Patents Assigned to Toyo Aluminium Kabushiki Kaisha
  • Publication number: 20240124736
    Abstract: Provided is a vapor-deposited aluminum pigment dispersion which achieves both of specular gloss and water resistance which allows usage as an waterborne paint. The pigment dispersion includes: a vapor-deposited aluminum pigment; an organic phosphoric acid compound having a straight chain alkyl group having eight or more carbon atoms; and a solvent, the vapor-deposited aluminum pigment is coated at least partially with at least a part of the organic phosphoric acid compound, and the vapor-deposited aluminum pigment dispersion has a viscosity of less than one Pas when the viscosity is measured by Brookfield RVT DV2T HB-type Viscometer (at 20° C., CPA-40Z cone spindle, and 20 rpm).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: TOYO ALUMINIUM KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takayuki NAKAO, Yang LIU
  • Publication number: 20240120154
    Abstract: The present invention provides an electrode material for aluminum electrolytic capacitors, the electrode material being capable of exhibiting a high capacitance required for capacitors and having suppressed equivalent series resistance (ESR), and provides a method for producing the electrode material. The present invention provides an electrode material for aluminum electrolytic capacitors, comprising a sintered body of an aluminum alloy powder on at least one surface of a substrate, wherein the substrate is an aluminum foil substrate or an aluminum alloy foil substrate, and the aluminum alloy powder contains Fe in an amount of 2 to 499 mass ppm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: TOYO ALUMINIUM KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Toshifumi Taira
  • Patent number: 11851234
    Abstract: The present invention provides a plastic container with excellent slipping property for contents. According to the present invention, provided is a plastic container for storing contents, wherein the plastic container is a blow molded body, an innermost layer in contact with the contents is formed of a resin composition containing a base resin and filler particles, and an inner surface of the innermost layer is provided with concave and convex shapes due to presence of the filler particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignees: KYORAKU CO., LTD., TOYO ALUMINIUM KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tatsuro Aoki, Takayoshi Hosoya, Taro Ikeda, Hiroaki Awata
  • Patent number: 11827956
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy foil includes: aluminum; silicon; manganese; iron; zinc copper; and magnesium. In the aluminum alloy foil, a total of a content of the silicon and a content of the iron is less than or equal to 0.1 mass %. In the aluminum alloy foil, a ratio of a mass of the manganese to a total mass of the silicon and the iron is more than or equal to 7.0. In the first surface, an area ratio of second phase particles each having an equivalent circle diameter of more than or equal to 1.5 ?m is less than or equal to 0.1%. An electric resistivity value of the aluminum alloy foil is more than or equal to 3.0 ??cm and less than or equal to 5.0 ??cm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: TOYO ALUMINIUM KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akira Shingu, Mitsunari Ooyagi
  • Patent number: 11811356
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for installing a solar cell module, which enables easy installation of a solar cell module on a rack, and also enables a worker to install a solar cell module without climbing on the roof. A solar cell module is installed on a rack mounted on a roof. The solar cell module includes a frame formed of a material containing a resin. The rack includes multiple rails each having a groove, and the grooves of a pair of the rails are disposed to be opposed to each other. The method of this invention comprises the steps of fitting the frame of the solar cell module into the groove such that the solar cell module is retained by the pair of the rails, and fixing the solar cell module to the pair of the rails to prevent the solar cell module from falling out of the grooves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: TOYO ALUMINIUM KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takaaki Fujino, Daisuke Maeda, Hiroyuki Sakamoto, Takahiro Imamura, Soichiro Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20230319988
    Abstract: Objects of the present invention are to provide an electrically conductive adhesive which is capable of suppressing a rise in an electric resistance value of a joining part between an electronic component and a substrate under high temperature and high humidity while a specific resistance value is suppressed to be low; an electronic circuit using such electrically conductive adhesive; and a method for manufacturing such electronic circuit. According to the present invention, provided is the electrically conductive adhesive which includes an electrically conductive filler, a surface of the electrically conductive filler being a coating layer including silver, a compounded amount of the electrically conductive filler being 29.0 vol. % to 63.0 vol. % with respect to the electrically conductive adhesive, a compounded amount of the silver being 3.5 vol. % to 7.0 vol. % with respect to the electrically conductive adhesive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: TOYO ALUMINIUM KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshio NAKATANI, Hideaki MINAMIYAMA
  • Patent number: 11760885
