Patents by Inventor Kimihiko Ando

Kimihiko Ando 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).

  • Patent number: 11181014
    Abstract: Provided is cladding alloy powder that can keep enough corrosion resistance of the cladding portion on the engine valve and can suppress adherence of the cladding portion to the valve seat. Cladding alloy powder is to form a cladding portion at an engine valve that comes in contact with a valve seat of an engine. The cladding alloy powder includes 22 to 27 mass % of Cr; 10 to 30 mass % of Mo; 2.0 to 6.0 mass % of W; 0.40 to 1.30 mass % of C; 3.0 mass % or less of Si; 15.0 mass % or less of Ni; 30.0 mass % or less of Fe; and 0.4 mass % or less of S as well as Co and unavoidable impurity as a remainder, and satisfies Cr(?0.53C+1.2)+Mo(?1.2C+2.8)?24 and 23W+2.7Mo?73.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuki Kamo, Kimihiko Ando
  • Patent number: 10843269
    Abstract: A method of producing a sintered and forged member includes a mixing process in which a manganese-containing powder made of Fe—Mn—C—Si containing manganese as a main component, an iron powder made of Fe, a copper powder made of Cu, and a graphite powder made of graphite are mixed together to prepare a mixed powder; a molding process in which the mixed powder is compression-molded into a molded product; a sintering process in which, when the molded product is heated, copper derived from the copper powder and manganese contained in the manganese-containing powder are alloyed, the alloyed copper-manganese alloy is brought into a liquid phase state, and the molded product is sintered to produce a sintered product while elements of the copper-manganese alloy diffuse into an iron base of the molded product; and a process in which the sintered product is forged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Shinohara, Kimihiko Ando, Toshiyuki Kosai
  • Publication number: 20190301314
    Abstract: Provided is cladding alloy powder that can keep enough corrosion resistance of the cladding portion on the engine valve and can suppress adherence of the cladding portion to the valve seat. Cladding alloy powder is to form a cladding portion at an engine valve that comes in contact with a valve seat of an engine. The cladding alloy powder includes 22 to 27 mass % of Cr; 10 to 30 mass % of Mo; 2.0 to 6.0 mass % of W; 0.40 to 1.30 mass % of C; 3.0 mass % or less of Si; 15.0 mass % or less of Ni; 30.0 mass % or less of Fe; and 0.4 mass % or less of S as well as Co and unavoidable impurity as a remainder, and satisfies Cr(?0.53C+1.2)+Mo(?1.2C+2.8)?224 and 23W+2.7Mo?273.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuki KAMO, Kimihiko ANDO
  • Patent number: 10260128
    Abstract: Provided is a copper-base alloy with excellent wear resistance. The wear-resistant copper-base alloy includes, by mass %: 5.0 to 30.0% nickel; 0.5 to 5.0% silicon; 3.0 to 20.0% iron; less than 1.0% chromium; less than or equal to 5.0% niobium; less than or equal to 2.5% carbon; 3.0 to 20.0% of at least one element selected from the group consisting of molybdenum, tungsten, and vanadium; 0.5 to 5.0% manganese and/or 0.5 to 5.0% tin; balance copper; and inevitable impurities, and has a matrix and hard particles dispersed in the matrix, when niobium is contained, the hard particles contain niobium carbide and at least one compound selected from the group consisting of Nb—C—Mo, Nb—C—W, and Nb—C—V around the niobium carbide, and when niobium is not contained, the hard particles contain at least one compound selected from the group consisting of molybdenum carbide, tungsten carbide, and vanadium carbide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Shinohara, Kimihiko Ando, Hironori Aoyama
  • Patent number: 10213830
    Abstract: A sintered alloy is produced from mixed powder containing first hard particles, second hard particles, graphite particles, and iron particles. The first hard particles are Fe—Mo—Ni—Co—Mn—Si—C-based alloy particles, the second hard particles are Fe—Mo—Si-based alloy particles, the mixed powder contains 5 to 50 mass % of the first hard particles, 1 to 8 mass % of the second hard particles, and 0.5 to 1.5 mass % of the graphite particles, when total mass of the first hard particles, the second hard particles, the graphite particles, and the iron particles is set as 100 mass %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, FINE SINTER CO., LTD
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Shinohara, Kimihiko Ando, Yoshihisa Ueda, Yusaku Yoshida, Masaru Sugimoto
  • Patent number: 10190195
    Abstract: According the present invention, an alloy powder for overlay welding that prevents generation of gas defects in a weld overlay alloy in order to improve the toughness and wear resistance of the weld overlay alloy is provided. The alloy powder is an alloy powder for overlay welding on a steel surface containing nitrogen, which is characterized in that it contains 30% to 45% by mass of Mo, 10% to 30% by mass of Ni, 0.2% to 0.6% by mass of C, and 0.30% to 2.0% by mass of Al, with the balance made up of incidental impurities and Co.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kimihiko Ando, Nobuyuki Shinohara
