Patents by Inventor Hironao Okayama

Hironao Okayama 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: 20130040821
    Abstract: Provided are a substrate for a superconducting compound and a method for manufacturing the substrate which can realize the excellent adhesive strength simultaneously with high orientation of copper. An absorbed material on a surface of a copper foil to which rolling is applied at a draft of 90% or more is removed by applying sputter etching to the surface of the copper foil, sputter etching is applied to a nonmagnetic metal sheet, the copper foil and the metal sheet are bonded to each other by applying a pressure to the copper foil and the metal sheet using reduction rolls, crystals of the copper in the copper foil are oriented by heating a laminated body formed by such bonding, copper is diffused into the metal sheet by heating with a copper diffusion distance of lOnm or more, and a protective layer is laminated to a surface of the copper foil of the laminated body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2010
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Applicants: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., TOYO KOHAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hironao Okayama, Kouji Nanbu, Akira Kaneko, Hajime Ota, Kotaro Ohki, Takashi Yamaguchi, Kazuhiko Hayashi, Kazuya Ohmatsu
  • Publication number: 20120208703
    Abstract: A metal laminated substrate for an oxide superconducting wire is produced by removing, in a state where a copper foil to which rolling is applied at a draft of 90% or more is held at a temperature below a recrystallization temperature, an absorbed material on a surface of the copper foil by applying sputter etching to the surface of the copper foil; removing an absorbed material on a surface of a nonmagnetic metal sheet by applying sputter etching to the surface of the nonmagnetic metal sheet; bonding the copper foil and the metal sheet to each other by reduction rolls at an applied pressure of 300 MPa to 1500 MPa; orienting crystals of the copper by heating a laminated body obtained by bonding at a crystal orientation temperature of copper or above; and forming a protective layer on a copper-side surface of the laminated body by coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2010
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Applicants: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Toyo Kohan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hironao Okayama, Teppei Kurokawa, Kouji Nanbu, Yoshihiko Isobe, Takashi Koshiro, Akira Kaneko, Hajime Ota, Kotaro Ohki, Takashi Yamaguchi, Kazuya Ohmastu
  • Publication number: 20120040840
    Abstract: [Problem] A metal laminated substrate for an oxide superconducting wire is provided at a low cost. The metal laminated substrate has high strength, and stable high biaxial orientation in the longitudinal direction. [Means for Resolution] A metal laminated substrate for an oxide superconducting wire is manufactured such that a non-magnetic metal plate T1 having a thickness of not more than 0.2 mm and a metal foil T2 made of Cu alloy which is formed by cold rolling at a draft of not less than 90% and has a thickness of not more than 50 ?m is laminated to each other by room-temperature surface active bonding, after lamination, crystal of the metal foil is oriented by heat treatment at a temperature of not less than 150° C. and not more than 1000° C. and, thereafter, an epitaxial growth film T3 made of Ni or an Ni alloy having a thickness of not more than 10 ?m is laminated to the metal foil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2009
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Inventors: Hironao Okayama, Akira Kaneko, Takeshi Kato, Masaya Konishi
  • Publication number: 20110290378
    Abstract: Disclosed are a polymer laminated substrate for forming an epitaxial growth film having a highly-crystal-oriented surface and a method of manufacturing the polymer laminated substrate. The method of manufacturing a polymer laminated substrate for forming an epitaxial growth film includes the steps of: activating at least one surface of a polymer sheet T1; activating at least one surface of a metal foil T2 which is made of Cu or a Cu alloy and is formed by cold rolling at a draft of 90% or more; laminating the polymer sheet and the metal foil such that an activated surface of the polymer sheet and an activated surface of the metal foil face each other in an opposed manner and applying cold rolling to the polymer sheet and the metal foil which are laminated to each other; and biaxially orienting crystals of the metal foil by heat treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2009
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Inventors: Hironao Okayama, Kouji Nanbu, Akira Kaneko
  • Publication number: 20110290380
    Abstract: Disclosed is a metal laminated substrate for forming an epitaxial growth film for forming a semiconductor element having high biaxial crystal orientation on a surface of a metal substrate and a method of manufacturing the metal laminated substrate. The manufacturing method includes the steps of activating at least one surface of a metal plate T1 by sputter etching or the like; activating at least one surface of a metal foil T2 made of Cu or a Cu alloy which is cold-rolled at a rolling reduction of 90% or more; laminating the metal plate and the metal foil such that an activated surface of the metal plate and an activated surface of the metal foil face each other in an opposed manner and applying cold rolling to the metal plate and the metal foil which are laminated to each other at a rolling reduction of 10% or less, for example; and biaxially orienting crystals of the metal foil by heat treatment at a temperature of not lower than 150° C. and not higher than 1000° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2009
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Applicant: TOYO KOHAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hironao Okayama, Akira Kaneko, Kouji Nanbu
  • Patent number: 6777863
    Abstract: A material is provided for marking aperture grilles for use in a color picture tube which has excellent yield strength, high temperature creep strength, and superior magnetic characteristics as compared to conventional materials. The material is made by cold-rolling a low carbon sheet containing 9 to 30 weight % of Ni or 9 to 30 weight % of Ni and 0.1 to 5 weight % of Co, and annealing the cold-rolled steel sheet at a temperature of 400-500° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignee: Toyo Kohan., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hironao Okayama, Tsuneyuki Ide, Yasuo Tahara, Hiroshi Fujishige, Akira Ikeda, Setsuo Takaki
  • Publication number: 20040014080
