Patents by Inventor Michihide Yoshino

Michihide Yoshino 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: 11806816
    Abstract: An aluminum brazing sheet for flux-free brazing having a multilayer structure of two or more layers including at least one core material layer and one brazing material layer, wherein the brazing material layer is positioned on one or both sides of the core material layer and on an outermost surface of the brazing sheet. The brazing material layer is made of an Al—Si—Mg—X brazing material containing: in mass%, 0.05 to 2.0% of Mg, and 2.0 to 14.0% of Si, and further containing one or more of 0.01 to 0.3% of Bi, Ga, Sn, In and Pb, a total amount of Bi, Ga, Sn, In and Pb being 0.5% or less. X indicates one or more of Bi, Ga, Sn, In and Pb.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: MA Aluminum Corporation
    Inventors: Michihide Yoshino, Hideyuki Miyake, Hajime Chiba
  • Patent number: 11759893
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy for flux-free brazing provided for brazing performed via an Al—Si-based brazing material without a flux in a non-oxidizing atmosphere without depressurization, includes: by mass %, 0.01% to 2.0% of Mg; and 0.005% to 1.5% of Bi, wherein in the aluminum alloy, there are more than 10 Mg—Bi-based compounds having a diameter of 0.01 ?m or more and less than 5.0 ?m in terms of equivalent circle diameter per 10,000-?m2 visual field and there are less than 2 Mg—Bi-based compounds having a diameter of 5.0 ?m or more per 10,000-?m2 visual field in a cross section parallel to a rolling direction, and in the aluminum alloy, there are less than 5 Bi particles having a diameter of 5.0 ?m or more in terms of equivalent circle diameter per 10,000-?m2 visual field in the cross section parallel to the rolling direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: MA Aluminum Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiki Mori, Hideyuki Miyake, Michihide Yoshino, Shohei Iwao, Masakazu Edo
  • Patent number: 11697180
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy brazing sheet may include a sacrificial material having a function of a brazing material on at least one surface of a core material, wherein the sacrificial material has a composition containing: in a mass %, 2% to 5% of Si; 3% to 5% of Zn; and an Al balance with inevitable impurities the core material is made of an Al—Mn-based alloy, an in the core material before brazing, Al—Mn based secondary particles having an equivalent circle diameter of 100 to 400 nm are distributed with a number density of 0.3 to 5 particles/?m2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: MA ALUMINUM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shun Maruno, Michihide Yoshino, Shohei Iwao
  • Publication number: 20230193431
    Abstract: The aluminum alloy clad material includes a core material and sacrificial materials disposed on both surfaces of the core material, the composition of the core material contains, by mass %, Mn: 0.7% to 1.8%, Si: 0.3% to 1.3%, Fe: 0.05% to 0.7% and Zn: 0.5% to 3.0% with a remainder consisting of Al and inevitable impurities, the composition of the sacrificial material contains, by mass %, Mn: 0.005% to 0.7%, Fe: 0.05% to 0.3% and Zn: 1.0% to 4.0% with a remainder consisting of Al and inevitable impurities, an amount of Zn in the sacrificial material is larger than an amount of Zn in the core material by 0.2% or more, and the potential of the core material after a brazing heat treatment is within a range of ?700 to ?870 mV.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicants: MA Aluminum Corporation, DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiki MORI, Michihide YOSHINO, Masakazu EDO, Shohei IWAO, Hideyuki MIYAKE, Yousuke UCHIDA, Nobuhiro HONMA, Shogo YAMADA
  • Publication number: 20230125002
