Patents by Inventor Keisuke Taihaku

Keisuke Taihaku 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: 20200357545
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Katsuya KUME, Toshiaki OKUNO, Izumi OZEKI, Tomohiro OMURE, Takashi OZAKI, Keisuke TAIHAKU, Takashi YAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 10770207
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsuya Kume, Toshiaki Okuno, Izumi Ozeki, Tomohiro Omure, Takashi Ozaki, Keisuke Taihaku, Takashi Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 10269475
    Abstract: Provided are a rare-earth permanent magnet whose magnet density after sintering is very high and a method for manufacturing a rare-earth permanent magnet. Thus, a magnet raw material is milled into magnet powder, and then, a compound 12 is formed by mixing the magnet powder thus milled with a binder. Next, the compound 12 thus formed is subjected to a hot-melt molding onto a supporting substrate 13 so as to form a green sheet 14 molded to a sheet-like shape. Thereafter, while the green sheet 14 thus molded is softened by heating, magnetic field orientation is carried out by applying a magnetic field to the green sheet 14 thus heated; and further, the green sheet 14 having been subjected to the magnetic field orientation is calcined by a vacuum sintering, which is further followed by a pressure sintering to produce a permanent magnet 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Izumi Ozeki, Katsuya Kume, Toshiaki Okuno, Takashi Ozaki, Tomohiro Omure, Keisuke Taihaku, Takashi Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 10014107
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Izumi Ozeki, Katsuya Kume, Toshiaki Okuno, Tomohiro Omure, Takashi Ozaki, Keisuke Taihaku, Takashi Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 9991034
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keisuke Taihaku, Katsuya Kume, Toshiaki Okuno, Izumi Ozeki, Tomohiro Omure, Takashi Ozaki
  • Patent number: 9991033
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keisuke Taihaku, Katsuya Kume, Toshiaki Okuno, Izumi Ozeki, Tomohiro Omure, Takashi Ozaki
  • Publication number: 20170178806
    Abstract: Provided are: a permanent magnet wherein the magnetic field orientation process can be made simple and a degree of orientation thereof can be improved; a method for manufacturing a permanent magnet, an SPM motor using a permanent magnet, and a method for manufacturing an SPM motor. Raw material magnet is milled to magnet powder, and the magnet powder is mixed with a binder to form a compound. Then, the compound is molded by hot-melt molding to a green sheet in a shape of a sheet onto a supporting substrate. Thereafter, a magnetic field is applied to the green sheet thus molded to carry out magnetic field orientation. Further, with fixing plural green sheets after the magnetic field orientation by lamination under a deformed state thereof, the plural green sheets thus laminated are cut for shaping to a prescribed shape, which is followed by sintering to produce a permanent magnet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2014
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keisuke TAIHAKU, Katsuya KUME, Toshiaki OKUNO, Izumi OZEKI, Tomohiro OMURE, Takashi OZAKI, Takashi YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20170178773
    Abstract: Provided are a rare-earth permanent magnet whose magnet density after sintering is very high and a method for manufacturing a rare-earth permanent magnet. Thus, a magnet raw material is milled into magnet powder, and then, a compound 12 is formed by mixing the magnet powder thus milled with a binder. Next, the compound 12 thus formed is subjected to a hot-melt molding onto a supporting substrate 13 so as to form a green sheet 14 molded to a sheet-like shape. Thereafter, while the green sheet 14 thus molded is softened by heating, magnetic field orientation is carried out by applying a magnetic field to the green sheet 14 thus heated; and further, the green sheet 14 having been subjected to the magnetic field orientation is calcined by a vacuum sintering, which is further followed by a pressure sintering to produce a permanent magnet 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2014
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Izumi OZEKI, Katsuya KUME, Toshiaki OKUNO, Takashi OZAKI, Tomohiro OMURE, Keisuke TAIHAKU, Takashi YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20170169922
    Abstract: Provided are a rare earth permanent magnet whose permanent magnetic properties are improved by making density of the magnet very high and a method for manufacturing a rare earth permanent magnet. Thus, magnet raw material is milled into magnet powder, and then a compound is formed by mixing the magnet powder thus milled with a binder. Next, the compound thus formed is subjected to hot-melt molding onto a supporting substrate so as to form a green sheet molded to a sheet-like shape. Thereafter, while the green sheet thus molded is softened by heating, magnetic field orientation is carried out by applying a magnetic field to the green sheet thus heated; and further, the green sheet having been subjected to the magnetic field orientation is calcined in non-oxidizing atmosphere, and then, sintering thereof is carried out at a sintering temperature to produce a permanent magnet having density of 95% or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2014
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi OZAKI, Katsuya KUME, Toshiaki OKUNO, Izumi OZEKI, Tomohiro OMURE, Keisuke TAIHAKU, Takashi YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20170170695
    Abstract: Provided are: a ring magnet for an SPM motor with which high output power, high efficiency, and low torque ripple of the SPM motor can be realized; a method for manufacturing a ring magnet for an SPM motor; an SPM motor using a ring magnet for an SPM motor; and a method for manufacturing an SPM motor. Raw material magnet is milled to magnet powder, and the magnet powder is molded to a shape of a sheet thereby forming a green sheet. Then, a magnetic field is applied to the green sheet to perform magnetic field orientation. Further, with fixing plural green sheets after the magnetic field orientation by lamination under deformed state thereof, the plural laminated green sheets are cut to a fan-like shape, which is then followed by connecting with each other to form a ring shape and further followed by sintering to produce a permanent magnet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2014
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi YAMAMOTO, Katsuya KUME, Toshiaki OKUNO, Izumi OZEKI, Tomohiro OMURE, Takashi OZAKI, Keisuke TAIHAKU
  • Publication number: 20160196903
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2016
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keisuke TAIHAKU, Katsuya KUME, Toshiaki OKUNO, Izumi OZEKI, Tomohiro OMURE, Takashi OZAKI
  • Publication number: 20160141100
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2016
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keisuke TAIHAKU, Katsuya Kume, Toshiaki Okuno, Izumi Ozeki, Tomohiro Omure, Takashi Ozaki
  • Patent number: 9281107
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keisuke Taihaku, Katsuya Kume, Toshiaki Okuno, Izumi Ozeki, Tomohiro Omure, Takashi Ozaki
  • Patent number: 9053846
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Izumi Ozeki, Katsuya Kume, Keisuke Hirano, Tomohiro Omure, Keisuke Taihaku, Takashi Ozaki
  • Patent number: 9048014
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Izumi Ozeki, Katsuya Kume, Keisuke Hirano, Tomohiro Omure, Keisuke Taihaku, Toshinobu Hoshino, Takashi Ozaki
  • Patent number: 9039920
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Izumi Ozeki, Katsuya Kume, Keisuke Hirano, Tomohiro Omure, Keisuke Taihaku, Takashi Ozaki
  • Patent number: 9005374
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Izumi Ozeki, Katsuya Kume, Keisuke Hirano, Tomohiro Omure, Keisuke Taihaku, Takashi Ozaki
  • Publication number: 20150084727
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Izumi Ozeki, Katsuya Kume, Toshiaki Okuno, Tomohiro Omure, Takashi Ozaki, Keisuke Taihaku, Takashi Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20140301885
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2012
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keisuke Taihaku, Takashi Ozaki, Katsuya Kume, Toshiaki Okuno, Izumi Ozeki, Tomohiro Omure, Takashi Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20140241930
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2012
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohiro Omure, Takashi Ozaki, Katsuya Kume, Toshiaki Okuno, Izumi Ozeki, Keisuke Taihaku, Takashi Yamamoto