Patents by Inventor Ichizo Tsukuda
Ichizo Tsukuda 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).
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Publication number: 20040118493Abstract: An Al—Mg—Si series alloy ingot consisting essentially of Si: 0.2 to 0.8 wt %, Mg: 0.3 to 0.9 wt %, Fe: 0.5 wt % or less, Cu: 0.20 wt % or less and the balance being aluminum and inevitable impurities, or an Al—Mg—Si series alloy ingot consisting essentially of Si: 0.2 to 0.8 wt %, Mg: 0.3 to 0.9 wt %, Fe: 0.5 wt % or less, Cu: 0.20 wt % or less, Zn: 0.5 wt % or less and the balance being aluminum and inevitable impurities, is prepared. The alloy ingot is homogenized, then subjected to rough hot rolling and finish hot rolling, and finally to cold rolling. One of plural passes performed at the rough hot rolling is controlled such that material temperature immediately before the aforementioned one of passes is from 350 to 440 ° C., cooling rate during the aforementioned one of plural passes is 50° C./min or more, material temperature immediately after the aforementioned one of passes is from 250 to 340° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2003Publication date: June 24, 2004Applicant: SHOWA DENKO K.K.Inventors: Kazuo Kimura, Ichizo Tsukuda, Kyohei Taguchi, Ryosuke Shimao
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Patent number: 6660111Abstract: An Al—Mg—Si series alloy ingot consisting essentially of Si:0.2-0.8 wt %, Mg:0.3-0.9 wt %, Fe:0.35 wt % or less, Cu:0.20 wt % or less and the balance of aluminum and inevitable impurities is prepared. The alloy ingot is homogenized, then subjected to rough hot rolling and finish hot rolling, and finally to cold rolling. One of the rough hot rolling is controlled such that material temperature immediately before one of the rough hot rolling is from 350 to 440° C., cooling rate between one of the rough hot rolling and rough hot rolling subsequent thereto is 50° C./min or more, material temperature immediately after one of the rough hot rolling is from 250 to 340° C. and plate thickness immediately after one of the rough hot rolling is 10 mm or less. The cold rolling is controlled such that rolling reduction is 30% or more.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2001Date of Patent: December 9, 2003Assignee: Showa Aluminum Corp.Inventors: Kyohei Taguchi, Ichizo Tsukuda, Kazuo Kimura, Ryosuke Shimao
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Publication number: 20020174923Abstract: An Al—Mg—Si series alloy ingot consisting essentially of Si:0.2-0.8 wt %, Mg:0.3-0.9 wt %, Fe:0.35 wt % or less, Cu:0.20 wt % or less and the balance of aluminum and inevitable impurities is prepared. The alloy ingot is homogenized, then subjected to rough hot rolling and finish hot rolling, and finally to cold rolling. One of the rough hot rolling is controlled such that material temperature immediately before one of the rough hot rolling is from 350 to 440° C., cooling rate between one of the rough hot rolling and rough hot rolling subsequent thereto is 50° C./min or more, material temperature immediately after one of the rough hot rolling is from 250 to 340° C. and plate thickness immediately after one of the rough hot rolling is 10 mm or less. The cold rolling is controlled such that rolling reduction is 30% or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2001Publication date: November 28, 2002Applicant: Showa Aluminum CorporationInventors: Kyohei Taguchi, Ichizo Tsukuda, Kazuo Kimura, Ryosuke Shimao
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Patent number: 6382502Abstract: A heat sink made of aluminum having both high strength and heat dissipation performance together is manufactured. In a method of manufacturing a heat sink made of aluminum by brazing a plurality of fins 13 on a heat dissipating substrate 11, the fin 13 comprises an Al—Mg—Si series alloy containing from 0.3 to 0.7% by weight of Mg, from 0.3 to 0.7% by weight of Si and the balance of Al and inevitable impurities, and is put to cooling at a rate of 50° C./min or more in a range from 450-500° C. to 300° C. in the cooling process after heating for brazing and, subsequently, artificial aging is applied at 100 to 250° C.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2000Date of Patent: May 7, 2002Assignee: Showa Denko K.K.Inventors: Koichiro Fukui, Shunta Ushioda, Ichizo Tsukuda
