Patents by Inventor Tadashi Fujieda
Tadashi Fujieda 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).
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Patent number: 12000022Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide an alloy article that exhibits even better mechanical properties and/or even higher corrosion resistance than conventional high entropy articles without sacrificing the attractive properties thereof, a product formed of the alloy article, and a fluid machine having the product. An alloy article according to the invention has a predetermined chemical composition consisting of Co, Cr, Fe, Ni and Ti, Mo within a range of 1 atomic % or more and 5 atomic % or less, an element with a larger atomic radius than the atomic radiuses of Co, Cr, Fe and Ni within a range of more than 0 atomic % and 4 atomic % or less, and a balance of inevitable impurities.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2018Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignee: Proterial, Ltd.Inventors: Meichuan Chen, Tadashi Fujieda, Kousuke Kuwabara
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Publication number: 20230406705Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a method for producing boron nitride nanotubes, said method reducing the ratio of by-products having less reinforcing effects such as boron nitride fullerenes and boron nitride thin pieces, while enhancing the yield at the same time, without requiring a thermal oxidation treatment. The present invention provides a method for producing boron nitride nanotubes, said method being characterized by comprising: a step for obtaining a suspension by mixing a starting material that contains boron nitride nanotubes, a nonionic polymer dispersant having an sp3-bonded CH group, and an organic solvent; and a step for obtaining a dispersion liquid containing boron nitride nanotubes by subjecting the thus-obtained suspension to centrifugal separation, thereby removing by-products contained in the starting material.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2021Publication date: December 21, 2023Inventors: Tadashi Fujieda, Yoshiyuki Nonoguchi, Florencio Delen De Los Reyes, Tsuyoshi Kawai, Akifumi Takeuchi
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Patent number: 11796980Abstract: When the temperature history in a fine mesh is obtained for the entire modeled object, it takes a huge amount of time in calculation. In order to solve the problem, An additive-manufactured object design supporting device, comprising: an analysis unit configured to analyze a modeling process of a macro-region and a micro-region by using a product shape, a material condition, and a modeling condition of a modeled object as input; a temperature history extraction unit configured to extract, from a temperature analysis result of the macro-region, a local temperature history by referring to a database that stores a temperature history of the micro-region; a mapping unit configured to map a structure distribution obtained from a temperature history distribution of the modeled object to the modeled object; and an extraction unit configured to extract a defective structure that does not satisfy a structure condition by using an allowable structure condition as input.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2019Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Takashi Hamaguchi, Tadashi Fujieda
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Patent number: 11492685Abstract: Provided are: an alloy member that is excellent in homogeneity of both the alloy composition and microstructure and excellent in shape controllability and includes a high entropy alloy having high mechanical properties and high corrosion resistance, a process for producing the same, and a product including the alloy member. In the present invention, the alloy member having a chemical composition comprising elements of Co, Cr, Fe, Ni, and Ti each in an amount within a range of 5 atomic % or more and 35 atomic % or less and Mo in an amount within a range of more than 0 atomic % and 8 atomic % or less, the reminder consisting of unavoidable impurities, wherein ultrafine grains having an average grain diameter of 100 nm or less are dispersed and precipitated in a parent phase crystal.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2018Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: HITACHI METALS, LTD.Inventors: Tadashi Fujieda, Hiroshi Shiratori, Kousuke Kuwabara, Atsuhiko Onuma
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Patent number: 11359638Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide an alloy article that exhibits even better mechanical properties than conventional high entropy alloy articles without sacrificing high corrosion resistance thereof. An alloy article according to the invention comprises matrix phase crystal grains being equiaxed crystals with an average crystal grain size of 150 ?m or less, the alloy article having a metallic composition including: Co, Cr, Fe, Ni and Ti, each within a range of 5 atomic % or more and 35 atomic % or less; Mo within a range of more than 0 atomic % and less than 8 atomic %; and a balance comprising inevitable impurities, wherein in the matrix phase crystal grains, ultrafine particles with an average particle size of 100 nm or less and oxide particles with an average particle size of 100 nm or less are dispersedly precipitated.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2018Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: HITACHI METALS, LTD.Inventors: Meichuan Chen, Tadashi Fujieda, Kousuke Kuwabara
