Patents by Inventor Seiichi Suenaga

Seiichi Suenaga 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: 8988301
    Abstract: A core-shell magnetic material having an excellent characteristic in a high-frequency band, in particular a GHz-band and a high environment resistance is provided. The core-shell magnetic material includes: a magnetic member in which plural core-shell magnetic particles are bound by a binder made of a first resin; and a coating layer that is made of a second resin different from the first resin, a surface of the magnetic member being covered with the coating layer. The core-shell magnetic material is characterized in that the core-shell magnetic particle includes a magnetic metallic particle and a covering layer that covers at least part of a surface of the magnetic metallic particle, the magnetic metallic particle contains at least one magnetic metal selected from a group consisting of Fe, Co, and Ni, and the covering layer is made of an oxide, a nitride, or a carbide that contains at least one magnetic metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Maki Yonetsu, Tomohiro Suetsuna, Koichi Harada, Seiichi Suenaga, Shinji Murai, Yasuyuki Hotta, Toshihide Takahashi, Tomoko Eguchi, Noritsugu Shiokawa
  • Patent number: 8920670
    Abstract: A magnetic material of an embodiment includes: first magnetic particles that contain at least one magnetic metal selected from the group including Fe, Co, and Ni, are 1 ?m or greater in particle size, and are 5 to 50 ?m in average particle size; second magnetic particles that contain at least one magnetic metal selected from the group including Fe, Co, and Ni, are smaller than 1 ?m in particle size, and are 5 to 50 nm in average particle size; and an intermediate phase that exists between the first magnetic particles and the second magnetic particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Koichi Harada, Tomohiro Suetsuna, Toshihide Takahashi, Seiichi Suenaga
  • Publication number: 20140374644
    Abstract: A magnetic material of an embodiment includes a plurality of magnetic metal particles and a matrix phase. Each of the plurality of magnetic metal particles includes a magnetic metal and a first compound included in the magnetic metal. The magnetic metal includes at least one element selected from Fe, Co, and Ni. The first compound is an oxide, a nitride, or a carbide including at least one element selected from Fe, Al, Si, B, Mg, Ca, Zr, Ti, Hf, Zn, Mn, Nb, Ta, Mo, Cr, Cu, W, a rare-earth element, Ba, and Sr. The matrix phase fills a space between the plurality of magnetic metal particles and has higher electric resistance than the plurality of magnetic metal particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2014
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Tomoko EGUCHI, Seiichi Suenaga, Koichi Harada, Tomohiro Suetsuna, Toshihide Takahashi
  • Patent number: 8883310
    Abstract: A metal-containing particle aggregate of an embodiment of the present invention includes a plurality of core-shell particles. Each of the core-shell particles includes: a core portion that contains at least one magnetic metal element selected from the first group consisting of Fe, Co, and Ni, and at least one metal element selected from the second group consisting of Mg, Al, Si, Ca, Zr, Ti, Hf, Zn, Mn, rare-earth elements, Ba, and Sr; and a shell layer that includes a carbon-containing material layer and an oxide layer that covers at least part of the core portion and includes at least one metal element that belongs to the second group and is contained in the core portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Maki Yonetsu, Tomohiro Suetsuna, Kouichi Harada, Seiichi Suenaga, Yasuyuki Hotta, Toshihide Takahashi, Tomoko Eguchi, Mutsuki Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20140319406
    Abstract: A magnetic material is disclosed, which includes magnetic particles containing at least one magnetic metal selected from the group including Fe, Co and Ni, and at least one non-magnetic metal selected from Mg, Al, Si, Ca, Zr, Ti, Hf, Zn, Mn, rare earth elements, Ba and Sr; a first coating layer of a first oxide that covers at least a portion of the magnetic particles; oxide particles of a second oxide that is present between the magnetic particles and constitutes an eutectic reaction system with the first oxide; and an oxide phase that is present between the magnetic particles and has an eutectic structure of the first oxide and the second oxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Tomohiro Suetsuna, Seiichi Suenaga, Toshihide Takahashi, Tomoko Eguchi, Koichi Harada, Yasuyuki Hotta
  • Patent number: 8840800
    Abstract: A magnetic material is disclosed, which includes magnetic particles containing at least one magnetic metal selected from the group including Fe, Co and Ni, and at least one non-magnetic metal selected from Mg, Al, Si, Ca, Zr, Ti, Hf, Zn, Mn, rare earth elements, Ba and Sr; a first coating layer of a first oxide that covers at least a portion of the magnetic particles; oxide particles of a second oxide that is present between the magnetic particles and constitutes an eutectic reaction system with the first oxide; and an oxide phase that is present between the magnetic particles and has an eutectic structure of the first oxide and the second oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Tomohiro Suetsuna, Seiichi Suenaga, Toshihide Takahashi, Tomoko Eguchi, Koichi Harada, Yasuyuki Hotta
  • Patent number: 8703282
