Patents by Inventor Isao Kanada

Isao Kanada 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: 20190304644
    Abstract: The present invention provides a composite magnetic body comprising metal particles containing Fe or Fe and Co as a main component and a resin, wherein an average major axis diameter of the metal particles is 30 to 500 nm, an average of the aspect ratios of the metal particles is 1.5 to 10, and a CV value of the aspect ratios is 0.40 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Applicant: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke ARIAKE, Isao KANADA
  • Patent number: 10410777
    Abstract: An R-T-B based sintered magnet has excellent corrosion resistance together with good magnetic properties. The R-T-B based sintered magnet contains R2T14B grains, wherein, an R—Cu-M-C concentrated part is existed in a grain boundary formed between or among two or more adjacent R2T14B grains, and the concentrations of R (R is at least one from Sc, Y and the lanthanoide element), Cu, M (M is at least one from Ga, Si, Sn, Ge and Bi) and C in the R—Cu-M-C concentrated part are higher than those in the R2T14B grains respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Isao Kanada, Masashi Miwa, Haruna Nakajima, Eiji Kato
  • Patent number: 10388441
    Abstract: The present invention provides an R-T-B based sintered magnet that inhibits the demagnetization rate at high temperature even when less or no heavy rare earth elements such as Dy, Tb and the like are used. The R-T-B based sintered magnet includes R2T14B crystal grains and two-grain boundary parts between the R2T14B crystal grains. Two-grain boundary parts formed by R—Co—Cu-M-Fe phase exist, and M is at least one selected from the group consisting of Ga, Si, Sn, Ge and Bi.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Isao Kanada, Hiroyuki Ono, Eiji Kato, Masashi Miwa
  • Patent number: 10256015
    Abstract: The present invention provides an R-T-B based sintered magnet having excellent corrosion resistance together with good magnetic properties. The R-T-B based sintered magnet contains R2T14B crystal grains, wherein, an R—Ga—Co—Cu—N concentrated part exists in a grain boundary formed between or among two or more adjacent R2T14B crystal grains, and the concentrations of R, Ga, Co, Cu and N in the R—Ga—Co—Cu—N concentrated part are higher than those in the R2T14B crystal grains respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masashi Miwa, Haruna Nakajima, Isao Kanada
  • Patent number: 10109403
    Abstract: The present invention provides an R-T-B based sintered magnet that inhibits the demagnetization rate at high temperature even when less or no heavy rare earth elements such as Dy, Tb and the like are used. The R-T-B based sintered magnet comprises R2T14B crystal grains and two-grain boundary parts between the R2T14B crystal grains. Two-grain boundary parts formed by a phase containing R, Cu, Co, Ga and Fe with a ratio of 40?R?70, 1?Co?10, 5?Cu?50, 1?Ga?15, and 1?Fe?40 (wherein, R+Cu+Co+Ga+Fe=100, and R is at least one selected from rare earth elements) exists in the magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Isao Kanada, Hiroyuki Ono, Eiji Kato, Masashi Miwa
  • Publication number: 20160196904
    Abstract: The present invention provides an R-T-B based sintered magnet that inhibits the demagnetization rate at high temperature even when less or no heavy rare earth elements such as Dy, Tb and the like are used. The R-T-B based sintered magnet includes R2T14B crystal grains and two-grain boundary parts between the R2T14B crystal grains. Two-grain boundary parts formed by R—Co—Cu-M-Fe phase exist, and M is at least one selected from the group consisting of Ga, Si, Sn, Ge and Bi.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2014
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Isao KANADA, Hiroyuki ONO, Eiji KATO, Masashi MIWA
  • Publication number: 20160180993
    Abstract: The present invention provides an R-T-B based sintered magnet that inhibits the demagnetization rate at high temperature even when less or no heavy rare earth elements such as Dy, Tb and the like are used. The R-T-B based sintered magnet comprises R2T14B crystal grains and two-grain boundary parts between the R2T14B crystal grains. Two-grain boundary parts formed by a phase containing R, Cu, Co, Ga and Fe with a ratio of 40?R?70, 1?Co?10, 5?Cu?50, 1?Ga?15, and 1?Fe?40 (wherein, R+Cu+Co+Ga+Fe=100, and R is at least one selected from rare earth elements) exists in the magnet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2014
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Isao KANADA, Hiroyuki ONO, Eiji KATO, Masashi MIWA
  • Publication number: 20160163434
    Abstract: The present invention provides an R-T-B based sintered magnet having excellent corrosion resistance together with good magnetic properties. The R-T-B based sintered magnet contains R2T14B grains, wherein, an R—Cu-M-C concentrated part is existed in a grain boundary formed between or among two or more adjacent R2T14B grains, and the concentrations of R (R is at least one from Sc, Y and the lanthanoide element), Cu, M (M is at least one from Ga, Si, Sn, Ge and Bi) and C in the R—Cu-M-C concentrated part are higher than those in the R2T14B grains respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2014