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Patent number: 11141791Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide: an alloy article that has excellent homogeneity in the alloy composition and microstructure as well as significant shape controllability, using an HEA with significant mechanical strength and high corrosion resistance; a method for manufacturing the alloy article; and a product using the alloy article. There is provided an alloy article comprising: Co, Cr, Fe, Ni, and Ti elements, each element in content of 5 to 35 atomic %; more than 0 atomic % to 8 atomic % of Mo %; and remainder substances of unavoidable impurities. And, ultrafine particles with an average diameter of 40 nm or less are dispersedly precipitated in matrix phase crystals of the alloy article.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2016Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: HITACHI METALS, LTD.Inventors: Tadashi Fujieda, Mamoru Hirota, Kosuke Kuwabara, Kinya Aota, Takahiko Kato, Akihiko Chiba, Yuichiro Koizumi, Kenta Yamanaka, Seiichi Watanabe
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Publication number: 20210080930Abstract: When the temperature history in a fine mesh is obtained for the entire modeled object, it takes a huge amount of time in calculation. In order to solve the problem, An additive-manufactured object design supporting device, comprising: an analysis unit configured to analyze a modeling process of a macro-region and a micro-region by using a product shape, a material condition, and a modeling condition of a modeled object as input; a temperature history extraction unit configured to extract, from a temperature analysis result of the macro-region, a local temperature history by referring to a database that stores a temperature history of the micro-region; a mapping unit configured to map a structure distribution obtained from a temperature history distribution of the modeled object to the modeled object; and an extraction unit configured to extract a defective structure that does not satisfy a structure condition by using an allowable structure condition as input.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2019Publication date: March 18, 2021Inventors: Takashi HAMAGUCHI, Tadashi FUJIEDA
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Patent number: 10787725Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide: an HEA article that has excellent homogeneity in the alloy composition and microstructure as well as significant shape controllability, using an HEA with significant mechanical strength and high corrosion resistance; a method for manufacturing the HEA article; and a product using the HEA article. There is provided an HEA article comprising: Co, Cr, Fe, Ni, and Ti elements, each element in content of 5 to 35 atomic %; more than 0 atomic % to 8 atomic % of Mo %; and remainder substances of unavoidable impurities.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2016Date of Patent: September 29, 2020Assignee: Hitachi Metals, Ltd.Inventors: Tadashi Fujieda, Kousuke Kuwabara, Mamoru Hirota, Kinya Aota, Takahiko Kato, Akihiko Chiba, Yuichiro Koizumi, Kenta Yamanaka
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Publication number: 20200290118Abstract: An objective of the invention to provide an alloy article that exhibits even better mechanical properties and/or even higher corrosion resistance than conventional high entropy articles without sacrificing the attractive properties thereof, a product formed of the alloy article, and a fluid machine having the product. An alloy article according to the invention has a predetermined chemical composition comprising: Co, Cr, Fe, Ni and Ti, each within a range of 5 atomic % or more and 35 atomic % or less; Mo within a range of more than 0 atomic % and less than 8 atomic %; an element with a larger atomic radius than the atomic radiuses of Co, Cr, Fe and Ni within a range of more than 0 atomic % and 4 atomic % or less; and a balance of inevitable impurities.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2018Publication date: September 17, 2020Applicant: HITACHI METALS, LTD.Inventors: Meichuan CHEN, Tadashi FUJIEDA, Kousuke KUWABARA
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Publication number: 20200277687Abstract: Provided is a heat-resistant titanium (Ti) alloy member having excellent mechanical characteristics and oxidation resistance at high temperatures and having less mechanical anisotropy, a method for producing such a titanium alloy member, and a product including such an alloy member. A titanium-based alloy member includes titanium (Ti) as a major element and at least 0.5 to 2.0 mass % of boron (B) and has a dispersion of fiber-like TiB particles precipitated in a polycrystal matrix phase, the TiB particles each having a long axis of 1 to 10 ?m and a short axis of 0.01 to 0.5 ?m or less and having an aspect ratio of 2 to 1000, the TiB particles precipitating in a crystallographically random direction in each of crystal grains of the matrix phase.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2018Publication date: September 3, 2020Applicants: HITACHI, LTD., TOHOKU UNIVERSITYInventors: Tadashi FUJIEDA, Kousuke KUWABARA, Atsuhiko OONUMA, Akihiko CHIBA, Yuichiro KOIZUMI, Kenta YAMANAKA
