Patents by Inventor Hirokazu Tsubouchi

Hirokazu Tsubouchi 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: 20220406504
    Abstract: The superconducting coil includes: a winding frame; and at least two superconducting rectangular wire layers provided in such a manner that a superconducting rectangular wire is spirally wound on an outer surface of the frame such that wires adjacent to each other in an axial direction of the frame are arranged side by side and separated, the wire including an NbTi-based or Nb3Sn-based wire having a surface coated with copper or copper alloy, in which at least a thermoplastic fusible resin is provided in a separated section between the adjacent wires, and when viewed in a cross section including an axis of the frame, at least one of voids that are partitionable on outer surfaces of a total of three wires and a total of four wires located on the two adjacent layers and adjacent to each other are 4% or less in terms of a void ratio (V1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yonghoon KIM, Hideki II, Takumi SATO, Daisuke ASAMI, Masahiro SUGIMOTO, Hirokazu TSUBOUCHI
  • Publication number: 20220230777
    Abstract: A resin coated superconducting wire includes a matrix resin including a synthetic resin material, and a superconducting wire in the matrix resin. In a transverse cross section of the resin coated superconducting wire, a cross section area of the matrix resin is equal to or larger than the cross section area of the superconducting wire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki FUKUSHIMA, Yonghoon KIM, Hideki II, Takumi SATO, Hirokazu TSUBOUCHI, Masahiro SUGIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20220115168
    Abstract: The present invention provides: a compound superconducting twisted wire in which non-adhesiveness between compound superconducting strands or separation easiness after adhesion is improved while a strength against tension is improved to a degree to be equivalent to or stronger than that of a conventional compound superconducting twisted wire; and a rewinding method thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Applicants: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., TOHOKU UNIVERSITY, TOKAI UNIVERSITY EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM
    Inventors: Masahiro SUGIMOTO, Hirokazu TSUBOUCHI, Daisuke ASAMI, Hideki II, Satoshi AWAJI, Hidetoshi OGURO
  • Publication number: 20220005632
    Abstract: An insulation-coated compound superconducting wire includes a compound superconducting wire having a compound superconducting part which includes a first matrix and a plurality of compound superconducting filaments containing compound superconducting phases, a reinforcing part disposed on the outer circumferential side of the compound superconducting part and includes a plurality of reinforced filaments, a second matrix and a second stabilizing material. A stabilizing part is disposed on at least one side among the inner circumferential side and the outer circumferential side of the reinforcing part. An electrical insulation part covers the outer circumferential surface of the compound superconducting wire, in which the insulation-coated compound superconducting wire has a critical current value (Ic) larger than that of the compound superconducting wire before being covered with the electrical insulation part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro SUGIMOTO, Hirokazu TSUBOUCHI, Kota KATAYAMA, Hideki II
  • Patent number: 9711262
    Abstract: A compound superconducting wire 10 includes a reinforcement portion 12 and a compound superconductor 11. In the reinforcement portion 12, an assembly of plural reinforcement elements 4 are disposed. The reinforcement elements 4 each include plural reinforcement filaments 1 disposed in a stabilizer 2, and a stabilizing layer 3 at the outer periphery thereof. The reinforcement filaments 1 each mainly contain one or more metals selected from the group consisting of Nb, Ta, V, W, Mo, Fe, and Hf, an alloy consisting of two or more metals selected from the aforementioned group, or an alloy consisting of copper and one or more metals selected from the aforementioned group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: TOHOKU TECHNO ARCH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro Sugimoto, Hirokazu Tsubouchi, Kazuo Watanabe, Satoshi Awaji, Hidetoshi Oguro
  • Patent number: 9196399
    Abstract: A method for producing a composite superconductor includes: a structure forming process of forming a structure including a metal covering member (20) including at least one to-be-joined portion, a superconductor (30) arranged inside the metal covering member, and a reinforcing member (40) arranged between the superconductor (30) and the at least one to-be-joined portion; and a joining process of joining thereafter the at least one to-be-joined portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignees: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., UACJ CORPORATION, INTER-UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INSTITUTE CORPORATION NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF NATURAL SCIENCES
