Patents by Inventor Fumihiro Koshigoe

Fumihiro Koshigoe 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).

  • Publication number: 20090020276
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an aluminum alloy brazing sheet (1) for a heat exchanger improved in a life including a fatigue in a plastic area and an aluminum alloy heat exchanger tube (11) using the brazing sheet, which is composed of: a core material (2) of an Al—Mn series alloy; a skin material (3) of any one of an Al—Zn series alloy, an Al—Zn—Mg series alloy, an Al—Si—Mn—Zn series alloy, and an Al—Si—Mn—Mg—Zn series alloy clad on one side of the core material; and a brazing material (4) of an Al—Si series alloy clad on the other side of the core material, and is adapted so that an X-ray diffraction intensity ratio of the aluminum alloy brazing sheet satisfies a relational expression of I200/(I111+I200+I220+I311)?0.4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2006
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Toshiki Ueda, Akihiro Tsuruno, Fumihiro Koshigoe
  • Patent number: 7387844
    Abstract: An Al—Si based brazing material is formed on one surface of a core material, and a cladding material is formed on the other surface of the core material with a cladding ratio of 6 to 30% with respect to an entire thickness thereof. The core material contains 0.2 mass % or less of Mg, 0.3 mass % or less of Cr, 0.2 mass % or less of Fe, 0.2 to 1.0 mass % of Cu, 0.05 to 1.3 mass % of Si, 0.3 to 1.8 mass % of Mn, and 0.02 to 0.3 mass % of Ti in such a manner that a total content of Cu and Si is in the range of 2.0 mass % or less. The cladding material contains 2 to 9 mass % of Zn, 0.3 to 1.8 mass % of Mn and/or 0.04 to 1.2 mass % of Si, and further contains 0.02 to 0.25 mass % of Fe, 0.01 to 0.30 mass % of Cr, 0.005 to 0.15 mass % of Mg, and/or 0.001 to 0.15 mass % of Cu.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2008
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho
    Inventors: Toshiki Ueda, Fumihiro Koshigoe, Fumihiro Sato
  • Publication number: 20070246509
    Abstract: A multi-layer aluminum brazing sheet including a core layer, interliner, braze clad layer and a sacrificial layer, in which the post-braze strength of the brazing sheet is optimized by controlling the manganese (Mn), silicon (Si), copper (Cu) and magnesium (Mg) contents of the core layer and the Mn, Si and Cu content of the interliner and the Mn, Si and Zn content of the sacrificial layer and the specifics of the braze thermal cycle. The brazing sheet maintains corrosion resistance, while optimizing post-braze strength, by utilizing 0.5 wt. % to 1.2 wt. % Cu in the interliner. Further, the interliner and sacrificial layer of the brazing sheet contain low or no magnesium to maintain the brazing sheet's braze-ability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2006
    Publication date: October 25, 2007
    Inventors: Fumihiro Koshigoe, Akihiro Tsuruno, Toshiki Ueda, Stephen F. Baumann
  • Publication number: 20060141282
    Abstract: An Al—Si based brazing material is formed on one surface of a core material, and a cladding material is formed on the other surface of the core material with a cladding ratio of 6 to 30% with respect to an entire thickness thereof. The core material contains 0.2 mass % or less of Mg, 0.3 mass % or less of Cr, 0.2 mass % or less of Fe, 0.2 to 1.0 mass % of Cu, 0.05 to 1.3 mass % of Si, 0.3 to 1.8 mass % of Mn, and 0.02 to 0.3 mass % of Ti in such a manner that a total content of Cu and Si is in the range of 2.0 mass % or less. The cladding material contains 2 to 9 mass % of Zn, 0.3 to 1.8 mass % of Mn and/or 0.04 to 1.2 mass % of Si, and further contains 0.02 to 0.25 mass % of Fe, 0.01 to 0.30 mass % of Cr, 0.005 to 0.15 mass % of Mg, and/or 0.001 to 0.15 mass % of Cu.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2003
    Publication date: June 29, 2006
    Inventors: Toshiki Ueda, Fumihiro Koshigoe, Fumihiro Sato