    Abstract: For the purpose of overcoming a conventional art problem of spot detachment during the process of gene analysis (for example, hybridization) by strongly immobilizing biological material samples such as DNA or protein via covalent bonding on a substrate, the invention provides a solid support with a surface-treated layer of hafnium carbide, niob carbide, silicone carbide, tantalum carbide, thorium carbide, titanium carbide, uranium carbide, tungsten carbide or zirconium carbide as formed on the surface thereof so as to enable the immobilization of oligonucleotide or DNA fragment on the surface thereof; a solid support immobilizing oligonucleotide or DNA fragment on the film of the surface-treated layer; and a method for analyzing gene by immobilizing gene on the surface of such solid support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2003
    Publication date: January 22, 2004
    Inventors: Michifumi Tanga, Hironao Okayama, Hiroshi Okamura, Keigo Ehara, Kenichi Takagi
  • Patent number: 6617776
    Abstract: It is an object of this invention to provide a shadow mask material for use in a color picture tube excellent in tensile strength and excellent in high temperature creep strength, a shadow mask and a picture tube incorporating the same. For this purpose, the shadow mask material according to this invention uses a low carbon alloy steel sheet containing from 0.05 to 2.5% by weight of Cu and 0.001 to 0.4% by weight of P, or from 0.05 to 2.5% by weight of Cu, from 0.001 to 0.4% by weight of P and from 0.01 to 1.75% by weight of Ni.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2003
    Assignee: Toyo Kohan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsuneyuki Ide, Takahiko Miyazaki, Susumu Sigemasa, Yasuo Tahara, Hironao Okayama
  • Patent number: 6583545
    Abstract: A purpose of the present invention is to provide material of an aperture grille used for a color picture tube having excellent yield strength, excellent high temperature creep strength and excellent magnetic characteristic, material of an aperture grille used for a color picture tube for improving an occurrence of cracking during a hot rolling step, a method for producing these material, an aperture grille and a color picture tube with the aperture grille. After adding nickel of 0.01 to 1.75 wt % to low carbon alloy steel including copper of 0.05 to 2.5 wt % and phosphor of 0.001 to 0.4 wt %, material according to the present invention is cold rolled. Then, a precipitation treatment is processed at a temperature of 300 to 700° C. Alternatively, the material is cold rolled and secondary rolled after passing through an intermediate annealing at a temperature of 500 to 800° C. Then, the precipitation treatment is processed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2003
    Assignee: Toyo Kohan., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsuneyuki Ide, Hironao Okayama, Susumu Sigemasa, Yasuo Tahara
  • Patent number: 6306229
    Abstract: An invar alloy steel sheet for shadow masks is provided which has improved etchability, an economical production method, a shadow mask made of the invar alloy steel sheet, and a color picture tube which incorporates the shadow mask. The invar alloy steel sheet is produced by hot working an alloy slab consisting of 33 top 40 wt % nickel with the balance being iron, and then subjecting the slab to a primary cold rolling at a rolling reduction ratio of not more than 80%, annealing at a temperature of at least 550° C., and subjecting the slab to a secondary cold rolling at a rolling reduction ratio of not more than 50%. The invar alloy steel sheet has a percentage of {100} texture of 60 to 80%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2001
    Assignee: Toyo Kohan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsuneyuki Ide, Hironao Okayama, Hiroaki Ikenaga, Susumu Shigemasa, Yasuo Tahara, Taizo Sato, Akira Ikeda
  • Patent number: 6025673
    Abstract: Magnetic shield materials used in color picture tubes which have excellent inner magnetic shield characteristics and an excellent handling strength, method for producing the materials and color picture tubes produced by incorporating the materials are provided. The magnetic shield materials produced by subjecting hot rolled low carbon steel strips essentially consisting of equal to or less than 0.006 weight % of C, equal to or less than 0.002 weight % of N, equal to or less than 0.5 weight % of Mn, 0.5-2.5 weight % of Si, Fe as a balance and unavoidable impurities to a cold rolling and subsequently annealing the cold rolled steel strip at a temperature of 500-700.degree. C. and applying a nickel plating thereto after annealing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2000
    Assignee: Toyo Kohan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Ikeda, Hironao Okayama, Toshiharu Kataoka
  • Patent number: 6016029
    Abstract: Magnetic shield materials having excellent inner magnetic shield characteristics and an excellent handling strength, method for producing thereof and color picture tubes produced by incorporating the materials are provided. The magnetic shield materials are produced by subjecting hot rolled low carbon steel strips essentially consisting of equal to or less than 0.006 weight % of C, equal to or less than 0.002 weight % of N, equal to or less than 0.5 weight % of Mn, 0.1-1.5 weight % of Cu, Fe as a balance and unavoidable impurities to a cold rolling and subsequently annealing the cold rolled steel strips at a temperature of 550-850.degree. C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2000
    Assignee: Toyo Kohan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hironao Okayama, Akira Ikeda
  • Patent number: 5968682
    Abstract: A coated metal sheet for use in a battery container is made up of a metal sheet, one side of which is coated with a coating that includes a resin having rubber elasticity, a plasticizer, a crosslinking agent, and a conductive powder. A battery container or battery is produced from such a coated metal sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1999
    Assignee: Toyo Kohan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirokazu Moriyama, Hironao Okayama, Hidenori Inai, Hitoshi Ohmura, Akio Miyaji
  • Patent number: 5792553
    Abstract: A coated metal sheet for use in a battery container is made up of a metal sheet, one side of which is coated with a coating that includes a resin having rubber elasticity, a plasticizer, a crosslinking agent, and a conductive powder. A battery container or battery is produced from such a coated metal sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 11, 1998
    Assignee: Toyo Kohan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirokazu Moriyama, Hironao Okayama, Hidenori Inai, Hitoshi Ohmura, Akio Miyaji