Patents by Inventor Kazuhiko Minami

Kazuhiko Minami 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: 20240121780
    Abstract: An object is to provide a communication system in which there are no restrictions on a communicable area and it is not necessary to install communication software on a wireless device. A communication system according to the present invention is configured so that the functions of a wireless access point are separated into a front-end unit on a wireless terminal side and a back-end side on the Internet side, radio signal processing functions supporting a wireless scheme of the wireless terminal are deployed only on the back end, and only relatively simple processing functions such as E/O conversion are deployed on the front end near the wireless terminal 311.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryota SHIINA, Tatsuya FUKUI, Satoshi NARIKAWA, Katsuya MINAMI, Satoshi IKEDA, Shunsuke SARUWATARI, Takashi WATANABE, Kazuhiko KINOSHITA
  • Publication number: 20220066263
    Abstract: A backlight according to an embodiment includes a reflecting portion, a nonwoven fabric disposed opposing the reflecting portion, a reflective polarization portion disposed along a surface of the nonwoven fabric opposite to the surface of the nonwoven fabric opposing the reflecting portion, a side wall surrounding a cavity formed between the reflecting portion and the nonwoven fabric, and a light source disposed proximate the side wall and configured to illuminate light in the cavity, wherein a haze value of the nonwoven fabric is 90% or greater, an effective transmittance of the nonwoven fabric is 0.8 or greater, and a basis weight of the nonwoven fabric is 60 g/m2 or greater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Toyooka, Shingo Amari, Sayaka Kado, Kohei Kawahara, Noboru Iwata, Kazuhiko Minami, Yukio Ishizuki
  • Publication number: 20190311970
    Abstract: A heat sink (1A) is made of a composite material of aluminum and carbon particles (5). A plurality of fin portions (3) is integrally formed on a base plate portion (2) of the heat sink (1A) so as to protrude with respect to the base plate portion (2). The carbon particles (5) present in the fin portion (3) are oriented in the protrusion direction (P) of the fin portion (3) with respect to the base plate portion (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2017
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Applicant: SHOWA DENKO K.K.
    Inventor: Kazuhiko MINAMI
  • Patent number: 8995129
    Abstract: A back metal layer (16, 31) has a plurality of stress relaxation spaces (17). Each stress relaxation space (17) is formed to open at least at one of the front surface and the back surface of the back metal layer (16, 31). A region in the back metal layer (16, 31) that is directly below a semiconductor device (12) is defined as a directly-below region (A1), and a region outside the directly-below region (A1) that corresponds to and has the same dimensions as the directly-below region (A1) is defined as a comparison region (A21). The volume of the stress relaxation spaces (17) in the range of the directly-below region (A1) is less than the volume of the stress relaxation spaces (17) formed in the range of the comparison region (A21).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki, Showa Denko K. K.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Iwata, Shogo Mori, Tomoya Hirano, Kazuhiko Minami
  • Patent number: 8661675
    Abstract: In supplying flux to a brazing heat exchanger member, a given amount of the flux is stably adhered to brazing portions without interposing any substance which becomes unnecessary for the brazing such as binder. In manufacturing a heat exchanger member, particles containing flux are injected to a surface of a substrate made of aluminum or its alloy at a temperature lower than a melting point of the flux by 30° C. or more to collide against the surface at an average speed of 100 m/sec or higher to thereby mechanically adhere the particles thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Showa Denko K.K.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Minami, Ichiro Iwai
  • Publication number: 20130277034
    Abstract: A heat dissipation device includes an insulating substrate, a metal layer connected to the insulating substrate via a first brazing filler material, a stress relaxation member connected to the insulating substrate via a second brazing filler material, and a cooler connected to the stress relaxation member via a third brazing filler material. The stress relaxation member has one or more stress relaxation spaces each including an opening that is open to at least one of a face side and a back side of the stress relaxation member. At least one of the second and third brazing filler materials has one or more through-holes. Each through-hole includes an opening overlapped with the opening of the stress relaxation space or with the opening of a corresponding one of the stress relaxation spaces, and an edge of each through-hole opening is located externally to an edge of the corresponding stress relaxation space opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2013
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicants: SHOWA DENKO K.K., KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Yoshitaka IWATA, Shogo MORI, Kazuhiko MINAMI, Tomoya HIRANO
  • Publication number: 20120262883
    Abstract: A back metal layer (16, 31) has a plurality of stress relaxation spaces (17). Each stress relaxation space (17) is formed to open at least at one of the front surface and the back surface of the back metal layer (16, 31). A region in the back metal layer (16, 31) that is directly below a semiconductor device (12) is defined as a directly-below region (A1), and a region outside the directly-below region (A1) that corresponds to and has the same dimensions as the directly-below region (A1) is defined as a comparison region (A21). The volume of the stress relaxation spaces (17) in the range of the directly-below region (A1) is less than the volume of the stress relaxation spaces (17) formed in the range of the comparison region (A21).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2012
