Patents by Inventor Tadahiko Furuta

Tadahiko Furuta 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: 20220186342
    Abstract: A non-magnetic member, which is used in an alternating magnetic field, comprises a titanium alloy comprising an alpha stabilizer in which an aluminum equivalent is 5.5-11.0 by mass fraction to the total mass of the titanium alloy and a beta stabilizer in which a molybdenum equivalent is 6.0-17.0 by mass fraction to the total mass of the titanium alloy. The beta stabilizer comprises iron and manganese.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Junya SUZUKI, Hidetaka HAYASHI, Tetsuya MITSUOKA, Tadahiko FURUTA
  • Patent number: 7442266
    Abstract: A high-strength titanium alloy of the present invention includes Ti as a major component, 15 to 30 at % Va group element, and 1.5 to 7 at % oxygen (O) when the entirety is taken as 100 atomic % (at %), and its tensile strength is 1,000 MPa or more. Overturning the conventional concept, regardless of being high oxygen contents, it has been possible to achieve the compatibility between the high strength and high ductility on a higher level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2008
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Chuo Kenkyusho
    Inventors: Tadahiko Furuta, Kazuaki Nishino, Takashi Saito, JungHwan Hwang
  • Patent number: 7438849
    Abstract: A titanium alloy includes at least one alloying element whose molybdenum equivalent “Moeq” is from 3 to 11% by mass, at least one interstitial solution element selected from the group consisting of O, N and C in an amount of from 0.3 to 3% by mass, and the balance of Ti, when the entirety is taken as 100% by mass. Its content of Al is controlled to 1.8% by mass or less, and it is ? single phase at room temperature at least.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2008
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Chuo Kenkyusho
    Inventors: Shigeru Kuramoto, Tadahiko Furuta, Junghwan Hwang, Rong Chen, Nobuaki Suzuki, Kazuaki Nishino, Takashi Saito
  • Patent number: 7261782
    Abstract: A titanium alloy obtained by a cold-working step, in which 10% or more of cold working is applied to a raw titanium alloy, comprising a Va group element and the balance of titanium substantially, and an aging treatment step, in which a cold-worked member, obtained after the cold-working step, is subjected to an aging treatment so that the parameter “P” falls in a range of from 8.0 to 18.5 at a treatment temperature falling in a range of from 150° C. to 600° C.; and characterized in that its tensile elastic limit strength is 950 MPa or more and its elastic deformation capability is 1.6% or more. This titanium alloy is of high elastic deformation capability as well as high tensile elastic limit strength, and can be utilized in a variety of products extensively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2007
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Chuo Kenkyusho
    Inventors: JungHwan Hwang, Tadahiko Furuta, Kazuaki Nishino, Takashi Saito
  • Patent number: 6979375
    Abstract: A titanium alloy member is characterized in that it comprise 40% by weight or more titanium (Ti), a IVa group element and/or a Va group element other than the titanium, wherein a summed amount including the IVa group element and/or the Va group element as well as the titanium is 90% by weight or more, and one or more members made in an amount of from 0.2 to 2.0% by weight and selected from an interstitial element group consisting of oxygen, nitrogen and carbon, and that its basic structure is a body-centered tetragonal crystal or a body-centered cubic crystal in which a ratio (c/a) of a distance between atoms on the c-axis with respect to a distance between atoms on the a-axis falls in a range of from 0.9 to 1.1. This titanium alloy member has such working properties that conventional titanium alloys do not have, is flexible, exhibits a high strength, and can be utilized in a variety of products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2005
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Chuo Kenkyusho
    Inventors: Tadahiko Furuta, Yoshiki Seno, JungHwan Hwang, Kazuaki Nishino, Takashi Saito
  • Publication number: 20050072496
    Abstract: A titanium alloy obtained by a cold-working step, in which 10% or more of cold working is applied to a raw titanium alloy, comprising a Va group element and the balance of titanium substantially, and an aging treatment step, in which a cold-worked member, obtained after the cold-working step, is subjected to an aging treatment so that the parameter “P” falls in a range of from 8.0 to 18.5 at a treatment temperature falling in a range of from 150° C. to 600° C.; and characterized in that its tensile elastic limit strength is 950 MPa or more and its elastic deformation capability is 1.6% or more. This titanium alloy is of high elastic deformation capability as well as high tensile elastic limit strength, and can be utilized in a variety of products extensively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2001
    Publication date: April 7, 2005
    Inventors: JungHwan Hwang, Tadahiko Furuta, Kazuaki Nishino, Takashi Saito
