Patents by Inventor Katsuya Kume
Katsuya Kume 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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Patent number: 9281107Abstract: There are provided a rare-earth permanent magnet and a manufacturing method thereof capable of preventing deterioration of magnet properties. In the method, magnet material is milled into magnet powder. Next, a mixture is prepared by mixing the magnet powder and a binder made of long-chain hydrocarbon and/or of a polymer or a copolymer consisting of monomers having no oxygen atoms. Next, the mixture is formed into a sheet-like shape so as to obtain a green sheet. After that, the green sheet is held for a predetermined length of time at binder decomposition temperature in a non-oxidizing atmosphere so as to remove the binder by causing depolymerization reaction or the like to the binder, which turns into monomer. The green sheet from which the binder has been removed is sintered by raising temperature up to sintering temperature. Thereby a permanent magnet 1 is obtained.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2012Date of Patent: March 8, 2016Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATIONInventors: Keisuke Taihaku, Katsuya Kume, Toshiaki Okuno, Izumi Ozeki, Tomohiro Omure, Takashi Ozaki
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Patent number: 9275778Abstract: The present invention relates to a permanent magnet obtained by wet-mixing a Dy compound or a Tb compound with a magnet raw material to coat a surface of the magnet raw material with the Dy compound or the Tb compound, and sintering a green sheet obtained by mixing the resulting magnet raw material with a resin binder and molding the resulting mixture. Since the present invention has the above-mentioned constitution, it becomes possible to sufficiently improve coercive force by Dy or Tb while decreasing the amount of Dy or Tb used. Further, it can be prevented that Dy or Tb is solid-solutionized in magnet particles to decrease residual magnetization.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2009Date of Patent: March 1, 2016Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATIONInventors: Izumi Ozeki, Katsuya Kume, Junichi Nakayama, Yuuki Fukuda, Toshinobu Hoshino, Tomokazu Horio
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Patent number: 9093218Abstract: A method for producing a permanent magnet for a motor, including a step of producing a slurry of a magnet powder, a step of molding the slurry into a sheet form to prepare green sheets of the magnet powder, and a step of alternately laminating the green sheets of the magnet powder and an insulating layer and sintering the laminated plural layers.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2009Date of Patent: July 28, 2015Assignees: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Izumi Ozeki, Katsuya Kume, Junichi Nakayama, Yuuki Fukuda, Toshinobu Hoshino, Tomokazu Horio, Kenji Nakamura
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Patent number: 9053846Abstract: There are provided a permanent magnet and a manufacturing method thereof enabling carbon content contained in magnet particles to be reduced in advance before sintering even when wet milling is employed. Coarsely-milled magnet powder is further milled by a bead mill in a solvent together with an organometallic compound expressed with a structural formula of M?(OR)x (M includes at least one of neodymium, praseodymium, dysprosium and terbium, each being a rare earth element, R represents a substituent group consisting of a straight-chain or branched-chain hydrocarbon, x represents an arbitrary integer) so as to uniformly adhere the organometallic compound to particle surfaces of the magnet powder. Thereafter, a compact body of compacted magnet powder is held for several hours in hydrogen atmosphere at 200 through 900 degrees Celsius to perform hydrogen calcination process. Thereafter, through sintering process, a permanent magnet 1 is manufactured.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2011Date of Patent: June 9, 2015Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATIONInventors: Izumi Ozeki, Katsuya Kume, Keisuke Hirano, Tomohiro Omure, Keisuke Taihaku, Takashi Ozaki
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Patent number: 9048014Abstract: There are provided a permanent magnet and a manufacturing method thereof capable of decreasing an activity level of a calcined body activated by a calcination process. To fine powder of milled neodymium magnet is added an organometallic compound solution containing an organometallic compound expressed with a structural formula of M?(OR)x (M represents Dy or Tb, R represents a substituent group consisting of a straight-chain or branched-chain hydrocarbon, x represents an arbitrary integer) so as to uniformly adhere the organometallic compound to particle surfaces of the neodymium magnet powder. Thereafter, desiccated magnet powder is held for several hours in hydrogen atmosphere at 200 through 900 degrees Celsius. Thereafter, the powdery calcined body calcined through the calcination process in hydrogen is held for several hours in vacuum atmosphere at 200 through 600 degrees Celsius for a dehydrogenation process.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2011Date of Patent: June 2, 2015Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATIONInventors: Izumi Ozeki, Katsuya Kume, Keisuke Hirano, Tomohiro Omure, Keisuke Taihaku, Toshinobu Hoshino, Takashi Ozaki
