like structure. The skeleton has a hollow inner portion and has a main metal layer and a surface oxide layer formed on each surface side of the main metal layer. The surface oxide layer has a thickness of 0.5 ?m or more and contains chromium oxide as a main component. The main metal layer is formed of nickel-chromium having a chromium content of 10 mass % or more as a whole and has a chromium content of 20 mass % or more in a region extending at least 3 ?m from an interface in contact with the surface oxide layer. The surface oxide layer and the main metal layer are in close contact with each other without a gap therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC TOYAMA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hitoshi TSUCHIDA, Seiji MABUCHI
  • Publication number: 20230302387
    Abstract: A metal porous body includes a three-dimensional mesh-like skeleton. The metal porous body has a bottom surface having a polygonal shape and has a curved shape from the bottom surface toward an apex. The bottom surface has a side having a length of 2 mm to 10 mm, and a height from the bottom surface to the apex is 1 mm to 5 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC TOYAMA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hitoshi TSUCHIDA, Seiji MABUCHI
  • Publication number: 20230037483
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy includes more than or equal to 1.0 mass% and less than or equal to 1.8 mass% of Si, more than or equal to 0.5 mass% and less than or equal to 1.2 mass% of Mg, more than or equal to 0.3 mass% and less than or equal to 0.8 mass% of Fe, more than or equal to 0.1 mass% and less than or equal to 0.4 mass% of Cu, more than or equal to 0.2 mass% and less than or equal to 0.5 mass% of Mn, more than or equal to 0 mass% and less than or equal to 0.3 mass% of Cr, at least one of more than or equal to 0.005 mass% and less than or equal to 0.6 mass% of Ni and more than or equal to 0.005 mass% and less than or equal to 0.6 mass% of Sn, Al, and an inevitable impurity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicants: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC TOYAMA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryota MATSUGI, Isao IWAYAMA, Tsukasa MATSUO, Hiroaki TAKAI
  • Patent number: 11459666
    Abstract: A method for producing a metal porous body includes the steps of: performing electrical conduction treatment on a surface of a skeleton of a sheet-like resin porous body having the skeleton with a three-dimensional network structure, to obtain a conductive resin porous body having a conductive layer; performing electroplating treatment on a surface of a skeleton of the conductive resin porous body to obtain a plated resin porous body having a metal plating layer; and performing treatment of removing at least the resin porous body from the plated resin porous body to obtain a metal porous body. In the electroplating treatment, power is supplied to a rotation shaft of a rotating electrode roller while a contact surface of a power supply brush composed of a sintered body is brought into sliding contact with the rotation shaft, with a lubricant, not containing conductive metal powder, interposed therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC TOYAMA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Tsuchida, Ryuuichi Yoshikawa
  • Patent number: 11434547
    Abstract: A metal porous material according to an aspect of the present disclosure is a metal porous material in sheet form that includes a frame having a three-dimensional network configuration, wherein the frame includes an alloy including at least nickel (Ni) and chromium (Cr), the frame 11 is a solid solution with iron (Fe), the frame includes a chromium oxide (Cr2O3) layer as an outermost layer and includes a chromium carbide layer located under the chromium oxide layer, the chromium oxide layer has a thickness not less than 0.1 ?m and not more than 3 ?m, and the chromium carbide layer has a thickness not less than 0.1 ?m and not more than 1 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC TOYAMA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Tsuchida, Junichi Nishimura, Seiji Mabuchi
  • Publication number: 20220228281
    Abstract: A porous metal body having a flat plate shape and having a three-dimensional network structure skeleton includes multiple cells, in which, when a ratio of a cell diameter in a thickness direction of the porous metal body to a cell diameter in a direction orthogonal to the thickness direction (cell diameter in thickness direction/cell diameter in direction orthogonal to thickness direction) is defined as a cell diameter ratio, formula (1) and formula (2) below are satisfied: 0.4?cell diameter ratio?1.0??formula (1) 0.50<cell diameter in direction orthogonal to thickness direction/(thickness of porous metal body/cell diameter ratio)?1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC TOYAMA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hitoshi TSUCHIDA, Seiji MABUCHI
  • Patent number: 11316172
    Abstract: A fuel cell according to the present disclosure includes a flat plate-shaped metal porous body having a framework of a three-dimensional network structure as a gas diffusion layer. The framework is made of metal or alloy. In the metal porous body, a ratio of an average pore diameter in a direction parallel to a gas flow direction to an average pore diameter in a direction perpendicular to the gas flow direction is greater than or equal to 1.4 and less than or equal to 2.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC TOYAMA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Tsuchida, Junichi Nishimura, Seiji Mabuchi