    Abstract: A core-shell type magnetic particle comprises magnetic metal particle and an oxide coating layer formed on the surface of the magnetic metal particle. The magnetic metal particle contains a magnetic metal containing at least one selected from the group consisting of Fe, Co and Ni, a nonmagnetic metal and at least one element selected from carbon and nitrogen. The oxide coating layer is constituted of an oxide or a composite oxide containing the nonmagnetic metal which is one of the constituents of the magnetic metal particle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Tomohiro Suetsuna, Kouichi Harada, Seiichi Suenaga
  • Patent number: 8580462
    Abstract: The carbon fibers of this invention is characterized in that irreducible inorganic material particles in a mean primary particle size below 500 nm and reducible inorganic material particles in a mean primary particle size below 500 nm were mixed by pulverizing and then, the mixture was heat treated under the reducing atmosphere and metal particles in a mean particle size below 1 ?m were obtained, and the mixed powder of the thus obtained metal particles with the irreducible inorganic material particles are included in the carbon fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Seiichi Suenaga, Maki Yonetsu, Norihiro Tomimatsu, Hideyuki Oozu, Yasuhiro Goto, Yoshihiko Nakano, Shinichi Onodera
  • Publication number: 20130257639
    Abstract: A radiowave absorber of an embodiment includes: core-shell particles each including: a core portion that contains at least one magnetic metal element selected from a first group including Fe, Co, and Ni, and at least one metal element selected from a second group including Mg, Al, Si, Ca, Zr, Ti, Hf, Zn, Mn, rare-earth elements, Ba, and Sr; and a shell layer that coats at least part of the core portion, and includes an oxide layer containing at least one metal element selected from the second group and contained in the core portion; and a binding layer that binds the core-shell particles, and has a higher resistance than the resistance of the core-shell particles. The volume filling rate of the core-shell particles in the radiowave absorber is not lower than 10% and not higher than 55%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2012
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Inventors: Toshihide Takahashi, Tomohiro Suetsuna, Koichi Harada, Seiichi Suenaga
  • Publication number: 20130228716
    Abstract: A magnetic material is disclosed, which includes magnetic particles containing at least one magnetic metal selected from the group including Fe, Co and Ni, and at least one non-magnetic metal selected from Mg, Al, Si, Ca, Zr, Ti, Hf, Zn, Mn, rare earth elements, Ba and Sr; a first coating layer of a first oxide that covers at least a portion of the magnetic particles; oxide particles of a second oxide that is present between the magnetic particles and constitutes an eutectic reaction system with the first oxide; and an oxide phase that is present between the magnetic particles and has an eutectic structure of the first oxide and the second oxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2012
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Tomohiro SUETSUNA, Seiichi Suenaga, Toshihide Takahashi, Tomoko Eguchi, Koichi Harada, Yasuyuki Hotta
  • Publication number: 20130228717
    Abstract: A magnetic material of an embodiment includes: first magnetic particles that contain at least one magnetic metal selected from the group including Fe, Co, and Ni, are 1 ?m or greater in particle size, and are 5 to 50 ?m in average particle size; second magnetic particles that contain at least one magnetic metal selected from the group including Fe, Co, and Ni, are smaller than 1 ?m in particle size, and are 5 to 50 nm in average particle size; and an intermediate phase that exists between the first magnetic particles and the second magnetic particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2012
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Koichi Harada, Tomohiro Suetsuna, Toshihide Takahashi, Seiichi Suenaga
  • Patent number: 8508423
    Abstract: The present invention provides a small antenna device realizing both miniaturization including lower profile and a broader band in a frequency band of hundreds MHz to 5 GHz and which can be mounted on a small device such as a cellular phone. An antenna device includes: a finite ground plane; a rectangular conductor plate provided above the finite ground plane, whose one side is connected to the finite ground plane, and having a bent portion substantially parallel with the one side; an antenna disposed substantially parallel with the finite ground plane above the finite ground plane, extending in a direction substantially perpendicular to the one side, and having a feeding point positioned near the other side facing the one side of the rectangular conductor plate; and a magnetic material provided in at least a part of space between the finite ground plane and the antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Tomohiro Suetsuna, Makoto Higaki, Kouichi Harada, Seiichi Suenaga, Mitsuru Ishibashi, Maki Yonetsu
  • Patent number: 8475922
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a nanoparticle composite material, including nanoparticle aggregates in a shape having an average height of 20 nm or more and 2 ?m or less and having an average aspect ratio of 5 or more, the nanoparticle aggregates including metal nanoparticles having an average diameter of 1 nm or more and 20 nm or less and containing at least one magnetic metals selected from the group consisting of Fe, Co and Ni and binder existing between the nanoparticle aggregates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Tomohiro Suetsuna, Seiichi Suenaga, Tomoko Eguchi, Koichi Harada, Maki Yonetsu, Yasuyuki Hotta, Toshihide Takahashi
  • Patent number: 8354037
