Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Kaneko

Hiroshi Kaneko 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: 20230144254
    Abstract: The present invention provides a water-glycol hydraulic fluid composition comprising an alkanolamine compound according to the general formula (1), wherein the water-glycol hydraulic fluid composition comprises 20-60% by mass water, 20-60% by mass glycol, 0.6-1.2% by mass fatty acid lubricant, and 0.01-0.06% by mass alkaline hydroxide compound selected from potassium hydroxide and/or sodium hydroxide, and has an alkali reserve of 10-25, wherein R1 and R2 are hydrocarbon groups having from 1 to 8 carbon atoms, and R3 is a hydrocarbon group having 2 or more carbon atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventor: Hiroshi KANEKO
  • Publication number: 20230108871
    Abstract: The present invention provides a water/glycol-based hydraulic fluid that includes a total fatty acid and dimer acid of more than 0.4 and no more than 1.2 mass % as a fatty acid lubricant, and also a phosphate ester at between 0.01 and 0.07 mass %. The phosphate ester has the following structure (1) here R1 and R2 each represent a hydrogen atom or a hydrogen group with a carbon number between 1 and 30, and may either be mutually identical or mutually different; R3 represents a hydrocarbon group with a carbon number between 1 and 20; R4 represents a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group with a carbon number between 1 and 30; and X1, X2, X3, and X4 each indicate an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom, where these may either be mutually identical or mutually different.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2021
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventor: Hiroshi KANEKO
  • Publication number: 20230105327
    Abstract: The present invention provides a water-glycol hydraulic fluid comprising 0.3-0.6% by mass in total of fatty acid sodium salt and/or fatty acid, and 0.3-0.6% by mass of dimerized fatty acid. The water-glycol hydraulic fluid also comprises 20-60% by mass water, 20-60% by mass glycol, 0.01-0.06% by mass alkali hydroxide compound selected from potassium hydroxide and/or sodium hydroxide, and 1.0-5.0% by mass alkanolamine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2021
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventor: Hiroshi KANEKO
  • Patent number: 11466346
    Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a high strength aluminum alloy material having a ribbon shape, which can be an alternative to copper-based materials and iron-based materials having a ribbon shape, and a conductive member, a conductive component, a spring member, a spring component, a semiconductor module member, a semiconductor module component, a structural member and a structural component including the aluminum alloy material. The aluminum alloy material of the present disclosure has an alloy composition containing Mg: 0.2% to 1.8% by mass, Si: 0.2% to 2.0% by mass, and Fe: 0.01% to 1.50% by mass, with the balance being Al and inevitable impurities, wherein the aluminum alloy material has a Vickers hardness (HV) of 90 or more and 190 or less and has a ribbon shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Kaneko
  • Patent number: 11410787
    Abstract: The present invention provides a movable cable, which has strength that is at least equal to conventional movable cables while having excellent flexural fatigue resistance and flexibility as well as being lightweight. This movable cable 10 has an electric conductor therein. The conductor comprises a first conductor 2 made of a specific aluminum alloy material wherein: the alloy composition contains, in mass %, 0.05-1.8% Mg, 0.01-2.0% Si, 0.01-1.5% Fe, and at least a total of 0.00-2.00% of one element selected from the group consisting of Cu, Ag, Zn, Ni, Co, Au, Mn, Cr, V, Zr, Ti and Sn, the balance being Al and unavoidable impurities; the crystal grains have a fiber-like metal structure in which the crystal grains all extend in one direction; and in a cross-section parallel to the one direction, the average crystal grain dimension perpendicular to the longitudinal direction is 400 nm or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akiyoshi Araki, Hiroshi Kaneko, Yoshiaki Ogiwara
  • Publication number: 20220127700
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy material which has high yield strength and excellent electric and thermal conductivity and can have a constant break elongation even when the aluminum alloy material has a small diameter. The aluminum alloy material has an alloy composition including 0.05 to 1.50 mass % of Fe, at least one of 0.01 to 0.15 mass % of Si, 0.01 to 0.30 mass % of Cu and 0.01 to 1.50 mass % of Mg, and a remainder made up by Al and unavoidable impurities, and has a fibrous metallic structure in which a plurality of crystal grains extend in line in one direction. The average value of maximum dimensions of the plurality of crystal grains in a direction perpendicular to the length direction is 800 nm or less in a cross section parallel to the aforementioned one direction, and there is no specific void of which the maximum dimension in a direction perpendicular to the length direction is 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroshi KANEKO
  • Patent number: 11306373
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy material has an alloy composition which includes at least one among 0.2-1.8 mass % of Mg, 0.2-2.0 mass % of Si, and 0.01-1.50 mass % of Fe, with the balance being Al and inevitable impurities, and has a fibrous metal structure in which crystal grains extend in one direction. In a cross section parallel to the one direction, the average value of the dimensions of the crystal grains in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction thereof is 400 nm or less, and the primary surface of the aluminum alloy material has a crystal orientation distribution in which the ratio H (K100/K111) of K100 to K111 is at least 0.17 as determined by the X-ray pole figure method, where K100 is the sum of the diffraction intensities resulting from crystals in which <100> is oriented in the longitudinal direction, and K111 is the sum of the diffraction intensities resulting from crystals in which <111> is oriented in the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Kaneko