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Patent number: 9039920Abstract: There are provided a permanent magnet and a manufacturing method thereof enabling carbon content contained in magnet particles to be reduced in advance before sintering even when wet milling is employed. Coarsely-milled magnet powder is further milled by a bead mill in a solvent together with an organometallic compound expressed with a structural formula of M-(OR)X (M represents V, Mo, Zr, Ta Ti W or Nb, R represents a substituent group consisting of a straight-chain or branched-chain hydrocarbon, X represents an arbitrary integer) so as to uniformly adhere the organometallic compound to particle surfaces of the magnet powder. Thereafter, a compact body of compacted magnet powder is held for several hours in hydrogen atmosphere at 200 through 900 degrees Celsius to perform hydrogen calcination process. Thereafter, through sintering process, a permanent magnet 1 is formed.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2011Date of Patent: May 26, 2015Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATIONInventors: Izumi Ozeki, Katsuya Kume, Keisuke Hirano, Tomohiro Omure, Keisuke Taihaku, Takashi Ozaki
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Patent number: 9005374Abstract: There are provided a permanent magnet and a manufacturing method thereof capable of decreasing an activity level of a calcined body activated by a calcination process. To fine powder of milled neodymium magnet is added an organometallic compound solution containing an organometallic compound expressed with a structural formula of M-(OR)x (M represents V, Mo, Zr, Ta, Ti, W or Nb, R represents a substituent group consisting of a straight-chain or branched-chain hydrocarbon, x represents an arbitrary integer) so as to uniformly adhere the organometallic compound to particle surfaces of the neodymium magnet powder. Thereafter, desiccated magnet powder is held for several hours in hydrogen atmosphere at 200 through 900 degrees Celsius. Thereafter, the powdery calcined body calcined through the calcination process in hydrogen is held for several hours in vacuum atmosphere at 200 through 600 degrees Celsius for a dehydrogenation process.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2011Date of Patent: April 14, 2015Assignee: Nitto Denko CorporationInventors: Izumi Ozeki, Katsuya Kume, Keisuke Hirano, Tomohiro Omure, Keisuke Taihaku, Takashi Ozaki
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Publication number: 20150084727Abstract: There are provided a rare-earth permanent magnet, and a method for manufacturing a rare-earth permanent magnet and a system for manufacturing a rare-earth permanent magnet, capable of achieving improved shape uniformity. Magnet material is milled into magnet powder, and the milled magnet powder is formed into a formed body 40. The formed body 40 is calcined and then sintered using a spark plasma sintering apparatus 45, so that a permanent magnet 1 is manufactured. A die unit 46 included in the spark plasma sintering apparatus 45 that performs spark plasma sintering at least includes in one direction an inflow hole 50 configured to receive inflow of part of the pressurized formed body.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2013Publication date: March 26, 2015Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATIONInventors: Izumi Ozeki, Katsuya Kume, Toshiaki Okuno, Tomohiro Omure, Takashi Ozaki, Keisuke Taihaku, Takashi Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20140301885Abstract: In a permanent magnet and a manufacturing method thereof, entire magnet can be densely sintered without a gap between a main phase and a grain boundary phase. Fine powder of milled neodymium magnet is mixed with a solution containing an organometallic compound expressed with a structural formula, M-(OR)X, wherein M represents Cu, Al, Dy, Tb, V, Mo, Zr, Ta, Ti, W or Nb, R represents a substituent group consisting of a straight-chain or branched-chain hydrocarbon, and X represents an arbitrary integer, to uniformly adhere the organometallic compound to particle surfaces of the neodymium magnet powder. The magnet powder is desiccated and then held for several hours in hydrogen atmosphere at a pressure higher than normal atmospheric pressure, at 200-900 degrees Celsius for calcination process in hydrogen. The calcined powder after calcination process in hydrogen is held for several hours in vacuum at 200-600 degrees Celsius for dehydrogenation process.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2012Publication date: October 9, 2014Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATIONInventors: Keisuke Taihaku, Takashi Ozaki, Katsuya Kume, Toshiaki Okuno, Izumi Ozeki, Tomohiro Omure, Takashi Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20140241930Abstract: There are provided a permanent magnet and a manufacturing method thereof enabling, even when wet milling is employed, carbon content contained in magnet particles to be reduced in advance before sintering, and also enabling the entirety of the magnet to be densely sintered without causing a gap between a main phase and a grain boundary phase in the sintered magnet. Coarsely-milled magnet powder is further milled by a bead mill in an organic solvent. Thereafter, the magnet powder is compacted to produce a formed body. Hydrogen calcination process is performed through holding the formed body for several hours in hydrogen atmosphere at a pressure higher than normal atmospheric pressure at 200 through 900 degrees Celsius. Thereafter, through sintering process, a permanent magnet 1 is manufactured.