Patents by Inventor Haruki ITOFUJI

Haruki ITOFUJI 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: 11920205
    Abstract: The present invention provides a casting method and cast product of spherical graphite cast iron, in which, even with a small modulus, there is no chill, the spherical graphite in the tissue is further made ultrafine, the dispersion of the particle diameter is small, and the number of the particles is several times that of the conventional one in the as cast state where heat treatment is not carried out. A casting method of a spherical graphite cast iron includes a melting process, a spheroidizing treatment process, an inoculation process, and a casting process, in which the original molten metal after the inoculation process is poured and filled up to a product space through a gate of a metal mold; where the original molten metal is controlled to a semi-solidification temperature range, before being filled up to the product space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Inventors: Masayuki Itamura, Haruki Itofuji, Mitsuru Adachi
  • Patent number: 11845999
    Abstract: The present invention provides a die-cast product producing method and a spheroidizing agent of a spherical graphite cast iron with ultrafine spherical graphite by simple method and good reproducibility. The present invention provides a sand mold producing method and a spheroidizing agent capable of producing an ultrafine spherical graphite cast iron with good reproducibility even in a sand mold thin walled spherical graphite cast iron, which has solidification cooling conditions equivalent to those of a metal mold. The present invention provides a producing method of a die-cast product of a spherical graphite cast iron using a spheroidizing agent, in which a C amount is 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Inventors: Haruki Itofuji, Masayuki Itamura
  • Patent number: 11745258
    Abstract: A casting solidification analysis method, which can analyze positions of shrinkage cavities more accurately than in the past, a casting method using the above method, and an electronic program are provided. A following casting solidification analysis method is provided. An amount of expansion/shrinkage for each solidification step length separated by inflection points in a cooling curve is determined, by setting a solid phase ratio at a completion of pouring to 0, setting a solid phase ratio at an end of solidification to 1.0, and determining the expansion/shrinkage amount for the each solidification step length by proportionally distributing the each solidification step length to the total solid phase ratio length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Inventors: Haruki Itofuji, Yutaka Miyamoto
  • Publication number: 20220275467
    Abstract: The present invention provides a casting method and cast product of spherical graphite cast iron, in which, even with a small modulus, there is no chill, the spherical graphite in the tissue is further made ultrafine, the dispersion of the particle diameter is small, and the number of the particles is several times that of the conventional one in the as cast state where heat treatment is not carried out. A casting method of a spherical graphite cast iron comprised from, a melting process, a spheroidizing treatment process, an inoculation process, and a casting process, in which the original molten metal after the inoculation process is poured and filled up to a product space through a gate of a metal mold; wherein the original molten metal before being filled up to the product space is controlled to a semi-solidification temperature range. An amount of nitrogen at the time of melting of the (cast iron?) is controlled to 0.9 ppm (mass) or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Masayuki ITAMURA, Haruki ITOFUJI, Mitsuru ADACHI
  • Publication number: 20220106652
    Abstract: The present invention provides a die-cast product producing method and a spheroidizing agent of a spherical graphite cast iron with ultrafine spherical graphite by simple method and good reproducibility. The present invention provides a sand mold producing method and a spheroidizing agent capable of producing an ultrafine spherical graphite cast iron with good reproducibility even in a sand mold thin walled spherical graphite cast iron, which has solidification cooling conditions equivalent to those of a metal mold. The present invention provides a producing method of a die-cast product of a spherical graphite cast iron using a spheroidizing agent, in which a C amount is 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventors: Haruki ITOFUJI, Masayuki ITAMURA
  • Patent number: 11254993
    Abstract: For the purpose of providing a method of die cast product of spheroidal graphite cast iron and a die cast product of spheroidal graphite cast iron having the number of spherical graphites of 3000/mm2 or more in an as cast state, there is disclosed a method of die cast product of ultrafine spheroidal graphite cast iron, including the steps of: a melting step of heating and melting raw materials made of cast iron to obtain source melting metal; a spheroidizing treatment step in which a spheroidizing treatment is performed; an inoculation step of inoculating; and a casting step of casting in a die mold. The amount of nitrogen is adjusted so that the amount of nitrogen generated in the time of melting becomes 0.9 ppm (mass) or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignees: I2C CO., LTD., TOHOKU UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Haruki Itofuji, Masayuki Itamura, Koichi Anzai, Kazuyoshi Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20210178464
    Abstract: A casting solidification analysis method, which can analyze positions of shrinkage cavities more accurately than in the past, a casting method using the above method, and an electronic program are provided. A following casting solidification analysis method is provided. An amount of expansion/shrinkage for each solidification step length separated by inflection points in a cooling curve is determined, by setting a solid phase ratio at a completion of pouring to 0, setting a solid phase ratio at an end of solidification to 1.0, and determining the expansion/shrinkage amount for the each solidification step length by proportionally distributing the each solidification step length to the total solid phase ratio length.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2018
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Haruki ITOFUJI, Yutaka MIYAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20200283859
    Abstract: The present invention provides a casting method and cast product of spherical graphite cast iron, in which, even with a small modulus, there is no chill, the spherical graphite in the tissue is further made ultrafine, the dispersion of the particle diameter is small, and the number of the particles is several times that of the conventional one in the as cast state where heat treatment is not carried out. A casting method of a spherical graphite cast iron comprised from, a melting process, a spheroidizing treatment process, an inoculation process, and a casting process, in which the original molten metal after the inoculation process is poured and filled up to a product space through a gate of a metal mold; wherein the original molten metal before being filled up to the product space is controlled to a semi-solidification temperature range. An amount of nitrogen at the time of melting of the (cast iron?) is controlled to 0.9 ppm (mass) or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: Masayuki ITAMURA, Haruki ITOFUJI, Mitsuru ADACHI
  • Publication number: 20200071780
    Abstract: The present invention provides a die-cast product producing method and a spheroidizing agent of a spherical graphite cast iron with ultrafine spherical graphite by simple method and good reproducibility. The present invention provides a sand mold producing method and a spheroidizing agent capable of producing an ultrafine spherical graphite cast iron with good reproducibility even in a sand mold thin walled spherical graphite cast iron, which has solidification cooling conditions equivalent to those of a metal mold. The present invention provides a producing method of a die-cast product of a spherical graphite cast iron using a spheroidizing agent, in which a C amount is 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Haruki ITOFUJI, Masayuki ITAMURA
  • Publication number: 20180371561
    Abstract: For the purpose of providing a method of die cast product of spheroidal graphite cast iron and a die cast product of spheroidal graphite cast iron having the number of spherical graphites of 3000/mm2 or more in an as cast state, there is disclosed a method of die cast product of ultrafine spheroidal graphite cast iron, including the steps of: a melting step of heating and melting raw materials made of cast iron to obtain source melting metal; a spheroidizing treatment step in which a spheroidizing treatment is performed; an inoculation step of inoculating; and a casting step of casting in a die mold. The amount of nitrogen is adjusted so that the amount of nitrogen generated in the time of melting becomes 0.9 ppm (mass) or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Inventors: Haruki ITOFUJI, Masayuki ITAMURA, Koichi ANZAI, Kazuyoshi YAMAGUCHI