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicants: SHOWA DENKO K. K., KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Iwata, Shogo Mori, Tomoya Hirano, Kazuhiko Minami
  • Publication number: 20110192581
    Abstract: In supplying flux to a brazing heat exchanger member, a given amount of the flux is stably adhered to brazing portions without interposing any substance which becomes unnecessary for the brazing such as binder. In manufacturing a heat exchanger member, particles containing flux are injected to a surface of a substrate made of aluminum or its alloy at a temperature lower than a melting point of the flux by 30° C. or more to collide against the surface at an average speed of 100 m/sec or higher to thereby mechanically adhere the particles thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2008
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Applicant: SHOWA DENKO K.K.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Minami, Ichiro IWAI
  • Patent number: 7798205
    Abstract: In a heat exchanger having a core portion in which aluminum flat tubes and aluminum fins are disposed alternatively and brazed with each other, each fin has one side portion located at one side of the tube and the other side portion located at the other side of the tube. The one side portion of the fin is higher in pitting potential than the other side portion of the fin, and the pitting potential difference between the one side portion of the fin and the other side portion of the fin is 40 to 200 mV. The pitting potential difference can be formed by the Zn concentration difference in the aluminum alloy constituting the fin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Showa Denko K. K.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Minami, Takenori Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20100147500
    Abstract: The invention provides a clad member excellent in strength and brazability and a production method thereof. A clad member comprises a core material, an outer skin layer provided on one surface of the core material, and an inner skin layer provide on the other surface thereof via an intermediate layer. The core material is made of an aluminum alloy comprising Mn: 0.8 to 2 mass %, Mg: 0.2 to 1.5 mass %, and the balance being Al and impurities. The outer skin layer is made of an aluminum alloy comprising Zn: 0.01 to 4 mass %, and the balance being Al and impurities. The intermediate layer is made of an aluminum alloy comprising Mn: 0.8 to 2 mass %, Zn: 0.35 to 3 mass %, and the balance being Al and impurities. The inner skin layer is made of an Al—Si series brazing material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2006
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Applicant: SHOWA DENKO K.K.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Minami, Kazuhiro Kobori, Koji Hisayuki
  • Publication number: 20090260794
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method for manufacturing a heat exchanger in which a Zn thermally sprayed layer is formed on a surface of an aluminum flat tube 2 and then the Zn thermally sprayed tube is combined with an aluminum corrugated fin and brazed to the fin. The Zn thermally sprayed tube 2 is subjected to a Zn diffusion treatment by heating the tube before the brazing to diffuse the Zn in the tube surface, and thereafter the brazing is performed. The heat exchanger manufactured in this way can assuredly have a stable sacrifice corrosion layer and is excellent in corrosion resistance. The heat exchanger can be manufactured efficiently without major facility changes at low cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2005
    Publication date: October 22, 2009
    Applicant: Showa Denko K.K.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Minami, Tomoaki Yamanoi, Masahiro Kojima
  • Publication number: 20090200002
    Abstract: A production method of a heat exchanger member to be brazed includes spraying particulate powder of metal less noble in corrosion potential than Al, an alloy of the metal, or a composition of the metal, at 150° C. or less at high speed onto a surface of a substrate of aluminum or its alloy to thereby make the particulate powder adhere to the surface. The metal is diffused in the surface layer portion of the substrate by the brazing heating to form a sacrificial corrosive layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2006
    Publication date: August 13, 2009
    Applicant: SHOWA DENKO K.K.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Minami, Ichiro Iwai
  • Publication number: 20090008068
    Abstract: This invention relates to a method of manufacturing an aluminum heat exchanger tube. In forming a thermally sprayed layer 21 on a surface of an aluminum flat tube by thermally spraying Al—Si alloy thermal-spraying particles, quenching the thermally sprayed thermal-spraying particles in a molten state to make them adhere to the tube core 2a. The surface of the thermally sprayed layer 21 is smoothed with, e.g., reduction rolls to form a brazing layer 20. With this method, brazing defects due to fin detachment, erosion to the tube of the brazing material, etc., can be prevented, resulting in good brazing performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2005
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Applicant: SHOWA DENKO K.K
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Minami, Tomoaki Yamanoi, Takenori Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 7438121