    Abstract: An aluminum flake pigment is an aluminum flake pigment including aluminum flakes, wherein the aluminum flakes include small-size aluminum flakes each having a particle size of less than or equal to 1 ?m, and in a microscope image when the aluminum flakes are observed using a scanning electron microscope, a ratio of the number of the small-size aluminum flakes is less than or equal to 35% with respect to the number of a whole of the aluminum flakes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: TOYO ALUMINIUM KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tetsuya Fudaba, Koji Yoshida, Katsuhiro Kuroda, Hiroki Tamaura
  • Publication number: 20230257590
    Abstract: A composite pigment containing a substrate particle and a pigment layer arranged on a surface of the substrate particle, wherein the pigment layer contains a pigment, a resin and a metal oxide, and the metal oxide contains at least one selected from the group consisting of a silicon oxide, a polysiloxane, and composites thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Applicant: TOYO ALUMINIUM KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masami SATO, Takayuki NAKAO, Katsura KAWASHIMA
  • Publication number: 20230250294
    Abstract: A coated pigment is used which includes a base of which at least the surface is composed of a light-transmitting material; and a magnetite layer coating the base, and having a crystal lattice constant of not less than 8.35 ?. At least one selected from the group consisting of silica, alumina, glass, mica and a resin is usable as the light-transmitting material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicant: TOYO ALUMINIUM KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Sachiko SUZUKI, Hideaki MINAMIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20220393051
    Abstract: A solar cell module is disclosed including, in sequence from a light-receiving surface side, a surface glass layer having a thickness of 0.4 mm or more and 1.6 mm or less, a first sealing layer, cells, a second sealing layer, and a back protective layer, wherein the back protective layer comprises, in sequence from a side closer to the second sealing layer, a first easy-adhesion resin layer having adhesiveness to the second sealing layer, a second resin sheet layer having a flexural modulus of 1500 MPa or more and 4000 MPa or less, a third resin layer being in a foam state and having a flexural modulus of 200 MPa or more and 1000 MPa or less, and a fourth resin layer having a flexural modulus of 10000 MPa or more and 45000 MPa or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: TOYO ALUMINIUM KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takaaki Fujino, Daisuke Maeda, Keita Mori
  • Publication number: 20220393040
    Abstract: A solar cell module is disclosed including, in sequence from a light-receiving surface side, a surface glass layer having a thickness of 0.4 mm or more and 1.6 mm or less, a first sealing layer, cells, a second sealing layer, and a back protective layer, wherein the back protective layer comprises, in sequence from a side closer to the second sealing layer, a first resin sheet layer having a flexural modulus of 1500 MPa or more and 5000 MPa or less, a second resin layer having a maximum bending load of 8N/10 mm or more and 100N/10 mm or less, wherein the maximum bending load is measured by a method in accordance with a bending test (JIS K7171) except that only the span between supports is changed to 48 mm, and a third resin sheet layer having a flexural modulus of 1500 MPa or more and 5000 MPa or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: TOYO ALUMINIUM KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Keita Mori, Daisuke Maeda, Takaaki Fujino
  • Publication number: 20220351877
    Abstract: The present invention provides an aluminum paste for solar cells in which a reduction in conversion efficiency of solar cells is suppressed in spite of the presence of silicon. Specifically, the present invention provides an aluminum paste for solar cells, containing aluminum, silicon, and strontium, wherein when the total mass of the aluminum, silicon, and strontium is defined as 100 mass %, the content of the silicon is 1 mass % or more and 60 mass % or less, the content of the strontium is 0.001 mass % or more and 10 mass % or less, and the remainder is the aluminum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Applicant: TOYO ALUMINIUM KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Marwan Dhamrin
  • Patent number: 11446608
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for reducing the HTO concentration in a tritium-containing aqueous solution. The present invention includes bringing water vapor or the like of a tritium-containing aqueous solution into contact with a porous material having pores in a pore diameter range of 500 ? or less, selectively occluding the HTO in the tritium-containing aqueous solution in the porous material, and obtaining a tritium-containing aqueous solution in which the HTO concentration thereof is reduced. The present invention relates to a device used for reducing the HTO concentration in a tritium-containing aqueous solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignees: KINKI UNIVERSITY, A ATOM TECHNOL KINDAI, TOYO ALUMINIUM KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tatsuhiko Ihara, Hirokuni Yamanishi, Hiroshi Noma, Toshifumi Taira, Takashi Hoshiya, Kazuya Fujimoto
  • Publication number: 20220289449
