Patents by Inventor Kimihiko ANDOU

Kimihiko ANDOU 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: 10988835
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides hard particles having improved wear resistance and a sintered sliding member using the hard particles. The present disclosure relates to a hard particle consisting of: 1% to 7% by mass of La, 30% to 50% by mass of Mo, 10% to 30% by mass of Ni, 10% by mass or less of Mn, 1.0% by mass or less of C, with the balance being unavoidable impurities and Co, and to a sintered sliding member using the hard particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuuki Kamo, Takayuki Yamada, Kimihiko Andou
  • Publication number: 20210010112
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides hard particles having improved wear resistance and a sintered sliding member using the hard particles. The present disclosure relates to a hard particle consisting of: 1% to 7% by mass of La, 30% to 50% by mass of Mo, 10% to 30% by mass of Ni, 10% by mass or less of Mn, 1.0% by mass or less of C, with the balance being unavoidable impurities and Co, and to a sintered sliding member using the hard particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: Yuuki KAMO, Takayuki YAMADA, Kimihiko ANDOU
  • Patent number: 10058922
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a compact for producing a sintered alloy which allows a sintered alloy obtained by sintering the compact to have improved mechanical strength and wear resistance, a wear-resistant iron-based sintered alloy, and a method for producing the same. The wear-resistant iron-based sintered alloy is produced by: forming a compact for producing a sintered alloy from a powder mixture containing a hard powder, a graphite powder, and an iron-based powder by powder compacting; and sintering the compact for producing a sintered alloy while diffusing C in the graphite powder of the compact for producing a sintered alloy in hard particles that constitute the hard powder. The hard particles contain 10% to 50% by mass of Mo, 3% to 20% by mass of Cr, and 2% to 15% by mass of Mn, with the balance made up of incidental impurities and Fe, and the hard powder and the graphite powder contained in the powder mixture account for 5% to 60% by mass and 0.5% to 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, FINE SINTER CO., LTD, SANYO SPECIAL STEEL CO., LTD
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Shinohara, Kimihiko Andou, Yoshihisa Ueda, Yusaku Yoshida, Masaru Sugimoto, Toshiyuki Sawada, Shingo Fukumoto
  • Publication number: 20160052059
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a compact for producing a sintered alloy which allows a sintered alloy obtained by sintering the compact to have improved mechanical strength and wear resistance, a wear-resistant iron-based sintered alloy, and a method for producing the same. The wear-resistant iron-based sintered alloy is produced by: forming a compact for producing a sintered alloy from a powder mixture containing a hard powder, a graphite powder, and an iron-based powder by powder compacting; and sintering the compact for producing a sintered alloy while diffusing C in the graphite powder of the compact for producing a sintered alloy in hard particles that constitute the hard powder. The hard particles contain 10% to 50% by mass of Mo, 3% to 20% by mass of Cr, and 2% to 15% by mass of Mn, with the balance made up of incidental impurities and Fe, and the hard powder and the graphite powder contained in the powder mixture account for 5% to 60% by mass and 0.5% to 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, SANYO SPECIAL STEEL CO., LTD., FINE SINTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki SHINOHARA, Kimihiko ANDOU, Yoshihisa UEDA, Yusaku YOSHIDA, Masaru SUGIMOTO, Toshiyuki SAWADA, Shingo FUKUMOTO