Patents by Inventor Shinichirou Fujikawa

Shinichirou Fujikawa 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: 11515086
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a sintered magnet includes molding a green compact formed by compacting a magnet powder by press-molding the magnet powder, the green compact forming an R—Fe—B based sintered magnet having Nd as the principal component and containing a rare earth element R, sintering the green compact by heating to a sintering temperature, so as to mold a sintered magnet, pressure molding the sintered magnet by heating to a temperature not exceeding the sintering temperature, so as to correct dimensions of the sintered magnet, and adjusting the texture of the sintered magnet by aging heat treatment using heated atmosphere produced when correcting the dimensions of the sintered magnet at a temperature not exceeding the temperature during the pressure molding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Michihiro Sako, Shinichirou Fujikawa, Akihiko Ikeda, Hiroki Matsunae, Takashi Furuya
  • Patent number: 10589355
    Abstract: An improvement of coercive force of Nd—Fe—B base sintered magnet can be realized while suppressing a decrease in remanent magnetic flux density to the minimum using a method for modifying grain boundary which comprises heat-treating an Nd—Fe—B base magnet with a specific alloy disposed on its surface, the alloy having the following Formula 1: RxAyBz??(1) wherein R represents at least one rare earth element including Sc and Y, A represents Ca or Li, B represents an unavoidable impurity, and 2?x?99, 1?y<x, and 0?z<y.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignees: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Osaka University
    Inventors: Masaru Uenohara, Takashi Furuya, Koichi Nakazawa, Shinichirou Fujikawa, Seiji Kawai, Kenichi Machida, Genya Yamato
  • Patent number: 10325705
    Abstract: A bond magnet molding is provided that contains coated magnetic particles having at least two layers of an oxide layer of 1-20 nm on a surface of magnetic particles and an organic layer of 1-100 nm on an outer side of the oxide layer. The bond magnet molding preferably includes a Zn alloy as a binder. The Zn alloy has a strain rate sensitivity exponent (m value) of not less than 0.3 and an elongation at break of not less than 50%. The magnet particles have a nitrogen compound containing Sm and Fe that are solidified using the binder at a temperature not higher than a molding temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshio Kawashita, Masaya Arai, Ryou Murakami, Shinichirou Fujikawa
  • Publication number: 20180326489
    Abstract: An improvement of coercive force of Nd—Fe—B base sintered magnet can be realized while suppressing a decrease in remanent magnetic flux density to the minimum using a method for modifying grain boundary which comprises heat-treating an Nd—Fe—B base magnet with a specific alloy disposed on its surface, the alloy having the following Formula 1: RxAyBz??(1) wherein R represents at least one rare earth element including Sc and Y, A represents Ca or Li, B represents an unavoidable impurity, and 2?x?99, 1?y<x, and 0?z<y.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2016
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Applicants: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Osaka University
    Inventors: Masaru Uenohara, Takashi Furuya, Koichi Nakazawa, Shinichirou Fujikawa, Seiji Kawai, Kenichi Machida, Genya Yamato
  • Publication number: 20180226180
    Abstract: A bond magnet molding is provided that contains coated magnetic particles having at least two layers of an oxide layer of 1-20 nm on a surface of magnetic particles and an organic layer of 1-100 nm on an outer side of the oxide layer. The bond magnet molding preferably includes a Zn alloy as a binder. The Zn alloy has a strain rate sensitivity exponent (m value) of not less than 0.3 and an elongation at break of not less than 50%. The magnet particles have a nitrogen compound containing Sm and Fe that are solidified using the binder at a temperature not higher than a molding temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2015
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventors: Yoshio KAWASHITA, Masaya ARAI, Ryou MURAKAMI, Shinichirou FUJIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20150206654
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a sintered magnet includes molding a green compact formed by compacting a magnet powder by press-molding the magnet powder, the green compact forming an R—Fe—B based sintered magnet having Nd as the principal component and containing a rare earth element R, sintering the green compact by heating to a sintering temperature, so as to mold a sintered magnet, pressure molding the sintered magnet by heating to a temperature not exceeding the sintering temperature, so as to correct dimensions of the sintered magnet, and adjusting the texture of the sintered magnet by aging heat treatment using heated atmosphere produced when correcting the dimensions of the sintered magnet at a temperature not exceeding the temperature during the pressure molding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2013
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Inventors: Michihiro Sako, Shinichirou Fujikawa, Akihiko Ikeda, Hiroki Matsunae, Takashi Furuya