  • Publication number: 20180326490
    Abstract: A method of producing a sintered and forged member includes a mixing process in which a manganese-containing powder made of Fe—Mn—C—Si containing manganese as a main component, an iron powder made of Fe, a copper powder made of Cu, and a graphite powder made of graphite are mixed together to prepare a mixed powder; a molding process in which the mixed powder is compression-molded into a molded product; a sintering process in which, when the molded product is heated, copper derived from the copper powder and manganese contained in the manganese-containing powder are alloyed, the alloyed copper-manganese alloy is brought into a liquid phase state, and the molded product is sintered to produce a sintered product while elements of the copper-manganese alloy diffuse into an iron base of the molded product; and a process in which the sintered product is forged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2018
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Nobuyuki SHINOHARA, Kimihiko ANDO, Toshiyuki KOSAI
  • Patent number: 9988699
    Abstract: Hard particles are incorporated as a starting material in a sintered alloy. The hard particles may contain 20 to 60 mass % Mo, 3 to 15 mass % Mn, and more than 0.01 to 0.5 mass % C, the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kimihiko Ando, Nobuyuki Shinohara
  • Patent number: 9976202
    Abstract: Hard particles are incorporated as a starting material in a sintered alloy. The hard particles contain 20 to 60 mass % Mo and 3 to 15 mass % Mn, the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kimihiko Ando, Nobuyuki Shinohara
  • Publication number: 20180119256
    Abstract: Hard particles are incorporated as a starting material in a sintered alloy. The hard particles may contain 20 to 60 mass % Mo, 3 to 15 mass % Mn, and more than 0.01 to 0.5 mass % C, the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kimihiko ANDO, Nobuyuki SHINOHARA
  • Patent number: 9950369
    Abstract: Mixed powder that contains first hard particles, second hard particles, graphite particles, and iron particles is used to manufacture a sintered alloy. The first hard particle is a Fe—Mo—Cr—Mn based alloy particle, the second hard particle is a Fe—Mo—Si based alloy particle. The mixed powder contains 5 to 50 mass % of the first hard particles, 1 to 8 mass % of the second hard particles, and 0.5 to 1.0 mass % of the graphite particles when total mass of the first hard particles, the second hard particles, the graphite particles, and the iron particles is set as 100 mass %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, FINE SINTER CO., LTD, SANYO SPECIAL STEEL CO., LTD
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Shinohara, Kimihiko Ando, Yoshihisa Ueda, Yusaku Yoshida, Masaru Sugimoto, Toshiyuki Sawada, Shingo Fukumoto
  • Patent number: 9951402
    Abstract: Hard particles are incorporated as a starting material in a sintered alloy. The hard particles contain 20 to 60 mass % Mo and 3 to 15 mass % Mn, the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kimihiko Ando, Nobuyuki Shinohara
  • Publication number: 20180066342
    Abstract: A cobalt-based cladding alloy for an engine valve includes, by mass %: Cr: 13% to 35%; Mo: 5% to 30%; Si: 0.1% to 3.0%; C: 0.04% or less; Ni: 15% or less; W: 9% or less; Fe: 30% or less; Mn: 3% or less; S: 0.4% or less; and Co and inevitable impurity elements as a remainder. The amount of Co is 30% or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2017
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuki KAMO, Kimihiko ANDO, Nobuyuki SHINOHARA
  • Publication number: 20170253950
    Abstract: Provided is a copper-base alloy with excellent wear resistance. The wear-resistant copper-base alloy includes, by mass %: 5.0 to 30.0% nickel; 0.5 to 5.0% silicon; 3.0 to 20.0% iron; less than 1.0% chromium; less than or equal to 5.0% niobium; less than or equal to 2.5% carbon; 3.0 to 20.0% of at least one element selected from the group consisting of molybdenum, tungsten, and vanadium; 0.5 to 5.0% manganese and/or 0.5 to 5.0% tin; balance copper; and inevitable impurities, and has a matrix and hard particles dispersed in the matrix, when niobium is contained, the hard particles contain niobium carbide and at least one compound selected from the group consisting of Nb—C—Mo, Nb—C—W, and Nb—C—V around the niobium carbide, and when niobium is not contained, the hard particles contain at least one compound selected from the group consisting of molybdenum carbide, tungsten carbide, and vanadium carbide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2017
