Patents by Inventor Masato Yatsukura

Masato Yatsukura 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: 20240035122
    Abstract: The present invention provides an aluminum molded body having high thermal conductivity as well as higher strength than a rolled material, and a method for producing the aluminum molded body. More specifically, provided are an aluminum molded body having a thermal conductivity of 180 W/mK or higher and higher strength than a rolled material of the same composition, and a method with which it is possible to efficiently produce the aluminum molded body even when the shape thereof is complex. An aluminum layered molded body obtained by molding through an additive manufacturing method according to the present invention is characterized in that: an aluminum material containing 0.001-2.5 mass % of a transition metal element that forms a eutectic with Al, the balance being Al and unavoidable impurities, is used as a raw material; and the thermal conductivity is 180 W/mK or higher.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Masato YATSUKURA, Takashi NAGAO, Tsuguharu TASHIRO, Jun KUSUI
  • Publication number: 20230158570
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide an aluminum alloy molded body that has excellent thermal stability and does not contain a rare earth element, and to provide a production method for the same. More specifically, the present invention provides an aluminum alloy molded body that has a high degree of hardness even at 200° C., and a method which enables efficient production of the same even if the aluminum alloy molded body has a complicated shape. An aluminum alloy laminated molded body according to the present invention, which is molded using an additive manufacturing method, is characterized in that: the raw material therefor is an aluminum alloy material containing 2-10 mass % of a transition metal element that forms a eutectic crystal with Al, with the remainder being Al and unavoidable impurities; the relative density thereof is at least 98.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Inventors: Masato YATSUKURA, Takashi NAGAO, Tsuguharu TASHIRO, Jun KUSUI
  • Publication number: 20210173298
    Abstract: To provide a pellicle frame for FPD (flat Panel display), which can maintain the rigidity required for a pellicle for a large FPD (flat Panel display) even if the cross-sectional area of the frame is reduced and can enlarge the inner dimensions of the frame by reducing the cross-sectional area, and has high dimensional accuracy and flatness, and an efficient manufacturing method thereof. The present invention provides a pellicle frame for FPD (flat panel display) composed of an extruded material of an aluminum alloy powder sintered body containing Si: 20 to 40% by mass, Mg: 0.2 to 1.2% by mass, Cu: 2% by mass or less, Fe: 2% by mass or less, Cr: 0.4% by mass or less, the balance being Al and unavoidable impurities to provide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Akira IIZUKA, Koichi NAKANO, Naoto KOMURA, Masato YATSUKURA, Yuto OKABATAKE
  • Patent number: 10202671
    Abstract: A high proof stress aluminum alloy extrusion material having superior bendability and crack resistance. The high proof stress aluminum alloy extrusion material is an aluminum alloy comprising: 5.0 to 7.0 wt % of zinc; 0.5 to 1.5 wt % of magnesium; 0.05 to 0.3 wt % of copper; no greater than 0.15 wt % of zirconium; 0.1 to 0.4 wt % of iron; 0.05 to 0.4 wt % of silicon; with the balance being Al and impurities, in which at least 90% of a metallographic structure is a recrystallized structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignees: NIPPON LIGHT METAL COMPANY, LTD., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jie Xing, Masato Yatsukura, Shinichiro Sumi, Peizheng Lin, Shoji Mochizuki, Naoki Takaki, Nao Sugimoto
  • Patent number: 9598790
    Abstract: Provided is a pellicle frame that can prevent generation of haze and reduces a surface glittering defect under irradiation with collected light, and a method of manufacturing the same. The pellicle frame is obtained by using an aluminum frame material having a structure satisfying predetermined conditions on the circle-equivalent diameters of a Mg2Si crystallized product, an AlCuMg crystallized product, an Al—Fe-based crystallized product (AlmFe or Al7Cu2Fe), and an Al2CuMg crystallized product and on the area ratios of those crystallized products each having a circle-equivalent diameter of 1 ?m or more, and in addition, subjecting the aluminum frame material to anodic oxidation processing using an alkaline electrolytic solution containing as an electrolyte a predetermined organic acid salt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: NIPPON LIGHT METAL COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Taguchi, Takayuki Yamaguchi, Shingo Koizumi, Akira Iizuka, Kiyokazu Koga, Masato Yatsukura