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Patent number: 10702944Abstract: An alloy structure has an arbitrary shape dimension which has high uniformity in the distribution of the element composition. The alloy structure contains Fe and at least four elements, which are selected from the group consisting of elements from atomic number 13 to atomic number 79 included in Group 3 to Group 16 of the periodic table of the elements and have a ratio of the atomic radius to an Fe atom of 0.83 or more but 1.17 or less, each of Fe and the four elements is contained in an atomic concentration range of 5 at % or more but 30 at % or less, a difference in atomic concentration between at least four elements among the at least four elements and Fe is in a range of less than 3 at %, and the alloy structure has, a column crystal in which the at least four elements and Fe are solid-dissolved.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2015Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: HITACHI METALS, LTD.Inventors: Takahiko Kato, Kousuke Kuwabara, Tadashi Fujieda, Kinya Aota, Isamu Takahashi, Hiroyuki Satake, Kenji Yamaga, Hajime Murakami
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Publication number: 20200158123Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide an alloy article that exhibits even better mechanical properties than conventional high entropy alloy articles without sacrificing high corrosion resistance thereof. An alloy article according to the invention comprises matrix phase crystal grains being equiaxed crystals with an average crystal grain size of 150 ?m or less, the alloy article having a metallic composition including: Co, Cr, Fe, Ni and Ti, each within a range of 5 atomic % or more and 35 atomic % or less; Mo within a range of more than 0 atomic % and less than 8 atomic %; and a balance comprising inevitable impurities, wherein in the matrix phase crystal grains, ultrafine particles with an average particle size of 100 nm or less and oxide particles with an average particle size of 100 nm or less are dispersedly precipitated.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2018Publication date: May 21, 2020Applicant: HITACHI METALS, LTD.Inventors: Meichuan CHEN, Tadashi FUJIEDA, Kousuke KUWABARA
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Patent number: 10576538Abstract: An alloy structure which has high uniformity in the distribution of the element composition and the mechanical strength and excellent high-temperature strength and corrosion resistance, contains Fe and at least four elements, which are selected from the group consisting of elements from atomic number 13 to atomic number 79, included in Group 3 to Group 16 of the periodic table of the elements, and have a ratio of the atomic radius to an Fe atom of 0.83 or more but 1.17 or less, each of the elements in an atomic concentration range of 5 at % or more but 30 at % or less, a difference in atomic concentration among the at least four elements and Fe is in a range of less than 3 at %, and the alloy structure has, as a main crystal, a column crystal in which the at least four elements and Fe are solid-dissolved.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2015Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignee: HITACHI METALS, LTD.Inventors: Takahiko Kato, Kousuke Kuwabara, Tadashi Fujieda, Kinya Aota, Isamu Takahashi, Kenji Yamaga, Hiroyuki Satake, Hajime Murakami
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Publication number: 20190226058Abstract: Provided are: an alloy member that is excellent in homogeneity of both the alloy composition and microstructure and excellent in shape controllability and includes a high entropy alloy having high mechanical properties and high corrosion resistance, a process for producing the same, and a product including the alloy member. In the present invention, the alloy member having a chemical composition comprising elements of Co, Cr, Fe, Ni, and Ti each in an amount within a range of 5 atomic % or more and 35 atomic % or less and Mo in an amount within a range of more than 0 atomic % and 8 atomic % or less, the reminder consisting of unavoidable impurities, wherein ultrafine grains having an average grain diameter of 100 nm or less are dispersed and precipitated in a parent phase crystal.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2018Publication date: July 25, 2019Applicant: HITACHI METALS, LTD.Inventors: Tadashi FUJIEDA, Hiroshi SHIRATORI, Kousuke KUWABARA, Atsuhiko ONUMA
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Patent number: 10358379Abstract: There is disclosed a heat-insulating member including a pair of substrates and an airtight sealing part, in which the airtight sealing part is formed in an outer peripheral part between the pair of substrates to form a space between the pair of substrates, the space being in a vacuum or reduced pressure state, a sealing material that forms the airtight sealing part includes a low-melting glass, and the low-melting glass contains a vanadium oxide, barium oxide, phosphorus oxide, and tungsten oxide, in which the following two relational expressions are satisfied in terms of oxide contents: V2O5+BaO+P2O5+WO3?90 and V2O5>BaO>P2O5>WO3 (wherein unit: mol %). Thereby, influence on environmental impact can be reduced and maintenance of airtightness and an improvement in acid resistance can be achieved.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2014Date of Patent: July 23, 2019Assignee: HITACHI CHEMICAL COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Takashi Naito, Shinichi Tachizono, Kei Yoshimura, Yuji Hashiba, Takuya Aoyagi, Motomune Kodama, Taigo Onodera, Tadashi Fujieda
