Patents by Inventor Akio Niikura

Akio Niikura has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 7247392
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy heat exchanger having a tube composed of a thin aluminum alloy clad material, wherein, in the clad material, one face of an aluminum alloy core material containing Si 0.05–1.0 mass % is clad with an Al—Si-series filler material containing Si 5–20 mass %, and the other face is clad with a sacrificial material containing Zn 2–10 mass % and/or Mg 1–5 mass %, and wherein an element diffusion profile of the clad material by EPMA satisfies (1) and/or (2): L-LSi-LZn?40(?m) ??(1) L-LSi-LMg?5(?m) ??(2) wherein L is a tube wall thickness (?m); LSi is a position (?m) indicating an amount of Si diffused from the filler material; and LZn and LMg each represent a region (?m) indicating an amount of Zn or Mg diffused from the sacrificial material, respectively; and a method of producing the heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignees: Furukawa-Sky Aluminum Corp., Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Kazumitsu Sugano, Noriyuki Yamada, Akio Niikura, Yoshiaki Ogiwara, Masaki Shimizu, Kenji Negura, Sunao Fukuda, Yoshihiko Kamiya
  • Publication number: 20070166565
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy brazing sheet which has a clad of a sacrificial anode material/a core alloy/an intermediate material/a filler alloy, wherein number density ratios N1/N2 and N1/N3 each are 1.5 or more, in which a number density ((the number of grains)/?m3) of an intermetallic compound having a sphere-equivalent grain diameter of 0.1 ?m or less present in the core alloy, the intermediate material, and the sacrificial anode material, is represented by N1, N2, and N3, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2006
    Publication date: July 19, 2007
    Applicants: FURUKAWA-SKY ALUMINUM CORP., DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi FUKUMOTO, Akio Niikura, Kenji Negura, Keiichi Okazaki, Tatsuo Ozaki, Toshihide Ninagawa
  • Publication number: 20050153155
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy heat exchanger having a tube composed of a thin aluminum alloy clad material, wherein, in the clad material, one face of an aluminum alloy core material containing Si 0.05-1.0 mass % is clad with an Al—Si-series filler material containing Si 5-20 mass %, and the other face is clad with a sacrificial material containing Zn 2-10 mass % and/or Mg 1-5 mass %, and wherein an element diffusion profile of the clad material by EPMA satisfies (1) and/or (2): L-LSi-LZn?40 (?m)??(1) L-LSi-LMg?5 (?m)??(2) wherein L is a tube wall thickness (?m); LSi is a position (?m) indicating an amount of Si diffused from the filler material; and LZn and LMg each represent a region (?m) indicating an amount of Zn or Mg diffused from the sacrificial material, respectively; and a method of producing the heat exchanger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2004
    Publication date: July 14, 2005
    Inventors: Kazumitsu Sugano, Noriyuki Yamada, Akio Niikura, Yoshiaki Ogiwara, Masaki Shimizu, Kenji Negura, Sunao Fukuda, Yoshihiko Kamiya
  • Publication number: 20040009364
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy heat exchanger having a tube composed of a thin aluminum alloy clad material, wherein, in the clad material, one face of an aluminum alloy core material containing Si 0.05-0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2003
    Publication date: January 15, 2004
    Inventors: Kazumitsu Sugano, Noriyuki Yamada, Akio Niikura, Yoshiaki Ogiwara, Masaki Shimizu, Kenji Negura, Sunao Fukuda, Yoshihiko Kamiya
  • Patent number: 4696588
    Abstract: A pair of coupling members are symmetrically positioned either on the opposite outermost diametral edge portion or on the innermost diametral edge portion of a first bearing ring. The coupling members can be used as inserting members in assembly with a second ring. Alternatively, the pair of coupling members are positioned on an opposite outermost diametral bent portion or on an innermost diametral bent portion of the second bearing ring, so that the coupling members can be used as receptacle members in assembly with the first bearing ring. The second bearing ring is assembled through the coupling members, either on the opposite diametral outermost bent portion, or on the opposite diametral innermost bent portion of the first bearing ring to provide a non-separable type thrust rolling bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1986
    Date of Patent: September 29, 1987
    Assignee: Nippon Seiko Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yasuo Tanaka, Akio Niikura