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Patent number: 6239390Abstract: Provided is a personal computer keyboard in which base and reinforcement plates excellent in heat dissipativity and homogeneous in heat dissipation, and with a mechanical strength are incorporated. The keyboard includes a base plate 24 on which key caps K1 to K9 are mounted; and a reinforcement plate 25 disposed on the lower side of the base plate 24, wherein the base plate 24 is constituted of an Al—Mg—Si based alloy plate including 0.2 to 0.8 wt % of Si, 0.3 to 0.9 wt % of Mg, 0.35 wt % or less of Fe and 0.20 wt % or less of Cu with the rest of Al and inevitable impurities and wherein the reinforcement plate 25 is constituted of a heat pipe panel.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2000Date of Patent: May 29, 2001Assignee: Showa Aluminum CorporationInventors: Koichiro Fukui, Shunta Ushioda, Ichizo Tsukuda
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Patent number: 6038124Abstract: An aluminum electrode foil for an electrolytic capacitor has a sponge-like etching layer formed on at least one of the surfaces thereof, and the sponge-like etching layer is reduced in a direction of thickness. The aluminum density of the reduced sponge-like etching layer `d2` is set from 0.8 to 2.2 g/cm.sup.3.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 1997Date of Patent: March 14, 2000Assignees: KDK Corporation, Showa Aluminum CorporationInventors: Hidenori Uchi, Masakazu Furukawa, Tadao Fujihira, Ichizo Tsukuda, Eizo Isoyama
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Patent number: 5714271Abstract: A raw aluminum foil for use to prepare electrolytic condenser electrodes has an aluminum purity of 99.9% or higher and contains 50-500 ppm of Mg. A method of etching the raw foil to prepare the electrodes consists of a primary etching step and a secondary etching step, and the primary etching is conducted in an aqueous bath containing 3-10% by weight of HCl and 10-40% by weight of H.sub.2 SO.sub.4, at 70.degree.-90.degree. C. and with a current density of 10-40 A/dm.sup.2. The secondary etching is conducted electrolytically or chemically in a further bath containing 3-10% by weight of HCl, with or without 1% or less of H.sub.2 C.sub.2 O.sub.4 added to the further bath, at a bath temperature of 70.degree.-95.degree. C. and with a current density of 0-10 A/dm.sup.2.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 1994Date of Patent: February 3, 1998Assignee: Showa Aluminum CorporationInventors: Tomoaki Yamanoi, Tadao Fujihira, Ichizo Tsukuda, Eizo Isoyama, Shigeru Endo
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Patent number: 5302342Abstract: An aluminum alloy for heat exchangers, the alloy, comprising a base compostion selected from a group consisting of Al-Mg-Si composition containing 0.1 to 0.8 wt % of Mg, 0.2 to 1.0 wt % of Si and 0.3 to 1.5 wt % of Mn; pure-Al composition; Al-Mg composition containing 0.05 to 1.0 wt % of Mg; and a Al-Zn composition containing 0.05 to 2.0 wt % of Zn. The alloy further comprises 0.01 to 0.3 wt % of Fe and/or 0.01 to 0.3 wt % of Ni, wherein the balance are aluminum of purity of 99.9% or higher and unavoidable impurities contained therein, and content of Cu as one of the impurities is controlled to be 0.05 wt % or less.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 1993Date of Patent: April 12, 1994Assignees: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Showa Aluminum Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tsuyoshi Kawabe, Nobuaki Yamamoto, Tadayoshi Hayashi, Makoto Tanio, Ichiro Iwai, Ichizo Tsukuda, Ryotatsu Otsuka
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Patent number: 5260142Abstract: A corrosion-resistant clad material is made of aluminum alloys, and in a preferable mode, comprises: a core which is either formed of an Al-Mn alloy containing 0.5-1.5% by weight of Mn; or alternatively formed of an Al-Mg-Si alloy containing 0.05-1.0% by weight of Mg and 0.05-0.3% by weight of Si. The Al-Mn alloy and Al-Mg-Si alloy further contain, as additional components, 0.05-0.3% by weight of Ti and/or 0.05-0.4% by weight of Zr. The clad material further comprises a skin layer which is formed of an Al-Zn alloy clad onto at least one surface of the core. In another preferable mode, the clad material comprises: a core formed of an Al-Mn alloy containing 0.5-1.5% by weight of Mn; and a skin layer clad onto at least one surface of the core and formed of an aluminum alloy containing 1.3-5.0% by weight of Zn, with or without 0.2-1.0% by weight of Mg, and a balance of aluminum and unavoidable impurities. Cu content as one of the impurities is controlled to 0.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 1991Date of Patent: November 9, 1993Assignee: HONDA Giken Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tsuyoshi Kawabe, Tadayoshi Hayashi, Toshihiro Takeuchi, Ryotatsu Otsuka, Ichiro Iwai, Ichizo Tsukuda