    Inventors: Masahiro Sugimoto, Hirokazu Tsubouchi, Hitoshi Shimizu, Toshiya Okada, Toshirou Sakai, Kazuya Takahata, Hitoshi Tamura, Toshiyuki Mito
  • Patent number: 9105795
    Abstract: Disclosed is a composite superconductor comprising a superconductor and a metal member. The metal member is composed of one or more members to be joined together in such manner that the one or more members cover the superconductor, and at least one member is made of aluminum or an aluminum alloy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignees: INTER-UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INSTITUTE CORPORATION NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF NATURAL SCIENCES, FURUKAWA-SKY ALUMINUM CORPORATION, THE FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Mito, Kazuya Takahata, Toshiya Okada, Toshio Ushiyama, Masahiro Sugimoto, Hirokazu Tsubouchi
  • Publication number: 20150024943
    Abstract: A compound superconducting wire 10 includes a reinforcement portion 12 and a compound superconductor 11. In the reinforcement portion 12, an assembly of plural reinforcement elements 4 are disposed. The reinforcement elements 4 each include plural reinforcement filaments 1 disposed in a stabilizer 2, and a stabilizing layer 3 at the outer periphery thereof. The reinforcement filaments 1 each mainly contain one or more metals selected from the group consisting of Nb, Ta, V, W, Mo, Fe, and Hf, an alloy consisting of two or more metals selected from the aforementioned group, or an alloy consisting of copper and one or more metals selected from the aforementioned group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2014
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: Masahiro SUGIMOTO, Hirokazu TSUBOUCHI, Kazuo WATANABE, Satoshi AWAJI, Hidetoshi OGURO
  • Publication number: 20140274726
    Abstract: A method for producing a composite superconductor includes: a structure forming process of forming a structure including a metal covering member (20) including at least one to-be-joined portion, a superconductor (30) arranged inside the metal covering member, and a reinforcing member (40) arranged between the superconductor (30) and the at least one to-be-joined portion; and a joining process of joining thereafter the at least one to-be-joined portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2012
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicants: INTER-UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INSTITUTE CORPORATION NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF NATURAL SCIENCES, FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro Sugimoto, Hirokazu Tsubouchi, Hitoshi Shimizu, Toshiya Okada, Toshirou Sakai, Kazuya Takahata, Hitoshi Tamura, Toshiyuki Mito
  • Publication number: 20100222222
    Abstract: Disclosed is a composite superconductor comprising a superconductor and a metal member. The metal member is composed of one or more members to be joined together in such manner that the one or more members cover the superconductor, and at least one member is made of aluminum or an aluminum alloy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2008
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Mito, Kazuya Takahata, Toshiya Okada, Toshio Ushiyama, Masahiro Sugimoto, Hirokazu Tsubouchi
  • Patent number: 6417458
    Abstract: A superconducting cable for alternating current, comprising conductor layers formed by a plurality of tape-shaped superconducting wires wound around a center member, an electric insulating layer formed outside the conductor layers, and a plurality of shielding layers formed outside the insulating layer, wherein, the conductor layers are formed, where N is a number of layers in the conductor layers and expressed by an integer, by gradually increasing a winding pitch of conductor layers in the same direction from an inner first layer to an N/2 layer when the number of layers is even, or from an inner first layer to a (N−1)/2 layer when the number of layers is odd, and then by gradually decreasing a winding pitch of conductor layers in an opposite direction to the inner layers from a N/2+1 layer to an N layer when the number of layers is even, or from a (N+1)/2 layer to an N layer when the number of layers is odd.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2002
    Assignee: The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinichi Mukoyama, Hirokazu Tsubouchi, Kazutomi Miyoshi
  • Publication number: 20020027014
    Abstract: A superconducting cable for alternating current, comprising conductor layers formed by a plurality of tape-shaped superconducting wires wound around a center member, an electric insulating layer formed outside the conductor layers, and a plurality of shielding layers formed outside the insulating layer, wherein
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2001
    Publication date: March 7, 2002
    Inventors: Shinichi Mukoyama, Hirokazu Tsubouchi, Kazutomi Miyoshi