Patents by Inventor Shizuo Nakazawa

Shizuo Nakazawa 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).

  • Publication number: 20040211492
    Abstract: A high-melting superalloy made of iridium or rhodium or both thereof as a base and containing at least nickel together with at least one a metal selected from the metal group consisting of titanium, zirconium, hafnium, vanadium, niobium, and tantalum, wherein at least both phases of an fcc phase and an LI2 phase are formed in the texture, and an amount of the LI2 phase from 20 to 80% by volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2003
    Publication date: October 28, 2004
    Inventors: Yoko Mitarai, Yuefeng Gu, Xihong Yu, Yoshikazu Ro, Shizuo Nakazawa, Hiroshi Harada
  • Patent number: 6755921
    Abstract: The present inventions offer a nickel-based single crystal alloy which has a high strength, is easy in conducting the solution heat treatment, hardly gives a harmful phase and is resistant to corrosion at high temperature. A nickel-based single crystal alloy is offered where the composition consists of 7-15 of Co, 0.1-4 of Cr, 1-4 of Mo, 4-7 of W, 5.5-6.5 of Al, 5-7 of Ta, 4-5.5 of Re, 0-0.5 each of Hf and V, and 0-2 each of Ti and Nb in terms of % by weight and residual part substantially consists of Ni wherein said alloy may contain unavoidable impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2004
    Assignee: National Research Institute for Metals
    Inventors: Toshiharu Kobayashi, Yutaka Koizumi, Shizuo Nakazawa, Hiroshi Harada, Toshihiro Yamagata
  • Patent number: 6673308
    Abstract: A nickel-base single-crystal superalloy, essentially consists of, in percentages by weight, 4.0% to 11.0% of cobalt, 3.5% to less than 5.0% of chromium, 0.5% to 3.0% of molybdenum, 7.0% to 10.0% of tungsten, 4.5% to 6.0% of aluminum, 0.1% to 2.0% of titanium, 5.0% to 8.0% of tantalum, 1.0% to 3.0% of rhenium, 0.01% to 0.5% of hafnium, 0.01% to 0.1% of silicon, and a balance being nickel and inevitable impurity, a total amount of rhenium and chromium being not less than 4.0% and a total amount of rhenium, molybdenum, tungsten and chromium being not more than 18.0%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2004
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Independent Administrative Institution National Institute for Material Science
    Inventors: Takehisa Hino, Yutaka Koizumi, Toshiharu Kobayashi, Shizuo Nakazawa, Hiroshi Harada, Yutaka Ishiwata, Yomei Yoshioka
  • Publication number: 20030136478
    Abstract: A high-melting superalloy made of iridium or rhodium or both thereof as a base and containing at least nickel together with at least one a metal selected from the metal group consisting of titanium, zirconium, hafnium, vanadium, niobium, and tantalum, wherein at least both phases of an fcc phase and an LI2 phase are formed in the texture, and an amount of the LI2 phase from 20 to 80% by volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2000
    Publication date: July 24, 2003
    Inventors: Yoko Mitarai, Yuefeng Gu, Xihong Yu, Yoshikazu Ro, Shizuo Nakazawa, Hiroshi Harada
  • Patent number: 6494971
    Abstract: An iridium-containing nickel-base superalloy which has an orderly arrayed allow structure to be strengthened by precipitation and contains iridium dissolved in the &ggr; and &ggr;′ phases to be strengthened by solid solution, thus being improved in high-temperature strength and resistance to high-temperature corrosion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2002
    Assignee: National Research Institute for Metals
    Inventors: Toshiharu Kobayashi, Yutaka Koizumi, Hideyuki Murakami, Yoshikazu Ro, Yoko Yamabe, Shizuo Nakazawa, Hiroshi Harada, Toshihiro Yamagata
  • Publication number: 20020124915
    Abstract: The present inventions offer a nickel-based single crystal alloy which has a high strength, is easy in conducting the solution heat treatment, hardly gives a harmful phase and is resistant to corrosion at high temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2002
    Publication date: September 12, 2002
    Inventors: Toshiharu Kobayashi, Yutaka Koizumi, Shizuo Nakazawa, Hiroshi Harada, Toshihiro Yamagata
  • Publication number: 20020062886
    Abstract: A nickel-base single-crystal superalloy, essentially consists of, in percentages by weight, 4.0% to 11.0% of cobalt, 3.5% to less than 5.0% of chromium, 0.5% to 3.0% of molybdenum, 7.0% to 10.0% of tungsten, 4.5% to 6.0% of aluminum, 0.1% to 2.0% of titanium, 5.0% to 8.0% of tantalum, 1.0% to 3.0% of rhenium, 0.01% to 0.5% of hafnium, 0.01% to 0.1% of silicon, and a balance being nickel and inevitable impurity, a total amount of rhenium and chromium being not less than 4.0% and a total amount of rhenium, molybdenum, tungsten and chromium being not more than 18.0%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2001
