Patents by Inventor Kotaro Matsu

Kotaro Matsu 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: 11638973
    Abstract: A silver brazing material containing silver, copper, zinc, manganese, nickel, and tin as indispensable constituent elements. The silver brazing material includes 35 mass % or more and 45 mass % or less silver, 18 mass % or more and 28 mass % or less zinc, 2 mass % or more and 6 mass % or less manganese, 1.5 mass % or more and 6 mass % or less nickel, and 0.5 mass % or more and 5 mass % or less tin, with the balance being copper impurities. Within these compositional ranges, a predetermined relation is set between the manganese content and the nickel content, whereby the silver brazing material can be provided with excellent characteristics also in terms of processability or wettability. In the silver brazing material of the present invention, the silver content is reduced, and also melting point reduction and the narrowing of the temperature difference between solidus temperature and liquidus temperature are attempted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignees: TANAKA KIKINZOKU KOGYO K.K., TOKYO BRAZE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takaomi Kishimoto, Masahiro Takahashi, Takashi Terui, Kotaro Matsu
  • Publication number: 20210146486
    Abstract: A silver brazing material containing silver, copper, zinc, manganese, nickel, and tin as indispensable constituent elements. The silver brazing material includes 35 mass % or more and 45 mass % or less silver, 18 mass % or more and 28 mass % or less zinc, 2 mass % or more and 6 mass % or less manganese, 1.5 mass % or more and 6 mass % or less nickel, and 0.5 mass % or more and 5 mass % or less tin, with the balance being copper impurities. Within these compositional ranges, a predetermined relation is set between the manganese content and the nickel content, whereby the silver brazing material can be provided with excellent characteristics also in terms of processability or wettability. In the silver brazing material of the present invention, the silver content is reduced, and also melting point reduction and the narrowing of the temperature difference between solidus temperature and liquidus temperature are attempted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Applicants: TANAKA KIKINZOKU KOGYO K.K., TOKYO BRAZE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takaomi KISHIMOTO, Masahiro TAKAHASHI, Takashi TERUI, Kotaro MATSU
  • Patent number: 8978959
    Abstract: A Ni—Fe-based alloy brazing filler material is provided comprising, in mass %, Fe: 21 to 40%; Cr: 10 to 30%; P: 7 to 11%; B: 0 to 5%; Si: 0 to 4.5%; V: 0 to 5%; Co: 0 to 5%; Mo: 0 to 5%; the balance being Ni and unavoidable impurities, wherein the mass ratio of Fe to P (Fe/P) is in a range of 2.6 to 5. The present invention provides a Ni—Fe-based alloy brazing filler material having a low melting temperature and a superior corrosion resistance and comprising raw materials that are relatively easily available, for use in manufacture of stainless-steel heat exchangers or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignees: Sanyo Special Steel Co., Ltd., Tokyo Braze Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Sawada, Shingo Fukumoto, Kotaro Matsu
  • Publication number: 20120286025
    Abstract: A Ni—Fe-based alloy brazing filler material is provided comprising, in mass %, Fe: 21 to 40%; Cr: 10 to 30%; P: 7 to 11%; B: 0 to 5%; Si: 0 to 4.5%; V: 0 to 5%; Co: 0 to 5%; Mo: 0 to 5%; the balance being Ni and unavoidable impurities, wherein the mass ratio of Fe to P (Fe/P) is in a range of 2.6 to 5. The present invention provides a Ni—Fe-based alloy brazing filler material having a low melting temperature and a superior corrosion resistance and comprising raw materials that are relatively easily available, for use in manufacture of stainless-steel heat exchangers or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2010
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Applicants: TOKYO BRAZE CO., LTD., SANYO SPECIAL STEEL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Sawada, Shingo Fukumoto, Kotaro Matsu
  • Publication number: 20100025025
    Abstract: There is disclosed a heat exchanger capable of suppressing the increase of a pressure drop while improving a non-uniform rate distribution of a fluid. A heat exchanger T of the present invention is constituted of flat plates 1, 2 each having an inflow port 15 of the fluid on one end thereof and an outflow port 16 of the fluid on the other end, and offset type fins 5 provided in the flat plates 1, 2, and includes a fin orthogonal region H where the plate fins 5 cross the flow direction of the fluid from the inflow port 15 to the outflow port 16 at right angles and a fin parallel region V where the plate fins 5 are disposed in parallel with the flow direction of the fluid from the inflow port 15 to the outflow port 16, the fin orthogonal regions H are provided on the sides of the inflow port 15 and the outflow port 16, and the fin parallel region V is provided between the respective fin orthogonal regions H.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2007
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Tomochika, Norio Sawada, Hiroshi Mukaiyama, Kotaro Matsu