    Abstract: An aluminum brazing sheet for flux-free brazing having a multilayer structure of two or more layers including at least one core material layer and one brazing material layer, wherein the brazing material layer is positioned on one or both sides of the core material layer and on an outermost surface of the brazing sheet. The brazing material layer is made of an Al—Si—Mg—X brazing material containing: in mass%, 0.05 to 2.0% of Mg, and 2.0 to 14.0% of Si, and further containing one or more of 0.01 to 0.3% of Bi, Ga, Sn, In and Pb, a total amount of Bi, Ga, Sn, In and Pb being 0.5% or less. X indicates one or more of Bi, Ga, Sn, In and Pb.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2021
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: MA Aluminum Corporation
    Inventors: Michihide YOSHINO, Hideyuki MIYAKE, Hajime CHIBA
  • Publication number: 20220072665
    Abstract: An aluminum brazing sheet has a multilayer structure of two or more layers of at least a core material and a brazing material, wherein an Al—Si—Mg—Bi-based brazing material containing, by mass %, 0.01% to 2.0% of Mg, 1.5% to 14.0% of Si, and 0.005% to 1.5% of Bi is clad on one surface or both surfaces of the core material to be located at an outermost surface of the aluminum brazing sheet, in the Al—Si—Mg—Bi based brazing material, there are more than 10 Mg—Bi-based compounds having a diameter of 0.01 ?m or more and less than 5.0 ?m when observed in a surface layer plane direction and there are less than 2 Mg—Bi-based compounds having a diameter of 5.0 ?m or more, and in the brazing material, there are less than 5 Bi particles having a diameter of 5.0 ?m or more when observed in the surface layer plane direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Aluminum Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiki MORI, Hideyuki MIYAKE, Michihide YOSHINO, Shohei IWAO, Masakazu EDO
  • Publication number: 20220063024
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy for flux-free brazing provided for brazing performed via an Al-Si-based brazing material without a flux in a non-oxidizing atmosphere without depressurization, includes: by mass %, 0.01% to 2.0% of Mg; and 0.005% to 1.5% of Bi, wherein in the aluminum alloy, there are more than 10 Mg-Bi-based compounds having a diameter of 0.01 ?m or more and less than 5.0 ?m in terms of equivalent circle diameter per 10,000-?m2 visual field and there are less than 2 Mg-Bi-based compounds having a diameter of 5.0 ?m or more per 10,000-?m2 visual field in a cross section parallel to a rolling direction, and in the aluminum alloy, there are less than 5 Bi particles having a diameter of 5.0 ?m or more in terms of equivalent circle diameter per 10,000-?m2 visual field in the cross section parallel to the rolling direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Aluminum Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiki MORI, Hideyuki MIYAKE, Michihide YOSHINO, Shohei IWAO, Masakazu EDO
  • Publication number: 20210346992
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy brazing sheet may include a sacrificial material having a function of a brazing material on at least one surface of a core material, wherein the sacrificial material has a composition containing: in a mass %, 2% to 5% of Si; 3% to 5% of Zn; and an Al balance with inevitable impurities the core material is made of an Al—Mn-based alloy, an in the core material before brazing, Al—Mn based secondary particles having an equivalent circle diameter of 100 to 400 nm are distributed with a number density of 0.3 to 5 particles/?m2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Aluminum Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shun MARUNO, Michihide YOSHINO, Shohei IWAO
  • Patent number: 11045911
    Abstract: A sacrificial material on one surface of a core material, a Al brazing material containing Si: 6.0% to 14.0%, Mg: 0.05% to 1.5%, Bi: 0.05% to 0.25%, Sr: 0.0001% to 0.1%, and Al balance and satisfying (Bi+Mg)×Sr?0.1 is disposed on the other surface, Mg—Bi-based compounds of the brazing material with a diameter of 0.1-5.0 ?m are more than 20 per 10,000-?m2 and the Mg—Bi-based compounds with a diameter of 5.0 ?m or more are less than 2 before brazing, the core material contains Mn: 1.0% to 1.7%, Si: 0.2% to 1.0%, Fe: 0.1% to 0.5%, Cu: 0.08% to 1.0%, Mg: 0.1% to 0.7%, and Al balance, the sacrificial material contains Zn: 0.5% to 6.0% and Mg of which a content is limited to 0.1% or less, and a Mg concentration on a surface of the sacrificial material after brazing is 0.15% or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Aluminum Co., Ltd., DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiki Mori, Hideyuki Miyake, Michihide Yoshino, Shohei Iwao, Masakazu Edo, Naoki Sugimoto, Nobuhiro Honma, Shogo Yamada, Hayaki Teramoto, Taketoshi Toyama
