Patents by Inventor Junichi Nagaoka

Junichi Nagaoka 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: 20220157498
    Abstract: A ferrite sintered magnet has a ferrite phase having a magnetoplumbite-type crystal structure, and contains at least a metal element A, a metal element R, Fe, Co, Zn, and B. The element A is at least one kind of element selected from the group consisting of Sr, Ba, Ca, and Pb, and essentially includes Ca. The element R is at least one kind of element selected from the group consisting of Bi and rare-earth elements including Y, and essentially includes La. Atomic ratios of the metal elements satisfy the following expressions. A1-rRrFexCoyZnz??(1) 0.40?r?0.70??(2) 8.20?x?9.34??(3) 0.05<y?0.50??(4) 0<z?0.20??(5) The content of Si is 0 to 0.60% by mass in terms of SiO2, and the content of B is 0.01 to 0.70% by mass in terms of B2O3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Applicant: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Masashi OHMURA, Junichi NAGAOKA, Shogo MUROYA, Takuma ABE, Jo SATO
  • Patent number: 9336933
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a ferrite magnetic material which can provide a permanent magnet retaining high Br and HcJ as well as having high Hk/HcJ. The ferrite magnetic material according to a preferred embodiment is a ferrite magnetic material formed of hard ferrite, wherein a P content in terms of P2O5 is 0.001% by mass or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Junichi Nagaoka, Takahiro Mori, Hiroyuki Morita, Yoshihiko Minachi
  • Patent number: 9272955
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a ferrite magnetic material capable of providing a permanent magnet in which high Br and HcJ are kept, and which has a high Hk/HcJ. A ferrite magnetic material in accordance with a preferred embodiment has a ferrite phase having a hexagonal structure and has a main composition represented by Ca1-w-x-yRwSrxBayFezMmO19 (R is at least one element of rare earth elements (including Y) essentially including La, and Bi, and M is at least one element of Co, Mn, Mg, Ni, Cu, and Zn essentially including Co), where 0.25<w<0.65, 0.01<x<0.45, 0.0002<y<0.011, y<x, 8<z<11, 1.0<w/m<2.5, and 0.017<m/z<0.065 are satisfied. The total amount of a Si component is 0.1 to 3 mass % based on the amount of the main composition, and respective elements satisfy the relationship of 1.5?[(Ca+R+Sr+Ba)?(Fe+M)/12]/Si?3.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junichi Nagaoka, Takahiro Mori, Hiroyuki Morita, Yoshihiko Minachi
  • Publication number: 20140361214
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a ferrite magnetic material which can provide a permanent magnet retaining high Br and HcJ as well as having high Hk/HcJ. The ferrite magnetic material according to a preferred embodiment is a ferrite magnetic material formed of hard ferrite, wherein a P content in terms of P2O5 is 0.001% by mass or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2014
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Inventors: Junichi NAGAOKA, Takahiro MORI, Hiroyuki MORITA, Yoshihiko MINACHI
  • Patent number: 8834738
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a ferrite magnetic material which can provide a permanent magnet retaining high Br and HcJ as well as having high Hk/HcJ. The ferrite magnetic material according to a preferred embodiment is a ferrite magnetic material formed of hard ferrite, wherein a P content in terms of P2O5 is 0.001% by mass or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Junichi Nagaoka, Takahiro Mori, Hiroyuki Morita, Yoshihiko Minachi
  • Publication number: 20120161910
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a ferrite magnetic material capable of providing a permanent magnet in which high Br and HcJ are kept, and which has a high Hk/HcJ. A ferrite magnetic material in accordance with a preferred embodiment has a ferrite phase having a hexagonal structure and has a main composition represented by Ca1-w-x-yRwSrxBayFezMmO19(R is at least one element of rare earth elements (including Y) essentially including La, and Bi, and M is at least one element of Co, Mn, Mg, Ni, Cu, and Zn essentially including Co), where 0.25<w<0.65, 0.01<x<0.45, 0.0002<y<0.011, y<x, 8<z<11, 1.0<w/m<2.5, and 0.017<m/z<0.065 are satisfied. The total amount of a Si component is 0.1 to 3 mass % based on the amount of the main composition, and respective elements satisfy the relationship of 1.5?[(Ca+R+Sr+Ba)?(Fe+M)/12]/Si?3.5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2010
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Junichi Nagaoka, Takahiro Mori, Hiroyuki Morita, Yoshihiko Minachi
  • Publication number: 20120161062
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a ferrite magnetic material which can provide a permanent magnet retaining high Br and HcJ as well as having high Hk/HcJ. The ferrite magnetic material according to a preferred embodiment is a ferrite magnetic material formed of hard ferrite, wherein a P content in terms of P2O5 is 0.001% by mass or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2010
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Junichi Nagaoka, Takahiro Mori, Hiroyuki Morita, Yoshihiko Minachi
  • Patent number: 7803030