    Abstract: To provide a high-frequency magnetic material having a superior radio wave absorption property in a high frequency region and a method of manufacturing the same. The high-frequency magnetic material and the method of manufacturing the same includes a magnetic substance containing metal nanoparticles, the metal nanoparticles are magnetic metals containing at least one kind of Fe, Co, and Ni, an average particle diameter of the metal nanoparticles is equal to or less than 200 nm, first clusters having network-like structures with continuous metal nanoparticles and the average diameter equal to or less than 10 ?m are formed, second clusters having network-like structures with the continuous first clusters and the average diameter equal to or less than 100 ?m are formed, and the entire magnetic substance has a network-like structure with the continuous second clusters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2013
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Kouichi Harada, Tomohiro Suetsuna, Seiichi Suenaga
  • Patent number: 8305281
    Abstract: The present invention provides a core-shell magnetic material having an excellent characteristic in a high frequency band, particularly, in a GHz band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Tomohiro Suetsuna, Kouichi Harada, Maki Yonetsu, Seiichi Suenaga
  • Patent number: 8289222
    Abstract: The present invention provides a core-shell magnetic material having an excellent characteristic in a high frequency band, particularly, in a GHz band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Tomohiro Suetsuna, Kouichi Harada, Maki Yonetsu, Seiichi Suenaga, Naoto Ito, Akihiro Tsujimura
  • Publication number: 20120049100
    Abstract: A metal-containing particle aggregate of an embodiment of the present invention includes a plurality of core-shell particles. Each of the core-shell particles includes: a core portion that contains at least one magnetic metal element selected from the first group consisting of Fe, Co, and Ni, and at least one metal element selected from the second group consisting of Mg, Al, Si, Ca, Zr, Ti, Hf, Zn, Mn, rare-earth elements, Ba, and Sr; and a shell layer that includes a carbon-containing material layer and an oxide layer that covers at least part of the core portion and includes at least one metal element that belongs to the second group and is contained in the core portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2011
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Maki YONETSU, Tomohiro Suetsuna, Kouichi Harada, Seiichi Suenaga, Yasuyuki Hotta, Toshihide Takahashi, Tomoko Eguchi, Mutsuki Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20120038532
    Abstract: A core-shell magnetic material having an excellent characteristic in a high-frequency band, in particular a GHz-band and a high environment resistance is provided. The core-shell magnetic material includes: a magnetic member in which plural core-shell magnetic particles are bound by a binder made of a first resin; and a coating layer that is made of a second resin different from the first resin, a surface of the magnetic member being covered with the coating layer. The core-shell magnetic material is characterized in that the core-shell magnetic particle includes a magnetic metallic particle and a covering layer that covers at least part of a surface of the magnetic metallic particle, the magnetic metallic particle contains at least one magnetic metal selected from a group consisting of Fe, Co, and Ni, and the covering layer is made of an oxide, a nitride, or a carbide that contains at least one magnetic metal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2009
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Maki Yonetsu, Tomohiro Suetsuna, Koichi Harada, Seiichi Suenaga, Shinji Murai, Yasuyuki Hotta, Toshihide Takahashi, Tomoko Eguchi, Noritsugu Shiokawa
  • Publication number: 20110217543
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a nanoparticle composite material, including nanoparticle aggregates in a shape having an average height of 20 nm or more and 2 ?m or less and having an average aspect ratio of 5 or more, the nanoparticle aggregates including metal nanoparticles having an average diameter of 1 nm or more and 20 nm or less and containing at least one magnetic metals selected from the group consisting of Fe, Co and Ni and binder existing between the nanoparticle aggregates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2010
    Publication date: September 8, 2011
    Inventors: Tomohiro SUETSUNA, Seiichi Suenaga, Tomoko Eguchi, Koichi Harada, Maki Yonetsu, Yasuyuki Hotta, Toshihide Takahashi
  • Patent number: 7936310
    Abstract: A high-impedance substrate is provided, which includes a metallic plate employed as a ground plane, a resonance circuit layer spaced away from the metallic plate by a distance “t”, the resonance circuit layer being provided with at least two resonance circuits having the same height and disposed side by side with a distance “g”, a connecting component connecting the resonance circuit with the metallic plate, and a magnetic material layer interposed between the metallic plate and the resonance circuit layer. The distance “t” between the metallic plate and the resonance circuit layer is confined within the range of 0.1 to 10 mm, the distance “g” between neighboring resonance circuits is confined within the range of 0.01 to 5 mm, the distance “h” between the magnetic material layer and the resonance circuit layer is confined within the range represented by the following inequality 1: g/2?h?t/2??inequality 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2011
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Fumihiko Aiga, Seiichi Suenaga, Kouichi Harada, Tomohiro Suetsuna, Maki Yonetsu, Naoyuki Nakagawa, Tomoko Eguchi