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Patent number: 4991647Abstract: A heat exchanger comprises tubular elements and fin members. The tubular elements are made of an aluminum alloy containing 0.05 to 1.0 wt % of Mg, 0.2 to 1.2 wt % of Si, 0.2 to 1.5 wt % of Mn, 0.01 to 0.5 wt % of Fe, as necessary components, and further containing at least one of 0.05 to 0.3 wt % of Cr and 0.01 to 0.05 wt % of Ti, as optional auxiliary components, and 0.05 or less wt % of Cu as a controlled impurity, the balance being aluminum and unavoidable impurities. The fin members are made of another aluminum alloy containing 0.05 to 1.0 wt % of Mg, 0.2 to 1.2 wt % of Si, 0.2 to 1.5 wt % of Mn, 0.01 to 0.5 wt % of Fe, and further containing at least one of 0.01 to 0.1 wt % of In and 0.1 to 2.0 wt % of Zn as necessary components, and still further containing at least one or of 0.05 to 0.3 wt % of Cr and 0.01 to 0.05 wt % of Ti as optional auxiliary components, and 0.05 wt % or less of Cu as a controlled impurity, the balance being aluminum and unavoidable impurities.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 1990Date of Patent: February 12, 1991Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tsuyoshi Kawabe, Tadayoshi Hayashi, Ryotatsu Otsuka, Ichiro Iwai, Ichizo Tsukuda, Makoto Tanio
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Patent number: 4907735Abstract: A process for producing a chassis for vehicles, which includes the steps of fabricating a single frame element of aluminum alloy, the frame element having an upper beam, a lower beam and a web portion connecting between the two beams, removing some of the web portion to a desired length, pulling the upper beam and lower beam of the web vacant portion in opposite directions so that the web vacant portion becomes an expanded opening, bending the frame element in accordance with the size and shape of the body of a vehicle to be placed on the chassis, and welding the terminating ends of the frame element to form an endless frame.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 1989Date of Patent: March 13, 1990Assignee: Showa Aluminum Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shunta Ushioda, Ichizo Tsukuda, Noboru Ohneda, Minobu Sukimoto
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Patent number: 4866479Abstract: A photosensitive drum adapted for use in electronic copying machines and laser beam printers, the drum made of aluminum-based alloy and supporting a photosensitive recepter thereon, the aluminum-based alloy having a composition consisting essentially of 0.5 to 8.0% of Ni, and preferably, one or more additives selected from a group of 0.05 to 1.5% of Mn, 0.05 to 1.0% of Cr, 0.05 to 0.5% of Zr, 0.5% or less of Ti, 0.1% or less of B, 0.05 to 7.0% of Cu, 0.05 to 7.0% of Mg, 0.05 to 8.0% of Zn, 0.05 to 12.0% of Si, and 0.05 to 2.0% of Fe, and the balance being substantially aluminum.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 1988Date of Patent: September 12, 1989Assignee: Showa Aluminum Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Ichizo Tsukuda, Takashi Atsumi, Masao Yokoyama
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Patent number: 4713216Abstract: An aluminum alloy having excellent properties including extrusibility, forgeability and malleability, the alloy containing 4.0 to 12% of zinc, 0.3 to 5.0% of magnesium, and one or more elements selected from the rare earth elements, wherein the content of the selected element is in the range of 0.5 to 10.0%, and the balance being substantially aluminum and unavoidable impurities.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 1986Date of Patent: December 15, 1987Assignee: Showa Aluminum Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kenji Higashi, Tadakazu Ohnishi, Ichizo Tsukuda