  • Publication number: 20040115083
    Abstract: A high-strength titanium alloy of the present invention includes Ti as a major component, 15 to 30 at % Va group element, and 1.5 to 7 at % oxygen (O) when the entirety is taken as 100 atomic % (at %), and its tensile strength is 1,000 MPa or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2003
    Publication date: June 17, 2004
    Inventors: Tadahiko Furuta, Kazuaki Nishino, Takashi Saito, JungHwan Hwang
  • Publication number: 20040055675
    Abstract: A titanium alloy includes at least one alloying element whose molybdenum equivalent “Moeq” is from 3 to 11% by mass, at least one interstitial solution element selected from the group consisting of O, N and C in an amount of from 0.3 to 3% by mass, and the balance of Ti, when the entirety is taken as 100% by mass. Its content of Al is controlled to 1.8% by mass or less, and it is &bgr; single phase at room temperature at least.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2003
    Publication date: March 25, 2004
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA CHUO KENKYUSHO
    Inventors: Shigeru Kuramoto, Tadahiko Furuta, Junghwan Hwang, Rong Chen, Nobuaki Suzuki, Kazuaki Nishino, Takashi Saito
  • Patent number: 6607693
    Abstract: A titanium alloy according to the present invention is characterized in that it comprises an element of Va group (the vanadium group) in an amount of 30-60% by weight and the balance of titanium substantially, exhibits an average Young's modulus of 75 GPa or less, and exhibits a tensile elastic limit strength of 700 MPa or more. This titanium alloy can be used in a variety of products, which are required to exhibit a low Young's modulus, a high elastic deformability and a high strength, in a variety of fields.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2003
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Chuo Kenkyusho
    Inventors: Takashi Saito, Tadahiko Furuta, Kazuaki Nishino, Hiroyuki Takamiya
  • Patent number: 6599467
    Abstract: The invention provides a process for forging a titanium-based material comprises the steps of: preparing a titanium-based sintered workpiece including at least one of ceramics particles and pores in a total amount of 1% or more by volume, the ceramics particles being thermodynamically stable in a titanium alloy; and heating the workpiece to a forging temperature and forging the same. In the production process, the pores or the ceramics particles inhibit the grain growth during forging. Accordingly, it is possible to carry out the forging at a relatively high temperature at which the titanium-based material exhibits a small resistance to deformation. Moreover, the titanium-based material can maintain an appropriate microstructure even after the forging. Consequently, the impact value and the fatigue strength are inhibited from decreasing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2003
    Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Aisan Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshiya Yamaguchi, Akio Hotta, Yoshinori Shibata, Tadahiko Furuta, Takashi Saito, Satoru Iwase, Takashi Haruta, Tatsuya Kitamura
  • Publication number: 20030102062
    Abstract: A titanium alloy member is characterized in that it comprises 40% by weight or more titanium (Ti), a IVa group element and/or a Va group element other than the titanium, wherein a summed amount including the IVa group element and/or the Va group element as well as the titanium is 90% by weight or more, and one or more members made in an amount of from 0.2 to 2.0% by weight and selected from an interstitial element group consisting of oxygen, nitrogen and carbon, and that its basic structure is a body-centered tetragonal crystal or a body-centered cubic crystal in which a ratio (c/a) of a distance between atoms on the c-axis with respect to a distance between atoms on the a-axis falls in a range of from 0.9 to 1.1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2002
    Publication date: June 5, 2003
    Inventors: Tadahiko Furuta, Yoshiki Seno, JungHwan Hwang, Kazuaki Nishino, Takashi Saito
  • Patent number: 6551371
    Abstract: A titanium-based composite material according to the present invention is characterized in that it comprises: a matrix containing a titanium (Ti) alloy as a major component, and titanium compound particles and/or rare-earth element compound particles dispersed in the matrix, wherein the matrix contains 3.0-7.0% by weight of aluminum (Al), 2.0-6.0% by weight of tin (Sn), 2.0-6.0% by weight of zirconium (Zr), 0.1-0.4% by weight of silicon (Si) and 0.1-0.5% by weight of oxygen (O), the titanium compound particles occupy 1-10% by volume, and the rare-earth element compound particles occupy 3% by volume or less. With this arrangement, it is possible to obtain a titanium material, which is good in terms of the heat resistance, hot working property, specific strength, and so on.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2003
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Chuo Kenkyusho, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tadahiko Furuta, Takashi Saito, Hiroyuki Takamiya, Toshiya Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 6387196