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Nobuyuki SHINOHARA, Kimihiko ANDO, Hironori AOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20170225231
    Abstract: Mixed powder that contains first hard particles, second hard particles, graphite particles, and iron particles is used to manufacture a sintered alloy. The first hard particle is a Fe—Mo—Cr—Mn based alloy particle, the second hard particle is a Fe—Mo—Si based alloy particle. The mixed powder contains 5 to 50 mass % of the first hard particles, 1 to 8 mass % of the second hard particles, and 0.5 to 1.0 mass % of the graphite particles when total mass of the first hard particles, the second hard particles, the graphite particles, and the iron particles is set as 100 mass %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2017
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, FINE SINTER CO., LTD, Sanyo Special Steel Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki SHINOHARA, Kimihiko ANDO, Yoshihisa UEDA, Yusaku YOSHIDA, Masaru SUGIMOTO, Toshiyuki SAWADA, Shingo FUKUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20170209928
    Abstract: A sintered alloy is produced from mixed powder containing first hard particles, second hard particles, graphite particles, and iron particles. The first hard particles are Fe—Mo—Ni—Co—Mn—Si—C-based alloy particles, the second hard particles are Fe—Mo—Si-based alloy particles, the mixed powder contains 5 to 50 mass % of the first hard particles, 1 to 8 mass % of the second hard particles, and 0.5 to 1.5 mass % of the graphite particles, when total mass of the first hard particles, the second hard particles, the graphite particles, and the iron particles is set as 100 mass %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2017
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, FINE SINTER CO., LTD
    Inventors: Nobuyuki SHINOHARA, Kimihiko ANDO, Yoshihisa UEDA, Yusaku YOSHIDA, Masaru SUGIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20160102387
    Abstract: According the present invention, an alloy powder for overlay welding that prevents generation of gas defects in a weld overlay alloy in order to improve the toughness and wear resistance of the weld overlay alloy is provided. The alloy powder is an alloy powder for overlay welding on a steel surface containing nitrogen, which is characterized in that it contains 30% to 45% by mass of Mo, 10% to 30% by mass of Ni, 0.2% to 0.6% by mass of C, and 0.30% to 2.0% by mass of Al, with the balance made up of incidental impurities and Co.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2015
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kimihiko ANDO, Nobuyuki SHINOHARA
  • Publication number: 20150211097
    Abstract: Hard particles are incorporated as a starting material in a sintered alloy. The hard particles contain 20 to 60 mass % Mo and 3 to 15 mass % Mn, the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2013
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kimihiko Ando, Nobuyuki Shinohara
  • Publication number: 20130327491
    Abstract: A piston for in-cylinder fuel-injection type internal combustion engine includes a piston body, a low thermal conductor, and a piston head. The low thermal conductor is disposed on the top of the piston body. The low thermal conductor includes a low thermally-conductive substrate, and a coating layer. The low thermally-conductive substrate has opposite surfaces. The coating layer includes alumina fine particles (Al2O3). The coating layer is adhered on at least a part one of the opposite surfaces of the low thermally-conductive substrate that makes a cast-buried or enveloped surface to be cast buried or enveloped in the piston head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2013
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masashi HARA, Kazuhiko ITOH, Mikio KONDOH, Kazuaki NISHINO, Isamu UEDA, Kimihiko ANDO, Yoshihiko ITO
  • Publication number: 20130152735
    Abstract: There is provided an iron-based mixture powder for sintering, as well as an iron-based sintered alloy using same, that are capable of reducing the cutting resistance of the iron-based sintered alloy and of mitigating the shortening of cutting tool life even when a metal fluoride powder is used. The iron-based mixture powder for sintering comprises an iron-based powder, a graphite powder, a hard powder that is harder than the iron-based powder, and a metalfluoride powder. With respect to particle asperity as expressed by the following equation, particle asperity=(perimeter of a section of a particle)2/(sectional area of the section×4Pi), the particle asperity of the metal fluoride powder is within the range of 2 to 5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2011
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicants: FINE SINTER CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kimihiko Ando, Tadayoshi Kikko, Satomi Yamada