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2012Publication date: August 28, 2014Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATIONInventors: Tomohiro Omure, Takashi Ozaki, Katsuya Kume, Toshiaki Okuno, Izumi Ozeki, Keisuke Taihaku, Takashi Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20140241929Abstract: There are provided a rare-earth permanent magnet and a manufacturing method of the rare-earth permanent magnet with improved magnetic performance which is achieved through milling-ability-improved fine wet-milling step. In the method, coarsely milled magnet material is finely wet-milled in an organic solvent together with an organometallic compound expressed with a structural formula of M-(OR)x (M including at least one of Nd, Al, Cu, Ag, Dy, Tb, V, Mo, Zr, Ta, Ti, W, and Nb, R representing a substituent group consisting of a straight-chain or branched-chain hydrocarbon with carbon chain length of 2-16, and x representing an arbitrary integer) to obtain magnet powder and to make the organometallic compound adhere to particle surfaces of the magnet powder. Subsequently, the magnet powder having adhesion of the organometallic compound to particle surfaces thereof is formed into a formed body and sintered so as to obtain a permanent magnet 1.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2012Publication date: August 28, 2014Inventors: Takashi Ozaki, Katsuya Kume, Toshiaki Okuno, Izumi Ozeki, Tomohiro Omure, Keisuke Taihaku, Takashi Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20140210582Abstract: There are provided a rare-earth permanent magnet based on Nd—Fe—B, capable of improving coercive force through reducing a residual nitrogen concentration after sintering to be 800 ppm or lower, and a manufacturing method of the rare-earth permanent magnet. The rare-earth permanent magnet based on Nd—Fe—B is obtained through milling a magnet material in an atmosphere of a noble gas by dry milling, and thereafter, compacting the milled magnet material into a formed body in an atmosphere of a noble gas. The formed body is then sintered at 800 through 1180 degrees Celsius so as to obtain a permanent magnet 1 whose nitrogen concentration is 800 ppm or lower, or more preferably 300 ppm or lower.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2012Publication date: July 31, 2014Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATIONInventors: Izumi Ozeki, Katsuya Kume, Toshiaki Okuno, Tomohiro Omure, Takashi Ozaki, Keisuke Taihaku, Takashi Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20140197911Abstract: There are provided a rare-earth permanent magnet and a manufacturing method of a rare-earth permanent magnet capable of improving magnetic properties by optimizing magnetic field orientation. In the method, magnet material is milled into magnet powder. Next, the magnet powder and a binder are mixed to obtain a mixture 12. The thus prepared mixture 12 is then formed into a long-sheet-like shape on a supporting base 13 by hot-melt molding so as to obtain a green sheet 14. The thus formed green sheet 14 is heated to soften and a magnetic field is applied to the heated green sheet 14 for magnetic field orientation. The green sheet 14 subjected to the magnetic field orientation is sintered and thereby a permanent magnet 1 is obtained.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2013Publication date: July 17, 2014Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATIONInventors: Takashi Ozaki, Katsuya Kume, Toshiaki Okuno, Izumi Ozeki, Tomohiro Omure, Keisuke Taihaku, Takashi Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20140152408Abstract: There are provided a rare-earth permanent magnet and a manufacturing method of a rare-earth permanent magnet capable of improving magnetic properties with drastically enhanced manufacturing efficiency. In the method, magnet material is milled into magnet powder. Next, the magnet powder and a binder are mixed to obtain a mixture 12. Next, the thus prepared mixture 12 is formed into a long-sheet-like shape on a supporting base 13 by hot-melt molding so as to obtain a green sheet 14. The thus formed green sheet 14 is heated to soften and a magnetic field is applied to multiple layers of the heated green sheet 14 for magnetic field orientation. The green sheet 14 subjected to the magnetic field orientation is sintered and thereby a permanent magnet 1 is obtained.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2013Publication date: June 5, 2014Inventors: Tomohiro Omure, Katsuya kume, Toshiaki Okuno, Izumi Ozeki, Takashi Ozaki, Keisuke Taihaku, Takashi Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20140145808Abstract: There are provided a rare-earth permanent magnet and a manufacturing method of a rare-earth permanent magnet capable of preventing deterioration of magnet properties. In the method, magnet material is milled into magnet powder. Next, a mixture 12 is prepared by mixing the magnet powder and a binder, and the mixture 12 is formed into a sheet-like shape to obtain a green sheet 14. Thereafter, magnetic field orientation is performed to the green sheet 14, which is then held for several hours in a non-oxidizing atmosphere at a pressure higher than normal atmospheric pressure, at 200 through 900 degrees Celsius for calcination. Thereafter, the calcined green sheet 14 is sintered at a sintering temperature. Thereby a permanent magnet 1 is manufactured.