    Abstract: A toy vehicle, a toy assembly device and a related method includes a toy body having a plurality of component members, and a plurality of support frame members respectively supporting the component members. The component members and the support frame members have respective engaging portions that can engage and disengage in a horizontal direction. Each of the support frame members has a fitting part provided thereon for connecting the support frame members to one another. Each of the component members has a fitting portion provided thereon for connecting the components members to one another. When the support frame members, each with a component member supported thereon, are connected to one another through the fitting parts, the component members are connected to one another by the fitting portions to form the toy body, so that the toy body can engage with or disengage from the support frame members connected to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Assignees: Tomy Company, Ltd., Tokyo Unique Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Junichi Nagaoka
  • Patent number: 7713433
    Abstract: W-type ferrite has improved magnetic properties, in particular, coercive force. A high coercive force (HcJ) and a high residual magnetic flux density (Br) can be simultaneously attained by a ferrite magnetic material comprising an oxide having a composition wherein metal elements Sr, Ba and Fe in total have a composition ratio represented by the formula Sr(1?x)BaxFe2+aFe3+b in which 0.03 ?x?0.80, 1.1?a?2.4, and 12.3?b?16.1. The ferrite magnetic material can form any of a ferrite sintered magnet, a ferrite magnet powder, a bonded magnet as a ferrite magnet powder dispersed in a resin, and a magnetic recording medium as a film-type magnetic phase. As for the ferrite sintered magnet, there can be attained a fine sintered structure that has a mean grain size of 0.6 ?m or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Minachi, Noboru Ito, Junichi Nagaoka, Shunsuke Kurasawa, Taku Murase
  • Publication number: 20090277057
    Abstract: Disclosed is a sound sensing toy including: a plant model including a flower provided with a plurality of petals in a radial shape on a side circumferential face of a substantial circular board shaped center section; a sound sensing section to sense external sound; a control section to perform predetermined control according to sound sensed by the sound sensing section; and a light emitting section provided on the plant model and including a light emitting body and light guiding plate to perform predetermined light emission by control of the control section, wherein the light emitting section is structured so that a light from the light emitting body enters from a side face of the light guiding plate and exits from a front face side of the petal; and the control section controls the light emitting section to emit light in a predetermined light emitting pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2009
    Publication date: November 12, 2009
    Applicant: TOMY COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Junichi Nagaoka, Shinya Saito
  • Patent number: 7481947
    Abstract: A ferrite magnetic material comprising a main phase of W-type is provided which has magnetic properties improved through the optimization of additives. The ferrite magnetic material comprises a main constituent having a compound represented by composition formula AFe2+aFe3+bO27 (wherein A comprises at least one element selected from Sr, Ba and Pb; 1.5?a?2.1; and 12.9?b?16.3), a first additive containing a Ca constituent (0.3 to 3.0 wt % in terms of CaCO3) and/or a Si constituent (0.2 to 1.4 wt % in terms of SiO2), and a second additive containing at least one of an Al constituent (0.01 to 1.5 wt % in terms of Al2O3), a W constituent (0.01 to 0.6 wt % in terms of WO3), a Ce constituent (0.001 to 0.6 wt % in terms of CeO2), a Mo constituent (0.001 to 0.16 wt % in terms of MoO3), and a Ga constituent (0.001 to 15 wt % in terms of Ga2O3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2009
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Minachi, Junichi Nagaoka, Shunsuke Kurasawa, Noboru Ito, Taku Murase, Takeshi Masuda, Kenya Takagawa, Hidenobu Umeda
  • Publication number: 20080292538
    Abstract: There is provided a process for producing W-type ferrite having high magnetic properties by reducing compacting defects during wet compacting. Specifically, there is a provided a process for producing a ferrite sintered body having a main composition of the following formula (1): AFe2+aFe3+bO27 . . . (1) wherein 1.5?a?2.1, 14?a+b?18.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2005
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Minachi, Junichi Nagaoka, Taku Murase, Noburo Ito, Shunsuke Kurasawa, Hidenobu Umeda
  • Patent number: 7425280
    Abstract: The present invention provides a ferrite magnet material comprising, as a main phase, a ferrite having a hexagonal structure, the main phase containing A, La, R, Fe and Co, wherein A is at least one element selected from Sr, Ba and Pb, R is Pr and/or Nd, and the proportions of the total metal elements A, La, R, Fe and Co in the main phase are respectively A: 1 to 13 atomic %, La: 0.003 to 10 atomic %, R: 0 to 10 atomic % (excluding 0) Fe: 80 to 95 atomic % and Co: 0.05 to 5 atomic % based on the total amounts of metal elements. The residual magnetic flux density Br and coercive force HcJ can be improved without increasing the content of Co by incorporating Pr and/or Nd along with La and Co in the ferrite magnet material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2008
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Junichi Nagaoka, Shigeki Yanagida, Kunio Ohno, Syunsuke Kurasawa, Yoshihiko Minachi
  • Publication number: 20080171486
