Patents by Inventor Michio Nukaya

Michio Nukaya 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: 5258155
    Abstract: Provided is an injection-molding method for forming into given finished parts by injection-molding raw materials of a metal or ceramic powder feed, in which steps of coating a release agent to the mold, degreasing and freeze solidification are dispensed with. In this method, a metal or ceramic powder feed is kneaded with an agar sol comprising water, which may have or have not been treated magnetically, agar powders having a gel strength of 2000 g/cm.sup.2 at an least 2% concentration and sodium borate to form a clay form of sol-state plastic material, and this material is then put in a heat-retaining hopper of injection-molding equipment in which it is injection-molded. Alternatively, this clay form of plastic material is cooled for gelation and pelletization (to obtain finely granulated gels). The pellets are put in a hopper of injection-molding equipment in which it is formed while heated and melted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1993
    Assignee: Shimizu Shokuhin Kaisha, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masakatsu Sekido, Hironori Nakayama, Michio Nukaya, Yoshihisa Noro