    Abstract: A process for producing a particle-reinforced titanium alloy includes the steps of: heating a titanium alloy in which ceramic particles having a thermodynamically stable property are dispersed in a temperature range of not less than &bgr;-transus temperature; and cooling the titanium alloy to pass through the &bgr;-transus temperature at a cooling rate of 0.1-30° C./second. The process can further include, before the heating step, the step of compressing the titanium alloy in a two phase temperature range of &agr;+&bgr; thereof or in a temperature range of not less than &bgr;-transus temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2002
    Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Kabushiki Kaisha Chuo Kenkyusho, Aisan Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshiya Yamaguchi, Tadahiko Furuta, Takashi Saito, Kouji Sakurai
  • Patent number: 6309699
    Abstract: The invention provides a method of producing an oxidation-resistant metallic part which exhibits oxidation resistance even in an oxidation atmosphere. The method includes the step of applying mechanical energy to a surface of a metallic part in the presence of particulates, and forming a protective coating in a surface of the metallic part. When the metallic part thus treated is exposed in a high temperature-oxidation atmosphere, the protective coating is oxidized to restrain the proceeding of the oxidation of the metallic part, that is the internally proceeding formation of TiO2, thus serving a remarkable improvement of the oxidation resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2001
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Chuo Kenkyusho
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kawaura, Hiroshi Kawahara, Takashi Saito, Kazuaki Nishino, Nobuhiko Matsumoto, Tadahiko Furuta
  • Publication number: 20010001968
    Abstract: The invention provides a method of producing an oxidation-resistant metallic part which exhibits sufficiently good oxidation resistance even in an oxidation atmosphere. The method includes the step of applying mechanical energy to a surface of a metallic part in the presence of particulates, and forming a protective coating in a surface of the metallic part. When the metallic part thus treated is exposed in a high temperature-oxidation atmosphere, the protective coating is oxidized to restrain the proceeding of the oxidation of the metallic part, that is the internally proceeding formation of TiO 2, thus serving a remarkable improvement of the oxidation resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 1999
    Publication date: May 31, 2001
    Inventors: HIROYUKI KAWAURA, HIROSHI KAWAHARA, TAKASHI SAITO, KAZUAKI NISHINO, NOBUHIKO MATSUMOTO, TADAHIKO FURUTA
  • Patent number: 6117204
    Abstract: A sintered Ti alloy material and a process for producing the same, which comprises a matrix mainly comprising a Ti alloy, and TiB dispersed and maintained in said matrix, wherein a composition of the sintered Ti alloy material at least comprises from 0.1 to 8.0% by weight of B, from 3.0 to 30.0% by weight of Mo, 50% by weight or more of Ti, and the balance of unavoidable impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2000
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Chuo Kenkyusho
    Inventors: Takashi Saito, Tadahiko Furuta, Hiroyuki Takamiya
  • Patent number: 5520879
    Abstract: A sintered titanium alloy is composed of a titanium matrix or titanium alloy matrix and hard particles dispersed in the matrix, the sintered titanium alloy comprises: 4-8 mass % of aluminum (Al); 2-6 mass % of vanadium (V); 0.15-0.8 mass % of oxygen (O); at least one element selected from the group consisting of 0.2-9 mass % of boron (B), 0.5-3 mass % of at least one of molybdenum (Mo), tungsten (W), tantalum (Ta), zirconium (Zr), niobium (Nb), and hafnium (Hf), 0.05-2 mass % of at least one of Ia Group elements, IIa Group elements, and IIIa Group elements, 0.05-0.5 mass % of at least one of halogens; with the balance being titanium (Ti) and inevitable impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 28, 1996
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Chuo Kenkyusho
    Inventors: Takashi Saito, Tadahiko Furuta
  • Patent number: 5409518
    Abstract: A sintered titanium alloy is composed of a titanium matrix or titanium alloy matrix and hard particles dispersed in the matrix, the sintered titanium alloy comprises: 4-8 mass % of aluminum (Al); 2-6 mass % of vanadium (V); 0.15-0.8 mass % of oxygen (O); at least one element selected from the group consisting of 0.2-9 mass % of boron (B), 0.5-3 mass % of at least one of molybdenum (Mo), tungsten (W), tantalum (Ta), zirconium (Zr), niobium (Nb), and hafnium (Hf), 0.05-2 mass % of at least one of Ia Group elements, IIa Group elements, and IIIa Group elements, 0.05-0.5 mass % of at least one of halogens; with the balance being titanium (Ti) and inevitable impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 25, 1995
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Chuo Kenkyusho
    Inventors: Takashi Saito, Tadahiko Furuta