    Abstract: A press-through packaging material is disclosed including, in sequence, a substrate, an opaque underlayer laminated on at least a part of the surface of the substrate, and a printing layer that contains a colored metal pigment, and that is formed on at least a part of the surface of the opaque underlayer. The colored metal pigment includes a metal pigment, an amorphous silicon oxide film layer formed on the surface of the metal pigment, and metal particles supported on a part of or on the entire surface of the amorphous silicon oxide film layer, the opaque underlayer having a mass per unit area of 0.5 g/m2 or more and 3.0 g/m2 or less, and the printing layer having a mass per unit area of 1.0 g/m2 or more and 3.5 g/m2 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: TOYO ALUMINIUM KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mitunori Saito, Naoki Higashi, Katsura Kawashima, Keiichi Kanno, Ryo Furuta, Hirokazu Shirasawa, Genki Hirobe
  • Publication number: 20220186345
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy foil includes: aluminum; silicon; manganese; iron; zinc; copper; and magnesium. In the aluminum alloy foil, a total of a content of the silicon and a content of the iron is less than or equal to 0.1 mass %. In the aluminum alloy foil, a ratio of a mass of the manganese to a total mass of the silicon and the iron is more than or equal to 7.0. In the first surface, an area ratio of second phase particles each having an equivalent circle diameter of more than or equal to 1.5 ?m is less than or equal to 0.1%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: TOYO ALUMINIUM KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akira SHINGU, Mitsunari OOYAGI
  • Publication number: 20220186344
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy foil includes: aluminum; silicon; manganese; iron; zinc copper; and magnesium. In the aluminum alloy foil, a total of a content of the silicon and a content of the iron is less than or equal to 0.1 mass %. In the aluminum alloy foil, a ratio of a mass of the manganese to a total mass of the silicon and the iron is more than or equal to 7.0. In the first surface, an area ratio of second phase particles each having an equivalent circle diameter of more than or equal to 1.5 ?m is less than or equal to 0.1%. An electric resistivity value of the aluminum alloy foil is more than or equal to 3.0 ??cm and less than or equal to 5.0 ??cm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: TOYO ALUMINIUM KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akira SHINGU, Mitsunari OOYAGI
  • Publication number: 20220177708
    Abstract: A black aluminum pigment comprises a flaky aluminum particle; and a coating film that covers the aluminum particle, the coating film comprises a titanium oxide layer and an amorphous silicon compound layer, the titanium oxide layer has a composition that satisfies TiOx (0.50?x?1.90), and the amorphous silicon compound layer is composed of at least one of silicon oxide, silicon hydroxide, and silicon hydrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicants: TOYO ALUMINIUM KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AKO KASEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Katsura KAWASHIMA, Keita NAGANO, Shunichi SETOGUCHI, Yoshinobu UOZUMI, Tomomi NAKAHARA
  • Publication number: 20220173264
    Abstract: A method for producing a back-contact solar cell, includes forming an oxide film on a back surface of a crystalline silicon substrate; forming a silicon thin film layer on an exposed surface of the oxide film; partially forming an n+ layer in the silicon thin film layer by ion implantation using a mechanical hard mask and activation annealing; forming a passivation film on each of both surfaces of the crystalline silicon substrate having the oxide film, the silicon thin film layer, and the n+ layer; and removing part of one or more regions of the passivation film formed on the back-surface side of the crystalline silicon substrate, the one or more regions not covering the n+ layer, and forming one or more aluminum electrodes on the exposed silicon thin film layer, in the stated order.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Applicant: TOYO ALUMINIUM KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shota Suzuki, Marwan Dhamrin, Noboru Yamaguchi, Hideo Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20220077328
    Abstract: This invention provides a conductive paste and a method for producing a TOPCon solar cell, by which a TOPCon solar cell can be produced by a simple method, and additionally, a TOPCon solar cell can be constructed with excellent conversion efficiency. Specifically, the invention provides a conductive paste for use as a back electrode for TOPCon solar cells, the conductive paste comprising aluminum-silicon alloy particles, an organic vehicle, and a glass powder, the aluminum-silicon alloy particles having a silicon concentration of 25 wt % or more and 40 wt % or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Applicant: TOYO ALUMINIUM KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Naoya Morishita, Marwan Dhamrin
  • Publication number: 20220063858
    Abstract: The present invention provides a plastic container with excellent slipping property for contents. According to the present invention, provided is a plastic container for storing contents, wherein the plastic container is a blow molded body, an innermost layer in contact with the contents is formed of a resin composition containing a base resin and filler particles, and an inner surface of the innermost layer is provided with concave and convex shapes due to presence of the filler particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicants: KYORAKU CO., LTD., TOYO ALUMINIUM KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tatsuro AOKI, Takayoshi HOSOYA, Taro IKEDA, Hiroaki AWATA