  • Patent number: 9422611
    Abstract: Provided is a method of producing an Al—Sc based alloy suitable for production of an Al—Sc based alloy that: eliminates the needs for equipment for heating in an inert gas atmosphere or a vacuum atmosphere, a reducing agent such as metal Ca, and equipment and power for molten salt electrolysis; can be performed adequately by heating up to 1,050° C.; and enables continuous operation. The method of producing an Al—Sc based alloy includes: loading into a reaction vessel metal aluminum (Al), a metal fluoride salt, and a scandium compound; elevating a temperature of a reaction system to from 700 to 1,050° C. to form a molten metal layer including molten metal aluminum serving as a lower layer and a molten salt layer in which the metal fluoride salt and the scandium compound are melted serving as an upper layer; and transferring a scandium ion (Sc3+) generated in the molten salt layer side to the molten metal layer side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: NIPPON LIGHT METAL COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Kaoru Sugita, Masato Yatsukura
  • Publication number: 20150329949
    Abstract: A high proof stress aluminum alloy extrusion material having superior bendability and crack resistance. The high proof stress aluminum alloy extrusion material is an aluminum alloy comprising: 5.0 to 7.0 wt % of zinc; 0.5 to 1.5 wt % of magnesium; 0.05 to 0.3 wt % of copper; no greater than 0.15 wt % of zirconium; 0.1 to 0.4 wt % of iron; 0.05 to 0.4 wt % of silicon; with the balance being Al and impurities, in which at least 90% of a metallographic structure is a recrystallized structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2015
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Inventors: Jie Xing, Masato Yatsukura, Shinichiro Sumi, Peizheng Lin, Shoji Mochizuki, Naoki Takaki, Nao Sugimoto
  • Publication number: 20150316842
    Abstract: Provided is a pellicle frame that can prevent generation of haze and reduces a surface glittering defect under irradiation with collected light, and a method of manufacturing the same. The pellicle frame is obtained by using an aluminum frame material having a structure satisfying predetermined conditions on the circle-equivalent diameters of a Mg2Si crystallized product, an AlCuMg crystallized product, an Al—Fe-based crystallized product (AlmFe or Al7Cu2Fe), and an Al2CuMg crystallized product and on the area ratios of those crystallized products each having a circle-equivalent diameter of 1 ?m or more, and in addition, subjecting the aluminum frame material to anodic oxidation processing using an alkaline electrolytic solution containing as an electrolyte a predetermined organic acid salt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Applicant: NIPPON LIGHT METAL COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro TAGUCHI, Takayuki YAMAGUCHI, Shingo KOIZUMI, Akira IIZUKA, Kiyokazu KOGA, Masato YATSUKURA
  • Publication number: 20150232965
    Abstract: Provided is a method of producing an Al—Sc based alloy suitable for production of an Al—Sc based alloy that: eliminates the needs for equipment for heating in an inert gas atmosphere or a vacuum atmosphere, a reducing agent such as metal Ca, and equipment and power for molten salt electrolysis; can be performed adequately by heating up to 1,050° C.; and enables continuous operation. The method of producing an Al—Sc based alloy includes: loading into a reaction vessel metal aluminum (Al), a metal fluoride salt, and a scandium compound; elevating a temperature of a reaction system to from 700 to 1,050° C. to form a molten metal layer including molten metal aluminum serving as a lower layer and a molten salt layer in which the metal fluoride salt and the scandium compound are melted serving as an upper layer; and transferring a scandium ion (Sc3+) generated in the molten salt layer side to the molten metal layer side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2013
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Applicant: NIPPON LIGHT METAL COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Kaoru Sugita, Masato Yatsukura