  • Patent number: 11268172
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy material of the present disclosure has an alloy composition containing Mg: 0.50% by mass or more and 6.0% by mass or less, Fe: 0% by mass or more and 1.50% by mass or less, Si: 0% by mass or more and 1.0% by mass or less, one or more selected from Cu, Ag, Zn, Ni, Ti, Co, Au, Mn, Cr, V, Zr and Sn: 0% by mass or more and 2.0% by mass or less in total, with the balance being Al and inevitable impurities. The aluminum alloy material has a fibrous metallographic structure in which crystal grains extend so as to be aligned in one direction, and an average value of sizes perpendicular to longitudinal direction of the crystal grains is 310 nm or less in a cross section parallel to the one direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akiyoshi Araki, Hiroshi Kaneko, Kyota Susai
  • Publication number: 20220059251
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a cable used to at least moor a moving body to be moored and supply power thereto, such that weight of the whole cable can be reduced. A cable according to the present invention connects a moving body to be moored to a unit assembly including a power supply unit. The cable is used to at least moor the moving body to be moored to the unit assembly and supply power from the power supply unit to the moving body to be moored. The cable includes a conductor constituted with element wires, and at least part of the element wires is a high-strength aluminum-based conductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroshi KANEKO
  • Patent number: 11236410
    Abstract: This aluminum alloy material has an alloy composition which comprises at least one among 0.05-1.50 mass % of Fe, 0.01-0.15 mass % of Si, 0.01-0.3 mass % of Cu, and 0.01-1.5 mass % of Mg, with the balance being Al and inevitable impurities, and has a fibrous metal structure in which crystal grains extend in one direction. In a cross section parallel to said one direction, the average value of the dimensions of the crystal grains in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction thereof is 800 nm or less, and the primary surface of the aluminum alloy material has a crystal orientation distribution in which the ratio H (K100/K111) of K100 to K111 is at least 0.15 as determined by the X-ray pole figure method, where K100 is the sum of the diffraction intensities resulting from crystals in which <100> is oriented in the longitudinal direction, and K111 is the sum of the diffraction intensities resulting from crystals in which <111> is oriented in the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Kaneko
  • Publication number: 20220010411
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy that has high yield strength enabling use as a substitute for iron- and copper-based metal materials, and has a constant break elongation even at narrow diameters. The aluminum alloy has an alloy composition containing 0.20-1.80 mass % of Mg, 0.20-2.00 mass % of Si, and 0.01-1.50 mass % of Fe, with a balance being Al and inevitable impurities. The aluminum alloy material has a fibrous metallic microstructure in which a plurality of crystal grains extend so as to be aligned in one direction, and in a cross section parallel to the one direction, an average value of a maximum dimension in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of a plurality of the crystal grains is no more than 400 nm, and viewing the cross section in a thickness direction, when observing at a central part, specific voids having a maximum dimension in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of no less than 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroshi KANEKO
  • Patent number: 11220651
    Abstract: The invention provides a compressor oil, wherein 2,6-di-tert-butylphenol and tris (2,4-di-tert-butylphenyl) phosphite are added to a base oil having a naphthene content of from 17 to 30% based on the total amount of the base oil, and has a pour point of ?25° C. or lower. 2,6-di-tert-butylphenol is effective when it is contained in an amount of from 0.5 mass % to 6.0 mass % based on the total amount of the compressor oil, and tris (2,4-di-tert-butylphenyl) phosphite is effective when it is contained in an amount of from 0.3 mass % to 2.0 mass % based on the total amount of the compressor oil. Furthermore, adding an alkaline earth metal salt of alkylsalicylic acid in combination is even more effective. The amount thereof used is preferably from 0.05 mass % to 2.0 mass %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: SHELL OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Mai Kitagawa, Hiroshi Kaneko, Mitsuhiro Nagakari
  • Patent number: 11183780
    Abstract: In a connection structure of the present disclosure, compression of a first connecting part of a first conductor forming a connecting component causes the first connecting part to be directly coupled to a second connecting part of a second conductor forming a body to be connected, to form an electrical connection structure, wherein the first conductor is made of copper or a copper alloy; and the second conductor has a Vickers hardness HV1 of 110 or more as measured at a position of the second connecting part in a state where the electrical connection structure is formed, and a Vickers hardness HV2 of 80% or more of the Vickers hardness HV1, the Vickers hardness HV2 being measured at a position of the second conductor which does not form the electrical connection structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Kaneko