  • Patent number: 11027373
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy clad material includes: a sacrificial material on one surface of a core material; and an Al—Si—Mg—Bi-based brazing material disposed on other surface of the core material, contains, by mass %, Si: 6.0% to 14.0%, Mg: 0.05% to 1.5%, Bi: 0.05% to 0.25%, Sr: 0.0001% to 0.1%, and a balance consisting of Al and inevitable impurities, and satisfies a relationship of (Bi+Mg)×Sr?0.1 by mass %, in which Mg—Bi-based compounds contained in the Al—Si—Mg—Bi-based brazing material with a diameter of 0.1 ?m or more and less than 5.0 ?m are more than 20 in number per 10,000-?m2 and the Mg—Bi-based compounds with a diameter of 5.0 ?m or more are less than 2 in number, and the core material contains Mn: 0.9% to 1.7%, Si: 0.2% to 1.0%, Fe: 0.1% to 0.5%, Cu: 0.08% to 1.0%, and a balance consisting of Al and inevitable impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Aluminum Co., Ltd., DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiki Mori, Hideyuki Miyake, Michihide Yoshino, Shohei Iwao, Masakazu Edo, Naoki Sugimoto, Nobuhiro Honma, Shogo Yamada, Hayaki Teramoto, Taketoshi Toyama
  • Patent number: 11020824
    Abstract: An Al—Si—Mg—Bi-based brazing material containing Si: 6.0% to 14.0%, Fe: 0.05% to 0.3%, Mg: 0.02% to 1.5%, Bi: 0.05% to 0.25%, Sr: 0.0001% to 0.1%, and a balance of Al and inevitable impurities, and satisfies (Bi+Mg)×Sr?0.1, is disposed on both surfaces of a core material, Mg—Bi-based compounds of the brazing material with a diameter of 0.1 ?m or more and less than 5.0 ?m in terms of equivalent circle diameter are more than 20 in number in 10,000 ?m2 and the Mg—Bi-based compounds with diameter of 5.0 ?m or more are less than 2 in number in 10,000 ?m2, the core material contains Mn: 0.8% to 1.8%, Si: 0.01% to 1.0%, Fe: 0.1% to 0.5%, and a balance of Al and inevitable impurities, and a cathode current density of a brazing material layer after a brazing heat treatment is 0.1 mA/cm2 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Aluminum Co., Ltd., DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiki Mori, Hideyuki Miyake, Michihide Yoshino, Shohei Iwao, Masakazu Edo, Naoki Sugimoto, Nobuhiro Honma, Shogo Yamada, Hayaki Teramoto, Taketoshi Toyama
  • Publication number: 20210001434
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy clad material includes: a sacrificial material on one surface of a core material; and an Al—Si—Mg—Bi-based brazing material disposed on other surface of the core material, contains, by mass %, Si: 6.0% to 14.0%, Mg: 0.05% to 1.5%, Bi: 0.05% to 0.25%, Sr: 0.0001% to 0.1%, and a balance consisting of Al and inevitable impurities, and satisfies a relationship of (Bi+Mg)×Sr?0.1 by mass %, in which Mg—Bi-based compounds contained in the Al—Si—Mg—Bi-based brazing material with a diameter of 0.1 ?m or more and less than 5.0 ?m are more than 20 in number per 10,000-?m2 and the Mg—Bi-based compounds with a diameter of 5.0 ?m or more are less than 2 in number, and the core material contains Mn: 0.9% to 1.7%, Si: 0.2% to 1.0%, Fe: 0.1% to 0.5%, Cu: 0.08% to 1.0%, and a balance consisting of Al and inevitable impurities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Applicants: Mitsubishi Aluminum Co., Ltd., DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiki MORI, Hideyuki MIYAKE, Michihide YOSHINO, Shohei IWAO, Masakazu EDO, Naoki SUGIMOTO, Nobuhiro HONMA, Shogo YAMADA, Hayaki TERAMOTO, Taketoshi TOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20210001436