    Abstract: A toy vehicle, a toy assembly device and a related method includes a toy body having a plurality of component members, and a plurality of support frame members respectively supporting the component members. The component members and the support frame members have respective engaging portions that can engage and disengage in a horizontal direction. Each of the support frame members has a fitting part provided thereon for connecting the support frame members to one another. Each of the component members has a fitting portion provided thereon for connecting the components members to one another. When the support frame members, each with a component member supported thereon, are connected to one another through the fitting parts, the component members are connected to one another by the fitting portions to form the toy body, so that the toy body can engage with or disengage from the support frame members connected to one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2007
    Publication date: July 17, 2008
    Applicants: Tomy Company, Ltd., Tokyo Unique Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Junichi Nagaoka
  • Publication number: 20070246681
    Abstract: W-type ferrite has improved magnetic properties, in particular, coercive force. A high coercive force (HcJ) and a high residual magnetic flux density (Br) can be simultaneously attained by a ferrite magnetic material comprising an oxide having a composition wherein metal elements Sr, Ba and Fe in total have a composition ratio represented by the formula Sr(1?x)BaxFe2+aFe3+b in which 0.03?x?0.80, 1.1?a?2.4, and 12.3?b?16.1. The ferrite magnetic material can form any of a ferrite sintered magnet, a ferrite magnet powder, a bonded magnet as a ferrite magnet powder dispersed in a resin, and a magnetic recording medium as a film-type magnetic phase. As for the ferrite sintered magnet, there can be attained a fine sintered structure that has a mean grain size of 0.6 ?m or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2005
    Publication date: October 25, 2007
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Minachi, Noboru Ito, Junichi Nagaoka, Shunsuke Kurasawa, Taku Murase
  • Publication number: 20070099033
    Abstract: A ferrite magnetic material comprising a main phase of W-type is provided which has magnetic properties improved through the optimization of additives. The ferrite magnetic material comprises a main constituent having a compound represented by composition formula AFe2+aFe3+bO27 (wherein A comprises at least one element selected from Sr, Ba and Pb; 1.5?a?2.1; and 12.9?b?16.3), a first additive containing a Ca constituent (0.3 to 3.0 wt % in terms of CaCO3) and/or a Si constituent (0.2 to 1.4 wt % in terms of SiO2), and a second additive containing at least one of an Al constituent (0.01 to 1.5 wt % in terms of Al2O3), a W constituent (0.01 to 0.6 wt % in terms of WO3), a Ce constituent (0.001 to 0.6 wt % in terms of CeO2), a Mo constituent (0.001 to 0.16 wt % in terms of MoO3), and a Ga constituent (0.001 to 15 wt % in terms of Ga2O3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2004
    Publication date: May 3, 2007
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Minachi, Junichi Nagaoka, Shunsuke Kurasawa, Noboru Ito, Taku Murase, Takeshi Masuda, Kenya Takagawa, Hidenobu Umeda
  • Publication number: 20070009767
    Abstract: The present invention provides a ferrite magnetic material comprising as a main constituent a compound represented by a composition formula, AFe2+aFe3+bO27 (wherein 1.1?a?2.4, 12.3?b?16.1; and A comprises at least one element selected from Sr, Ba and Pb), and also comprising as additives a Ca constituent in terms of CaCO3 and a Si constituent in terms of SiO2 so as to satisfy the relation CaCO3/SiO2=0.5 to 1.38 (molar ratio). By making the relation CaCO3/SiO2=0.5 to 1.38 (molar ratio) be satisfied, the coercive force (HcJ) and the residual magnetic flux density (Br) can be made to simultaneously attain high levels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2004
    Publication date: January 11, 2007
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Minachi, Junichi Nagaoka, Noboru Ito, Shunsuke Kurasawa, Taku Murase, Kenya Takagawa, Hidenobu Umeda
  • Publication number: 20060091352
    Abstract: The present invention provides a ferrite magnet material comprising, as a main phase, a ferrite having a hexagonal structure, the main phase containing A, La, R, Fe and Co, wherein A is at least one element selected from Sr, Ba and Pb, R is Pr and/or Nd, and the proportions of the total metal elements A, La, R, Fe and Co in the main phase are respectively A: 1 to 13 atomic %, La: 0.003 to 10 atomic %, R: 0 to 10 atomic % (excluding 0) Fe: 80 to 95 atomic % and Co: 0.05 to 5 atomic % based on the total amounts of metal elements. The residual magnetic flux density Br and coercive force HcJ can be improved without increasing the content of Co by incorporating Pr and/or Nd along with La and Co in the ferrite magnet material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2005
    Publication date: May 4, 2006
    Inventors: Junichi Nagaoka, Shigeki Yanagida, Kunio Ohno, Syunsuke Kurasawa, Yoshihiko Minachi
  • Patent number: 4710148
    Abstract: A toy vehicle having a chassis and interchangeable wheel drive units detachably mounted in container portions of the chassis. The wheel drive units has a unit body and a pair of wheels rotatably mounted to the unit body via a rotary shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 1986
    Date of Patent: December 1, 1987
    Assignee: Takara Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Junichi Nagaoka
  • Patent number: D591364
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2009
    Assignee: Tomy Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Junichi Nagaoka