Patents by Inventor Masamu Naoe

Masamu Naoe 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: 9177706
    Abstract: This method of producing an amorphous transformer for electric power supply comprises forming and shaping an iron core by laminating amorphous alloy thin bands and forming a winding, subjecting the iron core, after forming and shaping, to an annealing treatment in which a temperature of a center portion of the iron core during annealing is 300 to 340° C. and a holding time is not less than 0.5 hr, and applying a magnetic field having a strength of not less than 800 A/m to the iron core while subjecting the iron core, after forming and shaping, to the annealing treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: HITACHI INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Fukui, Koji Yamashita, Yuichi Ogawa, Masamu Naoe, Yoshihito Yoshizawa
  • Publication number: 20140239220
    Abstract: An Fe-based, primary, ultrafine crystalline alloy ribbon having a composition represented by the general formula of Fe100-x-y-z-a-bNixCuyNbzSiaBb, wherein x, y, z, a and b are numbers (atomic %) meeting the conditions of 4?x?6, 0.1?y?2, 0.1?z?4, 7?a?18, and 4?b?12; an as-cast structure in which fine crystal grains having a grain size distribution of 300 nm or less are dispersed in a proportion of more than 0% and 7% or less by volume in an amorphous matrix; and a thickness of 13-23 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2012
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
    Inventors: Masamu Naoe, Michihiro Nagao
  • Patent number: 8021498
    Abstract: A magnetic core making use of an Fe-based amorphous alloy ribbon that simultaneously attains miniaturization and noise reduction through realization of high Bs; and an applied product making use of the same. There is provided a magnetic core making use of an Fe-based amorphous alloy ribbon, wherein the saturated magnetic flux density (Bs) of the Fe-based amorphous alloy ribbon is ?1.60 T and wherein the ratio between magnetic flux density at a core external magnetic field of 80 A/m (B80) and Bs of the Fe-based amorphous alloy ribbon, B80/Bs, is ?0.90.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Hitachi Metals, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuichi Ogawa, Masamu Naoe, Yoshihito Yoshizawa
  • Publication number: 20110203705
    Abstract: This method of producing an amorphous transformer for electric power supply comprises forming and shaping an iron core by laminating amorphous alloy thin bands and forming a winding, subjecting the iron core, after forming and shaping, to an annealing treatment in which a temperature of a center portion of the iron core during annealing is 300 to 340° C. and a holding time is not less than 0.5 hr, and applying a magnetic field having a strength of not less than 800 A/m to the iron core while subjecting the iron core, after forming and shaping, to the annealing treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2011
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Inventors: Kazuyuki FUKUI, Koji Yamashita, Yuichi Ogawa, Masamu Naoe, Yoshihito Yoshizawa
  • Publication number: 20090189728
    Abstract: This invention provides an amorphous transformer for electric power supply, using a magnetic core formed of an amorphous alloy material, which, as compared with the conventional amorphous alloy material, has a lower annealing temperature and a higher level of magnetic properties. The amorphous transformer for electric power supply is provided with a magnetic core of a thin band of an amorphous alloy and a winding wire. The iron core has been annealed under such conditions that the iron core center part temperature during annealing after iron core molding is 300 to 340° C. and the holding time is not less than 0.5 hr. Further, for the iron core, the magnetic field intensity during annealing after the iron core molding is not less than 800 A/m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2007
    Publication date: July 30, 2009
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Fukui, Koji Yamashita, Yuichi Ogawa, Masamu Naoe, Yoshihito Yoshizawa
  • Publication number: 20090145524
    Abstract: A magnetic core making use of an Fe-based amorphous alloy ribbon that simultaneously attains miniaturization and noise reduction through realization of high Bs; and an applied product making use of the same. There is provided a magnetic core making use of an Fe-based amorphous alloy ribbon, wherein the saturated magnetic flux density (Bs) of the Fe-based amorphous alloy ribbon is ?1.60 T and wherein the ratio between magnetic flux density at a core external magnetic field of 80 A/m (B80) and Bs of the Fe-based amorphous alloy ribbon, B80/Bs, is ?0.90.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2006
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Applicant: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuichi Ogawa, Masamu Naoe, Yoshihito Yoshizawa
  • Patent number: 7473325
    Abstract: A current transformer core made of an alloy having a composition represented by the general formula: Fe100-x-a-y-cMxCuaM?yX?c (by atomic %), wherein M is Co and/or Ni, M? is at least one element selected from the group consisting of V, Ti, Zr, Nb, Mo, Hf, Ta and W, X? is Si and/or B, and x, a, y and c are numbers satisfying 10?x?50, 0.1?a?3, 1?y?10, 2?c?30, and 7?y+c?31, respectively; at least part or all of the alloy structure being composed of crystal grains having an average particle size of 50 nm or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2009
    Assignee: Hitachi Metals, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihito Yoshizawa, Masamu Naoe
  • Patent number: 7425239
    Abstract: An Fe-based amorphous alloy ribbon having a composition comprising FeaSibBcCd and inevitable impurities, wherein a is 80 to 83 atomic %, b is 0.1 to 5 atomic %, c is 14 to 18 atomic %, and d is 0.01 to 3 atomic %, the concentration distribution of C measured radially from both surfaces to the inside of said Fe-based amorphous alloy ribbon having a peak within a depth of 2 to 20 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2008
    Assignee: Hitachi Metals, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuichi Ogawa, Masamu Naoe, Yoshihito Yoshizawa
  • Publication number: 20080129437
    Abstract: A current transformer core made of an alloy having a composition represented by the general formula: Fe100-x-a-y-cMxCuaM?yX?c (by atomic %), wherein M is Co and/or Ni, M? is at least one element selected from the group consisting of V, Ti, Zr, Nb, Mo, Hf, Ta and W, X? is Si and/or B, and x, a, y and c are numbers satisfying 10?x?50, 0.1?a?3, 1?y?10, 2?c?30, and 7?y+c?31, respectively; at least part or all of the alloy structure being composed of crystal grains having an average particle size of 50 nm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2005
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Applicant: Hitachi Metals, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihito Yoshizawa, Masamu Naoe
  • Publication number: 20060000524
    Abstract: An Fe-based amorphous alloy ribbon having a composition comprising FeaSibBcCd and inevitable impurities, wherein a is 76 to 83.5 atomic %, b is 12 atomic % or less, c is 8 to 18 atomic %, and d is 0.01 to 3 atomic %, the 5 concentration distribution of C measured radially from both surfaces to the inside of said Fe-based amorphous alloy ribbon having a peak within a depth of 2 to 20 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2005
    Publication date: January 5, 2006
    Applicant: Hitachi Metals, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuichi Ogawa, Masamu Naoe, Yoshihito Yoshizawa
  • Publication number: 20060000525
    Abstract: A magnetic core provided with a shape for a transformer by a cut-lap or step-lap method, which is constituted by an Fe-based amorphous alloy ribbon having excellent magnetic characteristics, which is represented by the general formula: FeaSibBcMx or FeaSibBcCdMx wherein M is Cr and/or Ni, a is 78 to 86 atomic %, b is 0.001 to 5 atomic %, c is 7 to 20 atomic %, x is 0.01 to 5 atomic %, and d is 0.001 to 4 atomic %, (a+b+c+x) or (a+b+c+d+x) being 100.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2005
    Publication date: January 5, 2006
    Applicant: Hitachi Metals, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masamu Naoe, Yuichi Ogawa, Yoshihito Yoshizawa