Patents by Inventor Nobuyuki Kakimoto

Nobuyuki Kakimoto 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: 7485374
    Abstract: A heat exchanger which has i) a fin material comprising a triple-layer clad material constituted of a core material composed of an aluminum alloy containing from 0.5 to 1.8% by weight of Mn and from 0.5 to 3.0% by weight of Zn and, provided on both sides of the core material, a brazing filler material composed of an Al—Si alloy containing from 6.5 to 13.0% by weight of Si and from 0.15 to 0.60% by weight of Cu and ii) an aluminum alloy tube having a Zn concentrated surface; the both having been brazed with each other; wherein, after brazing, recrystallized grains of the core material have an average length of from 100 to 1,000 ?m in the lengthwise section of a fin and the recrystallized grains of the core material are 4 or less in average number in the thickness direction of that lengthwise section. This heat exchanger is improved in the durability of fin joints and fins themselves and their strength after corrosion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2009
    Assignee: Furukawa-Sky Aluminum Corp.
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Suzuki, Nobuyuki Kakimoto, Junji Ninomiya, Yoshiyuki Oya
  • Publication number: 20060166030
    Abstract: A heat exchanger which has i) a fin material comprising a triple-layer clad material constituted of a core material composed of an aluminum alloy containing from 0.5 to 1.8% by weight of Mn and from 0.5 to 3.0% by weight of Zn and, provided on both sides of the core material, a brazing filler material composed of an Al—Si alloy containing from 6.5 to 13.0% by weight of Si and from 0.15 to 0.60% by weight of Cu and ii) an aluminum alloy tube having a Zn concentrated surface; the both having been brazed with each other; wherein, after brazing, recrystallized grains of the core material have an average length of from 100 to 1,000 ?m in the lengthwise section of a fin and the recrystallized grains of the core material are 4 or less in average number in the thickness direction of that lengthwise section. This heat exchanger is improved in the durability of fin joints and fins themselves and their strength after corrosion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2006
    Publication date: July 27, 2006
    Applicant: Furukawa-Sky Aluminum Corp.
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Suzuki, Nobuyuki Kakimoto, Junji Ninomiya, Yoshiyuki Oya
  • Patent number: 6635360
    Abstract: A brazing sheet comprises a thin covering material and a core material as well as an Al—Si alloy brazing material inserted between the thin covering material and the core material. The brazing material further contains Mg, Bi and/or Zn, Sn, In. When the above brazing material is molten in an inert gas atmosphere, this molten brazing material seeps onto the surface of the above thin covering material, whereby the brazing sheet is fluxlessly brazed to joint materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2003
    Assignee: Sky Aluminum Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinji Takeno, Nobuyuki Kakimoto
  • Publication number: 20030099856
    Abstract: A brazing sheet comprises a thin covering material and a core material as well as an Al—Si alloy brazing material inserted between the thin covering material and the core material. The brazing material further contains Mg, Bi and/or Zn, Sn, In. When the above brazing material is molten in an inert gas atmosphere, this molten brazing material seeps onto the surface of the above thin covering material, whereby the brazing sheet is fluxlessly brazed to joint materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2001
    Publication date: May 29, 2003
    Inventors: Shinji Takeno, Nobuyuki Kakimoto