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy clad material having four layers includes: a sacrificial material on one surface of a core material; and an Al—Si—Mg—Bi-based brazing material which clads the other surface thereof on one surface of the sacrificial material on an opposite side to the core material, the brazing material containing Si: 6.0% to 14.0%, Mg: 0.05% to 1.5%, Bi: 0.05% to 0.25%, Sr: 0.0001% to 0.1%, and Al balance, and satisfying (Bi+Mg)×Sr?0.1, Mg—Bi-based compounds contained in the brazing material with a diameter of 0.1-5.0 ?m are more than 20 in number per 10,000-?m2 and the Mg—Bi-based compounds with a diameter of 5.0 ?m or more are less than 2 before brazing, and the core material contains Mn: 1.0% to 1.7%, Si: 0.2% to 1.0%, Fe: 0.1% to 0.5%, Cu: 0.1% to 0.7%, and a balance consisting of Al and inevitable impurities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Applicants: Mitsubishi Aluminum Co., Ltd., DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiki MORI, Hideyuki MIYAKE, Michihide YOSHINO, Shohei IWAO, Masakazu EDO, Naoki SUGIMOTO, Nobuhiro HONMA, Shogo YAMADA, Hayaki TERAMOTO, Taketoshi TOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20210001437
    Abstract: A sacrificial material on one surface of a core material, a Al brazing material containing Si: 6.0% to 14.0%, Mg: 0.05% to 1.5%, Bi: 0.05% to 0.25%, Sr: 0.0001% to 0.1%, and Al balance and satisfying (Bi+Mg)×Sr?0.1 is disposed on the other surface, Mg-Bi-based compounds of the brazing material with a diameter of 0.1-5.0 ?m are more than 20 per 10,000-?m2 and the Mg-Bi-based compounds with a diameter of 5.0 ?m or more are less than 2 before brazing, the core material contains Mn: 1.0% to 1.7%, Si: 0.2% to 1.0%, Fe: 0.1% to 0.5%, Cu: 0.08% to 1.0%, Mg: 0.1% to 0.7%, and Al balance, the sacrificial material contains Zn: 0.5% to 6.0% and Mg of which a content is limited to 0.1% or less, and a Mg concentration on a surface of the sacrificial material after brazing is 0.15% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Applicants: Mitsubishi Aluminum Co., Ltd., DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiki MORI, Hideyuki MIYAKE, Michihide YOSHINO, Shohei IWAO, Masakazu EDO, Naoki SUGIMOTO, Nobuhiro HONMA, Shogo YAMADA, Hayaki TERAMOTO, Taketoshi TOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20210001435
    Abstract: An Al—Si—Mg—Bi-based brazing material containing Si: 6.0% to 14.0%, Fe: 0.05% to 0.3%, Mg: 0.02% to 1.5%, Bi: 0.05% to 0.25%, Sr: 0.0001% to 0.1%, and a balance of Al and inevitable impurities, and satisfies (Bi+Mg)×Sr?0.1, is disposed on both surfaces of a core material, Mg—Bi-based compounds of the brazing material with a diameter of 0.1 ?m or more and less than 5.0 ?m in terms of equivalent circle diameter are more than 20 in number in 10,000 ?m2 and the Mg—Bi-based compounds with diameter of 5.0 ?m or more are less than 2 in number in 10,000 ?m2, the core material contains Mn: 0.8% to 1.8%, Si: 0.01% to 1.0%, Fe: 0.1% to 0.5%, and a balance of Al and inevitable impurities, and a cathode current density of a brazing material layer after a brazing heat treatment is 0.1 mA/cm2 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Applicants: Mitsubishi Aluminum Co., Ltd., DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiki MORI, Hideyuki MIYAKE, Michihide YOSHINO, Shohei IWAO, Masakazu EDO, Naoki SUGIMOTO, Nobuhiro HONMA, Shogo YAMADA, Hayaki Teramoto, Taketoshi Toyama
  • Publication number: 20200115778
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy fin material and a heat exchanger having excellent moldability, strength, resistance to brazing erosion and durability are provided. The aluminum alloy fin material has a composition comprising, in % by mass, Zr: 0.05 to 0.3%, Mn: 1.8 to 2.5%, Si: 0.7 to 1.3%, Fe: 0.05 to 0.5%, Cu: 0.25 to 0.7%, Zn: 2.0 to 5.0%, with the balance being Al and inevitable impurities, wherein a ratio of Mn/Si in terms of content is in a range of 1.5 to 2.9, and the aluminum alloy fin material has a tensile strength before brazing of 210 to 280 MPa, a tensile strength after brazing of 175 MPa or more, an electrical conductivity after brazing of 37% IACS or more, and a solidus temperature of 605° C. or more, and has a crystal grain structure before brazing of a non-recrystallized grain structure, and has an average crystal grain size in a rolled surface after brazing of 300 ?m to 2,000 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Applicants: MITSUBISHI ALUMINUM CO., LTD., DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michihide YOSHINO, Shohei IWAO, Tetsuya YAMAMOTO, Takahiro SHINODA, Koichi NAKASHITA