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Applicant: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Isao KANADA, Masashi MIWA, Haruna NAKAJIMA, Eiji KATO
  • Publication number: 20160163435
    Abstract: The present invention provides an R-T-B based sintered magnet having excellent corrosion resistance together with good magnetic properties. The R-T-B based sintered magnet contains R2T14B crystal grains, wherein, an R—Ga—Co—Cu—N concentrated part exists in a grain boundary formed between or among two or more adjacent R2T14B crystal grains, and the concentrations of R, Ga, Co, Cu and N in the R—Ga—Co—Cu—N concentrated part are higher than those in the R2T14B crystal grains respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2014
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Applicant: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Masashi MIWA, Haruna NAKAJIMA, Isao KANADA
  • Patent number: 8168555
    Abstract: A ceramic substrate is provided as one having a large coefficient of thermal expansion ?, having properties suitable for use as a high-frequency substrate, being capable of being fired at a low temperature, and having an excellent substrate strength. The ceramic substrate has a main composition containing Mg2SiO4 and a low-temperature-fired component, has the coefficient of thermal expansion a of not less than 9.0 ppm/° C., and contains up to 25 vol. % (excluding zero) ZnAl2O4 or up to 7 vol. % (excluding zero) Al2O3. A dielectric-porcelain composition is provided as one being capable of being fired at a temperature lower than a melting point of an Ag-based metal and being capable of demonstrating a sufficient bending strength even through firing at a low firing temperature. The dielectric-porcelain composition contains Mg2SiO4 as a major component and contains a zinc oxide, a boron oxide, an alkaline earth metal oxide, a copper compound, and a lithium compound as minor components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Suzuki, Yasuharu Miyauchi, Isao Kanada
  • Publication number: 20100197478
    Abstract: A ceramic substrate is provided as one having a large coefficient of thermal expansion ?, having properties suitable for use as a high-frequency substrate, being capable of being fired at a low temperature, and having an excellent substrate strength. The ceramic substrate has a main composition containing Mg2SiO4 and a low-temperature-fired component, has the coefficient of thermal expansion ? of not less than 9.0 ppm/° C., and contains up to 25 vol. % (excluding zero) ZnAl2O4 or up to 7 vol. % (excluding zero) Al2O3. A dielectric-porcelain composition is provided as one being capable of being fired at a temperature lower than a melting point of an Ag-based metal and being capable of demonstrating a sufficient bending strength even through firing at a low firing temperature. The dielectric-porcelain composition contains Mg2SiO4 as a major component and contains a zinc oxide, a boron oxide, an alkaline earth metal oxide, a copper compound, and a lithium compound as minor components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2008
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Applicant: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Suzuki, Yasuharu Miyauchi, Isao Kanada
  • Publication number: 20100151217
    Abstract: There are provided electronic parts with excellent strength and high insulation resistance. According to a preferred embodiment, the electronic part comprises an inner layer section and outer layer sections formed covering the surfaces of the inner layer section, wherein the inner layer section and outer layer sections have a construction with a filler component dispersed in a glass component, the transverse strength of the inner layer section is at least 330 MPa, and the inner layer section has a thermal expansion coefficient larger than that of the outer layer sections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2009
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Applicant: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Isao KANADA, Hisashi Kobuke, Yusuke Takahashi, Yasuharu Miyauchi
  • Publication number: 20100080981
    Abstract: The present invention provides glass ceramic substrates 11a to 11d each containing a glass component and a plate-like alumina filler dispersed in the glass component, wherein the plate-like alumina filler has an average plate diameter of 0.1 to 20 ?m and an average aspect ratio of 50 to 80, and wherein the plate-like alumina filler has a content of 22 to 35% by volume based on a total amount of the glass component and plate-like alumina filler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2009
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Applicant: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Hisashi KOBUKE, Isao Kanada, Yusuke Takahashi
  • Patent number: 7399723
    Abstract: There is provided a dielectric ceramic material in which the firing temperature dependency of the relative dielectric constant can be suppressed and the mechanical strength can be improved. Specifically, there is provided a dielectric ceramic material including: main constituents given by a composition located in the region, in a ternary diagram of ZrO2, SnO2 and TiO2 shown in FIG. 1, bounded by point A, point B, point C, point D, point E and point F; and ZnO: 0.5 to 5 wt %, NiO: 0.1 to 3 wt %, and SiO2: 0.008 to 1.5 wt % in relation to the total weight of the main constituents. The dielectric ceramic material can include Nb2O5: 0.2 wt % or less and K2O: 0.035 wt % or less in relation to the total weight of the main constituents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2008