    Publication date: May 30, 2002
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Takehisa Hino, Yutaka Koizumi, Toshiharu Kobayashi, Shizuo Nakazawa, Hiroshi Harada, Yutaka Ishiwata, Yomei Yoshioka
  • Publication number: 20010026769
    Abstract: The present inventions offer a nickel-based single crystal alloy which has a high strength, is easy in conducting the solution heat treatment, hardly gives a harmful phase and is resistant to corrosion at high temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2001
    Publication date: October 4, 2001
    Inventors: Toshiharu Kobayashi, Yutaka Koizumi, Shizuo Nakazawa, Hiroshi Harada, Toshihiro Yamagata
  • Patent number: 6159314
    Abstract: The invention relates to a nickel-base single-crystal superalloy applied to parts for industrial gas turbine or the like such as turbine rotor blade and stator blade which are used at high temperatures, a method for manufacturing the same, and gas turbine parts prepared from such nickel-base single-crystal superalloys, and more particularly the invention provides a nickel-base single-crystal superalloy consisting essentially of, in percentages by weight, 5% to 10% cobalt, 4.7% to 6% chromium, more than 2.0% to less than 3.5% molybdenum, 7.5% to 10% tungsten, 5% to 6% aluminum, 0.1% to 2% titanium, 4% to 5.5% tantalum, 1% to 4% rhenium, 0.01% to 0.2% hafnium, the balance being nickel and incidental impurities, which is excellent in high-temperature strength and high-temperature corrosion resistance, and further excellent in structural stability even in a long time use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2000
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, National Research Institute for Metals
    Inventors: Yutaka Koizumi, Toshiharu Kobayashi, Shizuo Nakazawa, Hiroshi Harada, Tosihiro Yamagata, Takehisa Hino, Yomei Yoshioka
  • Patent number: 6071470
    Abstract: Refractory superalloys consist essentially of a primary constituent selected from the group consisting of iridium, rhodium, and a mixture thereof, and one or more additive elements selected from the group consisting of niobium, tantalum, hafnium, zirconium, uranium, vanadium, titanium and aluminum, and the superalloys having a microstructure containing an FCC-type crystalline structure phase and an L1.sub.2 -type crystalline structure phase are precipitated. Preferably the amount of additive element(s) is 2 to 22 atom %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Assignee: National Research Institute For Metals
    Inventors: Yutaka Koizumi, Yoko Yamabe, Yoshikazu Ro, Tomohiro Maruko, Shizuo Nakazawa, Hideyuki Murakami, Hiroshi Harada
  • Patent number: 5100616
    Abstract: A gamma-prime precipitation hardening nickel-base yttria particle-dispersion-strengthened superalloy having a composition consisting essentially, by weight %, of 3.5 to 6.0 % of Al, 7.0 to 10.0 % of Co, 8.0 to 10.5 % of Cr, 0.5 to 1.5 % of Ti, 4.0 to 6.5 % of Ta, 7.0 to 9.0 % of W, 1.5 to 2.5 % of Mo, 0.02 to 0.2 % of Zr, 0.001 to 0.1 % of C, 0.001 to 0.02 % of B, 0.5 to 1.7 % of Y.sub.2 O.sub.3 and the balance being Ni. It has an excellent high-temperature creep rupture strength and a good corrosion resistance at high temperatures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 31, 1992
    Assignee: National Research Institute for Metals
    Inventors: Yozo Kawasaki, Katsuyuki Kusunoki, Shizuo Nakazawa, Michio Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 4717435
    Abstract: A gamma-prime precipitation hardening nickel-base yttria particle-dispersion-strengthened superalloy having a composition consisting essentially of, by weight, 3.0 to 6.0% of Al, 8.5 to 10.9% of Co, 3.9 to 7.5% of Cr, 0.5 to 1.2% of Ti, 3.6 to 6.3% of Ta, 11.4 to 13.3% of W, 0.02 to 0.2% of Zr, 1.3 to 2.6% of Mo, 0.001 to 0.1% of C, 0.001 to 0.02% of B, 0.5 to 1.7% of yttria (Y.sub.2 O.sub.3), not more than 0.8% of O and the balance being Ni and having a structure composed of coarse recrystallized grains with a GAR of at least 20 and a short axis diameter of at least 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 1986
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1988
    Assignee: National Research Institute for Metals
    Inventors: Yozo Kawasaki, Katsuyuki Kusunoki, Shizuo Nakazawa, Michio Yamazaki