  • Publication number: 20210238494
    Abstract: The invention provides a compressor oil, wherein 2,6-di-tert-butylphenol and tris (2,4-di-tert-butylphenyl) phosphite are added to a base oil having a naphthene content of from 17 to 30% based on the total amount of the base oil, and has a pour point of ?25° C. or lower. 2,6-di-tert-butylphenol is effective when it is contained in an amount of from 0.5 mass % to 6.0 mass % based on the total amount of the compressor oil, and tris (2,4-di-tert-butylphenyl) phosphite is effective when it is contained in an amount of from 0.3 mass % to 2.0 mass % based on the total amount of the compressor oil. Furthermore, adding an alkaline earth metal salt of alkylsalicylic acid in combination is even more effective. The amount thereof used is preferably from 0.05 mass % to 2.0 mass %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: Mai KITAGAWA, Hiroshi KANEKO, Mitsuhiro NAGAKARI
  • Publication number: 20210082596
    Abstract: The present invention provides a movable cable, which has strength that is at least equal to conventional movable cables while having excellent flexural fatigue resistance and flexibility as well as being lightweight. This movable cable 10 has an electric conductor therein. The conductor comprises a first conductor 2 made of a specific aluminum alloy material wherein: the alloy composition contains, in mass %, 0.05-1.8% Mg, 0.01-2.0% Si, 0.01-1.5% Fe, and at least a total of 0.00-2.00° of one element selected from the group consisting of Cu, Ag, Zn, Ni, Co, Au, Mn, Cr, V, Zr, Ti and Sn, the balance being Al and unavoidable impurities; the crystal grains have a fiber-like metal structure in which the crystal grains all extend in one direction; and in a cross-section parallel to the one direction, the average crystal grain dimension perpendicular to the longitudinal direction is 400 nm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akiyoshi ARAKI, Hiroshi KANEKO, Yoshiaki OGIWARA
  • Publication number: 20210062303
    Abstract: The present invention provides an aluminum alloy material which has high resistance to flexural fatigue and prescribed elongation characteristics; contains, in terms of mass %, 0.20-1.80% Mg, 0.20-2.00% Si, and 0.01-1.50% Fe; and further contains at least one element selected from among Cu, Ag, Zn, Ni, Ti, Co, Au, Mn, Cr, V, Zr, and Sn in a total amount of 0.00-2.00%, with the remainder made up of Al and inevitable impurities. The aluminum alloy material has a fibrous metal structure in which crystal grains extend in one direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akiyoshi ARAKI, Hiroshi KANEKO, Yoshiaki OGIWARA
  • Patent number: 10930477
    Abstract: A plasma processing apparatus for performing a plasma process on a workpiece inside a processing container by radiating microwaves from an antenna into the processing container through a top plate of the processing container to generate plasma, which includes: a pressing member having grooves formed in a surface facing the top plate, and configured to press the antenna against the top plate; and elastic members respectively disposed in the grooves and deformed while being sandwiched between the pressing member and the antenna, and configured to apply a pressing force to the antenna toward the processing container. The grooves and the elastic members are respectively provided in concentric annular regions each having a center coinciding with a predetermined axis perpendicular to the top plate, and the elastic members are disposed only in a portion of the annular regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Takafumi Nogami, Hiroshi Kaneko
  • Patent number: 10920165
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a lubricating oil composition for hydraulic actuation which has excellent safety and which is imparted with electrical conductivity in order to prevent the generation of noise that adversely affects devices including hydraulic circuits equipped with an electronic control device for the valve system. The composition uses a hydrocarbon base oil, and the base oil contains from 30 to 250 ppm of ultrabasic magnesium salicylate in terms of magnesium content relative to the total amount of the composition, and from 0.07 to 5.0 mass % of non-dispersible polymethacrylate having a weight-average molecular weight of from 5,000 to 200,000 as a net amount relative to the total amount of the composition. The conductivity of the composition at 25° C. is 200 pS/m or more, the flash point is 240° C. or more, the pour point is negative 40° C. or less, and the coefficient of friction at 140° C. by a microclutch is 0.08 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Tazaki, Hiroshi Kaneko, Mitsuhiro Nagakari, Mai Kitagawa
  • Publication number: 20210025033
    Abstract: This aluminum alloy material has an alloy composition which comprises at least one among 0.05-1.50 mass % of Fe, 0.01-0.15 mass % of Si, 0.01-0.3 mass % of Cu, and 0.01-1.5 mass % of Mg, with the balance being Al and inevitable impurities, and has a fibrous metal structure in which crystal grains extend in one direction. In a cross section parallel to said one direction, the average value of the dimensions of the crystal grains in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction thereof is 800 nm or less, and the primary surface of the aluminum alloy material has a crystal orientation distribution in which the ratio H (K100/K111) of K100 to K111 is at least 0.15 as determined by the X-ray pole figure method, where K100 is the sum of the diffraction intensities resulting from crystals in which <100> is oriented in the longitudinal direction, and K111 is the sum of the diffraction intensities resulting from crystals in which <111> is oriented in the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroshi KANEKO
  • Patent number: D943747
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: J. MORITA MFG. CORP.
    Inventors: Fritz Frenkler, Anette Ponholzer, Hiroshi Kaneko, Takashi Kondo