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2013Publication date: May 29, 2014Applicant: NITTO Denko CorporationInventors: Katsuya Kume, Toshiaki Okuno, Izumi Ozeki, Tomohiro Omure, Takashi Ozaki, Keisuke Taihaku, Takashi Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20130285778Abstract: There are provided a rare-earth permanent magnet and a manufacturing method thereof capable of preventing deterioration of magnet properties. In the method, magnet material is milled into magnet powder. Next, a mixture is prepared by mixing the magnet powder and a binder made of long-chain hydrocarbon and/or of a polymer or a copolymer consisting of monomers having no oxygen atoms. Next, the mixture is formed into a sheet-like shape so as to obtain a green sheet. After that, the green sheet is held for a predetermined length of time at binder decomposition temperature in a non-oxidizing atmosphere so as to remove the binder by causing depolymerization reaction or the like to the binder, which turns into monomer. The green sheet from which the binder has been removed is sintered by raising temperature up to sintering temperature. Thereby a permanent magnet 1 is obtained.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2012Publication date: October 31, 2013Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATIONInventors: Keisuke Taihaku, Katsuya Kume, Toshiaki Okuno, Izumi Ozeki, Tomohiro Omure, Takashi Ozaki
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Patent number: 8524013Abstract: There are provided a permanent magnet and a manufacturing method thereof capable of manufacturing metal alkoxide in better work environment, simpler production facilities and easier manufacturing process and also reducing the manufacturing costs. An electrolytic solution is obtained through dissolving chloride or injecting hydrogen chloride gas into alcohol which is same alcohol as is a constituent element of metal alkoxide to be manufactured. Then, electrolysis is performed on the electrolytic solution while using, for an anode, a ferroalloy that contains iron and metal which is a constituent element of the metal alkoxide to be manufactured in a predetermined weight ratio (such as 1:1), and, for a cathode, the same ferroalloy, carbon, platinum or stainless steel, so as to obtain an alcohol solution of the metal alkoxide. Then, a permanent magnet is manufactured using the alcohol solution of the metal alkoxide thus obtained.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2011Date of Patent: September 3, 2013Assignee: Nitto Denko CorporationInventors: Keisuke Taihaku, Katsuya Kume, Izumi Ozeki, Tomohiro Omure
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Patent number: 8500922Abstract: The present invention relates to a permanent magnet manufactured by steps of: pulverizing a magnet raw material into fine particles having a grain size of 3 ?m or less; mixing the pulverized magnet raw material with a rust preventive oil in which a high-melting metal element-containing organic compound or a precursor of a high-melting ceramic is dissolved, thereby preparing a slurry; compression molding the slurry to form a molded body; and sintering the molded body.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2009Date of Patent: August 6, 2013Assignee: Nitto Denko CorporationInventors: Izumi Ozeki, Katsuya Kume, Junichi Nakayama, Yuuki Fukuda, Toshinobu Hoshino, Tomokazu Horio
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Patent number: 8500921Abstract: There are provided a permanent magnet and a manufacturing method thereof capable of densely sintering the entirety of the magnet without making a gap between a main phase and a grain boundary phase in the sintered magnet. To fine powder of milled neodymium magnet is added an organometallic compound solution containing an organometallic compound expressed with a structural formula of M-(OR)x (M represents V, Mo, Zr, Ta, Ti, W or Nb, R represents a substituent group consisting of a straight-chain or branched-chain hydrocarbon, x represents an arbitrary integer) so as to uniformly adhere the organometallic compound to particle surfaces of the neodymium magnet powder. Thereafter, desiccated magnet powder is held for several hours in hydrogen atmosphere at 200 through 900 degrees Celsius. Thereafter, the powdery calcined body calcined through the calcination process in hydrogen is held for several hours in vacuum atmosphere at 200 through 600 degrees Celsius for a dehydrogenation process.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2011Date of Patent: August 6, 2013Assignee: Nitto Denko CorporationInventors: Izumi Ozeki, Katsuya Kume, Keisuke Hirano, Tomohiro Omure, Keisuke Taihaku, Takashi Ozaki
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Patent number: 8500920Abstract: There are provided a permanent magnet and a manufacturing method thereof capable of densely sintering the entirety of the magnet without making a gap between a main phase and a grain boundary phase in the sintered magnet. To fine powder of milled neodymium magnet is added an organometallic compound solution containing an organometallic compound expressed with a structural formula of M-(OR)X (M represents V, Mo, Zr, Ta, Ti, W or Nb, R represents a substituent group consisting of a straight-chain or branched-chain hydrocarbon, X represents an arbitrary integer) so as to uniformly adhere the organometallic compound to particle surfaces of the neodymium magnet powder. Thereafter, a compact body formed through powder compaction is held for several hours in hydrogen atmosphere at 200 through 900 degrees Celsius. Thereafter, through sintering process, a permanent magnet is manufactured.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2011Date of Patent: August 6, 2013Assignee: Nitto Denko CorporationInventors: Izumi Ozeki, Katsuya Kume, Keisuke Hirano, Tomohiro Omure, Keisuke Taihaku, Takashi Ozaki