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Isao Kanada, Ryohei Nakano, Tatsuya Kikuchi, Hisashi Kobuke, Masaru Abe, Kouji Tashiro, Matsumi Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20080009404
    Abstract: There is provided a dielectric ceramic material in which the firing temperature dependency of the relative dielectric constant can be suppressed and the mechanical strength can be improved. Specifically, there is provided a dielectric ceramic material including: main constituents given by a composition located in the region, in a ternary diagram of ZrO2, SnO2 and TiO2 shown in FIG. 1, bounded by point A, point B, point C, point D, point E and point F; and ZnO: 0.5 to 5 wt %, NiO: 0.1 to 3 wt %, and SiO2: 0.008 to 1.5 wt % in relation to the total weight of the main constituents. The dielectric ceramic material can include Nb2O5: 0.2 wt % or less and K2O: 0.035 wt % or less in relation to the total weight of the main constituents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2006
    Publication date: January 10, 2008
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Isao Kanada, Ryohei Nakano, Tatsuya Kikuchi, Hisashi Kobuke, Masaru Abe, Kouji Tashiro, Matsumi Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20060211800
    Abstract: An oxide of a transition metal element having at least two valences less than 4 is contained in a spherical dielectric ceramic powder. According to a composite dielectric material using the dielectric ceramic powder, the electric resistivity can be made to take such a high value as 1.0×1012 ?·cm or more while satisfactory dielectric properties are being maintained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2003
    Publication date: September 21, 2006
    Inventors: Keisuke Itakura, Isao Kanada, Ikuka Chiba, Masayoshi Inoue, Mio Ozawa, Shenglei Che
  • Publication number: 20050237695
    Abstract: A method for producing a dielectric ceramic powder which can secure fluidity of the mixture thereof with a resin, even when produced by milling, is provided. A composite dielectric material which secures, the fluidity of the mixture thereof with a resin and is excellent in dielectric properties can be obtained on the basis of the method for producing a dielectric ceramic powder, comprising a first firing step for firing a starting material at a first temperature to obtain a first fired substance; a first milling step for milling the first fired substance to obtain a first milled substance; a second firing step for firing the first milled substance at a second temperature lower than the first temperature to obtain a second fired substance; and a second milling step for milling the second fired substance to obtain a second milled substance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2005
    Publication date: October 27, 2005
    Inventors: Isao Kanada, Norimasa Sakamoto
  • Publication number: 20050131122
    Abstract: The present invention provides a dielectric ceramic powder which can secure fluidity of the mixture with a resin, even when produced by milling. The dielectric ceramic powder, when controlled to have a specific surface area of 9 m2/cm3 or less and a lattice strain of 0.2 or less can secure fluidity of the mixture with a resin, even when it is produced by milling to have particles of indefinite shape, and give a composite dielectric material of excellent dielectric properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2004
    Publication date: June 16, 2005
    Inventors: Isao Kanada, Norimasa Sakamoto, Mio Ozawa, Shenglei Che
  • Patent number: 6375862
    Abstract: The present invention can provide a MgCuZn-based ferrite sintered compact which is constituted by having as substantial main component compositions 7.5 to 23.0 mole % of magnesium oxide, 7.0 to 20.0 mole % of copper oxide, 19.0 to 24.2 mole % of zinc oxide and 48.5 to 50.3 mole % of ferric oxide, and the average particle diameter of the ferrite sintered compact is in a range of 1.10 to 7.30 &mgr;m while the standard deviation &sgr; of the size distribution is in a range of 0.60 to 10.00, resulting in the ferrite sintered compact which has a high impedance with a frequency of not less than 50 MHz and is capable of efficiently cutting of radiant noise by selecting inexpensive materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2002
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Hidenobu Umeda, Taku Murase, Isao Kanada, Tatsuya Shimazaki
  • Patent number: 6200493
    Abstract: There is disclosed an MnMgCuZn ferrite material which contains ranges of 46.5 to 50.4 mol % of iron oxide, 10.5 to 22.0 mol % of magnesium oxide, 22.5 to 25.0 mol % of zinc oxide, 6.0 to 16.0 mol % of copper oxide, and 0.1 to 3.5 mol % of manganese oxide. Advantages of an MnMgCuZn ferrite material that resistivity is relatively high and material cost is low are utilized to realize a superior MnMgCuZn ferrite material which is much smaller in magnetic loss than conventional materials of the same series and which has a sufficient saturated magnetic flux density.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2001
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Taku Murase, Takuya Aoki, Naoyoshi Sato, Isao Kanada