  • Patent number: 11271215
    Abstract: A metal porous body is a metal porous body mainly composed of nickel and having a framework of a three-dimensional network structure, Ni(OH)2 being present in a surface of the framework, when the metal porous body is subjected to at least 30 potential scans between a lower limit potential of ?0.10 V and an upper limit potential of +0.65 V with respect to a hydrogen standard potential in not less than 10% by mass and not more than 35% by mass of a potassium hydroxide aqueous solution, at least oxygen being detected within a depth of 5 nm from the surface, and hydrogen being detected at least in the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignees: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC TOYAMA CO., LTD., PRIMEARTH EV ENERGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuki Okuno, Masatoshi Majima, Hitoshi Tsuchida, Junichi Nishimura, Koutarou Kimura, Yusuke Shimizu
  • Patent number: 11230790
    Abstract: A plating processing apparatus in which a plating object is immersed in a plating solution to form a plating layer on a surface of the plating object. A plating tank contains the plating solution, and a power supply roller is rotated while supplying electric power to the plating object, and conveys the plating object to be immersed into the plating solution contained in the plating tank and then moved to the outside of the plating solution. An anode case is disposed inside the plating tank and held in electrical contact with the plating solution contained in the plating tank, and a control panel controls electric power supplied to the power supply roller and the anode case. A first busbar electrically connects the power supply roller and the control panel, and a second busbar electrically connects the anode case and the control panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC TOYAMA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Tsuchida, Ryuichi Yoshikawa
  • Patent number: 11220396
    Abstract: A package body includes a porous metal body having an elongated sheet shape, a core member having a cylindrical shape, a protective sheet, and a resin film. The porous metal body is wound around the core member. The protective sheet is wound around the wound porous metal body to cover an outer surface of the wound porous metal body. The protective sheet and the porous metal body are covered with the resin film. The core member is made of paper or a resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC TOYAMA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Tsuchida, Tadashi Omura, Toshitaka Nakagawa, Kengo Tsukamoto
  • Patent number: 11189837
    Abstract: A metal porous body having a connection portion where end portions in a longitudinal direction X of at least two long sheet-shaped metal porous materials are connected in a manner overlapping with each other, each of the metal porous materials having a frame with a three-dimensional network structure, the metal porous body having a recess with a thickness thinner than a thickness of each of the metal porous materials, in the connection portion, the frames of the at least two metal porous materials being entangled with each other, in the recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC TOYAMA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Tsuchida, Toshitaka Nakagawa, Junichi Nishimura
  • Patent number: 11118277
    Abstract: A method for producing a metal porous body includes the steps of: performing electrical conduction treatment on a surface of a skeleton of a sheet-like resin porous body having the skeleton with a three-dimensional network structure, to obtain a conductive resin porous body having a conductive layer; performing electroplating treatment on a surface of a skeleton of the conductive resin porous body to obtain a plated resin porous body having a metal plating layer; and performing treatment of removing at least the resin porous body from the plated resin porous body to obtain a metal porous body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC TOYAMA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Tsuchida, Ryuuichi Yoshikawa, Hiroshi Ooi
  • Publication number: 20210262062
    Abstract: A metal porous body is a metal porous body in a long sheet shape having a skeleton with a three-dimensional network structure, and includes a defective portion. A recess is formed at the defective portion. The defective portion is a portion where a portion of the skeleton is chipped or a portion where a foreign substance adheres to the skeleton.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC TOYAMA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hitoshi TSUCHIDA, Toshitaka NAKAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20210261322
    Abstract: A package body includes a porous metal body having an elongated sheet shape, a core member having a cylindrical shape, a protective sheet, and a resin film. The porous metal body is wound around the core member. The protective sheet is wound around the wound porous metal body to cover an outer surface of the wound porous metal body. The protective sheet and the porous metal body are covered with the resin film. The core member is made of paper or a resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Applicant: Sumitomo Electric Toyama Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hitoshi TSUCHIDA, Tadashi OMURA, Toshitaka NAKAGAWA, Kengo TSUKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20210193350