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Patent number: 10252938Abstract: The present invention aims at providing a lead-free glass composition that can be soften and flowed at a firing temperature that is equal to or lower than that of conventional low melting point lead glass. Furthermore, the present invention aims at providing a lead-free glass composition having fine thermal stability and fine chemical stability in addition to that property. The lead-free glass composition according to the present invention is characterized by comprising at least Ag2O, V2O5 and TeO2 when the components are represented by oxides, wherein the total content ratio of Ag2O, V2O5 and TeO2 is 75 mass % or more. Preferably, the lead-free glass composition comprises 10 to 60 mass % of Ag2O, 5 to 65 mass % of V2O5, and 15 to 50 mass % of TeO2.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2012Date of Patent: April 9, 2019Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.Inventors: Yuichi Sawai, Takashi Naito, Takuya Aoyagi, Tadashi Fujieda
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Publication number: 20190047049Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide: an alloy article that has excellent homogeneity in the alloy composition and microstructure as well as significant shape controllability, using an HEA with significant mechanical strength and high corrosion resistance; a method for manufacturing the alloy article; and a product using the alloy article. There is provided an alloy article comprising: Co, Cr, Fe, Ni, and Ti elements, each element in content of 5 to 35 atomic %; more than 0 atomic % to 8 atomic % of Mo %; and remainder substances of unavoidable impurities. And, ultrafine particles with an average diameter of 40 nm or less are dispersedly precipitated in matrix phase crystals of the alloy article.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2016Publication date: February 14, 2019Applicant: HITACHI METALS, LTD.Inventors: Tadashi FUJIEDA, Mamoru HIROTA, Kosuke KUWABARA, Kinya AOTA, Takahiko KATO, Akihiko CHIBA, Yuichiro KOIZUMI, Kenta YAMANAKA, Seiichi WATANABE
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Charged particle beam device, and method of manufacturing component for charged particle beam device
Patent number: 10170273Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a charged particle beam device that exhibits high performance due to the use of vanadium glass coatings, and to provide a method of manufacturing a component for a charged particle beam device. Specifically provided is a charged particle beam device using a vacuum component characterized by comprising a metal container, the interior space of which is evacuated to form a high vacuum, and coating layers formed on the surface on the interior space-side of the metal container, wherein the coating layers are vanadium-containing glass, which is to say an amorphous substance.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2016Date of Patent: January 1, 2019Assignee: Hitachi High-Technologies CorporationInventors: Takashi Ichimura, Hiroyuki Ito, Shinichi Kato, Hisaya Murakoshi, Tadashi Fujieda, Tatsuya Miyake, Takashi Naitou, Takuya Aoyagi, Kenji Tanimoto -
Publication number: 20180363104Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide: an HEA article that has excellent homogeneity in the alloy composition and microstructure as well as significant shape controllability, using an HEA with significant mechanical strength and high corrosion resistance; a method for manufacturing the HEA article; and a product using the HEA article. There is provided an HEA article comprising: Co, Cr, Fe, Ni, and Ti elements, each element in content of 5 to 35 atomic %; more than 0 atomic % to 8 atomic % of Mo %; and remainder substances of unavoidable impurities.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2016Publication date: December 20, 2018Applicant: HITACHI METALS, LTD.Inventors: Tadashi FUJIEDA, Kousuke KUWABARA, Mamoru HIROTA, Kinya AOTA, Takahiko KATO, Akihiko CHIBA, Yuichiro KOIZUMI, Kenta YAMANAKA
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Patent number: 10026923Abstract: An electronic component has an organic member between two transparent substrates, in which outer peripheral portions of the two transparent substrates are bonded by a sealing material containing low melting glass. The low melting glass contains vanadium oxide, tellurium oxide, iron oxide and phosphoric acid, and satisfies the following relations (1) and (2) in terms of oxides. The sealing material is formed of a sealing material paste which contains the low melting glass, a resin binder and a solvent, the low melting glass containing vanadium oxide, tellurium oxide, iron oxide and phosphoric acid, and satisfies the following relations (1) and (2) in terms of the oxides. Thereby, thermal damages to an organic element or an organic material contained in the electronic component can be reduced and an electronic component having a glass bonding layer of high reliability can be produced efficiently.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2017Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: Hitachi Chemical Company, Ltd.Inventors: Takashi Naito, Shinichi Tachizono, Kei Yoshimura, Yuji Hashiba, Motomune Kodama, Masanori Miyagi, Takuya Aoyagi, Yuichi Sawai, Tadashi Fujieda, Takeshi Tsukamoto, Hajime Murakami