  • Publication number: 20200115779
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy fin material and a heat exchanger having excellent moldability, strength, resistance to brazing erosion and durability are provided. The aluminum alloy fin material has a composition comprising Mn: 1.8 to 2.5%, Si: 0.7 to 1.3%, Fe: 0.05 to 0.3%, Cu: 0.14 to 0.30%, Zn: 1.3 to 3.0%, with the balance being Al and inevitable impurities, wherein a ratio Mn/Si in terms of content is in a range of 1.5 to 2.9, and the aluminum alloy fin material has a solidus temperature of 610° C. or more, a tensile strength before brazing of 220 to 270 MPa, has a crystal grain structure before brazing of a non-recrystallized grain structure, and has a tensile strength after brazing of 160 MPa or more, an electrical conductivity after brazing of 40% IACS or more and an average crystal grain size in a rolled surface after brazing of 300 ?m to 2,000 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Applicants: MITSUBISHI ALUMINUM CO., LTD., DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michihide YOSHINO, Shohei IWAO, Tetsuya YAMAMOTO, Takahiro SHINODA, Koichi NAKASHITA
  • Patent number: 10518363
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy brazing sheet has high strength, corrosion resistance and elongation, and includes an aluminum alloy clad material. The material includes a core material, one surface of which is clad with a sacrificial material and an other surface of which is clad with an Al—Si-based or Al—Si—Zn-based brazing filler metal. The core material has a composition containing 1.3 to 2.0% Mn, 0.6 to 1.3% Si, 0.1 to 0.5% Fe and 0.7 to 1.3% Cu, by mass, with the balance Al and impurities. The sacrificial material has a composition containing more than 4.0% to 8.0% Zn, 0.7 to 2.0% Mn, 0.3 to 1.0% Si, 0.3 to 1.0% Fe and 0.05 to 0.3% Ti, by mass, with the balance Al and impurities. At least the core material has a lamellar crystal grain structure. Elongation of material is at least 4% and a tensile strength after brazing is at least 170 MPa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ALUMINUM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Michihide Yoshino, Masakazu Edo
  • Patent number: 10378088
    Abstract: [Problem] There is provided an aluminum alloy fin material with high strength, superior brazability and superior corrosion resistance. [Solving means] An aluminum alloy fin material has a composition, in % by mass, of the following: Zr: 0.05 to 0.25%, Mn: 1.3 to 1.8%, Si: 0.7 to 1.3%, Fe: 0.10 to 0.35%, and Zn: 1.2 to 3.0%, the remainder being Al and inevitable impurities. The aluminum alloy fin material has a solidus temperature of 615° C. or higher, a tensile strength after brazing of 135 MPa or higher, a pitting potential after brazing in the range of ?900 to ?780 mV, and an average crystal grain diameter in a rolled surface after brazing in the range of 200 ?m to 1,000 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ALUMINUM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Michihide Yoshino, Masakazu Edo
  • Publication number: 20170349980
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy fin material has a composition, in % by mass, of the following: Zr: 0.05 to 0.25%, Mn: 1.3 to 1.8%, Si: 0.7 to 1.3%, Fe: 0.10 to 0.35%, and Zn: 1.2 to 3.0%, the remainder being Al and inevitable impurities. The aluminum alloy fin material has a solidus temperature of 615° C. or higher, a tensile strength after brazing of 135 MPa or higher, a pitting potential after brazing in the range of ?900 to ?780 mV, and an average crystal grain diameter in a rolled surface after brazing in the range of 200 ?m to 1,000 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ALUMINUM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Michihide YOSHINO, Masakazu EDO