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a plated wire rod, the method including: preparing a plated wire rod precursor including a base material that is wire-drawn and that has a linear shape and a plating film that is provided on a surface of the base material, where the base material is made of first metal and the plating film is made of second metal of a different composition from the first metal; obtaining a plated wire rod-intermediate body by performing skin-passing on the plated wire rod precursor using a die; inspecting, after the skin-passing, for presence/absence of a defect in the plated wire rod-intermediate body using an eddy current testing device and a camera inspection device; and obtaining a plated wire rod by removing the defect in the plated wire rod-intermediate body that is detected in the inspecting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicant: Sumitomo Electric Toyama Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hitoshi TSUCHIDA, Dai KAMOGAWA, Tadashi OMURA, Toshitaka NAKAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20210087703
    Abstract: A plating processing apparatus in which a plating object is immersed in a plating solution to form a plating layer on a surface of the plating object, the plating processing apparatus including a plating tank containing the plating solution, a power supply roller rotated while supplying electric power to the plating object, and conveying the plating object to be immersed into the plating solution contained in the plating tank and then moved to the outside of the plating solution, an anode case disposed inside the plating tank and held in electrical contact with the plating solution contained in the plating tank, a control panel controlling electric power supplied to the power supply roller and the anode case, a first busbar electrically connecting the power supply roller and the control panel, and a second busbar electrically connecting the anode case and the control panel, wherein the first busbar and the second busbar are each constituted by a plurality of busbar members each of which includes a copper-made
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC TOYAMA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hitoshi TSUCHIDA, Ryuichi YOSHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20210062299
    Abstract: A metal porous material in long sheet form that includes a frame having a three-dimensional network configuration. An end portion of the metal porous material in width direction has a burr with a length equal to or longer than 0.3 mm in a number equal to or less than 0.4 burrs/m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC TOYAMA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hitoshi TSUCHIDA, Toshitaka NAKAGAWA, Junichi NISHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20210062300
    Abstract: A metal porous material according to an aspect of the present disclosure is a metal porous material in sheet form that includes a frame having a three-dimensional network configuration, wherein the frame includes an alloy including at least nickel (Ni) and chromium (Cr), the frame 11 is a solid solution with iron (Fe), the frame includes a chromium oxide (Cr2O3) layer as an outermost layer and includes a chromium carbide layer located under the chromium oxide layer, the chromium oxide layer has a thickness not less than 0.1 ?m and not more than 3 ?m, and the chromium carbide layer has a thickness not less than 0.1 ?m and not more than 1 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC TOYAMA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hitoshi TSUCHIDA, Junichi NISHIMURA, Seiji MABUCHI
  • Publication number: 20210057762
    Abstract: A fuel cell according to the present disclosure includes a flat plate-shaped metal porous body having a framework of a three-dimensional network structure as a gas diffusion layer. The framework is made of metal or alloy. In the metal porous body, a ratio of an average pore diameter in a direction parallel to a gas flow direction to an average pore diameter in a direction perpendicular to the gas flow direction is greater than or equal to 1.4 and less than or equal to 2.5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicant: Sumitomo Electric Toyama Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hitoshi TSUCHIDA, Junichi NISHIMURA, Seiji MABUCHI
  • Publication number: 20210040634
    Abstract: A method for producing a metal porous body includes the steps of: performing electrical conduction treatment on a surface of a skeleton of a sheet-like resin porous body having the skeleton with a three-dimensional network structure, to obtain a conductive resin porous body having a conductive layer; performing electroplating treatment on a surface of a skeleton of the conductive resin porous body to obtain a plated resin porous body having a metal plating layer; and performing treatment of removing at least the resin porous body from the plated resin porous body to obtain a metal porous body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2018
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC TOYAMA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hitoshi TSUCHIDA, Ryuuichi YOSHIKAWA, Hiroshi OOI