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an aluminum heat exchanger includes the steps of: obtaining a heat exchanger tube 2 by forming a Zn thermally sprayed layer on a surface of an aluminum flat tube core so as to adjust Zn adhesion amount to 1 to 10 g/m2; obtaining a heat exchanger core by alternatively arranging the heat exchanger tube 2 and an aluminum fin 3 and brazing the heat exchanger tube and the fin with end portions of the heat exchanger tube connected to aluminum headers in fluid communication; and forming a chemical conversion treatment coat (corrosion resistance coat) on a surface of the heat exchanger core by subjecting the surface of the heat exchanger core to chemical conversion treatment using at least one chemical conversion treatment agent selected from the group consisting of phosphoric acid chromate, chromic acid chromate, phosphoric acid zirconium series, phosphoric acid titanium series, fluoridation zirconium series, and fluoridation titanium series.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2008
    Assignee: Showa Denko K.K.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Minami, Daishi Tanaka, Shintaro Nakagawa
  • Publication number: 20080041571
    Abstract: In a heat exchanger having a core portion in which aluminum flat tubes and aluminum fins are disposed alternatively and brazed with each other, each fin has one side portion located at one side of the tube and the other side portion located at the other side of the tube. The one side portion of the fin is higher in pitting potential than the other side portion of the fin, and the pitting potential difference between the one side portion of the fin and the other side portion of the fin is 40 to 200 mV. The pitting potential difference can be formed by the Zn concentration difference in the aluminum alloy constituting the fin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2005
    Publication date: February 21, 2008
    Applicant: SHOWA DENKO K.K.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Minami, Takenori Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20070272681
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a clad material in which a core material is cast and skin materials are pressure-bonded thereon aims to prevent deterioration of adhesiveness of the core material and the skin materials while keeping sufficient cooling rate of the core material, prevent thickness variation and/or breakage of the skin materials during the manufacturing process, and keep the surface property of the cooling rolls constant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2005
    Publication date: November 29, 2007
    Applicant: SHOWA DENKJO K.K.
    Inventors: Tomoaki Yamanoi, Kazuhiko Minami
  • Publication number: 20070251091
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a heat exchanger according to the present invention includes the steps of forming a thermally sprayed layer on a surface of an aluminum tube core by thermally spraying Al—Si series alloy brazing material onto the surface of the aluminum tube core to obtain a tube 2, applying flux composite containing non-corrosive flux showing zinc substitution reaction onto a surface of the tube 2, combining the tube 2 with the fin 3, and brazing the tube 2 and the fin 3 in an combined state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2004
    Publication date: November 1, 2007
    Applicant: SHOWA DENKO K.K.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Minami, Tomoaki Yamanoi
  • Publication number: 20070163761
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an aluminum heat exchanger includes the steps of: obtaining a heat exchanger tube 2 by forming a Zn thermally sprayed layer on a surface of an aluminum flat tube core so as to adjust Zn adhesion amount to 1 to 10 g/m2; obtaining a heat exchanger core by alternatively arranging the heat exchanger tube 2 and an aluminum fin 3 and brazing the heat exchanger tube and the fin with end portions of the heat exchanger tube connected to aluminum headers in fluid communication; and forming a chemical conversion treatment coat (corrosion resistance coat) on a surface of the heat exchanger core by subjecting the surface of the heat exchanger core to chemical conversion treatment using at least one chemical conversion treatment agent selected from the group consisting of phosphoric acid chromate, chromic acid chromate, phosphoric acid zirconium series, phosphoric acid titanium series, fluoridation zirconium series, and fluoridation titanium series.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2005
    Publication date: July 19, 2007
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Minami, Daishi Tanaka, Shintaro Nakagawa
  • Publication number: 20070151719
    Abstract: An aluminum flat tube core is prepared, and a sprayed layer 20 is formed on a surface of the tube core by thermally spraying alloy containing Cu (including its alloy) and Zn (including its alloy), or an alloy containing Cu and Zn. With this method, a heat exchanger tube excellent in heat resistance, pressure resistance and corrosion resistance can be easily manufactured by extrusion, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2005
    Publication date: July 5, 2007
    Applicant: SHOWA DENKO K.K
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Minami, Tomoaki Yamanoi
  • Publication number: 20070131392
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an outside plate used for a heat exchanger header tank configured such that an outside plate having an outwardly bulging portion, an inside plate, and an intermediate plate are brazed together in layers. A thick portion is formed on an outside-plate forming metal plate at a center portion with respect to the width direction thereof. Subsequently, a press work is performed on the outside-plate forming metal plate so as to form the outwardly bulging portion by making use of the thick portion. A connection portion having a curvature radius of 1 mm or less is formed between an inner wall surface of the outwardly bulging portion and each of surfaces of the outside plate located on the opposite sides of the outwardly bulging portion. This method enables manufacture of an outside plate which reduces the weight while securing sufficient withstanding pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2006
    Publication date: June 14, 2007
    Applicant: SHOWA DENKO K.K.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko MINAMI, Hironaka Sasaki, Shunsuke Igawa